[Multi part] The Untitled Story of You and Me (part 5/?)

Sep 04, 2011 12:56

Title : The Untitled Story of You and Me (part 5/?)
Author : me
Beta : kissmegreen (Thank You so much, hun ^^)
Pairing : JunDa
Rating : G - PG13
Genre : AU, Romance, Friendship, FLUFF
Disclaimer : They are belong to each other their own self
Summary : Taguchi has his ears to all of his friends story, including Tatsuya. But somehow, Tatsuya feels there's something wrong with his friend. That makes Tatsuya confronts him TWICE. Why's that?

A/N : I am very sorry for the (super) late update m(_ _)m. I'm doing my thesis rn, it's kinda make me crazy, so I need to finish that first before continue this fic >.<

This whole fic is dedicated to my bestie miika_daiscent who is struggling with her thesis right now (Ganbatte, dear!) and of course for all JunDa lovers out there (I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!! Thank you so much for being so warm and supportive. You guys are awesome!) OH! And Happy belated Eid Mubarak for you guys who celebrate it!! *hugs*

part1 || part2 || part3 || part4

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“I can’t help it, we’re brothers after all”, Nishikido speaks as if to cement the idea of him being Taguchi’s brother into Tatsuya’s head.

“You are WHAT??” Tatsuya shouts in confusion and disbelief at what he’s hearing. What? They’re what? The question repeating itself in his mind.

Nishikido finds triumph in seeing the horror on Tatsuya’s face, “Yes, dear Ueda Tatsuya, we, as in Taguchi and I are brothers. Satisfied?” His tone is sarcastic as he forcedly frees himself from Tatsuya’s grip.

Snorting as he fixes his collar, “Why? are you surprised? Yes, we’re brothers and it’s been 10 years since we’ve lived together”, he adds.

Tatsuya still couldn’t believe his ears. What? Junno and Nishikido are brothers? And they’ve been living together? But, how come?

“You...”, attempting to discredit Nishikido’s claims, “bu-but.. BUT”, he stutters, “his brother is twelve years older than him and he is living in the US with his wife... so how can you two be brothers?...... You’re lying, Nishikido! He isn’t living with you! He’s living with his brothers’ most trusted friend. So there’s no way he could be living with you...” Tatsuya falls silent as the sudden realisation hits him, “No Way! You-You are his brother’s trusted friend? But... HOW?” His voice demanding an explanation.

Smirking across the room, Nishikido is clearly enjoying Tatsuya’s response to his little news. He sits leisurely on the edge of Tatsuya’s work desk, smiling and nodding his head as he listens to Tatsuya’s ramblings about him and Taguchi.

“So, the rumour I heard about how brilliant you are seems true after all, huh?” he continues with his jeering, “Yup! I’m the one with whom he’d lived after his brother’s migration. We’re brothers through marriage, when my sister got married to Jun-chan’s brother when Jun-chan was only 12 years old. Well…”, Nisihikido stands from his seat, “by then we had already known each other since elementary school”.

Nishikido fells compel to prove his point, “Taguchi Junnosuke and all of his weirdness… the freak who was always smiling… even though everyone bullied him, he would never fall down, never show his tears, just that empty forceful smile and because of that, I’d always been really curious about him. That fake smile, I hated it so much. So I asked my friends to bully him with some strange hope that the fear would wipe that weird painful strain of muscles from his face. I wanted to see him cry… even just once.” Nishikido stops and smiles sourly as he tells Tatsuya a story he thinks is worth telling but this only makes Tatsuya wanting to punch him hard thinking, ‘so he’s the one who bullied Junno when they’re still kids, damnit!!. But Tatsuya holds his cool, allowing his curiosity to hear more about Taguchi’s past and for this he controls his raging anger.

“I really… really wanted to erased that fake smile off his face, and so did my friends. They quickly agreed to my plan to bullied him. But no matter how hard we tried, he never once showed us his distress. There were many times when he would fall or other times when he would be terribly yelled at by teachers yet still he never once shed a tear”, he suddenly turns to Tatsuya, “that was not the common reaction of a 7 years old kid, right? We wondered if he was brainwashed or something. Then I realized that bullying him was not the answer, so we stopped. We didn’t touch him after that. Though I still kept looking at him intensely. And the more I observed him, the more curious I got. Same like what you are doing now,” Tatsuya lifts his eyebrow at hearing Nishikido making reference to him, “just like you, I started watching him more keenly than anyone or anything else around me”, he relates, staring at Tatsuya.

“Then finally I moved into his house and then I understood why he was the way he was. It’s because of his mother and ever since I came to that realization, I slowly started to understand his personality. Whenever he’s sad or happy or dissapointed… everything would be easily seen by me. Since then I’d been by his side even in the darkest times of his life.

Since knowing it all, seeing his true self with my own eyes, my only intention has since then been for him to change. I’m was protective to him. I tried my best to bring smiles to his life and would trample on anyone who dares to hurt him”. He paused to reflect, “although, I’m not sure he’s realized my ever presence in his life.”

Tatsuya is amazed at seeing Nishikido’s expression. His usual arrogance is completely replaced with gentleness. But then, feelings of jealousy starts to boil inside him at hearing that Taguchi spent almost half of his life with the guy before him, hearing that he had spent his darkest times with Nishikido, was causing his jealousy to rage with such ferocity beyond his own understanding… but, didn’t Taguchi say that he just lived together with his older brother?

“Bu-but that doesn’t explain why you have to live together with him? Sure your sister and his brother are married, but why should you two live together...?” Suddenly becoming aware of the jealousy in his tone, Tatsuya stops in mid-sentence. But his reaction was too slow, for Nishikido turns towards him with a pestering smirk on his face.

Sounding a menacing laugh, “jealousy I reckon?”, still smirking, “I told you, my sister is his brother’s wife and they were dating way before they got married, meaning that my sister used to go to their house even when she was just a girlfriend. And after their father’s death and their mother was hospitalize, her visits grew more frequent. So whenever I knew she was going over, I would make up an excuse to go along with her to Taguchi’s house. Maybe she let me tag along thinking that I was just as much worried for Taguchi the same way she was or she realized that I’ve been watching him way too intense”, he stops to think, “or maybe just simply both of them - after all, she’s not stupid”, he turns to face Tatsuya to see if he has satisfied his curiosity.

But Tatsuya is more preoccupied trying to understand the information being unfolded to him. He could only imagine Taguchi’s vulnerability as Nishikido and his minions bullied him in school and then having the guts to suddenly show up at his house with his brother’s girlfriend - who turned out to be his sister. Tatsuya was frantic with nothing less of a shock, anger and discomfort.

Nishikido continues with his reminiscence, “yet Junno would still cover himself with his fake smile as if nothing had occurred and so we were always together, playing together, studying together, getting to know each other - that’s why then, no matter how bright his smile was, I could always see the sadness behind it all, especially when he saw his older brother leaving him to stay with me,” Nishikido takes a glance at Tatsuya who frowns at the mentioned of Taguchi’s older brother.

“I know perfectly well what you’re thinking about his older brother, Ueda”, Nishikido admits Tatsuya as they stand eyeing each other, “you must think that he is a cold guy, right? Well with Jun-chan himself telling you the story, I can’t expect anything more than that. But just wait until you meet and know him yourself. Ryuu-kun is one of the most respected persons in my life. He’s wise and easily solves problems in his own way. No wonder he’s a successful businessman in the US.

I mean, even though he may look cold towards Jun-chan, he’s actually the one who cares for him the most. He realized just how possesive I became of Jun-chan and that’s why he trusted his younger brother to me. But as I said, Jun-chan may have a different perception of his brother’s attitude towards him”, he sighs deeply, “if only he knows how much his brother cares for him...”

“That’s why, as I’ve said before, Ueda. I know you are watching Jun-chan more than a friend would. And when you two started college together and living together, you have been the one who has been helping him whenever he’s being bullied and I’m not around. Regardless, however, don’t think that I won’t be watching you, don’t you think that I’ll allow you to ever to hurt him, because if I see that sadness in his eyes ever again, then you know that you are a dead man!!” Nishikido threatens.

“As if you can beat me even with your best”, Tatsuya snorts, “and I don’t need you nor your threats to prove that I have no intention whatsoever of hurting ‘your Jun-chan’, that goes without saying”, Tatsuya confronts in his usual cold tone towards Nishikido. “Anyway, since it’s after work hours and I think we are done here, I’m going home. Thanks for the story, and...”,

**PUNCH**

“that’s for bullying Junno!” His sentence trails off into a very accurate and forceful punch landing on Nishikido’s face, causing the man to fall to his knees on impact, touching his face in disbelief, watching as Tatsuya takes his bag and walks out the room.

Nishikido smiles sourly, “Thank you, Ueda!” he murmurs slowly, accepting his punishment as he thinks he’s very deserving. With that he’s now confident to trust Taguchi’s happiness and safety in Tatsuya’s capable hands.

A few minutes after he stands up, his cellphone ringing in his pocket. Eagerly he picks up on seeing the caller ID.

“Onii-san!”

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” There were many times when he would fall or other times when he would be terribly yelled at by teachers but still he never once shed a tear. That was not the common reaction of a 7 years old kid, right?”

“And after their father’s death and their mother was hospitalize, her visits grew more frequent. So whenever I knew she was going over, I would make up an excuse to go along with her to Taguchi’s house”

“Whenever he’s sad or happy or dissapointed… everything would be easily seen by me… no matter how bright his smile was, I could always see the sadness behind it all”

‘Damn it’, remembering those lines spilling from Nishikido’s mouth, Tatsuya could only curse to himself. Why didn’t he know Taguchi when they were growing up… get to spend time with him and growing with him? Why did it have to be Nishikido instead of him? If it had been the other way around he was sure Taguchi would have had no need for fake smiles. That way he could have made sure that sadness and distress were remote from Taguchi’s existence. Tatsuya curses destiny for not have allowed them to have met at a younger more tender age. Even if Nishikido later found his humanity and did his best to help Taguchi, Tatsuya wanted to be the one to always be by Taguchi’s side to always be the one who had protected him and brought nothing but happiness. The more he thought about it, the more he yearned the need to have spent his childhood years with Taguchi… he selfishly wanted it to be him and only him.

Upon arriving at the pavilion, he immediately rushes to Junno’s room. Impatiently, he knocks on the room door and hastily opens it upon hearing “come in”. From the doorway, he could see Taguchi preoccupied doing something at his desk just before he turns to greet Tatsuya. Frowning in concern, he wordlessly walks fast towards Taguchi, pulling him gently into a tight yet delicate hug.

It’s the same like that first night when Taguchi cried in Tatsuya’s embrace. Taguchi, who’s confused with the other’s sudden presence in his room and his random action, listens keenly, hearing Tatsuya’s heart pumping erratic beats telling him that he ran his way to his room. Even so, he can’t deny how comfortable Tatsuya’s embrace is. Unknowingly, he closes his eyes. Enjoying every single beat of Tatsuya’s heart.

“Uepi... what happened? Is something up?” Taguchi asks.

“ I heard it. Nishikido. You...” Tatsuya pauses to calm his breathing.

“Ryo-chan?” Junno frowns.

“Un. Nishikido and your past. Everything. He told me everything,”. Suddenly Tatsuya pulls back from his embrace, and lifts Junno’s face in his direct line of sight.

“Taguchi Junnosuke, from now on, please... please just trust me. I won’t make you go through hell again. I will make you smile a genuine smile. I...” Tatsuya sharply stares at Taguchi before declaring, “I will be your happiness.”

Slowly, very slowly, Tatsuya fills the remaining small gap between their faces, his hands still caressing Taguchi’s cheeks, and in that instant, he brushes his lips against Taguchi’s. The touch was soft, sweet, and full of affection, causing Taguchi to widen his eyes at the realization of his very first kiss.

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Everything seems blurry around Taguchi. The only thing he could feel is Tatsuya’s lips on his. Amidst his confusion, he allows himself to feel those warm and consoling lips against his, so sweet, soft, enchanting and comfortable. His eyes tighten in the heated exchange.

Tatsuya’s feels complete happiness as he feels Taguchi relaxing and melting into their kiss. He smiles. Tatsuya tilts his head, deepening their intimate connection, he could feel those butterflies flying around in his stomach. Slowly but surely, he himself began to melt into their kiss. Pouring all of his feelings into passionate embrace, he wanted to communicate with Taguchi. He wanted Taguchi to understand his willingless to always be there for him no matter what. And Taguchi perfectly understands, accepting his feelings - these feelings that he himself doesn’t understand.

Slowly Tatsuya’s hand playfully caresses Taguchi’s hair, striking it softly, causing Taguchi to gasp in surprise as he feels Tatsuya’s hand behind his neck, his fingers slowly infiltrates Taguchi’s hair, as their mouths move intensely and desperately, but none of them insisted to take it further… both feeling overwhelmed and satisfied with things as they are within the moment. They continue at the same pace, everything seemingly slow, their eyes close, no one wants the moment to end. They want it to last forever...... but at that moment, forever was just wishful thinking--

-zutto onaji hibi ga tsuzukimasu yo ni futari no jikan o kasanete yukou-

Parting their lips on hearing a phone ringing, Junno reaches across for his cellphone on his desk, face still burning, and cheeks still blushing like mad, surprise on his face as he glances at the caller ID. He nervously turns his head to Tatsuya who’s still breathless from their kiss. Tatsuya narrows his eyes at seeing Taguchi’s nervous expression.

“Uepi... I’m sorry. Could you please leave me alone for awhile?” Junno awkwardly asks. Tatsuya couldn’t help but nod, leaving the room, giving Taguchi the privacy he requested.

Watching intently until Tatsuya completely leaves the room, Taguchi gives out his biggest sigh, immediately kneeling to the floor, feeling powerless after what had just occurred between him and Tatsuya. He’s so preoccupied in thought that he almost forgets about the phone call until his cellphone rings again. Still the same caller ID....

“O-onii-chan?”

Taguchi’s voice breaks in a nervous salutation.

TBC XD

Sorry for the super short and boring part. I hope it's not as failed as I used to think >.< I will try to update faster..

PS: The new LJ really gets on my nerves. I have to type this whole post MANUALLY! Geez..

kat-tun, pair:junda

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