Bonds [Fic] Chapter Three
Title: Bonds
Pairing: SagaxShou (and possibly more to come)
Rating: PG-13 (for now)
Summary: Bonds are the things that tie you down to someone. They're invisible to the naked eye, but strong and very hard to break. Once you're trapped there's no escape.
A/N: Wow, I tell you guys I'll update next week but now you get something two months later... ;_;! Aha, I feel terrible! School got in the way soooo much, but today I have a day off so I'll post a new chapter of Bonds today :). In this chapter, Saga gets a little wake up call... hehe (:
Chapter Three: Jealousy
Saga rarely got distracted during practice. It was always: "What do I need to do?" and "How can I get this done?" Music was his passion. He devoted his time, energy, thoughts, and ideas into making Alice Nine's music the best it could be, and then some. So, on the day that the contest winner advertised in the local magazines stopped by for a private look inside a typical day with Alice Nine, and started to get just a little too close to Shou... Saga snapped.
No, chairs weren't flipped and a fan girl wasn't rushed to the hospital (though, In Saga's mind, he imgained the girl getting hurt in humorous but cruel ways...). Inwardly Saga had snapped. A nerve had come undone. His heart had twisted into uncomfortable positions. His mind traveled the trains of thoughts that were linked to an emotion colored in green...
And Saga didn't even know why.
'I know why...' he answered himself, watching with narrowed eyes at the brunette who was chatting amiably with the fan. 'It's because Shou got the cute girl. It's always Shou the fangirls want!' Now really, Saga. Don't even try to fool yourself. Deep down, he knew his conclusion was ridiculous and definitely not the true reason why his stomach threatened to come out his throat.
"Wow, Saga. Glare any harder and that fangirl might just burst into flames."
"Not now, Tora." Saga growled, craning his head left and right around Tora's body. The guitarist had placed himself right in front of him! "Move, damn it!" he snapped and pushed the man out of the way. Tora didn't even budge.
Tora smiled wildly as he shook his head in mock sympathy for the bassist. "You are too obvious. But Shou's an idiot sometimes, so it's no surprise he's not aware of it."
"Of what? My glaring?" more head craning but Tora was doing a damn good job of being a blockade. "Will you move it, already! You're blocking my heated glare."
"Don't act like you have no idea what I'm talking about. Just about everyone knows you have the hots for Shou."
"... Excuse me?" Okay, so Saga was stunned. It was like Tora just walked up and bitch slapped him. Which he did do, once, but that was a while ago. Saga had the urge to scoff, pffffft, and then roll his eyes. "Okay, now you're just being stupid. I don't like Shou. As you can see I'm trying to glare at him."
"No you weren't. You were glaring at that fangirl over there, not Shou. That's why I came over here before you made a fool of yourself..." Tora smirked, "Seems like I'm too late for that."
Saga looked up at that smirking bastard before him and punched him in the gut; hard. "You deserved that! Now go fuck Hiroto or something. Or better yet, go annoy Nao! Isn't it 2 o'clock? You normally tease him during that time of the day."
"Hiroto's busy with the producer and Nao had to leave early for some family emergency or something." Tora shrugged carelessly. "So you're my prime target of the day until you admit the fact that you're jealous of that fangirl!"
The blonde refused to admit anything just to please Tora. The bastard was getting too cocky for his own, damn good. "I am not! I'm glaring at--wait, did that girl just touch his shoulder?" Saga jumped out of his chair, eyes widened, as he watched Shou interact with the fangirl. She was all over him like flies to pie. Loud, obnoxious giggles, long eyelashes fluttering every five seconds, and subtle touches were being placed all over Shou and the brunette was just standing there...taking it... in fucking stride!
"Now, now," Tora grabbed Saga by the shoulders to hold him back. The blonde wasn't even aware he had started to walk forwards towards the two until Tora stopped him. "Shou has to be nice and civil for the fans. It's for the image. But see how you're reacting?" the guitarist couldn't help but rub in the fact that he was right about Saga's jealousy if only for a little bit. "You're getting jealous of what she's doing to him. And how he's reacting to it. You totally have the hots for Shou."
Saga tensed slightly. There was logic in Tora's words, Saga knew that. He just didn't want to acknowledge it. All these months of being single, straying from Love, and just focusing on the music were coming undone, like fraying strings. How come Shou could so easily tear apart all the defenses he had constructed without even trying? How long had these emotions been inside of him that he just never bothered to become aware to...?
'I don't think I want to know the answer to that...'
Pulling back, Tora jammed his hands in his pockets knowing fully well his words had the desired affect. "See now? I was right. You were wrong. Now stop being anti and go for it!"
Saga shook his head, feeling a slight numbness cake into his bones, as he gave a weak glare towards Tora. "All right. I'll humor you a little. Let's say I do like Shou--"
"You do," Tora grinned like the Cheshire Cat.
Saga groaned, "--If I do like Shou, what in the world makes you think I'll stand a chance getting him? In case you haven't noticed Shou's rather popular with the ladies."
"Do you honestly think I'd be pushing you in this direction if I wasn't confident Shou felt the same way?" the guitarist shook his head, opting to walk away and find Hiroto for some sweet loving. He threw one last glance over his shoulder, "Seriously, Saga. You're such an idiot. Think a little."
Stunned. Absolutely, fucking, stunned. Saga couldn't even move. No, he really didn't want to move. Moving would be acceptance as the words Tora had just thrown at him battered into his head. He was jealous of the fangirl being all over Shou, because he liked Shou, and Tora knew Shou liked him, and that's why he was so encouraging... Saga groaned loudly and clutched the sides of his head. He was getting such a headache...
"Coffee," he mumbled as he walked back to the chair to pick up his bass and sling it over his shoulder, "I need some coffee."
Little did he know that chocolate brown eyes were watching his every step as he walked out of the recording studio...
+Bonds+
Lying on the couch, Saga had spent the past two hours counting all the little specks of black he could find on his ceiling. So far, he was up to twenty-three.
'I don't like Shou.' the first five times he had thought such a thing, he didn't find it very convincing. Well, more like his heart didn't find his thoughts very convincing since every time he said the brunette's name it would start pounding loudly against his chest. 'Really... I don't. I don't like anyone. Shou's just a friend. Only a friend. Nothing will come out of our friendship except great music, lots of laughs, friendly hugs... He gives such warm hugs.'
Thankfully--or maybe unfortunately--the doorbell rang, interrupting Saga's chaotic train of thought. With a mumbled curse, Saga got up from his couch and padded over to the door, slipping on his gray sweater over his torso before he answered.
"Ello?" he answered casually, opening the door that revelead a very, odd-looking, Shou.
"I tried calling you." Shou simply said. He ignored Saga's blatant surprise painted on his face. "Five times, to be exact. You never answered..." the last few words were in a whisper, as if he were hurt that Saga hadn't answered the first time.
And strangely enough, Saga did feel bad. But rather that was only a customary response to unintentionally not answering someone's call, or because it was Shou was another mystery in itself. "Sorry... I, er," he fished through his black pajama pants and pulled out his cell phone. No charge; dead. A sheepish grin marred his face as he stuffed his phone back into his pocket. "My phone was dead Sorry... again."
Shou smiled, and it brought back the tiny light in his eyes that Saga always found himself getting lost in... "Typical. You always forget to charge your phone... So can I come in? It's pretty cold out here and I don't want to die on your doorstep because of Hypothermia."
Saga cracked a smile of his own. "Jeez, you're so freaking dramatic." He opened the door wider for Shou. "Come on in."
+Bonds+
The two men were sitting on the carpet, both deciding to watch a movie out of sheer boredom. They had picked one at random, something that was already playing on television that they didn't know the name to. So far it had been funny, at moments, and then other times just painstakingly slow.
Saga wasn't even paying attention to the movie, though. The whole time his eyes had travelled over to Shou who was completely enrapt in the movie, it seemed. He watched every movement. The way he would flick his brown locks out of his chocolate eyes. The way he would chew on his thumb whenever an intense part of the movie came on. And the way Shou would laugh loudly and full of life as if the jokes and situations were actually funny. 'No matter what he does, he's always so passionate about it.' Saga could have sworn he saw Shou tear up once or twice when a character died...
Finally, a commercial came on advertising a new brand of Pocky and Shou had turned just in time to lock gazes with Saga.
'Damn it...' caught red-handed...
Shou analyzed the blonde man for a moment, his expression betraying nothing--which scared the crap out of Saga--before speaking. "You know I'm mad at you."
"Huh...?" Saga shook himself out of his stupor. "What the hell did I do in the past two hours?" Was he somehow aware of his staring...? Though, Saga wasn't really making it not obvious...
"After band practice you didn't even talk to me once!" Shou exclaimed, throwing his hands in the air. "Do you know how taxing it is having to deal with a fangirl by myself? That girl was so clingly I thought she was going to jump my bones after you left!"
"She was the contest winner. And you did put yourself on the sacrafical table when our boss asked which one of us wanted to be the prize."
"I know! But still Sagachii, I wanted you to, I don't know... come save me?" he said the last part quietly, adverting his eyes from Saga's. If Saga was optimistic enough he was going to say that Shou was... blushing.
Saga felt his heartbeat kick up a notch as he studied Shou once again. His fingers twiddled nervously, and the brunette was taking sneak glances at him... The blonde didn't know why, but he felt happy that the whole time Shou was talking to that fangirl, he wanted to talk to him. A smile followed shortly after. "Next time you put yourself in a dangerous situation, I'll come to save you."
Shou whipped his head around, slight shock painted on his face, before a goofy grin appeared and his eyes lit up once more. "Promise?" he asked, sticking out his pinky finger.
The blonde shook his head chuckling, linking his pinky finger with Shou's. "Yeah, yeah, I promise."
"Good!" Shou jumped up from his seat, brushing some dirt off his backside. "Well, I'm no longer mad at you and my mission here is accomplished." he walked towards the door, a little bounce in his step. As his hand gripped the cold door handle, Shou turned to give Saga once last look. "Oh, and before I forget... We're going out tomorrow night, just me and you. Think of it as a little compensation for you ignoring my five calls. Later!"
Shou slammed the door on his way out, and once again Saga found himself alone and stunned... It seemed like today was one for realizations and surprises...
"Do you honestly think I'd be pushing you in this direction if I wasn't confident Shou felt the same way?"
'Maybe Tora's really on to something...'
Thump, thump, thump-thump-thump, went Saga's beating heart.
A/N: Well, there we go. Saga's finally becoming aware and next chapter something might ACTUALLY go down :). I don't think I'm rushing their relationship TOO much, right? Lol, I think this story will be done in two more chapters and hopefully I'll have this updated sooner :D! Leave a rainbow, show some looove!