Jan 11, 2008 23:19
Title: The interpretation - Oneshot
Pairing: Akamepi/Akame/Kamepi/Pin, Tomapi, hinted of ShuujixAkira
Author: Dreams_stream
Author's note: Comments are luff!
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Love. Yamashita Tomohisa has always been wondering about that one word. Some say love is just merely lust, desire, human’s needs. But he doesn’t believe in that interpretion. Yamashita thinks love is far beyond our power to define. Only when you feel it, you can reach for something much higher than the sky.
“I love you.”
Jin finally spits it out, he does.
Tomohisa freezes right at his spot.
“I’m also in love with you.”
That’s his response.
Love is painful.
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How long do I have to stay here?
Yamashita questions himself. Looking over at his supposingly ‘lover’, he sighs.
What is this love he keeps speaking of?
Jin, his ‘lover’, is sitting on the other side of the room, skimming his new magazine. They, Jin and Tomohisa, are on a date. But what kind of date it is? No one is excited, no one wants to go to the amusement park or stuff, nothing. Under some angle, Tomohisa would see this as a boring date. But he himself isn’t enjoying it.
Closing his eyes, he wishes that the person sitting with him now is not Jin, but instead Kame. Yamashita misses Kame’s eyes, his childish voice, his pouty lips, his everything. Wonder why he’s dating Jin instead of the person he really wants - Kame?
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“I love you.”
Jin finally said it.
Yamashita stared at his friend from KAT-TUN. Sure, Jin is Yamashita’s best friend, but he doesn’t have that kind of feeling for the guy.
But he says ‘Yes’ nonetheless.
Kame’s so far away. Yamashita doesn’t have supernatural power to make Kame fall in love with him. After Nobuta no Produce, it’s only when KAT-TUN and NewS have shows on Shounen Club or practice performances together that he gets to see Kame. Watching Kame from a distant view, it hurts.
At first, it was just Yamashita’s instinct telling him to accept Jin. Partially because he simply thought that by going out with Jin, things could just resolve itself between him and Kame. And maybe he’ll be able to forget his no-future-love.
But the thought was as brisk as a breeze, another idea comes to Yamashita as thunder. Could he just use Jin to make Kame jealous?
That’s exactly what happened in Yamashita’s complicated head, and that’s also the plan which was carried out.
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And he has to say… the plan went perfectly well, except one thing.
Tomohisa bends down on the sofa, facing Jin directly.
Jin pouts.
“You’re gonna kiss me?”
He nods, saying nothing but pressing his lips against Jin.
Nothing.
Kisses feel all the same. No firework. Nothing. Just two pair of lips against the other.
Parting Jin, Tomohisa only wishes the person in front of him was Kame.
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Tomohisa is kissing his ‘lover’ Jin again, this time in KAT-TUN’s practice room, more importantly in front of Kame.
Feeling Kame’s eyes watching closely and seriously each and every one of his movements, Tomohisa carefully smirks. Isn’t this what he wants?
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“I’m going out with Yamapi today.”
Jin proudly announced with a big grin on his face in KAT-TUN’s practice room while Yamashita, Ryo and Tegoshi were there.
Kame frowns a bit, but says nothing, which renders Tomohisa to be even more pleased with himself.
“Jin, let’s go!”
Tomohisa says sweetly, grabbing Jin’s arm and pulling him out of the room, leaving the rest of the members speechless.
When they both are out of sight, Jin yanks his arm slightly enough not to make Tomohisa suspect anything. He sighs.
“We’re going out today?”
“If you’re not feeling well…”
Tomohisa says. The purpose of asking Jin out is actually to make Kame jealous, then when Kame already thinks that they’re a couple, there’s no need for a real date.
“Okay.”
Yamashita is taken aback a little bit by Jin’s obvious reaction. He thought at least Jin would have groans and pouts, or showing some annoyance. But no.
Jin is just his old self. No disappointment is seen in his eyes when Yamashita cancels the date. He walks out the building himself, not even caring about his ‘lover’ confusion.
Yamashita tilts his head. Something is frankly ‘fishy’ here. Or is it that Jin also wants something from their beneficial relationship?
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Yamashita is sitting alone in his small apartment, mind wandering around nowhere.
What exactly is love?
He missed those days back while they were filming Nobuta wo Produce. He gets to see Kame everyday, gets to hugs Kame from the back and putting his chin on Kame’s shoulder.
Yes, those were all Akira’s actions towards Shuuji, Akira’s expression of feelings towards his best friend, slash dearest person. But somehow, Yamashita finds himself wanting to filming every scene again and again, so he can be by Kame and express his feelings by Akira’s actions.
Nothing fun shall last forever. That’s what his mother told him, and she obviously is right. The filming finished, even though it did take a long time, being with Kame felt so short. Yamashita wants to experience those sensations of which he felt every morning waking up and going to the filming area, seeing Kame. How much he wants to redo everything!
And now sitting here, memories are still memories. Unless he makes more memories with Kame, he’ll keep living in this dreamworld with no way out.
Kame’s his only savior, the only one he seeks.
How can I define love?
Tomohisa turns the music on. Soothing Seishun Amigo clears his mind. Hearing his voice mixed with Kame’s is such great therapy for his current self.
Why can’t the world be more simple?
Yamashita has always been wondering that. Because if the world becomes simpler, then Kame might just fall in love with him without caring about this so much complicated universe. And a fairy-tale-like happy ending wouldn’t be so unreachable.
Maybe that’s why Yamashita acts stupid.
Others call him ‘baka’, he just stands there, takes it with a big smile.
It was, after all, his plan all along.
Acting all stupid to hide his complex self, how cool can that be?
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That’s the first time in a few months that they get a chance to talk face to face, he and Kame. When everyone in KAT-TUN and NewS left the practice room (with a dozing Jin), Kame pulled him back and said something about talking alone.
Yamashita can swear his heart actually lept at that moment when Kame touches his skin. Burning. That might be what he felt. Almost fainting after being requested by Kame to stay, Yamashita looks at Kame with a questioning look.
Could that be what he’s been expecting?
“Are you really in love with Jin?”
Kame starts first, eyes focus on Yamashita.
What should I say?
Tomohisa mutters something stupid and meaningly in order to baffle and distract Kame, but to no avail. Kame’s still standing there, with eyes piercing his heart.
“No.”
Maybe that is the first time that Yamashita doesn’t lie to Kame. He lied about how much he wanted to be in Shuuji to Akira, he lied about having Jin as his lover, he lied about loving Jin, he lied about ‘not liking’ Kame at all.
Kame’s eyes twitch, then he frowns.
“How could you?”
Yamashita, as fast as lightning, grabs Kame’s right hand tightly.
“The only person I want… is you Kazuya.”
Kame practically glares at Yamashita, then withdraws his hand forcefully.
“Is that true?”
He doesn’t know what happened to him, but Kame’s reactions aren’t what he predicts, it didn’t show any affection for him.
Mask.
Yamashita snickers.
“What if I tell you that it’s just a joke and that I love Jin?”
Kame looks away, answers, then turns his back on Yamashita.
“Then I would wish that you can take good care of Jin. I hope that you two will be happy together and that you have all my blessings.”
Walking away, Kame doesn’t dare to look back.
What if what Pi was saying was true? Kame couldn’t tell. After all, he’s not so good at reading Pi.
No… Yamashita doesn’t let his one-in-a-thoundsand-year chance fade away that easily.
Putting a hand on Kame’s shoulder, Yamashita stops him from leaving.
“Tell me who you really love, Kazuya.”
No replies come, Kame keeps on walking off and Yamashita keeps on being lost in what should be done.
I don’t understand.
Out of plans.
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Dawn comes without warning, Yamashita pushes off his blanket. Another sleepless night.
Practice was tiring, especially when Yamashita did spend his whole night thinking about Kame and what happened yesterday, and some more Kame.
Walking out of NewS’ practice room, Yamashita can’t say he’s feeling any guilt skipping practice.
Pacing along the emergency balcony, Yamashita realizes that this place seems to remind him of Kame more. He’s been here all the time, cuz the balcony is the bridge between KAT-TUN’s room and NewS’. Yamashita is always here, teetering on the decision of going in KAT-TUN’s room and take a peek of Kame, but he never did.
And now this place calms him.
But something catches his eyes.
Yamashita nearly goes unconscious.
Kame’s there, Jin’s there as well. And guess what? Jin’s kissing Kame.
Kame’s leaning on the wall, hands wrap around Jin’s back as Jin presses his tender lips on the smaller guy passionately, hand stroking Kame’s head.
What the…?
Maybe there’s no word to describe how Yamashita’s feeling right now, so a suggestion is that we skip this private part.
Finally, in need of air, Kame and Jin break of the kiss. And as soon as they do, they come realize they’re not the only people in the balcony.
There’s a very concerned-angry-jealous-disappointed Yamashita looking at them, mixed feelings.
“Yamapi…”
Kame mutters, knowing nothing decent enough to calm him.
“Yamashita!”
Jin almost shouts as Yamashita makes his way back to NewS room, not even caring about glancing back.
“Yamashita!”
Yamashita disappeared behind flocks of trees, leaving a very puzzled couple.
What is going on?
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Burying his head in his wet fingers, Yamashita feels tears flooding.
How did this happen? What is…?
He barely feels a warm hand on his numb shoulder, looking up, it’s just Jin.
Standing up, facing the wall, Yamashita tries to act cold.
“What now?”
“You… having feelings for Kame right?”
“Are you here to celebrate your victory?”
“No!”
Jin says strongly, turing Yamashita around and stares directly in his filled eyes.
“I’m so sorry…”
Only those words are spoken, but Yamashita feels it.
It is stronger than ever. It never stops living in him.
“It’s me who’s sorry.”
He finally speaks softly. Jin peers at him intriguingly.
“I did use you. I thought by making you go out with me, Kame would be jealous and come to me. I guess I was over-confident, eh?”
Yamashita giggles, but the laugh isn’t just any mere ingenuine laugh he fakes, he sincerely thinks that the whole thing is funny.
“I wish you two all good things, ne? Take good care of Kame.”
He gives Jin a slight hug, then walks pass the guy, eyes unshown.
Jin, despite knowing that things inside Yamashita haven’t resolved yet, lets his friend go. He knows more than anyone that the thing Yamashita needs most right now isn’t comfort or apologies, but instead time alone with himself. He bows slightly.
“I used you too Yamashita… I truly love and will make Kame happy.”
Time eh? Is that the only that can solve love?
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Yamashita is walking senselessly. He knows nowhere to go, nothing to do. Feeling so empty, Yamashita is quite surprised when he ends up on top of JE building, the roof of it.
Staring down at the crowded street below, tears just fall out for not-so-many reasons.
“Kame… Kame… Kamenashi Kazuya…”
Those are the only words that keep repeating themselves again in Yamashita’s head.
“Kame… Kame… Kazuya…”
His head is aching, his heart is aching, his everything is aching.
Below him, cars are running, pedestrians are walking, lights are flashing. Everything is so normal, festive in this busy hectic city, as if they’re laughing at his misery.
Kame… What is love?
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Yamashita can’t tell how long he’s been standing there. He can’t tell anything at all, except for a sudden irrational urge of letting himself fall freely from this very building.
“How can I live in a world without Kame’s love?”
He cries out loud.
This is not a life.
Yamashita nods, the street looks so tempting and dangerously alluring, it’s calling to him. Freedom awaits eternity.
Yamashita reaches out to heaven.
His cell phone rings.
Toma. Ikuta Toma.
“Please don’t leave me Tomohisa…”
“Gomen Toma… Gomen…”
Yamashita can feel his body falling, falling and keeps falling…
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Opening his eyes, morning lights greet Yamashita. Everything is white…
Hospital?
There’s a person in front of him, smiling sweetly.
“Toma?”
“Welcome back to us, Tomo-chan.”
Toma smiles again, and somehow his smile warms the whole room.
“Toma…”
Yamashita mutters, but Toma stops him.
“Jin and Kame are waiting outside, they’re really worried about you, as well as the other guys in NewS and KAT-TUN… I’ll go call them in, ne?”
Toma paces away, but is stopped by Yamashita’s strong arms.
“Can… you just stay a bit longer?”
Toma turns back, blushing.
“Why not?”
It’s just as you say, love is the one thing that is strongest… There are no stronger loves, just the feelings that guide you that matters.
“Toma?”
“Can… you…. stay forever?”
Owari.
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A/N (again): I was planning to make this a confusing ending without the last part. But I changed my mind XD Comments are luff~
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