Blind Date - ShouxHiroto, ToraxSaga (onesided) - Ch2/??
Title: Blind Date
Chapters: 2/??
Author: fallen_am_i
Genre: Romance, comedy, slice of life, AU
Warnings: Boylove, silliness, scenes of sexual intercourse, but that will come later, language
Rating: PG-13 to NC-17
Pairing: ShouxHiroto, ToraxSaga (onesided)
Synopsis: Love is blind, really blind, even on blind dates. Some times it is so blind, that you might have fallen for someone who is not whom you think to be...
Disclaimer: I own the story only...
Coments: A big thank you to xme_chanx for beta reading :3
Chapter 2:
Shou was forcing his mind to function fast. They needed to get out of there as soon as possible, but how? With what excuse? With the corner of his wide eyes he shot a glance at the blond, looking back at him all curiously and weirded out.
“Oh, what do you say about going somewhere else?” He finally suggested, too nervous for the other not to notice it.
“But-but we just came here and-”
“Aren't you hungry? Because I really am! Come on Hiroto, I know a great place to eat, you'll love it!”
The blond boy was startled by the man in front of him. Judging by their former internet talks, Tora was supposed to be dense and cool, not nervous like a hamster on coffee! And right then he also sounded like a mad man! After more thought to it, Hiroto decided to agree and leave, but noted mentally to keep an eye on him. It was a blind date after all, you never know what could happen to you...
“Okay then!” He gave a half smile and walked out slowly, bringing back in his memories the immobilizing moves he had learned on judo when he was young. Just in case.
Before he left, Shou ran over to where Nao was, cleaning some glasses and talking to two customers.
“Excuse me...” He mumbled awkwardly. “I need to talk to you...”
Nao excused himself and walked around the bar along with his friend, in a quiet place. There, Shou stood across to him and took a large breath.
“I-I need to go... Tell Tora that I got ill, that my stomach hurts like hell from something I ate and that I need to go. And give him this, he'll understand...” He handed him the CD and he was ready to go but Nao's stare was keeping him in place. That examining look, like he was using x-rays on him, along with that stupid, silly, sly smile that was drawn all over his chubby face some moments later.
“Oh, the blond, I get it!” He smirked playfully. “Though you are really naughty Shou-chan, stealing someone else's date! Although he deserves it a little...”
“W-Wh-What?” Shou was more than just shocked with Nao's words. Did he understand what happened once again? But well, it was Nao after all... “What do you mean?”
Nao laughed hard. “I am not blind Shou! That little guy over there was holding a CD just like Tora did! Hmm... Strange method for a blind date... And that also explains Saga's absence...” The bartender shook his head, lost a bit in his thoughts. “Now go before that stupid cat comes out, I'll cover you... for now! And don't thank me or anything, just go!” he laughed softly and pointed at the door. Shou stepped quickly out of the bar and shot a charming smile at Hiroto.
“I am so sorry for my behavior back there, I was so stressed till I saw you...” Shou sounded quite honest and the blond decided to believe his words.
“It's okay, I understand...” he breathed out and smiled back. “Let's go to that restaurant you said, I got hungry too while waiting!” The blond laughed and pointed at the parking lot. “I have my car, so I guess I'll follow your own there...” he mumbled a bit nervously.
Yes. Hiroto was still worried about that man's mood swings so he would prefer even going on foot to the restaurant than entering his car that very first time. But 'Tora'' didn't seem to mind that and he just showed the way. The blond smiled as he followed from behind. That was a positive clue.
*****
The windows were wide open but that couldn't protect him from the melting heat. The small living-room was a mess of used cans of beer and instant ramen remains, along with dirty shirts and trousers thrown around. It was horrible really, though it's owner had many protests. He was just not in the mood to clean up, and that was whenever he had an argument with Tora. Meaning, always. The TV was playing a stupid, totally boring movie but he had nothing else to do. So he was sitting there, with a plain T-shirt and boxers on, messy brown hair and tired eyes, petting his sleeping dog. He looked grumpy and angry for some reason, a reason that made his teeth grit and his fingers clench into a fist.
“Stupid Tora!” he exhaled whiny and drank a big sip of his half finished beer. His phone rang and he hissed the moment he saw the ID.
“Tch! Why did I mention that asshole?” he growled and decided to ignore it, but the man seemed so persistent that the ringing sound woke Saga's dog up. After many curses he finally answered the call.
“If you called for a wish, I wish that tiny dick of yours will never get hard tonight to fuck that idiot from the forum!” His voice was bold and serious, but when he stopped to listen to the man on the other side of the line, his expression changed instantly from irritation to care and worry.
“Wh-What's wrong tiger? What happened?”
He kept nodding at what he heard, looking for any clean clothes scattered around. Tora's voice was hoarse and shaky, stressing the brunet as he left anything else and he started dressing up, with his cellphone hanged between his head and shoulder.
“Hey! Hey, tiger, hold on!” His voice was echoing in soothing waves, tender and soft as he attempted to hide all of his uneasiness. “Forget that fucker that never came and stay there with Nao for a bit, okay? I'll come by in a few... Okay tiger? … Good!” He smiled and nodded gently as he started looking for shoes. “Sagacchi will hung up now, ne?” It was so strange, how a person could change their mood around one person and only. One time cursing him like mad and the other being all sweet and tender, like a true friend would. “Bye Torashi!”
With quick moves he let his phone fall on the couch and pulled his sleeping shirt off, wearing a new one. Jumping in one foot around the room he noticed with a victorious sound his other shoe and wore it fast. Looking for his car keys and coat and he was ready to go.
“Let's go pet a stripped cat now...” he sighed and left his house, doing the best he could to reach the bar fast. To make Tora smile.
*****
A head peeked from a small crack on the bar's door, looking around all curious and worried, searching for a certain someone. A tall man with black hair and pale skin, probably drunk and sad, from what he assumed on the phone. Saga chuckled to himself. Tora would probably be all pouty till then, waiting for him to arrive and cursing Nao for sharing his philosophies around. The man knew that he was victim of his own stupidity. Argument, stubbornness or even a fight, they all seemed like just pitiful details in his brown eyes whenever Tora was in trouble. All of his caged feelings were shrinking and the dark-hared man was becoming his top-priority. So, the assumption from all those was that Saga was a good friend in the end... Or, there could be a deeper reason about him standing all of Tora's caprices.
An ugly, heavy feeling came to rest inside him as Tora was nowhere to be found. Saga decided to get inside the bar and search thoroughly but that didn't change a thing. He even looked inside the toilets but there was no clue of his friend, just a drunken couple, really irritated with his disturbance. The brunet sighed in trouble and his brain worked faster, thinking of a new and unwanted possibility.
“No, no way...” he mumbled to himself, trying to calm down his tensing nerves. “He probably is somewhere outside... He sounded too drunk to-”
“I am so sorry to say that, but your assumptions are right, Sagacchi...” A calm voice echoed behind him, accompanied by a friendly pat on the shoulder.
“You mean he...” Saga started as he turned to face Nao, his hands moving randomly in the air in an attempt to show what he couldn't express with words. “With a...”
“Male, around your height, gingerhead and quite cute. They hooked up and left about ten minutes before you arrived...” Nao shook his head, feeling really disappointed for Tora and bad for Saga, as the others features froze for a while, losing their softness before he looked angry again.
“That... fucker!” the brunet hissed out loudly. “He was crying like a baby when he called me and he couldn't even send me a message that he found a slut to shove his co-”
“Relax, Saga... That mouth of yours destroys your image, you know...”
“I don't give a fuck about my image!” he whined and let himself being pulled towards the bar, sitting where the bartender was working and he sighed loudly, resting his head in his hands. “No one cares about it anyway...”
“No one does because you don't first!” Nao chuckled. “Stop cursing like that and decide to look around you, and you'll get laid before you even know!” He winked teasingly at his friend and moved at the shelves to look for the right drinks to mix.
“I look around, you asshole! There's just... no one that draws my attention...” Saga lowered his eyes, feeling bad on the inside. “Where is my fucking drink anyway!”
“Gee Saga, stop talking like hat, will you? You ruin your charm... Here!” He placed a long glass in front of the man, filled with something blue, carrying the heavy scent of alcohol. “It is a new mix I thought of!” he explained. “And it's on me... Now , how should I call it... Lost love maybe?” he laughed hard as Saga was almost choked, with his trembling hands moving to his mouth to stop himself spitting the drink out.
“Shut up!” he blurted out between coughs, hitting lightly his chest to force the remaining drops on his throat to go finally down. “Will you ever stop that love bullshit? I don't give a damn, even if he fucks the whole world!” Saga panted in anger, gulping his drink down fast, with eyes glowing in irritation and brows furrowing deeply.
“Yet you do!” Nao laughed harder, pouring one more drink for his friend. “You pay this one! And...” his experienced eyes scanned the other from tip to toe, displaying a sly grin when he made his conclusions. “Weren't you supposed to be at a party?” A brow was raised in suspicion. “You never EVER dress up like this when you go out...” he pointed at the torn jeans and the plain T-shirt, his grin going to a mischievous one.
“I was!” Saga shrieked back and blushed hard, as he was always doing whenever he was lying. “And I left everything for that stupid ass...”
“Oh really?” Nao smirked and leaned closer to his friend, looking deep in his brown eyes. “Do I look like an idiot to you? Do I look blind like Tora is all those years?” He sighed, feeling a little bad for his behavior. He was finding in unfair, Saga suffering by his one-sided feelings and Tora's ignorance. The bartender's eyes softened in front of a pout from the other. “Okay, look!” he said again, breaking the awkward silence between them. “I was mean right now, so i'll treat you two more drinks as an apology. What do you say?” He swayed a bottle of Saga's favorite drink playfully and laughed satisfied as the brunet nodded. “And along with it you'll have also a consult from me, because I care about you, even though you swear a lot...” He laughed and filled Saga's glass, looking at him with serious eyes.
“Stop banging on the same locked door and look around you! You are losing your precious time, Sagacchi...”
Saga gulped half of his drink in one shot and looked at the other man, shaking his head softly. “You'll never stop playing big brother, will you?” he chuckled and reached his glass again. Both of them knew that Saga couldn't shut his heart down, not easily at least. The brunet would never admit it, but his best friend was always something more, getting the best of him. Or the worst, sometimes...
“To a clever man and his mind-reading powers!” Saga laughed, pointing his glass at Nao. “Cheers!”
“I am not an excellent barman for nothing!” the other laughed, filling a glass with for himself with the same drink. “To the most lousy and stubborn person I know! Cheers!”
With a small wink, the bartender clang their drinks, both of them drinking all of their content. He watched with examining eyes Saga as he asked for three free drinks instead of two and he laughed, agreeing with his offer. It was nice witnessing Saga smile. It was a rare and astonishing sight, according to the older. And it was a pity that the brunet was keeping those beautiful grins for someone who was not going to appreciate them. It was a pity watching Saga getting lost in frustration while Tora was having his fun somewhere else. But again, Saga was an adult, responsible for his own choices. So, the only thing Nao could do was serving him the suited drink and offering him an ear, aiming to earn another precious smile, if he could. And that was more than enough for him...
t.b.c.
A/N: Hello... I know... >.> i am bad at timing, huh? Thing is, i got a job for the past month, so i had no time for anything, but i finally have my own money :3 So, in this chappy we get a first glimpse of the pairings and the story... I hope you enjoy it guys! :3 And comments are always apreciated <3
Chapters: 2/??
Author: fallen_am_i
Genre: Romance, comedy, slice of life, AU
Warnings: Boylove, silliness, scenes of sexual intercourse, but that will come later, language
Rating: PG-13 to NC-17
Pairing: ShouxHiroto, ToraxSaga (onesided)
Synopsis: Love is blind, really blind, even on blind dates. Some times it is so blind, that you might have fallen for someone who is not whom you think to be...
Disclaimer: I own the story only...
Coments: A big thank you to xme_chanx for beta reading :3
Chapter 2:
Shou was forcing his mind to function fast. They needed to get out of there as soon as possible, but how? With what excuse? With the corner of his wide eyes he shot a glance at the blond, looking back at him all curiously and weirded out.
“Oh, what do you say about going somewhere else?” He finally suggested, too nervous for the other not to notice it.
“But-but we just came here and-”
“Aren't you hungry? Because I really am! Come on Hiroto, I know a great place to eat, you'll love it!”
The blond boy was startled by the man in front of him. Judging by their former internet talks, Tora was supposed to be dense and cool, not nervous like a hamster on coffee! And right then he also sounded like a mad man! After more thought to it, Hiroto decided to agree and leave, but noted mentally to keep an eye on him. It was a blind date after all, you never know what could happen to you...
“Okay then!” He gave a half smile and walked out slowly, bringing back in his memories the immobilizing moves he had learned on judo when he was young. Just in case.
Before he left, Shou ran over to where Nao was, cleaning some glasses and talking to two customers.
“Excuse me...” He mumbled awkwardly. “I need to talk to you...”
Nao excused himself and walked around the bar along with his friend, in a quiet place. There, Shou stood across to him and took a large breath.
“I-I need to go... Tell Tora that I got ill, that my stomach hurts like hell from something I ate and that I need to go. And give him this, he'll understand...” He handed him the CD and he was ready to go but Nao's stare was keeping him in place. That examining look, like he was using x-rays on him, along with that stupid, silly, sly smile that was drawn all over his chubby face some moments later.
“Oh, the blond, I get it!” He smirked playfully. “Though you are really naughty Shou-chan, stealing someone else's date! Although he deserves it a little...”
“W-Wh-What?” Shou was more than just shocked with Nao's words. Did he understand what happened once again? But well, it was Nao after all... “What do you mean?”
Nao laughed hard. “I am not blind Shou! That little guy over there was holding a CD just like Tora did! Hmm... Strange method for a blind date... And that also explains Saga's absence...” The bartender shook his head, lost a bit in his thoughts. “Now go before that stupid cat comes out, I'll cover you... for now! And don't thank me or anything, just go!” he laughed softly and pointed at the door. Shou stepped quickly out of the bar and shot a charming smile at Hiroto.
“I am so sorry for my behavior back there, I was so stressed till I saw you...” Shou sounded quite honest and the blond decided to believe his words.
“It's okay, I understand...” he breathed out and smiled back. “Let's go to that restaurant you said, I got hungry too while waiting!” The blond laughed and pointed at the parking lot. “I have my car, so I guess I'll follow your own there...” he mumbled a bit nervously.
Yes. Hiroto was still worried about that man's mood swings so he would prefer even going on foot to the restaurant than entering his car that very first time. But 'Tora'' didn't seem to mind that and he just showed the way. The blond smiled as he followed from behind. That was a positive clue.
*****
The windows were wide open but that couldn't protect him from the melting heat. The small living-room was a mess of used cans of beer and instant ramen remains, along with dirty shirts and trousers thrown around. It was horrible really, though it's owner had many protests. He was just not in the mood to clean up, and that was whenever he had an argument with Tora. Meaning, always. The TV was playing a stupid, totally boring movie but he had nothing else to do. So he was sitting there, with a plain T-shirt and boxers on, messy brown hair and tired eyes, petting his sleeping dog. He looked grumpy and angry for some reason, a reason that made his teeth grit and his fingers clench into a fist.
“Stupid Tora!” he exhaled whiny and drank a big sip of his half finished beer. His phone rang and he hissed the moment he saw the ID.
“Tch! Why did I mention that asshole?” he growled and decided to ignore it, but the man seemed so persistent that the ringing sound woke Saga's dog up. After many curses he finally answered the call.
“If you called for a wish, I wish that tiny dick of yours will never get hard tonight to fuck that idiot from the forum!” His voice was bold and serious, but when he stopped to listen to the man on the other side of the line, his expression changed instantly from irritation to care and worry.
“Wh-What's wrong tiger? What happened?”
He kept nodding at what he heard, looking for any clean clothes scattered around. Tora's voice was hoarse and shaky, stressing the brunet as he left anything else and he started dressing up, with his cellphone hanged between his head and shoulder.
“Hey! Hey, tiger, hold on!” His voice was echoing in soothing waves, tender and soft as he attempted to hide all of his uneasiness. “Forget that fucker that never came and stay there with Nao for a bit, okay? I'll come by in a few... Okay tiger? … Good!” He smiled and nodded gently as he started looking for shoes. “Sagacchi will hung up now, ne?” It was so strange, how a person could change their mood around one person and only. One time cursing him like mad and the other being all sweet and tender, like a true friend would. “Bye Torashi!”
With quick moves he let his phone fall on the couch and pulled his sleeping shirt off, wearing a new one. Jumping in one foot around the room he noticed with a victorious sound his other shoe and wore it fast. Looking for his car keys and coat and he was ready to go.
“Let's go pet a stripped cat now...” he sighed and left his house, doing the best he could to reach the bar fast. To make Tora smile.
*****
A head peeked from a small crack on the bar's door, looking around all curious and worried, searching for a certain someone. A tall man with black hair and pale skin, probably drunk and sad, from what he assumed on the phone. Saga chuckled to himself. Tora would probably be all pouty till then, waiting for him to arrive and cursing Nao for sharing his philosophies around. The man knew that he was victim of his own stupidity. Argument, stubbornness or even a fight, they all seemed like just pitiful details in his brown eyes whenever Tora was in trouble. All of his caged feelings were shrinking and the dark-hared man was becoming his top-priority. So, the assumption from all those was that Saga was a good friend in the end... Or, there could be a deeper reason about him standing all of Tora's caprices.
An ugly, heavy feeling came to rest inside him as Tora was nowhere to be found. Saga decided to get inside the bar and search thoroughly but that didn't change a thing. He even looked inside the toilets but there was no clue of his friend, just a drunken couple, really irritated with his disturbance. The brunet sighed in trouble and his brain worked faster, thinking of a new and unwanted possibility.
“No, no way...” he mumbled to himself, trying to calm down his tensing nerves. “He probably is somewhere outside... He sounded too drunk to-”
“I am so sorry to say that, but your assumptions are right, Sagacchi...” A calm voice echoed behind him, accompanied by a friendly pat on the shoulder.
“You mean he...” Saga started as he turned to face Nao, his hands moving randomly in the air in an attempt to show what he couldn't express with words. “With a...”
“Male, around your height, gingerhead and quite cute. They hooked up and left about ten minutes before you arrived...” Nao shook his head, feeling really disappointed for Tora and bad for Saga, as the others features froze for a while, losing their softness before he looked angry again.
“That... fucker!” the brunet hissed out loudly. “He was crying like a baby when he called me and he couldn't even send me a message that he found a slut to shove his co-”
“Relax, Saga... That mouth of yours destroys your image, you know...”
“I don't give a fuck about my image!” he whined and let himself being pulled towards the bar, sitting where the bartender was working and he sighed loudly, resting his head in his hands. “No one cares about it anyway...”
“No one does because you don't first!” Nao chuckled. “Stop cursing like that and decide to look around you, and you'll get laid before you even know!” He winked teasingly at his friend and moved at the shelves to look for the right drinks to mix.
“I look around, you asshole! There's just... no one that draws my attention...” Saga lowered his eyes, feeling bad on the inside. “Where is my fucking drink anyway!”
“Gee Saga, stop talking like hat, will you? You ruin your charm... Here!” He placed a long glass in front of the man, filled with something blue, carrying the heavy scent of alcohol. “It is a new mix I thought of!” he explained. “And it's on me... Now , how should I call it... Lost love maybe?” he laughed hard as Saga was almost choked, with his trembling hands moving to his mouth to stop himself spitting the drink out.
“Shut up!” he blurted out between coughs, hitting lightly his chest to force the remaining drops on his throat to go finally down. “Will you ever stop that love bullshit? I don't give a damn, even if he fucks the whole world!” Saga panted in anger, gulping his drink down fast, with eyes glowing in irritation and brows furrowing deeply.
“Yet you do!” Nao laughed harder, pouring one more drink for his friend. “You pay this one! And...” his experienced eyes scanned the other from tip to toe, displaying a sly grin when he made his conclusions. “Weren't you supposed to be at a party?” A brow was raised in suspicion. “You never EVER dress up like this when you go out...” he pointed at the torn jeans and the plain T-shirt, his grin going to a mischievous one.
“I was!” Saga shrieked back and blushed hard, as he was always doing whenever he was lying. “And I left everything for that stupid ass...”
“Oh really?” Nao smirked and leaned closer to his friend, looking deep in his brown eyes. “Do I look like an idiot to you? Do I look blind like Tora is all those years?” He sighed, feeling a little bad for his behavior. He was finding in unfair, Saga suffering by his one-sided feelings and Tora's ignorance. The bartender's eyes softened in front of a pout from the other. “Okay, look!” he said again, breaking the awkward silence between them. “I was mean right now, so i'll treat you two more drinks as an apology. What do you say?” He swayed a bottle of Saga's favorite drink playfully and laughed satisfied as the brunet nodded. “And along with it you'll have also a consult from me, because I care about you, even though you swear a lot...” He laughed and filled Saga's glass, looking at him with serious eyes.
“Stop banging on the same locked door and look around you! You are losing your precious time, Sagacchi...”
Saga gulped half of his drink in one shot and looked at the other man, shaking his head softly. “You'll never stop playing big brother, will you?” he chuckled and reached his glass again. Both of them knew that Saga couldn't shut his heart down, not easily at least. The brunet would never admit it, but his best friend was always something more, getting the best of him. Or the worst, sometimes...
“To a clever man and his mind-reading powers!” Saga laughed, pointing his glass at Nao. “Cheers!”
“I am not an excellent barman for nothing!” the other laughed, filling a glass with for himself with the same drink. “To the most lousy and stubborn person I know! Cheers!”
With a small wink, the bartender clang their drinks, both of them drinking all of their content. He watched with examining eyes Saga as he asked for three free drinks instead of two and he laughed, agreeing with his offer. It was nice witnessing Saga smile. It was a rare and astonishing sight, according to the older. And it was a pity that the brunet was keeping those beautiful grins for someone who was not going to appreciate them. It was a pity watching Saga getting lost in frustration while Tora was having his fun somewhere else. But again, Saga was an adult, responsible for his own choices. So, the only thing Nao could do was serving him the suited drink and offering him an ear, aiming to earn another precious smile, if he could. And that was more than enough for him...
t.b.c.
A/N: Hello... I know... >.> i am bad at timing, huh? Thing is, i got a job for the past month, so i had no time for anything, but i finally have my own money :3 So, in this chappy we get a first glimpse of the pairings and the story... I hope you enjoy it guys! :3 And comments are always apreciated <3