Marui's Love Disaster - Chapter 2
Marui stood, half asleep, in front of his, and Niou's changing room. A tap on the shoulder made him turn. He looked a sight, hair mussed and mouth half open, clothes all on wrong. Jackal couldn't help but snort at the sight of Marui's sleep deprivation.
“If you want something to eat, you don't have to catch flies, I brought you a danish and coffee.” Marui's eyes opened wide and he grabbed the coffee that was offered, draining half the cup in several gulps. “It's hot you know, you're going to burn your tongue.”
Marui rolled his eyes “No duh. Too late for that now though. I don't really care, as long as Niou didn't make it, I don't really care.” Jackal looked confused for a second. “Last time Niou gave me coffee he put hot pepper flakes in it.” Jackal nodded in sympathy handing Marui a small white bag. “Thank you.” He pulled a cherry danish out of the bag and moaned in appreciation after biting into it. “How come you know how I like my coffee and have my favorite danish, from Victoria's no less.”
“Both of those will remain a mystery for now.” Jackal smiled and brushed some crumbs off of Marui's lips. Marui blushed and touched the place on his lips where Jackal's fingers had been. “The paper with your time slot is on your desk, I had Niou throw it there because Yukimura-san told me you're always notoriously late so, he wants this to go as smooth as possible, he would appreciate you being there on time and ready to go.” Marui raised his eyebrow in the middle of chewing the half of the danish that he shoved into his mouth.
After swallowing and taking another drink Marui spoke. “It's not notorious, I just always forget, and they usually find me before too long.” Jackal laughed, it was a deep rich sound that made Marui smile and laugh along, he could tell he was really going to get along with the other male. “I have to get ready now, trying to wake up has cause me to get behind the schedule that I'm supposed to be following, not that I ever do. I'll see you later Jackal. Maybe we can go out to dinner or something.” Jackal smiled a bright smile, showing off his very white teeth.
“Yeah, I'd like that, Bunta.” Marui smiled back and after getting into his dressing room, he flattened himself against the door, what was that about. His mind was doing strange things. Telling him that he fancied Jackal. Telling him that it would feel nice to kiss his full lips. He had to admit Jackal was attractive with his dark skin and voice, and Marui could only imagine how his coc-. Marui interrupted his own thoughts by slapping himself, hard, across the face. He shouldn't be thinking those thoughts.
“Bunta, are you alright or have you finally gone crazy.” Marui looked up at Niou confused. “Don't look at me like I'm crazy, I'm not the man who just slapped himself. Now, come sit and tell me whats the matter. Also, since you were late, Mizuki got frustrated and dropped off your stuff. You're expected to be at Make-up in an hour and our shoot starts when you finish, just to make sure you don't get lost this time.” Marui began to protest, Niou was the second person to treat him like that today, Marui was not going to stand for it. “Don't bother speaking, I already know what you're going to saw. Save your breath for explaining why you just slapped yourself silly.”
“I don't know. One minute Jackal and I are having a normal conversation. Next he's smiling at me and I'm thinking that he's attractive and I though about kissing him and how his coc-.”
“Don't finish that sentence Bunta, I really don't want to know.” Both Niou and Marui looked up to see Yagyuu walk in the room.”Since you were talking about it though, who?” Niou laughed and bounded over to his boyfriend stealing a quick kiss from his lips and then hanging himself off his body like a monkey.
“You really need to stop hanging around Masaharu, you're turning slightly evil. It's starting to scare me. I mean you never used to pry into my personal like like you're trying to now. But since you asked, Jackal.” Yagyuu nodded with a gleam in his eyes. “Now you have a menacing gleam in your eyes, can't you date Yuushi or someone who doesn't try to kill me on my birthday and call it “having fun”. I want to live a long life, I don't want to die because of something stupid Masaharu does..” Both Yagyuu and Niou were giving him confused looks.
“It never ceases to amaze me how you can change topics so quickly without barely blinking an eye. I barely followed what you just said to me.” Yagyuu just shook his head at Marui. Marui smiled sheepishly. “Either way, you have a good chance with Jackal, he;s single and gay. Why do you think Yukimura hired him? He just likes looking at beautiful gay men. He likes looking at beautiful straight men too but, that tend to become uneasy under his stare.” Marui nodded slowly.
“WAIT, you mean he is gay and I wasn't just imagining that. I thought I was going crazy. Now that I know, I'm relieved but still frightened at the same time.”
“Of course he's gay, everyone in this office is gay. Not all of them are as obvious as me 'n Hiro, Seiichi and Genchirou, or Mizuki and Yuuta. Everyone in this building is gay as as a ruffled pink tutu.” Marui's mouth opened and closed in a fish like manor.
“Did you even think about me, I'm not gay. If he only hires gay people, how come I'm here.” Niou danced over so he was standing in front of his room mate and patted him on the head.
“You just keep yourself in the closet a little longer until you're able to accept it. Don't worry though, I'm sure Jackal can wait till then. The poor boy is head over heels and he just met you yesterday. Either you make a really good first impression or, he has really bad taste. No offense, you look a little young. Maybe he has a shota-con. Whatever it is, he called me at three in the morning asking what kind of coffee you liked and what breakfasty things you like, it was rather odd and I was tiered. I do hope I got it right.” Marui knocked Niou's hand off his head and stuck his tongue out.
“You were right, he gave me coffee and a cherry danish this morning, it was delicious.” Niou laughed. A swift knock came to the door and without waiting for someone to answer an official looking man burst in the door. He had a clipboard and a serious expression. He was Tezuka Kunimitsu, the most organized man in the world. He and his assistant Oishi Shuichiro, who had a little conniption fit every time something went wrong, were in charge of scheduling and making sure things went smoothly.
“Well, I hate to have to cut the lovely chat short but, Masaharu you have to get to make-up and Bunta you have to get ready as well. You know what happened lat time, Seiichi is still threatening to castrate you for that by the way.” Marui stuck his tongue out at Tezuka as he left their changing room.
“You heard what the man said, we'll leave you here and be on our way then, have fun.” Niou ushered Yagyuu out of the room and shut the door with a decisive pull. Marui sighed and began to strip, throwing his clothes where ever and looking at the piece of cloth that were laid on his table. He raised a questioning eyebrow, Marui would have to have a talk with Mizuki about these, now. Marui looked at the clothes he had shed every which way, he didn't feel like collecting them and putting them back on. So instead he pulled on the almost thong like cloth that was supposed to be his wardrobe. Walking quickly down the hall and turning left, another all, a right and then the door to his immediate left. Marui pulled it open and shut it quickly.
“Whats all the fuss Bunta-kun? You look like rabid fanboys are chasing you.” After taking several deep breaths Marui looked at Mizuki, he was wearing a trademark purple shirt, khakis, a tape measure, and today perched on the bridge of his nose was a pair of thin golden spectacles. “Is there something wrong with your wardrobe?”
“Yes, there is indeed. Where is it? I'm not wearing anything but a thong.” Mizuki picked up a clipboard from a nearby table and after flipping several pages tapped the paper he was looking at and turned it so Marui could read.
“That's what the menu says, so that is what you got. It looks good on you. Don't tell me you're embarrassed or do I have to remind you of February 2007? If I have my facts right, you were willing to do that shot, very willing. Knowing full well there would be nude photographs required. Hmm....” Mizuki gave him this appraising look over his glasses that made Marui shiver, it was like Mizuki could see right through his thong and see what he had spread in that issue of the magazine. Marui slapped his but with the clipboard as he walked by to open the door and usher Marui out. “Go get ready, Seiichi wants today to go smooth.” Mumbling and muttering to himself Marui made his way back to the dressing room briefly to get a book to read while he was in hair and make-up. After arriving on time to the surprise of the make-up artists he relaxed in the chair and fell straight asleep.
“Bunta, wake up. Wake up, lazy thing. Your photo shoot starts in ten minutes, you need to get up or else.” Marui groggily woke from his uncomfortable but rather pleasant nap to the sound of the make-up artist, Taki Haginosuke, trying to wake him.
“I'm up Hagi, what time is it.” Taki pointed at the clock on the wall behind them. Marui smiled when he saw the time. “Ten till, very good. I'll be early for once.” Marui sat his book down on his chair and precoded to enter an attached photo studio. He observed the set, it was a modern bubbly feel, with bright neon colors and futuristic props and furniture. Seeing this explained why everyone had brightly colored underwear and why Marui's thong was neon green. Several people cast Marui surprised glances as he sat down in the chairs that were placed for models waiting to get their shoot started. While he was looking around, Marui spotted Jackal who was walking over to him at a relatively quick pace.
“Hello Bunta, you're ready?” Jackal eyed him like a piece of meat, and although he was most definitely not gay, or at least that's what he told himself, he was pleased. Marui particularly liked how Jackal's eyes rested on his lack of clothing around the genital area. They talked for a while longer and then Yukimura called them to business.
Marui loved his job, no matter how weird his coworkers were, they were still fun to know. Also he loved playing with the props he was given. Today they were really angular and bright but other times they've had children's toys or swords and stuff. If he did a set for a porno there were toys and bondage. It was a lot of fun, Yukimura usually let them do their own thing and go with their instincts what to do. The only thing you knew was that you were trying to sell something, that was always the focus. Todays shoot was selling underwear so the focus had to be on that. Marui had a lot of fun with it and just being himself with his facial expressions made it come out much nicer than the strict and serious shoots for other companies. The rest of the day was a whirl, Marui would watch the shoots and Jackal and how he was assisting Yukimura, he found it fascinating to see Yukimura working and having so much fun but getting perfect shots. When all was said and done and everything was packed up Marui walked sleepily to his car. He smiled to himself, it was a good day. A strong hand landed on his shoulder and he jumped.
“Twitchy?” Marui turned to face Jackal with a wry expression.
“As a matter of fact yes. I'm not good with being sleepy, you already saw me this morning. Lowered defenses and you surprise attack, you shouldn't do that. One day you'll give someone a heart attack if you keep doing that.” Jackal laughed and ruffled Marui's hair.
“You just need someone to watch out for you all the time. Since you're sleepy now, how about we go to dinner next week to celebrate the success of the shoot, alright?” Marui though about it and nodded causing Jackal to smile wider. Something stirred pleasantly in Marui's stomach when he saw the bright smile aimed at him and he couldn't help smiling like a loon back at the other male. “Have a safe ride home.” Jackal leaned in and kissed both of Marui's cheeks. Marui blushed and stuttered Jackal laughed. “Sorry, it's a way people say goodbye to friends in Brazil. I didn't mean to surprise you.” Marui nodded wordlessly Jackal waved and walked down to another part of the garage. It took Marui several tries to get his keys in the lock of his car to open the door, when he finally got inside he leaned his burning cheeks against the cool material of the steering wheel. That churning feeling in his stomach from before was a full on cyclone. All his emotions were swirling around with a general confusion and the odd reaction to Jackal and all that had happened today made his head spin. After a minute of trying to compose himself he decided it wasn't going to happen and that going home sooner might help.
It was a short drive with several almost accidents because Marui took his eyes away from the road. However, he managed to get home without a scratch. Once inside the door he rushed straight to his room without a word to Yagyuu or Niou who were in the living room. He heard soft footsteps come up to his door, followed by another, then hushed whispers, and then both sets of feet retreated. Marui lowered himself to the ground leaning against the door. He leaned his head against his knees and wrapped his arms around his shins. Today had been very confusing and tomorrow would be worse but the date would be the worst of all. Marui thought for a while and came up with a perfect plan to find out what was going on in his heart and mind. He would put the plan into action as soon as possible. Being too lazy to get up he crawled on to his bed without changing and fell asleep quickly, dreaming of nothing.
A/N: Haha, sorry this took so long. I have swamped myself with stuff. School work, NaNoWriMo, two Christmas fic exchanges, several million ideas, a fic I said I would write, friend drama, college applications, and the whole works of being human and having things to do.
Things like WotD, which is getting rearranged and stuff, and this have fallen to the wayside. Sorry it may be a bit rambley, my mind is kind of jumbled and it doesn't help that I have like twenty stories in process now. So, chapter three will be out soon (hopefully, reviewing will make it come out faster.) I predict that the story will be around five or so chapters.
“If you want something to eat, you don't have to catch flies, I brought you a danish and coffee.” Marui's eyes opened wide and he grabbed the coffee that was offered, draining half the cup in several gulps. “It's hot you know, you're going to burn your tongue.”
Marui rolled his eyes “No duh. Too late for that now though. I don't really care, as long as Niou didn't make it, I don't really care.” Jackal looked confused for a second. “Last time Niou gave me coffee he put hot pepper flakes in it.” Jackal nodded in sympathy handing Marui a small white bag. “Thank you.” He pulled a cherry danish out of the bag and moaned in appreciation after biting into it. “How come you know how I like my coffee and have my favorite danish, from Victoria's no less.”
“Both of those will remain a mystery for now.” Jackal smiled and brushed some crumbs off of Marui's lips. Marui blushed and touched the place on his lips where Jackal's fingers had been. “The paper with your time slot is on your desk, I had Niou throw it there because Yukimura-san told me you're always notoriously late so, he wants this to go as smooth as possible, he would appreciate you being there on time and ready to go.” Marui raised his eyebrow in the middle of chewing the half of the danish that he shoved into his mouth.
After swallowing and taking another drink Marui spoke. “It's not notorious, I just always forget, and they usually find me before too long.” Jackal laughed, it was a deep rich sound that made Marui smile and laugh along, he could tell he was really going to get along with the other male. “I have to get ready now, trying to wake up has cause me to get behind the schedule that I'm supposed to be following, not that I ever do. I'll see you later Jackal. Maybe we can go out to dinner or something.” Jackal smiled a bright smile, showing off his very white teeth.
“Yeah, I'd like that, Bunta.” Marui smiled back and after getting into his dressing room, he flattened himself against the door, what was that about. His mind was doing strange things. Telling him that he fancied Jackal. Telling him that it would feel nice to kiss his full lips. He had to admit Jackal was attractive with his dark skin and voice, and Marui could only imagine how his coc-. Marui interrupted his own thoughts by slapping himself, hard, across the face. He shouldn't be thinking those thoughts.
“Bunta, are you alright or have you finally gone crazy.” Marui looked up at Niou confused. “Don't look at me like I'm crazy, I'm not the man who just slapped himself. Now, come sit and tell me whats the matter. Also, since you were late, Mizuki got frustrated and dropped off your stuff. You're expected to be at Make-up in an hour and our shoot starts when you finish, just to make sure you don't get lost this time.” Marui began to protest, Niou was the second person to treat him like that today, Marui was not going to stand for it. “Don't bother speaking, I already know what you're going to saw. Save your breath for explaining why you just slapped yourself silly.”
“I don't know. One minute Jackal and I are having a normal conversation. Next he's smiling at me and I'm thinking that he's attractive and I though about kissing him and how his coc-.”
“Don't finish that sentence Bunta, I really don't want to know.” Both Niou and Marui looked up to see Yagyuu walk in the room.”Since you were talking about it though, who?” Niou laughed and bounded over to his boyfriend stealing a quick kiss from his lips and then hanging himself off his body like a monkey.
“You really need to stop hanging around Masaharu, you're turning slightly evil. It's starting to scare me. I mean you never used to pry into my personal like like you're trying to now. But since you asked, Jackal.” Yagyuu nodded with a gleam in his eyes. “Now you have a menacing gleam in your eyes, can't you date Yuushi or someone who doesn't try to kill me on my birthday and call it “having fun”. I want to live a long life, I don't want to die because of something stupid Masaharu does..” Both Yagyuu and Niou were giving him confused looks.
“It never ceases to amaze me how you can change topics so quickly without barely blinking an eye. I barely followed what you just said to me.” Yagyuu just shook his head at Marui. Marui smiled sheepishly. “Either way, you have a good chance with Jackal, he;s single and gay. Why do you think Yukimura hired him? He just likes looking at beautiful gay men. He likes looking at beautiful straight men too but, that tend to become uneasy under his stare.” Marui nodded slowly.
“WAIT, you mean he is gay and I wasn't just imagining that. I thought I was going crazy. Now that I know, I'm relieved but still frightened at the same time.”
“Of course he's gay, everyone in this office is gay. Not all of them are as obvious as me 'n Hiro, Seiichi and Genchirou, or Mizuki and Yuuta. Everyone in this building is gay as as a ruffled pink tutu.” Marui's mouth opened and closed in a fish like manor.
“Did you even think about me, I'm not gay. If he only hires gay people, how come I'm here.” Niou danced over so he was standing in front of his room mate and patted him on the head.
“You just keep yourself in the closet a little longer until you're able to accept it. Don't worry though, I'm sure Jackal can wait till then. The poor boy is head over heels and he just met you yesterday. Either you make a really good first impression or, he has really bad taste. No offense, you look a little young. Maybe he has a shota-con. Whatever it is, he called me at three in the morning asking what kind of coffee you liked and what breakfasty things you like, it was rather odd and I was tiered. I do hope I got it right.” Marui knocked Niou's hand off his head and stuck his tongue out.
“You were right, he gave me coffee and a cherry danish this morning, it was delicious.” Niou laughed. A swift knock came to the door and without waiting for someone to answer an official looking man burst in the door. He had a clipboard and a serious expression. He was Tezuka Kunimitsu, the most organized man in the world. He and his assistant Oishi Shuichiro, who had a little conniption fit every time something went wrong, were in charge of scheduling and making sure things went smoothly.
“Well, I hate to have to cut the lovely chat short but, Masaharu you have to get to make-up and Bunta you have to get ready as well. You know what happened lat time, Seiichi is still threatening to castrate you for that by the way.” Marui stuck his tongue out at Tezuka as he left their changing room.
“You heard what the man said, we'll leave you here and be on our way then, have fun.” Niou ushered Yagyuu out of the room and shut the door with a decisive pull. Marui sighed and began to strip, throwing his clothes where ever and looking at the piece of cloth that were laid on his table. He raised a questioning eyebrow, Marui would have to have a talk with Mizuki about these, now. Marui looked at the clothes he had shed every which way, he didn't feel like collecting them and putting them back on. So instead he pulled on the almost thong like cloth that was supposed to be his wardrobe. Walking quickly down the hall and turning left, another all, a right and then the door to his immediate left. Marui pulled it open and shut it quickly.
“Whats all the fuss Bunta-kun? You look like rabid fanboys are chasing you.” After taking several deep breaths Marui looked at Mizuki, he was wearing a trademark purple shirt, khakis, a tape measure, and today perched on the bridge of his nose was a pair of thin golden spectacles. “Is there something wrong with your wardrobe?”
“Yes, there is indeed. Where is it? I'm not wearing anything but a thong.” Mizuki picked up a clipboard from a nearby table and after flipping several pages tapped the paper he was looking at and turned it so Marui could read.
“That's what the menu says, so that is what you got. It looks good on you. Don't tell me you're embarrassed or do I have to remind you of February 2007? If I have my facts right, you were willing to do that shot, very willing. Knowing full well there would be nude photographs required. Hmm....” Mizuki gave him this appraising look over his glasses that made Marui shiver, it was like Mizuki could see right through his thong and see what he had spread in that issue of the magazine. Marui slapped his but with the clipboard as he walked by to open the door and usher Marui out. “Go get ready, Seiichi wants today to go smooth.” Mumbling and muttering to himself Marui made his way back to the dressing room briefly to get a book to read while he was in hair and make-up. After arriving on time to the surprise of the make-up artists he relaxed in the chair and fell straight asleep.
“Bunta, wake up. Wake up, lazy thing. Your photo shoot starts in ten minutes, you need to get up or else.” Marui groggily woke from his uncomfortable but rather pleasant nap to the sound of the make-up artist, Taki Haginosuke, trying to wake him.
“I'm up Hagi, what time is it.” Taki pointed at the clock on the wall behind them. Marui smiled when he saw the time. “Ten till, very good. I'll be early for once.” Marui sat his book down on his chair and precoded to enter an attached photo studio. He observed the set, it was a modern bubbly feel, with bright neon colors and futuristic props and furniture. Seeing this explained why everyone had brightly colored underwear and why Marui's thong was neon green. Several people cast Marui surprised glances as he sat down in the chairs that were placed for models waiting to get their shoot started. While he was looking around, Marui spotted Jackal who was walking over to him at a relatively quick pace.
“Hello Bunta, you're ready?” Jackal eyed him like a piece of meat, and although he was most definitely not gay, or at least that's what he told himself, he was pleased. Marui particularly liked how Jackal's eyes rested on his lack of clothing around the genital area. They talked for a while longer and then Yukimura called them to business.
Marui loved his job, no matter how weird his coworkers were, they were still fun to know. Also he loved playing with the props he was given. Today they were really angular and bright but other times they've had children's toys or swords and stuff. If he did a set for a porno there were toys and bondage. It was a lot of fun, Yukimura usually let them do their own thing and go with their instincts what to do. The only thing you knew was that you were trying to sell something, that was always the focus. Todays shoot was selling underwear so the focus had to be on that. Marui had a lot of fun with it and just being himself with his facial expressions made it come out much nicer than the strict and serious shoots for other companies. The rest of the day was a whirl, Marui would watch the shoots and Jackal and how he was assisting Yukimura, he found it fascinating to see Yukimura working and having so much fun but getting perfect shots. When all was said and done and everything was packed up Marui walked sleepily to his car. He smiled to himself, it was a good day. A strong hand landed on his shoulder and he jumped.
“Twitchy?” Marui turned to face Jackal with a wry expression.
“As a matter of fact yes. I'm not good with being sleepy, you already saw me this morning. Lowered defenses and you surprise attack, you shouldn't do that. One day you'll give someone a heart attack if you keep doing that.” Jackal laughed and ruffled Marui's hair.
“You just need someone to watch out for you all the time. Since you're sleepy now, how about we go to dinner next week to celebrate the success of the shoot, alright?” Marui though about it and nodded causing Jackal to smile wider. Something stirred pleasantly in Marui's stomach when he saw the bright smile aimed at him and he couldn't help smiling like a loon back at the other male. “Have a safe ride home.” Jackal leaned in and kissed both of Marui's cheeks. Marui blushed and stuttered Jackal laughed. “Sorry, it's a way people say goodbye to friends in Brazil. I didn't mean to surprise you.” Marui nodded wordlessly Jackal waved and walked down to another part of the garage. It took Marui several tries to get his keys in the lock of his car to open the door, when he finally got inside he leaned his burning cheeks against the cool material of the steering wheel. That churning feeling in his stomach from before was a full on cyclone. All his emotions were swirling around with a general confusion and the odd reaction to Jackal and all that had happened today made his head spin. After a minute of trying to compose himself he decided it wasn't going to happen and that going home sooner might help.
It was a short drive with several almost accidents because Marui took his eyes away from the road. However, he managed to get home without a scratch. Once inside the door he rushed straight to his room without a word to Yagyuu or Niou who were in the living room. He heard soft footsteps come up to his door, followed by another, then hushed whispers, and then both sets of feet retreated. Marui lowered himself to the ground leaning against the door. He leaned his head against his knees and wrapped his arms around his shins. Today had been very confusing and tomorrow would be worse but the date would be the worst of all. Marui thought for a while and came up with a perfect plan to find out what was going on in his heart and mind. He would put the plan into action as soon as possible. Being too lazy to get up he crawled on to his bed without changing and fell asleep quickly, dreaming of nothing.
A/N: Haha, sorry this took so long. I have swamped myself with stuff. School work, NaNoWriMo, two Christmas fic exchanges, several million ideas, a fic I said I would write, friend drama, college applications, and the whole works of being human and having things to do.
Things like WotD, which is getting rearranged and stuff, and this have fallen to the wayside. Sorry it may be a bit rambley, my mind is kind of jumbled and it doesn't help that I have like twenty stories in process now. So, chapter three will be out soon (hopefully, reviewing will make it come out faster.) I predict that the story will be around five or so chapters.