[two-shot] gold
title : gold
pairing : nishikido ryo x ueda tatsuya
disclaimer : i do not own any characters involved in this fiction.
summary : ryo turns everything into gold with his hand. inspired from the myth of king midas.
genre : angst, romance, supernatural, slight AU
a/n : written for a dear friend, uchihakitsune. sorry dear i tried to write fluff but got a bit emo in the end and this fic came out ^^;; and ignore the grammar, priz :3
If you were to be given two choices between wealth and happiness, which one would you choose?
"Wealth!" Young Ryo exclaimed, his big doe eyes were as bright as the stars. His mother could only shake her head while smiling.
"Why is that so, my dear Ryo?"
"Because I wanna buy lots and lots of action figures!!" His hands stretching out in excitement.
The mother gently patted her young boy's head. He was just as naive as any other ten years old, she thought.
"Listen to me, my son." She began.
"If one day, someone asked you the same question, answer the wiser choice. Choose happiness."
"Un." Young Ryo nodded while looking at his weakening mother.
One last advice and a kiss on the forehead before she vanished from this cruel world forever.
****
15 years later, Nishikido Ryo is a grown man with steady entertainment career and a better life.
He is content with his 3 rooms’ apartment in Shibuya, please with both of his groups and groupmates, and happy with whom he chose to live with. There couldn't be a more beautiful face to gaze at every morning other than his angelic Ueda Tatsuya.
"Hey. Wake up, sleepyhead." A kiss on Tatsuya's perfect nose doesn't seem to wake him up.
Moments later, the older man wiggled when the intense orange of sunshine came inside the room and fell on his milky face.
"Um..Ryo. I wanna sleep more.." Ryo swears that those diamond eyes have such pleading power that no one could ever resist.
"Ok, then. I'll leave you here. Come for breakfast when you're ready."
It had been a ritual for Ryo to start off his day by smelling the aroma of French toast and cheese scrambled eggs. He started to plan for other side dishes when he caught something, or rather someone inside his refrigerator.
A loud scream came out from the kitchen, but still not quite loud enough to wake Tatsuya up.
"W...What- Who. The. Hell. Are. ..You?"
He blinked again, trying to brush off the image of Toda Erika sitting quite comfortably beside his vegetables, her hand holding a red tomato.
"Ah. I thought an idol like you would have better things inside his refri. But no blue cheese, no apricot, no peanut butter-"
"Who are you?!" Ryo exclaimed, yet again. "You awfully look like my friend-"
"Toda Erika, yes. She's a dear dear girl. Letting me borrow her body. Oh well on the second thought, she did look a bit frightened to see me."
She blinked at the scared-looking face of the idol, then stretched her one arm.
"Midas."
"As in..Midas, Midas?" Ryo faintly remembered the great myth of King Midas and his infamous gold touch in one of his History classes.
"Yeah, yeah. That Midas." She rolled her eyes, fingers playing with her long hair.
"Then..aren't you supposed to be a..man?" Ryo, finally successful on brushing away his fear was now more curious to learn about the 'creature' in front of him.
"I thought you would be more interested to know on why am I here in your very kitchen."
"Um. Yeah. So..why?"
She slowly stepped outside the cold refrigerator and touched Ryo's both arms. The freezing sensation was so sudden; it made Ryo's heart stop beating for few seconds.
"I want you to have my ability." She said, eyes glittering and cutting through his orbs till the deepest region.
"W...what?"
"Just say yes." Their heads were so close; they almost hit each other's.
Ryo was speechless for quite a long time, hadn't been able to completely comprehend with the bizarre situation.
"Why me?" He finally released his voice.
She immediately cut her gaze with Ryo's while shrugging. "Just because. I happened to see you regularly on those random Japanese TV shows and I thought you would be a good candidate."
"I..I don't know.."
"What more could you asked for, Ryo? It'll never gonna get any better than this. Imagine touching everything and turning them into gold. You'll be the richest man in the World!"
The richest man in the world. Ryo repeated the phrase inside his head over and over again; his head was spinning like crazy.
Richest man in the world is not a bad title at all, he thought. The picture of his solid gold house, the furnitures, the walls, the poles in yellowy beautiful luxury..owh! What a wonderful image!
"YES." He said, completely forgotten about his late mother's advice.
“Good.”
She smiled her biggest smile, so big that it had look more frightening than any ghostly smile he saw on scary movies.
Before Ryo could say one more word, Erika cupped his face with her long fingers and kissed him full on his mouth.
He saw whiteness before it was being replaced by scintillating gold color.
And it ended as fast as it began.
****
"Ryo..why are you sitting on the kitchen's floor?" Tatsuya asked groggily.
The younger one could only brush off the cold sweat on his face and shook his head.
"Nothing. Just feeling a bit dizzy."
He quickly got up on his feet and said 'I'm fine' before proceeding to finish his morning ritual.
But that morning, it wouldn't be just as any other usual morning.
"Oh my God!" was the only words that escaped from Tatsuya's mouth upon seeing the chicken's egg turned into gold after Ryo touched it.
It wasn't a dream after all. Ryo can touch anything he wants now and turn it into pure gold. He is now officially the richest man in the entire world!
"Tatsuya, look!" He laughed at the green of plants that suddenly turned into shiny yellows. So did the burgundy sofa. And the pink cushion.
"We're going to be rich!! I don't have to work hard anymore, Tat-chan! We're rich!" Ryo stressed the word 'rich' again and again.
Tatsuya, on the other hand could only look in displease. His hands clutching together while his eyes overflowed with clear tears. "Hey,Ryo.."
"Yes, my dear?"
"Wouldn't that mean that you cannot touch me anymore?"
The gold glass of water fell onto the floor. Its immaculate glitters had spread across the carpeted area.
"Always choose happiness over wealth." Ryo suddenly remembered his mother's words.
-TBC-