You & I, Together Forever ~o4o~
Title: You & I, Together Forever
Author: hikarijournal
Pairings: Takaki Yuya X Arioka Daiki X Inoo Kei
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Romance, Angst, Fluff, Thriller
Type: Chaptered
A/N: Bwahahaha! Finally my Tadaiki ai is back!
Summary: A very dense and dependent Daiki who will always rely to a very secretive and responsible Yuya.
~o4o~
Covering Up Evilness Is Just Too Easy
CHAPTER LINKS HERE~
“Eat it…” Daiki said while glaring at Hikaru who is now grumbling some clamor before the hot and spicy spinach tart. Yes, he never had an intention to eat it. He just wanted Yuya to bake it. But since, he’s curious of the taste of it, he’s now asking Hikaru to be his taste buds. “Do I have to repeat myself?...”
Hikaru gulped. He never saw this coming. At first he thought, Daiki will really eat it or Yuya will become the taster of it. But why now, it’s him? He never wished to taste it or even to know the smell of it but since he was also curious, he followed Yuya until here, yes, in Daiki’s room and it’s the biggest mistake he ever did today. “I’m not a lab rat you know~” he pouted and Daiki scooped a spoonful spinach tart to push it on his lips.
“Open your mouth…” Daiki ordered and Hikaru gulped even deeper.
“Open it…” Yuya said, advising Hikaru to just allow the spoon to enter.
But Hikaru is still too hesitant. There’s no need to know why because from the unexplainable scent of it plus the spiciness it has, Hikaru could already tell a hellish taste from it. If he just knew that something like this will happen, he could have left the house an hour ago to buy himself some ice cream instead. However, it’s too late. If he’ll try to make another reason to find a way out from this, for sure, Daiki will either punch or kick him back to death. “Ok…” he opened his mouth and as soon as he sensed the spoon on his lips, he closed his eyes. He chewed it then little by little and the spiciness spreads on his tongue, now comes another flavor and it’s the bitterness of the spinach. It’s not that bad actually if the pie wasn’t there but since the pie is the one contradicting everything, Hikaru ends up running inside the bathroom to spit and to vomit everything. “God!!!...” he shouted, running water starts to splash from the faucet then. “That was hell!!!...”
“Really?...” Daiki asked for another confirmation.
“Yes!!!...”
“Then throw this all away…” he said to Yuya. The guy abided right away and the poor spinach tart ends up trash in the bin. What a waste if poor people will be asked. But Daiki is like that. Once he doesn’t want it anymore even he wasn’t able to try it first, he’ll just throw it like that randomly.
Yuya hates that kind of attitude actually. For him, food should be respected no matter how bad they taste. It’s a very important thing after all. People can’t live without it. But since, it’s Daiki’s order, he got no choice but to do what he was told to do. It’s against his will but he needs to throw it away even that means his effort was not even acknowledge again, as if Daiki had been acknowledging them. “What do you want to eat now?...” he asked his little brother.
“Hot choco!...”
“That’s all?...”
“Mmmm…” Daiki had a thought for a while. “Get me a cake too! A big one with all the chocolates on it…”
“Now, you want sweets?...”
“Yes…” he gleefully chirped. “After all, it’s the best thing to have after being dumped by someone…”
So after all Daiki is aiming to get an unconditional love from Kei, Yuya thought. From the words of his brother yesterday, Yuya is contemplating that Daiki might be in love to Kei who is not even giving a little consideration to the bratty-prince. “Its better that way…” he murmured. “Daiki will end up uninterested on him then…” he thought so.
But he’s wrong. The moment Kei arrived in the classroom, the guy instantly dashed to see his little brother. Daiki went glad about that of course. But something comes after that. A girl which is of the same class also had brought her parents to point a finger at Kei on doing something bad at her. The teacher is there also and she’s wondering if the girl is accusing Kei truthfully. It’s kind of incomprehensible too because the girl is just telling everyone that Kei is bad and Kei is the worst man in the world. She’s not telling everyone the exact meaning of her words until her Mom meddled, “What did he do exactly at you?...”
She cupped her mouth and Kei had given her a warning glare not to spit a word but since she really wanted to cursed him back, she speak it out, “He raped me!...”
Everyone gasped on that because it is very unbelievable. From the outside, Kei is very clean and irreproachable. Who would believe her? From the looks, she can’t prove that Kei did that thing to her except if she wanted to marry him. That will be a different story then.
But Kei is fast on making a diversion. For everybody not to doubt his innocence, he simply gave his decent smile while saying, “What are you talking about? I don’t even know you and I don’t even like girls…” he pulled Daiki then to stand up with him. “Actually this guy is my boyfriend…” Everyone almost went nuts on that because who would believe that again? There was never, even once, that Kei acted like a gay but for him to prove it right, he dragged Daiki to get closer and with everyone’s eyes wide-open at him, he kissed the boy in a way that even the most envious girl will definitely find it sweet.
Daiki went stunned on that afterwards and the girl was humiliated so much. Her parents went bowing at the class then to say their deepest sorry and she went running outside the class to cry and perhaps to submit a dropout notice later. Everyone went quiet then because their faces are still so shock including the teacher. But Yuya… somehow he’s cursing Kei of doing something indecent to his little brother. He can’t understand what he really feels about it but he doesn’t like it.
“Hey…” Hikaru poked the big brother when for the first time, Yuya is still frozen on his spot even Daiki was already harassed that bad. It wasn’t just about the kiss, Kei had invaded Daiki’s intimate space as well. It is something that Yuya hates about, because of all people, only Yuya could be that close to Daiki. “Aren’t you going to do something?...” he poked the guy again and only this time Yuya was able to notice him.
“What did you say?...” he wasn’t listening at all because all of his focus were on Daiki’s blushing face. For the first time, he felt like he doesn’t like what he saw. Seeing Daiki happy is somewhat irritating for him. If he could just do something about it, he could have kicked Kei or worst drag his brother outside the room hurtfully. But since he is still the good brother - the one that Daiki could always depend on, Yuya deterred himself not to do such thing. After all, he still loves Daiki and seeing the latter crying is something he can’t take.
“I said, aren’t you going to do something? You’re brother had been harassed and Kei invaded his intimate space as well…” Hikaru repeated himself but Yuya only shook a head. “That’s not like you…” he pointed out then.
“It doesn’t matter…” Yuya said, “As long it can make Daiki happy, I’m fine with it…” sour-graping.
Rummaging his closet while throwing clothes everywhere, Daiki is now so excited on his first date with Kei. He never knew that today is his lucky day. Well, thanks to that girl. Finally, Kei admitted the love he’d been wishing to have. So in the end, he still got what he wants. Kei eventually likes him too. But something is troubling him. Why did the girl burst out like that? Was it because she likes Kei too? Or was it because her words were really true? He had a thought of it for a while… But even so, it doesn’t matter. What’s important is now to have the best clothes he could wear. He doesn’t want to disappoint Kei after all. “What do you think Ni-chan?!...” he showed the pair of pants and polo he chose.
Yuya was surprised of something he just heard. Since the day he was adopted by the Arioka, Daiki never calls him Ni-chan except today. It’s actually ok since he’s older than the boy but hearing it for the first time just after Kei finally confesses a feeling at Daiki, Yuya is somewhat… angry. “No, it won’t look good on you…” he lied, even he doesn’t want to. Maybe he was hurt a little because Daiki’s focus is now all about Kei and he becomes nothing all of a sudden. “Why don’t you just ask him to eat dinner with us? In that way, you won’t be worrying about your clothes…”
“But that’s not a date!...” Daiki pouted angrily.
“But it can help him to get along with all of us…” he smiled, trying to make Daiki understand that he’s doing this for good. But behind it, he just can’t let his brother go in some place with someone he can’t trust yet. “Call him and tell him to come here, I’ll prepare my expertise for the both of you…”
“NO!...” Daiki disagreed. “I want it to be with him only!...”
“But what if he can’t wipe your mouth? What will you do?...” Now he’s trying to tell Daiki that without him, it will be a difficult life for the boy. “You know how classy he looks. For sure, he won’t even touch a dusty table…”
“Then I’ll do it myself! I’m too big already to wipe my mouth…” he turned around to march with heavy steps back to his closet. Then he rummages it once again to find a perfect pair of clothes. When finally he found something he likes, he never asked for Yuya’s point of view anymore. He can tell it after all. Yuya is not in the mood to help him out in this date. “This will do…” he smiled at the mirror when he buttoned his shirt for the first time.
“No, it doesn’t…” Yuya said as he pulled his brother to face him. He fixed the collar then and he matched the mismatched button that Daiki had missed to do correctly. He even zipped the zipper because Daiki will always forgets that and when everything is set, he starts combing the hair of the lad. “You can’t even fix yourself completely like the way I do, how much more if you’re all alone out there with Kei?...” he sympathetically muttered.
“Don’t worry…” Daiki assured. “From now on, I’ll do everything myself…”
That makes a huge painful thump on Yuya’s heart. The comb on his hands fell on the floor then. And his eyes went so wide that anyone could tell right away that he was so shock. He doesn’t want to make a different meaning from the things that Daiki had said but he feels like it will become the source of his soon to be of no use anymore in the latter’s life. The main reason why he feels that way was because since he accepted the responsibility of being a big brother, he doesn’t want Daiki to grow, that’s why he keeps on spoiling the boy even Hikaru had been telling him to taper it down a little. But now that Kei appeared, it seems like everything is now becoming different. He doesn’t want to compare himself with that guy but yes… he feels like he’s of no match suddenly. “Don’t you like me anymore?...” he asked Daiki.
“What?...” Daiki wondered because the talk suddenly gets personal.
“Is there something ugly about me now?...” Yuya asked, his eyes are now about to drop some tears. “Aren’t you satisfied with my dishes anymore? Don’t you like the way I fix your hair? Or are you mad already if I keep on waking you up stupidly in the morning?...” he nagged. “Tell me Daiki…” he woefully begged. “What can I do for you not to hate me like this?...”
“I don’t hate you…” Daiki said. “What’s wrong with you?...”
“Everything!...” he shouted and Daiki got Goosebumps on that. His voice echoed everywhere and Hikaru went running in to see them two.
“What’s happening here?...” Hikaru asked and that’s when Yuya realized, he lost control suddenly.
“Sorry…” he bowed his head regretfully and Daiki shove him off away. He was about to reach out, to say sorry once again and to ask for Daiki’s pity but the boy had given him a glare which is always the precursor of the habit that everyone had been waiting for years.
“Go away…” Daiki ordered and Hikaru can’t tell exactly if he’s happy to hear that or not. This was the thing he’d been waiting to happen but hearing it now is somewhat obnoxious for Yuya.
“This won’t happen again, I promise…” Yuya sworn with his knees now dropping slowly and slowly on the floor. “Forgive me… please…”
“Sorry, but I don’t need you anymore!...”
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A/N: Gasp! I thought this will be romantic but it ends up like angst suddenly. Hope you won’t throw stones at me… I’ll try to bring everything back to normal…
COMMENTS ARE VERY WELCOME!