Title: Cats
Author:
ladyrevania Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Pairing: Tomo/Ryoga
Disclaimer: The cats belong to Ryoga, Ryoga belongs to Tomo and Tomo is the one who owns, not the one who belongs to anyone.
Summary: The photo of cats from Ryoga's blog+sick Ryoga+caring Tomo.
A/N: I was inspired by this photo:
click! . The fic was written for
hot_hiroto Photo shooting has always been tiring for all band members, because they had to be careful to not ruin their hair and make up, to not mess their clothes too much and then to make sometimes strange poses and faces, just to look better. When it finally ended, everyone was resting in the small room with two couches and a PC, waiting for the photographer to show them the results of their hard work and choose the best ones.
Ray laid down on one couch and fell asleep, Ryoga was almost sleeping and Tomo, sitting next to the vocalist had his eyes closed, but no one knew if he was awake or not. Surprisingly, K and Kifumi were full of energy and occupied the computer, browsing various sites and laughing loudly. Suddenly, they turned to Ryoga, who didn't even notice that, before Kifumi spoke to him:
"Hey, how are your cats actually? We have a problem figuring this out, but we're really curious if it isn't uncomfortable to sleep like that for the bottom one." He grinned, when the blonde looked at him, rubbing his eyes and yawning.
"I don't know, ask the cats. They should explain it to you better... I guess you're stalking the pics on my blog, right?" He got up, stretched lazily and came to the computer. "Yeah, I knew you're talking about this photo."
"You're their owner, so you should know if they enjoy it. Don't they do... you know?" K laughed, but Ryoga just glared at him.
"Look, it was just cold that day and they slept like that to warm each other up. Actually, it's better to be the one on the bottom in such situation, the one on top is kind of... protecting him from the cold, so the bottom one is the one who's warm in result. I find it cute, not perverted. My cats don't do such things, it's you two who needs to get laid, because you think of this stuff too much." Ryoga patted their heads with a faint smile and went back to the couch. His band mates only shrugged, continued having fun with the PC and laughed loudly, which irritated the blonde a little, because he couldn't fall asleep, but he didn't say anything and tried to rest as much as it was possible.
Soon, the photographer came and showed them the photos. Kifumi was complaining a lot about him looking bad on most of them, but the rest of the band just waited for their turn and didn't have a problem with picking the best ones. When they were done, they left home, except Ryoga, who wanted to drink some hot coffee, so he occupied the vending machine for a while, then sat on the nearby chair and sipped his hot drink.
It was already late, so he noticed it started raining when he was heading to the exit. Waiting for it to finally stop, he lit a cigarette and slowly inhaled the smoke. It tasted bad, but he was already addicted of it and couldn't quit, even if he tried many times. A lot of people around him were smoking, it's rather hard to resist when everyone else is doing that.
The rain didn't want to stop and Ryoga was getting impatient. He really wanted to get home, change into some more comfortable clothes, sit on the couch, cover himself with a blanket and watch TV or play games, drinking the hot tea. He's always been a stay-at-home-man and actually he missed his family, but he had to rent a bachelor apartment near his work place, to not waste his time too much... His place wasn't far away, but he didn't take an umbrella, so he got wet as soon as he walked out, not being able to wait even more.
His cats were probably sleeping together in some warm place again. Lucky creatures, they didn't have to work, they were doing what they wanted all day and getting food completely for free. Ryoga wished he could be a cat, instead of being a human. Of course, he couldn't be a musician if he was an animal, but doing nothing all day was a very nice idea.
When he got home, his clothes were completely drenched and water was dripping from his hair, so the first room he went to, was a bathroom, because he needed a warm shower. It helped him to not freeze completely. Then he went to his room and put a pajama on, sat on the couch, thought what to do for a while and decided to go to sleep eventually, because being alone was boring and cats were ignoring him, as usual.
The result of walking in the rain when the temperature isn't very high is getting a cold, of course, so the vocalist woke up with a headache and running nose. Not caring about his health, he lit a cancer stick and looked at the clock. He had thirty minutes to get ready and go out, so after finishing smoking he quickly took a shower and dressed in some thicker clothes, then went to the kitchen to eat. Cereal was the meal you can prepare really fast, so it was his breakfast, but he wasn't that hungry, so after consuming a few spoons of it, he put the food away and went out, he had to come to practice on time... which was much easier when he moved here, because he was arriving late when he had to take a bus to the practice place.
Tomo was the only one present, so he just said "hi" to him, sat down and started smoking again, but it was annoying when he had to wipe his nose all the time, it was also hard to breathe.
"Are you OK?" The drummer asked, positioning himself next to Ryoga.
"I just caught a cold, it's nothing serious." He replied and started coughing badly.
"We won't be able to practice if you've got a sore throat, you won't be able to sing. Get up and go home... and stop smoking, it won't help you." He took the vocalist's cigarette and stubbed it out in the ashtray.
"Hey, it was mine, why did you do that?!" Ryoga looked irritated at the wasted cigarette, then reached for another one, but the drummer was faster and he just took the whole pack, then hid it in the pocket.
"If you're such a baby, I'm going to walk you home." He stood up, crossed his arms and waited for Ryoga to do what he said.
The blonde mumbled something quietly, but he finally got up, because he knew Tomo won't give up if he doesn't do what he wants.
They went to the pharmacy first and Ryoga was forced to buy himself some meds. He just glared at his band mate all the time, feeling like he was a little baby, being ordered around by his daddy. Luckily, Tomo didn't live with him, so he was looking forward for the drummer to finally leave him alone... then he was planning to smoke again, because if you tell the kid to not do something, they doesn't listen to you and do it willingly.
As soon as he walked into his apartment, he hoped Tomo will go, but it wasn't going to happen...
"Now take your meds and better lie down. If you don't get healthy soon, we will waste too much time, so you have to rest."
"Yes, yes, of course, yes..." Ryoga snorted, swallowed the pills and drank a glass of water, then went to his room, laid on the couch and covered himself with a blanket. "I'm resting, so you can go!" He shouted to his band mate and coughed again.
"No, because you want to smoke" Tomo sat next to him "and if you don't stop it, I will smoke right in front of you and you will be just looking at me, wanting to do it so much."
"No you won't." Ryoga rubbed his arms energetically, because he was cold.
"Yes, I will. Should I bring you a cat? They're really warm."
"What, a cat? No, they will run away... they don't like sleeping with me."
"It's natural, the cat won't sleep with a human, it would be a zoophilia, don't you think?"
"Hey!" The blonde sat on the bed. "Listen, my cats DON'T do such things and DON'T offend them, because..." He didn't finish, because he had to cough again and this time it was worse.
Tomo just laughed, it was easy to irritate Ryoga sometimes, he was a really sensitive person and couldn't stand many things. That was one of the things which attracted him to the vocalist.
"Oh, the princess got offended, I'm so sorry." He smirked, but then suddenly positioned himself on top of the blonde and looked at him, straight into his eyes.
"What the fuck are you doing? Get off of me." Ryoga wanted to push him out, but that made Tomo laugh even more.
"I'm just copying your cat and making you warm, do you have a problem with that?"
"YES, I DO. We're not cats! Well, I wish I were one, but only because they do nothing all day, just sleep or have fun and..."
"Then lets be two, just today."
"That's crazy." The vocalist felt awkward, the whole situation was awkward, he was laying under the drummer, his band mate, a MAN! But... he wasn't cold anymore, it actually worked... though Tomo was a bit heavy, so he still couldn't understand how can his cats sleep like that. "Okay, but don't tell anyone and move a bit, you're choking me... and be careful, I don't want to cough into your face and make you sick too."
"Don't worry about it. If you try, I will scratch your face so bad that you won't recognize yourself when you look into a mirror." After saying that, the drummer put his head on the blonde's shoulder and closed his eyes. They both fell asleep, looking almost like Ryoga's cats, cuddled together.