Title: Cheater of the Year
Pairing: OhgoJima
Author: macy
Genre: a cup of Fluff, 5 tablespoon of Romance, and 2 pinches of Angst
Rating: G
AN:
-UNBETAed, rushed
-not a songfic. though the song is a big part of the story.
-set in a later month
-italicized words are said in English.
-the title is irrelevant to the plot. just so you know.
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Suzuka read through her entry once and smiled, satisfied. She posted it at once. It was two days before their graduation and they were having their last rehearsal for the event. Currently, it was their break, so with nothing much to do she decided to update her blog through her smart phone.
She perked up when she saw that she had a new message in her mail inbox. She smiled when she saw it was from Aimée. She opened it and read.
She chuckled upon reading the first line. 'Suzuka-hime!' It says. It was Aimée's nickname for her as according to her, Suzuka unconsciously act like a modern royalty. In turn, Suzuka calls her 'Maman' the French word for 'Mom' because Aimée have mothering tendencies.
Aimée was the first friend Suzuka made when she first visited UCLA during their exam. Then, the both of them weren't very good in English yet, but somehow they were able to communicate and they had became fast friends. Before Suzuka returned to Japan, Aimée had proposed that they mail each other often so they could help each other practice their English. Now both of them are very familiiar with the language though not yet very fluent.
Aimée's mail had the usual long greetings and update on the girl's life in Paris. Suzuka smiled as she read about a very amusing experience of her friend. It was as if she could hear her talking. She is very fast when she talks and she have an accent.
It was then that she realized that a file was attached to the e-mail. She read the rest of the mail and on the last paragraph it says,
'I had a great music discovery! Do you know Evan Taubenfeld? Avril Lavigne's former guitarist. His songs are great. I've send you a few. Listen to them, you'll like them. :D'
Shrugging, Suzuka went ahead and download the mp3 files. And then she noticed their was a post-script.
'PS.
The songs are all English. You can go and study. :)'
Suzuka laughed. "Such a 'maman.'" She muttered fondly.
Suzuka looked around her. She was in the school's gym where they held their practice. There were no teachers and only a few fellow senior students were there. Her friends hasn't come back from the cafeteria either. The few fellow 3D who was there also have something they were doing. She decided to download the song while waiting for Mirai and the others.
When it was finished, she picked a random song and pressed play. But she immediately pressed stop after hearing the first note. It was a rock song and it was rather loud especially in the almost empty auditorium.
Sighing, she looked around the auditorium once more looking for someone. She saw her query at the back of the gym.
She smiled at the sight of him. Yuto was dozing off; his head lulling in front of him. She stood up and made her way towards her boyfriend.
He must have really been tired because he didn't even stir when Suzuka plopped down beside him. Suzuka knew it was because of their rehearsals for their tour. She hesitated for a while, but decided to wake him up anyway. His position didn't really looked comfortable. Suzuka was sure he'd have stiff neck and his legs might even go numb because he was sitting cross-legged.
"Yuto-kun." She called, tapping him gently. He groaned.
She tried again, "Yuto-kun, wake up." This time he opened his eyes tiredly.
"Suzu-chan." He muttered. "What is it?" He asked, sleepily.
"Can I borrow your headphones?" She asked. She wasn't sure if Yuto was really conscious or still in dreamland, but Yuto groggily opened his bag and took out his headphones. He smiled at Suzuka and said, "Here."
Suzuka smiled back. "Thanks." She said.
"Wanna use my lap as pillow? You're body will be sore if you sleep in that position." She asked.
Yuto grinned at this and nodded lying down and positioning his head on Suzuka's lap at once. Suzuka smiled down at him and brushed a few strands of hair. "Sleep. You really look tired." She said. Yuto just nodded smiling, already closing his eyes. "Sweet dreams." Suzuka whispered.
"Hmmm." Yuto exhaled and Suzuka laughed. He was just adorable.
Moving carefully, Suzuka took her phone from her pocket and slipped in Yuto's headphone. She went back to the files, chose a song and pressed play. The song's title was 'Cheater of the Year.' She closed her eyes as she listened to the song, relaxing.
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The song was good, and the lyrics was quite interesting. There were words not usually used in song lyrics (at least not in the English songs that Suzuka knew) and that was a good thing for studying purposes. Suzuka had understood the gist of the song, and it wasn't a very unusual theme in a song, but it got her thinking.
Suzuka was surprised when something warm touched her forehead. She opened her eyes, and as she expected it was Yuto's hand. He was still lying down, but he had raised his hand to her face and brushed it through her forehead.
"What are you thinking? You're brows are furrowed." He said looking up..
"I'm sorry, did I wake you up?" Suzuka asked, as she slid down Yuto's headphone to her neck.
Yuto smiled. "No, I couldn't help but watch you." He said. "What were you thinking?" He repeated, looking concern.
Suzuka smiled at him. "Just the lyrics of the song. It's an English song sent by Aimée." She explained.
"What about the lyrics?" Yuto asked, curious, now also smiling.
"Well, the song is about a guy who's breaking up with his girlfriend because she cheated on him. There's this lyrics 'it's a cliché breakup here'."
"What does that mean?" He asked.
"Well, roughly it means they're breaking up because of the common reason which is cheating. Hmm, it's hard to explain. It's cliché. Like it's a thing that can be heard everywhere, that happens everytime. But that's what got me thinking. Can you give a breakup that isn't cliché?" She asked Yuto, looking down at him.
Yuto thought for a bit and then said, "Hmm, if it's one-sided? Like the other one is just using or tolerating the other?"
Suzuka shook her head. "Cliché."
"How about when parents don't approve?" Yuto said this time.
"Classic." Suzuka said. "Romeo and Juliet."
"Hm, even breaking up because one of the pair found out he or she is dying is cliché." Suzuka mused loudly.
Yuto laughed, "Well, maybe there isn't one." He said.
Suzuka still pondered, though. Yuto didn't really know if she was still pondering about the cliché or about other things. It seems to him that Suzuka looked sad.
"What is it?" He asked, his own brows furrowing.
But Suzuka ignore his question and said softly, "How about falling out of love? If, let's say, the couple got separated for so long."
Yuto looked up at Suzuka, long and hard. He knew the message behind her words. This must be what had bothered her the first time she heard the song. She knew she really wanted to study in UCLA but he also knew she was very anxious about her world changing so much. She doesn't really show it, with her attitude, but he could see right through it. He knew she almost cried when Chielu left a note with the lyrics of 'Wherever you are' for Suzuka. And now he knew she was also worried about what might happen to them after she left.
"That's also cliché." Yuto said. "I think there's really no such thing a non-cliché breakup. Don't think about it too much, it'll never happen to us anyway, whether you want it or not." He said, nonchalantly.
And Suzuka knew Yuto's message this time. It was short and simple: 'whatever happens, I'll never let you go.'
Suzuka smiled and then laughed.
"What?" Yuto asked, bewildered.
"You know, the most cliché of all is actually not breaking up at all." She said.
Yuto smiled and touched Suzuka's cheek. "Then let's make sure we live happily ever after." He said as he raise his head and claim Suzuka' lips.
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AN:
-as mentioned in the story, the song is by Evan Taubenfeld lol, I think I've already used most of his songs in my fics. haha. :)
-not really sure about UCLA, but let's just assume for the story, okay? ^^
Extra:
OhgoJima Confession.
-i have tons of yamashi ones for the yamashi group in fb. i want to try making more about other pairings too, but we'll see. always thought of this though. xDD
Thanks for reading! :D