A story without a title (bc I haven't thought of one)
I wanted to write a fic about someone trying to make takaino canon in the shadows
This was supposed to be the first paragraph but I got lost and somehow made a 2k+ worded boring useless fic but I didn't want to delete it >////< it's my first after all >///<
Notes : some grammatical errors at the beginning are intentional, the rest, that's just me being stupid
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"Yuuuyaan~ "
I will never get used to her calling my name, it always brings back the memories of the first time he uttered my name, time stops and everything else blurs to focus on him and his voice,
my brain stops working, the world is him, and he is the world,
the only difference this time is that, she's the only one who's smiling, somehow I can't force myself to smile knowing that she's leaving so soon, I hope she could stay longer,
stay forever,
here with me
My thoughts are interrupted by soft warm hands on my cheeks, forcing me to look at her dark brown eyes, so beautiful yet so sad
"please don't go" I whispered softly, as tears start to form in my eyes,
she smiled gently at me as she wiped them away "don't worry" she uttered for the last time before she steps into the black void,
"WAIT" I screamed, my hands outstretched as I followed her into the void hopelessly trying to reach her,
I woke with a start, grasping the air in front of me, tears streaming down my face and sweat all over my naked body soaking the bedsheet and pillows
Not again. Not this again.
I lied back down to try to forget what happened, or maybe try to remember, I'm not sure of it myself, my brain tells me to forget as my heart hopelessly tries to grasp the remaining memories of the dream, of her face, her warmth, her brown wavy hair flowing with the cherry blossoms in the soft breeze, my memory blurs and she goes back to my dream bank, or wherever those damn dreams go when they leave us.
I checked the clock on my bedside table, 4:00 am, thankfully I still have time before work starts, I hope can drive this feeling away, as well as the hangover from last night's dinner with the members
I grabbed some shorts and sleeveless shirt from the pile of laundry I've been planning to do for the last two weeks and went out, not even bothering to wash my face
I really have no plans on where to go
Sometimes I just follow the road and see where it takes me,
But somehow the road took me to the sea, as all roads tend to do.
Enoshima beach is just an hour away from my place in moderate speed,
It's too short when I just want to drive and too long when I just want to get there
I planned to drive longer today, but I'm not really a big planner so~~ *shrug*
This place is not really a resort, it's open for everyone, yet almost no one goes on this part during the last days of summer, except the occasional lost children from the nearby village and rebellious high school students cutting classes.
I parked my car and headed towards the shore
Walking towards the sea is just so liberating, the fresh salty breeze filling my nostrils and travelling throughout my body, cleansing my mind and soul of everything that's trying to overcome me, calming everything that wants to break free
I picked up my pace, feeling every grain of hot sand under my bare feet and dived in, the cold salty water washing away all the uneasiness, soothing my soul. After swimming for a while, I just relaxed and let the waves carry me, lulling me into a trance only the sea knows, helping me forget things that doesn't need remembering, but somehow,I feel like I forgot something important, hmmm what i--
OH SHOOT!!
I forgot about work, I jerked so suddenly that I sunk and inhaled seawater, I relaxed a little too much I didn't even remember reaching this far, and more importantly, work
I swam to the beach and ran as fast as I could towards my car while trying to cough the salt water out of my system but my car?
EEEEEHHHH?????!! MY CAR IS MISSING WHAT THE?!
how long have I been out? I wonder if I left my keys.. ? I'm pretty sure I brought them.. yes they're here, as relaxed as I seem to be, I always secure my keys in ziploc slots I had asked the tailor to specially stitch-
Hmm? What's this?
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Looking back on last nights events:
Jump gathered at a restaurant hika booked, it was probably the first time he invited everyone and even booked a place without occasion, heck he rarely even does on special occasions, nobody had the guts to turn him down even if they know they have a photoshoot the next day
Hika : a fan sent 9 key chains of the kyuupuu to me! They are metal so you can engrave names at the back! But I had a better idea, I can put a phone number in it!
"I'm not sure people do that" chinen answered, skeptical
"But I'm not really interested in having 9 keychains
So I'm giving them to you~~" hika continued, as if he hadn't heard chinen
"but we're not allowe-" yabu commented but is cut off by hika showing off what he did
"Loook~ isn't it cool?"
"Ah, they are!" Yuya replied with amazement
"This way, when our item gets lost, people will know who to contact" hika continued
" what are you? A high school girl?" Yabu said unbelieving, still not quite understanding what happened to hikaru
"Yabu~~ you probably need it the most you know~" hika replied
"aren't there better ways of doing that? There's a lot of apps out there!" Yama commented, not really interested in having his number written in a keychain
"like gps? Right? Hahaha for lost things and friends 😂" everyone laughed when they remembered yama exchanging gps with keito, who blushed really hard
"IT'S NO--" yama started
"ah, but wouldn't it be nice?! I want it!" Dai said, ignoring yama
"Me too" inoo and chinen replied simultaneously
" I know you want them, just write your numbers here, I brought an engraving pen, I--" hika
"Geez, you're really prepared, huh" yabu said with full resignation,
Everyone listed their numbers and gave them to hika who eagerly designed everyone's keychain
''I finished them! Here you go, yabu, dai chan, yama, chii, yutti, keito"
*Ring* *ring*
" hello, yes almost too perfect, I was- oh yes, see you in a minute
Oi, yuya please lend me your car" hika
Yuya: what for?
Hika: please?
Takaki tosses him the keys
Inoo: hey! my inooteri
Hika : later!
Present :
Ah, it's the key chain, Hika went ahead and attached it here, huh I should thank him later
But it's supposed to be my number, what use could there possibly be in calling my phone inside my stolen car? It's not like- takaki stopped mid thought as he realized that the keychain is not his
This is inooteri? That dumb old man just switched inooteri and yuyaseba when my yuyaseba is obviously blue 😑
Well~~ blessing in disguise
Meanwhile at inoo's residence
Oii kei nyaaaaan~ oi wake up!!! nyaaaan~ Oi oi oi oi nyaaaaan~
Inoo woke up to aki hitting him with pillows and yuki, their family cat shoving his butt to his face
His mother made aki deliver some things to him and she gets to stay in Tokyo for a week in exchange
This happens at least twice a year
It's not like their home is far, but he suspects that it's also a way of driving aki out of their home, so he decided not to say anything
It's almost always like this every morning when she's here,
Aki has always been a better cook, but she insists that as a host, his brother should be serving breakfast
"Aki, what time is it?" Inoo asked groggily
It's almost 7
IT'S NOT YET SEVEN, DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME I GOT HOME YESTERDAAAY? inoo said using the most spoiled voice he can muster
"So are we having breakfast or what?" Aki said while rolling her eyes, knowing full well that his brother arrived at midnight, a little drunk and anxious about something
This is a fight of will! Inoo thought
After 2 minutes, he just sighed and got up, knowing it's useless to argue
*ring* *ring* *ring* *ring* eh? This early? Is it the managers? Mama? Did something happen?
Aki did you give my telephone number to anyone?
"Why would I? I don't need my friends to remind me you're my brother"
"Hmm hmm you don't have friends tho"
"Shut up" *Baam* aki hit him a hard with a pillow
That hu-
*ring* *ring*
"hello?"
"hello inoo-kun, goodmor-
"EEEH? TAKAKI? *baaam*(yes, it's aki hitting inoo) *silence* (inoo covered the mic to tell aki off)
"Are you okay?"
"Sorry I was just.. expecting it to be the managers or something.. I didn't think you'd call"
"sorry did I bother you? But how did you know it was me? "
He was thinking about the keychain incident but decided not to mention it, because he doesn't think takaki is the kind of person who would fuss about such a thing
"A ha ha ha I don't know anyone else with that" inoo caught himself mid sentence I almost said sexy and smooth, what am I even thinking? Inoo thought "Deep voice" inoo laughed nervously "and-" "You have a fisherman friend, right?" Takaki interrupted before he could finish explaining himself
"Does he have a high pitched voice? *in a high pitched voice* nee~~nee~~ inoo chan ~ do you wanna go to the karaoke with me today? I caught a biiiiiiiig fish it's probably one meter long nee~~ nee~~ why are you laughing so hard? Do you want to see it? It's really cute, it has this biiiig rooouu--" "HAHAHAHHAA STOP IT STOP IT" Inoo can't control his laughter as takaki kept on talking in a high pitched voice like a grade school girl
"Achoo~~"
"Takaki kun? Are you okay? Anyway you forgot to tell why you called~~" inoo said while still trying to hold his laugh
"Ah~ right, I almost forgot, can I ask you a favor? I lost my car you see~~" Takaki relayed what happened this morning with enthusiasm that doesn't mirror his situation at all while inoo listened awestruck at how curious the situation seems
How can he be so non-chalant about this? Inoo thought
"Luckily Hikaru kun switched our key chains~" takaki
"How did you manage to call though?" Inoo
" Ah there are people who left their change here, I guess some people are really nice, huh? Maybe I'll leave some change in every payphone for people in emergency situations"
"Wouldn't that cause trouble inst-"
*Baaam* aki hit inoo with a pillow again
What? What did I do this time?
Aki pointed at the clock
Eeeeeh?
"What happened?"
"It's 7:30 am"
"Eh? Really? Seriously?" Takaki said amused
"Oh right, Our shoot is at 10, we need to hurry, would you mind picking me up?"
"Hurry? Why where are you anyway? It's still early"
"I'm at the 7/11 nearest to Enoshima beach" tkk replied casually
"Hmmm, do you remember the huge dead tree near this store? I'll wait there"
"Hmm.. en-ENOSHIMA?
Yes, thank you bye
WAIT I'm not- "
*Toot* *toot* *toot*
Inoo showered as quick as he could and dressed, lingering at the mirror longer than he usually does, longer than he's even conscious of
Ooooi keeeeeiiiii
"Later aki, I'm late"
*Sigh* really kei?~
"You still have hours, the studio is only 15 minutes away
Where are you going? it's still early~ How about breakfast?'
"You can manage, I need to hurry"
*Sigh* i mean your breakfast *sigh* that takaki still comes first huh
What?
Nooothiing
You're taking the car?
Aki asked, curious, his brother had always took the bus,
Inoo left hurriedly, stumbling as he put on his shoes half running towards the car
Aki felt like she sighed more on this day than her whole life put together
Meanwhile..
Hmmm, inoo isn't here yet, it's probably not a very good idea to swim again, I don't want to wet his car after all
Takaki sat on the roots of the huge dead oak tree, he never really thought a lot about things, he prefers to feel,
Thinking often got in the way of happiness
While feeling the cool breeze on his face, he drifted off to sleep
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It's here, right?
Ugh, where is--
Achoo ~~
??????!!!!!!
Achoo ~~
????!!!!
Takaki kun, wake up, you're going to catch a cold
You're barefoot?!
Ah, just another 5 minutes plea---choo
Wait, where ? Ah Right, what time is it?
It's 8:20
What?
8:20
"Keys" tkk said with such urgency that inoo automatically gave him his keys
"Come on, hurry"
Tkk drove and inoo instantly regretted giving him his keys
He drove so fast that even inoo who likes driving fast was forced to close his eyes, grip his seat and hold on to dear life
Everything was a blur, he doesn't even know how they got to takaki's apartment in 30 minutes
"Wait here, I'll be quick"
Inoo let out a deep breath that he didn't even realize he held on the ride
"quick" might be an understatement to takaki's speed though
Inoo wasn't even able to get his composure back when takaki came back
He was somehow able to shower and get dressed in 5 minutes
He's a five-minute guy? I guess?
He tried to hold his laughter in since he doesn't want to piss off this quickie takaki he's with
8:55, we can still make it on time if we hurry
Takaki kun, surely you're not---
Inoo wasn't even able to finish his sentence before takaki sped off the road at speeds inoo doesn't even want to think about
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We're here, 9:03, oh no, we need to hurry, 6th floor, right?
Inoo felt so dizzy and weak but tried his best to catch up with the running-walking takaki
Damn long-legged people
He held on to the railings of the elevator, not realizing until this day how important they were
"We're here! 9:05, not bad, right?"
Takaki said like an excited puppy
Inoo just smiled and shook his head, how can he be angry with this guy?
"Aaand we're he---eeeeh? Where's everyone?
Are we the earliest here?"
"That can't be, we're already late you know~, they probably transferred rooms, let me ask the managers"
Eh?
*Blush*
"Inoo kun, what's wrong?'
Inoo showed his phone to takaki, ashamed
"The photoshoot will be moved to 10:30 am today due to some emergency that happened regarding the studio"
"I guess all that hurrying went to waste, huh, I'm sorry inoo kun"
"I should be the one to say sorry, I didn't check m-- *grooowl*
Takaki chuckled, inoo pouted but he couldn't stop himself from smiling until he broke into laughter too
They both stood there laughing like crazy, almost forgetting the hunger and exhaustion they both felt until
*grooooowl* takaki's stomach rumbled too
"I'm sorry, let me buy you breakfast, I know a good place just 5 mi-" takaki noticed inoo's face contort into an expression that screams uncomfort
"Inoo kun, are you okay? Are you dizzy from the ride? Can you still walk? It's only a 5 minute walk away from the building, I promise it's worth it"
"Well, who am I to say no to the restaurant expert?"
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