A Test [One-shot]
Title: A Test
Author: natsuaisu
Word Count: 2,479
Pairing: DaiNoo, mentions of Okajima, TakaYama
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Warning: Excuse any grammatical errors or spelling mistakes I make! I do not have a beta! C:
"A test?"
"Mhm. A test! It's really simple, just answer the questions and you're done." The double-toothed male nodded approvingly and pulled out a chair right next to Inoo’s. It was unusual for Hikaru to come and visit Inoo when he was studying, especially since he knew how serious the feminine boy was about his studies. Letting his gaze wander over the young man's features for any signs of mischeviousness, Inoo narrowed his eyes; 'why is he here?' he thought.
It was around 1 a.m. and Hikaru had come knocking on his hotel door which he shared with Takaki who was currently busy paying a visit to a certain 7 member’s room. Muttering curses to himself Inoo stood up and went to open the door for whoever was outside, which was Hikaru, and the boy had barged in before Inoo could say anything at all, flailing a piece of paper between his slender fingers and stating that if he took this test he might be able to get Daiki.
Okay, so think about it. Man walks in with paper, exclaims paper holds great power, great power being able to get Arioka Daiki.
…
How were you supposed to say 'no' to that?
"Inoo come on, you know I'm always serious.” Hikaru chose to ignore Inoo’s snort. “If you truly want any real recognition from Daiki then this test will surely answer your prayers." Letting out a low sigh the young man turned his face away from the older and focused his eyes on the paper, going through every question again just to be sure. He had a plan. It was good. He knew Inoo couldn't resist such an offer, especially when the prize was respect, and definitely more, from the youngest BEST member that he had carelessly fallen for since the first day they met. Roughousing, fooling around, talking, joking and insults were an everyday cycle for the two boys, but nothing ever went further than that and it frustrated Hikaru to no ends since he could clearly see Inoo wanting more from the younger boy. Damn, did that boy hide his feelings well under all his strangeness, randomness and constant insults towards Takaki.
Growing sick of the pairs’ lack of intiative, Hikaru developed a plan, a plan so outrageous and devious that even the mere thought of it sent shivers down his spine. In front of him lay now his plan that he had gotten from a friend (Keito), a set of questions printed in black ink on a white piece of paper. And it didn't actually matter if Inoo got them all wrong or all right, the result would end up the same. Satisfactory.
The architect had ignored Hikaru and continued to study for the past 5 minutes, and it was getting on his nerve. Standing up from his seat and gliding out of it he kept his face locked onto the carpet that lay below him.
"Look, Inoo. If you want Daiki to notice your true feelings and start treating you like more than just a friend, I suggest you take this test. But if you don't want to I'll just take my leave and take your opportunity of a lifetime with me." Stuttering on his own words Inoo had come to his senses and accepted the offer given to him very graciously, missing the satisfied smirk on Hikaru’s lips. Sliding into his chair Inoo picked up his pencil that lay buried under his stack of papers. He looked over the test, and to his amusement they were only simple yes or no questions. Well, more precisely they were statements with a small box on the left that you were supposed to cross if you indicated a ‘yes’. This would be easy.
“So, what does this test do actually? Or what isi t about?” Inoo asked his friend who was lazingo n the bed. "Umm... well, I can’t tell you the whole idea of it...” the younger BEST member began, earning himself a doubtful look from the older boy. “But, hey! I can tell you this! It involves two guys." Hikaru could see the gears turning in Inoo’s mind, and since it was Inoo it took the boy less than a second to figure out what that insinuated.
"Two… guys? You mean it's like… gay?" he asked Hikaru who winked in return. Sighing to himself Inoo turned around and began filling out the answers, the entire time thinking of what the results would be and what they meant if it involved Daiki and, hopefully, him.
“By the way, you do know that I’m rooming with Daiki tonight, right?” Hikaru asked, which earned a light nod from Inoo. “That means you’re completely free to go bother him tonight since I’ll be staying here until you’ve finished your test.” The younger explained. When Inoo didn’t reply Hikaru assumed that he’d heard and understood his implication. Laying down on Inoo’s bed and closing his eyes, he inhaled deeply. The bed was really comfortable.
10 minutes passed and Inoo finally set down his pencil, stretching and yawning he averted his eyes from the sheet and looked over at Hikaru who was currently lying on his bed taking a light nap. Not wanting to wake him up Inoo stayed seated and double-checked his answers, just to be sure. He had crossed 14 of the questions and left the remaining 26 unchecked, but the rough writing at the bottom was unclear to him. It looked like Hikaru’ss handwriting, but the words weren't Japanese, they looked more like English, maybe. Inoo placed his finger below one of the sentences and uttered the first word.
"R-receiver...? Okay, um. More than 20 points, receiver." Confused Inoo read the second sentence.
"Attacker.” He wondered briefly if it meant something like ‘attack! attack!’ But attack what? “Less than 20 points, attacker." Curiosity got the better of him once more and he went out into the hallway to find someone (Keito) who perhaps knew what the writing meant. Inoo made his way over to the English Boy’s room which he shared with Yuto and knocked on the door. No one opened the door for him so he decided to knock again, harder this time. Suddenly from inside he could hear hushed voices, so he placed his ear against the door. It was definitely the voices of the room’s occupants, whispering to each other. Raising an eyebrow Inoo decided to knock on the door a third time, earning himself a response this time.
“Go away, please!” Keito’s voice travelled through the door. Confused, Inoo shook his head.
“Keito, it’s Inoo! I need help with something!” Inoo swore he heard a curse or hiss from inside the room.
“Uhh... could you come back another time?” Keito asked. Furrowing his eyebrows the older male wondered why the English boy wanted him gone. He was always the gentleman of the group, always setting aside his time to help or listen to another member’s problem.
“What? No! I need help now with some English words and you’re the only one who is fluent in the language!” Getting slightly agitated, Inoo looked over the answers at his papers and mumbled to himself about the English language and it’s complexity.
“Seriously Inoo, I really think it’s better if you ask someone else.”
“What? But you’re the only one who speaks fluent English!” He tried again trying to get Keito to help him.
“I know, it’s just that... um...” The English boy began, and this time Inoo was sure he heard shuffling from inside. “I’m just in the middle of... something, here!”
Suddenly Yuto interrupted their conversation by moaning out, “Someone, actually!” which caused Inoo to jump away from the door and yell a slurred apology as he paced away from the couple’s hotel room, his face flushing.
Who else beside Keito knew English? Well, no one knew English as splendidly as the English boy himself, but the closest thing (which in all honesty, wasn’t even close at all) or person who knew English well enough was probably Hikaru and... Daiki.
Tripping over his own two feet Inoo landed with a loud 'BANG' against the youngest BEST member’s door, and before he could open it and let all hell break loose Inoo scrambled his way up, straightened himself and dusted off his pants and shirt. Daiki was well-known for being the worst morning person in the group, and when someone woke the younger boy up either they’d fail miserably, or all hell would break loose as Daiki would throw a fit or kill anyone who dared disturbed his slumber. Inoo gulped as he realized he was the one who had accidentally dared to disturb his sleep. A small crack opened and the door slowly slid open revealing a half-naked, tired and pissed off Arioka Daiki. Inoo gulped slightly at the sight; he had been in many intimate play-fights with the boy, but never had he seen him without a shirt, hair ruffled and looking absolutely smoldering. If he'd seen all the muscles that flexed when the boy stretched Inoo was sure he couldn’t trust his body to keep from tackling the younger member onto the floor.
"What do you want, Kei?" A rough voice cut through Inoo's thoughts and for a moment, neither of them moved. Inoo was having trouble collecting his thoughts and tried to remember what he had come for, what was it, what was it, what was it? Oh, right. Holding out the piece of paper Inoo let his hand rest on the writing at the bottom of the paper for the third time tonight.
"Um, I was just wandering what these two meant. Hikaru said it was English and he fell asleep on my bed while I was taking the test and Keito was sorta... occupied, so I decided I should come to you for further explanation."
Silence.
Okay, the look on Daiki's face right then when he was just blatantly staring at the taller boy with eyes that could even make Hitler cower in fear was priceless. Narrowing his eyes and focusing on the younger teen Daiki let out a low sigh.
"That's… why you woke me up?" His eyes stayed locked onto Inoo’s brown orbs. Inoo shook violently the moment Daiki’s eyes flashed a tiny glint in his eyes and he couldn't take his eyes off of them since. Terrified and regretting coming to the teen's room at 1:20 at night he stopped breathing entirely.
…
"I need you to help me, Daiki! All Hikaru gave me as a hint was that it involves two guys, and now I'm really curious because I took the test so it means I'm involved in this which might mean I've just gotten myself tied up in some sort of twosome-threesome problem here!" The words fell out of his mouth before he could register any of it, and once he’d actually taken in what he’d said he mentally slapped himself. Only to make himself feel better did he blame his tongue and mind on being sleep-deprived from all of his studying. He was scared that Daiki would suddenly shut the door in his face for being an idiot, but surprisingly enough he didn't move. His gaze hadn't changed either, his dark eyes were just full of 'wtf, how can you be so stupid' statements. Giving it a last try Inoo raised the sheet of paper once more and politely asked Daiki to translate the two words at the bottom.
Daiki snatched the paper out of Inoo's hand and muttered a few colourful curses, and Inoo was completely caught off guard when Daiki let out a snort. Not a 'shit, you're so bothersome snort', but more of a 'oh my god, this is hilarious' sort of snort. Raising his eyebrows slightly Inoo leaned closer in to Daiki and tried searching for another reaction. Daiki looked up at Inoo once more and explained to him.
"This first word means 'receiver', as in the person who is on bottom during sex, so he sorta like, receives the action.” For a split second Inoo’s mind flashed to an image of Yuto’s grinning face. “The one written below it means 'attacker’, so the one who gives, or like, is on top during sex.” And suddenly another image of the stoic and quiet Keito swirled into his mind. Inoo shook his head and tried to push aside the image of what his two bandmates were doing at the moment.
“Why are you even reading this, Kei?" Okay, it was very light, and very subtle… But Allen swore he just heard a hint of pleasure and amuse in Daiki’s voice. Inoo's eyes widened at the reply he got from the Japanese teen and he blushed furiously before grabbing it from his grasp.
"I-I didn't know! Hikaru made me take the test, I was just curious!"
Epiphany.
"Wait… attacker means being on top? …I'm a topper?" This even surprised Inoo himself; he didn’t know that he had it in him! Not that he ever thought of whether he would be on the top or bottom during sex, but he was thoroughly startled by this revelation. Was it wrong that he was full of himself now? Because he felt a slight sensation of glory taking over him and he couldn't help but gri-
"You're not a topper." A load of bricks might've just dropped over Inoo's head at that moment. How dare Daiki ruin his self-esteem!
"It's kind of odd that you're arguing with the resu-"
"You're. Not. A. Topper." His voice was hard and precise laced with amusement and irritated the hell out of Inoo.
"Just accept it Dai-chan! Not everything has to follow your beliefs-"
"Not everything has to follow my belief. True, nothing ever does. But the only thing that better be right is my opinion about you."
“Don’t let me innocent smile fool you, I’m actually quite sadistic you know.” Inoo winked at the younger boy who suddenly widened his eyes out of shock. The older male clenched his jaw, thinking he’d gone overboard and maybe scared Daiki with his mindless ramblings. But then a smirk slowly formed on the younger BEST member’s face, his eyes lighting up with a hidden intensity.
“Is that right?” he asked, grinning. Inoo was worried at the other’s behaviour, but kept his calm and tried to match Daiki’s directness.
“You betcha.” He smiled. Daiki continued to smirk.
“I bet you too. You’re a bottom.” He suddenly reached for Inoo and grabbed his wrist, swiftly pulling him into his room. "I'll prove it to you." Daiki stated as the door swung shut. All that could be heard the remaining hours of the night through the walls and door were gasps, shouts, yells, screams, begging, heavy thumping, the springs of the bed, and ending with a loud 'crash'. Probably the bed tipping over.
A/N: So I had written this DGM fic a few years back and decided to use that idea for a DaiNoo fic. :3 Hope you all enjoy it! I'll try my best to battle exams in one and a half months and pass brilliantly! (satisfactory)
Btw, once I finish with 'Underneath It All', do you guys think I should continue writing light romantic comedy fics or try to see if I have any skills in writing and angst/dramatic fics?