Title: Youth
Fandom/Pairing: JE/JinTego
Rating: kinda R
Notes: for
knackchan08.
Women came easily to Jin. He didn't have to do much to get their attention and both parties were totally okay with that arrangement. Jin accomodates almost every girl passing his way. He wasn't really picky and everyone who throws themselves against him was more or less his type. Of course, he had boundaries as well. Though he may love women, Jin drew a thick straight line concerning age.
He believed minors weren't as exciting and he didn't really want to mess with children.
--
"Tomohisa-kun," Jin whined, lounging in NEWS' dressing room. "What's taking you so long?"
Not far away, Yamapi swore to himself to not let Jin come over again. He berated himself for even thinking that it would be a good thing.
"Yamashita-kun always takes time to fix his things," Tegoshi, who was also sitting on the couch Jin was on, said.
"I don't understand why he spends so much time fixing them," Jin scoffed, narrowing his eyes at Yamapi's back. "It's all going to get messed up later on."
Tegoshi just kept quiet. As a flurry of NEWS members went in and out of the room, the two just sat there, watching.
"Oh yeah, Tegoshi-kun," Jin turned to look at Tego. "Why aren't you fixing your things?"
"Massu already fixed mine," Tegoshi beamed.
"Oh." Jin leaned back, processing this information.
--
"Is Tegoshi..."
Yamapi continued to eat his ramen, while waiting for Jin to finish his sentence. Jin, who had left the game controller unattended--leaving his character on the screen motionless--just had a thoughtful look on his face.
"Is Tegoshi what?" Yamapi finally prompted when Jin didn't speak after a few minutes.
"Never mind," grabbing the controller with both hands, Jin continued playing.
"Well. you got me curious. You might as well tell me what it is,"
"It's nothing."
"You are such an awful liar, Jin."
--
Jin decided that he liked Tegoshi's fashion sense. Though his clothes were too form-fitting at times, the guy had the body to pull it off. There was a certain edge to him, but in spite of that, he still looks pure and innocent. It was amazing how Tegoshi can do that. Jin didn't think such a thing was possible with men.
That is why he told himself that there was nothing wrong with looking at NEWS'--Tegoshi's--photoshoots. He was just admirig them after all.
--
They were familiar with each other, at least. They didn't share too intimate talks but they had conversations. Decent ones. Jin thought that they'd do fine if they get stuck together in an elevator or something, or no awkwardness would occur should they bump into each other unexpectedly. Nobody said that Jin was right though.
"So you used to play soccer." Jin began, grinning excitedly.
"Yeah," Tegoshi replied good-naturedly. "Do you play it too, Akanishi-kun?"
"It's my favorite sport!"
"That's good. It's a great sport."
"Yeah."
"Yeah."
As Yamapi watched them from afar, he shook his head. Then he told himself not to bring Jin to mingle with NEWS so often. It might hurt Tegoshi's developing brain.
--
"What do you think of Tegoshi-kun?"
"I don't really know him personally."
Kame started playing with the paper cup in front of him. Jin, who was beside him, was holding a half-eaten hamburger. While Jin was off thinking of his next statemetn--most likely about Tegoshi, Jin's taken an interest to him--Kame grabbed Jin's wrist and brought the burger near him to take a bite.
"He's a talented one, don't you think?"
"Mmm," Kame half-heartedly replied, much more concerned with chewing than at Jin's statements.
"He's got the soft and beautiful features too. I think his eyes are really expressive. His cheery disposition makes him really likeable too. And his voice is amazing. Not to mention he dances well."
Kame trailed his finger around the rim of the paper cup.
"I don't think it's normal for a boy to go on about another boy in that way." he says.
--
"What do you think?"
Jin brought him to a club. In the back of Tegoshi's head, he almost expected this when Jin asked him to hang out with him tonight. He was known for his clubbing, after all. The pair was surrounded by half-drunk men grinding with women they barely know. Tegoshi's not used to this crowd.
"I'm not really used to this," Tegoshi admits, looking around warily.
"O-oh. Oh yeah! I remembered." Jin brought a hand to smack his forehead. "I'm sorry, I even brought you here,"
"W-well. It's all right, just that--" for a moment, Tego was a bit confused. He had no idea what Jin was talking about. But then Jin took him by his wrist and led him out that place, and he was relieved. Clubs were never really his thing.
Jin told him to not think of this as a date. Tego laughed but agreed. He had no intention of even thinking of this in such a way and was surprised that the thought crossed Jin's mind. Their not-a-date date resumed at a more decent (no half-drunk men or inappropriate grinding) Chinese restaurant. Jin ordered a lot for the both of them, and Tego hoped they can finish it all. The dreaded awkward silences appeared again, though Jin would resolve them by cracking some of Junno's puns (they made Tego laugh).
Jin forgot for a moment that they weren't supposed to be on a date; he forgot that he was supposed to be holding himself back.
--
Their not-a-date date ends with Tegoshi being dropped off to his place. Jin walked him to his doorstep and was about to leave when Tegoshi thanked him and promptly gave him a hug. Since hormones were probably high the whole night, Jin suddenly felt like kissing Tegoshi, which he did. He felt Tegoshi gasp under him, his slightly smaller body stiffening at the contact. Jin was too busy telling himself how wrong this was this was to notice everything at first, but then he stopped thinking and started kissing. Before long, Tegoshi was responding--eagerly.
They were on each other's clothes. Clawing, but hesitating; unsure if they really want them off. Tegoshi decided that they should go inside first. Through a tumble of articles of clothing, Tegoshi managed to lead Jin inside without breaking the kiss.
Jin's hand crept under Tego's shirt, pretty much ignorant to everything but the NEWS member before him. Tegoshi was busy himself as well. His hands buried themselves in Jin's hair and both broke the kiss for a moment for air.
Their lips met again with a passion that neither of them knew they had. Jin has never felt this sense of urgency before and Tego didn't know that he can get addicted to someone's kisses--Jin's in particular.
Taking the lead, Jin started to strip Tego of his clothes and Tego willingly complied. Then Jin paused, his hands in the middle of lifting Tego's shirt up; his lips on Tego's jawline.
"Is something wrong?" Tego asked in a thick voice.
"Isn't this illegal?"
"What is?"
"This."
"Why would it be illegal?"
"Well. Because. Aren't you..." At this point, Jin pulled himself back and met Tego's confused look with his own. His hands slowly let go of Tego's shirt as well. "...young?"
"How old do you think I am?"
"Seventeen." Jin's eyes darted from left to right. Once Jin said the word, Tego burst into laughter.
"Akanishi-kun, I'm well past that age."
"Really?"
"I can show you my birth certificate if you want."
"But--" Jin looked around the room then back at Tego, who still had mirth in his eyes and a grin on his face. Now Jin was the one who felt more confused than ever. "But I thought... How old are you?"
"Twenty." Tego started to laugh again. "So that's why you were acting so weird before. You were holding back, weren't you?"
"I thought you were young! Your looks were too deceiving," Jin complained. "But well, I guess since that's settled, let's get back to--" his hand found its way to Tego's shirt again.
"I don't know," Tego pouted. "You kind of ruined the mood."
"Uh. Iriguchi, deguchi, Taguchi desu...?"
Tegoshi gave Jin a withered look and Jin replied with a hopeful grin. But then Tego let Jin kiss him again and nobody really cared about anything else anymore.
--fin