Birthday Surprise
Pairing: Hyde/Gackt
Rating: K+
Summary: Today is Gackt’s birthday, and Hyde has the job of distracting said man. The only problem is…it’s Gackt, and Hyde really wants to kill You….not to mention, what about a gift?!
Warning: appearances of You, and L’Arc.
Disclaimer: no one and nothing.
~*****~
Hyde looked himself over in the mirror as he corrected his jacket, fixing his now blonde hair as it was clipped back from his forehead in multiple clips.
Today was a special day for one of his best friends. Today was July 4th, Gackt’s birthday. Grinning to himself, Hyde thought over his plans for the day- along with a another certain friend of his.
~*****~
“Wait…say that again?” Hyde looked to the taller man beside him as they sat in his house, what with his wife Megumi and his son out for the week at her parents house, Hyde had nothing better to do than invite his own friends over daily.
Today was Kurosaki You’s turn.
“I’m saying Haido is that, we should throw Gakkun a surprise party for his birthday in a few days.”
“How do you plan on doing that?”
“It’ll be at the Tokyo Grand Hotel at seven on July 4th, I still have to get everyone together, I have to call for all Gakkun’s favorite foods, entertainment, no cameras or anything that will get attention; Gakkun needs a normal day for once- I can’t have him--”
“You-kun! I get it, you care for Gacchan, but what does this have to do with me?” not that he didn’t mind going to the party if- when he was invited as he always was. But You had come over today, Hyde’s plans of them just hanging out playing video games and composing were shot down when You began rambling on about Gakkun and how he needed a vacation from work.
His birthday just happened to fall on a Sunday this year, the perfect day off.
“I’ll take care of everything else but I wanted to ask you Haido, if you’ll keep him distracted that day until it’s time for him to come.”
“Distract him? Gackt! Do you know how hard that would be!” Gackt and distracted were two words that were never meant to be put in one sentence together! The man had the concentration of--
“I know,” You interrupted his thoughts “but Gakkun has a soft spot for you Haido, he’ll listen to you better than anyone else.”
“I don’t know….I still need to find him a gift and all that,”
“Please Haido!” taking the older man’s hands into his own larger ones You pleaded with his not much older friend, his Asian brown eyes looking into similar if not slightly different dark brown orbs.
“Alright, but I’m only doing this because you’re my friend You-kun,” Hyde stated combing back his long blond hair, “Gacchan is the hardest guy to distract, he’s so damn curious about everything.”
“I know, but with you I’m sure that’ll be different.” The guitarist/violinist smiled down at Hyde and the latter found himself returning it, albeit the little voice inside his head telling him; when that day comes…it’ll be something else…..
~*****~
And until that day came Hyde figured he’s have plenty of time to go to the store of some kind and find something that Gackt would like. After all, if it was coming from him, he had no qualms that Gackt would love it.
And so standing in front of the mirror one more time to check his ageless rock star image, Hyde glanced at the clock on his wall and smiled. It was time to pick up his friend.
~*****~
“Haido do tell me why we’re here in Shibuya?” Gackt asked with a curious glance at his friend from behind his sunglasses, dressed as casually as he would allow himself and through Hyde’s much perseverance in the matter, the tall soloist walked beside the tiny rock star.
It was only a few hours ago that Hyde had come to his house with an eager smile on his face, his blond hair clipped back making him look twenty years younger- as always. Arriving perfectly, almost curiously, on time for their date, that the vocalist had set up with him just a few days ago when, by some miracle they had free time together.
“Well I figure it’s either a day with me in Shibuya or a day with me in my house watching movies, just like old times.” Looking up at his friend with knowing eyes from their Moon Child days. Gackt smiled in response,
“I enjoyed those days Haido,”
“So did I Gacchan,”
“But now that you give me the choice, I’d prefer to stay here.” Gackt answered with a smile forming at the edges of his lips, knowing full well the shocked look Hyde would have on his face.
“Are you saying you don’t like staying at my house?” the vocalist tried to push the slight rise in his voice at the injustice Gackt just did to his pride.
“Quite the contrary Haido, I love staying at your house but- truthfully?” this time Gackt made sure to keep looking at everything but Hyde’s face.
“What Gacchan?” his voice suddenly turned soft and concerned.
“I’d rather not share you with anyone else if I can help it,” was all he answered. The same blush that would appear every time he was with Hyde, appeared on his white smooth face.
And the vocalist knew, Gackt liked his wife Megumi, they were acquaintances after all and the soloist was fond of his son no doubt, he had always known Gackt had a soft spot for him. How many times has he told him thus? In all the hugs and smiles, the presents and flirting. Still-- to hear it, pure and from Gackt’s mouth was something else entirely; and Hyde found himself grinning.
“Well then Gacchan, you have your wish. You get to have me all to yourself for the entire day.” Hyde grinned his toothy smile, his dark brown eyes glittering behind his own large sunglasses as he reached up and placed a hand on his much taller friend’s shoulder, leading them into Shibuya square.
~*****~
To say the least by two in the afternoon, Hyde was ready to kill You once he got his hands on the man. Hours. Hours went by as Hyde tried to contain Gackt to the Shibuya and Harajuku prefects, anywhere and everywhere to keep him from Tokyo.
The risk of Gackt somehow finding out about his surprise party were too great in the large city, so Hyde had to ‘distract’ his friend as it were. Ignoring all the questions the man asked, the curious eyes and even had to take his damn phone away so he wouldn’t call damnable You or Chachamaru.
But- when the two of them were seated in a small unpopulated ramen shop, Hyde had to bite the inside of his mouth to stop himself from answering as Gackt asked him once more,
“Why hasn’t anyone called me yet…” his voice low and almost lost.
“Gacchan,”
“I don’t get it Haido, I mean- you were the first person to say happy birthday to me this entire morning and half the afternoon.”
“Gackt, come on.” Hyde urged the other to stop, but the look of unreasonable defeat in Gackt’s blue orbs made Hyde stop short; the look of sadness on his young face just- ripping at the vocalist’s heart.
“You-chan made it clear to me that I would have today off of work, and as a good friend I listened to him but not once has he called me or visited me or anything! For all he knows I could be at work right now, I have too many things to do to just--”
“Gackt.” The tone of voice easily stopped the soloist’s tirade as the former looked up into the older man’s dark brown eyes now watching him clearly not hidden behind his glasses any longer. And for a moment, the grown man felt like a little boy who was about to be scolded for doing something wrong.
“I can’t speak for You-kun or Chachamaru-san or anyone else, but-”
“Haido?”
“Aren’t I enough?” unable to quell the light hurt in his voice, Hyde looked to the old waiter as their food came by in large bowls of heat and sweet smelling nutriment.
“Oh Haido! Of course you are, I haven’t been happier than I am today, with just you and me doing normal things. It’s fun and relaxing, really.”
“…”
“It’s just-- I can’t help but be a little hurt that everyone of my other friends seem to be ignoring me on my birthday.” Again with the kick puppy dog eyes, and Hyde was about to screw the entire plan over just to get that face off of his friend.
Instead, without hesitation he placed his hand on the other musician’s own; not unable to stop himself from thinking that Gackt could get the wrong idea…but right now, Hyde doesn’t care. He would do anything to get rid of that torn face on Gackt.
“Do you trust me Gacchan?”
“Of course Haido, more than anything.” Came the automatic response, as a light glimmer of hope and confusion shone brighter than the hurt.
“Then trust me now, everything will be alright.”
“What--? But--”
“Trust me Gackt, I know what I’m talking about,” Hyde smiled, the same one he knew that Gackt loved so much, and the other man smiled back.
~*****~
Hours passed by and it was when the two rock stars were in one of Gackt’s favorite clothing stores did Hyde finally get the call he had been waiting for all day. Making sure he was away from his younger friend’s hearing range Hyde spoke,
“You! It’s about damn time you called me!”
“I’m sorry Haido, but it took longer than I expected but we’re ready now, bring Gakkun to the Presidential Suite could you?”
“Yeah, but get this You, when I get there I’m going too--”
“Oh Haido, don’t worry, once you get here I think all that anger will be gone!”
“What the hell?” he demanded, not able to hold back the slight curiosity in his voice as the younger man smiled over the phone.
“Just hurry okay?”
“Fine.” With that the tiny blond rock star hung up with a grunt before looking for the much taller musician; the latter was just finishing up purchasing some clothes as Hyde came up from behind him,
“What did you buy?”
“Hmm? Oh, just- nothing.” Gackt stuttered trying to hide what it was he had bought as Hyde tried to grab at it, the taller man quickly moved away with a grin.
“No fair Gacchan, that’s cheating!”
“Cheating? This is a gift to myself on my birthday, I see no reason why I have to show it to you Haido.” Gackt smirked as he turned heading for the door, “now that I’ve got what I wanted let’s head to another store of mine.”
"Wait Gacchan!” his voice stopping the man with a curious look in his blue eyes, “we’ve been at this all day, I want to go home now.”
“Home? But it’s only seven thirty.”
“I’m old, I need my rest…please?” Hyde urged, using the look he often did towards Megumi or Tetsuya when he wanted something and they had refused to give it to him. In the end, the results were always the same and Gackt sighed in defeat.
“You’re not old Haido, but alright if that’s what you want.”
“Don’t worry Gacchan, I’m not ruining your night for nothing,” the vocalist teased, as he walked ahead of the taller musician, his curious hot blue gaze on his back,
“What do you mean Haido?”
“Follow me and find out silly,” came his answer as the two rock stars headed back into Tokyo. With a cheeky grin, Hyde was all too happy to get onto the second part of the plan but somewhere in the back of his mind he couldn’t help but think…
Was he forgetting something?
~*****~
“Where are we going Haido?” Gackt asked for the hundredth time since leaving the prefects of the day as Hyde drove himself and Gackt towards his destination with a blindfold on. The soloist had protested of course, but Hyde only had to give the man one look before the blue eyed man agreed.
“I’ll tell you when we get there,” was all he ever answered, with the occasional ‘don’t you dare peak!’ Hyde was silent. After some time, Gackt felt the car stop and let Hyde ease him out and into the fresh air but for the life of him, he couldn’t figure out where he was.
If anyone else had asked him to put on a blindfold, including You he would have not complied. It wasn’t that he didn’t trust his best friend of course, but Gackt was always possessed with a need to know his surroundings. He needed to know the limits of what he could do, surround himself with possibilities and no questions.
But this was Hyde. And that was reason enough to let the man blindfold him and drive them to where ever the hell they were.
He felt Hyde put his hand into his own, leading him into a cool room with automatic doors. A hotel, Gackt rationalized, it smelled clean and fresh something he had associated well established hotels with but then doubt and questions flooded through him.
Why was Hyde taking him into a hotel? Unless….. No! no, there was no way that could happen! Hyde was married and…. Gackt couldn’t help the slight rise of panic course through his blood, Hyde wouldn’t do that to himself, and Gackt would never allow him to make that decision!
Gackt knew how much Hyde’s family was to him, and he was quite fond of Megumi and her son himself, he could never ask Hyde to do that for him, no matter how much he---
“Haido I don’t like this, please just let me--”
“No Gacchan, we’re almost there. Just wait.” The glee he could hear in the older man’s voice almost set Gackt into a heart attack of both fear and hope. But quickly quelling the feeling he let Hyde lead him into an elevator and out onto the top floor, upon hearing all the dings the door made as they passed each floor.
Leading down the silent hallway Gackt suddenly felt Hyde stop and knock on a door. Knocking? That didn’t make sense if they were going to be alone… and for a moment the soloist let his relief wash over him. They wouldn’t do what he was thinking of.
And before he could quite squash the lightest feeling of sadness at the thought, Hyde pushed him into the room with a laugh and closed the door.
“Haido! Where are we?” he asked once more when deft fingers reached behind his head and let the blindfold fall, there was sudden light everywhere and a large amount of people screaming into his face.
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY GACKT!!” voices both of men and woman resounded within the large room as Gackt’s eyes finally adjusted to the light. And instantly he was faced with his band mates faces, his co-workers and fellow musicians; every person he was fond of and friends with was here.
“What--?”
“It’s a surprise party Gacchan! Happy birthday!” Hyde patted his shoulder before giving his a quick hug, then pushing him into the crowd of motley folks of smiling and grinning faces.
The night went on by without a hitch, Gackt and his friends spent the night drinking and eating wondrous food, taking pictures and sharing stories, and even Hyde was having fun. As You had remembered to invite the rest of L’Arc~en~Ciel from their hiatus.
“Haido!!! it’s so good to see you again!” Tetsuya yelled as he grabbed his small best friend into a hug, as Yukihiro and Ken came each one giving the other a well over due hug.
“You guys! What- I thought, I didn’t know you guys were friends of Gackt.”
“Well I wouldn’t call it friends but we were invited by Kurosaki You as a ‘peace offering’ to you,” Ken quoted, placing a cigarette in his lips as he pointed towards one of the tallest persons in the room, Hyde looked over and met with You’s eyes as he smiled sheepishly before Hyde shook his head in defeat; a grin on his own face.
“I see,”
“What happened?” Yuki asked, curiosity in his light voice as Hyde just smiled placing an arm around his drummer and another around Tetsuya’s, as he was closer to him than Ken was at the moment and spoke,
“You-kun has just saved himself from death tonight,”
“Haido,”
“Come one guys! I’m ready to party!!” Hyde purposely ignored his best friend as he lead his band mates towards the couch as the night went on by.
Some hours later it was time to exchange gifts and Gackt received them all with a grin on his face like a child who discovered his Christmas lasted more than just one day for him. With all his friends present the gift giving lasted an entire half hour before food was given out.
By the time dinner was done, people were wither drunk or bone-tired and around eleven that night it was time to call it a day. Gackt being the proper gentleman was is, showed everyone out with thanks and hugs until it was just the rest of L’Arc and GacktJOB.
“Thank you for doing this for me You-chan, I can’t thank you enough!” Gackt hugged his best friend as the two exchanged smiles, the entire JOB together before leaving.
“We’ll see you later Haido, say hello to Megumi and the kid for us will you?” Ken said as L’Arc began their own goodbyes.
“I will, I’ll see you guys later. Be prepared for 2011 when we get back to work together guys, I’ve got lots of ideas.” Hyde grinned as the four men shared knowing smiles as they too left the room. Until finally it was just Hyde and Gackt.
“You don’t have to stay with me Haido, I can fix this room up before the maids come in,”
“I want to stay Gacchan, I don’t mind.” He really didn’t, but there was also another reason he was staying back with his friend. It occurred to him that during when Gackt was opening his gifts, not one of them had come from him.
He had forgotten to get one for Gackt!
When the realization hit Hyde it was like a blow to the gut. How could he have forgotten?! He had weeks of preparation for this plan and he had procrastinated until it was the very day of judgment and even then he didn’t think he needed to worry. And now look!
It was eleven thirty and Gackt’s birthday would be over in half an hour and he had nothing to give his good friend.
“Haido? Is something wrong?”
“No Gacchan I’m fine,” the vocalist answered, looking about as he tried to help his friend clean up some so no evidence of international rock stars and famous musicians were present.
As he thought about it Hyde had only one idea that came to mind. Normally it wasn’t something he would ever do, not even with his wife but….he was desperate and this was Gacchan. He was a friend, a good friend; one of the best anyone could ask for. It was the least he could do for the guy, and so without warning Hyde spoke up.
“Gacchan,”
“Huh? Yes Haido?”
“Here.” Turning around to face the taller man, Hyde took out one of his favorite earrings and placed it in Gackt’s hand, blue confusion in his eyes.
“What is this?”
“My gift to you, I didn’t have time to buy you anything so I figured I’d give you something that meant something to me, you keep one piece of the earring and I’ll wear the other.” Hyde stated, trying to hide the blush that would surely appear perfectly on his face as his blond hair now only amplified his features.
As he looked away he didn’t see the features that passed on Gackt’s face, before the said man brought Hyde into a full body embrace.
“Haido, you don’t have to give me anything. Today was all I wanted, I got to spend it with you and all my friends. This was more than enough,” Gackt said as Hyde felt himself hug the younger man back, taking note that his friend still hadn’t give him back his earring.
Hyde smiled into Gackt shoulder.
“Well you got your wish Gacchan, happy birthday.”
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Comments are love!!!
Hahah wouldn’t that be so cute if Hyde gave on of his earrings to Gackt! They would be such a pair! :3