Love me as I am
Title: Love me as I am
Pairing: Pikame, RyoTego
Genre: Romance, Fluff
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Yamashita Tomohisa is enjoying his two worlds, a nerd during the day and a cool pop singer at night. What is he going to do when a certain turtle turns his world into chaos.
A/N: This is for
kame_kazu28 for
pi_exchange I hope you like it.
JE Academy is the most popular school in the area where only the best students were. The school has its own apartments for those who are bright and rich and also study in the school.
Yamashita Tomohisa is a nerdy guy who wears those nerdy clothes, thick eye glasses and has always books in his hands. He is the Captain of fencing club. As for Tegoshi Yuya he is the Captain of the swimming team. He and his best friend Tegoshi Yuya are the best of the class, they always get A+ in every subject. They both have the black belt in Taekwando which is hidden from the others and therefore they are nerdy but others don’t bully them, there is an aura that surrounds them and makes them invincible although their appearance is not that appealing to everyone.
They both live in the same apartment at the school. But the others don't know that the two best friends have a secret. They have a night life that is a lot different from their day life. They are the popular TegoPi duo in an exclusive club in the city. They wear different clothes with a different style, they sing perfectly together and all of the girls and even some boys love them.
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"Good job!" The manager says to them as they go down the stage.
"Thanks manager-san, but we should go now." Yamapi says to the manager.
"Why don't you stay and mingle with your fans?"
"I don't think that is suitable." Yamapi answers as he picks up his bag and walks towards the club’s exit. Tegoshi nods goodbye to the Manager of the club as he follows his best friend.
"That guy never learns." Tegoshi whisperes as he follows his best friend.
On the way out, someone bumps into them. Yamapi just looks at the person and starts walking like he didn't notice the other. Tegoshi just looks, too, and a smirk forms on his face as he follows his best friend, not looking back at the two they just passed.
“Kame, let’s go!” Ryo is looking irritated at his best friend who is looking stunned at the guy he just bumped into.
“It’s Pi-chan! He smells so nice!” Kame giggles as he looks at the other more intently.
“Stop that! He didn't even look at you!” Ryo responds to his best friend.
“What's your problem!? Even Tego-Nyan doesn't look at you!” Kame pokes his tongue out to make the other pissed.
“I don’t care! I didn't look at him!” Ryo says as he walks to the stage to get ready to play.
“My ass! You didn't look at him, huh?" Kame puts his tongue out and then he moves his gaze back to Pi-chan’s back. "He will be mine…” Kame says with a determination that makes Ryo shake his head. Soon they start to play their songs.
Kamenashi Kazuya is the heir of the conglomerate Kamenashi Corporation. He is also the Captain of baseball team in the school. Nishikido Ryo is his best friend since they were young. He is the heir of the oil empire of Nishikido Corporation and also the Captain of the tennis team.
Like Yamapi and Yuya they share an apartment in the JE Academy. They are the most popular students but in this exclusive club the RyoKame duo is only second in popularity.
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"What is the meaning of that?" Tegoshi asks when they enter their apartment.
"What are you talking about?" Yamapi looks at him, frowning.
"The way you treat Kamenashi, I know you have a crush on the guy for ages!" Tegoshi teases.
"I want him to like me as me. The nerdy guy" Yamapi just says.
"But it’s still you, I don't know why I'm doing this anyway. I love what I wear in the club, I hate wearing this." Tegoshi says as he looks at his nerdy clothes.
"Yu-chan, you also didn't bother to look at Ryo when we passed them. So don't blame me that your love life is empty." Yamapi mocks his friend, too.
"I just don't like him." Tegoshi pouts at his best friend.
"Really? I know you follow every move he does and don’t blame me why you dress in these stupid clothes because it was your idea anyway." Yamapi responds to the younger one.
Flashback
"Tomo, let’s wear this type of clothes in the new school." Tegoshi said in with cute puppy eyes.
"Eh? Why?" Yamapi said as he looked in shock at the clothes that Tegoshi wanted him to wear.
"It will be exciting to wear this; it will stop those annoying fans coming to us when we are in school." Tegoshi said.
"Oh, you are right about that, I'm tired of those fans that chase us everywhere." Yamapi nodded at the thought of the idea.
"Okay, let’s go shopping for more clothes!" Tegoshi said happily.
He didn't know why the younger one wanted to wear nerdy clothes but eventually he found out that Tegoshi wanted to mislead the guy who was pestering him because this guy also studied at their school. At first he considered it because he could concentrate only on his studies but after he saw a guy he fell in love with he hated the idea. But in the end he wanted to know whether Kame would also like him as a nerdy Tomo-chan or just the cool Pi-chan.
End of Flashback
"He is a bastard! He ignores me when I was in these clothes!" Tegoshi says.
"Why do you like that kind of people?" Yamapi says.
"Hey! You also like that kind of people! You even follow Kamenashi in every part of the school and then you ignore him when you’re Pi-chan!" Tegoshi says to him.
"Okay, so why do we like that kind of people?" They both laugh when they hear a knock on the door.
"I get it!" Tegoshi runs to answer the door. And Tegoshi jaw drops when he sees who is standing on the other side of the door.
"Hello gentlemen!" Johnny Kitagawa, the president of the school.
"Come in Sir, what brings you here?" Yamapi says as they let the President in.
"There will be a new development concerning the apartments. I know that this will not please the both of you but the board decided that there will be a change of people within the apartments to get the students closer with each other. It will only be temporary, so don't panic." Johnny-san says to them.
"What kind of change is that?" Tegoshi asks, frowning.
"Well, one of you will be transferring to another apartment and the guy in another apartment will be transferred here." Johnny-san says.
"What?" They both say as they look at their president in disbelief.
"You heard me right; it will be only for 3 months so no worry and you will have your former room mates again." Johnny-san says to them. They look at each other before turning to the President.
"So, who is going to transfer and who is going to stay?" Johnny-san says to them.
"That would be me." Tegoshi says. They both know that Yamapi can't leave the apartment because he can't sleep when he is in the different environment and he has a lab hidden in the apartment so it suitable that Yamapi should stay.
"Okay then pack your things and I will accompany you to your new apartment." Johnny-san says.
"Where is his new apartment? And who will be coming in?" Yamapi asks couriously.
"I will be the one to bring him here so don't worry you will meet him as soon as I transferred Yuya-kun into his new apartment." Johnny-san says as he waits for Tegoshi to finish packing.
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Flashback
Yamapi was walking down the corridor when he bumped into another person, all his books were scattered on the floor.
"Sorry!" The other person said as he helped him picking up his books.
"I'm sorry, too, I wasn't looking." Yamapi said as he looked at the person. Yamapi was stunned by the guy, he never saw such a beautiful guy before, his heart started beating fastly, seeing those pouting lips, the perfect eyebrows and those deep brown eyes.
"Hey!" The other guys said, frowning at him.
"Ahm... I'm sorry what did you say?" Yamapi woke up out of his daze.
"I said: ‘here are your books’." The other one said, giving him the books.
"Yah, thanks." Yamapi smiled as he got his books.
When he recieved the books the other immediately walked away and passed him, not taking a single glance at him.
"Ah! Can I know your name?" Yamapi said excitedly.
The guy stopped, then he turned around slowly; Yamapi held his breath at the sight. The guy looked at him from head to foot and then he frowned at him.
"It's Kamenashi Kazuya." Kame said as he turned again and walked away.
"Thanks again, Kamenashi-kun. By the way my name is..." But the guy already walked around the corner and couldn't hear him anymore.
End of Flashback.
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A knock on the door wakes him up. He was waiting for the President to come back with the person he is going to live with for the next 3 months. As he opens the door his jaw drops when he recognizes who is the person the president Johnny guided to him.
"Ah! Tomo, this is Kamenashi Kazuya. He will be your new room mate for the next 3 months." Johnny-san says.
"Damn! Why do I have to be room mates with this nerd?" Kame whispers to himself but still too loud to not be heard by the other one.
"He..llo…" Yamapi stammers as he sees the beautiful face of the other one.
"Where is my room?" Kame says as he walks in, not looking at the other guy.
"I just leave you two, Tomo-kun, please assist Kame-kun in whatever he needs." Johnny-san says as he closes the door and leaves them.
"He..re.. This is… going to...be your room." Yamapi stutters as he opens the door to the roo that Tegoshi vacated.
"Okay." Kame says as he closes the door.
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Yamapi is rejoicing, he can't believe his luck. He will stay with Kame in his apartment for 3 months! Then his phone rings.
"Hello" Yamapi says grinning to himself.
"Stop grinning like an idiot, Tomo-chan." Tegoshi teases him.
"Yu-chan! You won't believe who is the one sharing the apartment with me!" Yamapi exclaimes, jumping in his room.
"I know with whom you are staying, I'm in his apartment." Tegoshi pouts although the other can't see him.
"What? You mean that you are with Nishikido?" Yamapi asks.
"Hai! What a bad luck!" Tegoshi says, sulking.
"Yah, you're right! Yu-chan, I'm your best friend and I know you like what happened, that you are staying with Nishikido now." Yamapi teases.
"And you're with Kamenashi." Tegoshi teases back.
"Yes! And I'm happy!" Yamapi dances with happiness.
"Wait! Tomo what is going to happen now? We can't go out to have a gig or they will catch us red-handed with our disguise." Tegoshi says worriedly.
"I already have a solution for that, we can tell the manager that we need to change the performance time. We should sing but let Ryokame sing first." Yamapi says.
"That’s good, they should go out first but how can we change clothes?" Tegoshi asks.
"Yu-chan, I know that I'm brighter than you but you are not dumb either. We are going to rent another apartment that is near the club so we can change clothes in that apartment." Yamapi states.
"Ha ha ha, sorry, Ryo is near; that’s why I'm getting dumber." Tegoshi laughs.
"Now we can plan to let them see us and love us even we’re nerdy." Yamapi says.
"Okay!" the two exclaim as they put down their phones.
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Flashback
Every time Yamapi saw the guy named Kamenashi he followed him every where. One time Kame was on the baseball field practicing with his team. Yamapi walked towards him.
"Hi! Do you remember me? I'm the one you bumped into the other day." Yamapi said as he pushed up his eye glasses.
"No! I don'.t" Kame said as he swung his bat to warm up.
"The one you helped to pick up those books." Yamapi said, smiling at him.
"What do you want?" Kame said, annoyed.
"I.. I just want to thank you" Yamapi bit his lower lip, the other students were looking at them.
"You already said your thank you. Go away!" Kame replied harshly as he moved his bat.
"Hey! Is this guy bothering you?" A guy came near them and pushed Yamapi. Because of the suddenness of the action he stumbled and dropped on his butt.
"Ryo, don't mind him. Come on, let's go get something to eat." Kame linked his arms with Ryo’s arms and they walked away.
Yamapi looked at them, his eyes became teary as he heard people laughing at him.
End of flashback
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Yamapi muses how he can make Kame love him as the person he is, with this kind of clothes he usually wears. But he chickens out every time the younger one is near. Maybe that is also the reason why he doesn’t look at Kame when he is Pi-chan because he is too shy near the other one who might interpret his shyness as snootiness.
He immediately goes to the kitchen when he sees that it’s almost lunch time, he wants to impress the younger man with his cooking skills.
He is still cooking when he sees Kame walking out of his room and going out.
“Where are you going?” Yamapi asks.
“I’m going to lunch, do you have problem with that?” Kame answers annoyed.
“I was making lunch, I hope you can join me as a welcome to you” Yamapi bites his lip. He crosses his finger for the other one to join him.
“Maybe next time. I’m having lunch with Ryo.” Kame goes out and doesn’t pay attention to him any more.
Yamapi sighs for his heart clenches by Kame actions. He stops cooking and sits down on a chair when the door opens again and reveals Kame who is looking at him. He immediately gets up and starts to cook again, waiting for the other one to talk.
“What are you cooking?” Kame asks, looking at the pot Yamapi is stirring.
“Beef and Mushroom Pasta.” Yamapi answers
“It will be good if you add garlic bread and fried chicken.” Kame bits his lip as he smells the delicious aroma of the pasta.
“I have already finished cooking these two. It’s all already on the table. Why are you back?” Yamapi asks cautiously.
“I..Ryo cancelled the lunch with me, therefore I went back.” Kame just replies.
“So, are you going to have lunch with me?” Yamapi asks.
“So it seems, your food apperears to be delicious and edible.” Kame takes some garlic bread and munches happily.
“Is it good?” Yamapi asks.
“Yes!” Kame blurts out before he could think.
“I’m happy that you love it.” Yamapi says as he puts off the fire of the stove.
“I get it!” Kame says as he gets some plates and puts them on the table while Yamapi gets a bowl for the pasta and places it on the table, too.
“I get some juice, wait, do you want juice or cola or something?” Yamapi asks as he looks at the fridge.
“A cola will do.” Kame says as he seats himself and waits for the other one to finish his task.
When Yamapi returns to the table with two cola, they start eating their food. Yamapi watches how Kame eats his pasta with gusto and the sight makes his heart beat faster since the other one obviously loves what he cooked.
“Wow this is really good!” Kame smiles at Yamapi which makes the other blush.
“Thank you.” he only says.
After lunch, Kame helps him to wash the dishes. He washes the plates while Kame dries them before putting them back.
“Are you going to do something today?” Yamapi bites his lip. He has to be assertive now and put his shyness away.
“Nope.” Kame says.
“Would you like to watch a movie with me? I just bought some new DVD that I still didn’t watch because of the previous exam.” Yamapi says in a fast way.
Kame looks at him, weighing the pros and cons.
“What DVDs do you have?” Kame asks.
“You can see them in the rack below the DVD player. Pick one you like.” Yamapi says.
“Okay.” Kame says as he leaves the kitchen to see what movies Yamapi owns.
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Kame browses the set of DVDs and he is amazed that Yamapi has a collection that he wants to watch. He is not a total geek after all he says to himself.
“Did you already pick what you like?” Yamapi asks.
“Hai! I’d like to watch this one.” Kame waves with the DVD.
“Okay, let’s watch!” Yamapi says as he puts the popcorn and beer down on the table.
Kame is puzzled by himself, that he is actually willing to watch a DVD with Tomo and stay with him today. Many times he is annoyed by Tomo who is always looking and following him. He knows that the other one has a crush on him but his heart already has someone and that is Pi-chan.
“Tomo, why are you so nice to me?” Kame asks suddenly.
“Huh? What do you mean? You are sharing an apartment with me for the next 3 months so I have to be nice.” Yamapi tells him, puzzled.
“Well, I always badmouth, humiliate and ignore you when you talk to me.” Kame says.
“I…I… Actually like you.” Yamapi says in a nervous tone.
“That figures.” Kame says.
“What?”
“I said ‘that figures’, but Tomo I don’t think I can return your feeling.” Kame says looking at the TV.
“I’ll figure it out.” Yamapi replies softly.
“What?”
“I said ‘I’ll figure it out’ but I still would like to be close to you, maybe even become friends if you like.” Yamapi eyes are full of hope.
“Okay, let’s be friends.” Kame says.
“Thanks, Kame.” Yamapi’s smile wides.
“You’re welcome, Tomo-kun.” Kame answers as he grabs some popcorn.
Flashback
After two weeks Yamapi already felt devastated because of what had happened. It's the first time he fell for one person and sadly he fell in love with a guy who didn't want him.
"Tomo, snap it out!" Tegoshi said in a worried tone.
"Yu-chan!" Yamapi cried as he calls his best friend.
"Hey! Don't put yourself down, you’re Pi-chan for God’s sake! There are plenty of boys and girls who want to be with you!" Tegoshi said as his seated himself beside Yamapi.
"I know, but it hurts!" Yamapi said, tears forming in his eyes.
"Come on, let’s go out! Manager-san is looking for us, it's already been two weeks since our last performance and our fans are asking for us." Tegoshi pulled him up.
"Okay stop pulling me, I am going with you." Yamapi got up when he saw that his best friend smiled at him.
"Let's go!" Tegoshi bounced as they got ready for the club.
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At the club there were many screaming fans who greeted them happily and Yamapi smiled a little when Manager-san called them.
"Thanks God, you’re finally here.” Manager-san smiled at them.
"We are sorry that we have not been here for two weeks." Yamapi bowed to show that they’re sorry.
"That’s okay, at least you’re here now." Manager-san said.
"Sir, what happened in the two weeks?" Tegoshi asked.
"Oh I hired another duo to sing, they’re also well. I hope you will not take it against me." Manager-san said.
"That’s okay, Manager-san, at least we will have time if we want a break for time to time." Yamapi just smiled.
"Thanks Pi-chan! Well, would you like to get to know them, they’re still here." Manager-san asked.
"Okay." They both said.
They were guided by the Manager to the dressing room and they saw two guys bending down (why bending???????????????), looking at the floor.
"Guys, I want you to meet our number one duo in the club." Manager-san said as the two stood up and looked at them.
Kame was stunned by the beauty of the guy who stood beside Manager-san. He was well built and the sight made him shiver with lust, those beautiful eyes penetrated his soul. But he hesistated when he saw that the other guy frowned.
"Hello, we’re the RyoKame duo, I'm Kame and this is Ryo." Kame said grinning widely.
"I'm Tegoshi, but you can call me Tego-Nyan, and this is Pi-chan." Tegoshi said as he offered his hand.
"Nice to meet you." Ryo said as he moved closer to Tegoshi and grabbed the other’s hand to kiss the back of it.
"Manager-san, we are going to our dressing room to change." Yamapi said as he went out of the room, leaving a stunned Kame.
Tegoshi pulled his hand away immediately as he followed Yamapi.He was puzzled because his best friend didn't acknowledge the other guys. The Manager also followed them, leaving Ryo and Kame alone in the dressing room.
"I think I'm in love!" Ryo said, smiling widely.
"I’m in love, too! Did you see Pi-chan, he’s so cute!" Kame replied, smiling.
"But Pi-chan didn't even look at us." Ryo frowned as he said that.
"Maybe he’s still not feeling well, Manager-san said that Pi-chan was sick and that’s why he hired us." Kame said, his face fully of worry.
"Maybe you’re right about that but Yu-chan is so much cuter that your Pi-chan." Ryo replied, grinning.
"No way, Pi-chan is cuter!" Kame poked out his tongue to Ryo.
"Come on let’s go out to see them perform!" Ryo pulled Kame out of the dressing room.
End of Flashback
Kame enters the campus as he sees people are having a ruckus about something on the billboard and thus he slowly walks towards the board. He smirks when he sees what the other students are fussing about.
"What is the ruckus all about?" Ryo suddenly appeared on his side.
"There will be a classtrip, and guess where?" Kame grins at Ryo and hides the announcement.
"What? I don't have time for your childishness, Kame, so please tell me." Ryo says, pouting at his friend.
"We're going to an amusement park." Kame laughs.
"What? Who the hell thinks that it’s good to go to an amusement park? We are already adult!" Ryo shouts.
"The president of course, I don't know what he is thinking." Kame bites his lip to stop laughing.
"Kame, don't leave me, I don't want to ride the Ferris Wheel." Ryo whines
"Ryo, you are not going to be with me because I'm not your roommate anymore" Kame says.
"Eh? You mean I will be with that Yuya guy?" Ryo shouts, mouth wide open.
"Hai!" Kame laughs when he sees Ryo face turn white.
"But..but.. It's unfair!!!!!!!!!" Ryo whines.
"Hey! I think Yuya-kun is alright, Tomo said he is a nice man." Kame pats Ryo’s shoulder.
"Why do you say that?" Ryo whines as he looks at his friend who is smiling at him. "Eh? Tomo-kun? Why are you so familiar with him? Are you okay seeing that nerd?" Ryo asks.
"Well, Tomo is nice, he always cooks breakfast, sometimes he helps me with my assignment and I think he would look great if he would want to change his fashion." Kame says as he thinks about it.
"Are you changing heart? Do you like this Tomo better than Pi-chan?" Ryo asks.
"Of course not, I still love my Pi-chan but Tomo is interesting and we are friends now. Like best friends." Kame says.
"Eh? You changed your best friends? You’re a meanie, Kame-chan, I hate you!" Ryo pouts.
"I'm just kidding! You’re still my best friend" Kame says as he hugs Ryo.
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Flashback
Kame was puzzled because every time he saw Pi-chan the other would always move away from him, just like he was plague the other had to stay away from. Once he saw TegoPi entering the club, he slowly walked towards the duo and he could see that Tegoshi was smiling at him.
"Hi!" Kame said, smiling at them.
"Hi, Kame-chan!" Tegoshi smiled, too.
"Let go, Tegoshi, we need to get dressed." Yamapi said and walked towards their dressing room.
"Hey, wait!" Kame grabbed the arm of Yamapi.
"What do you want?" Yamapi hissed as he looked at the hand that grabbed his arm.
"I want to ask you something." Kame bit his lip and withdrew his hand when he saw that the beautiful face frowned at him.
"Speak!" Yamapi said, annoyed.
"I... I wanted to know why you are mad at me." Kame said, a tear formed slowly in his eyes.
"I'm not mad, I just don't like you! You always follow me like a stalker!" Yamapi said as he got into the dressing room, not looking at Kame’s teary face.
End of Flashback
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The day for the field trip has come, all the students are busy riding the rollercoasters that the amusement park offers. Ryo, Kame, Tegoshi and Yamapi are waiting for someone to suggest something and make the first move.
"I know, why don’t we go into the Hunted House?!" Tegoshi suggests as he clings to Ryo.
"Get your filthy hand off me!" Ryo says as he pushes the hand away but the other clings to him even harder.
"You're such a sweetheart! We're going to the Haunted House! "Tegoshi drags Ryo to the Haunted House, leaving Kame and Yamapi alone.
"I'm sorry about Yuya he is so much like a child sometimes." Yamapi bows his head to Kame.
"That’s okay, sometimes Ryo is also like a child." Kame giggles.
"So what are we going to ride?" Yamapi asks him, smiling.
"Let's ride the Carousel!" Kame exclaims.
"Eh? You're like a child, too!" Yamapi pouts as he notices that the ride is only for children.
"We’re in an amusement park, so it’s not illegal to be child like!" Kame grins at him.
"Okay!" Yamapi says as they walk towards the Carousel ride.
They have almost ridden every rollercoaster in the amusement park when Yamapi says that he wants to buy hotdogs to eat and juice to drink. Kame waits for him on a bench near the Ferris Wheel when he hears a song playing on the radio. He remembers Pi-chan and how the other tried to avoid him and said hurtful things to him.
Then he thinks of Tomo, the person who is always good to him, even if he says hurtful things to him, too. Maybe that’s what you call Karma, he hurts Tomo like Pi-chan hurts him.
"Ehem!" Yamapi says as he sits down beside Kame.
"Oh! That was fast!" Kame smiles at him.
"I charmed the vendor of the hotdogs to fulfill my offer at first." Yamapi says, grinning.
"Yah! Right!" Kame laughs.
"Hey! You're a meanie! I'm lovable!" Yamapi pouts.
"Yes, you are!" Kame smiles at him.
"Do you slowly like me?" Yamapi teases him.
"In your dreams Tomo, I already like somebody" Kame says and he hits Yamapi’s arm.
"Ouch!" Yamapi says.
"Oi! I didn't punch you that hard!" Kame looks worried.
"I know but what you said hurt me more." Yamapi saiys softly.
"I'm sorry" Kame says.
"That’s okay, come on, let's go and ride that Ferris Wheel!" Yamapi smiles at him.
"Ferris Wheel, here we go!" Kame exclaims as he looks at Yamapi. Yamapi smiles at him but the smile couldn’t reach his eyes.
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Flashback
"Tomo, why did you do that to him!" Tegoshi punched him lightly in his arm.
"I didn't mean to but it still hurts what he did to me." Yamapi said as he sat down on the couch in the dressing room.
"What do you mean? Is Kame the one who broke your heart?" Tegoshi looked at him curiously.
"Yes, he is. I don't want to be mean but it hurts seeing him." Yamapi said.
"I think he likes you, how can you tell that he doesn't like you?"
"He doesn't like me! He said so himself"
"But I can see clearly that he likes you!" Tegoshi insisted.
"He told me when I was Tomo, he doesn't like me." Yamapi said, tears running down his cheeks.
"Eh? You mean that he already met you as Tomo? And he doesn't like you because you are a nerd?" Tegoshi asked.
"Yes" Yamapi sighed.
"Then he is not the one for you!” Tegoshi said angrily.
"Yuya," Yamapi looked with worry at his friend’s changing moods.
"I will never let him near you again, whether you are Tomo or Pi-chan" Tegoshi said.
"I can take care of it myself, don't worry" Yamapi pacified his friend.
"Okay but don't be depressed again or I will do something!" Tegoshi hugged him and he hugged him back.
End of Flashback
Slowly the Ferris Wheel moves until they reach the top, then it suddenly stops. Kame looks at the scenery and he is amazed by the sight.
"It's beautiful!" Kame says as he sees the beautiful sunset.
"Yes, it's beautiful." Yamapi says softly as he looks at the younger one. Kame quickly looks at Yamapi and he sees that the older one is looking at him not at the scenery.
"Hey! I'm talking about the scenery, not me." Kame blushes.
"Yes that’s beautiful, too." Yamapi smiles at the younger one.
"Shut up, Tomo, before I get mad at you." Kame smirks.
"Okay I’ll shut up and I hope you won’t get mad at me." Yamapi makes puppy eyes.
"Tomo, you’re so cute!" Kame puts his palm to Yamapi’s cheek and pinches it.
Yamapi blushes and Kame immediately brings his hand back into his lap.
"Ah...Kame can I ask you something?" Yamapi bites his lip.
"Okay, shoot, what is it?" Kame smiles sweetly.
"I remember that you said that you love someone. I’d like to know… who is it?" Yamapi asks unsure.
"He....the first time I saw him my heart beat faster and I couldn't take my eyes of him." Kame chuckles as he remembers their first meeting.
"What is he like?" Yamapi asks again.
"Well, he is a cool singer; his song touches the heart of everyone who hears it. And his features are really handsome." Kame says.
"Do you like him because he is handsome?"
"No, I can see that he is a good person. One day an old woman was rubbed and pushed aside. He helped her up and gave her some money so that the old woman could go home. See, he is good at heart, too." Kame says as he looks at Yamapi and frowns.
"What?" Yamapi asks when he sees that Kame is looking at him.
"You.... He... kinda look alike." Kame says out of the blue.
"Eh? You mean you’re falling for me?" Yamapi chuckles a bit to ease the nervousness he is feeling.
"What? No! I just said that you have something in common." Kame looks again outside the cart.
"Oh, I thought you like me" Yamapi pouts and looks at the younger one.
"Get real!" Kame grins.
"I am real, not like the person you want, I’m more real that he is." Yamapi moves near Kame and lifts his face and puts a fleeting kiss on his lips.
"I..." Kame says as he feels the soft lips on his lips again.
Yamapi doesn't know what gives him the courage to kiss Kame but when the other one starts to kiss him back it gives him even more courage and he pushes his tongue into the other one’s mouth, making the kiss even deeper. Slowly they stop kissing, both of them panting for air. Yamapi is nervous about the other boy’s reaction. Kame looks at Yamapi whose face is full with love, affection and fear.
"I.. am not sorry that I kissed you because you know that I love you ever since. And if I had another chance I’d do it again, but please don't get mad at me." Yamapi bites his lip as he takes the hand of Kame and squeezes it gently.
"I'm not mad at you... I'm just confused and… I do like your kisses." Kame moves slowly closer and gives him a quickly peck on the lips.
"Really? It means that you acknowledge my love for you?" Yamapi asks nervously.
"I think, yeah, I acknowledge it." Kame nods.
"Are we together now? Do you love me?" Yamapi asks with enthusiasm.
"Tomo, I want to be honest with you. When you kissed me I felt something for you and I don't know if it’s love or lust or anything. One thing I am sure of is that I care for you and I don't want you to leave my life." Kame looks at him as he says these words.
"I will make you love me! That’s a promise! So are we going to date?" Yamapi grins at him.
"Yes, we are going to date." Kame says and kisses him again, this time Kame takes the lead.
+++
Ryo and Kame are sitting on the couch while they wait for the TegoPi duo to finish their songs. Ryo looks at his best friend and sees that Kame looking at Pi-chan so intently and lovingly.
"You’re still in love with him, aren’t you? Although he doesn't look at you." Ryo smirks.
"I don't know, I'm dating Tomo now." Kame says, still looking at the singing duo.
"What? You date that nerd guy!" Ryo grabs Kame shoulder so that the younger man has to face him.
"Hey! Tomo is that not that nerdy, actually he is cute" Kame smile as he remembers the other one.
"And what about that!" Ryo pointed Pi on the stage.
"I still like him, but I also like Tomo" Kame said as he looked at Pi in a sad gaze.
"I think you are right Kame, we deserve to be love too." Ryo said as he also looked sad looking at Tegoshi.
"What do you mean?" Kame looked at his friend puzzled.
"I'm already dating Yuya-kun" Ryo smiles at his best friend.
"What?!!! Ha ha ha!" Kame laughs.
"Hey! It's not funny!" Ryo pouts.
"Not that! It's the situation, we are both dating the two nerd we didn't even like at the beginning." Kame says and smiles at his friend.
"Yes, I couldn’t wait for the person that didn't love me back and, well… Yu-kun loves me." Ryo says.
"We both know that we are still not over those two guys." Kame says worriedly.
"I know, but Yuya loves me, he’ll always be there for me. I want to be loved and I don’t want to be someone who is waiting to be loved by someone doesn't realize I'm here." Ryo says.
"Yes, you’re right about that. Do you love Yuya-kun?" Kame asks.
"Don't worry I love Yu-kun and I will not make him cry." Ryo says, smiling at him.
"Me too, I care for Tomo and I think I love him, too." Kame smiles, too.
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"Ne, Tomo did you see that Kame is looking at you?" Tegoshi says as he looks at Kame.
"He is always looking at me, why are you questioning it now?" Yamapi asks.
"I thought that you already have a relationship with him, as Tomo. Why is he still looking at you like that? It's clear cheating!" Tegoshi says, looking at him with pity.
"Hey! It's still me so it's not considered cheating!" Yamapi pouts at his best friend.
"It’s still cheating; he knows that you are two different people! See, my Ryo-chan, he didn't look at me a single time." Tegoshi points out.
"But it doesn't mean that he doesn't love Tegoshi" Yamapi says, frowning because he sees that Ryo looks at Tegoshi in a subtle manner.
"But... But... Kame is still cheating! He should not look at you, because he is with Tomo!" Tegoshi pouts.
"They are not cheating, we are!" Yamapi says to Tegoshi.
"What are you saying?" Tegoshi starts to feel worried.
"Maybe it's time to say the truth to them." Yamapi sighs as he looks at his best friend.
"No! They will hate us! I'm not ready Tomo, please give me some more time. Let's test them first!" Tegoshi says, smiling at Yamapi.
"What do you mean with ‘test them first’?" Yamapi frowns.
"Let's make them date TegoPi first, then we will see if they really love us as Tomo and Yuya or if we are just substitutes because they can't have TegoPi." Tegoshi grins.
"What? I don't know …Yu-kun, it’s kinda freaky and I don't want Kame to be angrier with me." Yamapi says.
"Tomo, don't you want to know which side of you Kame loves?" Tegoshi asks.
"Okay, you win! Let's do this but then we should become clean with them" Yamapi says to Tegoshi.
"Yes! Let's make this operation work!" Tegoshi jumps with joy.
Yamapi sees that Kame sits in the bar, he looks at his phone and waits for a call. Then he remembers he promised to call the younger one. He gets his phone out of his pocket and dials the number, still looking at Kame. He sees the other guy’s smile as he looks at the caller. Yamapi laughs when he sees that the younger combs his hair with his hand as if the other could see him.
"Moshi, Moshi" Kame says, smiling.
"Hey! Kazuya" Yamapi chuckles as he answers.
"Your call is already late!" Kame pouts as he says it.
"Oi, don't pout you look so cute." Yamapi says suddenly. He bites his lip when he realized what he just said.
"Eh? How do you know I was pouting. Are you here at the club?" Kame says and looks around the bar to see if Tomo is there.
"No, but I know you.I could hear the pout the way you spoke." Yamapi immediately says and turns around when he realizes that Kame is looking into his direction.
"Oh okay, I thought you’re going to surprise me by coming here and watching me perform" Kame sulks as he gets back to his original position.
"I’d like to but you know I'm not used to that kind of stuff and I'm here in a middle of nowhere doing a project for science that I need to submit at the end of the month." Yamapi says as an excuse.
"Is that more important than your boyfriend’s performance?" Kame pouts again.
Yamapi turns around and looks at the guy again in the bar. Luckily the bar is rather quiet right now. However, their dressing room is sound proof and has a glass window that’s facing the bar.
"You can perform with me face to face later." Yamapi smiles as he sees the cute, wicked smile on Kame face.
"You mean I can kiss you torridly and take away your glasses!" Kame says giddy.
"Ah about that I.. I have to go! I’ll see you later! Love you!" Yamapi says immediately.
"Ok..ay. Love you, too" Kame says sadly as he hears the ‘beep’ sound of the phone.
"I'm sorry Kazuya" Yamapi whisperes as he looks at the sad face of the other.
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Kame is puzzled because Tomo always has reason for not going to watch him in the bar and even kissing him feels like kissing in the dark. He wants to know what Tomo is hiding and he is going to find out soon.
"You drink alone?" Yamapi asks as he seats himself on the other side of the bar.
Kame is surprised, he looks to his left and right to see if Pi-chan is talking to somebody else but there’s no one.
"Are you talking to me?" Kame frowns.
"Hai, I'm sorry about my rude way with you, it’s just that someone broke my heart." Yamapi says, looking at Kame.
"Eh?...Okay.. I understand" Kame grabs his drink and gulps it in one go.
"Thank you, for understanding. Hey! Would you like to go out with me, have a dinner or something?" Yamapi smiles his sweetest smile.
"I..."Kame says still dazed of what is happening.
"It will be just dinner so that we can talk.Here in the club it’s noisy." Yamapi makes puppy eyes to Kame.
"I don't know, Pi-chan, I still don't know my schedule for tomorrow." Kame smiles, his heart is beating fast.
"Oh! Okay here’s the deal, I will reserve a private room at the Restorante Itallia and wait for you there?" Yamapi winks at him and walks away.
Kame’s still absorbing what happened when his phone rings.
"Moshi Moshi" Kame answers, still in a daze.
"Kazu! Someone gave me a free dinner tomorrow night at the Restorante Itallia! Let’s go there together! I will wait for you there, I gotta go! Yuya is calling me! Love you!" Yamapi says on the other side of the line.
"Eh? Tomo? Wait!" Kame is now looking very confused.
He face-palmed himself, not knowing what to do tomorrow. He needs his best friend but Ryo’s not around to give advice.
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"Ryo! What am I going to do?" Kame whines at his bestfriend.
"It's your choice Kame, Pi-chan is giving you a chance to get near him but consider that you already have Tomo, who loves you." Ryo says as he sits down on the couch where Kame’s also sitting.
"I don't know. I'm so confused! Do you know that feeling… when I'm with Tomo I feel happy and my heart beats faster?" Kame looks at the ceilling.
"Then you are in love with Tomo." Ryo confirms.
"But I also felt it with Pi-chan!" Kame whines even more.
"Then you love Pi-chan." Ryo smirks.
"You know you are a useless best friend for saying that!" Kame pouts.
"Ha ha ha, sorry but I also felt it with Tegoshi and Yuya. So I don't know how to answer your question because it's the same with my dilemma." Ryo pats Kame’s head.
"Eh? So what should we do?" Kame asks.
"I don't know about you but I know what I have to do." Ryo winks.
"Unfair! You should tell me" Kame tugs Ryo’s shirt.
"Hey, let me go!" Ryo pulls his shirt. "Actually Kame you should decide for yourself, it’s not my decision to make. But I'm here to support you in any way."
"I understand." Kame says as he sulks again on the couch.
Ryo gets up of the couch and lets his friend sulk even more, Yuya is with Tomo and they will be back tonight so he has to clean their dorm before this neat freak of a boyfriend comes back from the trip.
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Night comes and Kame enters the Restaurant, he bites his lower lip nervously as he goes to the receptionist to ask for the reserve room.
"Hello, my name is Kamenashi Kazuya. I have appointment to meet here." Kame says nervously.
"Oh hello Kamehashi-san, wait a moment I’ll check which room you have." The girl smiles politely.
Kame waits as the girl browses in the log book; he look around to see if either Tomo or Pi-chan are already in the restaurant.
"Kamenashi-san, you have two reservations here, what reservation do you want to take?" The girl says confused.
"Both please!" Kame bites his lip.
"Okay, your reservation from a certain Pi-chan will be room 201 and for a certain Tomo will be I room 202." the girl says.
"That’s good, are the two already here?" Kame asks.
"No sir, you are the first to come." The girl says and smiles.
"Thank you, I’ll go in now." Kame says as he enters the restaurant.
Yamapi is nervous as he enters the restaurant; his heart doesn’t stop beating fast until he stops at the receptionist.
"Good Morning ,Sir, how can I help you?" The girl smiles politely.
"I have a room reserved for dinner, with Kamenashi Kazuya, is he already here?" Yamapi asks and he smiles, too.
"What's your name sir?" The girl asks.
"Ah... I booked two...Is he already in there, what reservation did he take?" Yamapi bites his lip.
"Oh... One of the waiters guided him, I don't know where he is seated, Sir, I'm sorry." The girl bows at him.
"That okay I will check it myself. Thank you." Yamapi says as he goes into the restaurant, down the hallway to the reserved two rooms.
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Yamapi is at the door of the reserved room 201, which he reserved as Pi-chan. He removes his glasses and blazer before he knocks and pushes the door open but finding that Kame is not there, and relief crosses in his face.
He goes to the door of the reserve room 202 which he reserved as Tomo, he puts back his glasses and arranged his blazer before he knocks on the door and opens it slowly.
"Hi." Kame smiles at him when their eyes meet.
"Hello, I'm sorry that I'm late." Yamapi says as he enters the room.
"No worry." Kame walks towards him and kisses him on the lips.
"Wow, that was an awesome welcome!" Yamapi smirks at him.
"Of course, Tomo you will always have that welcome from me." Kame winks at him.
"Do you like the place?" Yamapi guides Kame to sit down.
"It's okay by the way who gave you the ticket?" Kame smiles at him.
"One of the guys I teach at the university, let’s order now." Yamapi says as he pushes a button to call the waiter.
Yamapi looks at Kame, he wants to know what the other is thinking right now. The younger one is calm and he’s looking at the table.
"Sorry for the short announcement, did I ruin your schedule?" Yamapi bits his lip as he scims the menu, but secretly gazing at Kame.
"No. You didn't ruin anything Tomo, you are my top priority." Kame smiles at him.
The door opens and a waiter asks for their order. While they are busy choosing their menu, the door opens again and an angry Ryo stands in the doorframe.
"Kame let go!" Ryo says as he grabs Kame arm.
"What's wrong?" Kame asks as he looks at his best friend.
"You don't deserve a liar like him!" Ryo says as he looks angrily at Yamapi.
"What?" Kame and Yamapi ask unison.
"You are a liar like your best friend! What do you think of us?" Ryo gives Yamapi an angry look.
"I don't know what you are saying!" Yamapi replies confused and grabs the other arm of Kame, preventing Ryo from taking Kame away.
"What are you saying Ryo?" Kame askes suspiciously.
"Why are you still pretending? Tell Kame what you are hiding!" Ryo shouts. Yamapi is perplexed by Ryo’s words.
"What is he saying Tomo?" Kame asks, looking at his boyfriend.
"Yah! What are you hiding, Tomo? Or Pi-chan?" Ryo emphasizes the two names.
"What? Why did you call him Pi-chan?" Kame asks confused.
"Ask him!" Ryo points at Yamapi.
"Tomo, tell me the truth? Why did Ryo call you Pi-chan?" Kame looks at him, his eyes pleading him to say that Ryo is mistaken.
"I..I'm sorry Kame he is telling the truth, I'm also Pi-chan but I wanted to tell you the truth today!" Yamapi answers Kame.
"I don't believe this! You lied to me?" Kame moves away from him.
"I didn't intend to lie to you, it's just… before we went to University Yuya and I were always stalked by fans and we wanted those fans to not bother us when we are in school. So we created two identities. When you came into my life you didn't want me as Tomo but you wanted Pi-chan, who is cool, but then we became friends and lovers and I wanted to tell you all the time but I didn't have the strength to tell you." Yamapi says fastly.
"Oh, we’ve been together for one month now but you still didn't tell me. What, is this a game for you? Is it because I didn't answer your love at first? Is this revenge?" Kame starts to cry.
"No! I told you I wanted to tell you about this today, that’s why I set up a dinner" Yamapi grabs Kame’s hand but the other sweeps it away.
"Yah! You set up two dinners and you intended to make me choose! What would you do if I went to your other self? Would you be mad because I go to the cool you?" Kame cries as he asks Yamapi who is devastated and also crying.
"No... I..." Yamapi whines confused.
"See? You don't even know how to answer me! Let's go Ryo, I don't need this crap." Kame says as he tugs Ryo out of the room.
Yamapi cries his heart out; he doesn't move from the spot. The waiter leaves him alone and lets him cry.
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When Yamapi gets home he sees that Kame is packing his clothes. He immediately moves closer to Kame and stops him from putting his clothes into his suit case.
"Kame let's talk, you have to hear my reasons first." Yamapi pleads as he takes some clothes out of the suit case.
"What do you think ae you doing? Don't touch my clothes!" Kame says as he gets his clothes and puts them back into the suit case.
"Let's talk, you have to believe me that I didn't intend to lie to you about my two identities." Yamapi holds Kame’s hand tight.
"Don't touch me! Let me go!" Kame says as he pulls his hand out of the tight grip of Yamapi’s hand.
"Kame, I loved you from the very first time I saw you! You have to believe me!" Yamapi says as he hugs the younger one.
"I said: Let me go! You're a liar!" Kame struggles while crying but Yamapi tightens the hug as he starts to cry while hugging Kame.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I love you and I don't want you to get mad at me but I was planning to tell you this for a long time. Therfore I planned the dinner but Ryo ruined it for me to explain everything to you." Yamapi continues hugging him.
"I do love you but I don't know if I can believe you." Kame is still crying but he’s stopped to struggle.
Yamapi loosens his hug to Kame and put his hand on Kame’s cheek as he wipes tears away that are running down from those brown eyes and puts a light kiss on the others lips.
"Kame, I love you! I never loved anyone like this. I know I hurted you by not saying that Pi-chan and Tomo are one, it’s just... I just had to find the right time to tell you and I never intended to have a secret from you. Yuya and I were having trouble with having a private life when we started doing the TegoPi duo. We wanted our lives in school to be normal therefore we changed our clothes as Tomo and Yuya but we’re still the same. The two persons are still us, I'm still me. The one who loves you until... forever!" Yamapi declares and that earns him a giggle.
"You're laughing at me" Yamapi pouts as he sees that Kame giggling didn’t stop.
"I'm sorry but you're so corny." Kame says when he stops laughing.
"Do you forgive me?" Yamapi asks as he caresses Kame’s cheek.
"Is that the only secret you’re hiding from me?" Kame asks and his eyebrow twitches.
"Well, I have a secret lab here in the dorm" Yamapi bites his lip nervously.
"Seriously? Come, I want to see it!" Kame pulls Yamapi excitedly out of his room.
"Wait! Does this mean that you forgive me?" Yamapi stops as he looks Kame in the eyes.
Kame looks at him and pulls Yamapi into a kiss, at first it was just gentle, but Yamapi deepens it since he missed those sweet lips so much, they are both panting when their lips separate.
"I love you and I think I can forgive you. But if you ever lie to me again, you will never see me again!" Kame says in serious tone.
"I promise I will never lie to you again!" Yamapi kisses him again.
"What about that secret lab?" Kame asks when Yamapi lets go of his lips.
"I can show it to you later but now let’s do more make-up kiss" Yamapi says as he pulls Kame into a hug.
"So… How am I supposed to call you now?" Kame hugs him back.
"Hmm... Whatever you like, my sweet!" Yamapi says and he gives him a passionate kiss and Kame answers it with the same passion.
the end...
Pairing: Pikame, RyoTego
Genre: Romance, Fluff
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Yamashita Tomohisa is enjoying his two worlds, a nerd during the day and a cool pop singer at night. What is he going to do when a certain turtle turns his world into chaos.
A/N: This is for
kame_kazu28 for
pi_exchange I hope you like it.
JE Academy is the most popular school in the area where only the best students were. The school has its own apartments for those who are bright and rich and also study in the school.
Yamashita Tomohisa is a nerdy guy who wears those nerdy clothes, thick eye glasses and has always books in his hands. He is the Captain of fencing club. As for Tegoshi Yuya he is the Captain of the swimming team. He and his best friend Tegoshi Yuya are the best of the class, they always get A+ in every subject. They both have the black belt in Taekwando which is hidden from the others and therefore they are nerdy but others don’t bully them, there is an aura that surrounds them and makes them invincible although their appearance is not that appealing to everyone.
They both live in the same apartment at the school. But the others don't know that the two best friends have a secret. They have a night life that is a lot different from their day life. They are the popular TegoPi duo in an exclusive club in the city. They wear different clothes with a different style, they sing perfectly together and all of the girls and even some boys love them.
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"Good job!" The manager says to them as they go down the stage.
"Thanks manager-san, but we should go now." Yamapi says to the manager.
"Why don't you stay and mingle with your fans?"
"I don't think that is suitable." Yamapi answers as he picks up his bag and walks towards the club’s exit. Tegoshi nods goodbye to the Manager of the club as he follows his best friend.
"That guy never learns." Tegoshi whisperes as he follows his best friend.
On the way out, someone bumps into them. Yamapi just looks at the person and starts walking like he didn't notice the other. Tegoshi just looks, too, and a smirk forms on his face as he follows his best friend, not looking back at the two they just passed.
“Kame, let’s go!” Ryo is looking irritated at his best friend who is looking stunned at the guy he just bumped into.
“It’s Pi-chan! He smells so nice!” Kame giggles as he looks at the other more intently.
“Stop that! He didn't even look at you!” Ryo responds to his best friend.
“What's your problem!? Even Tego-Nyan doesn't look at you!” Kame pokes his tongue out to make the other pissed.
“I don’t care! I didn't look at him!” Ryo says as he walks to the stage to get ready to play.
“My ass! You didn't look at him, huh?" Kame puts his tongue out and then he moves his gaze back to Pi-chan’s back. "He will be mine…” Kame says with a determination that makes Ryo shake his head. Soon they start to play their songs.
Kamenashi Kazuya is the heir of the conglomerate Kamenashi Corporation. He is also the Captain of baseball team in the school. Nishikido Ryo is his best friend since they were young. He is the heir of the oil empire of Nishikido Corporation and also the Captain of the tennis team.
Like Yamapi and Yuya they share an apartment in the JE Academy. They are the most popular students but in this exclusive club the RyoKame duo is only second in popularity.
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"What is the meaning of that?" Tegoshi asks when they enter their apartment.
"What are you talking about?" Yamapi looks at him, frowning.
"The way you treat Kamenashi, I know you have a crush on the guy for ages!" Tegoshi teases.
"I want him to like me as me. The nerdy guy" Yamapi just says.
"But it’s still you, I don't know why I'm doing this anyway. I love what I wear in the club, I hate wearing this." Tegoshi says as he looks at his nerdy clothes.
"Yu-chan, you also didn't bother to look at Ryo when we passed them. So don't blame me that your love life is empty." Yamapi mocks his friend, too.
"I just don't like him." Tegoshi pouts at his best friend.
"Really? I know you follow every move he does and don’t blame me why you dress in these stupid clothes because it was your idea anyway." Yamapi responds to the younger one.
Flashback
"Tomo, let’s wear this type of clothes in the new school." Tegoshi said in with cute puppy eyes.
"Eh? Why?" Yamapi said as he looked in shock at the clothes that Tegoshi wanted him to wear.
"It will be exciting to wear this; it will stop those annoying fans coming to us when we are in school." Tegoshi said.
"Oh, you are right about that, I'm tired of those fans that chase us everywhere." Yamapi nodded at the thought of the idea.
"Okay, let’s go shopping for more clothes!" Tegoshi said happily.
He didn't know why the younger one wanted to wear nerdy clothes but eventually he found out that Tegoshi wanted to mislead the guy who was pestering him because this guy also studied at their school. At first he considered it because he could concentrate only on his studies but after he saw a guy he fell in love with he hated the idea. But in the end he wanted to know whether Kame would also like him as a nerdy Tomo-chan or just the cool Pi-chan.
End of Flashback
"He is a bastard! He ignores me when I was in these clothes!" Tegoshi says.
"Why do you like that kind of people?" Yamapi says.
"Hey! You also like that kind of people! You even follow Kamenashi in every part of the school and then you ignore him when you’re Pi-chan!" Tegoshi says to him.
"Okay, so why do we like that kind of people?" They both laugh when they hear a knock on the door.
"I get it!" Tegoshi runs to answer the door. And Tegoshi jaw drops when he sees who is standing on the other side of the door.
"Hello gentlemen!" Johnny Kitagawa, the president of the school.
"Come in Sir, what brings you here?" Yamapi says as they let the President in.
"There will be a new development concerning the apartments. I know that this will not please the both of you but the board decided that there will be a change of people within the apartments to get the students closer with each other. It will only be temporary, so don't panic." Johnny-san says to them.
"What kind of change is that?" Tegoshi asks, frowning.
"Well, one of you will be transferring to another apartment and the guy in another apartment will be transferred here." Johnny-san says.
"What?" They both say as they look at their president in disbelief.
"You heard me right; it will be only for 3 months so no worry and you will have your former room mates again." Johnny-san says to them. They look at each other before turning to the President.
"So, who is going to transfer and who is going to stay?" Johnny-san says to them.
"That would be me." Tegoshi says. They both know that Yamapi can't leave the apartment because he can't sleep when he is in the different environment and he has a lab hidden in the apartment so it suitable that Yamapi should stay.
"Okay then pack your things and I will accompany you to your new apartment." Johnny-san says.
"Where is his new apartment? And who will be coming in?" Yamapi asks couriously.
"I will be the one to bring him here so don't worry you will meet him as soon as I transferred Yuya-kun into his new apartment." Johnny-san says as he waits for Tegoshi to finish packing.
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Flashback
Yamapi was walking down the corridor when he bumped into another person, all his books were scattered on the floor.
"Sorry!" The other person said as he helped him picking up his books.
"I'm sorry, too, I wasn't looking." Yamapi said as he looked at the person. Yamapi was stunned by the guy, he never saw such a beautiful guy before, his heart started beating fastly, seeing those pouting lips, the perfect eyebrows and those deep brown eyes.
"Hey!" The other guys said, frowning at him.
"Ahm... I'm sorry what did you say?" Yamapi woke up out of his daze.
"I said: ‘here are your books’." The other one said, giving him the books.
"Yah, thanks." Yamapi smiled as he got his books.
When he recieved the books the other immediately walked away and passed him, not taking a single glance at him.
"Ah! Can I know your name?" Yamapi said excitedly.
The guy stopped, then he turned around slowly; Yamapi held his breath at the sight. The guy looked at him from head to foot and then he frowned at him.
"It's Kamenashi Kazuya." Kame said as he turned again and walked away.
"Thanks again, Kamenashi-kun. By the way my name is..." But the guy already walked around the corner and couldn't hear him anymore.
End of Flashback.
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A knock on the door wakes him up. He was waiting for the President to come back with the person he is going to live with for the next 3 months. As he opens the door his jaw drops when he recognizes who is the person the president Johnny guided to him.
"Ah! Tomo, this is Kamenashi Kazuya. He will be your new room mate for the next 3 months." Johnny-san says.
"Damn! Why do I have to be room mates with this nerd?" Kame whispers to himself but still too loud to not be heard by the other one.
"He..llo…" Yamapi stammers as he sees the beautiful face of the other one.
"Where is my room?" Kame says as he walks in, not looking at the other guy.
"I just leave you two, Tomo-kun, please assist Kame-kun in whatever he needs." Johnny-san says as he closes the door and leaves them.
"He..re.. This is… going to...be your room." Yamapi stutters as he opens the door to the roo that Tegoshi vacated.
"Okay." Kame says as he closes the door.
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Yamapi is rejoicing, he can't believe his luck. He will stay with Kame in his apartment for 3 months! Then his phone rings.
"Hello" Yamapi says grinning to himself.
"Stop grinning like an idiot, Tomo-chan." Tegoshi teases him.
"Yu-chan! You won't believe who is the one sharing the apartment with me!" Yamapi exclaimes, jumping in his room.
"I know with whom you are staying, I'm in his apartment." Tegoshi pouts although the other can't see him.
"What? You mean that you are with Nishikido?" Yamapi asks.
"Hai! What a bad luck!" Tegoshi says, sulking.
"Yah, you're right! Yu-chan, I'm your best friend and I know you like what happened, that you are staying with Nishikido now." Yamapi teases.
"And you're with Kamenashi." Tegoshi teases back.
"Yes! And I'm happy!" Yamapi dances with happiness.
"Wait! Tomo what is going to happen now? We can't go out to have a gig or they will catch us red-handed with our disguise." Tegoshi says worriedly.
"I already have a solution for that, we can tell the manager that we need to change the performance time. We should sing but let Ryokame sing first." Yamapi says.
"That’s good, they should go out first but how can we change clothes?" Tegoshi asks.
"Yu-chan, I know that I'm brighter than you but you are not dumb either. We are going to rent another apartment that is near the club so we can change clothes in that apartment." Yamapi states.
"Ha ha ha, sorry, Ryo is near; that’s why I'm getting dumber." Tegoshi laughs.
"Now we can plan to let them see us and love us even we’re nerdy." Yamapi says.
"Okay!" the two exclaim as they put down their phones.
+++
Flashback
Every time Yamapi saw the guy named Kamenashi he followed him every where. One time Kame was on the baseball field practicing with his team. Yamapi walked towards him.
"Hi! Do you remember me? I'm the one you bumped into the other day." Yamapi said as he pushed up his eye glasses.
"No! I don'.t" Kame said as he swung his bat to warm up.
"The one you helped to pick up those books." Yamapi said, smiling at him.
"What do you want?" Kame said, annoyed.
"I.. I just want to thank you" Yamapi bit his lower lip, the other students were looking at them.
"You already said your thank you. Go away!" Kame replied harshly as he moved his bat.
"Hey! Is this guy bothering you?" A guy came near them and pushed Yamapi. Because of the suddenness of the action he stumbled and dropped on his butt.
"Ryo, don't mind him. Come on, let's go get something to eat." Kame linked his arms with Ryo’s arms and they walked away.
Yamapi looked at them, his eyes became teary as he heard people laughing at him.
End of flashback
+++
Yamapi muses how he can make Kame love him as the person he is, with this kind of clothes he usually wears. But he chickens out every time the younger one is near. Maybe that is also the reason why he doesn’t look at Kame when he is Pi-chan because he is too shy near the other one who might interpret his shyness as snootiness.
He immediately goes to the kitchen when he sees that it’s almost lunch time, he wants to impress the younger man with his cooking skills.
He is still cooking when he sees Kame walking out of his room and going out.
“Where are you going?” Yamapi asks.
“I’m going to lunch, do you have problem with that?” Kame answers annoyed.
“I was making lunch, I hope you can join me as a welcome to you” Yamapi bites his lip. He crosses his finger for the other one to join him.
“Maybe next time. I’m having lunch with Ryo.” Kame goes out and doesn’t pay attention to him any more.
Yamapi sighs for his heart clenches by Kame actions. He stops cooking and sits down on a chair when the door opens again and reveals Kame who is looking at him. He immediately gets up and starts to cook again, waiting for the other one to talk.
“What are you cooking?” Kame asks, looking at the pot Yamapi is stirring.
“Beef and Mushroom Pasta.” Yamapi answers
“It will be good if you add garlic bread and fried chicken.” Kame bits his lip as he smells the delicious aroma of the pasta.
“I have already finished cooking these two. It’s all already on the table. Why are you back?” Yamapi asks cautiously.
“I..Ryo cancelled the lunch with me, therefore I went back.” Kame just replies.
“So, are you going to have lunch with me?” Yamapi asks.
“So it seems, your food apperears to be delicious and edible.” Kame takes some garlic bread and munches happily.
“Is it good?” Yamapi asks.
“Yes!” Kame blurts out before he could think.
“I’m happy that you love it.” Yamapi says as he puts off the fire of the stove.
“I get it!” Kame says as he gets some plates and puts them on the table while Yamapi gets a bowl for the pasta and places it on the table, too.
“I get some juice, wait, do you want juice or cola or something?” Yamapi asks as he looks at the fridge.
“A cola will do.” Kame says as he seats himself and waits for the other one to finish his task.
When Yamapi returns to the table with two cola, they start eating their food. Yamapi watches how Kame eats his pasta with gusto and the sight makes his heart beat faster since the other one obviously loves what he cooked.
“Wow this is really good!” Kame smiles at Yamapi which makes the other blush.
“Thank you.” he only says.
After lunch, Kame helps him to wash the dishes. He washes the plates while Kame dries them before putting them back.
“Are you going to do something today?” Yamapi bites his lip. He has to be assertive now and put his shyness away.
“Nope.” Kame says.
“Would you like to watch a movie with me? I just bought some new DVD that I still didn’t watch because of the previous exam.” Yamapi says in a fast way.
Kame looks at him, weighing the pros and cons.
“What DVDs do you have?” Kame asks.
“You can see them in the rack below the DVD player. Pick one you like.” Yamapi says.
“Okay.” Kame says as he leaves the kitchen to see what movies Yamapi owns.
+++
Kame browses the set of DVDs and he is amazed that Yamapi has a collection that he wants to watch. He is not a total geek after all he says to himself.
“Did you already pick what you like?” Yamapi asks.
“Hai! I’d like to watch this one.” Kame waves with the DVD.
“Okay, let’s watch!” Yamapi says as he puts the popcorn and beer down on the table.
Kame is puzzled by himself, that he is actually willing to watch a DVD with Tomo and stay with him today. Many times he is annoyed by Tomo who is always looking and following him. He knows that the other one has a crush on him but his heart already has someone and that is Pi-chan.
“Tomo, why are you so nice to me?” Kame asks suddenly.
“Huh? What do you mean? You are sharing an apartment with me for the next 3 months so I have to be nice.” Yamapi tells him, puzzled.
“Well, I always badmouth, humiliate and ignore you when you talk to me.” Kame says.
“I…I… Actually like you.” Yamapi says in a nervous tone.
“That figures.” Kame says.
“What?”
“I said ‘that figures’, but Tomo I don’t think I can return your feeling.” Kame says looking at the TV.
“I’ll figure it out.” Yamapi replies softly.
“What?”
“I said ‘I’ll figure it out’ but I still would like to be close to you, maybe even become friends if you like.” Yamapi eyes are full of hope.
“Okay, let’s be friends.” Kame says.
“Thanks, Kame.” Yamapi’s smile wides.
“You’re welcome, Tomo-kun.” Kame answers as he grabs some popcorn.
Flashback
After two weeks Yamapi already felt devastated because of what had happened. It's the first time he fell for one person and sadly he fell in love with a guy who didn't want him.
"Tomo, snap it out!" Tegoshi said in a worried tone.
"Yu-chan!" Yamapi cried as he calls his best friend.
"Hey! Don't put yourself down, you’re Pi-chan for God’s sake! There are plenty of boys and girls who want to be with you!" Tegoshi said as his seated himself beside Yamapi.
"I know, but it hurts!" Yamapi said, tears forming in his eyes.
"Come on, let’s go out! Manager-san is looking for us, it's already been two weeks since our last performance and our fans are asking for us." Tegoshi pulled him up.
"Okay stop pulling me, I am going with you." Yamapi got up when he saw that his best friend smiled at him.
"Let's go!" Tegoshi bounced as they got ready for the club.
+++
At the club there were many screaming fans who greeted them happily and Yamapi smiled a little when Manager-san called them.
"Thanks God, you’re finally here.” Manager-san smiled at them.
"We are sorry that we have not been here for two weeks." Yamapi bowed to show that they’re sorry.
"That’s okay, at least you’re here now." Manager-san said.
"Sir, what happened in the two weeks?" Tegoshi asked.
"Oh I hired another duo to sing, they’re also well. I hope you will not take it against me." Manager-san said.
"That’s okay, Manager-san, at least we will have time if we want a break for time to time." Yamapi just smiled.
"Thanks Pi-chan! Well, would you like to get to know them, they’re still here." Manager-san asked.
"Okay." They both said.
They were guided by the Manager to the dressing room and they saw two guys bending down (why bending???????????????), looking at the floor.
"Guys, I want you to meet our number one duo in the club." Manager-san said as the two stood up and looked at them.
Kame was stunned by the beauty of the guy who stood beside Manager-san. He was well built and the sight made him shiver with lust, those beautiful eyes penetrated his soul. But he hesistated when he saw that the other guy frowned.
"Hello, we’re the RyoKame duo, I'm Kame and this is Ryo." Kame said grinning widely.
"I'm Tegoshi, but you can call me Tego-Nyan, and this is Pi-chan." Tegoshi said as he offered his hand.
"Nice to meet you." Ryo said as he moved closer to Tegoshi and grabbed the other’s hand to kiss the back of it.
"Manager-san, we are going to our dressing room to change." Yamapi said as he went out of the room, leaving a stunned Kame.
Tegoshi pulled his hand away immediately as he followed Yamapi.He was puzzled because his best friend didn't acknowledge the other guys. The Manager also followed them, leaving Ryo and Kame alone in the dressing room.
"I think I'm in love!" Ryo said, smiling widely.
"I’m in love, too! Did you see Pi-chan, he’s so cute!" Kame replied, smiling.
"But Pi-chan didn't even look at us." Ryo frowned as he said that.
"Maybe he’s still not feeling well, Manager-san said that Pi-chan was sick and that’s why he hired us." Kame said, his face fully of worry.
"Maybe you’re right about that but Yu-chan is so much cuter that your Pi-chan." Ryo replied, grinning.
"No way, Pi-chan is cuter!" Kame poked out his tongue to Ryo.
"Come on let’s go out to see them perform!" Ryo pulled Kame out of the dressing room.
End of Flashback
Kame enters the campus as he sees people are having a ruckus about something on the billboard and thus he slowly walks towards the board. He smirks when he sees what the other students are fussing about.
"What is the ruckus all about?" Ryo suddenly appeared on his side.
"There will be a classtrip, and guess where?" Kame grins at Ryo and hides the announcement.
"What? I don't have time for your childishness, Kame, so please tell me." Ryo says, pouting at his friend.
"We're going to an amusement park." Kame laughs.
"What? Who the hell thinks that it’s good to go to an amusement park? We are already adult!" Ryo shouts.
"The president of course, I don't know what he is thinking." Kame bites his lip to stop laughing.
"Kame, don't leave me, I don't want to ride the Ferris Wheel." Ryo whines
"Ryo, you are not going to be with me because I'm not your roommate anymore" Kame says.
"Eh? You mean I will be with that Yuya guy?" Ryo shouts, mouth wide open.
"Hai!" Kame laughs when he sees Ryo face turn white.
"But..but.. It's unfair!!!!!!!!!" Ryo whines.
"Hey! I think Yuya-kun is alright, Tomo said he is a nice man." Kame pats Ryo’s shoulder.
"Why do you say that?" Ryo whines as he looks at his friend who is smiling at him. "Eh? Tomo-kun? Why are you so familiar with him? Are you okay seeing that nerd?" Ryo asks.
"Well, Tomo is nice, he always cooks breakfast, sometimes he helps me with my assignment and I think he would look great if he would want to change his fashion." Kame says as he thinks about it.
"Are you changing heart? Do you like this Tomo better than Pi-chan?" Ryo asks.
"Of course not, I still love my Pi-chan but Tomo is interesting and we are friends now. Like best friends." Kame says.
"Eh? You changed your best friends? You’re a meanie, Kame-chan, I hate you!" Ryo pouts.
"I'm just kidding! You’re still my best friend" Kame says as he hugs Ryo.
+++
Flashback
Kame was puzzled because every time he saw Pi-chan the other would always move away from him, just like he was plague the other had to stay away from. Once he saw TegoPi entering the club, he slowly walked towards the duo and he could see that Tegoshi was smiling at him.
"Hi!" Kame said, smiling at them.
"Hi, Kame-chan!" Tegoshi smiled, too.
"Let go, Tegoshi, we need to get dressed." Yamapi said and walked towards their dressing room.
"Hey, wait!" Kame grabbed the arm of Yamapi.
"What do you want?" Yamapi hissed as he looked at the hand that grabbed his arm.
"I want to ask you something." Kame bit his lip and withdrew his hand when he saw that the beautiful face frowned at him.
"Speak!" Yamapi said, annoyed.
"I... I wanted to know why you are mad at me." Kame said, a tear formed slowly in his eyes.
"I'm not mad, I just don't like you! You always follow me like a stalker!" Yamapi said as he got into the dressing room, not looking at Kame’s teary face.
End of Flashback
+++
The day for the field trip has come, all the students are busy riding the rollercoasters that the amusement park offers. Ryo, Kame, Tegoshi and Yamapi are waiting for someone to suggest something and make the first move.
"I know, why don’t we go into the Hunted House?!" Tegoshi suggests as he clings to Ryo.
"Get your filthy hand off me!" Ryo says as he pushes the hand away but the other clings to him even harder.
"You're such a sweetheart! We're going to the Haunted House! "Tegoshi drags Ryo to the Haunted House, leaving Kame and Yamapi alone.
"I'm sorry about Yuya he is so much like a child sometimes." Yamapi bows his head to Kame.
"That’s okay, sometimes Ryo is also like a child." Kame giggles.
"So what are we going to ride?" Yamapi asks him, smiling.
"Let's ride the Carousel!" Kame exclaims.
"Eh? You're like a child, too!" Yamapi pouts as he notices that the ride is only for children.
"We’re in an amusement park, so it’s not illegal to be child like!" Kame grins at him.
"Okay!" Yamapi says as they walk towards the Carousel ride.
They have almost ridden every rollercoaster in the amusement park when Yamapi says that he wants to buy hotdogs to eat and juice to drink. Kame waits for him on a bench near the Ferris Wheel when he hears a song playing on the radio. He remembers Pi-chan and how the other tried to avoid him and said hurtful things to him.
Then he thinks of Tomo, the person who is always good to him, even if he says hurtful things to him, too. Maybe that’s what you call Karma, he hurts Tomo like Pi-chan hurts him.
"Ehem!" Yamapi says as he sits down beside Kame.
"Oh! That was fast!" Kame smiles at him.
"I charmed the vendor of the hotdogs to fulfill my offer at first." Yamapi says, grinning.
"Yah! Right!" Kame laughs.
"Hey! You're a meanie! I'm lovable!" Yamapi pouts.
"Yes, you are!" Kame smiles at him.
"Do you slowly like me?" Yamapi teases him.
"In your dreams Tomo, I already like somebody" Kame says and he hits Yamapi’s arm.
"Ouch!" Yamapi says.
"Oi! I didn't punch you that hard!" Kame looks worried.
"I know but what you said hurt me more." Yamapi saiys softly.
"I'm sorry" Kame says.
"That’s okay, come on, let's go and ride that Ferris Wheel!" Yamapi smiles at him.
"Ferris Wheel, here we go!" Kame exclaims as he looks at Yamapi. Yamapi smiles at him but the smile couldn’t reach his eyes.
+++
Flashback
"Tomo, why did you do that to him!" Tegoshi punched him lightly in his arm.
"I didn't mean to but it still hurts what he did to me." Yamapi said as he sat down on the couch in the dressing room.
"What do you mean? Is Kame the one who broke your heart?" Tegoshi looked at him curiously.
"Yes, he is. I don't want to be mean but it hurts seeing him." Yamapi said.
"I think he likes you, how can you tell that he doesn't like you?"
"He doesn't like me! He said so himself"
"But I can see clearly that he likes you!" Tegoshi insisted.
"He told me when I was Tomo, he doesn't like me." Yamapi said, tears running down his cheeks.
"Eh? You mean that he already met you as Tomo? And he doesn't like you because you are a nerd?" Tegoshi asked.
"Yes" Yamapi sighed.
"Then he is not the one for you!” Tegoshi said angrily.
"Yuya," Yamapi looked with worry at his friend’s changing moods.
"I will never let him near you again, whether you are Tomo or Pi-chan" Tegoshi said.
"I can take care of it myself, don't worry" Yamapi pacified his friend.
"Okay but don't be depressed again or I will do something!" Tegoshi hugged him and he hugged him back.
End of Flashback
Slowly the Ferris Wheel moves until they reach the top, then it suddenly stops. Kame looks at the scenery and he is amazed by the sight.
"It's beautiful!" Kame says as he sees the beautiful sunset.
"Yes, it's beautiful." Yamapi says softly as he looks at the younger one. Kame quickly looks at Yamapi and he sees that the older one is looking at him not at the scenery.
"Hey! I'm talking about the scenery, not me." Kame blushes.
"Yes that’s beautiful, too." Yamapi smiles at the younger one.
"Shut up, Tomo, before I get mad at you." Kame smirks.
"Okay I’ll shut up and I hope you won’t get mad at me." Yamapi makes puppy eyes.
"Tomo, you’re so cute!" Kame puts his palm to Yamapi’s cheek and pinches it.
Yamapi blushes and Kame immediately brings his hand back into his lap.
"Ah...Kame can I ask you something?" Yamapi bites his lip.
"Okay, shoot, what is it?" Kame smiles sweetly.
"I remember that you said that you love someone. I’d like to know… who is it?" Yamapi asks unsure.
"He....the first time I saw him my heart beat faster and I couldn't take my eyes of him." Kame chuckles as he remembers their first meeting.
"What is he like?" Yamapi asks again.
"Well, he is a cool singer; his song touches the heart of everyone who hears it. And his features are really handsome." Kame says.
"Do you like him because he is handsome?"
"No, I can see that he is a good person. One day an old woman was rubbed and pushed aside. He helped her up and gave her some money so that the old woman could go home. See, he is good at heart, too." Kame says as he looks at Yamapi and frowns.
"What?" Yamapi asks when he sees that Kame is looking at him.
"You.... He... kinda look alike." Kame says out of the blue.
"Eh? You mean you’re falling for me?" Yamapi chuckles a bit to ease the nervousness he is feeling.
"What? No! I just said that you have something in common." Kame looks again outside the cart.
"Oh, I thought you like me" Yamapi pouts and looks at the younger one.
"Get real!" Kame grins.
"I am real, not like the person you want, I’m more real that he is." Yamapi moves near Kame and lifts his face and puts a fleeting kiss on his lips.
"I..." Kame says as he feels the soft lips on his lips again.
Yamapi doesn't know what gives him the courage to kiss Kame but when the other one starts to kiss him back it gives him even more courage and he pushes his tongue into the other one’s mouth, making the kiss even deeper. Slowly they stop kissing, both of them panting for air. Yamapi is nervous about the other boy’s reaction. Kame looks at Yamapi whose face is full with love, affection and fear.
"I.. am not sorry that I kissed you because you know that I love you ever since. And if I had another chance I’d do it again, but please don't get mad at me." Yamapi bites his lip as he takes the hand of Kame and squeezes it gently.
"I'm not mad at you... I'm just confused and… I do like your kisses." Kame moves slowly closer and gives him a quickly peck on the lips.
"Really? It means that you acknowledge my love for you?" Yamapi asks nervously.
"I think, yeah, I acknowledge it." Kame nods.
"Are we together now? Do you love me?" Yamapi asks with enthusiasm.
"Tomo, I want to be honest with you. When you kissed me I felt something for you and I don't know if it’s love or lust or anything. One thing I am sure of is that I care for you and I don't want you to leave my life." Kame looks at him as he says these words.
"I will make you love me! That’s a promise! So are we going to date?" Yamapi grins at him.
"Yes, we are going to date." Kame says and kisses him again, this time Kame takes the lead.
+++
Ryo and Kame are sitting on the couch while they wait for the TegoPi duo to finish their songs. Ryo looks at his best friend and sees that Kame looking at Pi-chan so intently and lovingly.
"You’re still in love with him, aren’t you? Although he doesn't look at you." Ryo smirks.
"I don't know, I'm dating Tomo now." Kame says, still looking at the singing duo.
"What? You date that nerd guy!" Ryo grabs Kame shoulder so that the younger man has to face him.
"Hey! Tomo is that not that nerdy, actually he is cute" Kame smile as he remembers the other one.
"And what about that!" Ryo pointed Pi on the stage.
"I still like him, but I also like Tomo" Kame said as he looked at Pi in a sad gaze.
"I think you are right Kame, we deserve to be love too." Ryo said as he also looked sad looking at Tegoshi.
"What do you mean?" Kame looked at his friend puzzled.
"I'm already dating Yuya-kun" Ryo smiles at his best friend.
"What?!!! Ha ha ha!" Kame laughs.
"Hey! It's not funny!" Ryo pouts.
"Not that! It's the situation, we are both dating the two nerd we didn't even like at the beginning." Kame says and smiles at his friend.
"Yes, I couldn’t wait for the person that didn't love me back and, well… Yu-kun loves me." Ryo says.
"We both know that we are still not over those two guys." Kame says worriedly.
"I know, but Yuya loves me, he’ll always be there for me. I want to be loved and I don’t want to be someone who is waiting to be loved by someone doesn't realize I'm here." Ryo says.
"Yes, you’re right about that. Do you love Yuya-kun?" Kame asks.
"Don't worry I love Yu-kun and I will not make him cry." Ryo says, smiling at him.
"Me too, I care for Tomo and I think I love him, too." Kame smiles, too.
+++
"Ne, Tomo did you see that Kame is looking at you?" Tegoshi says as he looks at Kame.
"He is always looking at me, why are you questioning it now?" Yamapi asks.
"I thought that you already have a relationship with him, as Tomo. Why is he still looking at you like that? It's clear cheating!" Tegoshi says, looking at him with pity.
"Hey! It's still me so it's not considered cheating!" Yamapi pouts at his best friend.
"It’s still cheating; he knows that you are two different people! See, my Ryo-chan, he didn't look at me a single time." Tegoshi points out.
"But it doesn't mean that he doesn't love Tegoshi" Yamapi says, frowning because he sees that Ryo looks at Tegoshi in a subtle manner.
"But... But... Kame is still cheating! He should not look at you, because he is with Tomo!" Tegoshi pouts.
"They are not cheating, we are!" Yamapi says to Tegoshi.
"What are you saying?" Tegoshi starts to feel worried.
"Maybe it's time to say the truth to them." Yamapi sighs as he looks at his best friend.
"No! They will hate us! I'm not ready Tomo, please give me some more time. Let's test them first!" Tegoshi says, smiling at Yamapi.
"What do you mean with ‘test them first’?" Yamapi frowns.
"Let's make them date TegoPi first, then we will see if they really love us as Tomo and Yuya or if we are just substitutes because they can't have TegoPi." Tegoshi grins.
"What? I don't know …Yu-kun, it’s kinda freaky and I don't want Kame to be angrier with me." Yamapi says.
"Tomo, don't you want to know which side of you Kame loves?" Tegoshi asks.
"Okay, you win! Let's do this but then we should become clean with them" Yamapi says to Tegoshi.
"Yes! Let's make this operation work!" Tegoshi jumps with joy.
Yamapi sees that Kame sits in the bar, he looks at his phone and waits for a call. Then he remembers he promised to call the younger one. He gets his phone out of his pocket and dials the number, still looking at Kame. He sees the other guy’s smile as he looks at the caller. Yamapi laughs when he sees that the younger combs his hair with his hand as if the other could see him.
"Moshi, Moshi" Kame says, smiling.
"Hey! Kazuya" Yamapi chuckles as he answers.
"Your call is already late!" Kame pouts as he says it.
"Oi, don't pout you look so cute." Yamapi says suddenly. He bites his lip when he realized what he just said.
"Eh? How do you know I was pouting. Are you here at the club?" Kame says and looks around the bar to see if Tomo is there.
"No, but I know you.I could hear the pout the way you spoke." Yamapi immediately says and turns around when he realizes that Kame is looking into his direction.
"Oh okay, I thought you’re going to surprise me by coming here and watching me perform" Kame sulks as he gets back to his original position.
"I’d like to but you know I'm not used to that kind of stuff and I'm here in a middle of nowhere doing a project for science that I need to submit at the end of the month." Yamapi says as an excuse.
"Is that more important than your boyfriend’s performance?" Kame pouts again.
Yamapi turns around and looks at the guy again in the bar. Luckily the bar is rather quiet right now. However, their dressing room is sound proof and has a glass window that’s facing the bar.
"You can perform with me face to face later." Yamapi smiles as he sees the cute, wicked smile on Kame face.
"You mean I can kiss you torridly and take away your glasses!" Kame says giddy.
"Ah about that I.. I have to go! I’ll see you later! Love you!" Yamapi says immediately.
"Ok..ay. Love you, too" Kame says sadly as he hears the ‘beep’ sound of the phone.
"I'm sorry Kazuya" Yamapi whisperes as he looks at the sad face of the other.
+++
Kame is puzzled because Tomo always has reason for not going to watch him in the bar and even kissing him feels like kissing in the dark. He wants to know what Tomo is hiding and he is going to find out soon.
"You drink alone?" Yamapi asks as he seats himself on the other side of the bar.
Kame is surprised, he looks to his left and right to see if Pi-chan is talking to somebody else but there’s no one.
"Are you talking to me?" Kame frowns.
"Hai, I'm sorry about my rude way with you, it’s just that someone broke my heart." Yamapi says, looking at Kame.
"Eh?...Okay.. I understand" Kame grabs his drink and gulps it in one go.
"Thank you, for understanding. Hey! Would you like to go out with me, have a dinner or something?" Yamapi smiles his sweetest smile.
"I..."Kame says still dazed of what is happening.
"It will be just dinner so that we can talk.Here in the club it’s noisy." Yamapi makes puppy eyes to Kame.
"I don't know, Pi-chan, I still don't know my schedule for tomorrow." Kame smiles, his heart is beating fast.
"Oh! Okay here’s the deal, I will reserve a private room at the Restorante Itallia and wait for you there?" Yamapi winks at him and walks away.
Kame’s still absorbing what happened when his phone rings.
"Moshi Moshi" Kame answers, still in a daze.
"Kazu! Someone gave me a free dinner tomorrow night at the Restorante Itallia! Let’s go there together! I will wait for you there, I gotta go! Yuya is calling me! Love you!" Yamapi says on the other side of the line.
"Eh? Tomo? Wait!" Kame is now looking very confused.
He face-palmed himself, not knowing what to do tomorrow. He needs his best friend but Ryo’s not around to give advice.
++++
"Ryo! What am I going to do?" Kame whines at his bestfriend.
"It's your choice Kame, Pi-chan is giving you a chance to get near him but consider that you already have Tomo, who loves you." Ryo says as he sits down on the couch where Kame’s also sitting.
"I don't know. I'm so confused! Do you know that feeling… when I'm with Tomo I feel happy and my heart beats faster?" Kame looks at the ceilling.
"Then you are in love with Tomo." Ryo confirms.
"But I also felt it with Pi-chan!" Kame whines even more.
"Then you love Pi-chan." Ryo smirks.
"You know you are a useless best friend for saying that!" Kame pouts.
"Ha ha ha, sorry but I also felt it with Tegoshi and Yuya. So I don't know how to answer your question because it's the same with my dilemma." Ryo pats Kame’s head.
"Eh? So what should we do?" Kame asks.
"I don't know about you but I know what I have to do." Ryo winks.
"Unfair! You should tell me" Kame tugs Ryo’s shirt.
"Hey, let me go!" Ryo pulls his shirt. "Actually Kame you should decide for yourself, it’s not my decision to make. But I'm here to support you in any way."
"I understand." Kame says as he sulks again on the couch.
Ryo gets up of the couch and lets his friend sulk even more, Yuya is with Tomo and they will be back tonight so he has to clean their dorm before this neat freak of a boyfriend comes back from the trip.
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Night comes and Kame enters the Restaurant, he bites his lower lip nervously as he goes to the receptionist to ask for the reserve room.
"Hello, my name is Kamenashi Kazuya. I have appointment to meet here." Kame says nervously.
"Oh hello Kamehashi-san, wait a moment I’ll check which room you have." The girl smiles politely.
Kame waits as the girl browses in the log book; he look around to see if either Tomo or Pi-chan are already in the restaurant.
"Kamenashi-san, you have two reservations here, what reservation do you want to take?" The girl says confused.
"Both please!" Kame bites his lip.
"Okay, your reservation from a certain Pi-chan will be room 201 and for a certain Tomo will be I room 202." the girl says.
"That’s good, are the two already here?" Kame asks.
"No sir, you are the first to come." The girl says and smiles.
"Thank you, I’ll go in now." Kame says as he enters the restaurant.
Yamapi is nervous as he enters the restaurant; his heart doesn’t stop beating fast until he stops at the receptionist.
"Good Morning ,Sir, how can I help you?" The girl smiles politely.
"I have a room reserved for dinner, with Kamenashi Kazuya, is he already here?" Yamapi asks and he smiles, too.
"What's your name sir?" The girl asks.
"Ah... I booked two...Is he already in there, what reservation did he take?" Yamapi bites his lip.
"Oh... One of the waiters guided him, I don't know where he is seated, Sir, I'm sorry." The girl bows at him.
"That okay I will check it myself. Thank you." Yamapi says as he goes into the restaurant, down the hallway to the reserved two rooms.
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Yamapi is at the door of the reserved room 201, which he reserved as Pi-chan. He removes his glasses and blazer before he knocks and pushes the door open but finding that Kame is not there, and relief crosses in his face.
He goes to the door of the reserve room 202 which he reserved as Tomo, he puts back his glasses and arranged his blazer before he knocks on the door and opens it slowly.
"Hi." Kame smiles at him when their eyes meet.
"Hello, I'm sorry that I'm late." Yamapi says as he enters the room.
"No worry." Kame walks towards him and kisses him on the lips.
"Wow, that was an awesome welcome!" Yamapi smirks at him.
"Of course, Tomo you will always have that welcome from me." Kame winks at him.
"Do you like the place?" Yamapi guides Kame to sit down.
"It's okay by the way who gave you the ticket?" Kame smiles at him.
"One of the guys I teach at the university, let’s order now." Yamapi says as he pushes a button to call the waiter.
Yamapi looks at Kame, he wants to know what the other is thinking right now. The younger one is calm and he’s looking at the table.
"Sorry for the short announcement, did I ruin your schedule?" Yamapi bits his lip as he scims the menu, but secretly gazing at Kame.
"No. You didn't ruin anything Tomo, you are my top priority." Kame smiles at him.
The door opens and a waiter asks for their order. While they are busy choosing their menu, the door opens again and an angry Ryo stands in the doorframe.
"Kame let go!" Ryo says as he grabs Kame arm.
"What's wrong?" Kame asks as he looks at his best friend.
"You don't deserve a liar like him!" Ryo says as he looks angrily at Yamapi.
"What?" Kame and Yamapi ask unison.
"You are a liar like your best friend! What do you think of us?" Ryo gives Yamapi an angry look.
"I don't know what you are saying!" Yamapi replies confused and grabs the other arm of Kame, preventing Ryo from taking Kame away.
"What are you saying Ryo?" Kame askes suspiciously.
"Why are you still pretending? Tell Kame what you are hiding!" Ryo shouts. Yamapi is perplexed by Ryo’s words.
"What is he saying Tomo?" Kame asks, looking at his boyfriend.
"Yah! What are you hiding, Tomo? Or Pi-chan?" Ryo emphasizes the two names.
"What? Why did you call him Pi-chan?" Kame asks confused.
"Ask him!" Ryo points at Yamapi.
"Tomo, tell me the truth? Why did Ryo call you Pi-chan?" Kame looks at him, his eyes pleading him to say that Ryo is mistaken.
"I..I'm sorry Kame he is telling the truth, I'm also Pi-chan but I wanted to tell you the truth today!" Yamapi answers Kame.
"I don't believe this! You lied to me?" Kame moves away from him.
"I didn't intend to lie to you, it's just… before we went to University Yuya and I were always stalked by fans and we wanted those fans to not bother us when we are in school. So we created two identities. When you came into my life you didn't want me as Tomo but you wanted Pi-chan, who is cool, but then we became friends and lovers and I wanted to tell you all the time but I didn't have the strength to tell you." Yamapi says fastly.
"Oh, we’ve been together for one month now but you still didn't tell me. What, is this a game for you? Is it because I didn't answer your love at first? Is this revenge?" Kame starts to cry.
"No! I told you I wanted to tell you about this today, that’s why I set up a dinner" Yamapi grabs Kame’s hand but the other sweeps it away.
"Yah! You set up two dinners and you intended to make me choose! What would you do if I went to your other self? Would you be mad because I go to the cool you?" Kame cries as he asks Yamapi who is devastated and also crying.
"No... I..." Yamapi whines confused.
"See? You don't even know how to answer me! Let's go Ryo, I don't need this crap." Kame says as he tugs Ryo out of the room.
Yamapi cries his heart out; he doesn't move from the spot. The waiter leaves him alone and lets him cry.
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When Yamapi gets home he sees that Kame is packing his clothes. He immediately moves closer to Kame and stops him from putting his clothes into his suit case.
"Kame let's talk, you have to hear my reasons first." Yamapi pleads as he takes some clothes out of the suit case.
"What do you think ae you doing? Don't touch my clothes!" Kame says as he gets his clothes and puts them back into the suit case.
"Let's talk, you have to believe me that I didn't intend to lie to you about my two identities." Yamapi holds Kame’s hand tight.
"Don't touch me! Let me go!" Kame says as he pulls his hand out of the tight grip of Yamapi’s hand.
"Kame, I loved you from the very first time I saw you! You have to believe me!" Yamapi says as he hugs the younger one.
"I said: Let me go! You're a liar!" Kame struggles while crying but Yamapi tightens the hug as he starts to cry while hugging Kame.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I love you and I don't want you to get mad at me but I was planning to tell you this for a long time. Therfore I planned the dinner but Ryo ruined it for me to explain everything to you." Yamapi continues hugging him.
"I do love you but I don't know if I can believe you." Kame is still crying but he’s stopped to struggle.
Yamapi loosens his hug to Kame and put his hand on Kame’s cheek as he wipes tears away that are running down from those brown eyes and puts a light kiss on the others lips.
"Kame, I love you! I never loved anyone like this. I know I hurted you by not saying that Pi-chan and Tomo are one, it’s just... I just had to find the right time to tell you and I never intended to have a secret from you. Yuya and I were having trouble with having a private life when we started doing the TegoPi duo. We wanted our lives in school to be normal therefore we changed our clothes as Tomo and Yuya but we’re still the same. The two persons are still us, I'm still me. The one who loves you until... forever!" Yamapi declares and that earns him a giggle.
"You're laughing at me" Yamapi pouts as he sees that Kame giggling didn’t stop.
"I'm sorry but you're so corny." Kame says when he stops laughing.
"Do you forgive me?" Yamapi asks as he caresses Kame’s cheek.
"Is that the only secret you’re hiding from me?" Kame asks and his eyebrow twitches.
"Well, I have a secret lab here in the dorm" Yamapi bites his lip nervously.
"Seriously? Come, I want to see it!" Kame pulls Yamapi excitedly out of his room.
"Wait! Does this mean that you forgive me?" Yamapi stops as he looks Kame in the eyes.
Kame looks at him and pulls Yamapi into a kiss, at first it was just gentle, but Yamapi deepens it since he missed those sweet lips so much, they are both panting when their lips separate.
"I love you and I think I can forgive you. But if you ever lie to me again, you will never see me again!" Kame says in serious tone.
"I promise I will never lie to you again!" Yamapi kisses him again.
"What about that secret lab?" Kame asks when Yamapi lets go of his lips.
"I can show it to you later but now let’s do more make-up kiss" Yamapi says as he pulls Kame into a hug.
"So… How am I supposed to call you now?" Kame hugs him back.
"Hmm... Whatever you like, my sweet!" Yamapi says and he gives him a passionate kiss and Kame answers it with the same passion.
the end...