Whispers of a Hidden Memory, Chapter 3
Chapter 3!!
Author: sadistic_brat
Ratings: PG. But will most probably go up soon due to Toma's dirty mouth, Jin's perverseness, Ryo's tongue and more. You will not get any smut from me though. >.<
Disclaimers: Sadly, I only own the plot. And a key-chain/card thing with Kame’s face on it which my friend bought for me.
Summary: A.U In middle school, Kame got rejected by Jin and Kame, depressed went off overseas... and comes back during college a top-notch model!! Jin is instantly attracted to Kame and wants to get closer to him. The problem? Kame doesn't remember Jin. Yamapi is Jin's best friend but likes Kame since middle school...
Pairings: Akame, PiKame (Not so sure about others. We’ll see how it goes ne?)
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Shuji hummed a tune to himself as he took in the familiar sights of his previous school. It had been over six years but nothing has changed at all. His eyes brightened up at the thought of seeing his best friend much earlier than expected. ‘He’s going to be so surprised seeing me here!! Note to self: Send Jonny-san a thank-you card later!!’
Johnny-san is Shuji’s current manager, and the same talent-scout who had chased Shuji all over Los Angeles begging Shuji to agree to become his ‘NEWEST DANG THING ON THE PLANET!!’. Shuji had been extremely freaked out by the weird old man who had jumped in front of him and declared, “YOU, LET’S GO!!” at first, going as far as running into the police station for protection but after some persuasion, Shuji finally agreed reluctantly to go for a trial photo shoot.
Now that he thought about it, it must had been quite a sight for the public to see an old man in an electrical wheelchair chasing after a boy wearing a baseball uniform, screaming “YOU!! DON’T RUN!! STAY!! YOU CAN PLAY BASEBALL AT JOHNNY’S!!”
‘Who knew that was the turning point in my life...?’ Shuji mused, twirling a lock of his hair absent-mindedly. Although it was only a trial, that single photo shoot had immediately made Shuji into an upcoming top model. ‘Thank god for puberty too.’ Shuji thought wryly, remembering Johnny-san’s twitching eyebrows and slacked jaw when he showed his manager his childhood photos.
Johnny turned suspicious eyes onto a then sixteen-year-old Shuji and asked in a dark voice, “YOU... YOU went for a plastic surgery didn’t you?”
Shuji climbed up a random wall easily and sat down, kicking his legs back and forth childishly, ‘Stupid old man. I DIDN’T GO FOR A PLASTIC SURGERY.’ But... Shuji looked around curiously, this wall seemed really familiar. Too familiar and he felt about a sense of nostalgia just from sitting on this wall. Now if he could just remember...
“OH MY GOD RANDOM PERSON LOOK OUT!!!!!!!”
Shuji looked up and went cross-eyed when he saw a baseball zooming straight to his face. HIS FACE. His million-dollar face. ‘Baseball, meet million-dollar face’ was the last coherent thought that passed Shuji’s mind before the baseball bounced off Shuji’s forehead almost comically and the next thing he knew, he was falling backwards. And all he could remember before losing consciousness was a blurry face hovering over him, shock written all over their face.
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Fifteen-year-old Nakajima Yuto and Yamada Ryosuke exchanged horrified looks. History had repeated itself over again!! The only difference is that the rest of their group, Hey!Say!Jump! was present as well and they were all sporting the same horrified look.
“OH MY GOD WE KILLED SOMEBODY!!”
Silence.
“AGAIN!!!!!!!!!”
“Yuto!! I told you not to say that Ryosuke throws like a girl!!”
“It’s not my fault that he DOES!!”
“YUTO!!”
“WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO NOW?! WE HAVEN’T EVEN FINISHED PAYING THE INSTALLMENT FEES FOR THE HUNDREDS OF COUNSELLING SESSIONS WE ALL HAD TO ATTEND FOR KILLING YAMASHITA-KUN!!” Yaotome Hikaru screeched hysterically, almost tearing his hair out.
“Yamashita-san is still alive, stupid.”
“Oh, yeah. Did you see the look on Yuto and Ryosuke’s faces when Yamashita-kun returned from the dead? Heheh, that was funny!!”
“HIKARU!!”
“Alright, calm down. Let’s go look for a senpai that can help us.”
“TAKIZAWA-SENPAI!!”
“NAKAMARU-SENPAI!!”
“OHNO-KUN~!! <333 ”
“Ohno’s useless Chinen!! Even his own MEMBERS from Arashi called him weird!!”
“But~!! OHNO-KUN~!! <3”
“Akanishi-senpai?”
All heads turned to Takaki Yuya, who shrugged. “It was worth a shot.”
Yabu Kota said solemnly, “There’s only one senpai who can help us now.”
Silence.
“KOYAMA-SENPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
“But Ohno-kun can help us too!!! Are you guys even listening~?!”
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Yamapi’s hands shook as he placed a wet cloth on top of the unknown boy’s forehead. Releasing a shuddered breath, Yamapi’s eyes once again landed on a beautiful and familiar face. Who wouldn’t recognize that face from all the magazines and not to mention the countless number of life-sized posters hanging on the walls in Jin’s room?!
Yamapi had been lying down on the grass, watching the clouds lazily drifting by in the sky when he heard a high-pitched voice screaming, “OH MY GOD RANDOM PERSON LOOK OUT!!!!!!!” and watched with wide eyes when a body came crashing down out of nowhere, groaning in pain. Worried, Yamapi had ambled over, peeking down at the unfortunate soul who had befriended the harsh ground and almost went into cardiac arrest.
Yamashita Tomohisa is not a moron. Even if he is blind he would recognize that face. But he had to make sure... Make sure that the same boy who was unconsciousness is the same boy whom he fell in love with all those years ago. Now Yamapi just has to wait for him to wake up...
“Urggh... I’ll kill those kids.”
Or not. Yamapi watched with hooded eyes as the stranger’s eyes opened groggily and he sat up, wincing as he patted his forehead gingerly, feeling for any bumps, “Don’t they know that it’s downright despicable to hit a model’s face? My million-dollar face...” Blinking, the stranger turned to Yamapi, surprised and Yamapi’s breath hitched when familiar honey brown eyes stared back at him.
“Ano... who are you?”
Yamapi whispered hoarsely, “You don’t recognize me... Kazu-chan?”
The stranger’s eyes widened in shock before narrowing dangerously, “DON’T CALL ME THAT!! Eh-eh...” The boy blinked owlishly and slowly crawled towards Yamapi, his eyebrows scrunched in concentration, “Wait... there was only one person other than Toma who called me that... I... know you...” His hand caressed Yamapi’s face and Yamapi leaned into the warm hand, smiling crookedly.
“I’m not surprised if you don’t recognize me.” Yamapi said softly, watching the other boy’s eyes widened in recognition.
“I’m not surprised if you don’t recognize me.”
“Actually, I’m surprised that I CAN’T recognize you since I can recognize every single face in Shirokin Middle School. You ARE a student there right?”
“NOW do you recognize me?”
“KAMENASHI KAZUYA?!”
Kamenashi Kazuya stared at the other boy. Of course he remembered Yamashita Tomohisa. The stunning good looks and he could never forget that gentle voice which Kame was so used to hearing from the other boy during their younger days. Kame breathed out softly, “Ya- Yamashita-kun?”
“Kon.” Yamapi nipped Kame’s nose affectionately with his fox hand before giving it into his urge and embraced Kame tightly, earning him a small surprised gasp. “I missed you so much...” Yamapi whispered brokenly, tightening his grip on Kame, “So, so much...”
Kame’s hands wavered slightly before wrapping both his arms around Yamapi’s neck, pressing their bodies closer together and Kame buried his face into the crook of Yamapi’s neck and whispered shyly, “I missed you too.”
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“Ah, mou!! WHERE THE HELL IS YAMAPI?!” Ryo bellowed, stomping his foot childishly. Lunch break was long over but there was neither head nor tail of Yamapi. Ryo had been dragged kicking and screaming back into the classroom and Ueda had gleefully offered to ‘sedate’ him (read: Punch the dwarf’s lights out with very pure intentions) and Koyama had rejected the offer nervously, shivering at the creepy smile on the princess’s face.
The whole class was staring as Jin happily pinned up a life-sized poster of Shuji on the blackboard, ignoring AT-TUN’S simultaneous groans. Apparently Jin had gotten his hands on the pictures of Shuji’s latest photo shoot and like he’s done to every single other classroom in Shirokin Gakuen, he had pinned up a poster of Shuji on the blackboard. ‘I’d rather look at Shuji’s face rather than listen to some old hag lecture us about algebra.’ Jin had replied cheekily when some of the teachers asked him to take down the posters.
Jin sat down after pinning up his beloved’s poster and pouted, “It’s not like Yamapi to skip class.”
“More like you maybe?”
“Trap shut Junno.”
“You have to admit that Jin doesn’t turn up for half the classes. He only goes to school for like a couple of times per week?” Koki pondered, tapping the surface of the wooden desk.
Ueda snorted, “You’re even lucky that he even remembers the way to this school.”
“HEY!! I do know my way around!!”
“Yeah, but Jin,” Nakamaru grinned wryly, “Remember back in high school? You must be the only human alive who can get lost in a convenience store.”
“But it was a HUGE convenience store!!”
“It had only six shelves.”
Silence.
“Woah, you must be the dumbest man alive!!” Ryo said in amazement, ignoring Ueda’s mumbled ‘Finally, the only thing we will ever agree on, Jin’s amazing stupidity’ in the background.
Jin spluttered indignantly, “Oi, oi!! Why are you guys so united at a time like this?!”
“Because it’s a fact of life, that’s why. Akanishi Jin being the dumbest man alive that is.” A familiar mocking voice replied and Jin froze in absolute fear when Toma Ikuta draped his arms comfortably around Jin’s broad shoulders, his chin propped up on Jin’s right shoulder.
“You... you!!” Jin spluttered, “THE RESTRAINING ORDER!! You can’t be near me!!”
“Hmmm?? What is this...‘restraining order’ you are talking about?”
“THE DAMN RESTRAINING ORDER WHICH STATES THAT YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE WITHIN FIVE HUNDRED METRE RADIUS OF ME, THAT’S WHAT!!”
Toma blinked, and laughed almost daintily, “Oh my, you forgot? That restriction order that kept you save from being brutally maimed by yours truly just ended just about thirty seconds ago~!! <3” Toma giggled even more as Jin’s face grew paler and paler by the second.
The remaining members of AT-TUN, NEWS and the rest of the class stepped back in fear. Uh oh. They thought it was awfully strange of Toma Ikuta to be so abnormally happy today!!
Toma held up the restriction order paper and crushed it harshly, his eyes shining maliciously, “Ladies and gentlemen, the segment which you all have been waiting for has finally returned. ‘Let’s Torture Akanishi Jin and Make Him Die A Very Horrible and Painful Death ^_^’ will make its long overdue comeback... Now.”
Jin screamed in absolute horrible fear. The whole class admired Jin’s abnormal voice range before joining in the screaming barely seconds later and it amused Ueda greatly to see Toma Ikuta cackling evilly, watching all the chaos being unfolded layer by layer.
“WHAT’S GOING ON IN HERE?!”
“Oh bummer,” Toma pouted, sighing sadly as he released a hyperventilating Jin unwillingly, “The teacher’s here.”
“Alright everyone!! Back to your seats right this instance!! And...Ikuta, is that a KNIFE in your hands?!”
Toma frowned, murmuring a soft “Che, don’t mention unnecessary things old man” underneath his breath, oblivious to the horrified stares his classmates were giving him before crossing his arms. “It’s a Swiss army knife for your information!! Don’t you know how much this baby costs? And don’t refer it as a knife!! Its name is Ai-chan!!”
The teacher, Sawatari-sensei’s eyes twitched, “You... named your Swiss army knife?”
“Of course!!” Toma looked pleasantly shocked, “I mean, doesn’t anybody else in the world give pet names to their murder weapons? Ai-chan is my personal favourite but Maki-chan, Nobuko-chan and even Hina-chan are close favourites!! <333”
Silence engulfed the entire classroom and you could even hear a pin drop. In typical Shirokin manner, everybody started to scream in fear, some sobbing uncontrollably and some were even trying to claw their way out of the windows.
“OH MY GOD HE EVEN NAMED HIS KNIVES!!”
“WHAT KIND OF MAN GIVES ADORABLE PET NAMES TO HIS MURDER WEAPONS?!”
“I’M SCARED!! I’M SCARED!!”
“I...IDIOT!! THERE’S NOTHING TO BE SCARED OFF!!”
“THEN WHY THE HELL ARE YOUR LEGS SHAKING?!”
“TOMA IKUTA HAS LOST IT!!”
Toma frowned and sat down on his seat, “How rude, I’m not insane just yet.”
“TAT-CHAAAN!!!!” Jin howled, diving behind the petite boy for protection. “I’m doomed!! I am so dead!! I CAN’T DIE JUST YET!! WHAT ABOUT ALL THE BEAUTIFUL MEN AND WOMEN IN THE WORLD?! WHAT WILL THEY DO WITHOUT ME?!”
“They will not lose multiple brain cells and their hearing, that’s what.” Ueda stated blankly, brushing dirt off his jacket almost nonchalantly. The remaining members of AT-TUN stared at Ueda. ‘He couldn’t be serious...?’
“You don’t care if Jin dies, do you Tat-chan?” Koki asked tentatively, wincing as Ueda turned blank eyes on him.
“No, I don’t.”
Unfortunately, Ueda Tatsuya is serious.
“TAT-CHAN!!”
“For god’s sake, what is it this time?!” Yamapi groaned as he opened the door to the classroom, staring apathetically at his classmates screaming and his best friend sobbing pathetically, clinging onto an impassive Ueda.
“Ah, Yamapi!! Welcome back!!” Tegoshi greeted him warmly as Yamapi walked over to NEWS and took his usual seat behind a sulking Ryo.
“What is it this time?” Yamapi grounded out slowly, feeling a headache coming on. And here he thought he could have some peace and quiet. ‘Maybe I should have skipped class after all.’ Yamapi thought grumbling.
“Oh,” Koyama bit his lip, “Well, thing is, Jin is no longer safe since the restraining order that kept Ikuta-san from mutilating him violently has apparently expired just a short while ago.”
A wry smile appeared on Yamapi’s face, “I thought Ikuta looked a bit too happy today.”
“ALRIGHT YOU ANIMALS!! SETTLE DOWN AT ONCE BEFORE I SEND THE WHOLE LOT OF YOU TO DETENTION!!” Sawatari-sensei roared over the chaos, earning him multiple dirty looks as the students yelled back.
“SHUT THE HELL UP SARUODORI!!”
“IT’S SAWATARI!!”
“Is it always so noisy around here?” Shuji asked absent-mindedly from his seat next to Toma, eyes roaming around the chaotic classroom.
Toma nodded, eyes unfocused, “Mostly, yeah. And I was so close to slitting his throat too... EH?!?!” Toma turned sharply to his right, meeting familiar honey brown eyes and an all too familiar grinning face.
“AND WHERE THE HELL DID YOU COME FROM?!”
“The door, silly!!”
“KAZZZZUUUUUUUUUUUU-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!” Toma BAWLED and lunged at his best friend, enveloping him in a huge bear hug. Toma’s sudden shriek caught everybody’s attention and they watched with wide eyes as the usual impassive Toma Ikuta bawl his eyes out while hugging an unknown figure.
Although that unknown person did seem vaguely familiar... The class simultaneously glanced at the face of ‘Kazu-chan’ and glanced at the life-sized poster of Shuji which Jin had just pinned up a short while ago.
Jin’s eyes went wide. ‘It couldn’t be. It can’t be!!’ Jin scrambled over to the hugging pair and pulled the stranger up to his feet, staring straight into his eyes. Jin’s breath hitched up. He knew it. Honey brown eyes glared at him and Jin had to admit that it was a sexy look on him. Now he only had to confirm that this beauty was indeed his beloved...
“Do you mind letting go of me?” The stranger asked almost politely, tugging his hand away from Jin’s tight grip.
“That depends,” Jin replied airily, “If you would tell me your name gorgeous.”
“My name is of no concern to you. Now, let go of me before Toma rips your internal organs out and hang you by the neck with it.” The stranger smiled sweetly and even Jin had to take a step back at the murderous aura coming from Toma Ikuta.
“Um, you must be the new transfer student.” Sawatari-sensei’s voice broke the spell over the class, and the stranger smiled.
“Yes, I am.”
Sawatari-sensei gulped, seeing the mysterious beauty smile so sweetly at him, “Um, all right you lot!! Get back to your seats and transfer student, kindly make your way to the front of the class and introduce yourself.”
A chorus of ‘yeah, yeah’ followed his statement but all eyes were trained on the unknown boy as he gracefully walked to the front of the classroom. He did raised an eyebrow at the life-sized poster of himself pinned on the blackboard.
“Wow, the photo shoot for Popolo came out already?” The boy’s eyebrows scrunched up almost adorably, “but it sure is weird to see a poster of myself in a classroom of all places...”
Kusano stood up, pointing his index finger at the transfer student and shouted, “YOU’RE SHUJI AREN’T YOU?!”
“It’s rude to point and I am NOT Shuji. We just happen to look alike that’s all.” The stranger replied blandly. Toma snickered and mumbled a loud “LIAR” from the back of the classroom. Yamapi had to hide a smile behind his crossed fingers and when he caught the stranger’s eyes, he winked.
“Eh-eh?!” Kusano gaped shamelessly, eyes flickering back and forth between the poster and the stranger’s face. “But... but...”
“It’s called ‘sarcasm’ my dear.” Toma supplied helpfully, for once taking pity on the confused boy.
Giving Toma a sullen look, the new student took a deep breath, faced the class and said in a strong voice, “My name is Kamenashi Kazuya and I’ll be studying here from now on. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu!!”
To AT-TUN and NEWS’s surprise, Yamapi started clapping and the whole class stared in shock when Yamapi smiled gently at Kame, “Welcome back Kazu-chan.”
Kame grinned, “Yamapi!! I didn’t know you were in this class!!”
Yamapi shrugged and patted the empty seat next to him, causing Kame to roll his eyes playfully but he walked over anyway, seating himself gracefully between Toma and Yamapi. Jin was staring at the whole exchange with wide eyes and for some strange reason; the name ‘Kamenashi Kazuya’ was ringing multiple alarms in his mind.
“He’s ugly! Why would I want to date someone like him?”
“Seriously, look at him! His eyebrows are so bushy like a caterpillar on his face! His glasses are hideous!”
“Haven’t you heard of contact lenses? And what about a comb?”
“Here! Use mine to comb out that unruly mop that is supposed to be your hair!”
“AAH!! YOU’RE BUSHY EYEBROWS!!” Jin shouted, standing up abruptly in shock and pointing at a blinking Kame. Toma growled warningly and Jin recoiled back, squeaking. Yamapi gritted his teeth and turned to Kame, gauging his reaction and was surprised to see the look of disinterest on Kame’s face.
Kamenashi Kazuya stared blankly at Jin before asking blandly, “Ano, who are you?”
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-Omake-
“YOU KILLED SOMEBODY AGAIN?!”
“I SWEAR, I DIDN’T MEAN TO KILL THAT GUY!!” Ryosuke sobbed hysterically, clutching onto Koyama’s sleeve. All ten of them had been running around earlier, looking for Koyama and they found their senpai baking cookies in one of the rooms used for cooking class. The rest of the Hey!Say!Jump! members were all sporting guilty faces, except for Hikaru and Yabu, who were quite indifferent.
“That’s what you said last time when you killed Yamashita-kun.” Yabu remarked off-handedly, earning him multiple glares from his group members.
“And,” Hikaru added almost cheekily, “Yamashita-kun came back from the dead to haunt you two brats for killing him!!”
Yuto, Ryosuke and Chinen screamed, hugging Koyama in fear.
“HIKARU, SHUT THE HELL UP!!” Takaki shouted in annoyance, his poor abused ears still ringing.
Yamapi knocked and poked his head inside the room, “Koyama, there you are.”
“Yamapi!!” Koyama beamed, brandishing a fresh batch of cookies, “Cookies?”
“Yes, please... but I hope you don’t mind that I brought a friend along with me...” Yamapi shuffled awkwardly at first before gently tugging somebody else into the room and Ryosuke’s eyes widened comically as he recognized the other person whose hand Yamapi was holding gently.
“OH MY GOD HE CAME BACK TO HAUNT US!!! AND THE FIRST PERSON HE’S GOING TO KILL IS ME!!!!!!!!!!!”
“YOU?! DON’T YOU KNOW THAT FUNNY GUYS ALWAYS DIE FIRST?!”
“SHUT THE HELL UP HIKARU!!”
“WHAT YOU ARE PEOPLE WAITING FOR?! CHRISTMAS?!”
Ten identical blank looks.
“RUN!! RUN LIKE YOUR LIVES DEPEND ON IT!!”
“I’M RUNNING!! I’M RUNNING!!”
Yamapi held Kame closer to him as his juniors -Yamapi only remembered that they were Hey!Say!Jump! about half an hour later- started screaming bloody murder and ran past him, almost scrambling to the door in their haste to escape and banging into tables and chairs clumsily.
Kame blinked in confusion, looking up at Yamapi, “Did... I do something wrong?”
Yamapi shrugged.
Koyama held up his tray and asked, “Cookie anyone?”
-End Omake-
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Chapter 2 / Chapter 4
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Note: ‘Saruodori’ means ‘monkey dance’.
>.< I really didn’t like how this chapter turned out. It feels... rushed!! But as usual, comments are love!!
This is random, but I was watching Cartoon KAT-TUN episode 68 and I noticed that Nakamaru actually allows himself be bossed around by Kame!! Nakamaru didn’t want to jump but he didn’t protest too much even when Kame linked arms with him and dragged him to do the bungee diving thing.
Note: Nakamaru was up there for over fifty minutes and he did not jump. Kame was the one who jumped and he took only five seconds. >.< The rest of KAT-TUN were just laughing away.
I just watched Cartoon KAT-TUN episode 71 and it’s full of KAT-TUN member-ai, especially Nakamaru and Kame!! It’s just so sweet that Kame was just encouraging Maru all the way and there was a tiny bit of Akame... Maru is funny!!