Kyoki Prompt #096
Title: Diciendo Sin Saber
Author: shattered_jouka
Fandom: Dir en grey/the GazettE
Pairing: Kyo/Ruki
Disclaimer: Kyo and Ruki belong to themselves, lucky for them I haven’t stolen the rights of ownership to them.
Summary: He came to Japan for an exchange program to learn the culture, and didn’t know he’d find so much more...
Author Note: I wanted to try my hand at more Kyoki, which I know will make gremlin4 happy lol. The Italic sentences are when Ruki is speaking Spanish, since it’d be too much work trying to translate it for everyone. Written for gremlin4’s February Challenge! ^^
x-posted on kyo_x_ruki and vocal_love.
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“Rogelio! Are you sure you have everything?!” he heard his mother call. The teenager sighed as he shook his head, running slender fingers through his dark brown, wavy hair. Honestly, he thought she’d be satisfied that he did indeed have everything since she was the one that had packed most of his things for him. Not that he wasn’t capable of doing it himself, but she had been fretting over his packing that he had finally just allowed her to do it for him.
“Yes, mother!” he called back to her in Spanish. He shook his head and started to mutter about annoying, overprotective mothers in English, remembered that she knew the language and so decided to switch to Japanese. After all, he was going to spend a year in Japan, so he had to practice. Practice makes perfect, as his mother was always inclined to tell him.
He moved to his computer, since it indicated that he had an instant message. The boy was surprised to see that it was from the girl whose family he would be staying with. Since both of them knew English, they always decided to use it when communicating through IMs or emails. They had been in contact for a while, ever since they had both learned that they would be exchanging as part of a collaboration between their countries in the Languages Program they were taking in school.
whitelily56: Are you leaving already?
The teenager quickly typed back a response as he bent over the back of the chair. “Yes, I’m just getting a last few things before heading to the airport.” He straightened and waited for her to message back.
whitelily56: Good. I’ll meet you at the airport as I’m leaving for Spain myself. I’m so excited!
He grinned and shook his head, since he had to admit that he was also ecstatic about going to Japan. “I am too,” he muttered under his breath as he typed. “I’ve always wanted to see how Japan is. Especially Tokyo.”
whitelily56: I can’t wait to see what Spain is like! And remember your Japanese name! It took me hours to think of it!
A chuckle escaped his lips as he shook his head. “How could I forget? I really like the name Ruki,” he continued to read what he was typing. “Don’t you forget your Spanish name!” Ruki’s head lifted as he heard his mother calling for him to come downstairs. “Have to go now! See you soon!” He waited for her confirmation and then shut the computer off.
Ruki grabbed his bag and slung it over his shoulder as he took one last look around his room. He sighed, not being able to imagine that he wouldn’t be able to see it for a whole year. A smile slipped over his features before he turned and walked down the stairs.
His mother hugged him tightly, saying a silent prayer before she formed a cross in front of him as she held the fingers to his mouth and he kissed them. “God is with you,” she muttered, kissing his forehead. Then they entered the vehicle and headed toward the airport.
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Ruki sighed as he set the bags down, muttering in Spanish about having to carry all these bags upstairs. “Maybe I should have packed less clothes,” he said with a roll of his eyes. Then again, he was staying for a whole year and if there was something he felt strongly about, it was his clothing.
So, he brought every single garment he owned, and folded them just right so the suitcase would actually close. Then there was a bag with all his shoes, and finally one with all his books that he would need while he was here, and supplies of course. Sayuri, the girl he was exchanging with, had reassured him that her family would buy him any school supplies he may need, but he didn’t want to be a burden.
His mother had drilled into his head that he behave accordingly, and never be impolite with the girl’s parents. She was such a traditional person when it came to manners, and she wanted to make sure he minded his manner since he had told her that Japanese were polite people by nature.
A knock on the door made him turn, seeing Sayuri’s mother standing beside the open door. “Are you sure you don’t need help, Rogelio-san?” she inquired with a kind smile. “Oh, but that’s right. My daughter said you want to be called by the name she gave you while you’re here. Ruki was it?”
Ruki nodded with a grin. “Yes,” he responded. “And I can manage by myself. Please don’t worry.”
The woman looked a lot like her daughter, whom he’d briefly met in person before she had to board the plane to Spain. Hair a soft brown and eyes of a darker shade. “Very well then,” she said. “We’re having lunch in a few minutes if you’d like to come down.”
When she’d left he sighed and looked around. “It looks like a girl’s room,” he said with a shake of his head. He laughed, set his bags aside so he could unpack later and headed downstairs.
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His head lifted as he heard the door open and someone moving around. Ruki had several papers spread out in front of him on the table, and the drone of the television had been the only sound accompanying him until now. "I'm home," he heard a deep voice say moments before the most gorgeous guy Ruki had ever seen walked in.
He wasn’t that much taller than himself but his lean frame suggested that he was stronger than he looked. The pair of pants he wore were old with the knees torn slightly but it clung to him snuggly. His shirt was intact but equally worn, and the look worked for him. He had removed his shoes since he was in his socks, and slung over one of his shoulder was a backpack, and in the other hand was a heavier bag. Ruki was shocked at the blonde hair but it looked good on him, and he guessed that he was only two or three years older than him.
His eyes, which were an intense dark brown, immediately settled on him in confusion, head tilted slightly to the side. “Who are you?” he asked, lips twisted slightly in an emotion he couldn’t quite identify.
“Ruki,” he answered with an equally guarded voice. He thought this might be Sayuri’s older brother whom she had told him about, but he had never expected him to be so good looking. So, he fought back a blush as he continued to hold his gaze.
The girls’ mother walked out of the kitchen then and spotted him and gave a happy squeak. “Kyo-chan!” she cried as she moved swiftly to his side. The blonde man broke eye contact with Ruki and turned to give the woman a smile that lit up his once unreadable eyes, and hugged her. “Come in! You must be tired!”
She steered him to sit beside Ruki and the teenager hurried to move the papers. “I can go to the room,” he said to the woman, but she shooed away his complaints. When she went off to make some tea, he was left alone with Kyo.
“So, you’re the exchange student?” he asked suddenly. Ruki nodded as he closed his book, not sure he could concentrate now with him sitting so close to him. “What’s your name, then?”
“Ruki,” he told him once again, glancing at him. Kyo’s eyes were fixed securely on him and he had to turn his gaze away before his face heated up. “You’re Sayuri-san’s brother?” The man nodded, seeing him out of the corner of his eye. “You go to K university?” Again he nodded. “What are you doing here?”
Kyo grunted in annoyance and scratched his head. “Well, it is my house,” he answered. He saw Ruki wince and smirked. “I’m on break right now, so I’ll be here for the next two weeks and then I’ll go back to my aparment.” His mother came in then and he grinned at her as she set a cup of tea in front of him.
They held a light conversation and all the while, Ruki couldn’t help looking constantly toward Kyo. The thing he didn’t notice was that the man was well aware of these coveted looks.
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Kyo paused as he heard the teenager talking to himself in his native language as he came upon him. It took him a moment to realize that he was on a video call with his sister through the internet messenger. He stepped away from the door and out of sight as he listened in. After all, he had learned the language as well but it seemed Ruki didn’t know this.
“You didn’t tell me your brother was so hot!” he said to the girl. Kyo’s eyebrows rose in surprise. “Does he speak Spanish? No? That’s good to know.”
Kyo frowned and wondered why his sister had told him he didn’t speak it. She had helped him learn it after she had told him about the exchange, and Kyo wasn’t an expert but he could understand it well enough. He realized the girl was up to something and made a mental note to ask her later.
The man sighed and knocked before stepping into sight. “Dinner is ready,” Kyo told the teenager.
Ruki spun around in his seat, the headphones pulling taunt and he offered the blonde man a sheepish grin. “I’ll be right there!” He turned around and spoke into the microphone, assured that Kyo didn’t understand him. “Your handsome brother is calling me for dinner,” he told the girl with a laugh. “Bye!”
Kyo had turned to walk out of the room when he said that and shook his head. The blonde man couldn’t quite hold back the smile. He found Ruki very attractive as well.
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Kyo glanced at the adolescent trotting just ahead of him as he glanced around in excitement. Ruki had wanted to come shopping today, since it was the weekend and his mother had made him accompany him. She had something she had to do, and so he’d been stuck with the task. “Slow down,” he called, not wanting to lose him in the press of bodies. “You don’t want to get kidnapped!”
Ruki turned and jogged back to him, cheeks flushed and a grin on his features. “But I’ve never been to Shinjuku before!” He looked up into the sky as he lifted his arms as if he’d soar away with all the excitement coursing through his body. “It’s so much different from Spain!”
The blonde man shook his head. “It’s not that exciting,” he insisted. However, he’d lived in Tokyo his whole life so he guessed he was biased.
“Well, not to you maybe!” However, Ruki stuck close to him since he didn’t want to get lost in such a big place. He sighed to himself. “This feels like a date,” he muttered quietly in Spanish.
Kyo’s eyes widened in surprise at the boy’s words and glanced at him. “What did you say?” he asked.
Ruki flushed as he realized he’d been heard. “I said that it’s great to be here,” he lied, biting his tongue afterwards. “Thanks for bringing me.” He smiled uneasily.
The blonde man was about to call him on his lie and remembered that he wasn’t suppose to speak his language. “Oh, okay,” he said, accepting the false statement. He smirked once he’d turned away. Maybe he’d just let him keep thinking he didn’t speak his native tongue. That way he could know what he was thinking, since he seemed to do it out loud in Spanish.
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“I’m so hungry!” the youth exclaimed as he trudged along beside Kyo. “Can we get something to eat soon, please?” He placed a hand over his stomach as it growled in that moment and offered Kyo a rueful grin.
Kyo chuckled before checking his watch. “Yeah, sure. It’s almost noon anyways.” He steered him to a nearby restaurant and they sat down in an empty table. “What do you want to eat?”
Ruki smiled. “As long as I’m here with you, I don’t care,” he said. He figured it would be okay to tell him how he really felt since he didn’t understand him.
The blonde man lifted his gaze, smirking. “I don’t know what you said, but okay,” he said with a shrug. “I’ll order for us, if you want?” When Ruki nodded he looked back at the menu. “Two hamburger meals and two cokes,” he told the waitress when she got to their table.
“So, how do you like it here so far?” he struck up a conversation while they waited for their order. Kyo had been here three days and he was very interested in knowing about Ruki, whose actual name he’d figured out was Rogelio. He just used Ruki to blend in while here. Although, it was obvious he wasn’t Japanese.
Ruki sipped on his soda and smiled. “I like it,” he answered. “The culture is so different from mine. The school work is very challenging.” He glanced away as he cleared his throat. “And now you’re here.”
Kyo lifted an eyebrow. “What was that last thing?” he feigned ignorance.
The adolescent lifted his finger to his lips. “It’s a secret.” Kyo glared at him and Ruki laughed, but refused to tell him. It didn’t matter, since Kyo already knew.
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The man lifted his head curiously as he heard the door slam open and then a thud. He wondered who could be making so much racket and stood to investigate. Kyo knew his mother had gone grocery shopping and his father was still at work. That left Ruki, but he should be in school.
Kyo turned the corner and froze in place. “Ruki?” he questioned in shock, seeing the younger male. He had clearly been walking in after removing his shoes, and had probably tripped since he was laying sprawled in the hallway. “Ruki!” he called more loudly when the teenager didn’t answer him, or move for that matter.
Ruki finally shifted and lifted his head. Kyo was shocked to see that his nose was bloody, and had several other scratches and bruises as well as a black eye. “What the hell happened?” he said as he hurried to his side, helping him up. The other shook his head and let Kyo guide him into the restroom so he could clean him up.
“I got into a fight,” he muttered with a shrug as if that explained it all. He sat on the toilet seat as the other attended his face, and hissed as Kyo pressed a bit too hard on a bruise. “The guy was bigger than me.”
Kyo frowned. “A fight with someone bigger than you?” he demanded. He dabbed at the side of his mouth and a trail of blood that had escaped past his lips. “Why the hell would you do something so stupid?”
Ruki pouted at Kyo’s anger. “Well, bastards shouldn’t be saying crap about you just because you dyed your hair,” he said so Kyo wouldn’t understand.
The college student’s head snapped up and his eyes narrowed. “Ruki,” he warned. He didn’t want to give up his game just yet. “Tell me.”
He turned away stubbornly and the blonde man sighed. “You annoying brat,” Kyo growled. Ruki gave him a blood stained grin and Kyo only sighed. Frankly, he was amazed the adolescent had gotten into a fight to defend him.
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Ruki’s head lifted from his text book as someone knocked on his door. “Come in,” he called with a sigh. His face had several bandages on it over the bigger scratches and especially the black eye. Kyo stepped inside holding a tray and he grinned. “What’s that?”
Kyo moved to his side, setting the tray of food beside him. “Dinner.” He sat down next to him, having made sure to close the door or his mother might see him in there. Ruki wasn’t allowed dinner tonight.
“Thanks,” he said, shaking his head. “Didn’t know your mother could ground me.” He sighed and lay back on the floor, already getting use to sitting at a kotatsu table. However, he doubted he’d ever get use to sitting in seiza without his legs going numb after a few minutes.
“Well, I heard she called your mom and she practically demanded you be grounded for fighting,” Kyo clarified. His mother spoke some English and so there had been no need for a translator.
Ruki cringed as he heard that. “She called my mother?” he asked. He groaned and covered his face. “I’m going to be in so much trouble when I get home!”
Kyo smirked as he watched the younger boy, thinking he looked so cute when he was fretting over getting in trouble. “Well, maybe next time you won’t get into a fight.”
Ruki snorted as he straightened, taking the small bowl of rice and the chopsticks he’d gotten use to using by now. “Yeah right, I’ll do it again if they continue talking shit about you,” he said as he started to eat.
The blonde man shook his head, but was secretly pleased that the youth would go so far for him. He was starting to like Ruki more and more as time went by.
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Ruki had pleaded with him and Kyo had given in. So, here he was at the school festival. There were a lot of reasons he didn’t want to come. For one, he hated things such a these and had never attended his own. Also, this marked that the end of the school year was rapidly approaching and that meant that Ruki would go back to Spain soon.
Over the months he had gotten closer to the teenager, secretly hearing his thoughts whenever he conversed with himself in Spanish. He was the reason Kyo came home every weekend when before he would just stay at his apartment. And he was the reason he was doing things he didn’t normally do. Such as coming to this troublesome festival.
“Kyo!” he heard someone call him. He turned and saw the almost eighteen year old jogging up to him. The boy was a sight to behold, since he was wearing the costume for the café their class was hosting. It was a switch genders theme where the boys wore girl’s clothes, and vice versa. And Kyo had to admit, Ruki looked very good.
He was wearing a maid’s black uniform with the white apron over it. Since his hair was already long and wavy it had been left loose around his head, but some of it had been pinned back with girlish pins. Also, his slender legs were incased in white stockings and he was wearing cute, black shoes. “Ruki,” he choked, fighting back a blush. Kyo did not blush, damn it!
Ruki grinned at him, pulling at the garment he was wearing uncomfortably. “Hey, sorry you have to see me in such an embarrassing thing,” he muttered with a pout that just increased his level of cuteness.
Kyo clenched his hands to keep himself from yanking him into a kiss in those moments. “No,” he said, clearing his throat. “It suits you.” He inwardly cursed at the words, but he just couldn’t help it. Ruki look so...well, molestable in those moments.
The adolescent blushed and glanced away. “Well, if you like it then I don’t mind as much,” he muttered to himself. He coughed and turned his eyes back on him. “I still have some work but afterwards I can go around the festival with you. Wait for me, okay?”
He could only nod, afraid he’d say something more embarrassing. Ruki grinned and hurried off, and all the while Kyo couldn’t tear his eyes away from him.
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“I’m scared,” he whispered as he glanced at the shadowed figure of the blonde man beside him. The darkness of the room hid the worried expression on Ruki’s face. He was back in his normal clothing and was thus more comfortable.
Kyo shook his head and tried not to roll his eyes. “It’s just a high school haunted house,” he reassured him. “Not so scary.” Ruki stumbled a bit and Kyo reached out to catch him. “Be careful. Here.” He grabbed his hand within his and hoped he didn’t sound as nervous as he felt. “That way you won’t trip.”
Ruki was glad that it was so dark as his face heated up at their joined hands. “T-thanks,” he stuttered. His fingers held on firmly as they continued through the haunted house, hoping nothing would jump at them.
Suddenly, something did and he screamed bloody murder and clung to Kyo. If Ruki wasn’t so freaked out he would have felt the man’s arm slip around his waist as he held him closer. “It’s okay,” he muttered. “It’s not real.” The other may be scared, but Kyo had to admit that he was enjoying himself.
He nodded but that didn’t stop him from clinging to him like a lifeline. When they exited, he was still latched onto him and Kyo glanced around before leading him through a door and into a secluded stairwell. “We’ll stay here until you calm down,” he reassured him, leaning against the wall as Ruki continued to press against him. His shaking hands held tightly to his shirt and Kyo sighed.
After several minutes, he seemed to calm down. “Are you okay now?” he asked. Ruki nodded but he made no move to pull away. “Ruki?” He said something he couldn’t understand, since his head was bent and his face was pressed against his shoulder.
“I want to stay like this,” he muttered. He knew the man was only being nice to him because he had been scared and nothing more. Hell, Kyo didn’t even know how Ruki felt. “Why’d I have to fall in love with you?” He sighed and started to pull away.
Kyo’s eyes widened in shock. That was the last straw. He couldn’t continue feigning ignorance after that. “Ruki,” he muttered, pulling him back against him. Kyo tilted the other’s head back and Ruki peered at him in bemusement. “You love me?”
Ruki’s mouth parted in shock. “What...h-how do you know that?” When Kyo smirked he seemed to realize the truth. “Y-you can understand me?!” The man’s smirk only widened in response.
If Kyo understood his language, then... Ruki tried to remember what else he’d said to him in Spanish. His face flushed hotly as he realized he’d said everything. Everything! “T-here...I mean I can explain-”
“Ruki,” Kyo cut him off. “Just shut up.” He leaned forward and stole his lips in a searing kiss. Ruki tensed for a moment before he melted in his embrace. When he was sure he’d suffocate, the blonde man finally pulled away. “Yo te amo tambien, menso,” he said with a laugh. Ruki could only grin happily.-
End, Diciendo Sin Saber
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PS: The title translates to "Saying Without Knowing" and Kyo says, "I love you too, fool/stupid." n-n
Author: shattered_jouka
Fandom: Dir en grey/the GazettE
Pairing: Kyo/Ruki
Disclaimer: Kyo and Ruki belong to themselves, lucky for them I haven’t stolen the rights of ownership to them.
Summary: He came to Japan for an exchange program to learn the culture, and didn’t know he’d find so much more...
Author Note: I wanted to try my hand at more Kyoki, which I know will make gremlin4 happy lol. The Italic sentences are when Ruki is speaking Spanish, since it’d be too much work trying to translate it for everyone. Written for gremlin4’s February Challenge! ^^
x-posted on kyo_x_ruki and vocal_love.
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“Rogelio! Are you sure you have everything?!” he heard his mother call. The teenager sighed as he shook his head, running slender fingers through his dark brown, wavy hair. Honestly, he thought she’d be satisfied that he did indeed have everything since she was the one that had packed most of his things for him. Not that he wasn’t capable of doing it himself, but she had been fretting over his packing that he had finally just allowed her to do it for him.
“Yes, mother!” he called back to her in Spanish. He shook his head and started to mutter about annoying, overprotective mothers in English, remembered that she knew the language and so decided to switch to Japanese. After all, he was going to spend a year in Japan, so he had to practice. Practice makes perfect, as his mother was always inclined to tell him.
He moved to his computer, since it indicated that he had an instant message. The boy was surprised to see that it was from the girl whose family he would be staying with. Since both of them knew English, they always decided to use it when communicating through IMs or emails. They had been in contact for a while, ever since they had both learned that they would be exchanging as part of a collaboration between their countries in the Languages Program they were taking in school.
whitelily56: Are you leaving already?
The teenager quickly typed back a response as he bent over the back of the chair. “Yes, I’m just getting a last few things before heading to the airport.” He straightened and waited for her to message back.
whitelily56: Good. I’ll meet you at the airport as I’m leaving for Spain myself. I’m so excited!
He grinned and shook his head, since he had to admit that he was also ecstatic about going to Japan. “I am too,” he muttered under his breath as he typed. “I’ve always wanted to see how Japan is. Especially Tokyo.”
whitelily56: I can’t wait to see what Spain is like! And remember your Japanese name! It took me hours to think of it!
A chuckle escaped his lips as he shook his head. “How could I forget? I really like the name Ruki,” he continued to read what he was typing. “Don’t you forget your Spanish name!” Ruki’s head lifted as he heard his mother calling for him to come downstairs. “Have to go now! See you soon!” He waited for her confirmation and then shut the computer off.
Ruki grabbed his bag and slung it over his shoulder as he took one last look around his room. He sighed, not being able to imagine that he wouldn’t be able to see it for a whole year. A smile slipped over his features before he turned and walked down the stairs.
His mother hugged him tightly, saying a silent prayer before she formed a cross in front of him as she held the fingers to his mouth and he kissed them. “God is with you,” she muttered, kissing his forehead. Then they entered the vehicle and headed toward the airport.
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Ruki sighed as he set the bags down, muttering in Spanish about having to carry all these bags upstairs. “Maybe I should have packed less clothes,” he said with a roll of his eyes. Then again, he was staying for a whole year and if there was something he felt strongly about, it was his clothing.
So, he brought every single garment he owned, and folded them just right so the suitcase would actually close. Then there was a bag with all his shoes, and finally one with all his books that he would need while he was here, and supplies of course. Sayuri, the girl he was exchanging with, had reassured him that her family would buy him any school supplies he may need, but he didn’t want to be a burden.
His mother had drilled into his head that he behave accordingly, and never be impolite with the girl’s parents. She was such a traditional person when it came to manners, and she wanted to make sure he minded his manner since he had told her that Japanese were polite people by nature.
A knock on the door made him turn, seeing Sayuri’s mother standing beside the open door. “Are you sure you don’t need help, Rogelio-san?” she inquired with a kind smile. “Oh, but that’s right. My daughter said you want to be called by the name she gave you while you’re here. Ruki was it?”
Ruki nodded with a grin. “Yes,” he responded. “And I can manage by myself. Please don’t worry.”
The woman looked a lot like her daughter, whom he’d briefly met in person before she had to board the plane to Spain. Hair a soft brown and eyes of a darker shade. “Very well then,” she said. “We’re having lunch in a few minutes if you’d like to come down.”
When she’d left he sighed and looked around. “It looks like a girl’s room,” he said with a shake of his head. He laughed, set his bags aside so he could unpack later and headed downstairs.
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His head lifted as he heard the door open and someone moving around. Ruki had several papers spread out in front of him on the table, and the drone of the television had been the only sound accompanying him until now. "I'm home," he heard a deep voice say moments before the most gorgeous guy Ruki had ever seen walked in.
He wasn’t that much taller than himself but his lean frame suggested that he was stronger than he looked. The pair of pants he wore were old with the knees torn slightly but it clung to him snuggly. His shirt was intact but equally worn, and the look worked for him. He had removed his shoes since he was in his socks, and slung over one of his shoulder was a backpack, and in the other hand was a heavier bag. Ruki was shocked at the blonde hair but it looked good on him, and he guessed that he was only two or three years older than him.
His eyes, which were an intense dark brown, immediately settled on him in confusion, head tilted slightly to the side. “Who are you?” he asked, lips twisted slightly in an emotion he couldn’t quite identify.
“Ruki,” he answered with an equally guarded voice. He thought this might be Sayuri’s older brother whom she had told him about, but he had never expected him to be so good looking. So, he fought back a blush as he continued to hold his gaze.
The girls’ mother walked out of the kitchen then and spotted him and gave a happy squeak. “Kyo-chan!” she cried as she moved swiftly to his side. The blonde man broke eye contact with Ruki and turned to give the woman a smile that lit up his once unreadable eyes, and hugged her. “Come in! You must be tired!”
She steered him to sit beside Ruki and the teenager hurried to move the papers. “I can go to the room,” he said to the woman, but she shooed away his complaints. When she went off to make some tea, he was left alone with Kyo.
“So, you’re the exchange student?” he asked suddenly. Ruki nodded as he closed his book, not sure he could concentrate now with him sitting so close to him. “What’s your name, then?”
“Ruki,” he told him once again, glancing at him. Kyo’s eyes were fixed securely on him and he had to turn his gaze away before his face heated up. “You’re Sayuri-san’s brother?” The man nodded, seeing him out of the corner of his eye. “You go to K university?” Again he nodded. “What are you doing here?”
Kyo grunted in annoyance and scratched his head. “Well, it is my house,” he answered. He saw Ruki wince and smirked. “I’m on break right now, so I’ll be here for the next two weeks and then I’ll go back to my aparment.” His mother came in then and he grinned at her as she set a cup of tea in front of him.
They held a light conversation and all the while, Ruki couldn’t help looking constantly toward Kyo. The thing he didn’t notice was that the man was well aware of these coveted looks.
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Kyo paused as he heard the teenager talking to himself in his native language as he came upon him. It took him a moment to realize that he was on a video call with his sister through the internet messenger. He stepped away from the door and out of sight as he listened in. After all, he had learned the language as well but it seemed Ruki didn’t know this.
“You didn’t tell me your brother was so hot!” he said to the girl. Kyo’s eyebrows rose in surprise. “Does he speak Spanish? No? That’s good to know.”
Kyo frowned and wondered why his sister had told him he didn’t speak it. She had helped him learn it after she had told him about the exchange, and Kyo wasn’t an expert but he could understand it well enough. He realized the girl was up to something and made a mental note to ask her later.
The man sighed and knocked before stepping into sight. “Dinner is ready,” Kyo told the teenager.
Ruki spun around in his seat, the headphones pulling taunt and he offered the blonde man a sheepish grin. “I’ll be right there!” He turned around and spoke into the microphone, assured that Kyo didn’t understand him. “Your handsome brother is calling me for dinner,” he told the girl with a laugh. “Bye!”
Kyo had turned to walk out of the room when he said that and shook his head. The blonde man couldn’t quite hold back the smile. He found Ruki very attractive as well.
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Kyo glanced at the adolescent trotting just ahead of him as he glanced around in excitement. Ruki had wanted to come shopping today, since it was the weekend and his mother had made him accompany him. She had something she had to do, and so he’d been stuck with the task. “Slow down,” he called, not wanting to lose him in the press of bodies. “You don’t want to get kidnapped!”
Ruki turned and jogged back to him, cheeks flushed and a grin on his features. “But I’ve never been to Shinjuku before!” He looked up into the sky as he lifted his arms as if he’d soar away with all the excitement coursing through his body. “It’s so much different from Spain!”
The blonde man shook his head. “It’s not that exciting,” he insisted. However, he’d lived in Tokyo his whole life so he guessed he was biased.
“Well, not to you maybe!” However, Ruki stuck close to him since he didn’t want to get lost in such a big place. He sighed to himself. “This feels like a date,” he muttered quietly in Spanish.
Kyo’s eyes widened in surprise at the boy’s words and glanced at him. “What did you say?” he asked.
Ruki flushed as he realized he’d been heard. “I said that it’s great to be here,” he lied, biting his tongue afterwards. “Thanks for bringing me.” He smiled uneasily.
The blonde man was about to call him on his lie and remembered that he wasn’t suppose to speak his language. “Oh, okay,” he said, accepting the false statement. He smirked once he’d turned away. Maybe he’d just let him keep thinking he didn’t speak his native tongue. That way he could know what he was thinking, since he seemed to do it out loud in Spanish.
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“I’m so hungry!” the youth exclaimed as he trudged along beside Kyo. “Can we get something to eat soon, please?” He placed a hand over his stomach as it growled in that moment and offered Kyo a rueful grin.
Kyo chuckled before checking his watch. “Yeah, sure. It’s almost noon anyways.” He steered him to a nearby restaurant and they sat down in an empty table. “What do you want to eat?”
Ruki smiled. “As long as I’m here with you, I don’t care,” he said. He figured it would be okay to tell him how he really felt since he didn’t understand him.
The blonde man lifted his gaze, smirking. “I don’t know what you said, but okay,” he said with a shrug. “I’ll order for us, if you want?” When Ruki nodded he looked back at the menu. “Two hamburger meals and two cokes,” he told the waitress when she got to their table.
“So, how do you like it here so far?” he struck up a conversation while they waited for their order. Kyo had been here three days and he was very interested in knowing about Ruki, whose actual name he’d figured out was Rogelio. He just used Ruki to blend in while here. Although, it was obvious he wasn’t Japanese.
Ruki sipped on his soda and smiled. “I like it,” he answered. “The culture is so different from mine. The school work is very challenging.” He glanced away as he cleared his throat. “And now you’re here.”
Kyo lifted an eyebrow. “What was that last thing?” he feigned ignorance.
The adolescent lifted his finger to his lips. “It’s a secret.” Kyo glared at him and Ruki laughed, but refused to tell him. It didn’t matter, since Kyo already knew.
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The man lifted his head curiously as he heard the door slam open and then a thud. He wondered who could be making so much racket and stood to investigate. Kyo knew his mother had gone grocery shopping and his father was still at work. That left Ruki, but he should be in school.
Kyo turned the corner and froze in place. “Ruki?” he questioned in shock, seeing the younger male. He had clearly been walking in after removing his shoes, and had probably tripped since he was laying sprawled in the hallway. “Ruki!” he called more loudly when the teenager didn’t answer him, or move for that matter.
Ruki finally shifted and lifted his head. Kyo was shocked to see that his nose was bloody, and had several other scratches and bruises as well as a black eye. “What the hell happened?” he said as he hurried to his side, helping him up. The other shook his head and let Kyo guide him into the restroom so he could clean him up.
“I got into a fight,” he muttered with a shrug as if that explained it all. He sat on the toilet seat as the other attended his face, and hissed as Kyo pressed a bit too hard on a bruise. “The guy was bigger than me.”
Kyo frowned. “A fight with someone bigger than you?” he demanded. He dabbed at the side of his mouth and a trail of blood that had escaped past his lips. “Why the hell would you do something so stupid?”
Ruki pouted at Kyo’s anger. “Well, bastards shouldn’t be saying crap about you just because you dyed your hair,” he said so Kyo wouldn’t understand.
The college student’s head snapped up and his eyes narrowed. “Ruki,” he warned. He didn’t want to give up his game just yet. “Tell me.”
He turned away stubbornly and the blonde man sighed. “You annoying brat,” Kyo growled. Ruki gave him a blood stained grin and Kyo only sighed. Frankly, he was amazed the adolescent had gotten into a fight to defend him.
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Ruki’s head lifted from his text book as someone knocked on his door. “Come in,” he called with a sigh. His face had several bandages on it over the bigger scratches and especially the black eye. Kyo stepped inside holding a tray and he grinned. “What’s that?”
Kyo moved to his side, setting the tray of food beside him. “Dinner.” He sat down next to him, having made sure to close the door or his mother might see him in there. Ruki wasn’t allowed dinner tonight.
“Thanks,” he said, shaking his head. “Didn’t know your mother could ground me.” He sighed and lay back on the floor, already getting use to sitting at a kotatsu table. However, he doubted he’d ever get use to sitting in seiza without his legs going numb after a few minutes.
“Well, I heard she called your mom and she practically demanded you be grounded for fighting,” Kyo clarified. His mother spoke some English and so there had been no need for a translator.
Ruki cringed as he heard that. “She called my mother?” he asked. He groaned and covered his face. “I’m going to be in so much trouble when I get home!”
Kyo smirked as he watched the younger boy, thinking he looked so cute when he was fretting over getting in trouble. “Well, maybe next time you won’t get into a fight.”
Ruki snorted as he straightened, taking the small bowl of rice and the chopsticks he’d gotten use to using by now. “Yeah right, I’ll do it again if they continue talking shit about you,” he said as he started to eat.
The blonde man shook his head, but was secretly pleased that the youth would go so far for him. He was starting to like Ruki more and more as time went by.
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Ruki had pleaded with him and Kyo had given in. So, here he was at the school festival. There were a lot of reasons he didn’t want to come. For one, he hated things such a these and had never attended his own. Also, this marked that the end of the school year was rapidly approaching and that meant that Ruki would go back to Spain soon.
Over the months he had gotten closer to the teenager, secretly hearing his thoughts whenever he conversed with himself in Spanish. He was the reason Kyo came home every weekend when before he would just stay at his apartment. And he was the reason he was doing things he didn’t normally do. Such as coming to this troublesome festival.
“Kyo!” he heard someone call him. He turned and saw the almost eighteen year old jogging up to him. The boy was a sight to behold, since he was wearing the costume for the café their class was hosting. It was a switch genders theme where the boys wore girl’s clothes, and vice versa. And Kyo had to admit, Ruki looked very good.
He was wearing a maid’s black uniform with the white apron over it. Since his hair was already long and wavy it had been left loose around his head, but some of it had been pinned back with girlish pins. Also, his slender legs were incased in white stockings and he was wearing cute, black shoes. “Ruki,” he choked, fighting back a blush. Kyo did not blush, damn it!
Ruki grinned at him, pulling at the garment he was wearing uncomfortably. “Hey, sorry you have to see me in such an embarrassing thing,” he muttered with a pout that just increased his level of cuteness.
Kyo clenched his hands to keep himself from yanking him into a kiss in those moments. “No,” he said, clearing his throat. “It suits you.” He inwardly cursed at the words, but he just couldn’t help it. Ruki look so...well, molestable in those moments.
The adolescent blushed and glanced away. “Well, if you like it then I don’t mind as much,” he muttered to himself. He coughed and turned his eyes back on him. “I still have some work but afterwards I can go around the festival with you. Wait for me, okay?”
He could only nod, afraid he’d say something more embarrassing. Ruki grinned and hurried off, and all the while Kyo couldn’t tear his eyes away from him.
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“I’m scared,” he whispered as he glanced at the shadowed figure of the blonde man beside him. The darkness of the room hid the worried expression on Ruki’s face. He was back in his normal clothing and was thus more comfortable.
Kyo shook his head and tried not to roll his eyes. “It’s just a high school haunted house,” he reassured him. “Not so scary.” Ruki stumbled a bit and Kyo reached out to catch him. “Be careful. Here.” He grabbed his hand within his and hoped he didn’t sound as nervous as he felt. “That way you won’t trip.”
Ruki was glad that it was so dark as his face heated up at their joined hands. “T-thanks,” he stuttered. His fingers held on firmly as they continued through the haunted house, hoping nothing would jump at them.
Suddenly, something did and he screamed bloody murder and clung to Kyo. If Ruki wasn’t so freaked out he would have felt the man’s arm slip around his waist as he held him closer. “It’s okay,” he muttered. “It’s not real.” The other may be scared, but Kyo had to admit that he was enjoying himself.
He nodded but that didn’t stop him from clinging to him like a lifeline. When they exited, he was still latched onto him and Kyo glanced around before leading him through a door and into a secluded stairwell. “We’ll stay here until you calm down,” he reassured him, leaning against the wall as Ruki continued to press against him. His shaking hands held tightly to his shirt and Kyo sighed.
After several minutes, he seemed to calm down. “Are you okay now?” he asked. Ruki nodded but he made no move to pull away. “Ruki?” He said something he couldn’t understand, since his head was bent and his face was pressed against his shoulder.
“I want to stay like this,” he muttered. He knew the man was only being nice to him because he had been scared and nothing more. Hell, Kyo didn’t even know how Ruki felt. “Why’d I have to fall in love with you?” He sighed and started to pull away.
Kyo’s eyes widened in shock. That was the last straw. He couldn’t continue feigning ignorance after that. “Ruki,” he muttered, pulling him back against him. Kyo tilted the other’s head back and Ruki peered at him in bemusement. “You love me?”
Ruki’s mouth parted in shock. “What...h-how do you know that?” When Kyo smirked he seemed to realize the truth. “Y-you can understand me?!” The man’s smirk only widened in response.
If Kyo understood his language, then... Ruki tried to remember what else he’d said to him in Spanish. His face flushed hotly as he realized he’d said everything. Everything! “T-here...I mean I can explain-”
“Ruki,” Kyo cut him off. “Just shut up.” He leaned forward and stole his lips in a searing kiss. Ruki tensed for a moment before he melted in his embrace. When he was sure he’d suffocate, the blonde man finally pulled away. “Yo te amo tambien, menso,” he said with a laugh. Ruki could only grin happily.-
End, Diciendo Sin Saber
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PS: The title translates to "Saying Without Knowing" and Kyo says, "I love you too, fool/stupid." n-n