With a Shared Hope

[shatteredtenshi]

Title: With a Shared Hope
Author: shatteredtenshi and kira_shadow
Rating: NC-17
Genre: AU, Romance, Drama
Fandom: JE
Pairing: Kitayama Hiromitsu x Fujigaya Taisuke
Warnings: Unbeta-ed...slight RP-style writing.
Notes: An old collab that I pulled out and decided to post. =v=
Summary: Based on Dream Boys 2007. A retelling of the story with focus placed on Taisuke and Hiromitsu through our biased fangirl delusions or something like that. If you need something to convince you to read, how about Taisuke doing a strip tease?



With a Shared Hope
By Shattered Tenshi and Kira Shadow

They were a bunch of misfits, if regarded from the outside. Kids who had been orphaned, kids with broken families, kids without any real prospects for the future. Or at least...they had been all that until the day they met him. Hiromitsu had been the first one to run into Tanaka Koki, the man who strove to become the No.1 in Japan's boxing world. He gave Hiromitsu a goal...something to work towards in life, something the other had been missing until then.

And Hiromitsu owed the other even more. Over Koki, he hadn't just met more friends...but also the one who had become the special someone in is life. One day, when he was taking a break from boxing in the gym, which had become his second home, the 'Champ' or well, future champ at least, had walked in, with another young man in tow. Fujigaya Taisuke, Koki told him, and please to take care of him, while he went to secure another match, which would bring him one step closer to the title again. That had been how they had met. It had been a little awkward at first but with time, they really grew on each other. People would point out that they seemed to share one mind with two bodies sometimes (well okay, that had been Yuuki's overly active imagination but others had said similar things).

It hadn't come as a surprise to their friends that they eventually ended up kissing and ultimately sleeping with each other. Taisuke was one of the three most important people in his life now. Next to his mother and Koki (and over Koki kind of Yuuki...but oh well). He'd give his life for each one of them...

He and Taisuke had literally 'burned' that into themselves by getting matching tattoos on their left and right hipbones respectively. Right now...he was caressing said tattoo on his boyfriend's skin, as they lay in bed. "...Koki wants us to be down by the gym in an hour...he says we're going to pay a little visit to the set of that wimp-boxing-wannabe-movie from Kamenashi..." he muttered, pressing a kiss onto Taisuke's neck as he did so. "He was pretty pissed off when Nika found out about it...heck...I'd be too...or actually...I am, too..."

Not surprisingly. They had all worked together a few years back. When Kamenashi, Yara and Koki had still been friends...until the day when everyone had started to follow their own path. Kamenashi and Yara staying in the show business and the world of glamour - or at least trying to reach that world and Koki pursuing his dream of becoming the champion.

The younger ones wouldn't know but the oldest four in their merry little gang - Yokoo, Nikaido, Taisuke and himself, the four who were closest to Koki and who had been with the other the longest - remembered those days...when they had all been friends...and when there had been less fights out on the streets whenever they happened to run into each other. The four or five of them were usually outnumbered but since they had more training in fighting the numbers were kind of evened out again.

"Never thought they'd dare to set foot into Koki's territory...our territory...idiots."

Wrapping his arms around Hiromitsu, purring softly as the other stroked his skin, Taisuke just smirked a little. "Koki will teach them a lesson..." he murmured, brushing his own lips back against Hiromitsu 's neck. "I bet you that movie would never match up to Koki's reputation. We won't let them ruin Champ's life story..."

Smirking and making a soft, very satisfied sound when Taisuke caressed his neck as well, Hiromitsu nodded, "Mh...we'd never let them tarnish Champ's reputation. And ours..." he was about to leave a small mark on the other but remembered that they were supposed to watch over and take care of Yuuki later and the boy would ask awkward questions again if he saw a bruise on Taisuke.

"I'll definitely go punch them in the face if the movie gets on my nerves..." Taisuke growled a little. "Yuuki already don't like boxing much...if their movie ruins the image of boxing for him even more, I won't forgive them..." He knew Koki didn't like it when Yuuki proclaimed his hate for boxing and they all wanted the younger one to understand what boxing meant for them.

Hiromitsu sighed, "On the one hand, I can understand why the little guy thinks like that...I mean...seeing your brother after a match totally beaten up and stuff...he despises violence, remember? On the other...Koki's doing it for him, too...right? I know he's been saving all the money for the operation and the transplant...They're just waiting for a donor, now...heart donors are so rare..." Then his expression changed, eyes hardening, "Oh they can expect a good beating if that movie turns out to be crap. I thought at least Yara would know better than that...better than Kazuya...but I guess I was wrong."

"I know...but still..." Taisuke mumbled. Yuuki was like his own little brother as well, so it just bothered him when he knew Yuuki didn't agree with what they were doing. "I...I hope there'll be a donor soon..." He didn't want anything to happen to Yuuki.

"Koki won't let anything happen to Yuuki, ne? It's going to be okay, I'm sure..." Or at least, he hoped so. The young boy's stays in the hospital were getting longer and longer with each passing day...

"Un...I hope so too..." Perhaps it was time for a change of topic, Taisuke decided. "Mh...we still have time then, don't we...?" Taisuke mumbled, shifting until he was lying fully on top of Hiromitsu. His lips curled up into a small smile. "What should we do...?~"

Hiromitsu looked up at his boyfriend and smirked. "Ooh I don't know...I have you, half-naked, lying on top of me...in bed...That makes thinking really hard, you know?" He ran a hand down Taisuke's back, along the other's spine.

Smiling, suppressing the shiver that came along with Hiromitsu 's touch, Taisuke murmured, "Shall I help you think then?" He leaned in a little closer to that his lips were teasingly close to Hiromitsu 's lips.

Raising an eyebrow, Hiromitsu replied, "Oh I'd be very happy if you did...so...suggestions?" He breathed against the other's lips, moving even closer but still not quite touching.

"Mh...oh, I don't know..." Taisuke let their lips touch briefly and pulled back, tilting his head. "Was that a good suggestion?"

Licking his lips, Hiromitsu replied, "Vague...care to elaborate?"

Taisuke hummed slightly. "So...you want more?" He pressed his lips a little firmer against Hiromitsu 's, for a little longer before pulling back, flicking his tongue against the other's lips. "How about that?"

"Mh...still not enough?" Hiromitsu smirked cockily.

"So greedy..." Taisuke giggled softly before pressing his lips against Hiromitsu 's again, this time initiating a proper kiss with the other, nibbling on Hiromitsu 's lower lip.

Smirking into their kiss, Hiromitsu opened his lips, inviting his boyfriend to explore further. He'd never get enough of this...of Taisuke...

Pushing his tongue through Hiromitsu 's parted lips, Taisuke found the other's tongue and started to push against it, move against it, deepening their kiss as he pressed himself closer to Hiromitsu.

Hiromitsu was just pressing the other down very gently, keeping his hand in the small of Taisuke's back.

Pulling back to get some air, Taisuke smirked slightly. "How was that...?" he asked with a small hum, licking his own lips.

"Good~" Hiromitsu breathed, licking over Taisuke's lips. "...but I still want more~"

"Still more?" Taisuke giggled softly, flicking his tongue out to meet Hiro's tongue. "You're so greedy...~"

Grinning, Hiromitsu replied, "Well with you as my boyfriend...how couldn't I be?"

"Mh~" Taisuke laughed lightly. "I suppose that's a nice compliment ne~" So leaning closer, he pressed their lips together again, starting another passionate kiss between them.

Kissing back, he ran his hand up Taisuke's back again and threaded it into the other's hair, pulling his boyfriend down to deepen the kiss more...

"God you two bunnies...it's friggin MORNING..." a voice commented from the other side of the room, where the door was.

Breaking the kiss, Hiromitsu glared over to the two figures who had stepped in - uninvited. "Fuck, Nika, I told you that I'd kill you if you picked the lock AGAIN!"

Nikaido pointed at the taller male next to him, "Don't kill me, Wataru made me."

"Oi!"

Taisuke turned his head lazily and pouted at the sight of the other two. "Wataruuu," he whined. "We would have gone down to the gym on time you know, without you coming to check on us..." He stuck his tongue at Nikaido. "And Nika, don't alway listen to Wataru just because he scares you~"

"He doesn't scare me!" Nikaido huffed. "...he just makes attractive offers..."

"THEN DON'T LET HIM BRIBE YOU!" Hiromitsu rolled his eyes and then sat up, pushing Taisuke along a bit. "...now would you leave...we're getting ready, alright??"

Taisuke faked a sniffle. "Wataru's so evil...bribing people like that..."

Yokoo just grinned. "I'll happily bribe you too, Tai-chan~"

Making a face at the other, Taisuke slid off Hiromitsu, running a hand through his hair. "Mou...just get out of our room...!"

"...yeah...get out or I won't guarantee for anything...since I actually woke up in a good mood..." Hiromitsu eyed the 'intruders'.

Yokoo snorted and shrugged, waving a hand. "Fine, fine, we'll leave." Then he narrowed his eyes for a moment. "We'll come back in twenty minutes though, so don't you guys get distracted!"

Taisuke just stuck his tongue out at Yokoo and Nikaido as the two left their room.

Once the two had left, Hiromitsu huffed, "Okay...that totally ruined the mood..."

Taisuke pecked Hiro's cheek. "Ii yo~ We'll be able to have some alone time again once we're done with today's stuff..."

"I hope so..." Hiromitsu huffed. "Oh well...maybe I'll be able to vent my frustration on that set? Who knows...otherwise, a punching bag will do, too."

"Mh, you can~" Taisuke hummed slightly. He stood up from the bed and stretched his arms up. "Let's get up then...? We don't want Champ to wait either ne."

"No we don't...alright...clothes..." Hiromitsu went to his closet and opened it, throwing some at Taisuke first. Yes, they had half of each other's clothes at the respective other's place. It was more convenient this way.

Catching the clothes, Taisuke started to change and went into the bathroom to get ready before Hiromitsu.

Hiromitsu shuffled around and threw their old clothes into the laundry basket before picking clothes for himself and putting them on, while waiting for his turn in the bathroom.

Running his hand through his hair one more time, making sure he looked presentable in the mirror, Taisuke gave Hiromitsu a smile as he stepped out of the bathroom. "Your turn~"

"Hai~" he gave his boyfriend an once-over. "Nice~"

Taisuke just smirked a little proudly at Hiro. "Of course~"

Hiromitsu grinned before he disappeared into the bathroom. While Hiromitsu was in the bathroom, Taisuke just occupied himself, making Hiromitsu 's bed, then calling out, "Ne, do you want something to eat?"

"Let's grab something on the way? I think my fridge is pretty much empty..." Hiromitsu called out after he'd rinsed his mouth.

Flopping on to the made bed, Taisuke sat on the edge, swinging his legs slightly. "Alright, that sounds good to me~" He checked the clock. "We have five more minutes before Wataru comes barging in again ne."

Prepping his hair somewhat to make it stop sticking up in all directions, Hiromitsu emerged from the bathroom. "Alright, alright. Let's go...and I am so going to make HIM pay from breakfast..."

Laughing, Taisuke latched himself on to Hiromitsu from behind, nuzzling the other a little. "Sounds like an idea~ He has to make for it ne? For ruining our mood..."

"You bet..." Hiromitsu nodded.

"Let's go then~" Detaching himself from Hiromitsu, keeping their hands intertwined though, they left the room together. Taisuke laughed lightly when he noticed Yokoo was about to make his way to their bedroom again. "Uwah, just on time~"

Hiromitsu snorted and called out, "Should we be hurt that you have so little faith in us, Yokoo-chan?"

Yokoo snorted back in response. "It's only because you guys can get easily distracted with each other."

Taisuke just giggled. "Now that we're all ready, let's go~" He tugged on Hiromitsu 's hand and motioned the other two to follow. "Don't want to Champ to wait na?"

He nodded at Taisuke, "Right." And thus the foursome got moving. Hiromitsu and Taisuke bought themselves some food on the way and then they joined Koki.

Soon enough and they all made their way to the set. At first they just lurked around in the background a little, watching.

This was a sorry excuse for boxing or just a bad joke. Hiromitsu was sure that Koki would tell them any minute now, to interrupt. And sure enough the signal came. Turning around, Hiromitsu kicked the first thing that got into his way and he and Yokoo started to push some of the filming crew around while Koki and the other two barged in on the little 'dance performance'.

Taisuke had been watching the filming go on with a bored expression because, honestly, what kind of boxing movie was that? Once Koki had headed off, he too barged into the so-called filming. Staring at these people just pissed him off and he pushed a few of them around. How dare they call this a movie? And it’s supposed to be about Champ? They really should stop joking around.

When Hiromitsu followed the other's down, he too, started to shove around some people, venting some of his anger. He didn't know some of them...the younger ones mostly but the older ones...not too long ago - well, a few years - they had still been friends. Now...

Taisuke smirked slightly to himself when Kamenashi said they should stop filming then if Koki doesn't agree. Of course they should stop! Who would want to watch this...thing that was not good enough to be even called a movie? There was no way this would become successful in any way.

As expected, filming was stopped after some quarrelling. Hiromitsu was a little surprised by how 'off' the usually level-headed Yara had been. Weird.

He was just lurking around, deciding whether or not to leave when Yuuki appeared on the scene.

Glowering after Yara, Taisuke hung around too, sulking a little as Makoto talked to Koki. That woman...he honestly didn't understand why she was directing a movie like that. He immediately smiled though when he saw Yuuki appear, the little one easily brightening his mood.

When Yuuki started commenting about how they should using violence and that expression started to appear on Koki's face, Taisuke quickly butted in, crouching down and placing his hands on Yuuki's shoulders. "Ah, Yuuki! Let's go back to the hospital?" He placed his hand on his chest. "I'll bring you back, okay? Let's go, Yuuki. The hospital." He started to turn the younger one until when Yuuki ran away from his grip.

"I hate boxing!" Yuuki cried, which made Taisuke wince.

Hiromitsu stepped in now, "Ah, don't say that Yuuki! Come on...I'll teach you some boxing stuff, come on...I'm really strong too~" He led the boy away, smiling and chatting. This was pretty bad timing for all of this...

Looking over to his boyfriend with a slightly worried look, Hiromitsu motioned for him to follow.

Glancing at Koki one more time, then meeting Hiromitsu's worried look with his own, Taisuke called out, "Hora, Yuuki, let's go. Let's go." He was getting kind of an ominous feeling for some reason...

They walked the short distance to the hospital but Hiromitsu, too, would cast worried glances backwards...something felt...off...almost outright wrong...

Taisuke reached out and took Yuuki's hand until they were in the hospital, putting the boy back in his room, on the bed. He patted the sheets and pulled the covers over the younger one. "Stay in the hospital, okay?" he said worriedly. "We don't want anything to happen to you, Yuuki..."

"Yeah...be a little bit more patient, na? Your big brother will make sure you'll be able to play with the other kids as much as you want soon, I'm sure..." Hiromitsu nodded.

Yuuki just huffed and turned away from them. "You guys should just stop using violence...and I can go out anytime I want!" He pulled the cover over his head and muttered something that Taisuke couldn't quite hear.

"Ne Yuuki...there is a difference between fighting and just using violence, ne? You should think about it...what your nii-chan is doing isn't 'violent'..." Hiromitsu said. Well okay, with some exceptions of course but boxing in general wasn't equal to violence.

"Yuuki..." Taisuke tugged on the blanket to uncover the boy's head. "We'll come by often, okay? We'll keep you company and play with you, so you won't be alone..."

Yuuki made a slight face before just wriggling further down under the covers and just hid from them, not saying anything.

Taisuke sighed inaudibly. Even if he got along with Yuuki really well, it was moments like these that he can't really make Yuuki listen to him.

Hiromitsu shot his boyfriend a look and sighed inaudibly. He wasn't too good with dealing with situations like these either. That was when Koki arrived and they took this as a cue to leave.

Once outside, he took hold of Taisuke's hand again. "You noticed that something was off, too, right?"

Squeezing Hiromitsu's hand, Taisuke nodded. "I just have a bad feeling about all this..." He bit down on his lip. "I wonder why..."

"We'll wait and see, I guess?" Hiromitsu looked at the clock on the wall. "Looks like we still have almost all day...what do you want to do?"

"Un..." Taisuke tilted his head at Hiromitsu's question. "Mh...go out and play?" he suggested with a soft laugh. "It's been a while, hasn't it?"

"Mh...where do you want to go? Maybe somewhere we're not too likely to run into any of the others..." Hiromitsu rolled his eyes.

"Definitely somewhere like that sounds good," Taisuke said with a small smirk. "How does billiard sound? You said I was improving the last time~"

Grinning, Hiromitsu asked, "Is that a challenge?"

Taisuke grinned back. "It can be if you want~"

"Let's go to the arcade close to the gym then. We're sure to not run into anyone unwanted there," Hiromitsu smiled. "Besides, the owner still owes me a free round anyway so we can play for free."

"Oh~ A free round always sound good," Taisuke laughed lightly. Tugging on Hiromitsu's hand, he said, "Let's go then~"

It was a short walk and soon enough they pushed open the door to the more 'adult' arcade. They were regulars so everyone greeted them.

Smiling at the people who greeted them, they were soon given a free billiard table. Taisuke immediately went to choose a cue, trying to find one that he felt comfortable with.

Hiromitsu already had something akin to a personal cue and went to retrieve it.

While Hiromitsu was away, Taisuke just fooled around with his cue, practicing his form as he bent over the table and pushed the stick towards an invisible ball.

Approaching the table again, Hiromitsu couldn't resist and pinched his boyfriend's ass.

Taisuke jumped a little and spun around, sticking his tongue out at Hiromitsu. "Ready?~"

"Sure. I'll leave the first shot to you so you can't complain about me making it too difficult on purpose..." Hiromitsu handed the cue ball to the other.

Taisuke just made a face at Hiromitsu as he took the cue ball from the other, setting it on the table. Taking off the frame that was surrounding the other balls, he aimed, taking his time. Then with a deep breath, he hit the ball, spreading the other balls across the table. Eyeing where the balls were going, he mumbled, "Not that bad I guess..."

"Mh. Well go ahead then~ Full or half?" Hiromitsu leant against one of the pillars around the table.

"Mh...I’ll try for full~" Taisuke decided before moving around the table, trying to decide which angle and which ball he wanted to hit. Once he decided, he bent over the table, aimed and pushed his cue. "Uwah...so close..." He pouted as he watched the ball stop near the pocket.

Nodding approvingly, Hiromitsu walked over to the table then. "You really are improving..." Hiromitsu grinned and then sunk the ball Taisuke had been attempting to. "I guess I'm taking the full ones then~" he grinned and then lined up his second shot.

Taisuke grinned. "Deshou?~" He wrinkled his nose when Hiromitsu managed to pocket the ball he was aiming for. "Ah, fine~"

"Mh, maybe because you have a good teacher~" Hiromitsu grinned and played the cue ball into the middle of the table. Yes, he was being mean....

"So proud of yourself~" Taisuke laughed. He pouted though when he noticed where the cue ball was. "Hirooo..." he whined. Shuffling over to where the ball was, he bent over the table again, trying to aim as well as he could to the striped ball that seemed to be the easiest to hit.

Smirking, Hiromitsu just leant back again and enjoyed the 'view'. Yes, his boyfriend had a lovely backside~

Concentrating, Taisuke furrowed his eyebrows and took a deep breath before hitting. "Ah, I got in it!"

"Yay~ next shot then?" Hiromitsu nodded.

"Un~" Taisuke moved around and decided on his next one. Except that one didn't get in and it was Hiromitsu 's turn again. "Ah...I made it even further from the pocket somewhat..."

Giving his boyfriend an encouraging smile, Hiromitsu decided on which ball to hit next. "Well...keep moving like this, ne? It wasn't a bad shot..."

"Hai~" Taisuke smiled back at Hiromitsu. "I’ll do my best~"

Hiromitsu made the cue ball curve and hit another full ball but it wasn't quite enough spin to get the ball into the pocket unfortunately. "Mh..."

"Ah, that was a cool move!" Taisuke exclaimed. He could only make the cue ball go straight after all. Even if it curved, it wouldn't have been on purpose on his part.

"Want to try it? I'll teach you~" Hiromitsu offered.

"Eh? Ii yo~ Teach me~" Taisuke smiled happily.

Nodding, he reached around Taisuke from behind and showed the other how to hold the cue. "And then you try to hit the cue ball like this..." He guided Taisuke's hands and made the ball curve. "Try?"

Taisuke formed a small 'oh' with his lips. "Uwah, that’s cool..." He nodded his head. "Un, I'll try~" Remembering how Hiromitsu had helped him, he tried to repeat the action once again.

"Doesn't look too bad? I'm sure if you do it a few times you'll get it under control~" Hiromitsu smiled proudly.

"Yay~" Taisuke smiled at the compliment. "Ah...do I still get a turn then?" He blinked, since they got distracted a little, teaching him the move. "Or is it your turn...?"

"You can go ahead." Hiromitsu nodded his head.

"Hai~" Taisuke looked at where the cue ball was and took his time deciding again which ball to hit this time.

Sometime later, they were reaching the end of their game with Hiromitsu only having one more ball to pocket while he still had three. "Ah..." Taisuke pouted slightly. "...at least this was better than last time..."

"No need to rush the process, ne?" Hiromitsu lined up his probably last shot. "I didn't get to this level within one day either. Very soon we'll be going head to head, I tell you...then it's going to be really challenging..."

"I know, I know..." Taisuke mumbled in reply. He had already heard something similar before from Hiro. "I'll be looking forward to that...~"

"Well..." Hiromitsu straightened up again. "I'll give you a handycap then....you get three more shots...and I won't do anything?"

Taisuke shook his head. "You don't have to do that! I'm getting better already, so no more handicaps for me!"

"Aw...sure?" Hiromitsu looked at the other.

With a pout, Taisuke gave a firm nod. "I'm sure!"

"...okay then..." Hiromitsu lined up his shot but purposely missed the black 8-ball.

Taisuke blinked. "Ne...Hiro? Did you...miss that on purpose?" He was almost certain Hiromitsu could have made that shot quite easily.

"Mh? Well...maybe I'm too distracted..." Hiromitsu looked at the other. "After all...we were interrupted this morning..."

Raising his eyebrow slightly, Taisuke then smirked. "Oh...does that mean if we finish off from this morning...you'll be able to play properly without getting distracted?" he murmured, stepping close to Hiromitsu until their breaths almost mingled together.

Shivering slightly, Hiromitsu looked up slightly and at his boyfriend, "Maybe?"

Taking yet another step closer to Hiromitsu, Taisuke tugged Hiromitsu's cue out from his hands. "A more certain reply would be nice..." he half-purred.

Looking back, Hiromitsu smirked, "Oh...so the deal is to finish this quickly so we can continue what we did this morning? Is that it?"

"Mh, sure~" Taisuke hummed a little. "That works for me," he half-smirked, half-smiled. "So you better get your remaining ball in the pocket ne?"

"It's your turn though...?" Hiromitsu smirked and ran a hand over Taisuke's firm ass.

Still smirking as well, Taisuke brushed his lips against the corner of Hiro's lips teasingly before pulling back. "Hai~" Using Hiromitsu’s cue, he didn't try too hard, just aimed and shot, obviously missing to pocket the ball. "Your turn~" He gave the other back his cue.

"Tsk...you can miss on purpose and I can't?" Hiromitsu clicked his tongue and then lined up his shot, sinking the ball into the pocket.

Taisuke pouted playfully. "But that's because if I sink a ball, it won't make much of a difference. Hiro is going to win anyways~" He was back to pressing close to Hiromitsu again. "Besides, you wouldn't want the game to last longer, right...?" he murmured.

Wrapping his arms around his boyfriend, Hiromitsu smiled, "Well if you put it like that...the no...I guess I don't want it to last any longer..."

Returning the hug, Taisuke smiled back. "Well, you won the game~" he sang. "Would you like a prize?"

"Sure~ If that price involves you naked on a bed~?" Hiromitsu smirked.

Giving Hiromitsu with a slightly coy look, Taisuke then gave his boyfriend a teasing smile. "Mh...it can be arranged~"

"Excellent..." With a swipe of his cue, he'd cleared the table of the remaining balls and then nudged the other towards the exit. "Let's put these away and go home...? Your place or mine?"

"Your choice since you were the winner~" With a quick brush of his lips on Hiromitsu’s cheek and a giggle, Taisuke bounced away to put away his cue.

"Mh...my place then. We'll be alone there, ne? Since I have no idea whether Yuusuke fancies walking in on us again...or did you finally fix that lock?" Hiromitsu put his away as well.

"Lock?" Taisuke blinked before laughing. "Oh right. Un, well, I'll get it fixed soon...?" He stuck out his tongue playfully.

Snorting, Hiromitsu suggested, "Maybe you should ask Nika-chan to do it. He knows a lot about locks after all..."

"Maybe," Taisuke giggled. He made his way out of the bar, waving bye to the people with a smile.

Crossing the street and turning the corner, they were soon walking back towards the gym and Hiromitsu's apartment - having nobody else anymore, he was now living more or less above or next to it and also took on a few duties, such as closing up and what not. In return, Koki let him live up there for free.

"Tadaima~" Taisuke called out as he walked into Hiro's apartment. He came here and slept over too many times to actually say polite words like 'ojamashimasu' anymore.

"Okaeri~" Hiromitsu chuckled. Well yeah...he also considered Taisuke's place his second home...so it was natural for Taisuke to feel the same way?

Kicking off his shoes, he turned to look at Hiromitsu with a coy smile. "So...did you want your prize now or later?~"

Then Hiromitsu turned to look at his boyfriend. "Mh~ how about right now?"

"Right now?" Taisuke purred softly, slipping a hand under his own shirt, pushing it up a little teasingly. "Mh, I guess that works...~"

It looked like his boyfriend was feeling...adventurous today? Hiromitsu smiled. Oh this would be fun...

"Come on in then..." he manoeuvred them over to the bed.

Flopping on to the bed, Taisuke stretched out his limbs, rolling a little, letting his shirt ride up a little. "Mh...how would you like your prize?~" he asked.

Crawling onto Taisuke, Hiromitsu purred, "How about naked?"

Taisuke smiled back playfully. "Oh? Naked? Are you going to help me with that then?" he murmured, wrapping his arms around Hiro's neck.

"Mh...I don't know? Maybe I'd like it better if you stripped for me~" Hiromitsu looked into Taisuke's eyes and brushed his lips over the other's.

"Oh?" Taisuke raised his eyebrow a little. "You're hoping for a strip tease from me then?" His lips tugged upwards in amusement.

Raising an eyebrow as well, Hiromitsu replied, "Maybe?"

Taisuke tilted his head, thought about it, then pouted. "But I don't feel like it~"

"Aww..." Hiromitsu pouted back.

Wrinkling his nose slightly, Taisuke asked, "Is watching me strip tease that good?" He then giggled.

"Of course...it's you~" Hiromitsu smirked and pushed Taisuke's shirt up further. "You and your sexy body..."

Taisuke purred a little before smirking slightly. "Oh...~"

Snorting, he asked, "Oh? Oh what?"

"Oh..." Taisuke tilted his head. "Maybe I will do that...?" He pushed Hiro a little off before tugging on his own shirt, pulling it even further up, until his nipples were exposed to the air. He hummed a little.

"Niice~" Hiromitsu sat back a little and watched.

Sitting up, Taisuke decided to tease himself a little, brushing his hands over his chest, over his nipples, feeling a shiver go down his spine before pulling off his shirt totally, throwing it somewhere in the room.

He'd definitely enjoy this...yes... Hiromitsu's eyes were glued to his boyfriend.

Humming softly, Taisuke fluttered his eyes closed as he trailed one hand down his chest, slipping his fingers just a little down into his jeans while his hand went through his hair to around his neck as he touched himself. He arched his back slightly and slipped his hand just a little further down.

Kami-sama...was there anything sexier than watching his boyfriend do this? Hiromitsu surely thought not and he could feel himself getting hard.

Pulling his hand out from his jeans, Taisuke fumbled with the button of the jeans, perhaps on purpose, perhaps not. His other hand continued to wrap around the back of his own neck. Finally, he got the button undone and pulled down his zipper slowly. Fluttering his eyes open, he gave Hiromitsu a coy smile before lifting his hips and wriggled out of his jeans, little by little.

Looking...no touching...yet...

Hiromitsu had to repeat those words in his mind over and over again to resist the growing temptation.

Kicking off his jeans somewhere, all that was left was his boxers. Taisuke purred softly, arching his back again as he slipped both of his hands under the thin fabric, pushing it down a little, but not completely, just teasing his boyfriend.

"You're not just teasing -me- like that, you know~?" Hiromitsu smirked smugly but it was getting visibly more difficult to restrain himself and keep his cool.

Taisuke just made a face at Hiromitsu playfully. "Oh really?~" Pushing his boxers down a little even more, he brushed the heel of his palm against his own growing erection, letting out a small moan.

Hiromitsu settled back, still watching. "Yeah, really..."

Back to humming again, Taisuke wrapped his hand around his erection under the fabric of his boxers and gave his own member a few strokes. He moaned and whimpered a little, pushing his hips upwards.

"See? You're feeling it, aren't you? While you're touching and teasing yourself...you're imagining it was me, right? That those hands aren't yours but mine...stroking...touching..." Hiromitsu spoke, voice husky and dripping with desire.

Eyes closing at Hiromitsu's words, Taisuke whimpered, "H-Hiro..." He rolled his hips upwards again, wriggling to push his boxers down more. He tightened his grip around his own member, stroking just a little quicker.

Not able to keep his hands off of his boyfriend any longer, Hiromitsu crawled over and slipped one hand down Taisuke's boxers as well, playing it over the other's own hand so that they were stroking and tugging together... "I can't hear you...what did you say?"

Taisuke let out a longer moan when Hiro's hand covered his own. "T-touch me, Hiro..." he whimpered, pushing his hips upwards yet again. "More..."

Still guiding Taisuke's hand over the other's own member, Hiromitsu smirked, "So needy~" He leant down and started kissing down his boyfriend's neck and shoulders slowly, also keeping the pace of the strokes agonizingly slow for the other.

Whimpering, Taisuke rolled his hips, the pace too slow for his liking. "H-Hiro..." he tried his best to complain, "t-too...too slow..." He whimpered again, tilting his head to expose his neck properly for his boyfriend.

"Then why don't -you- go faster? It's your hand..." Hiromitsu chuckled and licked a wet trail down the other's neck and upper chest.

"A-ahh...Hiro..." Taisuke pushed his hips again, arching his back. "I...I want you to...go faster too..." he moaned, trying to speed up his hand a little, even with Hiromitsu's hand on top of his own.

Speeding up his hand's movements a little, he whispered against Taisuke's skin, "Then undress me...I'll take care of you~"

Looking at Hiromitsu with lust-clouded eyes, Taisuke nodded his head in somewhat of a strained manner. Pulling his hand away from his erection, he reached out for Hiromitsu's shirt and tugged on it clumsily, pulling it off the other.

Hiromitsu of course, helped here and there and once his shirt was off, properly started to pleasure Taisuke with his hand. "Difficult to concentrate?" he smirked.

Taisuke tried to deny it, shaking his head. "N-no..." he stuttered, biting back a moan. "I'm fine..."

"Okay then?" and Hiromitsu sped his movements up again before slowing back down, grinning evilly.

Taisuke immediately let out a whine, half-glaring at Hiromitsu. "H-Hiro...stop teasing..." He bucked his hips and tried to quicken the other's movements. His hands started to slide around Hiromitsu's waist, pulling on the edge of the other's jeans.

"Aw...but it's so much fun~" he kissed Taisuke's neck. "Besides...you started all of this...-and- you said it's my 'price'...so I get to choose?"

"You...you like being that slow...with your prize...?" Taisuke asked between moans, still fumbling with Hiro's jeans.

"Maybe because I love to hear you moan and beg~" Hiromitsu left a small mark on Taisuke's neck.

"T-tease..." Taisuke gasped, arching his back again. He let out a small moan. "H-Hiro...more..."

"I am...you are too, though...so I guess that's just payback..." Nonetheless, Hiromitsu moved his hand faster again.

Taisuke let out a satisfied purr which quickly turned into a moan. Reaching blindly again, he started to fumble with the button of Hiro's jeans, tugging the zip downwards.

Feeling Taisuke's hands so close to his own member which was starting to ache with need now that it was being freed from its constraints made Hiromitsu moan in return.

Hearing Hiromitsu moan, Taisuke wanted to tease the other a little, but he knew that would probably backfire on him, so he just hurried his movements, tugging both Hiromitsu's jeans and boxers down at the same time.

Wiggling around, Hiromitsu tried to help his boyfriend a little with that task. "Now...what do you want?"

"I thought you get to decide..." Taisuke breathed, pushing Hiro's jeans and boxers as far down as he could. "I'm your prize after all..."

"Mh but I still give you a choice...besides...I already got to see you strip just for me~" Hiromitsu wiggled out of the last two remaining articles of clothing and then leant up a bit to kiss his boyfriend sloppily.

Kissing back with a purr, Taisuke pursed his lips a little. "I think you have a good idea of what I want though..." He ran a hand down Hiromitsu’s chest teasingly.

Raising an eyebrow playfully, Hiromitsu asked, "Do I really?"

Taisuke pouted at Hiro's response. "Yes, you do..." he hissed just softly. "You know what I want..." He pulled Hiro's hand towards him, reaching between his legs. "You know..."

"Then lie down..." he pushed Taisuke onto the mattress and then reached over to the nightstand for the lube lying there. "And relax..."

Letting Hiromitsu push him down, Taisuke did exactly what the other told him to do - just lie there and relax - though of course, some squirming can't be avoided since he was feeling just a little impatient perhaps.

Knowing how impatient his boyfriend could get, Hiromitsu grinned daringly and pushed one slick finger into the other, quickly followed by a second.

"A-ahh..." Taisuke moaned as fingers were pushed into him, his back arching in response. "Hiro..."

"Yes~? What is it? Not good enough?" he added a third finger.

Taisuke shook his head, letting out another whimper. "M-more...H-Hiro..."

Pulling the fingers out and wiping his fingers with a tissue, Hiromitsu positioned himself. "You want more, you get more~" he purred and pushed in.

"A-ahh..." Taisuke's hips automatically pushed upwards as Hiro pushed into him. His arms wrapped around the other's neck, pulling the other closer to him.

Gasping, Hiromitsu commented, "You sure seem to be in a rush today..."

"Do I...?" Taisuke breathed, still adjusting to the intrusion, not moving his hips too much again. "I just thought I should be a good prize..."

Biting down on Taisuke's skin Hiromitsu scolded, "Don't talk about yourself as if you were a thing..."

Taisuke let out a shuddery breath and mumbled, "S-sorry..." He tightened his arms around Hiromitsu.

"You're so much more than a 'thing'...so...so much more..." Hiromitsu whispered softly and then started to move his hips.

A mixture of moans and whimpers slipped from his lips as Taisuke moved his hips slightly as well, rocking against Hiromitsu. "U-un..."

"So much more..." Hiromitsu echoed and one of his hands tugged on Taisuke's erection again.

"H-Hiro..." Taisuke moaned, bucking into his boyfriend's hand, tightening his arms around Hiromitsu once again. Slowly, he rocked his hips a little faster, wrapping a leg around the other to pull his boyfriend even closer to him.

Moaning and grunting a little at being pulled forward, Hiromitsu smiled, "Oi, oi...you still need to be able to walk later..."

"It's...it's a little too late for...reminders..." Taisuke said between moans, rolling, rocking his hips.

"Mh..." Hiromitsu kept thrusting into Taisuke but then smirked. "If you're so eager..." Shifting, he reversed their positions, so now Hiromitsu was lying on the bed with Taisuke straddling him. "Nngh...!"

"Nhh...!" Taisuke threw his head back, now feeling his boyfriend deeper in him than ever. "Hiro, Hiro..." he moaned, moving his hips up and down, curling his hands around Hiro's shoulders.

Of course Hiromitsu pushed his hips back up to meet Taisuke's. "Taisuke...!"

Taisuke moaned the other's name over and over again, rolling his hips, riding his boyfriend. His head fell on to the other's shoulder as his body continued to move, his gut tightening, the pool of heat reaching its limit, ready to overflow.

Once he felt the hot seed splattering onto his abdomen, Hiromitsu knew he would follow soon...and when the walls tightened around him, he pushed up into his boyfriend and released himself deep inside Taisuke with a low moan, throwing his head back in the process.

His breathing uneven, Taisuke took a while before he moved a little, lifting his head to brush his lips against Hiro's. "I love you, Hiro..." he murmured.

Not able to speak, he was still coming down, Hiromitsu just tried to kiss back somehow.

Wrapping his arms back around Hiromitsu's neck, Taisuke just nuzzled the other silently.

Still trying to calm his breath, Hiromitsu rolled them over a bit and pulled out of Taisuke.

A shuddery breath slipped past Taisuke's lips as Hiromitsu pulled out of him. Wrapping his arms around the other properly, he snuggled close to his boyfriend.

Hiromitsu fumbled for the blanket and pulled it up. Even though both of them were still radiating lots of body heat...it was starting to get cold.

Taisuke just let out a small contented sigh before brushing his lips against Hiro's neck, then his cheek.

Smiling, Hiromitsu leant his head closer to Taisuke. "Eager, aren't we? Not that I mind..." He ran a hand down his love's body lazily.

"...a different pace for a change?" Taisuke said with a soft giggle, purring a little at Hiromitsu's touch.

"I don't mind...it was kinda sexy...though...everything about you is, really..." Hiromitsu smirked lazily.

"Why thank you..." Taisuke giggled, his lips tugging upwards. "You're pretty sexy yourself..." he murmured with a coy smile.

Smirking back, Hiromitsu replied, "I know...or I wouldn't be your boyfriend, na?"

Taisuke laughed in amusement, snuggling against the other. "You're so proud...~"

"Can't I be?" Hiromitsu looked at Taisuke.

"I never said you can't be~" Taisuke pecked Hiromitsu on the cheek.

Smiling, Hiromitsu just ran his fingers through Taisuke's hair. "Mh...tired?"

Nuzzling his boyfriend, Taisuke mumbled, "Just a little..."

"Let's sleep then...I'll make dinner later...that is, if we don't get crashed again..." he sighed, not really wanting a repeat of this morning.

"Don't jinx it," Taisuke murmured, resting his head against Hiromitsu's shoulder. "Good night then..." He fluttered his eyes closed.

Soon enough, Hiromitsu followed the other into dreamland.

Soon, the next day came - no one had crashed in on them that night - and they were all gathered at the gym, traiing. Taisuke spent most of his time punching the sandbag with Gotou's help. Just when he was about to talk to Koki, the other suddenly braced his head and started to cry out in pain.

"Champ?" Taisuke exclaimed, worried and other voices echoed his call.

Yokoo was the first one to run to Koki but was immediately pushed away.

This had happened before...but Hiromitsu had been sworn to secrecy. "Champ...!!"

...and then -she- was there again. Makoto-san. Frankly, Hiromitsu didn't like the woman one bit. There was something about her that made him queasy. She and Koki went to talk alone...he wondered what it was about. Surely...nothing good would come out of that?

Taisuke could only look on worriedly when Koki finished talking with Makoto, and rambled on, something about they should have the resolution to throw away everything to become a champion. Was Champ alright? He let out a small yelp when Koki stumbled towards Hiromitsu, as if to punch him, but his boyfriend blocked the other in time.

Then, Yara and his group turned up at the gym. What was this? Visit their gym day? "Oi, why are you guys here?" Hiromitsu scowled at them.

Kazuya also followed soon after. This sure was getting crowded...and Kazuya begging on his knees was a rare sight as well. So that movie was going to be continued? As if Koki would agree to that just like that...

Of course Champ had a condition. A match...

Man... Hiromitsu was so sure to kick Kazuya's sorry ass...so...guess that would mean the end to that movie.

Naturally, not everyone seemed to be thrilled with the idea - except that stupid bitch again - and the 'merry get-together' turned into a brawl.

Of course, the fighting continued until they managed to kick everyone out of their gym, and they gathered in a room in the gym, letting Koki to be alone out in the main area. Taisuke crossed his arms over his chest, snorting lightly. "A match between Champ and Kazuya? Maa, it's just like Champ to have a condition like that, I guess." He smirked. "Champ won't have any problem winning ne~"

Wiping some blood from his lips - he'd get Tsukada back for this later sometime - Hiromitsu nodded, "Champ's gonna wipe the floor with their sorry asses..."

Yokoo punched his fist towards his other hand. "Yosh, we're going to have to practice real hard ourselves too. To cheer on Champ!"

Taisuke grinned. "We would do say without you saying so! Ah...we should go tell Yuuki about it too, shouldn't we?"

"...would he like it though? You know he hates boxing...but...I think champ would want him to be there, ne?" Hiromitsu frowned.

Taisuke nodded his head. "Un, I know Yuuki won't like it...but Champ would definitely want Yuuki to watch him!"

Nikaido made a face and ruffled his hair. "I suppose it wouldn't hurt letting Yuuki know? He can decide if he wants to go himself..."

"Yup...so let's go to the hospital then?" After a round of agreements they made their way over.

A few days later was the time for the match. There were photographers and reporters everywhere. Of course...Champ wasn't a nobody after all...

Keeping an arm around Yuuki, Taisuke just looked around, taking in everyone who was around the ring, anticipating the start of the match. It didn't take very long for the announcer to bring in Kazuya, then Champ. Taisuke couldn't help but narrow his eyes lightly at Kazuya, but grin proudly when Koki walked in, with Hiromitsu following him.

The match went pretty well but suddenly Champ stumbled and-

He couldn't have lost! He couldn't! "Koki!" chaos ensued. The gloves flew around and the medics and the doctor came in with a stretcher. They grouped around Champ with worried looks on their faces.

Suddenly Hiromitsu heard Taisuke call out. "There was...something in Kazuya's glove..." Hiromitsu stared at the iron plate his boyfriend produced from the glove. No fucking way. "KAZUYAAAAA!" Hiromitsu screamed and launched himself at the other boxer but was kept back by Yara.

Tightening his grip on the glove - he would have never thought about getting Kazuya's glove if it wasn't for Makoto telling him too, and now, there was a piece of metal in it?! - Taisuke's eyes widened slightly when Yuuki ran towards Kazuya. Yuuki knew Kazuya? How come they never knew that?

He tried to stay calm, he really did, but when Koki fainted right after telling Yuuki not to hate Kazuya, he too dropped on his knees, calling, "Champ, Champ!" The medics started to take Koki away, and Taisuke started to run along but, quickly turned back.

Wrapping his hands around Yuuki's shoudlers, he cried, "Yuuki, come here!" He pulled the boy along with him, towards the hospital.

Hiromitsu looked at Kazuya, hatred burning in his eyes, his mind blind with fury. "I will get you for this!" and then he ran after the others to the ambulance and to the hospital. Koki better be alright...or he wouldn't guarantee for anything.

After everything had settled down, another piece of news hit them. Kazuya had disappeared. "If this doesn't prove him guilty, I don't know what does..." Hiromitsu growled, crumbling the newspaper up and throwing it against the wall.

Nikaido rose, "Let's go look for the bastard. I got a hint as to where he could be."

"Where?"

"Some circus..."

"Let's go."

His hands stuffed in his pockets, Taisuke looked at the place they had arrived at. "It really is here, right?"

Yokoo replied, "That had to be Kazuya, na?"

Nikaido nodded his head. "Ah."

Taisuke snorted slightly. "So he was hiding in this kind of place..." He looked at the others. "Let's go then!"

"You guys...this is my job. Leave it to me!" Hiromitsu snapped at the others. He would get revenge for Koki...he swore he would.

Nikaido snorted, "What kind of crap are you talking about?"

Taisuke raised an eyebrow. "Let's get revenge together!"

"No, you keep yourselves out of this...I'll do it..." he ran off. There was only one thing on his mind. Kazuya...

"Heh, that guy...trying to be cool on his own..." Taisuke ran after Hiro, though in his mind, he couldn't understand why Hiro was so determined to go alone. Why couldn't they seek revenge together?

Hiromitsu found the other soon enough...with Yuuki...but that didn't matter. "Kazuya...I've found you...and now I'll kill you for that you have done!" He launched himself at the other, shoving Yuuki out of his way as he did. This time, nobody else would stop him.

They fought...they were more or less evenly matched. Maybe Kazuya was a little stronger...but he'd thought of that. Mind blank, he reached into his pocket for the butterfly knife he carried. The other managed to wrestle the knife from him though. Both of them stumbled back after landing a blow on the respective other. Suddenly...there was Yuuki again, picking up the knife...

"Yuuki don't do anything stupid that isn't a toy! It's not a t-" Hiromitsu'd been walking over to the boy when Yuuki suddenly turned and he felt the world jerk back into place when he felt the knife embedded in his abdomen. "U-ugh..." He went down. He was loosing blood rapidly. Mind hazy, he could hear how Kazuya told Yuuki to forger and that nothing happened and that he was the one to take all the blame...

"Kazuya..." ...the other was a good person after all...Hiromitsu couldn't believe he'd been THAT blind with hate...

He had lost sight of his boyfriend, so he had to look for the other, only to bump into Yokoo and Nikaido again. That's when they together stumbled upon that scene...

"Hi-...Kitayama! Kitayama, are you okay?!" Taisuke ran towards Hiromitsu's side, shaking his boyfriend. "Oi!" His mind went blank, seeing the one he loved hurt, bleeding.

"It's Kazuya! Kazuya was the one who stabbed him!" Taisuke heard Nikaido cry out.

"The ambulance! Someone call an ambulance!" Yokoo shouted, turning Hiromitsu a little over, trying to get the other to answer to him.

Taisuke stood up shaking, glaring at Kazuya. "Kazuya, after Champ is this?!" He lunged towards Kazuya only to be stopped by Yara. "It's dirty of you!" he shouted with rage. He immediately ran back to Hiromitsu 's side. "Hiro..." he whispered.

Hiromitsu was close to passing out. He wanted the say something but all that would result in was to cough up blood. His vision was blurring rapidly and soon he found himself falling into the darkness, with Yokoo still trying to keep him awake and Nikaido desperately trying to stop the flow of blood form the wound.

It wasn't him...it wasn't Kazuya... Yuuki...god damnit...no!

Taisuke watched with coldness as the police placed the cuffs on Kazuya. The other deserved it. How dare he stabbed Hiromitsu? Stuffing his hands into his jeans' pockets, he then curled them up into fists.

"Kazuya!" Taisuke watched with wide eyes when Yuuki ran towards Kazuya while the other was being taken away and suddenly fell.

"Yuuki!" Taisuke immediately ran towards the little boy, picking the other up into his arms. "Yuuki, are you alright?!" Seeing how Kazuya had turned around, Taisuke bit on his lip and said, "Yuuki has a weak heart..." Tightening his arms around the little one, he buried his face against the other's head, shaking a little, biting back tears. First Hiromitsu, now Yuuki...

The next thing Hiromitsu knew was waking up in a hospital bed and feeling weak, his head swimming. He could blurrily make out the shape of his boyfriend by his bed. "T-Tai-su-ke..." he croaked out hoarsely, almost inaudibly.

"Hiro!" Taisuke immediately exclaimed, seeing that his boyfriend was now awake. He gripped the other's hand. "Hiro..." He bit down on his lips and tried to hold back the tears. Thank goodness. Hiromitsu was awake now...

After Kazuya had escaped from the police, they had all searched around for him a little, but Yokoo and Nikaido had soon kicked him back to the hospital, saying that he should stay by Hiromitsu’s side.

Hiromitsu tried his best to talk but he was feeling so tired again...the bloodloss must have been pretty bad...

"Kazuya...Kazuya he..." Hiromitsu tried to tell the other what had really happened but couldn't get to it.

Taisuke shook his head, squeezing Hiro's hand. "Don't speak, Hiro..." He then narrowed his eyes a little. "We're all searching for Kazuya now, since he ran away yet again...don't worry, we'll find him..."

Screams could be heard from the other room. Hiromitsu recognized Yara's voice...but the most prominent thing...was the flat beeping noise of the heart monitor.

Koki...KOKI!!!

Taisuke snapped his head upwards at the noises as well. "Champ...Koki!" He jumped up, wanting to run over, but he looked down at Hiromitsu worriedly. "G-gomen...I'll be right back...!" With that, he ran out of the room.

No...No it wasn't...oh god this wasn't happening...

Hiromitsu tried to keep his boyfriend back, to clarify things but he was too weak and passed back out again. Hiromitsu could only hope...hope things would be alright.

"Champ died..." Taisuke said, once he met up with Yokoo, Nikaido and Gotou outside the hospital.

"Champ was killed by Kazuya!" Nikaido growled.

"We'll take the revenge for Champ!" Yokoo cried with Gotou echoing it.

Soon, they were running all over the city again, getting into brawls with Yara and Kazuya's group again. Except, bad news kept on coming...

"Yuuki disappeared!" Taisuke cried out, worried, clutching his shirt. The boy who he always thought of as his little brother...

"He ran away from the hospital?" Yokoo asked.

"He's going die!" Taisuke cried out again in frustration. They couldn't worry about Kazuya now, they had to go find Yuuki first!

"Kitayama..."

What the...was he dreaming? Hiromitsu swore he could hear Koki's voice...

"Cha-Koki?" he asked back, looking around. The surroundings were oddly white and blurry.

"Listen Kitayama...only you can hear me now but...please...if Kazuya doesn't make it in time...tell the doctors to transplant my heart. Yuuki is to get my heart, you hear? There isn't much time left...They'll be bringing him in soon. So please tell them! Wake up and tell them...or tell Yara..."

"Koki what-"

"Take care of the gym and everything, ne? And I'm sorry I couldn't keep the promise of fighting you one day, too. Maybe in the next life."

"Koki!"

Hiromtsu's eyes opened and he gathered his strength to push himself up form the bed. "Somebody...!"

Someone came into his room. Yara. "Yara...there's something I need to tell you...please, we don't have much time..."

They managed to find Yuuki and brought him back to the hospital, which made their priority go back to finding Kazuya. "He fell off the building, didn't he?" Nikaido asked with a raised eyebrow.

"But no one could find him though..." Yokoo replied.

Taisuke shook with anger. "We'll just have to try one more place then..."

Arriving at where Kazuya and Yara's group usually hung out at, Taisuke stepped in scowling. "Oi! You guys bring out Kazuya."

"Don't hide like a coward!" Yokoo shouted. "Come out now!"

"He's here, right?" Nikaido growled. "You know...Champ was killed! By Kazuya!"

Taisuke could barely hear what the others were saying, but he definitely heard what Tsukada said. "You guys know where Kazuya is, right?" Tsukada motioned with his hand, provoking them. "Tell us."

"Don't mess around with us!" Taisuke growled, immediately lunging towards them, starting yet another brawl.

Once Kazuya showed up, the fighting only got worse, and Taisuke couldn't control himself, lunging at the other, punching the other's face. But then, Hiro and Yara showed up...

Everyone was fighting...but they were wrong they were...

"STOP IT AND LISTEN!" Hiromitsu flinched. He'd never heard Yara raising his voice like that before. "Listen to what he has to say..."

Looking up, Hiromitsu saw all eyes on him now.

"Kitayama..." Taisuke exclaimed, trying not to run up to the other immediately. After all, not everyone outside their gym knew about him and Hiromitsu... His hand clenched into a fist. Was Hiromitsu alright? Should he be up? He didn't want the other worsen his wound or anything...

"I'm alright. Don't worry...but what you're doing here... you've got it wrong!" Hiromitsu looked at Nikaido, approached him, stumbling a little in his steps. "It was..." he walked over to Taisuke, looked into his boyfriend's eyes. "It was an accident...between Yuuki and me. An accident!"

Hiromitsu took a deep breath, trying to keep upright since the painkillers were loosing effect. "And besides...that knife...was MINE! Kazuya...Kazuya didn't do anything wrong...but he took all the blame."

"What...?" Taisuke took a few steps towards Hiromitsu, not believing what he was hearing. What...what have they been doing all this time then?

Yara sighed. "Everything just turned complicated after some small thing..."

Taisuke turned to look at Kazuya, his mind reeling. "...Makoto-san? That piece of metal in Kazuya's glove? And Champ losing his life, how things turned out to be like this between us and Kazuya...that means it's all that person's fault?"

"We've all just been pawns in a far greater scheme..." Hiromitsu sighed.

Yara continued to speak, "Koki knew about this. That from the beginning, there wasn't any metal piece in Kazuya's glove." Taisuke turned to look at Yara in surprise. "Kazuya fought a fair fight with Koki," Yara went on. "And...nobody's at wrong! Even Makoto-san...she wanted to protect Koki's reputation, and to save her own child."

"Her own child?" Kazuya looked at Yara with a questioning glance.

"Kazuya, Koki's death wasn't meaningless. Yuuki's surgery was a success!" Yara said, "Koki's heart is beating within in Yuuki..."

Taisuke's eyes widened at the news. Yuuki, Yuuki was safe and alive! He glanced over at Hiromitsu and gave the other a small smile. He turned his head upwards, wondering if Koki was looking at them now.

"Maybe that was his plan all along," Yara commented. "Let's stop all these meaningless brawls! Even if we continue to do this, we won't be able to bring Koki back to life. He...Koki was...our best companion!"

Curling his hands into fists by his side, Taisuke tried to hold back his tears. Champ...we're sorry...

So with that...years of quarreling and fighting were put behind them. Leaning heavily onto Nikaido, Hiromitsu looked around. So...that probably meant he'd be able to call those people friends again?

He looked at Kazuya again and managed a small smile, "If you want to teach Yuuki some boxing...the gym's doors will always be open for you."

Though at the moment, Hiromitsu was to stay at the hospital until his body had properly adjusted to the blood loss and his injury healed enough for the doctors to let him go. But he didn't mind staying there since he could be close to Yuuki and the boy wouldn't be alone...after loosing his brother (since Kazuya still had things to do, like the movie and cleaning up the whole mess...and Yara and Rythprotion were going pretty strong as well...so that just left them).

It was shortly before visiting hours and Hiromitsu had made his way across the hall to Yuuki's room, sitting down next to the still sleeping boy, who was cradling the single, blue boxing glove in his arms. A sad smile crossing his face - they had buried the other one along with Champ of course - he ruffled the boy's hair, hoping, that Yuuki had good dreams...

Hearing the door open softly, Hiromitsu smiled and got up from his chair, holding his side - it still hurt, the knife had gone in pretty deep and he'd been lucky that it had missed any of his organs, really - and walked over to his boyfriend and the others. "He's still sleeping...but someone can stay here?" He held onto Taisuke though, wanting to talk to him...since they hadn't really gotten a chance to do so, yet.

Yokoo glanced at Hiromitsu’s hand that was holding on to Taisuke, then shared a look with Nikaido. "We'll both stay here."

Noticing the look Yokoo gave him, Taisuke smiled appreciatively before taking Hiromitsu's hand, tugging the other out of the room. "How are you doing, Hiro...?"

"I'm okay...just...still really weak and I get tired even more easily than usual..." Hiromitsu laughed - carefully as not to pull the stitches open, again. "...I'm sorry for causing you and the others so much trouble though...we were all such good 'puppets'..."

Taisuke quickly shook his head, his lips tugging a little downwards. "Don't apologize...no one...no one would have thought things would turn out that way...we were all blinded..." He tightened his grip on Hiromitsu's hand. To be honest, he still felt guilty, not believing how hot-headed he was, how rash he had been acting.

Looking around and making sure nobody saw them, Hiromitsu pulled the other down for a kiss. "Let's all just...leave that behind and move on. Ne?"

Pressing into the kiss, Taisuke then pulled back and nodded his head. "Un...I...I'm still sorry that I didn't listen to you properly though..." He bit down on his lip. "Sorry, Hiro..."

"We just said no 'sorry's anymore...ne?" he kissed Taisuke again.

"I know...but I just had to say it once..." Taisuke pressed his forehead against Hiromitsu's. "I won't say it again."

"It's alright..." Hiromitsu smiled. "Three more days and I'll be released from the hospital ne...you'll take care of the gym until then?"

Taisuke smiled back and nodded his head firmly. "Un, of course." He looked down at their intertwined fingers. "I miss you...I'll be waiting ne?"

"I miss you too, love..." Hiromitsu nuzzled Taisuke gently.

Nuzzling back, Taisuke just smiled softly, enjoying the moment of being with Hiromitsu.

So...it looked like the story would have a happy end after all? Just like those cheesy movies. Then again, Hiromitsu mused, this had all been for a movie...hadn't it? The thing that had started it all. They'd have to make sure to go and watch it once it's finished. Surely they'd get free tickets?

And surely...one day...Yuuki would follow in his brother's footsteps? Hiromitsu would also make sure to watch over the boy while he did so.

But of course his top priority...would be to make sure Taisuke was happy.

"Let's lie down together a little before going to check on Yuuki? Knowing him...he won't wake up before it's late afternoon anyway. So...about one more hour~" he smiled and tugged his boyfriend over to the hospital bed.

Giggling softly, Taisuke nodded his head. "Un...ii yo~"

Once they were both on the bed, Taisuke snuggled close to his boyfriend, sighing contently. It had been too long (only a few days, but still too long) since he had been in Hiromitsu's arms. He was glad that everything was over now, that the endless meaningless fights won't happen again. That would definitely make Yuuki happy, wouldn't it? He wanted to see the boy smile more, all the time. He wanted to see all of them smiling because then, Koki will definitely smile down at them too, right?

Just before he drifted off to sleep, or maybe he was already asleep and what he was seeing was a dream, Taisuke saw Yuuki all grown up, standing on top of the ring, punching in his fist into the air. Yuuki who followed Koki's footsteps and became a real champion...while all of them were standing at the ring side, smiling at the boy...

Author's Note: We wrote this...last year haha. Olddddd. Around April maybe? There was no real reason for us to write this, and if it wasn't for the actual DB plot, you can call this an AU PWP maybe lol. Taisuke's hand was close to Hiro's butt in the DVD, so I guess we couldn't resist, haha. 8D;

I...don't know what else to say. Our last collab posted more than a year ago, lol. Uwah...time passes by so quickly. And I still haven't improved on my title-giving skills. Just as cheesy and bad. Not to mention it took forever to come up with a title.

Comments are love and appreciated~ ♥