[multichapter] Baby Blue part 3 Chapter 15
Title: Baby Blue: Part 3: Chapter 15
Pairing: JunDa
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1250
Disclaimer: All people mentioned belong only to themselves...aside from JunDa who clearly belong to each other.
Summary: In the fairy tales they fall in love and live happily ever after...but this isn't a fairy tale. How are two people, madly in love, supposed to stay away from each other?
17th May 2013
Ueda had hoped that once the concerts started things would be easier, or that Taguchi would have less chance to meet up with that little whore of his at least. But of course he'd forgotten that Taguchi was still filming for his drama, and so they had plenty of time together. At least he never brought her to the rehearsals, at least Ueda didn't have to be in the same room with them together.
“Hey guys” Taguchi started tentatively as they prepared to go on stage. “I just wanted to let you know that Mayu-chan is coming tonight...to see the concert, I mean...and then maybe to come out for a meal with us after?”
Ueda's eyes narrowed but before he had chance to say anything, Maru piped up “Don't be a dick.”
“I wasn't trying to...just she likes us and she thought it would be nice...what was I supposed to say?”
“How about 'no'?” Koki retorted.
“Koki~” Taguchi whined, but Koki was shaking his head.
“Tell her it's like a group ritual or something and that she can come to the concert but going out afterwards isn't on...”
“Guys, it's just this one night...” he whined again, glancing around the room at them, his eyes settling on Ueda “How bad can it be?”
Ueda hadn't even noticed how tightly he'd been gripping the pen in his hand until it snapped, clattering in pieces onto the make-up counter. All eyes turned to him for a moment, and then back to Taguchi who had a slightly guilty look on his face.
“It's fine” Ueda almost whispered, his lips tight. “Let her come, it's fine.”
Taguchi's face lit up a little but Ueda flinched as he took a step closer, backing away.
“It's not fine.” Kame spoke up at last, his voice low and authoritative. “It's good that you're making new friends or whatever...and she seems like a nice enough girl but she's not welcome here.”
Taguchi's face darkened a little again and he muttered “Ass-holes” under his breath before grabbing his phone and leaving the room.
“Thank you” Ueda said quietly once the air settled again. But Kame just laughed and pulled him into a quick, light hug.
Taguchi reappeared just a few minutes before they were due on stage, he didn't say anything, but pulled them all into a big group hug before stepping back enough for them to form their circle.
“So Taguchi” Koki started once they'd reached the MC. “You're in a drama right?”
“That's right” Taguchi smiled back before launching into his shameless promotion.
“I've been watching it you know” Koki added onto it, and Taguchi looked mildly surprised as he answered
“You really watched it?”
It was just an act of course, it was the sixth show already and they'd talked about this at every one so far.
“I did...” Koki replied to a round of screams from the fans.
“I watched it too” Kame interjected, “Well a bit of it...I recorded it on my TV box, but I only saw a little so far...”
“What about Nakamaru?” Taguchi said, turning to him with a pout “Did you watch my drama?”
“Absolutely not!” Maru replied and the audience burst into laughter at the expression on Taguchi's face. “Watching Taguchi in a romance drama is disgusting, there are some things I don't need to see thank you...”
Ueda laughed along with the others, nodding and adding in little comments like “Exactly” or “Disgusting, right?” to have his input on the topic while not having to be directly asked.
It was a nice thing for Maru to do, taking the heat off of him that way, but he'd been surprised the first night when the conversation had gone that way since he knew for a fact that Maru had been watching the drama. When he'd confronted him about his lie though, Maru had just winked and informed him there were some things too embarrassing to admit to.
The show went well, as all the others had, but Ueda and Taguchi still kept their distance and tried to avoid physical contact as much as possible. When they did have to interact, Ueda felt as though it was forced and awkward, but he hoped that the audience wouldn't notice.
They were back in the dressing room after the show, each of them in different states of dressing and showering, when a quiet knock sounded on the frame of the open door.
They all turned their heads just at the same time, and timid voice said “You guys were awesome”, just as the heads turned back around to fix on Taguchi.
“Mayu-chan!” Taguchi grinned, though Ueda didn't miss the nervous way he swallowed. “Come in, I'll just be a few minutes OK?” and Mayuko nodded, coming to perch on the side of the sofa beside Kame as Taguchi gathered up his things. “Koki...could you take my bag back to the hotel?”
Koki raised an eyebrow, but nodded anyway. And then Taguchi picked up his beany, pulling it roughly onto his head before leading Mayuko from the room.
There was a stony silence for a few moments and then Kame spoke up “What a jerk. Did he just ditch us?”
“What an ass” Koki added, and Maru agreed.
But Ueda couldn't think of a way to put into words what his feelings were. He felt like his blood was boiling beneath his skin, but at the same time he felt cold, drained of all warmth the moment he saw her face.
“Let's just go...” Ueda snorted, grabbing his own hat and shoving it onto his head.
“Hey, let's go eat first...” Kame insisted “We've all used a lot of energy tonight, we need something nice and filling to give us it all back.”
“I'm not hungry” Ueda replied.
“I don't care...you're already skinny enough, you need some meat on your bones.” Maru butted in, and Ueda bit back a retort about Maru's own figure.
But with a sigh, he admitted defeat, there was no way he could argue his point against all of them.
He sat quietly as the others ate, just picking at his food, it wasn't that he wasn't hungry, rather that his throat felt thick with the emotions bubbling up inside him and he felt like he couldn't swallow.
Taguchi had actually gone with her. He'd abandoned his band-mates to go with her instead. Sure he go to see his band-mates almost every day, but while he was working on the drama he was with her almost constantly too, and now he'd had to choose, and he chose her.
He put down his chopsticks rather more angrily than he'd intended, and found three pairs of eyes looking at him concerned.
“What?” he snapped.
“Tacchan...” Kame started. But Ueda's challenging glare shut him up.
“It's OK for you to be upset...if I were in your shoes I know I would be...” Maru tried instead.
“And us too, I mean he always comes out to eat with us...this is like ritual...how can he just pretend it doesn't matter and go off with her instead? Isn't it kind of like betraying us?” Koki added.
Betrayal? Yeah that was it, that was how Ueda felt, he felt betrayed, rejected, crushed even. He'd thought he was the love of Taguchi's life and now he's lucky if Taguchi will even look at him, but he'll blow off his oldest friends to be with her.
And he says he doesn't even care about her.
Chapter 14 | Chapter 16
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I'm sorry for making Taguchi into even more of a jerk >_< *hides*
Pairing: JunDa
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1250
Disclaimer: All people mentioned belong only to themselves...aside from JunDa who clearly belong to each other.
Summary: In the fairy tales they fall in love and live happily ever after...but this isn't a fairy tale. How are two people, madly in love, supposed to stay away from each other?
17th May 2013
Ueda had hoped that once the concerts started things would be easier, or that Taguchi would have less chance to meet up with that little whore of his at least. But of course he'd forgotten that Taguchi was still filming for his drama, and so they had plenty of time together. At least he never brought her to the rehearsals, at least Ueda didn't have to be in the same room with them together.
“Hey guys” Taguchi started tentatively as they prepared to go on stage. “I just wanted to let you know that Mayu-chan is coming tonight...to see the concert, I mean...and then maybe to come out for a meal with us after?”
Ueda's eyes narrowed but before he had chance to say anything, Maru piped up “Don't be a dick.”
“I wasn't trying to...just she likes us and she thought it would be nice...what was I supposed to say?”
“How about 'no'?” Koki retorted.
“Koki~” Taguchi whined, but Koki was shaking his head.
“Tell her it's like a group ritual or something and that she can come to the concert but going out afterwards isn't on...”
“Guys, it's just this one night...” he whined again, glancing around the room at them, his eyes settling on Ueda “How bad can it be?”
Ueda hadn't even noticed how tightly he'd been gripping the pen in his hand until it snapped, clattering in pieces onto the make-up counter. All eyes turned to him for a moment, and then back to Taguchi who had a slightly guilty look on his face.
“It's fine” Ueda almost whispered, his lips tight. “Let her come, it's fine.”
Taguchi's face lit up a little but Ueda flinched as he took a step closer, backing away.
“It's not fine.” Kame spoke up at last, his voice low and authoritative. “It's good that you're making new friends or whatever...and she seems like a nice enough girl but she's not welcome here.”
Taguchi's face darkened a little again and he muttered “Ass-holes” under his breath before grabbing his phone and leaving the room.
“Thank you” Ueda said quietly once the air settled again. But Kame just laughed and pulled him into a quick, light hug.
Taguchi reappeared just a few minutes before they were due on stage, he didn't say anything, but pulled them all into a big group hug before stepping back enough for them to form their circle.
“So Taguchi” Koki started once they'd reached the MC. “You're in a drama right?”
“That's right” Taguchi smiled back before launching into his shameless promotion.
“I've been watching it you know” Koki added onto it, and Taguchi looked mildly surprised as he answered
“You really watched it?”
It was just an act of course, it was the sixth show already and they'd talked about this at every one so far.
“I did...” Koki replied to a round of screams from the fans.
“I watched it too” Kame interjected, “Well a bit of it...I recorded it on my TV box, but I only saw a little so far...”
“What about Nakamaru?” Taguchi said, turning to him with a pout “Did you watch my drama?”
“Absolutely not!” Maru replied and the audience burst into laughter at the expression on Taguchi's face. “Watching Taguchi in a romance drama is disgusting, there are some things I don't need to see thank you...”
Ueda laughed along with the others, nodding and adding in little comments like “Exactly” or “Disgusting, right?” to have his input on the topic while not having to be directly asked.
It was a nice thing for Maru to do, taking the heat off of him that way, but he'd been surprised the first night when the conversation had gone that way since he knew for a fact that Maru had been watching the drama. When he'd confronted him about his lie though, Maru had just winked and informed him there were some things too embarrassing to admit to.
The show went well, as all the others had, but Ueda and Taguchi still kept their distance and tried to avoid physical contact as much as possible. When they did have to interact, Ueda felt as though it was forced and awkward, but he hoped that the audience wouldn't notice.
They were back in the dressing room after the show, each of them in different states of dressing and showering, when a quiet knock sounded on the frame of the open door.
They all turned their heads just at the same time, and timid voice said “You guys were awesome”, just as the heads turned back around to fix on Taguchi.
“Mayu-chan!” Taguchi grinned, though Ueda didn't miss the nervous way he swallowed. “Come in, I'll just be a few minutes OK?” and Mayuko nodded, coming to perch on the side of the sofa beside Kame as Taguchi gathered up his things. “Koki...could you take my bag back to the hotel?”
Koki raised an eyebrow, but nodded anyway. And then Taguchi picked up his beany, pulling it roughly onto his head before leading Mayuko from the room.
There was a stony silence for a few moments and then Kame spoke up “What a jerk. Did he just ditch us?”
“What an ass” Koki added, and Maru agreed.
But Ueda couldn't think of a way to put into words what his feelings were. He felt like his blood was boiling beneath his skin, but at the same time he felt cold, drained of all warmth the moment he saw her face.
“Let's just go...” Ueda snorted, grabbing his own hat and shoving it onto his head.
“Hey, let's go eat first...” Kame insisted “We've all used a lot of energy tonight, we need something nice and filling to give us it all back.”
“I'm not hungry” Ueda replied.
“I don't care...you're already skinny enough, you need some meat on your bones.” Maru butted in, and Ueda bit back a retort about Maru's own figure.
But with a sigh, he admitted defeat, there was no way he could argue his point against all of them.
He sat quietly as the others ate, just picking at his food, it wasn't that he wasn't hungry, rather that his throat felt thick with the emotions bubbling up inside him and he felt like he couldn't swallow.
Taguchi had actually gone with her. He'd abandoned his band-mates to go with her instead. Sure he go to see his band-mates almost every day, but while he was working on the drama he was with her almost constantly too, and now he'd had to choose, and he chose her.
He put down his chopsticks rather more angrily than he'd intended, and found three pairs of eyes looking at him concerned.
“What?” he snapped.
“Tacchan...” Kame started. But Ueda's challenging glare shut him up.
“It's OK for you to be upset...if I were in your shoes I know I would be...” Maru tried instead.
“And us too, I mean he always comes out to eat with us...this is like ritual...how can he just pretend it doesn't matter and go off with her instead? Isn't it kind of like betraying us?” Koki added.
Betrayal? Yeah that was it, that was how Ueda felt, he felt betrayed, rejected, crushed even. He'd thought he was the love of Taguchi's life and now he's lucky if Taguchi will even look at him, but he'll blow off his oldest friends to be with her.
And he says he doesn't even care about her.
Chapter 14 | Chapter 16
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I'm sorry for making Taguchi into even more of a jerk >_< *hides*