SHEER PERFECTION/ Quote 5
Title : Sheer Perfection
Chapter(s) : 05/13
Author : tigerxbutterfly
Rating : PG ~ NC-17
Genre : AU, Drama, Romance.
Band(s) : A9 (alice nine.)
Warning(s) : Cavities.
Pairing(s) : ToraSaga, YOUxGACKT, ShouPon
Disclaimer : If they were mine, I'd prefer to make a movie.
Summary : Tora had always thought that the full bloom of the Cherry Blossoms were the most beautiful view in his life but everything changes when a substitute lecturer decides to take over his class. Please forgive me for the poor summary
Comments : Heavily inspired by the song entitled 'Sempurna' by Andra and The Backbone and by this picture of ToSa.
V
"You always sooth me with your gentle words and successfully erase my pain."
The sound of a playing piano was heard from the music room and the source of the sound was coming from a certain pianist, sitting on the piano stool, eyes narrowed in concentration as he pressed the keys rather hurriedly. Saga then stopped when he felt that the melody wasn’t right. He tried to play again, trying to match the melody with the chorus that he had come up earlier. After a few more attempts and edits, it still doesn’t sound right. The young pianist banged on the keys as he yelled out his anger out of frustration.
“Damn it! What the hell is wrong with me? Why can’t I get the melody, right? What the hell am I lacking?!” He shouted, banging on the keys with each sentences.
Saga sighed heavily and threw his head to the keys, not caring about the pain at all. He had been here for almost two hours and couldn’t even come up with a single melody that will go well with the chorus. He knew that there was something lacking within him but he didn’t know what it was. Or maybe it was just because that he’s panicking due to finals getting near and he was nowhere near done.
“You know...”
He jumped and lifted his head abruptly when he heard someone talking behind him then turned to the culprit as he breathed heavily out of shock.
“....the sound can be heard down until the campus ground.”
Saga scowled and hit the said culprit in the stomach angrily.
“Fuck you, Tora!”
Tora just laughed at Saga’s annoyance because he found it too cute seeing the younger man’s expression. The pianist ignored him then turned back to the keys. Tora took the chance to sit beside his friend, facing the room instead of the piano so the two of them were face to face.
“What are you doing here? It’s 7 and your class ended two hours ago.” Saga asked without looking at the man as he tried to think again.
“Finishing the project for finals with Shou as usual. The professor finally approved our final draft so now we can complete it.” Tora answered as he leaned his elbows into the keys, reclining against the piano.
“How did you even know that it was me in the music room?”
“Your piano playing... I don’t know I kinda memorized by now.” Tora answered as he shrugged, looking up at Saga’s concentrated look. “It’s not going well...huh?”
Saga sighed loudly and shook his head. “I’ve been here for a while and I can’t even think up of a single melody for the chorus.” He then put his fingers on the keys again and started playing random melodies as he started to babble in pure frustration. “Finals is coming in a week and I’m nowhere near done. What if I can’t finish this in time? What if I have to repeat another semester and can’t complete my studies within the standard time? What if-”
“Saga!” Tora shouted as he sat up again and placed a hand on top of Saga’s.
Saga stopped then, breathing heavily and felt his whole body shaking in fear. Tora shifted closer and took the other’s hand with both of his hands, rubbing it soothingly in hopes of calming the younger man down.
“Take it easy... Getting frustrated won’t get you anywhere. Take a deep breath and exhale. Calm down...” The movie student said with a soothing tone.
The pianist did as he was told; closing his eyes and took a deep breath, then exhaled. Saga kept on repeating this while Tora continued to calm him with soothing words. After a few minutes, the younger man was finally calmed and he finally turned to his friend.
“Thanks, Tora... I’m feeling better now.”
Tora smiled. “Good. You have to calm down, Saga. Maybe you can’t think up of a melody because you’re too stressed. Take a break and refresh your mind.” He said, still with the same soothing tone.
Saga finally smiled and nodded. “Yeah... Maybe I should do that.”
“You should.” Tora commanded sternly which made the younger man laugh.
The elder man finally let go of Saga’s hand and stood up from the piano bench, putting a hand on Saga’s shoulder.
“Let’s go home then. You need your break. Maybe we can eat pizza for dinner.”
Saga’s ears perked up at the word ‘pizza’ and immediately turned to the other man with sparkling eyes.
“Yes, please! I haven’t eaten since lunch!”
“What?!”
Saga grinned, feeling guilty. “Yeah... I just realize it now that I’m hungry.” He scratched his head sheepishly.
Tora sighed exasperatedly. “Well don’t just sit there! Let’s go eat!”
“Yes, sir!”
Tora laughed at Saga’s response and soon Saga stood up from the bench, closed the piano and proceeding to clear up his things. When he was done, he followed Tora to the door, face adorned with a smile of pure ecstasy.
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“Saga! Slow down! You’re going to choke yourself if you continue to eat like that!” Tora chided as he took Saga’s hand to prevent the man from eating.
“Hey!” Saga protested and tried to let go of himself from Tora’s grasp. “It’s fine, Tora. I always eat like this. I thought you should know that by now.”
“I know you eat fast but this is different. You’re eating like a madman.” Tora said, finally letting go of the younger man’s wrist. “We’re not in a rush, Sagacchi, so take your time.”
“Okay! Okay!” Saga huffed. “And since when did I let you call my name as you like?”
It was supposed to be a rhetorical question but Tora answered it, anyway.
“It fits you.”
Saga rolled his eyes and stared at the man with narrow eyes. “Then I get to choose too, Torashi.”
“shi? Seriously?” Tora said with an amused smile.
“Yes, because you sometimes act like an old man.” Saga snickered at his own words.
“I do not!”
Tora’s response just made Saga snicker even louder and the elder man just gave him a glare. The pianist continued eating his pizza then, slower this time since he didn’t want Tora to scold him again. Tora just chuckled and continued eating as well.
“I’m still amazed that you can eat a whole pizza by yourself without getting fat. I’m jealous.” He spoke again after gulping his glass of water.
“Really? You don’t think I’m fat?”
Tora shook his head because it was true. They have been frequently eating pizza together and every time they do, Saga always ordered one whole pizza for himself and still stayed the same.
“No. You’re skinny but I guess it’s proportional with your height and all.”
“Gee thanks, Tora. You’re not bad yourself. I mean, you’re well-built and I’ve always wanted to have muscles but my body just won’t cooperate.”
“Don’t worry, Sagacchi. You’re perfect just the way you are.”
For some reason, Tora’s last words made Saga’s heart skip a beat and he didn’t know why. Was it because of the sincere smile Tora gave while saying that? Or was it because of something else? Saga didn’t want to think so ahead of himself because Tora was a nice person. He’d compliment anyone because he was so brutally honest so why did he suddenly feel this way?
The pianist didn’t realize that he had gone quiet after Tora said that and he only realized when he saw Tora’s smile slowly turning into a frown. Saga was about to say something when his phone suddenly vibrated loudly on the table, making the two jump out of their seats in surprise. Saga cursed and looked at the screen. It was a message, and with Tora’s permission, he opened it.
“Oh, it’s Kimisawa-sensei.” Saga informed and read the message. “It seems that he can’t make it for his morning class on Wednesday so I have to fill in.”
“Yes!” Tora said in triumph.
Saga just chuckled. “Why are you so happy? I thought you like his lecture.”
“Yeah, but honestly speaking? I like your lecturing better. Short but easy to understand.”
“It’s because this course is synching instrumental songs with the movie so I understand a little at least.”
“Yoroshiku onegaishimasu, sensei ~” Tora sing-songed playfully.
Saga just shook his head at his friend’s behavior. Tora just grinned and continued eating his last slice of his pizza. Saga smiled softly as he watched and thought that he really does like spending his time with Tora.
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Tora put down his pen as he looked up again to hear his professor’s lecture. His smile never left his face since his class started because the professor that was lecturing them now was none other than his crush itself. Yes, Tora finally admitted that this feeling he was bearing was love. He was in love with Sakamoto Takashi a.k.a Saga. He knew that he had taken an interest with Saga from the very first but now that he had learned more about the younger man, his interest became bigger and finally realized that he was in love with his professor’s assistant.
His train of thoughts was interrupted then when Saga suddenly called his name to answer a question he had just been asked. Tora answered it without difficulty because he had been listening to the lecture.
Through the whole lesson, Tora’s smile never faded and by the end of the class, he immediately received a punch on his arm by none other than his best friend.
“Didn’t you realize how creepy you looked during the whole lecture?” Shou said with a laugh.
“Really...?”
“Yeah. I was worried you were possessed or something.”
Tora shrugged. “I’m happy. Can’t I express it?”
“Yeah, yeah, because it’s Saga. You really have fallen deep for him, huh?”
“I am…am I?”
Shou gave him a smirk then at his confession and made the said man blush. Tora averted his gaze then and realized that the whole class was gone now but Saga was still there at the table, archiving their assignments. He grinned at Shou and stood up from his seat to approach his professor.
“Sensei ~”
Saga looked up from archiving the papers and was greeted by Tora’s grin.
“Yes, Amano-san?” He asked with exasperated fondness.
“Are you free after this?”
Saga narrowed his eyebrows, thinking thoroughly. “I have a consultation for my composition and after that; I need to hand over these assignments to Kimisawa-sensei. Why?”
“He wants to ask you out on a date, Sensei.” Shou chirped in with a teasing tone.
Tora just glared at the other man, earning a laugh from Saga.
“I thought you have another class after this?” Saga asked.
“Well...yeah... How about lunch? Let’s have lunch together?”
“Sure. I’ll contact you then when I’m done with my business.” Saga laughed at his last word.
Tora beamed. “Alright! See you later then, Sagacchi!” He said before turning and ran, exiting the classroom.
Saga just laughed and saw that Shou was still there with him.
“You guys have nicknames now, huh?” Shou said as he smiled amusedly.
“He started it.” Saga responded with a soft smile.
“I guess he really does like you, sensei. I hope for the best for both of you.”
Saga stared at the other man confusedly. “What do you mean?”
Shou was about to talk again when Tora suddenly called his name from the door.
“C’mon Shou!” Tora shouted.
Shou just shook his head and started to walk towards his best friend. He turned again to Saga and waved. “See you then, Sensei!” He turned back again to Tora and hit the other man’s shoulder. “Why the hell are you telling me to come with you? We’re not even in the same class, baka!”
Saga just stared at them with a smile until they were away from the classroom. He sighed then and looked down at the papers. His mind was still wondering what Shou had meant because he sounded serious. Maybe he can ask again the next time they meet.
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Tora stretched his arms upward as he walked towards the campus garden. Today’s practical lecture was tiring for him because he had to sample his soon-to-be finished project. The course itself was worth 4 credits so it was four hours long (with a 20 minute break, of course). He was glad though that this was the last course for this semester but then again, the sad part was that he might not get his favorite lecturer again.
The movie student stopped for a moment to look if there was an empty seat for him to wait for Saga. His phone suddenly vibrated then, a message from the devil itself. It read that Saga was going to be a few minutes late because Kimisawa-sensei just arrived at the campus. Tora replied then and looked up again to see two familiar boys sitting on a table. Tora grinned and approached them.
“Hey lovers! Mind if I join you?” He greeted with a grin, his voice cheerful, resulting the two boys startled in surprise.
“Tora! Can’t you see that we’re alone?” Shou scolded.
Tora just pouted and Shou’s lover laughed at that.
“Of course we don’t mind, Tora. Come, join us.” The freshman said as he got up to sit beside Shou instead.
“See, Shou? Why can’t you be as tolerating and sweet as Hiroto?” Tora said as he sat opposite of the couple.
“Whatever. What are you doing here, anyway? I thought you were supposed to be somewhere else with a certain someone.” Shou said again as he raised an eyebrow.
“He’ll be a little late that’s why I’m waiting for him.” Tora responded with a smile.
“Ah, so it’s true that you like Saga.” Hiroto said amusedly, making the person across him flustered.
“Wait, what? W-Who told you that?!” Tora said rather unmanly as he stared at Hiroto with wide eyes.
Shou faked a whistle when Tora’s gaze fell to him, feeling betrayed and Hiroto just giggled.
“You traitor!” He accused.
“Hey! Hiroto is my boyfriend and I tell him everything.” The brown-haired man defended.
“But there are things that are just between your best friend, jerk!” Tora peeved.
“Guys! Don’t fight! And Tora, there’s nothing to be embarrassed about! I promise I won’t tell Saga.” Hiroto said, a smile gracing on his boyish face as he tried to calm down the situation.
Being Shou’s lover since high school, Hiroto knew about Tora’s recent relationship. It was a bad break-up and he remembered how the elder man despised about falling in love. Maybe he didn’t want Hiroto to know because he was wanted to keep his ego but Hiroto really didn’t take Tora’s words seriously about the whole ordeal so he was actually happy that Tora had open up to someone again.
“Whatever man. Now that you know, I can’t do anything about it.” Tora said in defeat, sighing heavily.
“Honestly, I’ve been suspecting it. Even Nao. You’re one obvious guy, Tora. I still can’t believe that Saga hasn’t notice it until now!” The younger of the two laughed at the pianist’s obliviousness.
“Am I? I thought I acted normally like a best friend would...” Tora frowned as he said it.
“Nope. Especially on Saga’s birthday. Didn’t you notice you were acting too fucking sweet to him?” Hiroto giggled as he remembered how Tora was during Saga’s birthday just 5 days ago.
Apparently, Shou laughed along as he too, came to remember it. “I gotta admit, Tora. You never act that sweet with your previous lovers so I’m assuming Saga really is special.”
Tora growled out of embarrassment. “Stop it, you two! I do like him very much, okay? Now stop bullying me!”
The lovers kept laughing though until Tora really glared at them did they stop. Hiroto smiled softly then.
“That’s really sweet of you to still love him even though he might not be able to love you back.”
“Wait, what?!” Tora and Shou both shouted in unison, looking at the photographer with wide eyes.
Hiroto was surprised as well, staring at them confusedly. “Wait, you guys don’t know about it?”
“‘About it?’ What ‘about it’?”
Shou was the one who asked and Tora just stared at Hiroto confusedly indicating that he was has the same question as Shou’s.
“Seriously, Tora? Saga never told you the reason why he became the professor’s assistant even though you guys are so close now?” Hiroto was shocked now.
Tora frowned. “Well... He did tell me the first time he met. That he volunteered to be a professor’s assistant.”
“That’s it?”
“That’s it.”
The atmosphere became silent then. Hiroto frowned as he thinks deeply. Tora and Shou just stared at each other confusedly. Shou nodded then and circled an arm around his boyfriend’s shoulder.
“Pon... Is there something that you’re hiding...?” Shou asked softly.
Hiroto looked up then. “I... Well...” He trailed and bit his lower lip nervously.
“Please tell me, Hiroto... I promise I won’t tell Saga...” Tora begged softly as he clasped his hands together on the table, looking at Hiroto seriously.
Hiroto sighed and nodded. “Well... I didn’t know it directly from Saga but...”
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Saga smiled when he spotted his professor sitting on his desk in the lecturers’ room. He bowed to other professors passing by him and stopped right before Kimisawa-sensei when the said professor turned his seat.
“Ah, Sakamoto. Thank you for bringing in my pupils’ assignments.” The professor said as he took the papers from Saga’s offered hand.
Saga just nodded at the handsome professor with a smile and was about to excuse himself when the professor called him again.
“I’m going to photocopy these assignments and would like to ask your help to carry the copies for me afterwards...”
“Oh...sure...”
Saga said timidly as his mind was multi-tasking. He was thinking of Tora because he didn’t want the other to wait too long. But copying these files won’t be long, would it?
The professor smiled and started to walk out of the room then Saga followed, bowing slightly again at the professors passing by. They went to the photocopy room and found it empty. Saga mentally sighed in relief because then he didn’t have to stay long. Other than worrying about Tora waiting too long for him, he was also actually hungry and cannot wait to eat the lunch box take out near their campus.
Saga watched as Kimisawa-sensei was busy with the photocopy machine. When the said machine finally began to do its work, the professor smiled and turned to look at his assistant.
“So, how is your composition going?” He asked as he leaned against the wall opposite the copy machine.
“It’s going well. I receive some help occasionally from a friend.” The pianist answered in a soft tone.
Kimisawa noticed the little soft smile creeping its way on Saga’s face though when he saw the other answering him.
“Ah, a very special friend, I assume?”
Saga didn’t know why he blushed at the next question, causing him to fluster as he answered his professor. “N-No... Just good friends. Really good friend.”
Kimisawa smirked. “Who is it then? Someone I know?”
Saga laughed nervously. “Ah well... maybe you do, maybe you don’t...”
The professor chuckled and crossed his arms. “Ck. Hiding things from me now, huh? I guess you really have grown up now. You used to tell me everything. But I guess now you have your own life now, huh, Takashi? You don’t need to depend on me anymore. But I like how you had become, mature and talented.”
Saga was quite taken aback at the call of his first name. He stared at his professor; brows narrowed in confusion.
“What do you mean...?”
They were surrounded by heavy silent atmosphere then as they both stared at each other. After a while, Kimisawa sighed heavily then, a smile adorning his lips as he adjusted his glasses before looking at the younger man again, serious this time.
“Takashi. There’s something that I’ve been meaning to tell you, for a long time now but I never get the chance because I didn’t want you to think otherwise of me. I have watched you for a long time now and I mean it when I said I like how you have become. You’ve always impressed me ever since I start teaching you about the world. You’re an amazing and wonderful person and I’m happy for witnessing it but because of that also make me hard for me to be near you sometimes.” The professor started to walk closer to Saga as he continued. “I guess now it’s the time that you know the truth about everything because now you’re old enough...”
At this point, Kimisawa was only an inch away from Saga and the pianist could only stare at his professor as he felt a hand touching his cheek. His eyes widened in surprise as he heard the next words, mouth open and body froze as he tried to grasp on what was going on. Meanwhile, in another side of the campus, someone was in the same state as the said person heard what his friend just told him. Heart beating so fast as if he can almost feel that his heart was going to break out of his rib cage and he was struggling to breath.
And there was only one word that crossed his mind.
Nightmare.
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Finally got the time to update! The drama is getting there and it will be a bit longer for the three chapters ahead so please look forward to it! And I would like to info just a bit, cause this is an old fic, A9's image here is around the time when Hiroto was still blonde. Just not to confuse you readers XD
As always, comments are always appreciated and the source of my will, thanks! ^___^
Chapter(s) : 05/13
Author : tigerxbutterfly
Rating : PG ~ NC-17
Genre : AU, Drama, Romance.
Band(s) : A9 (alice nine.)
Warning(s) : Cavities.
Pairing(s) : ToraSaga, YOUxGACKT, ShouPon
Disclaimer : If they were mine, I'd prefer to make a movie.
Summary : Tora had always thought that the full bloom of the Cherry Blossoms were the most beautiful view in his life but everything changes when a substitute lecturer decides to take over his class. Please forgive me for the poor summary
Comments : Heavily inspired by the song entitled 'Sempurna' by Andra and The Backbone and by this picture of ToSa.
V
"You always sooth me with your gentle words and successfully erase my pain."
The sound of a playing piano was heard from the music room and the source of the sound was coming from a certain pianist, sitting on the piano stool, eyes narrowed in concentration as he pressed the keys rather hurriedly. Saga then stopped when he felt that the melody wasn’t right. He tried to play again, trying to match the melody with the chorus that he had come up earlier. After a few more attempts and edits, it still doesn’t sound right. The young pianist banged on the keys as he yelled out his anger out of frustration.
“Damn it! What the hell is wrong with me? Why can’t I get the melody, right? What the hell am I lacking?!” He shouted, banging on the keys with each sentences.
Saga sighed heavily and threw his head to the keys, not caring about the pain at all. He had been here for almost two hours and couldn’t even come up with a single melody that will go well with the chorus. He knew that there was something lacking within him but he didn’t know what it was. Or maybe it was just because that he’s panicking due to finals getting near and he was nowhere near done.
“You know...”
He jumped and lifted his head abruptly when he heard someone talking behind him then turned to the culprit as he breathed heavily out of shock.
“....the sound can be heard down until the campus ground.”
Saga scowled and hit the said culprit in the stomach angrily.
“Fuck you, Tora!”
Tora just laughed at Saga’s annoyance because he found it too cute seeing the younger man’s expression. The pianist ignored him then turned back to the keys. Tora took the chance to sit beside his friend, facing the room instead of the piano so the two of them were face to face.
“What are you doing here? It’s 7 and your class ended two hours ago.” Saga asked without looking at the man as he tried to think again.
“Finishing the project for finals with Shou as usual. The professor finally approved our final draft so now we can complete it.” Tora answered as he leaned his elbows into the keys, reclining against the piano.
“How did you even know that it was me in the music room?”
“Your piano playing... I don’t know I kinda memorized by now.” Tora answered as he shrugged, looking up at Saga’s concentrated look. “It’s not going well...huh?”
Saga sighed loudly and shook his head. “I’ve been here for a while and I can’t even think up of a single melody for the chorus.” He then put his fingers on the keys again and started playing random melodies as he started to babble in pure frustration. “Finals is coming in a week and I’m nowhere near done. What if I can’t finish this in time? What if I have to repeat another semester and can’t complete my studies within the standard time? What if-”
“Saga!” Tora shouted as he sat up again and placed a hand on top of Saga’s.
Saga stopped then, breathing heavily and felt his whole body shaking in fear. Tora shifted closer and took the other’s hand with both of his hands, rubbing it soothingly in hopes of calming the younger man down.
“Take it easy... Getting frustrated won’t get you anywhere. Take a deep breath and exhale. Calm down...” The movie student said with a soothing tone.
The pianist did as he was told; closing his eyes and took a deep breath, then exhaled. Saga kept on repeating this while Tora continued to calm him with soothing words. After a few minutes, the younger man was finally calmed and he finally turned to his friend.
“Thanks, Tora... I’m feeling better now.”
Tora smiled. “Good. You have to calm down, Saga. Maybe you can’t think up of a melody because you’re too stressed. Take a break and refresh your mind.” He said, still with the same soothing tone.
Saga finally smiled and nodded. “Yeah... Maybe I should do that.”
“You should.” Tora commanded sternly which made the younger man laugh.
The elder man finally let go of Saga’s hand and stood up from the piano bench, putting a hand on Saga’s shoulder.
“Let’s go home then. You need your break. Maybe we can eat pizza for dinner.”
Saga’s ears perked up at the word ‘pizza’ and immediately turned to the other man with sparkling eyes.
“Yes, please! I haven’t eaten since lunch!”
“What?!”
Saga grinned, feeling guilty. “Yeah... I just realize it now that I’m hungry.” He scratched his head sheepishly.
Tora sighed exasperatedly. “Well don’t just sit there! Let’s go eat!”
“Yes, sir!”
Tora laughed at Saga’s response and soon Saga stood up from the bench, closed the piano and proceeding to clear up his things. When he was done, he followed Tora to the door, face adorned with a smile of pure ecstasy.
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“Saga! Slow down! You’re going to choke yourself if you continue to eat like that!” Tora chided as he took Saga’s hand to prevent the man from eating.
“Hey!” Saga protested and tried to let go of himself from Tora’s grasp. “It’s fine, Tora. I always eat like this. I thought you should know that by now.”
“I know you eat fast but this is different. You’re eating like a madman.” Tora said, finally letting go of the younger man’s wrist. “We’re not in a rush, Sagacchi, so take your time.”
“Okay! Okay!” Saga huffed. “And since when did I let you call my name as you like?”
It was supposed to be a rhetorical question but Tora answered it, anyway.
“It fits you.”
Saga rolled his eyes and stared at the man with narrow eyes. “Then I get to choose too, Torashi.”
“shi? Seriously?” Tora said with an amused smile.
“Yes, because you sometimes act like an old man.” Saga snickered at his own words.
“I do not!”
Tora’s response just made Saga snicker even louder and the elder man just gave him a glare. The pianist continued eating his pizza then, slower this time since he didn’t want Tora to scold him again. Tora just chuckled and continued eating as well.
“I’m still amazed that you can eat a whole pizza by yourself without getting fat. I’m jealous.” He spoke again after gulping his glass of water.
“Really? You don’t think I’m fat?”
Tora shook his head because it was true. They have been frequently eating pizza together and every time they do, Saga always ordered one whole pizza for himself and still stayed the same.
“No. You’re skinny but I guess it’s proportional with your height and all.”
“Gee thanks, Tora. You’re not bad yourself. I mean, you’re well-built and I’ve always wanted to have muscles but my body just won’t cooperate.”
“Don’t worry, Sagacchi. You’re perfect just the way you are.”
For some reason, Tora’s last words made Saga’s heart skip a beat and he didn’t know why. Was it because of the sincere smile Tora gave while saying that? Or was it because of something else? Saga didn’t want to think so ahead of himself because Tora was a nice person. He’d compliment anyone because he was so brutally honest so why did he suddenly feel this way?
The pianist didn’t realize that he had gone quiet after Tora said that and he only realized when he saw Tora’s smile slowly turning into a frown. Saga was about to say something when his phone suddenly vibrated loudly on the table, making the two jump out of their seats in surprise. Saga cursed and looked at the screen. It was a message, and with Tora’s permission, he opened it.
“Oh, it’s Kimisawa-sensei.” Saga informed and read the message. “It seems that he can’t make it for his morning class on Wednesday so I have to fill in.”
“Yes!” Tora said in triumph.
Saga just chuckled. “Why are you so happy? I thought you like his lecture.”
“Yeah, but honestly speaking? I like your lecturing better. Short but easy to understand.”
“It’s because this course is synching instrumental songs with the movie so I understand a little at least.”
“Yoroshiku onegaishimasu, sensei ~” Tora sing-songed playfully.
Saga just shook his head at his friend’s behavior. Tora just grinned and continued eating his last slice of his pizza. Saga smiled softly as he watched and thought that he really does like spending his time with Tora.
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Tora put down his pen as he looked up again to hear his professor’s lecture. His smile never left his face since his class started because the professor that was lecturing them now was none other than his crush itself. Yes, Tora finally admitted that this feeling he was bearing was love. He was in love with Sakamoto Takashi a.k.a Saga. He knew that he had taken an interest with Saga from the very first but now that he had learned more about the younger man, his interest became bigger and finally realized that he was in love with his professor’s assistant.
His train of thoughts was interrupted then when Saga suddenly called his name to answer a question he had just been asked. Tora answered it without difficulty because he had been listening to the lecture.
Through the whole lesson, Tora’s smile never faded and by the end of the class, he immediately received a punch on his arm by none other than his best friend.
“Didn’t you realize how creepy you looked during the whole lecture?” Shou said with a laugh.
“Really...?”
“Yeah. I was worried you were possessed or something.”
Tora shrugged. “I’m happy. Can’t I express it?”
“Yeah, yeah, because it’s Saga. You really have fallen deep for him, huh?”
“I am…am I?”
Shou gave him a smirk then at his confession and made the said man blush. Tora averted his gaze then and realized that the whole class was gone now but Saga was still there at the table, archiving their assignments. He grinned at Shou and stood up from his seat to approach his professor.
“Sensei ~”
Saga looked up from archiving the papers and was greeted by Tora’s grin.
“Yes, Amano-san?” He asked with exasperated fondness.
“Are you free after this?”
Saga narrowed his eyebrows, thinking thoroughly. “I have a consultation for my composition and after that; I need to hand over these assignments to Kimisawa-sensei. Why?”
“He wants to ask you out on a date, Sensei.” Shou chirped in with a teasing tone.
Tora just glared at the other man, earning a laugh from Saga.
“I thought you have another class after this?” Saga asked.
“Well...yeah... How about lunch? Let’s have lunch together?”
“Sure. I’ll contact you then when I’m done with my business.” Saga laughed at his last word.
Tora beamed. “Alright! See you later then, Sagacchi!” He said before turning and ran, exiting the classroom.
Saga just laughed and saw that Shou was still there with him.
“You guys have nicknames now, huh?” Shou said as he smiled amusedly.
“He started it.” Saga responded with a soft smile.
“I guess he really does like you, sensei. I hope for the best for both of you.”
Saga stared at the other man confusedly. “What do you mean?”
Shou was about to talk again when Tora suddenly called his name from the door.
“C’mon Shou!” Tora shouted.
Shou just shook his head and started to walk towards his best friend. He turned again to Saga and waved. “See you then, Sensei!” He turned back again to Tora and hit the other man’s shoulder. “Why the hell are you telling me to come with you? We’re not even in the same class, baka!”
Saga just stared at them with a smile until they were away from the classroom. He sighed then and looked down at the papers. His mind was still wondering what Shou had meant because he sounded serious. Maybe he can ask again the next time they meet.
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Tora stretched his arms upward as he walked towards the campus garden. Today’s practical lecture was tiring for him because he had to sample his soon-to-be finished project. The course itself was worth 4 credits so it was four hours long (with a 20 minute break, of course). He was glad though that this was the last course for this semester but then again, the sad part was that he might not get his favorite lecturer again.
The movie student stopped for a moment to look if there was an empty seat for him to wait for Saga. His phone suddenly vibrated then, a message from the devil itself. It read that Saga was going to be a few minutes late because Kimisawa-sensei just arrived at the campus. Tora replied then and looked up again to see two familiar boys sitting on a table. Tora grinned and approached them.
“Hey lovers! Mind if I join you?” He greeted with a grin, his voice cheerful, resulting the two boys startled in surprise.
“Tora! Can’t you see that we’re alone?” Shou scolded.
Tora just pouted and Shou’s lover laughed at that.
“Of course we don’t mind, Tora. Come, join us.” The freshman said as he got up to sit beside Shou instead.
“See, Shou? Why can’t you be as tolerating and sweet as Hiroto?” Tora said as he sat opposite of the couple.
“Whatever. What are you doing here, anyway? I thought you were supposed to be somewhere else with a certain someone.” Shou said again as he raised an eyebrow.
“He’ll be a little late that’s why I’m waiting for him.” Tora responded with a smile.
“Ah, so it’s true that you like Saga.” Hiroto said amusedly, making the person across him flustered.
“Wait, what? W-Who told you that?!” Tora said rather unmanly as he stared at Hiroto with wide eyes.
Shou faked a whistle when Tora’s gaze fell to him, feeling betrayed and Hiroto just giggled.
“You traitor!” He accused.
“Hey! Hiroto is my boyfriend and I tell him everything.” The brown-haired man defended.
“But there are things that are just between your best friend, jerk!” Tora peeved.
“Guys! Don’t fight! And Tora, there’s nothing to be embarrassed about! I promise I won’t tell Saga.” Hiroto said, a smile gracing on his boyish face as he tried to calm down the situation.
Being Shou’s lover since high school, Hiroto knew about Tora’s recent relationship. It was a bad break-up and he remembered how the elder man despised about falling in love. Maybe he didn’t want Hiroto to know because he was wanted to keep his ego but Hiroto really didn’t take Tora’s words seriously about the whole ordeal so he was actually happy that Tora had open up to someone again.
“Whatever man. Now that you know, I can’t do anything about it.” Tora said in defeat, sighing heavily.
“Honestly, I’ve been suspecting it. Even Nao. You’re one obvious guy, Tora. I still can’t believe that Saga hasn’t notice it until now!” The younger of the two laughed at the pianist’s obliviousness.
“Am I? I thought I acted normally like a best friend would...” Tora frowned as he said it.
“Nope. Especially on Saga’s birthday. Didn’t you notice you were acting too fucking sweet to him?” Hiroto giggled as he remembered how Tora was during Saga’s birthday just 5 days ago.
Apparently, Shou laughed along as he too, came to remember it. “I gotta admit, Tora. You never act that sweet with your previous lovers so I’m assuming Saga really is special.”
Tora growled out of embarrassment. “Stop it, you two! I do like him very much, okay? Now stop bullying me!”
The lovers kept laughing though until Tora really glared at them did they stop. Hiroto smiled softly then.
“That’s really sweet of you to still love him even though he might not be able to love you back.”
“Wait, what?!” Tora and Shou both shouted in unison, looking at the photographer with wide eyes.
Hiroto was surprised as well, staring at them confusedly. “Wait, you guys don’t know about it?”
“‘About it?’ What ‘about it’?”
Shou was the one who asked and Tora just stared at Hiroto confusedly indicating that he was has the same question as Shou’s.
“Seriously, Tora? Saga never told you the reason why he became the professor’s assistant even though you guys are so close now?” Hiroto was shocked now.
Tora frowned. “Well... He did tell me the first time he met. That he volunteered to be a professor’s assistant.”
“That’s it?”
“That’s it.”
The atmosphere became silent then. Hiroto frowned as he thinks deeply. Tora and Shou just stared at each other confusedly. Shou nodded then and circled an arm around his boyfriend’s shoulder.
“Pon... Is there something that you’re hiding...?” Shou asked softly.
Hiroto looked up then. “I... Well...” He trailed and bit his lower lip nervously.
“Please tell me, Hiroto... I promise I won’t tell Saga...” Tora begged softly as he clasped his hands together on the table, looking at Hiroto seriously.
Hiroto sighed and nodded. “Well... I didn’t know it directly from Saga but...”
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Saga smiled when he spotted his professor sitting on his desk in the lecturers’ room. He bowed to other professors passing by him and stopped right before Kimisawa-sensei when the said professor turned his seat.
“Ah, Sakamoto. Thank you for bringing in my pupils’ assignments.” The professor said as he took the papers from Saga’s offered hand.
Saga just nodded at the handsome professor with a smile and was about to excuse himself when the professor called him again.
“I’m going to photocopy these assignments and would like to ask your help to carry the copies for me afterwards...”
“Oh...sure...”
Saga said timidly as his mind was multi-tasking. He was thinking of Tora because he didn’t want the other to wait too long. But copying these files won’t be long, would it?
The professor smiled and started to walk out of the room then Saga followed, bowing slightly again at the professors passing by. They went to the photocopy room and found it empty. Saga mentally sighed in relief because then he didn’t have to stay long. Other than worrying about Tora waiting too long for him, he was also actually hungry and cannot wait to eat the lunch box take out near their campus.
Saga watched as Kimisawa-sensei was busy with the photocopy machine. When the said machine finally began to do its work, the professor smiled and turned to look at his assistant.
“So, how is your composition going?” He asked as he leaned against the wall opposite the copy machine.
“It’s going well. I receive some help occasionally from a friend.” The pianist answered in a soft tone.
Kimisawa noticed the little soft smile creeping its way on Saga’s face though when he saw the other answering him.
“Ah, a very special friend, I assume?”
Saga didn’t know why he blushed at the next question, causing him to fluster as he answered his professor. “N-No... Just good friends. Really good friend.”
Kimisawa smirked. “Who is it then? Someone I know?”
Saga laughed nervously. “Ah well... maybe you do, maybe you don’t...”
The professor chuckled and crossed his arms. “Ck. Hiding things from me now, huh? I guess you really have grown up now. You used to tell me everything. But I guess now you have your own life now, huh, Takashi? You don’t need to depend on me anymore. But I like how you had become, mature and talented.”
Saga was quite taken aback at the call of his first name. He stared at his professor; brows narrowed in confusion.
“What do you mean...?”
They were surrounded by heavy silent atmosphere then as they both stared at each other. After a while, Kimisawa sighed heavily then, a smile adorning his lips as he adjusted his glasses before looking at the younger man again, serious this time.
“Takashi. There’s something that I’ve been meaning to tell you, for a long time now but I never get the chance because I didn’t want you to think otherwise of me. I have watched you for a long time now and I mean it when I said I like how you have become. You’ve always impressed me ever since I start teaching you about the world. You’re an amazing and wonderful person and I’m happy for witnessing it but because of that also make me hard for me to be near you sometimes.” The professor started to walk closer to Saga as he continued. “I guess now it’s the time that you know the truth about everything because now you’re old enough...”
At this point, Kimisawa was only an inch away from Saga and the pianist could only stare at his professor as he felt a hand touching his cheek. His eyes widened in surprise as he heard the next words, mouth open and body froze as he tried to grasp on what was going on. Meanwhile, in another side of the campus, someone was in the same state as the said person heard what his friend just told him. Heart beating so fast as if he can almost feel that his heart was going to break out of his rib cage and he was struggling to breath.
And there was only one word that crossed his mind.
Nightmare.
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Finally got the time to update! The drama is getting there and it will be a bit longer for the three chapters ahead so please look forward to it! And I would like to info just a bit, cause this is an old fic, A9's image here is around the time when Hiroto was still blonde. Just not to confuse you readers XD
As always, comments are always appreciated and the source of my will, thanks! ^___^