I got the idea for this fic a few weeks ago when I came across a gossip magazine article of Takanori dating a 22-year-old woman. WTF, she's younger than me! /age-crisis
The fic is a short and hopefully humorous worksafe oneshot.
Bathroom Bet
Tetsuya threw the magazine to the coffee table where it landed a little more forcefully than he had meant, betraying the cool he was trying to portrait. So did the way he sunk into his expensive couch, his brow furrowing in annoyance at the thought of having to rush through his shower and other morning routines.
"There it is with proof; I win. The bathroom is mine for the next four months," Takanori beamed next to him, inclining his head towards the gossip magazine where news about him on a 'hand-holding date' with a 22-year-old model stood, complete with pictures.
"You cheated." Tetsuya glared at his lover.
"What? How so?" Takanori laughed, exhilarated about his victory and amused at the older man's uncharacteristic pout.
"You waited all this time to find a young woman to date. Ayana was the same age as she when we started dating. Of course it's easy for you to find a younger one now, when you don't have to result to dating minors!" Tetsuya argued, gesturing towards the magazine bearing offensive evidence.
"I don't remember setting a deadline for the bet. And it's your own fault for being so impatient and snagging a young beauty so soon, not to mention marrying her, so you'll have hard time trying to top my achievement now." Takanori replied calmly, but with a small smug smile tugging at his lips. "Besides, the age difference between us is bigger than yours and Ayana-chan's. So even if I did cheat and extended the time limit, I still win the bet because of this mathematical approach." he continued, his smile widening as he boasted his apparent victory.
"But you can't have the bathroom now!" Tetsuya almost wailed, deciding to ignore the jab at his and Ayana's marriage. When you find someone as sweet as her who's willing to let her husband keep his gay lover, she's a definite keeper. But now he had more important issues to defend than his unorthodox marriage. He simply could not let the younger man have the right to use the bathroom first in the morning. "I have a tour coming in two months and I need to leave the house early in the morning!"
"All the venues have sufficient toilets and showers, right? So you can use those. And you do have a second bathroom in the apartment." Takanori replied, amusement evident in his voice.
Tetsuya's stomach lunged down at the idea of taking care of his hygiene and doing his morning grooming in a semi-public bathroom. And the other bathroom in his home wasn't much better; it was equally much used by quests and he had gone through so much trouble when pleading and bribing for his too-old wife to start using it, leaving the bigger one for his and Takanori’s use. After losing the bet, he'd have to fight about the first rights to the bathroom with Ayana on some mornings as well, and she took just as much time, and even longer, getting ready than his male lover did.
"Besides," Takanori continued, pulling the bassist out of his horrified thoughts. "I have been on tour since spring, and will be for quite some time still, and have used the bathroom after you on many mornings, so I totally deserve this! And a bet is a bet, Tet-chan. I'm not stepping down."
"Cheater." Tetsuya still retorted, in a vain attempt of saving his clean, unhurried and fresh life.
When his lover only flashed him a satisfied smirk, Tetsuya sunk deeper into the couch, defeated, resigning himself to his fate and rushing to work his hair still wet and with a sloppily shaved beard.