The taming of the shrew: Chapter 12 (Sakumoto)
Title: The taming of the shrew: Chapter 12/18
Pairing: Sakumoto
Rating: R/NC-17 (not in every chapter though)
Beta:
little_kirin
Genre: smut, romance, bit angst (no AU setting)
Plot: Is it love or hate or attraction? They share a history of ups and downs, from teenage crushes over not talking at all to accepting each other’s presence. Finally, six months ago, Sho approaches Jun, leading to them getting together. Unfortunately they can’t be in a room together without a fight. What they share though is passion, and the only time they get along is in bed. Then, during a drunk night when Jun vents out his anger, Ohno gives him the contact details of his therapist.
At the end, there remains the question: Who actually needs to tame who?
Note: This is going to have some passionate scenes, and will also contain the typical Sakumoto angst and quite some complicated feelings ^^ It was originally meant to have short chapters - some are a little longer though.
Jun can’t wait for their vacation to come, but it’s still a few weeks until they can actually take off. After all there are concerts to plan and choreographies to learn. And Sho starts visiting Toshida-sensei too. Before he did so, Toshida promised Jun that everything he and Jun talked about and everything they will talk about will stay confidential. He will be treating Sho as an individual patient.
“Though, of course, it’s an advantage that I know you now,” Toshida jokes. “It might come handy in some cases. And you know, I would still prefer to talk to you as a couple, but, well, one step after another.”
Jun feels sympathetic for Sho because he goes through the same distress that he himself went through. It’s even more obvious now that Jun adapted to some things, and also to Toshida’s methods, while for Sho it’s all new. And Jun knows that Sho is not the type to go to a therapist at all. He does it for Jun, for them. And it makes Jun’s stomach jump in surprise and at the same time he can’t simply believe it. He tells Toshida-san his doubts and fears and hopes. That Sho actually thinks he is important enough to join a therapy for, and not just a mere amusement.
“Jun-san,” Toshida says softly. “You need to tell him. These questions… you need to ask him.”
Jun sighs slightly. He knows it’s true. But how the hell should he ask Sho something like that? What is he supposed to say? He is actually good with words, but this is a little too much. He needs to wrap his mind around this before he can voice it out.
~~~
For now they don’t have any time to think about their vacation though. The next weeks are unusually stressful, so packed with work that they don’t even see each other much. Jun almost wishes they would fight again just to have sex afterwards, but it doesn’t work like that anymore. He doesn’t want to fight with Sho. And he tries hard not to think about the phone talk he overheard a few nights ago.
Sho is a little thoughtful recently, almost nervous. And it makes Jun’s stomach twist painfully each and every time he sees him like that. It reminds him of too much. He doesn’t want to be haunted by these pictures and memories anymore, he can’t even tell Toshida-sensei what it is he sees in Sho’s eyes right now.
Jun shakes his head. No, this is silly. He is being silly. He decides to simply dash forward and call Sho instead of getting nervous about his indifferent attitude.
“Jun-san?”
“Yes, it’s me.” Jun’s stomach flutters by hearing Sho’s voice. “Is it okay to talk now?”
“Sorry, I’m a bit busy.” Sho seems to talk to someone next to him. Well nothing unusual so far.
“Sorry for calling you. You are probably preparing for work,” Jun muses.
“Not really.” Sho answers casually.
“Oh.” Jun blinks. “So can you talk now?”
“I’m sorry.” Sho’s voice is weirdly blank like he doesn’t want someone else to hear he is talking with someone on the phone. Jun blinks in confusion. What’s he doing now? “I’ll call you back, okay?”
Before Jun can even answer with yes, Sho has already hung up. For a moment Jun stands there, tilting his head in confusion. He decides not to get worked up over something so small, instead he just writes a message to Sho. Miss you. Are you free for lunch today?
Unfortunately Sho doesn’t answer. He also doesn’t call Jun back. Jun keeps his mobile close to him all day long, even when he decides he needs to go out and doesn’t want to spend his time like a stupid teenage girl waiting for her crush to call her. It feels pathetic that way. Instead he calls Nino and drags him out of his apartment to have a drink with him in their favourite bar.
He believes Sho will call eventually when he isn’t that busy anymore, but unfortunately he doesn’t.
~~~
“You look like you want be everywhere else but here,” Nino analyses dryly. “Same goes for me by the way. So why the hell are we here? Let’s grab some food and go to my place.”
“No, I like it here,” Jun says stubbornly. “It’s a nice place. And they sell awesome mojito.”
“Then let’s take their mojito home and have it there,” Nino suggests hopefully. “I promise we can get drunk at my place, and watch whatever movie you want!”
“Just a few drinks, Nino, please.” Jun sighs, eyeing his phone nervously. He sighs in frustration, what the hell is he doing here? He is meeting his friend and all he can do is staring at his phone and thinking about Sho, this idiot. Jun wonders if he should tell Sho that he is out, but after all Sho hasn’t called him back all day, nor did he answer his message… So, why should he?
He puts his phone in his jacket and instead focuses on Nino completely. His sudden change in attitude apparently works on Nino too, because he looks a lot more motivated too. After five drinks of mojitos Nino has angled for a sheet of paper and he and Jun start rating the guests in the bar.
“A solid eight,” Nino giggles. “He has nice abs.”
“But his hair is too short,” Jun points out, his tongue stumbling over every second word.
Nino giggles even more. “Who cares for the hair when he is naked?”
Jun joins his silly giggling and nods. “Okay, eight.”
They rate all the male customers like that, and think about hooking Nino up with one of them. “Do you want the ‘eight’,” Jun asks innocently. “I could ask him if he wants to join us.”
“Better ask him if he wants to take me home,” Nino jokes.
They both laugh, and they both know that Nino doesn’t mean it. He isn’t going to take any of these guys home. It’s not particularly his style. After a few more silly jokes and a few bites of teriyaki chicken they ordered, Jun decides to go to the toilet. He wavers slightly, but he is slowly starting to sober up again.
He isn’t surprised to see that the bathroom isn’t empty, but he is surprised to meet ‘eight’ there. Damn it, yes, he is pretty! Seeing him so close he is probably even a higher rating than a mere eight. Nino is right, who cares about the hair when the rest of the guy looks perfect?
The guy smiles at him, an alluring and soft smile. Jun sobers up even more at that smile. He knows it, he knows this smile. The guy wants to flirt. He wants to pick him up or hit on him or whatever… He hasn’t seen such a smile since forever.
“Hi,” rating eight says. “I saw you checking me out.”
Well, he and Nino did, but just for fun, nothing more. Still he doesn’t move away when the guy comes closer, so close that Jun can see that there are grey sprinkles in his brown eyes and that he has a few tiny wrinkles around his eyes. Also he smells nice. He remembers him of times when Jun was still able to let himself fall and not doubt and question other people’s feelings. He misses these times, he sincerely does. Misses how he was back then and how simple things were and how easy it was to fall in love and to love someone. He misses the times when he was still so young and full of ideals and dreams, and he feels bitter that it was his experience with Sho that broke some of these dreams. He wishes he could go back, go back to laughs, and giggles, and softly whispered I love yous.
The guy shows him a dazzling smile, his hand touching Jun’s shoulder, and all of a sudden he leans forward.
A/N: I'm so sorry I couldn't update last week, but I was hardly online because my week was so stressful. Well, but here is the new chapter.
So... what do you think, will Jun do it? OO
Pairing: Sakumoto
Rating: R/NC-17 (not in every chapter though)
Beta:
little_kirin
Genre: smut, romance, bit angst (no AU setting)
Plot: Is it love or hate or attraction? They share a history of ups and downs, from teenage crushes over not talking at all to accepting each other’s presence. Finally, six months ago, Sho approaches Jun, leading to them getting together. Unfortunately they can’t be in a room together without a fight. What they share though is passion, and the only time they get along is in bed. Then, during a drunk night when Jun vents out his anger, Ohno gives him the contact details of his therapist.
At the end, there remains the question: Who actually needs to tame who?
Note: This is going to have some passionate scenes, and will also contain the typical Sakumoto angst and quite some complicated feelings ^^ It was originally meant to have short chapters - some are a little longer though.
Jun can’t wait for their vacation to come, but it’s still a few weeks until they can actually take off. After all there are concerts to plan and choreographies to learn. And Sho starts visiting Toshida-sensei too. Before he did so, Toshida promised Jun that everything he and Jun talked about and everything they will talk about will stay confidential. He will be treating Sho as an individual patient.
“Though, of course, it’s an advantage that I know you now,” Toshida jokes. “It might come handy in some cases. And you know, I would still prefer to talk to you as a couple, but, well, one step after another.”
Jun feels sympathetic for Sho because he goes through the same distress that he himself went through. It’s even more obvious now that Jun adapted to some things, and also to Toshida’s methods, while for Sho it’s all new. And Jun knows that Sho is not the type to go to a therapist at all. He does it for Jun, for them. And it makes Jun’s stomach jump in surprise and at the same time he can’t simply believe it. He tells Toshida-san his doubts and fears and hopes. That Sho actually thinks he is important enough to join a therapy for, and not just a mere amusement.
“Jun-san,” Toshida says softly. “You need to tell him. These questions… you need to ask him.”
Jun sighs slightly. He knows it’s true. But how the hell should he ask Sho something like that? What is he supposed to say? He is actually good with words, but this is a little too much. He needs to wrap his mind around this before he can voice it out.
~~~
For now they don’t have any time to think about their vacation though. The next weeks are unusually stressful, so packed with work that they don’t even see each other much. Jun almost wishes they would fight again just to have sex afterwards, but it doesn’t work like that anymore. He doesn’t want to fight with Sho. And he tries hard not to think about the phone talk he overheard a few nights ago.
Sho is a little thoughtful recently, almost nervous. And it makes Jun’s stomach twist painfully each and every time he sees him like that. It reminds him of too much. He doesn’t want to be haunted by these pictures and memories anymore, he can’t even tell Toshida-sensei what it is he sees in Sho’s eyes right now.
Jun shakes his head. No, this is silly. He is being silly. He decides to simply dash forward and call Sho instead of getting nervous about his indifferent attitude.
“Jun-san?”
“Yes, it’s me.” Jun’s stomach flutters by hearing Sho’s voice. “Is it okay to talk now?”
“Sorry, I’m a bit busy.” Sho seems to talk to someone next to him. Well nothing unusual so far.
“Sorry for calling you. You are probably preparing for work,” Jun muses.
“Not really.” Sho answers casually.
“Oh.” Jun blinks. “So can you talk now?”
“I’m sorry.” Sho’s voice is weirdly blank like he doesn’t want someone else to hear he is talking with someone on the phone. Jun blinks in confusion. What’s he doing now? “I’ll call you back, okay?”
Before Jun can even answer with yes, Sho has already hung up. For a moment Jun stands there, tilting his head in confusion. He decides not to get worked up over something so small, instead he just writes a message to Sho. Miss you. Are you free for lunch today?
Unfortunately Sho doesn’t answer. He also doesn’t call Jun back. Jun keeps his mobile close to him all day long, even when he decides he needs to go out and doesn’t want to spend his time like a stupid teenage girl waiting for her crush to call her. It feels pathetic that way. Instead he calls Nino and drags him out of his apartment to have a drink with him in their favourite bar.
He believes Sho will call eventually when he isn’t that busy anymore, but unfortunately he doesn’t.
~~~
“You look like you want be everywhere else but here,” Nino analyses dryly. “Same goes for me by the way. So why the hell are we here? Let’s grab some food and go to my place.”
“No, I like it here,” Jun says stubbornly. “It’s a nice place. And they sell awesome mojito.”
“Then let’s take their mojito home and have it there,” Nino suggests hopefully. “I promise we can get drunk at my place, and watch whatever movie you want!”
“Just a few drinks, Nino, please.” Jun sighs, eyeing his phone nervously. He sighs in frustration, what the hell is he doing here? He is meeting his friend and all he can do is staring at his phone and thinking about Sho, this idiot. Jun wonders if he should tell Sho that he is out, but after all Sho hasn’t called him back all day, nor did he answer his message… So, why should he?
He puts his phone in his jacket and instead focuses on Nino completely. His sudden change in attitude apparently works on Nino too, because he looks a lot more motivated too. After five drinks of mojitos Nino has angled for a sheet of paper and he and Jun start rating the guests in the bar.
“A solid eight,” Nino giggles. “He has nice abs.”
“But his hair is too short,” Jun points out, his tongue stumbling over every second word.
Nino giggles even more. “Who cares for the hair when he is naked?”
Jun joins his silly giggling and nods. “Okay, eight.”
They rate all the male customers like that, and think about hooking Nino up with one of them. “Do you want the ‘eight’,” Jun asks innocently. “I could ask him if he wants to join us.”
“Better ask him if he wants to take me home,” Nino jokes.
They both laugh, and they both know that Nino doesn’t mean it. He isn’t going to take any of these guys home. It’s not particularly his style. After a few more silly jokes and a few bites of teriyaki chicken they ordered, Jun decides to go to the toilet. He wavers slightly, but he is slowly starting to sober up again.
He isn’t surprised to see that the bathroom isn’t empty, but he is surprised to meet ‘eight’ there. Damn it, yes, he is pretty! Seeing him so close he is probably even a higher rating than a mere eight. Nino is right, who cares about the hair when the rest of the guy looks perfect?
The guy smiles at him, an alluring and soft smile. Jun sobers up even more at that smile. He knows it, he knows this smile. The guy wants to flirt. He wants to pick him up or hit on him or whatever… He hasn’t seen such a smile since forever.
“Hi,” rating eight says. “I saw you checking me out.”
Well, he and Nino did, but just for fun, nothing more. Still he doesn’t move away when the guy comes closer, so close that Jun can see that there are grey sprinkles in his brown eyes and that he has a few tiny wrinkles around his eyes. Also he smells nice. He remembers him of times when Jun was still able to let himself fall and not doubt and question other people’s feelings. He misses these times, he sincerely does. Misses how he was back then and how simple things were and how easy it was to fall in love and to love someone. He misses the times when he was still so young and full of ideals and dreams, and he feels bitter that it was his experience with Sho that broke some of these dreams. He wishes he could go back, go back to laughs, and giggles, and softly whispered I love yous.
The guy shows him a dazzling smile, his hand touching Jun’s shoulder, and all of a sudden he leans forward.
A/N: I'm so sorry I couldn't update last week, but I was hardly online because my week was so stressful. Well, but here is the new chapter.
So... what do you think, will Jun do it? OO