I Don't Care (11/12)
Author: ryosukekoibito
Pairing: Hikabu, with some side Takachii, and other side pairings to come!
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Romance
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Summary: Hikaru had a great life. He had two great jobs, fun and caring friends, and an amazing boyfriend that he loved more than anything in the world. Life was good, but it would be perfect if Takaki would just stop calling during his make out sessions with Kota.
A/N: So! This fic is part of a project my sister
thanku4urlove and I have been working on. It ties in with two other multi-chaps: I Do, and I Don’t. If you’d like to get some other perspectives on the same series of events, please check her stories out! I Do is from Chinen’s POV, and I Don’t is from Takaki’s.Previous Chapters: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
Hikaru woke the next morning, and everything felt just about the same as it always did. He was in his own bed, Kota half on top of him, their two naked bodies still wrapped around each other in more or less the same position they had been in when he'd fallen asleep. But then his eyes caught on Yabu's ring finger, the diamond sparkling in the light of the morning sun, and he couldn't fight the smile growing on his face. He gently took that hand, twining their fingers together and looking at the ring for a bit before placing a kiss there on the back of his fiancé's hand. Yabu just shifted a bit, nuzzling his face deeper into the crook of Hikaru's neck, his breathing tickling him slightly. Hikaru settled back into the bed, and pulled Kota just a bit closer, letting himself fall back asleep.
By the time they both were properly awake, it was late morning. Even then, they didn't get out of bed, still wrapped up in each other, snuggling and talking quietly and kissing and touching. They spent all day in bed, Yabu not having school and Hikaru free. The only time either got up was to eat or use the restroom, the both of them always immediately returning to bed. They were just so happy. So immensely happy, and so in love that Hikaru couldn't help but kiss Kota. He kissed him everywhere, covering him with kisses, and sometimes Kota would squeal and giggle, but other times Kota would kiss him back, his lips trailing hot over Hikaru's skin. And it was in this manner that their day passed blissfully by.
Unfortunately the next day Kota had school, and so Hikaru was to be left to his own devices, taking the liberty to whine a bit as his boyfriend left for the day, saying playfully
"But what am I going to do here all day, by myself?" Yabu thought about that for a moment, before saying honestly
"You could...call our families. I forgot, we kinda need to tell people that we're engaged now." He smiled. "Your mom is going to flip out, she'll be so excited." Hikaru nodded, easily able to imagine just how excited his mother would be.
"That's true. I'll give them a call. But don't you want to tell your own family, Kota?"
"Okay, I will! On the way to class." Yabu declared, pulling his phone out of his pocket, before promptly dropping it and having to scoop it up off of the doormat. Hikaru smiled, and nodded, and with a quick kiss, and murmured 'I love you's, Kota left.
Hikaru spent nearly all day on the phone, it seemed. His mother-as predicted-made a very big deal out of the change in the status of her youngest child's relationship, wanting to know every detail. Kota meanwhile texted him throughout the day, telling him all about how his parents had reacted to the news. He'd somehow managed to change his contact name simply to Fiancé, the word accompanied by little hearts on both sides. Whenever Hikaru got a notification on his phone and he looked down to see that on his screen, he couldn't help but smile.
That evening, after Kota had gotten home, they had been eating an early dinner when Hikaru realized
"We should probably tell our friends." Kota looked up from his plate, nodding.
"Yeah. And you need to tell your sister." Hikaru felt like an idiot. Of course his sister needed to know. And so, after dinner they pulled out their phones, Yabu declaring that he'd call Inoo, while Hikaru found Takaki in his contacts. He waited to call though, wanting to hear Inoo's initial reaction to the news. Kota had the phone up to his ear, but Hikaru stayed silent, listening as Kota said
"Hey Inoo!" There was a small pause. "Actually, I have news. Hikaru and I....we're engaged." That was all Yabu managed to get out before Hikaru heard a screech from the other end, Inoo's voice strong and shrill, and Yabu pulled the phone away from his ear, waiting until their keyboardist was finished. Hikaru chuckled, and he could tell that Inoo had immediately gone straight from screaming into full babble, Hikaru catching the words plan a party in the rush before Kota stood, taking his extra loud conversation to their bedroom so Hikaru could talk on his phone in peace.
He called Takaki, and he felt excited, a light buzzing in his chest as he waited for his friend to pick up the phone. Somehow it felt like Takaki should know something was up, but the singer didn't seem to have a clue, answering his call with a nonchalant
"Hey Hikaru, what's up?"
"I just thought you might want to know that I... Um..." Hikaru felt the grin growing on his face, taking over his mouth and obstructing his speech, and he pulled away from the receiver, chuckling a bit at how cheesy that was. That seemed to alert Takaki that he had something important to say, the older man asking
"What is it?" Hikaru bit his lip, taking a breath before saying
"Well, I... I proposed to Yabu, and... He said yes." There was a moment of silence, Hikaru waiting with baited breath for Takaki's reaction.
"You're getting married?!" The words were said with surprise, and Hikaru let them sink in. He was getting married. He was getting married.
"Yeah."
"Congratulations! Finally." Takaki sounded excited, happy and genuine, and Hikaru found himself smiling again. "Now we have to have a party." Hikaru found himself laughing a bit at Takaki's statement.
"That's exactly what Inoo said. You're not shrieking at me as much as Inoo shrieked at Yabu, so my eardrums thank you for that." There was a shared silence, during which Hikaru could feel the both of them, sitting on their phones and smiling like idiots, before Takaki said
"That's really, really great Hikaru. You guys are perfect together."
"Thanks." Hikaru said. Perfect together. He and Kota were soul mates. "Yeah, we are. I know." That had Takaki laughing, and Hikaru smiled, looking up as Kota came back into the room, off the phone with Inoo. "Hey, I've got to call my sister. I just thought you'd want to know." Takaki let him go, and he hung up, leaning in to kiss Kota, simply because he could.
Apparently Takaki and Inoo hadn't been joking about the party plans, because that Friday night both Hikaru and Yabu got texts from their friends inviting them to Takaki and Chinen's house for a Super Exciting Engagement Party, scheduled for the following afternoon. Hikaru blinked down at the text in surprise.
"They certainly don't waste any time, do they?" Kota asked, showing Hikaru a matching text on his phone screen. Hikaru smiled in amusement.
"Nope." He sighed. "They probably could have given themselves more time."
"They're just as excited as we are." Kota said with a smile, and Hikaru nodded in agreement. They had the best friends. And so it wasn't long before Hikaru and Yabu found themselves on Takaki and Chinen's quaint doorstep, hand in hand. They were greeted by the other eight guys, their friends throwing confetti as they breached the entryway, sufficiently completely blocking Hikaru's vision with the little rainbow colored pieces, and he was sure-judging by the state of Kota's hair-that his own was completely saturated with the stuff. But he didn't much care, just laughing as Kota squealed in surprise, giving his fiancé's hand a small squeeze.
The house had been decorated for the occasion, crepe paper streamers hanging from the ceiling, stretching from one end of the living room to the other, balloons of every color littering the ground and hung in tasteful clusters throughout the space. Everything was bright and festive, and someone had obviously cleaned. It was more than he'd been anticipating; it was a proper party.
"Wow, this is amazing." He told them, his statement completely overruled by Inoo declaring
"The ring! I want to see the ring!" Kota brandished his hand out, showing it off as the others crowded around, Yuto letting out a yelp of excitement. Hikaru felt himself smiling as Takaki voiced approval of his choice, the older man giving him a thumbs up. He glanced back down at it. It was a great ring, he knew. The rest ooh-ed over it for a few more moments, before they were directed to sit in the living room, Hikaru finding himself and Kota squished into the huge armchair, everyone else sprawling on Takaki and Chinen's couch.
"We have cake!" Daiki announced, much to Hikaru's surprise. Cake too?! Daiki and Yamada flitted off into the kitchen, returning with a huge, obviously homemade cake, setting the monstrous confection down in the middle of Takaki and Chinen's coffee table with a flourish and a dramatic announcement. The next few minutes were spent doling out pieces of cake, paper plates produced from the pantry. Hikaru and Kota spent the time complimenting their friends’ handiwork, Hikaru himself feeling slightly overwhelmed with gratitude. This was wonderful. They were just getting into the cake when Chinen spoke up, Takaki's little husband asking
"How did you propose, Hikaru?" He suddenly felt like a creature in a zoo exhibit just a bit, their friends' full attentions immediately on him, anticipating the tale. He felt Kota lean into his side a bit, and it took him a moment to decide just where to begin.
"Well, um... Tuesday was our anniversary, right? Ten years." The number was met with an impressed whistle from Daiki, Hikaru smiling modestly, before continuing. "I'd actually been wanting to propose to him for a while, but I didn't really know how or when." He explained. "By the time I had the date figured out, I had told Daiki about it." Hikaru's statement earned Daiki indignant exclamations and pouty faces from most of the group, the only one not surprised by the information Chinen, the petite man saying
"You told me about wanting to get married too. The first time we met, remember?" It took Hikaru a few moments-it felt like that had happened so long ago-but then he did recall the first evening that Chinen had sat down at his ramen stand; before he'd even known who the younger man was.
"Right! I'd already began saving money at that point, I think." Kota looked over at him in surprise, and for a moment Hikaru wanted nothing more than to just lean in and kiss his handsome fiancé. But then someone shifted in his peripherals, and he was brought back to the group. "Anyway," He'd been explaining the proposal. Right. "The night before I barely got any sleep, and so I didn't get to see much of Kota before he went off to school-and yes, he did go to school on our anniversary-" His teasing was cut off by Yabu whining out
"I'm sorry! I had a test! How was I supposed to know you were going to... To do all of that?"
"Inoo said something about a middle school when he was texting me." Daiki sounded a little impatient, as if ready for the real story to start. "That needs a little explanation."
"Middle school, right..." Hikaru tried to pick a good place to jump into the story. "I packed a picnic-type dinner and, with permission from the principal, we went down to the middle school that we first met at." He was already feeling rather embarrassed-more than he'd thought he would-when his friends started exclaiming about just how cute that was. He felt himself blushing, and he got silent, Kota picking up the tale for him. Yabu got most of the way through before he started getting choked up, his grip tightening on Hikaru's hand as he got out the last few words of the story. Kota had ducked his head, trying to hide how emotional he'd gotten from the rest of them, and Hikaru felt his heart swelling with affection in his chest, as Takaki said
"Oi, stop crying!" Hikaru couldn't help but tease a bit as he wiped his fiancé's cheeks, saying
"This is nothing, you should have seen him Tuesday." That got laughs from everyone, Yabu protesting good naturedly, causing Hikaru to chuckle. Kota was so cute.
"How come you didn't tell anyone until Thursday?" Yuto asked once the laughter had subsided. "Some of your best friends getting engaged is something pretty important, you know." Hikaru was about to explain that they simply hadn't thought about it, when Inoo cut in.
"They were probably too busy having sex all day." Hikaru shared a quick look with Kota, a smile growing on his face, and he was pleased to see a matching little grin on Kota's face, the older man shrugging. They weren't going to deny the truth. Keito-who had accidentally inhaled his drink instead of swallowing it in surprise at Inoo's statement-began coughing even more harshly than he had been previously, Ryutaro taking his glass and gently rubbing his boyfriend's back, bent over him, care in his eyes. Poor, pure Keito. The silent confirmation they'd given him made Inoo snort a bit, looking rather scandalized as he said "Oh god, just take the presents and get out, you disgusting animals."
Wait-presents? Hikaru barely had time to register the fact that there were gifts before said gifts were being lobbed through the air by Daiki and Inoo, Takaki presenting them with one last wrapped box. Takaki deposited the one he'd carried right into Kota's lap, and so without further ado Kota ripped into it, his eyes lighting up as he saw what was inside. A new coffee maker. Hikaru looked at the device with a want he hadn't realized he'd possessed until he was presented with the opportunity for good coffee. It was a beautiful thing. He himself opened one of the others, passing the last box to Kota. They were a few cookbooks and a box of really delicious looking cookies that they'd have to eat with their new coffee. Hikaru couldn't believe the thoughtfulness, and he and Kota were in the middle of voicing their gratitude for the presents-for everything-when Yuto cut them off, the drummer jumping up enthusiastically and thrusting his glass into the air above his head, suddenly declaring
"To the two most perfect, most made for each other, most in love people I have ever seen. To two soul mates. To Hikaru and Yabu!" Hikaru felt rather embarrassed, but Kota had a huge smile on his face, and Hikaru joined in, so happy to see Kota so happy. Whoops and cheers followed Yuto's sudden toast, and Hikaru leaned into the group, clinking his glass against everyone's within reach. Then, as their voices died down, there was a sharp knocking on the front door. Everyone looked around, bewildered, and Hikaru knew that both he and Kota were doing a head count to get and figure out who could possibly be missing. But they were all here.
"Did you invite someone else?" Takaki's question was directed toward Inoo, but the pretty keyboardist shook his head, looking just as confused as the rest of them. He stood, pulling the door open. A stranger in a suit was standing there, looking very official, a manila folder tucked under one arm. Hikaru was confused and curious. Who was this man? They were all watching and listening as the intruder asked
"Is Takaki Yuya here?" Hikaru turned to Takaki with the rest of the group. Takaki looked just as confused as they did, a frown on his lips, his eyebrow scrunched up on his face like they always did when he wasn't sure about what was happening, or didn't like something. The singer stood from his place beside Chinen on the couch, announcing
"Yes, I'm here." It wasn't until the man said his next few words that Hikaru began to feel rather uneasy.
"Your mother told me that since you've been ignoring her calls, I had to place this in your hands directly. Please return the forms within a week's time, or she will consider your response to be a less than polite 'no, thank you'." Takaki's mother had something to do with this? Hikaru felt dread nagging at the back of his mind. Takaki's mother was bad news. She may have been a wonderful woman, but whenever her life crossed paths-even remotely-with Hikaru's own, it always caused some extra emotional distress amongst his peers that was frankly unnecessary. Takaki took the aforementioned forms, and Hikaru hoped that the older man would just figure out whatever was happening one on one with his mother. Apparently, Takaki didn't share Hikaru's sentiment, instead asking
"I'm sorry, but what is this?"
"The official documents for your divorce with Chinen Yuri." Hikaru felt Kota's grip on his hand grow tight, and Inoo gasped, the whole room sharing a shocked disbelief, made all the worse by Chinen's presence. Hikaru had known about Takaki's mother's offer of divorce. But as that had been over three months ago, and it hadn't been mentioned since, he'd figured it wasn't going to happen; especially now that the two were not only married, but were now in a proper relationship. Chinen obviously had no idea about any of it, the tiny man freezing as the words fell from their intruder's lips, his eyes wide in shock.
The suited man on the doorstep looked around at the decor, as if completely oblivious to the mood crushing he'd just achieved, and said
"You all seem to be having a celebration of some kind, so I won't intrude any longer." With that he excused himself, the front door shutting once more. For a moment everything was deathly silent, Takaki still standing there by the door, unmoving. Hikaru didn't know what to do. He didn't think there was much he could or should do. This was an extremely personal and private matter between Takaki and Chinen.
"Takaki?" Poor Chinen was distraught, the little man's eyes glued to his husband's back. Takaki turned away from the doorway, meeting Chinen's gaze, his face full of dread, and full of regret, looking nearly as distraught as Chinen, and he said
"Chinen-" The little dancer leapt from the couch, darting out of the room. Ryutaro and Yamada ran after him, and Hikaru could hear them banging on the bedroom door as Daiki said
"Takaki, you need to do something. Not only did you almost just get hit in the face, the fact that you're at an engagement party holding divorce papers right now is-"
"I didn't ask for them! I don't want these!" Takaki let the papers fall to the ground, desperation seeping into his voice. "I don't want these. I don't want a divorce." Hikaru sighed. This was going to be a huge mess. And while yes-it was great that Takaki was finally ready commit to something, to someone-they weren't the ones who needed to know.
"I don't know why you're telling us this." He said, pointing pointedly off in the direction Chinen had gone. The banging had stopped; Chinen had let his friends in. Takaki rushed off the same way they had, and Keito bent down, scooping the folder off of the floor and placing it gently on the coffee table. Kota sighed, leaning into Hikaru's shoulder, and Hikaru kissed him gently on the top of his head. They all sat there silently for a few moments, unsure of what to say or do, before Yuto said
"Are we still performing? I mean, should Takaki leave Chinen when he's like this?" The question was met with a universal sigh of frustration, and Inoo pulled out his phone, announcing that he'd call and cancel the gig they had scheduled. He had just gotten off the phone when Takaki returned, looking frustrated and fruitless.
"Well?" Kota asked, lifting his head from Hikaru's shoulder. "Inoo called the bar-we don't have to go perform tonight."
"He won't listen to me." Takaki announced, flopping onto the couch. "I didn't get to say anything, but I didn't want to make him mad, so... I'm leaving him alone for a while." The older man sighed. "What am I supposed to do now?"
"Wait until he's ready to talk, and don't let Ryutaro shank you in the process." Daiki's answer held a touch of lightness that Hikaru appreciated. "What else is there?"
"Well, you could have talked to Chinen about it beforehand at least." Hikaru's logical words were met with an unamused look from Takaki. The singer knew just how much he'd screwed up. "At least make sure he knows you're not going to break up with him, because that's probably what he's thinking right now." Hikaru knew that if he was in their whacked out situation, that's what he would be thinking. Takaki leaned back into the couch, obviously considering Hikaru's words. After that the conversation shifted, Hikaru and Kota feeling out of place and overall too happy for this recent turn of events, so Kota declared that he needed to study, and they made their escape. It wasn't like they could fix this problem for Takaki anyway. Only Takaki could do that.
Corresponding Chapters:
I Do | I Don't
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