Whispers of a Hidden Memory, Chapter 4
Chapter 4!!
Author: sadistic_brat
Ratings: PG. But will most probably go up soon due to Toma's dirty mouth, Jin's perverseness, Ryo's tongue and more. You will not get any smut from me though. >.<
Disclaimers: I dreamt that I was talking to Kame on the phone. But he’s not here is he? One can dream I guess... I own the plot though.
Summary: A.U In middle school, Kame got rejected by Jin and Kame, depressed went off overseas... and comes back during college a top-notch model!! Jin is instantly attracted to Kame and wants to get closer to him. The problem? Kame doesn't remember Jin. Yamapi is Jin's best friend but likes Kame since middle school...
Pairings: Akame, PiKame (Not so sure about others. We’ll see how it goes ne?)
This is dedicated to UEDA TATSUYA OF KAT-TUN~!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAT-CHAN~!! MAY ALL YOUR DREAMS AND WISHES COME TRUE~!! <3
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-Previous Chapter-
“AAH!! YOU’RE BUSHY EYEBROWS!!” Jin shouted, standing up abruptly in shock and pointing at a blinking Kame. Toma growled warningly and Jin recoiled back, squeaking. Yamapi gritted his teeth and turned to Kame, gauging his reaction and was surprised to see the look of disinterest on Kame’s face.
Kamenashi Kazuya stared blankly at Jin before asking blandly, “Ano, who are you?”
-Present-
Once again, silence engulfed the whole classroom. Jin’s jaw dropped and Toma had to keep himself from lunging forward and shake Kame furiously, yelling, ‘HELLO?! THAT IS AKANISHI STUPID JIN!! THE ONE WHO REJECTED YOU SIX YEARS AGO?!’
“You...forgot?” Yamapi ventured carefully, looking at Kame’s face warily.
Kame huffed in a slightly annoyed voice, “I told you, I have NO idea who that...” Kame waved his hand frustratingly, pointing at Jin, “that guy is!!”
Toma’s arms gripped Kame’s shoulders, almost on the verge of hysterics, “You reaaaalllllllly don’t remember who Akanishi Jin is?! HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN EVERYBODY HERE?! OH MY GOD OH MY GOD YOU DON’T REMEMBER ME TOO DON’T YOU?! DAMN YOU JOHNNY!! I KNEW HE WAS A LECHEROUS PAEDOPHILE!! THAT BLOODY PERVERT BRAINWASHED YOU DIDN’T HE?! I’LL SWEAR I’LL KILL THAT BLOODY OLD MAN--”
“TOMA. Think about it, if I don’t remember you, do you think I would have remembered to keep contact with you all those years I was in L.A.?”
“Oh... YEAH!! But...But you know Yamashita!! WAIT. Rewind. How do you know Yamashita in the first place?!”
“EVERYBODY knows who Yamashita-kun is, my dear Toma.”
Toma pouted, “Yeah, rub THAT in will you? What I meant is you guys seemed a bit too chummy to just be schoolmates!!”
Kame and Yamapi exchanged looks, “We... kind of go back...” Kame said slowly, flinching at the shocked look on Toma’s face.
“And you didn’t tell me?!” Toma’s eyes watered and he wailed, “I THOUGHT WE WERE BEST FRIENDS!! WE EVEN SWORE TO TELL EACH OTHER EVERYTHING OVER MY BAZOOKA CASE!! HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE?!?!?!”
Kame mumbled under his breath, “This is precisely why I didn’t tell you. You’d throw a hissy fit.”
Toma’s eyes flickered around wildly and landed on Junno who had a confused smile on his face. Reaching forward, Toma grabbed Junno and bodily hauled him in front of Kame, shaking the poor boy, “DO YOU RECOGNIZE HIM?! DO YOU?!”
Kame blinked, “Um... he does look kind of familiar... and you should really stop shaking the poor guy Toma...”
“I was? Oops. My bad.”
“DIE YOU INFERIOR BEINGS!!!”
Kame jolted in surprise and the whole class simultaneously turned to Koki, who grinned. “That’s how Junno will sound like whenever he’s playing video games!!” He winked at Kame, “Just a friendly advice for you, doll.”
“It disturbingly does ring multiple bells... Thank you.” Kame grinned weakly, turning back to Junno who had a freakishly huge blinding smile on his face.
“Iriguchi, Deguchi, Taguchi, desu!!”
Kame squeaked, putting both his hands on his mouth and took a few steps back.
“AH!! I remember!! Taguchi-kun!!”
The whole class burst out laughing. Nakamaru slapped his knee, howling in laughter, “HE ACTUALLY REMEMBERED JUNNO BY THAT JOKE!!”
“What do you know? His jokes do come in handy!!” Koki snickered, exchanging high-fives with Ueda.
‘Well, it’s hard NOT to forget Taguchi... but he seemed to remember everything else... unless...’ Toma frowned, deciding to test his theory, “So Kazu-chan, can you remember the rest?” Toma pointed to the rest of AT-TUN and NEWS.
Kame tilted his head, tapping his chin thoughtfully “Um, I remembered somebody who was bald...and uses strange hip-hop lingo... Something about the ‘A to the T to the T to the U to the N’...?”
“BOUZU JANAI!!”
“Ah, that was it!! I remember!! Tanaka-kun!!” Kame beamed, and Koki grinned toothily, greeting him with a “Wassup dawg?”
Kame pointed to AT-TUN’s princess and the peacemaker, “That is Ueda-kun who can see fairies...and I remember Nakamaru-kun who’s always so nice to everybody...”
Ueda gave out a small grin at the comment and Nakamaru smiled, embarrassed but happy that apparently Kamenashi remembered him.
Toma took a deep breath and pointed at Jin, asking with a serious look on his face, “How about this excellent living example of stupidity? Do you recognize him?”
The whole class watched with bated breath as Kame tilted his head, frowning in concentration. Jin bit his lower lip and shuffled awkwardly feeling those honey brown eyes gazing intensely at him. After a short while, Kame turned back to Toma, stating blankly, “Nope, not at all.”
“Not even a teeny bit familiar?”
“Not a teeny bit.”
“Serious?”
“I’m serious.”
“Are you really, really, really, really, really, really serious- -”
“OH GET ON WITH IT!!” Ryo snapped, earning him a dirty look from Toma which he responded with a defiant look of his own. Toma rolled his eyes but turned back to Jin, his smile widening at the horrified look on the other boy’s face.
“Oh my god MY THEORY WAS RIGHT!! THIS IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!!” Toma cackled evilly, “See, I knew Lady Luck had finally smiled upon me after multiple death threats to her precious adorable puppies and muffins!!”
Shige’s eyes twitched, “You... threatened puppies and muffins for...?”
Toma smiled cheerfully, “I told Lady Luck I will kick every single puppy I see- -” -Tegoshi and Koyama squeaked- “AND I will drop every single muffin on the floor -Massu gasped- and give them to adorable little kindergarten kids and see them DIE eating all those bacteria unless she gives me more good luck in my mission to kill Akanishi Jin!! ^^”
Silence.
“I TOLD YOU TOMA IKUTA HAS LOST IT!!”
“I WANT TO GO HOME!!”
“I’M SCARED!! I’M SCARED!!”
“I TOLD MY PARENTS I WANTED TO SWITCH SCHOOLS!! WHY WON’T THEY LISTEN TO ME?!”
“THOSE POOR PUPPIES!!”
“THOSE POOR MUFFINS!!” Massu howled, “THOSE POOR INNOCENT, DROOL-WORTHY, DELICIOUS MUFFINS!!”
“Who cares about the muffins?!”
“SHUT UP RYO!!”
“This is random, but puppies rhymes with muffins don’t they?”
“SHUT THE HELL UP JUNNO!!”
“Who’s Akanishi Jin and WHY do you want to kill him- - on second thought, I don’t want to know.” Kame pinched the skin between his eyes tiredly, earning him a concerned look from Yamapi.
“Are you alright? You look exhausted.” Yamapi asked worriedly.
“I’m fine... Just a little jet-lagged, that’s all.” Kame replied, grinning weakly.
Jin frowned unhappily, “Wait, you mean the same ugly guy I rejected years ago is the same model I’ve been lusting after?!”
Kame’s eyes narrowed dangerously and was about to make a snarky comment when Yamapi stepped in front of him, wearing an eerily calm expression on his face, “Yeah, what about it? Not everybody is born beautiful Akanishi. It just happened to take some time for Kazuya to bloom.”
Jin stepped forward and growled, “Are you actually on his side Yamapi?!”
“I guess I am,” Yamapi shrugged, “I’ve always and WILL always be on Kazuya’s side, whether he wants it or not. Live with it.”
The atmosphere in the class was suddenly tense as two of the most sought-after guys in Shirokin Gakuen glared at each other. Yamapi was standing protectively in front of Kame, seemingly protecting him from Jin.
-Bravo! Bravo! Oira tachi maru de sayaendou-
The tension was broken as everybody turned to Kame, who was fishing around in his pocket and gave out a small ‘Aha!!’ when he pulled out a sleek black cellphone, flipping it open casually.
“Hello? Ah, Johnny-san. Yes, I’m in Japan now. Hm? Yes, the trip back home was fine... NO. I didn’t get lost. Un. Toma? He’s here... Eh? You want to talk to him? Wait, I’ll put you on loud speaker...” Kame clicked a button on his cellphone and motioned Toma to get closer.
“Yo, ’sup old man? Still alive?” Toma drawled lazily, glaring daggers at the cellphone which withered instantly at the death glare. Kame smacked Toma’s arm lightly in silent admonishment but he was trying to hide a small smile from forming on his lips.
“YOU, don’t try and get cheeky with me!!”
“Yeah, yeah.” Toma waved his hand in the air nonchalantly, “so, what did you wanna talk to me about old man?”
“Ahem, about that. I’m just worried about Kazuya being alone in Japan with nobody to take care of him...”
Kame coughed and said slowly, eyes twitching dangerously, “I can take care of myself just fine, thank you very much.”
Johnny’s voice got louder, “AS I was saying, YOU, Toma, will be responsible for Kazuya’s well-being and safety. YOU, I will personally behead YOU if I find even a single scratch on Kazuya’s body.”
“Don’t you think I know what already you pervert?! I’ve been taking care of Kazu-chan ever since we were kids and I’ll do so even after he’s married, old, wrinkled and DEAD.” Toma snapped back into the cellphone, oblivious to the looks he was receiving from his classmates.
Yamapi patted Kame’s shoulder in comfort and bit back a grin seeing Kame groan, burying his face into his hands in shame.
Sawatari-sensei coughed slightly, and said loudly, “Now, can you all PLEASE get back to your seats so that I can start today’s lesson...?”
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“THE NERVE OF YAMAPI!!” Jin shouted, slamming his fist on AT-TUN’s lunch table angrily. Ueda just nodded indulgently, sipping his drink. Junno muttered a soft “nyahaha...die” underneath his breath, pushing the buttons on his PSP madly. Only Koki and Nakamaru exchanged glances and sighed simultaneously, turning their attention back to Jin who was throwing a diva-worthy tantrum.
“I didn’t know that Yamapi had such bad taste in lovers!! HAH. Fancy him liking that ugly what-his-name-was guy that confessed to me years ago- -”
“And it just so happens that, I quote: ugly what-his-name-was guy, just happens to be SHUJI-KUN, the model whom you’ve lusted after for what, four years? Heh. Small world isn’t it?” Ueda interjected calmly, a small smug grin playing on his lips and blatantly ignoring the opened-mouth look Jin was giving him.
“Ouch. That’s got to HURT.” Nakamaru winced at the petite boy’s bluntness.
Jin opened his mouth to retort but closed it again. It was certainly a blow to his pride that the same boy whom he had rejected cruelly all those years ago due to his looks was now back and looking damn fine to boot.
“Anybody thinks it’s weird that Kamenashi doesn’t remember Jin?” Nakamaru asked a bit curiously, frowning. Jin’s head slowly turned to him, a scowl still present on his face.
Koki snorted, “I think it’s better if Kamenashi doesn’t. Who could stand a savage beast like Jin? The poor soul. He’s better off not knowing.”
“Agreed.” Ueda, Nakamaru and Junno nodded.
“OI!! Who asked you bouzu?!”
“Bouzu janai!!”
“KYAAAAA~!!! IT’S SHUJI!!!”
Jin’s head immediately snapped towards the direction where all the girls and half the male population were currently crowded at and he scowled seeing Shuji- - no, Kamenashi being surrounded by countless of adoring fans.
Kamenashi had a distinctly uncomfortable look on his face, subtly inching away from the more vivacious female fans who were currently trying to cling onto his arms and Kame had to wince at the stench of multiple different perfumes that hit his nose.
“Oh my god, you’re Shuji aren’t you?!”
“YOU’RE SO PRETTY!! *.*”
“KYAAA~!! IT’S SHUJI~!!”
“MARRY ME SHUJI~!!”
“I WANT TO CARRY YOUR CHILD SHUJI~!!”
“BITCH HE’S MINE!!”
“SAYS WHO?!”
“SHUJI IS MINE!!”
Click.
Silence.
Kame smiled serenely. Toma who was strangely dressed in a stylish black suit grinned, one arm draped comfortably around his best friend’s shoulders. From their lunch table, AT-TUN’s jaw dropped and even Ueda was blinking in horrid fascination. NEWS was staring slack-jawed and Yamapi had to keep himself from grinning amusedly.
“Is...that what I think it is?!”
“DING, DONG~!! WE HAVE A WINNER~!! NO DUH, GENIUS.”
“OH MY GOD IS THAT A GUN?!”
“OH MY FREAKING GOD TOMA IKUTA HAS A GUN!!”
“Haven’t we passed by THAT statement earlier?”
Toma laughed airily, playing with the safety lock of his gun, “You’re just stating the obvious my dear!! Oh, and this is Sakura-chan~!! ^^”
“OH MY GOD IT’S A GUN!!!!”
“AND HE NAMED IT ‘SAKURA-CHAN’!!”
“TELL ME SOMETHING I DON’T KNOW WILL YOU?!”
“WHAT ARE YOU A FREAKING PARROT?!”
“BUT IT’S A GUN DUMBASS!!”
Koki asked faintly, “Are guns even allowed here in Japan?”
“No...” Ueda answered, shrugging, “But you do need a license to carry a weapon.”
“Isn’t Toma Ikuta’s father a general in the army or something?” Tegoshi asked innocently, looking at his fellow NEWS members.
Koyama’s face paled, “Doesn’t that mean Toma Ikuta has access to every single known weapon invented by men used to kill, torture and MURDER?!”
Ryo pouted and said sulkily, “Not fair.”
“WHAT’S NOT FAIR ABOUT HAVING ACCESS TO MURDER WEAPONS?!” Jin shrieked, slamming his hands on the table again, “DON’T YOU PEOPLE CARE THAT IT WILL JUST GIVE TOMA IKUTA MORE CREATIVE IDEAS ON HOW TO KILL ME, THE GORGEOUS AKANISHI JIN?! DON’T YOU CARE?!”
Ten identical blank stares were directed to Jin.
“No, not really. The world just needs yours truly, the ‘Sexy Osaka Man’ to flail over.”
“RYO-CHAN!!”
“It’s probably for the good of the world. Finally some peace and quiet.”
“TAT-CHAN!!”
“Ne... Aren’t you guys being a little too mean?”
Jin’s eyes sparkled with hope, “Tegoshi~!!”
“Nah, look on the bright side, at least we won’t be exposed to constant stupidity anymore. Stupidity is contagious.” Yamapi chipped in his two cents, smirking lightly after delivering the final blow to Jin’s already non-existent pride.
Jin slowly deflated to the ground, a hand over his mouth and sobbed pathetically. Yamapi just grinned contently and stood up, making his way to Kame and Toma while NEWS and T-TUN looked on in curiosity.
“Hey Kame.” Yamapi greeted Kame softly, nodding once at Toma who had growled warningly but backed off when Kame patted his arm gently once in silent admonishment.
Kame tucked a stray lock oh his hair behind his ear shyly, “Hey yourself.”
“Have you had lunch?”
Kame shook his head, “No, not yet...”
Toma grumbled, “We would have eaten lunch by now but noooooooo~!! All these people just had to get in the way!!” Toma clasped his hands together girlishly, “Kyaaa~!! It’s Shuji!! <3 Gasp!! I’m going to faint~!!”
Yamapi chuckled softly and Kame pouted, whining childishly, “It’s not my fault!!”
“Of course it’s not your fault.”
“You’re just humouring me aren’t you?”
“Maybe...? But anyway, if you don’t mind, do you want to sit at the NEWS’s lunch table?” Yamapi asked almost casually, staring into Kame’s brown eyes.
Kame blushed lightly, “Is it OK...?”
“Yeah, and Ikuta can come along too.” Yamapi added a bit hastily, wincing after seeing Toma Ikuta glare menacingly at him. Kame just nodded shyly and felt his face flush when Yamapi reached forward and gently clasped their hands together, slowly pulling him along to NEWS’s lunch table.
Whispers immediately broke out amongst the students and Toma’s eyes twitched in irritation before finally snapping, “Ya got a problem with that?! Anybody has enough balls to tell me that straight to my sinfully handsome face?!”
Silence.
Toma smirked, “Heh. I thought so.”
Kame rolled his eyes exasperatedly, “Toooomaaaaaaaa... don’t you think you’ve caused enough trouble for the day?”
“Nope!!” Toma replied cheerfully, cheerfully plopping down next to Tegoshi who had squeaked in fear and scooted nearer to Massu, who was munching on his gyoza happily without a care in the world.
“Good afternoon.” Kame greeted the rest of NEWS politely, and Yamapi tugged on his wrist almost childishly and tugging his down to sit next to him.
Koyama smiled brightly and began offering cookies, Tegoshi smiled shyly back, Massu offered some of his gyoza, Shige just smiled a ‘Shige’ smile and even Ryo mumbled a soft ‘good afternoon’ back before returning to his sullen self.
From AT-TUN’s table, Jin glowered and glared heatedly at both Kamenashi Kazuya and his traitorous best friend Yamashita Tomohisa. And Toma? Toma was smiling serenely, basking in Jin’s death glare and the fearful looks the rest of the student population were giving him.
Life is good.
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Chapter 3 / Chapter 5
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Done~!! I’m so sorry this took so long but I’ve been so busy lately and I had NO inspiration to finish this chapter!! I just came back from Malaysia, Malacca to celebrate Hari Raya with my family clan. Yes, all 150+ of us. It was CHAOS. Haha. But it was fun~!!
Anyway, this is not proof-read so ignore all those silly mistakes that I made and I do hope you guys enjoyed it!!
Once again, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAT-CHAN~!!