In Another World - Part Nine
Title: In Another World
Author: shatteredtenshi and kira_shadow
Rating: PG-13
Genre: AU, Romance
Fandom: JE
Pairing: Kitayama Hiromitsu x Fujigaya Taisuke
Warnings: Unbeta-ed...RP-style collab...hopefully it's not really chessy?
Notes: Yet another collaboration!!! AU this time...so it might be interesting? Multi-chaptered!
Summary: In a world where Fujigaya Taisuke and Kitayama Hiromitsu didn't meet through being in Johnny's Jimusho together...
Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five | Part Six | Part Seven | Part Eight
In Another World
By Shattered Tenshi and Kira Shadow
Part Nine
They just walked next door where either tables or cushions had been set up so people could eat and drink. There were several pots and plastic cups too, to get some green tea to go with lunch. "Eto...ah, over there!" Hiro pointed to a larger group of people on cushions at the back.
When they got there, Hiro introduced Taisuke. "Minna, for those who do not already know, this is Fujigaya Taisuke."
"Hello~!" a part of the group chorused.
"Taisuke, apart from those you already know, the four at the back there next to Iida are ABC, our Acrobat Boys Club. You might remember some of them from karaoke..."
Taisuke smiled back at all of them. "Un, I remember Totsuka-kun ne...and Kawai-kun and I talked a bit while Hiro was singing~"
Kawai grinned. "Yo! The other two here are Tsukada Ryouichi and Goseki Koichi." The two named ones nodded and waved.
"Tsukada..." Taisuke tilted his head and wondered why the name sounded familiar. "Ah, you're the one Hiro mentioned who's good at break-dancing!"
"Tsuka-chan is our dancing expert~ He's good at all kinds of dancing!" Tottsu patted the other boy on the back and the light haired boy just smiled and scratched the back of his head.
Yokoo nodded, "Whatever you want to learn...as long as it's dancing of course, you can ask Tsuka-chan and he'll teach you."
"Sugoi~" Taisuke grinned. "I'll keep that in mind~"
Soon, they were all sitting down and started enjoying their lunch, starting various conversation topics.
After he was done eating, Hiro fell asleep - out of habit - leaning against Taisuke' shoulder.
Iida smiled and whispered, "Let him sleep...or he'll be all cranky later...or worse, skate right into you during the opening scene..."
"It's the sacrifice we have to bring to get him to be on time...so you better get used to it~" Yokoo grinned.
Blinking in surprise - it takes a little time to get used to Kitayama falling asleep on his shoulder randomly - Taisuke nodded his head slowly" O-okay..." he whispered back.
A.B.C. started chuckling among themselves at the back and Taisuke could hear Kawai whispering, "They really look good together after all..." Taisuke turned red in response.
"He falls asleep a lot..." Yokoo chuckled quietly, "And sometimes it's really random...it used to piss me off a little bit when we just met but you get used to it. It's just something that belongs to Hiro...da ne...?"
The rest around them agreed.
"Now...since Hiro is asleep, we can talk to you some more or you to us. Anything you wanna say? Complaints about Hiro maybe?"
"E-eh?" Taisuke blinked. He quickly shook his head. "I don't have any complaints."
Yokoo raised an eyebrow. "Now, you don't have to feel bad or anything. Feel free to complain, really."
Taisuke shook his head. "I really don't have anything..."
"You mean Hiro didn't like molest you immediately or something?" Nikaido cut in. Taisuke turned a dark shade of red.
"He did??"
"Uwaaah~!"
Hiro grumbled a little in his sleep.
Taisuke shook his head again, trying not to wake Kitayama up. "I...I never said that! We...we didn't do much..."
"You didn't do much...which meant you guys did something!" Nikaido said. Everyone else immediately reacted to the words with 'ooh's.
Yokoo prodded, "I don't want details...but...do tell us?"
"T-there's no details!" Taisuke turned a different shade of red. "W-we...just kissed..."
Nikaido raised an eyebrow. "You serious? I would have thought you guys went a lot further than that," he said with a smirk.
"Maybe Hiro fell asleep?" Senga prompted.
There was silence at first before some people started to roar with laughter.
Taisuke blinked before trying to flail but couldn't because of Kitayama leaning against him. "L-like I said...we...we didn't do anything else! N-not lying!"
Hiro stirred and grumbled, "You people are all too loud!!" He whacked the next person with a pillow - this person happened to be Nikaido.
"Itai! Oi! Don't hit people with a zabuton!"
"Then shut up!!"
Yokoo sighed, "Here goes the cranky one..."
"Hiro..." Taisuke frowned slightly and tugged on Kitayama's wrist. "Sorry, did we wake you up?" He pulled the zabuton from the other's grip and saved Nikaido from getting hit again.
Miyata leaned over to Tamamori and whispered in the other's ear. "Maybe Taisuke-kun will be the one who can control cranky Hiro..."
Tamamori whispered back, "Yokoo usually kissed him to shut him up or keep him from doing anything...since they separated that strategy didn't work anymore...so let's see what Taisuke-kun comes up with?"
Hiro was still grumbling. Then he sighed, shifted a bit and fell asleep again.
Taisuke blinked again yet in surprise. "U-um..." Kitayama really did fall asleep quickly.
Nikaido snickered. "Does that mean we can go back on our previous topic then?"
Taisuke yelped slightly. "N-no, thank you!"
"I think I saw you guys in Harajuku a while back, what were you doing? Going on a date~?" Kawaii asked, from the other side of the table.
"H-Harajuku?" Taisuke blushed lightly. "I...um...y-yea..."
"Ooh, a date~" Yokoo sing-songed while Nikaido snickered. "So what did you guys do?"
Taisuke darted his eyes around. "N-nothing much...eating, looking at some clothes, going to the game center..."
"Sounds like a date to me~ And you didn't do anything else again??"
"W-we really didn't do anything else! After dinner, he walked back home and he met my family and..." Taisuke stopped in mid-sentence when the reactions started to come already.
"Oh, he met your family, did he?" Nikaido snickered. "So soon..."
"That sounds like you are getting married or something..." Tamamori commented, eyebrow raised.
Taisuke wondered if he could get any redder. "M-married?!" he squeaked. "N-no, we're not! He walked me home and he wanted to meet my family and I wanted him to meet them as well and..."
Kawai snickered. "Oh yea, getting married."
"Next thing, he'll buy you a ring or something..." Yokoo snickered. "Or did he do that already?"
"R-ring?" Taisuke shook his head. "No...we're really not getting married!" He pouted. "Stop saying that."
"We're just teasing you, Taisuke. Don't panic." Yokoo laughed and poked the younger boy's cheek. "I am slowly getting why Hiro does that..."
"...why Hiro does what?" Taisuke blinked, puffing up his cheeks when Yokoo poked him.
"This..." Yokoo poked Taisuke's cheek again.
Taisuke blinked. "Oh..." He tilted his head. "...why?"
A.B.C. started to snicker among themselves again. "So...how old do you think Taisuke-kun is acting?" Kawai asked.
"Ten?" Goseki suggested.
"...how about seven?" Tsukada said.
"More like five..." Totsuka chuckled and smirked.
"Senga, I take almost everything back I ever said about you..." Nikaido hugged his boyfriend, who was going '????' in his arms.
Quite oblivious to people teasing him, Taisuke pulled on Yokoo's arm. "Ne, Wataru, you didn't answer my question..."
"You're just provoking people to do it, Taisuke...you look...pokable?"
Taisuke made a face. "I look...pokable? I...don't get that..."
Yokoo waved a hand. "Well, you do."
"Lemme try too!" Nikaido poked Taisuke in the side.
Taisuke yelped and tried to swat Nikaido away.
"I see what you mean..." Nikaido grinned.
When everyone else in the room burst out in laughter, Taisuke made a face. "Not funny, you guys! And stop laughing! You'll wake Hiro up!"
Kawai snickered and shook his head. "Ah, what a good wife already.”
"Or a totally caring and totally whipped husband..." Nikaido commented with a smirk.
Miyata snorted, "I wouldn't be so mean, Nika-chan...it's more like a real puppy-like one."
Taisuke didn't know how to react at first, but it was closed to something like being flustered and such. He lowered his head in embarrassment and clamped his mouth shut, trying not to squirm around too much, just in case it woke Kitayama up.
"That's what I call...ok I can't think of the right word but I guess people wouldn't really think that Taisuke-kun was the bottom in this relationship...considering Hiro-kun's previous relationship..." Several pairs of eyes flew over to where Yokoo had his arm wrapped around Iida loosely.
"What?" Yokoo raised an eyebrow.
Silence.
"Nevermind."
Taisuke decided it would be a smart decision to just ignore all the conversation that was going on. Definitely sounded better than trying to deny things and get all flustered and get teased some more and...stuff. He stared down at his lap and started to fiddle with the hem of his shirt, wondering when was lunch break over.
Hiro rose about five minutes before the break was over and rubbed his eyes sleepily. His hair was slightly mussed up from his earlier 'outbreak' and one could've described the scene as adorable, if it weren't for the fact that he was over 20 years old...
"Aww, lookie...Kitty-chan woke up again~"
"...I love you too and....says the one who looks most like a cat than all of us..." Hiro muttered and then turned to Taisuke, giving the other an apologetic smile. "Sorry for falling asleep on you again? But...you're really comfortable to lean against...unlike a certain somebody..."
"Was that an insult?"
"What if it was?"
"......"
Taisuke blushed lightly and shook his head. "It's...it's okay. I don't mind." There were some snickers heard and a few whispers, but he ignored them and just smiled at Kitayama shyly.
"Mh...just in time..." Hiro stretched and yawned. "On with the show..."
He leant over to Taisuke and whispered, "I'll take you out for dinner for this, alright?"
Taisuke turned a little red again and nodded his head. "Un, okay."
Soon, everyone was filing back towards the rehearsal room and practice began once again. This time, after going through the opening and show time stuff a few more times, they went on with the drama scenes. Since the ones in the scenes are mainly Johnny's, the extras were all just resting, including Taisuke. He had considered joining his dance school, but when he noticed the looks he was getting from some of them, he reconsidered the idea and just sat in a corner.
Luckily, the rehearsal soon ended after a last run of a few songs from the show time. Taisuke quickly then started to pack his stuff away.
"Tai~su~ke~kun!" Senga smiled at the taller and older boy. "You're coming to dinner with us, ne~?" He smiled and then looked over to where the rest of the dance school was leaving, some of them without throwing even a glance at Taisuke. "I know how that must feel like...when I came to the Tokyo division of Johnny's as the only one from Nagoya...I had been the only one who had been picked by the chairman...but...people here received me warmly...or at least...one of them did...you're luckier in that aspect. You've already made friends here~"
Smiling softly, Taisuke nodded his head. "Don't worry, Senga-kun. I won't let it get to me." He picked up his bag and checked if he missed anything else. "I'm sure this won't last forever..." He paused for a moment before smiling a bit more brightly at Senga. "Let's go then?"
"I thought you wouldn't be dragged down but..." he lowered his voice a little. "Actually it was Nika-chan who was being a little worried about you since he noticed the looks you got from them...he may not seem like it but he's very caring and very observing~" Senga smiled.
On the other side of the room Hiro had already given a suspecting glance to Nikaido, who had just shrugged it off.
Bending slightly to listen to Senga, Taisuke smiled as well, hearing the other's words. "I'll have to thank him later then...though are you sure he's not trying to make up for teasing me with the others earlier on?" he said with a small, teasing smile.
Senga blinked and widened his eyes slightly. "No no no!" He waved his hands in denial. "Nika-chan really -is- caring and he's worried about you and..."
Taisuke laughed and patted Senga on the head. "Alright, alright, I get it, Senga-kun. Let's really go now?"
“Those two fit together, seriously..." Nikaido grumbled.
Hiro chuckled, "You're not getting jealous again, are you?"
"Heck no...I have nothing to worry about with Taisuke...I'd be more worried about you, really..." the younger boy snorted.
"Well thank you...come on, the rest is waiting already."
Since Yokoo and Iida had rented a van - for moving purposes - and they could keep it until the end of the week, they soon found themselves cruising down the busy streets of Tokyo.
"So who's buying dinner? Is it senpai's treat~?"
"Hiro then?"
"Oi, I haven't been in the Jimusho as long as you have...but the one who's been in the longest would be Wataru...but he's driving..."
Tamamori grinned, "Jyaa~ that means it's Nika's treat! He entered the same time as Yokoo-kun~!"
"What???"
"Okay, Nika's treat!" everyone else agreed.
"...I hate you guys..."
Taisuke giggled in amusement. "I thank you ahead of time then, Nikaido-kun~" He considered thanking the other for worrying about him as well, but seeing the other wasn't sitting in the same row as him, other people would hear as well and he thought he shouldn't embarrass Nikaido. "What are we eating then?~" he asked instead.
"Good question...since we're making Nika-chan pay we should let him choose?"
"Thank you then..." Nikaido sighed. "Since I have no clue about what you guys actually -want- to eat I'd say famiresu...so everyone gets at least something close to what they wanted...?"
"...wow that was an unexpectedly good idea?"
"Oh shut up..."
Taisuke laughed again. "Sounds good to me~"
"Famiresu it is then?" Yokoo called from the front. "Alright, our destination is decided then~" At the next traffic light, he quickly made a right turn and drove towards a certain direction.
"Just pray we don't get kicked out for being too loud..." Hiro commented, remembering some of the more closer calls recently.
Senga furrowed his brows in thought, "Well, we always have discussions about some thing or the other so it always gets louder...?"
"It's not like we can help it," Miyata snorted. "We have seven youngsters at a table, and well, now we have eight. For all I care, we might actually get kicked out this time."
Taisuke just blinked in eyes in slight surprise.
Hiro sighed and nudged Taisuke gently. "You'll see..." he turned back to the rest, "I guess tonight's topic will be Enbujou then?"
"Yup...oh and we still have to fill out those letter corner cards and stuff for the magazines and for Shounen Club..."
"Eeeh~"
And the discussion started.
When the talk revolved around magazines and Shounen Club, Taisuke couldn't say much, but he listened attentively because if everything went smoothly, he would be doing these things soon as well. Of course, there were times he had a few comments and a few questions, but for most of the time, he was quieter than usual in a conversation.
"Alright, let's continue in the restaurant now?" Iida said as Yokoo pulled the car to a stop and the rest of them realized they have arrived at their destination.
"Haaaaaai~" the six in the back of the car answered in unison and soon everyone was getting out of the car and walked up the stairs leading to the family restaurant. They were lucky, it was a pretty quiet evening. Besides, the restaurant wasn't too close to a subway station so only people with a car came here. They found a place to sit at the back, where they wouldn't disturb other people too much. It was almost a separate room, with a table to sit around ten people or four to five people each. The point was that it was where the machine to refill their drinks stood. Many people didn't like the noise of it or didn't want people walking in and out all the time but the eight of them didn't care and it gave them 'permission' to be a bit louder.
"Alright everyone, order...but don't make me go broke!"
"I like the idea of making you go broke though," Miyata said with a smirk.
"Oi!"
Miyata then chuckled. "Oh fine. I'll be nice today. Mh...pasta sounds good to me today."
"I want hamburger~" Taisuke said with a grin. "Oh, oh, and I want dessert later too!"
"Jya...I'll take the tempura set..." Hiro closed the menu again.
The others chose and the waitress who'd approached their table typed everything into her little palm pilot.
With that done, Yokoo took out a piece of paper. "Alright...Enbujou...any suggestions or complaints so far about OUR performance?"
"Yes, we'll have to coordinate the skating speed more since Senga and Hiro are either too slow or too fast and we actually miss the right positions for the alley..."
"I want to trade flags with somebody since mine is too thick for me to hold...and I think Iida-kun has one that's thinner...and he wouldn't have a problem holding mine?"
The suggestions kept coming until food was served and even while they were eating they discussed animatedly.
"So, Tai-chan," Yokoo said, "you've been sort of quiet. Anything else you want to add? You're part of most of our performances anyways."
Taisuke blinked and swallowed his mouthful of meat and rice. "Eh? I did speak up! I gave a few suggestions, didn't I?"
Yokoo glanced down at the piece of paper. "I guess a bit...any complaints then?"
"...other than being teased and about being married?" Taisuke mumbled to himself.
Hiro choked on his tea. "What the hell??"
"What? The bride...groom...whatever...doesn't know?"
Taisuke turned red and stared at his food. Now, why on earth did he mention that? "It's nothing, Hiro..." he mumbled. "People...were just being silly or something..."
"..." Hiro just stared at four grins or smirks. Senga and Iida were keeping themselves out of the affair. "You guys seriously have nothing better to do..." he muttered and then just continued to eat.
Soon, everyone was concentrated on eating their food and most of them were finished with their dinner. His embarrassment having passed, Taisuke put down his utensils and said, "I want ice cream now~" He looked around. "Anyone else wants dessert?"
Hiro smiled at Taisuke, "I'll share a sundae with you?"
"I wanna share one with Nika-chan!" Senga batted his eyelashes at his boyfriend.
"I thought you were on a diet?"
"So? Does that mean I can't do this once in a while? Besides, with all the rehearsals I'm burning a lot of calories..."
Taisuke smiled back at Kitayama and nodded his head. "Un, that sounds good~"
Tamamori smiled with a slight hint of amusement and patted Senga on the head. "You just keep on thinking that, Senga..."
Yokoo turned to Iida. "You want one too?"
Iida paused for a second before nodding his head. "Alright."
"I'll share it with you then~" Yokoo grinned.
Miyata raised an eyebrow. "Oi, oi, are you guys like ganging up on me and Tama-chan or something?"
Hiro started, "You two are just in de-"
"-nial..." Yokoo finished.
Nikaido feigned a heartattack. "Oh god, they're actually agreeing on something..."
Taisuke giggled and just turned to Tamamori. "You want a sundae too then?"
The other shook his head. "No, I don't feel like it."
"What about Miyata-kun?" Taisuke tilted his head and asked the other.
"...no thank you." As he spoke, Miyata just narrowed his eyes at Kitayama and Yokoo.
"That makes three sundaes then~"
Turning to Taisuke, Hiro asked, "I'll let you pick the flavors. So which ones do you feel like~?"
"Mh..." Taisuke tilted his head and thought about it. "Chocolate and vanilla~" Simple, but definitely a good combination.
"No objections~" Hiro smiled and ordered it for them. The others ordered theirs as well.
Miyata made a face, "Couples everywhere...I understand Hiro now...when he was complaining before..."
Yokoo chuckled. "Poor Miyacchi, are you considering something then?"
Miyata blinked. "What? Hell no!"
Taisuke blinked as well and tilted his head curiously. "Eh...?"
"We all know you two slept together during the last senpai tour we backdanced for...and I don't mean sharing a room..." Hiro commented dryly.
Everyone looked at the pair now. Miyata tried to ignore it and Tamamori was very intently polishing his glasses.
"...eh?" Taisuke's eyes widened in surprise and stared at Miyata and Tamamori.
Miyata grumbled something and continued to try to ignore the rest of the group.
Yokoo just grinned and Hiro smirked, winking at Taisuke in a 'Be glad the subject changed from us to them?' manner.
Taisuke blinked and nodded his head slowly. Their table was then surrounded by a slightly awkward silence as Miyata and Tamamori continued to ignore the group, while the group continued to stare, waiting for something to happen.
"Your sundaes young sirs~" the waitress chose that moment to come back with their order.
If they had been anime characters this would have been the perfect moment for everyone to fall over.
The moment the sundae was in front of him though, Taisuke forgot about everything else and his eyes sparkled. "It looks good~" Grabbing a spoon, he immediately dug into the ice cream and took a bite. "Mh...it's good~" he almost squealed in happiness.
"Definitely five," Nikaido coughed before smiling and pushing one of the other sundaes towards Senga.
"Ew...does that make Hiro a pedophile then?"
Hiro threw his balled up tissue at Yokoo.
"Stop teasing me about that!" Taisuke flushed and pouted in response. "I really am 20!"
Miyata snorted. "Sure you are."
"I am!"
"Then act like it! Or you're posing a bad example for Senga..."
"OI!"
Taisuke puffed up his cheeks. "You guys are mean..." He ate another spoonful of ice cream and decided to ignore them. "Hiro want some?"
"Sure?" Hiro looked at his boyfriend.
He didn't mind that the other acted like a kid. It just made Taisuke even more adorable in his eyes.
Taisuke pushed the bowl towards Kitayama and offered him the extra spoon.
"Aww, no feeding?" Yokoo snickered.
"If it wasn't Nika-chan paying for this I'd give -you- a taste of this ice-cream, Yokoo-chan..." Hiro restrained himself from actually flicking some of the ice-cream at the other. But that would most definitely end up in them being thrown out.
"Ah, don't argue..." Taisuke mumbled and spooned some ice cream on to Kitayama's spoon and gave it to the other. "Eat ice cream ne?"
"Hai, hai..." Hiro accepted the spoon offered to him. "Mh...amai.." Just like a certain somebody...
"Deshou?" Taisuke smiled happily. "It's good~"
Miyata looked away and coughed slightly before half-feigning barfing.
Taisuke blinked. "What? We didn't do anything, did we?"
"Nah...he just doesn't want to admit that he wants to spoil 'Tama-chan' a little bit, too..." Hiro enjoyed another spoonful of ice-cream.
"Eh? Sou?" Taisuke blinked and glanced at Tamamori. "Okay..." He turned back to the sundae and took another spoonful.
"Oi, Taisuke-kun! You believe Hiro too easily!" Miyata glared at Kitayama.
Taisuke blinked. "Eh? I do?"
"Well it's the truth so he can believe it?" Hiro shrugged it off.
Seeing how Kitayama had brushed off the other, Taisuke just giggled softly before concentrating on finishing his ice cream. And soon, they were all finished their treats.
"Gochisousama ne, Nikaido-kun~" Taisuke grinned at the other.
"Your treat next time..." Nikaido grumbled, when he paid the tab.
Later, Yokoo dropped Taisuke and Hiro off at the station again where he'd picked them up in the morning. "Same as today 'til the end of the week, alright?"
"Hai~ Onegaishimasuuu~" Hiro smiled and then waved at his friends.
"Oyasumi~" Taisuke waved as well and watched Yokoo drive away. He stretched his arms into the air. "Ah, that ends day one..."
"It does..." Hiro nudged the other into a dark corner and kissed him shortly. "I'll see you tomorrow then?"
Taisuke blushed at the kiss and smiled at Kitayama shyly. "U-un. I'll see you to-" He blinked. "Ah, teddy bear..."
"Ted- oh, right! Eto...ah...I can't bring it to rehearsal anytime soon but I'll bring it when I can?" he couldn't very well carry a bear to university and any other work appointments, even if he wanted to...or well he could but it would make him stand out a lot.
Taisuke nodded his head, knowing what the other meant. "Maybe I'll find time to drop by and pick it up...not tonight though," he said, giving Kitayama a small smile. "I already thought of a name for it~"
"Oh? Can I hear it?" Hiro asked as they walked down the street.
"I want to call it Romi~" Taisuke smiled. "I thought it sounds cute ne~"
"Romi-chan? Mh...it sounds cute...What made you think of that name?" Hiro asked curiously.
Taisuke blushed lightly and turned his head away. "Mh...I'm not sure...it...just came up ne..."
"Sou...? Maa..." They rounded a corner and Hiro sighed. "Oh well...I'll see you tomorrow~" They had to split here.
"Un, see you tomorrow~" Taisuke looked around for signs of people before smiling bashfully and pressed a quick kiss on Kitayama's lips. "Oyasumi~" With a small wave, he turned and walked back towards his home.
Author's Note: Geh, I have nothing much to say again. Everyone likes teasing Taisuke a lot though. Dear muse, why are you so easy to tease? What else? KissuMai with A.B.C...whoa, noisy. Lol. Taisuke being a child when eating sweets as usual and mh...yea. Meh. Stuff. I guess I can finally keep my notes short?
Oh, it's part nine. One...more part? =X Maa, you'll see. //whacked//
Comments are love and appreciated~ ♥
Part Ten (Final)
Author: shatteredtenshi and kira_shadow
Rating: PG-13
Genre: AU, Romance
Fandom: JE
Pairing: Kitayama Hiromitsu x Fujigaya Taisuke
Warnings: Unbeta-ed...RP-style collab...hopefully it's not really chessy?
Notes: Yet another collaboration!!! AU this time...so it might be interesting? Multi-chaptered!
Summary: In a world where Fujigaya Taisuke and Kitayama Hiromitsu didn't meet through being in Johnny's Jimusho together...
Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five | Part Six | Part Seven | Part Eight
In Another World
By Shattered Tenshi and Kira Shadow
Part Nine
They just walked next door where either tables or cushions had been set up so people could eat and drink. There were several pots and plastic cups too, to get some green tea to go with lunch. "Eto...ah, over there!" Hiro pointed to a larger group of people on cushions at the back.
When they got there, Hiro introduced Taisuke. "Minna, for those who do not already know, this is Fujigaya Taisuke."
"Hello~!" a part of the group chorused.
"Taisuke, apart from those you already know, the four at the back there next to Iida are ABC, our Acrobat Boys Club. You might remember some of them from karaoke..."
Taisuke smiled back at all of them. "Un, I remember Totsuka-kun ne...and Kawai-kun and I talked a bit while Hiro was singing~"
Kawai grinned. "Yo! The other two here are Tsukada Ryouichi and Goseki Koichi." The two named ones nodded and waved.
"Tsukada..." Taisuke tilted his head and wondered why the name sounded familiar. "Ah, you're the one Hiro mentioned who's good at break-dancing!"
"Tsuka-chan is our dancing expert~ He's good at all kinds of dancing!" Tottsu patted the other boy on the back and the light haired boy just smiled and scratched the back of his head.
Yokoo nodded, "Whatever you want to learn...as long as it's dancing of course, you can ask Tsuka-chan and he'll teach you."
"Sugoi~" Taisuke grinned. "I'll keep that in mind~"
Soon, they were all sitting down and started enjoying their lunch, starting various conversation topics.
After he was done eating, Hiro fell asleep - out of habit - leaning against Taisuke' shoulder.
Iida smiled and whispered, "Let him sleep...or he'll be all cranky later...or worse, skate right into you during the opening scene..."
"It's the sacrifice we have to bring to get him to be on time...so you better get used to it~" Yokoo grinned.
Blinking in surprise - it takes a little time to get used to Kitayama falling asleep on his shoulder randomly - Taisuke nodded his head slowly" O-okay..." he whispered back.
A.B.C. started chuckling among themselves at the back and Taisuke could hear Kawai whispering, "They really look good together after all..." Taisuke turned red in response.
"He falls asleep a lot..." Yokoo chuckled quietly, "And sometimes it's really random...it used to piss me off a little bit when we just met but you get used to it. It's just something that belongs to Hiro...da ne...?"
The rest around them agreed.
"Now...since Hiro is asleep, we can talk to you some more or you to us. Anything you wanna say? Complaints about Hiro maybe?"
"E-eh?" Taisuke blinked. He quickly shook his head. "I don't have any complaints."
Yokoo raised an eyebrow. "Now, you don't have to feel bad or anything. Feel free to complain, really."
Taisuke shook his head. "I really don't have anything..."
"You mean Hiro didn't like molest you immediately or something?" Nikaido cut in. Taisuke turned a dark shade of red.
"He did??"
"Uwaaah~!"
Hiro grumbled a little in his sleep.
Taisuke shook his head again, trying not to wake Kitayama up. "I...I never said that! We...we didn't do much..."
"You didn't do much...which meant you guys did something!" Nikaido said. Everyone else immediately reacted to the words with 'ooh's.
Yokoo prodded, "I don't want details...but...do tell us?"
"T-there's no details!" Taisuke turned a different shade of red. "W-we...just kissed..."
Nikaido raised an eyebrow. "You serious? I would have thought you guys went a lot further than that," he said with a smirk.
"Maybe Hiro fell asleep?" Senga prompted.
There was silence at first before some people started to roar with laughter.
Taisuke blinked before trying to flail but couldn't because of Kitayama leaning against him. "L-like I said...we...we didn't do anything else! N-not lying!"
Hiro stirred and grumbled, "You people are all too loud!!" He whacked the next person with a pillow - this person happened to be Nikaido.
"Itai! Oi! Don't hit people with a zabuton!"
"Then shut up!!"
Yokoo sighed, "Here goes the cranky one..."
"Hiro..." Taisuke frowned slightly and tugged on Kitayama's wrist. "Sorry, did we wake you up?" He pulled the zabuton from the other's grip and saved Nikaido from getting hit again.
Miyata leaned over to Tamamori and whispered in the other's ear. "Maybe Taisuke-kun will be the one who can control cranky Hiro..."
Tamamori whispered back, "Yokoo usually kissed him to shut him up or keep him from doing anything...since they separated that strategy didn't work anymore...so let's see what Taisuke-kun comes up with?"
Hiro was still grumbling. Then he sighed, shifted a bit and fell asleep again.
Taisuke blinked again yet in surprise. "U-um..." Kitayama really did fall asleep quickly.
Nikaido snickered. "Does that mean we can go back on our previous topic then?"
Taisuke yelped slightly. "N-no, thank you!"
"I think I saw you guys in Harajuku a while back, what were you doing? Going on a date~?" Kawaii asked, from the other side of the table.
"H-Harajuku?" Taisuke blushed lightly. "I...um...y-yea..."
"Ooh, a date~" Yokoo sing-songed while Nikaido snickered. "So what did you guys do?"
Taisuke darted his eyes around. "N-nothing much...eating, looking at some clothes, going to the game center..."
"Sounds like a date to me~ And you didn't do anything else again??"
"W-we really didn't do anything else! After dinner, he walked back home and he met my family and..." Taisuke stopped in mid-sentence when the reactions started to come already.
"Oh, he met your family, did he?" Nikaido snickered. "So soon..."
"That sounds like you are getting married or something..." Tamamori commented, eyebrow raised.
Taisuke wondered if he could get any redder. "M-married?!" he squeaked. "N-no, we're not! He walked me home and he wanted to meet my family and I wanted him to meet them as well and..."
Kawai snickered. "Oh yea, getting married."
"Next thing, he'll buy you a ring or something..." Yokoo snickered. "Or did he do that already?"
"R-ring?" Taisuke shook his head. "No...we're really not getting married!" He pouted. "Stop saying that."
"We're just teasing you, Taisuke. Don't panic." Yokoo laughed and poked the younger boy's cheek. "I am slowly getting why Hiro does that..."
"...why Hiro does what?" Taisuke blinked, puffing up his cheeks when Yokoo poked him.
"This..." Yokoo poked Taisuke's cheek again.
Taisuke blinked. "Oh..." He tilted his head. "...why?"
A.B.C. started to snicker among themselves again. "So...how old do you think Taisuke-kun is acting?" Kawai asked.
"Ten?" Goseki suggested.
"...how about seven?" Tsukada said.
"More like five..." Totsuka chuckled and smirked.
"Senga, I take almost everything back I ever said about you..." Nikaido hugged his boyfriend, who was going '????' in his arms.
Quite oblivious to people teasing him, Taisuke pulled on Yokoo's arm. "Ne, Wataru, you didn't answer my question..."
"You're just provoking people to do it, Taisuke...you look...pokable?"
Taisuke made a face. "I look...pokable? I...don't get that..."
Yokoo waved a hand. "Well, you do."
"Lemme try too!" Nikaido poked Taisuke in the side.
Taisuke yelped and tried to swat Nikaido away.
"I see what you mean..." Nikaido grinned.
When everyone else in the room burst out in laughter, Taisuke made a face. "Not funny, you guys! And stop laughing! You'll wake Hiro up!"
Kawai snickered and shook his head. "Ah, what a good wife already.”
"Or a totally caring and totally whipped husband..." Nikaido commented with a smirk.
Miyata snorted, "I wouldn't be so mean, Nika-chan...it's more like a real puppy-like one."
Taisuke didn't know how to react at first, but it was closed to something like being flustered and such. He lowered his head in embarrassment and clamped his mouth shut, trying not to squirm around too much, just in case it woke Kitayama up.
"That's what I call...ok I can't think of the right word but I guess people wouldn't really think that Taisuke-kun was the bottom in this relationship...considering Hiro-kun's previous relationship..." Several pairs of eyes flew over to where Yokoo had his arm wrapped around Iida loosely.
"What?" Yokoo raised an eyebrow.
Silence.
"Nevermind."
Taisuke decided it would be a smart decision to just ignore all the conversation that was going on. Definitely sounded better than trying to deny things and get all flustered and get teased some more and...stuff. He stared down at his lap and started to fiddle with the hem of his shirt, wondering when was lunch break over.
Hiro rose about five minutes before the break was over and rubbed his eyes sleepily. His hair was slightly mussed up from his earlier 'outbreak' and one could've described the scene as adorable, if it weren't for the fact that he was over 20 years old...
"Aww, lookie...Kitty-chan woke up again~"
"...I love you too and....says the one who looks most like a cat than all of us..." Hiro muttered and then turned to Taisuke, giving the other an apologetic smile. "Sorry for falling asleep on you again? But...you're really comfortable to lean against...unlike a certain somebody..."
"Was that an insult?"
"What if it was?"
"......"
Taisuke blushed lightly and shook his head. "It's...it's okay. I don't mind." There were some snickers heard and a few whispers, but he ignored them and just smiled at Kitayama shyly.
"Mh...just in time..." Hiro stretched and yawned. "On with the show..."
He leant over to Taisuke and whispered, "I'll take you out for dinner for this, alright?"
Taisuke turned a little red again and nodded his head. "Un, okay."
Soon, everyone was filing back towards the rehearsal room and practice began once again. This time, after going through the opening and show time stuff a few more times, they went on with the drama scenes. Since the ones in the scenes are mainly Johnny's, the extras were all just resting, including Taisuke. He had considered joining his dance school, but when he noticed the looks he was getting from some of them, he reconsidered the idea and just sat in a corner.
Luckily, the rehearsal soon ended after a last run of a few songs from the show time. Taisuke quickly then started to pack his stuff away.
"Tai~su~ke~kun!" Senga smiled at the taller and older boy. "You're coming to dinner with us, ne~?" He smiled and then looked over to where the rest of the dance school was leaving, some of them without throwing even a glance at Taisuke. "I know how that must feel like...when I came to the Tokyo division of Johnny's as the only one from Nagoya...I had been the only one who had been picked by the chairman...but...people here received me warmly...or at least...one of them did...you're luckier in that aspect. You've already made friends here~"
Smiling softly, Taisuke nodded his head. "Don't worry, Senga-kun. I won't let it get to me." He picked up his bag and checked if he missed anything else. "I'm sure this won't last forever..." He paused for a moment before smiling a bit more brightly at Senga. "Let's go then?"
"I thought you wouldn't be dragged down but..." he lowered his voice a little. "Actually it was Nika-chan who was being a little worried about you since he noticed the looks you got from them...he may not seem like it but he's very caring and very observing~" Senga smiled.
On the other side of the room Hiro had already given a suspecting glance to Nikaido, who had just shrugged it off.
Bending slightly to listen to Senga, Taisuke smiled as well, hearing the other's words. "I'll have to thank him later then...though are you sure he's not trying to make up for teasing me with the others earlier on?" he said with a small, teasing smile.
Senga blinked and widened his eyes slightly. "No no no!" He waved his hands in denial. "Nika-chan really -is- caring and he's worried about you and..."
Taisuke laughed and patted Senga on the head. "Alright, alright, I get it, Senga-kun. Let's really go now?"
“Those two fit together, seriously..." Nikaido grumbled.
Hiro chuckled, "You're not getting jealous again, are you?"
"Heck no...I have nothing to worry about with Taisuke...I'd be more worried about you, really..." the younger boy snorted.
"Well thank you...come on, the rest is waiting already."
Since Yokoo and Iida had rented a van - for moving purposes - and they could keep it until the end of the week, they soon found themselves cruising down the busy streets of Tokyo.
"So who's buying dinner? Is it senpai's treat~?"
"Hiro then?"
"Oi, I haven't been in the Jimusho as long as you have...but the one who's been in the longest would be Wataru...but he's driving..."
Tamamori grinned, "Jyaa~ that means it's Nika's treat! He entered the same time as Yokoo-kun~!"
"What???"
"Okay, Nika's treat!" everyone else agreed.
"...I hate you guys..."
Taisuke giggled in amusement. "I thank you ahead of time then, Nikaido-kun~" He considered thanking the other for worrying about him as well, but seeing the other wasn't sitting in the same row as him, other people would hear as well and he thought he shouldn't embarrass Nikaido. "What are we eating then?~" he asked instead.
"Good question...since we're making Nika-chan pay we should let him choose?"
"Thank you then..." Nikaido sighed. "Since I have no clue about what you guys actually -want- to eat I'd say famiresu...so everyone gets at least something close to what they wanted...?"
"...wow that was an unexpectedly good idea?"
"Oh shut up..."
Taisuke laughed again. "Sounds good to me~"
"Famiresu it is then?" Yokoo called from the front. "Alright, our destination is decided then~" At the next traffic light, he quickly made a right turn and drove towards a certain direction.
"Just pray we don't get kicked out for being too loud..." Hiro commented, remembering some of the more closer calls recently.
Senga furrowed his brows in thought, "Well, we always have discussions about some thing or the other so it always gets louder...?"
"It's not like we can help it," Miyata snorted. "We have seven youngsters at a table, and well, now we have eight. For all I care, we might actually get kicked out this time."
Taisuke just blinked in eyes in slight surprise.
Hiro sighed and nudged Taisuke gently. "You'll see..." he turned back to the rest, "I guess tonight's topic will be Enbujou then?"
"Yup...oh and we still have to fill out those letter corner cards and stuff for the magazines and for Shounen Club..."
"Eeeh~"
And the discussion started.
When the talk revolved around magazines and Shounen Club, Taisuke couldn't say much, but he listened attentively because if everything went smoothly, he would be doing these things soon as well. Of course, there were times he had a few comments and a few questions, but for most of the time, he was quieter than usual in a conversation.
"Alright, let's continue in the restaurant now?" Iida said as Yokoo pulled the car to a stop and the rest of them realized they have arrived at their destination.
"Haaaaaai~" the six in the back of the car answered in unison and soon everyone was getting out of the car and walked up the stairs leading to the family restaurant. They were lucky, it was a pretty quiet evening. Besides, the restaurant wasn't too close to a subway station so only people with a car came here. They found a place to sit at the back, where they wouldn't disturb other people too much. It was almost a separate room, with a table to sit around ten people or four to five people each. The point was that it was where the machine to refill their drinks stood. Many people didn't like the noise of it or didn't want people walking in and out all the time but the eight of them didn't care and it gave them 'permission' to be a bit louder.
"Alright everyone, order...but don't make me go broke!"
"I like the idea of making you go broke though," Miyata said with a smirk.
"Oi!"
Miyata then chuckled. "Oh fine. I'll be nice today. Mh...pasta sounds good to me today."
"I want hamburger~" Taisuke said with a grin. "Oh, oh, and I want dessert later too!"
"Jya...I'll take the tempura set..." Hiro closed the menu again.
The others chose and the waitress who'd approached their table typed everything into her little palm pilot.
With that done, Yokoo took out a piece of paper. "Alright...Enbujou...any suggestions or complaints so far about OUR performance?"
"Yes, we'll have to coordinate the skating speed more since Senga and Hiro are either too slow or too fast and we actually miss the right positions for the alley..."
"I want to trade flags with somebody since mine is too thick for me to hold...and I think Iida-kun has one that's thinner...and he wouldn't have a problem holding mine?"
The suggestions kept coming until food was served and even while they were eating they discussed animatedly.
"So, Tai-chan," Yokoo said, "you've been sort of quiet. Anything else you want to add? You're part of most of our performances anyways."
Taisuke blinked and swallowed his mouthful of meat and rice. "Eh? I did speak up! I gave a few suggestions, didn't I?"
Yokoo glanced down at the piece of paper. "I guess a bit...any complaints then?"
"...other than being teased and about being married?" Taisuke mumbled to himself.
Hiro choked on his tea. "What the hell??"
"What? The bride...groom...whatever...doesn't know?"
Taisuke turned red and stared at his food. Now, why on earth did he mention that? "It's nothing, Hiro..." he mumbled. "People...were just being silly or something..."
"..." Hiro just stared at four grins or smirks. Senga and Iida were keeping themselves out of the affair. "You guys seriously have nothing better to do..." he muttered and then just continued to eat.
Soon, everyone was concentrated on eating their food and most of them were finished with their dinner. His embarrassment having passed, Taisuke put down his utensils and said, "I want ice cream now~" He looked around. "Anyone else wants dessert?"
Hiro smiled at Taisuke, "I'll share a sundae with you?"
"I wanna share one with Nika-chan!" Senga batted his eyelashes at his boyfriend.
"I thought you were on a diet?"
"So? Does that mean I can't do this once in a while? Besides, with all the rehearsals I'm burning a lot of calories..."
Taisuke smiled back at Kitayama and nodded his head. "Un, that sounds good~"
Tamamori smiled with a slight hint of amusement and patted Senga on the head. "You just keep on thinking that, Senga..."
Yokoo turned to Iida. "You want one too?"
Iida paused for a second before nodding his head. "Alright."
"I'll share it with you then~" Yokoo grinned.
Miyata raised an eyebrow. "Oi, oi, are you guys like ganging up on me and Tama-chan or something?"
Hiro started, "You two are just in de-"
"-nial..." Yokoo finished.
Nikaido feigned a heartattack. "Oh god, they're actually agreeing on something..."
Taisuke giggled and just turned to Tamamori. "You want a sundae too then?"
The other shook his head. "No, I don't feel like it."
"What about Miyata-kun?" Taisuke tilted his head and asked the other.
"...no thank you." As he spoke, Miyata just narrowed his eyes at Kitayama and Yokoo.
"That makes three sundaes then~"
Turning to Taisuke, Hiro asked, "I'll let you pick the flavors. So which ones do you feel like~?"
"Mh..." Taisuke tilted his head and thought about it. "Chocolate and vanilla~" Simple, but definitely a good combination.
"No objections~" Hiro smiled and ordered it for them. The others ordered theirs as well.
Miyata made a face, "Couples everywhere...I understand Hiro now...when he was complaining before..."
Yokoo chuckled. "Poor Miyacchi, are you considering something then?"
Miyata blinked. "What? Hell no!"
Taisuke blinked as well and tilted his head curiously. "Eh...?"
"We all know you two slept together during the last senpai tour we backdanced for...and I don't mean sharing a room..." Hiro commented dryly.
Everyone looked at the pair now. Miyata tried to ignore it and Tamamori was very intently polishing his glasses.
"...eh?" Taisuke's eyes widened in surprise and stared at Miyata and Tamamori.
Miyata grumbled something and continued to try to ignore the rest of the group.
Yokoo just grinned and Hiro smirked, winking at Taisuke in a 'Be glad the subject changed from us to them?' manner.
Taisuke blinked and nodded his head slowly. Their table was then surrounded by a slightly awkward silence as Miyata and Tamamori continued to ignore the group, while the group continued to stare, waiting for something to happen.
"Your sundaes young sirs~" the waitress chose that moment to come back with their order.
If they had been anime characters this would have been the perfect moment for everyone to fall over.
The moment the sundae was in front of him though, Taisuke forgot about everything else and his eyes sparkled. "It looks good~" Grabbing a spoon, he immediately dug into the ice cream and took a bite. "Mh...it's good~" he almost squealed in happiness.
"Definitely five," Nikaido coughed before smiling and pushing one of the other sundaes towards Senga.
"Ew...does that make Hiro a pedophile then?"
Hiro threw his balled up tissue at Yokoo.
"Stop teasing me about that!" Taisuke flushed and pouted in response. "I really am 20!"
Miyata snorted. "Sure you are."
"I am!"
"Then act like it! Or you're posing a bad example for Senga..."
"OI!"
Taisuke puffed up his cheeks. "You guys are mean..." He ate another spoonful of ice cream and decided to ignore them. "Hiro want some?"
"Sure?" Hiro looked at his boyfriend.
He didn't mind that the other acted like a kid. It just made Taisuke even more adorable in his eyes.
Taisuke pushed the bowl towards Kitayama and offered him the extra spoon.
"Aww, no feeding?" Yokoo snickered.
"If it wasn't Nika-chan paying for this I'd give -you- a taste of this ice-cream, Yokoo-chan..." Hiro restrained himself from actually flicking some of the ice-cream at the other. But that would most definitely end up in them being thrown out.
"Ah, don't argue..." Taisuke mumbled and spooned some ice cream on to Kitayama's spoon and gave it to the other. "Eat ice cream ne?"
"Hai, hai..." Hiro accepted the spoon offered to him. "Mh...amai.." Just like a certain somebody...
"Deshou?" Taisuke smiled happily. "It's good~"
Miyata looked away and coughed slightly before half-feigning barfing.
Taisuke blinked. "What? We didn't do anything, did we?"
"Nah...he just doesn't want to admit that he wants to spoil 'Tama-chan' a little bit, too..." Hiro enjoyed another spoonful of ice-cream.
"Eh? Sou?" Taisuke blinked and glanced at Tamamori. "Okay..." He turned back to the sundae and took another spoonful.
"Oi, Taisuke-kun! You believe Hiro too easily!" Miyata glared at Kitayama.
Taisuke blinked. "Eh? I do?"
"Well it's the truth so he can believe it?" Hiro shrugged it off.
Seeing how Kitayama had brushed off the other, Taisuke just giggled softly before concentrating on finishing his ice cream. And soon, they were all finished their treats.
"Gochisousama ne, Nikaido-kun~" Taisuke grinned at the other.
"Your treat next time..." Nikaido grumbled, when he paid the tab.
Later, Yokoo dropped Taisuke and Hiro off at the station again where he'd picked them up in the morning. "Same as today 'til the end of the week, alright?"
"Hai~ Onegaishimasuuu~" Hiro smiled and then waved at his friends.
"Oyasumi~" Taisuke waved as well and watched Yokoo drive away. He stretched his arms into the air. "Ah, that ends day one..."
"It does..." Hiro nudged the other into a dark corner and kissed him shortly. "I'll see you tomorrow then?"
Taisuke blushed at the kiss and smiled at Kitayama shyly. "U-un. I'll see you to-" He blinked. "Ah, teddy bear..."
"Ted- oh, right! Eto...ah...I can't bring it to rehearsal anytime soon but I'll bring it when I can?" he couldn't very well carry a bear to university and any other work appointments, even if he wanted to...or well he could but it would make him stand out a lot.
Taisuke nodded his head, knowing what the other meant. "Maybe I'll find time to drop by and pick it up...not tonight though," he said, giving Kitayama a small smile. "I already thought of a name for it~"
"Oh? Can I hear it?" Hiro asked as they walked down the street.
"I want to call it Romi~" Taisuke smiled. "I thought it sounds cute ne~"
"Romi-chan? Mh...it sounds cute...What made you think of that name?" Hiro asked curiously.
Taisuke blushed lightly and turned his head away. "Mh...I'm not sure...it...just came up ne..."
"Sou...? Maa..." They rounded a corner and Hiro sighed. "Oh well...I'll see you tomorrow~" They had to split here.
"Un, see you tomorrow~" Taisuke looked around for signs of people before smiling bashfully and pressed a quick kiss on Kitayama's lips. "Oyasumi~" With a small wave, he turned and walked back towards his home.
Author's Note: Geh, I have nothing much to say again. Everyone likes teasing Taisuke a lot though. Dear muse, why are you so easy to tease? What else? KissuMai with A.B.C...whoa, noisy. Lol. Taisuke being a child when eating sweets as usual and mh...yea. Meh. Stuff. I guess I can finally keep my notes short?
Oh, it's part nine. One...more part? =X Maa, you'll see. //whacked//
Comments are love and appreciated~ ♥
Part Ten (Final)