[multichapter] baby blue part 3 chapter 8
Title: Baby Blue: Part 3: Chapter 8
Pairing: JunDa
Rating: G
Word Count: 1166
Disclaimer: All people mentioned belong only to themselves...aside from JunDa who clearly belong to each other.
Summary: In the fairy tales they fall in love and live happily ever after...but this isn't a fairy tale. How are two people, madly in love, supposed to stay away from each other?
December 26th 2012
He was alone again when he woke the next morning, fully dressed and with the ring Taguchi had given him clutched tightly in his hand. He blinked the sleep from his eyes, and then rubbed away the tightness in his skin from where the tears had dried on his cheeks when he’d finally drifted to sleep.
He got up from the futon and tucked the ring safely back in its box before gathering his clean clothes and heading to the bathroom. He stopped for a moment in the hallway as he heard Taguchi’s voice, unconvincingly light, from downstairs.
“I’m just sad that I can’t stay here longer, that’s all” he chirped.
“Junnosuke” came his mother’s serious tone. “I know you better than you think and it really concerns me that you’re unhappy...”
“Mom” Taguchi sighed “I’m not unhappy...things...lately there’s been something...but I’ll be ok, I promise, I just...” and his voice suddenly sounded defeated “I just can’t deal with talking about it right now...”
There was silence for a moment and then Taguchi’s mother heaved a sigh “I understand...but if there’s anything at all I can do, you know that I’m here for you right? Jun, I love you, and I just want you to be happy, no matter what...ok? I’ll always support you...”
The floorboard beneath Ueda’s foot gave a loud creak, and he hurried into the bathroom before he was caught eavesdropping. He showered leisurely under the hot spray, trying to push the conversation from his mind, Taguchi’s sad voice, and his promise that he would be ok, ok without Ueda.
When he returned to the guest room he packed all of his things carefully back into his bag, before slipping his ring onto his finger and then making his way downstairs. The atmosphere downstairs had cheered up considerably since before his shower and he joined in the happy conversations, laughing at Taguchi’s mum’s stories.
After a relaxed morning and lunch, Taguchi announced that it was probably time to head back, so they gathered their things together and got ready to leave.
“You remember what I said Jun...” Taguchi’s mother said almost sternly as she gave Taguchi a tight hug and a kiss on the cheek. Then she turned to Ueda, pulling him in for a hug too “And you come back whenever you want to sweetheart, it’s been a pleasure having you with us.” Ueda tried to hide his blush as he said his thanks and goodbyes and then they both climbed back into Taguchi’s mini.
The drive home was quiet and uneventful, but once they arrived back at Ueda’s apartment building Taguchi pulled in beside Ueda’s car and switched off the engine.
“We should talk” Taguchi said, barely above a whisper and Ueda felt his stomach turn. “I meant those things that I said...” he cleared his throat “I love you...but I’ve been thinking about it, and right now, this isn’t good for us”
Ueda nodded “We were both stupid to let things get to this...” Taguchi took his hand and rubbed his thumb gently over the ring but said nothing. After and endless few minutes of battling to control his emotions, Ueda finally slipped his hand out from Taguchi’s “I’d better...the dogs haven’t had a proper walk in a few days, I had Mizusawa-san feed them but she’s quite old and...I’d better go take care of them.”
Taguchi nodded and seemed to snap out of some kind of daze “Yeah, of course, then I’ll see you at work tomorrow?” Ueda nodded and after giving Taguchi’s hand a light squeeze he got out of the car.
He pressed the buzzer of his neighbour to get into the building and then called into her apartment to pick up his key and drop of some of the Christmas cake Taguchi’s mum had sent back with him. It would have been much more convenient if he’d had a spare key, but he’d given that to Taguchi, and no amount of inconvenience in the world was enough for him to take it back.
He expected the dogs to be excited and jump up at him as soon as he opened the door, but as he’d gone into the kitchen they seemed to sense his mood and fell quiet, expressing their happiness only in the wagging of their tails. He put down his bags and the food and then gathered up the dogs leads to take them out.
He felt completely drained of energy, he was sad but he was holding together, he just felt empty. He let the dogs off the leashes once they reached the park and then found a bench to sit on, but he tried not to let his mind wander despite the way his fingers moved to fondle the ring on his other hand.
It had been incredibly sweet of Taguchi to give it to him, and it reminded him of just how in tune they seemed to be sometimes. They always laughed at Taguchi for being the KY of the group, but it seemed when there was something he cared about he really was anything but it. Ueda had looked at the new LV collection when it had first been advertised, but among all of the new selection of rings, the only one that caught his eye was the one now glinting at him in the early evening sun. Had he told Taguchi that? Or had the younger man seen him looking and noticed it? Or had Taguchi just become so used to him that he knew what things he would like?
He’d never told him that he would enjoy a weekend away to go backpacking, or scuba diving...or that he was just romantic enough that he loved the idea of watching the sunset, and he’d certainly never let on that his heart gave a weak flutter every time the younger man called him ‘baby’.
His mind wandered back to that song, he really liked it and yet he’d never really got it, not until now. He thought back to him and Taguchi singing those words together so long ago, peacefully oblivious to how much it would hurt them years later. He couldn’t say he regretted what he had with Taguchi, if he could go back and change things, knowing what he knew now, he wouldn’t change a thing, the times they had were too precious.
He found himself humming, and laughed a little to himself, he could almost hear Taguchi’s voice shooting off ridiculous puns about how his favourite colour was blue and how Ueda was his baby...like it was fate or something, but there had been no puns that night, only pain.
He knew it was time to leave once he felt icy nips along his cheeks where the winter chill in the air almost froze the tears he hadn’t known he was shedding. He stood from the bench and called the dogs back to him, and then he returned to the quiet of his apartment.
Chapter 7 | Chapter 9
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Sorry for this post being so late...and so short >_<
Pairing: JunDa
Rating: G
Word Count: 1166
Disclaimer: All people mentioned belong only to themselves...aside from JunDa who clearly belong to each other.
Summary: In the fairy tales they fall in love and live happily ever after...but this isn't a fairy tale. How are two people, madly in love, supposed to stay away from each other?
December 26th 2012
He was alone again when he woke the next morning, fully dressed and with the ring Taguchi had given him clutched tightly in his hand. He blinked the sleep from his eyes, and then rubbed away the tightness in his skin from where the tears had dried on his cheeks when he’d finally drifted to sleep.
He got up from the futon and tucked the ring safely back in its box before gathering his clean clothes and heading to the bathroom. He stopped for a moment in the hallway as he heard Taguchi’s voice, unconvincingly light, from downstairs.
“I’m just sad that I can’t stay here longer, that’s all” he chirped.
“Junnosuke” came his mother’s serious tone. “I know you better than you think and it really concerns me that you’re unhappy...”
“Mom” Taguchi sighed “I’m not unhappy...things...lately there’s been something...but I’ll be ok, I promise, I just...” and his voice suddenly sounded defeated “I just can’t deal with talking about it right now...”
There was silence for a moment and then Taguchi’s mother heaved a sigh “I understand...but if there’s anything at all I can do, you know that I’m here for you right? Jun, I love you, and I just want you to be happy, no matter what...ok? I’ll always support you...”
The floorboard beneath Ueda’s foot gave a loud creak, and he hurried into the bathroom before he was caught eavesdropping. He showered leisurely under the hot spray, trying to push the conversation from his mind, Taguchi’s sad voice, and his promise that he would be ok, ok without Ueda.
When he returned to the guest room he packed all of his things carefully back into his bag, before slipping his ring onto his finger and then making his way downstairs. The atmosphere downstairs had cheered up considerably since before his shower and he joined in the happy conversations, laughing at Taguchi’s mum’s stories.
After a relaxed morning and lunch, Taguchi announced that it was probably time to head back, so they gathered their things together and got ready to leave.
“You remember what I said Jun...” Taguchi’s mother said almost sternly as she gave Taguchi a tight hug and a kiss on the cheek. Then she turned to Ueda, pulling him in for a hug too “And you come back whenever you want to sweetheart, it’s been a pleasure having you with us.” Ueda tried to hide his blush as he said his thanks and goodbyes and then they both climbed back into Taguchi’s mini.
The drive home was quiet and uneventful, but once they arrived back at Ueda’s apartment building Taguchi pulled in beside Ueda’s car and switched off the engine.
“We should talk” Taguchi said, barely above a whisper and Ueda felt his stomach turn. “I meant those things that I said...” he cleared his throat “I love you...but I’ve been thinking about it, and right now, this isn’t good for us”
Ueda nodded “We were both stupid to let things get to this...” Taguchi took his hand and rubbed his thumb gently over the ring but said nothing. After and endless few minutes of battling to control his emotions, Ueda finally slipped his hand out from Taguchi’s “I’d better...the dogs haven’t had a proper walk in a few days, I had Mizusawa-san feed them but she’s quite old and...I’d better go take care of them.”
Taguchi nodded and seemed to snap out of some kind of daze “Yeah, of course, then I’ll see you at work tomorrow?” Ueda nodded and after giving Taguchi’s hand a light squeeze he got out of the car.
He pressed the buzzer of his neighbour to get into the building and then called into her apartment to pick up his key and drop of some of the Christmas cake Taguchi’s mum had sent back with him. It would have been much more convenient if he’d had a spare key, but he’d given that to Taguchi, and no amount of inconvenience in the world was enough for him to take it back.
He expected the dogs to be excited and jump up at him as soon as he opened the door, but as he’d gone into the kitchen they seemed to sense his mood and fell quiet, expressing their happiness only in the wagging of their tails. He put down his bags and the food and then gathered up the dogs leads to take them out.
He felt completely drained of energy, he was sad but he was holding together, he just felt empty. He let the dogs off the leashes once they reached the park and then found a bench to sit on, but he tried not to let his mind wander despite the way his fingers moved to fondle the ring on his other hand.
It had been incredibly sweet of Taguchi to give it to him, and it reminded him of just how in tune they seemed to be sometimes. They always laughed at Taguchi for being the KY of the group, but it seemed when there was something he cared about he really was anything but it. Ueda had looked at the new LV collection when it had first been advertised, but among all of the new selection of rings, the only one that caught his eye was the one now glinting at him in the early evening sun. Had he told Taguchi that? Or had the younger man seen him looking and noticed it? Or had Taguchi just become so used to him that he knew what things he would like?
He’d never told him that he would enjoy a weekend away to go backpacking, or scuba diving...or that he was just romantic enough that he loved the idea of watching the sunset, and he’d certainly never let on that his heart gave a weak flutter every time the younger man called him ‘baby’.
His mind wandered back to that song, he really liked it and yet he’d never really got it, not until now. He thought back to him and Taguchi singing those words together so long ago, peacefully oblivious to how much it would hurt them years later. He couldn’t say he regretted what he had with Taguchi, if he could go back and change things, knowing what he knew now, he wouldn’t change a thing, the times they had were too precious.
He found himself humming, and laughed a little to himself, he could almost hear Taguchi’s voice shooting off ridiculous puns about how his favourite colour was blue and how Ueda was his baby...like it was fate or something, but there had been no puns that night, only pain.
He knew it was time to leave once he felt icy nips along his cheeks where the winter chill in the air almost froze the tears he hadn’t known he was shedding. He stood from the bench and called the dogs back to him, and then he returned to the quiet of his apartment.
Chapter 7 | Chapter 9
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Sorry for this post being so late...and so short >_<