This came to me and I guess I should just type it out...
Everyone is slightly older in here.
I don't own Junjou Romantica.
Takahiro steps back, slightly befuddled. "What, Usagi?" Out in the park on a bench because his best friend called on the phone saying he needed to tell him something important before Takahiro himself goes to pick up his little son from his wife's parents' house, this was the something he never expected.
"I love you."
"Oh..." 'So I wasn't hearing things...' "I... Usagi..."
Akihiko sighs, "I know. I just wanted to get it out before I regret ever not telling you before you got married."
"But- for how long-"
"...How long have we known each other for?"
"O-oh..." Takahiro's eyes widen, "Wow..." 'All this time...? I can't believe it!'
After a moment of silence as he tries to digest everything, Akihiko speaks up softly. "We'll always be best friends though, right?"
"Of course!" Takahiro says cheerfully, patting Akihiko's back. "Just because of this our friendship isn't going to end! You are a really kind man, Usagi."
"I can say the same for you too, Takahiro," Akihiko says quietly, looking up at the trees whispering as the wind blows.
"But it's been a long time right? Will you be okay?" asks Takahiro worriedly.
"Of course-" he looks in surprise as Takahiro clasps his hands with his.
"If there's anything I can do to help you get over this, please ask! I want to help you find true happiness as well!"
'You're always so nice...' Akihiko thought before looking down at their hands. "You can start by letting go."
"Oh..? Oh! Okay," Takahiro lets go of his hands before putting his up in surrender. "Sorry."
"I... I'm going to write something about these years so you can see my point of view, and I want you to read it, if that's alright with you." 'Also to see if you're really that oblivious...'
"Okay," Takahiro nods dutifully. "I'll read it!"
Misaki trembles nervously as he looks up at the company building. 'Why me...?'
Inside, he hesitantly approaches the front desk. "H-hello, I-"
"Waa!" He cringes as one of the ladies behind the desk look him over. "You're the one who won our contest this year- Takahashi-kun, right?" She points further in, "Two floors up, the room at the far left end. Good luck!"
As he slowly walks past them, he can hear their whispering.
"I hope he ends up auditioning for..."
"His voice when he went through on that one part was so deep, I thought he was a completely different person!"
"It turns out he going to voice th..."
'How am I going to explain this to Nii-chan...? It's all Senpai's fault, I didn't know he recorded me for those reasons all those times...'
'But 'for the sake of his film club' sounded right though...'
Takahashi Misaki, age 19, is somehow now a voice actor.
Days later...
'What type of person should I set Usagi up with...?' wondered Takahiro, on the couch reading through chapter 5 of Usagi's book, where they were around their university years, 'Now I know he has no interest in women in particular and I don't know about guys but...'
After a while he just slumps in his seat. 'Is there anyone suited for him?'
"What's wrong?" asks Manami, sitting next to him and looking at the book.
"Ah, I'm trying to figure out how to find someone for Usagi..."
"Hmm..." She takes the book and reads back some chapters.
Takahiro wondered if it was okay to let his wife know what had happened. Akihiko didn't say anything about sharing it with others- he most likely assumed that Takahiro wouldn't say anything to anyone. 'It's okay if it's Manami, right?' thought Takahiro, 'As husband and wife, we share together, so it's okay for sure, right...?'
Manami didn't seem angry or shocked about it either, knowing how deep their friendship was she probably understood. Also, she was happy to help finding a love for her husband's best friend who wished for their happiness- shouldn't they do the same for him?
"Oh," Takahiro looks at the time, "We should be going now to meet up with your parents for dinner."
"But, isn't Misaki-kun coming later?" asks Manami, getting Mahiro ready.
"I think we'll be back in time- he has a key so..." he trails off as he gets his coat and leaves the book on the table.
Later...
"Misaki?" calls Takahiro as they enter the apartment, noting how the lights are on.
Hearing soft crying noises, they go to the couch to see Misaki crying on the couch. "What's wrong?"
Takahiro pales a bit seeing the book in his brother's lap, "Uh... that-"
"My friend wanted me to read it," jumped in Manami, "You see, she's a BL fan... and..."
"Why would you read this?!" cried Misaki, holding the book in the air before setting it down on the coffee table. "It's so sad..."
"Y-you think so...?" asks Manami, having never seen Misaki cry, "I thought it was sad as well..."
"And he let his best friend be happy, isn't that good...?" offers Takahiro, trying to make it positive.
"But 10 years- no, more than 10 years, Nii-chan!" Misaki rubs his eyes, "When Taka told Aki that he was the first one he told that he was going to get married, I just..." Misaki gets up to get a tissue and wipes his eyes.
"Also," Misaki continues, "When he asks him to name his first child and be the godfather," he sits back on the couch bawling, "That was so cruel..."
"Misaki..." begins Takahiro.
"And, I don't really want to hit anyone, but I really wanted to punch him, you know?!"
"O-oh, really?" Takahiro weakly asks in surprise.
"I mean, it was so obvious!"
"It was?" asks both Manami and Takahiro.
Misaki nods, "They're both idiots! Gah... But I can somewhat understand, especially since Taka was on his own taking care of his little brother. I guess that he wouldn't notice feelings like that, but still..." Sighing, he lifts his head at him. "I'm sorry, I never expected it to get to me like this..."
"No, it's alright!" says Takahiro, trying to cheer him up, "D-did you eat yet?"
"Oh, yeah, I did..." Misaki stood up and walked to them, his hands nervously in his pockets. "Also, I have to tell you guys something."
"What is it?" asks Takahiro.
"Some days-weeks-months ago... one of my Senpai's entered me in this voice acting contest..."
"Really?" says Takahiro, "Did you win?"
"..." He looks down, "...Yes."
"That's so great!" Takahiro shouts in happiness, bringing his brother in for a hug, "Eh, but that..." Takahiro stops in thought, "Do you still want to go to the university?"
"I've been wondering about that for days now..." Misaki leans on the back of the couch, "They want me to take some classes for voice acting, and I'm already set for this new anime they're making so..."
"Still though, it's wonderful that you won!" Manami says, before noticing the time. "Would you like to stay for the night?"
Misaki looks in surprise at the time, "Is it really that late-oh," he looks at them, "Someone called, so I picked up..."
"Who was it?"
"Um, he just said his name was Usagi- that's your best friend, right? I think you introduced me at your wedding before our cousins dragged me away..."
"What did he want?"
"He didn't say, but he called when I was crying, it was so embarrassing..."
"It couldn't have been that embarrassing..."
"It was though! Then I ended up ranting to him about the book when he told me-" Misaki frowns in thought.
"What is it?" asks Manami.
"How does he know about the book?" wonders Misaki aloud, "I only ranted at him when he asked what exactly was so sad about it. And he knew the ending too..."
"I-I'll go get your futon ready!" Takahiro says, running off into the rooms while Manami excuses herself to set Mahiro in his crib.
'What's with them?' Misaki thought, left hanging in the living room.
At a certain author's house...
"Misaki?" The author says out loud, looking through pictures from Takahiro's wedding. Resting his eyes on the green-eyed brunette, he matches the face to the voice he had conversed with earlier.
'How could you say that?! He was in love with him for so long*hic* It's not fair!*hic* A-*sniff* And also, I don't cry a lot, you know how much it hurts me- I don't even know him like that and I*hic*
'I wish I was there for him*hic* and tell him in chapter 10 that he should've turned in that manuscript on time...'
'Not like he- I mean, he did deserve it, if he did it right on time he wouldn't be in that mess and...'
Smiling, the author puts the picture up and goes to bed, but not after cutting his telephone wires so he could sleep through the afternoon the next day.
I always wanted a scenario in which Takahiro finds how Misaki felt around when Manami was his fiancée.
Also, I wanted an AU in which Misaki and some other people*winkwink* were voice actors... XD