"Masaharu, what's wrong with me?" Marui Bunta stared at his roommate from his place in the couch. His roommate Niou Masaharu raised a questioning eyebrow.
"Other than the usual, hmm..." Niou looked him hard in the eyes before examining every square inch of his body. "You've gained weight haven you?" Marui scowled and thew the closest thing at Niou, it was a magazine.
"Asshole, you know what I mean. Why don't I have some nice girl who I go out with, give flowers to, text, and I don't know, do couply things with? The best company I get is you and Hiroshi." Niou snorted setting the magazine in a basket with others.
"I don't know, all you ever do is mope around here. Go out to a club or a bar, you can meet girls there. Also, you don't have to spend time with me and snuggle-poo. Go out, loosen up, drink a bit, live a little. One day you'll have to find another roommate, well once Hiro decides it's alright to move in together. Unless you want to share with us, all the time." Marui scowled ad glared at Niou.
"You're really an idiot, Hiroshi would castrate you if he heard you call him snuggle-poo. Well, doesn't matter anyways, I know who the man in your outfit is." Niou smirked and threw himself across the love seat.
"Yeah, so. I like Hiro's cock." Niou's expression changed to a smirk. "I know you insist you like girls, but maybe you should try a guy for a change. Hiro is bringing the new guy from the office to come over tonight." Marui shrugged.
"I don't care actually, I just want something more than just sex." Marui though for a second. "You know maybe one day I'll wake up and I'll feel in love. You know dizzy and feverish and nauseous." Niou sighed heavily, Marui didn't get it.
"That's not love Bunta, that's the flu. So you're not in love yet. It's not that uncommon to really find love until you're at least 25, or at least when you've completely matured." Marui opened his mouth to say something about Niou not being mature but was cut off. "Don't even say what I think you're going to say. I wasn't mature when Hiro and I met but he was, and he helped me grow up. I'm not the same eighteen year old delinquent any more, even you must have noticed that."
"Yeah, you grew up and before I know it you'll be the next Dali Lama if you continue with the wise sayings. Since you're inviting someone else over, I'll just stay home, it might be awkward with just you and Hiroshi here. Don't need to scar the poor boy too much." Marui covered his face with his arms. "Make sure it's not too late though, we all have to be up early for the shoot tomorrow." Niou grunted and Marui yawned turning on his side to take a short nap.
The first things Marui heard when he woke up were the sounds of talking, a deep voice that made Marui relax. He had never heard the voice before but he could just imagine the person speaking soft soothing things and how amazingly pleasant and arousing that particular experience could be.
"Sorry about Bunta Jackal, like Jirou he has the habit of randomly falling asleep." Marui reached around for the pillow that had been on the sofa before, to cover his ears. When he didn't find it he groaned and covered both ears with his hands. "Get up Bunta, our company is here." Niou pushed Marui causing him to fall of the sofa.
"Fuck you Masaharu." Marui stood up and raised an eyebrow, this must be the guest that Niou was talking about. "Hello Hiroshi, and..."
"Jackal, Kuwahara Jackal. Nice to meet you Marui-san." Marui smiled, that's why Hiroshi had brought him, he was definitely gay. That would explain the hints that Niou had been dropping earlier. Living with a gay roommate was a godsend in these situations, it gave Marui the sharpest gaydar in the world.
"Nice to meet you too Jackal, please call me Bunta though." Niou snickered behind his hand. "Don't think you're off the hook Masaharu, Hiroshi won't always be here to protect you. I will have my revenge." Niou stuck his tongue out at Marui and hid behind Yagyuu.
"Bunta, I'd ask you to leave him intact. Also, I'm surprised you haven't met Jackal yet, you do a lot of stuff for Seiichi, don't you? Jackal took Genchirou's job now that Genchirou is a photographer." Marui sighed, he had been wrong. For some reason every male that works for Yukimura gives of the same air as a gay person, usually they are not. Gay, works for Yukimura, it's all the same in Marui's eyes. That must be why Yagyuu brought him, no straight man willingly works for Yukimura, Jackal must not know yet.
"Yeah, I remember hearing about that Genchirou was strutting around like an all too pleased peacock for weeks." Yagyuu laughed lightly. "You find it funny as well."
"No, the way you called him a peacock reminded me of what Masaharu said about him being much like Keigo, it was humorous. He didn't even notice when I called him Keigo several times." Marui chuckled, that week Sanada had reminded him of the owner of the company, Atobe Keigo. " I apologize for my rude comments Jackal, Masaharu brings out the worst in me sometimes." Niou poked Yagyuu hard in the side, causing Yagyuu to let out an undignified yelp.
"Relax, no need to be tense around friends Hiro, you'll give yourself more wrinkles." Yagyuu poked Niou and sprawled on the end of the sofa that Marui had evacuated. Niou laid mostly on Yagyuu but covered the rest of the sofa. Jackal opted to sit rigidly on the very edge of the love seat. Marui sat next to him but was in a more relaxed position.
"Bunta-san, where do you work in the offices, Hiroshi-san mentioned you work with Yukimura-san sometimes." Marui looked over at Jackal, who was smiling serenely at him. Marui popped a piece of gum in his mouth and chewed a few times before answering.
"I'm a model." Jackal's eyes widened just the tiniest bit. "Yeah, kinda surprising but Keigo loves people with unique traits or quirks. My hair is naturally this pinkish color. Niou and Yagyuu are polar opposites so when they pose together, it turns out interesting." Jackal nodded slowly but with a confused look on his face.
"You model Hiroshi-san" Yagyuu smiled.
"Sometimes assistants and editors model too because we usually have strange numbers for partnered or group shoots. Masaharu is particularly hard to pair, the only two who have done successful shoots with him are myself and Bunta. Bunta is right though we're not an office full of ordinary people." Niou continued Yagyuu sentence without missing a beat.
"Jirou is cute but is always asleep, worse than Bunta, Fuji is a sadistic bastard but a damn good photographer, Inui and Kaidoh pair they rotate mainly on the unmentionable mags but sometimes they work with us.' Niou continues counting off on his fingers. Marui is sure he hears Jackal ask what Niou means by unmentionable, that's the companies side business, since it has a large pool of young male models occasionally we will produce an issue or so of porno mags. Marui himself even was the centerfold for an issue, it had been very... interesting.
"Bunta, is something wrong?" Yagyuu's voice snapped Marui to attention.
"Sorry Hiroshi, you say something?" Yagyuu smiled evilly for a second before he started to speak.
"I was wondering what photo shoot you were going to be a part of tomorrow." All three looked at him intensely.
"Seiichi's underwear shoot of course. It's supposed to be bigger and better than last years. I thought last years was nice too though. Aren't you doing that one Masaharu, Hiroshi? Also since you're Seiichi's assistant you should be there right Jackal?" All three of them nodded. After that there was a lapse in the conversation while they ate a quiet dinner. While Marui was asleep Niou put on pasta and made a salad, it tasted really good.
As the evening began to wind down they sat in the living room and quietly chatted about up coming things, old photo shoots, their coworkers, and whatever happened to come to mind. It was nice and relaxing. When the hour became late Yagyuu and Niou said their goodbye while Marui walked Jackal to his car.
"So, I'll see you at the shoot tomorrow Bunta-san." Marui smiled and nodded.
"Yeah, just wait till this whole ordeal has blown over. Seiichi will give you a proper welcoming party, they're always rather interesting." Jackal smiled warily. "Don't worry they're really fun." This seemed to calm Jackal's nervousness a bit Marui smiled and turned to go inside but after a quick though turned around and said. "Jackal, by the way. Welcome to the office." Jackal smiled back brightly.
"Thank you, Bunta."
A/N: Yes, another story that I'm going to embark on. I got the idea form Love and Other Disasters. I really hope everyone enjoys this!