A/N: I'm Back! And freaking late! :D
This was originally supposed to be released for St. White's day but tests before Spring Break always suck!
BUT I promise PROMISE that for my anniversary in April I'll have a MASSIVE update!
First part's going to be told through Kyohei's eyes then it'll jump back into Ryoma's eyes. Not much to say but read & review, enjoy the chapter lots!
CrystalKitteN-MeW- Filled your inbox huh? LOL is that a good or bad thing to receive? But yes, pillar pair is taking over… everyone mostly writes that pairing now and Thrill is dying because so many thrill authors are on hiatus XP
A new thrill fan huh? Hopefully she'll enjoy my stories like you did then. I feel honored to be mentioned and recommended. :)
TeNsHi No ToIkI- Well I can't really say so you'll just have to find out in this chapter. Kyohei is a OC so he's all magically created from me to make the story fit.
1xmocha- Interesting it will be as it progresses. I'd love to read some OT5 from you though… mild hiatus as well?
MARYLOVER- Well yeah…pillar among thrill is a bit shuddering but I did it anyways.
Complicated
Rated: M (for later events)
Summary: [AU] Ryoma's best friend has just confessed he's deeply in love and needs Ryoma's help to make it work. Agreeing to help in the midst of boredom, Ryoma didn't guess it'd involve his ex-boyfriend and a WHOLE lot of lies.
Pairing: N/A
Chapter II: Fooling The Father
Tokyo, Japan
Tsuki Apartment
Tuesday night
Kyohei walked down the flight of stairs with a minor sigh. It seemed Hiro was a bit down that Ryoma had reacted so strongly against them. Despite that and how Kyohei knew this was jeopardizing his parents and sibling's career, he couldn't help but feel attracted to Hiro.
Asayuki….
Sometimes he felt as if his last name was the biggest burden he could ever carry. People expected lots of great things from him. Because he came from a successful line, they speculated on what he may become.
Kyohei knew he was one of those fortunate children in the world. One who was wealthy before they was born; one who owned an empire before learning how to talk, and one with power before understanding the word. Kyohei knew he had fame, money, power, looks, what more could he ask for? He knew all he really had to do was flash a smile and he could get a woman in bed, gave a gift and received their love, kiss them once and have a devoted dog.
Despite that, Kyohei knew his parents worked hard to create their legacy. Asayuki Zhang made her name in designing clothes. From trendy clothes to the most glamorous, she succeeded at taking Asia by storm. So from China, she expanded to Japan where she met and fell in love with a model that was sent from a big agency in Japan to model her clothing line.
Of course Asayuki Ren wasn't to be left out as well. His father had, since he was a teenager, been a hot idol and model for the ladies of Japan. Gracing his first headlines since he was seventeen, he never left the limelight even as other potential rivals arrived left and right during his career. Nonetheless, he was modestly mentioned with multiple women during his whole career, none officially confirmed, but everyone also had an inkling that the man with a rare million-dollar smile was not pure either. His father would later become bored with modeling and expand to acting, which brought about the success of his company and the offer to model for his mother's clothes.
The story of how they fell in love was never told since his father and mother never spoke of how, they only spoke of 'now'.
Despite the huge coverage and such, they continued doing what they loved best for a few more months then Yuu was born. Mika followed three years later and he of course was the third and last. Kyohei.
Yuu grew up, diligent, polite, top of his class and school, graduated from Todai in business and handled the business in Osaka that Mom and dad helped him build up with their support and money. Now his fashion shops and accessories are one of the top companies in Japan's top 25… number 15 to be more exact. One of the youngest CEO's to make it thus far while handling a bit of acting on the side as a side major to his already booming business. Mika on the other hand, was well loved and elegant, capturing talent agencies with her beauty that was inherited from their mother. She entered a company in high school and was an instant hit as their father was in modeling and acting… which, since then, expanded to singing and she now sat as one of the most popular idols with singles that always made it to the top ten on the Oricon charts.
Then there was him…. He was in high school with not the highest grade but not the worst either, He was talented at music, but probably not to the standard that Mika was. He had his father's face, which would've made him a good model, but he didn't have the passion or patience to sit through photo shoots. Overall, the world was speculating and yet he just didn't feel like making a solid move into what his family already excelled at.
"Are you done daydreaming?"
"Yuu-nii?" Kyohei uttered as the man stood watching him stand outside his door.
Yuu removed his black glasses and Kyohei instantly relaxed as Yuu's brown eyes softened slightly and a small smile touched his lips. He was dressed in the latest fashion his mother had just designed. A clean-cut suit that was fitted to perfection to showcase his height and elegance.
"Are you going to stand there all night Otoutou [little brother]?" Yuu asked.
"Oh…. Sorry! I wasn't expecting you till tomorrow!" Kyohei said with a slight frown as Yuu's hand landed atop his black hair to give the usual ruffle.
"Stop it…" Kyohei muttered.
"So cute!" Yuu merely said as Kyohei opened the door. Stepping past Kyohei, Yuu looked around till he spotted who he was looking for.
"Ryoma…" Yuu greeted with a quick ruffle to Ryoma's head.
'Ah… Yuu-nii!" Ryoma said sitting up.
"How are you?' Yuu asked settling down beside Kyohei who sat in an adjoining sofa to the one Ryoma had been lying on.
"Feeling conned," Ryoma said with a frown towards Kyohei.
"Hey, you promised!" Kyohei argued. A quick ring at the door made Kyohei sigh and get up to go answer.
"Be careful of robbers if you're not going to check through the monitor first!" Yuu yelled out to Kyohei.
"It's most likely the neighbors curious about my latest visitor again." Kyohei yelled back as he flung the door open just to have a body pushing him in, as the door was pulled shut behind the two of them.
"What the-"
"Hush Kyo-kun,"
"Onee-san?" Kyohei whispered looking up to see a small smile and huge black glasses that covered half her face.
"Aa… I thought I'd drop by to see Ryoma-kun since I didn't get to see him last visit…" Mika said removing her heels as she slid into another set of slippers. She straightened to her full height of five feet six and removed her sunglasses to show her warm gray eyes that seemed to sparkle when she smiled.
"Where are the slippers I usually wear?" Mika asked glancing around.
"They're being worn by-"
"Kyohei- what's taking you-"
"Yuu-nii…" Kyohei finished watching both Yuu and Mika stiffen at the sight of one another. He wasn't quite sure what had happened to the two of them in the past but he did know that his older siblings avoided each other constantly.
"Yuu…."
"Mika…" Yuu greeted indifferently.
"You've been well?" Mika asked stepping deeper into the house to remove her long coat.
"I have…. And you?" Yuu asked taking her coat from her to hang beside his.
"Pretty good…" Mika answered before turning her attention to the teen lounging on the sofa.
"Ryoma!"
"Mika-chan?" Ryoma said turning around. "You came back?"
"Of course I did!" Mika said reaching out to hug Ryoma, " I couldn't miss you!"
"You really don't need to go all mushy on me!" Ryoma complained as he usually did when Mika came over.
"You really don't need to complain," Mika teased back, knowing Ryoma wasn't partial to physical affection.
"I'm glad you came back," Ryoma finally said with a small sigh despite his earlier complaints.
"That's what I thought…" Mika said with a smile.
The rest of the evening was filled with tension and Ryoma knew it very well. Mika and Yuu hadn't been getting along for as long as he could remember knowing them, which was almost two years ago. Ryoma and Kyohei basically took turns entertaining one or the other through the evening until Mika and Yuu had to go. They reluctantly let them out together and each hoped for the best as both walked towards the elevator each covered in dark sunglasses and long coats to keep their profile low.
"You think they'll have a fight on the way down?" Kyohei asked
"Hopefully not…" Ryoma said indifferently with a sigh. " I'm just dreading tomorrow evening if you ask me.."
"It's just dinner!" Kyohei complained.
"It's not JUST dinner, it's LIES, lies so you can screw the poor man's son while I turn his head the other way!" Ryoma said with a frown.
"You make it sound so bad!"
'Well… that's what reality is! Besides now I have one more thing to worry about!" Ryoma uttered in anger.
"One more?" Kyohei asked sitting across from Ryoma.
"Yeah… I saw Tezuka-sensei here today…"
"WHAT?" Kyohei said jumping up in surprise, "What if he sees us? What if he tells the school we're living apart from our parents?"
"That's the least of my worries at the moment!" Ryoma said with a frown. "It's the man he was with that disturbs me!"
"You're such a hypocrite!" Kyohei said after mulling Ryoma's worry over.
"Why?"
"Because you want to be in a relationship where Tezuka-sensei would be a pedophile yet you won't support mine."
"Can we stop talking about your relationship already?" Ryoma asked a bit annoyed now. " I already said I would do it so stop complaining!"
"Hn…" Kyohei said mimicking Ryoma's usual irritated reply.
"Baka!" Ryoma uttered.
"Mada mada- AH!" Kyohei turned in anger at Ryoma who had just bounced a tennis ball off his head in irritation. "You're dead!"
"Hn…" Ryoma merely smirked as Kyohei tossed the tennis ball hard back at Ryoma chest, which he caught easily.
"Damn you Echizen!"
"For being talented?" Ryoma asked before sitting up to head towards the kitchen. "I need a Ponta…"
"You need a diet from that!" Kyohei complained as he turned away from Ryoma.
"I do not… my intake of this stuff has improved from two years ago." Ryoma said taking a gulp of his Ponta before sighing in relief as if it was as essential as breathing.
"THAT," Kyohei pointed out, "Is thanks to me who cut down your intake ever since you started living with me."
"You shut-up!" Ryoma said pointedly. "It's thanks to my willingness to cut down on my supply that made you stop smoking completely."
"Smoking is done in normal society." Kyohei mentioned feeling like he needed a cigarette now to rid himself of the headache he was receiving. The again, he had quit a year ago after Ryoma had complained that he was killing himself.
"Yeah, but that doesn't mean you have to reform to that stuff. You knew you were polluting your lungs and just wanted to get noticed for doing something bad like that." Ryoma pointed out as he reminisced the period when Kyohei and he had first started living with each other and had to adjust to each other's rebellious doings.
"And you know that carbonated crap is bad for you." Kyohei said with a frown.
"At least I'll die happy… you on the other hand only smoked to get attention so either way you lose." Ryoma pointed out.
"Hn… I'm gonna go do my homework." Kyohei said without looking back at Ryoma as he disappeared into the hall. " You might as well start as well."
"Che!" Ryoma merely said and followed Kyohei into his room. Although homework was one of the things he'd much rather not do, he was always forced into doing it when Kyohei did it. This became a habit after a while, especially since Kyohei's weak point was his strength and vice versa.
"English or Math first?"
"How about history?" Ryoma said with a smile.
"You're really into that guy huh?" Kyohei asked with a lift of his brow.
"That's only because, he hasn't shown any signs of interest." Ryoma said with a smirk. "I want to break that stoic mask!"
"The question is whose gonna top in your situation." Kyohei teased as he pulled out their history book instead of the to usual subjects they started out with first.
"Shut up… we'll decide when I catch him." Ryoma said setting his Ponta to the side as he took a seat across from Kyohei to dig into his book bag as well.
"That's IF you catch him." Kyohei reminded him.
"You seriously need to shove it tonight Kyohei… or else I won't support your pedophile ways." Ryoma stated as he looked over Kyohei's notes and flipped to the right page.
"Hn…" Kyohei merely sighed out as he took out extra paper.
Ryoma was a hard one to deal with… but somehow; he survived living with him this long.
xXx
Seigaku
Ryoma let out a low groan as Kyohei went over in detail what the plan was and how they were going to execute it.
"Can you be more enthusiastic about this?"
"I'm as enthusiastic as I'll ever be so don't expect anything more." Ryoma said with a slight frown as his eyes wandered the school campus while Kyohei worried over every detail of how they were going to get exposed.
Ryoma only interrupted once after that, and that was to tell Kyohei to shut up and be himself.
"Well… do you think you can get along with his father?"
"How would I know?" Ryoma asked with a look at Kyohei. "I don't even know the man!"
"Hn… just don't get 'cozy' with his dad and I won't complain," Kyohei said with a sigh. " Hiro says his father's quite talkative though so it may run out of your usual preferences."
"How would you know anything about my preferences?" Ryoma accused slightly. He hated how Kyohei always thought he knew him…. Then again, Kyohei hated the fact that he knew Kyohei's preferences as well… well… that was before he switched to guys.
"Your last boyfriend was tall and quiet and your object of interest follows that trend as well so It may very well be that you prefer that type." Kyohei said with a smug smile.
"I for one, hope you get caught so I can detach myself from this promise I accidentally made you."
"Shut up, if I go down, you'll go too."
"What are you going to say? We wanted a threesome?" Ryoma argued.
"If that's what it takes to pull you down with me." Kyohei said with a sincere smile. "Don't doubt me on that."
"I wouldn't, did you know, Mika-chan said monkey king thinks he can buy a girlfriend."
"We'll see if that's true next week during onee-san's party ne?" Kyohei said with a slight grin thinking of their senpai who felt Kyohei should be under his 'guidance' through the upper circles of Japan.
"Hn… knowing him, he probably did, what girl wouldn't take that position if it meant being able to use unlimited money?"
"True…. How were your parent's anyways?" Kyohei asked remembering that Ryoma had took some time to go stay with his parents.
"Hn… oyaji's still the same pervert, Ryoga's engaged and okaa-san's busy designing pieces for the next season already." Ryoma said bluntly as he glanced at the clock again. Was it just him or did the clock move faster? They only had ten minutes left before the end of the school day… and it was four hours shy of dinner with Kyohei's boyfriend.
Ryoma groaned.
"It won't be so bad!" Kyohei assured after noting Ryoma's eyes on the clock.
"It will… I can just feel it…." Ryoma mumbled as he turned his head back to the physics teacher in boredom.
xXx
Tsuki Apartment
10th floor
"So I just have to introduce myself and maneuver around the situation right?" Ryoma asked for the nth time.
"YES!" Kyohei said with a shake of his head. "How many more times are we going to go over that?"
"Until I can convince myself that I'm not helping you become a pedophile." Ryoma stated bluntly.
"For god's sake, it's not like I'm asking you to fuck and be with Hiro!"
"But the position you're putting me in almost just as bad." Ryoma complained as he pulled on a casual button up long sleeve over his black t-shirt.
"How so?" Kyohei asked glancing at
"You're asking me to help you lie." Ryoma concluded as he headed towards the door.
"Where are you going?" Kyohei asked noting that he was changing into his shoes.
"To wander for a bit, I'll be back before we have to go up." Ryoma assured before he stuffed his hand into his pockets and walked down the stairs slowly.
Usually when he wandered, it'd be to a tennis court or to his ex-boyfriend's apartment but since they weren't dating anymore… he's have to wander the apartment complex instead.
"How boring." Ryoma mumbled as he jogged the rest of the way down to work off his extra energy for a while.
Turning the corner, Ryoma scowled as he practically dove into the bushes to avoid Tezuka seeing him. It was way past curfew for those under eighteen and he had no explanation of why he was at the apartment…especially since most people knew he lived here… with, supposedly, his parents.
'What is he doing here anyways?' Ryoma wondered as watched him walk intently towards a group of people standing in the front.
That was when Ryoma remembered yesterday's meeting with him and THAT guy.
'Could it be…. His lover really lives here?' Ryoma thought suspiciously. His suspicions were confirmed as Tezuka approached a guy and they shared a brief hug as they sat on a nearby bench. Finally seeing his lover up close, it looked as if the guy was a girl now. He had a slender build and laughed softly like a girl. The guy's closed eyes and smiling face creep Ryoma out the most though.
Stunned and jealous, Ryoma watched until they parted ways and Tezuka left while the other guy entered the elevator. Turning to contemplate, Ryoma finally noted the time and rushed up the stairs. He wondered why Tezuka just didn't go for girls if his type was like a girl anyways.
"Mou…" Ryoma grumbled as he reached the tenth level fifteen minutes later than he should've been. He couldn't wait to tell Kyohei his new discovery!
"You BAKA!" Kyohei said as he rounded the last corner.
"I forgot," Ryoma mumbled as he ignored Kyohei's pissed look. " Something disturbing happened."
"Well it better be one hell of a story when we get back, for now we're late!" Kyohei said starting up the stairs to the next level. "Hurry."
"Aa…" Ryoma said fixing himself with a brush of his hand through his hair and adjusted his shirt slightly. He didn't really care for this whole dinner thing, he just wanted to get it over with so he could find out where Tezuka-sensei's boyfriend lived in the complex and contemplate his next movement since it seemed he didn't quite fit Tezuka-sensei's expectations of a lover now. One thing was true though; that meeting he had running into Teuka-sensei and his lover made his world turn three fold and ruined his night.. He doubted the dinner was going to make his night any better either.
Tsuki Apartment
11th floor
Oh yes, his whole night was ruined… he couldn't wait to finish up this lie and get to his own room before he told Kyohei exactly how girly the guy Tezuka-sensei was dating actually looked. It made him mad to think that the girly guy was Tezuka's type… because he definitely wasn't that type or would he ever be. His body might compare to the slenderness of the guy but his voice definitely wasn't soft and he wouldn't do "feather-like" touches either.
The door opened and Ryoma ignored the look of happiness on both Hiro and Kyohei's face as they greeted each other. In an attempt to be friendlier, Ryoma managed a small smile for Hiro and wave before stepping past him.
"Papa… this is my friends Ryoma and Kyohei," Hiro introduced.
"Nice to meet you," both echoed with a bow.
"It's nice to meet you both."
Ryoma wanted to roll his eyes at formalities and such but he instinctively froze as his eyes came in contact with Hiro's father's.
Ryoma swallowed hard as he realized Tezuka-sensei's girly guy was none other than Hiro's father whom he HAD to get along with.
"Yorushiku ne?" the guy said with a soft smile.
Ryoma was wrong; the world didn't turn three fold in one moment…. Hell invaded heaven and won.
How much more fucked up was his uncomplicated life getting?
A/N: Well it seems Ryoma is going to have the time of his life now right? There's definitely more on the way now they the two have officially met.
