Hi guys~

I'm sorry I haven't updated this in so long. I'm having a bit of writer's block with it, so it's going to be on hold for a while. Only a little while hopefully! Thanks for the nice reviews so far! I'll try to have it updated soon, and thanks for reading!

But in the meantime and as an apology for taking forever, here's a little Kutau one-shot thing, I hope you enjoy it!

Utau walked into the living room, heaving a sigh. She felt... uninterested? No, that wasn't quite the right word. Tired? Not particularly. Bored? Yes, that was it. She was completely and utterly bored.

Suddenly a blasting noise filled the room, and her mood went from bored to irritated in an instant. She glared at the grinning redhead who currently occupied her sofa, and didn't appear to be leaving any time soon.

'Kukai! Turn that down!'

His eyes went wide and innocent. 'Why? It's music. You love music.' Satisfied with his logic, he shut his eyes, a peaceful look on his face. He then commenced belting out notes along to the deafening sound.

'Not METAL music! Turn it DOWN!' But Kukai ignored her, absorbed in the music.

Utau sighed. She was really going to have to reconsider this dating-younger-guys thing. She had such terrible luck in love. Younger guys, guys she was closely related to... Utau really was no good at picking them.

Kukai leapt onto the coffee table, in an air guitar solo Jimi Hendrix might have found impressive. Utau considered prying the stereo remote from his hands, but doubted she would succeed. She clamped her hands over her ears. This sound really was excrutiatingly loud. She was glad Ikuto wasn't around. Any classical musician would be traumatised by this.

As if in answer to her thoughts, Utau heard a sharp intake of breath from behind her, and turned to face her - very pale-faced - brother. His hands were pressed against his ears and his expression was desperate.

'Why-so-loud?' he mouthed, doubting she would hear him over the music's volume.

Utau was about to answer when Kukai launched into the bridge, modulating into a higher - and thanks to Kukai, even more painful - key. Ikuto paled further. 'Nevermind - I gotta go,' he muttered, making a hasty exit. Utau heard the front door slam a moment later. Her brother did use doors, sometimes.

Utau rounded on Kukai. 'Kukai!' she shouted over the din. 'You've driven my brother out of the house! Stop this noise!' But it was no use. He couldn't hear her.

Utau sighed, exasperated. There was just one thing left to do. Removing her heels, Utau stepped up onto the coffee table behind her boyfriend. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders. Kukai was silenced in an instant.

Utau pressed her hair against his neck. 'Kukai,' she whispered. 'Kukai, won't you turn the volume down?' She looked up at him coyly, batting her eyelashes. 'Please?'

She held back a giggle as Kukai was visibly turned to pulp. 'Uh... uh-huh,' he stammered, immediately turning down the volume knob on the remote. Turning to face her properly, Kukai's emerald eyes lit up with a new kind of energy. He nuzzled her playfully, tangling his fingers through her hair.

Utau smirked. This, she reminded herself, is why it's Kukai. Because despite his eccentricities and occasional immaturity, he was able to make her feel like this. Utau closed her eyes and succumbed to Kukai's cuddling, and for just a few minutes, it seemed like the loudest thing in the world.

Hope you liked it~ (btw, I wonder what kind of music Kukai listens to? He seems like the kind of guy who would like metal music to me xD)