恋の記憶(Koi no Kioku)/Memories of Love Chp. 7
Chapter 7: I Love You, Takumi.
Author's note: I do not own Takumi-kun the Series or the characters accept the ones I mentioned in chapter one and two. Words in italics mean a conversation on the phone, characters talking in another language, or Takumi's thoughts and flashbacks.
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Previously in the last chapter, Takumi and Gii started a terrible argument as soon as they go back to their room after a day at the pool. However everything ended well except the fact that they were late to meeting their friends to go to lunch. After lunch, everyone went around the city of Okinawa to check out the souvenirs and shops. Takumi managed to pick up a puppy which was very much related to a memory he had with Renjou. Takumi managed to plead Youta into letting the hotel take care of the puppy. When it was time to leave, Gii and Takumi along with their friends drove back tot eh hotel, however, Sagara-sempai left because he had to leave for Spain. Have some free time before the guess barbeque that night, Gii decided to spend some "R&R" time with Takumi when he got rudely interrupted by a phone call from Shouzou. Takumi also received a note from Renjou telling him to meet his friend at the park at 5:50pm. As Gii left to attend to business with his friend and left Takumi alone, Takumi decided it was a good time to leave and go see Renjou. When he met Renjou, Takumi told him everything he had remembered involving Renjou and him. When the announcement came for the barbeque, they two headed over to the site. While eating, Renjou pulls Takumi aside into a secret garden and confesses to him! Will Takumi accept Renjou's confession?
At the barbeque, Renjou managed to sneak Takumi out to talk but little did he know that Shouzou had his eyes on them and knew exactly where they went. After pulling Takumi to the side and far away from his friends, Renjou sits him down and turns his back towards Takumi. He took a deep breath then turned around with a serious yet nervous expression on his face.
"Hayama-san," he started. "I like you."
Shocked, Takumi could only stare at this boy who just confessed to him.
~Back at the Buffet~
While Gii grabbed another plate, he started to wonder where his adorable boyfriend was. He scanned around the area and saw that Takumi was no where in sight. Gii went back to the table where Shouzou was seat and started to eat his food still wondering where Takumi was. Shouzou, who was taking a sip of his ice cold cola drink, stared at Gii with an expression that says anger all over it as he looked at Gii. Finally noticing that Gii wasn't doing anything, Shouzou got up and pulled Gii away from his plate of Japanese cuisine.
"Gii, doesn't it make you at least a little curious as to where Takumi might be?" He asked bluntly.
"I have been wondering about that and I did look around. I just thought he might be with the others," answered Gii.
Shouzou, full of stress, frustration and pity for his friend who doesn't even realize his surroundings enough to tell him that Takumi as disappeared. He gave a sigh, looked at Gii with a said:
"Gii, that Renjou kid took Takumi to that garden over there while you were bury in line getting food. Doesn't that make you curious or worried?" Asked Shouzou with enthusiasm.
"What? He's with Renjou. Where is he?" Panicked Gii.
"Those two are down at the small garden down by the lake, be careful. And I suggest you wait and listen to what they're saying before you bust in and make things worse between you guys," said Shouzou as he walked away. "I'll come get you when I see you guys are taking too long or when it's time to go."
Gii happily agrees and jogged quickly towards where Renjou and his boyfriend were talking.
~Back at the Garden~
Takumi stood up from where he was sitting and let Renjou, who looked hopelessly confused, sit down. He looked down at his feet and grabbed his hair in frustration. He took a deep breath then looked up at Takumi and started:
"I don't know when I fell you...but I just did. And the fact the we were friends twelve years ago then meeting up like this again ten years later...it's fate."
"But Renjou-kun , it just doesn't add up and besides... I don't believe in fate. I might just be a coincidence that we so happened to meet up again," lied Takumi.
Renjou stood up, grabbed Takumi's hand and placed it on his chest. Takumi felt Renjou's heart beat race and that made his skip a beat, too.
"Could this really be fate? No! I have Gii. Gii is the one I love!" Takumi's thoughts cried.
"Don't you see how you make my heart race? Please don't make me wait any longer, Hayama-san," said Renjou as he leaned closer to Takumi, forcing a kiss and pushed him onto the bench.
Struggling to get Renjou, Takumi managed to cry out:
"But... I already have someone... somebody I love!"
Feeling that Renjou has stopped pressuring his shoulders, Takumi tried to take his distance because the thought of other people touching him made him feel uncomfortable. However Renjou would not get off Takumi's body. He tried not to look into Renjou's hurt expression for it hurt him to see that his friend was hurt because of him. From the hot rush he felt towards his face, Takumi heard Renjou ask with a shaky voice:
"Who? Who is it that you love?"
"I don't think that it's any of your business of who ever I like," said Takumi coldly.
"Is it that guy named Saki Giichi? Strange name," smirked Renjou as he mocked Gii's name. "Why do you even bother with that guy? Isn't from a wealthy family because he sure looks like it. And maybe even the thought of their son being in love with a man might even ruin his future."
Shocked, Takumi felt his eyes watering at the thought that he is a bad influence on Gii. He never wanted to make Gii worry especially be a hindrance to his future.
"Well sorry for not meeting your expectations, Renjou," said a familiar voice from behind Takumi. It was Gii... he was eavesdropping on them again, but this time he had a rather pissed off expression.
"G-Gii, what are you doing here? How did you get out here?" Asked Takumi.
"Takumi, didn't I say that I would never let you out of my sight? Reminded Gii.
"I don't mean to be rude, but this has nothing to do with you, Gii-san," said Renjou trying to remain calm and polite.
"Of course it does. First of all you say my name, which gets me involve but then you trash talk me? Second, I believe you have something that belongs to me, so would you please kindly get off him?" Asked Gii with a sarcastic tone.
Finding the chance that Renjou was distracted, Takumi pushed him off and ran over to Gii side. Gii wrapped his arms around Takumi and gave him a tight hug then face Renjou, who looked quite ticked off, too.
"Takumi is my lover, there for he belongs to me, now back off," warned Gii.
"Who said anything about him becoming your property?" Asked Renjou in an annoyed tone.
"Gii..." Takumi whispered nervously.
"I did, now leave before things get ugly, this is your last warning. Leave Takumi and the rest of us alone and nobody gets hurt," glared Gii with his cool facade.
"Gii, lets stop ok?... Gii" whispered Takumi with a shaky tone.
"What if I don't plan on leaving Takumi alone, Gii-san," smirked Renjou rudely.
Takumi could not believe his eyes and ears. Was he hallucinating? The Renjou he knew was kind and funny but this Renjou in front of him was just frighting. Takumi didn't want to believe that Renjou was completely bad.
"Why you-!"
"Gii, wait please. I don't want to see you two fight," calmed Takumi as he walked over to Renjou. "Renjou-kun, maybe you should leave before something happens."
Seeing that Takumi was right in front of him and that they were in front of his lover, Renjou didn't hesitate at the chance. He pulled Takumi and forced a kiss upon his lips. Both Gii and Takumi were shocked to see that Renjou had changed to much. Takumi was helpless against Renjou's strong arms, tears started to build up in his eyes as he saw that Gii was witnessing this catastrophe.
"No! Stop...Stop it! Renjou-kun! No, not int front of Gii!" cried the helpless Takumi.
Takumi thought that the only way to pry Renjou off was to bite each other's lips until he let go. At first Renjou ignored it but only until Takumi bit really hard that made him shriek and let go of Takumi abruptly. Takumi stumbled on the ground but leaped up and ran into Gii's arms. He buried his tearful face into Gii's chest and started to cry silently. Gii hugged him tighter, seeing how mush pain his boyfriend was in and whispered into Takumi's ears:
"Takumi, it's okay. I'm here...I'm here and I'm never going to let you go, okay?"
Feeling assured, Takumi tightens his grip around his comforting boyfriend. Gii then lightly petted Takumi on the head the pushed Takumi behind him and held his hand tight.
"You bastard! How could you do that to Takumi? I thought you were his friend!" Yelled Gii furiously.
"Gii, what's wrong?" asked a voice from behind Takumi.
"A-Akaike-kun? What are you doing here?" Asked Takumi with puffy red eyes, unaware of his bloody lips.
"HAYAMA! What happened to you? Your...your lip is bleeding badly. And so is Renjou-kun's. What happened here?" Asked Shouzou as he checked out poor Takumi's bloody lip.
"What?" Panicked Gii as he turned around when he heard Shouzou mentioned Takumi's lip. "Does it hurt?"
"A little, but I'm alright," assured Takumi.
"Don't tell me that Renjou-kun did this or was there a fight between you two?" Quetioned Shouzou.
Takumi couldn't say anything but could only stare at the ground. He felt the tears slowly coming to his eyes again but he tried not to let it out. Seeing that Takumi was in no condition to talk Shouzou suggested that they take him back to the room and clean up his lip. Gii agreed and took Takumi back only to be interrupted by Renjou's voice:
"Wait, I'm not done talking to you. Hayama...no...Takumi, I need to talk to you, please meet me back here tonight and let's sort this out."
With that, Gii, Takumi and Shouzou headed back to the room but they had to pass the crowd of guest which gave them strange looks. The eyes felt like piercing needles that pricked Takumi's mind, he felt afraid and shivered in Gii's arms as they walked pass them.
Shingyoji x Misu (short)
While grabbing another plate of delicious sushi from the sushi bar, Shingyoji heard some strange murmurs in the background. He felt it distracting so he turned around. He noticed that there was a small but long crowd in the center of the buffet bar, still questioning why everyone was so gathered around. Only until he saw Gii walking out with Takumi who seems in a rush. Shouzou trailed behind them and somehow managed to make eye contact with Shingyoji. As he looked back at Takumi, he noticed that on his senior's lip, there was something red coming from it.
"What's wrong with Hayama-san? And what is tha red stuff coming from his lip? Is it... no! BLOOD!" thought Shingyoji.
He then heard the crowd whisper or gossip about what they just saw. People were saying weird and mean things about them like:
"Was there a fight?"
"That's what happened when teenage boys get together, fights break out all the time,"
"What the heck? A bloody lip totally ruins a handsome face."
"I know and I thought he was my type, too."
Shingyoji felt sorry for Takumi but also wondered, like everyone else, if there was actually a fight. But Gii didn't look like he had any injuries nor did Shouzou. Gii and Shouzou would not have that kind of fight with each other, ever. He still wondered what happened to Takumi throughout the time he ate his sushi. He saw Misu in the corner grabbing some baked bread and ran over to his side.
"Arata-san!" cried Shingyoji as he came close.
"Here, take these," exclaimed Misu as he piled a bunch of bread and bread sticks on Shingyoji's tray.
"Mou~ Arata-san, do you have to get this many bread?" Complained Shingyoji.
"Shingyoji, a pet does not complain to his master when they are trying to feed him, do you get that?"
"But... whatever you won't listen anyways," gave up Shingyoji.
As the two walked back to their table, they met up with Takabayshi, Yoshizawa and Toshihisa. They started a lively conversation until Shingyoji asked:
"Hey, did any of you sempai get a glimpse at what happened at the crowd a minute ago?"
"Yeah, I did," said Takabayshi. "Gii and Hayama were walking out and it seems like he was kind of injured or something because I noticed that his lip was bleeding."
"What! Really I thought that they were putting on a show. By the time I got there, the crowd had already disbanded," said Toshihisa.
"That can't be good, we might have to check up on him, I hope he's ok," said Yoshizawa.
"He'll be alright. He's tougher than he looks," exclaimed Misu.
As they talked, Shingyoji caught eye of something quite unusual. He noticed that Renjou also had a cut on his lip as he walked passed their family table. His family seemed really worried about him. Although in Shingyoji's point of view, the cut was not to serious. When he sat back down, he tapped Misu on the shoulders and asked:
"Hey Arata-san, remember that boy that played volley ball with us the other day? Renjou?"
"Yeah, so?" Asked Misu.
"Well I just noticed that he has a cut on his lip also," exclaimed Shingyoji.
"So, what does that have anything to do with us?" Asked Misu bluntly.
"Well I noticed that before dinner, he didn't have a cut, but now he does? Could it be linked to Hayama-san's injury?" Wondered Shingyoji.
"Look, to prove that you are wrong, lets go visit him right now. I'm done anyways... are you guys done?" Misu asked the group.
The five remaining boys cleaned up their area and head to look for Takumi's and Gii's room, all anticipating in hearing what happened to Takumi.
Takumi x Gii
Once in the room, Gii quickly sat Takumi down on the couch and ran into the bathroom to grab the first aid kit. Shouzou sat opposite from Takumi when they got in. Once he got the first aid kit, Shouzou helped Gii get all the supplies to clean Takumi's lip. The disinfectant that Gii brushed on a cotton swap then onto Takumi's lip stung immensely.
"Ow! That stings," cried Takumi.
"I'm sorry but you have to bear with it for now, alright," apologized Gii. Takumi nodded and let Gii continue cleaning his lip. However, the cut seemed pretty large for Takumi's thin lips. Gii felt guilty for not being able to protect Takumi again.
Suddenly there was a loud knock on the door and Shouzou got up to open it. All the boys were crowed at the door and asked what was wrong with Takumi. They wanted to rush inside but Shouzou pushed them out telling them that Takumi had to rest.
"He'll tell you everything tomorrow, alright. He's in no condition to talk right now, literally," exclaimed Shouzou.
"Hayama, you have to tell us everything tomorrow, alright," shouted Takabayashi.
Shouzou shut the door and went back into the living room to sit down. He saw that Gii was still cleaning Takumi's lip after fifteen minutes already. Seeing Takumi's lip would not stop bleeding Shouzou suggested getting stitches but just the thought of it scared Takumi greatly.
Finally after twenty long minutes of trying to stop his lip from bleeding, Takumi managed to get up an stretch. By that time, Shouzou decided to go back to his room and rest up for tomorrow's planned activities. Gii told Takumi to be careful not to let his lip wound open up again. Takumi went into the bathroom to check out the damages he did to his lip and thought about how much he hurt Renjou. While on the topic of Renjou, he thought of the things that Renjou said while at the garden.
"Isn't from a wealthy family because he sure looks like it. And maybe even the thought of their son being in love with a man could ruin his future!" "Ruin his future..."
Those words echoed in Takumi's head over and over again.
"Am I really effecting Gii's future? What will his father say when he finds out that his son is in love with another man?" Thought Takumi as he stared at his reflection in the mirror.
Takumi suddenly felt his legs going weak and it made him fall to the ground. His vision became blurry and his cheek was wet. When he realized it, he had broken down into tears. Gii ran into the bathroom when he saw Takumi burry is face in his hand, sobbing.
"Takumi, what's wrong," asked Gii.
"I don't know..." sobbed the boy.
"Does your lip hurt? Is anywhere hurting?" Asked Gii.
"No! I don't know," cried Takumi.
Seeing how his boyfriend has broken into tears, Gii wrapped his arms around him and held him tightly. Gii tried to stop Takumi from crying but it also hurt him to see Takumi in this state especially after what happened today. The more he heard Takumi sob the more guilty he felt for not watching out for him. He shouldn't have let his anger loose, none of this would have happened. Many of those thoughts ran through Gii's mind.
After Takumi calmed down a bit, Gii pulled him out of the bathroom and into the bedroom. Takumi sat on the bed and stared at Gii. The room broke into dead silence but then Takumi let out a strange question:
"Gii... Am I a hindrance on your future?"
"What?What would make you think that?" Question Gii with a shocked expression.
"It's just that you're the son of such a great and wealthy family. And you're going to inherit the family company after all so I-"
"What does that have to do anything with you being a hindrance to my future?" Asked Gii.
"...I thought that-"
"Takumi, listen. All it matters is that I love you and I want to be with you. My future and the fact that I inherit the company has nothing to do with this," assured Gii.
"But won't your father be mad to see that you're..."
"If he does find out, I'll explain it to him myself, you don't have to worry about anything. Are you bothered because of what Renjou said?" Asked Gii again.
Takumi nodded but he was relieved to hear that he wasn't a hindrance on Gii's future. He lightly rested his head on Gii's shoulder and asked:
"Gii are you okay? I mean after what happened and all,"
Gii fell silent, Takumi looks up at his boyfriend and saw him with a serious expression. Takumi lifts his head and place his hands lightly on Gii's shoulder.
"Gii? What's wrong?' Takumi asked softly.
"I couldn't protect you again, that's what's wrong," said Gii.
"You couldn't protect me? What are you talking about?" Question Takumi, worried for Gii.
"If I didn't let you walk up to him, he wouldn't have kissed you and hurt you like this," cried Gii as he stood up from the bed.
"No, Gii. Renjou-kun wasn't the one who did this to me...I did," confessed Takumi.
"What?" Asked Gii with a shocked expression as he turned around to look at his boyfriend. "You wouldn't tear your own lips? Why are you covering for him? He obviously wanted to hurt you...hurt me."
"No, that's not true. I bit his lip and mine to get away from him. I hated how he kissed me, especially in front of you. I had to get him off," exclaimed Takumi.
"You hurt yourself for me...why?" Asked Gii.
"Because Gii is the one I love the most!" Cried Takumi.
"Takumi..."
"I couldn't stand it, I couldn't stand your hurt expression. It was painful for me to see you like that," sobbed Takumi as he broke into small tears again.
Gii sat Takumi down on the bed and laid his boyfriends head on Gii's shoulder. After a few second, Takumi managed to calm down again, however this time, he had drifted off to sleep. Gii carefully carried Takumi and placed him in the bed sheets. Dimming that lights, Gii left the bedroom and walked out towards the balcony. He suddenly heard the bush shake violently beneath him. With the help of the moonlight and the street light, Gii managed to make out the figure in the bushes. It was Renjou. He had snuck through the other rooms to get to their room. He started to call out Takumi's name, little did he know Takumi was sound asleep. He was unaware that Gii was watching his every movement in dead silence until Renjou bent down to look for what was a small pebbel. He was about to throw it at the window in the bed room but Gii stopped him.
"I don't think that will be necessary, Renjou,"
"WOAH! Where the hell did you come from?" Cried Renjou in surprised. "Wait you two are sharing rooms?"
"Of course. It's only natural for lovers to share a room, right?" Said Gii with much sarcasm in his tone.
"I'm not here to pick a fight with you, Gii-san. I'm looking for Takumi, where is he?" asked Renjou rudely.
"I'm afraid he is already sound asleep and probably traumatized after your actions today," exclaimed Gii. Gii also notice that Renjou also had a cut on his lip only it was minor compared to Takumi's. It was enough evidence that Renjou did not bite Takumi's lips however Gii couldn't forgive Renjou for his acts.
"What? He's..."
"I suggest you leave Renjou. I warning you, don't come near us. You're brother already made a bad first impression, don't do the same for the others to notice," advised Gii.
"Why should I take advise from some rich kid like you!" Yelled Renjou.
"If you were smart, you wouldn't want to be picking a fight with someone like me, now LEAVE!" Yelled Gii.
With that Renjou left the small garden leaving Gii to stare at the dark and ominous beach, full of anger. Gii then decide to head on to bed and went into the bedroom. He saw Takumi sleeping so soundly it made him feel at ease for a moment only until his eyes fell on the lip tear. Gii went over to Takumi's side and bent over Takumi and gave him a light peck on his lips. Gii then quickly changed his clothes, brushed his teeth, climbed into bed next to Takumi then turned out the lights.
Author's Ending Note:
What will happen the day when the two wake up? Will Takumi have to tell his friends the cold hard truth about what happened that night and his history with the Kono family? Will Takumi's wounded lip cause problems amongst Renjou and the Shidou boys? Find out next chapter of 恋の記憶(Koi no Kioku)/Memories of Love.
~End of Chapter 7~
Hey Guys, please review...and I'm having a major writer's block so if anyone can come up with a good idea for the next chapter that would be great! If you are just reading this now, I have added more ShingyojixMisu parts and will continue, so the fans will enjoy both love stories. I might add TakabayshixYoshizawa though I don't know enough about them yet.