Story: 11-Because You're the Uke, Special Vday fic! Suguru and Ryuichi have been dating for months and Valentine's Day is approaching. Ryuichi wants chocolates, but Suguru refuses because he's a guy.
rating: T
genre: romance (I think you all could have predicted that)
Because You're the Uke
Suguru sat on the couch with his nose in a work file.
"So…Sugu-chan…" looking down, Suguru lifted his folder to reveal a cuddly popstar's head in his lap.
"Yes, Ryu-san?"
"Are you gonna get me chocolates?"
"…" Suguru stared down at that innocent smile, "Why would I?"
-Gasp- Ryuichi sat up unexpectedly, frightening Suguru who barely saved his folder from being destroyed by his lover's head. "Suguru!" Ryuichi stared at Suguru in blatant shock, "How could you forget?!"
"Forget what?" his eyebrows raised in question.
"VALENTINE'S DAY! Y'know, when girls give their boyfriends chocolates…the most romantic day of the year…tommorrow?"
Suguru stared at Ryuichi unable to express his exasperation, "Ryu, you kinda missed the key word there: 'girls' give chocolates on Valantine's Day, and in case you haven't noticed," and Suguru really hoped he had, considering they've been in a relationship for months now, "we're both guys."
Ryu jumped off the couch and stood directly in front of Suguru, "True, Sugu-chan," Ryuichi's face was now invading Suguru's personal space, "but, since we're both guys, it would only make sense that you cover V-day, and I get White Day."
"And why am I the one to 'cover V-day?" 'Is he calling me girly?'
"Because," and although Suguru had already blown his top many times before for this same reason, Ryuichi found a sick enjoyment out of saying it, "you're the uke."
Suguru stared at his goof-ball lover in silence. Rather than share his irritation and upset Ryu, he decided the best solution would be to just walk away.
"Wait for White Day," he said, still not turning back.
"But that's too long!" Suguru no longer answered.
"Suguru~"
-NEXT DAY-
Ryuichi awoke Valentine's Day morning in an empty bed. Although Suguru always woke first, he would normally lay in bed until Ryuichi was up aswell.
Ryuichi sat up, looking over to his lover's side of the matress. There was a small note on the pillow.
"Went to work -Suguru"
Ryuichi smiled at the neat script, remembering the early stages of their relationship. Suguru would leave a note very similar to the one presently in his hands and would find it upsetting. But one day, while talking to some people at a bar that were too drunk to realize they were talking to the famous Ryuichi Sakuma, he found out how nice it was to have a boyfriend who was considerate enough to always let him know where he would be.
Ryuichi jumped out of bed stretching. 'Hm…what should I do today?'
-AT NG-
"But K, it's Valentine's Day!" complained the pink-headed vocalist we all (should) know and love.
"True, and last I checked you don't have a girlfiend. So pipe down and get to work," the cruel manager ordered, letting a bullet escape into the ceiling. "Plus, the faster you get to work, the faster you can get home and pretend to be a loving girlfriend to your Yuki."
As much as he wished to argue, Shuichi much preferred to stay alive for tonight.
Hiro and Suguru were standing on the side letting Shuichi put his own life at risk. Hiro was texting his girlfriend, Ayaka, while Suguru had zoned out long ago, holding tightly onto his bag.
Shuichi sulked his way into the recording booth, waiting for his bandmates to come back to Earth and take their places behind their instuments.
"Ready?"
Hiro and Suguru nodded in unision—they also wanted to get out of this place and enjoy the holiday as soon as possible.
The music started and Shuichi bounced to the beat, melting into the rhythm.
His signal was coming up. Shuichi took a breath and brought his lips closer to the mic to do what he does best (besides loving Yuki!) when a loud bang errupted from the door.
"OHAYO, NA NO DA!" Unpredictably, a very perky Ryuichi Sakuma stolled in carring his signature pink bunny on his head.
"Sakuma-san!" Shuichi dashed over to his bosom buddy and the two hopped around in circle (Suguru believes it to be a ritual two mutual idiots did in place of a regular, "Hello, how are you?").
"Sakuma-san, what are you doing here?" Suguru's tone sounded nothing like that of someone talking to their own boyfriend, but Ryuichi was getting use to Suguru's snarky attitude. Especially since the two have yet to mention they relationship to anyone besides Tohma.
"I came to visit my favorite band, silly Fujisaki!" He was also good at hiding their little secret.
"But shouldn't you be spending Valentine's Day with you're lover?" Shuichi asked. Just because he couldn't tell anyone about him and Suguru didn't mean he had to hide the fact that he was indeed dating someone.
"He's busy," Ryuichi pouted, "Why aren't you with Yuki today?"
"K called us all in to work this morning," Hiro joined the conversation.
Shuichi motioned to whisper into Ryuichi's ear, "I think it's 'cause his wife is working today, so he has to take out his loneliness on us"
"Speaking of which," K appeared out of thin air, "didn't I just tell you guys to get to work?" The pointed gun made it more of a threat than a question.
The band rushed back to their places, leaving Ryuichi to watch from the side.
As bad luck played, not wanting to go home with holes in their skulls—not very pleasant—no one notced the former Grasper on his cell.
-LATER-
After three hours of rehearsing, K was finally content enough with their progress to permit a short break.
Shuichi ran over and locked arms with Ryuichi—no one noticed the spark of jealousy from Suguru. Hiro followed the two to the breakroom, Suguru arriving last bringing along his bag.
The whole room was decorated in red and pink hearts in varied sizes, making it hard to forget that today was ment to be with a lover but they were stuck at work.
"This isn't fair!" Shuichi burst, "I was planning on spending the day with Yuki, but now my plans are ruined." Shuichi moped around the room, tearing down innocent decorations that happened to be in his path.
"Shu, I think we all had plans today. There's nothing we could do about it except put up till work's over." Although Hiro sounded confident, his expression showed that he was just as upset. He probably made plans with Ayaka.
"What about you, Fujisaki-kun, what were you gonna do today?" Shuichi was sincerely interested. He had recently become curious about Suguru and wanted to become close friends.
"I was going to stay home." Only Ryuichi noticed how Suguru failed to mention that he had been kicked out of his parents' house when he outed his sexual preferenc and had moved in with Ryuichi months ago.
"Oh." Shuichi passed up a perfect opportunity to tease his youngest bandmate. He was definitely brooding.
Ryuichi silently smirked, waiting for his surprise to arrive.
They took a seat at one of the tables, making random conversations that really didn't brighten the mood.
"I wonder what Yuki's doing right now." Somehow, Shuichi's train of thought always brought him back to the same stop.
"I'd bet he's most likely to be writing his book," Hiro guessed.
"He doesn't seem like the kind of person to celebrate these kinds of holidays," Suguru thought aloud.
"I beg to differ," Shuichi giggled. His mind flashed back to last year's Valentine's Day when Yuki made a surprise romantic dinner and took a bath with Shu in a candlelit bathroom before making love on a rose petal-covered bed. It was a rare moment when Yuki proved his romantic skills.
"Do you think he could be planning something for tonight?"
"Why the hell would I do that?"
Everyone whipped their attention to the door. The voice certainly belonged to the gorgeous blonde in front of them.
"Yuki!" Shuichi nearly sprinted to his lover and pounced.
Everyone expected the novelist to move out of the way and let Shuichi nose dive into the floor, but today had the potential for surprises.
Yuki stood and allowed Shuichi to glomp him—though he almost toppled back from the force of the hug.
-Giggle- Another surprise, a beautiful young woman stepped out from behind the hugging couple.
"Ayaka!" Hiro's face illuminated and he ran over to pick her up, twirling her around in circles.
Ryuichi chuckled as he watched the displays of affection.
"You did this, Ryu?" asked Suguru, watching as the others became enclosed in their own happy bubbles.
"Just a little V-day gift from me." Ryuichi boldly wrapped his arms around Suguru knowing that everyone else was much too distacted to notice.
"And what do we have here?" K chose this moment to walk in.
Only Ryuichi and Suguru showed any sign of regard towards the man's arrival.
K was watched the two pair of snuggling figures. "They're going to have to leave if we want any work done." He finally shifted his attention to the pair beside him.
K's expression was blank as he processed their close proximity. Then a wicked smile formed.
Clearing his throat, the manager announced, "Well, my wife just called and her schedule's been canceled, so I'm planning to meet her. I'm cutting practice short, which is a good thing since I have a feeling none of you would have been able to work the rest of the day anyways."
Shuichi squealed before being hauled off by Yuki. Hiro held his arm out for Ayaka, who happily accepted, and walked out still gazing into each others' eyes.
"You two should go have some fun too. I may have to cancel tomorrow aswell," K called over his shoulder as he exited the room.
Ryuichi unwrapped his arms form Suguru and instead took his hand. "Let's go home."
Whether it was he warm palm pressed to his, the kind phrase his love had uttered, or the brilliant smile on his lips, Suguru felt his chest grow warm.
-THAT EVENING-
Suguru and Ryuichi sat on the couch watching a Valentine's Day special on cable. They sat side by side with their thighs pressed together and Ryuichi's arm rested on the back of the couch behind Suguru. Kumagoro sat on their laps, half on Suguru's and half on Ryuichi's. All three, content.
As the movie finished and the credits rolled, Ryuichi took the time to stretch out, raising both arms above his head.
"Isn't Valentine's Day great, Sugu-chan? Though I can't wait for White Day."
"O, gosh, I almost forgot!" Suguru jumped off the couch, "Wait right here." Ryuichi obeyed as Suguru ran out of the room.
No more than a minute later, Suguru returned holding his work bag. Ryuicih was very curious.
Suguru returned to his spot beside Ryuichi and set the bag on his lap, digging for and unknown item.
Finally, Suguru found what he was looking for and pulled out a brown paper bag. After placing the work bag onto the carpet, he proceded to open the paper bag.
"I know that I said that Valentine's Day was girls' holiday, but seeing as you 'can't wait for White Day', I got you a little something to tie you over."
From the bag Suguru pulled out a medium sized heart-shaped box filled with chocolates from Ryuichi's favorite desert place in America. The gift had to have been special ordered ahead of time to arrive by Valentine's Day.
"How'd you get this?" Ryu asked, taking the box.
"That place you mentioned has a website you can order from."
"But you said only girls give chocolates. And last time I check," Suguru caught the hidden meaning and blushed, "you were a guy."
"That was just an excuse," Suguru made no point of hiding his embarassment, "I didn't think the package would arrive in time. I ordered it last week." He was actually quite amazed it had made it in time.
"But you said you forgot!" Ryuichi argued.
"I was obviously lying."
Ryuichi stared at Suguru in disbeleif. He never knew Suguru was such a good liar—even if he was related to Tohma.
He couldn't hold it in any longer. Ryuichi tossed the box onto the side table and leaped onto Suguru.
"Thank you, Sugu-chan, you're the best!" Ryuichi gave him a peck on the nose, "But you really didn't have to get me anything."
"Of course I did," Suguru returned with a peck on the lips, "After all, I am your uke."
end
A/N: grr, I could have had this done last night, but i spent 5 hrs yesterday trying to download microsoft onto my new notebook (the laptop-like one! thank you grampa!). In the end it didn't work and I am still using my old laptop. There's my story of the day! Happy Valentine's Day/Singles' Awareness Day! Don't worry if you're part of the latter cuz that way you can stay home and spam call other singles "what kind of bees make milk" "...what?" "BOOBIES!" haha... if you thought that joke was hilarious, crappy, or sucked but laughed anyways, review and tell me about it (I won't be offended if you didn't like it...cuz it's not mine!) :3