Heehee, how long has it been since I've updated? Well, I've been working on
some other projects on Fictionpress.net (please go check out my Yaoi story
"Naivety Left Behind"), but here it is, the good ending. Yes, the beginning
is EXACTLY the same as the angst ending but it changes toward the end.
Please RxR and have fun reading.
Chapter Eighteen: The Truth Shall Set You Free (Good Ending)
Tohma Seguchi expected to walk into work at eight a.m., make a cameo at Bad Luck's rehearsal, do some paperwork, meet up with Sakano, and then take him home to a night of absolute pleasure (for one of them anyway). That was what he had been doing for the past few weeks and he was beginning to enjoy the routine. He did walk into work at eight a.m. that day, but things didn't go the way he planned...
"Konnichiwa!" Seguchi said, walking into Bad Luck's rehearsal studio. It was funny how much they were indebted to him. They saw him as their hero. As the very man who won them a spot in the festival. He was their God. And all he asked for in return was the sexual services of his simple, naïve, innocent producer who had been shamed in more ways then one. He had told Seguchi many times before that the only reason he agreed to the contract was so that Bad Luck could live out their dreams of fame and fortune. He told Seguchi that his body was a small price to pay for the happiness of three young boys. Seguchi had hit him then.
Sakano looked away from his slave driver and back down at his paperwork. He had confessed to K everything that was going on between Seguchi and himself the night before, when K had come to his apartment after finding out from Hiro of all people that he had been unfaithful. K hit him that night. He had never thought in a million years that K would hit him. He deserved it, that was for sure, but being hit was always upsetting. K didn't show up for work that morning. He left Sakano's shortly after Sakano confessed his love for Mr. K. He didn't say where he was going or what his plans were. Sakano was worried.
"Sakano..." Seguchi said, walking over to his dark haired lover. He helped Sakano out of his chair and brushed him off. Sakano didn't have very much time to get ready that morning and he looked a fright. Hair tussled and suit wrinkled. He had bags under his eyes and his face was a little red and puffy. Not to mention the bruises all over his face from Seguchi and now K. He was tired of being hit, especially in the face. Couldn't they be a little more creative? He was going to let Sakano go through the day before beckoning him to his office, but the man looked so tired and vulnerable that Seguchi couldn't help himself, "Why don't you three take the day off?" he directed that at Bad Luck while still looking over at Sakano, "Sakano and myself have some business to take care of. You have been working hard enough as it is." He ignored Bad Luck then, they were no longer important, "Sakano, my office, right now."
And that was that. Seguchi walked out of the room and Sakano followed close behind. He had a stomachache. He always got stomachaches before their little rendezvous. It was painful. He thought that it would get better, but in the weeks they had been sleeping together, things never got any better. In fact, it seemed that when the pain began to ease, Seguchi would find some new method of making it more painful, more scary and more embarrassing.
"Why do you hate me so much?" Sakano found himself saying. He normally didn't speak to Seguchi when he was going to make him do the dirty things that he would never forgive himself for doing. Seguchi stopped and wilted his head, "I mean, am I that horrible? I agreed to be yours and that's fine, but do you have to beat me the way you do? I mean, I will give you the world if you ask for it! But why do you-"
"You think that I hate you?" he said, chuckling a little, "I don't hate you. I hate the fact that for years and years, I have been watching you from the shadows, to nervous to tell you the way that I feel. So I did what I do best..." he began to walk again, Sakano following close behind, "I trapped you in a contract that you couldn't refuse. For a simple fee, your band would make it to the big time."
They arrived at the office and Seguchi hesitated before turning the knob. Sakano placed his hands behind his back and closed his eyes, "Why didn't you tell me sooner? I loved you so much, Seguchi-sama!!" he opened his eyes and took a step forward, "I loved you more then life itself! I mean, if you just would have told me, maybe we could have-"
Tohma leaned forward and kissed Sakano just slightly, touching his face in a way that Sakano couldn't believe, with passion and yearning and love. There was no pain and no fear...Sakano even found himself kissing him back. He just wanted to be loved, that was all he wanted from life was to find someone to love him. It was K, K loved him, it was that simple. He broke away from Seguchi and looked at him.
"You didn't tell me, Seguchi-sama," it was time to start doing things for himself, it was time for Sakano to find happiness, "I can't do this anymore though...I am in love with K and even though he is mad at me and he isn't speaking to me, I cannot help but pursue him. So if you want to pull Bad Luck from the festival then so be it and-"
"I'm not going to pull them from the festival, Sakano," Seguchi said, wiping a few pieces of Sakano's hair from his face, "It's time we grew up. I have a wife and you have a career and K does love you and It is time we stopped playing this game." Sakano nodded, "Come inside and we'll talk."
Sakano agreed that certain things should be said so he followed his Seguchi- sama into his office. There sat K in Tohma's desk, holding his magnum in his hand and he was grinning. It was a grin that Sakano had never seen before and it chilled his very bones.
"Welcome back, Tohma."
He stood from the desk and walked around it, up to Tohma and Sakano. Tohma had a look of absolute fear in his eyes and K brought his gun up and pressed it against Tohma's forehead and the blonde manager froze with fear. He stared into the eyes of his employee and there was nothing but anger. There was no give behind his sapphire eyes, there was nothing. He clicked the gun and Sakano's eyes widened, but he couldn't move. He couldn't move to help his Seguchi-sama. Did he want to help him? He couldn't decide. Tohma had done so much to him. He had embarrassed him and defiled him and played on the fact that he just wanted Bad Luck to succeed. But did he deserve to be assaulted for that?
"You tell me," K said, tears beginning to stream down his face, "You tell me why you did this to us? Why did you want us to fail so badly that you would FUCK him behind my back? Why didn't you just tell me...You were my boss!!"
Sakano reddened at that. He couldn't say anything to K. He knew that anything he said would lead to nothing good, so he simply stayed quiet and waited for what would happen next. Tohma's mouth opened and shut, he also had nothing to say. Apologies were too late.
"Just tell me..."K said, hopelessness in his airy voice, "You ruined my marriage, you ruined the relationship between my son and I, you slandered my name and you took the one person who made all of those horrible things go away. I LOVED him, are you hearing me? I LOVED HIM MORE THEN YOU KNOW!!" K sobbed, clutching his gun, "My God, I loved him so much..." Sakano looked over at his lover and all he wanted was to hold him and to kiss him and to take him away from that terrible place...but it wasn't up to him anymore, it was up to K.
"Please, Mr.K, I was just-" K pressed the gun harder against Tohma's forehead.
"YOU JUST WHAT?!" K screamed, pushing Tohma back up against the wall, "YOU RAPED HIM, IS WHAT YOU DID!! YOU RAPED HIM AND YOU HURT HIM AND YOU TOOK HIM FROM ME!!!" K's rage changed suddenly. He calmed down and his tears began to cease. Tohma began to calm down and then K looked into his eyes and Tohma knew what was to come.
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(Happy, fuzzy, feel good ending)
"You know what?" K said, making Sakano's body tense up, "You're not worth it. You're not worth my time or pain anymore, Seguchi-sama..." He lowered his hand and let the gun fall to his side and Sakano jumped a little as it hit the floor, "You took it all from me, you did...you succeeded and you know what? I just don't care. You feed off the negative emotions of other people. You raped him, Tohma..." He turned and looked over at a stunned Sakano and smiled.
"I'm sorry..." K said, taking a step toward the door of the office, "I know you love him, despite what he did to you, but I am going to the media, I'm going to tell them what he did to you and to me and this whole story will be recreated..." K looked at his despaired lover and grinned, "Hell, maybe it will turn into a made for TV movie or something?" Sakano didn't laugh, how could he?! K was going to SHOOT Seguchi!! How could he be so carefree now?!
Then it hit Sakano like a ton of bricks. It was K. That was the best explanation, it was simply K. It was how he operated, how he worked. Sakano snickered, his glasses crooked and his suit ironed and sharp. Seguchi was still shaking and someday Sakano would tell K about how his Seguchi-sama had apologized to him, how he had 'grown up'. But right then all he could do was turn that snicker into a laugh that turned into a roar. K had never seen Sakano laugh that hard before and it was so refreshing. It was over, everything was over.
Bad Luck was over, Nittle Grasper Studios would come screeching to a halt after the scandal hit the papers, or so K had hoped. He walked up to Sakano and smiled that cocky smile of his and Sakano, after only a moment of hesitation, threw himself into K's arms, feeling the warm tears run down his face.
"I am so sorry, K," he said, sobbing into K's starch white shirt, "I am so so sorry, but all I wanted was the best for Bad Luck..."
"It's okay, Sakano!" He said, smiling ear to ear, "Let's just call it even. I had a wife and kid and you had a steamy affair with your boss. I say that about evens it out, what do you say?" Sakano snickered and K took the opportunity to peck Sakano on the lips, a taste so sweet that it was to die for. Sakano, without hesitation, pressed his lips roughly to K's and they kissed with such a passion that Seguchi simply couldn't watch anymore. He picked up his hat that was on the floor and plopped it down on his head, walking to the door. His heart was still beating fast, but he knew and K knew that he would never fire that gun. He stood in the doorway for a moment longer, smiling a sad smile before walking out, his heart breaking for the boy who got away.
After they broke apart K pulled Sakano in for a hug and then whispered into his ear, "I'm going back home, back to California...and I want you to come with me..."
"I don't have the money and-"
"Fuck the money, I will support you," he said, running his hand under Sakano's jacket making him shiver with delight, "Come on...you know you wanna hop on the good foot and do the bad thing?"
He laughed and kissed K one last time, "Alright, I'll come with you...but its only because I love you."
"And I love you."
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YAY!!! There you all go, the nice ending. Alrighty, see ya later!!
Chapter Eighteen: The Truth Shall Set You Free (Good Ending)
Tohma Seguchi expected to walk into work at eight a.m., make a cameo at Bad Luck's rehearsal, do some paperwork, meet up with Sakano, and then take him home to a night of absolute pleasure (for one of them anyway). That was what he had been doing for the past few weeks and he was beginning to enjoy the routine. He did walk into work at eight a.m. that day, but things didn't go the way he planned...
"Konnichiwa!" Seguchi said, walking into Bad Luck's rehearsal studio. It was funny how much they were indebted to him. They saw him as their hero. As the very man who won them a spot in the festival. He was their God. And all he asked for in return was the sexual services of his simple, naïve, innocent producer who had been shamed in more ways then one. He had told Seguchi many times before that the only reason he agreed to the contract was so that Bad Luck could live out their dreams of fame and fortune. He told Seguchi that his body was a small price to pay for the happiness of three young boys. Seguchi had hit him then.
Sakano looked away from his slave driver and back down at his paperwork. He had confessed to K everything that was going on between Seguchi and himself the night before, when K had come to his apartment after finding out from Hiro of all people that he had been unfaithful. K hit him that night. He had never thought in a million years that K would hit him. He deserved it, that was for sure, but being hit was always upsetting. K didn't show up for work that morning. He left Sakano's shortly after Sakano confessed his love for Mr. K. He didn't say where he was going or what his plans were. Sakano was worried.
"Sakano..." Seguchi said, walking over to his dark haired lover. He helped Sakano out of his chair and brushed him off. Sakano didn't have very much time to get ready that morning and he looked a fright. Hair tussled and suit wrinkled. He had bags under his eyes and his face was a little red and puffy. Not to mention the bruises all over his face from Seguchi and now K. He was tired of being hit, especially in the face. Couldn't they be a little more creative? He was going to let Sakano go through the day before beckoning him to his office, but the man looked so tired and vulnerable that Seguchi couldn't help himself, "Why don't you three take the day off?" he directed that at Bad Luck while still looking over at Sakano, "Sakano and myself have some business to take care of. You have been working hard enough as it is." He ignored Bad Luck then, they were no longer important, "Sakano, my office, right now."
And that was that. Seguchi walked out of the room and Sakano followed close behind. He had a stomachache. He always got stomachaches before their little rendezvous. It was painful. He thought that it would get better, but in the weeks they had been sleeping together, things never got any better. In fact, it seemed that when the pain began to ease, Seguchi would find some new method of making it more painful, more scary and more embarrassing.
"Why do you hate me so much?" Sakano found himself saying. He normally didn't speak to Seguchi when he was going to make him do the dirty things that he would never forgive himself for doing. Seguchi stopped and wilted his head, "I mean, am I that horrible? I agreed to be yours and that's fine, but do you have to beat me the way you do? I mean, I will give you the world if you ask for it! But why do you-"
"You think that I hate you?" he said, chuckling a little, "I don't hate you. I hate the fact that for years and years, I have been watching you from the shadows, to nervous to tell you the way that I feel. So I did what I do best..." he began to walk again, Sakano following close behind, "I trapped you in a contract that you couldn't refuse. For a simple fee, your band would make it to the big time."
They arrived at the office and Seguchi hesitated before turning the knob. Sakano placed his hands behind his back and closed his eyes, "Why didn't you tell me sooner? I loved you so much, Seguchi-sama!!" he opened his eyes and took a step forward, "I loved you more then life itself! I mean, if you just would have told me, maybe we could have-"
Tohma leaned forward and kissed Sakano just slightly, touching his face in a way that Sakano couldn't believe, with passion and yearning and love. There was no pain and no fear...Sakano even found himself kissing him back. He just wanted to be loved, that was all he wanted from life was to find someone to love him. It was K, K loved him, it was that simple. He broke away from Seguchi and looked at him.
"You didn't tell me, Seguchi-sama," it was time to start doing things for himself, it was time for Sakano to find happiness, "I can't do this anymore though...I am in love with K and even though he is mad at me and he isn't speaking to me, I cannot help but pursue him. So if you want to pull Bad Luck from the festival then so be it and-"
"I'm not going to pull them from the festival, Sakano," Seguchi said, wiping a few pieces of Sakano's hair from his face, "It's time we grew up. I have a wife and you have a career and K does love you and It is time we stopped playing this game." Sakano nodded, "Come inside and we'll talk."
Sakano agreed that certain things should be said so he followed his Seguchi- sama into his office. There sat K in Tohma's desk, holding his magnum in his hand and he was grinning. It was a grin that Sakano had never seen before and it chilled his very bones.
"Welcome back, Tohma."
He stood from the desk and walked around it, up to Tohma and Sakano. Tohma had a look of absolute fear in his eyes and K brought his gun up and pressed it against Tohma's forehead and the blonde manager froze with fear. He stared into the eyes of his employee and there was nothing but anger. There was no give behind his sapphire eyes, there was nothing. He clicked the gun and Sakano's eyes widened, but he couldn't move. He couldn't move to help his Seguchi-sama. Did he want to help him? He couldn't decide. Tohma had done so much to him. He had embarrassed him and defiled him and played on the fact that he just wanted Bad Luck to succeed. But did he deserve to be assaulted for that?
"You tell me," K said, tears beginning to stream down his face, "You tell me why you did this to us? Why did you want us to fail so badly that you would FUCK him behind my back? Why didn't you just tell me...You were my boss!!"
Sakano reddened at that. He couldn't say anything to K. He knew that anything he said would lead to nothing good, so he simply stayed quiet and waited for what would happen next. Tohma's mouth opened and shut, he also had nothing to say. Apologies were too late.
"Just tell me..."K said, hopelessness in his airy voice, "You ruined my marriage, you ruined the relationship between my son and I, you slandered my name and you took the one person who made all of those horrible things go away. I LOVED him, are you hearing me? I LOVED HIM MORE THEN YOU KNOW!!" K sobbed, clutching his gun, "My God, I loved him so much..." Sakano looked over at his lover and all he wanted was to hold him and to kiss him and to take him away from that terrible place...but it wasn't up to him anymore, it was up to K.
"Please, Mr.K, I was just-" K pressed the gun harder against Tohma's forehead.
"YOU JUST WHAT?!" K screamed, pushing Tohma back up against the wall, "YOU RAPED HIM, IS WHAT YOU DID!! YOU RAPED HIM AND YOU HURT HIM AND YOU TOOK HIM FROM ME!!!" K's rage changed suddenly. He calmed down and his tears began to cease. Tohma began to calm down and then K looked into his eyes and Tohma knew what was to come.
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(Happy, fuzzy, feel good ending)
"You know what?" K said, making Sakano's body tense up, "You're not worth it. You're not worth my time or pain anymore, Seguchi-sama..." He lowered his hand and let the gun fall to his side and Sakano jumped a little as it hit the floor, "You took it all from me, you did...you succeeded and you know what? I just don't care. You feed off the negative emotions of other people. You raped him, Tohma..." He turned and looked over at a stunned Sakano and smiled.
"I'm sorry..." K said, taking a step toward the door of the office, "I know you love him, despite what he did to you, but I am going to the media, I'm going to tell them what he did to you and to me and this whole story will be recreated..." K looked at his despaired lover and grinned, "Hell, maybe it will turn into a made for TV movie or something?" Sakano didn't laugh, how could he?! K was going to SHOOT Seguchi!! How could he be so carefree now?!
Then it hit Sakano like a ton of bricks. It was K. That was the best explanation, it was simply K. It was how he operated, how he worked. Sakano snickered, his glasses crooked and his suit ironed and sharp. Seguchi was still shaking and someday Sakano would tell K about how his Seguchi-sama had apologized to him, how he had 'grown up'. But right then all he could do was turn that snicker into a laugh that turned into a roar. K had never seen Sakano laugh that hard before and it was so refreshing. It was over, everything was over.
Bad Luck was over, Nittle Grasper Studios would come screeching to a halt after the scandal hit the papers, or so K had hoped. He walked up to Sakano and smiled that cocky smile of his and Sakano, after only a moment of hesitation, threw himself into K's arms, feeling the warm tears run down his face.
"I am so sorry, K," he said, sobbing into K's starch white shirt, "I am so so sorry, but all I wanted was the best for Bad Luck..."
"It's okay, Sakano!" He said, smiling ear to ear, "Let's just call it even. I had a wife and kid and you had a steamy affair with your boss. I say that about evens it out, what do you say?" Sakano snickered and K took the opportunity to peck Sakano on the lips, a taste so sweet that it was to die for. Sakano, without hesitation, pressed his lips roughly to K's and they kissed with such a passion that Seguchi simply couldn't watch anymore. He picked up his hat that was on the floor and plopped it down on his head, walking to the door. His heart was still beating fast, but he knew and K knew that he would never fire that gun. He stood in the doorway for a moment longer, smiling a sad smile before walking out, his heart breaking for the boy who got away.
After they broke apart K pulled Sakano in for a hug and then whispered into his ear, "I'm going back home, back to California...and I want you to come with me..."
"I don't have the money and-"
"Fuck the money, I will support you," he said, running his hand under Sakano's jacket making him shiver with delight, "Come on...you know you wanna hop on the good foot and do the bad thing?"
He laughed and kissed K one last time, "Alright, I'll come with you...but its only because I love you."
"And I love you."
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YAY!!! There you all go, the nice ending. Alrighty, see ya later!!