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False Reality?
Chapter Four: Real World – Misconception
Yuki sighed as he made yet another trip to the washroom. Who knew that that idiot would be right? Eiri muttered something under his breath as he dragged himself back into his room. Just as he was passing by the guest room the blond novelist heard a sharp yelp, likely emitted by said idiot.
Opening the door, Eiri raised a brow at the sight that greeted him. There, on the bed, was Shuichi, limbs were strewn everywhere and the blanket only covering his left foot. He was snoring loudly, as opposed to the quiet breathing sounds he usually made, and there was a little bit of drool on his chin.
Eiri shook his head and smiled at the adorable sight before him. It was then that he noticed a mass of green-brown hair poking up from the side of the bed. Making his way over Eiri found Shuichi's idol, Ryuichi, sitting there rubbing his behind whilst wincing.
"What are you doing?"
Ryuichi blinked and looked up, "Oh! Eiri-chan, did I wake you?"
"Keep your voice down baka! And no you didn't," Eiri whispered.
"Okay, good! What are you doing in here then?"
"I heard a yelp and came to find out what happened," the younger man replied, "So what happened?"
"Anou… Shu-chan kind of pushed me off the bed. He's very violent in bed, na no da!" the singer answered, unaware of how his answer sounded.
"No, he's violent when he sleeps, he's very submissive in bed," Eiri said, turning leave the room.
Before he could leave however, Ryuichi lunged at him and clung to his waist, "Can I sleep in your bed, Eiri-chan? Please?"
"No."
"But Shuichi's hurting me!"
"Why don't you sleep on the couch?"
"It's very uncomfortable and I keep on falling off! Please?"
"No."
"But…" Ryuichi pouted, "I'll cry! If I cry Shu-chan will be sad! Then he'll cry too!"
"I don't like you," Eiri told him, becoming increasingly angry, "Fine."
Ryuichi gasped, his eyes widening, "Honto?"
"…Yes," Eiri answered begrudgingly.
Sighing, Eiri lit a much-needed cigarette. Behind him Ryuichi gasped, "You can't smoke in bed it's very dangerous!"
"I'm not that stupid. I'm going to smoke it and then go to bed." Ryuichi frowned nonetheless. He soon spotted a pack of cigarettes on the bedside table and made a mad dash for them. "What-what the fuck are you doing?" Eiri said as Ryuichi grabbed his pack of cigarettes; his last pack.
"No more smoking! It makes me feel icky," Ryuichi exclaimed, putting the pack in the front pocket of his incredibly large shirt.
"No way, I let you sleep in here and you…" Eiri growled.
"I'll give them back in the morning! I just don't want you to smoke and wake me up!" Ryuichi protested.
"Fine, but there are rules to sleeping with me," Eiri informed the singer, moving closer to his bed. Ryuichi immediately gripped his clothes. "Not that you fool!"
"Oh…"
"Just… You are not going to touch me understood?"
"Hai!" Ryuichi chirped all but jumping into the bed.
Eiri sighed as he got into the bed, determined on ignoring the other man's presence until morning, when could kick him out the bed. Though if it weren't for the fact that it was Ryuichi in his bed, he probably would allow snuggling; God knows the boy looked so much like his lover Eiri wouldn't mind. Of course, then Shuichi would make a big deal out of it and… it wouldn't be a very pretty sight.
As odd as it was, it was true that he found the older man attractive. Not only did he look like the pink haired boy he slept with, but the bunny-obsessed man had his own mysterious sexiness. Considering he was sharing a home with Shuichi and had Tatsuha for a younger brother it was no surprise that Eiri had seen numerous videos of the Rock God. Though he would never admit it out loud, the man certainly was 'jack-off' material.
The blond man turned around when sleep refused to come to him and stared at Ryuichi's back, listening to the other's even breathing. Then, to his surprise, the petite man rolled over and wrapped his arms around Eiri's waist and under his shirt, in one smooth motion. Frowning slightly, he attempted to remove the arms, trying not to notice the feel of Ryuichi's warmth pressed against his cold abdomen. However, the attempt was futile as the arms only tightened more.
"K-chan…" Ryuichi breathed.
Eiri raised an eyebrow curiously, How the hell can this baka mistake me for his stupid toy!? Realizing he couldn't anything about the situation Yuki sighed and relaxed. As soon as his body was no longer tense, Ryuichi cuddled even closer. The blond writer looked down and wondered how Ryuichi could breathe with his face pressed so firmly against his stomach.
Sleep still evading him, Yuki Eiri lay cursing his luck when he felt a shift. At first he thought Ryuichi was moving away from him but soon realized he was only making room for his knees to fit in. As the musician slowly brought his knees up, they brushed against a certain something of Eiri's that made him gasp in surprise and pleasure. The knees wriggled a little before settling there and Eiri tried hard to hold back a moan. Breathing deeply Eiri desperately tried to ignore the burning in his loins. Telling himself to punish the oblivious man later, he tried to shift into a better position, but no matter how he turned he could not escape Ryuichi's touch, and it was becoming increasingly bothersome and frustrating. Deciding not to dwell on it Eiri took a deep breath and let sleep finally take him over.
"Happy… Thank you…" the small man mumbled while dreaming.
The next morning came quickly for one Shindou Shuichi, who had immediately panicked when he noticed that a certain green-brown haired idol was missing from his bed. Leaping out of bed, the pink-haired boy searched all around the room. Finding no bunny-loving man Shuichi began looking in other parts of his and Yuki's home, only to be disappointed when he found nothing.
"What am I going to do? K and Tohma-san, not mention practically the entire population of Japan, are going to kill me when they find out I lost Sakuma-san!" Shuichi nearly bawled but then his face lit up, "I know! Yuki will know what to do! Or at least he can protect me from all the people that are going to want to kill me!"
With that thought in mind Shuichi happily skipped over to his lover's room. Though he had no idea of what he was going to see.
"Yuki, you have to help me! I lost Sakuma-!" Shuichi burst through the door and froze at what he saw. There was Yuki lying on the bed, shocked, and there was Ryuichi curled up against him with his arms around Yuki's waist and his head under Yuki's shirt. Shuichi felt his heart breaking into a million pieces at the betrayal of his lover and his idol.
"What's going on Eiri-chan? What's all the noise about?" Ryuichi asked, removing his head from under Eiri's shirt when the other man didn't respond, "Ohayo, Shu-chan!"
Shuichi shook from anger and sadness, "How could you two?!" he exploded.
Eiri sighed and placed a hand on his forehead not even bothering to explain to the angry boy knowing it would have no effect. Ryuichi, however, did not get it at all and cocked his head to the side and looked at Eiri questioningly. "What's going on Eiri-chan? Why is Shuichi so mad?" Ryuichi asked once more.
Eiri just sighed once more, "It's nothing Ryuichi, just let Shuichi blow off some steam and then I'll explain."
Ryuichi perked up instantly, "Okay!"
This little exchange only fuelled Shiuchi's anger, "So this is it? Is this why you let me into your home? Because I looked like Sakuma!? Or was it to use me to get closer to him? Huh? Huh? Aren't you going to answer me?!"
"Shuichi, you're talking nonsense," Ryuichi said finally clueing in.
"And you! Did you become friends with me so you could come into my home and steal Yuki from me? How could you?! You know how much I love Yuki! Do you even have any idea what I've been through just to be with him? And you just waltz up and try to take him from me? How dare you?!"
Ryuichi bit his lip close to tears; whether Shuichi knew it or not the younger boy meant a lot to him and his harsh words hurt. But Ryuichi told himself to hold on and wait until Shuichi was finished so they could explain everything, just like Eiri said. The novelist, for his part, remained calm and restrained himself from exploding and telling the younger boy that there was nothing going.
"I hate you!" After that Shuichi seemed to calm down, though there were still tears pouring down his cheeks. Ryuichi's façade broke at the hateful words but he did not cry, though he knew he would soon. Shuichi, looking at the ground, walked around the bed extremely slowly. By the time he reached his former idol, Ryuichi too had crystalline droplets running down his face as he looked up at Shuichi.
"I hate you. You are a pathetic human being living off others Sakuma Ryuichi. You don't deserve anything you have. All you are is a pretty face and pretty voice but there is nothing more to you than that. And because of this you disgust me."
"Shuichi…" Ryuichi whimpered.
Shuichi's head shot up, fire blazing in his eyes as his hand shot out and slapped Ryuichi, "You are a fake! I never want to hear your voice! You are nothing!" Shuichi darted out of the room his anger rapidly being replaced with anguish. He ran out of the apartment and out on the streets, not caring that he was still wearing his pyjamas. And he ran, he ran to the only place he could think of; NG studios.
As soon as Shuichi was out of the room Ryuichi began to shake like a leaf, "But-but… Shuichi!" the singer let out a sob and started to shake his head furiously, flinging his tears everywhere.
Eiri sighed, not really knowing what to do. Unlike Shuichi he thought that the older man would probably push him away if he tried to embrace him (not that he would) so what was he supposed to do? Reaching over he placed a hand on one trembling shoulder, "Calm down, we'll just go get changed and got out to look for Shuichi."
"He hates me!" Ryuichi cried, pushing Eiri's hand off his shoulder and moving further away.
"Then do something about it! Sitting here won't make him like you again!" Eiri growling, disliking the fact that the comfort he rarely ever offered was being rejected.
Ryuichi sniffled, "Your right, I have to find Shuichi and tell him everything!" Then Ryuichi jumped out of bed and ran out much like Shuichi had a few mere minutes before.
Eiri, the only one left in the room, scowled remembering that the older one had something very important to him. Angrily, Eiri stomped over to the bathroom to get changed and go after his idiots.
Ryuichi ran around the streets of the city he thought he knew so well, oblivious to stares he was receiving. But, then again, who wouldn't stare? There was Sakuma Ryuichi, the Sakuma Ryuichi, one of the most wanted men in all of Japan, running around the streets in nothing but a large t-shirt and his teeny-weeny boxers. Usually several men and women would have mobbed him by now but most people were too shocked to do much of anything.
Realizing he had no clue of where his distraught friend had run off to Ryuichi began to ask people. All his attempts were in vain however because no one could think up a response.
"Shuichi! Where have you run of too?!" Ryuichi cried desperately.
"I know where he is." A smooth voice came from Ryuichi's left. Immediately turning around, the child-like musician saw a shady looking, dark-blue haired, crimson-eyed man walk toward him. The man looked normal enough but there was something about him that scared Ryuichi and made him want to run away as fast as he could. But, he reminded himself, he needed to be strong for Shuichi, and stood his ground.
"Where is he? Please you have to tell me!" Ryuichi pleaded.
"Of course I'll tell you Sakuma-san, just do me one favour," the stranger replied, standing close.
"Anything," Ryuichi said as people began to crowd around them and reporters stood ready for anything to happen.
"Fantastic, he's at NG studios," the stranger answered.
Ryuichi turned around, completely forgetting the favour he owed, and began to run. In the blink of eye the mysterious stranger caught Ryuichi's wrist and brought him close to his body.
"The favour," he whispered harshly. Before Ryuichi could respond he was caught in a ferocious kiss with the handsome (but still creepy) stranger. Ryuichi let himself be swept away, letting the stranger have his prize. After a while though, Ryuichi began to struggle, remembering that he needed to find Shuichi and fast. Noticing Ryuichi's struggles the stranger released him and watched as Ryuichi ran to the large building of NG studios with a smirk on his handsome face.
"Everyone, I can no longer work with Sakuma-san on this project, I'm sorry," Shuichi announced to a room filled with shocked and angry people as he tore up the songs he and Ryuichi had written.
"Why not?!" K demanded.
"I… I… can't say" Shuichi mumbled staring at the floor; perhaps he would tell Hiro later but he didn't really want to discuss it in front of everyone.
"Shuichi!" Ryuichi burst into the room.
"Sakuma-san…" Shuichi said no more as looked at Ryuichi with loathing in his eyes,
"Why aren't you off celebrating with my Yuki?"
"Shuichi it isn't like that!"
"Don't tell me that! How can you lie to my face?"
"Somebody tell me what's going on," Tohma muttered under his breath but Noriko shushed him.
"I'm not lying! I swear!"
"Yes, you are!" Shuichi roared, "I caught you and Yuki in bed together!"
A bunch of surprised gasps rippled through the room. "You slept with Yuki?!" Hiro, K, and Tohma all yelled together.
"No! …No I didn't…" Ryuichi whimpered sinking to the ground looking at all the disapproving and angry faces looking at him.
"Get up Ryuichi don't let these ignorant fools get to you," a new voice commanded from behind Ryuichi.
"Yuki…" Shuichi said tears filling his eyes once more as he watched his ex-lover help his former idol get to his feet.
"Shuichi stop acting like a bakayarou and make up with your idol," Eiri said, gently nudging Ryuichi in Shuichi's direction.
"NO! You betrayed me! I can't ever…"
"Shuichi, I won't tell you I wasn't sleeping with Yuki-san because I was," Ryuichi said softly. Shuichi began to shake. "But that's all we did. You see, you kept on pushing me off the bed so I asked Yuki-san if I could sleep in his bed because you were too dangerous and the couch was too uncomfortable. Yuki-san eventually said okay and the reason we ended up in that position is because…" Ryuichi blushed, "That's how I'm used to sleeping with people, especially ones that are… bigger than I am."
"R-really?" Shuichi asked looking at Eiri who nodded and then he turned back to Ryuichi, "Sakuma-san! Oh I'm so sorry! I didn't mean any of it! Oh please Sakuma-san I don't even deserve your forgiveness. I hope you won't hate me for forever…" Shuichi lowered his head shamefully but raised it again when he heard a giggle.
"Shu-chan you're so silly! I did all of this so you wouldn't hate me and here you think I hate you? I wouldn't hate you because of some silly misunderstanding!" Ryuichi said patting Shuichi's back, "Friends?"
"Iya," the pink-haired boy grinned, but Ryuichi pouted, "Best friends!" Shuichi amended. Ryuichi cheered up instantly and then proceeded to glomp Shuichi, the hug was a little too tight but Shuichi didn't mind, this was his idol after all.
"Shuichi," Eiri called. Shuichi looked at his lover his eyes shining. "Move."
Shuichi's light dulled but did as he was told, "Did you come here to make sure I was okay?"
"No," Eiri replied, moving towards Ryuichi, "I came for him."
"Wh-what?"
"Don't start crying again I only came for him because he has something of mine," Eiri told Shuichi as reached in Ryuichi's front pocket and took out the pack of cigarettes he had swiped last night.
Shuichi blinked, "Cigarettes?"
Neither Ryuichi nor Eiri responded as they were both too tired to say anything. Ryuichi walked toward Noriko, who he leaned against, and Eiri made his way to the door.
"Eiri you really should stop smoking; give those to me," Tohma called.
"I'm not giving my cigarettes to you, Tohma," and he left.
"…and, furthermore, you should not let your personal life interfere with your work! You nearly gave me a heart attack when tore up those papers Shuichi!" K ranted and raved to the pair of singers.
"Gomen…" Ryuichi and Shuichi said in unison.
"Now… go home."
"Nani?!" Shuichi cried staring at the blond manager in disbelief.
"You both had a rough day and I know you won't be able to work properly. Besides I doubt you want to work those anyway," K explained, looking the vocalists' current attire.
"Thank you so much!" Ryuichi chirped glomping K. K sighed then returned the hug knowing the small-framed man secretly needed reassurance of his worth after the little escapade with Shuichi whom he cared for a lot. After the hug both Ryuichi and Shuichi walked out of the room and were on their way home.
"Sakuma-san…"
"Hai?"
"What you said to me when you were explaining what really happened this morning and you said 'That's how I'm used to sleeping with people, especially ones that are… bigger than I am', does that mean you have a secret lover?"
"Anou…" Ryuichi blushed, and then winked at Shuichi, "That's for me to know and for you to find out!"
Shuichi gasped, "Who is it? Who is it?" Tell meeeeeeeeeee!"
Ryuichi sat in the guest room lost in thought, absentmindedly petting Nero who was rolling around contently. As soon as they had gotten home Eiri had grabbed Shuichi and dragged him off to his room, and they hadn't come out since. The sleeping arrangements had been decided; Eiri and Shuichi would sleep together in Eiri's room and Ryuichi would sleep in the guest room. It was so simple; Ryuichi wondered why they hadn't thought of it before.
"YUKI! HARDER YUKI! AH! HARDER! YUUUUUKI!"
Ryuichi blushed a bright red upon hearing those words. It was safe to say neither Eiri nor Shuichi would be coming out of there too soon. Ryuichi blushed even more at the words 'coming out of there' and their dirty implications. He was still tired from the day's events, and decided to take a short nap.
He awoke to the feeling of something wet poking his arm about an hour later. Getting up he saw that it was Nero and, apparently, something was worrying him. Frowning Ryuichi picked up the small animal and turned to put him back in his cage.
"That's a pretty smart rat you have there."
Ryuichi looked up to see Eiri standing there by the bed. "Konbanwa," was all he could think of saying.
Eiri said nothing as he moved closer. He climbed onto the bed and removed Nero from Ryuichi's arms, placing him on the side of the bed. Ryuichi blinked, wondering the writer was up to. Eiri moved quickly and before Ryuichi knew he was pinned under the bigger man.
"What are you doing?" Ryuichi slightly nervous hoping Shuichi wouldn't walk in and they'd have another problem.
"Repaying a favour."
Ryuichi was really beginning to hate that word. All thoughts soon left his mind as Eiri reached down to caress his shaft. Letting out a shuddering breath Ryuichi closed his eyes; it had been a long time since someone had touched him this way. Even though it was Yuki, Ryuichi endured and held on. And as quickly as he had appeared Eiri disappeared.
"Wha…?"
"That's how you left me and that's I'm going to leave you."
Ryuichi watched as Eiri left the room. Ryuichi shook his head looked down at Nero. "He's a strange man isn't he Nero?"
