theme #8- Armageddon

Suguru stood in front of the desk and clenched his hands. "What do you want, Tohma?"

The blond man looked up from his spot. He sat behind the desk, like always, hands folded, eyes narrowed. He pulled a magazine out from under the desk. It was flipped open to a page that read, 'FUJISAKI SUGURU AND NAKANO HIROSHI OF BAD LUCK ANNOUNCE RELATIOSHIP TO THE PUBLIC!' Underneath it were pictures of Hiro and Suguru holding hands, kissing, looking all around happy. "Is this true?"

"That's none of your business."

Tohma smiled politely. "Yes it is. As the president of the label your under, I need to know to deal with the publicity of one of my bands. As your family, I need to know because I'm family."

Suguru peered at the magazine for a minute, looked at Tohma, and knew that he was screwed. He pulled a mask over his worry and resisted the urge to sneer. "Yes it is, Seguchi-san."

Tohma sighed. "Don't call me that, Suguru." Both men knew that Tohma hated it when his cousin called him by that name.

Suguru's eyes narrowed. "Oh, sorry. I mean, yes it is, Tohma-sama," Suguru said mockingly.

Tohma changed. He wasn't the slightly cold, protective cousin anymore, but the frozen president of NG that everybody was afraid of. "You will end this immediately."

Suguru clenched his hands. He knew it would be no good to yell. This was a battle of wits. A battle between the evil villain who wanted them apart and the one of the lovers in the relationship. And where was the other? Sitting in the one of the rooms downstairs, probably with Shuichi. Suguru sighed lightly. It didn't matter. He was the only one out of them who knew how to survive one of these battles with Tohma and come out alive and pretty much unscarred, unlike most people.

"No," he answered, unwavering.

Tohma stared at him. Then he went straight to Suguru's weak spot. "If you don't end this immediately, I will have to terminate your contract with NG." He leaned back, smiling that goddamned polite smile again.

Suguru let his sneer show through this time. "Don't threaten me!" he snapped. "And if you're going to terminate my contract because of this, then forget it, because I'll quit."

Tohma stared for moment. He shifted a bit. "What about Hiroshi-san? What if-?"

Suguru took a step forward, eyes flashing, and slammed his hands on Tohma's desk. "You will not hurt Hiro!" he snarled. "And if you do-!"

"My," Tohma interrupted quietly. "You are serious, aren't you?"

Suguru took a step back. Damnit, he shouldn't have stumbled into that trap. But from the way Tohma was looking so thoughtful, as if actually thinking about the relationship, it might have been a good thing to lose his cool at that moment.

"You're not going to let go of him, are you?"

Suguru shook his head.

Tohma sighed. "Fine. I will allow this…for now. But when he breaks your heart-."

So, now he was back to acting like family. "I'm a big boy, Tohma," Suguru said. "I can make my own decisions." He walked out of the large office and once he got out, he leaned against the wall. Those small battles always left him drained. Tohma as just like that.

But he smiled. He had won the battle…he wouldn't be surprised if Tohma tried to do other things. The war wasn't won yet. As he slowly realized that he had almost quit NG because of his boyfriend, he slid down the wall and slumped down. It made sense though. His one passion in life would always be second to his true love.