Eighteen
The funeral was a sickening sight to see. Everyone was uniformed in black, all except Oshitari who had just arrived an hour ago into Japan unformed in black and red. There were candles lit all over the house and coffin in the living room taking place of the couches that once stood there. The wooden case prevented Oshitari from taking a look at his older sister. People went up to him and gave sympathy to him, but the one who really needed sympathy was Hoku Oshitari who was dead and had departed from this world out of a suicide murderer.
"I'm sorry," said Akitomi. He walked passed the younger child of the family and kneeled by the coffin and bowed lowly. The family was the last ones to give prayer to their daughter and sister. Oshitari kneeled and bowed lowly before rising up from the bowed position as he clasped his hands together in silent prayer.
'Unlike everybody who's really negative about your situation, I'm going to be positive for you and hope that you have a better life in your afterlife than you did in this one. Maybe we'll meet again.'
With that he stood and walked out of the house his manager following behind him already discussing and interview that they had to attend this afternoon about his return to Japan.
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Gakuto remained optimistic about the whole situation. He didn't want to return to Japan because of memories, but this was to find Oshitari. Both Jiroh and Gakuto were in awe of how Tokyo had changed. Jiroh had been there a couple times since he moved from Chiba and Gakuto hadn't been there since he moved. Otori, Shishido, and Atobe followed close behind. Up on a window television was talk show host excitedly talking in quick high-pitched Japanese about a famous novelist appearing on her show, back from a recent trip.
The group didn't need to hear anymore as they headed to the broadcast studio.
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It was cold outside but it's where this whole show was taking place because everybody who was a fan of Yuushi Oshitari's romance novels bought tickets. The room in which the show usually took place was too small for the large amount of people. Oshitari stepped on the makeshift stage where there were applauds and fangirls screams heard from the audience.
"Welcome back to Japan Oshitari-sensei, please have a seat," said the interviewer. Yuri Satsuki.
"Thank you," was all Oshitari replied.
"Now to begin with, how was America?" Yuri asked.
"It was quite a trip, it wasn't California or New York that I had traveled to and it made my trip a lot more interesting," Oshitari answered.
"Where exactly did you go?"
"That shall remain a secret for now, a writer is supposed to keep things like this to himself ne? It helps the writer create their work of art." Said Oshitari with a chuckle.
Everybody stayed silent eagerly listening knowing this meant he had written.
"So, tell us have you been writing your next work in progress? Has this had anything to do with your trip?" Yuri questioned.
"Yes, I have fortunately been writing quite a bit since I left Japan for a while, and yes this was inspired by my trip to America. My next novel will be completely different from my other ones and plunges into a rare sort of love that most people find to be forbidden. It was an interesting topic to cover because of the US being so open about this whole deal and that's what made me start writing this next piece. I'm just silently hoping if won't turn my faithful readers off and will become a success."
A couple fans gave an applause murmuring that they were loyal and it didn't matter what the hell he did in his next book.
"I'll most definitely be reading it, I don't know about everybody else. Speaking of everybody else, this is a question everybody's been dying to ask, and maybe can be answered since your trip, but have you been having a relationship with a special somebody as of late?" Yuri prodded on.
A couple girls squeed at the question.
Oshitari gave a gentle smile as the thought and he decided to come out a little bit… And then he saw it. Beyond the crowd in back was…oh my God…
"I've never had been in love before, I know this sounds completely ridiculous coming from someone whose written romance all of his life, but I had not fallen in love once until I left and found someone very special to me who've I've not yet gotten word from if they feel the same about me as I do about them," Oshitari answered. There were more excited shouts but his eyes were neared the back of the crowd where Gakuto, Jiroh, Atobe, Shishido, and Otori stood. Gakuto was grinning though his tears and mouthed a gentle, "I love you."
Oshitari smiled and jumped down from the stage leaving everybody fighting against the guards. He knew he couldn't move over to him, but…
"Gakuto," he called out.
The small male looked shocked and blushed madly, but was given a hard shove by Jiroh to where he pushed his way up front where protesting girls yelled at him for pushing them out of the way. The security guards about stopped Gakuto as well until Oshitari grasped his hand and pulled him forward out of the massive horde of fans. Everyone was shocked as they both walked up to the stage together.
"I think I've gotten my answer from him though. I'm thrilled to announce Mukahi Gakuto as my boyfriend whose became my next inspiration, and my reason to live my days through no matter how harsh they are. I love him," said Oshitari happily as his hand grasped Gakuto's smaller one.
There were murmurs of surprise and shouts of encouragement…everything until the crowd settled down. Gakuto glanced over at Oshitari and then realized that they had admitted they loved eachother to the whole world. Or at least all of Japan, Gakuto then knew that Oshitari was the one if he was making such a bold move.
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They walked into Oshitari's apartment in Tokyo, Gakuto in his boyfriend's arms.
"Yuushi…why did you..?"
"My older sister Hoku died, I needed go to her funeral," Oshitari explained sitting both of them down on his bed.
Gakuto gasped and hugged him tight.
"I'm so sorry, but couldn't have you came back right after? Why did you make it sound like I was never going to see you again?" he asked.
"No, I thought you would be mad at me for not showing up. Plus everybody would have heard the news about me returning for my sister's funeral and would have me pinned down here. I didn't know you would come after me," said Oshitari.
Gakuto rolled his eyes and then grabbed his boyfriend and kissed him roughly. Oshitari replied back moving his lips against Gakuto even letting his tongue part Gakuto's lips and touching his teeth and also his mouth. Gakuto moaned as he felt Yuushi's tongue touch his own.
"I love you, of course I would've went after you idiot," Gakuto murmured.
"I'm glad you did. You really are everything to me," said Oshitari as they both fell down into a laid position. Gakuto blushed madly as Oshitari was on top of him and he felt it. A hand playing with his nipples through his shirt and the other hand making its way down to his stomach.
"Yuushi…oh god…!"
"Shh, my boyfriend needs a little bit of a reward for chasing after this sad little boy… Lay still and let me make you feel good," Oshitari whispered huskily and before Gakuto had a chance to reply he was shut up by a mouth being placed over his again. He could get used to this…honestly.
Gakuto was so happy… Happier than he had been in a long while, finally this miserable life he had would have a happy ending.
Epilogue
'Yuushi Oshitari and Mukahi Gakuto finally give away secrets about their year lasting relationship'
Gakuto laughed out loud at the article that Otori had ended up getting stuck making. He leaned against the kitchen counter feeling two strong arms wrap around his waist from behind. Oshitari nibbled at his neck and glanced at the paper he was reading.
"It helped Otori get a promotion so it was no problem giving a way a little bit of our love life," he said. Gakuto blushed madly.
"Including the sex tips on page twenty-three?" he asked.
"I'm surprised that Otori was able to write about that part…I think Shishido and Taki helped him," mused Oshitari. Gakuto hit him on the shoulder rolling his eyes.
"I doesn't matter who helped him, you're an idiot for saying stuff about us like that. I mean I don't mind saying we're lovers to the public but you said that we actually-"Gakuto began before there was a knock at the door. As soon as he opened it an orange haired male glomped him hugging him tight.
"Gakuto-kun! "
"Jiroh, jeez! Atobe did you give him chocolate?" snapped Gakuto as he was squeezed.
"Only the best for my beloved," answered Atobe with a shrug.
Oshitari laughed at that.
"Hey you guys. How was your trip to Japan?" he asked.
"Wonderful, it's good to be back home in Gatlinburg though," said Atobe with a smile. They sat there talking about various things until it got dark. Since Oshitari had gone back to the US, things had developed fast between him Gakuto and his friends. They were family, literally. Atobe had taken care of the return trip and they all had jobs that helped pay for anything they needed. It was amazing that just a year ago that he was in this same place with shy feelings for Gakuto and now the same person was sitting on his lap happily protesting with Atobe on who was winning a tennis game on TV.
Things had been like a whole fairy tale ended, where a peasant met a prince and they had fallen in love, and had lived together happily ever after. It proved that opposite sides of the tracks connected with they were pushed hard enough to collide with one another. Oshitari had Atobe and Jiroh to thank for that push but when Oshitari thought about it, they had all pushed eachother to get where they were at.
Maybe they had eachother to depend on. Like a connecting link of chains that held up in the deepest of waters that anchored them down. The fact that something as phenomenal as Gakuto and Oshitari getting together happening on TV and had actually gotten a lot of support was a miracle. They were the most popular couple known now despite both being homosexuals. Oshitari was still stunned that all of it had worked out. He just couldn't believe it, but the person in his arms and around him proved it to him that it was real and that reality wasn't harsh when you had another half of your heart by your side.
END
(A/N: Yay! I actually finished this! It took me forever! Probably the end of November until now to get this all done in the end of February. I'm satisfied with it and I hope you guys enjoyed this fic. Once again I placed so much time and so much of my soul into this. First AU! XD I hope it turned out okay despite the fucked up plotlines and drama added for glitter effect. This is my second time actually writing about Hyoutei unless you count a small segment in Memory, Anything for You involved more of Hyoutei, and more of Atobe and Jiroh. This focused more on Gakuto and Oshitari, and I hope I really didn't mess them up too much.-sweatdrop- Thank you for reading! Knowing people read my crap really helps me write more because then there's another reason why I should to add to my list of why I'm being a writer to give to my mom who thinks I should be doing something better with my time! Anyway, thank you once more, and look out for my next fic coming out soon!)
More Current A/N: Thank you guys for putting up with me and my lack of updates and all. Yes I know I suck. Thank you for the reviews and everything! -hugs you all-
