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Chapter 2:
Taki woke up to Ryuichi screaming into his ear. This was one of Tatsuha's quirks that he never understood, playing Nittle Grasper in the morning just before he left for university. He sighed, the kid had just been staying here for two weeks and already he acted like he owned the place. He brushed his teeth and went out to see a plate of pancakes ready on the table. Tatsuha was flipping a few more onto his plate. "Good morning!"
Taki wondered if the boy knew exactly when he woke or if the boy had purposely woken him up. But the pancakes tasted good and it saved him the bother of making breakfast for himself, so he just shut up and started eating. The phone began to ring; he reached and picked it up. "Hello?"
"Um…Tatsuha?" Taki had to stop himself from gritting his teeth. "No, I'll just go get him." the voice on the other end seemed to pause a little. Then, "Taki…how are you?" Taki groaned and banged on Tatsuha's door. "I'm fine Shindou! I don't want to talk to you so just wait for Tatsuha to get on." At last Tatsuha opened the door; he was on his cell phone. Taki gestured to the phone in his hand. "It's Shindou…"
Tatsuha nodded. "Just a minute, Yuuko, I'll call you back soon. No I won't go with Darla, yes, I'll take you out for dinner today. Bye then." He took the phone from Taki and shut the door in Taki's face. The older man glared at the door sullenly...was it possible that Shindou could really have wrecked his life this badly? He heard Tatsuha laughing about something and grimaced, everyone seemed to like stupid Shindou. He didn't know why it bothered him so much suddenly, that Tatsuha liked Shindou…after all they were sort of brother in laws.
Tatsuha stepped out, humming something. "He called to tell me, he's going on tour with Sakuma Ryuichi." Tatsuha danced a little before suddenly turning watery eyed. "Why I cant I be the one touring with Sakuma Ryuichi?" Taki rolled his eyes. "That's because you can't carry a tune if your life depended on It." he knew he was exaggerating, but all said and done, Tatsuha was an average singer.
The kid grinned at him and enquired if he wanted more pancakes. Taki nodded and Tatsuha disappeared into the kitchen. His cell phone began to buzz. Taki wondered if it ever stopped ringing. He heard Tatsuha curse and pick it up. "Hello? Oh Darla…I'm not free tonight. No…but I could take you dancing tomorrow if you want? Ok dinner too then. No, sakura hasn't called me. Yeah I'm busy right now, bye then." Taki wondered why a guy so sought after would want to sit and dream about Sakuma Ryuichi.
"I thought you said you won't be seeing Darla to that other girl? How long have you been at university by the way…I thought it was two weeks." He saw Tatsuha nod. "You get that many calls from girls after two weeks? I wonder what they see in and idiot like you?" Tatsuha grinned at that. Taki found it bugging that nothing seemed to get him angry.
"What can I say Taki? It all runs in the family, the good looks and charm and bisexuality!" Tatsuha dumped the pancakes on Taki's plate. "Here. I have to go now, I'm late. I have to pick Tomoyo up on the way." He ran out and the door banged shut.
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"What do you mean closing down?" Taki stared at his boss. "We're doing really well, why would you have to close the club down?" his boss Ryuji shook his head. "I just got a really great offer to sell it. We are doing well, but I'd be stupid if I didn't take a good opportunity like this. Maybe you ask the man buying it from me if you can keep your job here."
Taki scowled, it meant he'd have to beg for a job and he didn't like that. "Who's buying it from you?" Ryuji grinned. "Seguchi Tohma…can you believe it? He was here the other day…you'd taken that day off. And he liked the place and he's offering me a lot of money for it." Taki stared at the man in disbelief. Tohma again! Why can't those fucking bastards leave me alone? He quietly picked up his paycheck and left.
By the time he got home he was seething. He had to find some way to kick Seguchi Tohma's ass and he didn't care how he did it. To get to Tohma, you had to get to Yuki. To get to Yuki you had to get to Shuichi…or wait, could Tatsuha be a pawn too? The door opened and said pawn walked in, with a beautiful girl on his arm.
"That's him. I told you I'd let you meet Taki." The girl's eyes went wide and in a second she was sitting next to him. "Aizawa-san, can you please give me an autograph?" Taki looked at Tatsuha who was humming and pretending to ignore him. He nodded and pulled out a pen. She smiled at him gratefully and walked back to Tatsuha. Then she asked for the bathroom and disappeared into it. Tatsuha looked at Taki. "Why do you look like a thunder cloud? Is giving autographs so bad?" Taki glared at him. "No. I look like a thunder cloud because your fucking brother in law bought the club I was working at and I am currently unemployed!" Tatsuha looked at him a little concerned. But Taki stood up. "So go on your date and let me stew in peace."
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Taki shut the door of his room with a bang. That girl asking for an autograph seemed like a reminder that he was no longer famous and you could lay it all at Shindou and Yuki's feet. He heard the front door bang and sighed. So he was all alone again, Ma was on a holiday somewhere and ken would probably be in a bar drinking his ass off. Suddenly he heard a soft knock on his door. He looked up puzzled as the door eased open.
"Aren't you supposed to be on a date?" he asked as Tatsuha slid into the room. The kid nodded. "Yeah, but you don't look so good, and you looked like you needed some company." Taki snorted, but Tatsuha just grinned. "and anyway who wants to spend time with Yuuko anyway, all she talks about is ASK. How could anyone be so hung up on one band?" Taki raised his eyebrows. "Yeah, Tatsuha how could anyone be hung up on one band? What do you listen to every morning? World music?"
"So what shall we do? You can't sit here and mope around! Tell you what we'll go visit this friend of mine. He hates Tohma as well and we could all have a bitch fest about the bastard in law." Tatsuha caught hold of Taki's arm and yanked him through the door. "You'll like this friend of mine. Here." He handed Taki a helmet.
"We're riding on your bike? I'm not riding behind you, I'll have to put my arms around you or something." Taki protested. But before he could say anything more he found himself behind Tatsuha zooming on to the roads. He tried to hold on to something, but Tatsuha seemed to be the only thing to hold on to. Gingerly he put his arms around the other man's waist keeping as much distance between them as possible. It was a weird ride for Taki. He could feel the other man's taut muscles under his fingers and somehow the urge to run his fingers over them was freaking him out. At last they seemed to stop at a small house in the suburbs.
Tatsuha slid of the bike and walked to the door. Taki stepped up next to him. The door was opened by a little girl about 8 years old. "Tatsuha! It's been so long! She hugged Tatsuha's leg tightly. Tatsuha grinned at her. "Ok, Elysia-chan, it's nice to see you to is your dad home?" the girl nodded making no move to get off his leg. Tatsuha sighed and walked in with the kid still on his leg. "Hughes?" he called out. A tall man with short hair and a beard walked out followed by a pretty woman with soft brown hair.
"Tatsuha-kun! Long time no see. What brings you here tonight?" Hughes asked smiling jovially. Tatsuha gestured to Taki and then smiled at the woman. "Gracia-san, I hope you don't mind us intruding, but I want my friend Aizawa Taki to meet Hughes. And I also really wanted to try once of your pies again!" the woman smiled patting Tatsuha on the back.
Hughes smiled at Taki. "Aizawa Taki from ASK? Nice to meet you. This is my wife Gracia. The limpet hanging on to Tatsuha is my daughter Elysia." Taki shook hands politely wondering why Tatsuha would bring him here. Gracia asked them to make themselves comfortable and told them that dinner would be served in a while.
The evening was fun. Taki found himself enjoying it and immensely liking Hughes. Tatsuha was right the man didn't like Seguchi Tohma one bit. So they did have a pretty good bitch fest. Dinner was extremely good and Taki could see why Hughes likened Gracia to a goddess so many times. It was about midnight when they left.
Taki had forgotten about being unemployed and forgot to b sarcastic about anything. He fell asleep on Tatsuha's back as they drove home and it took careful driving on Tatsuha's part to keep him on the bike. "Oi, Taki…Taki, wake up." The older man sat up mumbling to himself. "What?" "We're home."
Taki snuggled into the bed covers in his room. He was surprised Tatsuha had blown that beautiful girl off just to make him feel better. Yeah there was a world of difference between Tatsuha and Yuki Eiri.
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Taki groaned as he woke up to yet another Nittle Grasper song. Today breakfast was fried eggs and bacon. Over breakfast Tatsuha casually asked him about the rest of his band. "Taki, when is the fastest you can regroup your band?" Taki looked up startled. "Why? I can call them and get them here by tomorrow." Tatsuha grinned. "Well, you made a good impression on Hughes yesterday and he was wondering if you'd want to get back to you know being a band. He'd give you a contract if you wanted one." Taki stared at Tatsuha. "You mean, the Hughes we met yesterday is Maes Hughes, the owner of Alchemist, the huge recording company? Tohma's rival?"
Tatsuha laughed. "You should see your face. Yeah he is. I didn't tell you because I just wanted you to be yourself instead of the pompous ass act you put on. So you can meet him at his office today, and then if you can get your band back together you could work with him. You'll be back and well, you could be rivals with Bad Luck…" Tatsuha's eyes narrowed suddenly. "And by rivals I mean, you can try beating Bad Luck in the music world. If you try to hurt Shuichi or my brother again, then I'm going to kill you."
Taki brushed that off. He was more interested in singing again. It would be hard work to get to the top, but it was worth it. "Why would you do this for me? You're Yuki Eiri's brother…" Tatsuha looked at Taki. "Let me see, because I think you should get a second chance, and I know how it feels when Tohma tries to cut you out of everything. And I also know that Tohma is shit because he married my sister to get to my brother…which didn't work out quite well. And also because you're a good singer and I like you as a person. Now if we're done with explanations, I have to pick Tina and Darla up on my way. I'll be using Eiri's car so if you want the bike go ahead."
Taki watched the young man walk out the door. He didn't understand why anyone would do this for him. he sighed and rushed through the rest of the chores. He was going to meet Hughes today and then he'd send Bad Luck on a run for their money.
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A/N: I love Tatsuha! Ok so how was that chapter? I don't actually get why Tat would so something for Taki, but he's just a sweet heart, even if he is a budding womanizer. Have fun.
Taka
