Chapter 3:
"Can you guys be here by tomorrow? You won't believe it but we've got an offer! Yeah, from the Alchemist! Yeah that's right; we'll give the fucking Seguchi Tohma a run for his money! Great, I trust you'll call Ken and let him know? Ok, bye." Taki hung up and almost danced around the apartment! He could hug Tatsuha right now!
He decided he would borrow the bike. The ride to the Alchemist was pretty uneventful; he parked and restrained himself from rushing up to Hughes office. Hughes's secretary led him in and Tatsuha gasped. This was a lot better than Tohma's place; you could at least be really comfortable here. There were French windows yes, but they opened out onto a nice glass balcony. Pictures of all the famous bands who'd worked with Alchemist also adorned the nice deep yellow and red walls. All in all this office was cool unlike Tohma's plain one.
Taki saw Hughes asleep, head on his desk, drooling slightly. The secretary tapped her employer on the head and he woke up with a start! "Gracia my angel is it time already?" Taki sweat dropped. But the secretary snorted. If any one had snorted at Tohma, they be fired and maybe dead.
"No sir. Gracia is at home, doing something more worthwhile than thinking of you. Aizawa Taki is here." With that the woman sashayed out. Taki stared at Hughes, wondering if the man was insane, letting his employees talk to him like that.
"Taki-kun! So you do want to accept my offer! That's great! You seem like a great guy even if you are cranky and a little psycho…I'll help you to the top, believe me I will. And what's more I'll also rub Tohma's face in it!" Hughes steered Taki to a chair and pushed him onto it.
"So, Hughes-san what's the deal?" Taki settled comfortably in the armchair. And accepted the cup of coffee Hughes was offering him. the other man sank down on the couch, his expression now was all about business, there was an intensity in his green eyes along with a bit of amusement.
"The deal Taki-kun is that you'll do your best for me and I'll help you to the top. But this is only if you do your best for me. I don't have time for slackers. Oh another thing, Tatsuha made me include…you will not go psycho on anyone not Shindou Shuichi, Yuki Eiri or anyone else who might be better than you. If you have a grudge, work it off by trying to be better than them. The moment I hear you've hired goons to rape someone or have them killed you're out." Hughes was gazing at him very seriously.
"That's fine me. Why are you doing this for me Hughes-san?" Taki couldn't resist asking. He really wanted to know if this was out of pity.
"Well, before you came home yesterday, Tatsuha-kun had called ahead and told me to see if I could give you a chance. Also because I like you Taki-kun and you're my friend here before you are an employee." Hughes suddenly looked thoughtful. "Though, I don't get why Tatsuha did it…after all you did try to bring down his brother, you got his brother's boyfriend raped and you just got into a load of shit. Whatever it seems like, Tatsuha loves his brother, sister and Shuichi a lot, even if he hates Tohma. Ja, it's none of my business anyway. So if you can bring you're band, I'll have a manager and producer ready!"
Taki thanked the man and decided to head back home. Just as he was stepping out the door, he heard Hughes say something. You owe Tatsuha a lot.
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Taki leaned back into the chair staring out at the view. He was sitting in the balcony watching the sunset. He couldn't stop thinking about why Tatsuha would do this for him. It seemed insane. He decided to bombard the teen, as soon as he got back. He went to watch some TV and then made some instant ramen. Unlike Tatsuha he didn't cook constantly.
Tatsuha came in with a beautiful blonde. "Hey, Taki! This is Darla. We'll be going out tonight, but I'll try to be back early okay? Darla, honey why don't you talk to Taki for awhile? I'll just change and be out in a few minutes." He disappeared into his room.
This girl unlike the blushing Yuuko was glaring at him. Taki raised an eyebrow. "so, Darla, how long have you known Tatsuha?" to his surprise, the girl clenched her fist. "Don't talk to me you prick! I read somewhere hat you tried to do Shindou-san in! I really do not want to talk to anyone who tries to hurt my darling Shindou-san."
Taki rolled his eyes. "Whatever. You do know that your darling Shindou-san, wont even bother to look at you because he's to busy screwing Yuki Eiri right?" the girl gasped offended and tears sprang to her eyes. She sniffed and her glare intensified if hat was possible. "You insensitive bastard! At least Shindou-san isn't a rapist!"
Taki's eyes widened in anger. God why couldn't people stop throwing that in his face and how the hell had the rumor leaked out anyway? He thought Seguchi bastard was supposed to keep that in check! He couldn't help feeling slightly hurt, but before he could say anything Tatsuha appeared in the doorway.
"Darla, apologize to my roommate please." Taki had never seen that serious annoyed look on Tatsuha's face. It seemed Darla hadn't either. She tried to protest. "but, Tatsuha…" Tatsuha frowned.
"Listen I don't care if he insulted Shuichi! You can stick up for Shuichi alright; heck that's what I'd do! but don't accuse someone of being something as serious as a rapist when you've only read about it somewhere! Please apologize now, or I'm really going to change my opinion about you!" he stood staring at the girl, now pretty angry.
Taki was staring at him in shock wondering why he'd be sticking up for him. but at the back of his mind, there were thoughts about how good Tatsuha looked in that fishnet t-shirt and jeans. Darla turned to him and bowed slightly. "I'm sorry Aizawa-san. I shouldn't have said that, forgive me if it offended you."
Tatsuha's face broke out into a grin as Taki accepted the apology. He walked over and gave Darla a light kiss. "Thanks Darla. Ok so lets leave!" he ushered her out and dashed in again to get his keys. Just before he left he turned to Taki. "Hey, sorry about that, I shouldn't have left her with you knowing how much she liked Bad Luck and all! But I'll make it up to you, with a nice breakfast tomorrow!" he smiled at Taki and left.
Taki stared after him a little out of it. people didn't usually stick up for him or apologize. Ma and Ken were the only one's who did that! he cleaned his bowl and decided to practice a few of their old songs.
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Taki woke up at around midnight. He went to get some water. He saw the keys on the table which meant Tatsuha was back. He wondered if the guy was in the mood to talk. He shook his head a little to get rid of the sleep hazed feeling, but it didn't help. He walked towards the room. And opened it. "Tatsuha-kun……" his voice trailed of as he saw, Tatsuha on the bed with Darla. They were right in the middle of passionate sex. Tatsuha seemed really drunk as was the girl. Taki found he couldn't move, he was jolted wide awake. He got a nice view of a completely naked Tatsuha as the girl slipped off him, erection and all. Taki stepped back and closed the door in shock. Somehow they still hadn't noticed them.
If he hadn't been that sleepy he would have heard the noises. Now that he was awake, he could hear them pretty clearly. He couldn't place the sinking feeling in his chest. It felt so wrong to see Tatsuha with some girl…it hurt. Taki shook his head hard; he must be really sleep deprived or something. Otherwise he wouldn't be thinking these things! He got back into bed and tried to go to sleep and not pay attention to the moans and screams he could hear from the other room.
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Taki woke up and looked at the clock…it was morning, how come there was no music playing? Nittle Grasper usually played a lot before this. he stepped out into the hall after brushing his teeth. Tatsuha was already up, but he looked like he was really sick.
"Good morning, Taki." He almost slumped on to the table, his head was killing him. "Today's special is waffles, with syrup of your choice. I hope you like waffles. There's also sausages, onions…um eggs if you want them."
Taki stared at his roommate, who was suffering from a huge hangover. "Um…you look like you're in pain." Tatsuha nodded, but didn't say anything. "then why aren't you in bed? Why are you out here cooking for me?" Tatsuha merely looked at him, before disappearing into the kitchen and getting some coffee out.
"It's cos I tol' you, I'd make it up t'ya cos Darla was soooooo mean. And well she was here las nigh…god! It's good for me t'be up. Head doesn't hurt as bad then. Am I glad it's Saturday." Tatsuha slumped forward this time and started eating slowly. He looked up at Taki and managed a small smile. "so how did your meeting with Hughes go?"
"Not bad. Ma and Ken will be reaching Tokyo today. On Monday we'll meet Hughes and start work. What are you going to do today?" Taki asked.
"Let me see…take a few painkillers. That's it. I don't really have anything planned for today. I was supposed to visit my dad at Kyoto. Do you want to do something?" Tatsuha finished the waffles and moved on to the sausages. Food always made him feel better.
"Didn't you just say you'll visit you're dad?" Taki asked staring at him. Tatsuha smiled…was that bitterness hinted there? "No Taki-kun. I might as well spend some time with you. My dear family wont miss me anyway, they've got more important things to think of in life."
"Oh…well we could go hang out at a club later tonight, but if you don't mind we could go see my family!" Taki said nonchalantly. Seeing Tatsuha nod, he brightened up. Damn why am I feeling so nice? He's a guy and he likes girls which I saw yesterday! Taki blushed as the image of a naked erect Tatsuha came back to him.
"Um…why are you blushing?" Tatsuha was staring at the older man.
"Uh…nothing. So I'll go get changed." Taki hurried out, and saw Tatsuha nod and give him a smile. God, he looks so good when he's smiling…it'll be awesome to have him all to myself today!
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A/N: ok this is done! I kinda like this chapter. Poor Taki, Tatsuha just corrupted him! ja! Um…please review and give me some critical one, so I can improve please!
Taka
