KeruKeru: Here I am with chapter four! So this chapter actually went through a few revisions and was then combined with an idea I had for a different chapter. Please enjoy!
4. The Best of Intentions
The fucking idiot! I told him not to! I fucking told him! Shit. Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck! If he wasn't such a hot-headed dumbass we would never have been in the hospital! Tai's mom was next to me, his father trying to get out of work to come keep her calm because fuck if I was doing anything. My nerves were already shot and the anxious mother next to me was assisting me about as much as I was her. We waited on baited breath to hear anything about our Tai. He would be fine.
Let me explain the situation. After Tai and I had begun dating, he'd come out to most of those on his team. Some of whom were less-than-receptive, but they made no further fuss about it. He was their captain after all and nobody wanted problems. Fast-forward to today. I was finally becoming the slightest bit more comfortable with Tai showing me his affections in public, school being my least favorite place to do so, but still. He snuck up on me and ambushed my neck. One of his teammate saw our embrace; of course it had to be one of the ones who didn't approve, because why the fuck not, right?
They had words, harsh words and despite my urging to let the issue go, the other boy said "listen to your fag" and that set Tai off. Part of me was glad to see Tai punch him, but the other part of me just wanted to pull them apart. They were on the ground, punches flying as I just watched in horror. A couple teachers arrived in minutes as well as their coach. They were pulled off one another, or at least the other boy was mostly pulled off. He decided to kick at Tai and, given his chosen sport, you can imagine the power behind it. My goggle-head hadn't seen it coming. The guy's foot shot up and came in direct contact with Tai's jaw. It must have stunned him because he hit the ground, hard. I think his head made a good 'thunk' but I wasn't sure.
I remember calling his name, trying to get him to wake up. The last thing I remember was the paramedics arriving to haul him off. Blood was evident where his lip had been split. I couldn't tell if he was still disoriented or knocked out. Everything sort of blurred after that. The next thing I knew, I was in the hospital waiting patiently with Tai's mother, Sora, Hikari and Takeru.
"Mrs. Yagami?" The doctor's calm voice alerted us all to his presence.
Tai's mother and I shot up to our feet. I realized it wasn't really my place to- No, dammit, I wanted to know how Tai was doing! He was in here because of me! "Yes, doctor?" She was first to speak, she was whom he was talking to after all.
The doctor blinked at me, probably surprised to see me with her. "Umm… Well, I have good news." He shook the initial shock off his face in favor of a smile. "Tai's going to be fine. We stitched up that lip of his. He's mainly just resting from the ordeal." We both breathed a sigh of relief. "However," And, holding our breath again. "We think there's a possibility for a concussion. It's nothing major and frankly in a sport like soccer I'm surprised he hasn't gotten more. But we recommend he stay up through the night just to be safe." Pros and cons. Tai was okay at least.
"Thank you, doctor!" Mrs. Yagami had her arms around the poor man, nearly strangling him. Maybe she was more generally worried for her son than I originally thought. "Will he have to stay the night?"
The man shook his head. "Not necessarily. Our diagnosis is mainly as a precaution so if he starts experiencing headaches, loss of memory, or other symptoms associated with the brain, bring him in and we'll do an MRI."
Okay, that I could live with. "Can we go see him now?"
"Of course. So long as it's alright with his mother." Family rights were fine, but dammit, I needed to give the numbskull what for! I darted past them in my effort, paying little mind to whether Mrs. Yagami actually gave me permission. I'd take the rap later if she hadn't.
I found his room quickly, barging in without so much as a knock. He was in the middle of redressing from the hospital-grade gown. He seemed pleased to see me, the stitches in his bottom lip made that smile a bit crooked. I stomped over to my goggle-head and took him in my arms, burying myself in his neck. He was surprised at my actions, wrapping me in his arms. This was the confirmation I needed that he was okay. Him in front of me, holding me. "Damn, maybe I should get in more fights." He tried to be funny and I immediately separated, socking him in the arm. "Ow! Yama, what the hell?!"
"You scared the living shit out of me, that's 'what the hell'!" My arms were crossed, no longer needing a hug. "I told you not to do anything! I told you, dammit!" I was happy and sad and angry. I think my eyes were starting to water. "You had me fucking terrified!"
I think he was trying to figure out how to comfort me. "Yama, I couldn't just let that asshole call you a 'fag'." That wasn't really the way to start.
"I don't care, Tai! He could've called me a lot worse, but that's no reason to fight someone!" I knew I had a funny way of showing my elation that he was alright, but this was happening because it needed to. "He could've done more damage than this!" And then we'd probably still be in the waiting room.
It was my turn to be surprised as he tugged me into his form, I didn't think he'd want a hug while I was yelling at him. "Look, I'm fine." His whispers soothed those parts of me that wanted to yell at him more. "The worst thing the doctor said is that I might have a concussion." 'The worst', like a concussion wasn't bad.
"But sti-" My watery eyes got big as he silenced me. His damaged lips took mine over. The faint hint of rust met my tongue. I really didn't think this was appropriate with the injury, but then something was telling me not care. He let me go, cockiest smirk I'd ever seen. "Jerk." He liked to see how easily I could forgive him. "I'm still mad at you."
"I'll keep that in mind." He kissed my forehead this time.
"Taichi Yagami! You are in so much trouble!" And that was his mother. We detached quickly, mainly so I wasn't shielding him from her wrath. "Of all the stupid things you've done, this is by far the stupidest!" Points for such eloquence. As she berated him, I watched my boyfriend wilt more and more due to the angry woman's words.
I shook my head at his pleading looks for me to save. "Mrs. Yagami, I already gave Tai what for." And it wasn't like I planned on letting it go any time soon either.
"I'm sure, Yamato, but as his mother, it's my obligation to yell at him." I couldn't fight that.
Tai just pouted. "That's not fair! I was protecting Matt!" Even though 'Yama' was my pet name, Matt or Yamato never sounded right coming from him anymore, regardless of whose company we were in.
"That doesn't excuse your actions!" She popped her son on the opposite arm to where I'd hit him. "Fighting is never the answer, I don't care what you're doing!" I wondered if she remembered our old destinies as Chosen Children. "You are so grounded, mister!"
Hikari came in on that note, immediately running to Tai and taking him in a bear hug. I had to fill everyone in on the ordeal while waiting and she seemed the most emotional for her brother. Her appearance seemed to cool Mrs. Yagami for the time being. "Oh Tai, you blockhead, I'm so glad you're alright!"
He raised a brow at her but returned the embrace nonetheless. "I'm fine, Kari. Like I was gonna tell mom, nothing bad happened."
"I think that lip would disagree." Sora spoke as she and Takeru entered, the latter coming to stand by my side until his girlfriend released Tai. That was taking a bit of time though. "Tai, what were you thinking?"
"Don't bother, Sora, we've been reading him the riot act." Mrs. Yagami finally hugged into her son now that her daughter was there. They made such an adorable trio.
Tai continued to pout, looking at me as if I were meant to save him from everyone. "Does nobody remember why I was in the fight? I mean, doesn't avenging my boyfriend count for something?"
"Avenging me for what? Because some guy called me a 'fag'?" Tai seemed a little disheartened at my comment, so I thought to rephrase. "Look, Tai, I'm glad you want to 'protect my honor' or whatever it is you thought you were doing." This seemed a bit awkward with everyone in the room. "But at the same time, I've got a pretty thick skin. I need to have one with performing. He wasn't the first person to call me that and he won't be the last. It just comes with the territory." I knew if we were alone he'd tried to turn that into some innuendo, but thankfully our friends and family were with us.
"Yeah, some of Matt's reviews on YouTube are… very colorful with the language they use." Sora was speaking up as Hikari and her mother were letting Tai free of their embrace. "Do you plan to fight all of them too?"
Tai frowned at her question. "Not all of them…" I rolled my eyes at his childish mumbling.
Mrs. Yagami decided on a subject change, evidently not noticing or not caring about her son's words. "Well, the doctor said that you still eat normally with the stitches in your lip. But for optimal healing, he suggest a mostly-liquid or blended diet." It didn't take a genius to know Tai wouldn't be caught dead sucking down pulverized food. "He's also told me you need to be kept up through the night in case any signs of a concussion arise." She was sounding like a doctor herself the way she spoke.
"I've told Jyou about everything, he agreed to check him out tomorrow morning before he heads to work." Sora offered up. "He'll just need to know where Tai is."
At that, I met Mrs. Yagami's gaze. Was she thinking what I thought she was thinking? "Yamato, I think it would be good if Tai stayed with you tonight." Why me?! "You seem like the best person to keep him up."
Tai, of course, was grinning like an idiot. "With all due respect, Mrs. Yagami, why me?" His grin turned to a frown at my cleverly disguised joke.
"You're younger so it's easier for you to stay up. Not to mention Tai would probably be more receptive to you doting over him than his mother." Her explanation had Tai wiggling his eyebrows at me.
My face flushed at his more-than-suggestive thoughts. "A-Alright. He has clothes at my place anyway." If he actually thought we'd be doing anything sexual, he certainly had another thing coming. A whole night with nothing sexual….maybe that was a taller order than I was thinking.
Appeased by my answer Mrs. Yagami ushered us all out of the room so she could get her son checked out of the hospital. The doctor gave both Tai and I pamphlets on the signs of a concussion, though I couldn't guarantee any headaches Tai had wouldn't come from me. Yeah, I could hold a grudge and hell yes was I going to. He had me worried sick, nearly in tears, while we waited for the doctor. It was only a couple hours, mind you, but it wasn't any less nerve-wracking. Maybe his intentions were somewhat noble so I couldn't be mad at him for too long.
We made it back to my apartment with no further delays. I couldn't help noticing that Tai was wearing the vest I bought him. It looked good on him and he didn't seem to be dying of heat stroke so that was a plus. Then his gift to me came to mind and the instant it did, I blushed. Fucking train of thought.
"What's on your mind, Yama?" He teased, probably feeling the temperature in the room rise due to my embarrassment.
He was on the couch and I was in the kitchen, how'd he know? "Nothing, just thinking." Sure, that sounded convincing.
I heard him chuckle. "Oh yeah? Sure there's not something… special you're thinking about?" Damn him.
"Not at all. What ever could you be talking about?" Cool Matt, cool. The microwave beeped, alerting me to our popcorn having finished. A few more kernels popped as I swung the machine open and removed the bag only to tear it open and empty the contents into the awaiting bowl. I was my normal self when I brought it out to Tai, said goggle-head was channel surfing.
I could feel his eyes on me despite not wanting to return his gaze because the earlier thought was still partially on my mind. "You're such a bad liar, Yama." I felt a popcorn kernel hit my head.
I found the stray kernel and fired it back, he caught it in his mouth. Clearly his motor skills weren't affected. "If you think I'm lying, then what was I thinking about?" Sure, we'd see if he could read my mind.
He squinted shrewdly. "Well… judging by the fact your face is still red…" Shit, was it? That only made me all the more flushed. "I'd say it was something you're embarrassed to think about it." Tai sat up, getting closer to study me better. "That, or it's something that excites you and you don't like expressing arousal because you're always so 'cool'." Fuck, where was he pulling that assumption from? "Am I right?" He was confident in his deduction.
"Maybe a little." I still wasn't looking at him, there was no way I'd even humor his notion, regardless of how true it might have been. "But I guess you'll never know."
I could feel the heat of his breath against my ear. "Oh really? I'm sure I can find out." That husky view made my face heat up all over again.
"Tai… We're not doing this. I don't want anything bad happening." I finally turned, he was much closer than I originally thought. Our noses brushed against one another. I blinked innocently and then his lips were on mine. The injury was scabbed over now, so as long as we were relatively gentle, the wound would be fine. Even though I could justify it, I was the one the pull back. "Are you sure you feel alright?"
He kissed me again, smirking. "Would I be trying to seduce you if I didn't?"
"Probably."
"Regardless! I can never get enough of you, Yama!" Our foreheads pressed together, his chocolate eyes watching me intently. "Besides, you're supposed to make me feel better."
I raised brow questioningly. "Says who, exactly?"
"The doctor."
"The doctor didn't say anything like that! I just have to watch over you and make sure you don't slip into a coma." Or experience any of the other symptoms I was supposed to be watching out for.
He turned his eyes to his infamous puppy gaze. "But I got hurt today."
I matched his gaze with a disapproving one of my own. "Hurt doing something stupid." I corrected.
"Something stupid in defense of my boyfriend."
I didn't know how to continue from there, our banter was always a distraction from the inevitable anyway. "You weren't really defending me."
"Just shut up and let me kiss you." I couldn't argue any further as he locked our lips together once more. There was more passion behind this kiss as his arms snaked around my waist to tug me into him. I wasn't going to pass it up. I leaned into his body, my own arms coming around his neck. He started to lie back, taking me with him. I knew where this was headed.
His tongue slipped into my mouth where it was immediately met with mine. We wrestled each other for dominance, it wasn't such a fair fight. Tai retracted his tongue before taking my lower lip between his teeth to bite and suck on. I exhaled at his ploy, trying to keep a level head. One of my hands found his hair, grasping a handful and yanking his head back. If it was too hard I heard nothing about it as he just let out a heady groan.
With his head back, his neck was mine to claim as he usually did to me. I started by just dusting his tan skin with kisses. Feeling him wriggle at each touch only made me grow more adventurous. To be honest, it was seldom if at all that I was the one teasing, so this was semi-new territory for me.
I decided on taking a page out of Tai's play book and do to him like I like him doing to me. My teeth were soft at first, testing the waters to see if he enjoyed my toying with him. The sharp intakes of breath and subsequent hardness against my thigh was all the evidence I needed to pursue my fun. I grazed my teeth over his skin before finding what I deemed to be a tender spot and sinking them in. His resulting 'Yama' in the cutest needy tone of voice I'd ever heard from him signaled his pleasure.
I could see now why Tai loved being the more dominant one in our relationship. Knowing his pleasure was in my hands gave me this rush of power. Maybe I got a bit excited with it because I think I bit him too hard that time. "E-Easy!" Whoops. I kissed the spot, it'd surely be sore or at least have a deeper bruise than the rest of his neck.
"Sorry." I apologized with another peck to his pained skin before moving on. I trailed a line of kisses up his neck, along the outer edge of his jaw until I came to his ear. "I see why you like this." I murmured in my best attempt at an alluring voice and took his lobe between my teeth. My hands were suddenly up his shirt, tracing each nook and cranny of his body they could find. He was arching at every ministration, greedy for my touch.
Every move he made inexplicably pushed his erection against me, more power rising in those desperate groans of his. It was so much fun having him writhe beneath me, but I wasn't as sadistic as him. A hand slid down his stomach; teasing circles traced over his navel made him shiver.
I really have no idea how I got his jeans undone with the one hand, all I know is they were open and I was groping him through the fabric of his boxers. My lips returned to his, hungry for my Tai. Luckily there were no hints of blood, probably because the majority was coursing beneath my palm. The thought had me nibbling his lip, mindful of the injury. He was more than willing to let me, after all.
Meanwhile, my hand was hard at work. It was all so exciting, erotically and otherwise. I had him literally in the palm of my hand, craving any pleasure I was willing to give. This was just what he did to me and damn right was I going to get revenge more often.
I swiped my tongue over his lips, barely waiting for him to open up before I invaded. It was so alien to be in his mouth with no resistance, but victory somehow made it taste sweeter than a normal kiss with my goggle-head. I pulled his hair again, he grunted. He was loving it like I was. I returned to purpling that perfect olive skin of his, at least for a bit.
He was thrusting into my palm and it obliged, squeezing his manhood through the fabric. I pulled down his waistband to release it, fingers wrapping around him immediately. The pulse in his cock matched with the one under my lips and a few simple strokes had them both racing. "Yamaaa," He was panting by now, leaking too. His fluids only aided my jerking him.
Tai wasn't undressed so my trip south was short and sweet, proud of the purple markings I'd left on his neck. Surely our friends would make fun that for me. Jerk would probably wear them like badges of honor, but still, victory was mine and so was he.
The instant my lips met his cock I was worried he would explode. I knew he was a little pent up given I never actually repaid him for my blow job. But it seemed like the perfect time to rectify that. Hopefully he'd last long enough for me to perfect my style.
Initially, just the head was in my mouth. It tasted weird. I wasn't sure what Tai enjoyed so much about mine. There was that saltiness, different from Tai kissed me, but it wasn't the same. The flavor was different. And I was getting too far into my head about it, which was normal. I rifled through the thoughts and feelings of his mouth on my cock and attempted to mimic them.
My tongue swirled over his head, earning a groan of approval. Well that worked. Another one followed quickly by my cheeks pulling in as I sucked hard. He liked that too. I bobbed this time, not able to take it all, but enough that it made him rock his hips against me.
Why was everything getting hazy? What was with my chest? Oh shit, breathe, breathe, breathe. I had to pull back for a moment, trying to think. I sucked air in through my nose on the next bob and that seemed to work. "Damn, Yama…" Yeah, that definitely did the trick.
His hand was in my hair, not pushing me down, but resting there. He knew I was liable to bite him if he ever tried to force me down. The faint sound of a door opening hit my ear drums. Must have been the neighbors or something.
I kept going, feeling him hit the back of my throat. He was moaning still so I was doing something right. His fist suddenly clenched in my hair. Oh, so he was pulling my hair now? Alright then. I pressed on his pulling started to hurt and made me wince. I had to come off him. "Stop pulling my haaaaaa-iiiii dad…" Fuck. "I thought you were still at work." Cue red face. Tai made short work of stuffing himself back into his boxers and zipping his fly.
"I was." That was all I got at first. God, what a sight that had to be, walking in on your son sucking off his best friend. "Tai, it's good to see you." Why wasn't he freaking out? Why was I the only one freaking out about this?!
Tai gave a half-hearted wave. "Hey, Mr. Ishida…" He was red too. Okay, good, I wasn't the only one. Carefully my boyfriend swung his legs over me and rose from the couch. "Uhh… I think I'm gonna go wait in Matt's room." I glared at him, leaving me to deal with this, wasn't he supposed to be Courage? He high-tailed. He was going to get it.
My father nodded to Tai, face still unreadable as he set his briefcase by the door and hung up the trench coat I'd bought him for Christmas. He was always too stubborn to buy one himself. What was I thinking? Don't focus on that, focus on your dad. "So…." How do I start this conversation?
"So." What was he thinking? Maybe he was just trying to process everything. "Yamato…" He paused, apparently at a loss for words. Good, we were on the same page. "Well, I can't say I'm surprised." Oh right, I had never told my dad… Why hadn't I?
"Surprised about what?" Play dumb, Matt, just play dumb.
His face was still impossible to read. "I'm not surprised you and Tai are… together? You always seemed overly close for 'just friends'." It's not as if we try to hide our affections at home.
"Well, we are. Is something wrong with that?" If there was I could be out in five minutes and be staying at Tai's, even if I was supposed to be keeping him up all night.
My father blinked at my sudden defensive tone. "No. What would make you think I have a problem with it?"
"I don't know… I just hear such horror stories about kids coming out to their parents… And that's just in conventional ways not… this."
Hiroaki Ishida chuckled at my anxieties. "Yamato, while I admit walking in on that wasn't exactly the coming out either of us wanted, I can safely say nothing about you has changed for me. You'll always be you." I let out a breath I didn't realize I'd been holding.
This kind of emotional bonding was a bit beyond my repertoire. I loved my father dearly but neither of us were ever the best at expressing our feelings. "I'm glad to hear you say that." Were we supposed to hug or something?
He nodded, clearly that was enough for the both of us. "How long?"
"A couple months."
"Do you love each other?"
"Yes."
He was smiling, the biggest one I'd ever seen on his usually exhausted face. "Then we'll have to celebrate. Let me take you two out for dinner."
It was my turn to blink in surprise. "O-Okay. Let me go get Tai." I stood, awkwardly, ready to leave.
"Oh, and Yamato."
"Uhh, yeah?"
"Try to keep your sexual exploits in the bedroom."
I didn't turn around as my face was searing. "I-I'll remember that, dad." I wasn't sure how to blame Tai for this, but I was going to try! Not really. Speaking of whom, I nearly rammed the door into his face as he was apparently pressed against it.
"So, what'd he say? I didn't hear any yelling, I took that as a good sign." I just kind of fell into Tai, cuddling against him as I let out an enormous sob. Why was I crying? I couldn't tell you. Like, really couldn't, maybe a combination of stress and the intense emotions around telling my dad were finally getting to me. "Yama…" His voice soothed my crying, calming almost as quickly as it started. "Did something bad happen?"
I just nuzzled into him further. "No, not at all."
His arms squeezed me tighter. "Why are you crying then?"
"I don't know." I half-chuckled, half-chocked on another sob. "My dad knows about us now, though."
I felt him nodded against me, not really wanting to leave my spot. "Yeah, it'd be kinda hard to miss that sign." This time it was a real chuckle. "Was he mad?"
I finally left his neck, smiling up at my boyfriend. "Nope. He was surprised at first, at least with the way he walked in. But he admitted he's pretty much known. We aren't exactly sly with covering our tracks." I poked at each new hickey now plastered over Tai's neck. "He wants to take us out to dinner to celebrate."
While it wasn't like Tai to turn down food, the question was just itching to leave him. "Celebrate what?" It's not like I could really answer that.
"Telling him, I guess? I don't know." 'Telling him' was putting it mildly.
"Just think if my mom had walked in on us! Then I wouldn't have had to go through actually telling her myself!"
"That would make my dad the second person to walk in on us. It's bad enough he was the first." The first time was embarrassing enough, never mind twice. "Besides, none of that would've happened if you weren't so damn needy!"
He fake pouted. "Aww, you're hurting my feelings Yama. I thought you were enjoying it. I know I was." His pout turned to a devilish grin in an instant.
"Don't get a big head, now."
"It wouldn't be the first time you've given me one." I smacked him in the arm for that. Sometimes, I just couldn't deal with the boy.
KeruKeru: Thanks for reading! I hope you're all enjoying this as much as I'm enjoying writing it! Also a big thanks to MrGooseyMoose, Another Star, Sea Queen, bed of nails and sandpaper and the guest reviewer Lana for all of your reviews. You guys make my day each time I read what you have to say! Please let me know what ALL of you readers are thinking!
