Title: When Kakei Met Saiga
Rating: PG-13 (will probably be changed to R after this … heh heh heh)
Fandom: Legal Drug
Pairing: Kakei/Saiga
Disclaimer: Oh woe is the sadness that CLAMP does not give them enough pages! Oh, and "You, you, you, you, you" is not my song, but it is done by The 6ths. And I heard this actually while I was thinking about Kakei & Saiga … man it's perfect. Oh, and O. Lover & Life is Wonderful don't belong to me either, it belongs to the lovely Jason Mraz. It's a good song (O. Lover), cool to dance to. Heh, AND! Most clothing ideas taken from It's Kakei's first day of college and already he's lost and embarrassed in front of his entire freshman class, but at least the burly senior who embarrassed him at Todai was hot.
Warning: Err … I'll let you be surprised! Beware some OOC though.
A/N: Ever find yourself feeling a certain way, and then you turn on the radio or something, and there's a song that's mimicking exactly how you feel? It's so weird …
It was the day of the party and Kakei couldn't help but feel a bit frantic. Not only was he going to some wild college party, he'd probably be thrown together with Saiga constantly, not to mention being doubly teased with by his peers …
It had only been this past Sunday … The next day, he had been kissed by Saiga and been forced to sit through an entire meal with him. Then the next day nothing at all. There was that one occasion where Saiga had tried to talk to him, but then so suddenly left him.
Why would he do that? Kakei wondered. Try to seduce him and then nothing? Just what was Saiga's game?
As he pulled on his shirt, Aiji felt mad, really mad. Everything was starting to catch up with him. Everything he should have been mad and embarrassed about earlier, he was mad about now. He found his hands were shaking as he clutched the sides of his jeans ready to close the fly, but he really didn't feel like it. Clapping his hand to his forehead, Kakei slunk onto the floor.
For the first twenty minutes, Kakei didn't really know why he was mad; just he knew that he should be mad. He should be mad for all the crap Saiga had made him put up with. All the confusion. What the hell?
Then the memory of Saiga kissing him flooded into Kakei's mind and made hot tears trickle down his face. He hugged his knees, knowing that he wasn't going anywhere for a while.
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It was around 12 o'clock and Chiaka was worried. She had been waiting for Aiji-kun around at all of his morning classes so they could meet up, but he hadn't been there at all.
Chi finally found herself in front of his dorm room. She knocked a few times. "Aiji-kun?" She called. When no one answered she really began to panic. What the hell was up?
"Aiji-kun!" She called opening the door. She looked all around, the room was so quiet, and then she heard a sniff coming from the bedroom. She quickly opened the second door and found Aiji sitting on the floor to the left of the door hugging his knees and not really moving.
"Aiji-kun! What's wrong?" Chiaka asked hunching down to his level.
Kakei looked up, his eyes, full of tears, just visible over his knees. He said, "Why? Why did he kiss me if he doesn't like me?" He didn't really direct this question to his friend, he didn't seem to notice she was there. He just stared out into space his eyes full of tears.
"Oh Aiji-kun." Chi patted his shoulder concernedly. "Do you mean Shunichi Saiga?"
Aiji's eyes widened. He seemed to notice everything around him now. He felt the tears on his face, looked up and saw Chi looking at him with such concern on her face.
"Chi? What—" Tears were still running down his face. Kakei wiped them away with his sleeve. "Oh, sorry."
"Aiji-kun, don't be sorry." She stood up and helped him to his feet and walked him out into his small living room and sat him down on the couch. "Here, I'll fix us a nice lunch!" Chi said returning to her usual cheerfulness.
Kakei felt his eyes welling up with tears again.
"Aiji-kun? What's wrong? Tell me." Chi asked.
"It's nothing. I h-haven't c-cried since I was really little … though."
"Oh Aiji-kun." Chi said hugging her friend.
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Chiaka found herself running down corridors to the library where she knew her friend was studying. She flew into the room scanning tables as the librarian tried to reprimand her. Finally, she spotted him, his had bent low over his book, not a care in the world, eh?
She ran over to him and slammed her hands down on his table. "SHUNICHI!" She yelled at him.
"Y-yes, Chi?" Saiga inquired startled as was every other student in the library. So startled that an eerie silence passed over the room as Chi huffed and then began shouting at her friend again.
"SHUNICHI! YOU HAD BETTER BE NICE TO HIM AT THIS PARTY!"
"Nice … nice to who?" Saiga asked still confused and now a little bit scared of his friend.
"HE'S UP IN HIS ROOM CRYING! HOW DARE YOU … HOW DARE YOU MISLEAD HIM SO!"
"Mislead, who? Who's crying?"
"ISN'T IT OBVIOUS? YOU SHOULD HAVE NEVER STOPPED HITTING ON HIM! NOW HE THINKS HE'S UNWORTHY OF YOU!"
Saiga stood up now finally getting what Chi was yelling about, "Well excuse me! Who's bright idea was it for me to leave him alone!"
This seemed to humble Chi, "Well! You still shouldn't have jumped on him so soon! Great … now he's all upset over you, and it's all my fault!" Chi said less loudly.
"Oh Chi-chan, it's not your fault, it's mine." Shunichi said hugging her.
"No! But now I've made you look like some player! And oohh! I was just trying to help the both of you? I suck at match making! I can't even find anyone for myself!" Chi howled.
"Chi calm down!"
What the two didn't notice was this, the librarian had been towering over them for the past few minutes, however, she finally made her presence known. "Minase-san! Saiga-san! Leave this library at once!"
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"So, let me get this straight," Saiga said in the school quad area where he had finally gotten Chiaka to calm down. "You found Aiji Kakei crying in his room after worrying all morning."
Chi nodded.
"So then he said, 'Why doesn't he like me?'"
"Basically."
"And he was talking about me?"
"Well, when I said your name, his eyes got all wide and he started crying again." Chi explained. "Oh no! Speaking of which, I left him alone in his room!" She meant to get up, but Saiga pulled her back down.
Saiga sighed a bit and said, "Ah, sorry. You were just trying to help us both and we sort of confused each other, I guess."
"Yeah … I'm sorry too."
They sat in a few short moments of silence, until Chi punched Saiaga on his shoulder.
"Hey, what was that for?" He asked.
She giggled and said, "But you still better be nice to him! You should confess your undying love!"
Saiga blushed very slightly and said, "Shut up. I get the point. I suppose I will tell him."
"You had better be totally sober when you tell him too! Or I'll kill you!" Chi said giggling some more.
"Don't worry, I never get drunk." Saiga went silent as Chi kept laughing.
After a few moments she noticed his quiet disposition and said, "Hey, what's wrong?"
"So … he was really crying thinking I didn't like him?"
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Aiji laid down on his couch one arm over his eyes just thinking. Why had he started crying? He really shouldn't care whether or not Saiga had stopped hitting on him; he wasn't gay. What was he getting at crying? He hadn't acted like this since he was about four. He had no reason to cry and act oblivious, because there had been no reason to. What was his reason now?
He had always been able to see things coming as his powers developed, but now he was completely at Saiga's mercy. Speaking of which …
Kakei closed his eyes and tried to see what tonight's events would be like, that might cheer him up. But wait …
Kakei sat straight up. "What the hell?" He couldn't see anything. Not even a fleeting image. Just darkness. Like the canvas of his mind had been painted over black, not wiped clean to start anew, nothing could be painted over it now; it was a ruined mess.
"Stress?" He asked himself lying back down and closing his eyes. It was going to be a long night.
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"Kakei-kun! Let's get ready for the party now! Sorry I took so long! I was getting changed."
Finally, Chi had come back. Kakei, who had been dozing on the couch waiting for her to return.
She looked beautiful all done up. She was wearing a belly shit with a stiff collar that was open in the front and long tight sleeves. The pattern in the front was odd; it had sort of a swirl that went over her chest area. She wore a denim pencil skirt for the bottoms and heels that looked like little girl's strappy shoes with a heel.
"You look great!" Kakei said sitting up.
"Thanks!" She said. "It's not your average wild-in-Shibuya-night-clubs party. Just something kind of small in Iruni's parents' house. Western wear with a touch of Tokyo is the theme tonight.
"Well you look perfect for it. Do you guys always do themes?" He asked.
"Oh yeah. But look, we've still got three hours before the party starts and I want to cut your hair … err, if you don't mind that is!" Chi said.
Kakei found that he didn't really mind, he trusted her. "Do what you will."
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Three hours Chiaka led Kakei out of Todai and to her bike. She really worked on him. Kakei's hair was much shorter than it had been. She kind of layered in a way, it was longer on one side than the other, but still pretty short.
After she had made him take a shower, she spent the remaining two hours dressing and undressing him, trying to pair what clothes would look good together, and then what looked more western and what was more Tokyo. But she had finally decided on slim dark wash jeans and got a shirt from her room that had a print of two men on it that said 'American Psycho' on it in red lettering. She topped it off with an overlarge zipper up hoodie (also hers) with a print of a huge spider on it that hung off one of Kakei's shoulder's when he put it on, but Chi said, she bought it for that purpose for herself anyway. She put a black chunky knit cadet hat on top of his head made him wear tons of black eyeliner and light pink lipstick and called it a day.
"Chi, this is so much … of your stuff!" Aiji said as Chi threw him her spare bike helmet and zipped up her jacket.
"Yeah, but you look so cute! Especially with those contacts! Why don't you wear them more often?"
"I don't like to. And are you going to drive this thing with those shoes on?" He asked sounding concerned.
Chi said, "Saiga's made a gay out of you yet. Just kidding, don't give me that look! That's why I have you, you're holding my shoes for me."
"What? You're driving this barefooted?"
"No! I have boots!"
They finally left, Kakei's shoulder getting colder and colder, but he couldn't let go of Chi's waist to fix it, and he doubted it would stay there anyway, no it was his life or be cold.
When they finally got to Iruni's, Chi parked her bike and sort of presented the place as if it were her own.
"Ta-da! Here we are!" She said stripping off her boots. She rang the doorbell a few times. "We can leave our shoes on while we're here."
The door opened, out popped that Iruni boy with the Osakan accent Kakei had seen him talking to Chi just the other day.
"'Ey! Chi-chan's here!" Iruni called into the rooms with his accent. A great roar came from one of the rooms inside. Turning back and smiling at her, he said, "Welcome! Come in, come in!" Chi walked in and Kakei followed smiling in greeting to Iruni.
Iruni muttered, "And I see you brought your date," just as Kakei walked passed him.
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When Chi and Kakei entered, music was blasting out of some speakers in a room down the hall from the front door. Iruni went ahead of them to lead them to the back and closer to the speakers from which some American singer's voice was singing:
And to give us both a chance,
But it won't be the last romance cause when the weekend Starts the guilty party's on.It was a pretty long hallway. Kakei took note of a living room where some people seemed to be chatting, set of stairs to the left, a kitchen to the right, a powder room near the stairs, and then finally …
"The den!" Iruni said cheerfully. This was where most of the people where situated and dancing to the beat of this American singer.
"You said this was a small party!" Kakei said as Chi dragged him to the center of the dance floor, much to Iruni's despair Kakei took note of as soon as Chi grabbed his hand.
"This is small! Dance! Follow my lead!" Chi said.
BREAKDOWN!
Weekend party's over,
Don't stop, let's get closer.
Friday, got cold shoulder,
Monday, got a new composure.
Chi kept swinging her hips into him with the music.
Weekend party's over,
Don't stop, let's get lower.
I won't blow your cover,
Opportunistic lover.
Kakei felt himself moving with the crowd as they bent their knees lower in time with the lyrics.
Weekend party's over,
Don't stop, let's get closer.
Friday's mediocre,
Monday, I'm self-exposed now.
Everyone kept banging around into each other as the singer instructed them to 'get
closer', Chi and Kakei kind of stood back and laughed at this.
Weekend party's over,
Don't stop, let's suppose-ah
I won't blow your cover
Opportunistic lover. (1)
Everyone applauded at the end of this.
Chi said, "Great last minute moves Aiji-kuuun!"
"Thanks, you too." Kakei said huffing a little bit.
Iruni cut off the stereo, hopped on one of the couches scattered around the rather large den. "That was western! Now let's meet Japan! Who's up for Para Para (2) dancing?" He yelled into the crowd.
Everyone seemed to want to, even Chi. Kakei confessed that he had no idea how to Parapara.
"Oh no!"
"It's easy cousin! Just move your arms about like everyone else is!" Came a voice behind Aiji.
"Ayumu?" There was his ever-present cousin. She was wearing a red top much like Chi's, but with short sleeves, and a matching bottom, a skirt, that seemed to clash a bit with her hair, but she still looked really pretty.
"Hey Ayu-chan!"
"Hey Chi!"
"Ahh, Kakei-kun, if you don't want to Para Para, get me something non-alcoholic to drink for me then." Chi said.
"Me too!" Ayumu said.
"Fine." He said leaving them to Para Para dance. He broke away from the crowd and watched them all move their arms in the same time and movement, even Iruni, who was still standing on the couch, was doing it. Kakei thought it was weird, so he left them to it and went to go get drinks.
He meandered down the hallway to the kitchen where he assumed the drinks were being kept. He spotted a couple of coolers on top of a wooden kitchen table. One was red labeled "BOOZE", the other one was green and labeled "NON-ALCHO". This was the case!
Kakei picked up three Kid Beers and made to go back to the Para Para dancers. The music was different now though; they were back to the same guy as he heard first coming into the house. He was rebuffed however by …
"Hey! How are you Aiji-kun?"
"S-Saiga-san!" Kakei was rebuffed by sunglasses and all.
"You look so different, and you even took off your glasses, I almost didn't recognize you." Saiga said casually smiling down at Aiji.
Aiji was so shocked to see him there (even though he was expecting it) he just sort of stood there stupidly clutching the Kid Beers (3) just as the music said:
It takes no time to fall in love
But it takes you years to know what love is …
Just what were they listening to? But it made Aiji regain his sense of self. Saiga was staring down at him confused.
Move … mouth! Kakei willed desperately.
"Hi … I'm fine thanks, how are you?" Aiji managed to say cheerfully.
Saiga took his turn in looking shocked now. Evidently, he hadn't expected Aiji to talk at all. "I'm great." He sounding a bit relieved. "Are you giving those to Chi?" He asked meaning to grab a beer out of the red cooler, but closed it suddenly and took a Kid Beer out of the green cooler.
"Yeah it is."
"Who's the third one for?" Saiga asked sounding friendly.
"My cousin." Kakei said simply.
Ha la la la la la la life is wonderful
"Oh, you cousin goes here? What's their name?"
"Err, Ayumu."
"Oh, I know Ayu-chan! She's awesome."
The conversation was so … so casual. It was so odd. Why was Saiga acting like this? Had he really given up on Kakei? Well, whatever. He shouldn't care. But Kakei felt his face growing hot with anger.
Ah la la la la la la life goes full circle
"Is something wrong? You're turning red." Saiga asked opening his Kid Beer.
"Nothing! Just hot." Kakei said trouncing out of the kitchen.
Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
Ah la la la la
Is so...
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Teh End … of this chapter, now I must go write more and submit it for betaing. Speaking of which check out my profile. I'm looking for a couple new beat readers.
(1) I beg you all not to report me, especially if you don't want this song deleted or to be in my bad books. I threw in these songs 'cause I thought it would help, I KNOW they are NOT mine and belong exclusively to Jason Mraz. Plus this is not technically a song fic. Speaking of which, I can upload them onto my lj fanfic archive if anyone wants them. Just put in your review that you want it.
(2) Para Para dancing is sweeping Japan! Go to ParaParaOnline(dot)com for details!
(3) Kid Beers: Something I read that they have in Japan. Non-alcoholic substances for little kids … dunno why they have them, but I heard they're good. They're supposed to come to America sometime.