Title: Big and shiny
Chapter: 4/16
Genre: Romance…slight humor maybe.
Characters: Eh…most of the cast
Rating: T
Warnings: Heh… OOCness U
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except for my art and my poetry.
Summery: Everyone's got a ring around his or her finger, except Suguru. Tatsuha better start purposing before Suguru puts a ring around his neck!

A/N: XD I love this. Random idea I got.

Suguru was more then annoyed. Shuichi had finally just come to work, and announced cheerfully:

"Yuki asked me to marry him!" Shuichi stuck out his left hand to show off his, rather large, gorgeous golden diamond ring.

Oh no, Suguru wasn't envious. He didn't mind that everyone around him was married or getting married, and had large expensive diamond rings. Hell, Hiro had just married Ayaka!

Oh no, Suguru wasn't pissed that Tatsuha hadn't bought him a big gold diamond ring and ask his hand in marriage.

Nope, Suguru wasn't envious or pissed…he was furious. The thought that everyone else was happily settled down when yet Suguru, the most mature one of Bad Luck, had yet to be engaged made Suguru want to bitch and pout. This is exactly what he was going to do.

"Hey Suggie-bear, how was work-"

"Shut up Tatsuha." Suguru snapped as he brushed past Tatsuha open arms.

Tatsuha stood for a moment in confusion, but shrugged and turned to follow his lover into the living room. There Suguru sat on the couch; his legs crossed as he lay back reading a magazine of some sort. Tatsuha couldn't resist; his urge to pounce was great and he never failed to obey his pounce urge.

As Tatsuha was about to jump his little uke, without moving his head from reading the magazine Suguru spoke:

"Don't even think about it." Tatsuha's eyes knitted in wonder; did he do something wrong?

' He usually likes being pounced…or more like the things that come after wards but still.'

Tatsuha sighed, and walked to the couch and flopped down. He crawled over to Suguru, and wrapped his arms around the waist, laying his head on Suguru's lap.

Okay, Suguru couldn't stay mad forever, and he knew this when he looked down at his childish, immature boyfriend and got the warm fuzzy feeling he always had when he was around Tatsuha. Suguru unconsciously brushed his fingers through Tatsuha's fine black hair, and continued to read. He was currently looking at the featured rings for the month from a jewelry store.

Oh the beautiful diamond rings…yes a bit girly for Suguru, but hell, those rings were beautiful…and if Tatsuha wasn't going to get one for him he could at least dream.

Tatsuha looked up at the page Suguru was reading, well more like looking at and partly drooling; it was wedding rings.

Huge expensive wedding rings, which Tatsuha couldn't even dream about affording.

Tatsuha frowned slightly but nuzzled back against Suguru's stomach.

"Hey, did you hear about Shuichi and Yuki? I'm sure you did…Shuichi does have the biggest mouth…" Tatsuha mentioned as he dozed off.

"Yep, I did. In fact he wouldn't shut up all day about it." Suguru mumbled as his eyes wondered over the rings and the high price tags on them.

Tatsuha rubbed Suguru's back gently; he could tell that his Suggie-bear was frustrated for reasons too obvious for Tatsuha.

He had known for a while that Suguru wanted…"commitment". He had known that Suguru wanted something huge and big and show-offish, but Tatsuha didn't know what to do. Marriage wasn't exactly the biggest thing on his mind, but what scared him was that it was the biggest thing on Suguru's mind. And Tatsuha knew that his little angel was an impatient person.

Tatsuha sucked back the tears that were ready to fall as he pushed away the thought of Suguru leaving him.

What on earth was he going to do?

"Shindou-san will you stop gloating and focus a little!" Suguru snapped. Five days. For the last five days they have all had to endure the prancing "la-la-land" Shuichi who wouldn't stop skipping about, showing off his ring and praising about how happy he was for himself. Suguru was getting extremely annoyed.

Shuichi turned from Hiro to look at Suguru mockingly. With a smirk, Shuichi bent over to table to reach and poke Suguru in the chest.

"Look little guy, just because your boyfriend hasn't purposed to you, and just because you're not engaged while I am, doesn't mean you have to be bitchy and rain on my parade. So stop pouting and think of ways to get your man to purpose so I can enjoy my engagement." Shuichi said.

Suguru's eyes went wide and his lips went thin from frowning. That was slap on the face he had never expected from Shuichi. It was just…plain rude.

The room was silent; everyone waited for Suguru's next move. The keyboardist stood and glared at the singer, contemplating whether to beat the little shit to a pulp or not. Deciding against it, Suguru turned and left the room with a slam of the door, hoping no one saw the tears that had built in his eyes.

Hiro looked at the closed door before looking up at the confused vocalist.

"That was harsh Shu."

Suguru snuggled in his warm blankets against the couch corner, trying to lull himself into a nap. What Shuichi had said was cruel and it made Suguru feel like crap. Of course, Shuichi was dull-headed moron with pink hair, who could never offend Suguru, but for once the dumb fool had actually succeeded in making the teen feel horrible.

Suguru couldn't hold back his sob, almost unsure of why he was crying. Was it because what Shuichi said? Or was it that Tatsuha didn't want to marry him? He didn't know, but he couldn't help but cry.

Tatsuha stood in the bedroom, the door opened slightly to welcome in the faint sobs of from the keyboardist in the living room. Tatsuha pulled his hand through his black hair as he leaned against the wall.

His poor baby…his little Suggie-bear was sad and upset all because Tatsuha wouldn't get his nerves together and ask his hand in marriage.

But there were so many things; for one, Tatsuha was damn near broke. He couldn't use Suguru's money to by the uke his own ring. And weddings were so expensive, especially the one Suguru had in mind. And 2, Tatsuha didn't know if he was ready for that…for total commitment. Yeah, he loved Suguru completely but they were so young…

Tatsuha wanted to cry himself when he heard Suguru's sobs get louder.

"Tatsuha, if you love me then why won't you ask me damn it!" Suguru cried aloud. Tatsuha's heart split in two.

Tatsuha carried the sleeping beauty to their bedroom, laying him on the bed. His poor angel had fallen asleep crying.

Pulling the sheets around the worn out body, Tatsuha walked out to the living room. He looked down at the magazine Suguru had been looking at, and picked it up.

The rings were so big…so expensive. His Suguru wanted one of those so bad, his angel wanted so badly for the commitment Tatsuha feared.

Tatsuha sucked back the sobs he wanted to release, and decided there was only one thing he could do; if his Suguru wanted a wedding, he was going to get it.

The raven-haired teen walked back into the room, and opened the top dresser drawer. He dug through the pile of socks and boxers until he found his small, bulky black pouch.

Pulling the string and opening the bag, Tatsuha dumped his savings into his hand, hoping it was enough.

The sun was high and Suguru just didn't feel like getting up. Throwing his blankets off of him he swung his legs to the side of the bed. The things we want to do are usually the things we can't do.

Sighing, Suguru stood and dragged himself out of bed to the bathroom, grabbing clean clothes from the dresser along the way.

Rubbing his eyes and looking into the mirror, Suguru found a note from Tatsuha.

Suggie-bear

Sorry I wasn't there to warm you up this morning, I went out to do a little early shopping. Lots of love, and have a good day at work. I'll see you when you get home!

Kisses and hugs

Tatsuha

Suguru smiled slightly, crumpling the note and tossing it into the garbage.

Things were silent…too silent. Not even the sounds of Hiro's light guitar strumming were to be heard. The three members of Bad Luck sat in their chairs, fidgeting, writing and reading.

Suguru looked up from his book to give his band mate's a glance; first noticing how the sun seemed to reflect brightly off their golden rings and such. Frowning, the keyboardist looked back down at his book.

"Are you done with those lyrics yet?" Suguru mumbled, becoming annoyed by the eerie silence.

"They'll be done when they're done so just shut it." Shuichi snapped. Suguru raised an eyebrow closing his book.

"No needs to get your panties in a knot, sheesh." Suguru said back.

"All right little guy, enough is enough. Damn you're even more annoying when you're jealous, you know that?" The two glared daggers at each other.

"What do you mean "jealous"? Me? Jealous of you? Of all the idiotic things you have said and done, that has got to top the list." Suguru said as he stood, pushing his chair under his table.

"Oh you know you're just pissed because my lover asked me to marry him before your little boyfriend could ask you. I can see why he hasn't gotten around to it; I mean who would want to marry an immature, over-reactive, impatient punk like you?" Shuichi said as Suguru grabbed the doorknob.

"Shuichi this would be the good moment to shut up." Hiro said, tugging on Shuichi's sweatshirt to signal him to sit.

Slowly Suguru turned to glance sadly at Shuichi, sucking back his potential tears.

"Maybe you're right Shindou-san…I will see you two tomorrow." And with that, Suguru left for home.

Suguru stormed through the door of the apartment, kicking off his shoes and throwing his coat over the coat rack. He made his way to the kitchen where he found his lover cooking something. It smelled pretty good.

"Hey Suguru, how was work?" Tatsuha asked kindly, looking at his boyfriend. But he got no reply as Suguru brushed past him and opened the cabin for a cereal box. Tatsuha watched as the petite teen stood on his tiptoes trying to reach for the box.

"Suguru, I'm cooking dinner-"

"Tatsuha just leave me alone." Suguru said almost pleadingly as he gave up on trying to reach the box. He turned and walked back to the living room, laying on the couch and snuggling into a blanket.

Tatsuha watched Suguru leave the kitchen, knowing exactly the reason behind the keyboardist's attitude. Turning the stove on low, Tatsuha followed.

"Suguru…what's wrong?" Tatsuha asked, sitting next to the addressed person and wrapping his arms around him. When Tatsuha got no answer he continued. "Look…Suggie-bear…if there is something wrong that I have done please tell me…" Okay Tatsuha knew what was wrong, but Suguru didn't know that.

Suguru looked at his boyfriend and wanted to cry. How could he tell Tatsuha that he wanted to get married? It wouldn't be right; it would be selfish. Tatsuha was good at heart and kind but oh so damned clueless.

"You haven't done anything Tatsuha…and that's the point." Suguru mumbled, instantly regretting his words the second they rolled off his tongue.

Tatsuha looked down shamefully.

"Tatsuha…are we…ever going to get married? I mean…I …" Suguru turned away from Tatsuha's gaze, feeling oddly guilty.

"Suguru…you know I can't promise that. We're so young and-"

"That never stopped you before!" Suguru shouted, tears falling from his eyes. "So many times I've said that before! Yet you persist that we weren't! Hell the first time we had sex you said we weren't to young, so how is this situation any different?" Suguru cried as sobs racked through his body.

Tatsuha wrapped his arms around the crying teen and pulled him onto his lap. Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out a small black box, hoping to whatever god that cared to listen, that Suguru wouldn't be disappointed.

"Suguru it's hard to give you everything you want in this world, so what I can give, I will give." Suguru lifted his head from Tatsuha's chest and looked into his eyes.

Tatsuha reached his thumb to wipe away the tears from Suguru's eyes as he lifted the small box. Carefully he opened it to reveal a small, white gold diamond ring. Key word; small. Three raised diamonds all in a row, the middle diamond being the largest. Tatsuha knew that Suguru liked the yellow gold; diamond filled rings, but not even every penny Tatsuha owned could afford it.

"I used every last bit of money I had to get you this. It's not much, in fact it's a speck of dust compared to those rings I know you want. I am not a rich man in the concept of money…but Suguru you're all the riches I could ever need in this world. Will you…marry me?" There, he had finally asked.

Tatsuha had asked at the worst possible time, at the worst possible place, and with the smallest possible ring, and unexpected to Suguru, he could care less.

Smiling happily, Suguru threw his arms around Tatsuha's neck and cried 'Yes' over and over again.

"Congratulations Fujisaki!" Hiro said patting the keyboardist on the back. Shuichi however was examining the small diamond ring on Suguru's finger.

"It's kinda small," murmured Shuichi dropping Suguru's hand. He looked up and smiled at his band mate. "But very pretty."

Suguru smiled.

It might be small, but the meaning behind it made the ring oh so much bigger.

End Chapter

Sigh . forgive me. It was utter crap, I know. But this was more of a "day-to-day life" kind of shot, not really much of a plot.