Rating: PG
Pairing: YuuTari
Disclaimer: not mine, cool? cool.
Oshitari looked at the text message on his cell phone and sighed. His mother had broken her foot while doing yard work and Keiko was away in Kyushu, so he was now stuck doing the groceries. The message was his mother, asking him to get something called Wada Calcium CD3, whatever that was. He shifted the bags from his left hand to his right, and turned around to head back to the pharmacy.
Oshitari froze as he opened the door to the pharmacy. The ringing of the little bell over his head alerted the two people talking at the counter to his presence. One of them straightened and slowly but surely brought a hand up to his face. The man's clear green eyes flashed for a second, as if he were annoyed at wanting to push up glasses that were no longer there. "Oshitari."
The voice was slightly deeper and more mature than the voice Oshitari knew, but it was still the same as the voice that haunted his memories. He winced inwardly upon hearing his family name from it. "Hi." He didn't know what else to say. Unnerved, he went to find the calcium pill thing that his mother wanted. Yagyuu was still at the counter when he made his purchase, and as he left the pharmacy, bell ringing again as he opened the door, he could hear Yagyuu follow him out.
"Let me help with that." Oshitari stiffened when Yagyuu's hand brushed against his as Yagyuu took some of the bags from his hand. Their eyes met, and Oshitari quickly looked away. Why was he so nervous still around Yagyuu? It had been years since they'd last seen each other; an ex shouldn't have that effect on him still. Plus, Oshitari was about to start college in a few days - he was an adult now, and things like ex's from one's teenage years didn't bother adults. Just then, Oshitari realized why Yagyuu was back in Japan.
"Did you get into Tokyo U?" Oshitari didn't know what he wanted the answer to be. He had gotten in, as had Atobe, but Atobe was going to go to college overseas. Surprisingly enough, Sanada was also going to go abroad, with Atobe, for college. The two had been in a strong on-again, off-again relationship throughout their second half of high school, and it certainly seemed like it'd continue onward. Oshitari was planning on going to Tokyo, though.
"Yes - you?" Yagyuu's voice held something - perhaps it was hope, perhaps it was just a receding cold. Oshitari sucked in a breath, and slowly nodded. "Congratulations, then."
"You too," Oshitari quickly responded. They walked in silence for awhile, and Oshitari wondered what the hell was happening. "Are your parents still in China?"
"My dad is - he's going to be there for another year - but my mom's back in Kanagawa."
"Oh." Yagyuu asked him then about school, and about Japan, and they just made small talk the rest of the way back to Oshitari's house. "Mom?" The house was silent when Oshitari opened the door; he assumed his mother was probably sleeping upstairs.
"Where should I put this?" Yagyuu followed Oshitari into the house, changing into the slippers that Oshitari gave him. Oshitari showed him towards the kitchen.
"Anywhere's fine - thanks for the help. Could I uh, get you some tea or something?" Oshitari set down the bags that he was holding and opened up the cabinet where his father kept the tea. He felt Yagyuu's breath on his neck before he actually felt Yagyuu upon him.
"Green tea will be fine, thanks." Oshitari's eyes closed for the briefest of moments when Yagyuu's words tickled his nape. "Tell, me, Oshitari, why didn't you ever contact me?"
"My understanding, Yagyuu, was that we were over." Oshitari grabbed two tea bags and two cups - his family had switched to the bagged stuff after finding out that they didn't taste too different from leaves, but were much cheaper. He didn't want this, did he? He didn't want to deal with Yagyuu again. He'd been fine the past two years, and he'd be fine in college without Yagyuu. They'd both be meeting new people and it just simply wasn't the right time for things, and definitely not for them.
"No, Yuushi, I never wanted that. You threw it away, but I'm going to keep coming after you until I get what I want." Yagyuu pulled the tea bags out of Oshitari's hand and pulled him around until they were facing each other, Oshitari leaning painfully back against the countertop to get as much distance between Yagyuu and himself as possible. "When Niou told me that Atobe was going out with Sanada, I called him to check that it was true. I told him that I would keep aiming for Tokyo, and if he could, to pass that message on to you. When he told me what you'd said, I took it as a promise and treated it as such." With each word, Yagyuu's head moved ever so slightly forward, and Oshitari's head moved ever so slightly backwards, until he finished speaking and their noses were touching and Oshitari was bent so far over the counter that his head was pressing into the cabinet doors.
"Do you get it, Yuushi? I love you. I can't get you out of my mind. I don't know what you've done to me or why I'm willing to forgive what you did, but I. Want. You."
Oshitari couldn't do anything but nod his head slightly as his eyes searched Yagyuu's, looking for something, anything that wasn't the tempest of raw emotion staring back at him. His heart was pounding so fast he was sure Yagyuu could feel it through their chests and the thin shirts that were separating them. His mouth moved, but no sounds came out. He wasn't sure what he was trying to say anyway, but it didn't matter then because Yagyuu's own mouth pressed forward, as Yagyuu tilted his head and claimed the lips he hadn't kissed in years.
"Hiroshi," Oshitari whispered when their lips parted briefly as Yagyuu lifted him so that he was sitting on the countertop. His arms wrapped around Yagyuu's head as Yagyuu's hands held onto his waist.
"You're mine, OK?" Yagyuu's grip tightened almost painfully, but Oshitari didn't care enough to wince. "I'm not letting you go again."
"Yes." He leaned down, sealing their promise with another kiss.
Two more! Shoujo as all heck, but who cares. P Boys can get angsty and possesive too. o.0 At least, they can in this world.
Review please? I'm getting over 15 more hits on chapters 20+, each, than I am reviews...(sad) Thanks for reading, in any case. :D