Title: The Second Meeting: Of Stars and Silence
Rating: PG
Pairing: YuuTari
Disclaimer: not mine, cool? cool.
Oshitari thought pure silence was one of the loudest, scariest things he'd ever heard. It wasn't as though he got the chance to hear it much, given that Tokyo was ranked third in the world for highest population density. Right now though, he was out of the city with some college friends, and it was deathly silent on the roofless porch outside the cabin they'd rented. His friends were inside, most likely sleeping and resting for the hike they had planned for the next morning. He couldn't sleep though - not alone in the master bedroom with Yagyuu sleeping next to him on the same queen sized bed that their friends had insisted they share, doubtlessly just to see Oshitari's reaction.
"What's wrong?" Yagyuu's voice startled him. Oshitari looked up to see Yagyuu standing almost right next to him, watching him with a sleepy smile. Yagyuu was only wearing a tank top and shorts, which, incidentally, was one of the factors that caused Oshitari's insomnia.
"Nothing; I'm just not that tired."
"Liar. You were yawning all throughout dinner." Yagyuu sat down next to him, leaning backwards until his legs were fully stretched out and his head was resting on his cupped hands. "So what's up?"
"Have you ever tried counting the stars?" Oshitari knew he was dodging the question, but for some reason, his poker face was eluding him and he just couldn't put up his front. It wasn't like that would've mattered though - Yagyuu was the first and only person who had mastered the act of reading right through it. Oshitari had given up wearing his glasses after that incident also - after all, it wasn't like he needed them, and they weren't of any use when Yagyuu could see right past it all anyway.
"Wanna try right now?" Yagyuu's response surprised him. Oshitari turned, sitting so that he was facing Yagyuu.
"Are you serious?" He could barely see an outline of Yagyuu's face. It was a new moon, and the only light around for miles was a kiss of fluorescent between the blinds of the bathroom window - they'd left that light on in case anyone needed to get up at night. Oshitari had long since memorized every aspect of Yagyuu's face though, so it wasn't like the lack of light mattered.
"Yes. If you can't sleep, I can't either. We've got nothing better to do then, right?" Yagyuu smiled knowingly. Oshitari wondered if Yagyuu knew the actual reason for why he couldn't sleep.
Instead of bringing up the topic though, he just turned again and lay down next to Yagyuu. Yagyuu pulled him closer, such that his ear was pressed into Yagyuu's chest. He heard the ocean there, like when you put a seashell to your ear and you can hear the crashing of the waves inside the tiny little shell. He wondered if they could really tame all the waves that life would continue throwing at them, but decided it didn't matter as he looked up at the sky and started counting the stars, starting from the lower left corner of the sky.
Awhile later, the soft, up and down motion of Yagyuu's chest started getting to him, and Oshitari felt his eyelids getting heavy. "How many do you have?"
"Ninety-three. You?"
"I forget." He yawned and closed his eyes. It was getting kind of cold, even with Yagyuu's warm body pressed against his side. He felt Yagyuu's chuckle more than he heard it.
"Let's go to bed. We'll catch a cold out here." Yagyuu sat up slowly, pulling Oshitari along with him. Oshitari climbed to his feet awkwardly and leaned against Yagyuu as they walked back to their room and all but fell into bed.
"Love you," he murmured, turning to face the wall as he felt Yagyuu climb in on the other side and pull the covers over them. He didn't think the other man heard, until Yagyuu rolled over behind him and slid an arm over Oshitari's waist, resting his head over Oshitari's own.
"Love you too."
The sound of their slow breathing was quieter than the pure silence outside.
Oh c'mon, every couple has to have their "let's count the stars" memory. . whistles Comments/critiques?
Anyway, only one more!