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CD One, Track Six: Only Love
Leon was sitting on a chair, the back turned to the front. He listened, enraptured, and when D left the cubicle to take a break, he jumped up and led him to the other room before anyone else could as much as say a word to him. Silently the blonde thanked heavens that Mr. Count was busy today and he was able to talk to D without his father around.
"You did so well," he said after a few minutes of kissing.
D, comfortable in his arms, smiled shyly. "Thank you. But I'd prefer singing with you again…"
Leon swallowed. "We still have to do the Beauty & the Beast duet, and there're some others, too," he said. "How do you manage to make it sound so intense?"
D looked surprised. "I do?" he inquired and tilted his head to the side. Leon just had to kiss him for doing that, and thus the young Chinese took some time to give him an answer.
"Well, perhaps it is because I feel the songs," he said and snuggled into the blonde's arms more.
"Whaddya mean, feel the songs?" he asked and combed D's fine black hair. It felt so damn soft and smelled so nice…
D again looked up at him, eyes unsure. "Don't you know that, too? You are doing it, too, sometimes," he said.
Now it was Leon's turn to look surprised. "I am? Didn't notice that. Don't even know what you mean."
The younger wriggled free and gesticulated. "I mean that I try to feel the words I'm singing with my heart. I – I try to imagine how the character I'm playing feels, and what he means with the words, and then I try to feel what he or she feels…"
His voice trailed off. Leon stared at him. "I never thought about it that way," he admitted. "I'm just singing whatever song I've gotta sing."
"But when you did Music of the Night, you did it as if you felt the song," D argued.
The blonde shrugged. "I'm not doing it on purpose. Sure, I try to become the character I'm playing, but it's not something I've got any control over, I guess."
D wanted to talk further, but Leon extended his arms again and smiled at him invitingly. "Come back to me?" Put this way, he had to do as his new boyfriend requested, and some more minutes were spent with kisses and caresses. Then Jill pounded on the door.
"Hey you two in there, are you going to come out sometime in the next years or have you already eaten up each other?" she called. "You know, even lovers can't live on air and love. And I was told to see to it that D gets a healthy lunch, so come out now before I come in and get you."
Leon sighed, amused, and stood. "We'd better do what she says, she's gonna follow through if we don't come out." He placed a quick kiss on D's cheek. "What about dinner tonight again, baby?"
D smiled and led him to the door. "But this time we won't stop by the theatre before. Else we're never going make it to the restaurant," he said with mischievously twinkling eyes.
Leon laughed and followed him. "Wasn't my fault we never made it down from the stage in time to get something to eat."
D just laughed happily.
He talked to Jill all the way to the restaurant, which had soon become his favorite. Leon watched and wondered again at the change that D had undergone since their first kiss just two days ago. Everybody had known something wasn't right when he and his father had stepped inside the studio the next morning, and D had even looked a little bit tired, while Mr. Count's brow was wrinkled angrily. The glances that he kept shooting Leon during the whole morning had told everybody what was up.
But strangely enough, while his father seemed chagrined and worried at the same time, D himself was as sunny as he could probably be, given that he was such a shy guy. He had even made a few hesitant jokes with the conductor, stunning half of the orchestra into silence and making the other half gawk at him. Just by the look on their faces, Leon had known a few of them had just fallen in love with D, too.
He slightly hunched his shoulder, suppressing the uncomfortable feeling. He only hoped Mr. Count would get used to the new situation. Because Leon didn't intend to give D up again so quickly.
I see you try to turn away
I hear the words you want to say
I feel how much you need to hide
What's happening inside you tonight.
It wasn't before Jill went to the toilet in the restaurant that D found the time to ask Leon why he had been so silent the whole time. It was strange, that he was so happy and Leon seemed to be worried, when he should be happy too.
"Leon, is something the matter?" he asked softly, laying his hand over Leon's. The American smiled at him.
"Why're you asking? I'm fine, don't worry."
"But you seem to be… unhappy," D argued, daring to squeeze the blonde's hand. "Are you worried about your fans and their reaction?"
Leon looked nonplussed for a moment, then he laughed out loud. "No, D! Why should they bother me? They never stood a real chance, and they know that. No, that's not it," he added and looked down, turning his hand around to take D's. "Why's your father away today?"
"He's on a meeting with the director of another recording company," D answered, understanding Leon's problem at once. "Leon… do not worry about his anger. I promise it will not drive me away from you. Like I told you, I am old enough to decide for myself, and I can do that."
Come meet my eyes one moment more
Our eyes are different than before
This night, so beautiful and strange
This night begins to change who we are.
The sincere conviction in his voice eased Leon's mind a bit, but he was still worried. "He was everything but happy," he pointed out. "I mean, I don't want to cause a fight between you two."
D smiled and squeezed Leon's hand again, stronger this time. "You won't, Leon," he replied, convinced. "Father does love me, and I know that he knows that he has got to let me go some day." His eyes flickered up to Leon's face. "That means, if you don't mind some trouble perhaps…"
The shiver that ran through Leon's body was electrifying. The warmth of D's hand made him feel as if his whole body was on fire and he had to take a deep breath.
Don't turn away, it's only love
Quietly coming to you, whispering through you
Take my hand, it's only love
Let it come through you slowly.
Don't be afraid, it's only love.
We touch, the dark begins to stir
We can't go back to where we were
Don't be afraid to make it real
Don't be afraid to feel tonight.
Don't turn away, it's only love
Only a touch that frees you
Let it release you
Take the chance, it's only love
Open your heart and show me
Don't be afraid, it's only love.
"No, I don't think I mind some trouble," he replied and squeezed back. D smiled and Leon again couldn't turn his gaze from him. This could work. He really started to believe that this could work, with D, because D was different than all of his other lovers, especially…
No, he would try to forget about that. D was warm-hearted, honest, not at all intent on pushing anyone to the side for his career's sake. Not D. And that meant Leon could trust D with his heart.
Don't close your eyes
Don't hold it in
Reach out to me, let it all begin
Don't be afraid, it's only love
Only a touch that frees you
Let it release you
Take the chance, it's only love
Let it come through you slowly
Open your heart and show me
Don't be afraid, it's only love.
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