Guess Not
"Tokiya!" Otoya called out to his boyfriend. Tokiya looked up from his book and smiled. Otoya and Tokiya had started to secretly date after Tokiya had walked in on him and Natsuki watching anime. It was hard sometimes, Otoya had to admit. Tokiya was always so cold to him when the others were around. Sometimes it seemed like Otoya was just an annoying bug that Tokiya was try to smash. It definitely put a damper on their relationship, but every time Otoya began to feel like his heart was aching, Tokiya would wrap him in his arms as soon as they came through the door to their room. He would pull Otoya to his bed and they wouldn't say anything, but just snuggle together, wishing to remain that way for as long as they could.
Today was going to be hard as well. Haruka had gotten cherries in the mail from her grandmother, but they were much to sour to eat. Otoya had tried one and had to spit it out because of the tart flavor. Later, Tokiya admitted to Otoya that he had very much enjoyed the cute face he had made after first tasting the cherry. Anyway, Natsuki suggested that they make a pie with the cherries; everyone thought it was a good idea but, they didn't want Natsuki to make it. That's when Otoya had spoken up and asked his fellow idols if they wanted to come over to his dorm and all make the pie together, except for Natsuki, he'd be there, just not helping. They agreed eagerly, wanting to spend more time with each other. After they had returned to the dorm to get it ready for guests Tokiya pointed out that they were always more relaxed in their dorm… and it might be hard to act "normal". After that Otoya got depressed, but Tokiya comforted him to the best of his abilities. Unfortunately, once Tokiya left to go to the recording studio Otoya became sad again.
Luckily Otoya's relationship punching bag just walked through the open window, poor Kuppuru. Otoya had grown fond of the little back cat. He always seemed to show up when Otoya and Tokiya were at a low point in their relationship. Otoya, when he saw the cat, swooped down to grab him. He stroked the cat's soft fur and cuddled Kuppuru close to him.
"Kuppuru… Tokiya doesn't seem to be around anymore. He seems distant, and it makes me feel like I'm a nuisance to him," Otoya whined to the cat. Surprisingly, Kuppuru was a better listener than a therapist. The only problem was that he didn't give advice back.
Kuppuru, or Cecil for that matter, pitied the young idol. He got stuck with the blandest boyfriend ever. Tokiya had gotten one thing right though, Ittoki was adorable. Cecil stopped listening to the whining boy after he started to mutter incoherently. Cecil hissed when there was a loud knock on the door.
"Coming!" Otoya yelled getting off the bed. He still had Kuppuru wrapped up in his arms. When he answered the door Haruka smiled widely.
"Hey Ittoki!" Tomochika said, and invited herself into the dorm. "Where's Ichinose? Isn't he going to make the pie with us?" she inquired while snooping around the room. Otoya just smiled at his fellow redhead and closed the door after Haruka and her box of cherries were safely in the room.
"No, he had to go to the recording studio, but he said he'd be back to taste the pie." Otoya simply shrugged while replying.
"Well that's no fair!" someone said while closing the door. Otoya turned to see the two blondes walk further into the room.
"Thanks for knocking," he sighed under his breath.
"We have to do all the work and he just gets eat it!" Natsuki fumed.
"Well, he said he'd pick up ice cream," Otoya added to console the others.
"Oh, well then that's okay!" Natsuki laughed. Syo, who was beside him gave him the strangest of looks and then shook his head. He heard Tomo sigh loudly and watched her plop on his bed. She turned and looked at his alarm clock. He knew what she was thinking the other two were late. He jumped suddenly when he felt a light tap on his shoulder.
"Ittoki, Kuppuru really seems to like you," Haruka giggled, rubbing the cat's soft black ears.
"Yeah, I'm not sure why though. I've always been more of a dog person," he laughed, setting the cat down. Walking over to the sink, he washed his hands and started to get out the pie crust he had just bought. "Well Masa isn't normally late, but if Ren is with him then anything is possible, why don't we get started?"
"That sounds good I'll get out the Tabasco!" Natsuki cheered. Everyone in the room paled and then Ren burst in the room Masato behind him. It was quite obvious that Ren had done something to tick Masato off because of the looks of pure hatred he was giving his roommate. Ren completely ignored the blue haired male's death glares and went up to Otoya, smiling broadly.
"Sorry we're late; we had to attend to some things…" Ren said while gesturing with his hands to the mute Masato.
"Oh Okay, that's fine, we're just happy you made it here before we started!" Otoya smiled back happy that all his friends had made it. Soon everyone had joined Otoya in the small kitchenette. Well everyone but Natsuki had joined, who they had put in charge of reading off the instructions. Masato still hadn't said a word and the air around the two roommates was tense.
"Okay let's get started!" Natsuki cheered. "First we need to put the cherries and sugar together, and then mix." Syo began to move the cherries into a bowl filled with sugar. Tomo got out a spoon and started to mix the two together.
"Um… something's wrong with that mixture," Otoya commented, looking at the mix of cherries and sugar. "Natsuki were we suppose to pit the cherries and take off the stems first?" Otoya coughed.
"Oh, that might've been a good idea," Natsuki laughed, rubbing the back of his head. Syo slapped his hand against his face. Ren just laughed, and Masato sighed and shook his head. "Well no use dwelling on past mistakes!" Natsuki plucked one of the sugary cherries out of the bowl and popped it into his mouth. He took the pit out of his mouth along with a tightly tied cherry stem.
"Wow how did you do that?" Tomo asked, intrigued with the neatly tied stem.
"With my tongue of course," Natsuki laughed.
"Natsuki, never pegged you for having a talented tongue, you must be a good kisser…" Ren commented offhandedly. Masato's head shot up as soon as Ren had finished speaking. He had a look of angry in his eyes. Ren looked over at him a winked. Otoya just stared, were they flirting? "Something wrong Masa?" Ren challenged. Masato's lips were pressed together in a thin line of anger, but he simply looked away from the flirting Ren. "Are you jealous Masa?" Ren asked getting close enough to Masato to whisper in his ear.
Masato jumped away and yelled, "Of course not you idiot!"
"So jealous!" Ren sung.
"I'm not."
"Are too."
Otoya and the others were stunned by the display that was happening before them. It really made Otoya wonder what they were doing before they came here. Ren gripped Masato's shoulders and wrapped him in his arms. Many people would call that a hug, but in Masato's eyes it seemed like an attempt to strangle him, so clearly he fought against the embrace. The others were still watching in silence as Ren harassed his younger roommate. They all heard Masato yelp as Ren nipped at his ear. Masato swung his arms trying to hit Ren, but instead happened to hit the bag of flour sitting on the countertop. Otoya and the others yelled as flour exploded into the air, making a cloud of white around them covering every surface. Otoya blinked, stunned, and looked at his hands. They were covered in the powdery white substance.
"Crap, Tokiya's going to kill me!" he whined, looking desperately at the others.
"Well, on that note good luck with cleaning up Ittoki!" Ren said smiling, dragging Masato with him. When he reached the door and opened it, Tokiya was standing in the doorframe, hand on his face.
"What did you all break?" he huffed, walking in and taking his jacket off.
"N-nothing, the flour just spilled," Otoya blushed. Tokiya looked at the white covered figure and smiled a little playful smile.
"Spilled? More like exploded," he sighed, walking over to his freshly powdered boyfriend. Otoya chuckled nervously as Tokiya approached him. The others in the room were extremely confused, why hadn't Tokiya started scolding them yet? Their jaws looked as if they were about to fall off when they noticed Tokiya lacing his arms around Otoya's waist. Tokiya pulled the blushing boy closer and barely using his fingertips to push Otoya's face closer to his own. Gently Tokiya kissed Otoya's cheek. Otoya blushed feverishly as Tokiya started kissing a line to his lips. For God's sake, everyone was still in the room! When Tokiya reached his lips, he was holding Otoya's face with his hand so his younger roommate couldn't pull away. "Well," Tokiya whispered, "I guess we won't need to act anymore."
"Guess not," Otoya mumbled, turning his head to hide his face in Tokiya's chest. Tokiya smiled and ruffled Otoya's powder covered locks. Otoya clung to Tokiya refusing to move or look at anyone in the eyes.
"Come on, look up," Tokiya chided. Otoya shook his head vigorously. "You have to at least tell them to their faces, they're just staring now."
"And that's supposed to make me feel better?" Otoya mumbled, nuzzling against Tokiya's chest again.
"Maybe, because they're smiling," Tokiya said and felt the grip around his chest loosen. Tokiya took advantage of that and spun the other towards the group. Otoya's face was flushed bright red, the same shade as his hair and eyes, and he was stuttering incoherently. "We'd like to tell you, that we are dating," Tokiya announced, holding the redhead closer. "I decided it was time to tell you all because I was sick of acting like I didn't care about Otoya around you, so if you have problem, keep it to yourself."
"No problem here!" Haruka and Tomo chimed together.
"Unexpected…" Syo said looking at Natsuki.
"Well Masa I think it's also time we told them about—" Ren started.
"NO!" Masato yelled, clamping his hand around Ren's mouth.
Hope you liked it! Another one of Sterling Pond's works, keep an eye out for upcoming chapters! Remember to REVIEW, FAVORITE and READ my other stories!
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