Light on your Toes

"So what do you think Haru-chan?" Natsuki asked the golden eyed girl while wiping his forehead off with a towel.

"You guys are getting better and better," she chirped, smiling brightly back at the boys.

Then, as if on cue, Tokiya said, "It still isn't good enough; Otoya, you were off beat again." He always had to say something negative, didn't he? What was with him only scolding me? I had counted plenty of times when Ren was staring at Masato and got off beat; why only me? It bothered Otoya. Tokiya was his boyfriend wasn't he suppose to be supportive? Otoya didn't reply to him and simply looked away. Then, he went to the bench, which had his bag sitting on it, and grabbed a towel to wipe off his face. Otoya could feel Tokiya staring at him the whole time, it unnerved him slightly.

"Ooooh I think we're witnessing a couple's fight," Ren chuckled, barely loud enough for anyone to hear. Shooting Ren an un-amused look, Otoya went back to join the rest of the group, still not looking at Tokiya.

"Let's run it from the top again," Tokiya said brusquely. They all took their places and Tokiya cued Haurka to start the music. Everything seemed to be going fine, as it had every other time they had run it through, but then Masato's yell sounded. Then, there was immediate silence. Otoya quickly spun to see if his band-mate was okay. Otoya covered his mouth to stop any noise from coming out. Masato seemed fine, but it appeared that he had landed on top of someone else. This someone else happened to be Ren. And he had happened to land just so their lips were barely touching. It still counted as a kiss though. Masato scrambled back, clearly flustered.

Ren chuckled and murmured, "What's wrong Masato? You seemed to like kissing me last night." At that comment everyone tried to stifle gasps. Masato was covering his face, which happened to be an obscene shade of red.

"What exactly is going on…?" Otoya mumbled.

"T-That jerk tripped me!" Masato stuttered, explaining to the redhead.

"I didn't trip you. I just simply misplaced my foot where you were stepping, that's all," Ren said and smirked while looking at Masato's bewildered face. Otoya cringed, he felt as if something were about to explode. Then it happened. It was quiet, but something definitely blew up. Masato's expression switched from bewilderment to a scowl. He got up, favoring his right leg a bit, and stormed out of the studio. Masa was furious with Ren, it didn't take a genius to figure that out. Masa's actions reminded Otoya that he was still angry with Tokiya for targeting him like that.

"Well, I think we should call it a day," Syo sighed, resting his hands behind his head.

As they began to leave the room Tokiya called out, "Otoya, would you mind staying for a bit?"

"Fine," Otoya grumbled, dropping the bag he had just picked up on the ground. "What do you want?"

"Hmm, so cold," Tokiya sighed, wrapping his arms around the other.

"Pft, yeah. I'm the cold one here," Ototya laughed in a sarcastic tone. "What was your deal today?" he huffed, trying to pull the arms off him. Tokiya just tightened his arms around the smaller male, holding him close. "T-Tokiya let go!" Ignoring the protests, Tokiya led the boy in his arms to the middle of the floor.

"Let's work on your dancing, okay Otoya?" Tokiya breathed, close to Otoya's ear, making him blush. "I'll let go if you promise not to run away."

"F-Fine," Otoya said, looking at the ground, pushing his boyfriend away. Before Otoya could move Tokiya had his hands on his hips and was swaying with him gently. "Are you serious?" Otoya scoffed. Tokiya gave him a questioning look, still swaying to the nonexistent music. "One minute you're scolding me for getting off beat and the next you're snuggling with me!" Otoya pouted and lightly punched Tokiya in the chest.

"Hmm, I'm sorry. It's just, that I feel that even if we are dating I can't give you special treatment," Tokiya sighed and then brought one of his hands from Otoya's hips to the back of his head. Tokiya ran his fingers through the soft red locks, looking lost in thought. Otoya blushed; he was still angry with Tokiya, but he understood his thought process.

Otoya moved closer to Tokiya's warm body, resting his head against his chest and said, "Still, I'm the only one you yelled at today." Tokiya moved his gaze back to the redhead and smiled softly. He then apologetically kissed the tip of his nose. "Fine, you're forgiven." Otoya clutched Tokiya's sweaty shirt and said, "But don't let it happen again!" Tokiya smiled; the redhead was becoming more demanding in their relationship, but he didn't mind. It was cute.

"That was quite the mishap today wasn't it?" Tokiya asked after a few moments of silence. Otoya looked up at him blinking his eyes in confusion. "Ren tripping Masato…" Otoya's mouth formed an "O" and he nodded, chuckling.

"I hope Masa's okay. He looked pretty upset," Otoya gushed, "I mean the poor guy has to share a room with Ren; it must be hard." Tokiya listened to the younger boy rant about Masato and Ren. "So, do you think they're in a relationship?" Otoya asked suddenly.

"Maybe, Masato doesn't seem to want to share it though," Tokiya answered slowly, caught off guard by the question. This conversation was slowly turning into gossip. Maybe I should stop Otoya from hanging out with Tomochika so much… "Maybe you should talk to him. I'm sure you could get through to him," Tokiya said while holding the other boy's head to his chest. Otoya stopped swaying and in return Tokiya stopped as well.

Pulling his head off Tokiya's chest, Otoya smiled and said, "You really think so? Maybe I should go and talk to him! If you think I can help out, I'm sure I can! Thanks Tokiya!" Otoya then got on his tip toes and pecked Tokiya on the cheek. He ran out of the studio to go find the limping Masato.

"So much for this being romantic," Tokiya sighed, moving his palm to his face.

"Masato!" Otoya called out to the person in front of him. "Masato, please wait for me!" Ototya whined. The blue haired male was completely ignoring him. Tokiya said I'd be able to help, so I have to at least try! "Masato," Otoya huffed, finally catching up with his classmate, "if you want to talk about anything, I'll listen. If it's of any help…"

Masato looked at the redhead, who was now giving him the wide eyed puppy dog face. He raised one eyebrow and turned to walk away. Otoya was kind in offering his help, but this wasn't something he should involve the redhead in.

"M-Masato," Otoya whined and put on a pout. "I only wanted to help!"

"You seem to have issues yourself. Focus on those before focusing on someone else's problems," Masato stated calmly.

"Oh, you mean Tokiya targeting me in practice?" Otoya said, blinking his eyes in response.

"Yes."

"We already solved that!" Otoya smiled happily. "Tokiya didn't mean to be rude to me and he apologized. Everything is fine between us now! So, that means I can focus on helping you!" Otoya drew his conclusion.

"F-fine," Masato mumbled. They solved their differences that fast? Masato couldn't do anything but agree, for fear of the redhead getting upset.

"Are you and Ren dating?" Otoya asked causally and then immediately noted the blush on Masato's cheeks. Well that's a yes. "Why don't you tell anyone? I mean, Tokiya and I told everyone that we're dating and it turned out just fine!"

"It would give Ren an excuse to kiss me every time he sees me," Masato sighed in frustration.

"Eh, you don't like kissing Ren? Then why are you two even together!?" Otoya cocked his head to the side in confusion.

"Otoya…" Masato shook his head. "It's not that I don't like it. It's, well, I don't like it when he kisses me for show."

"Syo?"

"No." Masato was now frustrated. "Otoya, I mean to show off."

"Oh, that makes more sense," Otoya giggled a little. "Kissing to show off, that's really mean," Otoya said, chewing on his lip. "You need to get your point across somehow, and he should be the one apologizing to you!"

Masato nodded, listening to the redhead, "Thank you Otoya. I think I know what I'm going to do now."

"Tokiya, I think Masa's mad at me," Ren sighed, draping himself over a chair in a flamboyant manner.

"And I care why?" Tokiya replied stiffly.

"Ah Ichi, you don't have to be so cold to me!" Ren huffed.

"Fine, what's wrong?" Tokiya muttered. The sooner he asked the sooner it would be over.

"Well, I tried talking to Masato and he ignored me!" Ren said, as if it was completely unheard of.

"You did trip him during practice and as a result of that… kissed him, which seemed to embarrass him to no end."

"Ouch…" Ren hissed. "I only did that so people would recognize us as a couple. Masato has a long list of things we can't do in public, which includes kissing, holding hands, even hugging."

"Hmm, that is pretty harsh," Tokiya said, imagining not being able to hold Otoya in public.

"Now you're seeing it! It seems like Masato doesn't want anyone to know that he is dating me. Is he ashamed of me?" Ren's shoulder slumped in what seemed to be defeat.

"I guess he should be the one apologizing to you," Tokiya sighed.

"Yeah, I think I know what I'm going to do now. Thanks Ichi." Ren got up and winked at Tokiya before leaving the room.

Looking at the clock on the wall, Tokiya noticed it was almost time for dinner. Grabbing his bag, he headed towards the dorms to wash up and get changed. On his way there he ran into Tomo-chan and Haruka. They were sitting outside on a park bench admiring the tulips that were growing nearby. As Tokiya walked close to them, Haruka shot out of her seat and nearly ran to him.

"Tokiya, I'm so glad I caught you!" she huffed. Tomochika jogged over, a confused look plastered on her face. "Is everything okay between you and Otoya?" she said in earnest concern.

"Yes. Everything is fine, I'm sorry we worried you," Tokiya replied politely.

"Eh, you and Otoya were fighting?" Tomo laughed.

"Yes, but everything is in the past," Tokiya said and made a mental note not to allow Tomochika in on any information on his personal life. It would end up as the gossip of the school. "I should be going; I'll see you at dinner." With that Tokiya continued on to his room.

After Tokiya cleaned up, he entered the dorm where his puppy-like redhead was waiting with bated breath. Tokiya smirked, noticing that the boy was staring at his shirtless torso. He shot Otoya a look, which in return made his boyfriend blush furiously.

"How'd it go with Masato?" Tokiya asked while pulling on a clean shirt.

"Pretty well, actually! He told me that he knew what he was going to do! Though, I can't believe Ren is such a jerk! Poor Masato, I'm not sure why he puts up with Ren!" Otoya rambled, earning a confused look from Tokiya. "I told him Ren should be the one to apologize since it is his fault!"

"Ren's fault? I think Masato should be the one apologizing, that's what I told Ren anyway," Tokiya sighed, running his long fingers through his hair.

"What? No way! Masa doesn't have any blame, and when did you talk to Ren!" Otoya fumed.

"After you left and it seems that everything happened the way it did because Masato is stuck up!" Tokiya said in controlled anger. He did not like this. Why was Otoya protecting that self-centered jerk? Tokiya barely noticed that, like child, Otoya had turned his body away from him and crossed his arms. "Hey Otoya, what're you doing?" Tokiya demanded.

"…" was all he recieved in response.

"Otoya!"

"…"

"Fine, go ahead and be a brat!" Tokiya growled at his roommate.

Otoya was holding back tears; did Tokiya really just call him a brat? Tokiya didn't listen; Otoya knew that, that's why he had decided to remain silent to get his point across. Though it seemed Tokiya was taking it a different way. Why did he have to go and call Masato stuck up? He didn't even know anything! Otoya slowly slid off his bed and put his shoes on. He didn't want to wait for Tokiya; he decided to go to dinner on his own.

He pulled the door open and started to walk to the dining hall. Tokiya was being a jerk and he wasn't going to put up with it. Otoya began to wonder if the previous two months had been what Tomochika would call "the honeymoon period". She had told him it was the time at the beginning of a relationship and the people in the couple can't see anything wrong with the other person. Otoya didn't think they really had a "honeymoon period" in their relationship, because they had been living in the same room together for almost a year and half. They knew each other's quirks. Now that he thought about it, maybe they just weren't suited for each other. No, I really do like Tokiya, but maybe he was just caught up in the moment and our love is totally one-sided, Otoya thought, almost breaking into tears again.

"Where's Tokiya?" Natsuki asked as soon as Otoya sat down with his bowl of curry.

"I don't know," he stated bluntly, averting his eyes downwards. He swallowed a big spoonful of curry just so he wouldn't have to answer any more questions. Everyone looked worriedly at the redhead, who was stuffing his face.

"Oh there he is!" Tomo-chan yelled, startling everyone. She began to wave at him energetically. She looked over to Otoya, expecting him to be doing the same. He wasn't. Otoya was looking at his bowl scraping the last bits of curry from it. After Tokiya sat down the most awkward meal began. Masato and Ren refused to talk to each other, sometimes even using another person to yell at the other. Ren would occasionally whisper into Natsuki's ear and then Nastsuki would repeat it towards Masato with a "Ren says…" and Masato did the same using Syo. Though the most awkward thing was how far away Otoya and Tokiya were sitting from each other. On a normal night Otoya would be snuggling so close to Tokiya that the others wondered how it was comfortable. Tonight the atmosphere was just cold and tense.

"Um… Otoya is something wrong between you and Tokiya?" Haruka asked eventually, becoming fed up with everything.

"No, everything's dandy!" Otoya said; the sweetness dripped off his voice, obviously fake.

"W-Well you j-just seem up-upset," Haruka muttered; she had never heard Otoya talk like that.

"Ha ha, you worry too much Haruka!" Otoya said, the sweetness oozing from his voice.

"I think something's up," Natsuki mumbled to Syo.

"No shit Sherlock!" Syo said sarcastically.

"I'll talk to you guys later. I'm going to bed early," Otoya said with a sickly sweet smile.

"B-bye."

Later that night Haurka, Tomochika, Syo, Natsuki, Ren and Masato met outside the dining hall. Masato and Ren were still having a standoff and were giving each the cold shoulder.

"Hey, I have an idea," Syo said suddenly, surprising everyone, "Just freaking talk to each other!" Masato and Ren just stared at him as if the thought had never crossed their minds. "Go on talk; then, we can solve this scary Otoya, Tokiya problem!"

"Um… Masa," Ren started, getting an expecting look from Masato. "Are you ashamed of being with me?"

Masato took a step back and stuttered out, "N-no, why would I?"

"Well first off I'm not even allowed to hold your hand in public…"

"You try to kiss me and hug me to show off to others! It's like I'm property or something!" Masato yelled back.

"Have you considered that I just like to kissing you because I like you?" Ren said, winking at Masa.

"Really?"

"Um, yes?"

"Idiot," Masato sighed.

"I guess you both have reasons to be mad but how are we going to fix the Oto, Toki problem?" Tomochika inquired, biting her lip.

"Otoya did come and talk to me. He told me I should wait for Ren to apologize to me," Masato said, not sure how it would help though.

"Eh, really? Ichi said I should wait for you to apologize to me!" Ren looked thoroughly shocked by the similar advice.

"Problem found!" Tomo yelled, smacking her fist down on her palm.

"They're fighting over us?" Masato and Ren said in unison.

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