Title: Celebrity
Author: shimasama
Pairing: Akane Narita and Subaru Yagi
Fandom: Hot Gimmick
Theme: #7 – superstar
Disclaimer: I do not own Hot Gimmick. It belongs to Viz and the lovely Miki Aihara.
Subaru is always nervous when they go out in public together. She doesn't seem to care about his nervousness. It's as if she can completely ignore the stares she gets from other young men as they walk together. And those young men don't send any envious looks Subaru's way. They merely look at him and wonder why a beautiful girl like Akane Narita would settle for someone second rate.
She might as well be a celebrity, in her always-in-style clothing. Her hair is always done just so, and she has a specific smile for all those fawning admirers.
It's hard sometimes for Subaru to remember that Akane is the eye of many males' affections. When they are in his apartment, or hers, Akane is just herself, worried about what Subaru thinks of her and where her hands should go…
But then Subaru remembers, when she's smiling and being flirtatious and teasing with other men, that she wasn't always his. She has a past, one that is ever-present, and she can't change completely just because she is with him.
So was they walk down the sidewalk, he tries hard to ignore those staring eyes and just be in the moment with her, his celebrity. He wants to tell all those admirers that he wonders sometimes too—why she chose him. But after a while he just stopped asking.
"Subie-kun, just ignore them." She whispers, grabbing his hand and entwining their fingers. He looks down at her-he is still a little taller-and smiles sheepishly. "Someday they'll realize that I'm no one's superstar but yours."
And then he remembers that right now, she is his. It doesn't matter what happened in the past, because she is with him now, and now is all that matters.