Mizu: I think that I'm going to be killed by you guys for what I wrote. Though, it could be by two ways. One, you're going to kill me cause what I did to Misaki and you don't like it. Or two, you're going to glomp me to death. Either way, I seriously think I'm in danger. By the way, this is totally a Junjou Romantica chapter and I think that the next chapter will be the same. Disclaimer: I don't own Junjou Romantica or Gravitation. Still haven't figured out what I would do if I did.
Edit as of 6/5/2012: In regards to FF wanting to crack down on no MA rated stuff, I have decided to take out the major scenes of such ratings and put them up on AFF so that you may enjoy them so long as you are the appropriate age. Do not get mad at me nor at FF. I'm just doing as I have been advised and they are doing what they think is best for our beloved site. Go to my profile page for my AFF username.
Just Coincidence?
Chapter Nine: Do you understand this pain?
"I'm coming, I'm coming," Usagi-san growled at the pounding on his door as he stumbled down his stairs.
By time he reached the door, the pounding somehow managed to get louder. Hitting the video intercom, Usagi-san could feel his heart plummet. It was Takahiro. The man looked rather distressed about something. Usagi-san felt like hitting himself. Of course he was distressed. His baby brother was kidnapped, held captive, was in the hospital for a while, then bluntly told him that his lover was his older brother's best friend and then went home with said man. The man had every right to be upset.
"Usagi! Please open up! Let me see Misaki!" Takahiro pleaded, trying to keep as composed as possible.
Usagi-san slowly opened the door to let his friend in. He just motioned him to be quiet and ushered him to the couch. Once Takahiro had taken a seat, Usagi-san went upstairs to see if he could rouse Misaki.
Slowly, Usagi-san opened his bedroom door to see his lover sprawled out under his covers. Smiling a little, the writer slowly made his way over the train tracks on the floor and sat on the bed next to the sleeping brunette. Brushing a few locks out of his eyes, Usagi-san could feel a few tears well up in his eyes. He had been so worried about Misaki. True he was worried about his cousin too but that seemed to be dwarfed by his terror of losing his love.
The older man leaned over his boyfriend's body and placed a gentle kiss on his lips. The boy moved a little but did not stir yet. It almost made Usagi-san want to smirk. After all, this boy was the one not wanting anything to change. He wanted everything to go back to the way it was. Gently sliding his cold hand up the brunette's stomach, the novelist did smirk when he noticed the way Misaki squirmed a little.
"What are you doing, Usagi?" Takahiro's voice sounded from the doorway.
Usagi-san instantly froze. He didn't dare to look back to see his best friend, once love. He didn't want to see what emotion was on that man's face. After all, with all that had happen within the past twenty-four hours, who would want to have one of those things playing in front of them?
"U-Usagi-san?" Misaki muttered, emerald eyes flickering open, "Wh-What are you doing up?"
"M-Morning Misaki," Usagi-san gently smiled, feeling the uneasy tension start to grow, "Um…Your brother's here to see you."
"Nii-san?" Misaki blinked, eyes settling on his brother in the doorway.
"What are you doing to my little brother, Usagi!" Takahiro snapped, "He just got back yesterday! He's probably still in shoc-"
"Shut up, Nii-san!" Misaki snapped, throwing a random teddy bear at his brother as tears immediately started to fill his eyes, "What do you know about what I'm going through right now!"
"Misaki," Takahiro whimpered, eyes locking with the tearful emerald ones.
"I told Usagi-san not to act any differently. I don't want anything to change!" Misaki yelled, voice struggling not to crack, "And he understood that! That's why I didn't want to go home with you! Cause you'd treat me even more like a fragile child if I did! That's not what I want!"
"Misaki!" Usagi-san snapped, causing his love to stare at him in shock, "Lower your voice. I don't care if you're upset at Takahiro. He's still your brother and he's been extremely worried about you."
"U-Usagi-san," Misaki whimpered, tears freely falling from his eyes.
"Hush," Usagi-san comforted as he pulled the crying boy into his arms, "We've all had a horrible week. We're all just stressed out and that's why we're at each other's throats."
"I-I'm sorry," Misaki cried into Usagi-san's chest.
"I know," Usagi-san smiled gently, kissing the top of Misaki's head, "Do you see now Takahiro?"
"no…" Takahiro shook his head, "I still don't understand anything about all of this…"
Misaki threw his shocked and scared look towards his brother at the sound of those words.
"But I guess I can wait until Misaki is ready to talk with me about it and then we'll all work it out," Takahiro sighed before warmly smiling.
"N-Nii-san," Misaki whimpered before burying his face into his lover's chest.
"Usami-sensei!" Aikawa's voice echoed into the room, "Please tell me you're here!"
"Damnit," Usagi-san growled, placing a hand on the side of his head, "Is it "Bug Usami Akihiko month" or something?"
Suddenly, laughter erupted from Misaki's form as he fell backwards onto the bed. The two other men blinked and stared at the brunette until Aikawa flew into the room.
"Sensei! Please tell me that you found Misaki!" Aikawa cried until she spotted the laughing boy on the bed, "Misaki!"
The woman quickly flung Usagi-san into the nearest wall and started to smother the poor boy. She kept crying about some nonsense that no one really cared about. After all, who could worry about what she was saying when you're either worried about your lover or brother?
"So…" Misaki shifted uncomfortably in seat on the couch, his lower back still quite sore, "Wh-What do you want to talk about, Nii-san?"
"When did this all start?" Takahiro questioned, motioning to the two of them.
"Hm? Oh, you two really are together!" Aikawa squealed as she brought some tea for everyone.
"Y-Yeah," Misaki blushed as Aikawa started to squeeze him to death with another hug.
"For how long?" Aikawa beamed.
"Nearly three years," Usagi-san said bluntly.
Takahiro spat out his tea, "Wh-What!"
"About three years," Usagi-san repeated.
"I heard you the first time, Akihiko," Takahiro growled, "What I meant was why didn't you tell me sooner? Three years ago was about the same time Misaki came to live with you, right?"
"That's right," Usagi-san said, eyes locking with his best friend, "And we didn't tell you because we were afraid of how you'd react. We thought you might have forced Misaki to go live with you if we did."
"Then you would have thought right," Takahiro stated, glaring at the other man, "How could you two not tell me! Is this the real reason why you didn't want Misaki to come live with me?"
"Of course it is," Usagi-san said, returning the glare full-heartedly, "We didn't want to be broken apart. We both felt that if we started living apart from each other, our relationship would end. Neither of us could stand the thought of that."
"You still should have told me. I'm can't believe that my own friend would take advantage of my little brother for so long like this," Takahiro spat.
"We didn't tell you cause we knew that you'd react like this!" Usagi-san spat back, "And I am not taking advantage of him. I love him and have loved him for a long time. If anything of our relationship was unsatisfactory to him, he would have left and went running back to your overly protective arms a long time ago!"
"Ha! You love him! That's total bull if I've ever heard it!" Takahiro shouted, "You barely know each other! And if what you said early was true, then you would have had to have fallen in love with him shortly after meeting him. That's not love! That's merely lust parading around in disguise!"
"And what you say is total bull!" Usagi-san shouted back, "I do love him! I loved when ever since he cried tears for me when you announced your engagement to your wife in front of me. He knew my feelings for you back then and still never told you! But when you never saw them and did that, he actually took my side! He told me that that was the first time he had ever wanted to punch you because he couldn't bring himself to forgive you for never noticing what I felt! When we went out to buy champagne, he started to cry for me! Me, a man who he didn't really even know and who he didn't see eye to eye with due to those hidden feelings!
"That's when I fell in love with your "baby" brother, Takahiro! And it wasn't for a replacement for what I felt for you. No, what I felt that night already was at least hundreds greater than what I felt with you! And everyday since then, it only grew more and more. Soon enough I couldn't stand the thought of living a life without Misaki beside me every step of the way!" Usagi-san yelled, deep voice echoing throughout his home.
"That doesn't matter! What about what Misaki feels about-" Takahiro started to shout back.
"I love you," Misaki's voice sounded from the normally locked room.
"Huh?" everyone gaped (Aikawa looked out from her hiding spot behind Suzuki-san.)
Misaki walked out of the room with his face beet red with the latest issue of Junai Romantica. Usagi-san was about to ask what he was doing when the brunette suddenly started to read one of the scenes he protested about so much.
" "What?" Akihiko gaped at his young lover he laid beneath him.
"I love you, Akihiko," Misaki repeated, face redder than what he could imagine.
"M-Misaki," Akihiko stuttered, joy filling his heart immediately.
"Akihiko," Misaki whispered, "Listen. The reason that I don't tell you those words as often as you tell me is because I've never loved anyone before. When I think of love, my first thought isn't what we have. It's the silly story that my brother would tell me before I go to bed every night. But…
"But I know that that's not what it truly is. Cause this love," Misaki continued, placing his hand over his lover's heart, "The one that you've taught me about, isn't like anyone else's. So I'm sorry that I never said these words enough before. I just always thought that you'd be able to see how I feel for you with everything that I do."
"I do, Misaki," Akihiko gently smiled.
"Good," Misaki smiled happily, "But I promise that I'll learn everything there is to our love so that I can tell you those three words freely just like you."
Akihiko couldn't help the smirk that graced his lips. Misaki instantly noticed and for once didn't do anything to stop his lover. As his lover attacked his neck, the brunette slowly turned his head to allow him better access to the skin that he was addicted to." Misaki read aloud.
For the next ten to fifteen minutes, Misaki read to the other occupants of the room a BL scene from his lover's novel that he normally would have greatly protested about. However, this scene was different. This scene was special to the brunette for it actually accurately reenacted his emotions instead of placing new and unfamiliar ones upon him.
…" Misaki finished reading. By the time that Misaki finished reading, he was sitting next to Usagi-san. Everyone, including Usagi-san, was blushing darkly. Takahiro was staring down at the floor while Aikawa was busy nursing a severe nosebleed. Usagi-san was staring at the book that now sat in Misaki's lap. Misaki, however was staring sternly at his older brother.
'I never knew that Misaki was such a great story teller,' Usagi-san thought to himself, 'At least now I can say I almost understand why he doesn't really like those BL novels.'
"Wh-Why did you read all of that?" Takahiro asked after a long time.
"Because, out of all the BL novels that Usagi-san has written with us as the pairing," Misaki stated, looking down at the book, "This one is special to me."
"He's written more than one!" Takahiro snapped.
"This one is special," Misaki continued, "because out of all of them, this was the only that I didn't want to kill him for."
Everyone just stared at Misaki as a warm smile graced his face as his fingers traced the book.
"The reason why I didn't want to kill him for it was because of that scene. That scene was the one BL sex scene that I enjoyed out of all of the one's that Usagi-san has ever written," Misaki smiled gently at his brother, "For you see, Nii-san, I'm the one that actually gave him the idea for this one."
"What!" Takahiro gasped.
"Normally, Aikawa-san or Usagi-san think up all of the ideas for his BL novels," Misaki explained, holding the novel close to his chest now, "But not this one. One day I told him that he should right one where the two try to understand each other and prove the love they share. That that's something I would actually do and that's why he should write it like that.
"And he did," Misaki said, turning to smile warmly at his lover, "He wrote this novel just for me. I'm sure that he had plenty of other books or BL novels to write but he still took the time to write this one."
"How do you know that he wrote it just for you?" Takahiro sneered, "Usagi has always been pretty good at faking his way through things."
"Be quiet, Nii-san," Misaki sighed, turning to the opening cover, "Read this out loud, Usagi-san."
Usagi-san smiled when he read what it said, "This novel is dedicated to my lover for the inspiration he brings me. No one else can take your place in this and my world. Thank you, my love."
"You see," Misaki said, turning back to the now stunned Takahiro, "That's all the proof I need. I know that Usagi-san understands every little thing about me and hopefully I know enough about him that I'll be able to stand by his side forever."
'You do,' Usagi-san thought, wrapping his arm around the brunette's shoulder.
"But Misaki-" Takahiro started to say.
"I don't care what you say, Nii-san," Misaki interrupted, "I love everything there is about Usagi-san and there isn't anything you can say about it. If you take me away from him, I'll never forgive you. Heck, I'll even go as far to say that I'll probably never speak to you again."
"M-Misaki," Takahiro whimpered.
"You should go, Nii-san," Misaki whispered, standing up and leading his stunned brother out the door, "Come back when you think that you can accept us as who we are together."
"B-But-" Takahiro started to say.
"And if you can't," Misaki said, tears flowing down his cheeks as he stared straight into Takahiro's eyes, "Then I guess you can disown me because I'm never going to stop loving Usagi-san. I'll never leave him ever again. Goodbye Nii-san."
With that, the younger of the Takahashi brothers shut the door on the older one. Misaki crumbled to the ground, crying fiercely. Takahiro stared at the door. He could hear his little, baby brother crying on the other side. No…that wasn't right anymore…
He stood there for a second and then turned and walked down the street, not a single tear in his eyes.
Mizu: Aw…The story just doesn't seem to flow as nicely without the lemon but oh well. It'll due for now.
Misaki: *still upset because of his brother*
Usagi: Why'd you do that!
Mizu: Just go comfort your Misaki.
Usagi: *growls and does as Mizu says*
Aikawa: Why am I even in this chapter?
Mizu: Cause you're needed next chapter. Anyways, reviews are still welcomed, though I think I might die cause of that part at the very end…Ciao for now…I hope.