A/N: I thought I might do a special birthday chapter for Kei-chan... but I don't think I'll be able to finish it in time to post on his actual bday so that bit will come out later I guess...
But hey, today is Keiwa's birthday! 💖💖💖
Keiwa sighed to himself.
Just when he thought he could start wrapping his head around what the Desire Grand Prix was supposed to be about, why the whole thing was bad and why it was a good thing that it's gone now... he had to relearn that the DesiGra had been the real reason why he had lost both of his parents when he and his sister were younger. What a strange turn of events, especially when it had only been by chance that he and Neon ended up joining the DesiGra.
But suppose it cleared something about his current situation. As in the reason why Ace had been avoiding him. Ace probably didn't want him to remember all of those bad memories.
Keiwa heard someone calling him as he broke away from his musing and got back to work. Lunch hour just started and customers started coming in from outside...
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There were still a lot of things that he didn't know about the blank gap inside his memories. Michinaga and Neon had barely told him about the past and he supposedly had taken part in the show more than once. He thought that those two would come again to see him today, but they didn't. Suppose those two were busy with some other things...
Well, he could try asking Sara again later at home. Last night, as much as he did try to ask his sister about what she knew about his 'Kamen Rider' life... his sister didn't really know much about it aside from the fact that he often gets hurt a lot and how occasionally she ended up being caught inside as hostages in the games. And she only really became involved in the DesiGra directly very briefly later on.
And he really needed to ask his sister more about what happened that day before he woke up with no recollection of the past year's memories. Sara said that he ended up trapped somewhere with Ace while trying to save Ace, but she didn't really describe it in detail...
As if there was something that she didn't want to talk about with him.
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He was able to get off work early today as the owner closed the shop earlier to attend to some personal matters. So Keiwa thought that he might go buy some groceries for dinner—and cook something different tonight. After all, whenever something had been bothering him... he always found that cooking somehow helped him calm his thoughts.
Who could've guessed that he'd end up encountering Ace again so soon afterwards?
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He wasn't even aware that Ace was anywhere nearby at the time... just that he happened to come across a huge crowd on the way to the grocery store. But then he heard some of the girls whispering to each other about seeing 'Ace-sama' at a nearby cafe...
Ah... but of course. He heard from Neon and Michinaga... as well as his sister about how Ace was known as the Star of the Stars of the Stars. Something about some nonsense wishes Ace used to make to try to get his mother's attention. Pretty amazing... the kind of 'power' the DesiGra used to have. Then again, since Ace himself was already so handsome... it shouldn't be surprising to see him having a lot of fans. Wish or no wish...
"Ah! Isn't that THE Sakurai Keiwa from before—?"
Eh?
Without warning, Keiwa suddenly found himself surrounded by so many people all at once. And all of them started talking to him at the same time! But unlike the other day with Tanba-san—Keiwa found this experience a bit too overwhelming. His ears started ringing and he suddenly felt a dull pain inside his head that kept growing in intensity...
He backed away from the crowd in front of him before finding himself surrounded. And then he began to get flashes of images of him being surrounded by monsters; of people being attacked by monsters; of a gigantic Goddess statue looming from above; of Sara... being swallowed into the ground—!
What... Keiwa clasped the side of his head as an unexplained pain suddenly burst out inside of his head...
What were all those images? Were they... pieces of memories that he used to have?
Keiwa felt himself collapsing on the pavement as some of the people started to step back from him. Yet, Keiwa's heart kept on beating rapidly.
And then Keiwa felt a sight tremor inside his chest and he thought he heard a daunting voice speaking next to his ears...
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"̷͉͉̳̰͈̻̤̠͔̿̂͊͆̎͂͆́̚L̷̜͚͚̙̔́o̸͇̜̓͋͗̾̎̆͝ͅo̷̧͓͍̥̓̆͋̓̏͂k̶̢̝̬̅̇̓̌̀̓̑͘͠ ̷̢͔̪̹̣̑͊͆à̴̛̘̇͒̕͠t̵̻̣͌̉̅͌͑́̌͆͝ ̵̛̫̲̭̾͐̃̉y̴̭̣̬̞̱̝̥̩͊̌ở̷̥̤̰̟̹̓̈́͝u̵̡̺̎͌̓̑̌̕.̴͔̻̔͛̄͐̆̊̕͝ ̵̢̡͉̯̦̩͇̝̈̔̈́̇͘͜͝H̴̨̯̲̐͒̈́̌͂͝o̶̟͖͔͇͚͍̙̺̐̂͠w̵̡͚̝͇͂̈́͠͝'̴̛̺̠̉̏d̶̮̟͉̪͚͛ͅ ̴͉̫̱͎͍͇͍̲͒͜y̸̮̙̖͍̩̳͋̉́̎́̓̈̍̉͛ȯ̵̟͉͐͗̄̓͠͠ủ̶̢̱͍̲̹̒̓͊͝ ̴̡̱̰̩͔̜̤̀̅̓̋f̴̩̣̭̲̫̲̪̐̏̉̍̊̿̄̚ạ̶̼̰͕̩̜̍̏̿̀͛̔i̵̢͎̥̓̆͐͑̓̋̚̚ͅl̷͖̮͛̂͋͐̆̌ ̵̞̯͍͕̐̿t̸̠̰̣͛͌̋͊̓̈́̽̇͘͜o̸̰̰̱̝̮͇͓̍̀͒̏̍͗͗͘̚͠ ̵̧̳̓͘͜ķ̵̝̲̹̮̫̺̹̔̑̐͌́͋̽e̶̩͖͓͍̮͛ė̶̳̩̫̤̼̺͋̏̋̃̂̌̃ͅp̷̡̨͕͓͂̋͋̿ ̷͓̗̪̘͚̲̃̀̏̈̃͗̑̆͝ỹ̸͇̱̺̒̽̓͒͑̈͘͘͠ǫ̶͔̥̤͇̳̯͇̘̞̂̽͑̅̕̚̕͝ṷ̸̻̪̮̰͋͗͐̓̐̋̈͛̚͜r̵̼̎ ̵̲̻͕̥̱͇͐̃̇͘f̷̛̣̈́͋͌̎͗͘͜a̴̡͓̫͈̲̪̻̗̖̎ͅm̴̢̡͙̬͕̙̃͝ͅi̶̦̬͚̝̬͊̓ļ̴̗͛͛͆̆̽̾̓͘͝y̸̧̘͓͌ ̸̧̭̜͚͎͒̈́̆͋̀ͅş̶̧̙̦͖̯̬̝͍̥́a̸͕͔̫̼̲̐͒̀́̋̌͜͜f̵̢̹̜̻͑͒́̾̌̓͂̑͝ę̶̛̈̾͋͂́̓͗́͝?̷̧̨̙̺͈̥̲̾̀́̽̈͒͘"̷̦͓̘̠̺̘̣̹͎̑́͒͜͝
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It took him a while to notice the presence of the big crowd that started to form behind him as Ace had gotten used to ignoring them on a daily basis. But then someone had cried out Keiwa's name and that made him turn around behind him to take a look. And then he noticed that Keiwa was kneeling on the pavement...
He had rushed to Keiwa's side to check on him, but before he could ask or do anything... Keiwa had fainted into Ace's arms.
xxx
He found himself in an unfamiliar room when he woke up. It should've alarmed him immediately at that realisation... but then he glanced up and saw that in the small bedroom he was lying in, several posters of Ace were pasted on the wall.
Keiwa found himself smiling despite that. Was he at Ace's place now? How did he end up here?
"You finally woke up... Keiwa-sama!"
He turned towards the voice as a beautiful doll-like lady stared back at him in concern, carrying with her a small tray containing a glass of water. She offered him the glass as Keiwa drank the water gratefully. It just happened that he was feeling slightly thirsty.
Once she was sure that Keiwa was fine, the lady excused herself from the room... saying that he should take it easy. Before she could leave though, Keiwa stopped her to ask for her name. The lady smiled weakly at him.
"My name is Tsumuri... Keiwa-sama."
xxx
"What happened to you earlier—?"
He almost jumped as the other voice spoke up in the darkness after Tsumuri left the room. If not because of that, Keiwa wouldn't have noticed that Ace was also inside the room. It must've been quite late, the room had become quite dark pretty quickly. Keiwa glanced up towards the man.
"You could've turned on the lights if you were here—"
Ace let out a soft snort. "You're lying down inside of my bedroom, I can do whatever I want. And you didn't answer my question, what happened to you earlier?"
Keiwa smiled weakly... as he rubbed the side of his head. The ringing inside his ears had stopped and his head was not hurting anymore...
"I can't... remember—"
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Ace eyed Keiwa without a word. He could still remember what happened earlier, Keiwa was kneeling on the pavement and clutching the side of his head. There was a look of fear on Keiwa's face and his eyes were unfocused. Some of the onlookers nearby had hastily explained to him that they had done nothing to Keiwa before he collapsed. And then when Keiwa had fainted, Ace just took him back home. He sighed.
"Well, it's already so late. So you should stay over here for the night. I've already informed Sara-san about this so there's no need to worry about her—" Ace bit his lips as he couldn't think up anything else to say before turning around to leave...
...and then he stopped again as Ace felt Keiwa's hand grabbing his shirt.
"Can't you stay with me?"
Ace's heart started to race again as he said nothing.
"I finally got to see you again properly, so why are you leaving me again?"
He suddenly felt a lump forming inside his throat as Ace swallowed it down with difficulty. Ace slowly pried away the fingers that had been clasping his shirt to free himself. Keiwa grabbed his wrist as the other pulled him around to make him look at them.
"Is it because I've lost my memories about everything? Is it because you didn't want me to remember any of the past painful memories?" Keiwa started to ask as tears started flowing out of his eyes. "Ace-san... I like you. I really like you a lot."
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Keiwa felt his heart beating rapidly as he confessed his feelings for Ace openly.
He had nothing to lose, he had nothing to fear. There shouldn't be anything for him to be afraid of if he could have Ace by his side. Even if there was any scary or painful memory that might've been locked inside of the deepest corner of his mind, if Ace was with him he's sure that he'll be fine...
"Please... Ace-san. Can't you stay with me? I may have forgotten about everything, about you... about everyone. But can't you tell me again about everything to me to make me remember?"
Keiwa placed a hand over his heart as he could feel it beating hard.
"I loved you, Ace-san. I can't explain it... but I really, really loved you a lot. Even when I couldn't remember anything else, I still could feel these emotions strongly inside of me. So Ace-san, please—!"
Without warning Keiwa felt his body being pushed against the wall as Ace leaned over to claim his mouth and kissed him passionately. Right away Keiwa felt warmth flowing into his body the more Ace showered him with kisses; he could feel his chest flutter like butterflies as he felt Ace's tongue dancing inside his mouth and Ace's lips exploring every corner of his neck, jawbone... earlobes—With every touch Ace had given him Keiwa could feel all of his senses awakening.
He started to reach out to try to pull on Ace's shirt to get to the bare skin underneath it; as Ace got the message and started to help him get themselves out of their clothes. Keiwa didn't even notice it before their clothes started pooling on their feet and Ace's hand grasped on his buttock and lowered his naked body down onto the futon.
He couldn't even make a sound as Ace kissed him again and their bodies became one...
A/N: Hehe. Raising the rating a bit cos the last bit should be more than just... 'minor suggestions of adult themes'. And I'm trying my best not to breach out towards the explicit area cos then it'll be MA and I can't post here XD
But seriously I've been wanting to get the last scene to happen smh cos technically the two barely got wed before suddenly brought back and stuff happens 😂