{"id":30,"date":"2008-12-18T14:34:37","date_gmt":"2008-12-18T22:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kira-kira.net\/fanfiction\/?p=30"},"modified":"2009-09-05T19:31:44","modified_gmt":"2009-09-06T03:31:44","slug":"koyashige-are-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kira-kira.net\/fanfiction\/2008\/koyashige-are-happy\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS, The One Where Koyashige Are Happy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more The One Where Koyashige Are Happy [Koyama\/Shige, G] --><\/p>\n<p><b>Title<\/b>: The One Where Koyashige Are Happy [Koyama\/Shige&#8230;except not]<br \/>\n<b>Rating\/Warnings<\/b>: PG! Except for one &#8216;fuck.&#8217;<br \/>\n<b>Summary<\/b>: Koyama and Shige have agreed on a rational decision and have a happy ending. Until everybody else gets ahold of it.<br \/>\n<b>AN<\/b>: For <a href=\"http:\/\/lyto.livejournal.com\">lyto<\/a> because she has trouble telling when fics are happy, and for <a href=\"http:\/\/peroxidepest17.livejournal.com\">peroxidepest17<\/a> who mails me awesome things and probably agrees with Shige hardest of all. <\/p>\n<p><b>The One Where Koyashige Are Happy<\/b><\/p>\n<p>When Koyama and Shige agree that it would be best just to be friends, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re both pretty happy with the decision. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d just end up feeling guilty about neglecting you for school and forgetting all our anniversaries,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Shige admits sheepishly. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Honestly, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m relieved,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Koyama laughs. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153My mother was starting to ask me embarrassing questions, ne.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Koyama hugs Shige, and Shige kisses Koyama\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cheek, and then they both go about their business, feeling that all is right with the world. <\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>Apparently they are the only ones. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Shige,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Tegoshi makes the biggest, most sympathetic eyes that Shige has ever seen when Shige arrives to work the next morning, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sorry things didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t work out.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153They didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Shige frowns, putting a hand to his hair and wondering if telling the stylist to cut half an inch off instead of a quarter was too much. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What things?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153You know, things!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Tegoshi insists, looking even more sympathetic. When Shige continues to blink at him, Tegoshi clarifies, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153With Kei-chan.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Things are fine with Koyama.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Shige frowns harder, wondering just how much Koyama tells Tegoshi, adorable kouhai or not. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153How do you know anything about that, anyway?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Tegoshi sighs sadly and hugs Shige. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t worry, Shige-chan, things will work out between the two of you sooner or later. Believe!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153But,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Shige calls after Tegoshi as Tegoshi skips off, satisfied that his work here is done, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153we already worked them out!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Tegoshi doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t seem to hear him, and Shige sighs and reaches up to pat his hair again. <\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s for you,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Masuda insists when Koyama stares blankly at the pudding that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been dropped into his hands with no warning. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s chocolate, which Koyama enjoys, but Masuda\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been heard frequently to remark that there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not enough pudding in the world to go around frittering it away. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Thank you?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Koyama finally asks. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s to cheer you up,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Masuda explains, giving Koyama a hopeful smile. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Chocolate is best for broken hearts.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Koyama scrunches his brow. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153You don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to talk about it, ne,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Masuda rushes to reassure Koyama, patting him on the shoulder. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Wait until you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re ready.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153But\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Koyama tries again. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Meanwhile, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll love you enough for Shige too.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Masuda hugs Koyama tightly enough that Koyama barely manages to keep from having pudding exploded all over his shirt, and can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t draw in a deep enough breath to argue further. <\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I go to Kansai for two days,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Ryo snaps when he strolls into the quiet room Shige has found to study in, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153and you break up with Koyama?!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Break up with\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Shige jerks his head out of his law book and glares at Ryo. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t going out!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I always knew you were a dog,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Ryo sneers, making Shige splutter, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153but <i>Koyama<\/i>? I ought to knock that egghead right off your shoulders, you jackass.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hey!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Shige snaps back, because dammit, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s got a test to study for and also <i>everything is fine<\/i>. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t do anything to Koyama!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Nothing he didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t ask for, you mean?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Ryo demands, making Shige\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s jaw drop. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re disgusting, Shigeaki. I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even stand to be in the same room with you.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Ryo storms out as quickly as he came in, Shige almost too flustered to yell after Ryo that he can go fuck himself. <\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I heard the news,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Nakamaru says at the next Shounen Club practice, making Koyama throw up his hands in exasperation. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Tough break, Kei-chan. But don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t worry, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s somebody for everybody.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Nakamaru-kun,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Koyama pleads, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153listen, nothing happened between Shige and I. Everything\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <i>fine<\/i>, okay?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the spirit, keep the game face on!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Nakamaru encourages, slapping Koyama on the back. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Maybe Shige\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll even get a little jealous, right?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not a game face, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s my face!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Koyama wails, beginning to grow genuinely distressed. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m really happy this way!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Koyama-kun always works hard no matter what.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Nakamaru gives Koyama another smile and stands up. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll give you a moment to collect yourself, and you just come out when you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re ready, okay?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>At this point Koyama is really starting to wonder if maybe he <i>isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t<\/i> happy this way, since everybody else is so convinced about it. And then he turns around and finds Kyomoto Taiga, Yamashita Reon, and Tanaka Jyuuri holding up homemade \u00e2\u20ac\u0153FEEL GENKI SOON\u00e2\u20ac\u009d cards. <\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Have you lost your mind?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Kusano wants to know, voice crackling over the distance of the phone connection, the sounds of a busy city street in the background. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Have you lost <i>yours<\/i>?!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Shige demands. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s one thing for his friends who are in Japan to abuse him for free, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a whole new level for one of them to pay an astronomical connection fee to do it from another continent. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Go tell Kei-chan you love him right now,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Kusano orders, sounding bored as if this is the sort of phone call he makes routinely. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Go on, shoo.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153WE WEREN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T GOING OUT,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Shige roars into the phone, ignoring the people glaring at him in the library. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153WE DIDN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T BREAK UP! WE AGREED IT WAS BEST AND WE\u00e2\u20ac\u2122RE BOTH VERY, VERY HAPPY!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tsk,&#8221; the girl at the next table says in disgust. &#8220;Men.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mm-hm,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Kusano says. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Kei-chan, now. Love, yo.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Shige hangs up on him, but gets kicked out of the library anyway. <\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153And don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t come out until you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got it all worked out,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Yamapi says sternly, then shuts the cleaning supply closet\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s door firmly. <\/p>\n<p>The lock clicks and Koyama and Shige stare at each other. Sort of.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d think he could have at least locked us in a closet with a light,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Shige snaps, cranky after several days of repeated attempts by every known member of the Jimusho to fix his not-broken love life. He really feels that romantic advice from TOKIO is something nobody should ever have to endure. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Shige?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Koyama asks, voice small, and he reaches out to grab Shige\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s arm as if to make sure of where he is. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Do you think they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re right?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153No!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Shige replies without thinking. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We already talked about it!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153But,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d even without the light, Shige knows Koyama is chewing on his lower lip, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153everyone seems so convinced, ne. What if they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re right, and we really aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t happy at all?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ridiculous,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Shige sighs, trying to reach out to pat Koyama\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s shoulder and poking him in the face instead. He slides his hand down Koyama\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s neck until his hand is in the right place. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re the only ones who know if we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re happy or not.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Koyama chews his lip some more. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mind the embarrassing questions, really,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he says after a moment. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153And I could always remind you about the anniversaries.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Whoa, whoa,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Shige backpedals. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Are you suggesting that we\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6just give in to them?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153And you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be busy with school!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Koyama adds with a coaxing air. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be too busy to go on dates or sleep over or anything!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153This is ridiculous,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Shige says again, but more weakly. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Please?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Koyama asks, voice earnest. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t eat anymore pudding, Shige.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Shige sighs, thinks about the tribulations of the last few days, and gives into the inevitable. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Well\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6if it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Kei-chan\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6I mean, it isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got time for girls anyway\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yay!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Koyama hugs Shige, and Shige kisses Koyama\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cheek on reflex, and just then Yamapi opens the door and beams at them before announcing to everyone else that the problem is solved. <\/p>\n<p>Koyama wonders quietly whether Shige might manage to sleep over <i>sometimes<\/i>, just for show, and Shige whimpers.<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-30'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(30);\" title='Like' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kira-kira.net\/fanfiction\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'><b>2<\/b> people like this post.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(30);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(30);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Koyama and Shige have agreed on a rational decision and have a happy ending. Until everybody else gets ahold of it. 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