{"id":70,"date":"2008-10-05T17:13:36","date_gmt":"2008-10-06T01:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kira-kira.net\/fanfiction\/?p=70"},"modified":"2009-09-05T19:36:19","modified_gmt":"2009-09-06T03:36:19","slug":"kakkoii-otona-ni-natteru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kira-kira.net\/fanfiction\/2008\/kakkoii-otona-ni-natteru\/","title":{"rendered":"JE, Kakkoii Otona ni Natteru (Turning Into Cool Adults)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Title<\/b>: Kakkoii Otona ni Natteru [Shoon, Hikaru, Yabu]
\nRating\/Warnings<\/b>: PG for how Yabu looks in that white costume.
\nSummary<\/b>: Hikaru and Yabu are guests on Shounen Club, and do far different dances than the last time Shoon saw those exact same choreographies.
\nAN<\/b>: Plainly this is influenced by Yabu and Hikaru’s solos on Shokura this week, in particular Angel Come To Me, which couldn’t be a more different song than it used to be if they just gave him a whole new song. Someday, maybe, I’ll be able to watch all of them without seeing their tiny bowlcut versions in my head, but if that ever happens I’m not sure whether I’ll be happy or sad. <\/p>\n

This<\/a> is the duet of “Kuroi Asa Shiroi Yoru” that Shoon mentions. It’s worth seeing. <\/p>\n

Kakkoii Otona ni Natteru (Turning into Cool Adults)<\/b><\/p>\n

When Shoon sees the line-up posted for the October Shounen Club filming, he can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t help but laugh at little at the words \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Angel Come to Me\u00e2\u20ac\u009d typed beside Yabu\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s name.<\/p>\n

Nakamaru strolls by at that moment, and pauses to see what Shoon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s laughing at. His face softens a bit and he claps Shoon on the shoulder.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be good to have them on again, won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t it?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Nakamaru says, and his eyes are approving when Shoon agrees without a second thought, feeling nothing but happiness. <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153But \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcAngel Come to Me?\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Shoon asks, and he laughs again. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t thought about that song in years. Does Yabu know about this? Who on earth picked it? The lyrics are all terrible, especially since he learned them all phonetically, and the dance is so silly.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Koyama strolls by, humming \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Private Hearts,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and catches Nakamaru\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s eye for a moment, unnoticed by Shoon. <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153You never know,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Nakamaru says thoughtfully, then smiles when Shoon tilts his head back to see Nakamaru\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s face. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Sometimes those old songs surprise you with how they can change.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Shoon blinks, even more confused. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153They won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have time to redo the dance, though, will they?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not what I mean.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Nakamaru gives Shoon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s shoulder a last squeeze and moves off to go back to work, tossing a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll see,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d back over his shoulder as he leaves. <\/p>\n

And Shoon does see, days later at the filming, when Yabu is on-stage and Shoon is in the wings, chest tight with how it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not at all the same song as he remembers.<\/p>\n

Shoon isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t surprised when arms drape over his shoulder, making Shoon grunt with the sudden weight, and a pointy chin digs into the side of his head. <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Why\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s he look so good doing that,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Hikaru grumbles without any heat. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Jerk.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153You looked good too,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Shoon reassures, raising a hand to pat one of Hikaru\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s arms. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just not such a shock when you do it, because you always kind of looked like that.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Oh yeah, man I was hot with a bowl cut.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Hikaru mimes the flattened American accent Akanishi-kun uses when pretty girls go by. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153SEKUSHII.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Shoon pats Hikaru\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s arm again, then lets his hand rest there, and they stand in silence for a few more seconds, both of them watching the flare of Yabu\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s coat and the impossible stretch of his legs. <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re thinking about something,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Hikaru says. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153How can you even think when he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s doing something that looks like that?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I was thinking,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Shoon murmurs, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153about that time the two of you did \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcKuroi Asa Shiroi Yoru\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 as a duet. Do you remember?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153That was\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Hikaru\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s voice trails off, and his breath huffs, stirring Shoon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hair. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153When was that?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Who can remember? We did so many lives back then.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Shoon shrugs carelessly, lightly enough not to dislodge Hikaru. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It was my favorite solo of yours, but when the two of you did it together\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6even back then, you looked like this.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153You always knew, didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Hikaru\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s grip on Shoon tightens, and Shoon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s heart trips at how grown-up Hikaru\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s voice sounds when there isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t any tease in it. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153About him?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mm.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Shoon lets his eyes unfocus, and in the shimmer of the stage lights, he can see another Yabu overlaid on the Yabu in front of him, one with shorter arms and a sillier costume, but they have the same face, and when Yabu\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gaze turns their way in due course of the song, the light in their eyes is the same too. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153About both of you.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153He knows you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re watching him,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Hikaru says, tease back, the moment past, and Shoon lets it go freely, like the others. <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s how the dance always went,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Shoon argues, but he smiles. <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153That dance never went like this,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Hikaru grumbles, and Shoon hums an agreement.<\/p>\n

It seems that Hikaru is right about Yabu knowing they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re watching, because after the lights come down, he makes his stage-exit on their side and screeches to a halt in front of them, stage-high and chest heaving.<\/p>\n

Shoon has to tilt his head back against Hikaru\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s chin to look Yabu in the eye, and wishes they had more than a few seconds, wishes he could keep this Yabu for longer, this bright hot slick Yabu who throws arms around them both and gathers them in tight. Shoon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s breath is squeezed from his throat in a gasp and he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s glad, so glad that Yabu has grown up so that his arms are long enough to do it. <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Shoon says our solos suck,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Hikaru says, reminding them their few seconds are over, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153and that we should go back to doing duets.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Shoon always did know about us,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Yabu agrees, and his lips brush Shoon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hair as he pulls back, grown up enough to let them go as well. <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Maa,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Koyama-kun says to Shoon when he passes by, voice sad, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yabu-kun and Hikaru-kun really grew up, didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t they?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Un,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Shoon agrees without a second thought, feeling nothing but happiness. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Thank goodness.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n