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Title<\/b>: If Just One Wish [Yabu\/Takaki]
\nRating\/Warnings<\/b>: PG-13 for costume racks.
\nSummary<\/b>: Takaki is totally confused! Yabu acts weird, and Chinen knows things.
\nAN<\/b>: okay, FINALLY this fic is finished. I started this after the BEST live on Shokura where during SU*RI*RU Takaki has a total costume fail, and everybody else’s shirt is yanked open and his is stuck by one silly button. That was like, oh, last year. BUT W\/E. <\/p>\n
If Just One Wish<\/b><\/p>\n
“Ah, Takaki-kun,” Yabu says from behind, making Takaki jump and fumble the hanger his costume is on so that it clatters to the floor. “Finally got that button undone, I see.”<\/p>\n
“Senpai behind the costume rack?” Takaki asks, affecting cool as he bends down to pick up the costume and hook it on the rack. “That’s not terribly original, Yabu-kun.”<\/p>\n
“Neither is being the kouhai who can’t get his clothes off by himself,” Yabu retorts, taking a step closer, and then another one, until Takaki finds himself leaning back into the row of costumes. Yabu’s smirk is making his stomach knot, making his fingers twist in the clothes behind him. <\/p>\n
“The button was stuck.” Takaki keeps his voice casual and just a touch condescending like Koyama-senpai taught them for silly reporters at interviews. “I couldn’t help it. We shouldn’t be taking our clothes off anyway. It’s demeaning, and we’re all underage.”<\/p>\n
“Not for long, Yuyan~” Yabu says, eyes knowing, although Takaki isn’t sure exactly what it is that Yabu knows. <\/p>\n
Then he leans forward and kisses Takaki on the mouth, firm and thorough. Takaki is too startled to do anything but snort air through his nose, the movement making hangers scrape behind him.<\/p>\n
He still hasn’t reacted by the time Yabu pulls away, regarding Takaki for a moment while he touches the tip of his tongue to the dent in his upper lip, worrying it just a tiny bit. Then he smiles, Yabu-kun’s normal smile, the one he uses on-stage and on-camera, only Takaki never noticed before how Yabu-kun’s smile is sharp at the corners, how the curl of his fingers against his waist is anything but casual. <\/p>\n
“See you in the dressing room, Takaki-kun,” Yabu says, and then he saunters off, leaving Takaki with two fistfuls of synthetic fabric and an erratic pulse. <\/p>\n
*****<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hey,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Takaki sticks his head in the dressing room, and when he sees that nobody is there except Inoo, Daiki, and Chinen lounging casually in Inoo\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s lap, he scuttles inside and closes the door behind him. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Have you guys noticed Yabu acting weird?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Weird?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Daiki tilts his head, and Chinen leans back to peer at Takaki upside-down. <\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Weird how?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Inoo asks, not looking up from the video game magazine Daiki has open on his lap. <\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Oh, you know,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Takaki chews his lower lip, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153just, weird. Doing weird\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6things.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Inoo looks up and lifts an eyebrow. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Like\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6for instance you right now?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153No,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Takaki licks his lower lip and darts a glance at Chinen, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153more like\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6Chii, can you give us a second?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Chinen pouts, but Takaki gives him a pleading look, and in the end Chinen heaves a put-out sigh and climbs off Inoo\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s lap to trudge out the door, giving Takaki one last reproachful look. Takaki promises himself he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll make it up to Chinen later, then turns back to find Inoo and Daiki both staring at him expectantly. <\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Weird things,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Inoo prompts. <\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yabu kissed me,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Takaki admits, then he goes back to chewing on his lower lip. <\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not weird, Yuyan,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Daiki says. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yabu kissed me this morning when I found his deodorant.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153He kissed me when I found Hikaru,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Inoo added. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Ryutarou and Yamada just put a bunch of towels over him while he was taking a nap.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153No!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Takaki interrupts. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153He really kissed me! On the mouth<\/i>.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Takaki waits for his bandmates to make faces of horror and shock, but instead they just stare at Takaki for a moment longer before turning back to the magazine. <\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m telling you,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Daiki insists, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153fingerless elbow-length gloves are in!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Takaki throws his hands in the air and stomps off to go find somebody who knows weirdness when he sees it. <\/p>\n
*****<\/p>\n
The next day at practice, things seem back to normal, and Takaki relaxes in the bustle of people having their hair done and ankles wrapped and necks headlocked. <\/p>\n
At least until Takaki goes to strip off his street clothes and another pair of arms slide around his waist, hands settling over Takaki\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s on his belt buckle. <\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Need some help with that too?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Yabu murmurs in Takaki\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ear when Takaki freezes.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Takaki swallows and shifts, but it just makes Yabu slide against more of him. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yabu-kun\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Before he can stutter much more than that out, Yabu has Takaki\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s belt unbuckled. His palm is warm against Takaki\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s stomach for a moment before Yabu pulls away with a low chuckle. He saunters off as Takaki stares after him with a dangling jaw. <\/p>\n
Daiki and Inoo were less than helpful, so Takaki searches out the member of BEST who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s known Yabu the longest. He finds Hikaru surrounded by the members of 7, all of them watching expectantly as Hikaru holds a deck of cards fanned out between his fingers.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Okay,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Hikaru says, voice loud and dramatic and vaguely European. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Is one of these<\/i> your card?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
He flips the whole fan over with a flourish to show the face sides. <\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153No,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Ryutarou says flatly while everyone else groans. The crowd disperses, but Hikaru\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s grin doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t dim at all, and he slaps Ryutarou\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ass on the way by. <\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t worry,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Hikaru says to Takaki, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll feel the magic sooner or later, ne?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Um,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Takaki says noncommittally. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hikaru-kun, can I ask you something? It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s about Yabu-kun.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153What about Yabu-kun?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d asks a voice near Takaki\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s waist, and when he looks down he realizes that the crowd is one-fifth less dispersed than he thought it was. Chinen blinks up at Takaki, arms around Takaki\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s middle. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I know things about Yabu-kun.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Chii,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Takaki starts, then recalls that he brushed off Chinen yesterday and if he does it twice in a row Chinen will be sad and somewhere some baby kittens will starve, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153if you go dig some change out of my bag, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll buy you a soda.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Deal!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Chinen beams, then skips off in search of Takaki\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bag. Takaki turns back to Hikaru. <\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Pick a card,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Hikaru says, and Takaki does just to humor him in the hopes that he might in return get some useful advice.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re close to Yabu,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Takaki starts, taking a cursory glance at his card. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been acting weird.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not a very good actor,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Hikaru commented, holding the deck back out. <\/p>\n
Gritting his teeth, Takaki slipped his card back into the middle of the pile. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I mean, yesterday he kissed me, and today he sort of\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6manhandled me, and\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Takaki trails off when Hikaru taps the cards into a pile, and then they burst into flames. As Takaki stares, Hikaru calmly blows the flame out like a birthday candle.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Where did you learn this card trick?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Takaki asks weakly. <\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It was my turn to baby-sit Chinen while you were still doing Gokusen<\/i>.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Hikaru licks his thumb and pulls the top card off the deck and hands it over. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I ended up trapped with Ninomiya-senpai in a closet for an hour and a half.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Takaki blinks a the Queen of Hearts in his hand. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not my card.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s what you should\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve picked up in the first place,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Hikaru shrugs, taking the card back and strolling off, shuffling his deck idly. <\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hey, Ryu-chan,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Yuto asks from several feet away, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153why is the Ace of Spades in your underwear?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
*****<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Keito-kun,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Takaki tries to keep his smile friendly and free of desperation, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153you went to an all-boys boarding school, right?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Keito nods hesitantly, but stays silent and he keeps darting nervous glances to the side. Honestly Takaki would rather not have been reduced to asking this particular member of JUMP for information like this, but nobody else has been any help at all. <\/p>\n
And after his attempt with Yamada and Yuto, Takaki figures it can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really get any worse.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Okay, so say,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Takaki barrels on ahead, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153one boy, at your school, hypothetically, touches another boy a lot and fiddles with his buttons and maybe some kissing is involved. Hypothetically!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Takaki hastens to add when Keito\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s eyes fill with terror. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What exactly would you think was going on with that first boy?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yuyan,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Chinen pops up suddenly, making Keito and Takaki both nearly jump out of their skin. When they turn they find Chinen giving Takaki a chastising look. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re scaring Keito-kun. I told you I know things. Ne, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s okay, Keito-kun, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll handle this.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Keito escapes as quickly as he can, relief flooding his features, and then Chinen turns back to Takaki. Takaki is frowning. <\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Why do you know things?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he demands. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Who taught you things?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yuyan,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Chinen shakes his head sadly, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153when one jyannis traps another jyannis behind a costume rack, it only means one thing.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Oh,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d says Takaki, who thinks about Yabu\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sharp smile and suddenly feels very stupid.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Unless it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s KAT-TUN,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Chinen hastens to add, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153because then it means some other stuff that Ohno-kun says I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll understand when I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m older.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153OHHH,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d says Takaki. <\/p>\n
*****<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Who taught Chinen things?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Takaki demands, hands on his hips. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153And why didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t they teach me?!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We thought you knew!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Daiki protests. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You were always behind the costume rack with Hasshi, what were you even doing?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Getting our costumes!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Takaki retorts. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What did you think we were\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6OH GOD,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Takaki\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s face scrunches up in horror, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153HE WAS FOURTEEN.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We know that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a bit old for you, Yuyan,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Inoo pats Takaki on the shoulder, and Takaki shoves him off his folding chair. <\/p>\n
The group violence is interrupted when Yabu strolls into the dressing room, and Inoo and Daiki clear out quickly, dragging a half-dressed, squawking Ryutarou and a befuddled Yuto out with them. <\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153So,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Takaki clears his throat when they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re alone. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I hear you like me.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Yabu shrugs, expression still neutral. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153So what if I do?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Well,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Takaki clears his throat some more, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I might be okay with that.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153You might?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Yabu\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s expression thaws a little, and he takes a step closer. <\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I might possibly be interested in meeting you behind the costume rack later,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Takaki offers, then adds, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153unless you learned what that means from Kamenashi-kun.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Why stand on ceremony?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Yabu asks, and now he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s close enough that Takaki can see the grin that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just barely curling the corners of Yabu\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mouth. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s good enough for me.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
The kiss is a lot better now that Takaki knows it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s coming, rough and sweet, Yabu getting his hands into Takaki\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hair to muss it up just as Takaki slides his own under the edge of Yabu\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s T-shirt. <\/p>\n
They don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get much further than that, though, because when they tumble onto the couch it turns out that Hikaru\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just been covered up by towels again, and he shows them a thing or two that Yamapi-kun taught him about bony knees and elbows. <\/p>\n
Which, Takaki guesses, maybe explains why so many people go for the costume rack instead.<\/p>\n