Boys II Men

Kaoru checked the address in his hand again, certain that he was right. Cause his producer was so late, he had volunteered to pick him up to the studio. He waited for a while and wondered why it took a long time to open the door. Was his producer alright? What’s wrong with him? He pressed the bell again.

" Coming~~~!!!" An unfamiliar voice called out in reply.

The opened door showed him a slender guy in white bath robe. His soaking pink hair plastered on his head. His face was so familiar to Kaoru. He is ……

" Newspaper?" That guy asked.

Kaoru shook his head hard.

"Pizza?"

Kaoru shook his head again.

"Milk?…. Cleaning?…. Insurance?… Smith?…. Cable?…. Salesman?….."

Kaoru shook his head to those every words he said. The slender guy snickered, resting his hands on his hip. "Well…What would you like, boy?"

Kaoru blushed and felt hard to say out his words. What should he do or say to the famous guitarist who’s standing in front of him? He still gazed at the guitarist. This is a dream?

"Sugizo, Who’s there?" Yoshiki’s voice called out from behind.

"I don’t know, Yoshiki. He doesn’t say anything." Sugizo answered, his eyes still kept on Kaoru playfully.

"Why don’t you tell him go ?" Yoshiki was still inside.

"He looks so weird, has rose-pink hair. It’s cool!" Sugizo smiled and said.

"Well…rose-pink hair… Kaoru?!" Yoshiki startled. He rush to the door and found his boy gazed at Sugizo, jaw dropped.

"Kaoru?! What are you doing here?" He felt embarrassed.

"Woooh! This boy is Kaoru from Dir en grey? Nice to meet you!" Sugizo took Kaoru hand and shook.

"Sugizo! Stop teasing my boy!! You should go to dress yourself right now."

Sugizo pouted. " I think I look good in every dress I got, don’t I? Kaoru-kun." He turned to ask the hesitant guy.

"Sugizo. PLEASE!" Yoshiki emphasised his words. Sugizo pretended to sigh, but before he left Kaoru hand, he used his long fingertip to tickle the other guy’s palm and winked. Kaoru winced.

"Come on, Kaoru." Yoshiki called, but Kaoru still eyed the sexy guitarist who’s walking inside.

"Kaoru! Do you want to stand out there?"

"Uh!!! No, I don’t" He woke up from the subconscious, stepping towards the apartment. After he shut the door behind him, he recalled his errand. " Nagatashi-san told me to pick you up to the studio. You’re so late."

"Yes. I see. I’ll go in a minutes" Yoshiki amended. He was in black pants and his shirt had still lost and unbuttoned totally, exposing his bare chest skin. " I’ll be ready to go in a minutes, after I take some documents."

Before Yoshiki left, Kaoru asked excitedly. "He is Sugizo, the lead guitarist of Luna Sea?"

"Yes." Yoshiki nodded. "He had went to his business in New York and has a trip in L.A. He stays at my home, coz he is my FRIEND."

" Can I ask him an autograph?" < Ah! Stupid Kaoru, Why do you ask just an autograph!! So childish!> he blamed himself.

Yoshiki raised his eyebrows. "Yes, you can. But after we finish our works. O.K?"

Kaoru sunk himself in soft couch, waiting for his producer. He was so lucky today, he thought. Seeing the famous musician is hard to happen everyday. Especially the guitarist who was Hide’s good friend. Maybe he could talk about his admiring guitarist, Hide or comment him about the guitar.

"What are you thinking?" The long slender arms wrapped around Kaoru from back. Kaoru jerked and turned to see who was. He found Sugizo’s face was grinning.

"You….Oh! No! I didn’t mean." Kaoru felt his heart beat fast. Sugizo giggled.

"That’s O.K. Are you free tonight?"

< What?! He ask me out with him!!> Kaoru avoided the older guy’s eyes. He felt Sugizo can know what he was thinking if he let him look though his eyes. "Yes, I am"

"I’ll waiting for you at this place" He shoved a little card in Kaoru’s hand. " from 8 o’clock in the evening till midnight."

The foot step sound made Kaoru alarmed. It’s not good if Yoshiki will see him in Sugizo’s arms. He struggled, but Sugizo’s arm still wrapped around him. " Yoshiki is coming." He protested.

"Yes. I know." The Lucifer grin smeared on his face. He looked happy to see Kaoru’s embarrassing face. "O.K?"

"O.K. So let me go." Kaoru quickly answers. The doorknob sounded ‘click’ made Kaoru jumped, Sugizo quickly gave him a kiss on his cheek before he let loose the younger guy.

Yoshiki saw his boy was looking at the floor and his friend was humming a song, setting himself on another armchair. "I’m ready, Kaoru. Let’s go." Kaoru got up from his place, still looked at the floor when he passed the producer.

"Sugizo, Don’t miss to lock my apartment before you’ll go. I may come back late. Do you have any plan?"

"Umm… I think I’ve already had." He leant on the armchair and clicked remote to turn on the TV.

"May you have a good trip and take care yourself, Sugizo." Yoshiki left Sugizo before he could see lucifer’s smile behind him.

* *

"What’s about Sugizo?" Yoshiki asked after they were ready in the car and on the road. Kaoru was hesitant for a moment.

"He is good and friendly…." He carefully answered.

"and?"

"What is ‘and’?: Kaoru turned to see his producer curiously. He found Yoshiki was glaring at him. " No!… Nothing at all!!" He stated.

" I don’t mean anything." The producer handed in blotting paper in front of Kaoru’s face.

"What?"

"You are soaking with sweat. Ah…I think today is good climate but little cold. Why do you look so hot?" Yoshiki chuckled as if he had known everything. "Be careful, Kaoru. He enjoys to see another are in a whirl." He said flatly and turn to pay his attention to the road.

Kaoru wiped out his sweat frustratedly. <Yoshiki is being jealous?> Kaoru just thought only his side.

* *

Kaoru looked at the clock every times he could. He knew it’s so late and hadn’t finish his work yet. He couldn’t go to the appointment on time. Had Sugizo been waiting for him? What should he do? Die was playing with Shinya. Kyo was discussing his lyrics with Yoshiki and Toshiya was correcting his note. He had chance skipping this room to confirm Sugizo before he would left.

He waited for a moment before he heard the other guitarist in the line. "S….Sorry, Sugizo-san. I afraid that I’ll be late. I hope you’ve been waiting for me."

"Well…Who said I’ve been waiting for you? Uh?"

Kaoru’s expression dropped. "I…I…" He became stutter and then he heard giggling sound from the other line.

"Just Kidding, Kaoru-kun. Waaah….You are easy to tease ne~~~"

Kaoru blinked. He’d never thought he would hear someone said to him like this.

"O.K. I’ve been waiting for you here. See you."

"Yes. See you." Kaoru felt relieved after he hang up the phone. He couldn’t bear but smile. He turned and jumped apprehensively. Yoshiki standing crossed his arm on his chest, looking at him quietly.

"Y…Yoshiki-san, How long are you there?" He felt as if he had done mistake and was found by his mother.

"I remember I had warned you something ne~~ Kaoru." Yoshiki pulled a little card that Sugizo gave him from Kaoru’s hand.

"He’s not a bad person. Why can’t I go with him?" Kaoru felt guilty mixing with anger. He’s ashamed to get secret with his respecting producer, but he couldn’t find what wrong to go with Sugizo.

Yoshiki sighed. How could he explain to Kaoru? He have would never understood until he was in Lucifer’s trap. "Alright. You can go. The works are over today."

"Really? Yoshiki-san" The atmosphere became cheerful. Before Kaoru could smile, he heard Yoshiki said to the other DEG members that just came out the room.

"Hey boys! Wanna have some drink? Shall we go to the XYZ pub?"

Kaoru gasped. It’s the same as he would go!!!

* *

Sugizo smiled as he saw a rose-pink hair poked up from the door. He waved a little but stopped suddenly when he found a similar figure’s following. The smiled fade away from Sugizo’s face and changed to frown, a little crowd’s following as well.

"Sugizo-san, I’m sorry…" Kaoru’s face showed frustrated feeling evidently. It seemed like he want to cry.

"Ah! … Sugizo, Just come by chance!" Yoshiki smirked. "However, it’s nice to meet you here. Another boys’d like to meet you, too. Die, Shinya , Toshiya , Kyo, This is Sugizo, the gurtarist of Luna Sea!"

The four DEG member greeted him well. Die grinned broadly, his eyes was shinning glitteringly as he saw the famous guitarist. Toshiya looked at the older guitarist interestedly. Kyo stared at him, didn’t have any expression on his face. Shinya looked askance at him for a moment then turned away in embarrassment, clinging his producer’s arm firmly. There was 3 of Yoshiki’s staff followed as well. They’ve known Sugizo before, hushed to touch his long-time-no-see-friend happily. They bombarded conversation to Sugizo that he felt confused. Sugizo looked through the crowd to see Kaoru froze on his feet and Yoshiki looked on him as if he was a winner. Sugizo clenched his teeth. < Don’t think I have no way out, Yoshiki.> Turned off his resentful mood. He put a good face upon it and said to everyone. " I’m so happy to see all of you. Take a seat and Let’s join ‘Sugizo’s Welcome Party!’"

As the little crowd had chaos in looking for their seats, Sugizo felt a arm wrapped on his shoulder.

"Don’t think it’s a piece of cake ne~~ Mr. FOX" He sneered.

"Ah! Mr. Sheep-keeper, I’m not a winter summer romance." Sugizo retorted and pretended to eyes at the young red-hair drummer who’s keeping his eyes at his producer. It could see unsatisfied face evidently. Yoshiki winced and hard to say anything. "Let go, Yoshiki-sama, before you have trouble on your bed tonight.!"

"Hey! Sugizo, It’s don’t have anything at all!!!" He felt hesitant. He took deep breath before said. "Sugizo, Kaoru is just a born yesterday. You will involve him so much if you’ve still seduced him like this. So it could involve our works…"

"Yes! Yes! I know!" He interrupted. The Lucifer smile kept playing on his face. "By golly! I don’t hurt him anyway. Let’s drink and enjoy yourself, Yoshiki" He pat his old friend’s back before left.

Sugizo found his seat was between Die and a staff. Kaoru sat in the opposite. He saw Yoshiki found his seat next to Shinya. He couldn’t examine anything else, cause Die began to chat. He’s a talkative man who reminded him about his companion, Shinya, so much.

The time passed by quite a few hours, Die had been chatting all along, chewing the rag, Sugizo’s so wonder how could he find many things to talk. Toshiya became a talkative man after some glasses of drink he got. Kyo had vodka-cola and seemed he was so drowsy. Shinya rested his head on his producer’s shoulder, getting drunk. The others had already got drunk as well.

" Yoshiki, It’s time to bed. I afraid of you can’t start your work early if you was still here." Sugizo warned.

"Umm…Yes." He murmur, feeling got a little drunk. " Everyone, come back home!" He ordered all of his followers. They got up and staggered, headed for the car park. Sugizo who seemed had a good consciousness, helped Yoshiki shoving all drunkers into the van. He got his passenger seat but Sugizo still stand on the land. "Sugizo, why don’t you get on?" Yoshiki asked.

"I have rent car and I’ve not finished this night yet."

"Umm… Have a good time and see you tomorrow. Bye" Yoshiki nodded.

"Yes. Bye-Bye" Sugizo grind.

Yoshiki could saw Sugizo’s waving from the car-side-reflection as the car passed along. He breathed freely, rested his head on the seat.

Finally, it brought them to the hotel which DEG members stayed. Yoshiki blinked for a second, he found something mistake annoyed his mind. Alcohol in his brain made him hard to think out. He eyed on his under-responsible-boys and counted carefully. He counted again and again but the result was the same. He held his head on his hand. "Everyone, count yourself"

Die blinked. "What?"

"Count…. Please!" Yoshiki demanded.

"Huh! O.K. One! … Hey! Kyo!!! Count!" Die shook Kyo who buried himself on the couch and fell asleep. He growled and peeked his sleepy eyes angrily. " Two!" he exclaimed then fell asleep again.

"Toshiya!" Die called out cause it’s long silence. Toshiya yawned. "Three."

"Three?!" Yoshiki was puzzled. "Why do you have only THREE!"

"Yoshiki-san, the man beside you havn’t count yet." Die pointed at his drummer. Shinya clung Yoshiki’s arm, rested his head on Yoshiki’s shoulder, standing and sleeping.

"Ah!….Why do I felt my arm so heavy…" He was embarrassed. "Four!" He counted as Shinya. "Where’s Kaoru??!!" Yoshiki exclaimed. He found out the mistake. He’d not seen the rose-pink-hair guitarist since he out of the pub.

"Where’s Kaoru?!" He raised his voice and asked again. The answer was the silence.

"Umm…. Yoshiki-saaaan" Shinya’s sound broke down the silence. "Sugizo-san told me that he will take care Kaoru tonight."

"What ?!?!?!" Yoshiki shouted. "Why don’t you tell me earlier?!"

" You didn’t ask me earlier !!! and now you shouted at me , mad at me!" Shinya began to sob.

"I’m sorry. Don’t cry." Yoshiki tried to comfort the young drummer.

"No!" Shinya closed his face and ran out of the room. Yoshiki followed with his eyes. Before he followed with himself, he told Die. "Go to your bed and see you tomorrow." He felt like he was a nanny, getting headache.

* *

Bonus track ^__^

Yoshiki was looking for his young drummer in hallway of the hotel, suddenly someone jumped to him, looping its arms around his neck. " Shinya!" He called out after he could saw clearly in dim light.

"uh-uh…Yoshiki-san" He placed a kiss on his producer lips. "We can be alone together, finally."

"Hey!!!…. What?…." Yoshiki stunned as Shinya nuzzled on his neck. "Stop!, Shinya…. You are too drunk."

"Yes, I am. " He fell himself on the older guy arms. Yoshiki had to hold him firmly. " Could you pick me up to the bed?" He looked at his producer’s eyes with his glossy eyes.

Yoshiki felt a pain creeping on his brain…….