*VM: thanks to Minhkie for editing^^*

Chapter 13

The little guy walked vivaciously towards the rehearsal room. It’s late and he knew, but he couldn’t help being late as usual. Just 30 minutes late. He thought and shrugged.

“OHAYO GOSAIMASU!!!” Greeting with joyful. Nobody paid attention, just his leader glanced at him and made noise in his throat as reply, then continuing checking his guitar sound. Die did so and then back to his own fantasy. He kept his eyes on the ceiling as if it’s the most interesting thing in the room. Toshiya checked up his bass, looking very busy with it. Shinya sat on his chair behind his drum set, beating it listlessly.

The little guy froze. What’s wrong with them ? ….or….What had he done wrong ?…. Anyhow, he tried to cheer them up. “Hey!!! Why sluggish ? Don’t you guys get enough with days off ? I think you all would be glad when our activities has started again, but I’m wrong, aren’t I ?” He pouted, offendedly.

“Kyo!” The pink hair guy glared at his vocalist. “You are so late. I don’t want to complain, but I don’t like you wasting our time now. Get your ass to your position. We will start practicing in minutes.”

The vocalist looked at his leader wryly. Before turning to a staff member. “They are weird, aren’t they ?” Kyo spoke to the staff who peeped at the door before he walked to his position, tractably. Grabbing his mic he did sound check. Then the rehearsal started dully….

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The rehearsal actually took a break at almost noon, so everyone could have lunch. Kaoru seemed very serious today. He was fussy and wanted to make sure all the songs that they did were good enough before the live tour started. So everybody felt really tired after this. They left the room as fast as possible.

Kyo chased the red hair guitarist and met him outside the studio. The guitarist was smoking furiously, didn’t get any surprised when he saw the little vocalist.

“What’s wrong ?” Kyo asked curiously. He took out his cigarette and linked his cigarette with the guitarist.

“Yes! Everything’s WRONG!” Die replied.

Kyo puffed the smoke after it was lighted by Die’s cigarette. “I guess something had happened last night, right ?”

Die took a long dragged. “I tried my best, but it’s ended up with crap….”

“Oi!!…stop rambling. Tell me the truth what happened last night!”

Die looked fretfully at little dude, before starting the story. He told Kyo about what happened last night and this morning…..

** what happened this morning**

Shinya stirred, having an ache through his body and his throat dry. Still being fatigued, he shifted for the best position, but feeling himself against something soft and warm. Shinya nudged… It’s so comfortable and smell nice… ?!?!

What ?!

Snapping his eyes open in alarm. From his vision, the world was under the reddish rain ! Shinya screamed.

The other guy jumped off his peaceful sleeping. “What !?” Frightenedly, He cuddled the other guy protectively while he was looking around the room, searching for hazard. Eventually, it was stopped by the widened eyes of the lanky guy, who was struggling on his embrace. Die let him go. The lanky guy jumped to the other side of the bed rapidly and stared at him in surprise and fright.

“Die ?!” Shinya gasped, quickly grabbed the sheet covered himself when he realized no clothes cover himself right now.

“ah…Shinya… well…are you alright ? Do you feel anything wrong ?” Die smiled to the younger guy who seemed to recover from the effects of the medicine last night, reaching to the younger guy, but he shrank away. Die paused.

“What the hell are you doing here ?!” Shinya yelled.

Smile disappeared from Die’s face immediately, sensing Shinya’s anger. “Shinya. I could explain this !”

“GET OUT OF HERE!” Shinya kept yelling, trembling.

“I can explain!”

“G.E.T O.U.T!” Shinya emphasized his speech.

Die made face, but he decided to get up. The first thing he should do was calming down the crab guy, shouldn’t he ?

Shinya screamed again from what he saw. “You’re naked !…” He looked down himself. “….me too.” He said under his breath.

“I can explain.” Wrapping another sheet around his waist rapidly before He spoke again. “Calm down and listen to me.”

Shinya wrapped the sheet around himself tighter, looking at the other guy apprehensively. “You … you raped me…”

“NO!” Die immediately talked back.

“How dare you! You bastard!” Shinya didn’t even listen what Die’s said. He started to freak out.

Die jaw dropped in stun, then it was turned to be angry. He was blamed as a criminal from the guy he save! “Fine! Fine! …” He almost shouted. “You always find fault with me. I never be good in your eyes! O.K…. It’s enough!” Didn’t want to say any word. He couldn’t bear anymore. He stomped with rage while he left the room, leaving miserable guy alone.

Shinya, who still shivering on his bed, felt very confused. He wanted to say something, but nothing left inside his mind but confusion. He heard the other guy ransacked something. Before long, he heard footfalls off his apartment and the door slammed shut.

The delicate guy sank in his bed, curling up and cried.

**back to Die and Kyo ^^**

Kyo blinked. Cigarette’s ash hanging on itself. “well… Shinya is thinking you rape him and he is mad at you now.”

Die chuckled bitterly. “See? what I get as a reward after I tried my best to save him.”

The blond hair guy scratched his head. “Die…. Didn’t you really do anything to Shinya last night ? I mean… you both are naked, together, as you told.. urrr…”

“Damn! Kyo you don’t believe me !” Die puffed furiously. “Waking in nude doesn’t mean you have sex.”

Kyo coughed. “Maybe, ….unconsciously, you did it and so Shinya did.”

“I know Shinya would kill me in the morning if I did it. I would admit to let him kill me, if I really did, but I didn’t in fact! I had told you that we both was soaked. I soaked through my underwear. Shinya doesn’t have any clothes to fit me. What could I do ?!… Added to that, I thought I would wake up before Shinya and got dress in time. But I was too exhaust to do this.”

“It’s so surprising that you could restrain your desire.”

Die glared at his little friend, annoying with his curious. “Kyo, I and Shinya was exhaust and cold as hell. Shinya asked me embrace and I couldn’t refuse him. He drunk then we felt asleep so fast. Last night was so confusing.”

Kyo puffed his cigarette, to be at the end of his wit. “What would you do from now ?”

“I don’t know. I don’t care.” Die replied bluntly.

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The living room of the studio was used as a cafeteria. When Kyo walked in, most of people had finished their lunch. Therefore few people was here. Toshiya was sitting at the far corner of the room. He didn’t look jovial, just sat there and ate quietly. Shinya, who sat in another corner of the room, didn’t seem like he was eating. He just sat there and poked his food in the lunch box mopishly. Kyo shifted his eyes to his leader. He had finished his meal and was chatting with a staff member. Kyo grabbed a lunch box and decided to walk to Shinya, but someone had stopped him before.

“Kyo-kun. Where have you been ?” His manager asked.

“I went for a smoke.” He lied.

“well…Die-kun too ?”

“Yes, he did too.”

“I bought special lunch boxes today for our first day of reunion. I would deplore if you don’t eat it.” The kind-hearted manager laughed. “well….where is Die-kun ? Won’t he have lunch ?”

“Don’t worry. He’s on diet.” Kyo lied again because he knew Die was not in good mood to eat anything.

“Diet ?” The manager raised his eyebrows curiously. “He’s not that chubby.”

“I don’t know.” Kyo shrugged.

The manager sighed. “Even Toshiya-kun and Shinya-kun appeared not to like my Bento. They both didn’t eat much. I hope they just on diet as well.” The manager joked.

Kyo laughed dryly.

“Eat more Kyo-kun. I don’t want to see you blowing in the wind.” He patted the tiny vocalist before let him go.

Eventually, Kyo sat next by the drummer, glancing at the other’s launch box. “Nee~~~ Shinya, you haven’t eaten anything yet!” The lunch box was full still.

Shinya sighed. “I don’t have an appetite.”

“Where can you get energy for drumming, Huh ? You look sick.” The vocalist stared straight at the drummer. He looked tired. His face was pale, but his eyes were red sore, as though he had cried hard before.

“I’m fine, Kyo. I’m just not feel good.”

“He didn’t hurt you, did he ?”

The drummer blinked. “Who ?”

Kyo said above his breath, avoiding another ones could hear. “Suichi….Last night…”

Shinya winced. “You know ?”

“It was me who told Die about you and Suichi.” Kyo paused when he saw Shinya looked at him with surprise. Anyhow, he continued… “I’m sorry, Shinya. I shouldn’t tell Die because it’s your privacy…..but…I was so worried about you. I’ve never rested assured about that guy.”

Shinya chuckled bitterly. “Don’t worry Kyo. Everybody always know everything well but dumb Shinya!. …. Thanks for your concern Kyo-kun. I’m sorry that I didn’t call you back last night.”

“No! No!” Kyo waved his hand while he was chewing foods in this mouth. “You needn’t to feel sorry anyway.”

Shinya laid his chopsticks on the lunch box and drank lemon tea from the can, finishing his lunch.

“Are you alright Shinya ?” Kyo asked worriedly.

“If I say I’m alright, you will say I lie.” Shinya smiled slightly.

“What annoyed you ? ….Have you still thinking about Suichi ?”

Shinya shook his head. “I don’t even want to hear his name again.” Shinya said strongly.

Kyo stared at his friend suspiciously. “Huh….Then what ?….Die ?” Finally, he asked. He could see the other reaction to that name clearly. Shinya froze. Kyo swore he saw tear well-up in Shinya’s eyes, but he quickly wipe it off.

“No, it’s not Die.” Shinya protested. “….but…me, myself.”

“Yourself ?!”

“Yes, it’s myself…. He save me, but I was rude to him instead of thanking to him.”

Kyo gulped. Well…at least he knows… “errrr…Shinya… even if he save you, later that he didn’t do anything…errr… to you, right ?”

Shinya’s pale face crept with red. “……No….” Finally he spoke faintly.

“Are you sure ?”

Shinya blinked. How much do Kyo know ? Did Die told him everything ? Did Die tell him about his wild sex last night ?

Seeing the younger one’s reaction, for this time, Kyo used both of his hand waved furiously. “No! No! Don’t think too far.” Kyo laughed awkwardly.

“What are you thinking Kyo ?”

“…eh…The same thing you thinking.”

Shinya blushed. “eeek… You are pervert!” He smacked the tiny guy’s shoulder.

Kyo went “O_O” “If you can make sure Die not do anything to you, besides he save you. Oh! Well…nothing you have to worry right now.”

The frail guy felt his heart was heavy. “I’m still feeling guilty about Die…. I shouldn’t have been rude to him. But…Kyo… I was almost raped twice before and it haunts me. I’m really sensitive about this case, so I was so freak when…errr….” Shinya was awkward. “found myself and Die in that situation….”

“Yes… I see ! Thanks God that what Suichi gave you not ruined your memory. The next time you should listen to what Die say first. O.K. ?”

Shinya nodded. He should trust Die, shouldn’t he ? Even if Die likes to tease him, but the guitarist cares him. Die won’t hurt him anyway.

“Ah! He came.” Kyo said delightfully. “Come on Shinya, say to Die that you’re sorry right now.” Kyo nudged.

Shinya was hesitant. He shifted awkwardly on hit seat, was about to get up but…too late. The red head guitarist didn’t even eyes on him. He grabbed a can of green tea and then walking toward to the bassist, who sat lonely at another corner. Finally Die sat next to the blue head guy. Die gently wiped strand hairs off the bassist’s forehead. They both started to talk quietly, as if the world was left only them.

Kyo blinked, turning back to the drummer. Shinya replied Kyo’s gaze with wry smile. “I can talk to him later……”

Anyway, Kyo and Shinya didn’t notice the other guy in the room was gazing hard at the couple of love birds too. It’s Kaoru…..

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To be continued.

Basil : sorry for my lazy ass. My comp was broken and it’s too cold at night. ^^;;;;;