[Ryo/Shige] Make up, Shake up, Break up
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jewelledhourstitle : Make up, Shake up, Break up
pairing : Ryo/Shige
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rating : PG
words : 1,082
summary : With one meeting with Johnny, everything is once again changed.
a/n : For a fic duel againsttrivialaffair based on the prompt of "dance dance dance and make love". This is definitely a rush job and I'm mostly unsatisfied with it, but hey, it happens and that's life D: I really veered off the prompt and the fic is based off a quote from a Haruki Murakami book, also entitled, "Dance Dance Dance." Sorry about this D:
We knew exactly what we wanted in each other. And even so, it ended. One day it stopped, as if the film slipped off the reel.
It's in Johnny's office where they're all gathered again, the six current members of NEWS and the two suspended ones, Kusano and Uchi, all eight of them tense and unsure.
They've unintentionally separated themselves into sections, an echo of their pre-suspension selves. Massu and Tegoshi are seated on the sofa, the wide distance between the two more than enough to fit at least two other members.
Yamapi is stoically sitting back straight and posture perfect in the chair closest to Johnny's still unoccupied desk, arms stuck to his side and face tightly clenched with words he doesn't voice. Ryo looks at Uchi on his left and feels him entwine their hands together, shaking and slick with sweat. To his right is the newly reunited KKKity trio, Kusano squeezed tightly between Shige and Koyama.
Ryo glances at Pi once more, able to guess the thoughts running through his friend's mind but unable to form any words with his mouth dry and throat scratchy. He feels the soft stroking of fingertips against his open palm before rough fingers easily slide into his and turns to see Shige giving him a hesitant but nonetheless reassuring smile. He relaxes enough then, shoulders unlocking and allows himself to lean against the other, arms touching as some semblance of comfort.
Johnny enters the office unannounced, considerably older than he was when the word suspension was first said but still as commanding and there as he had been then.
The orders are given and before any questions can be asked, Johnny is gone again, leaving behind a stone-faced Mary to wrap things up. The words play repetitively in Ryo's mind, and it takes him a while to realize it's not relief but uneasiness he's feeling.
Kusano - You, you're rejoining NEWS. And You, Uchi, you're going solo.
It's easy for him, Ryo thinks and he wonders how long it had taken Johnny to formulate those two sentences that has just turned their lives upside down once more. He unconsciously recognizes Shige pulling him into a tight hug and somehow wraps his hands around the other's waist to squeeze back.
Soon all eight are in a huddle and the tears are flowing again, from Tegoshi's soft sniffles to Pi's watery eyes back to Kusano's unrestrained sobbing. Ryo notices belatedly that he's the only one frowning, Massu's smiling widely, dimples dotting both sides while Uchi's got a huge grin on and he can hear Koyama's loud laughter mingling with Shige's gentler ones.
The next six months are spent incorporating Kusano back into their group. New group formations for seven members and dance steps to be re-learned. Ryo finds his singing lines decreased, Kusano rightfully taking back his spot as third vocal after Tegoshi and Yamapi.
By the eight month it's all over the news, "Return of Kusano Hironori into popular Johnny Jimusho boyband NEWS." Coupled with the announcement and release of Uchi's first solo single, they all enjoy weeks of great popularity and intense media attention.
Upper management leaves word a few days later for all of them to make proper entries in their Nikki's about Kusano's return. Pi is first, his entry that night a summary of a recent group dinner after dance rehearsal. Koyama is next, Kusano already having been mentioned in his entires a few times before the memo is received.
Ryo is last to update. He's got at least six drafts written out in front of him and he's undecided on which to use. More than some are bitter, filled with cold words he knows would cause an uproar if posted. A few are textbook and in his regular style, but with an obvious lack of enthusiasm and affection that is expected of him.
In the end he chooses to be a good idol and balls the rest of the scraps up, disposing of them in the trash.
Good evening,
this is Nishikido Ryo.
How has everyone been?
I've been hard at work with seven membered NEWS.
I shall do my best and will ganbatte!
Please look after me in the future too.
The next day Ryo returns, expecting to see an empty dressing room, having received a text while on the Shinkansen that the others were going out for lunch.
He finds Shige lying on couch, arm laid out over his eyes to shield against the bright sunlight.
"Idiot, just shut the blinds," Ryo mumbles as he moves forward to do just that.
"I'm not sleeping."
Ryo turns to find Shige sitting up, face taunt and strained. He moves to Shige's side, bag dropping to the floor forgotten.
"What is it?" He asks, mind jumping through the possibilities of sickness and school problems amongst other things.
"You've got shit aim you know? I found this last night."
Shige pulls out a crumbled piece of paper from his jacket pocket and drops it into Ryo's outstretched hand.
Good evening,
this is Nishikido Ryo.
I've been hard at work since Kusano's return.
It's different now.
I should be happy but I feel sad.
It's not the same.
I wish...
Please look after me in the future too.
Shige grabs Ryo's hand and clenches, "Talk to me. Please talk to me."
Ryo shakes his head and shrugs, "About what? Nothing is wrong Shige."
"Stop lying, at the very least don't lie to me about this Ryo. I know you don't like it that Kusano's back and I'm sorry that it's him and not Uchi."
Ryo looks at Shige oddly and fights a laugh, "I don't wish that it was Uchi instead of Kusano."
"So then what is it? What is it that you're wishing Ryo?"
From the distance they can hear the others loud chatter, the raises pitches and giggles of their members filling the still empty Jimusho hallway.
"We'll talk about this some other time," Ryo says, standing up to stretch his limbs tired from the long ride.
"Ryo...Ryo we're okay right?"
Ryo reaches for his bag and grips the handle of it tightly while he gives Shige what he knows to be a strained smile. He doesn't know how to answer that question, he doesn't know how to tell his best friend and lover that he doesn't know how much time has passed since everything, since they've been okay. But he realizes it doesn't matter.
TBC
pairing : Ryo/Shige
author :
binmusic rating : PG
words : 1,082
summary : With one meeting with Johnny, everything is once again changed.
a/n : For a fic duel against
trivialaffair based on the prompt of "dance dance dance and make love". This is definitely a rush job and I'm mostly unsatisfied with it, but hey, it happens and that's life D: I really veered off the prompt and the fic is based off a quote from a Haruki Murakami book, also entitled, "Dance Dance Dance." Sorry about this D: We knew exactly what we wanted in each other. And even so, it ended. One day it stopped, as if the film slipped off the reel.
It's in Johnny's office where they're all gathered again, the six current members of NEWS and the two suspended ones, Kusano and Uchi, all eight of them tense and unsure.
They've unintentionally separated themselves into sections, an echo of their pre-suspension selves. Massu and Tegoshi are seated on the sofa, the wide distance between the two more than enough to fit at least two other members.
Yamapi is stoically sitting back straight and posture perfect in the chair closest to Johnny's still unoccupied desk, arms stuck to his side and face tightly clenched with words he doesn't voice. Ryo looks at Uchi on his left and feels him entwine their hands together, shaking and slick with sweat. To his right is the newly reunited KKKity trio, Kusano squeezed tightly between Shige and Koyama.
Ryo glances at Pi once more, able to guess the thoughts running through his friend's mind but unable to form any words with his mouth dry and throat scratchy. He feels the soft stroking of fingertips against his open palm before rough fingers easily slide into his and turns to see Shige giving him a hesitant but nonetheless reassuring smile. He relaxes enough then, shoulders unlocking and allows himself to lean against the other, arms touching as some semblance of comfort.
Johnny enters the office unannounced, considerably older than he was when the word suspension was first said but still as commanding and there as he had been then.
The orders are given and before any questions can be asked, Johnny is gone again, leaving behind a stone-faced Mary to wrap things up. The words play repetitively in Ryo's mind, and it takes him a while to realize it's not relief but uneasiness he's feeling.
Kusano - You, you're rejoining NEWS. And You, Uchi, you're going solo.
It's easy for him, Ryo thinks and he wonders how long it had taken Johnny to formulate those two sentences that has just turned their lives upside down once more. He unconsciously recognizes Shige pulling him into a tight hug and somehow wraps his hands around the other's waist to squeeze back.
Soon all eight are in a huddle and the tears are flowing again, from Tegoshi's soft sniffles to Pi's watery eyes back to Kusano's unrestrained sobbing. Ryo notices belatedly that he's the only one frowning, Massu's smiling widely, dimples dotting both sides while Uchi's got a huge grin on and he can hear Koyama's loud laughter mingling with Shige's gentler ones.
The next six months are spent incorporating Kusano back into their group. New group formations for seven members and dance steps to be re-learned. Ryo finds his singing lines decreased, Kusano rightfully taking back his spot as third vocal after Tegoshi and Yamapi.
By the eight month it's all over the news, "Return of Kusano Hironori into popular Johnny Jimusho boyband NEWS." Coupled with the announcement and release of Uchi's first solo single, they all enjoy weeks of great popularity and intense media attention.
Upper management leaves word a few days later for all of them to make proper entries in their Nikki's about Kusano's return. Pi is first, his entry that night a summary of a recent group dinner after dance rehearsal. Koyama is next, Kusano already having been mentioned in his entires a few times before the memo is received.
Ryo is last to update. He's got at least six drafts written out in front of him and he's undecided on which to use. More than some are bitter, filled with cold words he knows would cause an uproar if posted. A few are textbook and in his regular style, but with an obvious lack of enthusiasm and affection that is expected of him.
In the end he chooses to be a good idol and balls the rest of the scraps up, disposing of them in the trash.
Good evening,
this is Nishikido Ryo.
How has everyone been?
I've been hard at work with seven membered NEWS.
I shall do my best and will ganbatte!
Please look after me in the future too.
The next day Ryo returns, expecting to see an empty dressing room, having received a text while on the Shinkansen that the others were going out for lunch.
He finds Shige lying on couch, arm laid out over his eyes to shield against the bright sunlight.
"Idiot, just shut the blinds," Ryo mumbles as he moves forward to do just that.
"I'm not sleeping."
Ryo turns to find Shige sitting up, face taunt and strained. He moves to Shige's side, bag dropping to the floor forgotten.
"What is it?" He asks, mind jumping through the possibilities of sickness and school problems amongst other things.
"You've got shit aim you know? I found this last night."
Shige pulls out a crumbled piece of paper from his jacket pocket and drops it into Ryo's outstretched hand.
Good evening,
this is Nishikido Ryo.
I've been hard at work since Kusano's return.
It's different now.
I should be happy but I feel sad.
It's not the same.
I wish...
Please look after me in the future too.
Shige grabs Ryo's hand and clenches, "Talk to me. Please talk to me."
Ryo shakes his head and shrugs, "About what? Nothing is wrong Shige."
"Stop lying, at the very least don't lie to me about this Ryo. I know you don't like it that Kusano's back and I'm sorry that it's him and not Uchi."
Ryo looks at Shige oddly and fights a laugh, "I don't wish that it was Uchi instead of Kusano."
"So then what is it? What is it that you're wishing Ryo?"
From the distance they can hear the others loud chatter, the raises pitches and giggles of their members filling the still empty Jimusho hallway.
"We'll talk about this some other time," Ryo says, standing up to stretch his limbs tired from the long ride.
"Ryo...Ryo we're okay right?"
Ryo reaches for his bag and grips the handle of it tightly while he gives Shige what he knows to be a strained smile. He doesn't know how to answer that question, he doesn't know how to tell his best friend and lover that he doesn't know how much time has passed since everything, since they've been okay. But he realizes it doesn't matter.
TBC
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Date: 2009-03-09 04:52 am (UTC)And you're fine, Lib. ::pats::
We both lost, okay? Hey, at least yay for practice? There's always next time :D
::loves on::
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Date: 2009-03-09 06:03 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-03-09 10:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-09 02:49 pm (UTC)*loves it anyway*
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Date: 2009-03-09 04:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-09 04:34 pm (UTC)WRITE WRITE WRITE MORE.
And lol at Replay :P
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Date: 2009-03-09 09:11 pm (UTC)But as;dbf.
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Date: 2009-03-09 09:38 pm (UTC)What is this one-shot business!?
It needs mooooree
Just a few too many ambiguities here
Like why is tegomasu so distant?!
And are shige and ryo in a relationship? Or are they just friends?
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Date: 2009-03-11 09:47 pm (UTC)Uchi going solo is to be expected
i really liked this <3
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Date: 2009-04-03 03:45 am (UTC)