In This
Empty Room
Author
: Bishonen Rapist
( VoodooMagicc@yahoo.com )
Web
Site : Pieces:
J-Rock/J-Pop Fanfiction Archive
Pairing
: tetsu x hyde
Author's
notes :
//
denotes thinking to self º | º flashbacks... Okay,
and that was Chapter One of 'In This Empty Room', entitled,
'As Fragile As Glass.' I do hope you enjoyed it and Chapter
Two, 'Hourglass' will be up later. Please send me
some feedback, I don't mind flames either because I have
something special for you *evil grin*
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Part 1 -
Screams,
cheers, shouting -- just some of the forms of applause that
could be heard outside Tokyo Dome; let alone inside of it.
Four men smiled as they bowed and waved full heartily at
their fans. Taking a final bow, they headed themselves
backstage to their dressing rooms. Within fifty minutes,
they emerged.
"Finally!
Officially a three month take off!," exclaimed Ken
who stretched; yawning tiredly.
"Don't get too cocky," said Tetsu getting on the
bus
"as
soon as the break is over we have to work on our new album."
Ken groaned.
"You always have to stomp my sunshine, Tetsu."
"Hey, that's what best friends are for."
Tetsu chuckled and then smiled; a smile people always appreciated
when they saw because every smile Tetsu bore came from the
heart.
Ken
chuckled, "Yeah, I know."
Yukihiro,
bored because he had no chocolates or candies whatsoever
to eat, changed the subject to Hyde's love life. "So
Hyde, what will you be doing for three months? Snuggling
up with Megumi, I suppose?"
Hyde's
creamy white face slightly came into a blush; this meant
Yukihiro had pondered the right subject. "Well
as you know, Megumi and I suppose to be getting married
December twenty-fifth of two thousand, but we've planned
everything so throughly." Hyde paused. "So we've
both decided to move the date to May 3rd of this year, which
is three days from now."
/So
that's why we've been practicing so early.../ Tetsu's mind
swam with this thought and many others, not knowing whether
he should cry or hide how upset he was while he was among
the presence of his fellow bandmates/friends.
Hyde noticed Tetsu's awkward silence and poked him playfully.
"What's wrong Tet-chan?"
Tetsu,
who was staring out of the window at the moonless sky, turned
around, placing a very bitter frown of his face; one that
was never seen before on his features. "Don't Hyde.
Don't even ask me am I okay. Don't you have that bitch,
pardon me, fiancee to tend to anyway?"
-(insert tension here; lol)- Tension between Hyde and Tetsu
was very apparent and neither Yukihiro or Ken wanted to
interfer in it; they feared their heads would be removed
instantly.
Noticing
Hyde wasn't responding, probably because of overflowing
anger that needed one more spark, he added, "Wait,
I'm sorry, that was an understatement." That was just
the spark needed. The bus stopped; they were in the
studio parking lot.
"Oh dear Tetsu, don't talk about youself like that;
it's such negativity against yourself." Tetsu grunted.
"Chipatama."
Hyde
chuckled bitterly, "I always knew I had one but I didn't
know my head was made of one. Thanks for bringing
that to my attention."
"Bakayarou."
"Kuso shite shinezo."
Tetsu raised an eyebrow /Did he just tell me to die shitting?
It doesn't matter how grim the situation gets, he always
has that child in him -- and it shows. That's my weakness;
I can never stay mad at him... even now, I'm not really
mad at him, just the fact that I'll loose him forever./
"This
is not worth wasting my precious time over," mutter
Tetsu, who emerged from his seat and got off the bus heading
toward his car; his rolling luggage behind him.
/What's
wrong with Tetsu? He would never act this --/ It struck
Ken what was going on with his friend.
"I'm
going to have Tetsu drop me off, and maybe I can straighten
this out with him; see what provoked him to say what he
did about Megumi. Ja," Ken then got off the bus before
the other two band members could respond and made a run
for Tetsu's Miata, luckily catching Tetsu's attention before
he drove off.
"No, I don't mind giving you a ride home," said
Tetsu before the words could form out of Ken's mouth.
Instead, he shrugged.
Silence.
Ken then took out a cigerette. /This should get Tetsu to
say someth-/
"Don't even light it, Ken. You know my car rules."
"Oh yes, your highness."
Silence settled back in place. Stretching longer and
longer, Ken got annoyed at Tetsu's lack of conversation.
"So, what was with the Megumi bish thing?"
Tetsu
glanced at Ken and then focused back on the road. "Ken,
this is a free country, meaning a thing such as freedom
of speech does does exsists here. So by me saying
what I did earlier, I was voicing out my opinion."
Tetsu's tone of voice sounded annoyed, but not spine chilling
like it was earlier.
Ken
sighed at Tetsu's poor excuse of how he really felt. "You
just don't want Hyde to get married; am I correct?"
Silence.
This confirmed Ken was indeed right.
º | º
"Ken
get over here! Jerusalem Rod are about to start performing!"
"Kami-sama, why don't you just ask her out, Tetsu?!"
asked Ken, but ended up sighing, seeing that Jerusalem Rod
had already started performing meaning Tetsu would be unfathomable
to anything else but them for the next five minutes or so.
Around twenty-five minutes later, the favorite hangout was
closed for the night.
"Oi,
Ken, I left my wallet," said Tetsu worriedly.
"Buy
a new one then," said Ken lazily, yawning; he was dragged
back in anyway.
"Damn
this place looks like shit," said Ken flatly as he
lit a cigarette and leaned against a wall nearby to where
Tetsu was searching.
"Well
foul mouth Kenny," Tetsu chuckled when Ken almost choked
on his cigarette -- he hated it when Tetsu called him 'Kenny'
and the matter of the fact was, he didn't use that much
profanity.
"You
contributed to making it this way and I don't see you help
--"
"Excuse
me, does this wallet belong to you?" Looking up to
see if the wallet was his to claim, he also so the owner
of the voice -- the guitarist of Jerusalem Rod. Tetsu
was dazed. He couldn't believe that this beautiful
creature before him, this person he'd spent many nights
dreaming about, was a guy. Ken, cigarette fallen out
of mouth from shock, looked at Tetsu intensely to see what
his reaction was going to be.
"A-Arigatou;
hai, it's mine," Tetsu stampered, trying hard not to
stare as the guitarist handed him back his wallet.
"Irrashaimase."Long
pause. "Are you Ogawa Tetsuya?" His voice suddenly
sounded quite shy.
"You here that, Tetsu? You have a fan already,"
Ken winked mischievously.
"No actually, I've just heard of you. When I
looked in the wallet and saw the name, which I've heard
from many of the people who come here ... they say you're
starting a band, and I was wondering if I could try out
to be the guitarist of it. Jerusalem Rod will be disbanding
up soon."
Tetsu
glanced at Ken, who gave him a 'no way is he taking my position'
look on him face. "Well, to tell you the truth,
we just got a new guitarist and aren't too keen on having
a second one. However, we do need a vocalist ... would
you be up to try out for that position?"
He
shyly shook his head no.
"Oh
come on! I'm sure your voice is great!" Tetsu smiled;
that irresistible smile.
"Alright,
then. I'll give it a try." The shy expression on his
face turned to a child-like smile as he started to thank
Tetsu gratefully.
"So when can you have me over?" Tetsu looked through
his electronic planner.
"Tuesday. Could you write your name and number
down though just in ca --"
"Sure!"
He interrupted as he scribbled down the information on a
small piece of paper.
"Thanks
again and I'll see you Tuesday," said Tetsu, heading
toward the exit door along with Ken.
"Ditto!"
was the faint response when he walked out of the favorite
hangout.
After
looking at the piece of paper, Tetsu looked up at the stars
dreamily and said dazedly, "His name is... Hideto..."
Ken cocked his head toward Tetsu; disbelief evident in his
features. Now, after finding out that this Hideto
was indeed a male, Tetsu still liked him... in fact, Ken
believed it was more than that, that it was love...
º
| º
"Tetsu, I know you love him, but you cannot do anything
about the situation. Hyde is happy with Megumi and
is finally about to settle down... you can't possibly call
yourself waiting for him... saving yourself for him..."
Tetsu
twitched.
"You
don't want to end up a spinster, Tetsu. Maybe you
should get another girlfriend or something, get your mind
off Hyde."
By
now, Tetsu had stopped at a red light. He chuckled
vehemently. "Ken, did you actually have to go
as far as saying I'm going to end up a spinster? Really,
are you forgetting that I am still a male?"
No
response.
"Well,"
he continued, "that answers my question. Get
another girlfriend, ne? Ken, everytime he have a talk like
this, you tell me that; I don't want to be dating 'til I'm
fifty years old, Ken! Take my relationship with Kaori for
example: we lasted for four years, yet I broke it off...
broke it off, Ken, because I didn't love her whole heartily.
Hell, I don't even think I loved her, more like I liked
her as a friend. Why? Because all I could see was
Hyde, even now, that's all I see..." said Tetsu softly
as he pulled in Ken's driveway.
Ken
sighed. "What on earth am I going to do with
you Tetsu? Well, we'll get together on this some other
time -- soon. Until then, ja," said Ken as he
emerged from the sports car, motioning toward the door of
his three-storied house.
"Ja.
And thanks for being the concerned friend you are."
Ken
nodded.
"See
you tomorrow, Kenny."
Before being called 'Kenny' could sink in, Tetsu drove off,
in fear of what Ken might do when he figured it out.
/It's
nice to talk to someone like Ken about my issues... at least
I can trust him/
Tetsu
heaved a sigh, and turned on the radio, suddenly beaming
when he heard 'Butterfly's Sleep.'
"Okay,
and that was Butterfly's Sleep by one of the most popular
japanese rock bands, L'Arc~en~Ciel. Boy, can that
Hyde sing! The whole band is great though. Too bad
ladies, Hyde is hitched up ad getting --" Tetsu arubptly
turned off the radio before the DJ could say the 'big m
word.' Officially depressed, Tetsu decided not to go straight
home and to instead meet a new friend -- liquor.
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part
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