Wonderful yet distrubing imagination ~
Face to Face (Luna Sea)
Chapter 3
J was the first to know, given the numbers of years he had known Ino, nothing escaped his watchful eyes, however he was too afraid to ask, he was for the first time afraid of the truth.
"You know Ino...we have been friends for so long...we wouldn't hide anything from each other right?" J stammers and shutter.
"Yep, I never hide anything from you...Why?"
"I...I know all about it..."
"About what? Don't tell me you are drunk, it;s only your third shot for the day!"
"No...I'm not drunk...I mean I know about you and Sugi...not only me, Shinya could sense it too"
Those words caught Ino by surprise and it came crushing down shocking him stone to teh chair, yet somehow for some unknown reason, he felf relief at the same time.
He looked at J, not knowing what kind of expression he should give or what to say. Standing there alone with J, Ino wished that Sugi was here, he always knows what to say...okay sometimes.
"Well..." that was all Ino could mutter...
Afraid of the answer, J immediately stood up and turned his heed.
"Ah...I gave up, so as long as you are happy, I'm happy for you!"
J left without even looking back, leaving Ino lost and alone in the huge bar. Looking at J's back as he left, Ino felt un urge to chase after his best friend but he didn't, he wanted to say he is sorry but that didn't came out too, right now he couldn't think about anything else except Sugi.
Later in the night,
"J ask you! What did you tell him?" Sugi gasped in surprised.
"Well" Ino answered in a soft tone
"Come on...what did you tell him?
"Well..." Ino whispered again
"Well? That's all...well!"
"I don't know what to say or do,I..." unable to control his mixed feelings any more, streams of tears flower doen Ino's flawless check. Sugi immediately hug his precious tight in a bear hug,
"Gome ne, I'm not blaming you. I guess I'm equally shocked. Don't worry, I'll talk to them tomorrow. Let me handle this!"
Throughout the whole night, although they were physically connected but their thoughts were thousand of miles apart.
Next day at practice, the air somehow felt stale and the whole room was dark and cold. Although everyone continued with their playing, but under the calm surface boils a strong undercurrent. Unable to withstand any more mental punishment, Sugi threw down his guitar and broke the silence with his own shaking voice,
"I can't take this anymore...say it okay...just say it...get it out once and for all!!"
All eyes fell on Sugi and silence once more reign in the room.
"Sugi..." Ino whispered.
"What are you doing?" J flames Sugi at his action, "Are you mad or something, we are in the middle of an practice here!"
Rushing towards J, Sugi withone hand picked up J's collar and the other clamed in a tight fist, "What? You got a problem with that... a problem with me?"
"Nobody has a f***ing problem with you okay...you are the one creating a problem!"
"What! I'm the one with problem? You tell me what's wrong with me...YOU TELL ME!" Anger rushed high into Sugi's head, making him dizzy with fury.
"You know what's wrong with you, you want to know...you can't give Ino any happiness...okay...get into your thick head...you can't give Ino any happiness at all!!"
"Like you can, you are just like me! What makes you able to give Ino happiness...What makes you!!"
These words killed the fire in J's eyes and replace it with reget and sadness.
"You are right...what makes me..."
Shocked, Sugi unhand J, "Gome ne..."
But before Sugi could even say any more, the sad bassist left the room...