The Great Manipulator

by Lady7 ( runaluna )

Synopsis: Sequel to The Sextape/Home Video fic. Kyo accidentally watched the sex tape, and the future of Dir en grey is in Shinya’s hands. How will he manage to help Kyo recover from the shock? Will Kyo be able to recover at all? Will Die get to watch the tape? What exactly happened between Kaoru and Toshiya? It should all be revealed in this three part fic(kinda).
Disclaimer: I own no one but the fic is mine
Comments: Thank you so much for reading!!! *chuchu* Hope you’ll enjoy this ^^


Chapter 1


Although a chaos erupted in the studio, it certainly didn’t show at all. It was one pleasant spring afternoon in Shinya’s apartment, the hint of sakura in the air, and it was very peaceful. Die was sitting on the bed, fingers playing with an acoustic guitar, and his lover was sitting opposite, clipping his toe nails. Miyu their beloved pet was running around the house, trying to find something to play with.

The wind blew in from the open balcony, sweeping their hair lightly, and Die hummed a tune and played a few riffs from the guitar. Shinya smiled without looking at the red head, and hummed along as the melody elaborated. Then Die paused and jotted something down on a score sheet in front of him.

Shinya lifted his head up and looked at him weirdly, “Did you just come up with that?!” he asked, at the same time clipped his nail and it flew. Die laughed and picked up the nail from his score sheet and handed it to Shinya, “There you go”

“Thank you”, his lover giggled and accepted it. Then he gathered all the nails and wrapped them with a tissue paper. “You know, we can go like this” he leaned forward and looked at the paper, “Dun dun dun daradum and then it goes to this” he patted on the guitar several times, producing a beat.

“Yeah, that’d be great!” Die nodded and scribbled something on the paper. Then he looked at Shinya, “We really should stop writing a song together. Kaoru might be suspicious!”

Shinya shook his head and replied, “Nope. The Kaoru pre chaos would be. But Kaoru is now panicking about Kyo not wanting to talk to them. I mean, whenever I call Toshiya, he’s either bawling or telling me it’s not supposed to happen this way”

Die sighed and looked at the drummer, “Yeah, it should hit Toshiya big time, they used to live together and now Kyo’s not talking to him”

Shinya widened his eyes and replied, “Really? How about Kyo? It should hit him worse, Kaoru and Toshiya, a secret sex tape, all these years. Kyo’s basically in trance now. He won’t even get out of the house. Like you said, they used to live together. That sextape probably happened around that era, and anything Toshiya did, he should’ve known! Kyo wants to talk about it, but he CAN’T”

“He needs time to …” Shinya paused and bit his lower lip. “I don’t know …” he trailed off, sounding a little upset, “I’ve been trying to talk to him, explain that Kaoru and Toshiya are very sorry …” he looked at Die, “But you know how he is sometimes. He shuts himself out and it’s frustrating!” he sighed desperately.

Die looked at his lover in silence.

It was true. After he discovered that tape, Kyo had refused to talk to anyone. He wouldn’t even look at Kaoru, or Toshiya. That day, Shinya walked into the bathroom and literally picked him up. Since then the vocalist would only talk to Shinya. And Shinya thought hey, he could fix it. He started the whole thing, he knew what exactly happened. But looking at Kyo now, and the way the other two had been phoning twenty four seven… it was just a matter of time that Shinya felt pressurized.

The drummer casted his eyes downward, his shoulders slumped. Die saw it, and inched closer, giving him a hug, “I know. Kyo needs time to think it thru, until he really accepts this whole thing been thrown at him … I mean, he had it terrible!” Die exclaimed, “It was such a boring day, Kyo’s sleepy, and cursing life, until he picked that tape up and … Wow!”

Shinya averted his gaze to Die, who continued, “To find out your band mate is gay … is one thing. To accidentally watch those two having sex, and at the same time not knowing they are gay … are you kidding me?!” Die asked, looking at his lover, who had started to smile.

“Come on Shinchan! I’m sure Kyo will get back to life. Sure it needs time, but I don’t think the future of the band’s at stake!” Die said, with his mega watt smile and a squeeze on Shinya’s shoulder, “I know that’s what you been worrying about. It’s okay. I know I’d flipped if I watched it!”

Shinya finally giggled, “No, you’d pretend not knowing it, and then blackmail Kaoru!” he exclaimed to Die, who laughed and nodded, “See, you know me well!” he replied, and started to swing left and right with Shinya in his arms. When he saw Shinya finally calmed down, he continued, “We all know each other well. We’ve been thru so much together, that this is just a tiny dent in our band life”

“A tiny dent?” his lover uttered.

“Yeah” Die answered with certainty, “And I’m sure Kyo will snap out of it, and those two will apologize, and they’ll patch things up!” he patted Shinya’s back lightly.

Shinya turned to the red head and smiled, “Thank you”, he whispered, if anyone could put a smile on Shinya’s face, It was definitely Die.

“No problem Shinchan, I wished I was there to witness the whole thing! I’m dying to see their reactions!” Die huffed. Shinya laughed, “You should’ve seen the way Kyo buried his head into the couch, like he wanted to disappear! And Toshiya was just like” he paused and blankly stared at nothing, “Gaped. And I was almost caught when Kaoru suddenly had eyes on me!”

“Really?!’ Die asked, knowing the answer. Shinya had told him this at least three times. The drummer led such a boring life that when shocking things like this happened, Die enjoyed seeing him gushed over it.

“I’ve told you so many times, but I just can’t resist! Oh! Speaking of things I’ve told you” he gasped and Die looked at him with wide eyes.

Shinya cleared his throat and calmed down, “Okay. When Kyo ran out the room, Kaoru scolded Toshiya. He said, ‘Fucking Theory of the Year! You fucking misplaced the damn tape’!”

Die joined his eyebrows and asked, “What theory?”

“Exactly! What theory?” Shinya asked back, “I’ve been thinking about it”

The red head opened his mouth, about to speak when Shinya interrupted, “I know you said it’s not our business anymore. But I can’t stop wondering what theory!” he sighed and continued, “And as I exited the room, I heard Kaoru said ‘Cleaning up your mess!”

“Huh?” Die uttered in confusion, and Shinya continued, “Didn’t really catch it, but Kaoru’s probably saying ‘Cleaning up your mess … Shinya’s a fucking angel … you twat?!”

Die looked at him in surprise at first, before finally laughing out loud.

“What’s so funny?”

“Okay. Toshiya’s theory” Die started, “I think I have an idea. Toshiya told Kaoru you stole the tape”

Shinya gasped in surprise, but then said, “Yeah … we so predicted he told Kaoru”

“Right. And Kaoru rejected the idea. That’s why he’s scolding Toshiya, calling him…” Die paused, scrunching up his face, “… a twat? That’s pretty harsh!”

Shinya winced and nodded slowly. The red head started to grin wider as he continued, “You offering to talk to Kyo, great move, Shinya!” he teased, patting the drummer’s arm. “Kaoru’s so gonna do anything for you!!”. Shinya gave Die a look, but it didn’t affect him as he added, “And it’s such a stark contrast looking at your reaction, then compare it with Kyo’s”

The younger man gave him another look, “Die kun, I’m in a relationship with a man. A man who’s once addicted to home videos he taped us having sex and made me watched them. If there’s anything I’m so used to, it’s watching two men getting it on! OF COURSE my reaction is a stark contrast to Kyo’s!!! That poor guy is STRAIGHT!”

Die laughed hard, falling back on the mattress, “You sound so innocent Shinchan! You LOVED taping yourself, you LOVED watching your own sex scenes! To think that Kaoru called you an ANGEL” he laughed harder. Shinya, blushing hard, then picked up a pillow and started to hit Die with it.

“… Anyways” the older man dodged the pillow, finally stopped laughing and sat up, “Kaoru doesn’t know it, does he? He’d think you’re such a cool person, and I feel sorry for Toshiya”

Shinya chuckled out of the sudden.

“Yeah, you know why. He’s the victim, yet Kaoru puts all the blames on him. And then Kyo won’t talk to him … Toshiya’s probably really sad right now!” Die said, shaking his head, “I feel sorry for Toshiya”

A sudden rustling sound could be heard and both of them looked around the room.

“Miyu!” Die exclaimed. The dog was on the floor, running around with one of Die’s guitar straps between her teeth, “That’s mine! Give it back!!” he yelled but Miyu looked up with innocent eyes. The red head jumped down the bed and wanted to hold the dog but she thought Die was playing with her. So Miyu ran out the room, dragging the strap along.

Shinya laughed and shook his head as Die tried to catch her.

Then the phone rang.

“Oh no” the drummer cursed and looked at the clock. Yep, about time. Shinya picked it up, “Yes Kaoru kun?”

“Shinya, have you talked to Kyo today?”

Shinya lay on the bed, massaging his temples, “No, not yet. Last time I checked, he’s still asleep”

“Oh” was Kaoru’s answer, then Shinya heard a heavy sigh. Oh he felt bad.

“Kaoru kun, don’t worry” he couldn’t help but said, “You know what, tomorrow, I will ask Kyo to meet you in the studio”

As soon as the words came out from his mouth, he regretted saying them.

“Really?!” Kaoru’s voice perked up, “You will?!! Thank you Shinya! Please ask him to meet us. Please. I have talked to Toshiya about the possibilities, and we agreed on letting me talk to Kyo, alone. I can explain better than him”

Shinya raised an eyebrow. Agreed on? Kaoru’s not letting Toshiya do the talking was he? Die was right. Poor Toshiya. But Kaoru had a point too. He could surely talk better than the bassist. Fuck, now what’s he gonna do to make Kyo meet them? That blond head had said he was sickened by the sight of Kaoru on the tape. And he’s also sickened by the sight of Toshiya on the tape.

“Please Shinya. Tell him I need to talk to him” Kaoru’s pleading voice pierced thru his ears, and he found himself nodding, “I will TRY” he replied, and fell into silence.

At that exact time Miyu had to run into the room with Die hot behind her, “Ack!!! Miyuu!”

Shinya bolted up right and threw a pillow at Die, who then noticed the phone and clamped his mouth shut. Miyu barked and finally let go of the strap. The drummer pointed at the phone furiously and mouthed ‘Kaoru’. Die nodded in comprehension, picking up the strap and sat on the bed.

“What was that?” Kaoru asked.

“Oh” Shinya laughed, “It’s Miyu! She’s … she’s … biting my sandal!”

*woof!*

Kaoru chuckled lowly and breathed heavily, “Well, Miyu is one lucky member of the band. She doesn’t get involved in anything! She’s so innocent it hurts!” the guitarist exclaimed, and started to laugh almost bitterly. Shinya tried his best not to comment on that statement. Miyu’s not involved? Hello? Who was the original sex tape thief?!

“I’ll talk to you tomorrow?” Shinya quickly said, “Please don’t worry too much Kaoru kun. I’m sure Kyo kun will eventually talk to you, and …” he trailed off, “I’ll see what I can do to bring Kyo tomorrow”

Kaoru said his thank you and hang up.

“Really?”

Shinya turned to look at Die, who repeated, “Really? You’ll bring Kyo tomorrow? To the studio?”

The younger man shrugged, “I kinda feel that I can”

Die shook his head.

“No way”

Shinya gave him a look and both engaged in a five-second staring contest.

“We’ll see!”
 

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