Title: Happy Birthday
Pairing: Yabu Kota x Yaotome Hikaru [with hints of: HikaInoo, TaiKaru, and YamaBu (oh! Justin Timberlake x Yaotome Hikaru, too)]
Rating: PG to PG-13?
Disclaimer: I don't own them.
Notes: Only because Yabu and I are "adults" today. :))
January 31, 2010. Yabu Kota's 20th and the day he is officially called as an adult in Japan. On this day, he will be free from most of the restrictions Johnny had forbidden (he used to be underage and all) and will be able to occasionally drink alcohol (because that's part of becoming an adult). But of course, January 31, 2010, Justin Timberlake is turning 29 years old and to Hikaru, that seemed more important.
"You can't fanboy Justin Timberlake on that day!" Inoo scolded, trying to reason out with Hikaru. The younger of the two wouldn't hear it. "I'll just be eating a bought cake to celebrate, what's wrong with that?" He asked, but continuously walked down the hall. Yabu kept his mouth shut. He didn't like blurting out the day of his birth to everyone. He had been with Hikaru for nearly eight years, his pride just keeps telling him that Hikaru should realize it for himself.
Inoo desperately whines as he follows Hikaru walking towards the end of the hall. "You just can't!" Yabu resumes reading his book and listening to his iPod.
It was January 18 and Taiyou had invited Hikaru, Yabu and Shoon to eating lunch with him, if they could. Luckily, the HSJ members had free time and Shoon finished his last class for the morning. When Yabu and Hikaru came, Shoon was already with Taiyou (who was happily enjoying the large bowl of sundae Shoon got for them). The youngest of the four waved towards the other two Johnny's, overly excited. Yabu sat down nonchalantly and Hikaru bounced onto the seat. "So, how's university?"
Taiyou removed the spoon that had been in his mouth for quite some time to respond. "It's law, Hikaru. Japanese law. The exam was really tough, but this isn't as scary as I thought." He said with utmost honesty. Shoon smiled, but chose to give his attention to their old leader. "You have two weeks. You'd think he'd realize it by now." Yabu just looked at Hikaru and Taiyou without a change in his expression.
January 29, Inoo, Takaki and Arioka had brought half a dozen cupcake-sized cakes for Yabu as an early birthday present. Surprised, Yabu thanked them thoroughly for their thoughts and ate one. Hikaru, who just finished his cool down, had rushed into the room, asked who owned the cupcakes and before anyone could answer, grabbed one and took a bite, going to the bathroom stall. The other three BEST looked at their leader who was still nonchalantly eating his first cupcake-sized cake.
Takaki and Arioka looked at Inoo, but the pianist shrugged and shook his head in complete defeat.
January 30 and everyone (including staff and crew, even a few juniors) had greeted Yabu in advance, first thing in the morning for their recording. Tomorrow was a day off, so Yabu was given his gifts (and more cupcake-sized cakes) before they began. Hikaru came thirty minutes later.
The few juniors whispered like gossiping old ladies until Shoon came to watch the recording. At break, Hikaru noticed that Shoon handed Yabu a small bag with a fancy ribbon. He couldn't help but wonder why was it that everyone was celebrating Justin Timberlake's birthday in a different way?
On the eve of January 30, Inoo waited for Hikaru to get out of recording, trying for another attempt to convince him not to celebrate the next day. "You've at least got to remember what's happening tomorrow! You could have at least greeted him!" Inoo complained and whined as they stepped into the train. Hikaru gave him a weird, confused look.
"I can't call Justin Timberlake. Who knows where he is, and I can't speak English for the life of me!" Inoo felt like he'd rather hit his head continuously onto a glass door than talk to this blundering brick. At their stop, Inoo was silent the rest of the way. They said their goodbyes as they went their separate ways.
Hikaru took a quick shower that evening after a hard day's work. He checked his cellphone and saw that there was a message from Inoo ("I can't believe it! We were just together a few minutes ago and he really just had to mail it.").
"There's a limit to how dense a person can be, Hikaru."
It took the rest of the evening for Hikaru to realize what it meant.
His cellphone rang at around 3AM in the morning. He squinted his eyes and groaned when he saw that he had an urgent message to read. "Give me a break." He begrudgingly opened the blinding light of his cellphone and it read: "It's not that I forgot. I just had other things in mind. Happy Birthday." Yabu smiled. But before he could close the phone and go back to sleep, he received another message.
"I know you love me~♥" The leader shook his head and tried to go back to sleep. Hikaru was going to have a piece of his mind tomorrow whether he liked it or not.
NOTE: Just something to give tribute to both myself and Yabu as we're both legal on January 31, 2010. :))