Title: Fixed
Author: aoi_haiiro
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Angst, Romance, Fluff
Pairing: RyoDa, bits of RyoUchi, KoDa, and Akame.
Summary: Ueda thought that his "little" crush on Ryo was one-sided. He tries to get over it, only to find out that Ryo has a "little" secret of his own.
For
misaseba <3
The members of NewS, Kanjani8, and KAT-TUN were sprawled out on the several couches that were in the room. As a part of an upcoming Christmas special, the three bands were attending the last of several pre-rehearsal meetings. Roles were being discussed, deadlines were set, and other such matters were being resolved.
Ueda was doodling on a sheet of paper, tuning out the current producer as he rambled on about a skit. Ueda never got to act that much anyways. Sighing out of boredom, he glanced up, his eyes wandering around the room until the came to rest on him. A small frown crept onto his face as he bit the inside of his cheek. Nishikido Ryo. Ueda squirmed slightly and looked back down at the piece of paper, blushing unconsciously.
He knew that the other man was really quite mean; after all, he’d been on the receiving end of Ryo’s cruel remarks countless times. And even though he knew better, Ueda had definitely crushing on the man for quite some time. Despite those times when Ryo had made him uncomfortable or even brought him to tears, he still couldn’t help but admire the talented younger man.
Of course, Ryo knew nothing of Ueda’s fascination with him. He was currently snuggling up to Uchi, his arm resting lightly around the man’s shoulders as he looked at the sheets of information. The other man would keep glancing over at Ryo and smile. Everyone knew that while Ryo and Uchi both claimed to only be friends they were really dating. It was made obvious when Ryo had left his girlfriend abruptly a few months ago and subsequently moved into the same apartment building as Uchi. Pi had come over to visit Ryo early in the morning and had seen Uchi leaving the apartment wearing only pajamas and looking quite… ruffled.
The news had quickly spread around as Pi wasn’t one to keep anything to himself. Ueda had overheard Jin and Kame chatting about it one day during practice. He nearly dropped the water bottle mid-sip . He spit out his water and patted at his chest, his body wracked with coughing as some water went down wrong. Jin had looked over, concerned, but Ueda waved him off, quickly walking out of the room. Drawing in a shaky breath, he leaned against the wall in the hallway, his eyes closed.
His heart was pounding in his chest as he had slowly realized that Ryo was really dating Uchi. Covering his face with his hand, he had tried to ignore the emotions that were churning in his stomach. As soon as he’d regained control of his coughing, he took a deep breath and walked back into the room.
The same oppressive weight was still hovering around Ueda as his eyes glanced toward the couple. Frowning to himself, Ueda tried to focus back on what one of the producers was saying when he suddenly heard his name from the producer’s mouth. Startled, he looked up, now paying full attention.
“So Ueda, Akanishi, and Nishikido will be doing a small skit after the fourth act. You all will receive scripts at the end of the meeting. It will involve no major acrobatics or dancing, but singing will be involved, so please prepare well for the first rehearsal. And next…”
Ueda flushed slightly. He wasn’t very good at acting; that was pretty well-known. Not only was he the only one in KAT-TUN that had never been in a drama, he also got flustered easily with stage work. Glancing over at Jin, who smiled at him, he grinned back nervously before glancing over at Ryo, who was smirking slightly at his boyfriend as he reached up to ruffle the said man’s hair. Ueda’s gaze came back to rest on his lap and he missed the troubled stare that came from across the room.
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Jin yawned as the left the meeting room. Walking next to Ueda, he slung an arm around the older man’s shoulders, only to feel him tense up and shrug the arm off.
“Hey, what’s wrong, Tatsuya?” he asked, glancing over, “Are you worried about the skit with Ryo-chan?”
Ueda shook his head quickly, ducking to hide his burning cheeks. “No…not really.” He answered softly. Reaching up, his fingers nervously fidgeted with the small diamond at the end of his dangling earring. Jin noticed the gesture and grinned, poking Ueda in the side.
“Liar! I can tell you are upset. Don’t worry about it. He’ll be professional.” He responded with a chuckle.
At that moment, Ryo, minus the usual Uchi, wandered over to the two with a small smirk playing on his face. “Don’t forget to read your script, Uebo. You will need to study even harder than the two of us.” With that, he gave Ueda a thwap on the head with the script booklet and then held it out for him to take. Ueda reached out quickly, snatching the script away quickly from the other man. Nodding to Jin, he glared down at Ryo for a moment, before walking off.
Jin shook his head at Ryo, “Come on, Ryo-chan, don’t be keep up this childish stuff. Ueda’s really going to need our help with this. He won’t do very well if you tease him and make him uncomfortable.”
Ryo watched Ueda leave, silent for a moment before grinning at Jin, “I won’t do anything like that. I was only having a little of fun today.” Waving at Uchi, he smiled and the couple headed over to the small group made up of Kanjani8 members.
“Whatever you say.” Jin said rolling his eyes before he moved over to Kame, his arm slipping under the other man's as he rested his head on Kame’s shoulder, blinking as he looked over at the man with big eyes, he silently begged Kame to leave with him. The shorter man glanced over at him smirking before he said his goodbyes and they left the studio.
TBC...
First Part done! It’s kind of short, but this was basically just a chapter to set everything up. Hope you liked this part. <33