[KinKi Fic] A Very Long Engagement
Disclaimer: This writing is fictional and has no commercial purpose. Characters are real persons belonging to themselves.
Pairing: KinKi Kids
Genre: Mildly angsty fluff
Rating: G
Summary: Tsuyoshi faces the news of Kouichi's marriage.
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A Very Long Engagement
He has imagined this moment many times before, tens of likely (and unlikely) scenarios, hundreds of little details in the scene, the conversation, the body language...
He has pondered this moment because he wants to be prepared: not a hint of agitation on his famed poker face, not a flash of emotion that Kouichi may miscomprehend (or worse, comprehend), knowing that Kouichi still takes to heart his every reaction and opinion (just as he does Kouichi's, discreetly, beyond the jokes and anecdotes) even after so long, and that Kouichi has become very good at detecting those.
He has pondered this moment ever since he saw it coming, and he has seen it coming for years. So, at this moment, he collects his thoughts and colours his voice with mild amusement and calmly says, "Nice ring."
Kouichi startles out of his sleepy stupor, says, "Oh," and looks down from Tsuyoshi's (impassive, he hopes) face to contemplate his own left hand.
This would be scenario number fourteen, or maybe sixteen...
"When?" Tsuyoshi asks, in the safest number of words that can get past the forming lump in his throat without a hitch, because an exhaustive preparation still doesn't guarantee a perfect execution.
Kouichi gets the question anyway. "When will be good?"
The scenario stumbles slightly. "You're asking me?"
"Well, with your solo stuff and..."
"Oh, right." That's surprisingly considerate. But of course. He must be invited. And then it'll progress to scenario sixteen addendum one through four...
In the stalled silence, the assistant producer walks into the room, catching Kouichi in the middle of fiddling with the ring. She stops, blinks, and stares. "Is that an engagement ring?"
Tsuyoshi breathes out. Great. Now she can take over with the congratulations and who the lady is and how they've met and so on and so forth that he so wants to know but cannot yet bring himself to ask.
He catches Kouichi glancing at him before saying, with a chuckle, "We can call it that, I suppose."
"Ah." The AP smiles knowledgeably. "She hasn't said yes?"
Kouichi blinks. "Who?"
Tsuyoshi blinks, too. And looks at the ring. Kouichi doesn't wear rings for fashion. Supposing he did, Kouichi still wouldn't go for that design, that stone. That looks like a ring Tsuyoshi would own instead... And that looks like a ring Tsuyoshi owns indeed...
"It's a prop," he says to the confused AP, as his scenario completely falls apart and the pieces fall neatly into place in his mind, acting as if he'd known that all along. Kouichi doesn't wear rings for props, either, but she doesn't know that.
"Aw. And I thought we were finally getting the big news!" She shakes her head. "Anyway, we're starting in thirty minutes. Just to make sure everything's okay..."
She leaves after their assurance, and then Kouichi asks, "So, when?"
"When what?" Tsuyoshi responds without thinking, worrying images of a looming wedding already banished from his mind.
Kouichi splays his fingers pointedly, as if admonishing him for forgetting the topic so quickly. "Our anniversary drink."
Mild guilt hits him, knowing Kouichi attaches that sort of importance to the ring -- one half of the pair they won in a game show a decade ago -- while his half of the pair has become just one of the many rings he swaps in and out his thumbs / middle fingers / the chain around his neck / wherever else the trend has dictated throughout the years.
He has always known that, in fact, from the hint of delight on Kouichi's face whenever he happens to wear it, from the very fact that Kouichi, fashion-blind and oblivious to the rest of the world, notices him wearing it. But despite the (practically casual) attention, he thought Kouichi had just stashed his own ring somewhere in his house; he didn't think he'd ever put it on again.
"I don't think you should wear it on that finger," he remarks absently, imagining the uproar that would follow when the nation sees it. And then he imagines the uproar that would follow if he puts on the matching ring on the matching finger.
"But I thought engagement rings went here?" Kouichi says. "Or is that for wedding rings? I'm never sure about that."
Tsuyoshi rests his chin on a hand. "Oh, are we engaged, now?"
The blush (very mild, but he's experienced in spotting these things) breaks out first, then the grin, then Kouichi says, "Well, I thought you had already said yes."
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[*] Title is obviously stolen.
[*] Inspired by DK 2012.07.22 SP with KinKi Kids:
Tsuyoshi: "I have a feeling he'll suddenly say, 'I want to get married.'"
Kouichi: "There was a time I felt like that, but that feeling is totally gone."
and DK 2012.09.02 with Tackey & Tsubasa:
Tsuyoshi: "Don't you run out on me all of a sudden, like go co-starring with [that foreign actress] then get married."
Kouichi: "Ahhh, but it seems she's already married."
Tsuyoshi: "Don't go checking on that!"
Takki: "If you'd go [drinking together in private] just once, you'll understand how it's like."
Tsuyoshi: "It's fine with me anytime."
Takki: "So it depends on Kouichi-kun now."
Kouichi: "I don't want to go..."
(Translation is abridged and may not be semantically accurate.)
[*] The rings, as you may have guessed, refer to the pair KinKi won in Utaban 2002.10.24, and yes, it's probably cliched. XP
[*] I'm an indulgent fangirl who couldn't bring myself to go the other direction with this piece.
Pairing: KinKi Kids
Genre: Mildly angsty fluff
Rating: G
Summary: Tsuyoshi faces the news of Kouichi's marriage.
---
A Very Long Engagement
He has imagined this moment many times before, tens of likely (and unlikely) scenarios, hundreds of little details in the scene, the conversation, the body language...
He has pondered this moment because he wants to be prepared: not a hint of agitation on his famed poker face, not a flash of emotion that Kouichi may miscomprehend (or worse, comprehend), knowing that Kouichi still takes to heart his every reaction and opinion (just as he does Kouichi's, discreetly, beyond the jokes and anecdotes) even after so long, and that Kouichi has become very good at detecting those.
He has pondered this moment ever since he saw it coming, and he has seen it coming for years. So, at this moment, he collects his thoughts and colours his voice with mild amusement and calmly says, "Nice ring."
Kouichi startles out of his sleepy stupor, says, "Oh," and looks down from Tsuyoshi's (impassive, he hopes) face to contemplate his own left hand.
This would be scenario number fourteen, or maybe sixteen...
"When?" Tsuyoshi asks, in the safest number of words that can get past the forming lump in his throat without a hitch, because an exhaustive preparation still doesn't guarantee a perfect execution.
Kouichi gets the question anyway. "When will be good?"
The scenario stumbles slightly. "You're asking me?"
"Well, with your solo stuff and..."
"Oh, right." That's surprisingly considerate. But of course. He must be invited. And then it'll progress to scenario sixteen addendum one through four...
In the stalled silence, the assistant producer walks into the room, catching Kouichi in the middle of fiddling with the ring. She stops, blinks, and stares. "Is that an engagement ring?"
Tsuyoshi breathes out. Great. Now she can take over with the congratulations and who the lady is and how they've met and so on and so forth that he so wants to know but cannot yet bring himself to ask.
He catches Kouichi glancing at him before saying, with a chuckle, "We can call it that, I suppose."
"Ah." The AP smiles knowledgeably. "She hasn't said yes?"
Kouichi blinks. "Who?"
Tsuyoshi blinks, too. And looks at the ring. Kouichi doesn't wear rings for fashion. Supposing he did, Kouichi still wouldn't go for that design, that stone. That looks like a ring Tsuyoshi would own instead... And that looks like a ring Tsuyoshi owns indeed...
"It's a prop," he says to the confused AP, as his scenario completely falls apart and the pieces fall neatly into place in his mind, acting as if he'd known that all along. Kouichi doesn't wear rings for props, either, but she doesn't know that.
"Aw. And I thought we were finally getting the big news!" She shakes her head. "Anyway, we're starting in thirty minutes. Just to make sure everything's okay..."
She leaves after their assurance, and then Kouichi asks, "So, when?"
"When what?" Tsuyoshi responds without thinking, worrying images of a looming wedding already banished from his mind.
Kouichi splays his fingers pointedly, as if admonishing him for forgetting the topic so quickly. "Our anniversary drink."
Mild guilt hits him, knowing Kouichi attaches that sort of importance to the ring -- one half of the pair they won in a game show a decade ago -- while his half of the pair has become just one of the many rings he swaps in and out his thumbs / middle fingers / the chain around his neck / wherever else the trend has dictated throughout the years.
He has always known that, in fact, from the hint of delight on Kouichi's face whenever he happens to wear it, from the very fact that Kouichi, fashion-blind and oblivious to the rest of the world, notices him wearing it. But despite the (practically casual) attention, he thought Kouichi had just stashed his own ring somewhere in his house; he didn't think he'd ever put it on again.
"I don't think you should wear it on that finger," he remarks absently, imagining the uproar that would follow when the nation sees it. And then he imagines the uproar that would follow if he puts on the matching ring on the matching finger.
"But I thought engagement rings went here?" Kouichi says. "Or is that for wedding rings? I'm never sure about that."
Tsuyoshi rests his chin on a hand. "Oh, are we engaged, now?"
The blush (very mild, but he's experienced in spotting these things) breaks out first, then the grin, then Kouichi says, "Well, I thought you had already said yes."
---
[*] Title is obviously stolen.
[*] Inspired by DK 2012.07.22 SP with KinKi Kids:
Tsuyoshi: "I have a feeling he'll suddenly say, 'I want to get married.'"
Kouichi: "There was a time I felt like that, but that feeling is totally gone."
and DK 2012.09.02 with Tackey & Tsubasa:
Tsuyoshi: "Don't you run out on me all of a sudden, like go co-starring with [that foreign actress] then get married."
Kouichi: "Ahhh, but it seems she's already married."
Tsuyoshi: "Don't go checking on that!"
Takki: "If you'd go [drinking together in private] just once, you'll understand how it's like."
Tsuyoshi: "It's fine with me anytime."
Takki: "So it depends on Kouichi-kun now."
Kouichi: "I don't want to go..."
(Translation is abridged and may not be semantically accurate.)
[*] The rings, as you may have guessed, refer to the pair KinKi won in Utaban 2002.10.24, and yes, it's probably cliched. XP
[*] I'm an indulgent fangirl who couldn't bring myself to go the other direction with this piece.