Ear plugs
Title: Ear plugs
Chapter: One-shot
Author: kiroyo
Genre: Fluff
Warnings: Slight cursing
Disclaimer: I own no one!
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Reita x Kai
Synopsis: Reita's gonna be a wimp no more.
Comments: Comments? :3
Reita took in a deep breath as he started towards the studio. Aoi and Uruha were out for lunch, Ruki was off alone somewhere to conjure lyrics and Kai must be with the manager in the studio, discussing boring band issues. Right, so all he had to do was walk in, wait for Sakai to leave, and tell Kai what he has been feeling for the past… 5 years.
He stopped in his tracks, turned to the left and smacked his head against the wall. 5 years!? Reita felt like a total loser once again. Forget about posing manly for cameras and photoshoots, he was a total wimp inside. Hiding his feelings towards a certain drummer for 5 years… God, he was such a sissy.
“Well,” Reita said aloud to himself in the empty corridor, “today shall be the day!” He patted himself on his shoulder, and grinned to himself. Nope, he definitely wasn’t gonna come back to this point in the future and regret not telling Kai for 6 years... Or 7…. Or 8. He shuddered at that thought. Yes, manly Reita shall be manly today!
Upon arriving at his destination, he closed his fingers around the doorknob and briskly walked in, like a million other times he did so before. Like last year, and the year before, and the year before that when he had tried but failed to conf- Ugh stop it dude! You are not helping yourself! You’re gonna do it this time for sure! Reita mentally scolded himself, adjusting his outer jacket in an attempt to look prim and proper manly.
He plunked himself down on the couch, next to his bass, and saw that the whole studio was conveniently empty save for Kai and him. The said drummer was sitting on his stool, with ear plugs in his ears, eyes staring intently at a spot on the wall barely noticing that Reita had came in.
Reita ran through his script in his head once again, for the millionth time that morning. He figured that since Kai was listening to a demo, he might as well go through it one last time before saying it properly. Hoho, hell yeah, he was totally gonna nail it this time.
Perhaps I practice say it aloud once? Reita pondered. Since he had become tongue tied and all his words caught in his throat at all his previous failed attempts the moment Kai turned around, smiling and asking him, “Yes Rei?”
Looking over at Kai again, who was still concentrating on the demo clip, Reita decided to seize the chance since Kai couldn’t hear him for sure.
He straightened his back, cleared his throat, inhaled a deep breath and said, “Kai, I’m in love with you. I’ve been so ever since 5 years ago when... Shucks I can’t even remember. Possibly 5 years, possibly more, possibly when we first met and you smiled that smile of yours. That smile which makes my heart catch in my throat and me tongue tied. I think I really am in love with you Kai. I really do.”
With that off his chest, Reita fell back into the couch, face-palming as he did so. What the fuck was that Rei!? I think I’m in love with you? I THINK? What the hell is he gonna think!? Reita groaned and slung his arm over his face, feeling downright sure that he was never gonna confess properly ever.
After a few moments of feeling pathetic, he dropped his arm a little and peeked over at Kai, who was still sitting in that very same position when he had came in.
Reita sighed and decided to leave, to get some lunch or something though he had no appetite after what just happened. Or did ANYTHING actually happen at all? He mentally slapped himself once again, and finally decided to at least give it a shot today, so that if he failed, he could console himself with the fact that he did try after all...
“Hey Kai.”
The said person continued staring at the wall in front of him.
“KAI!”
The drummer plugged out his earphones and slowly turned to face Reita, eyes sparkling and a brilliant smile on his face. The very smile that caught the bassist’s heart.
“There’s no need to shout. I heard you loud and clear the first time Rei.”
Kai said, holding up the last bit of his ear phones' cable to Reita’s face, having nothing attached to its end at all.