Title: The way you are
Author:
MatsuAuroreBeta:
Andreja1989 <3
Pairing: Sakuraiba, Juntoshi
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Au, drama, romance, angst, BDSM (hints)
Disclaimer: Only own the plot T.T but luckily, Sho owns Aiba xD
Summary: Sho is perfect. Smart, kind, patient, handsome with a high job and will soon get married with the girl of his dreams. His life is a long and annoying straight line. But what he didn't expect was his meeting with Aiba, a mysterious and gorgeous man who will change his view of the life and will bring lots of questions about himself.
Chapter 3: His obsession
Aiba looked at his face in the mirror of his bathroom. He had brown hair, a piercing in his left ear -result of his last bet with Kazu- deep brown eyes, a kind smile... Okay, maybe his nose was a bit too big but finally, his face wasn't that horrible, was it? Even if the tall man had never seen himself like a handsome person, he didn't think he was ugly. So, why despite his good mood and his smile couldn't he find someone that will make him forget his previous bastard boyfriend or rather master? He knew it would take time for him to heal his wounds but it was one year ago, so why?
Sighing, Aiba washed his face, the cold water making him shiver a bit at the contact of his hot skin.
"What the problem with me is?" Aiba asked his reflection.
He didn't ask much. Okay, he was in BDSM but it didn't mean he was looking for the same relationship. He liked pain but not too much. In fact, Aiba mostly loved to be led. At least in bed. He wanted his boyfriend to lead the act, to tell him what to do -that didn't mean he wasn’t experimental in bed- to give him orders. Aiba just didn't like the idea of leading and topping. He was a bottom and was proud of that, never thinking it was a shame or made him appear like a girl. It was just the way he had the most amount of pleasure. To be taken. To be able to grip the other's hips, to scratch the back of his lover because of his orgasm, to scream as loud as possible how he loved the act and to bury his face in the other’s neck while his lover is telling him how he feels good and how he loves him. Maybe it was too much. Maybe he wasn't a normal person. He was Aiba Masaki, 30 years old, owner of a café and a night club. Currently having no boyfriend but looking for one, was as straight as Elton John, loved rough sex and was definitely a uke. But adding to these things, he was unhappy.
Of course he had friends like Kazu that he loved. His family was wonderful, accepting him completely despite the fact he will never give them grandchildren at least, not in a natural way. He loved his job. Okay, he was just a bartender but this work meant so much more for him!
Every type of people was coming in his night club. Sometimes young women or men for parties, sometimes for meetings and sometimes for crying over their ex or the fight they had with their lover. It was his clients. But what Aiba loved the most in his job was the happy smile on his customer's face when their lips were touching his drinks. It was that. The change of mood. When they came with tears in their eyes or sad face as if the world had collapsed around them and then, drank his drinks, a smile appearing on their faces or happiness lightening their eyes, made Aiba feel the luckiest man in the world. The power of his drink's taste was his secret. Adapting every drink at every customer. Sometimes a bit sweeter or sharper, sometimes softer or stronger even if he never put lots of alcohol. Aiba had this gift. He could in one second tell what was the best drink for you, what you would like to feel better. Because Aiba could read your heart through your eyes. And despite this gift, nobody had ever been able to read his.
"Keep your smile and something good will happen to you." Aiba whispered to his reflection without knowing it would happen sooner than he thought.
****
"Ma-chan?" Aiba jumped and turned his face toward the voice.
"Sorry?"
"Do you ever listen to me Aibaka?" Nino frowned but his friend's answer made him shut his mouth.
"Hmm." Aiba hummed, without paying any attention to his best friend's sentence.
"Masaki, what's wrong?" Nino took a seat and sat next to him with worried eyes.
"I... Nothing." Aiba mumbled.
"Liar. I know when you are lying to me. Maybe I can't read people's heart through a look but I can read my best friend's heart easily and you are not well."
"I... Kazu, is there a problem with me?"
"Eh? What do you mean?" Nino blinked with wide eyes.
"I... Since Shouta has left me, I can't find anyone... I..."
"Is it being alone for one year that makes you feel so sad?" Nino asked softly.
"I think so. Except him, they always just want a one stand-night... And nobody is looking at me for one month now... Am I ugly? Am I stupid or something else?" Nino bit his lip not to laugh about Aiba's worries because it sounded so... stupid and false.
"Ma-chan, you're neither ugly nor stupid. Okay, a bit clumsy and sometimes you don't read the mood but never think there is a problem with you."
"Then why nobody wants me?" Aiba asked with teary puppy eyes that brought some tears in Nino's eyes in front of his friend's sadness.
"It's just because you haven't met the right person. You know, finding your half isn't like buying your beer. It needs time to find the person who will be your number one. Don't be too impatient, one day, a wonderful man will push this door, cross your look and will see you as his number one and the most beautiful guy of his universe. Just, be patient because you're beautiful, Ma-chan. You are gorgeous, you always lighten the room with your smile and your kindness. One day, someone will see it and will make you feel special."
"But how?"
"You'll feel it. When it will be the special one, your heart will know it." Nino said, touching Aiba's heart who grinned.
"Thank you Nino. I didn't know you could be such a romantic person."
"Shut up baka. I was wrong, you are just an idiot!" Nino slapped his friend's head but despite his harsh words you could see he didn't mean it.
"I love my Nino!" Aiba laughed, kissing Nino's cheek loudly.
"Yeah yeah, whatever..." Nino mumbled with red cheeks.
"And how is your special one?" Aiba smirked.
"He isn't my special one. We meet, we drink and we fuck, that's all." Nino blushed.
"Liar. I know you love Toma." Aiba smiled.
"He is kind..."
"And he takes care of you, has a good job, a kind family and is god in bed." Aiba chuckled.
"How do you know he is amazing in bed?" Nino frowned.
"Because yesterday night you were drunk and told me lots of interesting things about him." Aiba laughed in front of his friend's red face.
"Really?!"
"Nah, I'm just joking. But Kazu, I can see it in your eyes when you talk about him." Aiba said seriously.
"Okay, maybe he is good in bed." Nino mumbled. "Okay, maybe I like him a bit." The younger added when he saw his friend raising an eyebrow.
"Shall we open the club?" Aiba asked happily.
"Hmm."
And this night, Aiba's life changed...
The young bartender was watching around Rakuen to see if everything was perfect when he heard someone yelling at a guy. Approaching the counter, Aiba froze. There were two men ordering some drinks to Kazu. One of them was tall and very gorgeous with his short hair and an amazing smile. His body was thin but well-built and he was wearing some rings on his long fingers. At the beginning, Aiba thought this man was sexy and hot and maybe he should talk to him. But then, everything changed. The man smacked the guy's head next to him, making him turn his face with a playfully smile.
And Aiba's heart understood...
The man was gorgeous. He was shorter than him but seemed to have an amazing body. His short black hair was surrounding his face where you could see deep brown eyes and a cute full pink mouth that seemed born to kiss. He was wearing a suit, the sign he hadn't changed his clothes after his work. Aiba licked his lips when he saw the big veins on the man's hands and neck. He had always had a fetish for the veins. This man was special.
This man was his special one, Aiba's heart knew it.
Aiba's heart fluttered when the taller man approached him with a smile.
"Hey, cutie, are you alone, tonight?" Jun asked with a seducing voice.
"Maybe." Aiba smirked even if he wasn't as confident as he tried to make them believe.
"I'm Jun and this is my friend, Sho."
"Aiba Masaki." Aiba smiled widely or rather smiled widely to Sho.
"Nice to meet you." Sho whispered, making Aiba gulp when he heard his deep voice.
"So you two are also alone?" Aiba asked, trying to keep his dignity and not to appear like a crazy school girl in front of her idol.
"I'm not but my friend is." Jun grinned.
"Eh! I'm not!" Sho protested weakly but he didn't seem convincing and Aiba sighed in relief.
"Sho was wondering how a man as beautiful as you could be alone."
"I... Thank you... You dance?" Taking a deep breath and the strength he needed, Aiba took Sho's hand and led him to the dance floor.
"So, Sho-san, what are you doing here?"
"Trying to forget."
Aiba blinked at the answer but stared at him, hypnotized. He was so beautiful with his deep brown eyes but what made Aiba feel sad was the pain in Sho's look. There was a something inside. Like a deep scar that didn't want to heal and was still making him suffer.
This man wasn't happy, it was obvious. The way he was looking at Aiba, the way he was talking. There was so much sadness in his voice that he was trying to hide.
"A beautiful man like you trying to forget?"
"Yes." Sho blushed cutely.
"Maybe I could help you to forget." Aiba whispered in his ear, grabbing his belt to press their bodies together.
Aiba sighed when Sho rejected his proposition. The bartender didn't want to admit it but Sho's answer had hurt him. He didn't know why but this man had a special effect on him. Making his heart flutter, butterflies invading his stomach, his cheeks flushing. Sho wasn't just anyone.
Aiba shivered when the water touched his skin. Even if Sho wasn't interested, deep inside, Aiba wanted to find a way to seduce him and make him surrender.
****
Aiba wanted to see Sho again but he didn't expect to meet the older so soon. The bartender was cleaning some glasses when the door opened.
"Irrashaimase." Aiba smiled but blinked when he saw Sho in his suit again. "Sakurai-san?"
Sho raised his eyes and blinked.
"Aiba-san." Aiba grinned. It was his chance. They were alone in the café and Sho wasn't with Jun. Taking a deep breath, Aiba prepared a drink for the lawyer. Thinking about his feelings and personality. Soon, the older was smiling a bit more and answering Aiba's questions. The atmosphere was still a bit awkward but they were talking about themselves. Aiba's heart tightened when he learned for Sho's girlfriend though, he didn't give up, trying to win his client's trust by telling his personal experiences. At the beginning, he thought Sho would be disgusted by the BDSM part but the latter started to speak more, as if Aiba had broken a wall between them. Sho seemed to like his view of the couple, showing he was a complete but hidden dominant because of his excessive girlfriend. Aiba hated her. He hated the way she was preventing him to be himself and happy. Sho seemed so interesting and kind, talking with him wasn't boring him at all unlike Aiba's previous boyfriends.
Some walls fell. Some secrets were reveling without any shame as if they knew each other for a long time or were the best friends of the world. Aiba hadn't feel well like that for a long time. But when he thought Sho was surrendering, after only one glass of the bartender's cocktail, the older apologized, telling he was drunk and left quickly.
"I have failed. I have to forget him now." Aiba sighed even though, his heart was protesting.
But how can you forget someone who you've fallen in love with at first sight?
The bartender started to work harder not to think about Sho. Every day he was talking with the customers of his café and every night he was making the best cocktail of his life.
Best... Aiba didn't know if he could use this word to describe his drinks. At least, not since Nino had pointed he was sucking at his work.
"Masaki, what the hell is wrong with you actually?!"
"Eh?"
"Don't "Eh" me! You know what I mean. Your cocktails taste weirdly. Some customers told me their drinks were disgusting!" Nino exclaimed.
"I... It's because... Kazu, how can I stop loving someone?" Aiba asked with so much despair in his voice that even the brat Nino has wanted to hug him tightly in his arms.
"You love someone?"
"I... I might be in love... Do you remember the guy from Tuesday?"
"Jun?"
"You know him?!"
"Of course, his... slave is my best friend. And I know Jun for 15 years now." Nino chuckled.
"Slave?"
"Jun is a master. I don't need to explain you what BDSM is, ne?" Nino smirked.
"Oh, Matsumoto-kun is in BDSM?" Aiba repeated stupidly.
"Yes. Ohno Satoshi, his slave, is one of my best friends too and to be honest, I like Jun too, despite his sadistic attitude, he is very sweet and kind guy." Nino smiled. "So? He came and?"
"Well he came with his best friend and..."
"Sho Sakurai, the lawyer?" Nino cut him off.
"Can you let me finish instead of interrupting me?" Aiba frowned, crossing his arms on his chest.
"Gomen gomen." Nino raised his hands in a peacefully way.
"As I was saying, he came with this man and... Do you remember what you told me about the special one?"
"I think so..."
"Well, I... When I saw Sho, I kind of... I knew he was... You know... The special one..."
"Don't tell me you've fallen for him?!" Nino almost screamed.
"Well, that's it..."
"Oh my gosh! Baka! Sho Sakurai! You've fallen for Sho Sakurai?! Please, Ma-chan, forget him, he isn't a man for you!"
"Eh? What? You know him?!" Aiba exclaimed.
"Sort of... I can't tell you but... Masa, I swear he isn't for you, forget him!"
"But that's the point!! I'm unable to forget him!" Aiba shouted, Nino jumping in front of his friend's tone.
"Ma-chan..."
"What do you think?! I've tried so hard to forget him! But the fact is... I can't... I can't control my feelings... It's as if we were connected..." Aiba stammered, tears rolling down his cheeks.
"Oh, Ma-chan..." Nino wrapped his friend in his arms, allowing him to cry loudly against his chest.
"I... I swear I tried but... He is always in my mind... I don't know why because I don't even know him, we just talked some hours and..."
"I know it's hard but... Listen, I'll try to talk to him, okay?"
"But he has a girlfriend and wants to marry her."
"This guy... I'm not surprised, his parents succeeded to make him obey..." Nino mumbled.
"It hurts so damn much Kazu!" Aiba sobbed.
"I know babe. I'll talk to this idiot, I know how to deal with him."
"I can't figure out why I am so in love with him while I don't know him."
"I..." Nino stopped before talking too much. Aiba wasn't ready to hear what was behind all this mess.
"And I have something more to tell you." Aiba added.
"What?" At the moment Aiba told him everything, Nino's face paled and flushed, anger invading his whole body.
Nino was fuming. Walking into the building, the short man threw the door open with a loud noise.
"Kazunari?" Jun blinked.
"Where the hell is this fucking bastard?!" Nino yelled.
"Eh? What are you talking about?" Jun raised his eyebrows in disbelief but Nino ignored him and opened a door roughly.
"Sakurai Sho, you really are the biggest bastard of Japan, how did you dare?!" Nino shouted, grabbing Sho's shirt to punch him violently.
"Kazu?!" Sho gasped, his eyes wide open.
To be continued...
A/N: So, some secrets will be revealed in the next part if I remeber well xDDD see you and comments are <3