[Multi-chapter] A Place In The Sun - Chapter 14
Title: A Place In The Sun
Fandom: KAT-TUN and NewS
Pairing: Ryoda and mentions of Akame.
Genre: Friendship, humor, fluff and maybe a hint of some kind of romance.
Rating: PG/PG-13 maybe…
Summary: Ueda finds himself on a bus going to who-knows-where, and his traveling partner is none other than Nishikido. Bad summary… sorry!
Warnings: Nothing really, except for some silliness and maybe some out of character… and maybe some bad grammar and misspelling.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot, but I sure wish I owned more...
Inspiration: The nice, warm and sunny weather that has been with me the last few days and the song Summer Time by NewS is also a source of inspiration kinda...
A/N:
BYE-BYE EVERYONE!
I'm leaving for Barcelona later today and this will most likely be my last fanfiction post in about 7 weeks. I wrote you a bit longer chapter (over 3000 word!) this time as a good bye gift and as a thank you for reading and commenting on my fictions. See you again in August! (^o^)
Previous chapters: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 10, Chapter 11, Chapter 12, Chapter 13
Chapter 14
"You guys wanna play with us?" Yamapi shouted when he saw Ueda and Ryo getting into the water.
"Sure, what are you playing?" Ryo answered back dragging Ueda with him towards their friends. When they got closer Ueda noticed that Yamapi had a bruise on his upper arm and some scratched on his face. Ueda figured he must've gotten them from his drunken fight with Koki and Jin last night and chuckled softly for himself.
"My game" Junno flashed them a smile and threw the ball to Tegoshi who gracefully jump into the air to catch it and then landed with a splash. They started of the game and even though Ueda really didn't understand all the complicated rules Junno had explained to them earlier he had fun. They splashed around, threw the ball, laughed, fell into the water, laughed some more and every now and then Junno announced that someone managed to get a score.
The ball came flying high in the air and both Yamapi and Ueda tried to catch it. They ran with their faces turned upside not letting their eyes leave the ball and because of that they didn't take notice of each other. They crashed into each other and ended up in a tangle of limps in the water, Yampi with one hand around Ueda's waist. The ball ended up hitting Masuda in the head getting him out of balance. Everyone laughed at the situation except for Ryo who for some reason stared daggers at Yamapi and then rushed over as fast as he could move in the water.
"What the hell are you doing?" He growled at Yamapi while grabbing a hold of Ueda's arm and pulled him away from Yamapi. "Watch where you're going!"
"Stop it Ryo" Ueda said trying to cool Ryo down a notch by placing his free hand softly on Ryo's arm. "Just let's keep playing"
"But he- he-" Ryo started but didn't seem to know what it really was that had annoyed him.
"I what?" Yamapi asked getting back onto his feet again. "Can it be the fact that I touched Tat-chan that made you mad? Maybe you got jealous?"
"Are you kidding me?" Ryo snapped. "Why would I care about that? Wait, I don't even want an answer to that. Let's go princess." Ryo started to pull Ueda with him up from the water.
"Don't I have a say in anything?" Ueda asked not really annoyed but still he just couldn't let Ryo boss him around all the time.
"Oh, sorry" Ryo apologized and turned to face Ueda. "Of course you have. Do you wanna continue playing or do you wanna go for lunch? I'm starting to get hungry"
"Ah, lunch sounds good." Ueda smiled and then turned to the rest of their friends still in the water. "See you later guys. Ryo and I are going to grab some lunch!"
"Oh, okay" their playmates responded and gave them a quick wave with their hands before they continued with Junno's game as if they had never been interrupted.
"We're you heading?" Kame asked as he noticed how Ryo and Ueda picked up their things from the ground. "We're off back to the hotel to change and then head out for lunch" Ueda explained to Kame and Jin who was the only one left of their group still on land. Shige, Koyama and Koki seemed to have disappeared somewhere along with the girls Ueda noted but didn't think any further on the matter.
"Ah, I want lunch too" Jin said lifting his head up from Kame's chest which he had used as a pillow. "Can we come with you guys?"
"Su-sure" Ueda answered ignoring Ryo's glare that clearly said that he didn't agree with this.
"Yatta!" Jin said jumping up from the ground and started to pull the towel on which Kame was still lying on causing his boyfriend to roll over and land on the sand.
"Hurry up, will you?" Ryo said impatient kicking the sand with his feet.
"Don't be such a baby Ryo" Kame chuckled and started to help out with the packing. "We all know that you can't wait for this dou-" he cut himself off when he realized what he was about to say.
"Dou what?" Ryo inquired and both he and Ueda glared suspiciously at Kame.
"Nothing, nothing" Kame said trying to wave the whole thing off.
"You were to say double date to start, ne?" Jin smirked after finally putting all their belongings back into their bags. He shouldn't have said that as it earned him a slap over the head not only from Ryo and Ueda but from his boyfriend as well.
"Ouch!" Jin complained putting his hand on the back of his head and caressed it slightly. "What was that for?"
"That was for being the baka you've earned your nickname from." Kame said taking Jin's hand in his before turning to the other two. "Let's go"
They ended up at the same place as Ueda and Ryo had had lunch the day before and was now sitting outside under a big parasol waiting for their food to arrive.
"This is nice." Kame smiled taking a sip from his glass of ice water.
"It's always nice to be in with you" Jin said and gave Kame a kiss on the cheek.
"That's not what I meant stupid." Kame chuckled.
"Can the two of you stop your public display of affections?" Ryo said annoyed. "It makes me sick"
"Aww, you're just jealous that I'm man enough to show my true feelings" Jin smirked.
"Since when did it become manly to show off your feelings?" Ryo snorted. "I thought it was women who were suppose to be the emotional ones"
"If you haven't noticed - many women, and some men too, these days like men who are emotional" Jin retorted.
"So what? That doesn't make it any manlier." Ryo said rolling his eyes at his friend.
"If it's to any comfort, I think you are manly" Kame said and gave his boyfriend a kiss on the lips with a big smack. Jin showed off grin full of triumph at Ryo who just rolled his eyes again and Ueda couldn't help but chuckle at the whole situation.
A moment later the food arrived and started eating with much enthusiasm.
"Here tastes this" Ryo said holding out his chopstick in front of Ueda to let him taste his food. Kame and Jin looked at them with smirks plastering their faces.
"Oh, okay" Ueda said and let himself being fed right in front of two of his friends and he felt kind of awkward.
"What do you think?" Ryo asked curious as he watched Ueda chew and then swallow the food.
"Delicious!" Ueda smiled.
"Can I taste some too?" Jin asked a grin still plastered on his face. "Or do you only let your Tat-chan taste your food?"
"Of course he can taste some, right?" Ueda said hoping for Ryo to get the hint and not start a fight and at the same time stop Jin from teasing any more.
"No" Ryo said clearly not getting what Ueda had tried to do. "It's my food. I won't let anyone else than I eat it."
"But you just let Tat-chan have some" Kame pointed out with amusement clearly on display in his tone.
"Uh, oh… " Ryo said lost for words and not sure of what to say. Jin and Kame looked at him with amusement and big smirks on their faces.
"Oh just shut up!" Ryo then growled and focused his attention on his food completely ignoring his friends.
"We didn't say anything" Jin grinned and turned his focus from Ryo to Ueda "Right, princess?"
"I'm the only one allowed to call him princess!" Ryo snapped and looked up from his food surprising Ueda but apparently both Kame and Jin had expected that reaction as Jin was grinning like mad and Kame just simply smiled.
"Getting a bit possessive aren't we?" Jin kept on teasing Ryo making him fume with anger.
"Jin, I think you've teased him enough" Kame said sensing danger and so did Ueda; he really didn't want a fight take place.
"Calm down, Ryo. Just ignore him" Ueda said placing his hand on the others arm. Ueda was a bit bothered by Jin's teasing too but he couldn't help but start to wonder if maybe Jin wasn't completely wrong when it came to Ryo's feelings.
"Let's talk about something else. Shall we?" Kame said trying to get the tense atmosphere to go away. "Shige said something about an amusement park earlier? He said that Ryo had looked it up."
"Yeah, there is supposed to be one not that far away from here." Ueda said Kame out in making a conversation going.
"Ah, that's great." Kame smiled "We should all go there tomorrow or what do you say Jin?"
Kame and Ueda's attempt to get a friendlier conversation going had been a success. Kame had managed to hold Jin away from teasing anymore, well one or another comment slipped but Ryo managed to hold back his poison tongue.
"How are we going to continue this dou- " Kame almost slipped again as they walked out from the restaurant. "I mean our day. Should we do some shopping or go back to the beach?"
"I just wanna go back to the beach" Ueda smiled and took out his sunglasses- the new ones that Ryo had bought him yesterday, from his bag.
"Wow! Where did you get those?" Jin asked as he noticed the new shades covering Ueda's eyes. "I want some too!"
"Uh…" Ueda got startled over Jin's enthusiasm.
"I bought them to him from the shop over there" Ryo said a proud smile decorating his faces as he pointed at the shop on the other side of the street.
"You bought them to him?" Kame asked surprised while trying to not make Jin run towards the shop.
"Yeah, princess wouldn't buy them himself" Ryo snorted. "So I had to buy them"
"Come on Kazu!" Jin said acting like a 5year old. "I wanna go to that shop!"
"Okay, okay." Kame sighed as Jin finally managed to drag him away. "We'll see you at the beach later!"
Ryo and Ueda chuckled at the sight in front of them before they started to walk away and towards the hotel again to get their beach things.
"That was a nice move!" Ryo said as they reached the hotel and walked into the lobby.
"Huh?" Ueda said confused. "What move?"
"Showing them the sunglasses" Ryo said. "And by that get rid of them"
"I didn't plan that" Ueda said amused as he pressed the button to the elevator.
"Maybe you did it unconsciously" Ryo smirked just as a little ping announced the arrival of the elevator.
"Maybe" Ueda shrugged as they stepped into the elevator. "What do you think everyone else is doing?"
"Yamapi, Tegoshi, Tagushi, Masuda and Nakamaru have probably left the beach too by now" Ryo answered. "They've probably walked off to find a restaurant with an all you can eat buffet"
"You're probably right" Ueda smiled. "But where do you think Shige, Koki and Koyama ended up? They just disappeared with those girls"
"They probably went for lunch too" Ryo said as they stepped out from the elevator but as soon as they were out they just stopped and stared. In front of them in the hallway Koki was standing pressing on of the girls against the wall while kissing and groping her frenetically.
"What the hell?" Ryo said rising his voice slightly to fully get the couple's attention and it worked. They stopped kissing and Koki turned around and faced them.
"Oh, hi didn't see you there" Koki smiled sheepishly and the girl just giggled in an annoyingly.
"What is it with people today" Ryo muttered loud enough for everyone to hear it. "First Kame and Jin, and now this? Is it Public Display of Affection day today?"
"You're just annoyed cause you haven't gotten anything in a while" Koki smirked and turned around towards the girl again.
"Shut up and get a fucking room" Ryo snapped and grabbed Ueda's hand dragging him away to their room.
"I would but Nakamaru has the key to the room" Koki shouted after them.
"Didn't expect to see that" Ueda said when they were back in their room.
"Disgusting" Ryo snorted as he sat down on the bed.
"Well, at least we know what Koki's doing" Ueda sat down on the bed as well "Do you think Shige and Koyama are doing the same?"
"You mean making out?" Ryo asked and faced Ueda. "Don't think so, they're not as slutty as some of your band members."
"Hey" Ueda protested and hit rather hard on the upper arm. "Don't insult my band"
"I'm sorry" Ryo apologized and rubbed his arm. "I'm sorry, okay? But I still don't think they're doing something like that. They've just met the girls"
"Well, maybe" Ueda said and got up from the bed and walked over to the mirror next to the wardrobe. "But if they are they've probably found their way back to their shared bedroom."
"Don't say that" Ryo said repulsed. "You're putting mental images in my mind."
"Don't be such a baby" Ueda smirked as he started to fix his hair. Ryo didn't reply he just sat and watched Ueda in silence; Ueda could feel his eyes on him.
"So..." Ueda said a moment later turning around and facing Ryo again. "Should we head to the beach for a few more hours of sun and fun?"
"Yeah, let's do that" Ryo smiled as he got up and grabbed his things.
They didn't see Koki and the girl again, it seemed they had taken their business elsewhere but as they walked outside the building they meet Yampi, Nakamaru, Tegoshi, Junno and Masuda.
"Back to the beach?" Nakamaru asked as they all stopped to talk for a moment.
"Yeah, how about you?" Ueda answered. "And what have you been up to?"
"Back here for nap" Tegoshi smiled brightly.
"Yeah, we're all full after lunch at this all you can eat restaurant we found" Masuda explained rubbing his stomach.
"Might join you later though" Yamapi said. "So do you know what the rest are up to?"
"Kame and Jin are out shopping and…" Ryo started to answer.
"Koki's with one of the girls and…" Ueda continued the sentence to their friends' amusement.
"Koyama and Shige we don't have a clue about but…" Ryo cut in again.
"We think they are with the other two girls" Ueda finished "What's with the stupid grins?" he then asked confused.
"Nothing" Nakamaru answered but he continued to grin.
"It's just kind of cute how you finish each other's sentences" Tegoshi smiled. "Only people who are really close can do that, ne?"
"Yeah, well we are close friends if you haven't noticed." Ryo smirked.
"Oh, we've noticed that all right" Yamapi smirked back and winked.
"Well, see you later" Nakamaru said and ushered Masuda, Junno, Yamapi and Tegoshi inside the hotel.
"Yeah, sleep tight" Ueda smiled and waved, Ryo just gave their friend as small nod.
When they arrived at the beach they noticed that it was a bit more crowded than before but it was still just a small crowed and it consisted mostly of families with small children and elderly people. So still no big chance for them to get recognized. A few meters away from where they had stopped a small sand castle had been built and Ryo took notice of it.
"Let's build one of those later" He said and pointed out the castle to Ueda.
"Yeah, sure" Ueda smiled before he stripped out of his T-shirt. "But let's take as swim first"
Ryo didn't reply but he quickly stripped out of his shirt and then grabbed Ueda's hand and pulled him with him to the water. They played and splashed around in the water and had a great time earning them a few laughs and weird looks from a bunch of children.
They collapsed onto their towels half an hour later with big smiles on their faces.
"I realized something" Ryo suddenly said looking dead serious.
"What?" Ueda asked confused and a bit worried.
"We don't have any tools to build the castle with" Ryo sat up.
Ueda sighed. "Was it only that? You almost got me worried for a second."
"Well it is a big problem" Ryo said and started to look around. He noticed a couple of boys playing with some buckets and spades and his face lit up. "Oh maybe we can asked if we can borrow some of theirs" he said and pointed out the kids to Ueda. "You go and ask them."
"Why me?" Ueda asked and looked straight at Ryo.
"Don't ask, just do it" Ryo said and pushed Ueda in the direction of the boys.
"Okay, okay" Ueda sighed and started to walk towards the children.
"Excuse me?" he said softly as he kneeled down next to the kids and they turned their heads towards the sound of his voice.
"Yes?" one of the boys answered and looked confused at the stranger.
"I was just wondering if me and my friend" Ueda pointed at Ryo who gave the boys as little smile and wave. "Could borrow some of your spades and maybe a bucket? Cause we really wanna build a sand castle."
The boys looked at each other and then at Ueda and then back at each other again.
"I promise we'll give them back to you" Ueda smiled softly.
"Okay." the same boy that had talked earlier said, he seemed to be a bit older than the other one. "But you have to really, really, really promise we will get them back"
"Of course" Ueda smiled as he was handed two spades and bucket. "Thank you so much"
The boys just smiled at him as he made his way back to Ryo with the tools.
They started building the castle at once and under silence and for some strange reason they had the same idea of how what the castle should look like and therefore they didn't need to consult each other about it. Ueda glanced over at Ryo who was totally focused on perfecting the tower he was currently building. He looked so full of concentration that it made Ueda smile and he couldn't stop looking at him.
"What are you looking at?" Ryo said and looked up at Ueda, he seemed to have sensed Ueda's eyes on him.
"You" Ueda answered still smiling." I like it when you have that look of concentration on"
"Oh," Ryo said and blushed slightly. "Thanks I guess."
Ueda couldn't help but smile as he found a blushing Ryo too cute and adorable to hold a smile back. They looked at each other's for a moment before Ryo broke the gaze and continued to work on the tower. Ueda smiled again and soon he too returns to his work but he continued to steal a glance at Ryo every now and then.
"I'm going to get some water" Ryo suddenly said and broke the comfortable silence. Ueda looked up and smiled as he watched Ryo walk down to the water with a small plastic bucket dangling in on hand. He soon returned with the bucket filled up with water and a big smile on his face. When he was about a meter away from Ueda he slipped in the sand and fell forward. The bucket fell out of his hand and onto the castle and destroying some of it while Ryo himself came crashing down on Ueda and pressed their bodies close together. Their faces were just centimeters away from each other and as Ueda looked at Ryo their eyes locked. They lied like that for what felt like forever just gazing at each other, Ryo with his hands on both sides of Ueda. Suddenly Ueda noticed how Ryo's face slowly moved in closer; he was sure that Ryo were going to kiss him and he decided at that very moment that he would Ryo do it. That he wanted to kiss Ryo and therefore he slowly closed his eyes and waited for Ryo's lips to reach down and capture his.
To be continued…
Fandom: KAT-TUN and NewS
Pairing: Ryoda and mentions of Akame.
Genre: Friendship, humor, fluff and maybe a hint of some kind of romance.
Rating: PG/PG-13 maybe…
Summary: Ueda finds himself on a bus going to who-knows-where, and his traveling partner is none other than Nishikido. Bad summary… sorry!
Warnings: Nothing really, except for some silliness and maybe some out of character… and maybe some bad grammar and misspelling.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot, but I sure wish I owned more...
Inspiration: The nice, warm and sunny weather that has been with me the last few days and the song Summer Time by NewS is also a source of inspiration kinda...
A/N:
BYE-BYE EVERYONE!
I'm leaving for Barcelona later today and this will most likely be my last fanfiction post in about 7 weeks. I wrote you a bit longer chapter (over 3000 word!) this time as a good bye gift and as a thank you for reading and commenting on my fictions. See you again in August! (^o^)
Previous chapters: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 10, Chapter 11, Chapter 12, Chapter 13
Chapter 14
"You guys wanna play with us?" Yamapi shouted when he saw Ueda and Ryo getting into the water.
"Sure, what are you playing?" Ryo answered back dragging Ueda with him towards their friends. When they got closer Ueda noticed that Yamapi had a bruise on his upper arm and some scratched on his face. Ueda figured he must've gotten them from his drunken fight with Koki and Jin last night and chuckled softly for himself.
"My game" Junno flashed them a smile and threw the ball to Tegoshi who gracefully jump into the air to catch it and then landed with a splash. They started of the game and even though Ueda really didn't understand all the complicated rules Junno had explained to them earlier he had fun. They splashed around, threw the ball, laughed, fell into the water, laughed some more and every now and then Junno announced that someone managed to get a score.
The ball came flying high in the air and both Yamapi and Ueda tried to catch it. They ran with their faces turned upside not letting their eyes leave the ball and because of that they didn't take notice of each other. They crashed into each other and ended up in a tangle of limps in the water, Yampi with one hand around Ueda's waist. The ball ended up hitting Masuda in the head getting him out of balance. Everyone laughed at the situation except for Ryo who for some reason stared daggers at Yamapi and then rushed over as fast as he could move in the water.
"What the hell are you doing?" He growled at Yamapi while grabbing a hold of Ueda's arm and pulled him away from Yamapi. "Watch where you're going!"
"Stop it Ryo" Ueda said trying to cool Ryo down a notch by placing his free hand softly on Ryo's arm. "Just let's keep playing"
"But he- he-" Ryo started but didn't seem to know what it really was that had annoyed him.
"I what?" Yamapi asked getting back onto his feet again. "Can it be the fact that I touched Tat-chan that made you mad? Maybe you got jealous?"
"Are you kidding me?" Ryo snapped. "Why would I care about that? Wait, I don't even want an answer to that. Let's go princess." Ryo started to pull Ueda with him up from the water.
"Don't I have a say in anything?" Ueda asked not really annoyed but still he just couldn't let Ryo boss him around all the time.
"Oh, sorry" Ryo apologized and turned to face Ueda. "Of course you have. Do you wanna continue playing or do you wanna go for lunch? I'm starting to get hungry"
"Ah, lunch sounds good." Ueda smiled and then turned to the rest of their friends still in the water. "See you later guys. Ryo and I are going to grab some lunch!"
"Oh, okay" their playmates responded and gave them a quick wave with their hands before they continued with Junno's game as if they had never been interrupted.
"We're you heading?" Kame asked as he noticed how Ryo and Ueda picked up their things from the ground. "We're off back to the hotel to change and then head out for lunch" Ueda explained to Kame and Jin who was the only one left of their group still on land. Shige, Koyama and Koki seemed to have disappeared somewhere along with the girls Ueda noted but didn't think any further on the matter.
"Ah, I want lunch too" Jin said lifting his head up from Kame's chest which he had used as a pillow. "Can we come with you guys?"
"Su-sure" Ueda answered ignoring Ryo's glare that clearly said that he didn't agree with this.
"Yatta!" Jin said jumping up from the ground and started to pull the towel on which Kame was still lying on causing his boyfriend to roll over and land on the sand.
"Hurry up, will you?" Ryo said impatient kicking the sand with his feet.
"Don't be such a baby Ryo" Kame chuckled and started to help out with the packing. "We all know that you can't wait for this dou-" he cut himself off when he realized what he was about to say.
"Dou what?" Ryo inquired and both he and Ueda glared suspiciously at Kame.
"Nothing, nothing" Kame said trying to wave the whole thing off.
"You were to say double date to start, ne?" Jin smirked after finally putting all their belongings back into their bags. He shouldn't have said that as it earned him a slap over the head not only from Ryo and Ueda but from his boyfriend as well.
"Ouch!" Jin complained putting his hand on the back of his head and caressed it slightly. "What was that for?"
"That was for being the baka you've earned your nickname from." Kame said taking Jin's hand in his before turning to the other two. "Let's go"
They ended up at the same place as Ueda and Ryo had had lunch the day before and was now sitting outside under a big parasol waiting for their food to arrive.
"This is nice." Kame smiled taking a sip from his glass of ice water.
"It's always nice to be in with you" Jin said and gave Kame a kiss on the cheek.
"That's not what I meant stupid." Kame chuckled.
"Can the two of you stop your public display of affections?" Ryo said annoyed. "It makes me sick"
"Aww, you're just jealous that I'm man enough to show my true feelings" Jin smirked.
"Since when did it become manly to show off your feelings?" Ryo snorted. "I thought it was women who were suppose to be the emotional ones"
"If you haven't noticed - many women, and some men too, these days like men who are emotional" Jin retorted.
"So what? That doesn't make it any manlier." Ryo said rolling his eyes at his friend.
"If it's to any comfort, I think you are manly" Kame said and gave his boyfriend a kiss on the lips with a big smack. Jin showed off grin full of triumph at Ryo who just rolled his eyes again and Ueda couldn't help but chuckle at the whole situation.
A moment later the food arrived and started eating with much enthusiasm.
"Here tastes this" Ryo said holding out his chopstick in front of Ueda to let him taste his food. Kame and Jin looked at them with smirks plastering their faces.
"Oh, okay" Ueda said and let himself being fed right in front of two of his friends and he felt kind of awkward.
"What do you think?" Ryo asked curious as he watched Ueda chew and then swallow the food.
"Delicious!" Ueda smiled.
"Can I taste some too?" Jin asked a grin still plastered on his face. "Or do you only let your Tat-chan taste your food?"
"Of course he can taste some, right?" Ueda said hoping for Ryo to get the hint and not start a fight and at the same time stop Jin from teasing any more.
"No" Ryo said clearly not getting what Ueda had tried to do. "It's my food. I won't let anyone else than I eat it."
"But you just let Tat-chan have some" Kame pointed out with amusement clearly on display in his tone.
"Uh, oh… " Ryo said lost for words and not sure of what to say. Jin and Kame looked at him with amusement and big smirks on their faces.
"Oh just shut up!" Ryo then growled and focused his attention on his food completely ignoring his friends.
"We didn't say anything" Jin grinned and turned his focus from Ryo to Ueda "Right, princess?"
"I'm the only one allowed to call him princess!" Ryo snapped and looked up from his food surprising Ueda but apparently both Kame and Jin had expected that reaction as Jin was grinning like mad and Kame just simply smiled.
"Getting a bit possessive aren't we?" Jin kept on teasing Ryo making him fume with anger.
"Jin, I think you've teased him enough" Kame said sensing danger and so did Ueda; he really didn't want a fight take place.
"Calm down, Ryo. Just ignore him" Ueda said placing his hand on the others arm. Ueda was a bit bothered by Jin's teasing too but he couldn't help but start to wonder if maybe Jin wasn't completely wrong when it came to Ryo's feelings.
"Let's talk about something else. Shall we?" Kame said trying to get the tense atmosphere to go away. "Shige said something about an amusement park earlier? He said that Ryo had looked it up."
"Yeah, there is supposed to be one not that far away from here." Ueda said Kame out in making a conversation going.
"Ah, that's great." Kame smiled "We should all go there tomorrow or what do you say Jin?"
Kame and Ueda's attempt to get a friendlier conversation going had been a success. Kame had managed to hold Jin away from teasing anymore, well one or another comment slipped but Ryo managed to hold back his poison tongue.
"How are we going to continue this dou- " Kame almost slipped again as they walked out from the restaurant. "I mean our day. Should we do some shopping or go back to the beach?"
"I just wanna go back to the beach" Ueda smiled and took out his sunglasses- the new ones that Ryo had bought him yesterday, from his bag.
"Wow! Where did you get those?" Jin asked as he noticed the new shades covering Ueda's eyes. "I want some too!"
"Uh…" Ueda got startled over Jin's enthusiasm.
"I bought them to him from the shop over there" Ryo said a proud smile decorating his faces as he pointed at the shop on the other side of the street.
"You bought them to him?" Kame asked surprised while trying to not make Jin run towards the shop.
"Yeah, princess wouldn't buy them himself" Ryo snorted. "So I had to buy them"
"Come on Kazu!" Jin said acting like a 5year old. "I wanna go to that shop!"
"Okay, okay." Kame sighed as Jin finally managed to drag him away. "We'll see you at the beach later!"
Ryo and Ueda chuckled at the sight in front of them before they started to walk away and towards the hotel again to get their beach things.
"That was a nice move!" Ryo said as they reached the hotel and walked into the lobby.
"Huh?" Ueda said confused. "What move?"
"Showing them the sunglasses" Ryo said. "And by that get rid of them"
"I didn't plan that" Ueda said amused as he pressed the button to the elevator.
"Maybe you did it unconsciously" Ryo smirked just as a little ping announced the arrival of the elevator.
"Maybe" Ueda shrugged as they stepped into the elevator. "What do you think everyone else is doing?"
"Yamapi, Tegoshi, Tagushi, Masuda and Nakamaru have probably left the beach too by now" Ryo answered. "They've probably walked off to find a restaurant with an all you can eat buffet"
"You're probably right" Ueda smiled. "But where do you think Shige, Koki and Koyama ended up? They just disappeared with those girls"
"They probably went for lunch too" Ryo said as they stepped out from the elevator but as soon as they were out they just stopped and stared. In front of them in the hallway Koki was standing pressing on of the girls against the wall while kissing and groping her frenetically.
"What the hell?" Ryo said rising his voice slightly to fully get the couple's attention and it worked. They stopped kissing and Koki turned around and faced them.
"Oh, hi didn't see you there" Koki smiled sheepishly and the girl just giggled in an annoyingly.
"What is it with people today" Ryo muttered loud enough for everyone to hear it. "First Kame and Jin, and now this? Is it Public Display of Affection day today?"
"You're just annoyed cause you haven't gotten anything in a while" Koki smirked and turned around towards the girl again.
"Shut up and get a fucking room" Ryo snapped and grabbed Ueda's hand dragging him away to their room.
"I would but Nakamaru has the key to the room" Koki shouted after them.
"Didn't expect to see that" Ueda said when they were back in their room.
"Disgusting" Ryo snorted as he sat down on the bed.
"Well, at least we know what Koki's doing" Ueda sat down on the bed as well "Do you think Shige and Koyama are doing the same?"
"You mean making out?" Ryo asked and faced Ueda. "Don't think so, they're not as slutty as some of your band members."
"Hey" Ueda protested and hit rather hard on the upper arm. "Don't insult my band"
"I'm sorry" Ryo apologized and rubbed his arm. "I'm sorry, okay? But I still don't think they're doing something like that. They've just met the girls"
"Well, maybe" Ueda said and got up from the bed and walked over to the mirror next to the wardrobe. "But if they are they've probably found their way back to their shared bedroom."
"Don't say that" Ryo said repulsed. "You're putting mental images in my mind."
"Don't be such a baby" Ueda smirked as he started to fix his hair. Ryo didn't reply he just sat and watched Ueda in silence; Ueda could feel his eyes on him.
"So..." Ueda said a moment later turning around and facing Ryo again. "Should we head to the beach for a few more hours of sun and fun?"
"Yeah, let's do that" Ryo smiled as he got up and grabbed his things.
They didn't see Koki and the girl again, it seemed they had taken their business elsewhere but as they walked outside the building they meet Yampi, Nakamaru, Tegoshi, Junno and Masuda.
"Back to the beach?" Nakamaru asked as they all stopped to talk for a moment.
"Yeah, how about you?" Ueda answered. "And what have you been up to?"
"Back here for nap" Tegoshi smiled brightly.
"Yeah, we're all full after lunch at this all you can eat restaurant we found" Masuda explained rubbing his stomach.
"Might join you later though" Yamapi said. "So do you know what the rest are up to?"
"Kame and Jin are out shopping and…" Ryo started to answer.
"Koki's with one of the girls and…" Ueda continued the sentence to their friends' amusement.
"Koyama and Shige we don't have a clue about but…" Ryo cut in again.
"We think they are with the other two girls" Ueda finished "What's with the stupid grins?" he then asked confused.
"Nothing" Nakamaru answered but he continued to grin.
"It's just kind of cute how you finish each other's sentences" Tegoshi smiled. "Only people who are really close can do that, ne?"
"Yeah, well we are close friends if you haven't noticed." Ryo smirked.
"Oh, we've noticed that all right" Yamapi smirked back and winked.
"Well, see you later" Nakamaru said and ushered Masuda, Junno, Yamapi and Tegoshi inside the hotel.
"Yeah, sleep tight" Ueda smiled and waved, Ryo just gave their friend as small nod.
When they arrived at the beach they noticed that it was a bit more crowded than before but it was still just a small crowed and it consisted mostly of families with small children and elderly people. So still no big chance for them to get recognized. A few meters away from where they had stopped a small sand castle had been built and Ryo took notice of it.
"Let's build one of those later" He said and pointed out the castle to Ueda.
"Yeah, sure" Ueda smiled before he stripped out of his T-shirt. "But let's take as swim first"
Ryo didn't reply but he quickly stripped out of his shirt and then grabbed Ueda's hand and pulled him with him to the water. They played and splashed around in the water and had a great time earning them a few laughs and weird looks from a bunch of children.
They collapsed onto their towels half an hour later with big smiles on their faces.
"I realized something" Ryo suddenly said looking dead serious.
"What?" Ueda asked confused and a bit worried.
"We don't have any tools to build the castle with" Ryo sat up.
Ueda sighed. "Was it only that? You almost got me worried for a second."
"Well it is a big problem" Ryo said and started to look around. He noticed a couple of boys playing with some buckets and spades and his face lit up. "Oh maybe we can asked if we can borrow some of theirs" he said and pointed out the kids to Ueda. "You go and ask them."
"Why me?" Ueda asked and looked straight at Ryo.
"Don't ask, just do it" Ryo said and pushed Ueda in the direction of the boys.
"Okay, okay" Ueda sighed and started to walk towards the children.
"Excuse me?" he said softly as he kneeled down next to the kids and they turned their heads towards the sound of his voice.
"Yes?" one of the boys answered and looked confused at the stranger.
"I was just wondering if me and my friend" Ueda pointed at Ryo who gave the boys as little smile and wave. "Could borrow some of your spades and maybe a bucket? Cause we really wanna build a sand castle."
The boys looked at each other and then at Ueda and then back at each other again.
"I promise we'll give them back to you" Ueda smiled softly.
"Okay." the same boy that had talked earlier said, he seemed to be a bit older than the other one. "But you have to really, really, really promise we will get them back"
"Of course" Ueda smiled as he was handed two spades and bucket. "Thank you so much"
The boys just smiled at him as he made his way back to Ryo with the tools.
They started building the castle at once and under silence and for some strange reason they had the same idea of how what the castle should look like and therefore they didn't need to consult each other about it. Ueda glanced over at Ryo who was totally focused on perfecting the tower he was currently building. He looked so full of concentration that it made Ueda smile and he couldn't stop looking at him.
"What are you looking at?" Ryo said and looked up at Ueda, he seemed to have sensed Ueda's eyes on him.
"You" Ueda answered still smiling." I like it when you have that look of concentration on"
"Oh," Ryo said and blushed slightly. "Thanks I guess."
Ueda couldn't help but smile as he found a blushing Ryo too cute and adorable to hold a smile back. They looked at each other's for a moment before Ryo broke the gaze and continued to work on the tower. Ueda smiled again and soon he too returns to his work but he continued to steal a glance at Ryo every now and then.
"I'm going to get some water" Ryo suddenly said and broke the comfortable silence. Ueda looked up and smiled as he watched Ryo walk down to the water with a small plastic bucket dangling in on hand. He soon returned with the bucket filled up with water and a big smile on his face. When he was about a meter away from Ueda he slipped in the sand and fell forward. The bucket fell out of his hand and onto the castle and destroying some of it while Ryo himself came crashing down on Ueda and pressed their bodies close together. Their faces were just centimeters away from each other and as Ueda looked at Ryo their eyes locked. They lied like that for what felt like forever just gazing at each other, Ryo with his hands on both sides of Ueda. Suddenly Ueda noticed how Ryo's face slowly moved in closer; he was sure that Ryo were going to kiss him and he decided at that very moment that he would Ryo do it. That he wanted to kiss Ryo and therefore he slowly closed his eyes and waited for Ryo's lips to reach down and capture his.
To be continued…