Title: What Would You Do With a Second Chance?
Chapter: 07/?
Author:
spinfreezeRating: PG (language)
Genre: fluff, humor, AU
Warnings: none
Pairing: Reita/Uruha, onesided Aoi/Uruha
Disclaimer: I don't own the GazettE, just the story. I'm not making any profit off of this, either.
Synopsis: Reita and Uruha have been dating for a while and Uruha decides it's time to say something very important to Reita. The problem is, Reita screws it up like he tends to do with things. That night, something strange happens which allows Reita to have a second chance...
Comments: Please enjoy ♥
Chapter 01 Chapter 02 Chapter 03 Chapter 04 Chapter 05 Chapter 06 Reita was sprawled on the floor as Aoi leaned over him, pointing a pitchfork at his chest. Reita was really confused as to why Aoi had a pitchfork. Reita was even more confused as to why Uruha was standing behind Aoi and laughing. And what topped off his cake of confusion was when Aoi opened his mouth and started making loud buzzing noises.
His body shot up in bed as he had a sharp intake of breath. Reita threaded his fingers through his hair as he stared at his blanket-covered feet. Finally he realized his alarm was buzzing loudly, so he reached over and shut it off with a sigh.
“I was thinking about waking you up myself, but two things stopped me. One being that you were clearly having a nightmare and I didn’t want to get strangled. Two being that you looked so cute kicking your legs; I couldn’t bring myself to ruin it!” Lorenzo said, clasping his hands together in front of his chest as he hovered at the foot of Reita’s bed.
“You’re a jerk, you know?” Reita said, narrowing his eyes at Lorenzo.
“Might I inquire as to what had you so scared?” Lorenzo pried.
Throwing back his covers and climbing out of his bed, Reita walked over to his closet to get out his clothes as he said, “Do you really think Aoi has a thing for Uruha?”
“I don’t think so,” Lorenzo answered. Reita turned to look at Lorenzo hopefully and Lorenzo was all too happy to crush that hopeful attitude of Reita’s. Smirking, he added, “I know so.”
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“Ruki…” Reita said, signaling he wanted his friend’s attention. Turning to glance at Reita as they walked to school, Ruki grunted to show Reita had his attention. Finishing what he had wanted to say, Reita asked quietly, “Do you think Shiroyama has a crush on Uruha?”
Ruki sighed and then responded with, “Honestly Reita? It wouldn’t surprise me. Shiroyama isn’t too popular, you know? People are scared of him… but he’s always around Takashima. Plus, we saw how Takashima dragged him away from the lunch table yesterday!”
Furrowing his brow, Reita asked, “What about it?”
“Please! He just let Takashima pull him away! The only time people touch Shiroyama is when he’s beating them up.”
“Shit, he does like him, doesn’t he?!” Reita stopped walking and asked Ruki.
Stopping his walking as well, Ruki turned to face Reita and sighed impatiently as he nodded and said, “I think he does.” Ruki looked at Reita curiously and asked, “But what should that matter to you?”
Reita groaned and rubbed his face with his hands as he mumbled, “I have a secret.”
“What? I couldn’t tell what you said…”
Dropping his hands from his face, Reita sighed and repeated himself. “I have a secret, Ruki.”
“You’re not really a woman are you?” Ruki asked with a chuckle.
“No but I’m gay and I kind of like Uruha,” Reita said quickly and then added, “A little.” He then added again, “More than a little.” Finally he said, “OKAY! I really like him!” as his shoulders slumped.
Ruki backtracked a little so he stood beside Reita. Reaching up slightly, he patted Reita on the shoulder comfortingly and said, “Well… I’ll be sad when Shiroyama kills you, buddy.”
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“Yeah, I think so too, Reita…” Kai answered when Reita had asked his opinion on Aoi’s feelings towards Uruha.
“Damnit! That means three in favor of there being romantic feelings…” Reita mumbled.
“Three?” Kai asked curiously. “Who else?”
“Um,” Reita said nervously, realizing his slip. Kai had no idea about Lorenzo and Reita couldn’t very well tell Kai that vote number three was from his fairy. Quickly he added, “My mom! Anyway, this kind of sucks, doesn’t it? Should I ask Uruha about it?”
Kai laughed softly and asked, “What were you planning on asking him exactly?”
“Maybe how he feels about Ao-Shiroyama.”
Tilting his head doubtfully as he raised his eyebrows, Kai responded with, “Good luck with that one, then,” and walked into their classroom.
Reita stood in the doorway, calling out Uruha’s name. Uruha looked towards Reita with surprise. Waving his hand, Reita beckoned Uruha towards him. Standing up unsurely, Uruha looked over towards Reita again. He smiled and beckoned Uruha over with his hand again. Walking quickly towards the classroom’s entrance, Uruha stopped when he was next to Reita and asked softly, “Did you need something?”
“I wanted to talk to you for a minute. Is that alright?” Reita asked, stepping away from the doorway and over towards the wall-out of the walking path of other people. Uruha nodded as he followed Reita and stood nervously in front of him. “I had a question about your friend… Shiroyama…”
Tilting his head curiously, Uruha asked, “Wh-what about him?” Uruha was surprised to notice that Reita looked uneasy; he was wringing his hands with nerves.
“Do… Do you,”-Reita cleared his throat-“Do you… Um.” Reita sighed, shaking his hands by his sides nervously.
“R-Reita?” Uruha asked with concern.
“DoyoulikeShiroyama?” Reita finally spit out-his nerves rushing his words together.
“Do… do I like…” Uruha repeated what Reita had said, slowly processing the words. His eyes widened as he repeated the last part. “Shiroyama?!” Reita nodded, refusing to meet Uruha’s gaze. “Wh-what do you mean by l-like, Reita?”
“I mean… like… to date,” Reita explained.
Gasping, Uruha waved his hands in front of his face as he shook his head, “N-no! We’re just friends!”
Sighing with relief, Reita finally looked at Uruha and asked, “Really?” Uruha nodded at Reita with wide eyes.
“B-besides,” Uruha stuttered as he watched his foot kick the ground. “Aoi already knows that I…” he trailed off.
Reita leaned in closer to Uruha and asked, “He knows you what?”
Glancing at Reita quickly, Uruha blushed furiously as he whispered, “He knows I like someone else.”
Whimpering quietly, Reita sighed and said, “We should get into the classroom before class starts, Uruha,” as he gently nudged Uruha’s side with his elbow-encouraging him to walk towards the classroom. Uruha nodded and they both made their way back.
At lunch, later that day, Reita sat with Ruki and Kai. He had barely touched his food and instead spent his time sneaking glances at Uruha’s lunch table-subtly enough that Uruha and Aoi shouldn’t have noticed. But Kai and Ruki had.
“Don’t think you’re doing us a favor by sitting over here! Especially if all you’re going to do is look at him!” Ruki said in irritation.
“Who could it be?!” Reita asked no one specifically.
“Who could who be?” Kai asked and then slurped some of his noodles.
“He said he likes someone, Kai!” Reita said, turning his attention to Kai.
“Who did?!” Kai asked, furring his brow in confusion.
“This morning when I pulled Uruha out into the hallway! I asked if he liked Shiroyama and he said no!” Reita explained.
Ruki joined the conversation as he asked, “But isn’t that a good thing for you?”
“It would have been! But then he said that Shiroyama already knew that he likes someone else!” Reita explained desperately. “I can’t figure out who it could be! He doesn’t talk to anyone else!”
Ruki turned to Kai and leaned towards him slightly as he asked, “Do you think we should tell him, Kai?”
“Ruki, if we don’t tell him he won’t ever figure it out,” Kai said as he rolled his eyes.
Ruki nodded and then leaned away from Kai. Resting his elbows on the table, Ruki folded his hands together as he asked, “Reita?”
“Hmm?” Reita asked, only half paying attention; he was absentmindedly eating some Pocky as he watched Uruha.
Pursing his lips and shrugging, Ruki asked, “You didn’t think that… maybe… the way Takashima gets all cute and nervous around you-“
“Or the way his face brightens when you pay attention to him,” Kai butted in.
“Or even the way he’s staring at you as we speak-“
Kai added, “Or the way Shiroyama is glaring at you right now as he’s probably plotting your death-”
“Might-now, it’s just a thought-mean that HE LIKES YOU! You flaming idiot!” Ruki finished, leaning over to knock Reita on the head with his fist.
Reita gasped as a half-eaten piece of Pocky fell out of his mouth. “He is looking at me! He’s looking right back at me!” Turning his attention to his friends, he looked back and forth between the two and asked, “Do you really think he likes me?!”
“YES!” they answered in unison.
“How the hell are you a grade ahead of me?! Imbecile!” Ruki retorted, knocking Reita on the head again.
“OhymyGod, What should I do?!” Reita asked, accidentally dumping his Pocky on the floor as his arms flailed slightly.
“Well, you like him back don’t you? Ruki told me earlier,” Kai said.
“Ruki!” Reita scolded.
“What?! You would have told him anyway!” Ruki said in his own defense.
“Oi! Answer my question! You like him, don’t you?” Kai asked again. Reita nodded as he waited for Kai to offer some advice. “What would you do normally when you liked someone?”
“I… would probably ask them on a date…” Reita answered slowly.
“There you go! Why don’t you go do that?” Kai asked.
Gasping, Reita leaned his upper body on the table and looked up at Kai as he asked, “Right now?!”
“Sure! Why not?!” Ruki said with false enthusiasm. “It’s obvious you two want to be near each other anyway… Geez… way to make a friend feel wanted,” Ruki mumbled. “Kai, maybe we should be friends with Shiroyama once those two start banging.”
“I’m going to pretend I didn’t hear that,” Kai and Reita both said at the same time. Reita poked at his lunch with one of his chopsticks as he kept glancing in Uruha’s direction.
“Whoa, whoa! Slow down Reita! Let’s not rush over there to talk to him or anything,” Ruki commented sarcastically, watching Reita as he poked at his food.
“I don’t know if this is such a good idea,” Reita replied hesitantly.
Ruki’s face scrunched as he demanded, “Why not?!”
“I’ve only just started talking to him. Maybe it’s a little too soon,”
“Reita, you want my honest opinion?” Kai asked. Reita nodded in response. Kai said, “I think… Takashima would be really happy if you asked him on a date. It’s obvious that he really likes you-“
“It’s not obvious to some of us,” Ruki interrupted as he looked at Reita.
Kai ignored Ruki and continued, saying, “And if you’d pay attention sometimes, you’d see how happy he gets just from you talking to him. So, go on and ask him.”
Reita shifted his gaze from Kai to Uruha. He was already looking at Reita, but quickly turned his attention elsewhere. Reita smiled to himself as he noticed Uruha’s cheeks becoming rosy in color-probably embarrassed that Reita caught him staring. Reita considered that maybe Kai had been right; asking Uruha out now might be a good idea.
Shaking his head slightly, Reita said, “I think I’ll wait it out a little.” He couldn’t help but notice the negativity radiating from the figure beside Uruha. Aoi definitely complicates the situation. Reita needed to figure out how to handle this properly before making any critical decisions-such as asking out Uruha. Messing up his love life right now was not something he wanted to do.
This reminded Reita of chess; each move had to be carefully planned out in order to reach the desired goal. Reita had never been good at chess. There was too much thinking involved; he always failed to thoroughly evaluate what moves he could make and the consequences of making the wrong move. So, he usually lost. This was not good. Having just compared his love life with a game he sucked at did not leave Reita with much hope of success. Groaning, Reita said, “I hate chess.”
Ruki and Kai both laughed at Reita’s random comment. Ruki snapped his fingers. “Damn. So much for that chess-a-thon I had been planning,” Ruki remarked sarcastically.
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A/N: Can't you just picture Reita on the chess team, wearing glasses and being all geeky slash adorable? LMAO BEST EVER. I should have another update fairly soon XD EDIT: mother effer I keep mistaking their names. If you read it before it was corrected, ignore that XD