[multichapter] Baby Blue part 3 Chapter 14
Title: Baby Blue: Part 3: Chapter 14
Pairing: JunDa
Rating: PG-15 for language
Word Count: 1675
Disclaimer: All people mentioned belong only to themselves...aside from JunDa who clearly belong to each other.
Summary: In the fairy tales they fall in love and live happily ever after...but this isn't a fairy tale. How are two people, madly in love, supposed to stay away from each other?
May 3rd 2013
It took longer than it should for him to realise that it wasn't his alarm clock that woke him but an incoming call. After pushing two wrong buttons he finally got the right one.
“Taguchi- kun are you there?” came his managers urgent voice.
“Yeah...I'm here, what's wrong?” and then noticing how dark the room was he sat up a little “What time is it?”
“Did I wake you?” she said sounding only a little smug. “I'm guessing you haven't seen today's issue of Friday then?”
“No” he replied cautiously “What happened?”
She let out an exasperated sigh “Taguchi-kun, is there anything between you and Iwaka Mayuko-san?”
His heart froze for a moment before he answered tentatively “Define anything...”
She let out another of those sighs “You have two hours before you need to be in rehearsals...I suggest you come to my office as soon as physically possible.” and she hung up the phone.
He let the news sink in for a moment, they knew. Everybody knew, Ueda probably knew by now too.
He rushed to get ready, making it to his managers office in almost record time. Part of him wanted to stop and pick up a copy of the magazine, so that he knew exactly what was being said about him before he opened his mouth about it, but he could hardly read it while he was driving. Besides, his manager would probably give him just as hard a time whether he knew what was being said or not.
“What took you so long?” she snapped at him as he rushed inside the building, as he expected there were already paparazzi outside, shouting out questions and pleas for information, even at this hour of the morning.
He was ushered into her office and told to sit while she paced back and forth behind him, before finally moving to sit opposite him.
“So what exactly is going on between you two?” she asked, her tone unreadable.
For a moment he didn't know quite what to say, so he decided to stick to a tentative “What do they think is going on between us?”
He knew it wouldn't work, and the way her eyes narrowed told him that he was already pushing his luck.
“Taguchi-kun, do you have any idea how dangerous this little stunt could be for your career? Now I've had Iwaka Mayuko's management on the phone for the last half an hour trying to find out what exactly is going on, but I don't know any more than them right now, so you'd better start talking if you want my help with this...”
It was the tone of her voice more than her words that got to him, it was like one of those 'I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed talks' and he hated feeling like he'd let people down. “We've been sleeping together.”
The look on her face showed it was the last thing she wanted to hear, but she didn't respond, instead she slid the magazine across her desk to him. It was right there on the front page, bright red headlines about how he'd been seen sneaking from her hotel at ungodly hours of the morning on two separate occasions that week.
He flipped quickly to the right page, scanning the article, and taking a closer look at the pictures. They'd certainly done their work thoroughly, right there on the centre of the page was a zoomed in version of the picture on the cover, and then dotted all around it were photos of them climbing into taxi's together, his suit and Mayuko's cream dress easily identifiable. Photos from just two nights ago too, them climbing out of Taguchi's car and heading into the hotel, his arm around her, and then him in the same clothes, a reported two hours later, sneaking back out to his car.
There were other photos too, pictures of them smiling and laughing together on set, pictures from their kissing scenes, but he knew those were just taken out of context. The article seemed to be pretty accurate too though, whoever had written it had clearly followed them to the restaurant and back that first night, before waiting some four hours until he emerged alone. He was glad at least that they couldn't follow them inside, not that they really needed too, things looked bad enough as they were.
He finished reading it and closed the magazine, sliding it back across the table to his manager, who was now sat with her arms folded, a stony expression on her face. “Well?”
He swallowed hard and then nodded “Yeah...they got it pretty much right...the dates and times...it's all...that's what happened...”
She nodded, her teeth clenching a little tighter “And when you were in the hotel...”
“We were having sex...” he admitted.
She let out an exasperated sigh “How long has this been going on?”
“Just a week...that first time they reported, that's the first night we...”
She shook her head rather sorrowfully “Then you've been pretty unlucky, apart from the two occasions mentioned...is there anything else I should know?”
He didn't think it was exactly any of her business but he did need her help so he figured honesty was the best option “There was one other time, on a lunch break for filming, we went back to my apartment.”
Her eyes widened for a moment and then she looked down at the magazine again, almost as though she wanted to re-check it to confirm this new information. “Well, you were damn lucky they didn't follow you back there.”
He nodded, that thought had already occurred to him. “I'm sorry” he started slowly, feeling really quite guilty for all the hassle. “I didn't even think about all of this...”
She nodded, the closest to acceptance he was going to get he supposed, and then after another few minutes of silence the phone rang “Yeah, OK” his manager spoke down the receiver “No, put them through, we'll take it in here.”
'Them' turned out to be Mayuko's management, they'd finally gotten in touch with her too, and after she too admitted to their affair, their management began discussions of how to cover the whole mess up.
When Taguchi left for his rehearsals, they were still in negotiations. It had been decided they would deny everything and claim that Taguchi had been there late going over scripts. Of course that didn't sound too believable on it's own, and so they were currently on the phone to the hotel manager, trying to bribe him into confirming that Mayuko's manager was staying in the same room as Mayuko, and had been present in the hotel room with them on the nights in question.
He stopped by the cafeteria briefly for a strong cup of coffee, before finally heading up to KAT-TUN's dressing room. As he pushed the door open he was greeted with three pairs of enquiring eyes, and the magazine sat on the table between them gave him a hint as to what they were thinking.
“Weren't going to tell us about this one either?” Koki asked, his tone just a little bitter.
He'd kind of been expecting this, the guilt trip, but he'd worked up his resolve not to let them make him feel bad about it. Of course, confronted with their expressions, he felt only half as strong as he had done previously and in the end “I'm sorry” was all he could manage.
“It's true then...you're dating her?” It was Maru this time.
“Not exactly, but yes the article is true...” Silence hung in the air for a few moments and so Taguchi moved to put his bag down, getting ready for the rehearsal.
And then Kame spoke up “Does Tacchan know?”
He froze, turning to look at Kame, but before he even had chance to answer the door opened and Ueda stormed through it.
Ueda kept his back to them as much as possible, but Taguchi had noticed the red, puffy state of his eyes when he'd entered and it made his chest ache.
“Koki, Yucchi, why don't we get some coffee?” Kame started, getting up from the sofa, but Ueda's sharp tone stopped their movement.
“Don't bother, it's not like it's any of my business who he's fucking” he practically spat. But Maru who was the closest to him, walked over and placed a gentle hand on Ueda's shoulder.
“I know it hurts, but you need to talk about this, get it out in the open OK?” and after a gentle pat, he turned and walked out of the room, Kame and Koki hot on his heels.
“Uepi...” he started, but what was he meant to say...
“Don't, I really don't want to know...”
He could hear the thickness in Ueda's voice and he knew it threatened tears. “Uepi, please...I didn't want you to find out like this...”
Ueda turned to him finally “And how did you want me to find out?”
“I don't know...I didn't really want to tell anyone, I mean it's not a relationship or anything, I just...”
“What...it's just sex? Because that never turns into more, right?” Ueda snapped back.
“I swear it is...I care about her but, I don't feel that way about her...it's not the same...”
Ueda's eyes were boring into him, and for a moment they looked fierce, but then his whole frame seemed to sag.
“It doesn't really matter...” he said as he turned from Taguchi again.
“Uepi...” he started again, not sure how to fix the situation,
“I know things haven't exactly been great between us lately, but I thought you at least cared enough about me still, to warn me about something like this.” Ueda almost whispered, and then he turned, eyes swimming with fresh tears. “Just do me a favour OK? Can you try not to rub it in too much about her? My heart takes longer to mend than your obviously does.” and then without waiting for an answer he pushed past Taguchi and out of the room.
Chapter 13 | Chapter 15
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So it's finally back...is it up to scratch guys? I'm finding it surprisingly hard to re-write the bits I've lost, but just a few more chapters and I'll be past that point and then hopefully I'll get back into it again.
Pairing: JunDa
Rating: PG-15 for language
Word Count: 1675
Disclaimer: All people mentioned belong only to themselves...aside from JunDa who clearly belong to each other.
Summary: In the fairy tales they fall in love and live happily ever after...but this isn't a fairy tale. How are two people, madly in love, supposed to stay away from each other?
May 3rd 2013
It took longer than it should for him to realise that it wasn't his alarm clock that woke him but an incoming call. After pushing two wrong buttons he finally got the right one.
“Taguchi- kun are you there?” came his managers urgent voice.
“Yeah...I'm here, what's wrong?” and then noticing how dark the room was he sat up a little “What time is it?”
“Did I wake you?” she said sounding only a little smug. “I'm guessing you haven't seen today's issue of Friday then?”
“No” he replied cautiously “What happened?”
She let out an exasperated sigh “Taguchi-kun, is there anything between you and Iwaka Mayuko-san?”
His heart froze for a moment before he answered tentatively “Define anything...”
She let out another of those sighs “You have two hours before you need to be in rehearsals...I suggest you come to my office as soon as physically possible.” and she hung up the phone.
He let the news sink in for a moment, they knew. Everybody knew, Ueda probably knew by now too.
He rushed to get ready, making it to his managers office in almost record time. Part of him wanted to stop and pick up a copy of the magazine, so that he knew exactly what was being said about him before he opened his mouth about it, but he could hardly read it while he was driving. Besides, his manager would probably give him just as hard a time whether he knew what was being said or not.
“What took you so long?” she snapped at him as he rushed inside the building, as he expected there were already paparazzi outside, shouting out questions and pleas for information, even at this hour of the morning.
He was ushered into her office and told to sit while she paced back and forth behind him, before finally moving to sit opposite him.
“So what exactly is going on between you two?” she asked, her tone unreadable.
For a moment he didn't know quite what to say, so he decided to stick to a tentative “What do they think is going on between us?”
He knew it wouldn't work, and the way her eyes narrowed told him that he was already pushing his luck.
“Taguchi-kun, do you have any idea how dangerous this little stunt could be for your career? Now I've had Iwaka Mayuko's management on the phone for the last half an hour trying to find out what exactly is going on, but I don't know any more than them right now, so you'd better start talking if you want my help with this...”
It was the tone of her voice more than her words that got to him, it was like one of those 'I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed talks' and he hated feeling like he'd let people down. “We've been sleeping together.”
The look on her face showed it was the last thing she wanted to hear, but she didn't respond, instead she slid the magazine across her desk to him. It was right there on the front page, bright red headlines about how he'd been seen sneaking from her hotel at ungodly hours of the morning on two separate occasions that week.
He flipped quickly to the right page, scanning the article, and taking a closer look at the pictures. They'd certainly done their work thoroughly, right there on the centre of the page was a zoomed in version of the picture on the cover, and then dotted all around it were photos of them climbing into taxi's together, his suit and Mayuko's cream dress easily identifiable. Photos from just two nights ago too, them climbing out of Taguchi's car and heading into the hotel, his arm around her, and then him in the same clothes, a reported two hours later, sneaking back out to his car.
There were other photos too, pictures of them smiling and laughing together on set, pictures from their kissing scenes, but he knew those were just taken out of context. The article seemed to be pretty accurate too though, whoever had written it had clearly followed them to the restaurant and back that first night, before waiting some four hours until he emerged alone. He was glad at least that they couldn't follow them inside, not that they really needed too, things looked bad enough as they were.
He finished reading it and closed the magazine, sliding it back across the table to his manager, who was now sat with her arms folded, a stony expression on her face. “Well?”
He swallowed hard and then nodded “Yeah...they got it pretty much right...the dates and times...it's all...that's what happened...”
She nodded, her teeth clenching a little tighter “And when you were in the hotel...”
“We were having sex...” he admitted.
She let out an exasperated sigh “How long has this been going on?”
“Just a week...that first time they reported, that's the first night we...”
She shook her head rather sorrowfully “Then you've been pretty unlucky, apart from the two occasions mentioned...is there anything else I should know?”
He didn't think it was exactly any of her business but he did need her help so he figured honesty was the best option “There was one other time, on a lunch break for filming, we went back to my apartment.”
Her eyes widened for a moment and then she looked down at the magazine again, almost as though she wanted to re-check it to confirm this new information. “Well, you were damn lucky they didn't follow you back there.”
He nodded, that thought had already occurred to him. “I'm sorry” he started slowly, feeling really quite guilty for all the hassle. “I didn't even think about all of this...”
She nodded, the closest to acceptance he was going to get he supposed, and then after another few minutes of silence the phone rang “Yeah, OK” his manager spoke down the receiver “No, put them through, we'll take it in here.”
'Them' turned out to be Mayuko's management, they'd finally gotten in touch with her too, and after she too admitted to their affair, their management began discussions of how to cover the whole mess up.
When Taguchi left for his rehearsals, they were still in negotiations. It had been decided they would deny everything and claim that Taguchi had been there late going over scripts. Of course that didn't sound too believable on it's own, and so they were currently on the phone to the hotel manager, trying to bribe him into confirming that Mayuko's manager was staying in the same room as Mayuko, and had been present in the hotel room with them on the nights in question.
He stopped by the cafeteria briefly for a strong cup of coffee, before finally heading up to KAT-TUN's dressing room. As he pushed the door open he was greeted with three pairs of enquiring eyes, and the magazine sat on the table between them gave him a hint as to what they were thinking.
“Weren't going to tell us about this one either?” Koki asked, his tone just a little bitter.
He'd kind of been expecting this, the guilt trip, but he'd worked up his resolve not to let them make him feel bad about it. Of course, confronted with their expressions, he felt only half as strong as he had done previously and in the end “I'm sorry” was all he could manage.
“It's true then...you're dating her?” It was Maru this time.
“Not exactly, but yes the article is true...” Silence hung in the air for a few moments and so Taguchi moved to put his bag down, getting ready for the rehearsal.
And then Kame spoke up “Does Tacchan know?”
He froze, turning to look at Kame, but before he even had chance to answer the door opened and Ueda stormed through it.
Ueda kept his back to them as much as possible, but Taguchi had noticed the red, puffy state of his eyes when he'd entered and it made his chest ache.
“Koki, Yucchi, why don't we get some coffee?” Kame started, getting up from the sofa, but Ueda's sharp tone stopped their movement.
“Don't bother, it's not like it's any of my business who he's fucking” he practically spat. But Maru who was the closest to him, walked over and placed a gentle hand on Ueda's shoulder.
“I know it hurts, but you need to talk about this, get it out in the open OK?” and after a gentle pat, he turned and walked out of the room, Kame and Koki hot on his heels.
“Uepi...” he started, but what was he meant to say...
“Don't, I really don't want to know...”
He could hear the thickness in Ueda's voice and he knew it threatened tears. “Uepi, please...I didn't want you to find out like this...”
Ueda turned to him finally “And how did you want me to find out?”
“I don't know...I didn't really want to tell anyone, I mean it's not a relationship or anything, I just...”
“What...it's just sex? Because that never turns into more, right?” Ueda snapped back.
“I swear it is...I care about her but, I don't feel that way about her...it's not the same...”
Ueda's eyes were boring into him, and for a moment they looked fierce, but then his whole frame seemed to sag.
“It doesn't really matter...” he said as he turned from Taguchi again.
“Uepi...” he started again, not sure how to fix the situation,
“I know things haven't exactly been great between us lately, but I thought you at least cared enough about me still, to warn me about something like this.” Ueda almost whispered, and then he turned, eyes swimming with fresh tears. “Just do me a favour OK? Can you try not to rub it in too much about her? My heart takes longer to mend than your obviously does.” and then without waiting for an answer he pushed past Taguchi and out of the room.
Chapter 13 | Chapter 15
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So it's finally back...is it up to scratch guys? I'm finding it surprisingly hard to re-write the bits I've lost, but just a few more chapters and I'll be past that point and then hopefully I'll get back into it again.