[multichapter] baby blue part 3 chapter 25
Title: Baby Blue: Part 3: Chapter 25
Pairing: JunDa
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1543
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?
27th June 2013
He woke to the sound of dogs barking. It should have annoyed him, but the realisation of what that meant, more specifically where that meant he was, made it impossible to feel anything but giddy happiness.
Ueda groaned from somewhere down by his abs, and then crawled out from under the covers.
“Stupid dogs” Ueda muttered, but Taguchi just chuckled.
“I'll go see what they want...”
“No” Ueda protested grumpily, wrapping his arms around Taguchi's torso.
Taguchi laughed again but pushed him off “I promise I'll be back soon”
“Ok...” Ueda reluctantly agreed and Taguchi climbed out of the bed and padded along the hallway to open the kitchen door.
The dogs rushed him once they were free, half of them clambering all over him while the others rushed along the hallway to greet their master.
Taguchi followed them back, and climbed back under the covers, fighting off two retrievers to get snuggled up to Ueda again.
Ueda laughed at his efforts, but once he was back in his rightful place, he was rewarded with a gentle kiss and a wide smile. “This is how it should be” Ueda whispered, pressing another gentle kiss onto Taguchi's lips. “Waking up with you, then spending lazy mornings cuddled up in bed together, with all the kids.”
“That sounds nice” Taguchi whispered back, shuffling a little closer and wrapping his arms around Ueda's body again, connecting their lips.
They lay in silence for a while, sharing and occasional lazy kiss, but then Taguchi's phone beeped and he leaned over to pick it up from the bedside table. It was a text, which he quickly typed out a response to before turning back to Ueda with a slightly guilty pout.
“What?” Ueda asked a little uneasily.
“I'm meeting Mayu-chan today...just to end things...”
Ueda's brow furrowed a little “Can't you just text her, or call or something.”
Taguchi nodded “I could...but...she's been really nice, and reasonable to me. I think I owe her more than that...”
“You don't have any feelings for her though...do you?” Ueda asked, and the tone of his voice screamed insecurity.
“I don't...not like that at least, but she's been a good friend to me, when you were all mad at me and I felt alienated from you all, Mayu-chan was there for me...I at least owe her an apology and a 'Thank you'.”
Ueda nodded slowly but he looked unconvinced “But you're not going to do anything with her again...”
“Of course not” Taguchi pouted “From now on I'm yours, entirely.” And he lifted his hand to remind Ueda of the ring now sitting back in its place on his finger. “I swear I'm just going to talk to her, and tell her I won't be seeing her again...then I'll be right back here with you, where I belong.”
He received a message shortly from Mayuko, confirming that she'd be at his apartment soon to meet him, and so Taguchi reluctantly got up and ready and made his way back home.
Mayuko arrived right on time and Taguchi lead her in and over to the sofa before nervously offering her a drink, he was pleased that she requested tea as it gave him an extra few minutes to figure how exactly to say it.
But the time came soon enough and, after setting down two cups of tea on table in front of them, he sat down beside her and turned to her.
“What's going on with you Guchi?” she asked a little concerned “You look like you're about to tell me you ran over my dog or something...”
He laughed a little, but then swallowed hard as he shook his head. “I need to break it off with you...”
Her face fell a little, but she just nodded “Ok...”
“It's not you...” he quickly added, but he couldn't help the smile forming on his face as he continued “I got back together with my ex...”
She looked a little surprised and her eyes immediately flitted down to his ring. “Really?” then her lips quirked up into a small smile too “That's great...I'm really happy for you...”
“You are?” Taguchi asked, a little more hopeful than it had meant to sound.
“Of course, silly. I told you didn't I, that I just wanted you to be happy? It doesn't change that I like you...but it's because I like you that I wouldn't want to get in the way of you being happy...and I know you were never happy with me...”
He couldn't lie about that. “That wasn't your fault though...it was nothing to do with you, I just couldn't get over my ex...”
She nodded easily “I know, I understand...and I'm sorry for the trouble I caused...I know that I added extra strain between the two of you...it was kind of selfish of me really...”
Taguchi was shaking his head before she'd even finished. “I was the one being selfish, you were just doing what you thought was best for me...and I appreciate that. I'm really glad that I had you to turn too...you've been really understanding...”
But Mayuko was shaking her head this time, laughing a little “How about we agree we were both a little selfish then...but it's not important now, if you can both forgive and forget or whatever...then that's all that matters...”
Taguchi couldn't help his smile then “Yeah...I think this could be it...we went to the agency and everything is all sorted out...and we're starting over and doing things properly...”
Mayuko's smile looked genuine “I'm glad. You clearly belong together...and actually, maybe I should mention now, that towards the end there was someone else for me too...” Taguchi's eyes widened a little, but it was only in surprise. “It wasn't really that serious...and since we decided that things between us were open...but, I think it might be worth giving things a go with him.”
Taguchi smiled “That's good...I wish you the best of luck.”
“You too.” Mayuko smiled, picking up her tea and drinking most of it one go. “I should probably get out of here...you probably have a lot of lost time to make up for...”
“Yeah I guess.” Taguchi laughed, thrilled with how things had turned out.
“But I'm warning you now” Mayuko continued with a smirk as she picked up her bag and stood up “I don't know how things ended up the way they did, and it's none of my business...but if he hurts you that badly again, I'll personally kick his ass, even if he is a boxer.”
His heart stopped. Mayuko noticed his reaction and her brow furrowed a little, but Taguchi stood up, moving around to face her, a serious expression on his face as he gripped her arms to hold her still. “How long have you known?”
She looked a little startled, but he needed to sort things out, nobody was supposed to know. “Not long...” she stuttered “About a month, maybe...”
He gripped her arms tighter involuntarily “How...how did you find out...?”
Her brows knitted together a little “Guchi calm down, let me go...” and she gently shook her arms to try and dislodge his hands.
The moment he realised what he was doing he let go, taking a step back, but as it sunk it started to scare him...what if anyone else knew... “Please...I need to know...if anyone finds out about us...”
“Idiot” she muttered, rubbing her arms a little “I'd suspected for a while...just the way he was around me...the way you were around him and how you tried so hard not to say his name, subtle things you said...but what really gave it away was when you said his name in bed...” she finished with obvious look. “I'm pretty sure your secret is safe...”
Now that she's said it, it seemed obvious, he'd always wondered about that night...about what exactly had come out of his mouth, but he'd been too scared to ask. He hung his head a little in shame “You...you won't tell anyone will you?”
“Idiot” she reprimanded again, but there was a soft smile on her face “Why would I tell anyone?”
He'd thrown his arms around her before he'd even thought about doing it. “Thank you Mayu-chan.”
She laughed and pushed him away “What? You think I would have told anyone even if you hadn't asked me not to? What kind of a friend would that make me huh?”
He shook his head, unable to hide his smile again “You had me so worried...”
“Yeah...I was planning on winding you up a little with it, but I didn't expect you to go all crazy on me...”
“Sorry” he replied sheepishly, but Mayuko waved it off.
“I get it...I know how important it is to keep it secret...and I promise I will, ok? So don't worry about it.”
He nodded “I appreciate it.”
She nodded back “Anyway, I'll go...” and he walked her to the door.
After closing it behind her, he wandered back inside and slumped back down onto the sofa. He pulled his phone from his pocket and dialled Ueda's number.
He couldn't keep the smile out of his voice when Ueda answered “I've done it” he informed him “Everything will be ok now...I'm all yours. Finally.”
Chapter 24
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So here it is...the final chapter of part 3. I hope I managed to tie off enough loose ends!!
I'm already working on part 4, and since there was no cries of 'Just quit it already...we're sick of Baby Blue!' I'll probably just get started posting that next - maybe in a week or so. Updates may start slowing down though, some of you know already that I start my new job on Monday and it's a lot more hours than I have been working, so I'm not going to have as much time for writing. I'll do my very best to try and get at least one chapter posted each week though :)
Pairing: JunDa
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1543
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?
27th June 2013
He woke to the sound of dogs barking. It should have annoyed him, but the realisation of what that meant, more specifically where that meant he was, made it impossible to feel anything but giddy happiness.
Ueda groaned from somewhere down by his abs, and then crawled out from under the covers.
“Stupid dogs” Ueda muttered, but Taguchi just chuckled.
“I'll go see what they want...”
“No” Ueda protested grumpily, wrapping his arms around Taguchi's torso.
Taguchi laughed again but pushed him off “I promise I'll be back soon”
“Ok...” Ueda reluctantly agreed and Taguchi climbed out of the bed and padded along the hallway to open the kitchen door.
The dogs rushed him once they were free, half of them clambering all over him while the others rushed along the hallway to greet their master.
Taguchi followed them back, and climbed back under the covers, fighting off two retrievers to get snuggled up to Ueda again.
Ueda laughed at his efforts, but once he was back in his rightful place, he was rewarded with a gentle kiss and a wide smile. “This is how it should be” Ueda whispered, pressing another gentle kiss onto Taguchi's lips. “Waking up with you, then spending lazy mornings cuddled up in bed together, with all the kids.”
“That sounds nice” Taguchi whispered back, shuffling a little closer and wrapping his arms around Ueda's body again, connecting their lips.
They lay in silence for a while, sharing and occasional lazy kiss, but then Taguchi's phone beeped and he leaned over to pick it up from the bedside table. It was a text, which he quickly typed out a response to before turning back to Ueda with a slightly guilty pout.
“What?” Ueda asked a little uneasily.
“I'm meeting Mayu-chan today...just to end things...”
Ueda's brow furrowed a little “Can't you just text her, or call or something.”
Taguchi nodded “I could...but...she's been really nice, and reasonable to me. I think I owe her more than that...”
“You don't have any feelings for her though...do you?” Ueda asked, and the tone of his voice screamed insecurity.
“I don't...not like that at least, but she's been a good friend to me, when you were all mad at me and I felt alienated from you all, Mayu-chan was there for me...I at least owe her an apology and a 'Thank you'.”
Ueda nodded slowly but he looked unconvinced “But you're not going to do anything with her again...”
“Of course not” Taguchi pouted “From now on I'm yours, entirely.” And he lifted his hand to remind Ueda of the ring now sitting back in its place on his finger. “I swear I'm just going to talk to her, and tell her I won't be seeing her again...then I'll be right back here with you, where I belong.”
He received a message shortly from Mayuko, confirming that she'd be at his apartment soon to meet him, and so Taguchi reluctantly got up and ready and made his way back home.
Mayuko arrived right on time and Taguchi lead her in and over to the sofa before nervously offering her a drink, he was pleased that she requested tea as it gave him an extra few minutes to figure how exactly to say it.
But the time came soon enough and, after setting down two cups of tea on table in front of them, he sat down beside her and turned to her.
“What's going on with you Guchi?” she asked a little concerned “You look like you're about to tell me you ran over my dog or something...”
He laughed a little, but then swallowed hard as he shook his head. “I need to break it off with you...”
Her face fell a little, but she just nodded “Ok...”
“It's not you...” he quickly added, but he couldn't help the smile forming on his face as he continued “I got back together with my ex...”
She looked a little surprised and her eyes immediately flitted down to his ring. “Really?” then her lips quirked up into a small smile too “That's great...I'm really happy for you...”
“You are?” Taguchi asked, a little more hopeful than it had meant to sound.
“Of course, silly. I told you didn't I, that I just wanted you to be happy? It doesn't change that I like you...but it's because I like you that I wouldn't want to get in the way of you being happy...and I know you were never happy with me...”
He couldn't lie about that. “That wasn't your fault though...it was nothing to do with you, I just couldn't get over my ex...”
She nodded easily “I know, I understand...and I'm sorry for the trouble I caused...I know that I added extra strain between the two of you...it was kind of selfish of me really...”
Taguchi was shaking his head before she'd even finished. “I was the one being selfish, you were just doing what you thought was best for me...and I appreciate that. I'm really glad that I had you to turn too...you've been really understanding...”
But Mayuko was shaking her head this time, laughing a little “How about we agree we were both a little selfish then...but it's not important now, if you can both forgive and forget or whatever...then that's all that matters...”
Taguchi couldn't help his smile then “Yeah...I think this could be it...we went to the agency and everything is all sorted out...and we're starting over and doing things properly...”
Mayuko's smile looked genuine “I'm glad. You clearly belong together...and actually, maybe I should mention now, that towards the end there was someone else for me too...” Taguchi's eyes widened a little, but it was only in surprise. “It wasn't really that serious...and since we decided that things between us were open...but, I think it might be worth giving things a go with him.”
Taguchi smiled “That's good...I wish you the best of luck.”
“You too.” Mayuko smiled, picking up her tea and drinking most of it one go. “I should probably get out of here...you probably have a lot of lost time to make up for...”
“Yeah I guess.” Taguchi laughed, thrilled with how things had turned out.
“But I'm warning you now” Mayuko continued with a smirk as she picked up her bag and stood up “I don't know how things ended up the way they did, and it's none of my business...but if he hurts you that badly again, I'll personally kick his ass, even if he is a boxer.”
His heart stopped. Mayuko noticed his reaction and her brow furrowed a little, but Taguchi stood up, moving around to face her, a serious expression on his face as he gripped her arms to hold her still. “How long have you known?”
She looked a little startled, but he needed to sort things out, nobody was supposed to know. “Not long...” she stuttered “About a month, maybe...”
He gripped her arms tighter involuntarily “How...how did you find out...?”
Her brows knitted together a little “Guchi calm down, let me go...” and she gently shook her arms to try and dislodge his hands.
The moment he realised what he was doing he let go, taking a step back, but as it sunk it started to scare him...what if anyone else knew... “Please...I need to know...if anyone finds out about us...”
“Idiot” she muttered, rubbing her arms a little “I'd suspected for a while...just the way he was around me...the way you were around him and how you tried so hard not to say his name, subtle things you said...but what really gave it away was when you said his name in bed...” she finished with obvious look. “I'm pretty sure your secret is safe...”
Now that she's said it, it seemed obvious, he'd always wondered about that night...about what exactly had come out of his mouth, but he'd been too scared to ask. He hung his head a little in shame “You...you won't tell anyone will you?”
“Idiot” she reprimanded again, but there was a soft smile on her face “Why would I tell anyone?”
He'd thrown his arms around her before he'd even thought about doing it. “Thank you Mayu-chan.”
She laughed and pushed him away “What? You think I would have told anyone even if you hadn't asked me not to? What kind of a friend would that make me huh?”
He shook his head, unable to hide his smile again “You had me so worried...”
“Yeah...I was planning on winding you up a little with it, but I didn't expect you to go all crazy on me...”
“Sorry” he replied sheepishly, but Mayuko waved it off.
“I get it...I know how important it is to keep it secret...and I promise I will, ok? So don't worry about it.”
He nodded “I appreciate it.”
She nodded back “Anyway, I'll go...” and he walked her to the door.
After closing it behind her, he wandered back inside and slumped back down onto the sofa. He pulled his phone from his pocket and dialled Ueda's number.
He couldn't keep the smile out of his voice when Ueda answered “I've done it” he informed him “Everything will be ok now...I'm all yours. Finally.”
Chapter 24
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So here it is...the final chapter of part 3. I hope I managed to tie off enough loose ends!!
I'm already working on part 4, and since there was no cries of 'Just quit it already...we're sick of Baby Blue!' I'll probably just get started posting that next - maybe in a week or so. Updates may start slowing down though, some of you know already that I start my new job on Monday and it's a lot more hours than I have been working, so I'm not going to have as much time for writing. I'll do my very best to try and get at least one chapter posted each week though :)