Title: Together
Author: Kyoko Godaikun
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Disclaimer: I don’t own Domoto Koichi or Domoto Tsuyoshi. They own each other.
Warning: This story contains Bishonnen Ai. Do not read if you are offended by Male/male love
Warning two: This story discusses non-consensual sexual abuse and violence. Do not read if you are offended by this
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Time: May 1997
It was late when Koichi returned from the mansion. He
used his key to let himself in the dorm. He took off his shoes in the entryway
and put them in his locker. Then he went into the main room. There was a light
on at one of the study desks. He could see the unmistakable figure of Tsuyoshi
working. Koichi glanced at his watch. It was 2 AM.
Koichi could still remember the Manager telling him that
there would be workmen at the dorm the next morning, because the security
devices in the main room were out.
Tonight it would be safe for him to talk to Tsuyoshi. Koichi went to his
friend's side. Tsuyoshi was sketching in a sketch book.
"What are you doing?" Koichi asked.
"I'm drawing." Tsuyoshi yawned.
Koichi grabbe
"Perhaps someday, when all this is over, I might
turn professional." Tsuyoshi put down his pencil.
"You should, you're good." Koichi paused.
"You nee
"Don't worry about me." Tsuyoshi told him. "I stay up late every night. If I'm
really tired when I go to sleep, I don't remember my dreams in the
morning." Tsuyoshi admitted.
Koichi kicked himself mentally; he should have realize
"It's all right."
"Can I see your art?" Koichi said, changing the
subject.
"Sure,"
Tsuyoshi handed Koichi his notebook.
Koichi opene
"I've been taking art classes. The sensei told me
that I shoul
Koichi turne
"I'm sorry; I didn't want you to see that one."
Tsuyoshi took the notebook away from him. He tore the page out and crumpled it
up in a ball.
"Don't throw it away." Koichi put his hand on
top of Tsuyoshi's. "I want to keep it."
"It's not any good."
"Please Tsu-chan, let me keep it." Koichi
paused. "It's a masterpiece."
Tsuyoshi handed him the drawing. "Don't show
anyone."
"I won't." Koichi smoothed out the paper.
"This shows our shared pain."
"You're in pain?"
Koichi nodded.
"The pain is the price I must pay to see you free."
"Thank you for saving me."
Koichi reached out, turning the light in the study carrel
off. Then he reached out, touching Tsuyoshi's cheek. He kissed his friend
gently.
Tsuyoshi pulled away from him. "Ko-chan, it's not
safe."
"I found out tonight that the room's security device
is broken. It won't be fixed until morning." Koichi kissed him again. This
time, Tsuyoshi sighed and gave into the kiss.
Tsuyoshi moaned as
Koichi began to kiss his neck. Koichi could feel Tsuyoshi dig his fingers into
his hair. Koichi held back, not puling
Tsuyoshi to the floor. Instead he let his frien
"Can we move to the rug?" Tsuyoshi asked him.
"I want more then this. Remember when we practiced kissing for that
drama?"
"Of course I remember."
"It felt so good." He gathered up his courage.
"I want to do that again."
"Do you want me to take off my clothes?" Koichi
got down on the floor.
"Can we do it with our clothes on?"
"Of course we can." Koichi lay on the floor,
not moving, waiting for Tsuyoshi.
Tsuyoshi knelt down beside Koichi, he kissed his friend.
Then he moved so he was lying on top of Koichi. The older teen split his legs
so that Tsuyoshi was resting between them. Tsuyoshi looked into his eyes and
grinded his clothed body against
"Oh god, this feels so different." Koichi
gasped as the feelings over took him.
Tsuyoshi stopped what he was doing, his eyes looked
confused. "I'm doing it wrong, aren't I?"
"Don't stop." Koichi moved his body against
Tsuyoshi's. "I meant that it feels different when I'm with you. It feels
so good, so pure. I've had many men use
my body, but I've never had anyone make love to me before. Please Tsuyoshi,
make love to me."
Koichi kissed his friend. Tsuyoshi pushed his tongue into
Koichi's mouth, Koichi kissed back, not hiding the hunger he felt for his
friend. Tsuyoshi's thrusts grew harder, stronger. A few grinds from Tsuyoshi's body was all
that was neede
Koichi's lips went
to Tsuyoshi's ear. His friend began to make little yelps. Koichi could feel
Tsuyoshi's thrusts became so har
Tsuyoshi collapsed onto Koichi. The two teens lay
clinging to each other. Koichi trie
Finally Tsuyoshi said. "It didn't hurt."
"I don’t' understand."
"All love doesn't have to hurt. Okada was right; he
told me that it felt different when you wanted it." Tsuyoshi slid off of
him, an
Koichi snuggled against him. "It even feels
different when you're with someone you love."
"You called what we did lovemaking. Does that mean
we're lovers?"
"That's up to you."
"I feel like we are." Tsuyoshi paused.
"I've never felt this way before. I don't want it to end."
"We'll have many more times." Koichi kissed
Tsuyoshi gently. "Someday, all of this will be over. I'll be able to be
with you without fearing punishment."
"You know that will never happen."
"It will. We have to have faith."
"I have faith in you. I trust you." Tsuyoshi
kissed Koichi.
Koichi felt his heart soar, Tsuyoshi trusted him.
"Thank you for trusting me enough to give me your love."
"You're the only one I trust." Tsuyoshi finally confessed. "I don't
want to let go of you."
"I'll always be at your side." Koichi promised.
"I love you."
"Love you too."
Koichi let himself be lulled by the sound of Tsuyoshi’s
heartbeat. His lover, he felt as if
finally Tsuyoshi was his lover. A love
that hadn't hurt, that had only brought pleasure.
He had just fallen asleep when he felt Tsuyoshi shake him
gently. Koichi opened his eyes a bit. "Why did you wake me up?"
"We can't be caught together." Tsuyoshi gave
Koichi more kiss, an
Koichi got to his feet; he put his arms around Tsuyoshi's
waist. "Don't stay up all night."
"I won't." Tsuyoshi promised. "If I don't
go back to my room, Sakamoto will come looking for me."
"Is Sakamoto a good roommate?"
"I suppose." Tsuyoshi turned in Koichi's arms.
"He's better then Ken, but you're the best roommate of all."
"You are too." Koichi picked up the drawing
that Tsuyoshi had given him. Then he gave Tsuyoshi a good night kiss. "See
you in the morning."
*************
The next day Koichi was sitting in the dorms lobby, doing
his homework. Tsuyoshi was sitting
across the table from him doing homework. The two teens had different homework
as Koichi had a tutor. Koichi still hadn't come off of the feelings he had from
the night before. His relationship with Tsuyoshi had risen to a new level. The
problem Koichi had was the fact that they couldn't do anything else. Even
though ever fiber of his being wanted Tsuyoshi, the now repaired security
device prevente
After a while, Koichi realize
"Gomen na." the Teenager looked down to his
homework. "I'm acting like a Baga. I shouldn't stare at you.""
"It's all right. I don't mind you looking at
me." Koichi smiled at him. "When we were apart, I stared at you a
lot."
"I liked when you di
"You like my eyes?" Koichi gasped. "My eyes are too little,
half the time I'm squinting because I forget to wear my contacts."
"You're eyes tell me secrets. Things we aren’t'
allowe
"We better
get back to our homework." Koichi glanced at the repaired security device.
Tsuyoshi nodded.
"This might sound crazy, but I really missed doing
homework with you."
"I missed it too." Koichi slipped his shoe off,
he reached under the table, and his feet touched Tsuyoshi's leg. He used his
foot to caress it. "Homework seems
to be more fun when we're together."
"The Manager di
Just then, Nagase and Inocchi came up to them. They
barely gave Koichi a glance. Inocchi said. "Tsuysh, you ready to go?"
"What?" Tsuyoshi asked.
"We're going out tonight, remember?"
Tsuyoshi gave a half-smile. "I forgot."
"Want to go?" Nagase asked Koichi.
Inocchi grabbed Nagase's arm, and pulled him away from
the table. Koichi couldn't help but
overhear. "Koichi's not coming with us!"
"I can invite anyone I want!" Nagase countered.
"Koichi's my friend."
"Then I know that Yamaguchi, Taichi and I won't
go!" Inocchi spit. "I'm going no where with a sell out!"
"Koichi's' not a sell out!"
"Then what do you call moving into the
mansion?"
"He no longer lives there." Nagase reminded
him.
"The limo still comes for him." Inocchi
reminded him. "He's a spy. I'll never trust him. Most of the dorm
agrees!"
Koichi looked up from his book,
he pretended not to hear Inocchi.
"Thanks for the offer, but I have a lot of homework tonight."
"I’ll stay with you." Tsuyoshi volunteered.
Koichi realized he couldn't do that to his friend. If he
agree
"Ko-chan," Tsuyoshi began.
"The Manager will probably call for me
tonight." Koichi lied. "I
insist, go with them."
Tsuyoshi looked at him warily. "Are you sure?"
"Of course I am." Koichi gave a half smile.
"Can you keep my books for me?" Tsuyoshi asked.
"Be gla
Tsuyoshi stacked up his books. Then he got up. "I'll see you later, right?"
Koichi plastered on a fake smile. "Of course, we're
partners."
Koichi watched Tsuyoshi leave with his friends. It was
another reminder to him that Tsuyoshi's life had gone on without him. The first night they could have spent
together in a week, and Tsuyoshi was gone. He couldn't tell his frien
"Oh look, the sell out's alone." he could hear Morita
say. The Coming Century member was sitting at a table doing homework with Miyake
Ken.
"All his bodyguards are gone." Ken agreed.
"We can beat the crap out of him, and we won't get caught!"
"Can you believe he sold us out?" Morita
hissed. "It's his fault everything
we do is seen by the Manager."
"He needs to pay you back for the hell Yamaguchi put
you through." Ken told him.
*Those two aren't worth getting into trouble.* Koichi
thought. He picke
Koichi found his roommate Okada in their room studying.
He looked up to Koichi. "I thought you had a study date with
Tsuyoshi."
"It ended early." Koichi tosse
"That doesn't sound like Tsuyoshi." Okada told him.
"He went out with his friends." Koichi
admitted.
"Why didn't you go with them?"
"Not everyone wanted me to go." Koichi sat down
on his bed. He tried not to act upset.
"You know how it's like, when everyone thinks you’re a spy."
"Yeah, it sucks." Okada agreed. "I was
invited, but..."
"But what?" Koichi
interrupted.
"Inocchi insisted you couldn't come. I don't desert
my friends." The teen said loyally.
"You shouldn't give up your fun because of me."
Koichi told him.
"I'd rather stay with you!"
There was a tapping on the bedroom door. Okada answered it. It was Taichi of Tokio.
"We haven't left yet. Are you sure you don't want to come with us?"
"I'm sorry, not tonight." Okada told him.
"Come on, what's one evening of fun?" Taichi
tempted. "There are a lot of good
looking guys there."
"No thanks. I really do have to study."
"If you change your mind, call me." The keyboardist turned and left.
Okada shut the door and went back to his homework. Koichi looked up to him. "That was
stupid."
"I couldn't leave you alone." Okada said
stubbornly.
"Why are you acting this way?" Koichi
demanded. "What's the big deal of
my spending an evening by myself?"
Junichi sat down
on his bed. "You saved me."
"I didn't save you."
"It's been a year since the Manager last called for
me." Okada explained. "Because of you, no one touches me without my
permission. I would have gone insane if it had gone on."
"You're being free is enough thanks for
me." Koichi went to his desk and
sat down. He went back to working on his homework.
********************************************
Tsuyoshi sat in the observation area of the bowling
alley. The outing had been more of a group date. Everyone else had a date,
except for Tsuyoshi. So he sat watching his friends. It wouldn't be fair to
horn his way into one of the teams.
Tsuyoshi sipped on a coke, trying not to think of his
best friend. It had only been a few days
since Koichi's return. Even though
Koichi was back in the dorms they had spent little time together. Every night
the limo arrived for Koichi. His friend
acted as if going to the mansion didn't bother him. But the fact was that it
bothered Tsuyoshi. Koichi's trips to the
mansion bothered Tsuyoshi more now that they where lovers. Tsuyoshi felt deep
in his heart that Koichi was his lover. When Koichi had fallen asleep in his
arms, Tsuyoshi too wante
*I want to be at your side forever.*Tsuyoshi thought. *I
want to wake up with you in my bed.*
*I want to be your only lover.*
"Let me guess, you're thinking of Koichi."
Nagase sat down beside him.
"I was just thinking how it would be like if he
hadn't gone to the mansion tonight." Tsuyoshi took a drink. "I really
want to spend an evening with him."
"It's Friday. Our manager doesn't call for his
favorites on Friday." Leader sat down beside Nagase.
"Then why would he tell me that?" Tsuyoshi
asked.
"Perhaps he overheard what Inocchi said."
Nagase told him.
"What did Inocchi say?" Leader asked.
"He sai
"He really sai
"You mean they use
"What about Yamaguchi and Taichi?"
"What about us?" Yamaguchi asked as he too sat
down. Taichi sat down next to him.
"Do you think Koichi sold out?" Leader aske
"He does what he has to." Taichi said.
"Can you trust him?"
"Why wouldn't I?" The keyboardist sounded
confused. "I was the Manager's favorite for a once. I know that Koichi didn't
sell out!"
"What about you Yama?" Tsuyoshi asked.
"Would you have come with us if Koichi had?"
"What kind of stupid question is that?"
Yamaguchi asked.
"Would you have?" Nagase asked.
"Of course I would!" Yamaguchi put down his
beer. "This was *supposed* to be a
welcome back Koichi party."'
"But no Koichi." Tsuyoshi said glumly.
"Why didn't
he come?" Taichi asked.
"He overheard Inocchi telling me no one wanted him
to come." Nagase said.
"Can I hit Inocchi?" Yamaguchi asked. I've been wanting to punch him for quite some
time."
"Wait until we get back to the dorms. We can't let
all this get into the press!" Leader said.
"I want to go back to the dorms." Tsuyoshi
said. "I want to see Koichi. Would someone take me?"
"Why don't we bring the party to Koichi?"
Nagase suggested.
*********************
Koichi stared up at the night sky. He was sitting on a
bench in the dorms back yard. It had
been so long since he had been allowed something simple like star gazing. He ignored any security devices. They didn't
matter out here. With the quiet, Koichi could spen
His dorm mates thought of him as a sell out. His friends
no longer trusted him. He could count his friends on one hand. But one of those friends was Tsuyoshi. Koichi touche
"Ko-chan." Tsuyoshi came into view. He walked
up to the bench Koichi was sitting on. "I was looking for you. I should
have known you would come out here."
"This is a
good place to think." Koichi glanced up at the security device. "Why are you back so early?"
"We decide
"Oh I see." It was yet another reminder that
Koichi was not invite
He stood up to leave. Tsuyoshi grabbed his hand.
"Don't go."
"I wasn't invited." Koichi reminded him gently.
"I don't go where I'm not wanted."
"You don't understand Ko-chan." Tsuyoshi began.
"I understand more then you think." Koichi
interrupted. "Not everyone's like you. Some people still resent me for
moving into the Mansion."
"You don't live there anymore." Tsuyoshi reminded
him. "You're back with me."
*He's still so innocent.* Koichi thought.
Just then Yamaguchi and Taichi came aroun
Yamaguchi smiled. "Hey Tsuyoshi, you found
him!"
"What's going on?" Koichi asked.
"Tsuyoshi wante
"I wasn't invited." Koichi reminded him.
"How else can we have a welcome back party without
the person we're welcoming back?" Yamaguchi countered.
"A welcome back party?" He repeated.
Tsuyoshi looked at
Koichi. "Please come. It wouldn't be the same without you."
Koichi realize
***********************
They ha
Things had changed with his friend. Before all of this,
he use
"Thanks." his frien
Koichi sat down beside his friend. He opened his beer an
Yamaguchi went to the pair. "You two are debuting in a few
weeks."
"Yeah, we are."
Koichi said.
"Enjoy your free time now." the bass player
smiled. "After you debut, it's going to be crazy."
"How crazy?" there was skepticism in Tsuyoshi's
voice.
"That is, if your song sells." Inocchi said.
"Course, being the favorite, no matter how good it is, it will sell."
"Excuse me." Yamaguchi grabbed Inocchi and
pulled him out in the hallway.
"The Baga doesn't realize if you're the favorite,
you have to work five times harder then everyone else." Leader told him.
"We'll work hard. If we do, we'll sell." Koichi
told Tsuyoshi.
"It won't be easy." Tsuyoshi reminded him.
"We won't have a moment of free time."
"The only difference from not being a debuted artist
is you sell CD's." Leader said.
"Yeah, and you go on the TV to sing." Nagase
said. "A lot, a whole lot."
Just then Yamaguchi pulled Inocchi into the room. The V6
member now sported a black eye. "Tell him you’re sorry."
"Sorry." Inocchi said. "You're very talented. You will
sell."
"Thank you." Koichi said.
Koichi watched as Inocchi left the party. He could feel Tsuyoshi's hand resting near
his. He realized his friend wante
"Welcome back, Ko-chan." Tsuyoshi smiled.
************
Tsuyoshi woke at
"What's wrong?" His roommate Sakamoto asked.
"There's nothing wrong." Tsuyoshi didn't want
to tell his roommate that he took medicine for his depression. He began to take things out of his drawer.
"Missing something?" His roommate said in a way
that made Tsuyoshi realize that Sakamoto knew what he was looking for.
"Yes, I am."
"What would our Manager said if he knew you popped
pills?" The older man got off his
bed.
"He all ready knows."
"Di
“It’s medicine." Tsuyoshi admitted.
"What is your medicine is for?"
"I'm not going to tell you."
"Why are you so ashamed?" Sakamoto asked.
"What are you taking them for?"
"If I tell you, the whole dorm will find out. Then
it will get out in the press. It could ruin Koichi's career."
"How could it ruin his career? You're the one taking
the pills."
"We are a team; any scandal would affect both of us.
If I'm fired what would happen to the Kinki Kids?" Tsuyoshi asked. "I would have quit a long time ago if it
wasn't for Koichi."
"Does Koichi know that you take medicine?"
Sakamoto asked.
"I can't tell him about my condition. He wouldn't
understand." He said softly.
"If you told me what it was, I wouldn't tell
anyone." Sakamoto promised. "I
wouldn't tell him."
"You have my medicine." Tsuyoshi guessed.
"You won't get them back until you tell me what's
wrong with you."
Tsuyoshi sat down. Sakamoto sat down beside him. He didn't look at his roommate. "I have
severe clinical depression and panic disorder."
"If you don't get your medications every day, the
symptoms come back." Sakamoto guessed.
"If I don't take my medicines, I'll go back into the
black hole."
"Black hole?"
"When I'm depressed, I feel as if I'm living in a
black hole." Tsuyoshi told him.
"Everything is crushing down on me."
"The past year's been hard on you." Sakamoto
told him gently.
"I still can't get over what happene
"I've been there too." Sakamoto told him.
"I've lived your life. The days of being chaine
"All I ha
"Oh my god." Sakamoto
murmured. "Do you see a psychologist?"
"How can I? I couldn't tell him the truth. It would
get back to our Manager." Tsuyoshi felt helpless.
"So you take the pills."
"It makes my life bearable. I don't feel like ending
it all when I take them."
"We're more alike then I thought." The leader
of V6 told him.
"What do you mean?"
"I take medicine for depression.” Sakamoto took the
bottles of pills from their hiding place and gave them to him. "You shoul
"I can't show Koichi my weakness." he told him.
"I just got him back. I might loose him."
"I understand." Sakamoto nodded. "I won't
tell anyone. It will be our secret."
"Thank you." Tsuyoshi took his medicine and put
the bottles away.
"You nee
“How can he help?"
"Insomnia is a side effect of your medicine."
Sakamoto took out a small book. He opened it and handed it to Tsuyoshi.
"You nee
Tsuyoshi nodded. "Thanks, I will."
*******************
Koichi was going through a small lock box. Stacked one on
top of the other was the notes that Tsuyoshi had written to him during the year
he was away. He picked one up, reading the words for the hundredth time. The
one that he like
Koichi then picked up a photo. It had been given to him
by the Manager to try to persuade him to get over Tsuyoshi. The photo ha
"What are you looking at?" Okada jerke
"I'm sorry; I didn't want you to see it."
"Why do you keep it?" Okada demanded. "How
can you stan
"Of course it doesn't turn me on!' Koichi took the
photo from him. He put it back in the
box, and locke
"Then why do you keep it?" Okada demanded.
"When I feel myself waver, and wanting to quit going
to the Manager, I look at this photo." Koichi said softly. "It
reminds me that what I do isn't about me. It's to save my friends."
"You've seen the videos of Tsuyoshi and me?"
Okada sounded ashamed. Koichi nodded. ."Does Tsuyoshi know?"
"How could I tell him?" Koichi asked. "I
can't tell him that I've seen the videos, and I have your picture. I'm afraid I
woul
"If having that photo saves me, then I agree that
you should keep it." Okada decided.
"Will you tell Tsuyoshi?"
"Of course I won't! Before your return, I was his
roommate." Okada said. "He has nightmares every night."
"I wish I was his roommate. I could be there for
him." Koichi said longingly.
"You are there for him."
Koichi told his roommate. "I never thanked you for
slipping notes to Tsuyoshi."
"It was nothing." Okada picked up a script and
sat down on his bed.
"I think I would have gone insane if I hadn't ha
"You kept them?" when Koichi nodded, Okada
said. "I can't believe the Manager didn't fin
"I was good at hiding them." He shrugged.
"I ha
"Are you with Tsuyoshi?"
"As well as we can be." he paused.
"Tsuyoshi's still hurting."
"He'll get better now that your back."
"Don't have that much faith in me?" The older
teen asked wearily.
"It's true. He was so lost when you where gone."
Okada looked at him. "He didn't smile before your return."
"Tsuyoshi smiles all the time."
"Tsuyoshi only smiles when you're around."
Okada insisted. "When you're not near he is very depressed. It's all most
like he's a different person."
"Tsuyoshi's been depressed?" Koichi asked.
"Tsuyoshi's time being the favorite was harder on
him then it ever was on me." Okada said softly. "Tsuyoshi has nightmares, he's sad all
the time. The panic attacks are the worse though. He's terrified of being
pinned down."
"I've noticed." Koichi admitted.
"He's taking medicine for the attack." There was a tapping on Koichi's door. Okada
went and answered it. "Hi Tsuyoshi, I've got to go get lunch!" With
that, Okada left.
"What's wrong with him?" Tsuyoshi asked as he
came into the room, he shut the door.
"Perhaps he's hungry?" Koichi suggested. "How was your sleep?"
"It was all right." Tsuyoshi lied.
"Can I touch you?" Koichi asked. When Tsuyoshi
nodded, Koichi took him in his arms. He could feel Tsuyoshi put his arms around
his waist. "Thanks for inviting me to the party."
"Anytime." Tsuyoshi kissed Koichi gently.
Koichi let go of his friend. "How have you been
feeling lately?"
"I feel good." another lie.
"I've been tol
Tsuyoshi's eyes narrowed. "Who told you that?"
"What does it matter? Are you taking
something?"
"I'm on Prozac and zanex." Tsuyoshi admitted.
"It's for depression."
"I take Prozac too." Koichi admitted. "I've been very depressed since becoming
the favorite. A handler comes with me
everywhere. If I talk to you I'm punished. If I show the wrong emotion or a
mistake, I'm beaten."
"Why didn't you quit?"
"I can't quit! You would have to take my place. How
can I let you go through what I have to?" Tears stung Koichi's eyes. "You've starte
Tsuyoshi put his arms around him. "We have a shared
pain."
"Even though others use my body, you’re the only one
in my heart." Koichi told him. "You're the only one who’s ever made
love to me."
"I know." Tsuyoshi's arms tightened. "You're the one that told me that it
doesn't count if you don't want it."
"Thank you for understanding." he put his arms
around his friend.
Tsuyoshi kissed
Koichi gently. "I came here to get my books.""
"Can I have another kiss tomorrow morning?"
Koichi asked.
"You can have one now." Tsuyoshi kissed him
again.
Just then the door opened. Then the unmistakable voice of
Sakamoto said. "Have you seen Junichi?"
Tsuyoshi pulled away from Koichi. He went to the desk and
picked up his books. "See you
later."
"Bye Tsu-chan." Koichi watched his friend
leave.
"He didn't have to leave." Sakamoto said.
"We're not suppose
"I wante
"I think he went to lunch." Koichi looked at
the clock.
*******************
Koichi came back from the mansion in the middle of the
night. He had just fallen asleep when he was woken by a high pitched beeping
sound. Koichi could hear Okada moving
aroun
"Koichi wake up!" Okada told him.
"What's up?" He opened his eyes.
"The fire alarms are going off!"
Koichi got out of bed, and pulled on a sweat suit. He
went into the hallway, which was filled with boys trying to get out of the
building. He could smell smoke, but
didn't see any.
Koichi followe
*Tsuyoshi, we're Tsuyoshi?* Koichi asked himself. *Is he
safe?*
As he searched for
Tsuyoshi, Koichi realize
"Wonder what happened?" Koichi asked himself.
Okada suddenly appeared at his elbow. "I hear that one of the Juniors was
burning a candle."
"Which one?"
"Don't know."
"Have you seen Tsu-chan?" Koichi asked his
roommate.
"He's got to be around here somewhere." Okada
told him. "Tsuyoshi doesn't sleep much. He's probably in the middle of the
crowd."
Just then several fire engines drove up. The group ha
Koichi wante
"Come on Koichi, let's move closer.” Okada prompted.
"Sure," He followed Okada to what his roommate
thought of was a closer place. Still,
Koichi couldn't keep his eyes off of his partner.
"The two of you are pathetic." Okada looked at
Tsuyoshi an
"You're going to get me into trouble." Koichi
growled.
Sakamoto, whose back was to Koichi turned. "Hi there."
"I hear
"Yeah, in the Junior's dorm."
Sakamoto moved so that Tsuyoshi was standing beside
Koichi. He then grabbed Okada's hand.
"Let's go find a closer place." Koichi watche
"How's it going?" Tsuyoshi didn't take his eyes
off the fire.
Koichi turned so that he too was watching. "I was woken from a sound sleep."
"At least you where sleeping." Tsuyoshi yawned.
"Having trouble sleeping?"
"I had a nightmare." He admitted. "Every time I closed my eyes the dream
returned."
"I wish I had been there." Koichi confessed.
Koichi felt Tsuyoshi touch his hand, his fingers gently
interlacing with his. "You're with
me now, that's what matters."
The two friends watche
Just then vans from several media outlets drove up.
Koichi dropped Tsuyoshi's hand. He could hear Leader remin
Koichi looked at Tsuyoshi, who smiled at him. Koichi had
his partner back. Nothing else mattered.