Flatulence More Condition_symptoms [JE fandom] On Hairpulling, Coffee Stains and Other Lesser Evils [2 / 3]

Title: On Hairpulling , Coffee Stains and Other Lesser Evils [2 / 3]
Fandom: JE fandom [Arashi / KAT-TUN]
Pairing: Matsumoto Jun / Kamenashi Kazuya, ie., Matsukame
Wordcount : 3.821
Summary: Between They keep the secrets and the lies They Will not say, June and Kame Towards Something fumble. Maybe.
Notes: Thanks to my betas : mrsatterthwaite , littlealex and ungalad . Girls, you're all awesome!

Part 1:Like Someone in Love
Part 3: Tonight with you

Cartography for beginners

In Which Arashi is on tour, Kame Pretends Not to care and Bickering by phone occurs.



Kame's only wish is That nobody notices historical longing, wandering looks, His yearning sighs, and Above All the steady worsening of historical temper. He's slipping, drowning in annoyances and lost patience, one day away from a lifelong tantrum throwing. He conceals His emotions and tries to Give excuses. My shower did not work this morning. I Had not eaten yet. My baseball team lost last night. So when to Nakamaru Sits down next to An Almost one Kame sleepingmorning, Kame Pretends Not to suspect anything.

'Hey, That is your music player? " Kame nods

Before dozing off.

'Can I borrow it? "

Kame, Even Without thinking, puts it in Nakamaru's hand. The sheer impulsiveness of it surprises Nakamaru, And That Is Not Lost on fact-Kame. Not only That, Nakamaru looks like he's just Realized how to cure insomnia. Then He sighs with relief and smiles at Kame Before leaving.

'I made a playlist for you,' he says the morning after. 'To thank you for lending me your music player. "

'You had it? Why did you take it? " Kame says, and historical dark-circled eyes dart at
Nakamaru. Nakamaru historical squirms in seat.

'Kame, youGave it to me yesterday. "

"Really?"

"Really."

Kame laughs like he's just he's Been Realized in the Madhouse all this time and Takes His music player back. When I

Arrives home, Kame is too tired to think, But nevertheless I checks the playlist. It's an odd mix of J-pop novelties, rap and rock classics with the occasional oddities New Agey calming track Thrown in, plus Extremely alienating Some techno stuff. He Finds Himself listening to the flawless vocals of Yabai Yabai Yabai over and over in His dense insomniac nights.




In Jun's mind, hotel rooms are always an odd mix of beige and yellow. This one is no exception and the bedcover events have UGLand floral print. It May Already Be morning and beyond the blinds Are people moving, talking, eating, living and all June Wants to do is sleep for a week, for a year and be home When He wakes up. So I stays in bed and covers His face with the bed sheets.

finally Duty Takes the best of him and I doubtfully Takes out an arm and a leg Then. He Reminds Himself That He's a morning person, That He likes the energy Brings a new day, pero Each tendon, joint Each in His body Wants to give in to exhaustion. He's mortgaging His Youth to get a quick fix of fame and fortune and His body as Ache in protest events have showers and gets dressed. When I

gets out, a mess awaits him. He slowly starts picking up all the historical clothes and random bits of home he's Brought withhim. Carefully He folds the T-shirt he's worn to sleep and it wasn't That Reminds Himself on purpose. I just packed That stupid T-shirt Because I forgot to Give it back to Kame and, when you're asleep so you literally run into walls, it's easy to mistake items of clothing. Especially if your closet Seems to Have Suffered an invasion of somebody else's clothes.

Beside, it's not like I have with it Every night sleeps like a girl. Like a very silly girl
that'd die if Nino ever found out.




Kame is a fixed point in the middle of the green room. Lunches sit expectantly on the table and events while people run and scream around him, all I Can Do Is silently contemplar Their Their colors and textures, the subtle interplaying of smell and presentation. He fills His mind with mundane Aesthetic pleasure and sensations So There's no space left for anything else.

I tries to guess Which Is Whose But CAN NOT envy and Koki's Italian food. Kame's looks dull by comparison, and Koki's never liked Italian food, so Kame is sure Will not mind if I've just eats a little bit. He Makes sure nobody is paying him notice and Stock And Then dives in. The ravioli and the sauce perfect Are not is acid, sweet But Not Either. He finishes it in record time and historical Then eats lunch, munching like it's a chore. After all, food has always Been a Necessity That Can Be Needed pleasurable and not a pleasure, like too many Things in His Life.




'We're here,' His managen mumbles and half an eye opens in June. They're still in the van, and They've Arrived Apparently somewhere. He Hopes for a Second That it's home, But I soon recovers and gets out of the car. The stars still shine, and in June mutters hotels That Should Have Become 'home' already. His manager's worry is palpable, and in June That chuckles and reassure him he's alright. There's nothing wrong, nothing sleeping That Will not cure.

'I do not want to share a room with Jun, "says Nino events and have Serious sounds.

'I'm too tired for your games, and you know we won't share a room anyway. Can you drop it already? "

'It's not a game! I can not let this one slide. We let you get away with everything, but I'm tired of it. "ing
. 'Do not do it again. "
'I always do That. He likes it. It's just a game. There's nothing to worry about '

' It Was not game, and we're worried. We Should not Need to Tell You That You do not get to punch us for real. " June

swallows. He's seen the bruise in Nino's ribcage, and Aiba hasn't helper to ease the guilt by Keeping a constant eye on ITS evolution. Guessing the shade traveling May Be a fun game, But He Does not Need the reminder.

'It Was Just a bruise. I miscalculated my strength. " 'That's not like you. "

'Maybe it is. Maybe I'm Not Who You think I am. " Ohno

sighs and starts eating a bagel. They eat in silence unti Bothl it's time to leave for Some activity in June Does not remember events.

As They pick food for the rest of the group, Ohno Speaks again:

'Just get a grip. We'll be back in no time. Until Then you can wait, can not you? He'll be waiting. " June

Ohno barely avoids hitting as well.




The hairdresser is Clearly Stress and the make-up artist Already have left the room, tired of dealing with the prissy prima donna Kame is intent on Being.

'It's not like I can fix That skin of historical! " I hears her complain and instinctively looks at the mirror. I decide Worse Than He Does Akanishi look after somebody's birthday and historical shrugs shoulders.

'When are you going to finish? I'm on a tight schedule. "

'I'm sorry, Kamenashi-san. It's going to take Longer than expected. "

He shrugs again and His mind is left unchecked, wandering from yesterday's dinner to tomorrow's interview. He Thinks about His new shoes, jeans he's old historical Had to throw away and Nakamaru That Really awesome band put on historical music player. He wonders how Arashi's tour is going and whether I Should Go to the party he's Invited to on Friday. I shouldn't, Because he's exhausted and getting drunk is never good for him.

The hairdresser finishes after a while and Kame manager hates the styling But to keep His composure. It's nothing important, after all. He's just going to grace magazine covers looking likeI WAS TV hasn't showered Since all black and white.

At least the rest of KAT-TUN looks worse. Who knows why fans buy the magazines Have When They seem to come out of bed fifteen minutes Before the shoot.

He snaps out of historical reverie and joins Them with a smile so fake, it's like plastic on His mouth. And now he's supposed to Be Concentrating in the photo shoot, pero Ueda Keeps His Head with blocking him.

'I'm sick of eating your hair, Ueda. Can you be more Careful? " I hisses. Ueda

looks at him with disdain and Then turns to the camera again.

"I'll try, my hair But the reason you're not is fading Into the background. That's all your fault. " The worst part

is nott That Ueda is ruining the shoots, it's that Ueda's hair smells of strawberries Also. Kame Maintain That will always have just Took Ueda's shampoo by accident




Jun's Trying to read a mystery book about a plucky girl detective, pero Some Nino is playing game and Aiba is Proclaiming loudly Each tiny little Achievement.

'I Might Be Trying to read here,' he says as I throws a pillow Them.

'No, you're not. You're just sulking with a book in your hands. We Can
tell. " June

Close the book as if I Were closing the door to Hell and leaves the room. He wants a quiet and safe place to smoke, so I ends up sprawled in His room's bathtub, feeling ridiculous But contented.
Aiba
Enters the room Sooner Than Needed in June and gets ready to leave, But Aiba shakes His head so I does not.

'You are sulking, do not bother to deny it. " June
defiantly
historical book picks up again.

'That's not going to work. We'll annoy you Until You Do Something about it, mark my words. "

'You Do not Need to warn me, I know how you get. "

'Then Why Do not we skip this? "

'Because I do not feel like it. " Aiba

sighs.

'It's as good a reason as any, I guess. There Is That place in bathtub for
a handsome fellow? "

'I only see one in the mirror, "June says and smiles. But talks about events as AibaLXC 'Who else does it? " Kame

Makes a pause Before Answering doubtfully:

'People. "

Jin sighs and puts the phone on Kame's hand.

'You're Supposed To Be the smart one, so call him and stop this nonsense. " Kame

Briefly considers playing dumb, But It Will not fly so I decide to annoy Jin
Until I leaves.

'I do not want to and I will not. "

'It's getting stupid, you know? How you sigh and whine. Plus you stole Ueda's shampoo, and you ate the other day Koki's lunch. We're still puzzling over the reason
why. We guess it's him. "

"Why?"

'Because this has Never Happened Before, "Jin says and That you make Kame Jin's tone has-been annoying him so much Because it sounds like he's Been Keeping a tab, an astronomical and Illogical tab events That Does not include the tip.

'Really? So it's not only me Then? "

He curses under breath Afterwards historical and damns to oblivion Himself Because He's Letting His guard down, and he's Promise to never ever let His guard down in front of Jin again.

'Tell me. You can trust me. "

'Oh, really? " Suddenly I snaps and Sits upright, defying historical Jin to keep digging own grave.

'Yes, really. You can trust me, at least more Than you can trust anybody else. "

And it's sad Because it's true, Because Kame still hasn't got and Stock closer friends Than Jin, and Jin's hardly a friend anymore.

'Look, I ate lunch Koki's Because ... Because I Was Hungry and it Looked tasty enough. And I've Already Said That Ueda's shampoo WAS an accident. "

'Look, just call him, will you? I do not feel like doing this. "

'Then don't! Stop feeling responsible for me, will you? I Never Asked You to! "

'You just can not bear to make Things easy for anybody, can you? Worrying You're everybody, so call him. "

'It's not my fault you're so nosy. Beside, this is not my fault. He's too busy to call me, so I'm too busy to call him '

' Fine, then. If you want to Be a kid, be a kid, pero stop annoying us, will you? Stop annoying me, Because I did not ask for this conversation Either. "

Jin's voice is now an ode to resignation, plain begging and martyrdom, pero Kame CAN AFFORD only to give in a little bit.

'I swear, Jin, it's got nothing to do with him. He's just on a tour and too busy to call. I do not want to bother him, okay? It'll be a waste of time. Plus I Already Told you I do not want to do it. "

'Do not lie. You want to and you will. He'll Be thrilled, I'm sure. " Jin Makes not so much of an awkward pause But a pause to catch up let awkwardness. 'It's always nice When you get a call from home. " But I


is home, Kame
Thinks.


They Are historical home. And I am not.





blabbers While the TV on and His body recovers a little from the concert, Jun sprawls all over the bed. He knows Ohno That is somewhere in the Same Room With His eyes closed events. Bored out of His Mind, I phone again historical checks, Then smashes it Against the wall.

'You could've broken it, "Ohno says as I Gives it to him.

'So? "

'So You Would not Be Able to call him. "

'He Does not want me to. "

'What Makes you say that? "

'He told me he'd Be busy,' June lies and Does not feel guilty Because It's the kind of lie nobody ever believer. "Beside, I do not call everybody I've Slept with."

In order to do That, you'd Need the whole phonebook. And You're Not sleeping with Kame. You've been dating for months, remember? " Nino
Why is There too? Have They staged an intervention? They've Probably Have Rehearsed Planner and the conversation too. 'It's not dating, "June answers. 'Oh, if you're just friends That Go to the movies And Then Have Sex, spare us the replay the next day, will you? And tell you sho dog Already Which position Kame likes the best, so Do not try to deny it. "
'Even Then, we're Not Like That, Nino. " June

Sits on the bed and sighs. Nino shakes His head.

'What did you do last time you Spent time together? " June
frowns
. He Does not want to remember and Does not want to give in to provocations Nino's Obvious.

'I think we stay at home ... the day before we started the tour. Eichmann up, I made dinner. We Fell asleep and I left in the morning. "

'I guess You're Not dating then. " Nino Takes a pause to savor soon to Be His victory. "You're married

." June

stabs him with His eyes and says nothing.

'June, I never Gave the keys back to me. Is he using Them? "

Nino's voice is kind of weird Now That I Sometimes use sweet tone, The One That Does not fit him at all. Or maybe it fits him too well and in June can not resist it. It Takes the truth out of him.

'Sometimes I works beats, you know? And I have lives too far away and ... '

' So he's getting Into your house when you're asleep. "

'Not always. " It's not

Sho Until finally breaks silence historical notices in June That Both him and Aiba Have Arrived To His room too.

'Jun, call him, will you? Spare us this conversation Because We Do not Want to Explain to you why we're worried. "

'It's just that ... I'm not ... I'm not, I swear I'm not, you know. "

He trails off and Nino Rolls His Eyes Before speaking.

'You are, so much it's ridiculous. "

'Can we stop talking? " 'Yes, We Can, Because We're all going to sleep right now, "says Shos, and that's quite a feat. " Nino

snorts and June covers mouth with historical historical empty hand.

'I did not mean to annoy you. "

'It's Worse if it's not on purpose. " Does not answer

Kame, But He Does not Either hang up and vows to kill him in June eleven he's back. He's Been vowing to do so Ever Since They Slept together first.

'I'm Not Into awkward silences, Kame. Did you want to tell me anything at all? "

'Uh. How's the tour going? "

'tiring, but I'm Used to it already. "

He's snappish and tired and it shows on historical voice. All He Wants is an apology. It's All They Need to Regain Their normalcy, after all. He suspects Kame Agraeans with him, But he's sure remove Neither of Them will take the first step.

"Oh." So they'll

See Who Loses, Who Gives in first and that's the only reason Does not just hang up in June. He Keeps talking, Letting Some Calculated tenderness show.

'And how about you? "

'Hm. Working as always. By the way, did you take one of my T-shirt? " Calculating

His mind That never works well in the dead of the night, so I Makes a mistake.

'I Might Be wearing it at the moment,' he says and Nino's laughter is a Threat, Especially if it's Going to Be as roaring as it seems, so in June extricated Himself from His bandmates and goes Towards the window. Several times I have trips and Ka Along The Way
LXC 'What did you say? "

'That ... oh, fuck. Look, it just slipped. I know we're Not Like That. " The city Stretches
under a still unbelievably wide, sky Widening WHERE stay-away stars grow farther and farther away every minute. They look cold and untouchable, pero June, for a second, warmth Their Wishes to touch and feel the heat, the distance Despit. He Wants to do it all Even Though Their scorching heat leaves behind is ashes.

'It's the truth, Kame, can we stop beating around the bush? You're calling me at 3 AM to apologize. We're dating. "

'I'm not apologizing. I'm not, Because this is your fault. All of this is your fault. "

Kame is Not Blaming him for the argument. He's Blaming him for Everything: Their loneliness, Their mistakes, the tour, That Probably one drunken night events and global warming.

'OK, it's my fault. Happy now? "

'A little. "

'Should I kill you. "

"Maybe."

'Damn you, Kame. Can you be happy Without Questioning it for eleven? We're dating and I'm doing this because i want to. Events'm HAVING this conversation. On the phone. At 3 AM. Believe it or not, I care about this. "

'Then don't sleep with your bandmates while you're away, Jun. Ninomiya's voice is unique. "

'You're paranoid. He's just in the Same room, nothing more. "

"Sure?"

'WhenHave I lied to you? "

'You Have not Had much chance to do so. "

'I have not and I will not. Trust me. "

'OK. I'll believe you. "

'Could You sound a little bit more convincing. "

'Please do not disappoint me. "

'You're so dramatic. "

'Sorry, sorry, I know, I'll try to stop. "

"Do not apologize." He pauses. 'The stars Are Pretty sure. "


They're The Same Where You Are, Are not They?


'I Already Told You ...'

'I know, I Was just joking. "

"Oh."

'It's too late for jokes I guess. Should you go to sleep. "

'You too. " June

wonders if they're supposed to do the whole routine Where They can not hang up-even if it's silly and Even If They Do not Miss Each Other at all-And Then you realize That They Still Have to hang up and Are sharing an oddly comforting silence.

'Jun. Tell me when you come back, will you? "

'You Do not Have to Tell Me That, I Was going to anyway,' he answers And Then hangs up, Because He's not doing the 'not-hanging-up' routine. June

Makes His Way back to the bed. Both Nino and Aiba Are awake. He gets Into the bed and Holds Them tight. I shouldn't feel like he's Joining a pirate crew and going in an epic adventure on the High Seas, But I does and it's ridiculous. And Even if it's just dating and Probably going to end soon, the hugs feel final. Many lonely nights lie ahead and the fact-warmth That this is nothing Compared to What he's missing Weighs on His chest as if It Were Mount Fuji. His moratorium is finally ending and I Can not Believe That Actually he's welcoming it.




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