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 Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 11:25 pm
Bae Bae walked into the kitchen, setting the bag on the counter and turning on the water. "What is it?" he questioned, taking something out of the bag and grabbing a pair of scissors. He was hard at work on something that he wouldn't let Kenshin see. Not yet, at least.
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 11:31 pm
Kenshin Yamada The Japanese star paused to put a hand to his mouth to cover his quivering lip. He looked away, eyes filled with tears he couldn't let go. "You know - Heh - it was pretty stupid thinking that we could have this weird relationship, you know? We should just stop."
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 11:48 pm
Bae"What?" Bae looked up at Kenshin, setting down the scissors and putting something heavy into the deep sink. He furrowed his brow, his hands never ceasing in their work. "Why? I really like what we've got." He bowed his head for a second to check his work, then looked back up. "Besides, I thought I made you happy. I mean, you make me really happy. What's wrong?"
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Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 12:12 am
Kenshin YamadaKen glanced downwards. Bae sounded busy, too busy to really care about this subject. "I don't make you happy, I just make you satisfied." he said. "I'm just Ellery's replacement to you. Every time I think that maybe today's the day you'll like me for me, I see you stare at some picture of Ellery so longingly." He paused, feeling his tears start to fall. His throat was tense, if he spoke his voice would crack, but all the words he held back over the months were forcing their way through.
"I don't know what you see in him. What does he do that's so different from me? Why can't you love me?!" His voice cracked like he thought, but he didn't care. He turned around and looked at Bae with eyes overflowing. "I'm done being used as some stress reliever!" he yelled until he saw what Bae was so busily working on.
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Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 12:24 am
BaeBy the time Kenshin looked to what Bae held, it was in clear sight. He held in his hands a small vase with flowers arranged very carefully inside. It was a peculiar arrangement, one that the Korean had created years before with a very close friend that he had been in love with. He carried the vase to Kenshin, eyes soft as they stared down at the Japanese. "Is that all you think you are to me?" he askedquietly, reaching a hand to touch Kenshin's. He lead it over to the vase to touch one of the flowers. "Do you remember this?"
He released Kenshin's hand to touch one of the leaves. "I designed this arrangement a long time ago with someone I loved very much before I left him to become something worth his attention. But when I came back to see him, he seemed to have forgotten all about me, so I left again. But I always remembered designing this with him, and how it felt being with him, even after I realized that he hated me now." Black eyes returned to look at Kenshin, his fingers pinching the redhead's chin and lifting slowly. "How could you be a consolation prize when I wanted you first?"
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Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 12:43 am
Kenshin YamadaKen stared at the bouquet that held so many memories. He remembered being Bae's friend when no one else would, learning all about flowers just by being around him, realizing his feelings when it was too late. Moving his arm to wipe tears from his eyes, Ken refused to give in and stepped away from the chin-grab. "It doesn't make sense." he said quietly then looked back at Bae, his pride shattered to show all those years of pain he felt. "I went to your first concert when I saw you on the poster. I recognized you after your huge change, but when I tried to see you you were the one that didn't recognize me. You treated me like a complete stranger. How can you say you always remembered and loved someone you didn't even look at?" He looked at the flowers again, only this time bitterly. "How do I know that's not just for Ellery?"
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Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 1:00 am
Bae"What are you talking about?" he asked, genuinely confused. "I never saw you at a concert. My first concert back home had over twenty-five thousand people, I couldn't even find my parents in the crowd." He shook his head. "Besides, I was told that you'd moved away. I sent you a ticket, but it got sent back. I still have it." He set the vase down on a side table, walking over to his desk. He opened the top drawer, opening it and taking out an old, yellowed envelope.
Bae brought it over to Kenshin, holding it out. It hadn't even been opened, and Ken's old address and name was definitely on the front with a Return to Sender stamp.
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Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 1:09 am
Kenshin Yamada"I moved to a different house a couple years after you left." Ken said as he looked at the ticket. His father got promoted and decided to get them an even bigger house. "It still doesn't add up, though." he said and shook his head again. "I made my way to the front of the lines-" It wasn't that hard since his competition was a bunch of young girls. "-and called your name. You even looked at me, but you didn't do anything else. By then you were already clearly in love with Ellery." he muttered while crossing his arms.
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Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 1:28 am
BaeHe shook his head again. "You've been on stage before, Ken. The lights are blinding, the screams are deafening. I'm lucky I was able to dance properly." He set his hands on the redhead's shoulders, shaking gently. "Kenshin Yamada, I'm telling you that I'm in love with you, and you're stuck on my feelings for Ellery? Why would I want him when I've got you?"His hands slid down to Ken's upper arms. "Yeah, he's smart, pretty and talented, but you? You're adorable, funny, sweet, you make me come out of my shell when I really don't want to. He's okay, but we'd be terrible together. That's why I projected my unresolved feelings for you onto him. I knew we'd never get together." He laughed a little. "Hell, all this time, I thought you were using me for sex."
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Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 1:36 am
Kenshin Yamada"Why do you want him? You tell me!" Ken spat while pulling his arms free, his walls still up and standing strong. "Why do you have so many pictures of him and not one of me? Why do you always stare at him like he's the most beautiful person in the world and you never look at me like that? I'm just supposed to believe that you were thinking of me every time you let him sit on you or hold your hand?!"
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Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 3:25 am
BaeHe pulled his phone out. "When's the last time you got onto my phone?" He opened a photograph folder locked with a password, turning it so that Ken could see the pictures he'd taken. There were a few that were official pictures of the band that he'd zoomed in on, but most of them were of the redhead laying in his bed beside Bae, curled up sleeping presumably after they'd done things. "I keep it locked up because Lock likes to get onto my phone and take pictures. You told me that you wanted to keep this a secret when we first started, so I hid everything."
He shrugged at the last question. "As for sitting on me, it's not like I can just shove him off. Ellery feels a connection to me because he pulled me off of the streets, and this thing's been pulled so far that what's the point in doing something?" He scratched his cheek. "Besides, you don't see the way I look at you when you aren't looking."
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Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 12:07 am
Kenshin YamadaKen slowly took the phone and looked at pictures, each of them of him. They ranged all the way from their first month together like this. When he heard the last comment, the Japanese pop star lifted his head and looked at Bae. "How... How did you look at me?"
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Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 12:15 am
BaeHe shrugged, looking out of the window. One could swear that his cheeks were a little pink. "Same way I've looked at you since I was 17 years old," he said, his dark eyes returning to Kenshin. "Like you're the most beautiful thing I've ever seen, and I can't believe you'd lower yourself to look at me." He paused for a moment, then cleared his throat ran a hand through his hair, offering a smile. "So I guess we've both been kind of clueless, huh?"
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 9:17 pm
Kenshin Yamada"Yeah, I guess..." Kenshin murmured while rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly. Was this really just a misunderstanding this entire time? That's just great for his esteem. "So... You love me...?" he mumbled while still avoiding eye contact. His expression was stubborn so that he wouldn't show how much he was clinging to that question, but somehow that stubborn adverseness gave it away.
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 10:56 pm
Bae"Yeah," he answered, cheeks red as his scratched one and stared at the ground. "You love me too?" he asked shortly after, peeking upwards to see the redhead's reaction. He hadn't been able to say it when they were younger, but now that he could, Bae desperately needed confirmation.
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