Love Shuffle (Sho/Yoko, Sho/Ryo, Ohno/Yoko, Ohno/Ryo) PART 2

[lilly0]

“He said he has an idea about who you are meeting?” Yoko wants to know after he made Sho repeat his talk with Ryo over and over again.

“Yes.”

“So this means he knows?” Yoko sounds slightly embarrassed and rather nervous.

Sho shrugs. “Apparently you are an open book to read. You gave your feelings away too much.”

“Me!?” Yoko squeals, sounding worked up. “You were just as easy to read as I was.”

Much to Yoko’s annoyance Sho laughs instead of getting worked up. Then suddenly there are two strong arms around his waist. “I love it when you are easy to read,” Sho hums into his ear, his voice husky. He bites into Yoko’s earlobe softly, smiling when a shiver runs through the other’s body. “You are hot.”

“What…” Yoko stutters.

Sho’s smirk turns somewhat evil. He loves the way he can turn Yoko into an awkward bundle of complexes so easily. He cups Yoko’s cheeks with his hands, his thumbs brushing against the sensitive skin, before he pulls him closer into a warm kiss.



***


Yoko glances up at his clock nervously, waiting for his brother to come back to the dormitory. Ryo’s been out all night, but Yoko doesn’t want to avoid this any longer and decides to wait for him until he comes back.

He doesn’t even realize how he falls asleep until he feels a hand shaking him. “What…go away,” he grumbles sleepily.

Ryo giggles. “I should tell you that. You are the one who invaded my room after all.”

Yoko is awake immediately, eyes widening in surprise for a moment, before he remembers why he is here. “Ah, I’m sorry. I fell asleep. I was waiting for you.”

Ryo nods his head, smiling when he sits down next to his brother on his bed. He angles for his package with cigarettes, handing one to Yoko.

“Thanks,” Yoko lights his cigarette, feeling a bit relaxed by the casual atmosphere. “We should really never tell Mom that we are smoking.”

Ryo laughs. “It has to stay a secret forever.”

“Dad’s also only smoking secretly.

“No, not anymore.”

Yoko is surprised by that. “What?”

“He stopped,” Ryo explains. “He told me last year and said that if his wife hates something so much, he doesn’t want to betray her by doing it secretly. He said something about love and trust. “

“Ah.” Yoko is still surprised, but decides that this is not the time to wonder about his father. “Listen, why I’m here. It’s…”

“It’s okay,” Ryo interrupts him. “I know it. You are way too easy to read.”

“Why is everyone saying that!?” Yoko huffs.

Ryo shrugs. “It was all the bickering between you, the ridiculous fights, how you kept hating each other, but couldn’t stay away from each other either, then all these remaining feelings from when you were teenagers. Plus, you both suddenly disappeared from our party.”

“I see,” Yoko mumbles. “So I was pretty obvious.”

“You are the King of obvious,” Ryo teases. “However next time I would appreciate it if you could fill me in earlier. It’s not like I didn’t know, but it’s nicer to hear it from you in person.”

“I’m sorry. Guess I’m a total fail as an older brother.”

“If I say yes now, will you be extra-generous with my Christmas present?”

“I guess I will be extra generous with any upcoming Christmases and birthdays,” Yoko answers sheepishly.

“Spare us the guilt-trip,” Ryo sighs theatrically. “Just help me with my applications once I’m done studying. You are better with these things…”

“I would have done that anyway,” Yoko argues. “This doesn’t count.”

“Fine,” Ryo tilts his head. “Let’s say, the next time Mom is scolding us, you talk us out of it, okay?”

“I’m always doing that anyways. Really, is this the best you can think of.”

“You are making this difficult,” Ryo grumbles. “Just be my good older brother. I don’t need anything else.”

They both stay silent for a moment, before Yoko looks at the younger one nervously. “Is it really okay for you, Ryo? That I’m with Sho now? I just want you to know that it wasn’t planned and I didn’t want you compete with you or hurt you or anything. It really just happened.”

“I know,” Ryo grins. “You are too much of a wimp to compete with me.” He grins when Yoko glares at him. “Sorry, sorry, I didn’t mean it. But you are way too tensed about this. I already said it’s alright.”

“Are you sure? You wouldn’t lie to me, right?”

Ryo snickers. “Of course I would. You are so trustful towards everyone. So easy to read… but you can’t read anyone else.”

“Hey, that’s mean.”

“Yes, maybe,” Ryo grins. “But it’s the truth.”

“Yes, I guess,” Yoko leans back tiredly. “I’m glad. Thanks Ryo.”



***


Ryo’s eyes feel heavy when he wakes up. The sun is torturing his aching head and his tired eyes.

“Awake?”

Ryo jumps when he hears the unknown voice next to him. His eyes widen when he sees who it is. “You?”

“Yes,” Ohno chuckles. “Me. You got pretty wasted yesterday and stumbled over me. I decided to be generous and take you home.”

“We,” Ryo swallows, secretly panicking that he was bothering the student vice-president here. It could hardly get any more embarrassing. “We didn’t do anything weird, did we?”

Ohno laughs slightly, handing Ryo a glass with water and painkillers. “No. Well, there was one kiss involved when you mistook me for the water-tap. But no worries; That’s all.”

“I’m relieved,” Ryo smiles slightly. “I’m normally not doing one-night stands.”

Ohno nods his head, before he stares at Ryo in honest surprise. “You don’t!?”

“Nope, I had enough of these when I was in High School. One-night stands don’t do it for me anymore – since quite some time already.”

Ohno feels slightly uncomfortable all of a sudden. Well, Ryo and Sho didn’t have a one-night stand, but a sex-thing going on… but somehow, didn’t it start as a one-night stand? Ohno wants to ask and get some details, but then he figures that it’s better not to ask. For now he decides to lighten up the atmosphere a bit. “How about you go to the bathroom? I prepared a towel for you.”

“Clothes?”

“You can wear some of mine,” Ohno suggests. “And then I’ll treat you for breakfast. It’s not like I had any either. I’m hungry.”



Half an hour later they are sitting in a small café, a hot cup of coffee in front of them. “What do you want to eat, Ryo-kun?”

“Nothing,” Ryo mumbles, resting his head on the table. “I’m not hungry. I don’t want a breakfast, I want a bed.”

Ohno smirks slightly. “Uh, sulky. How old are you? Five?”

“Shut up.”

“Well, aren’t you high maintenance?” Ohno jokes. “It’s a good thing that you didn’t stay together with my brother. You two might have ripped each other’s heads off.”

“Yes, he’s an insensitive idiot and so sarcastic. But then, he sucks like…”

Ohno raises his hands in defence. “Details I don’t want to hear.”

The other chuckles slightly. “I see. So you are rather uptight…”

“That’s not it,” Ohno can’t help but get slightly worked up, wondering how this guy manages to get down to his feelings so easily. Besides if anyone is uptight it’s Sho, not him. “But imagining my brother doing anything in bed with his love-affair or lover gives me a migraine. Just imagine your brother while doing such things…”

“Well, it’s not that difficult to imagine it at the moment.”

Ryo sounds strange and suddenly Ohno thinks he shouldn’t have said anything like that at all, but since he is already on it. “Say, you and Sho, what…”

“No.”

“No what?”

Ryo shrugs. “I don’t want to talk about this, so rather treat me for some nice breakfast, instead of asking weird questions.”

“You really are high maintenance,” Ohno grins. “So, what do you want to talk about instead?”

Ryo frowns slightly, before he looks at the other thoughtfully. “I’ve been thinking a lot recently.”

“About what?”

“My future.”

This comes as a surprise to Ohno and he can’t help but sound really interested when he asks Ryo what he means.

“I suck at painting and drawing,” Ryo admits warily. “I started studying it because I love drawing. But it can’t be helped; I’m not good at it. I don’t want to give it up completely though.”

Ohno leans back, looking at the other in high concentration. Then he nods his head. “How about you switch to the modern art faculty? You are creative enough for it. Plus, you could take some economy classes too, so if you won’t be able to become an artist, you could still work with art. Managing art galleries for example. Or start a business to establish unknown artists.”

Ryo’s eyes widen while he is listening to Ohno. He smiles all of a sudden. “I’ve never thought of that! It sounds perfect. But how should I switch my main subject in the middle of the term…without losing all my credit points?”

“You really want to change right now, why? You could change it next term?”

“No,” Ryo shakes his head. “I can’t wait.”

Ohno wonders if he should ask further. But apparently he has touched a sore topic again, so he decides to change the direction of their talk. “I could help you.”

“EH!? For real?”

Ohno grins. “Did you already forget who I am? I’m sure I can get you into some classes.”

Ryo sighs with relief. “Thanks, that would be awesome. Just one thing…”

“What?”

“Don’t tell anyone, okay? Not even my brother. Or yours.”

Ohno is sincerely surprised by this. “I can keep it as a secret of course. But… Why?”

“I just don’t want anyone to know yet.”



***



“So, officially together,” Sho exclaims in relief. “No hiding, no excuses. I’m really glad. I felt kinda guilty before.”

“Me too,” Yoko takes another piece of the cake in front of him.

“How much are you going to eat?”

“Sorry?”

“You might get chubby,” Sho muses, grinning by the worked-up expression Yoko is showing him. It’s still so easy to tease him.

“Say something like that again and I might change boyfriends and go for someone with more common sense, like your brother for example.”

“Hm, not sure if my brother would be your right choice. Since he didn’t take you along after you kissed him…” Sho’s voice is vibrating slightly in amusement. “Besides he is so busy recently. I haven’t seen him at all last week. I wonder what he is up to…”

“Am I that boring that you already long for your brother’s presence?” Yoko sneers. “We are only sleeping with each other since two weeks, it can’t be that bad already.”

Sho smirks devilish. “I might need a little time to think about that. How about giving me some input?”

Yoko chuckles. “We really need to work on that.”

“On what?”

Yoko grabs Sho’s shirt, pulling him closer until their lips almost touch. “Your flirting abilities. You suck at complementing others. Besides, you could invite me out for a date once in a while.”

“I see, you are rather demanding,” Sho chuckles, his lips vibrating against Yoko’s. “How about going to the movies tonight?”

“Eh, really?”

Sho can’t help but feel proud at the pleased look in Yoko’s eyes. “Yes, you want a date, so let’s go on one. I’ll invite you for dinner and then we’ll go to the movies. And then we can go back to collect new information to check if our sex is really boring.”

“Sounds good,” Yoko grins. “You’ve always been a mastermind.”



***



“You are drawing a lot recently.”

“Yes,” Ryo grins smugly. “Now that I don’t need to follow any strict technical rules, it’s a lot easier. But I’ll also concentrate on some business classes. You were right, I should definitely consider this option. I can still study art too after all and combine these two.”

“As I thought…” Ohno looks at the picture Ryo is painting at the moment. “Modern art fits you more.” He tilts his head slightly. “The picture looks almost angry. And sad.”

Ryo doesn’t answer to that, leaving Ohno with mixed feelings. So he tries again. “Why are you drawing this?”

“I guess I just wasn’t good enough,” Ryo answers after another pause, not really paying attention to Ohno’s question. “You know, Yoko he is warm and good-hearted and gentle and generous. But what do I have? What am I?”

Ohno swallows nervously. “Don’t say that,” he huffs, almost sounding angry. “You have a lot going for you too. Don’t be stupid, idiot.”

“Wow,” Ryo smirks slightly. “That’s the first time I heard you say something that could be somehow taken as an insult.”

“Yeah, I guess you bring the best out of me.”

Ryo shrugs randomly. “It’s my pleasure.”

Ohno leans back watching how Ryo spreads a lot of different shades of blue on the picture in front of him. “Let’s go fishing.”

“What?”

“I’ll invite you.”

“I hate fishing,” Ryo argues.

“Well, have you ever been fishing?”

“No, but… only old men go fishing or play golf.” Ryo pauses, blushing slightly. “No offense meant, really.”

“Yeah, right,” Ohno grins. “We’ll go fishing tomorrow. Be ready at 5AM.”

“5AM!? Are you nuts? On a Saturday?” Ryo frowns when Ohno doesn’t even react to his questions, but merely studies the pictures in the classroom. “Are you even listening?”

“If you keep discussing, I’ll pick you up earlier.”

“No,” Ryo shakes his head firmly. “5 AM is perfect.”


***


“You know, studying hasn’t brought forward my talent, but…”

“I think your pictures are good. The others just don’t see the unique artistic feeling in them,” Yoko interrupts his friend.

Sho grins. “Thanks. But what I wanted to say is…that even though it didn’t make my talent appear, it at least brought forward my sense for art. Like the movie we watched – I can totally appreciate the scriptwriting and the visual art effects.”

“Erm,” Yoko pulls his eyebrows up. “We watched ‘In love with a yeti’. How awesome could the script and the visuals possibly be?”

“I can’t believe you are studying script-writing. You just don’t have the feeling for this movie,” Sho argues.

“Right,” the other grins. “I don’t. But what makes me wonder a lot more is the question why our brothers stood us up again. Ryo said he would come.”

“Satoshi too. Well, at least he nodded his head when I invited him and grumbled something. That’s normally a yes. It’s a pity he didn’t come.”

Yoko smiles. “Why are you complaining? Am I boring you so much?”

“Yes,” Sho walks closer to Yoko until Yoko’s back meets the wall. He shivers slightly when Sho’s breath hits his neck and earlobe. “I’m getting distracted too easily.”

“Hm,” Yoko wraps his arms around Sho’s neck. “Tell me something about it.” He smiles when Sho kisses him. He loves these little moments they share together, when Sho is so possessive and all hot.



“I remember, that’s why I didn’t go to the movie,” Ohno’s voice suddenly interrupts their kissing, making them jump apart in embarrassment.

“Yes,” Ryo snorts, a teasing look in his eyes. “The last thing I needed was watching my brother and my ex-sex-affair awkwardly making out.”

Yoko clears his throat, trying to regain his dignity. “Where were you? We missed you.”

“Yeah,” the other two exchange some meaningful glances. “Right, you missed us. We didn’t know you were into foursomes…”

“Four…” Sho breaths in sharply. “Idiots.”

Ohno smirks. “This coming from the guy who is kissing his lover in the middle of the street, shamelessly.”

“Whatever,” Sho makes a dismissive gesture with his hand. “You missed a pretty interesting movie,” Sho argues, deciding to ignore the teasing remarks.

“Yes,” Yoko grins. “The visuals were amazing.”

“Wait a moment,” Ryo’s eyes widen in surprise. “You actually watched the movie!? For real!?”

“Yes, why are you asking?”

Ohno laughs. “Falling in love with a yeti? I thought that’s a make-out movie.”

“Holy cow,” Ryo breaths out. “Let’s disappear from here, Ohno-kun. Maybe it’s contagious … and we’ll get boring too, like these two.”


***


Yoko is lying on Sho’s sofa, stretching comfortably. Sho’s just prepared some drinks for them, and something to eat. The sushi they had earlier that day was forgettable, then later in the cinema the popcorn had been sold out, so it was quite a pleasure to have something to eat now.

Yoko sits up to make place for Sho next to him, chuckling slightly when the latter bends forward, placing a kiss on his neck. “Where did we stop when our lovely brothers interrupted us?”

“Right here.” Yoko’s voice sounds unusually hoarse. “We missed to make out during the movie.”

“Yes apparently everyone knew that it’s a make-out movie, except us. This kinda sucks.” Sho lets out a frustrated sigh, before he smirks. “But on the other hand it leaves us with lots of energy and breath to catch up now.”

“Really?”

“Yes, did you forget that I wanted to collect some information about our sex life?”

“Ah, I see,” Yoko lets Sho press him down into the sofa, his hands wandering over the other’s chest hungrily. “I think we might collect some data tonight.”


Yoko realizes that they are slowly falling into a comfortable routine. Routine—because they finally explored each other’s bodies, knowing how and where to touch each other. It isn’t awkward at all anymore, but there are still things they don’t know, so it isn’t boring either.

Yoko lets Sho top, because he is freaking good at that. He just clenches to the other’s muscular back, concentrating on the feeling of Sho’s cock inside him.

He even forgets that he is hungry and that there are onigiri waiting for him. He couldn’t care less about food.


***


“It’s weird.”

“What’s weird?” Ohno wants to know. “It can’t get any weirder than you and Yoko suddenly being together, after you had a sex-relationship with his younger brother.”

“Spare me,” Sho sighs. “This was really a bad coincidence.”

“Yes,” Ohno smiles. “It’s just good that everything got solved now.”

“True. Just…”

“Just what?”

“I don’t know,” Sho shrugs. “I guess I was just surprised, but Ryo changed his main subject.”

“What!?” Ohno looks at his brother in slight surprise, glad that he can hide behind his lacklustre expression and play dumb. “How? When?”

“I don’t know when or how. But I heard that he went to the modern art faculty. I didn’t even know about that… He didn’t come to class and I got worried and asked our teacher.”

“Well,” Ohno smiles slightly. “I guess he is better off there than somewhere else.”


***


“I’m a horrible artist.”

“Everyone who can convey feelings to a picture is a good artist.” Ohno watches how Ryo continues to spread color on the paper in front of him. He has agreed to help him a bit to make him catch up with what he missed in his new classes, since he transferred there in the middle of the term. When Ryo looks at the picture thoughtfully, Ohno decides to give it a try.

“You know, once you’ve stopped crying over my brother, maybe we could go out then.”

Ryo blinks in surprise, blushing slightly. Ohno isn’t sure if he is embarrassed because he was looked through so easily concerning his feelings for Sho, or because he got asked out on a date. Ohno figures that it might be a combination of both reasons. “Man,” Ryo’s voice sounds strangely husky. “You have to be really desperate.”

“Well, it’s just a suggestion.” Ohno shrugs randomly, grinning when he points at the floor. “By the way, watch out, the color is dripping from your brush…”

“AH!” Ryo groans angrily. “DAMN! Now I have to clean the floor…” He frowns when he turns around to face Ohno. “Going out, you said?”

“Yes.”

“Well, help me clean up and I might consider it.”


***


“When will we meet up for the party?”

“I think it starts around 8PM. Satoshi said he will meet us there. I don’t know why…but recently he seems to be so busy. I wonder what he is doing.”

“Ryo too. He said he might come later. I really wonder who he is meeting right now. He seems happy though.”

“So, he met someone?” Sho looks at Yoko curiously. “I also wonder who it is…”

“Well, I guess we’ll find out sooner or later,” Yoko smiles when he bends down a bit to see what Sho is working on right now. “Ah, you drew the Christmas cards by yourself!” Yoko drops down next to Sho on the carpet, watching him how he was bringing an order to his Christmas cards and writing wishes on them. “They are so pretty.”

“Really?” Sho sounds obviously pleased. “I worked a lot for them.”

“Especially that one,” Yoko feels like he is on a run here (for hot steamy sex) and points at a card. “That’s the yeti from the movie we watched two weeks ago.”

Sho frowns angrily, much to Yoko’s surprise. “No,” he huffs. “That’s a Christmas tree!”

“Oh…”




It’s true, Yoko still cannot tell exactly what Sho is painting. But he loves his drawings and paintings. They are unique.

The others don’t understand their uniqueness and what’s so special about them. But Yoko does.

He will always love Sho’s art.