lilly0: (Sakumoto)
[personal profile] lilly0 posting in [community profile] yume_to_ame
Title: The taming of the shrew: Chapter 3
Pairing: Sakumoto
Rating: R/NC-17 (not in every chapter though)
Beta: [livejournal.com profile] little_kirin
Genre: smut, romance, bit angst (no AU setting)
Plot: Is it love or hate or attraction? They share a history of ups and downs, from teenage crushes over not talking at all to accepting each other’s presence. Finally, six months ago, Sho approaches Jun, leading to them getting together. Unfortunately they can’t be in a room together without a fight. What they share though is passion, and the only time they get along is in bed. Then, during a drunk night when Jun vents out his anger, Ohno gives him the contact details of his therapist.
At the end, there remains the question: Who actually needs to tame who?
Note: This is going to have some passionate scenes, and will also contain the typical Sakumoto angst and quite some complicated feelings ^^ It was originally meant to have short chapters - some are a little longer though.


Jun observes the little spider lurking on the window of Toshida’s study intensely. It’s the best distraction; otherwise he will need to look at Toshida directly. Nothing more embarrassing than that.

“I need you to tell me,” Toshida-san moves a bit in his chair and stretches casually, obviously not minding at all that Jun avoids his glance. He is wearing a weird yellow shirt with I’m your pineapple, dude, written on it, and his skin is even more tanned than two weeks ago. Jun assumes he went fishing or surfing again. “You said you fight a lot. But when is the time that you get along best?”

Jun bites into a piece of perfect strawberry cake while the little spider is poking a ball of dust. It likes games, it seems. Reminds him of Nino. “In bed,” he admits.

“You mean when you get intimate?”

“If you want to call it that way…” Jun looks away from the spider and eyes his cake, feeling slightly embarrassed. Screw Ohno for setting this here up. “I… the sex we have is good…”

“What do you like about it?” Toshida pushes the topic further, mercilessly so. When Jun shifts around uncomfortably, the man rephrases his question. “Is it particularly emotional or soft?”

“Emotional, yes. Soft, no.” Jun shakes his head. Today Toshida has also offered tea to him, which Jun happily accepted. Now he finds himself stirring the spoon in his cup nervously. “We don’t do much vanilla sex. I guess we are so emotional in these moments that we get swept away with our mood and feelings.”

“Tell me about it,” Toshida demands. “How often do you get intimate? More than once a week?”

“Yes.” Jun nods.

“So there is some initial attraction between you. This isn’t bad, Matsumoto-san.” Toshida tilts his head. “Do you argue before?”

If Jun could, he would blush even further. “How did you know!?”

His therapist just smiles and puts incredible seven pieces of sugar into his own cup of tea. “Comes with my job?” he offers softly.

Jun nods slightly. That makes sense.

“So?”

“Yeah, most of the time we fight beforehand, and yell at each other. I told you Sho has this intense temper. And I’m not on the calm side either,” Jun admits carefully.

“Where is the difference?”

That dude just knows which questions to ask, doesn’t he? Well, either that’s good or bad, depends on the way you look at it. “He yells, raises his voice, and he knows what to say to hurt me. And I am rather on the very sarcastic side, provoking him, and I guess I know how to hurt him too. To summon it up, I would say: He can turn into a seemingly heartless jerk, and I into a dramatically bitchy person? I would say that’s just us. We are not like that with other people though.”

“I see.” Toshida opens a box with cookies and offers them to Jun. He seems to be the type of man who thinks that everything is easier when you have something to eat in front of you. Well, maybe he is right. “So when you have sex, you vent out your anger and your frustration with how your relationship is going.” It’s a statement, not a question, and all Jun can do is nod.

“It’s messed up, isn’t it?” Jun asks carefully. “I’ve never been like that before. I’ve had relationships and all of them were different than this one. It’s not only Sho-san. I’m the problem too. I don’t like the things I say to Sho-san or the way I react. It’s like I don’t know myself. But at the same time I just can’t stop myself from saying the things I say.”

“This might come from the fact that you have been knowing each other for such a long time,” Toshida analyses while biting into one of the chocolate cookies. “Let’s not think about it as messed up though, shall we? You have things to work on, yes, but some things seem to work between you. I think you should rather look on the positive side. Or do you want to give up on him? Because if you want to, now is the time to say so.”

Jun shakes his head immediately, much to his own surprise.

“Well, then, I’d advise you to start a diary.” Toshida smiles happily, almost looking a bit like Aiba with that broad smile of his. “The next time you fight and it leads to you having sex, write it down. Document what exactly you fought about, what the both of you said, how you reacted, and how it led to bed. Also try to describe the way you slept with each other. Was it rough? Who dominated? How did you feel?”

“Are you serious?” Jun asks in shock. “Yeah,” he snorts. “Sounds simple.” He sighs, almost relieved that he doesn’t need to document their last intimate interaction as he was hardly able to move properly for two days.

“Actually.” Toshida chuckles in amusement at Jun’s open sarcasm. “I’m not finished yet.”

“You are not?” Jun eyes the sheet of paper in front of him in resignation. He is taking notes there not to forget anything, though he is pretty sure he won’t forget any of that.

“If in any way possible – I’m leaving that up to you, Matsumoto-san, and only if you are ready – try to get intimate with your Sho-san without a fight.”

“What?” Jun blinks, and at the same time he feels like an idiot. It’s what every other couple normally does, isn’t it? Why does it sound so weird to him? Oh dear, that doctor is so going to think of him as a maniac, like seriously...

But Toshida doesn’t seem the tiniest bit surprised or upset, he just smiles soothingly. “Only if you feel like it. Sex should never feel pressured for you, and you shouldn’t force yourself and act against your own will. But if there is a moment you feel like your Sho-san is so attractive, and you just feel your love for him, or you think This is it, this is why, or you suddenly remember why you like him, act on it.” Toshida leans back. “It doesn’t necessarily need to lead to sex. You could also just cuddle and hug. Just act on it, no matter how, but don’t let it turn into an argument. In case this moment might be ruined by an argument, just don’t do anything at all. Count down from 10 to 1 in your head and do something else. You said you like to cook… this could help distract you.”

Cuddle? Like… oh freaking shit, he has never ever cuddled with Sho consciously. He has the feeling he needs to look up how cuddling even works.

A new stage of awkwardness it seems.


~~~


Actually it is easy to fulfil Toshida’s first task, only one week later.

Jun feels Sho’s finger brushing over his back, and between the cleft of his ass teasingly. He hisses slightly in anticipation.

Jun has hung out with Aiba the whole day, and Sho is not jealous, at least that’s what Sho tells him. Right, dude! And though Jun is seriously angry - because being jealous of your own bandmate and friend is a low blow, really, even for Sho - and though he has even thrown three cups at Sho (those ugly banana-shaped cups they won in a holiday resort once) during their petty argument, which results in Sho being obviously and annoyingly jealous, Jun still thinks Sho's weirdly hot when fuming like that.

It’s only a matter of time that he can feel how Sho’s fingers wrap around his neck, pushing their lips together and how his other arm wraps around Jun’s hips to press him against his own body.

Jun lets Sho fuck him against the kitchen table. And he weirdly enjoys it.



Having sex is fine! But cuddling? How does one even start cuddling? Jun tries to look for a manual in the net, struggling to read through several helping-boards. Blah, just be yourself, blah it’s something so natural, blah, enjoy the moment of quietness. Oh my god, he and Sho are never quiet!

Okay, it seems Toshida has basically given him an unsolvable task, which is probably why he was rather vague about it. But then, Jun assumes, it’s also partly unsolvable because he starts overthinking it, wondering if he wouldn’t come off as weird to Sho when he suddenly jumps him and squeezes him and says something mushy… He might need to get drunk for that, or make Sho drunk beforehand. When the hell is the right moment to show his affection and how does he know that it won’t feel awkward?

At the end of the week Jun is an emotional bundle of tensed nerves. Weirdly enough it doesn’t end in him being particularly irritated, but rather really nervous around Sho. They haven’t fought the whole week, not even once, and Jun feels like he is close to having a freaking mental break-down.

“Jun-san,” Sho says, an earnest frown gracing his normally so pretty face. It’s their free Sunday together, and Jun’s been restless and nervous the whole morning. Even more so as Sho is around the whole day, no work, no distraction. Even his teasing doesn’t bother him right now. He senses only remotely that during the last week Sho sometimes tried to provoke him with intent, probably because he got this weird tension too. “What is wrong?”

“What do you mean?” Jun spins around, dropping the bowl he is holding in his hand. He was about to cook something for them – Toshida’s advice for calming down wasn’t all that bad to be honest.

Sho looks down at the floor, watching how Jun gathers the ingredients that fell down before he gets down as well to help him pick everything up. “Did I do something wrong? You are not even fighting me back,” he asks carefully, apparently Jun’s nervousness pulled him down too. Jun however is surprised. Not because of Sho’s nervous mood, as it’s pretty obvious that it’s Jun’s own fault for passing this unsettling feeling to his lover… but how come that Sho feels something is off when they aren’t fighting? Toshida-sensei will most likely not be happy with that development, will he? “I mean, it’s days that you are so weird around me, and I…well… it’s not because of the last time we had sex, is it? I thought you wanted to do it too, I would never-“

Jun gets up, the bowl still tightly in his hands. “Sho-san,” he interrupts Sho softly before Sho can basically talk himself into a panic attack about apparently jumping Jun out of the blue against his will, because that is definitely not the truth. “I enjoy having sex with you, always. You never even once did anything against my will. And you didn’t do anything wrong at all, I promise.”

“But if it’s not that, what did I do?” Sho frowns. “I know I can be pretty stupid and insensitive sometimes, so please tell me what I did so that I won’t do it again? I want you to talk to me again. Did I say something? Did I hurt your feelings? I’m a bit dense sometimes; you need to tell me, honey.”

Hearing the word honey out of Sho’s mouth makes Jun almost drop the bowl again, and it sends a weird shiver down his back. Not because it sounds cheesy – it weirdly doesn’t – but because Sho has never given him a nickname before. Not even in bed. It’s probably only been an instinctive panic-reaction from Sho right now, but still…

Jun doesn’t linger on this thought too much though, because Sho looks so scared and worried all of a sudden that something inside Jun’s chest clenches painfully. He shouldn’t look that way at all. It’s horrible that he put this look into Sho’s eyes, that it’s his fault he looks so sad and guilty, and scared.

“Sho-san,” Jun says and just hugs him spontaneously, arms wrapped around Sho’s back, pulling him closer. He doesn’t say anything to Sho, he knows if he says something it will probably turn out wrong. Sho’s eyes widen in astonishment when Jun bends forward to kiss him. When he lets go, Sho’s cheeks are flushed and he looks at Jun in sincere surprise, and… a little shy. It’s almost cute. Jun just brushes with his thumb over Sho’s cheek and smiles carefully, before he goes back to the kitchen. He wants to cook soba for them because they both love that and he needs to re-do the noodles now as he spilt them beforehand, but when he takes the cooking spoon up again, he can feel Sho’s hand on his from behind, taking the spoon out of his hand and turning him around. Jun blinks in surprise, but hasn’t time to grasp what’s happening, as Sho pulls him into a soft and warm kiss immediately.

“You can’t leave me hanging like that,” Sho says teasingly, and smiles.

This time it’s Jun who presses Sho against the counter, it’s him who leads their little intimate moment. They have sex in their bed, which hardly ever happens, and Jun is surprised by how willing Sho lets him take him. It feels like his heart swells slightly with joy when he feels how Sho wraps his legs around his waist, how he throws his head back, exposing his beautiful neck, how he bites his lips not to make too much noise. Jun loves these lips. Sho is so beautiful.



A/N: I don't know why, but somehow I think 'cuddling with Sho' would freak Jun out completely. And I have this image of them always addressing each other formally with -san. (until Sho slips and uses 'honey' :D) - it looks like deep inside Sho wants to have a mushy and sweet relationship with Jun ^^
Did anyone notice that Jun hasn't yet told Sho about going to a therapist? Do you think he should? And should Sho join him? Who do you think is emotinally and mentally more sure about his feelings?
(Btw, I promise there is a reason why it is so difficult between them!)

Date: 2016-07-24 10:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lazypervkami.livejournal.com
Omgggg what are you doing with my feelings ? That was so cute when Sho suddenly called Jun honey ! Aww

And the shirt "I'm your pineapple, dude" made me laugh so much xD

I can't wait for the next chapter !

Date: 2016-07-24 06:01 pm (UTC)
yukitsubute: (Sakumoto brown)
From: [personal profile] yukitsubute
*looooooooooooooooooooooool* Jun makes a research about cuddling?????? Oh why can I imagine that....:D

It's somehow really sad that they only work as couple when it's about sex. At least at the beginning, but in the end there is this little sparkle that there is really much more between them then just the angry side.

And in the end it works like Jun had researched it: cuddling because it's just natural and it just happens. <3

Thanks for the update <3

Date: 2016-07-24 09:18 pm (UTC)
akhikaru: (sakurai-san)
From: [personal profile] akhikaru
Hahahahaha Jun, come on! xD Cuddling won't huuurt~
(although, now that you mention it, I agree that Jun would panic if he had to cuddle with Sho hahahahaha!)
Still a bit sad that Sho thought he had done something wrong because Jun wasn't even fighting him :/ I think he does want to have a less aggressive (can't find a better way to describe it, lol) relationship with Jun, but maybe he thinks Jun doesn't want it? Or he's waiting? That's my impression in this chapter.
I like Takeda-san even more with each passing chapter btw :P
Thanks for the update! ^^ Will be waiting for the next one~ :D

Date: 2016-07-24 09:49 pm (UTC)
learashi: (Default)
From: [personal profile] learashi
I have this picture of Jun's whole body tensing up as Sho tries to cuddle him. It would be like hugging a broom handle.
Sho was so worried that he did something that Jun didn't consent to. Did something happen like that between them before?
I can't decide what Sho's reaction would be if Jun asked him to join him in therapy. Perhaps Jun should continue going alone until he sorts his own feelings out first?

Date: 2016-07-25 12:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] koi-choshi.livejournal.com
Wooooah... this is so mind-boggling, like I'm reading a case study XD
I think Jun should not yet tell Sho about the therapist. And I'm actually thinking that Jun is the one who's building a fort around him (might be wrong though)!
Thanks and more please! :D

Date: 2016-07-26 07:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bettysh.livejournal.com
I have read! that tender Sho that eventually all concerned calls him honey * __ * on the one hand I think, Jun should tell Sho therapy Toshida-san ... But on the other, I fear that Sho might react badly knowing that Jun talk to a stranger about their relationship ... complex.
Them also I see it very formal and call each other with Saint ... XD
Thanks for the chapter looks forward to the next!

Date: 2016-08-01 01:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aosakumoto.livejournal.com
wkwkwkwkk.... Juunnnn your so cute..... why you so tense when you just want to cuddling???? kkkkkkkk
and OMG...... sho call jun HONEY???? awwww..... im so love for them kkkkkk

Profile

Lilly's fanfic community

June 2020

S M T W T F S
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
212223 24252627
282930    

Tags

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated May. 25th, 2025 03:45 pm
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios