"I should've listened to my mom," Inoue Kiyonobu
whined as he looks up into the sky which now turns into grey and rain drops
fell from the sky.
"You didn't bring an umbrella?", ask Onose Jun,
his best friend who is standing beside him.
"Nope," Ino shook his head. "I thought it
would be clear all day. It is clear this morning, right?"
"That doesn't mean its gonna be clear all day
too," Jun smiled.
One by one, all of their friends are going home with an umbrella
in their hand.
"You didn't bring an umbrella too?", Ino just
noticed that Jun is still standing beside him.
Jun shook his head. "Its not important anyway", he
answered. "We can still going home despite the rain."
Ino looks at Jun. He knows his mom will scold him if he come
home getting wet by the rain, because he will surely catch a cold. But it
doesn't matter, he needs to come home now and watch his favorite anime which
will start in about 1 hour.
"Let's go home," Jun was about to left the school
when suddenly a lightning came and struck at the tree near them.
"Okay, that's horrible," Jun said, still surprised
because the lightning almost struck to the place where they stand.
"Its dangerous," Ino commented, shocked as well,
and a little trembles because of that.
"We had no choice, we have to wait here," Jun
said.
Ino sigh. But like Jun said, they've got no other choices,
Ino wouldn't want to get struck by lightning before he could be one of the
biggest rockstar in Japan.
Jun turns his back and steps back to his classroom. Ino
follows him, right behind him. Jun sits in his chair and put his bag on top of
the table. He still wear the soccer club uniform.
"Is it fun?" Ino suddenly asks.
"What?" Jun looks confused.
Ino sit on the chair in front of Jun. "The soccer team,
you guys just finished a competition, right? How does it feel? Is it fun?"
"Sort of. How about your baseball team?"
Ino smiles a little, "we did great too, but sometimes I
think they need me because I'm lefty."
Jun grins, "at least we have some fun."
"But it's more fun playing guitar," Ino smiles
sincerely.
"Of course, and talking about Howard Jones or David
Bowie," Jun added with a little laugh.
"Anyway, I'm going to buy a new record this
weekend."
"That's great! I'll come to your house then," Jun
grins.
Ino is about to tell something when suddenly the lights went
off.
"What?! What's going on?" Ino looks panic.
The sound of the wind outside showing them that there's a
storm approaching their place now.
"Storm," Jun said, staring at the window. The mix
of rain, wind and thunder plus the dark grey sky makes him feels a little bit
scared now. Jun sigh. "I really didn't expect that there's a storm today.
Maybe I should watch the weather forecast from now on."
Ino just keep silent, his arm folded on the table, his body
shivers a little. This situation is really making him scared.
"Ino?" Jun can see that his best friend now
looking quite pale. "Hey, we are safe here," Jun pats his shoulder
gently, "it's gonna be over."
"I know, I just hate this," Ino replies with a low
voice.
Suddenly there's a strange noise came from the classroom
door.
"What's that?!" Ino straighten his back and looks
scared.
"I don't know, I'm gonna check it," Jun takes a
few steps carefully.
"Be careful," Ino said, almost whispering.
Jun nods and carefully open the classroom door. A man stands
in front of the door, using the torch to light up his face and that makes Ino
scream before he realize that it's their school-guard, Mr. Sakamoto.
"Sakamoto-san, please don't scares me like that!"
Ino complains while Jun almost can't hide his laugh looking at his best friend
who looks so pale as if he just encounter a ghost.
"Both of you still here?" Sakamoto ask.
"We can't go home," Jun answers.
"Okay then, this storm might last until afternoon,
until then it's better for you guys to stay here." Sakamoto smiles for a
while, then leaves.
"Geez, he scares me!" Ino still trying to calm
himself.
Jun comes back to him and sits near Ino. "Hey, don't
you think it will be boring to just sits here and wait for the storm to pass?"
"What are you thinking?" Ino start to guess what's
on Jun's mind now.
"I mean, let's explore the school!" Jun said with
enthusiasm.
Ino raised his eyebrow. "No, school is scary,
especially with this blackout."
"Come on, if something happened we could just
runaway."
"But promise me you won't leave me!"
"I promise." Jun nods. "Let's go!" Jun
takes Ino hands and makes him walks out from the class, exploring other rooms
in their school.
Ino entwines their fingers as they start their adventure. He
doesn't know why but he feels save whenever Jun's there by his side. It's so
comfortable. He feels like he shouldn't be afraid of anything anymore.
After several detour, they sneak into the lab room. Jun
walks inside, his hands are still joined with Ino's hands. Though he feels a
little bit hesitating, but Ino still follows Jun.
"So the lab in the dark is quite interesting," Jun
looks excited while Ino is the otherwise. "It's scary."
A thunder strikes outside the window and the light
illuminates the room for a while, making Ino realizes that he is now face to
face with a skeleton, but that's not the thing that makes him scared, it's that
he believes he just see a man in white coat with a pale face near the skeleton
and that making him scream. He accidentally letting go of Jun's hand and run
away. He hits a door while on the run and went into another room that he
doesn't know. It's pitch black there, then he just realized that he just got
separated from Jun.
"Jun? Where are you?" Ino tries to call him. No
answer. Ino trying to reach out his hand, searching for a door to get out. He
feels scared. He always get scared in a place like this.
"Jun?" His voice starts to crack.
A door opened in front of him. "What are you doing
here?"
Ino quickly run to him. "Jun," he looks relieved
and happy.
Jun laugh, "I never knew you would be scared of
something like that skeleton."
"No, it's not the skeleton, it's...." Ino stares
at the skeleton. There's no one else here besides them. So, it might be a
ghost.
"What?"
"I don't know. It's just scary..."
Jun suddenly hugs him. "Its okay now. Don't be scared
again."
Ino feels his face get blushed. He doesn't even know what to
say anymore. He never felt this before. It really feels good to be in Jun's
arms like this.
"Hey, Ino, I actually want to say something," Jun
seems so awkward now, he loosen his hug so Ino could see him.
"What is it?"
"I..... I love you," Jun said that words along
with the sound of the thunder, so Ino couldn't clearly heard those words.
He just stares at Jun with confused. And he gets more
confused when he felt Jun's lips touching his lips gently. Ino really doesn't
know what to do. He never kissed or being kissed by someone before. It's really his first time. He felt Jun is
trying to parted his lips and his tongue is licking his lips. Ino stand still,
he feels bad because he doesn't know how to respond Jun's kiss, but it feels good,
especially when Jun's tongue touches his own tongue. That makes Ino wonder from
where did Jun learn how to kiss someone. Jun's hand is holding his face as they
kiss, and when Jun finally break that kiss, Ino's face already turns red.
Luckily, it's still dark in that place.
Jun's eyes still staring at him when suddenly the lights turn
on. Now, Ino can no longer hide his crimson red face. But Jun is still calm, he
pats his shoulder, "let's go back, I think the storm is gonna over
soon." He walks away, across the room.
Ino stand still for a while. His mind trying to recognize
what just happened between them. But finally he walks away too. Jun didn't say
anything about that kiss again and act just like the way he used to be. Even
when they finally can leave the school and walk back home through the rain, he
only talks about several bands and music.
---
THE SNOW
Several years later
Winter.
J is busily doing rehearsal when he heard that the staffs
are talking about the high possibility of snow-storm approaching this city
today.
So the staff are taking an action to ended the rehearsal
earlier so they can go home and take a shelter from this snow-storm.
J put his bass back to its case. Well, it can't be helped.
The weather is not on his side today, so all he can do now is just go back home
and wraps himself under a warm blanket.
Just when he finished packing up his stuff, someone calls
him. It's from Sugizo.
J answer the call, "yes?"
"J, is Ino with you now?"
"Nope, I just finished my rehearsal. What's the
matter?"
"Well," Sugizo stops for a while, then continue,
"I was asking him to hang around with me for a while, but he said he's
going to meet you. There's gonna be a snow-storm today, so if he's already
there, its alright. But if not..."
"Maybe he's on the way here." J said while
grabbing his coat and scarf.
"I hope so. Anyway, if he already there, calls me,
okay? I'm getting worried."
"Alright," J close the phone and wears his coat
and scarf. He put his bag on his shoulder and walk outside, to the parking lot.
The wind blows so fast, making the snow looks just like a dust in the wind.
It's getting colder now.
The moment he gets into the car, he just realized that
Sugizo's worries makes sense. With this situation, it's really reckless to let
Ino going outside alone.
J grabs his phone and calls Ino. As soon as he got an answer
from the man, he feels a little relieve.
"Where are you now?"
"Oh, I don't know, but I'm still on my way. Maybe just
a couple of blocks away." Ino answers, J could hear the sound of the wind
between his voice. "I never knew there would be a snow-storm today."
J laugh for a while, Ino is always like that. He always missed
the weather forecast, moreover, he got a new nickname as the ame-otoko or rain
man, because sometimes the weather could change from sunny into rain whenever
he's on tour.
"Okay, I'll be waiting for you."
"Yeah.... Ugh, the wind is really fast, maybe I
should......."
Call ended. J stares at his phone with confused looks. Then
start to push the redial button.
"Jun... I think I'm gonna stop here... The
wind..." Call ended again. This time J stares outside. The wind is getting
more and more faster. Its too risky to go anywhere in this weather. Seems like
the storm already touch-down here. But he just can't let Ino going here alone.
Engulfed by his worried, J decided to go out from the car,
the cold wind welcome him outside. J grabs his phone again and calls Ino.
"Where the hell are you now?"
"I'm..... Right in the front of a closed store, I think
it's one block before your rehearsal place...."
Call end. But at least he already know the place. J runs,
despite the wind, to the place that Ino mentions before. The first thing on his
mind is now only Ino's safety. It's too dangerous for him to stay outside in
this bad weather. The snowflakes slams into his face, making his skin cold, but
he doesn't care.
When he finally reach the place, he is slightly panic
because he can't find Ino.
"Jun!" Someone shouts and J takes a few steps to
the man's place and grabs him into his arms. He doesn't know which one is
colder now, him or Ino, because Ino's body felt as cold as ice. He only wears a
coat, without gloves nor scarf to protect him from the cold weather.
J let go of his hugs, put his scarf and his thick coat on
Ino. "I think we should get to the studio."
Ino just nods. His lips already turns blue. He just follows
J, when J grabs his hand and walks fast through the wind to his studio. As soon
as they reach the studio, J asks the guard to let them in. The guard give them
permission and as soon as they're inside the building, J search for a warm
drink while Ino walks towards the rehearsal studio. Ino stares at the music
equipment there. He knows that J used this studio as the rehearsal place for
his solo tour, but whenever he saw a rehearsal studio like this, he always
remembered about LUNA SEA. Starting from his band with J which called Lunacy,
now they became one of the biggest rock band in Japan. It's a dream come true for
Ino. Moreover, Jun Onose is still by his side, together achieving this dream.
His Jun Onose. The one who gives him his first kiss. Their relationship is
kinda steady after that. But after J decided to make a solo career, he get
busier than before.
The only thing that makes him reject Sugizo invitation
before is that today is their anniversary day. He remembered, on this date,
they met each other after a friend introduce J to him. Coincidentally, on this
date too, J kissed him in the lab. J wouldn't remember anything about this, but
Ino always mark this date every year. The date that changed his life.
J give Ino a cup of warm coffee. "Sorry, we only had
this for now."
"It's alright," Ino receives it, the warmth really
feels good in his cold hands. Ino take a sip from the coffee and stares at J.
He believes that J is feeling cold too because he gives his coat to Ino. As
expected, the coat is too big on him. He smiles as he realized this.
"Why are you smiling?"
"Nothing," Ino giggles, "I just realized, am
I looking like a snowman now?"
J laugh, "a cute snowman? No."
"Really?"
"You look like a doll." J replies with another laugh.
Ino makes his cute pout when suddenly the lights went off.
"What the fuck!" J complains. He doesn't noticed
that right beside him, Ino shivers and almost drop his coffee.
Seconds later, the emergency lights went on. The dim light
illuminated the studio.
J stares at Ino. Knowing that he might afraid with this
situation, J put his arm around Ino. "It's gonna be okay. Once the storm
passed, everything will be normal again."
"Yeah, I know," Ino mumbles, he tries to calm down.
"Do you know why I came here?"
"To hang out?"
Ino shake his head.
"To hear my new song?"
Ino shake his head again. "Its the anniversary of our
first met. I just want to celebrate that with you."
J just stares for a while then grins, "you still
remember that."
"Of course. It's the day that changed my life forever.
It's also the day when we got stuck in the school because of the storm."
Ino smiles as he remember those memories.
"Yeah, I remember that. You got scared in the
lab," J laugh.
"That's because I saw a ghost!"
J looks at him as if Ino just said something that he really
didn't know.
"That's true! I really did saw a ghost."
"So that's why you look so scared that time."
Ino nods. "And then you kiss me. Actually I was
wondering what you said to me that time, because I couldn't hear it..."
"I love you." J cut Ino's words before Ino finish
his sentence.
Now it's Ino who get the shock. "What?"
"I love you. That's what I said." J said that
calmly.
"Oh.... I thought you are......"
"And I love you now," J can see that Ino's face
blushed a little. He doesn't say anything, he just stares at the coffee cup
that he holds.
J holds Ino's face so he doesn't have any option than to
stares at J.
"You don't like it?" J asks.
"I love you too," Ino answers, this time he smiles
and after putting down the cup, he wrap his arms on J's neck, pulling him
closer for a kiss.
J responds by making that kiss to be a sensual kiss, where
he sucks Ino's lips, then insert his tongue on Ino's mouth. As their tongue
meets, J moves his hand to release the scarf on Ino's neck and releasing the
coat that Ino's wear.
"Now I'm gonna give you something that you can always
remember on this anniversary," J whispers before kissing Ino's neck.
Ino only smiles. He knows already what J means. He's
actually feeling nervous now because it's a public place and also his first
time with J.
The coat falls on the floor, along with other clothes as
well. Under the dim light, Ino can see how hot his lover is as they're now
completely naked.
J sucks and kiss each of Ino's nipples, making Ino moans.
Ino's hands is now moving down to touch J's member and slowly begin to stroke
it.
J put his finger on Ino's mouth and Ino open his mouth to
licks and sucks it as they start to stroke each other.
After he thinks Ino already lubricate his finger, J moves
his finger from Ino's mouth, down to his chest, his torso and finally enters
him.
"Don't be so tense, baby, just relax," J kisses
Ino's lips to calm him down, as he start his fingering.
Ino tries to makes himself more relax. It feels odd yet it
feels so good that he wouldn't want this to stop. But it has to stop.
J told Ino to turns around and tilted his head forward so he
is now face to face with a wall and a mirror. Ino reach out both of his hand to
hold on to the wall as he feels something heat on his entrance. Then all he
knows that it feels hurt, he almost scream but J kiss his back and his arm wrap
his waist. J's lips still attacking his back as he begin to thrust.
Ino still trying to ignore the pain, but as J start his
steady rythm, the pain slowly replaced by pleasure and Ino can't hold his moan
anymore.
"Jun..... Go faster...."
J grins and making Ino straighten his back. J's arms still
hold him close as he fasten his pace. Ino turns his head and kiss J
passionately. This desire really make him feels like losing his mind. And he
felt something intense is coming. He reach out his hand to touch J's head, now
he can hear J's breath near his ear. He closed his eyes as he feels his orgasm
is coming closer. Ino used the other hand to stroke himself and came hard.
J see it from the mirror near them and that makes him can't
hold on anymore, he released it inside Ino. J still hugs Ino after the orgasm,
trying to regain his breath. Ino finally open his eyes, seeing the image of
them in the mirror. So sensual, that he couldn't believe it's him.
J turns him over and kiss him. "Still feeling cold now,
baby?" J tease him after the kiss.
"Not anymore." Ino replies with a smile.
-added section-
The lights went normal when both J and Ino already wear
their clothes again. Ino still using J's scarf around his neck.
J walks out from the studio, leaving Ino alone for a while.
He still hold J's coat. That time, he sees someone passed through the studio, an
old man, his face is pale and wears something like an old uniform. A few
seconds later, J come and said that the storm already passed.
"Come on," J walks in front of Ino.
"Jun, did you see someone here before you? An old man
with a uniform," Ino suddenly asks.
"No, there's no one else here beside us and the
guard," J answers.
"But.......," Ino look at the corridor behind him.
A door is slightly open and shut by itself. "Let's just leave quickly!"
Ino holds J's hand and almost running.
(THE END)