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Title: Seducing Shyness
Chapter: 1
Author: miyakisakura ( Miyazaki Satoru ) & Nana ( banana_chocolate97 wattpad ) <3
Beta: ...uh /coughs/
Genre: Attempted humor/Romance/Yaoi/Fluff
Warnings: Yaoi, lengthy story
Band(s): the GazettE
Pairing(s): Aoi x Kai
Characters in this chapter: Aoi,Kai,Uruha,Ocs
Summary: AU, in which Kai works as a backstage staff and is in love with the hot guitarist of the Gazette, Aoi.
Disclaimer: We claim this fanfic people And this is a fictional work, none of it is true.
Comment: I remember dying so many times while role playing an innocent uke...Yes I role played as Kai, and Nana role played as Aoi xD All in all we both enjoyed role playing these two muses! Enjoy reading!
Since the whole story is pretty lengthy (almost reaches 14,000 words), I had to cut down into two parts....

It was nearing noon by the time they finished setting up the stage for a band that was going to hold a live tonight which was none other the GazettE, the one people had been talking about, be it through social media and others. And throughout the years, they were gradually building their way up with their own continuous effort and support from their increasing number of fans, and always the one to top the music charts in almost every radio station in the country.

Kai knew they would be here in a few hours, to check on the sound systems and lights and other stuffs together as well. He was sitting on a stool now, taking a break with a towel draped over his shoulders and letting the fan in front of him cool off the heat his body was experiencing, his damp locks fluttering along the sides of his face while closing his eyes.

Though with all the calm expression he pulled on, his mind was actually pretty much filled with the thoughts of meeting the one and only Aoi, the guitarist of the GazettE, whom he found very...charming, with that smile and laughter of his. They'd met before, over and over, here, behind this one stage. Though 'meeting' him actually meant just passing by each other and the raven-head flashed that heart-warming smile each time they did, Kai was always, frustratingly unable to bring himself return it and end up just bowing his head shyly and shuffling off to the other side of the backstage with a flush of color over the crests of his cheekbones.

Sighing to himself, Kai dreaded the fact it would probably occur just the same, him always going unnoticed by Aoi, because of his shyness. And he just couldn't learn his lessons and always regretted it by the time the nights ended and everyone went home.

"Kai?"

"Yeah?"

"We need help here!"

Not bothering to switch the fan off, Kai hurriedly brought himself to his feet. "Coming!"

***

"This day is a fucking catastrophe."

"Calm down, Aoi."

"No, I'm not fucking calming down. Look at this fuckery!"

Aoi groaned in annoyance, taking a puff of his cigarette while he and the guys took their first steps onto the stage. Half of it wasn't even built up yet although he'd told literally EVERYBODY that he wanted HIS amps to be set and ready when they arrived. Ruki was only rolling his eyes, checking the already set up part of the mic area while Uruha and Reita did the same for theirs.

Aoi grumbled to himself and simply headed straight to the other side of the stage, jogging down the stairs. "Can somebody PLEASE tell me that at least my FOOD's already ready?!" he exclaimed and looked around for some familiar faces but didn't spot any. He groaned again and rolled his eyes at some amused words coming from where Reita was still checking the stage and the raven was just about to exit the backstage area towards the actual break rooms when he bumped into some small brunette guy.

"God, could you just get out of my fucking wa-"

Having already thrown his arms into the air, he recognized now that the lad was ACTUALLY a familiar face, a backstage worker he'd met a lot before and after recent lives. Kai was his name, right?

Aoi sighed and let his arms fall to his sides. "Oh God, Kai-kun, I'm sorry, I..." He was hemming and hawing for an apology, realizing that he'd never really actually SPOKEN to him? Maybe that was why Kai's cheeks were stained by a pink blush now. He WAS kinda cute though, wasn't he?

"I, uh... bad mood. Sorry."

He smiled apologetically and waved briefly before finally making his way to the break rooms. DAMN, he was hungry.

It had all happened too quickly; from the moment Kai heard some familiar, displeased loud voice thundering through the area and the next second how he almost sent the stuffs in a box he was carrying in his arms to the floor as he was so suddenly crashed by the owner of the voice—and all he could do was only stared and blushed at Aoi in surprise, unable to bring himself to speak, and before he could finally open his mouth, the raven was already gone from his sight.

And all the tension just came collapsing down on him, making him regret his repeated act again.

Why couldn’t he talk to him like others did? Why was it always so hard for him? Though he knew it was his own mistake for making this be this way…but it had been too long, hadn’t it? He just couldn’t figure out how to break it.

Sighing and convincing himself that this wasn’t a big deal, he took a step forward to continue making his way, but that didn’t happen once he caught a taller male with honey blonde hair smirking at him from a distance and Kai paled immediately once it registered his mind. ‘Did he just…?! OMG no...this is embarrassing…’

But the guitarist merely turned around without saying anything and went to continue with his own business, and Kai pushed away the disturbing thoughts of what that smirk had meant. Was he being way too obvious that Uruha could even see it on his face? And well, maybe he really was…ah damn it, he needed to be careful sometimes.

“Kai, are you spacing out?” That startled him.

“What—I—no, sir!” He bowed his head apologetically at the older man, the red color returning to his cheeks. “I’m sorry.”

“Well, don’t waste your time here. You know how and who these guys are, and we still have a lot of things to catch up with.”

“Yes, sir.” Damn it, he was too distracted by so many things today.

"At least one of you guys is reliable," Aoi muttered before he grabbed his plate of lobster and plonked down onto the couch, digging right into his meal.

When it was finally time to get into costume and makeup, the band gathered in their makeup room and Aoi and Uruha were the first ones to get their "cosmetic treatment."

"Yo Aoi, did you see Kai-kun earlier?" Uruha suddenly asked.

"Huh?" Aoi made but was unable to open his eyes since they were just being worked on. "Uh yeah, briefly. Said Hi to him. Why?"

A soft giggle came from where Uruha was sitting next to him.

"You haven't noticed it yet, have you?"

"Eh... what?"

Did Kai-kun have some new hair color that he'd overseen or something? Aoi frowned and was immediately scolded by their makeup artist. ("Don't wrinkle!")

"Oh God, Aoi, you slowpoke." Uruha groaned in frustration and was able to open his eyes, lifting one hand to accompany his words with fitting movements. "Kai-kun is SO head over heels for you."

"Eeeeh?!"

"Yup."

"You kidding?!"

"Nope."

"Fuck."

Aoi sniffed and couldn't keep himself from frowning again. Kai-kun was in love with him? They didn't even see each other THAT much, did they? Hm. He would have to do some investigation later on.

Later that day…

"Why are these so heavy?!"

Aoi was carrying two big boxes of water bottles towards the backstage area before slumping them down on a table. He then saw Kai running about from the corner of his eyes and took the opportunity.

"Kai-kun! Manager told me you're water boy today! Uh, y'know, the one giving us the bottles when we leave the stage."

He nodded towards the boxes he'd just carried and damn, Kai's cheeks were a vivid red by now. Uruha had been right?

"Anyway, I brought you the boxes because they're fucking heavy," Aoi quickly added before heading on stage for a last check up. But damn, he was unable to stop himself from turning around one last time, his eyes falling upon Kai's small, still blushing form. Fuck, he was REALLY cute.

Kai blinked rapidly, too surprised. Why did Aoi have to carry those boxes?! He wasn’t supposed to do that! He didn’t think someone like the raven would do it, he was a successful musician, and it wasn’t his duty, it was Kai’s. Or else his boss wouldn’t have assigned him to do that kind of work.

Cheeks heated up once their gazes locked together, he instantly looked away and nodded just a bit. “Thanks...”

He suddenly froze, lips parting and he just stopped breathing altogether. Did he just…?! But it came out too low he doubted Aoi had heard it anyway …so he dared a glance back at the raven, only to find himself shuffling away quickly since those eyes were still on him. Damn it! Why did he have to act like a teenage girl sometimes?!

He yelped once his hip connected to a table, sending a tool box sitting perfectly on the edge to come crashing down to the floor. Shit! He hoped Aoi hadn’t seen that! Without risking a glance back again, he instantly picked up the box in record time and was thankful once his boss called for him from the other side.

“Haii!”

Aoi giggled softly to himself when he heard another crash behind them, tucking a few black strands behind his ear before looking back at Kai AGAIN, he really couldn't stop himself, and their eyes met and the way the brunette blushed tomato-red before heading off his boss made something in Aoi's chest flutter.

The concert passed without any problems, mostly thanks to Aoi's sexy dance performances of course. He was pretty much drenched in sweat when, after more than one and a half hour, he followed Uruha jogging down the stairs for their break. Suddenly the honey-blonde was poking his elbow into Aoi's side.

"Oi what-"

He was cut off by Uruha nodding towards something or someone, the lead-guitarist's nod just as suggestive as his smirk and Aoi turned his head, meeting a gaze from almost black eyes, a trembling hand holding out a water bottle to him. Kai.

Ahhhh. Shit. Uruha was here too! He was making Kai all the more nervous, and he hadn’t expected for the other to remain there! Watching them! Him! Oh fuck, oh well, to hell with this…

“For you.” He muttered under his breath, pinching his lips together nervously as he forced his eyes to stare down at the floor, which wasn’t half as interesting as Aoi. “You must be thirsty…” he added, almost sounding like a whisper. “And you did well, so good job…”

Aoi had a hard time suppressing the grin that was about to spread on his lips as he took the bottle from Kai's hand, deliberately letting their fingers brush against each other. When Uruha was giving him ANOTHER suggestive glance, Aoi was only rolling his eyes and darting the honey-blonde a "Yeah yeah, I'm on it" look. He wanted to talk to Kai alone so he had to somehow wait until the backstage area was empty without appearing too obvious. So he just unscrewed the cap of his bottled water and gulped about half of it down. It didn't help all that much to calm himself down, if from the concert or his nervousness he didn't know.

Once they were alone - and Kai-kun was already fidgety and blushing and insecure and GOD, Aoi already loved seeing him like that - the raven took a deep breath.

"Hey Kai... uh, can I talk to you for a moment?" he asked with the friendliest voice he could manage, nodding towards the stairs that led up to the stage. He sat down on the second lowest step so he could be sure that none of the fans in the front were able to see them. He knew he had Kai's full attention by now - had already always had it, actually - and so he just used his eyes to point at the free space next to himself. "Sit down."

Kai stared at Aoi long before he slowly moved his hand, pointing a finger backwards. “Maybe you should sit on a chair instead and I could get it for you…” Because the stair was dirty from people’s footsteps, too unclean for someone like Aoi! But apparently Kai forgot that the raven was still a human, a plain one just like the rest. And Aoi didn’t seem mind at all anyway about his surroundings.

What did Aoi want to talk about anyway? About the weather? About the live? About some fanservices they had performed? About how fucking gorgeous he was? About what?

Forcing his shaky legs and making his way to sit on the empty space next to Aoi, Kai felt himself heating up to the roots of his hair and his body temperature rising, to the point he was sweating and soaking his already drenched t-shirt to stick to his frame.

“Umh, Aoi-kun…” He started, staring down at his own feet as his heart pounded against his rib cage like a fucking jack hammer. “What would you like to talk about?”

The raven took another gulp from his bottle, lower arms resting on his knees as he moved his head quickly in order to get rid of a strand of black hair. "Uhm... okay, look."

Wow, this was harder than expected. How the hell was he supposed to say what he wanted to say? And what the fuck was he planning to say at all anyway??

Well, somehow he had to start the topic, he couldn't keep dodging this forever, could he?

After another deep inhale and despite having had to sing on stage earlier, his voice had found back to its usual sexy, low baritone.

"I know that... that you like me."

Kai nearly collapsed hearing that, eyes going wide in shock and he had to brace one hand against the surface behind him on the step to support himself. “What—?” He almost couldn’t believe his ears, and the sentence kept on buzzing around his mind over and over again. Whirling his head around, his panicked eyes searched for any signs of other people still working moving around but luckily most of them weren’t around the area so he was at least….safe? Safe from embarrassment?

Damn it, it must be Uruha! He must have freaking told Aoi! But well, he actually couldn’t blame him entirely though…

So was he going to deny it? Right in front Aoi? And that God damn sexy voice had been used against him….oh shit, just man up already!

“Yeah…” He answered in honesty, nodding his head a bit. “Yes, but….!” But? But what? The brunette chewed on his lower lip, a notch formed between his eyebrows, his cheeks were heating up so intense he felt the tears forming and threatening to fucking spill. “You’re Aoi. You won’t date someone like me. You must have…well, high taste…”

Aoi had been watching Kai very closely while he spoke and he knew that his low voice and dark gaze had their usual effects. So damn, Uruha had totally been right about this. Wow.

A small smile formed on his lips as he chuckled.

"First of all, you don't know what kind of people I date. Who knows, maybe I have taste for innocent looking, brunette boys that are at least five years younger than me?"

Raising an eyebrow at Kai, Aoi's amused smile widened even more. He was totally flirting right here and he knew it but oh well, Kai was actually more than cute. If he really was as innocent as he appeared to be, he was pure temptation.

Aoi cleared his throat. "No but seriously. I... Uh... I mean, how long... how long have you had... those feelings for me?"

Bruh, Aoi wasn't even sure if he really wanted to know. But who on Earth knew, maybe he was going to end up dating Kai-kun in the end? Everything was possible.

Kai stared at Aoi, but couldn’t say anything as he listened, and he bet his body continued warming up that even his ears must have been so red. Sniffling as he wiped the stupid tears away, he sighed, feeling his head so heavy for bearing too many emotions at the same time.

Bringing his legs to his chest and burying his chin between his knees to support his head, Kai steadily spoke as his eyelids slowly lowered. “I don’t know, it’s been like months I guess. You could say that I’ve been lost in the concept of time.” He paused with a frown, feeling helpless when he thought his answer hadn’t sounded as he thought it would be…and it didn’t sound like it had made sense at all.

He wasn’t a musician nor a poet, and he really sucked at explaining stuffs to people, especially his feelings. How could he make a musician like Aoi understand him? He went on nonetheless. “I-I mean, it’s like…no matter how many times I’ve seen you, it’s always felt like it’s the first time I fell in love with you. So I don’t really know the time…and I admit I fell for your looks at first.” And who doesn’t? “But throughout the time of servicing myself working and seeing you so many times, I’ve also learned some things about you, things that not all fans know of; here, behind the stage and they make me happy… They blossom my feelings for you.”

Kai turned his head to look at Aoi, smiling a bit sadly.

“So yeah, I like you, Aoi. It’s been a long time. So, if it bothers you…if I bother you, you don’t have to worry. The crush would die soon.”

Aoi listened silently to Kai's confession, for some fucked up reason feeling his heart beating faster with every word the brunette spoke. He was quick to shake his head at Kai's last words.

"No no no, it doesn't bother me, not at all. Actually..."

He trailed off, unsure how to voice his thought without giving Kai too much hope at a time. Twisting the water bottle between his fingers, Aoi felt the time he had before the encore flying by way too quickly. He was getting nervous again and feeling Kai's attentive eyes on his face did not really make it better.

"I mean... I think you're pretty cute so..." He exhaled a huff of breath and stretching his legs, he finally turned to return Kai's gaze. "If you want to go out sometime... I'd be in."

He chuckled. Actually there was a bit more he wanted to say, but he was afraid Kai would start flailing even more than he already was. "Uh..."

Damn, why was he so hesitant?! He just had to utter those damn words, it wasn't THAT difficult.

"Well, okay, what do you think about coming with me after the concert? I'll give you a ride to my place and we can... I don't know, watch a movie or something, pass the rest of the evening together."

He lifted his gaze, which had wandered away during his speech, and he was greeted with Kai gaping at him.

The Raven chuckled that low chuckle of his and lifted a hand to ruffle through Kai's hair. He couldn't help but notice that the gesture was already carrying some kind of... affection. "Don't look at me like this!" He laughed before smiling at the brunette. "What do you say, hm?"

“I—“ Was this for real?! Kai just wanted to faint right there and now and—go straight up to heaven high above! “But…” Oh heaven—

Going to Aoi’s place, watching movie with him, cuddling warmly with him, making out with him next to a fire place or on a flammable couch—

But he had a younger sister who might be needing his help with her homework, cleaning up the whole house, cooking supper for her—

Oh fuck, fuck, fuck!

Which one?!

“Sure, it’ll be great.” Kai replied, shocked by his own answer which left his jaw hanging for a moment. But he couldn’t turn back, could he? He didn’t want to though! “And okay, I’ll be waiting.” Well, that came out so smooth he almost couldn’t believe he’d just literally said that. And his heart was screaming a series of apology to his sister…

But you don’t get to have Aoi complimenting you cute and innocent-like and asking you out every day!

There was a huge, and we're speaking HUGE, broad smile spreading on Aoi's lips and his eyes were focused on Kai with a warm gaze.

"Great! Cool, uh... You'll wait for me then, okay?"

He quickly snatched the cap of his water bottle from the floor, getting up and turning around again because he couldn't just walk away like that, he knew, he had to let his eye linger on the beautiful brunette in front of him for as long as possible. Pointing at Kai with the hand that held the lid of his bottle, the raven walked away backwards. "We'll watch movie and eat some- well, I guess I only have instant ramen at home, sorry!"

He laughed again and he wasn't quite sure why he did what he did next but his feet were taking him forward suddenly, not backwards like they were supposed to. He found himself leaning down to Kai, closely and with an affectionate smile pressing a quick, chaste kiss on the brunette's cheek.

"Don't walk away," he was almost whispering once he pulled away, looking into Kai's eyes one last time before heading off towards the break rooms.

Kai could only stare ahead, or rather stare at the raven’s back before he disappeared into the said rooms and nearly dislocate his jaw as it fell, his one hand placing on the cheek that had been kissed by Aoi.

Aoi had just kissed him! On the freaking cheek! Well, at least it was better than nothing, right? He still kissed Kai!

He stood up immediately, dancing around a little as he thought about what would happen soon, so soon. But his excitement was short-lived as he pinched at his shirt, cringing at how it smelled and how sweaty he was and thanking God up there since he had brought along fresh clothes to be changed into. Well, he always did that whenever he had a work to do, didn’t he?

Kai chuckled to himself once he thought of Aoi mentioning about only having instant ramen at his place, and it was a relief to know that the guitarist was after all really just the same like others. He didn’t have high hopes anyway about Aoi, and he wouldn’t want to date with some perfectionist…it would be like, belittling him and his status as a decent guy.

He continued working until the last task was assigned to him and completed perfectly. He’d changed into his street clothes some moments later, waiting for Aoi as promised with one bag strapped to his shoulder. Kai watched as other staff began leaving the place, some of them passing by and questioning him as to why he hadn’t left yet but he could only flash a shy smile and bow his head at them. But as he saw Uruha walk towards the exit, he felt his cheeks quickly warming up once the smirk grew on those pretty lips.

“Aoi told me, he told everyone though.”

“O-okay…”

“Don’t worry, kid.” Uruha patted him on the head, and if Kai had felt bit threatened a few seconds ago, now he didn’t feel like it anymore because a sweet smile made its way to the honey-blonde’s lips, replacing the smirk. “You’ll be alright.”

Okay, what was that for?! Kai was blushing madly by now, to the point he could outmatch the color of red tomatoes!

Before Kai could say anything, they suddenly heard Aoi’s voice from afar and Uruha took the cue to retract his hand and smile for the last time at Kai before heading out, leaving the brunette still flushing and tightening his grip around the strap of his bag.

Aoi was now dressed in normal black jeans and an equally black shirt, everyday clothes that he found to be extremely comfortable after wearing the costume during the concert.

His heart fluttered once he spotted Kai already waiting for him at the exit, looking like a lost puppy waiting for its owner.

Oh he was so going to own him tonight, alright.

The raven greeted him with a friendly smile, simply nodding towards his car and unlocking it with his keys.

But fuck, he should be a gentleman, right?

He cursed under his breath and quickly jogged to the passenger door before Kai could even reach it, opening it for him with a much broader smile, his eyes almost eagerly fixed on the brunette's blushing face.

Once Kai was seated, Aoi walked around the car and got in himself. After buckling up and starting the engine, Aoi really couldn't take it anymore. He'd planned to stay silent for as long as possible to heat the anticipation he knew Kai was feeling just as intense as he himself was.

"I assume you didn't bring sleeping clothes to the venue, did you?" He darted him a quick side glance before stirring the vehicle onto the main road. "I'll just give you one of mine then. Oh wait, do you even want to sleep over? I mean, I can drive you back home later on. If you want."

“Eh?” Kai jumped in own seat in surprise, eyes widening as big as saucers as he swallowed a lump that stuck in his throat. “Mmm..” Lips pursing, Kai thought about it over and over again. Not only he didn’t bring the said clothes….but he was also, well, he hadn’t taken a freaking shower yet! And even though Aoi had offered to give his clothes for him to wear the night, he still had to carefully and politely decline it. Somehow he thought everything had been going rather too quick for him. “Well…I have a sister… at home…”

Wait, was that a ‘no’ or ‘yes’?! Or neither?? It sounded like a statement….

He lifted his gaze off his bag that he had been gripping at so hard to look at Aoi, seemingly flustered. No, he really was, a nerve wreck at that anyway. “Umh, can we drop by a supermarket? Just for a while. I’d love to buy some groceries and cook for you and I guess there are still a few that remain open at this hour…” He trailed off, lips parting a bit as he tried to force the next words, pink dusting over the crests of his cheekbones. “I’m not going to let you eat instant ramen after a good job at the live…” Well, a quick and simple, healthy food wasn’t going to hurt anyone. And Kai hoped that hadn’t sounded as offending as he thought…

Sucking in a deep breath, Aoi was trying not to let his disappointment show TOO much. OF COURSE, there had to be a freaking SISTER getting in his way. Man.

Aoi swallowed and nodded as a sign that he understood. "Uh, yeah sure, we can."

He smiled at Kai briefly, contentedly noticing how the brunette was practically clinging to his bag and the gorgeous blush on his cheeks was... well, a turn-on.

"And that's really nice of you, that you're taking care of your sister like that. I'm sure she's proud."

He then turned a corner and right ahead another one, fortunately passing by an opened supermarket in the process. "And of course cooking for me would be really nice of you, too. Thanks."

After he had parked his car at the side of the street, he turned off the engine and turned his head to the side, due to the illuminated advertising outside his car finally able to throw a proper look at Kai. Aoi didn't notice though that Kai was staring back and that he was starting to get a bit nervous because the raven was simply... not saying anything, he was just looking and Aoi found himself developing an abhersion to the thought that he was PROBABLY not going to get that beauty into his bed tonight.

A sister at home, pff. PFFF.

No no, he wasn't just going to let him sneak away just like that.

Blinking and clearing his throat, Aoi was finally able to tear his gaze away, waving towards the small supermarket. "Well, I'll wait for you here, then. Oh, and take some of my money, okay?" He quickly reached past/over Kai's lap to reach the glove box, opening it and taking out his wallet before handing it to Kai. Thanks to him having leaned over, their faces were a lot closer to each other now and the way Kai's cheeks were darkening with blush was SO obvious, the guitarist couldn't keep himself from grinning.

"You're cooking for ME after all."

Oh. And Kai had actually expected for Aoi to come along with him so then he wouldn’t…

Wait. That would make them look like a couple already when they weren’t! Alright, fine. He figured he could just surprise Aoi with what he would be cooking for him then….although it would be a simple meal.

Kai’s eyes fell on the thick wallet in his hands, and compared to his own which was stuffed in his jeans back pocket, he felt a bit degraded but he was sure Aoi had no attention at all to make him feel like it, he was too nice.

“Umh, actually I think this will be enough...” He opened Aoi’s wallet – almost fainted looking at its content – and took a few notes of money out of many ones in there before climbing out of the car, leaving his bag in the seat. “I won’t be long!” He said and smiled, before heading inside the supermarket through the entrance.

He returned to the car almost ten minutes later, cheeks red from all the run he had taken and the cold weather. He was gasping a bit when he sat back on the passenger’s seat, bags of groceries in his lap. Then he grinned a bit shyly at Aoi when he held his gaze, trying to explain his lateness. “Sorry it took longer than expected. I was …’arguing’ with an old woman over some Kobe beef that had discount on the price.” Which was something not so unusual for Kai since he’d experienced that a lot. “Oh, the change…” He grabbed the raven by his hand before placing a few notes and coins in it but he froze when he noticed the contact, Aoi’s hand was rougher than his own and it made Kai’s mind do a cartwheel about how it would feel like when …when…

Okay, he was blushing more than he ever should! So he retracted his own hand slowly to shove it in his jacket pocket, sinking himself in the seat afterwards.

Aoi only smiled. Damn, Kai looked absolutely ravishing with that shy expression on his face. He took his wallet and put the change in it before letting it fall into the side pocket of the driver's door.

"Kobe beef, huh?" he chuckled and started the engine again. He hadn't had Kobe beef in a while so he was actually looking forward to it. He changed gears and while he was turning the corner into his street a few minutes later, he could see Kai fidgeting in his seat from the corner of his eye. Oh, he knew what was going to happen, didn't he?

"Do you cook a lot at home?" He asked in a ridiculous attempt of doing small talk. Pretty much impossible when all that was in his mind was how he could get Kai out of his clothes, as quickly as possible. "I mean, aren't your parents supposed to do that?"
The raven turned into the parking lot of his apartment complex, parking his car and turning off the engine, however, he didn't get out yet. He was turning his head again to look at Kai, waiting for an answer.

“Yeah…” Kai took a glance at the surroundings, feeling himself heat up a little for the hundredth time of the day once he returned to look at Aoi. “I do. Well, I no longer have my dad taking care of the family. And mom usually works until midnights to support us other than my reasonable payment. My sister is still a high school student and we can’t really afford tuition classes for her so I usually help her out with her homework and stuffs after I come back from work, cook her food and eat together so then she knows I’m always there for her.” He nodded slightly, it had been like a routine for him since two years ago.

His expression suddenly changed, eyes going wide.

O…kay. Crap. Why did he have to tell a summary of his life?! It wasn’t like Aoi had time to listen to his little speech!

“I’m sorry!” He suddenly burst out, clamping his mouth quickly with his hand once he realized how loud he was. “Sorry, I just,” He sank back in his seat, feeling like he was melting in it out of embarrassment instead. “well, a bit about my life…ehe...”

"Mm."

Aoi hummed in agreement and almost felt a little bad and sorry now, knowing he was going to occupy Kai for the entire night and therefore letting his sister wait. But damn...

The raven chuckled and unbuckled his seat belt. "It's fine, don't worry. It's always nice to have a deeper connection to the staff, makes it easier to be myself around them."

He smiled at him, only briefly before opening the door and getting out of his car. He was quick to walk around it and open Kai's door for him as well, waiting until the brunette had climbed out.

He was little clumsy now, wasn't he? Before he could stop himself, Aoi stretched out his hand, offering it and his help to the younger male.

Oh the excitement...

Kai wondered for a while if Aoi had done it a lot with staff before him. Well, it wasn’t a surprising thing if it was true though. He thanked Aoi and shook his head as he smiled gently, “No it’s okay, I can hold them.” And he climbed out of the car, sliding the strap of his bag to his shoulder with his unoccupied hand.

He watched Aoi with a quick –trained— observation and immediately concluded he might…have to make – cook!— everything quick or else—

Okay, he really did feel like he was entering a wolf’s house now, offering his dear self to the beast.

But did he really want to do it with Aoi? Things had really been going too fast between both of them and Kai was undoubtedly worried…. Aoi could have just tossed him away after this one night and everything would be back to how things were before. Oh, the poor crush…

So he thought he’d have to put on a physical defence if Aoi wanted to uhhh lure him into having sex!

But Kai was still able to smile even though his heart was almost breaking the hell out of his weakening rib cage now. “Lead the way, Aoi-kun.”

….Right, that sounded wrong, too wrong to his own ears. It almost seemed like as if Kai was suggesting it and he hoped Aoi didn’t interpret it that way…

Aoi cleared his throat though he succeeded in keeping his face from showing his... well, displeasure, so to speak. He shrugged and closed the door behind Kai, locking the car and leading the way, just like instructed.

After entering the building, Aoi led his new acquaintance up the stairs to the second floor. He spared offering his help a second time, knowing that Kai was most likely going to decline that too.

Damn him, was he really thinking he was only here to cook?!

Ugh.

Description
Title: Seducing Shyness
Chapter: 1
Author: miyakisakura ( Miyazaki Satoru ) & Nana ( banana_chocolate97 wattpad ) <3
Beta: ...uh /coughs/
Genre: Attempted humor/Romance/Yaoi/Fluff
Warnings: Yaoi, lengthy story
Band(s): the GazettE
Pairing(s): Aoi x Kai
Characters in this chapter: Aoi,Kai,Uruha,Ocs
Summary: AU, in which Kai works as a backstage staff and is in love with the hot guitarist of the Gazette, Aoi.
Disclaimer: We claim this fanfic people And this is a fictional work, none of it is true.
Comment: I remember dying so many times while role playing an innocent uke...Yes I role played as Kai, and Nana role played as Aoi xD All in all we both enjoyed role playing these two muses! Enjoy reading!
Since the whole story is pretty lengthy (almost reaches 14,000 words), I had to cut down into two parts....

It was nearing noon by the time they finished setting up the stage for a band that was going to hold a live tonight which was none other the GazettE, the one people had been talking about, be it through social media and others. And throughout the years, they were gradually building their way up with their own continuous effort and support from their increasing number of fans, and always the one to top the music charts in almost every radio station in the country.

Kai knew they would be here in a few hours, to check on the sound systems and lights and other stuffs together as well. He was sitting on a stool now, taking a break with a towel draped over his shoulders and letting the fan in front of him cool off the heat his body was experiencing, his damp locks fluttering along the sides of his face while closing his eyes.

Though with all the calm expression he pulled on, his mind was actually pretty much filled with the thoughts of meeting the one and only Aoi, the guitarist of the GazettE, whom he found very...charming, with that smile and laughter of his. They'd met before, over and over, here, behind this one stage. Though 'meeting' him actually meant just passing by each other and the raven-head flashed that heart-warming smile each time they did, Kai was always, frustratingly unable to bring himself return it and end up just bowing his head shyly and shuffling off to the other side of the backstage with a flush of color over the crests of his cheekbones.

Sighing to himself, Kai dreaded the fact it would probably occur just the same, him always going unnoticed by Aoi, because of his shyness. And he just couldn't learn his lessons and always regretted it by the time the nights ended and everyone went home.

"Kai?"

"Yeah?"

"We need help here!"

Not bothering to switch the fan off, Kai hurriedly brought himself to his feet. "Coming!"

***

"This day is a fucking catastrophe."

"Calm down, Aoi."

"No, I'm not fucking calming down. Look at this fuckery!"

Aoi groaned in annoyance, taking a puff of his cigarette while he and the guys took their first steps onto the stage. Half of it wasn't even built up yet although he'd told literally EVERYBODY that he wanted HIS amps to be set and ready when they arrived. Ruki was only rolling his eyes, checking the already set up part of the mic area while Uruha and Reita did the same for theirs.

Aoi grumbled to himself and simply headed straight to the other side of the stage, jogging down the stairs. "Can somebody PLEASE tell me that at least my FOOD's already ready?!" he exclaimed and looked around for some familiar faces but didn't spot any. He groaned again and rolled his eyes at some amused words coming from where Reita was still checking the stage and the raven was just about to exit the backstage area towards the actual break rooms when he bumped into some small brunette guy.

"God, could you just get out of my fucking wa-"

Having already thrown his arms into the air, he recognized now that the lad was ACTUALLY a familiar face, a backstage worker he'd met a lot before and after recent lives. Kai was his name, right?

Aoi sighed and let his arms fall to his sides. "Oh God, Kai-kun, I'm sorry, I..." He was hemming and hawing for an apology, realizing that he'd never really actually SPOKEN to him? Maybe that was why Kai's cheeks were stained by a pink blush now. He WAS kinda cute though, wasn't he?

"I, uh... bad mood. Sorry."

He smiled apologetically and waved briefly before finally making his way to the break rooms. DAMN, he was hungry.

It had all happened too quickly; from the moment Kai heard some familiar, displeased loud voice thundering through the area and the next second how he almost sent the stuffs in a box he was carrying in his arms to the floor as he was so suddenly crashed by the owner of the voice—and all he could do was only stared and blushed at Aoi in surprise, unable to bring himself to speak, and before he could finally open his mouth, the raven was already gone from his sight.

And all the tension just came collapsing down on him, making him regret his repeated act again.

Why couldn’t he talk to him like others did? Why was it always so hard for him? Though he knew it was his own mistake for making this be this way…but it had been too long, hadn’t it? He just couldn’t figure out how to break it.

Sighing and convincing himself that this wasn’t a big deal, he took a step forward to continue making his way, but that didn’t happen once he caught a taller male with honey blonde hair smirking at him from a distance and Kai paled immediately once it registered his mind. ‘Did he just…?! OMG no...this is embarrassing…’

But the guitarist merely turned around without saying anything and went to continue with his own business, and Kai pushed away the disturbing thoughts of what that smirk had meant. Was he being way too obvious that Uruha could even see it on his face? And well, maybe he really was…ah damn it, he needed to be careful sometimes.

“Kai, are you spacing out?” That startled him.

“What—I—no, sir!” He bowed his head apologetically at the older man, the red color returning to his cheeks. “I’m sorry.”

“Well, don’t waste your time here. You know how and who these guys are, and we still have a lot of things to catch up with.”

“Yes, sir.” Damn it, he was too distracted by so many things today.

"At least one of you guys is reliable," Aoi muttered before he grabbed his plate of lobster and plonked down onto the couch, digging right into his meal.

When it was finally time to get into costume and makeup, the band gathered in their makeup room and Aoi and Uruha were the first ones to get their "cosmetic treatment."

"Yo Aoi, did you see Kai-kun earlier?" Uruha suddenly asked.

"Huh?" Aoi made but was unable to open his eyes since they were just being worked on. "Uh yeah, briefly. Said Hi to him. Why?"

A soft giggle came from where Uruha was sitting next to him.

"You haven't noticed it yet, have you?"

"Eh... what?"

Did Kai-kun have some new hair color that he'd overseen or something? Aoi frowned and was immediately scolded by their makeup artist. ("Don't wrinkle!")

"Oh God, Aoi, you slowpoke." Uruha groaned in frustration and was able to open his eyes, lifting one hand to accompany his words with fitting movements. "Kai-kun is SO head over heels for you."

"Eeeeh?!"

"Yup."

"You kidding?!"

"Nope."

"Fuck."

Aoi sniffed and couldn't keep himself from frowning again. Kai-kun was in love with him? They didn't even see each other THAT much, did they? Hm. He would have to do some investigation later on.

Later that day…

"Why are these so heavy?!"

Aoi was carrying two big boxes of water bottles towards the backstage area before slumping them down on a table. He then saw Kai running about from the corner of his eyes and took the opportunity.

"Kai-kun! Manager told me you're water boy today! Uh, y'know, the one giving us the bottles when we leave the stage."

He nodded towards the boxes he'd just carried and damn, Kai's cheeks were a vivid red by now. Uruha had been right?

"Anyway, I brought you the boxes because they're fucking heavy," Aoi quickly added before heading on stage for a last check up. But damn, he was unable to stop himself from turning around one last time, his eyes falling upon Kai's small, still blushing form. Fuck, he was REALLY cute.

Kai blinked rapidly, too surprised. Why did Aoi have to carry those boxes?! He wasn’t supposed to do that! He didn’t think someone like the raven would do it, he was a successful musician, and it wasn’t his duty, it was Kai’s. Or else his boss wouldn’t have assigned him to do that kind of work.

Cheeks heated up once their gazes locked together, he instantly looked away and nodded just a bit. “Thanks...”

He suddenly froze, lips parting and he just stopped breathing altogether. Did he just…?! But it came out too low he doubted Aoi had heard it anyway …so he dared a glance back at the raven, only to find himself shuffling away quickly since those eyes were still on him. Damn it! Why did he have to act like a teenage girl sometimes?!

He yelped once his hip connected to a table, sending a tool box sitting perfectly on the edge to come crashing down to the floor. Shit! He hoped Aoi hadn’t seen that! Without risking a glance back again, he instantly picked up the box in record time and was thankful once his boss called for him from the other side.

“Haii!”

Aoi giggled softly to himself when he heard another crash behind them, tucking a few black strands behind his ear before looking back at Kai AGAIN, he really couldn't stop himself, and their eyes met and the way the brunette blushed tomato-red before heading off his boss made something in Aoi's chest flutter.

The concert passed without any problems, mostly thanks to Aoi's sexy dance performances of course. He was pretty much drenched in sweat when, after more than one and a half hour, he followed Uruha jogging down the stairs for their break. Suddenly the honey-blonde was poking his elbow into Aoi's side.

"Oi what-"

He was cut off by Uruha nodding towards something or someone, the lead-guitarist's nod just as suggestive as his smirk and Aoi turned his head, meeting a gaze from almost black eyes, a trembling hand holding out a water bottle to him. Kai.

Ahhhh. Shit. Uruha was here too! He was making Kai all the more nervous, and he hadn’t expected for the other to remain there! Watching them! Him! Oh fuck, oh well, to hell with this…

“For you.” He muttered under his breath, pinching his lips together nervously as he forced his eyes to stare down at the floor, which wasn’t half as interesting as Aoi. “You must be thirsty…” he added, almost sounding like a whisper. “And you did well, so good job…”

Aoi had a hard time suppressing the grin that was about to spread on his lips as he took the bottle from Kai's hand, deliberately letting their fingers brush against each other. When Uruha was giving him ANOTHER suggestive glance, Aoi was only rolling his eyes and darting the honey-blonde a "Yeah yeah, I'm on it" look. He wanted to talk to Kai alone so he had to somehow wait until the backstage area was empty without appearing too obvious. So he just unscrewed the cap of his bottled water and gulped about half of it down. It didn't help all that much to calm himself down, if from the concert or his nervousness he didn't know.

Once they were alone - and Kai-kun was already fidgety and blushing and insecure and GOD, Aoi already loved seeing him like that - the raven took a deep breath.

"Hey Kai... uh, can I talk to you for a moment?" he asked with the friendliest voice he could manage, nodding towards the stairs that led up to the stage. He sat down on the second lowest step so he could be sure that none of the fans in the front were able to see them. He knew he had Kai's full attention by now - had already always had it, actually - and so he just used his eyes to point at the free space next to himself. "Sit down."

Kai stared at Aoi long before he slowly moved his hand, pointing a finger backwards. “Maybe you should sit on a chair instead and I could get it for you…” Because the stair was dirty from people’s footsteps, too unclean for someone like Aoi! But apparently Kai forgot that the raven was still a human, a plain one just like the rest. And Aoi didn’t seem mind at all anyway about his surroundings.

What did Aoi want to talk about anyway? About the weather? About the live? About some fanservices they had performed? About how fucking gorgeous he was? About what?

Forcing his shaky legs and making his way to sit on the empty space next to Aoi, Kai felt himself heating up to the roots of his hair and his body temperature rising, to the point he was sweating and soaking his already drenched t-shirt to stick to his frame.

“Umh, Aoi-kun…” He started, staring down at his own feet as his heart pounded against his rib cage like a fucking jack hammer. “What would you like to talk about?”

The raven took another gulp from his bottle, lower arms resting on his knees as he moved his head quickly in order to get rid of a strand of black hair. "Uhm... okay, look."

Wow, this was harder than expected. How the hell was he supposed to say what he wanted to say? And what the fuck was he planning to say at all anyway??

Well, somehow he had to start the topic, he couldn't keep dodging this forever, could he?

After another deep inhale and despite having had to sing on stage earlier, his voice had found back to its usual sexy, low baritone.

"I know that... that you like me."

Kai nearly collapsed hearing that, eyes going wide in shock and he had to brace one hand against the surface behind him on the step to support himself. “What—?” He almost couldn’t believe his ears, and the sentence kept on buzzing around his mind over and over again. Whirling his head around, his panicked eyes searched for any signs of other people still working moving around but luckily most of them weren’t around the area so he was at least….safe? Safe from embarrassment?

Damn it, it must be Uruha! He must have freaking told Aoi! But well, he actually couldn’t blame him entirely though…

So was he going to deny it? Right in front Aoi? And that God damn sexy voice had been used against him….oh shit, just man up already!

“Yeah…” He answered in honesty, nodding his head a bit. “Yes, but….!” But? But what? The brunette chewed on his lower lip, a notch formed between his eyebrows, his cheeks were heating up so intense he felt the tears forming and threatening to fucking spill. “You’re Aoi. You won’t date someone like me. You must have…well, high taste…”

Aoi had been watching Kai very closely while he spoke and he knew that his low voice and dark gaze had their usual effects. So damn, Uruha had totally been right about this. Wow.

A small smile formed on his lips as he chuckled.

"First of all, you don't know what kind of people I date. Who knows, maybe I have taste for innocent looking, brunette boys that are at least five years younger than me?"

Raising an eyebrow at Kai, Aoi's amused smile widened even more. He was totally flirting right here and he knew it but oh well, Kai was actually more than cute. If he really was as innocent as he appeared to be, he was pure temptation.

Aoi cleared his throat. "No but seriously. I... Uh... I mean, how long... how long have you had... those feelings for me?"

Bruh, Aoi wasn't even sure if he really wanted to know. But who on Earth knew, maybe he was going to end up dating Kai-kun in the end? Everything was possible.

Kai stared at Aoi, but couldn’t say anything as he listened, and he bet his body continued warming up that even his ears must have been so red. Sniffling as he wiped the stupid tears away, he sighed, feeling his head so heavy for bearing too many emotions at the same time.

Bringing his legs to his chest and burying his chin between his knees to support his head, Kai steadily spoke as his eyelids slowly lowered. “I don’t know, it’s been like months I guess. You could say that I’ve been lost in the concept of time.” He paused with a frown, feeling helpless when he thought his answer hadn’t sounded as he thought it would be…and it didn’t sound like it had made sense at all.

He wasn’t a musician nor a poet, and he really sucked at explaining stuffs to people, especially his feelings. How could he make a musician like Aoi understand him? He went on nonetheless. “I-I mean, it’s like…no matter how many times I’ve seen you, it’s always felt like it’s the first time I fell in love with you. So I don’t really know the time…and I admit I fell for your looks at first.” And who doesn’t? “But throughout the time of servicing myself working and seeing you so many times, I’ve also learned some things about you, things that not all fans know of; here, behind the stage and they make me happy… They blossom my feelings for you.”

Kai turned his head to look at Aoi, smiling a bit sadly.

“So yeah, I like you, Aoi. It’s been a long time. So, if it bothers you…if I bother you, you don’t have to worry. The crush would die soon.”

Aoi listened silently to Kai's confession, for some fucked up reason feeling his heart beating faster with every word the brunette spoke. He was quick to shake his head at Kai's last words.

"No no no, it doesn't bother me, not at all. Actually..."

He trailed off, unsure how to voice his thought without giving Kai too much hope at a time. Twisting the water bottle between his fingers, Aoi felt the time he had before the encore flying by way too quickly. He was getting nervous again and feeling Kai's attentive eyes on his face did not really make it better.

"I mean... I think you're pretty cute so..." He exhaled a huff of breath and stretching his legs, he finally turned to return Kai's gaze. "If you want to go out sometime... I'd be in."

He chuckled. Actually there was a bit more he wanted to say, but he was afraid Kai would start flailing even more than he already was. "Uh..."

Damn, why was he so hesitant?! He just had to utter those damn words, it wasn't THAT difficult.

"Well, okay, what do you think about coming with me after the concert? I'll give you a ride to my place and we can... I don't know, watch a movie or something, pass the rest of the evening together."

He lifted his gaze, which had wandered away during his speech, and he was greeted with Kai gaping at him.

The Raven chuckled that low chuckle of his and lifted a hand to ruffle through Kai's hair. He couldn't help but notice that the gesture was already carrying some kind of... affection. "Don't look at me like this!" He laughed before smiling at the brunette. "What do you say, hm?"

“I—“ Was this for real?! Kai just wanted to faint right there and now and—go straight up to heaven high above! “But…” Oh heaven—

Going to Aoi’s place, watching movie with him, cuddling warmly with him, making out with him next to a fire place or on a flammable couch—

But he had a younger sister who might be needing his help with her homework, cleaning up the whole house, cooking supper for her—

Oh fuck, fuck, fuck!

Which one?!

“Sure, it’ll be great.” Kai replied, shocked by his own answer which left his jaw hanging for a moment. But he couldn’t turn back, could he? He didn’t want to though! “And okay, I’ll be waiting.” Well, that came out so smooth he almost couldn’t believe he’d just literally said that. And his heart was screaming a series of apology to his sister…

But you don’t get to have Aoi complimenting you cute and innocent-like and asking you out every day!

There was a huge, and we're speaking HUGE, broad smile spreading on Aoi's lips and his eyes were focused on Kai with a warm gaze.

"Great! Cool, uh... You'll wait for me then, okay?"

He quickly snatched the cap of his water bottle from the floor, getting up and turning around again because he couldn't just walk away like that, he knew, he had to let his eye linger on the beautiful brunette in front of him for as long as possible. Pointing at Kai with the hand that held the lid of his bottle, the raven walked away backwards. "We'll watch movie and eat some- well, I guess I only have instant ramen at home, sorry!"

He laughed again and he wasn't quite sure why he did what he did next but his feet were taking him forward suddenly, not backwards like they were supposed to. He found himself leaning down to Kai, closely and with an affectionate smile pressing a quick, chaste kiss on the brunette's cheek.

"Don't walk away," he was almost whispering once he pulled away, looking into Kai's eyes one last time before heading off towards the break rooms.

Kai could only stare ahead, or rather stare at the raven’s back before he disappeared into the said rooms and nearly dislocate his jaw as it fell, his one hand placing on the cheek that had been kissed by Aoi.

Aoi had just kissed him! On the freaking cheek! Well, at least it was better than nothing, right? He still kissed Kai!

He stood up immediately, dancing around a little as he thought about what would happen soon, so soon. But his excitement was short-lived as he pinched at his shirt, cringing at how it smelled and how sweaty he was and thanking God up there since he had brought along fresh clothes to be changed into. Well, he always did that whenever he had a work to do, didn’t he?

Kai chuckled to himself once he thought of Aoi mentioning about only having instant ramen at his place, and it was a relief to know that the guitarist was after all really just the same like others. He didn’t have high hopes anyway about Aoi, and he wouldn’t want to date with some perfectionist…it would be like, belittling him and his status as a decent guy.

He continued working until the last task was assigned to him and completed perfectly. He’d changed into his street clothes some moments later, waiting for Aoi as promised with one bag strapped to his shoulder. Kai watched as other staff began leaving the place, some of them passing by and questioning him as to why he hadn’t left yet but he could only flash a shy smile and bow his head at them. But as he saw Uruha walk towards the exit, he felt his cheeks quickly warming up once the smirk grew on those pretty lips.

“Aoi told me, he told everyone though.”

“O-okay…”

“Don’t worry, kid.” Uruha patted him on the head, and if Kai had felt bit threatened a few seconds ago, now he didn’t feel like it anymore because a sweet smile made its way to the honey-blonde’s lips, replacing the smirk. “You’ll be alright.”

Okay, what was that for?! Kai was blushing madly by now, to the point he could outmatch the color of red tomatoes!

Before Kai could say anything, they suddenly heard Aoi’s voice from afar and Uruha took the cue to retract his hand and smile for the last time at Kai before heading out, leaving the brunette still flushing and tightening his grip around the strap of his bag.

Aoi was now dressed in normal black jeans and an equally black shirt, everyday clothes that he found to be extremely comfortable after wearing the costume during the concert.

His heart fluttered once he spotted Kai already waiting for him at the exit, looking like a lost puppy waiting for its owner.

Oh he was so going to own him tonight, alright.

The raven greeted him with a friendly smile, simply nodding towards his car and unlocking it with his keys.

But fuck, he should be a gentleman, right?

He cursed under his breath and quickly jogged to the passenger door before Kai could even reach it, opening it for him with a much broader smile, his eyes almost eagerly fixed on the brunette's blushing face.

Once Kai was seated, Aoi walked around the car and got in himself. After buckling up and starting the engine, Aoi really couldn't take it anymore. He'd planned to stay silent for as long as possible to heat the anticipation he knew Kai was feeling just as intense as he himself was.

"I assume you didn't bring sleeping clothes to the venue, did you?" He darted him a quick side glance before stirring the vehicle onto the main road. "I'll just give you one of mine then. Oh wait, do you even want to sleep over? I mean, I can drive you back home later on. If you want."

“Eh?” Kai jumped in own seat in surprise, eyes widening as big as saucers as he swallowed a lump that stuck in his throat. “Mmm..” Lips pursing, Kai thought about it over and over again. Not only he didn’t bring the said clothes….but he was also, well, he hadn’t taken a freaking shower yet! And even though Aoi had offered to give his clothes for him to wear the night, he still had to carefully and politely decline it. Somehow he thought everything had been going rather too quick for him. “Well…I have a sister… at home…”

Wait, was that a ‘no’ or ‘yes’?! Or neither?? It sounded like a statement….

He lifted his gaze off his bag that he had been gripping at so hard to look at Aoi, seemingly flustered. No, he really was, a nerve wreck at that anyway. “Umh, can we drop by a supermarket? Just for a while. I’d love to buy some groceries and cook for you and I guess there are still a few that remain open at this hour…” He trailed off, lips parting a bit as he tried to force the next words, pink dusting over the crests of his cheekbones. “I’m not going to let you eat instant ramen after a good job at the live…” Well, a quick and simple, healthy food wasn’t going to hurt anyone. And Kai hoped that hadn’t sounded as offending as he thought…

Sucking in a deep breath, Aoi was trying not to let his disappointment show TOO much. OF COURSE, there had to be a freaking SISTER getting in his way. Man.

Aoi swallowed and nodded as a sign that he understood. "Uh, yeah sure, we can."

He smiled at Kai briefly, contentedly noticing how the brunette was practically clinging to his bag and the gorgeous blush on his cheeks was... well, a turn-on.

"And that's really nice of you, that you're taking care of your sister like that. I'm sure she's proud."

He then turned a corner and right ahead another one, fortunately passing by an opened supermarket in the process. "And of course cooking for me would be really nice of you, too. Thanks."

After he had parked his car at the side of the street, he turned off the engine and turned his head to the side, due to the illuminated advertising outside his car finally able to throw a proper look at Kai. Aoi didn't notice though that Kai was staring back and that he was starting to get a bit nervous because the raven was simply... not saying anything, he was just looking and Aoi found himself developing an abhersion to the thought that he was PROBABLY not going to get that beauty into his bed tonight.

A sister at home, pff. PFFF.

No no, he wasn't just going to let him sneak away just like that.

Blinking and clearing his throat, Aoi was finally able to tear his gaze away, waving towards the small supermarket. "Well, I'll wait for you here, then. Oh, and take some of my money, okay?" He quickly reached past/over Kai's lap to reach the glove box, opening it and taking out his wallet before handing it to Kai. Thanks to him having leaned over, their faces were a lot closer to each other now and the way Kai's cheeks were darkening with blush was SO obvious, the guitarist couldn't keep himself from grinning.

"You're cooking for ME after all."

Oh. And Kai had actually expected for Aoi to come along with him so then he wouldn’t…

Wait. That would make them look like a couple already when they weren’t! Alright, fine. He figured he could just surprise Aoi with what he would be cooking for him then….although it would be a simple meal.

Kai’s eyes fell on the thick wallet in his hands, and compared to his own which was stuffed in his jeans back pocket, he felt a bit degraded but he was sure Aoi had no attention at all to make him feel like it, he was too nice.

“Umh, actually I think this will be enough...” He opened Aoi’s wallet – almost fainted looking at its content – and took a few notes of money out of many ones in there before climbing out of the car, leaving his bag in the seat. “I won’t be long!” He said and smiled, before heading inside the supermarket through the entrance.

He returned to the car almost ten minutes later, cheeks red from all the run he had taken and the cold weather. He was gasping a bit when he sat back on the passenger’s seat, bags of groceries in his lap. Then he grinned a bit shyly at Aoi when he held his gaze, trying to explain his lateness. “Sorry it took longer than expected. I was …’arguing’ with an old woman over some Kobe beef that had discount on the price.” Which was something not so unusual for Kai since he’d experienced that a lot. “Oh, the change…” He grabbed the raven by his hand before placing a few notes and coins in it but he froze when he noticed the contact, Aoi’s hand was rougher than his own and it made Kai’s mind do a cartwheel about how it would feel like when …when…

Okay, he was blushing more than he ever should! So he retracted his own hand slowly to shove it in his jacket pocket, sinking himself in the seat afterwards.

Aoi only smiled. Damn, Kai looked absolutely ravishing with that shy expression on his face. He took his wallet and put the change in it before letting it fall into the side pocket of the driver's door.

"Kobe beef, huh?" he chuckled and started the engine again. He hadn't had Kobe beef in a while so he was actually looking forward to it. He changed gears and while he was turning the corner into his street a few minutes later, he could see Kai fidgeting in his seat from the corner of his eye. Oh, he knew what was going to happen, didn't he?

"Do you cook a lot at home?" He asked in a ridiculous attempt of doing small talk. Pretty much impossible when all that was in his mind was how he could get Kai out of his clothes, as quickly as possible. "I mean, aren't your parents supposed to do that?"
The raven turned into the parking lot of his apartment complex, parking his car and turning off the engine, however, he didn't get out yet. He was turning his head again to look at Kai, waiting for an answer.

“Yeah…” Kai took a glance at the surroundings, feeling himself heat up a little for the hundredth time of the day once he returned to look at Aoi. “I do. Well, I no longer have my dad taking care of the family. And mom usually works until midnights to support us other than my reasonable payment. My sister is still a high school student and we can’t really afford tuition classes for her so I usually help her out with her homework and stuffs after I come back from work, cook her food and eat together so then she knows I’m always there for her.” He nodded slightly, it had been like a routine for him since two years ago.

His expression suddenly changed, eyes going wide.

O…kay. Crap. Why did he have to tell a summary of his life?! It wasn’t like Aoi had time to listen to his little speech!

“I’m sorry!” He suddenly burst out, clamping his mouth quickly with his hand once he realized how loud he was. “Sorry, I just,” He sank back in his seat, feeling like he was melting in it out of embarrassment instead. “well, a bit about my life…ehe...”

"Mm."

Aoi hummed in agreement and almost felt a little bad and sorry now, knowing he was going to occupy Kai for the entire night and therefore letting his sister wait. But damn...

The raven chuckled and unbuckled his seat belt. "It's fine, don't worry. It's always nice to have a deeper connection to the staff, makes it easier to be myself around them."

He smiled at him, only briefly before opening the door and getting out of his car. He was quick to walk around it and open Kai's door for him as well, waiting until the brunette had climbed out.

He was little clumsy now, wasn't he? Before he could stop himself, Aoi stretched out his hand, offering it and his help to the younger male.

Oh the excitement...

Kai wondered for a while if Aoi had done it a lot with staff before him. Well, it wasn’t a surprising thing if it was true though. He thanked Aoi and shook his head as he smiled gently, “No it’s okay, I can hold them.” And he climbed out of the car, sliding the strap of his bag to his shoulder with his unoccupied hand.

He watched Aoi with a quick –trained— observation and immediately concluded he might…have to make – cook!— everything quick or else—

Okay, he really did feel like he was entering a wolf’s house now, offering his dear self to the beast.

But did he really want to do it with Aoi? Things had really been going too fast between both of them and Kai was undoubtedly worried…. Aoi could have just tossed him away after this one night and everything would be back to how things were before. Oh, the poor crush…

So he thought he’d have to put on a physical defence if Aoi wanted to uhhh lure him into having sex!

But Kai was still able to smile even though his heart was almost breaking the hell out of his weakening rib cage now. “Lead the way, Aoi-kun.”

….Right, that sounded wrong, too wrong to his own ears. It almost seemed like as if Kai was suggesting it and he hoped Aoi didn’t interpret it that way…

Aoi cleared his throat though he succeeded in keeping his face from showing his... well, displeasure, so to speak. He shrugged and closed the door behind Kai, locking the car and leading the way, just like instructed.

After entering the building, Aoi led his new acquaintance up the stairs to the second floor. He spared offering his help a second time, knowing that Kai was most likely going to decline that too.

Damn him, was he really thinking he was only here to cook?!

Ugh.