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tacumaChapter 36
'Eiji,' started Fuji. 'I think you and Oishi should tell everybody about your relationship.'
'Why?' asked the redhead. 'It's fine the way it is. I don't want to tell the others. They will only start teasing me.'
'Why would they do that?' asked Fuji. 'They will only be jealous, because you found the love of your life, while they are still single.'
'Are you jealous?' asked Eiji. Fuji's smile disappeared. He looked a little confused. 'Why would I be?' he asked.
'Because you tease me too.'
Fuji's smile returned. 'I am,' he said. 'I'm jealous of the sweet love between you and Oishi. It's so cute and innocent. I wish I could love again like that.'
'Nya, you're teasing me again,' whined Eiji. 'See, that is why we don't tell anyone.'
'I wasn't teasing you!' Fuji defended himself. 'I really am jealous. You look so happy. I really envy you for that. You found someone who really likes you.'
'Fujiko, there are plenty of guys following you around and flirting with you. There must be one you like between them?' asked the redhead. He didn't understand that his friend was jealous of him, while he could have any guy he wanted.
Fuji smiled sadly. 'Yeah, there are a lot of guys who are willing to love me. But that is only because of the way I look, not because of who I am. Like Sengoku and Oshitari Yuushi. They're always flirting with me, but they don't know who I really am. They only see a nice looking guy. That is enough for them.'
'What about Tezuka?'
Fuji looked up. The question made him a little angry. 'You're starting about that as well? Why do you all think I like Tezuka? Just because I'm the only one here who managed to befriend him I am immediately in love with him?'
'No, no, I didn't think that at all. I heard Nioh talking about it and I thought… well, you two are good friends, maybe you had told him something you hadn't told the others yet.'
'I'm not,' answered Fuji, still a little pissed off. 'Somehow he is trying to convince the entire world that I am in love with Tezuka. I don't know why. Maybe because I turned him down, but it sure is annoying.'
'Why do you bother so much?' asked Eiji a little surprised. 'The Fuji I know would just laugh it off and joke along with him. I didn't think you would mind it at all, because you knew that if you played along Nioh would drop it soon, because it wouldn't be fun anymore. The Fuji I know would probably only get angry when it was true.'
Fuji hated how the childish redhead could be such a smart ass sometimes. 'Why don't you go talk your theories over with Nioh? I'm sure he will be interested. While you're there you can already start discussing about the next conspiracy against me.' He walked out of the room and hated himself for acting so childish. Instead of going to his own room, he climbed the stairs and knocked on the door of Tezuka's office. Tezuka allowed him to enter and Fuji did so. He sat down and sighed.
'What is it, Fuji?' asked Tezuka. He was busy and had to finish a lot of work. He didn't really have time to chat.
'Everybody keeps asking me if I am in love with you,' said Fuji with another sigh. 'It drives me crazy. They keep asking. Not only the guys here, but also Inui-san and Yanagi-san. Others hear it and now almost everybody believes it is true.'
'What do you want me to do about it?' asked Tezuka, not sure what Fuji wanted from him.
'I don't know,' answered Fuji. 'I guess I just needed to complain to someone who wouldn't start laughing at me or start to ask annoying questions.'
'Why don't you tell them it's true?' Tezuka asked suddenly. Fuji's eyes widened. 'What?'
'You never had a problem flirting with me in front of Sengoku, to make him try harder to flirt with you. So why don't you do that in front of the others as well. Act like it's true what they say and see what they will do. They will either start teasing me and telling me to give in to you already or they will drop the topic. Whatever happens, you won't have trouble with it anymore.'
Fuji thought about it for a few moments. He didn't want to give Tezuka trouble. He knew how annoying Nioh could be, but he was sure Tezuka would be able to save himself and stop the teasing with a single glare. It would be a good solution.
'Thanks,' said Fuji and he stood up. 'I'll try and we'll see what Nioh will do.'
That night at the club Fuji started with his plan. He was glad to see Sengoku was sitting at the bar. He joined the man and when Sengoku offered him a drink, Fuji called Tezuka.
'Ne, Tezuka, give me my favorite?'
Tezuka made him the extremely spicy drink. Sengoku's face showed what he thought about it, but he didn't say a word.
'Thanks,' said Fuji when he took the drink from Tezuka. 'You're such a sweetheart. You know what I like.'
When Tezuka left Sengoku looked at Fuji. 'What is going on between the two of you. That sounded very suggestive. Is something going on between the two of you?'
'Who knows?' asked Fuji with a smile that was unreadable for anyone. 'Are you jealous?'
'Of course I am,' answered Sengoku. 'I wanted to make you mine. I want to be your sweetheart and I want to know about everything you like.'
'Didn't you already taste it?' asked Fuji, laughing when he remembered the night the other man had drank the spicy drink. 'You didn't seem to like it much. Are you sure you can handle the things I like?'
'If Tezuka can, I can,' answered Sengoku bravely.
'What can Tezuka do?' asked Nioh, who just passed by, curiously.
'Tezuka knows what I like,' answered Fuji. 'Like this drink. Now Sengoku-san here wants to get to know the things I like as well, but I'm not sure if he can handle it. He already failed a long time ago, because he didn't want to lick Tabasco sauce of my body. Tezuka said he didn't mind doing that.'
Nioh's eyes widened in surprise. 'So, has he done it for you already?'
'Not yet,' said Fuji. 'But who knows. Maybe we should go shopping for some Tabasco sauce and do it sometime this week, ne, Tezuka?'
'Whenever you want,' answered Tezuka while he poured a drink in a glass for one of the other guests and left to hand it to the right person.
'Are you kidding me?' asked Nioh. 'He really would do that for you? Did you finally confess to him? I must congratulate you then.'
'That makes me the winner of the bet,' said Yanagi. 'You owe me a drink, Fuji.'
Fuji called Tezuka. 'Ne, Mitsu, I owe Yanagi-san a drink. Will you give me one for free? Just this once? I'll promise it won't happen again.' Fuji batted his eyelashes and without a word Tezuka poured a drink and handed it to Yanagi. 'You're the best,' said Fuji with the most beautiful smile ever.
'So…' started Nioh. 'Are the two of you officially together now?' He wasn't sure about it. The way Fuji was asking seemed like they were together, but Tezuka was stoic as always. He hardly reacted to any of Fuji's comments.
'What do you think?' asked Fuji. 'What does it look like?'
'It looks like you're flirting with Tezuka and he is giving you everything you ask for, which he doesn't do to me or any of the other people who work here. That means he either is in a relationship with you, he likes you, or he owes you.'
'I can tell you it's not the last,' said Fuji with a smirk.
'If you two really are together, why don't you give him a kiss? Right here, right now?' asked Nioh, smirking as well.
'Such contact is not allowed here,' said Fuji. 'Not between guests and employees, but not between two employees either. It would be a bad example.'
'I'm sure Tezuka will make an exception for you if you ask him,' said Nioh. His smirk grew wider.
'You know how strict he is about that,' answered Fuji, not really sure what to do now. 'Ne, Mitsu, would you make an exception for me and kiss me? Please?' He batted his eyelashes again. He knew that didn't have any effect on Tezuka, but at least it would look like he was trying really hard.
'Only if you will stop calling me 'Mitsu',' answered Tezuka.
'Hmm, alright,' sighed Fuji, like he was annoyed that he couldn't give his 'boyfriend' a nickname. He stood up from his bar stool and walked to Tezuka. When he stood in front of him he waited for Tezuka to bow down a little. When Tezuka did, their lips met and they shortly kissed each other. Sengoku was cheering and laughing. He didn't seem to mind at all that the guy he had been flirting with before was kissing another man right now. When the kiss ended Fuji walked back to the bar stool and sat down again like nothing had happened.
'Was that what you wanted?' he asked Nioh.
'It wasn't even with a tongue,' complained the grey-haired young man.
'You should be glad he kissed me here at the club. I even have to give up his nickname for that. You really owe me for that! If I didn't have to pay him off for a kiss in the club I could still call him 'Mitsu'. You better buy me another drink.'
Nioh did so. He was surprised when the two of them had actually kissed. He knew Tezuka wasn't a person who would joke about such things and who would go kissing a guy he didn't like. He didn't even know if Tezuka actually liked guys or not.
'Thank you,' said Fuji as he took his drink from Nioh. He stood up from his bar stool and walked into the club to talk with one of the other guests. Nioh stayed and talked with Sengoku about what just happened.
The evening passed by and soon it was closing time. The guests left and the employees started the cleaning. Kawamura would be cleaning it tomorrow, but they put everything back in place, so it would be easier for him. Fuji made sure he stayed behind a little longer than the others. Cleaning things that weren't there. When he and Tezuka were the only ones left he walked to the bar.
'Thank you,' he said. 'You really helped me out there. I hope it will be done with the teasing now. I hope you aren't angry… or disgusted.'
'Not at all,' answered Tezuka. 'I hope the teasing will be over.'
'You didn't mind?' asked Fuji, not even listening to the last words the bartender said.
'No,' said Tezuka. 'To be honest, it was my first kiss with a man. A little sad for a twenty seven year old homosexual man.'
Fuji's eyes widened. He hadn't expected that. 'That is not sad at all,' he said. 'You really saved that for somebody you liked and now I stole it from you! I'm sorry, I owe you even more than I thought.'
'Not really,' said Tezuka. 'I told you to act like the rumors were true, so it was only fair I helped you out. I wouldn't have done it if I didn't like you.'
Fuji blushed, but then he smiled. 'Thank you,' he said. 'So, what about it? Are we really together then? Or don't you like me enough for that? I can keep flirting with you, if necessary.'
Tezuka showed a small smile. 'That won't be necessary. I would like to try dating you. No need for the flirting.'
'It's a bit strange after everything I said before,' said Fuji. 'But I've been thinking about it as well and I wanted to give it a try. That way we can see how things will work out. But I think we should hurry upstairs now, before they others will start thinking we're doing weird things here.'
They hurried upstairs, but noticed everybody was already in their room. For a moment they looked at each other. Tezuka bent down and pressed another kiss on Fuji's lips before he turned around and climbed the stairs to go to his room. With a bright smile on his face Fuji went to his room and with a happy sigh he fell on his bed.