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Learning to Land. Chapter Ninety Four ~Oshitari~

Warnings: Yaoi, Love, Angst, Fluff, and Lots of Sex. Some kink. You've been warned ;)

Disclaimer: Nope not mine. Still in my dreams. ;)

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Terrified that Gakuto wouldn't like him any more after knowing this, Yuushi slowly brought his face up. The tensai was crying silently as he waited for Gakuto to dismiss him once and for all. This had been so nice. This had been the sweetest time Yuushi had ever known, but he had ruined it just like he ruined everything he touched. He shouldn't have told Gakuto. He should have thought before he spoke. He should have done everything a million different ways, but now it was going to be over. "I'm sorry..." Yuushi whispered.

Gakuto looked deadly serious, "No, but you're gonna be sorry if I ever, and I mean ever, catch you pulling any of that shit with me. Do you understand? I'm calling you stupid because you're being completely stupid! Look, I know we both had bad shit happen to us. Shit that we didn't deserve. I know that better than anyone, and I can tell your parents suck compared to mine and all but that's no excuse! Life is a gift, Yuushi. A gift. Nothing happens when you die. I died twice. Did you know that? Did you read that in all those things on me you found out? Well it's true! I died. Twice. Once on the way to the hospital and once when I was there and I didn't see any kind of stupid white light or any other shit. I saw nothing. Nothing! When you're dead, that's it. There is nothing else. It's over. Everything's over. And alla this..."

Gakuto made a gesture between them and then took Yuushi's face again in his small hands, but gently this time, "Gone. Everything we've been through and shared alla it never woulda happened because you woulda been dead. Sato eventually woulda killed me because you wouldn'ta been there. We woulda never kissed or been best friends or nothing and you woulda missed out on all of it because stupid you was dead. I was really upset when I found out Naka-san died, but if you had done it too, think of how bad that woulda been for me! Look, if you're upset or doing conditions like that or thinking about things like this ever, you gotta promise me right now that you'll tell me. I mean it! Even if you're embarrassed or think I'm gonna get mad, you gotta promise to tell me. You have friends who care if you live or die, Yuushi. You have an entire tennis club who cares if you live or die. You have a big brother who cares if you live or die. Eventually, you'll have a little brother who cares if you live or die. And you have me who cares a lot if you live or die. You promised me you'd always take care of me and protect me. Always and forever. You swore your oath, so you'd better never do any of that shit ever again!"

Yuushi was shocked. Gakuto wasn't going to leave him? His little redhead's voice was harsh and gravelly as it got when he was extremely stressed. Yuushi felt terrible for making him upset.

"Gakuto, I...I do swear." Yuushi said their oath. "Always and forever, and I mean it Gakuto. I haven't thought of doing it since, except to think what an idiot I was. I know it was stupid. It is stupid, and I swear I will tell you if I ever think about it. That day, looking back now, it doesn't even seem as if it was me that you were talking to. I was that...distressed and out of it. I'm not like that anymore. I don't feel all alone. I don't feel as if no one cares about me anymore or that it would be better if I wasn't there."

"When you caught up with me and we were talking before dinner, you reminded me of how stuck in my own head and little world I was. If I gave up, I thought to myself that I would have quit without giving everything a chance. It would be like quitting without playing. I realized this was an entirely different school and that I should treat it like an opportunity since I was now going to be here. You made me realize I should try to make an effort to fit in. After we talked, after practice, I decided to not give up. I went out and bought clothes. I got my hair cut. I tried to live my own life my own way. You saved me. That's what I'm really trying to tell you. I didn't make a huge mistake that day because of you. You saved me. Even with everything going on with you, Gakuto, you still reached out to me. Even if you were upset when you talked to Naka-san, I can't believe and I don't believe that if you saw any inkling of him feeling at all how I was that you would not have done same thing for him. You are not to blame."

Gakuto shrugged, "Oh. Yeah. I guess. I wasn't really thinkin at the time when he and I were talkin. So maybe, but still sometimes one thing you say to a person can make a big difference." He looked angry again, "But I meant it Yuushi. Just like one thing can make a difference that way, it can't be a problem the other way. I need to know that if we get into a big fight and you think I'm not gonna talk to you ever again that you aren't gonna do something stupid. I can't live like that. Taki used to do shit like that to me all the time when he was off his meds!"

"He...did?" Yuushi was surprised. The Taki he had lived with had always seemed quite put together. The few times Taki had seemed upset or stressed all had Sato as the direct cause.

Gakuto's leg shook as he thought. He absently itched and then picked at a scab on his arm until Yuushi gently brought his hand away from the healing scrape and kissed it, "Yeah. It sucked. It sucks caring about someone who is stupid and...selfish like that. Taki saw it bothered me when he said he was gonna kill himself or when he joked around about doin it. Once he found out, instead of doin it less, he did it more. Bastard would joke about it all the time until I got mad and a few times when I wasn't talking to him because he was being an idiot or we got into a fight, he would text or email me that unless I talked to him, he would really do it."

"He blackmailed you basically." Yuushi hadn't known, but he had read about things such as this in an angsty romance novel. "It's called emotional blackmail."

Huffing a sigh, Gakuto nodded, "Yeah. It's horrible. It felt like I couldn't do anythin right with Taki sometimes. I think he picked fights with me to make problems or somethin. I'd try not to fight with him but he would know how to piss me off! I'd get mad and walk away and then he would pull this kinda crap. I was damned if I did and damned if I didn't. That's why I tried to get him to break up with Sato gently so that Taki wouldn't be in any danger of getting hurt. Taki's delicate. He likes drama but it can't be real drama or he can't handle it. He can't take messed up stuff. He hasn't been through bad stuff like you or I have to make him strong. And you know Sato's the kinda bastard who would enjoy Taki killing himself over him. Like can't you see Sato bragging about this poor bastard who loved him so much he killed himself?"

Horrified, Yuushi could see it. He nodded.

Gakuto was grim, "Yeah well, I didn't want that to happen. Taki is in love with bein in love. He gets really high kinda when he likes someone and if it doesn't work out then he gets really down on himself. He gets lonely on his own and he worries that if someone finds out that he's on pills that they won't like him anymore. Every person Taki likes, he thinks it's the one person on the planet for him. He was like that when Sato told him that he loved him. That day, when you said you liked Atobe after Sato said he liked Taki, remember?"

Yuushi nodded and smiled slightly, "Yes. I do remember. Taki looked thrilled and you looked devastated."

"Yeah." Gakuto snarled, "Stupid bastard Sato. Know why I was so upset? Because that bastard Sato and I had sex for the first time the night before. Yeah, and then in front of everyone he confesses to Taki not even an hour after I left his damn room! And you know that bastard Sato rubbed it in my face. The more upset I was, the more Sato loved it, only I was too stupid to get it at the time. Stupid bastard. Sato told me that he said it because Taki liked him and he was worried about Taki hurting himself. And like a moron I believed Sato, but Taki's an idiot too. He always thinks he has it so bad, when things aren't really all that rough for him. He chooses to be sad sometimes just like he chooses to stop takin his pills and then he ends up being an idiot. Stupid idiot for believing Sato over me! I'm a damn good friend!"

"Yes my love you are." Yuushi knew he needed to do something to get Gakuto out of his sudden dark mood. Yuushi took Gakuto's perfect chin in his hand and vowed, "I will never blackmail you with that. Never. I promise. I promise to tell you if I ever think dark thoughts like that again. I promise always and forever that I will love and protect you because I mean it Gakuto. You're what I want. I will never let you down. I will never hurt you. I will never change my mind. I'll become a doctor to ensure that you have a long and happy and healthy life--preferably with me. I'll help make whatever dreams you have come true. I love you Gakuto. I always will." Yuushi said their oath and sealed it with a soft kiss.

The tensai couldn't help making one joke to lesson the sudden serious tone everything was taking however, "And if it will really make you happy and if you truly desire your wealthy companion to be wearing a string bikini on our island, I'll do that for you also. I'll try to learn to love wearing a thong." Yuushi instantly worried that he had said too much or the wrong thing. Gakuto hated his jokes. He half expected to be punched.

Gakuto's perfect mouth opened into a wide little o. Then he suddenly threw back his head and...laughed. He laughed so loud and hard that Yuushi smiled along with him. Wiping tears, Gakuto said, "Yuushi, you just told a good joke."

Yuushi was shocked and amazed. He smiled wide, "I learned from the best."

Gakuto laughed and kissed him, completely agreeing. The mood had turned from very dark to happy, but Gakuto seemed determined to continue talking, "Yuushi, you know, you really don't haveta buy me a computer."

The tensai felt his brows come together as they did when he frowned, "But...I want to. I have the money and don't mind. Think of it like this, I've never given you a birthday present or anything before. I have a lot of years to make up for." Yuushi smiled, but Gakuto was looking down and frowning as he did whenever he was furiously thinking. Usually just before a sales pitch. His leg started shaking again.

"I'm just sayin you don't haveta, okay? I mean if you wanna then fine, but..." Gakuto looked up at the tensai adorably in full salesman mode, "You should be sure that you get the best price, right? I mean, even if you're really rich and stuff or well, you're not really rich now, but you're gonna be. Until then you should be careful with your money, but really, even after you're rich you shouldn't let people rip you off just because you're wealthy. Not like, you know, not like Atobe does. I went shoppin with him once and he didn't even check the prices on anythin! I'm sure they overcharged him for all kindsa stuff and he didn't even notice or...or care! You gotta be careful with money, Yuushi." Gakuto looked at him so seriously and urgently that the tensai almost laughed.

It was only long practice that allowed him to keep his face and voice carefully neutral, "Hn. You're right of course. I never considered this before now. What do you suggest I do?"

Gakuto looked so elated he couldn't keep the grin off his face. Very seriously he said, "Don't worry. Let me handle everythin. I'm the best at this stuff. We'll get the best price from wherever we go, and then we can call my father. Their competition. They're gonna have to match his price. They might even go lower! I'm really good at this!"

Yuushi frowned slightly. He wondered why Gakuto wanted to call his father and decided that he could find out in the morning. Still, Yuushi hated to create a scene and it occurred to him, not for the first time either, that life with Gakuto would likely be one scene after the next. Still, if it kept his beloved happy... Although, perhaps he could tempter Gakuto's obvious enthusiasm with a little caution. "You mean...haggling? Please remember that we will be with Atobe tomorrow. Atobe will not enjoy being anywhere near you bartering for a better price. He would feel it was...not..." Yuushi searched for the word and finally found one that fit without causing too much offense, "Not appropriate. You know how he is."

Gakuto frowned again in thought and then rolled his eyes. "Yeah, I kinda forgot that he was gonna be with us. Well, think it'd be okay if I do it in an...appropriate way? One that won't embarrass Atobe? You know I can do it."

Yuushi smiled, "Of course. I'll leave it all up to you to choose what you feel is best for us at the best price. I think it's a very good idea as long as it's done in a subdued and subtle manner. Thank you, Gakuto. I appreciate you looking out for me--and my money."

Looking adorable and cocky, Gakuto winked. "No problem, Yuushi! That's what a best friend's for!"

Yuushi was just about to smile and kiss him when they heard a loud and sudden sound of something striking the wall behind them.

BAM!

Gakuto jumped and made a small noise of alarm, but Yuushi was already moving before he finished being startled. Without a seconds hesitation, the tensai grabbed Gakuto and rolled the two of them off the bed and to the floor away from the door. Yuushi half-cradled and half-covered Gakuto with his body.

The tensai meant it when he said no one would ever hurt Gakuto again. What he could do naked, even Yuushi wasn't sure, but he was prepared for anything. Adrenaline surged through him. He had moved them so fast that the candles flickered and went out from the breeze. It plunged the room into almost total darkness.

"Are you all right?" Yuushi whispered urgently to Gakuto so quietly he was barely able to hear himself. His mouth was near Gakuto's ear though.

Sounding angry, Gakuto whispered back hotly, "Yeah. What the hell...?"

BAM!

Another sound, louder than the first, made Gakuto go from probably angry at the tensai to holding him close. Gakuto's grip was suddenly tight and hard on the tensai's arms, and the little redhead even wrapped his naked legs around him in fright. Yuushi could feel Gakuto's pulse racing and was sure Gakuto could hear Yuushi's heart beating loudly. He pulled Gakuto closer to him because he didn't know what else to do and felt the need to do something. Yuushi waited for what was to come next.

Although it wasn't what he thought it would be. Instead of the door being forced open or someone breaking through the windows or something, he heard Atobe as Yuushi had never heard him before. He was livid. So angry he sounded infuriated and dangerous. So upset, it was the first time the tensai can ever remember hearing him yelling. Not even at practice did Atobe sound like this. He was more the type to whisper instead of yell because he knew people hung on his every word. But not now. Whatever this was, it was serious, "Not one more word, Jiroh! Not one! I mean it! Back off! You have no idea!"

Yuushi realized for the first time that the walls were paper thin. He clearly could hear Jiroh crying and saying, "Mou...Atobe...why? Just tell me why? Please...I just want to know why? What happened?"

Yuushi blushed and worried if Jiroh and Atobe had heard everything he and Gakuto had told each other. Jiroh seemed to be quite fond of his little redhead. Yuushi had been jealous of Jiroh hanging around Gakuto several times. If Atobe ever did win Shishido back, Yuushi seriously worried that Jiroh would pursue Gakuto.

And while Atobe had never made a move on Gakuto, Yuushi couldn't imagine anyone seeing his beautiful tempestuous redhead and not instantly falling for him. He was adorable. He was also pushing Yuushi up and off of him. They were still on the floor.

Very quietly Gakuto said, "Come on Yuushi, let's go. We shouldn't be listening." This coming from the king of gossip at their school stunned the tensai for a split second. He knew if he asked Gakuto about it however, his little redhead would respond with nothing but furious indignation. Again, it was easy for even Yuushi to forget that Gakuto had a strong sense of fairness that was not to be questioned.

To cover his hesitation the tensai said, "I was rather enjoying the company and the close proximity down here."

Gakuto to his surprise gave a little laugh. "Yeah? Well you can be close to me in the other room just as well as you can here. Let's go sleep in the other bed. We've got loud neighbors."

He felt something heavy and soft thrown on him and then Gakuto took his hand to pull him to standing. Oh. It was the robe. Yuushi said, "I can't see. It's too dark. Will you lead me please?"

He heard Gakuto chuckling. "Really? You can't?"

Yuushi sighed, "Really. You must have better night vision than I do."

Gakuto laughed harder but it was in a teasing way the tensai had never heard him use. It made Yuushi's heart race again.

"What do I get for takin you to bed with me?" Gakuto sounded like he was teasing. He pulled the tensai up to standing and Yuushi quickly wrapped the robe around himself almost at the same time as Gakuto's arms wrapped around his bare waist, pulling them close together suddenly in an embrace. His little redhead was full of surprises this evening.

Hoping Gakuto would find his voice sexy as other people said it was, Yuushi stated, "You take me to bed lover, and I'll take you to heaven."

Gakuto laughed. He laughed in that way when he threw back his head and from his movement, Yuushi guessed he had. It probably was a stupid thing to actually say to another person even if he meant it when he said it. Yuushi was glad Gakuto couldn't see the blush of embarrassment that was creeping across his face. The tensai figured he probably was as red as Ohtori looked whenever he was caught staring at Shishido. Yuushi mistakenly believed Gakuto would enjoy what he said. Others would have.

"Ha!" Gakuto laughed and practically crowed, "You can't do that cause you said you weren't gonna make love to me yet!"

Oh. Despite the argument continuing on loudly in the room beside theirs, Yuushi no longer heard anything. He was suddenly filled with the strongest sense of loving and longing for anyone or anything he had ever felt in his life. It seemed to flow through his entire body and it felt as if it cleansed his very soul. He wanted to share that with Gakuto, the person who made Yuushi feel like this. The one person. The only person. Yuushi knew it was fate and destiny and serendipity smiling on them and the result was he loved Gakuto. Utterly and completely. With his entire being, he loved him.

Yuushi also knew from his dating past and knowing him, Gakuto truly didn't know what love was. Gakuto thought he did, but what he thought was love actually was more of a puppy love. Gakuto admired strong people but he had been disappointed in love. The person was either not what Gakuto expected when he got to know them, or they simply let his beautiful redhead down. On Gakuto's part it was merely crushes or lust compared to the real thing. Gakuto had never been truly in love before and never felt love from anyone other than the love of his family. That was entirely different from someone not related to you loving you completely and you loving them back the same way. Romantic love was something new for both of them, but Yuushi found he now knew what it was. He was certain for the first time he really knew what it was.

The tensai intended to show Gakuto. No matter how long it took, he would show Gakuto what love was. Now and for the rest of their lives, Yuushi was going to show Gakuto what it was and how it felt to be completely loved, accepted, and cherished by another person. Taking their time was working, Yuushi realized, because slowly they were undoing all the damage that had ever been done to them and replacing it with love and trust.

He suddenly felt so much love for his little redhead, Yuushi was dizzy with it. Dizzy and happy. Gods, how he wanted to make love to him! Yuushi wanted to show Gakuto he loved him with every part of his body. He wanted to feel Gakuto beneath him writhing in lust and pleasure and happiness at his every touch. He wanted to feel Gakuto trembling and shuddering around him as he came. He wanted to be deep inside the heat and fire of his beautiful small body. He wanted to feel Gakuto's legs twined with his and hear his every breath and heartbeat match his own.

He wanted Gakuto more than anything in the world, but even Yuushi couldn't find the right words to express how he felt. The tensai had read every romantic novel and poem he could get his hands on and the words failed him. He didn't know how to say that his lust was out of sheer love and how overwhelmingly beautiful it made everything feel. Yuushi couldn't express it but was filled with the sudden need to show Gakuto how he felt. He wondered if Gakuto would even understand and vowed to both of them silently to make Gakuto one day feel as much love as he did. So much that it filled his entire being.

Yuushi took Gakuto's hand and placed it on his own erection. He wasn't even aware until Gakuto touched him that he was hard even though they were barely dressed and holding each other close. Gakuto had that much power over him. The tensai shuddered as Gakuto's small, strong hand moved over him in a knowing slide. Yuushi smiled in awe of him and feeling complete love for him.

He knew Gakuto couldn't understand yet what he was trying to say. His beautiful redhead was romance-impaired, but Yuushi suddenly realized something. Yuushi said, "I don't need to use this part of me to make love to you."

Gakuto sounded amused, "You don't? You think you can make love to me and take me to heaven without this?"

Without hesitating Yuushi answered from the depths of his heart, "Yes. Let me love you. Let me show you. I know I can."

Yuushi had more than a few excellent ideas. One in particular he was fairly positive Gakuto's unworthy past lovers had not tried with him. Gakuto would love it. And perhaps somewhere along the way, Yuushi could start to show him how he felt in a way that even unromantic Gakuto could comprehend and believe in.

Gakuto sounded intrigued and turned on and interested, "Good. You're on. Let's go..." He quickly turned and still holding Yuushi's erection in his hand as if it was a leash, went to lead them into the other room.

Yuushi laughed. There was another sudden loud thud noise in the other room and then the sound of glass shattering. Yuushi reached out with his arms and pulled Gakuto closer to him. Safer to him. But he thought to himself who was protecting Jiroh, "One moment. Do you think it's okay to leave them?"

"Yeah, it's fine. Atobe hasn't killed Jiroh yet so it's okay." Gakuto wanted to go. Immediately.

Yuushi held his beloved to him. He knew he was cooling a very hot moment, but he didn't want to take any chances. He had never heard Atobe like that before and it worried the tensai. They all had a lot riding on Atobe's perfectly sculpted shoulders.

Gakuto sighed very dramatically. "Fine. Wait here. Don't move or else."

The tensai heard him stomping away. Then he heard Gakuto pick up the phone beside the bed and punch in a number. "Yeah. The people in the room next to ours are fightin or somethin.We heard stuff breakin.We can't sleep with all the racket. Oh? Someone else complained? You are? Okay. Good. Yeah. Thanks. No, that's all. Goodnight." Yuushi heard the receiver slammed down.

And then stomping back to him. Gakuto took him in his hand again and started walking into the other room. Yuushi followed because he had little choice. Gakuto said over his shoulder along the way that the hotel was going to call the room and then was sending someone up because there had been other complaints.

"Thank you." Yuushi said feeling stupid but glad the closed doors were between them and the arguing. He was also relieved that someone would check up on the fight and that things would not get out of hand. Atobe had never sounded that angry or upset before. Not even when Shishido first left him.

Gakuto laughed in that sexy way he had and suddenly Yuushi forgot to think about their Vice-Captain anymore. It was more of a chuckle or a purr and sounded very turned on. The tensai felt Gakuto shrug as he let his robe drop to the floor. "You can thank me by doin all that stuff to me that you said you were gonna Yuushi." It was lighter in the new room. Yuushi could just barely see the gleam of Gakuto's smile but not much else.

Yuushi smiled and held Gakuto close as he dropped his own robe, "You mean, you'd like me to take you to heaven? You want me to make love to you without using that part of myself? Is that what you want?" Yuushi leaned down and almost kissed Gakuto's mouth but at the last second teased and went for his sensitive earlobe instead. He nibbled and licked making Gakuto shudder. He felt gooseflesh rise up over Gakuto's naked skin. Softly Yuushi teased as he licked and touched his love, "Because I can. I want you. I love you. I'm going to show you how much I love you, Gakuto." Yuushi kept licking and kissing around Gakuto's ear and neck.

Gakuto moaned a small noise.

The tensai smiled, "What was that, lover? Was that a yes? Is that what you want me to do? Do you want me to make love to you and take you to heaven?"

Yuushi discovered licking right between Gakuto's hairline and his ear made him moan and shudder. But despite his physical reaction Gakuto only said softly, "Yeah..."

The tensai smiled more and felt intrigued. He trailed his fingers down Gakuto's gorgeous body. "Tell me yes, Gakuto. Say it."

Gakuto laughed in a way Yuushi had never heard him before. It was somewhere between that sexy purr and a giggle. Gakuto was smiling, "Make me, Yuushi. Try to make me say it."

Yuushi laughed and heard the lust he was feeling coming through even in his laugh. Gakuto was so damned difficult and exciting it was thrilling. The tensai was completely turned on and ready to begin but he couldn't help throw out one more line, "As my prince desires..."

Gakuto laughed even as Yuushi's lips closed on his.

In the next two weeks, I am voluntarily removing most of my Learning to Land chapters from ff.n. They story is being continued however so don't worry. There's lots more to come! XD

My new chapters will be posted to my livejournal, here, and to other sites. Thanks for your support! XD

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