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Cupid\'s Fluid	By : OmakaseShimasu Category: Gravitation > General Views: 989 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
- 1-Cupid's Fluid
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Disclaimer: Gravitation and all things related are © Maki Murakami etc. etc.

Update: 2005.08.24 After a lengthy but careful scrutinization session of the site's Guidelines,
I've finally decided to put up the uncut version. Sorry, but I can't help being paranoid, what
with all the vultures skulking around...

Author's Notes: I rushed right through this thing, because I didn't want to miss my
deadline. Unfortunately, despite the rushing I still missed it by a day. Tough, I say, I at
least finished it. :P Aherm, smut's been cut but we can all use our imagination, right? I do
wonder about the 'broken' heater though... Ma-kun's ingenious set-up? That's for you to decide.

As for:

Feedback - Very much appreciated.

Archive - It would be a dream come true! Just... notify me beforehand pretty please?

Special Thanks: Dr. Ko, all the nice people that reviewed this piece and
Silverone (a big thanks for pointing out my little mistake concerning Sakano), I love
you guys.

'CUPID'S FLUID'

by Omakase Shimasu

"A typical early monday morning at the ASK-tachi
residence..."

While Ma-kun freshened himself up in the bathroom to get ready for work, Taki busied
himself with stacking the morning's dirty breakfast dishes and loading them into the
dishwasher.

During breakfast Ma-kun had astounding joy in ripping up his napkin, forming multiple
heart-shaped shreds of white paper and leaving them for Taki to find. The brunette gathered
the little hearts and opened the trashcan underneath the sink. More of his friend's handiwork
could be found there, filling up half the bin in fact. White origami hearts, photos of white
chocolate scanned and printed out from the PC, doodles of hearts with little smiley faces, a
heart-shaped vanilla-flavored half-eaten candy... The blond apparently wanted Taki to know
he loved white chocolates as a gift for a certain occasion. If the situation hadn't involved their
current relationship, he would have laughed at the ridiculous image Ma-kun made of himself.
Needy and desperate for Taki's affection...

It wasn't that the brunette didn't want to return his friend's affections. It was only the
way Ma-kun wanted him to show his love for the blond that made him unwilling...

Taki let the newest additions to the heap escape his grasp and turned. Only to clumsily
stumble into the object of his thoughts.

"You're a true heart-breaker, aren't you, Tachi?" Ma-kun pouted.

Taki's retort got cut off by the other's lips, insistent and supple on his. Strong hands
snaked around his waist, settling on the small of his back and pressing his body flush against
the blond. Without a second thought, Taki closed his eyes and was about to wrap his own
hands around Ma-kun's neck to close the final distance. That was until...

Click!

Wide-eyed, Taki broke off the kiss. "What? Ma-kun, what was that?"

Ma-kun grinned and picked up his cellphone from the counter. "Just thought a reminder
of this moment was in order," he said in ways of explanation. Flashing the device in Taki's
face he added, "You blush such a lovely shade of pink - fits the occasion nicely, wouldn't
you say?"

Taki frowned with indignation and looked away from the smirking fool and the
incriminating picture. "You're crazy, Ma-kun."

The other only laughed in response, pocketing his cell in the safe confines of his
jacket-pocket. Then he pecked Taki on the cheek. "See ya in a few, Tachi. Do wait up for
me with dinner, 'kay?" And he was off.

Frowning, Taki followed Ma-kun out in the hall. "Don't think about showing that
picture to anyone."

Chuckling, Ma-kun put on his shoes. "Don't worry, any pictures I have are for my eyes
alone." The lust apparent in those blue eyes made Taki stop short. His face was burning and
he stuttered to come up with a coherent reply to that.

Click!

"Ma-kun...!"

Wide grin. "Bai-bai, sweetheart!" Bang of the door.

Running a trembling hand through his hair, Taki let out a small sigh.
"...Ma-kun..."

"...got turned upside down on February 14."

Sometimes Ma-kun and his behavior could be too much for Taki to handle. The way the
blond was so open and willing to talk about his affections towards Taki made the latter feel
beyond uncomfortable. Holidays such as Valentine's definitely didn't help in that area. The
idiot custom that had a clear line drawn between the sexes and what the public thought of
their behavior, it was embarassing for a guy to give another a gift on Valentine's Day, let
alone the fact the other being a guy in Taki's case.

...he couldn't deny Ma-kun the gift though, despite his vehement protests. Taki wanted
to be able to show Ma-kun he cared, just like the blond and this seemed like as good a start at
working on his behavior as any.

Scrap of paper in hand, Taki searched the streets for a name - a small candy store
which followed holiday themes such as Valentine's, to be precise. The address and another
persistent heart had been another of Ma-kun's obvious hints, but unlike the others this one
actually helped him out in ways of information on the gift Ma-kun was so keen on having
and where to acquire it.

Halting in front of a little shop that matched the criteria on his note, Taki took a deep
breath to steady himself for the challenge ahead. Nobody seemed to be inside at that moment,
probably because most people would have already bought their gifts the day before. It made it
easier for Taki to enter after having mentally counted to three, all the while scolding Ma-kun
to Hell and back for making Taki go through this torment.

Once inside, the smell of chocolate - even while wrapped up nice and neat - was
overpowering. The colors white, pink and red dominated the entire interior and after a while
made Taki's eyes hurt with the magnificent radiance of it. How the shopkeeper was able to
endure it all was a true mystery to the brunette.

Best not wander about too long... Find the stupid candy, pay and retreat back to the
safety of the apartment so I can make an early start on ordering dinner... Taki thought,
whilst perusing the many shelves and its gay-colored contents.

White chocolate however didn't seem as in demand as the brown-colored variety. Most
white-colored candy seemed cheaper than it's counterpart and Taki definitely didn't want
that. Besides, he knew Ma-kun loved the way something was wrapped almost as much as the
contents itself. A little red bow would be required at the very least.

Having searched through three quarters of the shop without results and a growing
headache to add to the torment, the clerk on duty took pity on Taki and asked if he could be
of any help, simultaneously offering the newest addition and most-sought after product the
shop had to offer.

"'Cupid's Fluid: All-Flavored Chocolate Syrup'?" Taki thought it better
not to ask.

The clerk, a young man not much older than Taki himself, who seemed to have a
coat hanger stuck in his mouth, nodded and added, "It's been a success all over Japan
because of the multiple ways you can use it. Plus it's cheaper when you compare the contents
of one of these with one of these." He showed first the 'Cupid's
Fluid''s big, rectangular box, then a considerably smaller box of common chocolates.

Brown eyes seized up the package and the wrappings around the candy. A silly little
blue bear plushie with a silly pink bow. "...aren't there any other packages that have 'normal'
colors? And a cat plushie instead of a bear?" Ma-kun loved cats afterall.

"Sure, you want this flavor or...?"

The urge to buy normal brown chocolate just to spite the blond crossed Taki's
mind enticingly. But the consequences of such a stunt would be memorable. "White
chocolate," he answered instead, tone curt and unable to hide his annoyance. He swore to
himself he would never lay an eye on white chocolate after that day ever again.

"Okay, your 'Cupid's Fluid''s coming right up," the clerk announced
brightly and disappeared behind the counter.

Taki ran a hand through his hair, grateful for the fact he hadn't been bothered by any
embarassing questions as he had previously worried about. Maybe it wasn't as uncommon for
men to buy their girlfriends candy afterall.

"A-Aizawa-kun!"

That voice. Sakano-san...

Stiffening, Taki selected a dozen or so choice-swear words and fired them off in his
mind, one after another. It figured he would meet up with acquaintances on the day he least
expected nor wanted to. Sighing, the brunette turned to face the older man, inwardly relieved
it was the producer and not say Shindo Shuichi who had found him shopping for Valentine
candy.

"Sa..." Swallow. "Sakano-san." Outwardly his usual arrogance fell - royally - flat.
He could clearly see the understanding in Sakano's eyes, even when disbelief was visibly
written on the man's forehead.

Taki would get Ma-kun for this. Get Ma-kun good.

"It was a day Aizawa Taki..."

It was well past noon, almost lunchtime, when Taki finally made it home again. Safe and
sound, away from all the craziness and possible embarassment he would have faced if he had
stayed out any longer. The little run-in with Bad Luck's producer had been worse enough.
The man had it bad, on some level even more so than Taki, when it came to dealing with
relationships and the feelings he had for the man he loved. Being able to relate to something
like that made Sakano more tolerable in Taki's eyes. Still, he had his own problems to
contend with and didn't have time for meaningless chit-chat.

Besides, the brunette had the feeling he would be seeing a lot more of Sakano, what with
Ma-kun being related to the spastic manager's boyfriend.

Taki wearily discarded his shoes and coat in the hallway. He noticed Ken-chan's stuff
and vaguely realized he had forgotten to put together his friend's 'dinner' due to his little
gift-hunt a while ago. Hopefully Ken-chan hadn't been too out of it to neglect 'dinner'
altogether.

Crossing the livingroom and entering the kitchen, Taki looked around for signs of
anything having stirred while he had been gone. Nothing. A quick peek into Ken-chan's
bedroom however, lessened his guilt a tiny bit. Cartons of left-over takeout sat atop his tall
friend's nightstand, tops open and chopsticks sticking out. He resolved to make home-made
breakfast the following morning. It was something simple, but it was the least he could do.

Quietly, Taki retreated towards the livingroom and sank into the couch with a loud sigh.
Two boxes of 'Cupid's Fluid''s were settled comfortably in his lap, one
wrapped up in fancy white paper with a shiny red ribbon tied around it. The other minus the
wrap, box in plain view.

Taki hadn't been able to resist buying another package - plain chocolate-flavored, his
and Ken-chan's favorite. He had been wondering about those multiple uses ever since the
clerk had explained the advantages of this new popular product. You could both heat it up in
the microwave to make a nice addition to the all-around beloved ice-cream dessert or put it
in the freezer to make your very own chocolate pieces in every shape you preferred.

Hot chocolate seemed pretty good by then. The cold outside had made his fingers freeze
since he had accidentally forgotten to bring his gloves. Deciding to test out the product before
Ma-kun got back from work, Taki took his box and entered the kitchen once again.

Putting a nice dollop of flexible chocolate into a small bowl, Taki proceeded to
experiment with the microwave until he had gotten a scalding hot substance that smelt
delicious. Taki then tasted a spoonful of his creation. After the first taste he sighed and closed
his eyes in bliss. "Go-od."

Unfortunately he had underestimated the thinness of the chocolate and some of the
leftover chocolate dropped from his spoon and into his lap. "Oh dammit, my favorite pair of
pants," Taki bemoaned the day's bad luck and regretfully left his dessert to change clothes.

When he opened his shared bedroom door though a great waft of hot air escaped and
blasted Taki full force. "What the...?" Stepping into the room, Taki made the immediate
comparison to a sauna and had the urge to jump out the window straight back into the cold.
His face was already heating up. Without further thought, the brunette discarded his thick
navy blue sweater and crossed the room to the heater on the opposite wall.

Once there, Taki gazed from the heater which missed a knob and the
aforementioned knob lying a few inches away from his feet. Somehow he got the feeling the
knob wasn't supposed to be lying on the floor like that. Picking it up, Taki plopped himself
onto the bed and furiously began to struggle with the broken heater and knob. After a few
moments of getting nowhere fast, Taki groaned loudly and fell backwards. The heat had
affected him already.

I should just change and... maybe take a nap until Ma-kun comes back. I don't feel
like doing much of anything though...

Shaking his head, Taki sighed and forced himself to stand. It was a special day afterall
and he still had much mental preparing to do to make it all work out. But first, a change of
clothes.

He replaced his old shirt with a black tanktop and the pants with one of Ma-kun's
too short denim shorts. Regrettably Taki didn't own shorts himself, always having preferred
slacks over everything else. It would suffice until he had taken a shower later.

Grabbing his dirtied pants, Taki was intent on throwing it directly into the washing
machine until his hand bumped against a lump in one of his pants pockets. Ah, almost
forgot. Taki reached inside, taking hold of a thin silk material and pulling it out. It had
been an extra with the purchasing of a second 'Cupid's Fluid''s.
One-and-a-half meter length of a crimson silk. It felt soft to the touch and fit the Valentine
theme well. He had wondered about what to do with it though. The gift he had gotten for
Ma-kun had already been nicely wrapped up afterall.

Gazing down at the contrast between the silk and his own skin, a mental image left Taki
curious. Always up for a little primping (although he'd never admit that out loud) the brunette
walked over to the full length mirror. Wrapping his wrist and arm in a pattern of crimson, he
seized himself up in his reflection. Curious, he brought up a piece of the material up to his
face and compared it with his hair. I never considered red my color, but...

"Tachi, my Droopy-eyes, you never cease to amaze me."

Wide-eyed, Taki whipped around, back against the mirror and silk clutched between his
fingers. Ma-kun, Taki's gift in hand, leant back against a closed bedroom door, a feral smile
on his lips. "Two gifts for the price of one. You spoil me! Although..." He advanced, pressing
Taki even further back and seized the arm wrapped up in silk. "...it seems someone has done a
messy job of wrapping up my second and most lovely present of all."

Taki anticipated the kiss and didn't shy away. Instead he welcomed the other and didn't
mind at all when the blond started to manipulate his body towards their bed, silk being
wrapped securely around his skin by strong and capable hands.

"Ma-kun... be my Valentine?"

"Of course, Tachi."

"I... Ma-kun, love you."

Shocked silence. "...love you too, Tachi!" Little smirk. "Now shut it."

"Mmph!"

"And let me unwrap my beautiful presents."

Ma-kun enjoyed unwrapping his gifts as much as the actual gift itself. He had control
over the situation, uncovering bit by bit of his pretty possession. All at his sweet, sweet
leisure.

Taki received first-hand experience at Ma-kun's skilled hands that night. It was a
memorable experience indeed. A memorable and very private experience.

Click!

"...would never forget."

The following day, nimble fingers added four pictures to a blank photo-album page.

The first showed Taki, naked and bound spread-eagle to a bed, a silken white blindfold
firmly in place. Pure black sheets barely covered caramel thighs and genitals. A bow made of
familiar crimson silk wrapped neatly around the slim throat.

The second picture had Ken-chan, keeled over on the floor, a blush prominent on his
still features and drool slipping down the corner of his mouth.

A third picture revealed the main reason for Ken-chan's state: Taki, cross between a
scowl and a pout in place, sat huddled on the center of the bed, sheets pooled around his
naked frame. Sheets which sported multiple spots that resembled semen, but were in fact
'Cupid's Fluid' smudges, left over from Ma-kun's rather enthusiastic play
the day before.

The last picture had been a donation from Ken-chan, made the morning after and right
before the guy had had his unfortunate 'accident'. It showed Ma-kun and Taki snuggled up
together on the big bed. The blond, hair in a messy ponytail, holding the smaller brunette
protectively against him, brown mop tucked beneath his chin.

Every picture had been marked with a white marker, a heart and arrow positioned at
every upper right corner.

At the very bottom of the page, a scription was written:

"Ma-kun will definitely make sure of that... XD"

"~ Happy Valentine's, Tachi ~"

FINI
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