November 11th

Title November 11th
Fandom Prince of Tennis
Pairing Amane Hikaru/Kaidou Kaoru
Rating PG-13 ♥
Word count about 2700
AN: Had to write something for Amane's birthday. Originally I was going to write about something else, but then I thought that I should write about this topic instead! Hopefully I get to write some more soon... And yes, the lyrics aren't mine, either!


Those recurrent commercials that Amane saw on TV made him realize something crucial. Even though he had been happily dating for about 2 years, he hadn’t done the most obvious thing that a steady couple should do. Above all, because they were both Japanese and he himself happened to love sweets infinitely. There was no way he could overlook it anymore. He decided to take action immediately and quickly dialled a certain number, bringing his mobile phone to his ear waiting for his boyfriend to answer.

“Hello,” the low voice on the other end greeted him soon.

“Kaidou! There’s something really important...” Amane stopped talking for a while. He didn’t want to tell all the details at once, otherwise he might end up spoiling all the fun beforehand.

“Yes, what is it?”

“Ummm... Are you free on the 11th? I know it’s really soon and sort of out of the blue but... I really want to see you then,” Amane said hoping that he hadn’t let out too much. After all, Kaidou must have seen the commercials as well. No one in Japan couldn’t have missed them. Not even if you weren’t interested in the matter at all.

“If it’s that important then I guess it’s okay.” The reply was followed by a silent hiss.

“Awesome! I’m really glad.” Amane was very delighted that he had the chance to meet his boyfriend on such short notice and even do something special with him. “Let’s meet at the station, the usual place, okay? Just let me know when you’ll get there and I’ll be there waiting for you.”

“Fine,” Kaidou agreed concisely. “I... I want to see you, too.” Obviously he had hesitated a little before he could say the words.

“Then I better make sure I look really good that you can get a good look at me, huh?” Amane chuckled and began to grin widely.

“Do as you please,” Kaidou snorted, the tone of his voice still very tender.

“More than that I wanna make you pleased...” Amane’s words trailed off. “I wanna please you. Always.” Moments like this he would have rather made a video phone call, but he knew that Kaidou’s phone was an older model without all the multimedia goodies, and thus he knew he’d just missed seeing the cute blush appearing on his cheeks. “Only you,” he added on purpose although he knew that it was much better to say such things to Kaidou personally. Now he was just going to miss all of his lovely reactions. At least he could hear that unusual hiss that meant a lot of things even though it was just a mere sound without a single word.

“Cheers,” Amane thanked feeling all warm and fuzzy inside. “I’ll be waiting for your call.”

“Yeah. Good night, Amane.”

“Good night, Kaidou,” Amane said and made a smooching sound. “And there’s your good night kiss.” Luckily he’d managed to strain his ears enough to hear the quiet smack just before there was a very quick “Bye!” after which Kaidou had immediately hung up.

Why couldn’t tomorrow be the 11th already? But at least tonight he would be able to sleep well after talking to his beloved one, and particularly because he’d even received such a sweet good night kiss from him. He would just have to wait for the 11th as docilely as he could.


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Eventually the day arrived. The station was unbelievably crowded that time of the day but Amane wasn’t bothered. He knew that Kaidou would spot him easily. Not that he would have worn anything too gaudy, but he was certain his red hair just couldn’t have been ignored. Since he’d been born with it, he’d decided to be proud of it and with several hair products he’d made sure that it looked stylish wherever he went.

Today he’d spent extra time on making his curls look soft and wavy. Perhaps that was exactly why some people, who passed him by, gave him various looks. School girls were whispering to each other in a group, presumably chattering about his appearance, while some older people had seemingly disapproving expressions on their faces. But none of that mattered to Amane. He was just waiting for his boyfriend with his bag loaded with certain sweets he was going to enjoy with him a little later.

All of a sudden, Amane saw a glimpse of the raven-haired young man in the middle of the sea of people. Even though the same kind of a thing had happened to him for a several times during those 2 years that they had dated each other, it still made his heart skip a beat. The fact that Kaidou was coming to see him, that he really wanted to be with him and spend time with him, always made Amane happy whenever he thought about it. Like right now. Only a few more steps and there he was, standing right in front of him, greeting him casually.

“Let’s go,” Amane suggested and would have definitely taken Kaidou’s hand in his had they not been in such a public place.

“Where are we going?” Kaidou asked walking beside the red headed youth.

“It doesn’t matter much but it’s gotta be a place where we can be alone,” Amane explained. “So I was thinking of going to karaoke but if you don’t want to, we can go somewhere else.”

“Your treat?” Kaidou turned to look at Amane’s face, obviously waiting to see how he’d react to his sudden question.

“By all means it’s my treat if you let me hear you sing with that sexy voice of yours,” Amane grinned lowering his voice so that only Kaidou could hear what he said.

First the raven-haired youth just rolled his eyes and shook his head, but eventually he nodded. “Alright then.”

“Yes! Am I lucky or fortunate today or what?” Amane cheered so loudly that some people turned to stare at him. “Whatever, I’m just really happy!” His frisky skipping in the middle of the street didn’t make the situation any better and therefore Kaidou had to grab his arm to make him stop. Briefly they looked into each other’s eyes and shortly started to walk towards the karaoke box they visited every once in a while.


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The reason why they visited that particular box was that there wasn’t nearly ever a queue. And on top of that, the rooms were quite cheap so it was possible to spend time together without paying a fortune. Moreover, since they were almost regular customers, they were able to get very good service from the staff. The moment they walked up to the counter it was already decided what kind of drinks they were going to order so they really didn’t need to say much before they got the key to their room. This time they had gotten a really nice room on the second floor. The couches by the walls were very comfortable to sit on and the TV screen was slightly bigger than in some other rooms.

As soon as they stepped into the room and closed the door behind them, Amane took his coat off and helped Kaidou to take off his outerwear. The weather that day was quite chilly so a scarf and gloves were necessary. It might have been because of the coldness why Kaidou’s cheeks were flushed, but there might have been some other reason for that as well. Softly Amane brushed them with his fingertips, pressing a gentle kiss on both of them and eventually on the rosy lips.

“I missed you,” he said wrapping his arms around the broad shoulders and pressing his forehead against Kaidou’s. Immediately he got a suspicious look.

“You said that it’s something important, but after all you just want to make out...” Kaidou mumbled questionably.

Amane raised his other hand to tousle the raven strands of hair. “Yes, there’s something important I need to tell you, but I also wanna be close to you like this. Is it bad?”

“No.” As soon as he’d heard the negative reply, Amane captured those lips, that had just let out the right word, with his own and kissed them properly this time. It was impossible to get enough of those full lips or that slick tongue that found its way in Amane’s mouth even before he was fully aware of what was going on. At least it was nice that Kaidou was responding so eagerly to the kiss.

They were interrupted by a knock on the door. A member of the staff had brought their drinks, a cold melon soda for Amane and a fresh orange juice for Kaidou. They both thanked him and sat down on one the couches when he had left. Kaidou took a sip of his juice and glanced at the redhead as though waiting him to say something.

“Oh right!” Amane exclaimed putting his drink down on the table in front of them and took his bag into his hands. “I suppose you know what it’s about already...”

“Actually, I have no idea what this is all about,” Kaidou sighed tepidly.

“Really?” Amane looked surprised. “Do you mean that you don’t know what day it is today?”

“Just a regular weekday to me,” was the blunt reply.

“In that case,” Amane said smiling. “Could you close your eyes for me, Kaidou? Please?”

“What the hell...” Kaidou furrowed his brows doubtfully. But the pleading expression on the redhead’s face made him shut his eyes. “If you do something funny, I promise I’ll kick your ass.”

That just might be the outcome of what Amane was about to do but he still needed to do it. A person with a bad sweet tooth like him couldn’t resist doing anything that involved sweets and candy. And furthermore, if it was something that you could do together with your beloved one, then naturally it was obligatory.

Amane took one packet of sweets from his bag and opened it. With deft fingers he pulled out a metallic bag from the packet and ripped it open. Since Kaidou could only hear what was happening right next to him, it was interesting for Amane to follow how the expressions on his face changed every little while. And all of a sudden the redhead twigged why his boyfriend was looking so nervous.

“Are you really having as lewd ideas as I think you just might?” Amane asked playfully running the tip of his forefinger along the shell of Kaidou’s ear. It made him twitch but he didn’t move his head or try to push the hand away.

“Even though I wouldn’t mind doing such perverted and vulgar things with you,” Amane continued and nipped Kaidou’s neck gently. “It’s not a condom that I took from my bag.”

A silent hiss left Kaidou’s lips showing that he must have felt relieved. “No one knows what you might do.”

“But I wouldn’t do anything that you’re not comfortable with,” Amane remarked stroking Kaidou’s cheeks. “Now, part your lips a little.”

For a moment the raven-haired youth was hesitant but eventually he opened his lips slightly. And shortly something thin and sweet was put into his mouth.

“Stay still,” Amane told him before he took the other end of the sweet into his own mouth. Then slowly, a bit by bit, he chewed the chocolate covered stick, and moved closer and closer to the other end where Kaidou’s lips were waiting for him. The dark eyes opened slightly and met the blue ones that gleamed heartily. As they neared each other, the Pocky between them disappeared gradually into their mouths and fortunately it didn’t break before their lips met. The kiss was sweet in more ways than one, definitely not just because of the delicious, rich chocolate. In the end, Amane was lying on top of Kaidou on the couch and he’d even slipped his hand underneath Kaidou’s shirt feeling how his trimmed abs rippled under his fingertips.

“You call this important?” Kaidou wondered breathing heavily after the chocolate flavoured kiss.

“But today is Pocky day and I was certain that you knew about it.” Amane couldn’t help but pout though he didn’t do it very often anymore. “But more than that I really really wanted to do that with you. ‘Cause isn’t it something that lovers should do together, at least once?”

That was something Kaidou couldn’t deny. “This wasn’t quite what I expected from you but I think I’m beginning to understand why it’s important to you.”

A wide grin appeared on Amane’s face. “I’m really happy to hear that.”

“But I’m not going to help you eating all of those,” Kaidou snorted glowering at the pile of sweets that had scattered on the floor from the bag. Among the Pocky packets were some other sweets, too, like Apollo Choco, which was Amane’s very favourite type of candy.

“Actually, you can’t. ‘Cause I’m going to swallow them all up by myself and you, too,” the redhead promised with a husky voice.

“Didn’t know you’re a cannibal...” Kaidou had to avert his eyes from Amane’s that were seriously about to eat him alive.

“I know from experience just how sweet you are and I just can’t resist anything sweet and juicy and delicious...” Amane nearly warbled his words.

Things were certainly becoming quite heated up after eating that one Pocky and all of a sudden the image of a condom flashed in Amane’s mind again. Did he have one with him right now? Because otherwise it might become too messy and somewhat troublesome as well.

“Amane, we’re not in a hotel so no.” Kaidou’s negation came out in an icy tone. “And anyway, you wanted to come here that we’d sing something.”

It took a while before Amane managed to gather himself, and got up to go and get the microphones as well as the device they would need for selecting the songs they wanted to sing.

“I’ll let you off the hook this time, but only if you sing me this song,” Amane pointed out pressing a few buttons on the device making the first video appear on the TV screen.

At first Kaidou could only bury his face in his hands because he knew that song all too well, as well as the reason why the redhead wanted him to sing it yet again. But he accepted the microphone Amane was offering him before the subtitles appeared on the screen and started to sing the lines written in English.

my first, my last, my everything
and the answer to all my dreams
you’re my sun, my moon, my guiding star
my kind of wonderful, that’s what you are

With his deep voice Kaidou sang the lyrics he barely even needed to look at. Amane helped him by singing the background vocals, plunging himself into the performance at least as much as his boyfriend did. Simply because it was such a lot of fun, and on the other hand, Kaidou’s low, sexy voice was able to work miracles.

I see so many ways that I
can love you till the day I die
you’re my reality, yet I’m lost in a dream
you’re the first, the last, my everything

Even if those words weren’t really meant for him, Amane wanted to believe that they still described how Kaidou felt for him and vice versa. And nevertheless, spending time like this together with his beloved one was the perfect kind of a prelude for his birthday that was just 11 days away. Then on the 22nd he would definitely get himself the full course, all the way from the appetizers to the main dish and finally his favourite part of the course, the dessert. But that could wait for a little bit over a week. Now was the time to enjoy some really good music as well as long and sweet Pocky kisses with the raven-haired youth, who was most likely going to choose something embarrassing for him to sing right after his turn was over. But it was okay, everything was fine, as long as they were in a good mood and having a good time together.


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the end