Chapter Text
Ren and Yashiro sat at the gate inside of the airport silently, waiting for an important person to arrive. The plane was delayed, which worried Ren a lot, but the VIP insisted that they continue on and meet with him. Though Ren was somewhat against it, he couldn’t help but be rather eager and agreed, and now he had shown up, a half an hour early, and waited, much to Yashiro’s dismay.
"You are lucky that we were able to clear your schedule for this," Yashiro grumbled, his arms crossed in front of his chest as he tried not to glare at the floor.
Ren chuckled, “Yes, I am lucky that I have such an excellent manager who can take care of me so well.”
"Flattery won’t help you this time, Ren…"
"R-Right…"
Then, a large crowd of people rushed in from the plane and Ren stood up automatically, searching for his target. It was times like these that Ren was thankful for his height, so he could scope out certain things or people, and just as he wanted, he found a figure with dark hair and black eyes. He couldn’t help but grin as he waved slightly towards them, delighted when they waved back and rushed over to him. Much to Yashiro’s surprise it was a man, a man almost as tall as Ren, looking almost like a clone, with the only difference being that the man wore a gray suit and his right ear pierced.
"Hikari!" Ren slightly laughed with excitement as he and the man gave a small hug, shocking Yashiro once more.
"Well, well, well, I swear you’re getting taller each time I see you, and this time I was sure that I had finally out-grown you," Hikari mock pouted at the end of his sentence, causing Ren to give another small chuckle.
"Um, excuse me?" Yashiro called softly.
Ren and Hikari turned to look at the other male when Ren realized his rudeness, “Oh! Right! Hikari, this is my manager Yashiro Yukihito.”
"It’s a pleasure to meet you, Yashiro-san," Hikari bowed.
"Yashiro-san, this is Hogosha Hikari, an actor in America who will be co-starring with me in a new movie that will be filming shortly, and also, a very good friend of mine."
"Oh! Come on, Ren!" Hikari yelled as he threw an arm around the taller man’s shoulders. "Just say it! ‘Childhood friends’!"
"W-Well," Ren stuttered, his face faintly flushing.
" ‘Ch-Childhood….friends’? Did you just say that Hogosha-san?!" Yashiro questioned, his excitement getting the best of him.
"Yes, why?"
"How long have you know him?!"
"Um…I don’t know…since we were, what, five?" he looked over at Ren and Ren nodded.
Yashiro slightly squealed, scaring Hikari and disturbing Ren, “This is fantastic! I’m glad we waited for you!”
Hikari stared at the strange little man in front of him and made to ask Ren what his deal was but was caught off when Ren said, “Don’t bother asking. Let’s just get your things and head back to my place.”
"Riiight…" Hikari retracted his arm and made his way to the baggage claiming area with Ren and Yashiro following. "Ne, Ren~! You don’t have anything else to do, do you?"
"Ah, well, nothing until much later."
"What is it?"
"Nothing special, just a small meeting."
Hikari gasped, “Don’t tell me, that you have a date?!”
"No, nothing of the sort."
"Aw, boring…but, still, who’re you meeting with?"
"The director and my co-star."
"Oh, right! You don’t know who she is yet."
"Sadly Director Shingai has yet to inform me until now…so…"
"Oh, better hope she’s a looker."
"Hikari…"
"Hey, you need to get a girlfriend, or at least a love interest. I mean seriously dude, you’re twenty-one, you should start building a family."
"Have you?"
"If I did, I would have informed you."
"Then, you shouldn’t be preaching."
"Hey, I’m only trying to help."
"Of course, but I’m not looking for anyone at the moment."
"Right, right, though, back in the U.S. you were, how should I say this…?"
"You won’t," Ren warned with a tiny glare.
Hikari smiled before giggling, “Of course. ‘Tsuruga Ren’ has an image to protect.” Ren grew silent as he stared forward, worrying his friend. “Hey, Ren, you know I would never do anything to ruin you.”
Ren sighed, “I know. Just…be careful what you say, especially in public like this.”
"Well, one thing about being famous in America and not here, means I don’t have to look like you, hiding under a hat and sunglasses. Yeah, dude, doesn’t look suspicious at all."
Ren gave him a small bop on the head with the palm of his hand and muttered, “Quiet you.”
"Aw, that was just a love-tap Ren. You’ve gotten way soft."
"It’s better this way."
Hikari sighed, “True. I prefer this you, even though it’s a total lie.”
"Hikari…"
The man just grinned up at his friend before literally skipping to the luggage area. Ren sighed once more but quickly reclaimed himself as Yashiro snuck up next to him and said, “When you mentioned the name ‘Hikari’ I thought we were expecting a woman and I was shocked to see him. Though, him skipping…makes me feel like I’m just watching a rather awkward looking female.”
A nervous laugh escaped the younger male before he replied, “Ah, well…you see…about Hikari…”
"Hey!" Hikari shouted, waving Ren and Yashiro over to the baggage claim. "Hurry up you two! Or else I’ll get to your house by myself!"
"And, how do you plan to do that?!" Ren shouted back as he picked up his pace.
"Whatever it takes, baby!"
Ren lied on his couch, silently drifting off bit by bit as he listened to the water running while Hikari was busy taking a shower. Yashiro had been dropped off since there were no more jobs for the rest of the evening and all he had to do was wait for one simple meeting that wouldn’t start for a few more hours, so he decided that relaxing would be fine. He was already enjoying the small amount of time he had spent so far with his best friend, getting caught up was good, but there was still more that Hikari had to be told and Ren had to figure out how exactly to tell him without him overreacting. Then, once Ren realized it, the water had been turned off and all was quiet except for Hikari fumbling around in the bathroom before coming out, dripping wet with a towel around his neck, wearing silk red pajama pants as he walked over to Ren.
"Hey, Ren, I’m hungry!" he whined, sitting down next to Ren’s stomach.
"Hikari, you should dry properly," the taller man sighed as he sat up and took the towel from his friend.
"I said, ‘I’m hungry’!" Hikari pouted as Ren dried off his hair.
"Sorry, but I don’t have much," the actor muttered as he went down to the other’s shoulders.
"What? You’re still anorexic?"
"I’m not anorexic, just…I don’t have much of an appetite…"
"I wonder how you survive…"
"Well…lately…I’ve had Mogami-san to take care of me…"
"Who?"
"Well, in the U.S. I told you about her. ‘Kyoko-chan’, the one who thought I was a fairy prince?"
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