![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thesecretdoorPairing: JunDa
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1290
Disclaimer: All people mentioned belong only to themselves...aside from JunDa who clearly belong to each other.
Summary: In the fairy tales they fall in love and live happily ever after...but this isn't a fairy tale. How are two people, madly in love, supposed to stay away from each other?
22nd June 2013
It felt like they'd been sitting there for hours, though the clock on the wall said it was closer to twenty minutes. He couldn't keep his eyes from drifting, from returning to Taguchi who was sat huddled at the other side of the waiting room, trying not to look back at him.
He had the feeling that it hadn't quite sunk in yet, his heart was beating too fast and he was sweating more than necessary considering he was sitting in an air-conditioned building, but he didn't think it had really sunk in yet.
He couldn't imagine a world where it was ok for him and Taguchi to be together. Where the other members had given their blessing, and Johnny himself had given them his blessing, and they could still work together with the group.
He caught Taguchi's eye again and quickly looked away, ignoring the grin he could still see from the corner of his eye.
Eventually the door opened and Kame came to let them know they were ready for them again. He fixed a pleading look on Kame, but Kame's face was expressionless and gave nothing away.
He swallowed hard as they stepped through the door, looking into the waiting faces of his friends, and a sudden swell of emotion sent tears falling down his cheeks again. Kame's hand was steady on his back as he lead him first back to the seats and then they sat down, waiting for Taguchi to take his seat beside them.
“Well then.” Johnny started “After a discussion with your band-mates, we've reached a conclusion...” Ueda held his breath, waiting for the result, his eyes fixed only on Johnny. “Provided that you agree to the conditions set down, the agency will support your relationship.”
He felt Taguchi's arms around him but he just couldn't move, he felt frozen.
“Tatsuya” Taguchi whispered into his ear, his voice choked with tears, and then there were soft lips, barely brushing his jaw.
“Now for the conditions” Johnny continued, ignoring the affectionate display “First and foremost, secrecy is vital. Nobody outside of this room, aside from your personal managers, can know about your relationship. When you're in public you must keep appropriate distance between you, and you must be discreet about meeting...Taguchi-kun, I don't think I need to remind you of the previous gossip regarding you and a certain young lady...”
“I'll be more careful, I promise.” Taguchi insisted.
“Secondly, you keep your work lives and your private lives separate. That's not to say you can't spend time alone while on tour or anything, just that while you're working you be professional, no sneaking off when you're meant to be rehearsing, or feeding each other bentos when your out on filming or photo shoots, or displays of affection beyond a normal, working relationship, and certainly no bringing personal problems to work.”
“Understood” Ueda nodded, it wasn't anything different from how they'd been before their break-up.
“I'm sure you both understand that these rules aren't specific to your relationship, nor are they stricter because you're both men...it's part of your image as Johnny's idols to appear single and attainable to any of of your fans...and to avoid any kind of scandals”
They both nodded, it wasn't a new conversation, Ueda had been given a similar lecture when he'd been dating Ryoko, though he never actually admitted that was a genuine relationship to the agency.
“And now for the agency's side of things. We will support you as much as we can, and respect your entitlement to be a couple. However...if you do get found out and there is a media scandal, the agency will take no responsibility, and depending on the circumstances, we will have to take action.”
“You mean we'd be fired?” Ueda asked, the reality of the situation falling back down on him again.
“Not necessarily” Johnny assured “It would depend entirely on the scale of the scandal. And that is where things will get a little more complicated because of the two of you being men. As you know from Taguchi-kun's former appearance in Friday, if you are suspected of engaging in a sexual relationship with a woman, society views it as juicy gossip. But even in modern Japan there are people, organisations, your own fans even, prejudiced against homosexuality, and they might not take it so lightly if you are suspected of being sexually involved with another man. And I hope you understand that, if the fans don't approve...we can't make it work. In that case we would have to discuss your options...” there was silence for a few moments as they all took the information in “Of course, as long as you stick to the two main conditions, there shouldn't be that kind of problem...Now...the question for you two is do you still want to be together if those are the restrictions of your relationship?”
Ueda turned to Taguchi to find that hopeful desperation in his eyes again. “Tatsuya...I love you...I know I've been a complete idiot, but if you please, just let me try...I want to make it up to you...please be with me.”
He wanted to think of something as emotional to say back, or something clever or funny at least, but with everything swimming around in his head, all he could manage was a nod.
“Good” Johnny smiled, clapping his hands together with finality. “Kame-chan, I'd like to speak to you alone for a few minutes...the rest of you can head back to your dressing room for a one hour break. Have a sit down and calm yourselves down, talk it through or whatever you need to do...within reason, and then straight back to rehearsals ok? I expect these next four concerts to be the best performances you've given in your lives.”
“Thank you, Johnny-san” Ueda stuttered with a deep bow, and as the others stood they each offered him a bow and a thank you. Then Kame stood up to give both Taguchi and Ueda a quick hug before they left the room.
They arrived back at their dressing room in silence and closed the door firmly behind them, and for a moment all that passed between them were furtive glances.
“Uepi...” Taguchi spoke eventually, walking towards him at the opposite end of the room, and then as he stopped in front of him, he let out a relieved sigh “Tatsuya”.
He wanted to rejoice, to fall into Taguchi's arms and kiss away the last nine months, but there was just one thing he needed to do first. He drew his arm back and extended it quickly, landing a hard punch in Taguchi's stomach.
The taller man gasped in shock and pain as he dropped to his knees, hands clutched to his stomach.
“You're an asshole. You've been an absolute fucking asshole.” he shouted, eyes glaring down at Taguchi's.
“I know...” Taguchi started, “I know...I’ve hurt you so much...baby, I'm so sor...” but Ueda cut him off with a press of his lips to Taguchi's. He drew back slowly, looking into Taguchi's eyes, and he couldn't help a smile, everything fitting into place in his mind. He leaned in to press their lips together again, his arms wrapping around Taguchi's neck as he dropped to his knees in front of Taguchi.
Koki gave a light cough from somewhere off to the side but neither of them looked around, too engrossed in each other's eyes and mouths.
“We'll go get some coffee then...” Maru tried, a slight smirk in his voice. And the door opened and closed behind them, leaving Taguchi and Ueda alone in their own little world for a moment.
“I love you” he whispered against Taguchi's lips as they continued to meet.
----------------------------------------------------
I have no idea how the system of managers works in JE, but for the simple reason that one person couldn't possibly handle everyone within a group's individual schedules while also managing the group, I'm going to assume that they each have their own personal manager, so that's how things will work in this story, I don't know yet whether that will be important or not in future chapters, but yeah, that's how things will work.
Secondly...finally things are sorted out >_< Sorry for the roller-coaster ride of emotion but finally that's it resolved, they can be together :D yay JunDa...
And the last order of business :) There are 2 more chapters left to post in this part. I've also starting writing up plans for another two parts, but I don't want to, as they say 'flog a dead horse', so if you guys are starting to get sick of this series and want to try something different, I do have some other multi-chapters in progress (they're listed towards the bottom of my masterpost) so if you'd rather read one of those next just give a shout out and I'll bump one of those up to top priority :) Everyone's opinion is inportant to me ^_^
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2012-10-27 02:18 pm (UTC)But then the kiss after~! Gah I can't believe I'm finally crying tears of joy from this fic >w< Oh I really hope everything else will be full of fluff for them in the future (let me know if you need inspiration~ I'll be more than happy to come up with more fluffy smutty JunDa fics~ <3)
Oh and the conditions make a lot of sense. I love it that after that hectic roller coaster ride everything just falls into place..........EXCEPT!!! So what happens to ms. stupid bitch?? =.= I hope this's the last we hear from her?
Oh and as much as I want to read your other multi-chaps I kind of still want to read Baby Blue? I mean, after all that angst i really want to see JunDa be happy together again in this JunDaverse >w< But yeah it'll be up to the other readers as well but this's just my opinion~ you're free to write whatever you want I'll probably still read it ^w^
Again thanks so much for the update~! *hugs*
no subject
Date: 2012-10-27 03:18 pm (UTC)But of course he can't really stay mad anymore...I'm happy I finally made you happy for a change :) I hope I'm forgiven for all the angst :P
There are still a few more things to wrap up...that bitch being one of them, so that will be resolved in the next chapter or two :)
I'll still be writing everything, I find I can't really work on just one thing at a time, I get tired of it and need to try something else :( I just don't want to confuse myself posting too many different things at once. So you will get to read it all, but it doesn't make much difference to me what order it gets posted in so I thought I'd ask opinions :) Thank you for yours I'll make a mental note of it :)
Thank you for reading :D
no subject
Date: 2012-10-27 02:33 pm (UTC)Oh before I forget, something my prediction happening in future parts...you mentioned the boys having their own personal managers. well one of junno or uepi's manager not 'approving of' his clients relationship with the other and that creating chaos. that would really cause a scene.
no subject
Date: 2012-10-27 03:24 pm (UTC)And they certainly deserve to celebrate a little after all they've been through :)
As for your future predictions...very interesting. I won't give anything away though. I've already decided the key plot points but I still need to pad it out a bit, so for some things I'm not sure myself what will happen yet!
Thank you for reading :)
no subject
Date: 2012-10-27 02:37 pm (UTC)“Secondly, you keep your work lives and your private lives separate. That's not to say you can't spend time alone while on tour or anything, just that while you're working you be professional, no sneaking off when you're meant to be rehearsing, or feeding each other bentos when your out on filming or photo shoots, or displays of affection beyond a normal, working relationship, and certainly no bringing personal problems to work.”
The image of Johnny saying this is just too funny, especially the bento part! I can imagine Koki grinning veeery widely during that moment! XD
Tatchan punching Junno was great! And Maru and Koki leaving them alone is too kind of them, they don't seem to worry about the state of their dressing room when they come back. ;)
As for what multi-chapter I'd like to read after this part ends... Well, I'd be okay with anything, really! I'm still curious about Half Awake and Half a World Away, but seeing that it's still crossed out I guess that's out of the question anyways. Just go with whatever you want to write the most! ^^
no subject
Date: 2012-10-27 03:27 pm (UTC)Haha, yeah I liked the image of Johnny being all serious and business-like while talking about them feeding each other too :D
It was about time Ueda gave Junno a piece of his mind right? It only seemed fair that after all Junno's done to be a jerk recently, Ueda should at least get to hit him once!!!
Thank you for your opinions :) I'll keep it in mind. And I must admit your interest in Half Awake is making me really want to get started on it again :D
no subject
Date: 2012-10-27 04:34 pm (UTC)He should get more than to hit him once! After all Junno was a real jerk!
Really? Yatta! It sounds awesome, so I want to read it! ^^
no subject
Date: 2012-10-27 03:33 pm (UTC)I'm all smiles now ^^
I'm happy things worked out smoothly... like finally the storm has calmed and the happy never-ending story starts again ^^
omg! they are either brave or completely taken over by their emotion... Johnny is really kool here for just letting it happen but then again, he's been in the business for so long that I suppose he's used to it ^^
and then this was such a proposal lol
and then I must have read the kissing part 3 times, because they were so into each other, I wondered where Koki and Maru had gone until I heard the cough lol
btw, I like the punch... now everything is even :-)
Oh I'm already squealing for the next chapters ^^
good job!
btw, what would the new parts entail?
no subject
Date: 2012-10-27 03:45 pm (UTC)Johnny seems to me to be a pretty cool guy, I imagine he'd probably roll his eyes or something, but I think he would have to be used to it by now!
Haha, that line from Taguchi was a little too sickly maybe, or too over the top, but it sounded pretty sweet so I didn't want to let it go >_<
And I had to let Ueda punch him at least once, I can't say he didn't deserve it :D
As for the next parts, I don't want to give away any details yet, but there will be some fluff and romance, naturally a healthy smattering of smut, but there will be a little more angst to come...it would be impossible to drag something on so long without some kind of hurdle for them >_
no subject
Date: 2012-10-27 08:33 pm (UTC)thanks for the update