Gift fic for tasuku_kyota

Title: Break down
Pairing: Inoo Kei X Okada Junichi, Miyake Ken X Okada Junichi, Sakamoto Masayuki X Inoo Kei
Rating: PG-15
Genre : Romance, Drama, slight comedy
Warnings: Hinted NC-17, almost 9K words (wow we can make chapters from this~)
Summary: Inoo whom have a break down through his break up with his BF, Okada, want to enroll drawing course in remote island to make him forget about his BF but how can he when the teacher of the course is Okada, his ex.
Notes: i hope you still like this pairing, and i hope the length of this fic not make you bored hehe i’m not as good as you of writing fic(s) so...please enjoy and comment what you feel about this story ...dozooo!


"What???" The high pitched tone of his voice was getting higher after hearing what his boyfriend just stated.

"Yes... I mean. Do you want to hear those lied-cheesy-lines of why we should get married?"

"You are unbelievable, Jun! I hoped getting together with you would make me believe that true love does exist but now you prove me otherwise. And fyi, a proposal should be with a ring. Not that."

"Kei.... Please... Don't be a drama queen."

"It's because you make me. I want to break up Jun. We're done."

When their ride was getting near the ground, Inoo just stepped out of the ride and jumped. Ignoring people and his ex calling his name repeatedly, Inoo made his feet run towards the exit.


The atmosphere was perfect, the mood was right. They sat inside the gondola facing each other with the sunset as a background, no kneeling act but Okada fished a small box from his pocket. Inoo Kei's heart beat faster instantly, he knew what came after this. He managed to stay calm even though he could swear Okada could hear his heart from the place where he was sitting. "Kei.... Inoo Kei. Will you marry me?" Okada opened the box and revealed what was inside. Instead of an engagement ring decorated with a small diamond in the middle of it, there was a pocket watch, an old fashioned one, bronze coloured with a chain with same colour.


flashback
"Why...why do you want to marry me?"

"Because I'm 35 years old already and it's my time to get married." Okada answered simply.

"Anything else?" Inoo started to frown, his hand starting to fidget. He smelled something was not in its place.

"Else?"

"Yes. The reason why you want to marry me. Besides that."

"Does there have to be another reason to marry you?"

Aaaaand the war began. How Inoo broke up with Okada Junichi, his boyfriend for 4 years. They differed 10 years by age. Inoo knew his boyfriend was not a romantic type of boyfriend, not going for a date every week, no flowers at the door or chocolate on Valentine's, no magical surprise on 22nd June etc, but Inoo bore with that. They managed it for 4 years, but this time. This time it was too much for Inoo.


Inoo's parents got divorced when he was in elementary school. Since then Inoo found it hard to believe in love until Okada came. Inoo tried to open his heart to his first lover, but now Okada had torn his heart apart. The only person who he wished could make his mind change towards love was the same person who dragged him deeper into "disbelieving" in love.


Inoo shook his head, beside him there was a dozen of beer cans to accompany him for a night. Thank god tomorrow was Sunday so he didn't have to explain why he came to work late, hangover. So he could get drunk and dip his heart and mind into alcohol beverages. He was getting sober and his tears dried up in his face.

"Ugh ... This is not happening." Inoo opened his drawer to take a handkerchief but his hand grabbed something fluffy and soft. He pulled it and he found in his hand a rabbit doll with it's left ear a bit shorter than the other, only-god-know where the stain on its back came from.


flashback
"I want something cute from you. My friend gets it from his so why can't you give me something?" Inoo whined at the book store while accompanying Okada who searched for reference material there.

"Because your friend have it you want it too?"

Okada's eyes scanned through the shelves.

"Un... This is our 1st anniv after all."

Okada turned his head and looked up into Inoo's puppy eyes. He sighed and grabbed Inoo's wrist.

"Where are you going? Wait... Jun-kun..." Inoo was helplessly being dragged by his boyfriend. He silently regretted his decision.

Okada was looking thoroughly by the fancy area until his light-brown eyes landed on something. He pulled and brought it to the cashier. "I will take this."

"Sorry sir but this is misproduction doll. We intend to take it down from the shelves. We have another doll if you want to...." The spg bowed politely to Okada.

"Eeeeh you want to give me that?" Inoo shrieked in disbelief. Above all dolls, his boyfriend choose the misproduction one.

"No, I'll take it."


"Baka!!" Just thinking of it made Inoo burn. He threw it into a random bag in his room and kicked it under his bed.


*****


"Inoo Kei?"

Inoo was taken aback from his daydreaming, and he realized all pairs of eyes was aiming towards him. "Ah.... Sorry sir?"

His boss rolled his eyes, "Are you with us, Inoo?"

"Ye...yes sir."

"Because for this whole time I found you dozing out. Wash your face, Inoo. Don't return until you are fully awake."

Inoo sighed silently and excused himself to restroom.

After splashing his face with cold water, he sat on the edge of the window sill and thought it could have been worse than that. He knew his boss was strict when it came to work, and he'd dared to let himself space out like that.

"Inoo...?" Inoo looked towards the door. There was Arioka Daiki, his friend from a different department. "You okay? I saw you walking out from the meeting room and you're a mess. It's probably because of two things. You have a tight schedule or you are being scolded by your boss. I believe you did your job last week so it's most likely because of the second reason."
Inoo was too tired to reply, and he cupped his face with his hand.

Daiki made himself sit beside Inoo. "It's Okada? Again?"

Inoo nodded.

"It's over a month ago. Move on already."

"How can I? He's my first love."

"First cut is the deepest. But you better remove him from your mind or else your boss will remove you from his team."

Inoo lowered his hand, showing already-puffed-red eyes.

"Gosh Inoo!" Daiki pulled out some tissues and handed it over to his friend.

Daiki stayed silent for a while, letting Inoo remove tears from his eyes first.

"I know what can help you! I knoooow!"

"What?"

"Remember the drawing course you wanted to take last year? But because your mother was ill you couldn't join it?"

"Yeah... So?"

"Inoo... They opened the registration again! You should sign up for that. It costs a lot but it's worth it. This year's coach is Sakurai Sensei."

Inoo's eyes widened, for a while he could forget about his ex.

"Sakurai Sho? Winner of Bussan young painter award 2 years in a row?"

Daiki nodded. "You better hurry applying because they are only open for 3 spots."

"You're kidding me! They were open for 10 spots last year."

"It's because this year is special. The course will be held on a private island. So only a few people can come. Use this opportunity to enhance your drawing skill and make you forget about Okada." Daiki told him.

Inoo jumped to the floor. "I must get going. Jya nee Daiki!"


*****


"Hai.... It said the place is fully booked."

Daiki on the other line heard Inoo sighing. "You put your name on the waiting list, right?"

"Done that. I got number 124, they said they will ballot the waiting list numbers in case the registered participant wants to draw back."

"Good luck then..."

"I have the money and I just need a little luck to enter the course."

"Where did you get 7000 US$ anyway?"

"I saved my earnings since 3 years ago, I intended to use this money for my wedding but since I broke up this money is just hanging around in my bank account."

"Ah... Let me know if something new happen. Update asap."

Inoo nodded and closed the call.

He stared towards his led-screen laptop. This course would bring good material for his drawing skill. It had been a long time since he stopped drawing, and he had a feeling of missing it, something that his grandparents always taught him. He was not so skilled but still wanted to develop that ability. Even it cost him much, even if it made him have to spend his 3 years of savings and leave quota. As long as Inoo could relax and stay out of his hectic workplace. As long it helped Inoo to forget...


*****


Inoo wiped his oily mouth. He just finished his lunch along with Daiki. He felt his phone vibrating inside his pocket. It was a 4 digit number.

"It looks like it's from a company or something." Said Daiki while taking a peek through his glasses.

Inoo shrugged his shoulder and picked it up. "Hello.... Yes .. Yes!! Yes!!"

Daiki frowned, watching his friend getting all hyped up while receiving a telephone call. "Did you get a salary raise or promotion or...."

"Daiki!!"

"What? You're acting like a teenage girl who got a phone call from an idol or something."

"Daiki!! I got into the course!!!"


Inoo couldn't erase his smile even when he arrived at home. He did take care of his day off. He already paid for the course, now he was preparing his luggage for 2 weeks at the west island. They knew how to pick a small but beautiful island to hold an event.

"Done! All in!"

Inoo pulled his luggage and a travel bag for a test measuring of how heavy his belongings were. After just 3 steps towards the door one of his bags fell to the floor and left him with only the handle.

"Yabaaai the handle fell off. At this hour I can't bring this to a repair shop. But I think I have something here..."

He ducked to see what was under his bed and found one bag lying there.

"I'm saved!!" Inoo fished it out and filled the bag with the previous bag's content. Inoo was satisfied with his work. All daily needs already inside the bag, he was more than ready to go.


The sea moved slowly, bringing sea foam back to the shore. The wind played with Inoo's loose hair, like a hand slowly caressing Inoo's cheek. Inoo was waiting calmly inside the ship that would bring him to the island where the annual drawing course would be held.
"Hello!"

Inoo raised his head. There was a man, a bit tanned with black hair, wearing a necklace. If this person wasn't smiling, Inoo would bet he would look serious and scary. His eyes were stern and showing certainty, but they were also calming and assuring at the same time.

"Hello. You're another participant?"

He nodded. "Nice to meet you. I'm Sakamoto Masayuki."

"Inoo Kei..."

"So there is supposed to be another person right?"

It was Inoo turn to nod.

"Ah he's here!!"

Inoo stretched his head to see what Sakamoto's hand was pointing at.

The figure was getting closer, bringing two suitcases along. When that person reached the boat he bowed to Inoo and Sakamoto inside.

"Hello. I'm sorry for being late. I overslept..."

Sakamoto stood up from his seat and helped that person bring his luggage inside.


Inoo believed he had never seen a person who looked a lot like a hamster... Or sugar glider.... Or both. He had a lower figure like his ex, his hair was dyed blonde on the outer layer and light brown on the inner layer. Such a teenage-ish look he had with the newest Uniqlo blouse and Distro hat in his hand.

That person looked closely at Inoo and offered his hand.

"I'm Miyake Ken. Nice to meet you."

Even his name was cute.

After Miyake thanked and introduced himself to Sakamoto, he took a seat beside Inoo.

"It's moving!" He squealed, making his eyes become a line. The ship was leaving the dock and getting further out onto the sea. It would take 3 hours to reach the island. If it wasn't for Miyake, they would get bored easily.


Miyake did talk a lot, compared with Sakamoto who had a calmer side and followed the conversation.

Miyake had cute round and big eyes, and if you looked closely one of his two front teeth was slanted to the left a bit. Inoo learned this complexion when Miyake talked happily in front of Inoo. Yes, he was a close talker. But since he had such a cute face Inoo didn't mind at all. But what Inoo liked the most was Miyake's laugh. His shrill snuffly voice made him have cutest giggle ever. Inoo felt relieved because the two of his co-friends were nice; he could spend a week to clear up his mind about his ex boyfriend. After 3 hours full of boating to another island they saw a dot of land from the opposite side.


Inoo saw Miyake was drifting asleep and he almost didn't have the heart to wake him but since they made a deal for Inoo to wake him up when they were getting close to the island, Inoo rose from his seat and shook Miyake's body slowly.

"Um....ummm..."

Inoo bit his lower lip from the other's cuteness. Miyake was mumbling while scrubbing his eyes and in an instant he jumped to his feet. "We're hereeeee!!!!!"


Inoo stepped out of the boat with the island's staff helping them with the luggage and bringing it immediately to their rooms in a wooden cottage.

"Wait here a moment nee, the tutor will come here to greet you." Said one of the staff.

They stood patiently at the side of the dock while the summer breeze calmly caressed their faces and feet. Inoo saw someone walk closer, the figure looked familiar... How he walked, how he uncovered his forehead. Inoo shook his head in disbelief. He knew his ex was an artist but he didn't know he could replace someone of Sakurai sensei's caliber. When their teacher was getting close, Inoo was pretty sure he was not hallucinating and he was clearly not Sakurai Sho.


"Welcome students. From now and during the next 2 weeks, I will become your mentor. There's some changes about the teacher so I hope you don't mind it. Sakurai sensei needed to attend a seminar in London as a public speaker so he entrusted this course to me." He smiled, flashing his white flat teeth to the three of them, including Inoo who desperately wished this was a dream and when he woke up there would be Sakurai sensei in front of them, not...


"Nice to meet you all. My name is..."

"Okada Junichi." Inoo stated.

He couldn't believe his tutor in drawing on an isolated island for 2 weeks was no less than his ex boyfriend himself. The main reason why he took this course.
Okada paused and looked upon Inoo's confused face and nodded, "It's not surprising for an artist to know me..."

Inoo could hear Miyake squealing. He elbowed Inoo and whispered "He's so much better than Sakurai. If Sakurai sensei won an international award 2 times in a row, he won 4 times in a row and now he's being recruited as a judge. I can't believe I will get this huge opportunity."

Ken smiled, hiding his eyes.


"Now you can go to your cottage and unpack. There will be a map of this island in your room, meet me at the dining hall in 30 minutes, I bet you're hungry by now. Let's go."

Inoo purposely waited for Sakamoto and Miyake to go ahead. When he was sure he was out of their hearing he poked Okada's back, "What are you doing here?"

"I'm teaching of course." He said calmly. He looked at Inoo who was taller than him.

"Don't joke with me! I'm going home."

"Please try then... If you can."

"What do you mean?"

"The only boat available here is the one that shipped you here and it will come again by next week. If you would like to swim back then go ahead."

Inoo hissed, "Always a sharp tongue nee Okada. I will call the eo and ask them to take me home... It's so funny remembering about why I entered this course." Inoo yanked his hair and fished out his phone.

Okada took a glance at him before leaving Inoo alone on the beach.


***


Inoo stomped his feet through the dining hall. Miyake looked at him and tilted his head "What happened to you? You seem upset."
"I suddenly feel like this course thing was a bad idea."
"Why? I bet everyone who wanted to enhance their ability in drawing would be willing to give their lives to take your place now."

Inoo just called the eo and found out they couldn't bring a spare ship to bring Inoo back and obviously not a refund. Simply said he was stuck here with his ex on an isolated island.


They entered the dining hall. Since there was just three of them participating, the dining hall did not take up a lot of space. Just a square table, where Sakamoto and Okada was already sitting facing each other. Silently Inoo walked ahead of Miyake a bit and sat beside Sakamoto. Remembering Okada sitting in front of Inoo made the latter unsatisfied. He chomped his food forcefully, making his lunch time as quick as possible.


"Hayaii nee Inoo..." Said Miyake while making that cute giggle again.

"Eat slowly, Inoo. You will get choked up." Sakamoto laughed, looking at Inoo eating forcefully. It was different with Okada, when his ex saw Inoo eat hurriedly Okada would scold Inoo and tell the younger he was gluttonous like a pig.

"You have tomato on your lip." Sakamoto took a napkin and wiped Inoo's lip. That simple gesture made Miyake squeal a bit. "You even dropped the sauce on your shirt. It'll leave stain if you don't quickly remove it." Sakamoto wiped it from Inoo's brown shirt.

Inoo didn't know whether it was just his ears or if Okada just gritted his teeth and threw his gaze somewhere else except at Inoo. Inoo smirked, a light bulb in his head turning on. If Okada made his course miserable, he promised himself he would make teaching a living hell for Okada.


"Nee... You want to try this? It's delicious." Inoo took a spoon and handed it over to Sakamoto. "Aaaa... Open your mouth."

At first the older hesitated but he opened his mouth. "Un... It is."

"May I taste your steak?"

"Un... Take it." Sakamoto moved his plate to Inoo's side.

"No... Feed me." Inoo put his hand on Sakamoto's shoulder and smiled innocently.

"You are like my nephew." Sakamoto chopped his meat and fed it to Inoo.

"Arigatou naa Sakamoto kun..."




"I'm done. After finishing your meals, meet up in the classroom at 3. If you have spare time before that you can check the map of this island." Okada took his plate and put it aside.

"But you touched nothing, sensei." Miyake frowned.

"Yes... Why sensei?" Inoo asked.

Okada said nothing, he sent a glance towards Inoo and left.

"Maybe he has something to prepare. I better get up to help him then." Miyake sped up his eating and when he finished he stood up and excused himself.


"I want to call my mother but the signal is unstable." Inoo grumbled.

"I see the antenna near here. Want to go there?"

"Un... Just for 10 minutes is okay."

They finished their meal and went outside the shack to find the antenna Sakamoto talked about.

"I don't know why the antenna is placed on the hill." Said Sakamoto, holding his waist while he climbed uphill for 10 minutes.

"It didn't state on the map tho." Inoo wiggled his phone.

"Yataaa! I get the signal." Inoo pressed speed dial and contacted his mom immediately.

"Yes mom... I've arrived safely. Okay.... Okay..."

Sakamoto was sitting patiently on the rock while Inoo was giving a live report to his mother.

"I'm done. Sorry you had to wait."

"No, it's okay. I just sent a text message to my staff to."

"Staff?"

"Work."

"Ah... Let's hurry. It's almost 3 pm." Inoo ran down the hill, forgetting the moss that made the road slippery.

His left foot stepped on a weak branch and he fell to the ground beneath.

"Inoo!!!" Sakamoto ran to reach Inoo, he held Inoo's ankle and put it in his lap.

"Aww... Ittee..." Inoo hissed at the sharp pain in his feet.

Sakamoto put Inoo's hand on his shoulder and supported Inoo walking.


"Excuse mee...sorry we're late."

Okada jumped from his seat when he looked at Inoo being supported by Sakamoto at his waist and shoulder. There was a bruise on Inoo's hand and dirt on his pants.

"What happened?"

"We were going to the hill to search for a signal and on the way back he slipped."

"It's dangerous to go to the hill!! You can't recklessly go everywhere you want!!" Okada snapped at Sakamoto.

"I'm sorry sensei."

"Are you okay, Kei?" Okada took Inoo's other hand and wanted to take over Inoo from Sakamoto's care.

"I'm fine." Inoo yanked his hand from Okada. Inoo tried to walk but his leg betrayed him. Sakamoto couldn't support Inoo's body alone.

Okada tried to support Inoo's body but Inoo shoved him away, making the older step back.

"Miyake-kun.... Help me please." Mikaye stood up and helped Inoo sit in his chair. While Miyake helped Inoo reach his seat he wondered, did he just hear Okada sensei call Inoo by his first name?
Okada cleared his throat and began their first lesson.


Inoo was unpacking his luggage when he heard Miyake call his name by the door.

"Come in!"

"Inoo chan... Can I sleep with you?"

"Eh?"

The bed was king sized but he thought each participant got a room.

"Can I? It's hard to sleep alone in a new place." Miyake was pouting and his puppy eyes were irresistible.

Inoo nodded and helped the latter bring in his luggage.

"How is your leg?"

"It's fine. I put some ointment on and it's getting better."

Miyake smiled and started to make their bed.

"Ano... What's going on between you and sensei?"

Inoo was startled by the question, he didn't see that coming.

"It's okay. Nothing happened. Why did you think that?"

"The way you refused to be helped by sensei today made me wonder if you are somewhat angry with him?"

"Ah.. No..no! I just don't want to bother him and so I asked you to help me instead."

Miyake nodded and continued to unpack.

"Ah I forgot my charger."

"Where? Cafeteria?"

"No... In class."

Inoo took a flashlight along. He ran down to the classroom and was happy that it was not locked.

"Whaaaaa!!!!" Inoo almost shit his pants when he saw a figure sitting behind the door.

"What are you doing at this hour?" Inoo turned on the light and found his teacher sitting by his teaching table along with the Jack D bottle.

"You're drinking? Is a teacher supposed to get drunk when he knows he has a lesson to teach tomorrow morning?"

By Okada's face, Inoo couldn't tell if he was drunk or not. He wondered how many bottles he'd had.
Inoo took his charger and walked through the door. Inoo turned off the light and when he opened the door he found a stern hand closing and blocking it.

"Sensei, please step aside."

"No! Kei!! Please don't go! Hear me out first." Okada's hand took Inoo's and gripped it strongly, making Inoo squirm from the pain.

"Ittaai..... " He hissed, trying to remove Okada's hand on his. Okada glued Inoo's hand to the wall and put his other free hand beside Inoo's face, making it impossible for Inoo to escape. Okada's body was like a cage for Inoo, pressed strongly against Inoo's chest and stomach. "Please.... Stop! Let me go!"
"Kei, I want to make it up to you. Is there any chance that we can go back again?" Okada sobbed and put his face to Inoo's nape, making the younger shiver. From this point Inoo could smell alcohol from Okada's face.

"No Okada. We're done. Even when you came to this course and messed up the chance for me to forget you, I still don't want to go back. Ever again! And it's Inoo from now on, please call me Inoo."
Okada gripped Inoo's chin and aimed Inoo's face to his. He pressed his lips roughly to Inoo's soft lips, biting and making it bleed.

"Gosh stop!!" Inoo took this chance to kick Okada's stomach with his knee.

The latter released Inoo and Inoo took this chance to fish his charger from the floor since it fell when Okada stumbled to the floor.

Inoo ran to his room and waited outside for a moment for him to relax. It would cause big questioning if Inoo came in a mess with his lip bleeding. Thank god Inoo's leg was better, if not he had no idea what would have happened to him, if he couldn't escape from his ex aka his teacher.
As he composed himself, he entered the room. Miyake was already in his bed, sleeping.

"Awwww so cute!! Look at him sleeping. I must take a picture of this." Inoo took few pictures of Miyake's sleeping pose. After it felt enough he stepped outside to the balcony and let himself relax again. Wash away his memories of what just happened in the classroom. Geez, tomorrow would be hard for them.

Unconsciously his mouth started singing, it happened when he drowned in deep thoughts.....


Doko kara ka kikoete kuru
Nanika ga oto wo tate yatte kuru
Hoshii mono ga aru no nara
Amanjite ukeireyou

Kara no poketto ni, chigireta kippu
Mada tadoritsukenai

Suteta mon ja nai Yareba iin ja nai
Kimochi wo chotto Daitan ni motto
Yume ni ai ni Motto Sousou



While he was singing under the moonlight, someone was awake and heard him sing.


****


After the lesson ended, Inoo decided to stay in class to finish the assignment. The material of today's lesson was interesting so the two of them could avoid any awkward situation. What happened in the classroom stayed in the classroom. Miyake decided to keep Inoo company while Sakamoto went for a workout with Okada.

"Ne.. You're quite close with Sakamoto. You two suit each other."

"Really!" Inoo smiled.

"Yes. And... What do you think about Okada sensei? He's so hot, right?"

"I... I think so."

"Nee... Inoo!"

"Hm?" He tilted his head to Miyake.

"I think I like him."

"What??" Inoo almost drew off his painting. "What so good about him? I mean... He's a shortie and has quite a temper."

"But his height suits me. Nee... I want to make him a cake. I found our cafeteria has all the ingredients I need. What do you think I should make?"

Inoo cleared his throat and tried to think, "He doesn't like sweet cakes so make it simple. He likes pastry so you can use it as a base, and he likes small cakes he can eat in one go because he hates to stain his clothes. For fruit you can use grapes or pear. That will do."

"Wow... It seems like you know him so well."

"Just.... Guessing." Inoo focused on his painting.

"Okay then I will make the cake. I hope Okada likes it..."


Miyake jumped towards the living room when Okada said he was there. He brought a plate of fruit pastry cake for his teacher. When he was getting near the living room, he heard the faint sound of his teacher singing...


Sekaijuu no hana wo motte Kimi ni aisare ni kitan da
Soshite itsu no hi ka Hoshi ni natte Hikari no naka de sugosou

Doko mademo tsuzuite yuku
Nanika wo motome arukitsuzukeru
Itoshii hito ga iru no nara
Wake mo naku ai ni yukou

Machikado no sora ni, togireta merodii
Mada nanimo mienai

Suteta mon ja nai Yareba iin ja nai
Kimochi wo chotto Daitan ni motto
Yume ni ai ni Motto Sousou


"Ehm... Sensei?"

"Ah... Yes Miyake?" Okada dropped his guitar and faced his student.

"I made this for you."

"What is that? Uwaaa pastry cake. Thank you. How did you know I like this? And you put plenty of grapes on it." Okada happily took a full cake to his mouth in one go.

"From Inoo chan..."

Okada stopped chewing for a moment before continuing to eat.

"I.... I like this. Thank you again. Do you like cooking, Miyake?"

Miyake smiled and nodded. "My dad was a chef and he often took me along in the kitchen so I learnt a little there."

"Really?"

"Un.... And now, please tell me more about yourself senpai..."


***


"Class, now we will practise to draw whole faces. We will use a real face this time. Inoo you are with..."

"Sakamoto-kun!" Inoo answered hurriedly.

Okada seemed to hesitate but he continued, "Okay and Miyake will be with me. Make sure you draw it to the chest, nee..."

"Hai..." Three of them answered in unison. Sakamoto moved his chair until it was facing Inoo and beside Inoo, Miyake sat facing Okada.

They were just given 45 minutes to draw so they were focusing on their canvas.

Miyake tried to compose his teacher's face, but it was hard when his teacher didn't look at him completely but looked at his right instead, seemingly looking at something... Or someone. "Sensei, would you mind facing me?"

"Yes... You need to learn how to draw my face from this angle, if you have difficulties just tell me." Okada answered without moving his face an inch. His face looked stern but also mellow. Miyake shrugged his shoulder and continued drawing.


Inoo walked down the beach while having a conversation with Sakamoto, and they shared many things about themselves. Inoo learned that Sakamoto was the only son, his father died in a car accident and his mother was living at her birthplace. Inoo felt something like a similarity between him and Sakamoto. He felt that Sakamoto could understand him well, in difference to...
"Hey... Miyake and sensei are over there." Inoo averted his gaze to where Sakamoto was pointing his finger. Inoo saw Miyake and his sensei talk and laugh freely. It had been a long time since he saw his ex smile like that. And it was a very loooong time ago he made Okada smile. Well, it was good Okada had moved on already, it meant that he wouldn't bother Inoo again so Inoo could move on with Sakamoto.

"I'm going to try kayaking." Inoo pointed at a small kayak near the shore. He put himself inside and tried to row his boat further from the beach, but he didn't know that the wind made the waves higher.

"Inoo!! Don't go further!" Sakamoto tried to warn Inoo from the shore.

"What??" Inoo looked back, not clearly catching what Sakamoto said. He could see Okada had already stopped talking and was aiming his gaze towards him. But he couldn't care less, he rowed his boat again and that was when the big wave hit his boat. With zero experience with swimming, it was twice the trouble for Inoo.


"Help..." The waves made it hard for Inoo to keep his head above the water level. He tried to move his body but he failed. As he tried to make himself float, his body was getting drenched faster. The kayak drifted further from him so he couldn't reach it as support.
When his body fully sunk underwater, his senses became numb. He felt someone swimming near him and calling his name 'Kei..... Kei!!'

He was starting to become unconscious when a pair of hands grabbed his arm and tried to bring his body back to the boat and take him to the shore.

"Sakamoto.....ari...ga..to.." Was all he could say since his vision was not clear enough. When he succeeded to open his eyes he saw Sakamoto sit beside him with a worried expression. "I thought you were lost in the sea. Don't do it again,nee..."

"Inoo chaaan you're reckless. Thank god sensei helped you."

'Oh I see... Eh?? Sensei? Okada? So he's the one who helped me???'


"Thank you. Sorry for making you worried."

"Let's go to your room and change your clothes."

Inoo nodded and tried to stand up, and with help from Sakamoto he slowly walked to their cottage. He learned that his sensei had already gone somewhere when he was still unconscious. He didn't give Inoo a chance to say thank you.


Miyake stood up and followed behind them until he saw something shiny in the sand. He thought it was a shell or a pearl but when he grabbed it, it was a pocket watch. Bronze coloured. He found letters engraved on the back of it.


J ❤ K
∞


Miyake tilted his head. "Whose watch is this?"


****


"Feeling better?" Asked Sakamoto, squatting in front of Inoo who was drying his hair.

"Yes. Thank you for bringing me here." Inoo smiled and hugged Sakamoto.

Sakamoto smiled and patted Inoo's back.

"Nee... Inoo."

"Yes?"

"Let's have a dinner together."

"Eh?"

"Tonight. Just the two of us."

"Is this a date?"

"You can call it that."

Inoo didn't realize his face had gone red from Sakamoto's statement. Sakamoto's face drew closer to his, he closed his eyes... Sakamoto's hand held both Inoo's cheek and they were just a second away from kissing when Miyake decided to barge in.

"Inooooo chaaaaan!!!"

It was not his fault, technically this was also his room. When the kissing was cancelled and replaced with awkwardness, Sakamoto knew he needed to draw himself back and let Inoo and his new friend have some space.

"I'm going, Inoo... Meet me at the patio by 8 pm tonight."

Inoo nodded and waved Sakamoto a goodbye.


"What is it Miyake?"

"Senpai.... Okada senpaii!!"

"Yes??"

"He... He..."

"Okay okayy... Take a deep breath.. What he has done to you? Did he pervertly grab your ass or..."

"He was asking me for a date!"

Do you know how it feels when you experience low blood pressure? The sounds around you become inaudible, as if there was an invisible hand covering your ears. That was what Inoo felt when he heard Miyake talking about his plans with his sensei for tonight.

"He's taking me to watch falling stars at the beach tonight. He is sooo sweet! It's a date, right Inoo?"

"Ah...ah I think so.." Inoo couldn't give any better reaction than that.

He always wanted to shake Okada from his veins but when the latter started to move on, it felt like there was a hole in his chest. Like some part of him was just taken away.

But.... Didn't Inoo already have Sakamoto with him? That's right... Inoo found his mate. He would be happy with Sakamoto Masayuki, right?


"Omedetouu nee Miyake." Inoo forced a smile and gave a pat on his back.

"Do you have any suggestion on what I'm supposed to wear?"

"No... I think Okada senpai prefer you to be the way you are. I also think you have a good sense of fashion so you will nail it."

"Can I borrow your hair gel?"

"Yes, I forgot where I put that, you can search for it in my suitcase." Said Inoo when he laid down on the bed facing the wall.

Miyake smiled and rose from his seat, happily jumping to Inoo's suitcase and searching for Inoo's hair gel for his big night while Inoo rested himself in his bed. Everything happened too fast today as if someone had clicked a "forward" button. He needed some time to let everything sink in.

Inside of Inoo's bag, there was a doll squeezed into the front compartment, he pulled the doll out to see the hideously ugly doll. At the tail of the doll, Miyake found a written note just like in the pocket watch he found on the beach.

"J ❤ K. Inoo chan, what is this?" When he turned his head to ask the owner, Inoo had already fallen asleep. Miyake pulled out the pocket watch and the doll, his brain thinking something.


****


Inoo sat in front of the boudoir, seeing a reflection of himself sitting, his eyes showing uncertainty but he was ready to go and there was no turning back now. He was not the person who could reject someone last minute. He saw his watch already showed 8 pm. Inoo shook all his thoughts and grabbed his phone and his wallet. Miyake Ken already left his room an hour earlier, he was going to meet Okada at the beach.

Inoo slowly walked, approaching the patio, and he heard someone talking.

".... Yes, it's been 5 years since my last right? I might try to confess tonight. Thank you... I will try hard. Jya nee...."

He closed his phone and Inoo cleared his throat to let the older know he was there. Sakamoto wore a v-neck dark grey t-shirt and a black blazer, the sleeves rolled up to his elbow. Sakamoto looked totally hot this night.

"Ah... Inoo chan?"

"Sorry I'm late...."

"It's okay. I just got here too... So, let's go?"

"Let's go!" Sakamoto grabbed Inoo's hand and took Inoo to the cafeteria. From afar Inoo could see the flickering light of a candle.

"Usooo..." He gasped.

When he got closer to the cafeteria, it was getting clearer. A candle lit dinner had been arranged well by Sakamoto himself.

"I borrowed some utensils from the kitchen and they let me cook too, so... Please enjoy this dinner, even if it is not much, but..."

Inoo held both of Sakamoto's hands and prevented the older from talking.

"I love this. Thank you...."

"Really? I didn't know what I should make for you so I asked Okada sensei."

Inoo almost choked when he drank his orange juice, "What?"

"Miyake seems out of reach and when I walked to this kitchen I met sensei, so I asked him. He's really smart nee. He knows everything, he could conclude what food and drink you like most."

Inoo froze for a moment. When they were a couple, Okada never really paid any attention to him. Inoo was surprised that Okada knew everything about him.

"Ah.. He is nee.."

They ate, chatting and laughing. Sometimes Sakamoto threw obvious flirts. "Awww you're so sweet Junchan."

"What?"

"What?"

"No... You've mistakenly called me Junchan 3 times tonight. Who's Junchan? Is it Okada senpai?"

"Ah... So....sorry."

Sakamoto didn't say a word but he was surely disappointed with Inoo and it made the younger feel bad.


Beep beep...


Inoo took a peek at his iPhone under the table and saw a message from Miyake.

'I think he's the one, Inoo... I think he's going to confess. What should I do?'

Inoo looked at Sakamoto who stared at his glass blankly. It was hard to tell whether Sakamoto was still upset or not. But Inoo preferred to excuse himself. "I... I have to go to the toilet for a while, nee..."

He felt giddy. He took up his phone, bit his lower lip and made a call. He usually called this woman when he felt he was not being himself or he needed total enlightenment, or like this time... Both.

"Mom?"


****


Inoo walked down to the beach, he had sent a message to Sakamoto saying that he didn't feel well tonight so he wanted to call it a day. He felt like a jerk towards Sakamoto who was being so nice to him. He thought he didn't deserve any kindness from the older.

His steps stopped when he saw a pair of figures in the distance. Thank god for the palm trees that could fully hide his body from Miyake and his sensei.

"What....?" Inoo could hear Miyake's high tone voice.

"I... I love you."

Inoo closed his mouth to prevent it from making any unnecessary sound. He took a few steps back and squatted between the bushes.


flashback
'What is it darling?'

'Mom... What do you think of dad? Do you still hate him?'

'Why do you ask this all of sudden? But if you ask me, my answer is... No."

'Eh?' Inoo didn't expect this kind of answer from his mother who constantly cursed his father even though it had been a long time since they divorced.

'Even if I say countless times that I hate him, in fact I treasured the time we spent together. Whatever happened, he's forever a part of me and I won't erase that fact. And I.... I wish you will find the love of your life, Kei. And that you hold it dearly like I ever did....'

This was a fact Inoo never knew before. All this time he thought otherwise, that his mother regretted her decision of getting married with her ex husband.

'How about Okada, Kei...? He's your love, right?'

It was funny when she asked, that Okada probably was on his way to confess to Miyake any minute by then.

'I broke up with him. I thought I didn't want to believe in love... I'm afraid my love life will not succeed. I'm afraid Okada will change and not love me anymore. I don't want to experience what you did.'

There was a long pause filling the phone call.

'Kei... Inoo Kei. As I said I treasured every moment I spent with my ex husband and I think I had a successful marriage. I have you Kei. It was 10 years of a successful marriage. What could you conclude otherwise? Not every couple is the same, not every man is the same, not every woman is the same. Don't think that because I had a divorce you will have it too. It's not a genetic disease, Kei. Don't throw Okada away. Did you try to fix things together?'
Inoo shook his head.

'Don't shake your head, I can't see it.'

'Ah....no.'

'Don't throw him away so fast, son. Even if he may look stoic, cold, flat, not romantic, I can feel that his love for you is real.'

'It is?'

'Yes. I'm your mother after all, I have an instinct towards someone close to you. Whether they love my son or not. Kei, how can you say it will 'fail' if you didn't even work it out?'

'.......'

'I gotta go. My drama is starting. Jya nee...'

'Jya nee...'


Inoo covered his face. He didn't even want the moon to see him crying. Okada had just confessed and probably Miyake accepted it, right when Inoo realized his mistake, that he let go of Okada so easily.


Okada and Miyake walked further on the beach and that was when Miyake realized he had company. He elbowed his sensei and pointed his finger to the bush beside them. Okada knew who was hiding from them.

"I'll go... Good luck sensei." Miyake mouthed to his sensei, winked and took his leave. Okada stared at the bush, wondering how long his student would hide from him. He put his hand over his mouth, covering his chuckle. Hiding like that was so Inoo Kei. Reckless and childish. And that was also the parts Okada liked about Inoo.

Okada squatted behind Inoo's back, "If you want to stalk you better look for a better spot. I can see your butt, tho..."

"Oh....!" Inoo jumped from his hiding place. "I... I'm sorry!!! I didn't mean to. I just happened to pass here and I saw you and.... Where is Miyake?? Ah... Nevermind. I'm going!"

Inoo turned and walked as fast as he could but Okada's hand preceded his feet. "Okada sensei.... Let go of me! Miyake might see us and misunderstand."

Okada didn't move a muscle, his hand holding Inoo around the waist from the younger's back and he kept his mouth shut. Inoo told Okada to let go, but he didn't shake the later. He accepted that pair of hands on him.


Inoo lifted his hand and placed it above Okada's masculine hand, contrary to Inoo who had a more feminine hand. The older's hand still felt warm and soft, the same hand that loved him so much, and the worst was, even if the world knew Okada was not his and vice versa, Inoo could feel the same love inside that hand. Inoo closed his eyes as another tear slipped through his eyelashes. "I don't want to let you go like when we broke up. From now on I won't let you slip through my hands again. I will hold you tight, I will fix myself until I'm worth loving."


Okada released his hand and turned Inoo's body until he was facing him. Inoo opened his glistening eyes and Okada caressed Inoo's left cheek.

"I was joining this course to make me move on, forget about you. When I learned that you were here as the teacher it made me furious. Not because that made it hard to move on but it made me realize that a little part of me that I can't kill was still hoping for you to be here. Even though I pretended that I had moved on, you'll always be my Okada. Inoo's Okada. And I still can't find a way to let you go."

Okada smiled. His oily face made the moonlight glimmer on his face.

"Aishiteru..."

"Aishiteru mo..."

Okada fished the pocket watch from his pants and knelt once again in front of Inoo, now with the moonlight above the sea as their background.

"Inoo Kei, would you marry me?"

"Why do you want to marry me?" Inoo asked again.

"Because I'm 35 years old already and it's my time to get married."

Inoo rolled his eyes, still with that answer? Come on!

"Jun kuuuun...!"

"And...and...."

Inoo raised one of his eyebrows.

"And because I love you."

Inoo smiled, took the pocket watch from Okada’s hand and hugged Okada, "I do... I'm yours..."

Okada rose from the sand and hugged Inoo back.

“But why a pocket watch instead of a normal engagement ring? Really... really I want to know... this is out of the box.”

Okada smiled and brought his crispy chuckle, “It is. For normal people it’s an ordinary old pocket watch but for my family it’s more than that. It’s been passed from generations through generations and my father who passed it to me said that when I met my soulmate I must give it to him, and now I did.”

Inoo felt his cheeks burning. So that was how he knew how much he meant to Okada.

"But.. What about Miyake chan? Did you propose to him??"

"Ah... That's....."


flashback
Miyake and his senpai spread a white cloth as a place to sit above the sand, watching the stars and the sky. They were brighter here without any light distortion, the wind blowing caressing their cheeks.

"Senpai, thank you for tonight."

Miyake sat facing his sensei. His teacher just smiled and nodded.

Miyake bit his lower lip, should he try today? To test if his hypothesis was right or not. This was his only chance to prove it, either he would get his sensei or know what he was thinking about his sensei and his new friend was right.

Miyake closed his eyes as he pushed his body forward. Okada was surprised by his student's gut and when Miyake's face was getting near, he placed both of his hands onto Miyake's shoulders to prevent what would happen if he didn't stop his student.

"I....I'm sorry Miyake-kun. I'm sorry..."

Miyake bit his lip, his attempt-to-kiss his sensei having failed.

Okada stood up and opened his coffee can to take a few sips of it.

"Is it because of Inoo chan?"

The coffee spurted from Okada's mouth. "Why do you say that?"

"Don't lie, sensei. I have proof."

"What?" Okada cleaned his lips with the back of his hand and drank again.

"Either you realized or not, but there was a few times you suddenly called Inoo chan by his first name."

"It was just an accident, his first name is easier to spell." Okada scratched his not itchy head.

"You can say that, but this." Miyake pulled his phone out and showed a photo of a drawing, his drawing. "This is our assignment to draw a realistic face and I drew you, thinking you wanted to test my drawing skill by looking at my left but then I realized... You were looking at Inoo the whole time right? And not just that, in the classroom you often steal glances towards Inoo chan."

Okada wanted to say something but nothing came out from his mouth, leaving him gaping.

"Maybe you have a good alibi for that too. But this..." Miyake waved a pocket watch.

Okada stared and groped his pocket, finding that his important thing was gone, he intended to snatch the watch but Miyake was faster than him. "I will give it to you if you answer my two questions honestly. Does this stand for your name and Inoo chan?" Miyake turned the watch until the engraving showed.

Okada closed his mouth with his hand and slowly nodded.

"And what about this?" Miyake showed his phone screen to Okada. "This doll, has the same initials so I assume this is from you. But this is so shabby as a doll right? It's like Inoo had been holding this doll since he was born."

"He wanted something cute and I came up with that. It represents me. I'm not perfect but I hope he can accept me for what I am. Because I can love him perfectly."

"So you are his boyfriend? Why do both of you act like there is nothing going on between you and him? Why does Inoo chan and you act like you've never met each other before? Gosh! Both of you need to be punished." Miyake whined and demanded an explanation. He typed something on his phone and sent it to Inoo.

"I was his boyfriend."

"Was?"

"There was a conflict, he misunderstood. So he broke up with me. And here I am try to get him back but it seems he's with Sakamoto kun and he will probably confess to Inoo any minute now. This is my 'the end'. While he already moved on and I'm still stuck on him."

Miyake nodded and handed Okada the pocket watch as he promised.

"Why did you break up with Inoo?"

Okada told the whole thing and Miyake shrieked in disbelief.

"There must be something elsee!! Baka sensei! This is my first time hearing a proposal like yours."

"I know.... I know what I should have said to him that day!"

"What?"

"I... I love you."

"Correct! You should have said that earlier, nee..."

"My ego covered my mind, making everything worse."

"I think Inoo still loves you."

Okada raised his head, "Do you have proof for that too?"

"The song. The song you always sing in your free time. Inoo sings that song too."

Okada's face turned from gloomy to happy. "Really?"

"I didn't record Inoo's voice but you can believe me that he did sing it."

"Yume ni ai ni. Our song." Okada smiled and stared at the pocket watch in his hand.


Okada and Miyake walked down the beach until Miyake realized he had company.

That was the 'I love you' Inoo had heard from Okada and the message Miyake sent to Inoo was the message that said Okada wanted to propose after Miyake provoked the latter.


"So that's the story..." Inoo and Okada never let go of each other's hands.

Okada nodded, "Yeah...."

"I feel bad towards him." Inoo sat on the sofa, in Okada's room now.

"He’ll understand, he's the one who encouraged me to confess to you again." Okada sat beside Inoo. "Really?"

"Un.." They stared at each other, it had been a long time since they shared quality time together.

"Your face... Has been oily. You don't do the treatment I told you?"

"Ah... I've been busy."

Inoo stroke Okada's cheek with the back of his fingers. "Let's clean this up with warm water."
Okada stood up and followed Inoo to the bathroom. "Sensei's room is spacious. Different than the student's."

"That is how it's supposed to be..." Okada gave his signature smile and crispy chuckle. "You can move in here if you want to."

"No, I'm with Miyake, I can't let him be alone." Inoo opened the faucet and turned it right to get warm water. Inoo backed to his boyfriend who was sitting on the edge of the bathtub.

“You sleep with Miyake?” Okada pouted.

“Hehe....don’t be jealous. He’s more like a little brother to me. He’s begging to sleep with me because he can’t sleep alone in new surroundings. He’s totally cute, right?”

Inoo wiped Okada's cheek with his handkerchief to remove excess oil from his boyfriend. He liked to take care of Okada. Okada smiled and put his hand on Inoo's waist, slowly grabbing the younger's waist while biting his lip playfully.

"You still like my butt?"

"I miss this too..."

Suddenly Okada turned Inoo's body and laid it inside the bathtub, positioning himself above Inoo.

"What are you doing? I haven't finished cleaning your face." Inoo was giggling because Okada brushed his moustache over his neck.

"I want 'it'...."

"'It'?"

"Do you?"

Inoo gave a meaningful smile and kissed Okada's lips fully while his hand travelled to the bathtub faucet and turned it on, making the shower wet them along with their private time.

If Sakamoto Masayuki knew what Inoo wanted, Okada Junichi knew what Inoo needed.


****


3 weeks before the course started.....

"Okada sensei!" Sakurai Sho was amazed to see who had come to the Island. "What brings you here?"

"You are the teacher for this course right?"

"Yep."

"I...need something from you."

Okada told Sakurai that he wanted to be the teacher for this course, replacing Sakurai sensei against all odds, so Sakurai could attend the seminar in London instead. That seminar was long awaiting Sakurai so when Okada mentioned that event, it didn't take much time for Sakurai to agree.

"You sure your bf don't want to get away when he learns the teacher is not me?"

"I already got that covered. I made sure no one can bring him away from this island and also for the eo to not provide him with anything related to that."

"Whoa. Are you willing to go this far for one person, this Inoo Kei?"

Okada sighed, turning his gaze to the horizon of the sea.

"What can I do when the best part of me is always him?"


Omake!
"Done yet?" Asked Sakamoto while holding Miyake's body on his shoulder.

"Wait... I will take this photo first."

Miyake climbed down from Sakamoto's body and looked at his screen.

"I just want to make sure they do this properly."

"You shouldn't spy on their sexy time tho...."

"Don't worry. We will get to this too..."

Miyake smiled and kissed Sakamoto passionately.

If only Inoo had seen this he wouldn't have any doubts about moving to Okada's room...


The End