zeon_avalanthe | Make You Smile - Thirteenth Smile (Reply)

Title : Make You Smile
Thirteenth Smile
Author :

zeon_avalanthe
Rating : PG
Pairing : YabuYama [brotherhood]
Disclaimer : Everyone knows that HSJ belong to JE. .sadly. .T_T
Summary : Yabu Kota is a newly grown-up boy whom Father just married to a woman he came to love as a part of his family. From this marriage, Kota met his new Mother's son, namely Yamada Ryosuke, who seemed to cannot speak and doesn't like to smile. But Kota found the boy lovely just the way he is. That was why, Kota vowed to himself, that he will make Ryosuke smile again and again, as he unveil the past of the his new brother.
Author's Note : This was requested by

suzaku20 . She owns the title, the plot, the choice of characters, and simply the whole story. I only helped her realizing the plot~ XDD
I have this sore throat for a couple of days and it's killing me. Partly because I practically work using my voice, and partly because that means I can't eat or drink things I wanted anymore cuz it's hurting my throat.. I hope this misery would end soon..
Oh, and I'm sad to say that the story end here.. I hope you'll like the ending, though I quite messed this chappie up a bit.. But well, please enjoy~

Make You Smile
Thirteenth Smile

Ryosuke stirred as he slowly opened his eyes, only to meet a pair of concerned-looking eyes which were his brother’s.

“Nii-chan...” He called out softly.

As Ryosuke rubbed his eyes, he watched how Kota’s eyes widened in surprise.

“Ryo-suke ?” The older boy called out hesitantly.

Ryosuke blushed. For some unknown reason, his voice just blurted out naturally the moment he saw his brother’s face in front of him. For some unknown reason, he stopped being afraid.

“Yes, Nii-chan ?” He asked back.

As if on cue, Kota stood straight before he stormed out of the room. “Tegoshi-senpai ! What did you do to my Ryo-chan ?”

Ryosuke face-palmed himself. Rubbing his eyes once again to rid of the very last strand of sleepiness off of his system, he stood to follow his brother. As soon as he reached the living room, he found his brother looming over Tegoshi who pretended to be afraid –He could see it from Tegoshi’s eyes who shone with amusement- with the rest of the gank watching the whole scene from the side.

“Tell me now ! What did you do to Ryo-chan ?” Kota asked annoyedly.

“Uwaa~ You’re so scary, Yabu-kun !” Tegoshi flailed like a girl at Kota’s tone.

A vein popped up on Kota’s forehead and he looked ready to question the older boy if not for Ryosuke who stepped in and pulled his brother away.

“Stop it, Nii-chan, you’re scary !” Ryosuke hissed quietly as he looked into his brother’s eyes.

Almost immediately, some couple of eyes widened in surprise, the same exact reaction he got from his brother before.

“But Ryo-chan ! Look at you ! Thirty minutes with Tegoshi and now you could speak !” Kota flailed desperately.

Ryosuke pouted. “Aren’t you happy that I finally could speak ?” He asked, tears building on his eyes.

Kota widened his eyes at the statement. “No ! It’s not like that ! I’m happy that you could speak now ! But it was too sudden, and I-“ Kota sighed as he watched his brother looked away. “I’m sorry. I guess I was over-reacted. I was just, surprised. Of course I’m delighted to hear your voice again, Ryo-chan.” He said softly, a hand resting on top of his brother’s head.

But much to his surprise, his brother just turned back at him, showing a smile he always love to see. “I understand. But really, you shouldn’t be all angry at Tegoshi-kun like that. He did nothing bad, you know. If there’s something he did, it was helping me out, that’s all.”

Kota smiled back as his hands ruffled his brother’s soft hair. “But really, what had happened ?”

“I guess, I was just finally decided to stop hiding.” Ryosuke smiled as his eyes met with Tegoshi’s ones. “Right, Tegoshi-kun ?”

Tegoshi just grinned from behind Kota, his hand raised in a victory sign.

“If you said so.” Kota sighed, this time with contentment. “Let’s go home ? Kaa-san would be thrilled to know.”

Ryosuke smiled as his head nodded in agreement.

Kota cleared his throat before turning his head to face Tegoshi. “Right. I’m sorry for the commotion earlier, Tegoshi-senpai. And thank you, for whatever you did to Ryo-chan. We’ll be taking our leave now.” He bows down, a gesture followed by his younger brother.

“It’s okay, it’s okay. I was having fun.” Tegoshi bows back before waving his hand as the two brothers start to take their leave. “Ryosuke-kun, our next gigs is this Sunday’s evening at the usual place. Make sure you would come, okay~”

Ryosuke turned back and nod his head. “I will. See you later, Tegoshi-kun. See you later everyone.”

***

"Are you ready ?"

Ryosuke shrugged nonchalantly, trying to put up an uncaring look, though he could feel that his heart is pounding hard.

"I think."

He could hear the other person laughing at his act.

"I could perfectly understand your feelings right now. I used to be all nervous too on my first gig."

Ryosuke blushed as he felt a hand reaching out to mess with his hair.

"Hey ! I had a hard time styling my hair, you know !" Ryosuke protested as he turned to see his reflection on the mirror behind him, trying his best to put it back in order.

"Let it be. You would be drenched in sweat anyway. So what's the use of putting too much effort on styling your hair ?"

Ryosuke pouted. "Just leave me alone, please."

The other person chuckled. "I can't. I'm your supervisor, remember ?"

"Yeah. Self-appointed supervisor." Ryosuke dead-panned.

Ryosuke rubbed his forehead as the other man flicked it.

"You should've at least thanked me. I'm the one who got you here."

This time, it's Ryosuke's time to chuckled. "You're such a kid."

"Like you're not." The other man retorted back.

Ryosuke laughed before he walked past the other man. "But anyway, you're right. Thanks a lot, Tegoshi-kun."

***

"Thank you for coming everyone ! But now, before we proceed, we have a little surprise for you."

Tegoshi turned to face his partner who is nodding his head with his trademark smile.

"We have this little fellow over here, who said that he wanted to sing tonight, no matter what." Tegoshi breathed out as he began signaling Ryosuke who stood backstage, getting ready all the while.

"Well then, without further delay. Let us welcome our special guest for the night, Yabu Ryosuke." Masuda bowed before he walked out the spotlight, followed briefly by Tegoshi.

They both walked toward the awaiting Ryosuke and pat him on his shoulders.

"Good luck."

Ryosuke gulped before he nodded down and begin walking forward to take the stage. Silence befall the whole hall, which broke some sweats on Ryosuke's forehead. But he dared himself forward to grab the mic and face the audience. He could feel all eyes on him as he placed the mic in front of his lips. He gulped once again as he turned to look at both Tegoshi and Masuda cheering on him from the backstage. He took one deep breath before he started off.

"Good evening, everyone. I am very sorry if I disturbed your moments with TegoMassu. But when I was given the chance, I just can't seem to say no." Ryosuke smiled as he remembered that day when both Tegoshi and Masuda offered him to be a guest on their show. "For singing might be the only way for me to tell those I care, about my feelings toward them. Of how grateful I am for their encouragement."

Ryosuke closed his eyes. His mind wandering to those days of silence, until that day of encouragement he received from none other than Tegoshi. He remembered how his parents reacted to his sudden change, and couldn't help but chuckled at that.

His father's reaction was, mild, but he could clearly see that the man was trying not to cry as he gave Ryosuke a pat in the head. His mother's reaction was, as expected, but Ryosuke still found it amusing, on how his mother cried all day and night, hugging and kissing him every chances available, even went to the extent of sleeping the night with him on her embrace. Ryosuke flustered with the act, but he couldn't denied that he was happy. He, after all, had always been so close with his mother ever since his biological father died, and that fact never changed even after all those times.

After a while, Ryosuke finally opened his eyes once again, this time, facing the people with determination. He caught Tegoshi and Masuda giving him a peace sign from the corner of his eyes, and smiled at it.

"That's why, I will dedicate this song to those who had been my support all these times." Ryosuke smiled wider as he could hear the door of the room opening, and some familiar heads come in and look at his direction. "Please listen to this song. Star Time."

Toki wa hito ni nani wo ima tsugeyou to shiteru
Mamoru beki wa kono sumiwataru sora
Bokura ryoute wo hirogeteru
(Time us trying to tell people something right now
What we should be caring for is this perfectly clear sky
We are spreading out our arms)

Inochi wo hagukunda ano aoi umi wo mite
Negai tachi wa mata kaze ni michibikareru mama
Sougen wo kakete yuku
(We are bringing up our lives as we look at that blue sea
Our dreams are still guided by the breeze again
They will run through the fields)

Meguri aeta toki wo omou
Onaji kisetsu mezameru you ni
(When I think of the time we met
It's like I'm waking up to that same season)

Hateshinai itoshisa wa kono kokoro ni tashika ni umareru
Kagayaki no hitotsu to shite bokura wa
Hoshi tachi no shita de rekishi wo kizamu
(An endless loveliness was born for real in my heart
We are just one of many sparkles
We etch out history under the stars)

Itsu no hi ka tadoritsukeru sono toki wo, yume ni egaki tsuzuketeru
Atarashii sekai wa, sono manazashi no
Saki ni aru, saa ikou, Oh yeah
(Someday we may struggle, but even at that time let's continue painting our dreams
A new world is right in front of our eyes
So let's go, Oh yeah)

Hateshinai itoshisa wa kono kokoro ni tashika ni umareru
Kagayaki no hitotsu to shite bokura wa
Hoshi tachi no shita de rekishi wo kizamu
(An endless loveliness was born for real in my heart
We are just one of many sparkles
We etch out history under the stars)

Ryosuke sighed deeply as he listened to the song coming to an end. He then looked up and smiled at the reaction given by the audiences. He then turned to one side, only to locked his gaze at the other's eyes. He smiled as he saw those chocholate orbs brimming with tears, which he was sure was produced out of happiness. He then walked out of the stage, and walked closer to the figure, letting the singing duo claimed the stage once again. He could hear a whistling sound as one of the duo praised him, but he could care less of it. Because all he see, is the one person who had his arms opened wide, creating just a perfect space for him to cuddle. He then slighty run as he finally buried his face on the other's chest.

"Thank you, Nii-chan. For everything." He whispered softly as he felt the arms around him tightened.

"Anything for you, dear brother. Anything."