Yokozawa Takafumi's Mistakes (Sekai ichi Hatsukoi fanfic)

Mistake #10

                     Music could be heard faintly in the background of the bar along with the louder chatter of customers. Yokozawa and Kirishima had made plans to go out for drinks after work today. As expected Yokozawa had arrived first. He didn't mind, it gave him time to unwind from the day and prepare for the teasing that his lover was sure to do.
                 When he had arrived ten minutes ago, he found that the bar was packed which in hindsight shouldn't be surprising with it being a Friday night. Luckily, there were some bar stools at the counter available. Yokozawa had quickly chose a stool and put his coat on the stool to the left to save it for Kirishima.
                 Now, Yokozawa sat taking in the surroundings that brought back memories. It had been a while since Yokozawa had gone to this bar. The last time had been when Kirishima was using pictures to blackmail him and had kissed him in front of the bar....
                Against his will, Yokozawa blushed faintly.  Yokozawa scowled at the fact that despite having been in a relationship with Kirishima for two years, something as simple as remembering a kiss caused him to blush. 'How ridiculous. I'm a grown man.'  To take his mind off of it, he glance at his watch for the hundredth time. Thirty minutes had passed since he had arrived. Pulling out his phone he checked for missed calls or texts, but there was nothing. Irritation and annoyance rose within Yokozawa. 'I knew that he would be a little, but he could at least text me to let me know when he thought he would be done.'
                     "Would you like to order anything sir?" The bartender asked, noting while cleaning a glass how Yokozawa appeared to be getting aggravated.
                  "No, I should probably wait," Yokozawa replied, barely keeping his annoyance out of his voice.
                Yokozawa knew it would be better to wait until Kirishima got here. He wanted to avoid drinking so much that he became loose tongued and willingly gave Kirishima information to tease him with. Some part of him assumes Kirishima had that goal in mind when they went out drinking. This assumption occurred due to how their first non work related encounter at the bar went.
Also, a few other times after they went to a bar, Yokozawa ended up telling Kirishima something and later it came back to disadvantage him when talking or arguing with Kirishima.
                 After another hour of waiting with no contact from Kirishima, Yokozawa's  patience was wearing thin. His bad mood grew steadily. He picked up the phone and tried calling Kirishima, but it went to voicemail. He tried sending a text as well. As Yokozawa focused on trying to contact his lover he didn't notice a brunette with emerald green eyes enter the establishment.  The brunette wandered around looking for someone in the crowded bar. 'I guess he is not here yet,' he thought.
            Mistaking that as looking for somewhere to sit the bartender called out to the brunette,"Sir if you are looking for somewhere to sit there are some stools available over here."
              Green eyes searched for the person who spoke to him and finally landed on the bartender who gave a wave.  Walking over the brunette slowed as he felt a sudden wariness. 'I wonder why it feels like coming over here is a bad decision.' Ignoring the feeling he stopped in front of the bar counter.
             "I am waiting for someone, so I'm okay," the brunette answered the bartender.
                    Leaning on the bar counter, the bartender gave an encouraging smile before saying,"It will be okay for you to sit and wait surely.  When the person you are waiting for gets here than you can try to find somewhere else to sit if you want."
                 Uncertain the brunette hesitated for a moment before nodding and saying,"I suppose you are right."
                        Looking around the brunette found an open seat next to dark haired businessman who was currently preoccupied by his phone. Walking over he went to take a seat, then thought better of it. 'What if he is here with someone or waiting for someone?' Raising his voice to be heard over the other people talking in the bar the brunette asked,"Um excuse me, is this seat taken?"
             Putting away his phone, Yokozawa didn't notice someone was standing near him until the person spoke. The voice he heard sounded familiar and not necessarily in a good way. Turning  towards the person who spoke he started to say,"No one is sitting....." Yokozawa's voice trailed off as his eyes met startled green eyes.
               A silence settled between the two men. Both were surprised to see the other. 'Why is he here and why did I have to run into him,' was a thought that crossed both of their minds. Ever since Yokozawa had been going out with Kirishima, he had made an effort to not be as harsh and judgmental on Onodera. However, Yokozawa still didn't like him that much and as a result he always ended up being harder on Onodera than necessary. A tense atmosphere surrounded them. Yokozawa recovered from the surprise first.
             A scowl formed on Yokozawa's face and he glared as he snapped,"Great the last person I wanted to see showed up. Don't I see you enough at work? Why do I have to see you here too, Onodera?"
            "It's not like I wanted to see you outside of work either," Onodera responded, feeling anger start to replace shock.
              Letting out a snort, Yokozawa was about to respond when the bartender decided to intervene. "Now, now sirs I don't know what happened between you, but please try to get along. If you argue here, it will ruin the other customers experience. We wouldn't want that to happen now, would we?"
               A threatening aura surrounded the bartender. Although an easy smile was displayed on his lips, the look in his eyes were intense and dared either Yokozawa or Onodera to continue. Normally, Yokozawa would rise to the challenge, but he didn't want to cause trouble when he finally had a chance to go out with Kirishima after the busy schedules they had. Yokozawa gazed over at Onodera who had similar thoughts regarding Takano.  Steely gray eyes held green eyes in a gaze and a silent agreement passed between them that they would try to play nice for now.
                     Taking their silence agreement to his earlier statement the bartender had a satisfied smirk on his face and a look of contempt that he had control of the situation. "With that taken care of, please take a seat sir," the bartender requested motioning to the stool on the right side of Yokozawa.
                 "Right," Onodera mumbled while reluctantly complying with the request.
                 "Can I get you gentleman anything to drink?" The bartender inquired, back to his normal smile and friendly look in his eyes.
               "Yeah, I will take a beer now. I think I will need it,"  Yokozawa placed his order, while shifting his narrowed eyes towards Onodera.
               "I will have a beer as well," Onodera placed his order, pretending not to notice Yokozawa's eyes on him.
              "Coming right up," the bartender said, and quickly filled two glasses with beer. The bartender gave one glass to Yokozawa and the other to Onodera. The bartender then left to take other customers' orders.
            Both Yokozawa and Onodera took a drink of their beer. An awkward silence pursued. Neither of them really wanted to talk to the other.  Onodera had moved as far away from Yokozawa as possible while sitting on a bar stool. Yokozawa's anger and annoyance from earlier came back. It became worse every minute longer he was forced to sit next to Onodera. At this point though, finding a new seat would be impossible. Also he had arrived here first, so if anyone should move, it should be Onodera. Yokozawa let out a growl which expressed his  frustration at the current situation. 'I don't want to waste my any more of my night in this piss poor mood. The least I could do is try to be civil and talk to him without chewing his head off. After all, there is no need to be jealous of him anymore. Also, I already had the misconceptions of him cleared up.' Yokozawa could feel his anger and annoyance ease a tiny bit. 'What should I even talk with him about?' Yokozawa let out a partially defeated sounding sigh.
           "That bartender was kind of scary earlier," Onodera said, in an attempt to start a conversation as he didn't know what to say either.
            "Really? He appeared to be more cocky and arrogant to me," Yokozawa responded as his eyes widened at the unexpectedness of Onodera starting the conversation.
              "How so?" Onodera asked, while taking a risk to turn towards Yokozawa.
                "You saw that satisfaction he had when we complied and didn't continue to argue. It pissed me off," Yokozawa growled, before taking a sip of his beer and turning towards Onodera.
                 "Now that you mention that. I also got  irritated at that," Onodera admitted, before he took a sip of beer.
                 Another silence although more comfortable took place between the men. Both of them wanted to keep this easy going conversation to continue, but neither knew what to say. As they were thinking of something to say they failed to take note of how much alcohol they were consuming. The bartender occasionally came and filled refilled their cups. After around twenty minutes of trying to find a conversation topic, Yokozawa came to a conclusion. They could talk about work. Or they could talk about the only thing they had in common...
            "Have you told Masamune you love him?" Yokozawa inquired in a quiet voice.
           "Huh?!" Onodera asked, shock clearly expressed on his face.
              "You heard me," Yokozawa responded and he waited for Onodera's answer. Yokozawa kept his eyes locked on Onodera.
                 Meeting his Yokozawa's gaze for only five seconds before looking away to study the  liquor on the wall behind the bar counter, Onodera whispered, "I-I almost told him."
               A snort left Yokozawa's lips instantly. "Right, it figures you haven't told him yet. I honestly don't know what he sees in you."
              A light blush stole over Onodera's face and anger rushed through him. "Does someone who isn't dating anyone really have a right to judge me? You don't even know how hard it is to say I love you to someone."
               Glowering, Yokozawa just barely managed to contain his rage at that statement. 'I spent ten years not being able to say I love you to Masamune.' Instead of acting on his anger he instead smirked as he fully analyzed what Onodera had said. 'That's right he doesn't know.'
                "Who says I'm not dating anyone?" Yokozawa asked, contentment filling him as he saw Onodera pause and gape at him.
                  "Eh, so you are dating someone? Who?" Onodera asked, his full attention on Yokozawa. He didn't so much care who the person was, he just liked that Yokozawa would stay out of his way for sure if he had someone of his own. And also, he really couldn't imagine who would date Yokozawa.
               "What makes you think I would tell you of all people that information?" Yokozawa asked, putting an emphasis on the word you as he spoke.
                 Onodera rolled his eyes. 'I should have expected this.' Taking in Yokozawa's smug look made pissed him off. 'I want to take him down a peg.' For some reason Takano came into his mind and gave him an idea. 'Maybe that tactic  that Takano always uses might work.'
               "That's okay you don't have to tell me who you like it's obvious," Onodera causally claimed, with an disinterested air.
                Freezing, Yokozawa observed Onodera. Yokozawa's whole body stiffened and his breath caught. 'There's no way he could know right? He's bluffing. I'm going to call his bluff.' Regaining his confidence Yokozawa countered,"Really? So who am I dating?"
'Shit. I didn't think this all the way through.' Onodera panicked and then once again his thoughts turned to Takano. 'Wait! Takano said that Yokozawa was getting close to somebody. Who was it again?' A name flashed through his mind.
               "It's Kirishima Zen, the editor in chief of Japun," Onodera confidently spoke, even though it was just a guess.
               "How did you know that?" Yokozawa asked, his common sense not kicking in before it was too late.
               "I didn't know. You just told me," Onodera triumphantly announced, taking pleasure in having tricked Yokozawa.
               "That was a dirty trick, you bastard," Yokozawa snapped, embarrassed at having fallen for such an obvious trick. 'How could I be tricked by him of all people?!'
                "It serves you right for being all high and mighty," Onodera slurred with a smile on his face.
               Snarling Yokozawa turned away from Onodera and took a sip of his beer. His thoughts were getting slow and jumbled. He felt like he was forgetting something important. A warning bell went off in his head that maybe he had enough to drink and should stop before he did something stupid. Yet, his eyes narrowed and he ignored it in favor of thoughts of how to get back at Onodera. Suddenly, an idea occurred to Yokozawa.
                "Not only am I dating Kirishima, but I actually have the balls to tell him that I love him" Yokozawa stated, with a smirk on his face. 
            "I don't need to tell Takano, that for him to know how I feel about him," Onodera responded, anger flashing in his green eyes.
               "Yeah, I'm sure he is well aware of relationship as friends with benefits or should I say coworkers with benefits," Yokozawa retorted in a mocking voice, facing Onodera.
                  Rage pulsed through Onodera and he could see red at the edge of his vision. His hands clenched tightly. He took a few deep breaths to regain some composure. "As far as I was aware that was your position for ten years. It would be a shame for me to take it over. I will leave that too you and keep my position as Takano's lover."
               For some reason Yokozawa found himself amused, rather than mad at that statement. He took a sip of beer. He took a minute to sort through fuzzy thoughts. "You are right, that was my position, so you better make sure that Takano never sinks that low as to need someone to fill it. Because I won't. I have Kirishima now and I am happy being his lover. He is the only person I want to be there for now."
                  "Takano won't ever need you to. He has me now," Onodera countered, he also felt his thoughts becoming more and more unclear.
                 "I'm glad that is settled," Yokozawa stated, nodding his head. "I'm glad that Takano found someone who could make him happy. And you know I appreciate that you have been handed the responsibility I had, freeing me from having to take care of that asshole."
                "I'm glad you found someone else to take care of," Onodera replied, nodding his head as well.
                  "Yeah, honestly I don't know what I was thinking when I wanted Takano. Kirishima is waaaay better," Yokozawa slurred slightly while, resting his arm on the bar counter and laying his head on his hand.
                   "In what way?" Onodera asked, frowning. Onodera also rested his elbow on the bar counter and rested his hand on his head.
                "In everyway. Not only is he a great father to Hiyori, but he is super good at work. A lot of people admire him at work.  And yet, Kirishima pays attention to me. He knows when I need to speak to him. He can tell what I am truly feeling. He has figured out my personality and a lot of things about me and loves everything about me. Not to forget he is a damn good kisser. Also, he is fucking amazing in the bed whether he is topping or he is the bottom while I top. He knows all the right places to touch to give me a pleasureful experience during sex." Yokozawa rambled on for a few minutes his eyes feeling heavy.
            "Yeah well, Takano, is possessive and sweet. He thinks of me and takes care of me all the time. Takano's kisses are amazing. And he is rough, passionate, gentle, and caring in bed. He completely treasures me whether it's in the bed or we are just hanging out," Onodera countered, blinking bleary eyes.
            "I feel like I just don't deserve him sometimes," Yokozawa said, with a sigh. He folded his arms on the bar counter and rested his head on them.
                  Doing the same thing as Yokozawa, Onodera replied,"I know how you feel."
                  "We must be doing something right though because they still hang around us and love us," Yokozawa yawned and his vision started fading to black.
                     "Who knows? All I know is I love him and he loves me. That's good enough right?" Onodera asked before closing his eyes and falling asleep.
                  "Hmmmm. That's right as long as we love each other everything will be fine," Yokozawa reassured the sleeping Onodera.
                    Slowly, his vision faded to black and his eyes closed. Gentle snores came from both Yokozawa and Onodera. Both of their phones buzzed and chimed with missed calls and texts from their lovers.
               "I love you Masamune," Onodera mumbled in his sleep.
               "I love you Zen," Yokozawa mumbled in his sleep while burying his face in his arms.
              Kirishima and Takano arrived shortly after the two men fell asleep.  Kirishima and Takano did not exchange words. They were pissed that their lovers fell asleep, but figured that the hangover they had in the morning would be punishment enough for now. Plus Yokozawa and Onodera being asleep provided the perfect opportunity for Kirishima and Takano to carry them in their arms without hearing persistent protests or demands to be put down. Kirishima picked up Yokozawa and carried him bridle style, only stopping to lightly kiss his lips. Takano did the same for Onodera. Kirishima and Takano walked out of the bar side by side with loving looks on their face as they stole glances at their lovers sleeping in their arms. Parting ways with only a nod of acknowledgement, Kirishima headed back to the apartment with Yokozawa.
                  Unbeknownst to Yokozawa, Onodera, Kirishima and Takano, two people had been watching and listening in ever since Yokozawa and Onodera walked into the bar. Two people let out excited shrieks, took a picture of the men, paid for both their own and the two men's bill, and gathered their things before leaving the bar.