Ultraviolet

Chapter 9

Finally 6 weeks went by and it was time for the rest of the band to fly to LA for the video shoot. Toru hoped Taka would wait for them at the airport, but they were whisked away by a car to the hotel for the night. Toru texted Taka as soon as they got to the hotel to see if they could meet up. He waited an hour for Taka to reply but eventually fell asleep, still in the clothes he travelled in.

The next morning he was woken up by Ryota and Tomoya knocking on his hotel door. He looked at the time and realised he had completely forgotten to set an alarm. He checked his phone and saw a text from Taka.
“Sorry, was out all night. See you at the studio today :)”
Toru sighed as he got showered before meeting his two bandmates downstairs.

They went to the studio together. Toru was on a constant lookout for Taka, although he never ran in to him.
Toru went by the food table before leaving for the day. He didn't feel like going out for dinner, and Taka hadn't even read any of his messages.
When he was just about to leave he heard Tomoya call his name.
Toru sighed heavily, hoping he would have been able to leave without being bothered by non-Taka band members. “What?” He groaned as he turned around and saw Taka standing beside Tomo. He was so happy he almost thought he may cry. Toru just wanted to run up to Taka and kiss him, except Tomo was also there. He opted to just wave and say hi.
“Hi? Is all you have to say after 6 weeks?” Taka responded as he gave Toru a big hug. Toru hugged him back, trying to overcome to urge to kiss him. He didn't want to let Taka go, but Taka let go of the hug way too early.
“Taka's invited us all to his house for dinner” Tomo said as Taka nodded.
Toru nodded as they went to find Ryota before heading to Taka's.

They spent the night joking and laughing before retreating to a bonfire outside with lots of beer.
“I'm so glad we get to hang out together as a group of four again” Taka said as he looked around at his bandmates. He had been going out most nights with random friends, but he missed spending time with people rather than just getting drunk at clubs.
“I'm just glad Toru's in a good mood today. He's been miserable the past few weeks” Tomoya said.
“Sunshine's good for the soul” Toru responded.
“We should probably head back to the hotel” Ryota said as he looked at his phone.
“No, stay here tonight. There's so many rooms in this house. I can't stand another night on my own” Taka said as he pleaded with his bandmates to stay the night.
Toru looked over at him, wondering if Taka was as lonely as he was. He had seen all kinds of photos of Taka and random friends out almost every night, and didn't even think about if he felt lonely.
“Anyway, I'll show you guys to the spare rooms” Taka said as they all went inside to the bedrooms.

“This one can be for Tomo, this one for Ryota, and this one for Toru” Taka said as he passed by the rooms.
Toru went into the room Taka had designated for him and sighed. He was so happy to be in the same city as Taka again, but he wanted so badly to hold him in his arms as he slept. Toru sighed as he went to lay in bed and tried to fall asleep.
Just as he was about to fall asleep he heard a knock on his door. Toru groaned as he went to go see who it was. Taka was on the other side.
“Hey” Taka said as he pushed his way into Toru's room.
Toru didn't respond, he just closed the door and wrapped Taka in the biggest hug he could give.
“I've missed you so much” Toru said as he went to kiss Taka for the first time in what felt like forever.
“I missed you too” Taka said as he pulled away from the kiss and went to lay in the bed.
Toru laid down beside him, he was exhausted but wanted to properly catch up with Taka.
“I take it you've been as lonely as I've been?” Taka asked as he cuddled next to Toru.
“I didn't realise you were also lonely” Toru admitted, feeling bad.
“I didn't realise you were lonely until that day I called and you were at the restaurant. I assumed you'd be fine since you had Ryota and Tomoya with you” Taka answered.
“But I missed you and couldn't tell them why” Toru responded as he kissed Taka's forehead as they both fell asleep.

Taka's alarm went off obscenely early in the morning as he rolled over to kiss Toru.
“Since when are you a morning person?” Toru asked as he looked at the time.
“Since I'm going to make you guys breakfast. Also it'd be weird if someone noticed I was sleeping in your room. Anyway, I've been waking up at 7am to skype you everyday, I suppose it's habit now” Taka said as he got out of bed.

They spent about a month in LA, Taka and Toru agreed they would tell the other members when they got back to Japan, except that didn't happen. Ryota said since they were done the album, he was planning on spending time in Canada for a few months with his wife's family.