Ultraviolet

Chapter 18

A/N:
Lots of longish, not overly good chapters today apparently.
Only a few more chapters before a time jump. I haven't written said chapters, but, I have some ideas.
Think I've decided how this ends, but, the google doc is 26,000 words and unfinished. Oops.
This was also during the instagram crash.

The party began winding down around 4 and only a few people remained by the bonfire.

“Oh good. The social media barrage on me from the Taka fan girls has started again” Rola remarked as she browsed her phone.
“Just ignore them” Taka responded as he grabbed her phone and threw it on the grass behind them.
“Kinda hard when they comment all over all my goddamn posts” Rola sighed. “I don't even get the benefits of a relationship, just the scrutiny”
“And you're not going to get the benefits” Taka responded as he discreetly put his hand on Toru's back.
“I wasn't asking you to fuck me, I was just making an apparently bad joke” Rola responded. “Are you in a relationship though? I don't think I've seen any pictures of you in tabloids recently”
Taka scanned the room, identifying who was there. Ryota, Tomo, Tyler, Toru, Awsten Knight, Joel Madden. He suddenly stopped, having never realised Joel Madden was at his house.
“That's a long pause, who is it?” Awsten laughed.
“It's not public” Taka said as ran his hands through his hair, suddenly nervous that Joel Madden was in his house at his party.
“We're all friends here, tell us” Awsten whined as he put his arms around Joel and Toru.
“Yea Taka, tell us. I assume it's some Japanese girl I've never met anyway. I won't tell anyone” Joel said as he realised he was probably the only one Taka didn't know well.
“I haven't even told my mom yet” Taka laughed.
“Do your bandmates know?” Tyler asked, realising he never heard back from Taka.
“Yea” Taka responded.
“Excellent. I can easily break down Tomoya” Awsten said as he rubbed his hands together.
Everyone laughed as Rola pointed out the sun was rising.
“I should head out now, Nicole's gonna murder me if I'm not home to take the kids to school. Thanks for the party, Taka” Joel said as he got up to leave.
“Thanks for coming” Taka responded as Joel left.
“Ok, but how did you get Joel Madden to show up at your party?” Ryota asked after he left the area.
“Oh, I invited him. You should tell us who it is for the thanks” Awsten responded as Taka sighed.
“I'm not telling you” Taka responded.
“Fine. I'll give up for tonight, I'm coming for you tomorrow Tomo” Awsten said as he got up to leave.
“Yea, I should probably go home as well” Tyler said as he left Rola alone with the band.
“So Taka, now that I'm the only one who doesn't know. Who is it?” Rola asked as Taka yawned.
“I'll tell you another time, I'm about to fall asleep and don't feel like answering questions” Taka responded as he put out the fire and went inside.
“Fine, I'll stop pestering” Rola sighed as she went to go sleep on the couch as she usually did.

The next morning Taka and Toru woke up early and began making coffee and breakfast for the five of them.
Taka was about to sit at the table when he felt Toru behind him, breathing heavily in his ear.
“I want you”
Taka shivered as Toru began to place gentle kisses on the back of his neck before turning him around and forcing his hips to be on the table.
The table made a loud scooch underneath him.
“You've probably woken up the others” Taka laughed as Toru continued kissing him.
“Don't care, their fault if they walk in on us” Toru breathed heavily as he entered Taka.
Taka groaned softly the entire time, grateful he didn't buy a house with an open concept kitchen.

“I love you” Toru smiled before cleaning up Taka's mess and poured coffee for both of them.
“I love you too, but I swear if you ever do that again when people are over…” Taka trailed off as he heard the door open. “Oh, morning Rola”
“Morning” Rola said as she sat down, unaware of what just happened at the table.
They sat in silence for a few minutes before Rola broke it. “Are you mad at me Taka?”
“No?” Taka responded as he got up to check on the breakfast.
“Is it because I made a lame joke about us having sex last night” Rola asked.
“I just told you I'm not mad at you” Taka sighed as he flipped the eggs.
“Am I really that ugly that you get pissed off at the mention of sex?” Rola asked.
“is that the issue? You're offended that I said I wouldn't have sex with you?” Taka spat back.
“I don't want to have sex with you, you just responded so quickly like you thought that was the worst thing in the world” Rola responded.
“You're my best friend and I'm in a relationship. Why would I want to have sex with you?” Taka responded as he grabbed plates.
“Not the first time you've cheated on a girl with just a friend” Rola laughed.
“Shut the fuck up or I'm going to be mad at you” Taka sighed as he turned around. He was so fixated on their dumb argument he completely forgot Toru was sitting across from Rola the entire time. “Anyway, stop soliciting me for sex in front of my boyfriend”
Rola choked on her coffee and began coughing loudly as Taka went to grab her a cup of water.
“I know, very difficult to believe such an attractive guy like me would go for Taka” Toru noted as she finished coughing.
“Sorry, I just wasn't expecting that” Rola laughed as she went to eat her eggs. “Kind of embarrassed about fighting you over this now”
“As you should be” Toru laughed as he drank his coffee.
“So how long have you been dating?” Rola asked as she began drinking her coffee again.
“A year” Taka responded.
“How'd you guys get together?” Rola continued questioning him.
“This is why I didn't want to tell you last night. Knew you'd force this into a press conference…” Taka responded as Ryota and Tomo entered the room.
“You don't just drop a bombshell like that and expect me to not have a million and five questions” Rola responded as Ryota and Tomo sat on the opposite side of the table.
“Fine. What do you want to know?” Toru asked as he sat back and crossed his arms.  
“Don't encourage her, we'll be late for the show tonight and she'll still have more questions” Taka laughed.
“Did you come out to Taka or Taka to you?” Rola asked as she stuck her tongue out at Taka.
“Taka came out to me first. Next question”
“Did you tell him you're gay right away?”
“I thought I did but apparently having gay sex doesn't imply being gay in Taka's mind. Next question”
“Did you tell him you were in love with him the entire 10 years of the band immediately after the sex?” Rola asked with a giggle.
“No. Didn't tell him I've always liked him until a week later. Ne-”
“What?” Ryota, Tomo, and Taka asked in unison.
“Wait. What? Why are you shocked by that Taka?” Ryota laughed.
“I don't think Toru ever told me that…” Taka admitted.
“Yea, of course I did” Toru responded.
“Nope, don't think you did. You said you thought you were gay and had a crush on me” Taka replied.
“Yea, for 14 long years” Toru added.
“I would definitely remember if you added that part” Taka said.
“Good thing you guys have me here as your couples counselor to help you two be honest” Rola laughed as she broke the silence.
“Yea, that's enough of your questions for today” Taka said as he got up to put away dishes. “We have to be at the venue soonish”

A/N:
I have no idea if Joel Madden would be at his party. But the first time I ever heard of Waterparks was when Joel liked their posts on instagram and was like, sure let's do it.