Brothers Conflict - Yuri

Chapter 9 Helping Azusa

Tsubaki had not been doing his script preparation with Azusa for a while now. Instead, he practiced with his wife. He improved so much that work was flying his way and Azusa was depressed and jealous. He was depressed because his brother no longer came to him for script practice and jealous because he would not tell him who was helping him.

One day he brought a script home for which his producer wanted him to be the lead role, and Yuri read the script.

"You have to decline the role, Tsubaki," Yuri said.

"Why?" He asked, "The producer specifically asked me to do this role."

"I am sorry, Tsubaki, " Yuri said, "but that role is not suited to your voice. Remember when we first did this? How I could not do your roles voice?"

"Yes"

"Well, this is the same...After practicing with you for so long, I know what your voice is capable of. This role needs someone else...." Yuri sat thinking and then wondered, "Your brother is a voice actor, too, isn't he?"

"Yes, he is. Why?" Tsubaki answered, a little upset that his beloved wife had told him his voice was not up to the role.

"Could you please ask him to read the script in front of me? It might just be the difference needed for the role." Yuri looked at Tsubaki and could see that he was discouraged at her refusal for him to do the part, and her heart went out to him.

Yuri gets out of her study chair and sits down next to her husband, facing him.

Leaning in close to him and cupping his face with her hands, "I love you, Tsubaki, don't forget that... I would do anything for you" and kisses his mouth gently, pulls back, and looks into his eyes, "but our voices are what they are, we can't change them... You know I am only saying this for your own protection. If you take the role and fail, it will roll over to less work. If you refuse, it might have the same short-term effect but none of the tarnish left on your work. Do you understand now?"

Tsubaki nodded. "I guess..."

"Good, now cheer up...If it works out that your brother is suited to the role and you get them to take him, and he succeeds, it looks better for you."

Tsubaki leans forward and hugs his wife, knocking her onto her back and pins her down.

"Ok, Yuri... but you're going to comfort me now!" And starts kissing his wife with the intention of making love to her.

"Tsubaki!" She giggled. "I swear that you have a one-track mind some days!"

Tsubaki stopped and looked at her. "Do you want me to stop?" He asked.

"Not in your life... now you have started, I'd like to finish," said Yuri and pulled him back into a kiss and continued to enjoy the moment, ultimately leading to being undressed and making love to each other.

Upon finishing, Tsubaki decided that his wife was right, and he should ask his brother to read in front of his wife, but then made the mistake of looking at his wife's breasts and decided that his brother could wait...he wanted his wife again and proceeded to ravish her again. Luckily for him, she still wanted more and was more than happy to keep going.

Eventually, they were both satisfied and slept for a little while naked, hugging each other intimately.

"I love you, Tsubaki," said Yuri.

"I love you too, Yuri, " Tsubaki said, completely satisfied with his rather nervous wife. "I am glad that you married me." He said, nibbling her ear.

"I should hope so!" She replied tartly, "I would hate to bring up our baby alone," putting her hand on her belly, smiling.

"Hmm, well, that's not going to happen, not if I can help it," he said, interlocking his fingers with hers on her belly.

They stayed like that a little longer until Yuri pushed him off. "We need to find out if your brother is suitable. This procrastinating is not going to change that; enjoyable as this is. This won't pay our bills."

"True," he said regretfully but got up to get dressed enough to head to the shower with Yuri to clean up. Yuri kind of wished he didn't need to put on clothes as she enjoyed seeing what she did to his body. He was exceptionally well built, too, so she liked him shirtless.

Tsubaki had started humouring his wife that way as it meant that he got more of what they both enjoyed.

After cleaning up in the shower, they agreed that Tsubaki would get Azusa and bring him to the lounge, and Yuri would meet them there.

Yuri sat in the lounge waiting. She could hear Azusa arguing with Tsubaki about coming down to the lounge.

Tsubaki view

In exasperation, I said, "Look, my voice coach is waiting especially for you. Are you really telling me that you are not interested?"

"Fine," Azusa huffed, "I will go read this to your coach... only because they are clearly talented at it with all the work going your way. "

I smile. "As long as you understand that you are being privileged with this secret..."

"I understand!" He stomped into the lounge and stopped. Azusa looked at Yuri in surprise. "I thought Tsubaki said that his voice coach was here, not his wife..."

He turned to me, "Were you kidding me?" He asked, "I thought you said your coach was here..."

"She is," I answered. "Yuri is my coach."

"You are kidding me!" He said, disbelieving him.

"No, I am not." I confirm, "I have landed all my roles because of her. Even this one, but she thought you might suit the role better, but she can't tell unless she hears you read it."

"Fine! Can you please prove that you can do what Tsubaki says?" Azusa asked Yuri.

"I don't know, " Yuri replied, "But I can read the script in the other parts if that helps you."

"Fine...I will read it. " he sits down next to Yuri, and they start reading the script.

I sit on the other side of Yuri and put my arm possessively around her. I know I don't need to, he's my twin brother, but I want to. I would rather her sit on me (thinking not clean thoughts here), but that would not happen as when she is acting, I am not welcome to her apart from the script.

As I listened to the pair, I realised that my wife was right. I could not have given that role what it needed. My brother's voice had the quality I lacked. I knew from experience that this would take a while as I could hear in my brother's voice that my wife had won him over enough to listen to her advice.

I fell asleep.

Yuri's view.

I started reading the script like I had with Tsubaki on many occasions now. Azusa appeared surprised at my many different voices and how accurately I had the sentiment behind the characters that he missed the first line I wanted to hear.

Tsubaki took that moment to sit as close to me as he dared when I was acting and put his arm around me. I smiled at his childishness...I wasn't going anywhere.

I repeat my line and poke Azusa, who then reads his line. As soon as I heard his voice in that role, I knew that he could do it the justice needed.

I was a bit of a slave driver; after I earned Azusa's respect, as it meant, I could start correcting him. Which I did.

Tsubaki fell asleep on me, which I didn't mind. It was comforting having him there as support. He woke up hungry, looked at us both, and knew that he had to step up and cook for us.

He was lucky in that Ukyo had started cooking, and he just helped him make enough for everyone. Tsubaki bought us our food, which we ate while still working on the script, and cleaned up after us as well.

I overheard part of a conversation between Tsubaki and Ukyo and was kind of flattered.

Tsubaki view

I wake up, look at the time and realise that these two won't eat unless I cook and bring them something.

Yuri has gone full-fledged into her roles and pulled up Azusa when he makes mistakes. He is already sounding 100% better than he has been.

I stretch, run my hand down my wife's back and leave to start cooking for them, and whoever else is around.

I walked into the kitchen, and Ukyo was there.

"Hi Ukyo, "I greet, "can I help you prepare for everyone?"

"Hi Tsubaki, sure I take it that you and Yuri are joining us tonight?

"Yes, sorry that we don't join in more often. Yuri is often too exhausted from her day to come down. "

"Looking at her with Azusa, I can see why if she is like that with her studies. She is really good at that, isn't she?" Commented Ukyo.

"Yes, she is. It's one of the reasons that I love her... she has improved me out of sight from what I was," I say.

"Yes, I see that... you're tidy now, help out more..."

"Hey!" I object, offended, "that's enough!"

Ukyo smiled. "Ok! Ok! I give up. I was just agreeing with you... you know that she would make a good voice actor too."

"I know, but it's her choice."

"True." Says Ukyo as he plates what he cooked for everyone. I take it out to Azusa and my beautiful wife for them to eat. I sit down next to them and eat my dinner while they eat and talk at the same time.

When they finished, I cleaned up. I was actually feeling a little jealous of Azusa having this time with her. Ukyo must have thought that I was feeling this way, so he reminded me, "You can't monopolize her all the time, you know, she has to be free to do her own things, too, or your relationship will falter."