[FIC]

[yryumi]

Title: IF ONLY TIME WAS ON MY HAND 3/5

Genre: Fluff, (Maybe a bit crack), Friendship, Angst, Fantasy

Rating: PG

Summary: "Like, the Gods are giving us a chance to save Tegoshi.. or.." he suddenly sits on the sofa, and put his hands on his forehead  "Tegoshi wishes for this to give us enough time to bid our farewell to him"

Disclaimer: I don't know.. What should I write? I OWN THEM. Oh there~ there~ I own my laptop, my Evernote, my brain, and the storyline. The characters are fictional but if you say that the characters have the same name as the NEWS members, so be it. xDD

PART TWO





Masuda is there waiting for him in front of the school again with a grocery bag on his hand. He totally forgot on sending him a message that the soccer team is going to eat together for dinner. Tegoshi glanced at Nishikido, who is beside him talking about their game that will be held in Osaka, giving him an I-am-sorry-I-can't-come look. Nishikido groans because he thought he is just eager to go home to take a rest but when he saw Masuda, he smiles, wide.

"Oh, I see. See you, Tegoshi!" Nishikido said as he waves at Masuda and jog to catch up with his team who are already far from him.

"Hi, Tesshi. Are you, supposedly, going somewhere?" he glanced at the soccer team

"We are supposed to eat dinner together but I forgot to tell you." Tegoshi said as he took the grocery bag from Masuda's hand

"Really? Then, you should go. I do not want to be the reason why you can't go with them" Masuda answered and took the bag from Tegoshi's hand.

Tegoshi smiles and took the bag again from Masuda "It's okay, Massu. I can still eat with them next time. " he hooked his hand to Masuda's arm as they started walking  "And I can't waste your effort. Now, what did you buy? I'll cook you dinner." he said and lean his head on his shoulder.

The next day, Tegoshi find Masuda waiting for him again in front of their school. He happily called Masuda's name and hold his hand immediately when Masuda reached for his hand. They are going to try the cakes of the new established cake shop in the town. Kato and Koyama were already there when they entered the new cake shop. It's really fun when you are with your friends. Tegoshi smiles as Koyama happily took a bite of his cake and Kato telling him not to eat too much. Masuda called him and offered him a spoon of cake. He gladly accepts the offer.

"Wow, Massu. " Kato looked at Masuda, amused.

"Kei-chan, Shige wants to be feed, too." Tegoshi said, smirking, saving an already blushing Masuda.

"I don't want to. That's embarrassing." Koyama said, and shove a spoon of cake  on his mouth

"How unromantic." Tegoshi said as he feed Masuda "Massu and I always do this at home, so this is just normal for us." he stated as a matter of fact. Kato rolled his eyes and told him they are not at home right now. He just let Kato's words pass through his ear and said "I'll be back, I'll just go to the toilet."

When Tegoshi was out of sight, Masuda's face became serious as he pulled something from the pocket of his jacket. "Shige, Kei-chan" he called as he handed them a paper "I found this in my jacket this morning. And I just thought that maybe you know where it come from."

Koyama and Kato was shocked when they read what's written in the paper. "How come.. you have something like this?" Kato, still eyes focused on the accident that was written on the paper, asked Masuda.

"I don't know. Maybe I cut that out from a newspaper without thinking. I don't know. I don't-"

"Massu, tear this, to pieces. Don't throw it anywhere. I'm afraid Tegoshi might find out." Kato handed it back to Masuda "Hurry! Tegoshi's coming!" he added, almost whispering, when he sees Tegoshi walking back.

Masuda tears the newspaper clip into pieces, clenched it tight and shoved it back to the pocket of his jacket. When Tegoshi took the sit beside him, he acted as if nothing happened, so does Kato and Koyama who continued eating their cakes, well, Koyama suddenly shove his cake on his mouth, in a way that he couldn't speak anymore. Tegoshi looked at him surprised and laughs afterwards, saying to eat slowly and feel the sweetness of the cake.

-O-O

Tegoshi's not home yet. Masuda glanced at his pocket watch, it's 9 o'clock in the evening, though he knows where he is right now. Nishikido invited the team to go out and have some fun before they would head out to Osaka tomorrow morning. It's a kind of ritual to Nishikido..  when he was still a student and a soccer player himself, he would go and sing in karaokes or go on arcades to release the pressure and nervousness . He wanted to go and pick Tegoshi but what Kato said to him through the phone this morning is stopping him.

"Massu, you are going overboard."

"What?"

"Tegoshi said you are becoming overprotective and he doesn't like it. He feels like you are slowly taking his freedom away from him"

"I.. I was just.."

"What did you do? Why did he say that to me?"

"Is Tesshi there?"

"Yes, but he is not with me right now, he's practicing, he is releasing his anger through practicing. Tell me, Massu"

"I .. I just took the knife away from him this morning because he suddenly cut his finger when he was cooking breakfast.. and yesterday night, I didn't allow him to go out when Kamenashi called him and also.. didn't allow him when Ryo and Tomo went here just to pick him up.."

"You are paranoid, Massu."

"I'm just.."

"We're going out later, every one of us in the team, and don't worry, I am with Tegoshi. I'm telling you this in advance just in case he won't call and let you know."

"Is he really that angry?"

"Yes he is. No one dared to practice with him right now, well, the coach dares so they are having a one-on-one right now."

"He did glare at me this morning and didn't talk to me afterwards.. but I didn't know he is that angry.."

"I'll take Tegoshi home later, let him be free tonight, Massu. Or else, he would explode."

He sighs and rolled back and forth in his bed. He is only doing what he knows is right. He didn't know Tegoshi is feeling that way. He will ask for his forgiveness later, he thought as he sits up on his bed. He suddenly heard a knock and he hurriedly went outside to open the door.

"Hi Massu~" a tipsy Tegoshi said

"Are you drunk?"

"No, just tipsy"

"Still, you are drunk.. Why are you drunk?" Masuda asked, worried, holding Tegoshi on the waist

"I said, just tipsy! I can show you.. let me go, I can go to my room on my own." Tegoshi pushed Masuda away and the latter just look at him and sighs, he thought maybe he is the reason why Tegoshi is drunk. He is worried for Tegoshi, Is he going to be alright tomorrow? Masuda followed Tegoshi who is walking unsteadily toward his room. He sighs again when Tegoshi knocked on the door of his room and called 'Is Tegoshi there?' and laugh. He was about to grab Tegoshi through the waist and open the door for him when the phone he is carrying rang. He answered it directly when he saw Kato's name on the screen.

"Hello, Massu? Is Tegoshi there already?" Kato said, nervousness can be heard in his voice

"Yes. He just came home. Why?"

"Well, you see.." Masuda can here Kato hesitating for a moment "he took my car and drove his way back to your apartment."

"What?!" Masuda shouted, making Kato on the other end winced and Tegoshi turned to look at him. "Tesshi, why did you take Shige's car? And you're drunk! What if something bad happened to you?!" Masuda shouted and was surprised with his own loud voice, so does Tegoshi who looked at him with wide eyes.

"I-"

"Don't you know how dangerous it is to drive under the influence of alcohol?!" he hold Tegoshi's arms,

"I'm not drunk! And I can take care of myself! Nothing bad happened to me , right?! Fuck off!" he pushed Masuda hard and hurriedly open the door of his room.

"Te-" and he slammed the door in front of Masuda's face.

---

Morning comes and he didn't waste a second. He hurriedly took a shower and packed his bag afterwards, ignoring the headache he got . When he opened the door, he saw Masuda sleeping on the couch. He knows he was at fault last night but Masuda, too, was at fault. Masuda suddenly moves and he scurries silently to the door. He is still angry though he doesn't really know why. He doesn't know if he's angry at Masuda or angry at himself. He sighs as he closed the door slowly and whispered his goodbye to Masuda.

At the train station, he sighs heavily when he saw Kato approaching him with his brow raised. "Sorry, Shige" he said, as he lowered down his head "I'm sorry for driving even though I was a bit drunk. And I am sorry for taking your car."

"Don't you know how much you worried me?!" Kato sighs when Tegoshi just pouts at him. "You should tell those words to Massu. Are you guys okay now?" He heard their exchanged of words last night, Masuda didn't turned off his phone when he shouted at Tegoshi so he heard everything. "And.. are you okay? You are not suffering from headache, are you?"

"I didn't" Tegoshi said and he stopped talking when Nishikido called them, saying it's time to go. When they were on their sits already, he continued "I didn't have time to say sorry. And I don't know what to say to him." Tegoshi heard Kato snorts and said Excuses more to himself but still loud enough for him to hear. He doesn't have a say to that because maybe, Kato is right. He slumped back to his chair and stares at the window as the train started to move.

---

"Massu?" a sleepy Koyama answered.

"Kei-chan.. Tesshi is angry at me.." Masuda's voice is so low and sad

Koyama felt the sadness in Masuda's voice and he immediately got worried "Massu.. where are you right now?"

"Inside.."

"I'm coming. Don't go anywhere." he cut-off the call and hurriedly went out his bed.

Masuda stares at the ceiling, thinking of any possible things he could do to ease Tegoshi's anger. He can't just let him go now, can he? No. His birthday is approaching and he is already on his way to Osaka, the place where he died.. He groans and messed up his hair, asking himself What Should I Do, over and over again. The doorbell suddenly rang, stopping him from rolling down the floor, he stands and headed to the door.

"Good morning, Massu!" Koyama smiled at a depress Masuda and went inside the apartment "I bet you haven't eaten yet so I am going to borrow your kitchen for a while. Hmm. Let me see what you have in here" Koyama said as he scanned the inside of the refrigerator. He didn't notice Masuda took a sit and buried his face on the table.

"Kei-chan.. what should I do?" Masuda asked, not looking up at his friend. His question made Koyama turned around to look at him. "I can't just stay here and wait till Tesshi's anger subsides.. I know Shige is with him and I trust him. But-"

"You are worried." Koyama said. He took the eggs out on the fridge and turned his back at Masuda, heading to the stove, he thought of making an egg roll. "Massu, what do you want to do the most, right now?" Masuda stares at his back, as if that would lead him to an answer "I am ready to help. That's what friends are for, right Massu?" Koyama is not looking at him but he knows he is smiling.

"Kei-chan.." Masuda smiles. He is glad, really glad to have Koyama as a friend. After a long moment of staring at Koyama's back, he said "Let's go to Osaka. Even if he's still angry at me, even if I could only watch over him from afar." he pauses "I want to be there for him.. I want to make sure that he is alright."

"I knew you'd say that" Koyama happily said and turned around to look at Masuda who stares at him confusedly, "So I already told Nakamaru that we'd be gone for four days. And I already reserved two hotel rooms for us." Masuda's face lit up and Koyama smiles proudly at him. "Now, eat your breakfast because we are going to the office to leave some memo for Nakamaru. We'll be leaving this afternoon" he added as he put Masuda's breakfast on the table. "I'm going back upstairs , I'm gonna prepare my things and you better prepare yours too, okay?" he said as he headed to the doorway.

"Kei-chan!" Masuda called. Koyama turned around and smiled when he sees Masuda's smiling face "Thank you"

-O-O

They were practicing and Kato notices something was off. Tegoshi is disturbed and it's affecting his performance. He keeps his eyes on Tegoshi, who at the moment puts a ball on the ground, he kicked and curses when it didn't went to the net. Kato sighs when he put another ball on the ground. He saw Nishikido approaching Tegoshi and he signaled him to stop. Nishikido's brows furrowed, but he thought if there's someone who knows Tegoshi's problem at the moment, that would be Kato so he stopped and eyed Kato instead, mouthing Fix The Problem at him before he goes back to the bench.

Tegoshi was about to kick another ball when he heard Kato's voice behind him. He turned around and saw Kato smiling sympathetically at him.

"That's because you are full of excuses." Kato stated "What would you do now? You are not in good condition to play later."

"I'm okay. Nothing is wrong. And I will definitely play later" Tegoshi added before he kicked the ball, cursing afterwards

"That's what you called 'Nothing is wrong' ?" he raises a brow "Hey, Tegoshi, I have a good news." he said smirking when Tegoshi glanced at him curiously, "You can't contact Massu in the next few days because Nishikido just took our phones when we were busy practicing." Tegoshi's jaw dropped and Kato points his finger to the bench where their teammates are on the verge of crying because all of their phones are nowhere to be found, Nishikido on the other hand, just closes his eyes and listens to music, totally ignoring his team.

"No way" Tegoshi said, slowly. He felt Kato's hand on his head and he pushed it away but Kato put it again and he didn't waste his energy on slapping it off.

"You are worried about Massu, am I right Tegoshi?" Kato softly asked, Tegoshi glared at him and told him to shut up. "Oh, so you are not worried.. then I won't bring you with me later." Tegoshi's eyes suddenly sparkled and he has to suppress his laughter before he continues "I'm sorry but it's not what you think. Kei called earlier and said he is going to cheer for me so he told me where he is staying in advance. And when I asked about Massu, Tego-chan is still angry at him so it's better if Massu would give Tego-chan some space, that's what he said." and Tegoshi sighs. "You clearly knows will be here for days so why didn't you wake Masuda up and say you're sorry? Put your shoes on him and try to imagine Massu driving under the influence of alcohol. How would you react?"

"I know. I know.. I'm sorry for making you worry too." Tegoshi said sadly, averting his gaze to his teammates, who by now are getting scolded because they are too noisy. "I'll go with you later. It's better to stay with you and Kei-chan than to be left in the room with Tomo-chan. Who knows Ryo-chan would be there and I might just get jealous." he said, pouting

"And you won't get jealous when you are with us?" Kato confusedly asked

"Well, I know you easily get embarrass so you won't do something that would make me miss Massu more."

"You are too confident" Kato grins and Tegoshi grins back at him. "Then, you should focus on our match. If I could see you are focused, I'll let you stay with  us."

"Of course! I am always focus!" Tegoshi defended and Kato just shook his head, slightly laughing.

"Then, kick the ball and make a goal."

-O-O

"Aah~ aah~ Shige is so annoying" Tegoshi whined to himself while getting out from the taxi. He glared at Kato who just waved his hands at him. He entered the hotel and headed to the elevator. He is supposed to be with him so why is he here in the hotel acting as Kato's messenger? Kato gave him Koyama's room number and instructed him to tell Koyama to go at this restaurant. So, is he going to eat by himself now? The elevator opened and he thought of whining at Koyama so that he would buy him dinner. He reached the room and he formulated his whining speech first before he knocked.

"Kei-chan~" Tegoshi whines when the door opened

"Kei-chan?" Masuda asks when he opened the door

They both said Koyama's name at the same time and they both freeze when they saw who they are talking to.

"Massu.."

"Tesshi.."

They both said again at the same time.

"What are you.. Isn't this Kei-chan's room?" He asked, glancing back and forth at the paper that Kato shoved to his face earlier and at Masuda's cute shocked face.

"T-this is my room... Kei-chan's room is next door.. How did you.. why are you here Tesshi?" Masuda said, eyes locked at Tegoshi

"S-shige asked me to get.. Shige.." he added Kato's name and sighs when he figures something. He looked at Masuda who at the moment seemed to realize something too.

"Kei-chan.." Masuda said as he sighs. He glanced at Tegoshi who looked away when he did. And he thought he saw him blush before he turned his back on him. "Are you.. " he hesitates but said it nevertheless "Are you still mad at me, Tesshi?" When Tegoshi took a step away from him, he grabbed his wrist "Wait.. are you still mad, Tesshi?" he asked again. "I'm so-" Tegoshi turned around and hastily throws his arms around him, cutting him off.

"I'm sorry, Massu. I'm sorry" Tegoshi said with muffled voice, he buried his face on Masuda's chest and embraced him tight "I'm sorry."

"Tesshi.." Masuda smiles as he encircled his hands around his waist, pulling him closer to him. "I'm sorry, too, Tesshi. I'm sorry"

"What brings you here? Shige said you won't come.." Tegoshi said, inhaling the scent of the person he missed very much. For two days that he was acting cold towards Masuda, he already missed him so badly. And he wouldn't want to imagine how painful it would be if he waited till the day that the team would come back to Tokyo.

"I want to see you in action." Masuda buries his face on Tegoshi's hair "Even if that means I could only watch from afar.. I'm sorry Tesshi, I shouldn't have done that.. I shouldn't have -"

"It's okay, Massu. We are now okay, right?" Tegoshi asked, moving his head and putting his chin on Masuda's shoulder. He felt Masuda's breath on his neck. Masuda answered him a shaky Yeah.

"Oh right." Masuda pushed Tegoshi gently as he reached for the door, closed and locked it. After that, he extended his arms placing it around Tegoshi's waist, holding him tight. "Now, no one can see us. Let's go to bed. I want to hold you tonight." Masuda said as he started walking backwards, pulling Tegoshi with him.

"What about dinner? Massu, aren't we going to eat first?" Tegoshi, though he knows he also wants to hold Masuda, asks. He can't hide the smile forming on his lips when Masuda didn't answer him, instead he stopped and pulled him down with him when they reached the bed.

"We can always have a late dinner." he said as he shifted till he was on top of Tegoshi. "I heard from Kei-chan that you did well on the game despite of some disturbances." he tilted his head, thinking of something "Now that I think about it, he was purposely telling me the things he would do with Shige tonight to bring back his energy." Masuda locked his gaze at Tegoshi who is smiling sweetly at him

"I love you, Massu" Tegoshi said softly as he put his hands at the back of Masuda's neck.

"I love you too, Tesshi."  Masuda caresses his face, and kissed him on the forehead "I also heard you look exhausted and.. you really are.. Don't worry Tesshi, your personal cheerleader Massu will help you." he added huskily as he leaned down and claimed Tegoshi's lips.