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Prism - Koki/Ueda
Title: Prism
Wordcount: 1276
Rating: PG
Genre: gen-ish, fluff-ish, I-don’t-know-what-ish
Pairing: Koki/Ueda
Warning: Mentions of bald heads, loads of mentions of bald heads, vague timeline, Jincident 1.0.
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goldfreckled. Just because.
Beta-ed bypinkeuphoria1, because she’s lovely and caring and all other mistakes are mine.
Summary: Koki rubs Ueda’s head.
--
They say that rubbing a monk’s head could bring luck to a person, but Ueda doesn’t believe it.
Then again, he hardly believes in anything.
His own head is as hairless as a monk’s and he is far from bringing luck to himself, let alone other people.
The housekeeper reads his schedule to him and he hears muffled mutterings about Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Japanese History, Physical Education, and stuff he doesn’t feel like remembering much.
Maybe he should strive to pass the Johnny’s Audition, just for the heck of it.
To everyone’s surprise, he succeeds.
--
Koki should rap while he plays the guitar, Ueda thinks. It will be awesome.
Ueda thinks that Koki’s a very hypnotising presence – he shines as brightly as a supernova but persists as long as the moon in the sky. Unlike a supernova, however, Koki’s shine, if it ever needs to disperse into the thin air, will be converted to some sort of earth-heating energy. Ueda watches Koki as he goofs around with Nakamaru, experimenting with the different sounds and different rap patterns, wondering if he knows anything about shining. Koki always talks about improvising his rap and coming up with something new because he believes that if they can come up with something unique enough, they will debut as promised. He refuses to believe that they are not good enough to debut.
Ueda goes back to his MP3 player and presses ‘play’ as he sees his latest favourite from Gackt, Tsuki no Uta, mentally transcribing the song into a series of musical notes to be played on his guitar.
Probably this is how humans work, he thinks. When the universe doesn’t prove them right, they just work on not being proven wrong.
--
It has been almost three years since they first heard about their debuting possibilities and yet, they are still a Johnny’s Jr group.
Koki has just shaved his head for a role in a new drama. Ueda only knows that it also stars Nagase and Tegoshi, the starlet whom Koki has quite resented for having debuted so soon.
He laughs and teases everyone who rubs his head, making a million monk jokes and pretending to meditate and chanting incantations. Koki’s smile seems wider now, probably because Ueda has no choice but to only focus directly on Koki’s face when he looks at him. It’s quite ironic how the lack of hair is kind of making him only more beautiful.
Koki takes Ueda’s hand and rubs it against his head, telling Ueda that it will bring them all luck.
It does.
A month later, words reach Ueda’s ears about their debut.
Koki starts telling people that he’s the luckiest bouzu in Japan without having to be an actual monk.
--
Ueda’s pretty good in boxing, or so Koki tells him.
Koki says that he wants to watch him boxing, apparently because he’s curious about why Ueda’s actually interested in anything that’s not music. Ueda tells him that Koki shouldn’t see people in a one-dimensional view like that, and Koki ruffles his hair.
He tells Ueda that he has never seen anyone in any one-dimensional manner and that it’s just that Ueda’s too multi-dimensional for him to completely figure out. He explains further by saying that Ueda to his hair is like Koki to his head; Ueda’s hair is oddly shaped but curls at the ends, pretty but indiscernible while Koki’s like a grassland, bare and monotonous.
Ueda wants to tell him that being bare and monotonous is a pretty good thing, but he has already moved on to talking about their next single and how he wants to make Ueda talk more in interviews.
--
Koki announces to everyone that he’s not going to grow his hair back as long as they keep getting top-selling materials.
A month later, they are to perform without a member.
--
They are back to six, and Koki’s still bald.
Ueda suggests that he should grow his hair back as he rubs Koki’s head with his palm.
Koki whispers to tell Ueda that he might grow his hair after his new drama, the one with the train, ends.
Ueda immediately regrets suggesting it.
--
Jin complains that Koki changes his hair too often, jokingly asks him if he is actually competing with Kame for the “Most Fickle Hairstyle User” title.
Ueda finds Koki shaving in the bathroom and cheekily pulls a chunk of hair somewhere near his nape. Koki yells at him, saying that he almost shaved his beautiful moustache off.
But you look pretty without your moustache, Ueda almost wants to say.
Then Koki drags Ueda to his side and looks at their reflection in the mirror. Koki says that they look weird with his hair spiky and moustache oddly shaped like that.
Ueda thinks they look pretty okay together.
--
Koki changes his hair style every two – wait, no, one mo- wait, no, Ueda has lost count.
Ueda hasn’t changed his hairstyle in more than a year, only constantly trimming and working within a template.
He has to admit that he looks forward to seeing Koki’s new hairstyle. He likes those moments when he sees the reflection of him and Koki staring back at him from the mirror and he’s struck with the realisation of how utterly perfect they look together.
He feels like a complete creep.
--
Whenever Kame changes his hairstyle, Ueda feels, Koki changes his hairstyle too.
Koki insists that it’s purely coincidental.
Ueda mentally draws a chart and compares the frequency of both Kame’s and Koki’s hairstyle changes and decides that Koki’s telling the truth.
--
Sometimes Ueda thinks that Koki doesn’t stick to a hairstyle anymore because if he sticks to one, it means that things will remain stagnant. To put it simply, he wants to keep things interesting.
Whatever he had said about being bald as long as they keep selling at the top, he now knows that it was probably a joke.
Ueda wonders why Koki thinks that he’s like a bare, monochromatic grassland. Koki’s actually like a prism; because you need a pure, white light in order to penetrate him and see the colours of the rainbow.
--
Koki dyes his hair for his role in Dream Boys. He tells everybody that during the last time he did Dream Boys, he had more or less the same blonde hair and again, he couldn’t offer his head for the casts to rub for luck.
Ueda stares blankly at the thick book of script that was handed to him earlier. The director tells him that they could fashion a wig for him if he couldn’t do it.
He calls the director and tells him that he would like to shoot his flashback scenes first.
--
Koki rubs Ueda’s head.
For luck, he says. Nakamaru and Kame are too shocked to say anything beyond “OH MY GOD UEDA!!! YOU REALLY DID IT!!”.
Ueda steals a glance at himself in the mirror, still trying to get used to his brand-new, hairless head. Koki notices it and stands beside him, telling him that they look quite lovely together, his blonde head and Ueda’s bald one. Koki says that he has no doubts about Ueda being the new luckiest bouzu in Japan.
Maybe people do rub heads for luck, Ueda thinks, but he hardly thinks that events surrounding them could be manoeuvred with hairstyle changes.
But then again, who is he to say that there’s not even a slight chance that it could be true?
After all, it’s the human nature to fight in order not to be proven wrong, even if the universe couldn’t prove them right.
--
Wordcount: 1276
Rating: PG
Genre: gen-ish, fluff-ish, I-don’t-know-what-ish
Pairing: Koki/Ueda
Warning: Mentions of bald heads, loads of mentions of bald heads, vague timeline, Jincident 1.0.
Note: For
goldfreckled. Just because. Beta-ed by
pinkeuphoria1, because she’s lovely and caring and all other mistakes are mine. Summary: Koki rubs Ueda’s head.
--
They say that rubbing a monk’s head could bring luck to a person, but Ueda doesn’t believe it.
Then again, he hardly believes in anything.
His own head is as hairless as a monk’s and he is far from bringing luck to himself, let alone other people.
The housekeeper reads his schedule to him and he hears muffled mutterings about Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Japanese History, Physical Education, and stuff he doesn’t feel like remembering much.
Maybe he should strive to pass the Johnny’s Audition, just for the heck of it.
To everyone’s surprise, he succeeds.
--
Koki should rap while he plays the guitar, Ueda thinks. It will be awesome.
Ueda thinks that Koki’s a very hypnotising presence – he shines as brightly as a supernova but persists as long as the moon in the sky. Unlike a supernova, however, Koki’s shine, if it ever needs to disperse into the thin air, will be converted to some sort of earth-heating energy. Ueda watches Koki as he goofs around with Nakamaru, experimenting with the different sounds and different rap patterns, wondering if he knows anything about shining. Koki always talks about improvising his rap and coming up with something new because he believes that if they can come up with something unique enough, they will debut as promised. He refuses to believe that they are not good enough to debut.
Ueda goes back to his MP3 player and presses ‘play’ as he sees his latest favourite from Gackt, Tsuki no Uta, mentally transcribing the song into a series of musical notes to be played on his guitar.
Probably this is how humans work, he thinks. When the universe doesn’t prove them right, they just work on not being proven wrong.
--
It has been almost three years since they first heard about their debuting possibilities and yet, they are still a Johnny’s Jr group.
Koki has just shaved his head for a role in a new drama. Ueda only knows that it also stars Nagase and Tegoshi, the starlet whom Koki has quite resented for having debuted so soon.
He laughs and teases everyone who rubs his head, making a million monk jokes and pretending to meditate and chanting incantations. Koki’s smile seems wider now, probably because Ueda has no choice but to only focus directly on Koki’s face when he looks at him. It’s quite ironic how the lack of hair is kind of making him only more beautiful.
Koki takes Ueda’s hand and rubs it against his head, telling Ueda that it will bring them all luck.
It does.
A month later, words reach Ueda’s ears about their debut.
Koki starts telling people that he’s the luckiest bouzu in Japan without having to be an actual monk.
--
Ueda’s pretty good in boxing, or so Koki tells him.
Koki says that he wants to watch him boxing, apparently because he’s curious about why Ueda’s actually interested in anything that’s not music. Ueda tells him that Koki shouldn’t see people in a one-dimensional view like that, and Koki ruffles his hair.
He tells Ueda that he has never seen anyone in any one-dimensional manner and that it’s just that Ueda’s too multi-dimensional for him to completely figure out. He explains further by saying that Ueda to his hair is like Koki to his head; Ueda’s hair is oddly shaped but curls at the ends, pretty but indiscernible while Koki’s like a grassland, bare and monotonous.
Ueda wants to tell him that being bare and monotonous is a pretty good thing, but he has already moved on to talking about their next single and how he wants to make Ueda talk more in interviews.
--
Koki announces to everyone that he’s not going to grow his hair back as long as they keep getting top-selling materials.
A month later, they are to perform without a member.
--
They are back to six, and Koki’s still bald.
Ueda suggests that he should grow his hair back as he rubs Koki’s head with his palm.
Koki whispers to tell Ueda that he might grow his hair after his new drama, the one with the train, ends.
Ueda immediately regrets suggesting it.
--
Jin complains that Koki changes his hair too often, jokingly asks him if he is actually competing with Kame for the “Most Fickle Hairstyle User” title.
Ueda finds Koki shaving in the bathroom and cheekily pulls a chunk of hair somewhere near his nape. Koki yells at him, saying that he almost shaved his beautiful moustache off.
But you look pretty without your moustache, Ueda almost wants to say.
Then Koki drags Ueda to his side and looks at their reflection in the mirror. Koki says that they look weird with his hair spiky and moustache oddly shaped like that.
Ueda thinks they look pretty okay together.
--
Koki changes his hair style every two – wait, no, one mo- wait, no, Ueda has lost count.
Ueda hasn’t changed his hairstyle in more than a year, only constantly trimming and working within a template.
He has to admit that he looks forward to seeing Koki’s new hairstyle. He likes those moments when he sees the reflection of him and Koki staring back at him from the mirror and he’s struck with the realisation of how utterly perfect they look together.
He feels like a complete creep.
--
Whenever Kame changes his hairstyle, Ueda feels, Koki changes his hairstyle too.
Koki insists that it’s purely coincidental.
Ueda mentally draws a chart and compares the frequency of both Kame’s and Koki’s hairstyle changes and decides that Koki’s telling the truth.
--
Sometimes Ueda thinks that Koki doesn’t stick to a hairstyle anymore because if he sticks to one, it means that things will remain stagnant. To put it simply, he wants to keep things interesting.
Whatever he had said about being bald as long as they keep selling at the top, he now knows that it was probably a joke.
Ueda wonders why Koki thinks that he’s like a bare, monochromatic grassland. Koki’s actually like a prism; because you need a pure, white light in order to penetrate him and see the colours of the rainbow.
--
Koki dyes his hair for his role in Dream Boys. He tells everybody that during the last time he did Dream Boys, he had more or less the same blonde hair and again, he couldn’t offer his head for the casts to rub for luck.
Ueda stares blankly at the thick book of script that was handed to him earlier. The director tells him that they could fashion a wig for him if he couldn’t do it.
He calls the director and tells him that he would like to shoot his flashback scenes first.
--
Koki rubs Ueda’s head.
For luck, he says. Nakamaru and Kame are too shocked to say anything beyond “OH MY GOD UEDA!!! YOU REALLY DID IT!!”.
Ueda steals a glance at himself in the mirror, still trying to get used to his brand-new, hairless head. Koki notices it and stands beside him, telling him that they look quite lovely together, his blonde head and Ueda’s bald one. Koki says that he has no doubts about Ueda being the new luckiest bouzu in Japan.
Maybe people do rub heads for luck, Ueda thinks, but he hardly thinks that events surrounding them could be manoeuvred with hairstyle changes.
But then again, who is he to say that there’s not even a slight chance that it could be true?
After all, it’s the human nature to fight in order not to be proven wrong, even if the universe couldn’t prove them right.
--