A/N: It's about time to give this story another chapter too! Something that was owed ages ago! There is no valid excuse for my disappearance. I just fell victim to writer's block and got caught up with other things. No promises on consistency but hopefully this will become the first of many actual stable updates. Thank you and I'M SO SORRY to all those that waited for this.

Another Me

Rated: M

Summary: [AU] Ryoma enjoys money but he prices his freedom higher. Luckily he's figured to have both; you just have to have another me.

Chapter III: Gay

Recap

Fuji on the other hand remembered the last time he indulged in vodka with orange juice. He had been deliciously eating a certain model by the name of Takeuchi Ryoma.

A smile made its way across his face as he immersed in the memories. He wondered if he should destroy every girl's dream and reveal the boy was gay and loving it.

XxX

Tokyo

Ryoga stared at his half-eaten burger on the tabletop. He had come out to take a look at the view and somehow caught sight of this burger joint that he used to buy for Ryoma and him. At one point in their lives, this was all they could afford to eat and stretch their budget.

A smile touched his lips as he recalled his snarky little Ryoma telling him he was tired of eating burgers.

Well… if it was any comfort, at least it taught Ryoma how to cook some excellent meals so he benefitted greatly from this.

Picking up the rest of his burger, Ryoga continued eating and observing the people in the store. Gradually his eyes drifted to a table not too far from his where a girl was happily eating some fries with one hand while the other held a magazine in front of her face.

His eyes roved over the cover and suddenly comprehended the bold words on the front. His burger fell limply onto the table as his eyes widened from the headlines.

Japan's Takeuchi Ryo junior is sensually gay.

What the hell!?

XxX

Atobe Corp.

Photo Building

Atobe frowned as he watched Ryoma patiently posed the awkward girl he was working with again and return to behind the camera as he directed each movement.

He was already bored out of his mind from watching this for the last thirty minutes. He didn't understand how his lover and the brother could do this for so long.

"You know you don't have to be here," Ryoma said as he continued navigating Alisa with his hand while viewing her through his camera.

"I tell you she is a no-go for modelling brat," Atobe said walking over to stand right beside him. "Her presence is next to nil."

"She's not suited for a runway, her magic is in photos," Ryoma said with a snarky smile as he snapped twice and told her to take a break finally.

"How is that gonna make a lot of money?" Atobe asked with a frown. He was a businessman and he knew that models all started with magazines to gain exposure then reached for higher places. No one stayed a photo model if they could help it.
"She already has a lot of money," Ryoma stated bluntly. "She just needs a little confidence and someone who can manage her path right."

Atobe glanced at the photos Ryoma pulled up for him and his eyes skimmed it briefly before slowly widening.

There was no way these were photos of that awkward wallflower!

Ryoma merely smiled seeing Atobe's incredulous looks at the photos. Alisa was equipped with everything to be an Another Me.

XxX

Takeuchi Residence

"About time you got home, "Ryoga called out as he stood from where he was seated behind his laptop at the dining table. "Where have you been?"

"Busy," Ryoma said tossing his school bag onto the sofa before facing his brother's frown. "Why?"

"Have you seen POP magazine today?" Ryoga questioned rounding the table with a magazine before handing it straight to Ryoma.

Ryoma's eyes skimmed the cover really quick before taking it from his brother and flipping it open with a serious expression.

He could feel his brother's eyes still on him as he flipped towards the middle of the magazine to his section and read a couple lines of his interview with that hot writer.

He bit back a sigh as regret filled his head at sleeping with that writer. He had let the moment take him and forgot about the consequences that could come along with messing with media people. He couldn't also help but think of how incredibly hot that writer was as he thrust so smoothly into him.

Ryoga swallowed an angry lecture as he noted that his brother seemed to be going over the interview mentally in seriousness at the moment.

"What's going on?" Atobe asked as he rounded the corner. He immediately approached Ryoga and placed a kiss on his lips before redirecting his gaze onto the magazine in Ryoma's hands.

He was about to crane his neck to look but Ryoma abruptly shut the magazine and tossed it onto the dining table before turning away to drag his bag to his room.

"So?" Ryoga asked seeing that Ryoma wasn't going to say anything unless he prompted him.

"Don't be so loud tonight because I have a long day tomorrow," Ryoma stated opening his door to walk into his room without even flipping on the light.

"Oi!" Ryoga bit out in a flare of anger now. He wasn't going to let a magazine trash his brother's name even if it was one of the most popular magazines that fashionista's read these days.

"I'll take care of it during my event tomorrow!" Ryoma stated before the door shut with a thud.

"What's going on tomorrow?" Ryoga asked Atobe with a turn on his head.

"How the hell would I know?" Atobe said with a slight frown. "Aren't you supposed to know mister CEO?"

"Just because I manage the higher management doesn't mean I micromanage my brother's life." Ryoga reminded him.

"Well no, but don't you pay that nifty little manager to do that?" Atobe asked with a lift of the brow. As if inspiration hit, Ryoga went back to his laptop to find out abandoning Atobe to stand by his lonesome self.

Though he wasn't happy about the abandonment, Atobe understood his lover was a very busy man.

He slightly regretted getting involved with such a man at these times too. His father was still kicking so he didn't have to handle much at his own company besides a few meetings and social events but Ryoga had to do everything,

Because the brothers didn't have anything to start off with, Ryoga had to pull a lot of people and connections, his included, to pool in the money to invest in Takeuchi Entertainment. Which meant he sold shares to every one of them in hopes that the company would do well and they would be making more than they put in.

Luckily for Ryoga; selling his face and his brother's as models under his company made it blow super high. The people who invested made triple what they put in and became steady shareholders. With that, Ryoga went on to open Takeuchi Gakuen and was even dabbling in a fashion line. He was still doing his best to own everything he could to make a company run solely on its own without needing to depend on to many resources outside.

Atobe smiled slightly in pride at the accomplishments these two men had done within the span of ten years. Ryoga raised his own models, actors and people through the school and the company continued to do well.

XxX

After School

Alisa nervously stepped onto the scale at Ryoma's prodding. She was really sweating that Ryoma somehow knew she had been sneaking a candy bar every other night.

"Not bad," Ryoma said cutting through her mental battle.

"Eh?" Alisa let out as she bent her head to look at the number. She had lost five pounds….

"Sugoi(cool) Alisa-chan!" Sulia said taking one of Alisa's hand in hers. She hoped her friend would think of this as a good thing.

"Yeah!" Alisa said dancing off of the scale. She looked extremely happy and Sulia was elated as well for her. She knew Alisa was always quiet and usually a loner because she was self-conscious of everything bad about her. Sulia hoped this was going to be a good thing for Alisa to come out of her shell more.

Ryoma shook his head slightly at seeing the girls jump around as if they won the lottery. Five pounds didn't even really show to be completely honest and it should be mostly water weight but whatever… even little victories should count.

"You called me about someone?"

Ryoma glanced up and saw Oshitari enter the training room with his usual serious expression.

"I did," Ryoma said with a smile as he indicated for Oshitari to turn around.

"Your future money maker!"

"…the fat one?"

"The thin one," Ryoma said with a frown. "Don't let them hear you call her that again."

XxX

Toyama Residence

Alisa practically skipped inside as she hummed happily. It was a WHOLE five pounds!

Ryoma even said that if she lost another thirty pounds she'd be perfect! That was like another six weeks of hell training then she should shed it going at five pounds a week!

"Alisa is that you?"

Alisa froze and turned slightly to see her older sister coming out of the living room.

Her sister was her weak point. Her sister was a year older and they had the same appearance if not for the fact that Alisa was bigger. The same voice and same height even if she was to analyze the whole thing.

"Welcome home," she said with a smile.

"You're visiting?" Alisa asked standing still as a statue at the moment. If she was here than that meant that he was here too…

"Alisa-chan!"

A wobbly smile made its way onto her face, "Gikei(brother-in-law)"

It was apparent their tastes were also the same.

Elsewhere

Fuji was entirely speechless. He had jumped initially at the chance to go to Takeuchi Ryo Jr's photobook event just to see how the youth was taking his interview. After all, it had created a great wave in the news and internet since yesterday's release and he wanted to know the youth's response. He had waited patiently too. Just to see if that smiling face was going to crack from the pressure of being whispered about but he continued professionally during the whole event up until this moment when his management opened up questions for the media and photographers. The first question was of course in reference to the headline that Fuji himself wrote.

"It is my business if I am or not," Ryoma said bluntly with a darkened, delicious smile. "But if we are to be completely honest, I can go either or."

Collective gasps were heard and of course, Fuji himself was stunned at such a directive answer. He didn't even fear the censure of losing fans who thought that was gross?

"All that matters is if you can turn my head and keep it there," Ryoma spoke candidly. His smug smirk and golden eyes connected with Fuji at that moment. He was standing in the crowd of photographers and writers in a daze.

His eyes didn't open in challenge until Ryoma pointedly provoked him with a single look before ignoring him.

How delicious…

A/N: And THAT sets the tone for more fun to come!