Crystal: -le gasp!- What's this? I actually updated? There must be something wrong with me... Hahahs, okay maybe not. But I actually updated! To be honest, I should be sleeping right now since I have my Provincial Exam for English tomorrow (and if Bluum's reading this, yes I managed to study! Aren't you proud of me :D) but I feel so accomplished right now!
I usually have a list of people to thank for reviewing the last chapter, but since I'm back to feeling lazy all I can say is thank you very much for reviewing and I hope that you guys would review this chapter again (despite the fact of not updating this fic for a couple of years now... -coughs-).
Have fun reading!
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Stuck - Chapter Seven
For once in my whole entire life, I was actually agreeing to what Hiwatari is always telling me - Ivanov, you are a total IDIOT!
Why, you may so graciously ask? Well, aside from the fact that I found out that we were going to Bahamas - damn it, I am going to kill Hiwatari and make it look like a freakin' accident! - I merely realized something very important. In fact, I was surprised Rei did not notice it too especially since we have been best friends ever since we stopped eating liquid glue (and I supposed glue sticks as well).
But then again, the past few weeks have been terribly busy that even I needed to get some sleep in the stupid plane - no matter how uncomfortable it is. Only, the worst thing - aside from meeting the devil and her cousin - that could possibly be happening to me actually happened. Right on this very plane, on this very seat, right next to my love interest.
"Tala… you look really green… daijoubou ka?"
"Hn, Ivanov you are total idiot…"
"Would you like some peanuts, sirs? Ma'am?"
If my condition feels like I have gone through the elevator at least fifty-six times (without stopping, and the machinery was actually going on a super-fast speed) or at least a stupid roller coaster ride that became uncontrollable to stop right now, I feel ten times worse when that flight-attendant wench offered us some shitty nuts. STUPID WOMAN! CAN'T YOU SEE THAT I AM ON THE VERGE OF PUKING MY HEART AND LUNGS OUT TO MY ONE AND ONLY SEX GOD?
If possible, I turned to a more forest green colour at the suggestion and tried to hold my… bile and other nasty stuff in. Honestly, either that incompetent lady was blind or just plain stupid.
Rei, who was sitting right across from me (ooh, and did I mention that we were sitting on first-class? Faaaancy!) gave me a worried glance and looked as if he was ready to turn into a mother-hen of some sort. "I can't believe that we forgot that you get sick when flying on the air… remember when you threw up at the stewardess two years ago when we visited Lee and the others in China?"
I know my darling best friend means well… but damn, if he reminds me of that time again, I will seriously puke on him instead. It was a memory that I do not want to remember. It was so embarrassing that I don't even consider flying at that airline ever again!
And oh no… not only did I have a motion sickness when I am on a plane… but did I really have to have panic attacks too? I swear, those businessmen that were sharing the first class with us keeps on looking at me like I have something wrong in my head.
It all started forty-five minutes ago…
-- Flashback --
I yawned as I sat on one of those waiting lobby chair-things waiting for our flight. Seriously, our lunch was one of my embarrassing moments ever and really, I do not need anymore since I apparently have tonnes of them already. I couldn't even look at Bryan in the freakin' eye! For some reason, I find it really interesting to stare at his ass instead…
"You're mad at me, aren't you?" I looked up when Rei started speaking. Damn, he had his stupid huge, teary-eyed look that would make me guilty for being mad at him. Why does he always do that? I shook my head at his question and glared at his boyfriend who was trying not to snap at a certain cousin of his who was complaining a bit too much.
Rei didn't seem to believe me - seeing as he had this glint in his eyes whenever he tries to read my mind - and tried to apologize… yet again. "I tried to stop Kai-koi from buying the tickets, you know," he continued as he played the end of his ponytail. "I threatened him that if he bought the tickets, I won't give him the satisfaction of hot hotel sex -"
"Damn it, Kon! If you'd shut up about your sex life with Hiwatari, then I forgive you!" To tell the truth, I wasn't even mad at him to begin with. But the way where the conversation was going… I'm going to have to gouge my eyes and make my ears bleed if my darling - INNOCENT - best friend continued what he was saying unless I 'forgave' him.
And Rei? He just smiled sweetly and sauntered back towards Hiwatari, whispering something in his ear and then starting a conversation with Bryan. Usually, I wouldn't find it weird that my best friend and love interest were talking casually, but now I find it really unnerving that while they were talking, they were staring at me as well. Was there something in my face?
I was really glad that the lady in the PA system finally said that we're allowed to board on the plane now because frankly, if there were no interruptions, I would have walked towards them and probably made a fool out of myself.
--
But no matter how many times I tried to get away from humiliation, it bites me back in the ass.
I will never, ever forgive Rei. If I die before him, I will haunt him every single day. I CAN'T BELIEVE HE WOULD BETRAY ME LIKE THIS!
"Are you sure you don't want the uhh - the window seat?" I find myself stammering out as Bryan nodded, with an amused look in his face. As much as I love that look in his face, it was not making me feel any better. Is that what they were talking about a few minutes ago? That Bryan was going to be sitting beside me during the plane ride? And the fact that his stupid fiancé would be on his other side while Rei and his stupid boyfriend would sit right across from us?
Unfortunately, the moment when the plane started moving and that I buckled my seatbelt in I started to hyperventilate.
It was seriously not my fault that I have panic attacks! I've always had them ever since I was a little boy… and, "Oh my god, we're going to die!" I hissed, as I clutched the side arms of the chair and I kept on breathing like a pregnant woman.
Rei was looking at me like he was torn on between comforting me and bashing his boyfriend's head while Hiwatari was trying not to laugh evilly. The only person that was - surprisingly - looking at me like I needed a hug was Bryan…
"Relax," I heard him say, as I tried not to break into tears. "We're not going to die…"
"Yes we are! This plane is going to crash in some unknown island where we will be eaten by cannibals and sacrificing our bones to some god that looks like that old hag's ugly hat!" I retorted back, ignoring the indignant looks the said old hag was giving me. Even the other people had started giving us looks but I don't care! I just want to get off this plane!
I glared at my moonlit-eyed love interest when he started chuckling in amusement (because really, I don't find this funny at all) and switched my glare towards Hiwatari who started to add his two cents in.
"Suck it up, Ivanov. You really need to tone down your imagination - "
"Kai, for few minutes, shut the hell up."
At first I thought Rei said that sentence a moment ago, but then I realized that he was just as surprised as I was - in fact, there was no way he would have snap at the idiot like that unless he started talking about spicing up their sex life.
It turns out that Bryan was the one who told his best friend - HIS BEST FRIEND - to shut up. Did he just… defend me on my behalf?
Bryan turned his attention back to me and he put his arm around my back, trying to enclose me in a hug and reassuring me that we were not going to crash. But I think that my panic attack subsided when he told Hiwatari to be quiet.
-- End Flashback --
Okay, so maybe I was exaggerating a little bit but one would probably get the picture, right?
Aside from that, luck was on my side - for the time being - and he had kept his arm around me when the whole turbulence took place. Surprisingly enough for me, his fiancée didn't notice at all! Or either that, she was but ignored it because she's planning some evil plot to throw me out the airplane…
Unfortunately for me, my luck ran out and when the plane started to move smoothly, my stomach decided to do horrible flip-flops that would make me nauseous. It was such a shame though that Hiwatari and his cousin were not sitting beside me, because if they were, I would have gladly threw up on their laps.
But no… I just had to sit with Bryan - not that I mind, however, I don't want my puke in his lap!
I noticed Rei standing up from his seat and walked over to the stewardess that offered us peanuts earlier. When he came back, he was holding a bottle of water and a brown paper bag. He handed it to me and he started patting my knee.
"Here, water will help your stomach…" he explained as he gave me a sympathetic look. I would have hugged him, saying that I would somehow repay his kindness for not trying to kill his boyfriend, but sadly I also didn't want to puke in his lap, so I smiled weakly.
Reclining my chair, I sighed softly and closed my eyes, hoping that our flight would be quick and even though the destination we would be going to was the last place I wanted to right now - unless, of course, it became a rendezvous place for Bryan and me - I prefer land over air. That's the reason why we have no wings. Humans were not cut out to FLY!
My stomach did another jig and swallowed a small amount of water again to calm it down. Honestly… I never really expected my flight to be like this, but then again, I was stupid enough to forget that I get airsick and have panic attacks. I mean, who would forget such important things! Am I really obsessed of Kuznetsov Bryan that somehow, the information of my airsickness and occasional panic attacks gets flushed down into my imaginary brain-toilet?
…Okay don't answer that, but still! What kind of idiot am I?
…Okay, don't answer that question either.
I felt Bryan standing up from his seat and leaving for a couple of minutes; boy, I must be really delirious and airsick than I thought. I didn't even care that I'm currently vulnerable and his fiancée might do something nasty to me and that he might not even be there to be my knight-in-shining armour! I carefully opened one of my eyes, peering slowly to my right. Right there, with one seat distance between us, was the bimbo from hell (I refuse – REFUSE – to acknowledge her name, or the fact this she's my future lover's fiancée), staring at me as if I was the most fascinating thing that was created, second only to wafer sticks.
I don't blame her if she thinks I'm the most fascinating thing in the world… I already knew I am, but I digress. With the way she was looking at me, it looked like she was ready to tie me up in the middle of the aisle and push the flight attendant's cart in mach speed, hoping that it'll mutilate me and my chances of getting into her fiancée's pants.
Unfortunately, when I tried to get my best friend's attention by diverting the bimbo's short-spanned attention from me to him instead, I found out that he fell asleep, curled up against his seat while his idiotic lover was off somewhere (probably with my Bryan…). I suppose I should be grateful a little bit since Hiwatari won't be here to make things worse, but I just realized that if she does mutilate me, there won't be any witnesses to her commit the deed save for my best friend who's asleep.
"Aww, Tala-chan," she cooed, while still staring at me in with that creepy eyes of hers (I ignored the stare, considering I'm more irked at the fact when she added the suffix '–chan' to my name like we're some kind of best friends). "Are you okay? Do you need to go to the washroom? I can help you get there…"
If I wasn't on the verge of vomiting my innards out, I would have laughed my cute, little ass off (and possibly die of asphyxiation if given a chance). I knew what she was trying to do; I KNOW HER PLAN! She's going to 'help me' to the washroom, and then with her compact butcher knife, she's going to chop my limbs and flush them down into the toilet one by one…
And no, my imagination is not running wild! Just because I made up an imaginary object like that 'compact butcher knife' so she could have a deadly weapon to kill me with… It could happen!
"Uhh, thanks for the help, Takamiya-san but – "
"Call me Himiko-chan, Tala-chan! And don't thank me, I just want to make you feel better – "
"No, it's okay, really. I'm slowly getting over my sickness… I'll be fine in a few moments – "
"But – "
"Himiko, leave him alone."
Both the bimbo and I looked at the direction where the familiar, deep – and did I mention sexy? – voice came from. Wow… he really is my knight-in-shining armour! Bryan was standing there, with his arms crossed over his chest, staring coolly at the bimbo with his stunning eyes. He walked towards me and leaned near me a bit, pushing a lock of my red hair away from my face. He gave me a faint smile – which made me melt on the inside, by the way – and continued to glare at his fiancée.
Huh… I almost forgot that she was there too…
"Mou, Bryan-chan! I was just trying to help!" she pouted childishly when Bryan snapped at her earlier. "Tala-chan's so sick right now; I would even think that he's dying. I'm pretty sure that by going to the washroom could help him a little bit!"
LIES. ALL LIES, I TELL YOU. But thankfully, Bryan seemed to be on my side and didn't believe her for one bit. "Help? You were helping? It looked more like you were harassing him," he snorted and tried to take off my seatbelt like it was the most natural thing to do.
Wow, you're really slow today, aren't you? the voice in my head suddenly spoke out of nowhere, sounding smug for some reason.
I was just going to ponder what it's trying to point out when I realized what my future lover's currently doing.
Oh my…
I flushed a brilliant red that totally clashed with my beautiful red hair when his large hands were in my lap. I'm pretty sure the rest of my brain cells were zapped into oblivion too when the tips of his fingers accidentally – or was it? – brushed softly against my stomach that was exposed slightly when my shirt rode up because of my seatbelt.
Wasn't he going a bit too fast…? I mean, we were in a plane after all…
Wait, what the heck am I saying?
"W-What are you d-doing?" I managed to stutter as he tried adjust my seatbelt to he could take it off (it doesn't take that much time to take of a seatbelt right? Not that I'm complaining of course…).
"Taking your seatbelt off," he responded, as if what he was only typing in his laptop. His voice also sounded amused, in which I pouted inwardly because he was secretly making fun of my intellect.
"I k-know that! I meant, why…"
Just before he was about to answer, we heard Rei stir from his little 'catnap'. He gave a small yawn and stretched his arms wide, exposing his lithe waist for a bit (HAH, too bad Hiwatari missed that stupid image). He rubbed his eyes slowly, while staring at us in an unfocused way.
"Bryan-kun? Tala? Where's Kai-koi…?" he mumbled to us, not noticing the fact that it seemed like Bryan looked like he was doing something inappropriate to me – I really wished that it were the case though. Anyway, since I was too dazed to answer, I distinctly heard Bryan telling Rei that his boyfriend was speaking to one of the flight attendants to prepare an isolated area somewhere in the first class area.
Rei looked dumbfounded for a second at his lover's best friend's explanation. "Why would Kai-koi do…?"
"Actually, I asked him a favour. It's for Tala," at the sound of my name being said by his lips, my brain finally came back from it long overdue vacation, "Since he's feeling nauseous right now, I figured he needed to be in a place where there aren't that much people to gawk and stare at him, like they're waiting for him to vomit or something." I've never heard him speak so much right now… not that I'm insulting him of course. I just love the way he speaks, and deep voice is trying to lull me to sleep…
"Oh, Bryan-chan! Can I come with you, pleeeeease?"
On second thought, I can't go to sleep when a shrieking bimbo would scream at my ear with the shrilly voice. I'm positive that I'm going to need a hearing aid for my right ear soon… I could still hear the tingling, incessant ringing in my ear because of her screeching.
"No, you'll just disturb him," Bryan retorted back and tried to cradle me in his arms after he took off my seatbelt (which he just finally took off, by the way. Despite the fact that I savoured the moment of him touching my exposed tummy – albeit by 'accident' – I am now wondering whether he did slowly or not). He turned towards Hiwatari, who just came back from talking with a flight attendant and sat back beside Rei, who immediately curled up against him, whilst wrapping his arm around my best friend's waist.
"The row right near the Captain's cabin is ready for you and Ivanov, Bryan," Hiwatari, replied back when he was asked if that small area was ready. To be honest, I was surprised when he said that without insulting me; actually, it looked like he was trying not to say any derogatory remarks against me.
Did something happen to him and Bryan when they were temporarily away? I shot Rei a narrowed look; now I easily get curious like him.
Bryan nodded in thanks and, a few seconds later, he tried to lift me up like he was carrying a bride. The light blush that scattered across my face returned back in full force, successfully comparing me into a very ripe tomato.
"I c-can walk properly, y-you know…"
WHAT THE HELL AM I SAYING?
"While you're queasy and ready to fall any moment? No thanks."
"B-But…"
OKAY, MOUTH, STOP TALKING WITHOUT MY BRAIN HERE TO GUIDE YOU!
"Look, Ivanov… stop acting like a total idiot and just shut up and savour the moment? You know that this opportunity will never, ever come up again."
If I wasn't sick and flustered with embarrassment, I'd get off of my sex god's arms (much to my chagrin) and strangle Hiwatari for making such a comment (and for making me get off from the strong, muscled arms of my dear, Bryan…).
But, as much as I hate my best friend's lover's guts like a passion, I actually listened to him for once.
Inwardly sighing in content – which only comes once in a blue moon – I curled up in my love interest's arms as he swept me away into the sunset…
Okay, fine maybe he just swept me away into our own private row…
But I can dream, can't I?
Crystal: I hope you guys had fun reading it! As you can see, I managed to not torture Tala throughout the whole chapter for once, and look! There was fluff all around! -smiles cheekily- Anyway, if there are any errors or if the chapter is short, please forgive me. I was so excited that I actually finished writing this that I needed to post it up right away.
But anyway, again, I hope you guys enjoyed reading it and don't forget to review!