aubergines | ( #002 ) FAKE MARRIED AU

( #002 ) FAKE MARRIED AU

the 'fake married' meme

be it for a job, in order to get your inheritance or to fool your nosy neighbours, you are pretending to be married. now the question is, do you want it to be real or can you hardly wait for it to be over?

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[ yes, well, it wasn't going to get any better, which should be telling enough by the way daichi can't quite look back at suga. especially when suga continues, coming to his own conclusions, conclusions that daichi is pretty sure are wrong. or at least, not at all where daichi is going with this. ]

Well, yeah, I told her I was dating someone. [ and then he kind of laughs, though it comes out a little more forced than anything. this is so weird, mostly because daichi is rarely ever nervous. excited, sure. tense with anticipation. but nerves were never something he really worried about - and that's what he's calling the way his stomach hasn't quite loosened up since this conversation started. even if suga is totally calm, and probably will just respond with a laugh (hopefully will, at least).

okay, no. this is silly. they're best friends. whatever happens, happens. daichi stands up straight, takes a deep breath, and with his eyebrows lifted in a sort of sheepish look, daichi just comes out with it. ]

I told her we were dating.

[ and now for the crash and burn. ]

Edited 2014-10-27 22:39 (UTC)

[ when daichi laughs, it prompts suga to join in because so far, everything is pretty much going as he'd suspected. his friend's resolve was normally strong, but it seems like it wasn't anything on his mother's determination. he almost feels sorry for whoever daichi must've finally turned to — or maybe he'd finally picked up on the way nanako-san from the room across from theirs kept flirting with him every time their paths crossed and asked her out. either way, he's about to berate the other teen on not telling him sooner because really, this isn't the kind of thing to keep secret from one's best friend. ]

I can't believe you went the whole train ride without—

[ and then daichi's next words catch up with his brain. ]

—what?

[ he can already feel his face turning red from either surprise, embarrassment, or something else. the way he'd suddenly yelled is drawing attention to them and suga ducks his head in an attempt to avoid the stares that must be directed their way. when it feels like his eyes are no longer bugging out, he looks back up at daichi with a mixture of confusion and amusement. ( the strange flip-flopping feeling of his stomach hasn't gone away, but who wouldn't feel weird after being something like that so suddenly? ) ]

I - I can't believe you're joking like this, Daichi. [ he laughs slightly, as if that'll get the other boy to give up the obvious ruse, even if he knows that he's not the type to pull this sort of thing. and if daichi looks too nervous for a prank, maybe that's just because he's never done anything like this, right? ]

[ really, that's just mean, because the moment that suga starts laughing daichi starts to relax. of course this isn't a big deal. of course there's nothing to worry about. it's just a mix up and a joke and there's nothing, really, to stress out about.

which is why he starts to smile a little, the laughter feeling more natural. at least up until suga seems to catch up with what he said and daichi just kind of freezes up. okay, well, at least this response is more on par with what daichi was expecting? ]

I know it's crazy. [ and up go his hands, a bit defensively, as if he's trying to calm suga down. ] And I'm sorry, I should have asked you first. But mom was really hounding me, and she kept mentioning Nanako-san from across the hall and how she'd call her if I didn't and I just- [ this isn't making it any better. ] I freaked out, and you were the only person I could think of.

[ does that make it better? worse? daichi lets out a breath and tries to calm himself down. he logicked this all out a long time ago, right when he told his parents about it, so it's not like he doesn't know what to say. it's just that somehow translating it into words is much harder than thinking it up had been. ]

It doesn't have to be for long. Just the trip home. And then when we go back to school I'll tell her that we decided it wasn't right and everything will go back to normal. [ please let it go back to normal. ] I'm sorry.

[ he doesn't know if he can stop apologizing, because the more time he spends trying to explain himself, and the longer that he sees suga's freaked out expression, the more this feels wrong. it doesn't matter that he'd actually been pretty okay with the idea of telling his family about it, that the easiest part of all this would be trying to convince them, but it's dawning on him now that not telling suga had been the wrong decision. the REALLY wrong decision.

he messed this up. ]

If you're uncomfortable with this we don't have to go through with it. I'll- I'll come up with something. I should probably just be honest with them anyway. [ slowly deflating... ]

[ well, he's going to feel awful any time he remembers the way daichi's face fall. definitely, not the reaction he was expecting. after all, who'd have thought the other boy was serious in the first place? ( okay, there's the nagging voice in the back of his head that says that he's known the other boy for way too long to have thought otherwise, but still, it's not the kind of request one expects to hear out of the blue. ) ]

No — wait, it's not that! [ and it isn't, he thinks. it's not that he doesn't understand how persistent sawamura-san got and he knows that even he'd say anything to get out of a desperate situation, but something about it — the whole idea makes his stomach flip in a strange way, though he's not quite sure why.

instead, he brushes the feeling aside and focuses on trying to make sure that his best friend doesn't think he's some kind of crazy, heartless jerk. ]

Daichi — [ he reaches out to rest his hand on the other boy's shoulder, giving it a light squeeze. his voice takes on a teasing tone because it's always been what helps ease the tension, cutting away at awkward moments before they get out of control. ] You must be really nervous about all this, huh? If it really means that much and if it's only for now, I guess I don't see the harm.

[ see? he's not some kind of monster, after all! oh, but hang on real quick, while he punches his friend in the very arm he'd been holding just a second ago. ]

Not that I'm letting you get off this easy! Why didn't you tell me this at any point before we're supposed to end up at your parents' house?

[ daichi's already convinced that is exactly it, though, because his assumption just put suga in the most awkward position ever and now it's going to be awkward all week. he's not really all that sure how he manages to work himself into this hole, and yet here he is. he lets out a breath that is more than a sigh and tries to pull himself back into the acceptance that he screwed this up even as suga speaks up.

it's not that and daichi shouldn't feel hopeful. he shouldn't. this was a miss-step all around on his part and he should want this to work out. because yeah, okay, having his mother off his back would be a really nice. and there isn't anyone he trusts as much as suga to ask to do this. but this is weird, isn't it? weird to ask your best friend to pretend to be dating you. weird to expect your parents to be okay with that. weird, the way that daichi hadn't at all had an issue about thinking of the two of them dating, had actually been pretty excited about it? he thinks. he's not sure.

but then there's the hand on his shoulder, and daichi's eyebrows lift almost hopefully, but also still embarrassed. still guilty. even if the knots in his stomach start to ease a little the more suga talks about it, his light tone, his half-smile. you must be really nervous and daichi lets out a sigh at what follows. lets those knots relax. ]

Seriously? You're okay with this? [ does he sound hopeful? he really hopes he doesn't. he doesn't need more grounds for suga to tease him.

but of course there comes the punch and he winces, letting out a half-nervous laugh. ] Honestly? I didn't think you'd like the idea. I guess I was hoping that if I waited I would figure something else out.

[ it may be weird ( and suga's got a strange feeling it could get weirder ), but he's known daichi too long now to abandon him when he clearly needs his help. he knows he's a pretty accommodating person most of the time, but even he knows that he wouldn't agree to such a thing if it wasn't for his best friend. not that he'd ever expected to be presented with such a request from daichi, but that's neither here nor there. ]

Didn't I just say I was? [ truthfully, it's easier to go along with it and not think about the inanity when he sees the hopeful look in the other boy's eyes. he won't tease him about it now, but the start to their trip is definitely not something suga's forgetting any time soon. maybe if it all goes off without a hitch — which is still a big maybe at this point — they can look back and laugh about all of this.

for now, suga shakes his head and sighs. ]

I could've helped you with that, you know! But I guess it's too late now since you weren't able to... [ no matter! he'll just take a deep breath and roll up his sleeves the same way he always does when he's getting ready to start a new project. normally that meant strategizing something for class, or volleyball, but how different could pretending to date someone be? ]

So, what's our story?

[ daichi just sort of laughs at that, if only a little self deprecatingly. okay, so maybe he should have trusted suga a little more to tell him ahead of time. maybe he should have brought it up early enough that he didn't spend this long in such a funk. maybe he shouldn't have lied to his mom in the first place and yet here they are. ]

Yeah, but- [ okay no, daichi's going to stop there because he does not want to get punched again, thank you. and knowing suga that was a very viable option. instead he just lets himself relax into it, still feeling absolutely ridiculous and not yet sure why he still kind of feels nervous about the whole thing, and then daichi is shrugging, rubbing at the back of his neck. ]

I also didn't want to deal with bringing a- anyone home to my parents, you know? I wouldn't torture anyone like that. [ no, okay, that's an exaggeration - his parents weren't that bad. a little unnaturally loud, maybe. unnecessarily messy and all over the place. but they weren't embarrassing.

there's also that bit about why he didn't feel comfortable saying girl, but that's not a big deal. this whole situation is a much bigger deal. but then suga's already diving right into it and daichi just sort of...stares. ]

Our what?

[ that's a lot of maybes to consider, but if he asks suga, he'd only hear that it's best to look to the future and what hasn't happened yet rather than dwelling on what can't be changed. like telling one's parents they're dating their best friend — at least daichi had picked him. which is a thought that startles suga a little, but he knows that he knows the other boy better than anyone else would've. it'd just be like an added level to their existing relationship if anything and it doesn't seem so bad when he thinks about it that way. ]

But you're okay with torturing me? [ his expression changes to one of mock offence for a second before lapsing back into a smile. ]

Our story!

[ he repeats it with added emphasis as if that'll explain everything. when it becomes clear it won't, he sighs and goes on to explain. ]

You know, how we got together and things like that! I don't want to be caught off-guard if your mom decides to ask me something!

[ there are a lot of maybes, and a lot of the time daichi gets caught up in them. it was easier when it was just volleyball, because volleyball is simple. you did everything you could to win, whether that was training, making decisions, etc. that was easy because no matter what anyone's feelings were, they were all in it for the game. the team. now that it's something as complicated as appeasing his mother, it's just a long list of maybes.

but that's what suga is for, after all. they always seem to be perfectly matched both in and out of volleyball. and maybe it says something that when daichi thought need to find a 'fake' date it was soon followed by suga. maybe there's even more to the way those nervous butterflies in his stomach also translated into excitement. but that was all for another time.

daichi smiles sheepishly - small and only vaguely worried - his hand slipping to the back of his neck. ]

Maybe? I mean- you know them, you know what they can be like. [ does daichi mention that he also had felt uncomfortable with the idea of telling suga he was fake dating anyone else to appease his parents? because he knows that there would be a chance suga wouldn't approve and be a little disappointed in him? not at all.

but then suga's smiling and daichi is breathing again. he's also looking vaguely confused, like he hadn't thought about that at all. ]

Um. [ yeah no he definitely didn't. ] I don't know. Does it really matter? Couldn't it have just...happened?

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( #002 ) FAKE MARRIED AU

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