The Game, Chapter 3
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radhajTitle: The Game
Pairings: Tetsu x Hyde x Tetsu
Rating: NC-17
Disclaimer: I do not claim to have any j-rockers in my possession
Warnings: Male x Male stuff. Slight OOC and AU, because this is just not how it really was. But hey, that's why this is fan fiction, right?
Summary: When Tetsu approaches Hyde to join his band, the vocalist turns out to be everything he's been made out to be and more. But is that more than the new band leader can handle?
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Leaving Jerusalem's Rod turned out to be even easier than Hyde thought it would be. The process turned out to involve a remarkably heated discussion which in turn included the use of the phrase "Fuck you" twenty three times on both sides (Hyde counted, because otherwise he would have been bored out of his mind). And then Hyde was free to go on his way, leaving only shambles of what used to be a band he belonged to behind, without a slightest twinge of remorse. He did not even bother slamming the door behind him when he left.
Honestly, he did not really get what the big deal was about. It seemed to him now that the rest of Jerusalem's Rod thought it to be a much more serious business than he had ever considered it. A laughable idea, really, considering half of the band's complete lack of talent in what they were doing. Had Hyde actually been serious about pursuing a singer's career, he would have never chosen Jerusalem's Rod as the band to do it in. But as it was, it had been a band with reasonably easily manipulated members and it was exactly what Hyde had wanted in this period of his life.
But joining Tetsu's band promised to give him even more than that, and that decided things for him very quickly. Especially as it would also provide him with an opportunity to be close to the bassist and hopefully, in time, he could get back at the infuriating man for outdoing him in his own game.
He only hoped that Tetsu would not take too long to find them a drummer so they could get this L'Arc~en~Ciel of his up and running as quickly as possible. After all, even if he was not serious about it, Hyde did like the rush that standing and performing on the stage provided him with, and he told as much to the bassist when he met with him in another club later that same evening. Only he phrased it quite a bit differently: the guitarist that Tetsu brought with him for Hyde to meet - a pale faced man named Hiro that looked a little like a lost puppy to the singer - had no need to know his true colors after all. He was quite set on keeping that a secret, just as he had kept them a secret from the other members of Jerusalem's Rod.
"Do not worry, Hyde-san, I actually already spoke with someone today," Tetsu answered him, apparently seeing no need to expose him to the guitarist either. "He seemed a little taken aback when I approached him, but I think I'll convince him soon enough."
"Of course you will, Tetchan," Hyde said with a carefully concealed snort. Whatever his overall opinion of Tetsu was, he had no need to doubt the future leader's abilities of convincing. "I trust he's good?" He asked absentmindedly, not really caring for the answer. Knowing that Tetsu was trying to gather the best members he could, the answer was obvious enough to him.
"He's more than adequate," the younger man answered with a strange note in his voice that immediately made Hyde put up his guard suspiciously, "His name is Pero, I think you might have heard him play a few times."
Hyde froze at the familiar name, but then forced himself to relax after considering the news for a second. He figured that it didn't really matter. He still glared at the other man halfheartedly when he answered though, but made sure that the guitarist wouldn't see it.
"It's quite fortunate that he's the one I insulted the least when I left Jerusalem's Rod today then. I would have thought he'd be reluctant to get back in a band with me either way though," he said, wonderingly. Tetsu smiled.
"Which is why I haven't told him that you're my vocalist yet," he said, almost cheerfully and Hyde didn't quite know if he was appalled or amused by the news more. He settled for amusement.
"For someone who's so serious about making it to the top, you sure like to play games a lot, Tetchan," He said nonchalantly, smiling charmingly at Hiro to soften his rather harsh words in the guitarist's mind. It seemed to work and the man blushed, distracted completely. He was quite adorable, really, Hyde thought to himself.
"We each find our own ways to amuse ourselves, Hyde-san," Tetsu answered pointedly, but the singer ignored the offhand jab completely and Tetsu let it go as well without pushing it while Hiro remained oblivious altogether. Hyde could see this situation becoming the norm in the band very quickly.
"Well, I don't know about you guys, but I have a long day waiting for me tomorrow, so if you don't have any questions?..." Tetsu said after a silent moment and, as if on cue, Hiro started to rise.
"I think I'll be leaving as well," he said and Hyde thought it was probably the first time the man spoke that evening after being introduced. He seemed like the stereotypical shy and silent type of a person.
"I'll stay for a while more," the singer said with a smile, but stood as well with the intention of going to mingle in the partying crowd now that the meeting was over. "There's this guy sitting by the bar that's been shooting glances my way the whole time we were here," he took the opportunity to whisper in Tetsu's ear with an unmistakable tone in his voice just before he nodded a farewell to the two men and turned around, stepping gracefully in the general direction of the dance floor.
He did not need to see the vaguely disgusted look that Tetsu probably followed him with as he walked away to know it was there. He did amuse himself with the thought of how confused Hiro must have looked however. But any thoughts of that left immediately once he concentrated on his game for the night.
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If Hyde had to describe Pero's reaction to his presence in the band that the drummer nevertheless agreed to join in two words, then those words would be 'not thrilled'.
Pero might have been the one member of Jerusalem's Rod that Hyde deemed to be the least incompetent and thus he did not receive as throughout a verbal mince-out as the others had when Hyde left the band, but there was still some understandable tension existing between the two men. Not that Hyde really cared but, though this had the additional bonus of seemingly annoy Tetsu a little, when it became clear that he'll probably be stuck in the band for a while, the singer came to a conclusion that he had no wish to spend so much time in an atmosphere so stiffening and ended up making some effort to reconciliate with the drummer.
It worked out quite good, if he admitted it to himself, and as time passed he found himself grudgingly having fun. The four of them managed to create some not half bad music and when the lives finally came, Hyde was pleasantly surprised when their band quickly gained quite a bit of attention almost instantly.
But as swallowed up as he inadvertently became in being the lead singer of L'Arc~en~Ciel, he never forgot the perks he got when he agreed to join the band and made use of them amply. Tetsu held true to his word and even though Hyde became even less careful with his 'side exploits', he never heard anything that suggested his reputation was in any danger. Even Hiro and Pero - the two people that had the most opportunities to catch on to his ways - were non the wiser of them even after months passed with them in the same band and Hyde had no idea how Tetsu managed that.
But he didn't complain. It was yet another kind of entertainment to watch the bassist clench his teeth every time he had the 'privilege' to see Hyde leave a club with yet another of his conquests.
The singer never forgot how he felt when he found out that Tetsu fooled him the night they first met and continued doing his best to make Tetsu feel horrible in return. He knew that this would, eventually, end with Tetsu having enough and kicking him out. But he figured that was just a matter of time anyway, so he at least vowed to be kicked out for something he thought to be worthy. And making Tetsu mad seemed more than a worthy cause.
So gradually, Hyde began to test his limits more. And as fascinated as he was with Hiro's and Pero's cluelessness and especially - with Hiro's naivete, he spent more and more time trying to gauge how much the bassist could gloss over for them to keep them oblivious. He tiptoed on the very limits of 'not-flirting' with the silent man, loving the blush he got for his effort every once in a while and always made sure that it looked unintended and innocent on his part as well. He was a pro at that after all.
Tetsu was clearly aware of what was going on, but never interfered, obviously figuring that Hyde would never really cross the line. And Hyde himself honestly did not even notice when he accidentally opened the trap wide enough for Hiro to fall rather helplessly in. But one night, after the band members were having some fun in a bar, he suddenly realized that the guitarist was clumsily making a move on him and he slid into his usual role without giving it another thought.
Tetsu was otherwise preoccupied when the two of them left. Hyde made sure of that, because he had a suspicion that this time, the bassist would not just grit his teeth and look away as readily as he normally did and let Hyde seduce someone he knew much better than he usually knew the people he bedded. Tetsu would have not allowed Hiro lead the singer so innocently and trustingly to his home, where Hyde wasted no time before lulling the guitarist with kisses and caresses into a false sense of security, a false sense that there were feelings involved in this. Tetsu would have done something to prevent this getting to the point where Hiro was moaning and gasping beneath the vocalist, beside his mind from the pleasure that Hyde took so much pride in giving him.
But Tetsu was not there to do any of that.
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Hyde had little when it came to preferences of whether to have sex in his home or in someone else's. But whenever he went somewhere else, he always made sure to leave before the morning came. He never liked giving explanations if he could help it and people normally got the right idea after waking up in an otherwise empty bed, saving him the trouble.
He hated it when they woke up before he had a chance to leave.
"Hyde-kun? Why are you getting up?" Hiro said, his eyes bleary from sleep as he tried to focus them on the singer's form in the darkness while the tiny man hurriedly dressed himself. Hyde almost felt pity for him. After all, anyone who believed that he would ever consider staying with them was pitiful.
"I like sleeping in my own bed better," he explained, his voice deceptively gentle. "Thank you for the sex, Hiro-kun. You were really good."
There was no way to misunderstand words like these and from the slight widening of Hiro's eyes that Hyde noted just as he turned away and left, the guitarist realized their meaning just fine.
Such a sweet thing, he probably never saw it coming. A hint of regret tugged on Hyde's heart, since he kind of liked the guitarist, but he shook the feeling effortlessly away.
Hiro never showed up to band practices ever again.
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"I know it's your fault that Hiro left," the bassist's voice held no anger. In fact, it was completely emotionless. "I know you used him. He was a friend, Hyde. For more than a year he was your bandmate. Does that really mean so little to you?"
Hyde yawned in response. The doorbell woke him from sleep and the cup of coffee he was now nursing had yet to begin working.
"You're a cold-hearted bastard, Hyde," Tetsu continued when it became obvious Hyde wasn't going to say anything. The words sounded weird when said in a voice as empty as that. Even more, they sounded weird coming from Tetsu's mouth.
"You know I will only take that as a compliment, don't you, Tetchan?" the singer finally spoke then, stifling another yawn. He wondered sleepily if this was the time when he was kicked out, but Tetsu just shook his head, almost sadly.
"Just who are you trying to punish by doing this?" The bassist asked, exasperated and Hyde felt a weird surge of satisfaction at hearing frustration in the voice that he had learned was normally so hard to shake.
"Isn't it obvious?" he answered, a cold smile playing on his lips, "You."
Tetsu looked a little taken aback by the direct answer, but it only took him a second to compose himself again and frown at the singer.
"Well then, Hyde-san, I guess you succeeded this time," he said, but he did not really sound defeated, just a little tired as he stood up to leave. "I wonder when you'll realize you're not doing yourself any favors with this either."
Hyde decided not to dignify that with a response and just stared silently at his band leader, who sighed and shook his head once more.
"Well, suit yourself. I have a guitarist to find and recruit, thanks to you," Tetsu then turned around to leave and despite his resigned words, he looked and sounded almost unnervingly confident.
"I can play guitar, you know," Hyde threw after him, mocking laughter clear in his voice. But Tetsu did not even turn back before waving him dismissively off and Hyde narrowed his eyes.
He knew he had won. He was just to sleepy to appreciate it right now.
Hyde | Tetsu
2 | 1
Chapter 4
Pairings: Tetsu x Hyde x Tetsu
Rating: NC-17
Disclaimer: I do not claim to have any j-rockers in my possession
Warnings: Male x Male stuff. Slight OOC and AU, because this is just not how it really was. But hey, that's why this is fan fiction, right?
Summary: When Tetsu approaches Hyde to join his band, the vocalist turns out to be everything he's been made out to be and more. But is that more than the new band leader can handle?
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Leaving Jerusalem's Rod turned out to be even easier than Hyde thought it would be. The process turned out to involve a remarkably heated discussion which in turn included the use of the phrase "Fuck you" twenty three times on both sides (Hyde counted, because otherwise he would have been bored out of his mind). And then Hyde was free to go on his way, leaving only shambles of what used to be a band he belonged to behind, without a slightest twinge of remorse. He did not even bother slamming the door behind him when he left.
Honestly, he did not really get what the big deal was about. It seemed to him now that the rest of Jerusalem's Rod thought it to be a much more serious business than he had ever considered it. A laughable idea, really, considering half of the band's complete lack of talent in what they were doing. Had Hyde actually been serious about pursuing a singer's career, he would have never chosen Jerusalem's Rod as the band to do it in. But as it was, it had been a band with reasonably easily manipulated members and it was exactly what Hyde had wanted in this period of his life.
But joining Tetsu's band promised to give him even more than that, and that decided things for him very quickly. Especially as it would also provide him with an opportunity to be close to the bassist and hopefully, in time, he could get back at the infuriating man for outdoing him in his own game.
He only hoped that Tetsu would not take too long to find them a drummer so they could get this L'Arc~en~Ciel of his up and running as quickly as possible. After all, even if he was not serious about it, Hyde did like the rush that standing and performing on the stage provided him with, and he told as much to the bassist when he met with him in another club later that same evening. Only he phrased it quite a bit differently: the guitarist that Tetsu brought with him for Hyde to meet - a pale faced man named Hiro that looked a little like a lost puppy to the singer - had no need to know his true colors after all. He was quite set on keeping that a secret, just as he had kept them a secret from the other members of Jerusalem's Rod.
"Do not worry, Hyde-san, I actually already spoke with someone today," Tetsu answered him, apparently seeing no need to expose him to the guitarist either. "He seemed a little taken aback when I approached him, but I think I'll convince him soon enough."
"Of course you will, Tetchan," Hyde said with a carefully concealed snort. Whatever his overall opinion of Tetsu was, he had no need to doubt the future leader's abilities of convincing. "I trust he's good?" He asked absentmindedly, not really caring for the answer. Knowing that Tetsu was trying to gather the best members he could, the answer was obvious enough to him.
"He's more than adequate," the younger man answered with a strange note in his voice that immediately made Hyde put up his guard suspiciously, "His name is Pero, I think you might have heard him play a few times."
Hyde froze at the familiar name, but then forced himself to relax after considering the news for a second. He figured that it didn't really matter. He still glared at the other man halfheartedly when he answered though, but made sure that the guitarist wouldn't see it.
"It's quite fortunate that he's the one I insulted the least when I left Jerusalem's Rod today then. I would have thought he'd be reluctant to get back in a band with me either way though," he said, wonderingly. Tetsu smiled.
"Which is why I haven't told him that you're my vocalist yet," he said, almost cheerfully and Hyde didn't quite know if he was appalled or amused by the news more. He settled for amusement.
"For someone who's so serious about making it to the top, you sure like to play games a lot, Tetchan," He said nonchalantly, smiling charmingly at Hiro to soften his rather harsh words in the guitarist's mind. It seemed to work and the man blushed, distracted completely. He was quite adorable, really, Hyde thought to himself.
"We each find our own ways to amuse ourselves, Hyde-san," Tetsu answered pointedly, but the singer ignored the offhand jab completely and Tetsu let it go as well without pushing it while Hiro remained oblivious altogether. Hyde could see this situation becoming the norm in the band very quickly.
"Well, I don't know about you guys, but I have a long day waiting for me tomorrow, so if you don't have any questions?..." Tetsu said after a silent moment and, as if on cue, Hiro started to rise.
"I think I'll be leaving as well," he said and Hyde thought it was probably the first time the man spoke that evening after being introduced. He seemed like the stereotypical shy and silent type of a person.
"I'll stay for a while more," the singer said with a smile, but stood as well with the intention of going to mingle in the partying crowd now that the meeting was over. "There's this guy sitting by the bar that's been shooting glances my way the whole time we were here," he took the opportunity to whisper in Tetsu's ear with an unmistakable tone in his voice just before he nodded a farewell to the two men and turned around, stepping gracefully in the general direction of the dance floor.
He did not need to see the vaguely disgusted look that Tetsu probably followed him with as he walked away to know it was there. He did amuse himself with the thought of how confused Hiro must have looked however. But any thoughts of that left immediately once he concentrated on his game for the night.
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If Hyde had to describe Pero's reaction to his presence in the band that the drummer nevertheless agreed to join in two words, then those words would be 'not thrilled'.
Pero might have been the one member of Jerusalem's Rod that Hyde deemed to be the least incompetent and thus he did not receive as throughout a verbal mince-out as the others had when Hyde left the band, but there was still some understandable tension existing between the two men. Not that Hyde really cared but, though this had the additional bonus of seemingly annoy Tetsu a little, when it became clear that he'll probably be stuck in the band for a while, the singer came to a conclusion that he had no wish to spend so much time in an atmosphere so stiffening and ended up making some effort to reconciliate with the drummer.
It worked out quite good, if he admitted it to himself, and as time passed he found himself grudgingly having fun. The four of them managed to create some not half bad music and when the lives finally came, Hyde was pleasantly surprised when their band quickly gained quite a bit of attention almost instantly.
But as swallowed up as he inadvertently became in being the lead singer of L'Arc~en~Ciel, he never forgot the perks he got when he agreed to join the band and made use of them amply. Tetsu held true to his word and even though Hyde became even less careful with his 'side exploits', he never heard anything that suggested his reputation was in any danger. Even Hiro and Pero - the two people that had the most opportunities to catch on to his ways - were non the wiser of them even after months passed with them in the same band and Hyde had no idea how Tetsu managed that.
But he didn't complain. It was yet another kind of entertainment to watch the bassist clench his teeth every time he had the 'privilege' to see Hyde leave a club with yet another of his conquests.
The singer never forgot how he felt when he found out that Tetsu fooled him the night they first met and continued doing his best to make Tetsu feel horrible in return. He knew that this would, eventually, end with Tetsu having enough and kicking him out. But he figured that was just a matter of time anyway, so he at least vowed to be kicked out for something he thought to be worthy. And making Tetsu mad seemed more than a worthy cause.
So gradually, Hyde began to test his limits more. And as fascinated as he was with Hiro's and Pero's cluelessness and especially - with Hiro's naivete, he spent more and more time trying to gauge how much the bassist could gloss over for them to keep them oblivious. He tiptoed on the very limits of 'not-flirting' with the silent man, loving the blush he got for his effort every once in a while and always made sure that it looked unintended and innocent on his part as well. He was a pro at that after all.
Tetsu was clearly aware of what was going on, but never interfered, obviously figuring that Hyde would never really cross the line. And Hyde himself honestly did not even notice when he accidentally opened the trap wide enough for Hiro to fall rather helplessly in. But one night, after the band members were having some fun in a bar, he suddenly realized that the guitarist was clumsily making a move on him and he slid into his usual role without giving it another thought.
Tetsu was otherwise preoccupied when the two of them left. Hyde made sure of that, because he had a suspicion that this time, the bassist would not just grit his teeth and look away as readily as he normally did and let Hyde seduce someone he knew much better than he usually knew the people he bedded. Tetsu would have not allowed Hiro lead the singer so innocently and trustingly to his home, where Hyde wasted no time before lulling the guitarist with kisses and caresses into a false sense of security, a false sense that there were feelings involved in this. Tetsu would have done something to prevent this getting to the point where Hiro was moaning and gasping beneath the vocalist, beside his mind from the pleasure that Hyde took so much pride in giving him.
But Tetsu was not there to do any of that.
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Hyde had little when it came to preferences of whether to have sex in his home or in someone else's. But whenever he went somewhere else, he always made sure to leave before the morning came. He never liked giving explanations if he could help it and people normally got the right idea after waking up in an otherwise empty bed, saving him the trouble.
He hated it when they woke up before he had a chance to leave.
"Hyde-kun? Why are you getting up?" Hiro said, his eyes bleary from sleep as he tried to focus them on the singer's form in the darkness while the tiny man hurriedly dressed himself. Hyde almost felt pity for him. After all, anyone who believed that he would ever consider staying with them was pitiful.
"I like sleeping in my own bed better," he explained, his voice deceptively gentle. "Thank you for the sex, Hiro-kun. You were really good."
There was no way to misunderstand words like these and from the slight widening of Hiro's eyes that Hyde noted just as he turned away and left, the guitarist realized their meaning just fine.
Such a sweet thing, he probably never saw it coming. A hint of regret tugged on Hyde's heart, since he kind of liked the guitarist, but he shook the feeling effortlessly away.
Hiro never showed up to band practices ever again.
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"I know it's your fault that Hiro left," the bassist's voice held no anger. In fact, it was completely emotionless. "I know you used him. He was a friend, Hyde. For more than a year he was your bandmate. Does that really mean so little to you?"
Hyde yawned in response. The doorbell woke him from sleep and the cup of coffee he was now nursing had yet to begin working.
"You're a cold-hearted bastard, Hyde," Tetsu continued when it became obvious Hyde wasn't going to say anything. The words sounded weird when said in a voice as empty as that. Even more, they sounded weird coming from Tetsu's mouth.
"You know I will only take that as a compliment, don't you, Tetchan?" the singer finally spoke then, stifling another yawn. He wondered sleepily if this was the time when he was kicked out, but Tetsu just shook his head, almost sadly.
"Just who are you trying to punish by doing this?" The bassist asked, exasperated and Hyde felt a weird surge of satisfaction at hearing frustration in the voice that he had learned was normally so hard to shake.
"Isn't it obvious?" he answered, a cold smile playing on his lips, "You."
Tetsu looked a little taken aback by the direct answer, but it only took him a second to compose himself again and frown at the singer.
"Well then, Hyde-san, I guess you succeeded this time," he said, but he did not really sound defeated, just a little tired as he stood up to leave. "I wonder when you'll realize you're not doing yourself any favors with this either."
Hyde decided not to dignify that with a response and just stared silently at his band leader, who sighed and shook his head once more.
"Well, suit yourself. I have a guitarist to find and recruit, thanks to you," Tetsu then turned around to leave and despite his resigned words, he looked and sounded almost unnervingly confident.
"I can play guitar, you know," Hyde threw after him, mocking laughter clear in his voice. But Tetsu did not even turn back before waving him dismissively off and Hyde narrowed his eyes.
He knew he had won. He was just to sleepy to appreciate it right now.
Hyde | Tetsu
2 | 1
Chapter 4
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Date: 2010-09-18 11:44 pm (UTC)slutpuppy. Poor hiro. I have a feeling from now on the way leader-same deal with hyde's little issue would be different. Come on~~ just ground him, entertain him, keep him so occupied that he would not think about playing this game with any one else again.I love this story way too much!!! <3333
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Date: 2010-09-19 05:17 am (UTC)I actually really felt bad writing about what he did to Hiro...
Thank you so much! :)
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Date: 2010-09-19 02:09 am (UTC)And hyde is such a bitch that I love him ;) Poor Pero, though, he just didn't deserve to be a part of that twisted game hyde has. And I'm sure tetsu will attack in a way that I'll be pleased and surprised.
Your story is really nice :)
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Date: 2010-09-19 05:19 am (UTC)I was scared Hyde might come off as just too cold in this chapter, so I'm glad you're still liking him.
Tetsu is certainly not giving in :)
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Date: 2010-09-22 04:17 am (UTC)I'll wait patiently ♥
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Date: 2010-09-19 06:38 pm (UTC)Thanks for reading :)
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Date: 2010-09-19 06:41 pm (UTC)demo....AAH CAN"T WAIT TILL TETSU SCORES
AGAIN!!!! .... xD
great chapter dear <3
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Date: 2010-09-19 06:44 pm (UTC)Thank you ♥ Don't worry, Tetsu will get his turn to shine soon :D
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Date: 2010-09-19 08:25 pm (UTC)you make me a happy reader xDD
goodluck <3
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Date: 2010-09-28 07:49 pm (UTC)UPDATE!!!
WRITEEEE
PLZ <3 you'll get cookies <3
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Date: 2010-09-29 04:04 pm (UTC)I just sometimes get stuck when writing... I'm also a little busy now, but if things go right, there should be an update coming soon.
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Date: 2010-10-06 04:31 am (UTC)I can't wait for more, I'm stuck! hahaha <3
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