Gathering the Falling Stars

hey everyone here is the 23rd chapter! this was actually my brain child of a chapter! more of Hoshi's history!

A/N

rapunzelle - ya poor Youji my co author actually suggested he be afraid of hieghts

Surrealtraversity - by the way i want to say thank you for an actually review instead of like one word and this mother is going to be brought in soon!

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Chapter 23


A couple of days passed with everyone getting settled into the vast mansion. The twins, who had explored every room in the house in the first day, were currently packing to go to their summer camp. It was the first time they were going without Youji since he wanted to stay home this time. They were equally excited that Hoshi was going to be taking them to where the bus for the camp was. Junko fidgeted about nervously- a normal occurance around this time of year. He always felt mother-hennish just before the twins left.

"You're sure you have everything you'll need?" He asked for what must have been the hundredth time.

Kaouri sighs as he walks into her brothers room with her pink Disney Princesses backpack just stuffed full.

"Yes Junny. I got all my clothes that i want. Hiroki do you have your clothes?" Hiroki nods closing his bag.

Junko bit his lip.

"Do you have your little pink pony? And Hiroki, do you still have that...dragon...thing?" He asked, remembering the twins' favorite stuffed toys.

Hiroki nods grabbing the dragon stuff toy as Kaouri runs into her room coming back in with the pony.

"Dont worry now you have Hoshi here to keep you company." Junko nodded, blushing.

He turned to Youji, who shrugged, then let out a huff.

"Look, I know you're all getting older and everything, but let me worry a little, okay?" he grumbled.

The twins both nod as a pair of arms wrap around Junko.

"So are the two munchkins ready?" Kaouri flips her backpack on while Hiroki stands up.

"Yep!" they echoed.

Junko sighs.

"They're ready." Hoshi kisses his temple before stepping back.

"Alright then ill be back in about 20 minutes." Junko nods, sitting stiffly down on Hiroki's bed and looking like he's trying not to look miserable.

Both twins run out to the lambo while Jacklon looks in at Youji and Junko.

"Hey is everything alright?" Junko laughs slightly, running a hand over the back of his neck.

"I...never deal with this very well. I miss them when they're gone." Jacklon smiles as the sound of the front door shutting.

"Good their gone. Come on i want to show you something Jun." Jacklon walks down the hall and up a small pair of stairs to a large room that had a plasma TV with theatre style chairs.

Junko follows curiously, eager to get his mind off the twins' departure.

"Oh? What is it?"

"Have a seat. Had to wait til he was gone to show you this Jun. He would have killed me otherwise." Jacklon takes a remote and clicks a few buttons.

On the screen popped up True Hollywood Story and under that it said Hoshi Morgan. Junko paused halfway between sitting in one of the comfortable looking chairs and standing, his mouth dropping open. Youji quickly grabbed a seat near Jacklon.

"They did a THS on Hoshi?!" Jacklon nods.

"Shorty after his last concert." Several shots of Hoshi as a pop star minus the eyepatch.

"Hoshi Morgan rockstar at the tender age of 12 came from a rocky beginning. His mother Alya Morgan always desired fame and found some fame by becoming the mistress of CEO Maximous Remington." The screen shows a bright blonde haired woman with overly tanned skin.

Her hair was big, same went for her boobs.

"Ya Maxi is very good to me. He buys me what ever i want and i never have to worry about pesky little children running around." The smirk on her face was almost sickingly sweet.

Junko wrinkles his nose.

"That's your mother?" He asks, his distaste clear.

Jacklon snorts.

"I dont think of her as mom i think of her as an it." The picture changes to Hoshi as a young boy with a baby Jacklon on his lap.

Jacklon rubs his face looking to Youji for his reaction.

"Hoshi was born in New York and from a young age his gift seemed to be in music. At the age of 6 his mother put him into a talent competion where he won first prize. Just 6 years later he met up with his agent who had turned him from a back yard singer to a music sensation." Youji pulls his legs up, curling comfortably in the chair and leaning over to grin at Jacklon.

"You were such a chubby little thing." He pokes Jacklon's lean side. "what happened?" Junko seems enthralled in the film, always eager to learn more about his lover.

Jacklon pouts as it goes on.

"From his first concert he was perfect in front of a crowd." The pictures changed to a 12 year old Hoshi who looked like a white haired tan version of Youji.

"I always loved singing and i just want to make a lot of people happy." Both Junko and Youji can't hold back a soft 'aww".

The pictures suddenly change to newsclippings.

"Sadly at the age of 15 charges against his personal trainer unraveled the life Hoshi had tried to hide." Photos of Hoshi with a black eye swollwen cheek and other parts of him with bruses and cuts on him showed up. "His personal physical trainer Raland Zadon..." a picture of a blonde haired beefy man with a glare on his face appears. "... was formally charged with aggrivated assult and rape of Hoshi Morgan. He plead not guilty to which his defence was that since Alya had hired him Hoshi had been putting himself out there that he was interested in the trainer. Hoshi denies these alligations. A year later Raland was found guilty of all the charges and sentenced to life in prison without the possiblity of parole." Junko's face went ashen and his eyes widened.

Guilt washed over him. How could he have asked Hoshi to submit to him? How could Hoshi not hate him for it? Junko ran a shaking hand through his hair, earning him a sympathetic look from Youji, who had taken Jacklon's hand in his own. Jacklon held Youji's hand. The pictures go back to older concerts.

"Hoshi bounced back with a vegnence. Taking on two European tours and an American tour. Soon every girl in America wanted to be with Hoshi. But all seemed to change in girl's eyes when Hoshi came out of the closet at the age of 17 with his boyfriend..." a picture of 17 year old Hoshi making out with a black haired boy. "...famous actor Mack Tomious from the Scratches Horror series." Jacklon looks to Junko.

"Just for your information Hoshi only dated him because he was younger than he was." Junko looked confused.

"I don't understand." Jacklon sighs.

"Let's just say Hoshi made a consious choice to only sleep with people younger than him. Raland was nearly 20 years his senior."

"Oh." junko replies quietly.

"At the hieght of Hoshi's career directors were looking at him for possible movie roles. The only one he took was in the blockbuster hit "Bad Boy On the Run.". Playing opposite his pop equal Candi Dandi. A picture of Hoshi standing back to back with Candi the hairdresser. Many conservatives were jumping for joy during the dirty sex scene between Candi and Hoshi." It cuts to a scene where Hoshi looked like he was getting hot and heavy with Candi.

Then it changed to an interview with Hoshi and Candi in their outfits.

"Well personally it was my first time ever being in that position with a woman so i was pretty nervous." Candi giggles.

"Believe me i felt the same way with this guy. No wonder his boyfriend is happy as hell." Both of them laugh before the screen freezes.

"But their love couldnt last through filming. Mack couldnt handle seeing his boyfriend so close to a woman and broke it off with the young star." Junko scowled.

"That's shit." he said caustically.

He knew he'd be unhappy about Hoshi having roles like that, but if it was his dream to be a movie star, he certainly wouldn't throw a fit and break up with him over it. Youji, on the other hand, shifted uncomfortably before bringing Jacklon's hand to his mouth and kissing it. He whispered into Jacklon's ear.

"Did I ever thank you for quitting before we had to deal with those kinds of things?" JAcklon chuckles and kisses Youji's hand.

"Yes i am." The pictures changes to a concert in New York.

"Then tragically Hoshi's career was cut short during his New York concert. A fan who was later charged with assult was in the front of the mosh pit." The video from the concert plays as Hoshi was singing his heart out. Then the sight of a bottle hits the stage sending a large shard piercing Hoshi's eye. Instantly Hoshi dropped the mic holding his eye his scream of pain heard in the video. His handlers ran over fast as he nearly fell to the stage before being taken off the stage. "After 6 hours of surgery to try and repair his eye there was nothing that could be done to save the sight in his eye." The pictures change to Hoshi with the bandage around his eye.

"I dont blame that fan for what happened... but i think this is sign for me. I think i need to stop singing for awhile." Pictures of Hoshi before the concert.

"Hoshi hung up his mic and stepped out of lime light. Now only his music remains. That is the True Hollywood story of Hoshi Morgan." The screen goes dark.

Junko shivers as goosebumps break out over his arms. Youji hums, glad to know more about their host. Jacklon turns on the lights.

"Hoshi actually was shown that concert footage after the accident and he wanted to burn that footage." Junko nods, thinking he'd have likely felt the same.

Youji stands, stretching, then looking down at Jacklon.

"Can you watch normal movies in here?" he asks with a grin, trying to lighten things up a bit. Jacklon chuckles and picks up the remote and clicks a button and MTV pops on.

"Sweet!" He grins, Junko quietly slips toward the door, needing to think of a way to not only make up for his mistake but to equal out the information he learned today.

Jacklon jumps onto the couch as the door opens downstairs.

"Im back." Hoshi was home.

Junko freezes in the hall, childishly looking around for somewhere to hide. Youji, who came out behind him, chuckles.

"Calm down, Jun." he said simply, and Junko couldn't help but smile a little.

Hoshi climbs up the stairs and looks to Junko.

"Hey there. Now where do you think your going?" Hoshi picks Junko up sweeping him off his feet.

Junko's eyes have a deer-in-the-headlights gleam.

"I... was... er... a... over... with... um..." he sputters, without direction.

Behind him,Youji bursts into laughter. Jacklon pulls Youji into his room as Hoshi walks to the master bedroom.

"Come on Junko whats wrong?" Junko's mouth opens and shuts a few more times before he launches himself at Hoshi, hugging him tightly.

"Why the hell didn't you just deck me and tell me to fuck off!" he growls into Hoshi's shoulder.

Hoshi blinks and looks at his head.

"What are you talking about baby? Why would i hit you?" Junko shook his head.

"Jacklon...he....I saw that...show. I-I...." He leans back to look Hoshi in the eye. "I'm so sorry. I-I didn't know." Hoshi looks at him very much confused.

"Wha... oh god no." Hoshi sits up and rubs his face. "I wanted him to burn that disc." Junko cuddles close to Hoshi.

"So why didn't you deck me and never speak to me again?" Hoshi sighs.

"Because when you asked me my first reaction WAS to say no but... i think thats when i fell in love with you." Junko shakes his head.

"I don't understand how you can even stand to have me in your house after that..." Hoshi pulls him up.

"Because i knew you didnt want to hurt me... but i still couldnt get past what happened." Junko nods, leaning up to touch their foreheads together.

"I'm sorry. I won't ever ask that of you again." Hoshi sighs and kisses his lips sweetly.

"You are the only person i would ever consider bottoming for." Junko wraps his arms around Hoshi's neck and kisses him softly.

"I love you."

"I love you too." Hoshi holds him close kissing him deeply.

Down the hall, Youji pops his head back into Jacklon's room, a contented smile on his face.

"Well that went well." Jacklon was laying on his bed.

"Ya it did... oh there is a little surprise i have for us. Curtasy of my brother." Youji's brow perked up in interest.

"Oh you do, do you?" he asked slyly.

"Ya my brother wanted to spend some alone time with Junko while the twins are away. So i thought maybe we could go to a hotel and stay there." Youji's eyes light up.

"Okay." He pauses, his face taking on a conteplative air. "How do you feel about sexual roleplay?" Jacklon grins and stands up.

"I love roleplaying... and i think i would enjoy it very much."

"Okay. So...We'll find a hotel with a club nearby. We'll get ready seperately and leave at different times- me first, of course." Youji grins cutely. "Then we can find each other at the club and be...strangers." He laughs brightly. "give us a chance to be anyone we want to be for just a little while." Jacklon grins.

"I like that idea. Now go on and pack a bag." Youji's eyes gleam with mischief as he darts out of the room humming a song.

A few seconds later, Youji peaks around the doorjamb, blushing.

"Er. My stuff is here..." Jacklon chuckles and sits on the bed.

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