Posted originally on the Archive_of_Our_Own at https://archiveofourown.org/ works/1851757. Rating: Explicit Archive Warning: Underage Category: M/M Fandom: 弱虫ペダル_|_Yowamushi_Pedal Relationship: Aoyagi_Hajime/Teshima_Junta Character: Aoyagi_Hajime, Teshima_Junta Additional Tags: Phone_Sex, Cell_Phones, Masturbation, Requited_Love, No_Plot/Plotless, Plot_What_Plot/Porn_Without_Plot Stats: Published: 2014-07-10 Words: 1584 ****** Audible ****** by tastewithouttalent Summary "There’s nothing to see on the ceiling so Aoyagi shuts his eyes, lets his vision disappear into imagination so he can focus on the sound of Teshima’s voice on the other end of the line." Aoyagi is always very quiet but Teshima is more perceptive than he gets credit for. Aoyagi is lying on his stomach flipping through a magazine when his phone rings. He’s actually reaching for it before the sound hits his ears, responding to some barely-seen flicker of light from the screen or just one of the feelings he has come to associate with Teshima, the sense of expectant warmth flushing under his skin and moving his fingers towards the electronic connection the phone offers. He doesn’t even speak when he opens the phone; Teshima is off already, not bothering with the greeting long ago made unnecessary by habit. “I think you have the right idea with imitating Tadokoro-senpai.” Teshima’s voice is warm, melts through Aoyagi’s limbs to soothe away the constant mild tension separation always causes. “Neither of us are climbers, after all, and aiming for a sprinter’s build will make more sense with our technique.” Aoyagi hums in affirmation, shuts his magazine and sets it aside so he can turn over and rest his head on the pillow instead. There’s nothing to see on the ceiling so he shuts his eyes, lets his vision disappear into imagination so he can focus on the sound of Teshima’s voice on the other end of the line. The other boy is rambling now, outlining the adjustments to his training plan, and Aoyagi knows he’ll agree and knows that Teshima wants the reassurance of his silence more than a discussion. It’s what makes Teshima so easy to be around, one of the things Aoyagi loves best about the other boy. There’s more on the list of things he loves than that, though, and when Teshima pauses, says, “Ah, hold on just a sec,” and his words give way to the rustle of fabric Aoyagi is reminded vividly of the legs that are another contender for his favorite trait. He gets to see a lot of them, thanks to bike shorts, and at this point he’s certain he could trace the tan line from months of training across the other boy’s thighs without even looking. “Sorry,” Teshima says, and there’s the sound of sheets shifting. “The uniform pants aren’t very comfortable.” He might just mean he’s changed into pajamas, but he wasn’t quiet for very long, barely long enough to pull off the school uniform pants and definitely not long enough to put on anything else, and Aoyagi’s imagination offers a vivid image of Teshima sitting cross-legged on his bed in just boxers, that memorized tan line visible as the loose fabric slides up as he shifts. Aoyagi makes a sound without meaning to, a whimper that luckily sounds a little more like a hiss than the want actually flaring in his blood, and Teshima pauses. “Are you okay, Aoyagi?” No, is what Aoyagi wants to say. No, Junta, I’m pretty sure I’m in love with you. But he can’t say that, they’re friends, and he’s been holding this back for so long it’s almost normal, now, to take what he can get from platonic friendship and take what he needs alone for the sake of keeping what he has. So he nods without speaking, and Teshima hears the motion or understands his silence and starts speaking again. Teshima sounds perfectly ordinary, Aoyagi can hear the smile in his voice and can imagine the sparkle in his eyes, and that’s not helping either, and, well, Aoyagi is alone, kind of, and it’s not like he needs to speak to hold a conversation with Teshima. Just deciding to do it helps even before Aoyagi has gotten his pants open as quietly as he can and wiggled out of them so he’s just in his boxers lying across his bed. Teshima is still speaking, apparently entirely oblivious even though Aoyagi can feel his own breathing coming harder with anticipation as he pushes the elastic of his waistband down to free himself from the cloth. There’s something scintillating about the situation, the sound of Teshima’s voice clear and warm down the line, unaware of the fact that Aoyagi is curling his fingers around his length and stroking friction over himself while listening to the other boy speak, while thinking about the sun-brown shading of his skin and the shadow of his eyelashes when he blinks. Aoyagi’s breathing is coming faster, but when Teshima pauses for a token response it’s easy to nod or shake his head without trying to speak. That’s enough to get the other boy to start talking again, to fill in the lines of Aoyagi’s mental image with the reality of his voice. When Teshima laughs Aoyagi can see the movement of his throat, when he takes a breath he can feel the shift of his shoulders, when he hesitates for a moment he can see the relaxed line of his mouth. There’s no fantasy, or at least not a full-blown one; Aoyagi tries to avoid that, tries to keep himself to reality instead of impossible hopes of reciprocation. But he has memorized all of Teshima, the angles and curves and warmth that make up the other boy, and if he has the sound of the other boy’s breathing to fix his mental image he can draw out the entirety of the other behind his eyelids without any other help. Aoyagi’s breathing is coming hard enough that he’s starting to think he should move the phone away from his mouth, just to be safe, his blood pounding loud in his ears until it’s hard to think, when Teshima’s voice drops off-topic. “You should invite me over next time.” Aoyagi goes still, tries to replay the last few seconds of the conversation to see where he lost the train of thought. It’s hard to think at all, much less remember what Teshima was saying, and he’s still reaching for recollection that won’t come when the other boy goes on speaking. “It’s not fair to listen to you jerking off when I can’t be there with you.” Teshima sounds perfectly level -- the sound of that smile is still in his voice -- in spite of the total incomprehensibility of his words. Aoyagi opens his mouth to...say something, a protest or a question or a plea, and Teshima talks over him. “Don’t stop, Aoyagi, I want to hear you.” It’s a recommendation, not an order, but Aoyagi is so used to obeying Teshima’s requests, so used to them syncing up with his own inclination that he starts to stroke himself again before his brain has stopped humming in shock. There’s a shiver under his skin, it catches in his throat so his breathing stutters, and Teshima makes a sound that’s so close to a moan that Aoyagi’s breath stops entirely for a moment. “Are you thinking about me?” Teshima asks, and Aoyagi opens his eyes so he can stare at the ceiling just to ground himself, just to prove that this is reality, that Teshima is actually purring to him through the phone while he strokes over himself. “I think about you.” There’s a laugh, low and almost embarrassed. “I didn’t know you felt the same way, I wish you had said something sooner.” His words are low, almost a whisper and so loaded with intensity that Aoyagi can’t breathe, can’t think and can’t stop. “I thought it was just me,” Teshima says again, almost to himself, and when Aoyagi gasps a breath of negation the other boy laughs again. “Yeah, I know, I should have said something too.” Aoyagi’s vision is going hazy; he’s still staring at the ceiling but he’s forgotten to blink, he’s not really seeing anything at all anymore. “Aoyagi.” Teshima is entirely focused, Aoyagi can hear the attention in his voice. “Aoyagi, are you close?” There is no way Aoyagi can answer that, not when words come hard at the best of times, but he manages a whine and that’s enough, as he should have known it would be. “Roll over,” Teshima says, and Aoyagi doesn’t know how he knew the blond was on his back but he’s obeying instantly, turning in onto his stomach without slowing the movement of his hand and while keeping the phone pressed to his ear. “Press your face into the pillow, Hajime, I want to hear you come.” It’s barely enough warning. Aoyagi is so used to keeping his mouth shut, to closing off his throat to silence that it takes effort to let the restraint go, and he’s starting to tremble with pleasure before Teshima says his name. But it’s the first time he’s heard the other boy call him that, and the shock of it is enough to undo the knot in his tongue, to send him shaking into orgasm while he wails Teshima’s name into his pillow. “Jesus,” Teshima says, sounding a little breathless. “That. That was the hottest thing I’ve ever heard, Hajime.” Aoyagi laughs weakly without lifting his head, so the pillow muffles the sound, but Teshima’s responsive chuckle is perfectly audible in the phone. “I mean it,” Teshima says as Aoyagi rolls back over, takes a deep breath and thinks about sitting up. “Invite me next time. Every time.” He’s smiling, breathing faster than usual but grinning so wide Aoyagi can hear it in every word. “Please, please, please.” Aoyagi starts to smile, shuts his eyes and brings his arm up to drape over his face. There’s a pause, Teshima giving him the moment he needs to collect his thoughts from the white-warmth of disbelieving delight; then he takes a breath, lets it out slowly, and speaks. “I will, Junta.” Please drop_by_the_archive_and_comment to let the author know if you enjoyed their work!