MULTI-CHAPTERED ARCHIVE

IMPORTANT: please be aware that due to plagiarism issues, some chapters of the fics below may be friends-locked. 
Also, these works contain healthy doses of sex, drugs and rock 'n roll, so please consider yourself warned.

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HOUSE OF CARDS


title: house of cards
author: andrew_in_drag
pairings: kyo/toshiya, kaoru/toshiya, die/shinya, aoi/uruha
rating: mature
status: in progress

When a young prostitute is found with blood on his hands, he catches the eye of the Inagawa clan's prodigy and quickly finds himself tangled up within Osaka's criminal underworld. Taken into a yakuza house and pimped by the mysterious shateigashira, he is desperate for any means of escape - but in a house of cards, can anyone really be trusted?

prologue | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25
26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 +

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SUPERSTAR


title: superstar
author: andrew_in_drag
pairing: kaoru/toshiya
rating: mature
status: in progress

You're more than a superstar. You're an idol, a hero, a god...

As teenagers, Toshiya and Kaoru shared a dream: to get famous, or die trying. When the opportunity arises, Kaoru betrays his friend to chase his future, but years later Toshiya is the star - and the lifestyle has him heading towards ruin...

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | epilogue

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THE GLASSHOUSE


title: the glasshouse
author andrew_in_drag
pairings: kyo/toshiya, die/toshiya
rating: mature
warnings: mental illness theme
status: complete

The companion piece to 'Fifteen Years' - fifteen years of sex, friendship and unrequited love, seen through the eyes of Kyo as his mental health grows more and more unstable.

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20

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FIFTEEN YEARS


title: fifteen years
author andrew_in_drag
pairing: die/toshiya
rating: mature
status: complete

What does it mean when the story of your life is all about somebody else? Die unearths his old journal to find that every single entry is dedicated to his bandmate, occasional lover and enduring obsession: fifteen years of friendship and sex; love and fear; beginnings and endings - fifteen years of Toshiya. When he reaches the final page, however, he finds something he never expected, and it seems the story might not be over for Die just yet...

0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15

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A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON


title: a momentary lapse of reason
author andrew_in_drag
pairing: kaoru/toshiya
rating: mature
status: complete
notes: rediscovered and rewritten on the suggestion of the wonderfully supportive lady_sb

When it comes to healing broken hearts, Toshiya is a professional. Good-looking and charming, he makes his living by gently helping the jilted to go on with their lives, whilst steadfastly refusing to settle down himself. Boasting a one hundred percent success rate, Toshiya is sure his method is flawless - until he meets Kaoru, a lonely academic who, despite Toshiya's better judgement, starts to get under his skin...

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24a | 24b | 25

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PROTECT ME


title: protect me
author andrew_in_drag
pairing: kaoru/toshiya
rating: mature
status: complete

"Toshimasa Hara. Even now I sometimes find it hard to decide if his name gives me a heartache or a headache..."

As a police officer in Shinsekai, Osaka, Kaoru has seen his fair share of trouble. Chaos takes a human form, however, in Toshiya Hara, a young local who seems intent on showing him that sometimes the right way is not always the good way, and that sometimes the wrong way can be the path to freedom...

0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | epilogue

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ON A HIGHWAY


title: on a highway
author andrew_in_drag
pairing: kaoru/toshiya
rating: mature
warnings: slash, rock 'n roll, drugs
status: HIATUS - due to be rewritten

Toshiya is the perfect bassist for Dir en Grey - the only problem is, Kaoru can't stand him. As time wears on it becomes evident that the feeling is entirely mutual, but ambition and stubbornness hold the band together: nether Toshiya nor Kaoru will be the first to quit, and when attraction gets mixed up with animosity, it's obvious that something has to give...

PROTECT ME: CHAPTER TEN

Title: Protect Me
Author: andrew_in_drag
Pairing: Kaoru x Toshiya
Rating: mature
Warnings: sex, rudeness, swears, boyish attitudes, AU
Chapter: 10/??
Previously: prologue >> one >> two >> three >> four >> five >> six 
>> seven >> eight >> nine 
Synopsis: “Toshimasa Hara. Even now I sometimes find it hard to decide if his name gives me heartache or a headache…”

As a police officer in Shinsekai, Osaka, Kaoru has seen his fair share of trouble. Chaos takes a human form, however, in Toshiya Hara, a young local who seems intent on showing him that sometimes the right way is not always the good way, and that sometimes the wrong way can be the path to redemption…

( >> chapter ten << )