All right, I rewrote the chapter, not really changing the plot or anything like that, just trying to fix up some grammar errors. Hope everyone enjoys themselves!
Also (X) is POV change and or jump foreword in time.
Chapter,1: The battle is on
Okay wimps, the game's The Dating Game," K said with a smirk, a gun held to Yuki's
forehead. "Any objections?"
Of course, no one even gave this a thought as besides Yuki they did in fact want to play.
The fact that the novelist was against the idea was the very reason that the gun had been
pulled out in the first place. It was bad enough that Yuki had shown up late to this get
together let alone that he was now refusing to play the main event.
"Great!" The American screamed sheathing his gun and running into Hiro's and his
room.
"I'm really sorry about this you guys," Hiro whispered quietly so his boyfriend in the next
room couldn't hear. "He found the game a few days ago and ahs been dying to play it
since," he said with a hint of nervousness in his tone.
"I want to play anyway," Shuichi said happily ash e latched onto Yuki. "It sounds really
fun!" In fact Shu had no idea at all what the game was about, but he felt that any kind of
game that had the word "dating" it in had to be fun, especially if he was going to be able
to play it with Yuki.
Yuki rolled his eyes at this and attempted to shove the singer off of his arm. It quickly
became obvious that this was not possible without a crowbar and so left him latched.
"Will you get of?" Yuki asked trying to keep his voice under control.
Shuichi could tell that his boyfriend was twitching, but that didn't' seem to matter to him
at the moment.
"YUUUUUKI!! YOU KNOW I LIKIE LATCHING ONTO YOU!" Shuichi cried tugging
on Yuki's arm, almost causing the both of them to fall off the couch and hit the floor.
"Eh guys—" Hiro started only to be cut off.
"GOT IT!" K screamed cutting Hiro off and ignoring the fight going on between Yuki
and Shuichi. He put the game box down and took of the lid slowly and dramatically. A
bright light shined from the box as though there was gold or something holy within it.
This was followed with a few moments of silence before the light died down.
Everyone in the room sweat dropped at this. They now knew for sure that this game
couldn't be a normal one.
"Are you sure this is safe…?" Tohma asked poking the box.
"It's safer than K, that's about all that matters," Fujisaki said with a sigh.
"Great, everyone's here!" K screamed as Fujisaki, Noriko, Ryuichi, Reiji, Yoshiki, and
Tetsuya followed Tohma into the apartment. Tatsuha had already been there ahead of
time.
"When did they get here?" Shuichi asked blinking. He hadn't even heard anyone knock
on the door.
"It doesn't matter how or when, just smile and nod," K warned glaring at the singer.
"Now let's play!"
The others in the room smiled nervously at the blonde and took the papers and pencils he
was handing out before finally sitting down.
"Eiri-san wa—"
"He's mine," Shuichi screamed at Tohma forgetting that this particular blonde in the
room was his boss for a moment.
Tohma just snickered sitting down next to Sakano though and took the paper and pen
from K.
Yuki began sobbing as Shuichi knew he would since the novelist obviously didn't want to
be in the room at all. He was no doubt well aware however that he was trapped and stood
no chance of getting away from both K and his boyfriend.
"Okay, I'll be the announcer then," Noriko said happily, Tetsuya nodding in agreement.
"Yes, and I'll help her."
The others in the room shrugged and after everyone received their pens and paper K sat
down smirking evilly as ever.
"Alright then! Let's get this game started!"
"Okay Tohma," Noriko said picking up and card and reading it. "What's your respected
partner's favorite animal?"
"Eh…" Tohma blinked a bit and stared nervously back and forth at Sakano and Noriko.
"Mika's or Sakanos?"
The question seemed to anger the woman. She narrowed her eyes growling at him and
slammed the card down on the coffee table in front of her.
"Who's your partner right now!?" She demanded.
"Sakano," he said quickly.
"THEN HIM YOUO IDIOT!" She screamed throwing her cellphone at his head. Tohma's
eyes widened and he took a direct hit to the forehead before falling over. "I'm not sorry I
did that either!" She scowled.
The others once again all sweat dropped save for Tetsuya who was used tot his and
clapping, Shuichi who was glad someone had finally hit Tohma, and Sakano who was
kneeling beside his boss holding him close and chibi crying.
"Eh…maybe we better do a different pair for the moment. Tatusha, what's your respected
partner's favorite drink?" Noriko asked.
"Hmm." The supposed monk seemed to give it some thought for a second and grabbed
the paper writing down his answer.
"Already done? I don't get to time you," Noriko said pouting.
"Sorry, not this time," Tatsuha snickered shaking his head.
"Alright, hold up your card," Tetsuya ordered.
Tatsuha obeyed and flipped the card over so everyone could see.
"Strawberry milk, is that right Ryu?" Tetsuya asked.
"YAY!!" Ryu screamed latching onto Tatshua. "You got one right Tatsuha! That's cool;
you actually know something about me!"
'And thanks to this game I'll learn so much more about you,' Tatshua thought to himself
evilly.
"Alright…next pair…Yuki," Noriko said grinning.
Yuki froze looking like a deer that'd been caught in headlights of a car.
"What's your respected partners idea of a romantic night out?" She asked evilly.
Yuki looked down at the smiling idiot next to him and the piece of paper in his hand.
Slowly he took the pen and started writing on the paper.
(X)
"How the hell could you possibly think I like onions in my milkshakes?" Shuichi screamed as he and Yuki walked down the hall
towards the elevator. They were heading to the car, the game now over, Shuichi
completely pissed off.
"Yeah well how about you? You thought my favorite animal was a cat," Yuki hissed.
"You and a cat would get along great! You both lazy around the house all day and you're
both nice and soft and…" Shu's voice trailed off, his eyes getting big hearts in them as he
went on more comparing Yuki to a cat.
"You idiot," he growled hitting Shuichi on top of the head.
"Me?! You thought my best friend was a monkey!"
"He is a monkey," Yuki said with a smirk.
"YUUUUUUUKKKKKIII!!"
Yuki put his hands over his ears and walked into the elevator. He hit the close now button
while Shuichi was still barreling down the hall and merely waved at him as the door slid
shut before Shu could get in.
"HEY! YOU JERK!" He lined his foot up with the metal doors and kicked it hard hoping
it'd open. When it didn't he sighed slumping against them, his bottom hitting the floor.
"That get together went horribly…even Tohma knew more about Sakano than Yuki and I
knew about each other. At least I got three questions right though…Yuki didn't even get
one…" Shuichi got tired of just sitting around after a few minutes and got up pushing the
button to call the elevator back up. "If he didn't wait for me, I'm going to kill him,"
Shuichi promised as he walked into the elevator. He waited impatiently the entire time
when finally the door chimed and opened. Twitching he walked out and looked around.
No Yuki. "YOU BASTARD!"
(X)
"I hope you're happy Yuki," Shuichi breathed forcing himself to the door. He was covered in sweat, his hair messed up and his eyes dazed. He'd ran the whole way from Hiro's to K's back to his house so he could demand an answer from his lover. He looked horrible and felt fifty times worse, so half way home he'd stopped and got something to drink. The drink had only managed to calm him down for a few seconds though and now he was riled up again. Letting out a sigh of relief he grabbed the doorknob and twisted it. Locked.
"This writer has a death wish," Shuichi said his eyes glowing. He pulled his key out from
his book bag and put it into the lock forcing a smile onto his face. He decided he'd first
coax Yuki into thinking he wasn't mad and then get his revenge in bed. Then he'd kill
him.
'Hey wait a minute,' Shuichi thought to himself jiggling the key. 'Why isn't this
working…?' He tried harder, but to no avail. Even his hyper kick attack on the door did
nothing.
"DAMNIT YUKI! YOU CHANGED THE DOOR LOCKS TOO! HOW LONG HAVE
YOU BEEN PLANNING THIS?!" Enraged more than ever and growling, Shuichi picked
his foot up off the ground and kicked the door only for it to now be met with a solid steel
door. Shu's eyes shot open and he began jumping up and down screaming while holding
his foot. "I HATE YOU YUKI!!...LET ME IN PLEASE!"
Yuki completely ignored him showing the singer no mercy. After being ignored for a few
hours, Shuichi finally got up and decided to go to a hotel.
"Shu, I hate to say this, but you look like shit," Hiro said as Shuichi walked into the
recording studio and dropped his book bag onto the nearest table.
"I feel like it to. Yuki locked me out of the house last night," he whined. He crawled onto
one of the couches and curled up on it. "I was fine until I tried going to sleep. I got so
depressed I couldn't even think straight. Hiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrroooooooooo! I ended up staying
up all night on the suicide hotline!!" he said while chibi crying and hugging a pillow.
"You talked all night on the suicide hotline? Why didn't you just call me?" his best friend
asked walking over to him.
"Cause…I didn't want to get you involved," he sniffed.
"Eh, did they at least give you some good advice?" Hiro asked hopefully.
"No," He cried harder. "They ended up killing themselves before I could even get
finished with my story!!"
Hiro stared down at this friend for a few minutes, stood up, and walked into the recording
booth. He wasn't putting up with this.
"SOME BEST FRIEND YOU ARE!" Shuichi screamed as Hiroshi started doing his part
for the recording completely ignoring him. Shu knew at this point it was completely
pointless to try and get Hiro's attention. Sighing he plopped back over on the couch and
waited until it was his turn to go in and record. The minutes seemed to be turning into
hours as he waited. He knew it was just all in his head, but that didn't stop it from
happening. He kept on waiting and waiting and it seemed the longer he waited for Hiro to
come out, the longer it took for a single second to pass by.
(X)
Shuichi blinked looking around the recordi
ng studio. He noticed that all of the lights had been turned off, the sky outside dark, and a
note stuck to his forehead. He ripped it off and began reading it out loud to himself.
"You fell asleep during the recording session you idiot. Get some actual sleep tonight and
be ready to work a double shift tomorrow to make up for what you didn't do today. Love
Hiro."
Shuichi glared down at the paper and threw it onto the floor as hard as he could.
' "love Hiro" my ass,' he thought to himself with a sigh. He laid back down on the couch
and stared up at the ceiling. How could they just let him sleep through the whole day like
that? Wasn't he important to the CD? All they had to do was wake him up and send him
into the recording booth, it wouldn't have taken him long to get into the swing of things.
He blinked his thoughts were cut into as his stomach began growling. Sitting up he
started looking for his book bag and shoes deciding he should leave. He wasn't sure
where he should go tonight, Yuki probably wanting nothing to do with him anymore. He
hadn't called him all day, that was for sure and on his way in that morning Tohma had
kept telling him what a great job he'd done.
Growling he grabbed his book bag and stomped out of the recording room heading for the
elevator. He pushed the button and waited saying hi to the security guard as he did so.
Finally the doors opened and he was able to walk in and push the first floor button.
Of course what should have been an easy ride down turned into a complete disaster as the
elevator music started playing. The music just had to be some love song going on about
how much the girl couldn't wait to be back in her lover's arms and how much she missed
him. The only problem was, the guy accepted her in the end.
"Yeah, if Yuki ever called me saying that, I'd probably die of shock," Shuichi muttered as
the door finally opened and he ran as fast as he could out of the elevator. When he finally
made it outside he checked his watch and saw that it was only eleven p.m. and that he'd
definitely need a place to stay for the night. He thought about it for a few minutes and
decided the hotel was his best bet since he really didn't' want to wake up his parents and
he was still kind of sore at Hiro.
He started walking towards the nearest hotel called the Dragon Shrine Inn. It was pretty
new, only a few weeks old, very high class, and Shuichi had wanted to check out the
room service anyway. His original plans however had, had Yuki in the bed with him.
Grinning like a madam and completely forgetting the anger and sadness he felt, he ran for
the doors at top speed not stopping for anything, which almost got him killed. When he
finally did stop in front of the hotel doors he looked back and sweat dropped seeing all
the cars that he'd caused to crash, people on their bikes lying on the ground bleeding, and
a UFO that'd slammed into one of the nearby department stores.
"Eh…"
Whistling innocently he quickly walked into the hotel before anyone could blame him for
the crashes he'd just caused. He walked over to the teller happily pretending nothing at all
had happened and he was just a normal Japanese citizen.
"I'd like to rent a room," he said grinning ear to ear.
The teller looked at him suspiciously not believing that Shuichi could possibly afford a
room.
"Sir, just how much money are you willing to spend?" he asked in a monotone voice. He
obviously didn't believe that Shuichi could afford it, but Shu knew the man was wrong.
"Eh…whatever it takes to stay here I guess," Shu replied happily. "I can pay in cash if
that's alright." He decided to prove his point by pulling out a few thousand yen bills.
The teller's eyes widened and he began backing away from the singer his hands held up in
the air.
"You're a robber aren't you?!" he demanded nervously nearly throwing himself onto the
floor.
"A Robber…no…I'm a singer…" Shuichi replied back just as nervously.
"A singer…?"
"I'm Shuichi Shindou…from bad luck." Shuichi wondered if the man had ever heard of
him at all in his entire life, but the teller seemed to have at least heard his name in
passing, because he walked back over to the counter, his hands now at his side.
"Oh…" He took Shu's money and gave him a room key. "Enjoy your stay at the Dragon
Shrine Inn," the man said bowing deeply.
Shuichi grinned spinning the key around his finger and said thanks. He proceeded to head
up for elevator now humming one of his newest songs. He wondered seriously how many
more of these he'd see in the next few days and hit the floor button that his room was
located.
He stepped into it, the elevator door closing behind it and it rose quickly. It dinged after
it'd stopped on his floor and he walked out still grinning like a mad man. He made his
way down the hall and then into his room making sure to lock the door behind him. He
threw the key onto the nightstand next to the bed, dropped his book bag onto the floor and fell face first onto the bed sighing.
"This is really nice…I wish Yuki was here with me…"
He looked over at the window from his room; it was so high up it was almost like he was
an angel watching thousands of humans go on with their day to day work even though it
was during the night. It seemed so odd yet serene to see the bright lights of Tokyo shine
from what looked almost like the deepest depths of the earth.
"He'd of loved this view…"
Smiling at the thought Shuichi crawled over to the other side of the bed and leaned over
to grab his cell phone. He was just about to hit speed dial on his phone to call Yuki when
there was a loud banging on the door to his room.
"Who is it?" He asked somewhat nervously. He doubted that Yuki could have found him
that fast. What really worried him was that he thought there may have been a few fans in
the lobby and they may have decided they wanted to spend the night with him. No one
however answered with a voice; instead they just banged on the door louder.
Sighing Shuichi dropped the cell phone onto his bed and just as he was going to open the
door, was thrown back onto said bed hard. He winced his hand instantly going for the cell
as the police charged into his room pinning him down. He hit the speed dial number and
luckily the phone began ringing. To Shuichi's complete shock Yuki answered the phone
after two rings.
"Hello?"
"YU—"
The cops grabbed the phone from the singer, one of the others gagging him.
"Sorry to bother you sir, this doesn't concern you." With that the cop hung the phone up.
Shuichi's eyes widened at what could possibly be going through Yuki's mind now.
'If he thinks I'm cheating on him,' Shu thought to himself starting to shake. 'I will
personally kill every Tokyo policeman I see,' he mentally vowed his eyes turning into
black holes.
"Cuff him and don't let him get near his stuff," one of the officers ordered, the others
obeyed.
This order instantly made Shuichi snap to attention and he began thrashing about, but it
was of no use. He could barely move and before he knew what was going on an officer
had moved in with some kind of object and smashed it against his head causing him to black out.
(X)
Yuki stared down at this phone in shock at what had just happened. Shuichi had never come home that day, he'd figured he'd went
straight to work and then was going to come back. He was going to allow Shuichi
entrance at this point as long as the singer agreed to do whatever he wanted that night.
Shuichi hadn't come back though and when he finally called some random guy took the
phone from him and hung it up saying it was none of his business.
Shaking Yuki crushed the phone in his hand and threw it out the window of his
apartment. He grabbed his coat and car keys heading down the stairs to his car lighting up
a cigarette. Someone was going to be a very unhappy person tonight.
(TBC)
Hope you guys didn't mind that. I'm hoping to get into the mood for writing chapter 4 after going through chapters 1-3 again. It's kind of working. I at least have a structure on how to start chapter 4 so…you guys should be getting it soon. Enjoy.