Posted : Jan. 04 2003 Revised : Nov. 16 2003

-In The Zone-

Chapter One

"Vision of a Stalker"

A certain black haired person suddenly shifted in his seat, as the one he's been waiting to arrive finally came into view.

For what reason, he didn't know. What he knew however, and for sure, was that he came all the way to this park to secretly wait for somebody, who just arrived and happily sat on one of the vacant seats, reading a book.

The stalker blinked his eyes a couple of times. A book? He never knew the idiot liked to read. God, he least expected the brat to have even thought of doing so.

But there he was.. sitting, reading.

"Stupid kid." He cursed under his breath, leveling the front of his hat down with his eyebrows so that his prying eyes were hidden.

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Shuichi got rudely interrupted from his reading by his best friend who sneaked from behind to take a peak at what he was so busy with.

"Ora, Hiro! That's not fair!" He complained, voice as high pitched as ever.

Hiro couldn't help but put a finger on his ear to ease the pain. Shuichi sure doesn't know how to choose the right place and time to be overly jumpy.

"What's not fair? I was only looking. I didn't say anything." The brunette responded rather flatly, a sheepish smile on his face.

"Well!" Shuichi stood up in a quick move, closing the book as he did so. "You could've asked me first! You weren't even sure I was gonna let you!"

Hiro sighed. His little kid-like friend can be such an utter weirdo at unexpected occasions. But in place of giving the pink head a punch on his top, he just simply ignored Shuichi's previews complaints and patted the kid instead.

"C'mon, chibi, we're gonna be late. Let's go."

Shuichi blushed in embarrassment, realizing that he just shouted at his friend.

"Er, sorry Hiro." He said.

Hiro just smiled and asked him, "What're you reading anyhow?"

Shuichi showed the front of the book with the title that read 'Cool'.

"Though you are his lover, it still is quite bizarre to me that you're interested in his novels." Hiro commented, grinning broadly.

"It's not that I didn't want to do this earlier, it's just that we had so many recordings to finish. First things first!" Answered the now bouncing Shuichi.

"Yeah, and you were always late."

"But-"

"And you liked reading comics than those romantic stuffs. Did Yuki-san even show a sign that he was any interested in you music at all?"

"I told you not to say anything bad about Yuki! And him being interested or not in my music is completely out of the question regarding me liking and reading his books and-"

The guitarist put a hand on the singer's mouth to keep him from saying more. He really didn't like it when Shuichi made his ears suffer with his awfully high pitched voice. How the kid can sing in a completely different tone was starting to make Hiro wonder. No, he didn't doubt Shuichi's talent in singing.

"Okay, okay! Yuki-san isn't bad! Sheesh!" Hiro then placed an arm around the kid's shoulder and lead him to where his motorcycle was standing.

"Though, I still remember it when you told me that you really weren't into those kinda books which according to you were boring."

"Mou, Hiro!" The older guy tried hard to keep himself from laughing out loud.

"And how you go drooling over the pictures of all the girls and how you used to laugh your head off like a maniac while reading. Man, what did Yuki- san do have turned you into a girlish nineteen-year-old kid?"

"HIRO!!!" This time, Hiro couldn't stop himself from laughing and exploded right before they reached the bike. Shuichi made an attempt to walk away but was pulled back by the right arm, fallowed by a half-hearted apology from his friend.

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Tachi snorted, just loud enough for those beside him to hear. So the brat and his brunette genius left for the studio. So what? It's not like he had already lost his chance.

Plus, they're not the only ones who work there. It's a good thing that they, the three of ASK, managed to convince Tohma to give them a second chance, to have them signed again. After what he did, that is.

After releasing a rather louder grunt, much to the annoyance of those near him, he stood and muttered silently to himself ;

"Shindou Shuichi." He glared at the retreating bike. "I'll get you."

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To Be Continued ___

Author's Note : This chapter has been revised. I hope you all liked it still. ^_^