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Your Worst Nightmare
Chapter 01: He Doesn't Care

In the middle of the night, Eiri woke to Shuichi shifting around in the bed, whimpering. 'Is he having nightmares again?' he thought to himself, reaching over and wrapping an arm around the boy's waist. He pulled the small body closer to his own, in an attempt to calm the boy down. Shu's whimpers died down a bit, but a small sound still came from the boy every now and then. Eiri held onto him tighter, somewhat possessively. He never liked it when Shu had nightmares, and lately, the pink haired boy was having nightmares almost every night.

'What causes the disturbance in his dreams? Is he afraid of something?' Eiri asked himself, trying to fall back asleep. After a few minutes, Eiri's slumber had continued, and he slept peacefully the rest of the night.

-

Shuichi woke, the sun pouring into the room, and over his face, warming it. He let his eyes roll open, and they darted around to take in the scenery. He was rather close to Eiri's body, and the writer had a tight grip around Shu's waist. Shuichi couldn't help but smile at the last observation made, it made him happy to be so close to Eiri, and he now didn't want to get up. But his stomach protested. It rumbled loudly, causing Eiri to move around.

"Morning, Shuichi," Eiri mumbled, letting go of the boy. Shuichi turned to face the blonde, smiling. Eiri still had his eyes closed, as though he still wanted to sleep.

"Morning, love. You hungry?" Shu asked, lightly running his fingers through Eiri's blonde strands. Eiri shook his head 'no' but his stomach growled quietly. Shuichi giggled.

"I heard that," the pink-haired boy said in a teasing tone. Eiri peeked his eyes open to look at Shu. He had a tired expression, and Shu thought that the writer looked like a sleepy kitten. And that caused him to smile widely.

"What are you smiling about?" Eiri asked in half-grunt. Shuichi shook his head and rolled out of bed. He stood straight on his feet, and reached his arms into the air, stretching. After he heard a couple satisfying pops in his bones, he went off to the kitchen to find something to eat.

Eiri stayed in bed, looking up at the ceiling. Thoughts of Shuichi's strange night behaviors were beginning to weave into his mind. Eiri had noticed that after Shuichi him started to have sex more regularly, Shu would whimper. Some nights that they didn't have sex he still whimpered, but it still stared after they began to get more intimate with one another.

Shuichi dug out a box of cereal from the cupboards, and also a bowl. He set them on the table and went to get the milk and a spoon. He heard Eiri groaning, and guessed that the writer was getting up out of bed. The blonde walked into the kitchen, rubbing his head and yawning. "You want some too?" Shu asked.

Eiri shook his head. "How can you eat that crap?" He asked the boy, looking over to the box of cereal. Shu frowned.

"Then what may I ask are you going to eat, Eiri?" Eiri shrugged, causing Shu's frown to drop deeper. "Eiri, you have to eat breakfast, it will give you energy for the day," Shuichi lectured, causing Eiri to roll his eyes.

Shu had decided to give up on it. "Forget it," he mumbled, walking to the table with the milk. He opened the cereal and poured it into the bowl, then filled it with milk. He soon began eating quietly.

Eiri watched the boy, walking over to the table. Shu glanced up at him, but only quickly. Eiri grabbed the box of cereal and put it away, doing the same with the milk. "What are you doing today, Shuichi?"

"Why?" Shu asked idly, paying most attention to the cereal.

"It's Saturday. I'm curious of what you're planning on doing," Eiri explained, sitting at the table across from Shu.

"I guess that I'll just stay home and relax. But if Hiro wants to do something, I'll go out with him," Shu said in a forlorn tone of voice.

"What's wrong?" Eiri asked, looking at him with a curious gaze.

"Nothing really, I was just having strange nightmares last night," Shu explained, holding his cereal filled spoon a few inches away from his mouth, just starring down at it.

Eiri frowned. He decided not to press on the subject. He didn't want to make Shu upset by bringing up his nightmares and nightly whimpers. So instead of asking, Eiri got up and started to walk out of the kitchen. He stopped when he was behind Shuichi and gently wrapped his arms around the boy's neck. "Don't fret, little Shuichi," he said before he took a hold of Shu's hand, the one holding the spoon, and brought it to his own mouth. "You shouldn't be afraid of mere dreams." And with that, Eiri opened his mouth and ate the spoon full of cereal.

-

Shuichi sat in the living room, where his own computer was. He was just messing around, basically just surfing the 'net. His mind was lost in questions about Eiri's behavior. Eiri never cared about what was bothering Shu before. Why now? Why would Eiri care if Shu had nightmares? It didn't make much sense to the younger man. Eiri showed that he didn't care much, but Shuichi knew that he did care. Why would the author start to show care?

Shuichi got up from his desk and walked through Eiri and his home. He decided to go talk to Eiri for a little while. He went to the author's study and quietly knocked on the door. He heard a grunt in response. "Eiri? Eiri, can I come in?" Shu called out through the door.

After a little while of silence, Shu heard in response, "Fine."

Shuichi gave a small smile as he opened the door and walked in. He saw Eiri at his desk, hunched over his laptop, fingers typing away. Shu frowned. "Eiri, that's terrible posture, you're going to ruin your poor back," he said, going over to Eiri. He stood behind the blonde and gently began to massage him.

Eiri let out a small moan of gratitude. It was clear to Shuichi that his lover liked being massaged. He continued while he spoke. "Eiri, are you okay?"

"What do you mean, brat?" Eiri questioned, pausing in his typing.

"Well... I mean that you seemed worried about me being okay," Shu said slowly. He was afraid of Eiri sometimes, and this was one of those times.

"I was never worried about you being okay!" Eiri snapped, his voice letting out much anger. "Now let me get back to my work, I have a deadline."

Shu held back tears as he nodded. "Okay," he said forlornly. He stopped in massaging Eiri and left the author's study with a deep frown. 'Okay, so maybe he didn't care if I was okay. But then again, that's just the way Eiri is,' Shu thought, walking to the living room.

He looked around and thought to himself, 'I think I'll see what Hiro is up to.' He went to the kitchen, to where the phone was resting in it's charger cradle. He grabbed the phone and dialed Hiro's number, walking back to the living room and sitting on the couch.

Hiro picked up after three and a half rings. "Hello?"

"Hey Hiro! It's Shuichi," the singer said into the phone with a bright smile.

"Oh, hey there Shu," the guitarist happily replied. "How are you?"

Shu hesitated for a minute, then replied with, "Oh I'm great! And what about you? Are you feeling any better than you were yesterday?" Shu asked, remembering that his friend was feeling awfully sick at work the previous day.

"Mhm. Much better, thanks for asking. So what's up? You wanna go do something?"

Shu nodded, even though Hiro couldn't see the action, and said, "Yeah if you do."

"Sure thing. Why don't I come get you and we can decide on what to do when I get there?"

"Yeah okay. I'll see you soon," Shu said to his friend, hanging up after he heard Hiro say 'goodbye'.

Shu went back to the kitchen and put the phone where it belonged. He turned his head when he heard Eiri walking into the kitchen. He watched his lover go to the 'fridge to get a beer. The blonde was paying no attention to Shu, as he took a beer out, cracked it open, then took a swig. He then walked out of the kitchen.

This caused Shu to frown as he called out to his lover, "Eiri!"

Eiri sighed and went back to the kitchen, leaning against the wall and glaring at Shuichi. "What now?"

"I, uh, just wanted to tell you that I'm going out with Hiro today."

Eiri kept he glare as he just walked out of the kitchen and back to his study. Shu was now angered. He could feel something inside him swelling up. It was a strange feeling, but he ignored it, and decided to go sit on the couch and wait for Hiroshi to arrive.

(TBC)

YWN has returned! Under a new name, because I can't remember the login info for my old account, for it was years ago. Chapters 1 through 4 are already complete, and will all be added today. Then I will start working on the rest!

Tomo loves you all!