PLeAsE DoN't SKiP Me aNd ReAd Me FiRsT

Hello everyone! I've been planning to write this fic for some time now… Please tell me whether I should continue on my story or not… I'd really appreciate that. Anyway, English is my second language, so please don't flame me horribly. Or if you can, please don't flame me at all :p. But of course I can't stop you, therefore say all you want. Comments would be happily accepted, so spare some time to give me some support will you? Thanks!

A Life Without A Body

It was early morning; the sun barely showed its presence, making the edge of the city look like a long thin line of orange neon light. Shindou Shuichi sat in a chair next to the hospital bed, watching his blond haired lover. After a while, his eyes looked up from the pale faced Eiri Yuki to the wall across of him. Something caught his gaze at the corner of his violet eyes.

"I was wondering how long more before you would notice me here," the voice spoke softly. The person was standing while leaning against the door with his arms folded.

Shuichi stood up and exclaimed, "Yuki! Where have you been? You suddenly disappeared and you did not come back the whole night and I got SCARED! For a moment I thought, I thought you had died."

The exact replica of the person lying on the white bed took his time slowly to walk towards Shuichi. "I've been around," Eiri Yuki answered simply. He was now standing just a few inches away from his shorter lover. "You've been staring at me," Yuki commented while gesturing at the motionless body that was his, "for quite some time now."

The man with pink dyed hair realized that he was supposed to say something back. "Well, uh, I had nothing to do. And… and you look so beautiful when you're asleep," Shuichi said, his cheeks becoming slightly red. "Or when you're in a coma," he decided to add.

They both said nothing for a moment before Yuki asked, "Though I would rather NOT be referred to as beautiful, did you mean that I'm not a sight to be seen when I'm awake?"

"No, NO! I didn't mean it that way! I mean, you're beautiful, urgh no no, you're good looking all the time! It's just that you look more -what's the word?- serene, and, and calm and…" Shuichi was lost for words.

Yuki smirked and placed his index finger on the famous singer's lips. "Shhh… I was just teasing." He then replaced his forefinger with his own lips and gave Shuichi a small kiss. Before Yuki could pull away, however, the smaller man had hooked his right hand around Yuki's neck and pulled the said person's face down for another but longer kiss.

The well-known writer did not refuse. Shuichi opened his mouth to let his soul mate's tongue enter. Their tongues met and danced, seducing each other. Yuki moved his hands up and down Shuichi's back. After a few minutes their mouths parted, gasping softly for air; but they both did not let go of one another.

"How come souls need air too?" Shuichi asked while slightly panting.

Eiri Yuki looked down at Shuichi's face, the question slowly registering in his mind. He did not bother to come up with a proper answer. "How the hell should I know," his voice came out quietly. After years of being with Yuki, Shuichi understood that the novelist's reply was not meant to be harsh.

Silence reigned for a long time. "So…" Shuichi started awkwardly, "any ideas on what we can do in this kind of situation?"

Yuki wished he had an answer to that question - a useful one preferably. He did not have to say anything; they both knew he did not have it.

Then silence reigned again, longer than before. This time it was Yuki who broke it. "You look beautiful too, Shu."

Shindou Shuichi stared up at his lover, a little bit confused.

"When you sleep," Yuki said, "you look beautiful too when you're asleep." His mouth curved upwards a little.

Shuichi turned around to look at the other occupant of the private hospital room. His own body lay unmoving on a copy of Yuki's bed which was next to his. Yuki and Shuichi both looked paler against their white beds.

"What are we gonna do, Yuki?" Shuichi asked without looking at his gorgeous boyfriend. "What are we ever gonna do?" he repeated miserably.