A/N: Konichiwa minna-san. My first ever Gravitation story. The characters may seem a little OC but please bare with me for the moment. By the way, the title has nothing to do with the song Sleepless Beauty, I just thought it was fitting for the story. There really shouldn't be spoilers in this story seeing as how I'm only two volumes into the manga. If there are any I'm sorry. If you like it R/R and if you don't like it.. than R/R anyways I love feed back, criticism, whatever ..so just sit back and enjoy.
Disclaimer: Sadly I don't own Gravitation or Pocky. --;;
Summary: It's obvious Shuichi loves Yuki but the path of love never did run smoothly. The strain on his life has finally taken it's toll on Shuichi. As a result of all this, Shuichi has a series of bizarre and seemingly disturbing dreams. Much to the amusement of Yuki, who hears midmorning screams and comforts his little brat.
Sleepless Beauty
Prologue
Oh god was he ever tired.
The seconds were going by at a snail's pace.
To say this wasn't his day, was a huge understatement. Walking home from the bus stop, Shuichi Shindou made a mental list of everything that had gone wrong today.
1. Woke up late and missed breakfast.
"Yuki!! You broke my alarm clock! Couldn't you have at least woken me up when you broke it?!"
"You were right there beside me, not my fault you couldn't hear it."
"Do you know how much shit I'm in? Where did you put my clothes?"
The vocalist quickly rummaged around the spacious room, looking for something clean to wear.
"Damn, I forgot to do the laundry yesterday. I'm taking your clothes Yuki!"
Yuki's clothes are about two sizes bigger than mine. Do I have to mention that we both wear our clothes loose?
"SHUT UP! SHUT UP! I was up till three last night and you wouldn't stop begging."
"ME?! You made me wake up! And than you started to do that tickli- ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?!"
But the novelist had already fallen back to sleep, snuggled in the heavy covers. -At work-
"SHINDOU! YOUR LATE!"
"I'm sorry, Yuki br-"
"Enough! I don't want to hear your damn excuses. Get your butt into the recording studio before I go medieval on your ass!"
2. My stomach wouldn't stop growling through practice.
"Stop! Stop! Where's that noise coming from?"
"Has the equipment started malfunctioning again?"
"No, can't be. I checked every last piece only two days ago."
"Oh I wouldn't worry about it," Hiro said happily. "It's not the equipment."
"So what do you think it is?"
Hiro nodded toward my direction.
They stared at me disbelievingly and right on cue, my stomach started moaning hungrily.
We had to stop and take a lunch break because the noises disrupted the music. It wasn't that loud honestly.
"At least, I can get something into my syste- HIRO!!! That's my bento!" (1)
"Delicious," he replied, helping himself to the last of it.
3. I had to go out and buy a new lunch. On the way I met some over enthusiastic fan girls. Not mine, Yuki's.
As I emerged from the fried noodle stand I was confronted. It wouldn't have been such a scene, except for the fact that a guy was being attacked by three girls, in skirts no less.
"Oh my god!"
"Do you know who that is?"
"Yuki's lover!" they chanted happily.
"I'm prettier than her," one of them grumbled miserablely.
"It's a boy."
"Oh...... Really?"
"Afraid so."
"No.. seriously?"
Nod.
"You think he dyes his hair?"
"Hey, if Yuki likes it, I'm game."
Needless to say, my walking speed had sped up considerably.
"Oi, you! STOP!!!"
The power walking had now turned into a brisk jog.
"STOP! STOP! STOP!"
'Don't let them catch up. For the love of God, do not let the-'
THUMP!
"Wow, his shoulders are sexy."
"HEY!" I screamed in protest.
Giggle "My hands just pinched the ass that Yuki-sama pinches."
"Oh his hair is so soft."
I was trying to crawl away. CRAWL!! AND THEY THINK I'M A GIRL!
Kami-sama! (2)
I don't even remember how I got away. I feel so violated!
4. When I called Yuki's house, it was Tohma Seguchi who picked up.
"Eiri Yuki's residence."
"Seguchi-san?!?! What are you doing there?"
"Nothing, Yuki requested my company. I couldn't refuse."
Okay. Stop. Breathe. Inhale. Exhale.
"Well where is he?" he said in a disturbingly calm manner.
"He's in the shower. We were playing around and things got messy."
Inhale. Exhale. Inha- Screw it!
"MESSY?! MESSY?! YUKI IS MINE! DON"T TOUCH HIM! DON"T YOU DARE TOUCH HIM! Only I can touch him! You don't know what he wants! Only I do! MINE!"
I was shrieking so loud, people from the staff started giving me dirty looks. One of them through there shoe at me. Not a rock, not garbage, but a shoe. They actually took of there shoe just to hurt me physically!
"Shindou? Hold on a sec."
"What do you want brat?"
"Yuki! Why is Seguchi there? What were you doing? He's not allowed to have you! He can't have you. If he's stalking you, I'll stay by your side 24/7. You're my top priority! Yuukiii!"
"Stop screaming into the receiver. Mika sent him over so I could teach him how to cook a meal for her. He spilt sauce all over me, so I went and took a shower."
I sniffed audibly.
Shuichi Shindou made a mental list of everything that had gone wrong this week.
1.Tatsuya mistook me for Ryuichi. Which wouldn't be so bad, except, he's really touchy feely. Involuntary shudder
"KOI!!!" (3)
"Oomph!"
"Whaat??? I'm not your koi."
"Oh Ryuichi honey. Don't play coy, come give me a big kiss!"
"N-no! Stop please! I'm not him, I swear it."
"M-mmm you always did have such sexy shoulders."
Grasp.
Whoa. Hold on a second.
"Wait.. wait! I'm not Ry-"
"Come on. I have about forty minutes before I have to be anywhere. Lets go play hooky for a while. I've been thinking of you all day looong."
Oh. My. God. He's sucking on my neck!! Get if off me!!
Giggle
Wait. Was that my voice? My voice? No, no, no. It's not suppose to be like this!
"YUKI... SAVE ME"
"Your calling out my brothers name while I'm making my moves?"
"I'M NOT HIM! LOOK AT MY FACE! I'M SHUICHI!!"
Silence.
Glare.
Uh-Oh. He looks.. well.. he looks pretty damn pissed.
"Why didn't you say something earlier," he demanded angrily.
"I .. I was shocked from being felt up okay?"
I watched him storm off. At least Yuki has the decency to look really hot when he's pissed (which is almost always).
I feel so dirty, I need a long hot shower.
2. I spilt spaghetti sauce on the nice, clean, white couch. "Look I'm sorry okay? Yuki, please don't be mad. I tried to clean it out."
"The couch is completely drenched. Why didn't you just wash the stain out?"
"I didn't mean to spill the soapy water, it was just so heavy and.."
"And what?" he roared back menacingly. "Do you have to destroy everything in this house? The coffee pot, the cooking pans, the bed!"
"The bed was a team effort!"
Stare.
"Eep."
"Look I have a deadline in three days. I can't be wasting time on a punk kid like you. Just get out."
"But Yuki!"
"But nothing. Just.. Go"
"Yuki you don't mean that."
"SHUICHI! GO!"
"I-I..."
He promptly tossed my coat at me and shoved me out the door.
"Yuki, I'll cl-"
The door slammed in my face.
Shuichi Shindou exhaled his breath deeply. It was late. Yuki's house was sinfully far. His throat was sore, he had been yelled at and mauled. To top things off that damn sixth grader had bought the last box of Pocky. If he didn't know any better, he would have sworn that the kid bought it just to spite him.
He sighed, kicking a rock out of the way. Wait.. could it be? Sigh. Yes, it was an empty Pocky box. Staring up at him, taunting him, mocking him, reminding him what a loser he was.
Hopefully Yuki would be in one of his better moods now that his deadline was behind him. And maybe, just maybe he could forgive him for soaking his couch and rusting his pots.
Shuichi cheered up at the thought of Yuki. He grinned a little and jogged the distance towards his beloved. Out of breath and panting, a sweating Shuichi fumbled with his keys.
The door swung open and Shuichi put on his best 'Honey, I'm home and ready for a little lovin' grin.'
"Yuki? Tadaima." (4)
'Maybe he went for a beer run... oh a note.' Brat,
Be home at around 2. Just go to sleep.
-Yuki
'Might as well hit the sack. It's been a disappointing day,' Shuichi thought glumly. 'But when I wake up, Yuki'll be here and everything will be perfect again.
He quickly discarded the days clothes and crawled into the large feathered bed. Shuichi pulled Yuki's pillow into his chest and squeezed it tightly, inhaling the smell of Yuki's shampoo.
Pretty soon the pink-haired beauty dozed off, letting his body rest and letting his imagination take over.
Owari
Translations and Notes
1. A boxed lunch.
2. Basically 'Oh God'
3. Koi is short for koibito which means lover
4. I'm home
A/N: That's it for the prologue. A bit short, but the actually chapters should be considerably longer. The fun should start in the next chapter. If you like it... nudges toward the review button '' If you want to chat try my email. 99% chance I'll respond.
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