DISCLAIMER: I don't own….. (Struggles for the keyboard with Yuki) I'm only borrowing it for a while Yuki! You're the one who gave me the idea! Let go! (Knocks him out with a vase…Shuichi's gonna kill me! And gets back to typing) I don't own gravitation or any of its characters…but the way they act…it's like they own me! Maybe…they do…I mean I dream about them, brush my teeth thinking of them, study thinking bout them…maybe Ryu-chan is right…I need to see a shrink!
Chapter 1: Pain.
"La li ho! La li ho!" Shuichi hummed as the eight cans of beer he had drunk got to him. He decided he had had enough…Yuki would be waiting for him. He walked up to Hiro and prodded him. "Hiro…lets go…Yuki'll be waiting."
Hiro looked at him blearily. "Shuichi…I think we should stay put, there's no way I can drive home. Maybe you should ask Yuki to come and get you."
"Nah…Hiro. He's busy. Tell you what I'll drive." Shuichi caught hold of his collar and started dragging him out still humming to himself.
"Ok!" Hiro was in no mood to wonder whether Shuichi knew how to drive. They walked to Hiro's new car and got in. Shuichi took off at a good start. They started singing songs from their own album as well as Nittle grasper at the top of their voices.
Shuichi smiled he was having fun…his Yuki would be waiting for him, then they could have more fun. It was funny how Yuki had opened up suddenly. Their relationship had being going so much better in the past few days. Oblivious to his surroundings he closed his eyes for a bit…the beer was making him drowsy…he never could hold much beer…maybe this had been a bad idea…he should have stayed at the party. He forced his eyes open. Hiro had gone into yelling about how he wanted to make up with Ayaka after their recent fight and kept breaking into love songs suddenly. Shuichi sighed…he wanted to get this drive over with…his eyes closed once more, he almost nodded off, when a scream from Hiro woke him, just in time to look at the truck he was crashing into…Yuki…
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Yuki was lounging on his sofa wondering where the brat was…it was really late and Suguru had told him that he had left the party ages ago. He sighed…Shuichi didn't have the keys so it wasn't like Yuki could just go to sleep; the brat would wake him up by banging on the door constantly. He waited up for a few more minutes and decided to go to bed. Shuichi'd just have to sleep outside or at Hiro's. He had just dropped off when the phone rang. Must be the brat…he must be waiting outside the door.
Yuki picked up the phone. "Hello baka…where are you?"
"Ah…is that Yuki-san? This is Mr. K. could you come down to the hospital please? It's urgent…"
Yuki stood as still as stone. "Is Shuichi alright?" his stomach plummeted, as K hesitated on the phone. "I'll be right down."
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K sat with his head in his hands. He didn't know how he was going to face Yuki when he got here. He swallowed and stood up as he heard footsteps coming towards him.
"Where is he? Where's my Shuichi? Is he alright? I want to see him now K-san!" Yuki caught hold of his shoulders, with a grip like steel.
"Yuki-san…Shuichi's had an accident. He's in surgery right now…why don't you sit here with me and wait for the news?" K spoke in a controlled voice. He hoped he didn't sound as panicked as he felt.
"How?" Yuki sank into a chair. He buried his face in his hands. "How?"
K sat down as well. "He and Hiro were driving back…he was drunk Yuki-san. He didn't see the truck coming until it was too late. They…they crashed right into it. Hiro's in a coma…he's been pretty badly hurt…a few ribs broken, he was hemorrhaging…but the doctors said he'll be fine. They don't know when he'll wake up though. But Shuichi…I don't know anything about yet." He glanced at Yuki.
The man was pale and staring at the floor in some kind of trance. He looked up a bit as Suguru, Sakano and the rest trooped in, and then looked back down.
After an hours wait, the doctor cam out. Yuki jumped up and turned to the doctor. "How is he?"
The doctor tried to look the man in the eye. "I'm sorry Yuki-san. We tried our best."
K-san looked at Yuki…he knew something like this had been coming. He'd seen the car and Shuichi when he had been brought in. Yuki's eyes were closed and his fists were clenched. Lines of pain etched his face. He looked up at the doctor… "Can I see him?"
The doctor hesitated a bit and glanced at the others, before nodding his head. He guided Yuki into the room and left him there. Yuki reached toward the cloth that covered his lover's body, his hand shaking. He pulled it back and almost fainted. Shuichi's face was crushed…you couldn't make out his features very well, and though the doctors had tried to clean him up, there was blood everywhere. Yuki pulled the cloth back in place and turned back. He walked out into the corridor. Tohma and Mika looked at him anxiously, before walking up to him and hugging him. He pulled away and looked at K.
"K-san, would you please make the funeral arrangements? I'd like to see Hiro, and then I'll be going back home. I need sometime alone…get the best of everything please." Yuki walked towards Hiro's ward like a man in dream.
Hiro was bandaged up almost everywhere. The IV tubes stuck into him and the oxygen mask looked unreal to Yuki…he watched the guitarist for sometime before leaving. His life was gone…how could he live again?
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K looked out the window and saw Yuki drive off. Something didn't feel right…he finished making a few calls and set off to Yuki's house. The uneasy feeling was still there. He took the steps to at a time and rang the bell. No one answered…K was starting to get frantic…suddenly he remembered that he had Shuichi's belongings with him. He rummaged through looking for the key but didn't find one. He broke down the door just in time to see Yuki tip the bottle of pills down his throat. He ran forward and knocked the bottle out of his hands, scattering the pills all over the floor.
"What do you think you're doing Yuki? Hasn't there been enough death and pain today?"
Yuki looked up at him, with a bewildered stare… "Shuichi's gone…he's gone…my life's gone…"
"Do you really think Shuichi would have wanted you to kill yourself? Yuki, he loved you…he would have wanted you to go on with your life. You can't just die…you have to face it!" K knelt down and looked into the other mans eyes. He winced at the pain in them. Come on Yuki please see sense…you have to go on living…I won't let you die!
Yuki stared at the big American, tears slowly welled up in his eyes and he broke into deep sobs. It was almost like his very soul had been wrenched out of him. He buried his hand in his face and sobbed like he had when he had killed Kitazawa Yuki. He felt arms encircle him…K was hugging him, holding him close.
K looked down at the man he had loved since he had met him. He held him close and rocked him a bit. He bit his lip, to keep from crying himself…he let the younger man have a good cry and then got up. He made some coffee for the both of them and forced Yuki to drink it. Then he guided Yuki to his bedroom and waited until he was sure the man had gone to sleep.
He watched the steady rise of Yuki's chest and smoothed back his hair. Why did this have to happen? Why couldn't Shuichi just have waited for the morning? Actually why hadn't he stopped Shuichi when he had seen them leave?
K walked to the kitchen, and fixed himself another coffee. He was wondering how to keep an eye on Yuki…he dialed Tohma and told him had had occurred.
"So how shall we keep an eye on him? He seems really worn out. Do you think he'll agree to stay with you guys?"
"I don't think so K-san. After that fight we had about him and Shuichi, he's been avoiding us…you saw in the hospital. Um…K-san why don't you ask him to stay with you or you stay with him? Well… you know he listens to you. I'll even give you a few days off to help him…just a request K-san, not an order. But if you could do it I'll be grateful…Mika and I really can't help him, if he doesn't want us too. We will come and meet him a lot, but if he doesn't want to stay with us can he stay with you?"
A/N: a pretty short chapter, but there's more to come. I really like this pairing for some odd reason. Any way what do you think? I really hated killing Shuichi, but it kinda made it more interesting. Please review.
Arashi.