Gravitation
Title: Silent Yet Deadly
Prologue: Fateful First Encounter
Disclaimer: I only own the plot because Maki Murakami-sama owns Gravitation. TT
Summary: Yuki's a simple romance novelist and Shuuichi is a cold-hearted, blood thirsty assassin part of a gang by the name Bad Luck. Shuuichi's had a rough past and trusts no one except for his gang members and would never find himself in a relationship especially not with a guy because he's homophobic. Yuki accidentally discovers him and falls in love but with Shuuichi the way he is what is Yuki to do? The story is better, I just suck at writing summaries so please read! Thank you.
Warning: In this story Hiro has long brown hair (refer to the OVA), Shuuichi has long, red, messy hair (refer to the manga) and Fujisaki has black hair pinned back into a small ponytail (similar to Miroku's from Inuyasha). Strange I know. But it's a cute image I came up for them. Personally, I think they look cool together like that XD. Also, Yuki and Shuuichi do not act like themselves, I think its called Out Of Character o.O? But if anything, their personalities are switched. laughs nervously Well I hope you enjoy it anyway.
Note: This font means flashbacks, memories, dreams, etc.

Tokyo, Japan. Year nineteen ninety-nine. Beginning of October.

The night was quiet and peaceful and all that could be heard were the soft howls the wind made as it gently blew through the night. It was late, probably around a quarter to eleven. Most people were tucked away warmly in the comfort of their beds, sleeping soundly because the following day they had to get up for work and school. But during this time of night, an assassination group known by the name of Bad Luck were always out, silently killing their sworn enemies. Everyone knew of this group, but few knew what they looked like and no one knew who they were after or why or even when they came out to assassinate their enemies. The reason for that is because Bad Luck were always in disguise and only came out at night when no one was around. They never traveled together because it would be too obvious with the way they dress, especially on the rare occasions they came out during the day.

A figure dressed in all black with small chains falling from the side of his pants had weapons of all sorts in every pocket and some hidden away in his coat and in his shoes ran through across the street pulling out a simple revolver and firing effortlessly at spaces that seemed empty but successfully killing one man with each bullet. He hadn't missed a shot and hadn't wasted a single bullet. He ran quickly and didn't even bother to look at his enemies as he ran by, firing as he did because he already knew where every single one of them were hidden. Skill such as his was unbelievable and almost like an evil magic.

No one could surpass him. No one was able to pull the stunts he did and therefore he was known as the devil himself. Everything about him said devil-long red hair, always dressed in red and black and perfect murdering skills. He had the evilest of looks, with a glare that could kill if your eyes locked with his emotionless violet pools and when he was serious or in a bad move, you didn't want to mess with him unless you have a death wish because he will show no mercy. He enjoyed killing these men and never hesitated and if someone even dared to get in the way, he'd kill them without a second thought. Why? Because he'd abandoned all emotions ten years ago. Not only that, but he didn't fear death and lived a care free life. He just wanted to see and taste and smell the fresh fallen blood of his enemies. That was how he worked hence where the people came up with calling him the devil himself. Of course, those were small reasons for that. The biggest reason of all was because his family name was Shindou, a family everyone feared but that's another story which will be put into much detail at another time.

Shuuichi was pretty sure he killed every single guy there but stood still for a moment to concentrate to see if he could sense anyone else around. His eyes were closed and his body relaxed a bit. Everything was quiet now. Then slowly, footsteps came into his range of sound and he quickly turned around, pointing his gun at an ordinary human, as he called them. 'Shit.' He thought. If he hadn't been wearing a hat and a pair of sunglasses the guy would have found out who he was if the gun hadn't give it away. the blonde man stared at him, no sign of fear as he replaced his confused look with a blank expression. Then, a car drove by, the men inside firing there guns aimlessly at Shuuichi and missing poorly. "Get down!" He screamed at the blonde stranger. He pushed him into the nearby ally and fell to the floor with the man. It probably wasn't the best of choices as someone could have been hiding out there and for the fact that it lead to a dead end. Shuuichi got up on his hands and knees and turned over to the man. He was okay. A shadow came into view and he looked up and saw one of the man from the car standing before him, with his gun pointed at Shuuichi's head. Even so, Shuuichi had no look of fear since he welcomed death all the time. He slowly stood up, never taking his eyes off the man. Quickly he shot at something randomly behind the guy. "Is that the best you got? You missed badly." He laughed. Shuuichi smiled. The man did not like the look on his face and turned to face the direction Shuuichi shot in running into the trap. Bingo.

Shuuichi had shot the bullet and missed on purpose hopping the guy would turn that way but he hadn't so he gave that evil smile to make the guy think he was up to something. It was a quickly thought up plan and wasn't sure if the guy would fall for it. Guess he was giving them to much credit. He shot the guy from behind and the men from the car started to fire. Shuuichi had forgotten they were even there so his guard was down and they managed to shoot him in the shoulder and in the right side of his stomach. Then they quickly drove off, laughing loudly and proud at their first successful mission. Perhaps it was a mistake for him to come out on this mission without Hiro and Fujisaki but he didn't really need them except to warn him when an innocent was walking by. Then he remembered the blonde from before was still behind him. Shuuichi turned around and was ready o yell at the man instead of asking if he was okay because he could really care less. But half way there, he collapsed onto the floor and fell unconscious.

Shuuichi awoke to a bright room and a soft couch that he hadn't recognized which meant he wasn't back at HQ and Fujisaki nor Hiro knew of his whereabouts and were probably worrying. But really, did they need to worry about him of all people? Maybe a little since it wasn't like him to fall unconscious like that, especially out in the open where his enemy could have successfully killed him. Then a thought occurred to him, what if he was in the enemies hands right now. He jumped up off the couch and noticed that a blonde man was coming out from the kitchen, the same man from earlier. This made Shuuichi a little relieved but not too much not that his identity was exposed.

"So, you're finally awake. It's about time." The blonde said, handing Shuuichi a cup of hot chocolate. Shuuichi took it and glared at the man. Fortunately for the blonde it wasn't one of those deadly glares. "How long have I been here?" He asked annoyed. The blonde looked at him. "Not too long. Maybe about six hours at most." He said coolly. That pissed Shuuichi off. "Not long you say. I consider six hours a pretty damn long time." The blonde just laughed, he seemed to find Shuuichi amusing. Shuuichi deepened his glare and gritted his teeth. "What the hell is so funny? Do you even know who I am? How could you laugh when you have someone like me in your house?" Shuuichi was really pissed off now. "No, I don't think I know who you are. I've never seen you before." He said simply, not really caring who he was. Shuuichi was so close to screaming out who he was, but decided not too because it was better he kept his identity hidden. For all he knew, the guy could have brought him to the police station had he known who he was. He'd get a nice award for that since there was a big price on his head and only continuing to grow. "So, who are you? You're not going to tell me?" The blonde questioned. "Why should I?" Shuuichi responded with a question of his own. "You owe me for saving your life. The least you could do is tell me your name." He said simply. "I don't owe you anything. I would have been fine without your help. Sure, I fell unconscious and I have bad wounds. But for me, I would have woken up in a matter of five minutes and been on my way home to treat my wounds. Pain doesn't get to me easily and those wounds were merely scratches compared to the ones I'm used to." Shuuichi said proudly. "If that were so, why were you asleep on my couch for six hours?" The guy just didn't give up. Even if he didn't know who Shuuichi was, you'd think after seeing him fight the way he did you wouldn't bring him back to your house or annoy him this far.

Shuuichi was indeed shocked that the man didn't give up and was going to find out his name and annoy him as much as possible. Shuuichi growled and sipped the hot chocolate. "I don't sleep well. I'm always up at night and I try to sleep during the day, but I never seem to get a good nights sleep. Besides, I'm used to sleeping on a rough couch or on a futon on the floor. I guess I couldn't help myself when you placed me on your couch and I was able to get a decent nap for once." He said more calmly, not realizing his tone of voice changed and that he was giving in. He quickly recovered and added to that with a, "But if you left me there on the cold hard floor of the ally, I would have woken up quickly and that's what you should've done anyway." He gave a humph and folded his arms across his chest. "Is that so? Well, then, you should be thankful I didn't because I allowed you a good nights sleep which you hadn't done for a while now. So why are you so angry?" The blonde was still calm. "By the way, my name is Eiri Yuki just in case you're wondering. So, what's yours? It's only fair that you tell me now." "I didn't ask for your name. I don't care-" Shuuichi paused. "Eiri Yuki?" He stared at the blonde with amazement in his eyes. This surprised Eiri greatly. The redheads attitude completely changed after hearing his name. He would have told him earlier had he known it would calm him down.

When Shuuichi had nothing to do during the day or no missions to go on since most of them were taken care of at night, he would sit in the living room of HQ and read one of Eiri Yuki's many books. He had a huge collection of the authors stories and most of the time during the day, his books occupied the assassins mind. His friends couldn't seem to pull him away from them. Yes, even someone like Shuuichi had time to read and act like a normal person. "What's with the sudden change of mood?" Yuki asked, confused. "Nothing. I just happened to have read all of your books is all." Shuuichi quickly recovered and his tone of voice got the attitude back. "The names Shindou. Shuuichi Shindou. Even if you don't know how I look, you should have been able to tell who I was by my fighting skills. Geez." Shuuichi sighed. He had decided to give away his identity. Yuki just stared at him. Shuuichi felt uncomfortable with the way he was being looked at. "I know you probably won't admit your honored to meet your favorite author of all time but I'll tell you I'm honored to meet the devil himself and still be in one peace after the way I spoke to you. And I'm pretty sure what you done back there wasn't all you had. Had you done more to those guys, perhaps I would have known who you were." Yuki had just complimented himself and Shuuichi in the same breath and yet, he had dissed him at the same time and even though he knew who Shuuichi was now, he still had no expression of fear. "Don't flatter yourself. I never said you were my favorite. And yes, you are lucky I don't kill you right here and now." Shuuichi said picking up the cup of hot chocolate and took a long sip. "I could tell I am by the way you looked at me when I told you my name so don't lie. And I know you wouldn't kill me, because what would you do without your favorite author." He said cockily. "You're so full of yourself. I have a life you know. I can find plenty of other things to do. If you keep up this attitude of yours, I might kill you. I have the guts to kill anyone who gets on my nerves so don't call me a wimp." Shuuichi yelled back defensively. Yuki just chuckled. "It's still early in the morning. Try getting some more sleep especially with the wounds you got there." Yuki said, yawning. "Haven't you listened to a thing I said? I can take these scratches. There nothing for me." Shuuichi laid back down and was quite annoyed at how he was being treated and how he wasn't feared. "And don't even think about bringing me in." He said sleepily. "I won't. Just rest." Yuki said quietly and walked to the bedroom.

Six hours later, it was a little past noon when Shuuichi awoke again. This time he woke smelling a delicious lunch. He was starving and the food smelt great. He was surprised that he was able to sleep so much in the situation he was in and was surprised he didn't wake up in a jail cell. But at the same time he was happy for that and he had more energy than usual and just couldn't wait to eat. He walked into the kitchen and saw Yuki leaning on the counter, waiting for the meal to finish cooking. Realizing he was still with Yuki just made him lose his appetite. Last night the guy had really pissed him off. "Are you hungry?" Yuki asked, placing his hand on Shuuichi's cheek. Shuuichi moved quickly and slapped Yuki's hand away from him. That caught him by surprise. Shuuichi lost balance and fell to the floor with a loud thud. Yuki ran to his side and helped him up. "For an assassin of your level, your pretty clumsy. First getting wounded and now falling all over the place." Yuki said that on purpose to get on his nerves. "I don't recall giving you permission to touch me so what gives you the right to-" Shuuichi stopped as he noticed the worried expression on Yuki's face. "Your wound opened. Come to the bathroom. I'll put new bandages on you." Yuki got up and helped Shuuichi off the floor. Shuuichi was shocked by the expression that covered Yuki's face mostly because no ones ever looked at him with concern and worry in their eyes, only uncaring eyes filled with hatred came his way. Even so, he knew a worried face when he saw one. So he let Yuki tend to his wounds.

Shuuichi sat down on the toilet and Yuki started unwrapping his bandages. "Does it hurt?" Yuki asked, concern still in his voice. Shuuichi could only manage to shake his head 'no' because he didn't trust himself to speak yet. He was still in shock. "I'm surprised you didn't give me a 'What's it to you?' or 'Why would a little scratch like this hurt me?' And was a little touch like that so bad it had to make you fall and open your wound? I'm not going to bite you, you know." It pissed Shuuichi off to hear Yuki mimic him like that but he didn't let t bother him. "Why would you want to touch me anyway? And yes, it is a big deal. I don't like to be touched especially not by people I don't know. How am I supposed to know if you would try anything?" Shuuichi replied, angrily. "I wouldn't think about trying anything when yo could probably kill me for it. Besides, I touched you gently, there was no harm in that. but you just had to fall and cause yourself to bleed. Well, you are an assassin. There are a lot of people after you so I guess it's like a reflex and instinct to move away." Yuki decided to end the conversation like that.

Yuki discarded the bloody bandage and took out a new one and began to wrap it around Shuuichi's wound. There was an awkward silence between them since they dropped the conversation so Yuki decided to continue it to further annoy Shuuichi. "You made a big deal about it before but you seem to trust me enough now if you're letting me treat your wounds." "Hey, I gave you permission this time and besides, you're the only one who would treat my wounds even if I don't ask or even if I don't want you to." Shuuichi was so annoyed that he hadn't realized what he just said. "I'm the only one? So, what happens when you get worse then this? No one takes care of you?" Yuki asked, the concern returning to his voice. "I didn't mean it like that." Shuuichi replied quietly. His eyes had a very painful look to them but Shuuichi shrugged it off and regain his composure. "I can take care of myself you know. I'm not weak!" He gave Yuki an angry look but he realized that Yuki wasn't convinced. Shuuichi pretended not to notice the look in his eyes and quickly looked away, trying to avoid it. "It's all done. Come on, lets go eat lunch. You must be starving." Yuki shrugged. Shuuichi got up and followed him to the kitchen and they ate lunch together in silence. They didn't even make eye contact.

After lunch was over, Shuuichi went back to his place on the couch and Yuki joined him. Shuuichi didn't quite feel comfortable with Yuki sitting so close to him especially since he was probably very vulnerable at that moment. His weapons were on the side table at the other end of the couch and he was wounded although he didn't consider them to be that bad and if that weren't enough, he was topless. Shuuichi blushed at the thought. What was he thinking? But he wasn't wrong as Yuki slid his arm around his shoulders and pulled him close. Shuuichi tried to pull away, but this time he couldn't. It actually hurt when he moved, probably because his wound just opened and if he struggled anymore it would open again. But what would happen if he let Yuki do that? It wouldn't go that far, right? Shuuichi tried to reassure himself but the idea of having another guy sitting so close with his arm wrapped around him, scared him and disgusted him even more. "You're not going to try to break free?" Yuki asked sarcastically. He knew Shuuichi was trying his hardest to get away without straining himself to much. "Get the hell off of me! You're doing this on purpose. Why are you taking advantage of me in my time of need? As soon as I'm better, I'm going to kill you!" Shuuichi threatened, but didn't sound too convincing or too serious either. "Is that a threat? And since when do YOU of all people have a time of need? I thought it wasn't that bad, these wounds?" Yuki teased. "Yuki! Get off me! Don't try to change the subject and don't mock me. You know damn well what I meant!" Shuuichi was becoming desperate. He was out of breath now and stopped struggling.

"Is that all you got? I thought you were stronger. Your no fun." Yuki said. "I'm not here for your amusement." Shuuichi said calmly unlike his usual harsh come backs. He turned to his side and rested his head on Yuki's chest and closed his eyes. Although Yuki was surprised, he wrapped both of his arms around Shuuichi and pulled him close. Yuki buried his face in Shuuichi's hair and let out a soft moan. "Your hair smells nice, Shuuichi." Shuuichi just smiled not sure if Yuki saw it or not but he did. "You might be an assassin, but a smile suits you a lot better." Shuuichi just gave a low 'mhm' in response. Yuki softly brushed the locks of hair from Shuuichi's face. Shuuichi opened his eyes half way, sleepily. He was still tired after all the sleep he was able to get, but then again, he hadn't gotten much sleep so now was the perfect time to make up for that. He leaned in close to Yuki and made himself comfortable and closed his eyes once more. He definitely didn't like the idea he was in Yuki's arms because he was a guy but just this once, he'll let it go. In a matter of minutes, Shuuichi fell asleep for the third time. Yuki laid down and placed the sleeping boy beside him, careful not to open the wounds and carefully wrapped his arms around his waist. Then, Yuki began to fall asleep as well.

A/N: I really like the way this chapter came out. It's the first time a first chapter came out the way I like it XD. Usually, I write a first chapter to get it started so that it's over with and I can make the rest of the story the better parts. Well, it doesn't matter what I think, I just hope you all liked it. But I promise it will get better and there are going to be two really dark chapters that you all might kill me for. My writers block finally went away and brought me such a great plot! I'm so happy XD Well if you liked it, review, if not, you don't have to but I do appreciate all and every kind of reviews.