I do not own "Gravitation" or any of the characters in this story,
nor do I own the song "Because You Loved Me," by Celine Dion
"Because You Loved Me... by Shuichi Shindou"
Chapter One
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"... And they all lived happily ever after. The end!" Shuichi declared as he finished his work on the computer. He had been trying for weeks to prove to Yuki that he did not have "zero tallent." But none of his song lyrics seemed to come out right. So, he decided to try his hand at writing a story. Over the last two weeks, he had come up with a sinario about two star crossed lovers, torn apart by both celebrity and indiference. He entitled his story "Because You Loved Me." The story was twenty-five chapters long and was written in manuscript form, so that it would look as professional as possible for when he showed it to Yuki. Of course, he had no real intention of actually publishing it. He just wanted to make his Yuki proud.
"I'm home, brat!"
Shuichi quickly saved the file and shut the computer down. He didn't want Yuki to see it until he had printed and proof read it. He marched out of the computer room and into the kitchen, where he got a snack from the fridge. Yuki came into the room and smiled. "Hey, brat. You better not be getting into my beer!"
Shuichi chuckled. "Yuki, you know that I don't drink." He emerged from the fridge with a soda in hand. He walked over to the table and popped his drink open. "How was your book signing?"
"The same as always," Yuki replied as he went the fridge to get a beer. Shuichi knew that when he said that, it meant that he didn't have a good time in any way.
Shuichi sighed. "Why don't you ever have any fun? A book signing sounds very exciting."
Yuki took his seat next to his pink haired love. "Trust me: it's not. You sit there with a pen in hand for an hour while your butt starts to go numb and your hand starts to ache from all the writing you've done. It was fine the first time I did it, but I would very much prefer not to do it again for a very long time." He smiled. "Which is why I've decided to take a vacation."
Shuichi almost chocked on his soda. "A vacation!?"
Yuki nodded. "Yeah -- a real vacation. I was planning on going to the Bahamas for a little while." He took Shuichi's hand. "Isn't that where you said you always wanted to go?"
Shuichi smiled. "Oh, Yuki..." Then, he remembered his manuscript. It was true that he wanted to go to the Bahamas, but he wanted Yuki to be proud of him even more. Besides, he has another music CD coming out very soon. Tohma Seguchi wouldn't be too happy with him if he were to take a vacation right in the middle of recording their new album. "I'm sorry, Yuki... But I can't."
Yuki's smile faded and an eyebrow rose. "You can't? But you've been begging me to take a vacation. What's wrong?"
"Well, it's just that I have a new album coming out soon and I've gotta work on that... I'm sorry." He got up from the table before he had a chance to see the hurt in Yuki's eyes. Deep down, he knew that Yuki really loved him even though he was always so distant. And this would probubly distance him even more.
Yuki just shrugged. "Fine."
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Later that night, Shuichi lay awake in bed after Yuki had fallen asleep. They hadn't exchanged too many words for most of the day after Yuki came home. Maybe it was because he was just dissapointed that Shuichi had turned down his vacation. Shuichi quietly got out of bed and left the room, walked through the kitchen and into the computer room. Thank goodness they had two computers in the house! Otherwise, Shuichi never would have gotten his story done. He wanted to print out his story while he had the chance. He turned the computer on, leaving the volume off. He accessed his story's file and pressed the print button. Instantly, the printer began spitting out the one hundred and eighty-seven pages of Shuichi's heartfelt story. As they printed, Shuichi scanned through a few lines. He was impressed with himself. "Wow... I wrote that? That line actually sounds... good!"
After the print job was done, Shuichi turned off the computer and hid the story away in a file in his lock-and-key cabinate. As he walked back out to the kitchen, he saw Yuki waiting for him. "Brat? What are you doing up this late?"
Shuichi gulped. "Um, I... I had a bad dream."
Yuki's eyebrow rose. "Why would you go into the computer room if you had a bad dream?"
"Well... I had a bad dream about Ryuichi's Kumagoru chased me all over the house. And I guess I was sleep walking because the next thing I knew, I was in the computer room! Silly me!" He walked over and kissed Yuki once on the cheek. "Goodnight, Yuki. I love you." He calmly walked back into their bedroom with a sigh of releaf.