"And you must be Hiro Nakano correct?" She very calmly extended her hand. I took it and shook it a little wary.
"Yea call me Hiro." I smiled. Shuichi was poking Mr. K in the forehead and Suguru was staring at Ai-sama's ass. It was enough to make a normal person either blow up laughing or go insane. However, these were my friends and this unfortunately was pretty normal except for Suguru actually being sexually aware of a girl!
"Well let's get singing Shuichi-kun!" Ai opened the door to the recording studio and ushered Shuichi inside.
"What am I gonna sing?" he asked excitedly.
"Two syllables. Yu-ki." Ai smiled. And as she played out the notes Shuichi sang Yuki, Hiro had to admit it was a good way to focus Shuichi.
"It's amazing as always Eiri." My editor as always loved my book.
"Yea." I muttered. But she's immune to my standoffishness that I actually don't use around her that much.
"Hey would you like me to extend your next deadline for more um personal time." I put out my cigarette and threw it in her trash where I saw a magazine covering Shuichi and me. I rolled my eyes.
"Why would I need that?" I snapped.
"Well you have Mr. Shindou so I thought." She turned in her chair to look me in the eye.
"Like I said why would I need more time?" I could hear her sigh as I left her office. Why was I so defensive about Shuichi? He lit another cigarette and started walking to the restaurant where he had promised to meet with his sister. Damn she was annoying why couldn't she leave me alone!? Yuki checked his cell phone. Huh, the twerp hasn't called yet today. Didn't he have some new voice trainer coming in today? Yuki shrugged and took a deep breath as he saw his sister wave him over. Damn, she is pissed off at something.
"Hiro!" Shuichi called across the parking lot to where Hiro was getting his motorcycle. Hiro waved back. Shuichi ran over.
"Need a ride?" Shuichi nodded. "So how's working with Ai-sama?" Hiro asked.
"Oh she's amazing! Her voice is really pretty too!" He said simply. No rambling on which Shuichi knew was odd but he didn't feel like talking which he knew would make Hiro ask…
"You feeling okay man?" Even though Hiro knows, Shuichi hates to make him worry.
"Yeah of course!" Shuichi said with excitement mounting.
"Then what were you thinking about?" asked Hiro a little unfamiliar with Shuichi lost in actual thought process that didn't involve stars for eyes or drooling.
"Hey," said Shuichi totally eluding the question, "did you notice Mr. K wasn't around much today?" Shuichi asked oblivious to the fact he had been unconscious all morning. Hiro laughed.
"Ai knocked him unconscious before we got to the studio today you dork." Hiro said turning onto the road to Yuki's apartment.
"Oh!" he said generally enlightened. Hiro shook his head.
"Hey it's not my fault I didn't notice I was so excited to meet Ai-sensei that I really couldn't think about anything else oh and then she let me sing Yuki's name all day loooong!" Shuichi went back to drooling while thinking and endless rambling. Hiro smirked.
"He home yet?" Hiro asked as Shuichi jumped off the motorcycle.
"Yea probably his editor meetings don't last this late hahahaha. Bye Hiro!" Just then, something tore at Hiro. Bye? Why was Shuichi saying bye sounding weird to him.
"Hey Shuichi wait a second!" Shuichi stopped and turned around.
"Yea?"
"See you tomorrow right. We got to rehearse for that big concert." Hiro said
"Yea of course see you bright and early!" Then Shuichi went into the building. Hiro breathed a sigh of relief and sped off, feeling a bit like he forgot to remind Shuichi of something.
"Yuki I'm home!" Shuichi yelled coming down the hallway. Shuichi peeked into Yuki's office, not there. Well he should take a break since he just finished a book. Shuichi crept silently into the kitchen. "Yuki!" He yelled as he saw the older man pouring himself a drink.
"Your mom called." He said as he dodged a hug from Shuichi. "She kept calling until I said you'd call her back." He held out the phone just as Shuichi's face smashed into it in another attempt to hug Yuki.
"But Yuki I haven't seen you all day and you won't even hug me." Shuichi pouted.
"Just call your mom and tomorrow take your cell phone with you." Yuki took a sip of his drink.
"Oh I see how it is you couldn't reach me all day and you were desperate to hear my voice because you missed me oh Yuki!" Bam! Yuki kicked him on the head "Ow…ok or not" murmured Shuichi. Yuki went and sat on the couch and flicked on the news. Shuichi picked up his phone and dialed his old house number.
"Shuichi!" said Mrs. Shindou in exasperation. "I was so worried."
"Why? Did something happen, did the house burn down!?" Shuichi rambled. The volume on the TV set went up ever so slightly.
Shuichi's mom laughed.
"Then why the stream of phone calls I don't get it." Shuichi cocked his head to the side in confusion.
"Ha! Like you could forget sweetheart! Well if you're joking about it, you must be fine. I'll let you go Shuichi." Shuichi could hear his mother's smile.
"Um okay bye mom." He didn't know what he did but she was happy so he'd play along. Shuichi sat on the couch next to Yuki.
"What was that about?" Yuki asked.
"I don't know. But she's happy for now so I won't worry about it." Shuichi yawned, he felt unusually tired.
"Hey!" Yuki snapped and looked down. Shuichi had just collapsed asleep. His expression softened. The twerp was acting weird. He felt his forehead, no fever. Just then, Shuichi's cell rang again. Silently Yuki got up and answered it.
"Shuichi!" Hiro yelled into the mouthpiece.
"Ah Nakano." Yuki said relieved it wasn't Shuichi's mother again.
"Ah! Mr. Yuki. I…Shuichi there?" This kid was too polite.
"He's asleep." Yuki said putting his glass in the sink.
"Dang! Has he been acting oddly, less like himself?" Hiro asked the worried edge in his voice. Yuki stared at the sleeping teen on his sofa for a minute. Well, he thought, he did try to pounce so that's not unusual.
"No same hyper active jackass as always." He said.
"Um okay great thanks." Hiro hung up. Normally calling Shuichi a jackass would have fired the kid up. Yuki looked quizzically at Shuichi and wondered why was everyone so worked up over you today. Yuki walked up to the calenda,r was it somebody's birthday or something? On today's date it was blank except for one scribbled word, Anniversary. Yuki shrugged and looked over at the kid.
"Yuki…" He sighed as he turned over. In his shorts pocket was a bar of chocolate, Yuki's favorite. Shuichi's eyes fluttered open and he saw the older man staring at him.
"I'm sorry Yuki did I dose off?" He followed the older man's gaze to the chocolate bar. A maniacle grin spread across Shuichi's face he knew how chocolate totally turned Yuki on.
