I don't own Gravitation
It was 10:05, and Eiri Yuki was still deciding if he should go to the club that the boy was playing at. He had been sitting there for five agonizing minutes before he decided not to go. He told himself he had to write a chapter before he went to bed, but he found himself sitting in his study staring at the clock. I am not going. He is a guy, and I am a guy. I am not going to go see him. He repeated this at least twenty times in his head and the next time he looked at the clock it was 10:08. Three minutes had gone by, when it had felt at least like an hour. Eiri told himself that maybe if he watched TV, the time would go by faster. Turning on the TV, which something that he never used, he found himself watching a concert. Great, now I am watching a concert. Which makes me, think of why I am not at the club right now, Eiri told himself. He then turned off the TV and started to lie down. Eiri thought that maybe if he fell asleep the time would go by faster. He fell asleep and when he woke up, he looked at the clock it said 10:15. He had slept for five minutes since he turned of the TV.

"Dammit," he said loudly to his apartment as he pushed himself off the couch. Once he was off the couch, he walked into the kitchen, towards the fridge and got a beer out. He figured that if he was going to watch the time go by so slowly he might as well have a beer while doing it.

Sitting on his couch, beer in hand he was contemplating that maybe he should actually go. No, he told himself, I am not going to see a guy. I should be concentrating on girls. Like the girl, I ran into today. Those slim hips and sweet lips… he stopped himself because he started to think about the boy.

"Maybe I should just go out, but not to the bar," he told his apartment, "yes, I will go to the park or somewhere else."

Shuichi had just finished singing his heart out. He returned from stage and was currently taking a deep breath when Hiro slapped him on the back.

"Hey, best one yet. Did you see anyone to give you inspiration?" Hiro questioned him, wondering if he had seen the blond.

"Not anyone besides Touma Seguchi, who I saw in the corner," Shuichi gave Hiro a weird look.

"Oh… yeah I hope we get signed onto Ng," Hiro smiled, but inside he wondered where the blond was. He was sure the blond was going to come.

"Yeah. Where is Suguru?" Shuichi looked around the room for the missing boy.

" Oh talking to his cousin, I assume."

"Ohh well I think I am going to go for a walk in the park. I'll be there if you need me," Shuichi said as he walked out the back door that was connected to the backstage.

He was sitting on the bench, in the park, that was at least a five-minute walk from the club they had performed at. When suddenly, he felt a chill run down his back. Gathering his skimpy coat around his body trying to keep warm, he felt a gentle hand on his shoulder. He turned around to see a blond-haired man.

"T-t-ouma Seguchi?" He asked the man.

"Yes and I presume that you are Shindou, Shuichi."

"Yes, I am." Shuichi was so nervous talking to the man who was president of Ng and played in Nittle Grasper, his inspiration.

" Well Shindou, I was listening to your band that my cousin Suguru informed about, and I believe you have potential," Shuichi looked at Touma hoping that this was his big break, " And I was thinking that maybe I will have you work for Ng. So if you would like to, please call this number on the card and I will set you up with a producer."

Shuichi just nodded, "Thank you."

"Don't make me regret it," Touma said as he walked away.

"I won't," Shuichi was practically skipping down to the club where Hiro and Suguru were.

Eiri was sitting at the bar, trying to decide if he should go talk to the cute brunette that kept looking his way. Deciding to give into what his lower half wanted, he walked over to the brunette.

"Are you with anybody?" he asked the brunette as he moved towards her.

"Only if they buy me a drink," she smiled at him.

"Well then I guess I am buying you a drink," he said to the women and then talked to the guy at the bar, "One of what the lady was already drinking."

"So what is that you do?" the brunette asked as if she was interested.

"I'm a writer, but I won't bore you with the details, baby," Eiri said with affection, "I don't even want to waste your time. Let's just say that maybe, you can help me ease my mind (1)."

"Straight to the point, I like that in a man."

"Well I will take that as a yes," Eiri gestured towards the door the woman followed.

Shuichi rushed back into the club as Hiro and Suguru were packing up from their gig they had played earlier.

"I just spoke to Touma Seguchi and we are so going to be famous," Shuichi giggled insanely as he jumped up and down, "and to celebrate, we so have to go somewhere."

"Where do you want to go?" Hiro asked.

"I don't know, Hiro. Where do you want to go?" Shuichi asked Hiro.

"Well I don't know, Shuichi. Where do you want to go?" The two asked the same question for over five minutes, before Suguru decided to join in.

"Well, I want to go to this bar that is a couple blocks down from here. We could go there to celebrate." Shuichi turned and looked at Suguru with a shocked look. Who would have thought that Suguru was a drinker? Hiro though, was not surprised by Suguru's suggestion and nodded his head.

"Well then it's decided we should go there," Hiro spoke, which sent Shuichi out of the shocked phase he was currently in.

Together all three walked down to the bar Suguru had suggested, Shuichi smiling all the way.

Eiri was just about to get in his car he adored so much, when he saw him. Well at least it looked like him. Eiri froze in his position, earning a look from the brunette he was supposedly taking home.

"Are we going or not," she asked with agitation in her voice. Eiri paid no attention to her; the boy was so close to him. If only he would look.

"Hey, did you here me? I was wondering if we are going. Or do you need a little inspiration." She walked over to him and started to kiss him. Eiri was pulled into the kiss and tried to break away. When he looked up at where the boy was, the boy was gone and he realized he couldn't do it. He couldn't have a one-night stand with this woman, he needed to have a one - night stand with the boy. Then everything would all right.

"You know I realized that I left my wife at home, with the new baby. I really must get going," he pushed away from her and quickly got in his car locking all doors. She was left standing there with astonishment as Eiri pulled away from her.

"Bastard," she said as she walked away.

Shuichi has been so happy. He had met with Touma Seguchi, president of Ng, and everything seemed to be going his way. How could things have not have been? Right now, he was heading to a bar with his two best friends and he was going to have some fun. Everything was perfect, until he had seen him. The man that had taken over his dreams and was on his mind 99.9 of the time. He had thought for a fleeting second that his day had just gotten better. He had seen the guy of his dreams, and everything was going just fine until he saw the blond kiss the brunette he hadn't noticed before. Then it all seemed obvious, the kiss in the store meant nothing. It was just a kiss, a kiss that he had got himself all worked up about. Therefore, that is what caused Shuichi to melt down and run away from everything he felt. He had ran away from the lips of a man he could never have, and he had ran away from the friends that could never comfort him, when they were so happy themselves.

"SHUICHI," Hiro said as Shuichi separated himself from the group. Hiro looked at the direction Shuichi had been looking and saw the blond haired man, and then he looked back at Shuichi and saw that he was gone.

"Aren't we going to go after him?" Suguru asked Hiro.

"No, he needs some time alone and I don't think we are going to give him any comfort," Hiro held Suguru's hand tighter and looked down at Suguru with a small smile.

"I understand we should check on him later then," he smiled back, but his eyes were filled with concern. Hiro laughed inside, who knew that Suguru actually liked Shuichi.

The next day Shuichi woke up on his small bed and groaned. He then flipped over and looked at the alarm clock that was sitting on his nightstand next to him. It read 11:45, which caused Shuichi to panic because his first class was at noon. He started to put on some pants and a shirt that was hanging haphazardly in his closet. About to leave the door he stopped, "Shit, I forgot. Damn bet."

Shuichi ran back into his room and grabbed a short jean skirt and a green shirt. Again, he was about to the leave the room when he noticed his legs weren't shaved and him being Shuichi, instead of changing he ran into the bathroom and grabbed his razor.

When Shuichi arrived at school, he was 15 minutes late and had a few cuts on his leg. Walking into class, hoping that for some reason the teacher wouldn't notice him, he sat down next to Hiro.

"Mr. Shindou if you are going to be late to my class, maybe you should think about not showing up," the professor gave him a cold stare, as the other students gave Shuichi weird looks from his clothing.

"I will think about that next time sir," Shuichi had brief eye contact with the teacher then broke away.

"Ohh and Mr. Shindou are you ever planning on wearing normal clothes or are you in a major decision between choosing your gender."

Shuichi blushed and the class started to laugh. "I will when the dare is over," he muttered, but no one heard him. The class then went back into session.

"Thanks Hiro," Shuichi said as they walked out of the classroom.

"What? I didn't make you late and distract the whole class with your lovely ensemble," Hiro said defensively.

"Yes you did, because the whole reason I am late is because of you and your stupid dare," Shuichi yelled at Hiro and caused more people to look his way.

"Well at least I can tell you are better from yesterday,"

"Yeah I guess," Shuichi mood changed from joking to serious in a matter of seconds, before he realized that Hiro was changing the subject, "Hey you are changing the subject, no fair."

"Well I got to go meet Suguru," Hiro paid no attention to Shuichi's accusation as he started to walk away.

"Hey don't walk away from me," Shuichi yelled but Hiro continued to walk down the hallway.

Shuichi was standing in the middle of the hall for a moment when he heard a voice whisper in his ear, "He must be really strong, because I don't see how he could walk away from you like that. Especially when all I want to do is come closer."

Shuichi turned around and was faced with the man that he had convinced himself, last night to forget about.

"I don't think you should be flirting with other girls when you have a girlfriend," Shuichi snarled at the blond.

"Who ever said I had a girlfriend?" the blond asked.

"You did when you kissed that girl in the parking lot last night," Shuichi spoke with jealousy in his voice, even though he tried not to.

The blond though for a moment then realized what Shuichi was talking about, "Ohh her, she was just a girl I met in the bar. I was planning on leaving when she forced her self on me."

"Yeah right and I am supposed to believe that?" Shuichi turned away and started to walk.

"Well I could prove it to you over a cup of coffee, maybe then I could change your mind," Eiri Yuki was trying hard to get Shuichi's attention, just as Shuichi was trying equally hard to not care.

"I don't drink coffee," Shuichi spoke in a harsh tone and started to walk away from the man even though his heart told him to stay.

"Well maybe ice cream? You look like the type of girl who would enjoy ice cream," Eiri grabbed Shuichi's arm and pulled him back to him as he asked about the ice cream.

Shuichi smiled inside before turning his face into an angry face, "Oh so are trying to say I am fat?"

Eiri then realized what he had said and quickly revoked himself, "That's not what I meant. You are anything from fat. I just wanted to take you out somewhere, but obviously you don't want me." Eiri had been hoping that maybe by withdrawing Shuichi would then feel bad and say yes.

"Finally you realized something that I have been trying to get through your head all day," Eiri Yuki did not get the response he wanted and started to walk away with little hope. Shuichi saw this and decided to pay attention to the thing he had been ignoring this whole conversation, his heart.

"Wait, maybe me we could do something," Shuichi said shyly. Eiri smiled and then started to turn around and look at the girl.

"Well what would you like to do?" Eiri asked.

"Well first I would like to know your name," Shuichi asked, desperate to know the answer.

"My name is Eiri, Eiri Uesugi. And yours?" he asked.

"My name is Shu…," Shuichi paused he hadn't thought of a girl name, "well that is for me to know and you to have to find out."

"Maybe you should just tell me, instead of the mysterious approach," Eiri Yuki gave her a small smile.

Shuichi paused, while Eiri looked at him expecting an answer, "My name is… Maiko, Maiko Shindou." Shuichi thanked God that he had a sister.

"Well Maiko, where would you like to go?" Eiri asked.

"Well," Shuichi paused and blushed, "ice cream does sound good."

"Okay I will meet you in the front of the school in the courtyard at 3:00. Okay?" Shuichi nodded and started to walk off, when Eiri pulled him back and gave him a kiss on the lips.

Eiri was waiting for the girl to show and was thinking about those lips that he had kissed earlier. They had reminded him so much of the boy's lips, but that couldn't be possible. Eiri figured he had just wanted to believe that they were the boy's lips. He really needed to just get over the boy and get him out of his head. He would go out with Maiko and get all that he could out of her and be done, because after all he was Eiri Yuki. Which meant that he didn't fall in love, not with a girl and most definitely not with a boy, right? Eiri Yuki was thinking this over when he saw Maiko walking towards him.

"Umm sorry I was late, I was talking to Hiro and lost track of time," Shuichi rambled on, but Eiri looked confused. Hiro, that name rung a bell in Eiri's head, he just couldn't remember where he had heard it.

"Oh that is okay, I wasn't here for long," Eiri said and decided to forget about the name, it would come to him later.

They where sitting on a bench in the park with there ice cream in there hands. Eiri decided to start a conversation while Maiko was devouring her strawberry ice cream. He himself had gone with the vanilla.

"So what do you like to do?" Eiri asked the girl.

"I like to sing, sometimes I play at clubs," Shuichi said, but what he said rang a bell in his head.

"Really, that is interesting," Eiri said half-heartedly, trying to think of why signing at clubs rang a bell.

"What do you like to do," Shuichi smiled up at him.

"Well of course I like to write," Eiri looked at her as if she had asked a stupid question, "I am a novelist."

"Oh… I didn't know," shuichi blushed, feeling stupid for even mentioning the question.

"That is okay. It is a nice change to not be known."

"I wish it was the opposite for me, I have always wanted to make it big in the music business. It has been mine, Hiro's and Suguru's goal. You know at our last gig I ran into Mr. Seguchi and he seemed interested in us. "

"Really, Seguchi is my brother-in-law," Eiri voice was filled with apathy.

"That is so cool. I bet it comes in handy, right?" shuichi asked Eiri.

"Yeah sometimes, but he really is a pain."

"Ohh… well why are you at the local community college?" Shuichi asked.

"Well I lost my inspiration and I was hoping to get it back by taking some English classes, to maybe get it back," Eiri stared at Shuichi.

"Ohh I have lost inspiration before, but I always seem to get it back just in the nick of time," Shuichi looked away from the golden eyes that seemed to look right through him.

"Do you were contacts?" Eiri asked Shuichi and Shuichi looked back at those golden eyes.

"No, why?" Shuichi was wondering if he had remembered his eyes from the store that they had met in.

"No reason, they just look really familiar," Eiri concentrated on where he had seen those eyes before, but came up with a blank.

Shuichi started to panic, "Ohh well maybe you just remember them from yesterday…. I mean we really didn't talk to each other."

"Yeah, maybe that is where I saw them. I can't believe I was that stupid," Eiri was disappointed; he had really thought that he had seen those eyes somewhere else, but Maiko was probably right.

Shuichi, not really knowing what to say asked what time it was as a distraction from the uncomfortable silence that had overtaken the moment.

"It is about to turn four," Eiri said as he looked at his watch.

"No way, I promised Hiro I would meet him at four. I got to get going." Shuichi got up quickly and started to run down towards where he was supposed to meet Hiro.

"Thanks for the ice cream," He screamed from where he was at, and kept running.

"Your welcome," Eiri was startled that the girl had left so quickly. He would have at least given her a ride to where she needed to go.

Eiri was sitting in his study, supposedly writing his first chapter, but he was distracted by the name Maiko had said earlier. Hiro, why does that name sound so familiar? Eiri thought for a few minutes and nothing came to him. Then he decided to give up "writing his chapter" and walked out into the living room. That is when he saw the card that the guy with red hair had given him. The card that had the name of the club, that Hiro had wanted him to go to. So that's where he had heard that name, but what if the Hiro, Maiko had been talking about, wasn't the Hiro I had ran into yesterday. The only way to find out was to talk to Maiko, he guessed, but I in the meantime he was going to go to the club and find out about the boy.

"Yeah we had a band play here last night it was called Bad Luck," Kyo the owner of the club said.

"Do you know the band member's names?" Eiri asked the man as he leaned against the bar.

"Why are you interested?" Kyo said with a harsh tone.

"I was supposed to meet someone in the band last night, but I had an emergency and couldn't come."

"Well the guy's are regulars, maybe you can come another night."

"I would be fine if I could have their names," Eiri Yuki gave the man a cold glare that made the man take a step back.

"Well I guess… there are three of them, Hiroshi Nakano, Suguru Fujisaki, and the lead singer Shuichi Shindou."

"Thanks, I might be back to see this band of theirs," Eiri Yuki flashed him a smile before he left.

Shindou, wasn't that the same last name of Maiko? In addition, what about the name's Hiro and Suguru that Maiko had mentioned earlier. Are they the same people? He thought about it, but when Maiko had said that she wanted to be famous, she had mentioned it was Hiro, Suguru's and her dream of being famous. Who was this Shuichi Shindou guy and how where they related to Maiko? All these thoughts rushed into his head as he dialed a number of the man that could help him, Touma Seguchi.

Shuichi had the card in his hand from Touma Seguchi, as he sat in the middle of Hiro's living room. Hiro and Suguru were looking at him, expecting him to ask for the phone to call for the number, but all he did was sit on the floor and stare at the card.

"Shuichi are you going to just sit at the card and stare or are you going to call the number?" Hiro asked Shuichi, which caused Shuichi to jump.

"Hiro, patience is a virtue. Right now I am holding the key to our future."

"Hahahaha… you patient, yeah right," Suguru laughed and grabbed the card from Shuichi's outstretched hand.

"Hey give that back," Shuichi yelled and pounced onto Suguru.

Okay, okay get off me already. The only one allowed to be on me is Hiro," Suguru said with a smug smile.

"Ewwwww, Suguru what happened to the nice, innocent little boy I use to know?" Shuichi asked.

"Heh… Suguru innocent, that is like you with patience. Now Shuichi can you call the number?" Hiro said in a question but it was more like a demand.

"Yeah I guess," Shuichi took the card from Suguru's hand and grabbed the phone, and called Touma Seguchi. Little did he know, that even thought he was taking a big step towards his future, his secret was just beginning to unravel in front of the person he was meant to be with.


1) It id a line from a Fast Love by George Micheal. Sorry i took so long to update i have just been really busy, but i did try to make it long for you guys.