(A/N): Well, first off I want to thank all of the wonderful reviewers! I appreciate your comments. And, I am sorry that the drama just won't end! Ryuichi being shot.. It's awful, I know! But, I can't spoil the story for you, so you'll just have to continue reading. Shuichi is exactly on his first day of his sixth month pregnancy. They just happened to wheel Ryuichi into the hospital at 2 in the morning. So...Shuichi is not doing to well... You'll see what I mean when you read.
THE SONG ON THE LAST CHAPTER WAS BLEED LIKE ME BY TRAPT!!
Warnings: Erm...
Disclaimer: I don't own a thing.
Chapter Seven:
Why Can't Time Just Wipe Itself Clean, and Let Us Start Over Again? I Never Asked For This To Happen, Nor Did I Want It To...
Shuichi paced the waiting room impatiently. It has seemed like an eternity since the doctors took Ryuichi into emergency surgery. They were supposed to come and tell them off how the Grasper was doing, and so far there has been no news. Shuichi began to feel like there was no hope.
He wanted so badly to turn back time. At that moment, he didn't feel like his baby was a glorious thing. The baby has caused much damage and it hasn't even taken it's first breath of life, yet! He wrapped his thin arms around his belly and kept pacing, trying to relax himself, with failure. He thought about what Hiro said to Yuki earilier about how he shouldn't blame the baby. Shuichi felt guilty for doing so, but he didn't know any other way...he was at a loss. His idol/best friend was dancing on the edge of death and he didn't know how to cope.
Suguru was leaning gently of K's shoulder, who was leaning against the wall, a blank expression on his face. They both weren't the closest people to Ryuichi--expection for K, because he was Ryuichi's manager before--but the pain they felt was real. Even though Ryuichi was a rival, he was also a friend. They knew of a good heart that resided inside of Ryuichi, and to see a bullet pierce his body was enough to break their own hearts.
Yuki stood at the other end of the waiting room, away from everyone else, with Hiro, conversing about the current situation. Yuki wanted answers to his abduction and what it led up to.
"Tohma was extremely angry--out of jealousy, of course. He wants to be Shuichi; at least, he wants to be in the position Shuichi is in with you. He has always felt that he was obilagated to be the one to take your heart, to spend his life with you, not someone like Shuichi."
"He told me that Shuichi reminded him of Yuki Kitazawa..the guy I killed. He said that was the seed of his hatred for Shuichi."
"Yuki-san, I don't know a thing about Kitazawa, but from what little pieces I could catch, I don't think Kitazawa was as great a person as you made him out to be."
"What do you mean?" Yuki said in shock.
"Well, look at it this way...he let those guys have their way with you. Does that seem like the work of a good person to you?"
Yuki was silent as he contemplated what he was told.
"Same with Tohma. People make him out to be a good, powerful man, but if they could have seen the damage he has caused their minds would change in an instant." Hiro eyed Shuichi sadly, watching his best friend rub his belly in misery. "It's not the baby's fault..it's Tohma's. Shuichi's probably thinking that it was he being pregnant that started the whole thing. No, it began when he first came into your life. Tohma's jealousy just happened to break loose now."
Hiro sighed and pushed himself off the wall and took a seat in one of the chairs near him, head in his hands.
"This is going to cause an uproar." he said, rubbing his eyes, tiredness beginning to take him over.
"Knowing Tohma he will try and use his influence to say it was someone else..or Ryuichi's own stupidity that caused this." Yuki said, bitterness clear in his voice.
"I hope he stays in that stupid tunnel and rots." Hiro replied. "It's the very least he deserves.."
Yuki watched Shuichi pace, his heart breaking with every step his lover took. He knew Shuichi was starting to blame himself. He must have come to realization that Tohma never liked him from the beginning. He saw tears slip down his lover's cheeks, and his heart turned to dust and blew away. It was like reopening old wounds. Shuichi always had problems at the beginning of their relationship. He, Yuki, was cruel and cold to him, tried to push him away, yet Shuichi kept coming back. He didn't realize just how much the pink haired brat really meant to him until Shuichi laid it clear on him the he wasn't Yuki Kitazawa. Tohma...he could have never understood...
Yuki walked over to Shuichi and pulled his lover into an embrace, sobs replacing the pacing. Shuichi sobbed into Yuki's shirt, Yuki feeling his own tears slip into Shuichi's hair.
"I love you, Shuichi." Yuki whispered into his lover's ear.
Shuichi just clung to Yuki, letting out all of the emotion that was welled up inside of him. The others looked at the two in sympathy. They all thought the same thing: they were the best broken couple they ever knew.
"I don't blame you for anything..and neither does anyone else. Ryuichi wouldn't want you feeling down and blaming yourself in a time like this, would he?" Yuki asked Shuichi, petting his lover's pink hair.
Shuichi looked up at Yuki and gave him a genuine smile. Yuki got the message, and Shuichi didn't even have to say a thing. He was grateful, he loved him, and happy with him..and will be forever.
"Erm..sirs?"
Everyone turned to see the doctor standing calmly at the waiting room door, clipboard in hand, her white lab coat an unnaturally pure white.
"How is Ryuichi?! Is he okay?!" Shuichi asked the doctor frantically, letting his arms leave Yuki, but clinging to his hand tightly.
"He was very lucky. The bullet didn't go through anything vital. He's going to be just fine."
"OH THANK GOD!!"
Everyone, even the doctor had to laugh at Shuichi as he hit his knees in a praying position, tears pouring out of his violet eyes. Yuki thanked the doctor, and they were allowed to see Ryuichi. Everyone decided it was best if just Shuichi went in first, because Ryuichi liked him best.
Shuichi timidly stepped in the room, the beeping sounds of the heart monitor pusling throughout his body. He looked at Ryuichi, who smiled weakly, but brightly at him as he entered the room.
"Shu-chan!"
"Hey..how are you?"
"Eh, I've been better. Ain't nothing like having a bullet in ya. What a story to tell in the future!"
"Ryuichi..I'm really sorry..."
"Don't be, Shu.." Ryuichi said, his voice light, serious. "It's not your doing or your fault. Tohma's sick. He's a madman, and he needs to be stopped. I know that even though he is traumatized for shooting me, he will stop at nothing to get what he wants." Ryuichi glared angrily at his knees. "We have to stop him."
"Woah, you are in no condition to do anything, Ryuichi! You let us take care of Tohma.."
"Thanks, Shu...for not giving up on me. I know that Yuki-san's abuction probably wouldn't have happened had I not told Tohma about that time in the bar, but... You still didn't give up on me as a friend. I appreciate it. I know it makes me a horrible person, but I still.."
Shuichi put his finger to Ryuichi's lips to hush him. He smiled down at the singer, leaning in and gently kissing him on the lips.
"It's okay..it's all okay." he told Ryuichi, still smiling at him. "Sooner or later, the past won't matter anymore. There will many better opportunities out there, many new people, and no matter what you do to them or to me, I'll always be your friend."
With one last smile, Shuichi turned and left, leaving Ryuichi smiling, slightly dizzy, and toughing his lips gently.
The others were allowed to go in and see Ryuichi. The visit was short and sweet, and the doctors rushed them out so Ryuichi could get some sleep. K drove everyone home.
Shuichi looked around his and Yuki's apartment, feeling the happiest he had in weeks. Yuki was finally back... That's right! And, he had yet to tell him how much he missed him.
"YUKI!"
Shuichi pulled Yuki onto the couch and sat in his lap (sideways, because of his belly), and kissed him deeply. When they broke, Yuki panted and eyed his lover with impression.
"What can I say, Yuki, dear? I just missed you that much."
Yuki smiled, kissed Shuichi's neck, and put hand to his lover's stomach. He then layed Shuichi down and layed his head gently on top of it, hoping to hear the sound of movement.
"What are you doing, Yuki?"
"Sssh..I'm listening..."
"For what?"
"Movement."
"Yuki.."
"AH, a kick! I felt it, right on my cheek!!"
Shuichi looked at Yuki and blushed. He was just too cute when he was excited.
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"Tohma, honey, you haven't come out of that room for three weeks.. Are you okay?"
Three weeks had gone by since Ryuichi had been shot. No one had seen or heard from or of Tohma since then. Only the people who knew what really happened, knew that he was probably in hiding. The media knew nothing of Ryuichi's being shot, but there was an absolute uproar about Shuichi's pregnancy. Shuichi went to the press and annouced it to the world.
Finally, all the news settled down. The nation became comfortable with the new Shuichi news. But, NG was still in turmoil. Without Tohma, Sakano and K had been running the business. They were fairly good at it, but the work was beginning to stress them out. They didn't know how Tohma did it.
Neighbors, and even Mika, were beginning to complain of a stink that had been coming from the Seguchi manor. Mika figured it was because Tohma hadn't been bathing. She would spray Frebreze around the door (not inside the room since it was locked) and be on her merry way. But, it was beginning to become overwhelming.
Mika agreed to allowing K to come over and unlock the door for her. What they found was most disturbing.
Tohma's dead, corroding body lying in the floor, a note beside the body saying: The bullet is his head is equal punishment for the one he put in Ryuichi's stomach.
Tohma's funeral was awful with many, many sad people coming to pay their respects. There was just a certain group of people who were apathetic, and slightly jealous, that someone got to Tohma first.
"I wonder who could have done it?" Shuichi asked, not to anyone in particular, as he watched Yuki and Tatsuha (who was blank-faced) try to cheer Mika up.
"I thought we were the only ones that knew of what happened?" Suguru said, watching the scene with disgust.
"Could someone have leaked it out at the hospital?" Hiro asked, the ground more interesting to him than Tohma's casket that was being put into the dirt.
"Possibly." K said, polishing his gun with his shirt. "But, whoever did it, it was all because of Ryuichi..."
Shuichi's head buzzed at the words K said. Someone killed Tohma because of Ryuichi. Someone must really have cared for him... There was only one person he knew of that cared about Ryuichi more than anyone in the world...
A/N: Cliffhanger! I'm so sorry! My brain is so dead right now! I'm soooo sorry! Please don't hate me! Can you guess who loves Ryuichi more than anyone in the world? It's kind of obvious, LOL. PLEASE REVIEW!
