Heavens fire goddess: Hey everybody! I'm glad you all like my story it's such a great feeling when you... (All of a sudden author gets smacked in the head by Yuki) Ow! What the hell was that for I was in the middle of talking!
Yuki: You made Shuichi cry.
Heavens fire goddess: Um, no I didn't, and how do you know I did it? Not saying I did.
Yuki: I saw the tear lines on his face.
Heavens fire goddess: SO YOU JUST ASSUME IT WAS ME!
Yuki: I don't assume anything, I know it was you. He's only been with you and me.
Shuichi: I'm alright I cried cause her story is getting good.
Yuki: You're joking right?
Heavens fire goddess: What the hell is that supposed to mean! YOU BIG FAT JERK!
Shuichi: Miss Heavens fire goddess could you start the story I would like to know what happens next.
Heavens fire goddess: Really (Author smiles a very big smile) you got it Shuichi!
Yuki: No Shuichi! What the hell is wrong with you!
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(Previously)
Yuki woke up in sweat and tears. 'Why did you have to be that way Yuki? We could've still been together' Yuki cried harder and as he cried there was no one there to say 'I'm here for you' or 'I'll protect you' he wanted to hear Shuichi's sweet and loving voice, but there was only silence surrounding his house. He felt like he was falling deeper and deeper into the pool of darkness he believed he would fall into when he died. No heaven or hell scared Yuki, just loneliness. Unfortunately for him he hated the darkness as well.
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(Same Day about 5:00 at the studio)
Shuichi was standing by the exit of the studio when Hiroshi called him.
"Hey Shuichi, are you leaving already?" Hiroshi asked.
"Yup, I have to find out what's wrong with Yuki. I know he probably hates the fact that I am always at work now. I never have time for him anymore." Shuichi replied.
"Well you've been working hard it's not your fault, you know." Hiroshi asked.
"I know but I feel like it is." Shuichi said in a sad tone.
"Hey. It's not your fault so don't even try blaming yourself. You have no control over what decisions Mr.K and Mr.Sakano make." Hiroshi said trying to reassure his best friend.
"I know but…" Shuichi was cut off by Hiro.
"Quit blaming yourself buddy, you'll only put more stress on yourself. I understand how you feel. Ayaka is really hates this too. Now that we're living together she wants me to be home for dinner and stuff. She gets angry at me a lot 'cause I never seem to make it. Sometimes I feel like we're married." Hiroshi complained.
"Is that a bad thing?" Shuichi asked.
"No, not at all. I love that we are living together. I'm actually thinking about asking her to really be my wife. She takes such good care of me, and even though I don't get to eat with her, my dinner is always waiting for me. I really love Ayaka, she's changed me a whole lot and I think I changed her just a bit. Come to think of it, you've changed Mr.Yuki a lot Shuichi."
"What? No I haven't he's still the same."
"Not when I look at him. He seems like a happier man now, even if he doesn't show it." Shuichi blushed at Hiroshi's words. "Yup, you can see a tiny twinkle in his eye when he looks at you." Hiroshi said wrapping his arm around Shuichi. Shuichi smiled. To think that he might have made Yuki happier by being with him made his heart jump for joy.
"Well I should go. I want to make Yuki dinner when I get home, but I have somewhere to go first and I'll probably be there for a while." Shuichi said.
"Okay. See you later Shuichi." With that Hiroshi walked back into the studio to practice a bit more. Not too much though, he was going to make it to dinner tonight even if it kills him to do so. When Shuichi left he had to make a little pit stop at the library. Shuichi took his handy dandy shades and hat out of his book bag so that way none of his fans would recognize him and go crazy. Running for your very life isn't exactly a fun thing to do. When he arrived at the library he went inside and looked for the aisle with books on communication. He found a book called "Communicating with Your Lover for Dummies" he went and sat down in a chair towards the back of the aisle. He opened the book and began to read.
"Lesson 1: Approach your lover calmly, don't make it seem like you want to talk about anything." Shuichi raised his eyebrow. "That makes no sense. If you don't want it to look like you want to talk about something why approach them in the first place?" He looked back at the book.
"Lesson 2: Make your lover feel comfortable, make some tea and start up a conversation. Say things like 'How was your day?' or 'Nice weather we're having.'" Shuichi stopped reading the book and pictured in his head what it would be like. All he could picture was Yuki screaming at him telling him to leave him alone. Shuichi sighed.
"Why does he have to be so complicated? I can't approach Yuki without him thinking 'What the hell do you want now brat?' It's not fair he's making this so hard for me, and this stupid book isn't helping at all! Whoever wrote this should be tossed off a cliff for being so bad at giving advice!" Shuichi threw the book onto the floor when someone who worked there picked it up.
"Miss, please be quiet and don't throw the library's property."
"Oh sorry I'm just frustrated is all and…wait a minute did you call me miss!"
"Yes."
"Watch it buddy! I'm no girl!" Shuichi said angrily.
"Oh I'm so sorry sir I didn't realize…I'm embarrassed. Would you forgive me?" The man with blue eyes and light brown hair said.
"Yeah. People always seem to mistake me for a girl because of my physique. Hey, my own parents use to do it so why not everybody else?" Shuichi said still sort of angry at the remark.
"Sir, you still sound kind of angry."
"Oh I'm fine I just love being called a chick it brightens up my day all the time!"
"Maybe I should leave." The man started to slowly back away from Shuichi with the book in his hand.
"Hey I need that book! Give it back please." Shuichi said yelling at the man.
"Shhhh, please sir, lower your voice." The man pleaded.
"Oh sorry I keep forgetting. I need that book." Shuichi said in a whispered voice. The man looked at the book.
"Communicating with Your Lover for Dummies? Um I'm guessing you're having problems in your love life?" The man said.
"Maybe." Shuichi answered. "I want to check that book out so can I have it back?" Shuichi asked. The man handed the book back to Shuichi.
"Thank you." Shuichi said.
"I'm having problems in my love life too. Well you can't say love life since I haven't seen my love for seven years." The man said.
"Seven years? That's such a long time. You must've gotten lonely?" Shuichi said sympathetically.
"A little. I've been searching for him ever since." The man said.
"Why did your lover leave you?" Shuichi asked not realizing that he was prying into someone else's business. "Wait don't answer that, it's none of my business" Shuichi said.
"It's okay. Something happened between us and I never saw him again."
"Him? Does that mean that you are…"
"Gay. Yes I am." The man answered.
"That makes two of us. Even though my lover is near me it always seems like I can't reach him, like he's far away. He always looks so sad too. I wish I knew why he is like this." Shuichi stared at the floor.
"My lover use to always have a smile on his face and he loved ice cream. I don't know if he does anymore though, he should be about 22 now. Sometimes you grow out of certain things." The man said.
"My lover is the same age, what a coincidence." Shuichi said.
"He had beautiful blonde hair and gorgeous big gold eyes."
"Ha, that's funny if I didn't know any better I'd think we were talking about the same person because my lover has blonde hair and gold eyes too but they're not big and he hates ice cream. He also doesn't smile too much either."
"Hey that is funny. But I guess a lot of people have blonde hair and gold eyes. If I were you I would just come out and tell him how I felt. Making small talk is a waste of time and in your lover's case I think you'd just annoy him with that. I've read this book myself, very bad advice." The blue eyed man said.
"But I'm scared of what his response would be. He's not very easy to talk to."
"Well, you may be afraid but if you know you love him, and he knows you love him I'm sure everything will turn out fine." He said.
"Maybe you're right; thank you." Shuichi said thankful for the advice. In a way the man seemed just like Hiroshi. Shuichi wondered why on earth someone would leave a man like him. He seemed like such a nice and caring person.
"I have a question." The man said interrupting Shuichi's thoughts.
"Yes?"
"What's your name?"
"Um, why?"
"I just wanted to know that way I won't forget the conversation we had."
"Maybe you should just tell me your name 'cause if I tell you my name you might yell or something and then people are gonna come after me and so on and so forth."
"Why would people come after you? Are you some kind of criminal in hiding?"
"No-- I mean yes!"
"You just said 'no'. Why are you lying and why are you wearing shades and a hat inside?"
"Uh, um…why are you asking so many questions?" The man walked over to Shuichi and took his glasses off his face.
"Wow you're eyes are so big and purple. How cute."
"Hey! What do you think you're doing?" Shuichi protested afraid of what the outcome would be if the man found out who he was.
"And now for the hat." The man took the hat off Shuichi's head. When he saw Shuichi's pink hair he smiled.
"Hey quit it!" Shuichi snatched the hat out of his hand and put it back on his head.
"You have pink hair, are you sure you're not a girl?"
"Shut up."
"Wait a minute…"
"Uh oh." Shuichi became afraid.
"Pink hair and purple eyes…You're SHUI…" Shuichi jumped up and covered his mouth and whispered to him.
"Okay fine, I'm Shuichi Shindo but please don't yell it out. I don't really have time to be running from fans. So can you be quiet?" The man nodded his head and Shuichi removed his hand and put his shades and hat back on.
"Sorry. I've never met a celebrity before; excitement got the best of me. It's very nice to meet you Mr.Shindo." The man shook Shuichi's hand.
"You can call me Shuichi."
"Really?"
"Yeah and I'm sorry, I hate that everyone knows my name and I don't know everyone else's, what's your name?" Shuichi asked.
"My name is…"
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Heavens fire goddess: DUN DUN DUN! The dreaded cliff hanger of DOOM! Well you can't really call it a cliff hanger considering the fact that you all probably know who he is. But those of you that don't, you must hate me now. (Author smirks)
Yuki: I hated you from the start. (Author is no longer smirking, she's pissed)
Heavens fire goddess: Shut your mouth Yuki! (Now Yuki is smirking. Why does he enjoy hurting me so much?)
Shuichi: I know who it is can I tell, huh huh can I?
Heavens fire goddess: Nope.
Yuki: Yes you can, she's joking Shuichi she wants you to tell everyone.
Shuichi:Yaaaay! IT'S (Author covers Shuichi's mouth)
Heavens fire goddess: Shut up! Both of you! Please review. (I'm gonna have an ulcer by the time I'm done this thing.)
