OK here it see the final chapter of this story. Go ahead and enjoy.


Chapter 13: Gravity

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Shuichi leaned against the wall in the nursery holding his head. Laylee was in her crib, screaming her head off. She'd been crying for the past few days, well more like the last week.

She was now 5 months old, Sakito had told him that colic normally subsided around 3 or 4, sometimes it went on longer. Laylee unfortunately was one of the ones that was going for longer. Shuichi hadn't been able to sleep for the past 5 days, every time he fell asleep for more then an hour, she would start screaming again. Nothing seemed to calm her down anymore.

"Please Laylee Stop" Shuichi screamed sobbing, he's cries joining that off his daughters.

"Why can't you be quiet for just a little while" he couldn't stop crying, this went of for about an hour before he started screaming and sobbing for Yuki, that he couldn't do this.

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Sora let stopped outside of Shuichi's apartment, she could hear the crying and screaming from here. And she was becoming more worried, she let herself in and quickly closed the door. She hurried to the nursery. She hurried over and lifted Laylee out of the crib, giving the girl a pacifier, she quieted after a few minutes of Sora holding her close. Sora looked over at the sobbing Shuichi, he was a mess.

"Shuichi...honey" Sora tried, not seeming to reach the man. Sora stepped out of the room and pulled out her cellphone. She called both Fuji and Ryuichi.

Ryuichi was looking at apartments in the area, having decided to just move down here. The minute he heard what was going on he excused himself and headed back.

Fuji closed the bookstore and headed over too.

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By the time they arrived Laylee was screaming again, and Shuichi was begging for her to stop. To just be quiet for a little while. Sora was trying everything she knew to quiet the girl. Ryuichi kneeled down in front of Shuichi.

"Shuichi, come on you're ok just take a deep breath" Ryuichi said softly trying to calm the other man. After multiple attempts by just about every one to get a response out of Shuichi, Ryuichi did something he never thought he'd do.

"DANM IT SHUICHI, SNAP OUT OF IT. YOU'RE AN ADULT, START ACTING LIKE ONE AND BE LAYLEE'S DANM MOTHER" Ryuichi yelled at him, before smacking him across the face.

For a minute they didn't think it worked, but then Shuichi quieted and slowly stood up. He silently took Laylee from Sora and began to bounce gently with her. Laylee for her part held onto his shirt.

Shuichi looked at all of them finally his eyes red from lack of sleep and crying. His nose was raw and running. To put it simply he looked a real mess.

"I can do this" He said softly, "It's hard, but I can do it" he nodded to himself. They nodded as with him. Shuichi walked out to the living room and flipped on the TV and selected one of Yuki's interviews. Laylee turned her head her mitch-match eyes looking at where the voice was coming from. Her screaming slowly stopped as she listened to the voice.

"She's a daddy's girl" Shuichi said softly, as he set her down on the floor slowly and started to back up. She content to sit there and chew on her hands, listening to the voice. Shuichi sighed giving a tired smile. He did a quick sweep of the room, making sure there was nothing dangerous on the floor or any where she could get her hand ons on. Once he was satisfied that she was safe, he laid down on the couch watching her and listening to Yuki's voice. The three other adults watched in silence as Shuichi feel asleep as Laylee sat quietly on the floor.

The only thing that was on their minds was when would this happen again. Shuichi had had a few of these little melt downs already. It seemed like every time Ryuichi started looking at either going back to Tokyo or moving out of the apartment, Shuichi would hit his limit.

"Sora I want to talk to Shuichi when he wakes up. Would you two mind taking Laylee for the night?" Ryuichi said looking sadly at the sleeping man. Sora nodded walking over and picking up Laylee while Fuji went and got her diaper bag.

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Shuichi woke up a the next day around noon. His stomach growled at the smell of food coming from the kitchen. He slowly got up, he went through his routine. Stopping at Laylee's room he was startled to not see her there. After he got into the kitchen he leaned against the counter, watching Ryuichi move around the kitchen with a grace, that Shuichi never seemed to have.

"Where is Laylee?" He asked softly watching his idol.

"I had Sora and Fuji take her for a few days" Ryuichi responded flipping the pancakes.

"What? Why?" Shuichi asked, he didn't like having Laylee out of his sight any more then she had to be.

"Because you need to talk about what the hell is going on in your head" Ryuichi said, Shuichi cringed at the curse from the normally child like man.

"I don't know" Shuichi said softly not looking at him. Ryuichi sighed turning off the griddle.

"Shuichi...you need to talk to someone. This can't keep happening. She needs you to be the best you can be. I know you're stressed, but this can't keep happening. Maybe...maybe it's time you went back to Yuki-san" Ryuichi said looking at the smaller man.

"You know I can't do that, Ryu." Shuichi said looking at him.

"I think you're just being selfish. Laylee is his daughter too" Ryuichi said, he stopped himself and took a deep breath. "Please Shuichi just talk to someone. Maybe Sakito knows a therapist or someone that will help" Shuichi gave him a look.

"Ryu I am fine. I promise" Shuichi said going and sitting at the table

"Shuichi you need help. If you want to be here to see Laylee grow up then please, please get some help. I don't want to see you burn out" Ryuichi said softly coming over to the younger man. He pulled him out of his chair and into a hug.

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Shuichi had taken Ryuichi's advice. He had gone to a therapist, the man had listened to Shuichi for 4 weeks before he told Shuichi what he thought was wrong with his life. Why everything seemed to be going so well, then suddenly it felt like nothing was right. It sounded like Shuichi was bipolar. He had recommended a few things to read, and if Shuichi was interested they could try medication.

Shuichi talked to Ryuichi about all he had read. While the older male acted child like most of the time, he was actually quiet knowledgeable on many things, not just singing.

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Tohma on occasion would go to Kyoto, he never said a word to Shuichi. He would simply come into the book store if Shuichi was working and sit looking at Laylee as she would play or sleep. At first Shuichi had been worried about the blond, this was the man that had threatened to take his daughter away from him.

But, the look in Tohma's eyes told him that something had changed. He wasn't sure what but, the blond seemed more content with his life. While Shuichi didn't trust him, that didn't stop Laylee from growing attached to her distant silent guardian. Tohma also slowly became attached to the young girl. Whenever he would come visit her he would bring some form of toy for her.

It wasn't until Laylee had crawled over to Tohma one day and pulled herself up on his pants leg, that Shuichi saw that the blond really wasn't a threat any more. Laylee formed a strange bound with the man, that in years to come would be put to the test.

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Shuichi put together a book with Laylee's baby pictures adding a new one almost every day. He would write next to them what had been going on. The more he did this he found the more he felt like he had robbed his lover of something.

He knew in no uncertain terms that one day Yuki would have this book. That they would sit down one night, and Shuichi would tell him all about the life his daughter lived as a baby. All the trouble she had gotten into, all the times she had made shuichi smile. Of how she knew Yuki's voice, as one that safe.

But, he knew that night would not be for years to come. He wasn't ready to go back. He was finally an adult. People were treating him like he could take care of himself and Laylee. And as much as Shuichi realized it sucked, he wasn't ready to give up this knew way of life yet. He wasn't ready to go back to being taken care of, and treated like a child himself. In fact he didn't know if he could ever go back to the way he had been.

But, he knew he would go back one day, Yuki was like gravity to him.

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Yuki for his part in life, slowly moved on. He realized that no matter how hard he looked he would not find his lover or their daughter. As much as he hated to admit it, it was one of the things Shuichi was good at he could disappear, and if he didn't want to be found he wouldn't be.

As much as Yuki hated to admit it, Shuichi was an adult. He wasn't some teen that needed him to protect and lecture him. He knew that maybe if he had treated Shuichi more like an adult besides in the bedroom, Shuichi might have felt like he had a choice besides leaving.

And his daughter, well Mika was right when she said he would always wonder. He had started taking daily trips to the park, he would side on a bench with his laptop. He would watch the kids play. Every time he heard one of the babies giggle his heart would constricted. He had to wonder thought would he bring her here if Shuichi had stayed? Would be have been one of the parents sitting over there with a stroller? These where the what ifs that Mika had warned him about. One thing kept him from dwelling on them though.

Yuki could always feel the gravity that had pulled him and Shuichi together, and he knew that one day it would pull them back together. After all Shuichi was like Gravity for him.


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ok, there you go that's the end of this one. Now i am going to put up an Epilogue. And if i do a sequel it will be a scene in there as well. So tell me what you think guys. I want to see how you guess think Yuki and Shuichi will meet again. If you guess close i'll put give you an extended version on the epuilogue.