Pinkshuchan: LALIHO! Hey this is Pinkshuchan! Sorry if the last chapter didn't make sense. Yuki's gonna finally apoligize to Shuichi in this chapter. But how is Tatsuha going to lure Shuichi to Sakuma and Kumagoro's Karaoke Extravaganza? This chapter may remind you a bit of A Mermaid's Tail. And I don't own the song used. Yes, I'm using another song but I promise that this is the last one. And this song will be a BANG! Anyways, enjoy the show!
Chapter 26
Shuichi's P.O.V
I feel awful! I couldn't get myself to fall asleep two nights. A part of me felt that Yuki was coming to take me back into his arms. I spent all night the night before near the ocean; waiting for him. But he never showed up. Not even when I was singing out to the ocean. He never came. Maybe he never will. Maybe Riku and I will have to move on without him. I don't want to, but I may have no choice. After all, if Yuki doesn't want me back then there's no point in waiting for him forever. At least I'll have my ring to remind me of him. I looked at my hand and... Oh no! Where is it? Where is my ring? It's never fallen off before. Why now? I remember it on two days ago when Sakano and I found Riku. Where could it have gone?
I checked all over the house on the possibility that it would be there somewhere but none had my ring. Think Shuichi! What have you done? Wait? Could it have fallen at the beach? I was about to go outside until Hiro stopped me.
"Where are you going Shuichi?" he asked "I thought you were the one that said that you and Riku needed to stay in?"
"I did but this is urgent!" I said "I can't find my ring."
"Are you sure it isn't anywhere in the house?"
"I've checked. It's nowhere! I need to find it!"
"What's so important about it?"
I glared at him. "What's important? Hiro, that ring is my wedding ring. I don't care if Yuki doesn't want me back, I need to have that ring."
I was about to pass him until he grabbed my hand. "Speaking of Yuki, he came yesterday."
What? Yuki actually came? "Why didn't you tell me?"
"You said not to let anyone come get you out."
That's reasonable! "What did he say?"
"He wants you back Shuichi. I know you want to come back to him but I told him to wait until everything was safe."
"Thanks Hiro, but I'm not going to go back to him." I lied. I do want to go back to Yuki, but do you think I'm going to let him have me back just like that? I want him to show me how much he wants me back. Hiro looked shocked when I said that.
"But Shuichi, he's your husband."
"I know, but I want a reason to go back to him. Not just the fact he wants me back. I don't want to be hurt again. He needs to give me a reason why I should return to him. Now if you excuse me, I need to go find my ring." With that, I walked out of the house and down to the beach. As I walked down to the beach, I noticed Riku sitting there; watching the ocean. "Riku? What are you doing here?" I asked "Shouldn't you be inside in case Ken and Maa-kun come?"
"I can't." he said "You've been expecting Papa to come, right Mama?"
I nodded. I can't tell him about his father up on the surface yet. He's already upset about knowing he and I separated. If I tell him that Yuki is up on the surface, Riku will tell me to get back with him. I don't want that to happen yet. I don't want to go back and find myself not only having another arguement with him again, but to have him say those things again about Riku and me again. I want to protect Riku the way a mother can. It's the only thing I can do for him. I pulled him close to me in a tight embrace. After realizing this, Riku wrapped his arms around me as well.
"It's alright, Mama." he said "Everything will be just fine."
I couldn't have asked for anyone better than Riku to be my son. We stayed like this for a while. Just him and me on the beach having a mother/ son time. I can waste some little time I had to look for the ring just to be like this with my son.
"Aww! Don't you both look cute!"
I looked up to see Tatsuha there. Riku and I moved apart. "How did you know where we were?" I asked.
"I went to your brother's place and he said that you were on the beach." he said.
"Did you need to see me about something?"
"Yeah. You see, I accidentally told Ryuichi that you had come back and he got ecstatic. He told me that he wanted to have you sing for Sakuma and Kumagoro's Karaoke Extravaganza again today."
"I can't Tatsuha." I told him "Can't I go another time?"
"Nope." he said "He already signed your name up for today. You have to go!"
"Why couldn't he tell me this himself?"
"He's been very busy recently. I was lucky just to have time to talk to him yesterday."
"You're saying I have no choice."
"Pretty much."
"You should do it Mama." said Riku "You don't want to disappoint him. Besides, I'm sure it would be safe just to go out one day."
I sighed. "Alright. I'll go." I faced Riku "Riku, you should go back inside."
"No way! I want to see you perform."
"But what about Yoshiki?"
"He's with Michael right now. I told them I just wanted to be alone and that was why I was here. Please Mama? Please let me come?"
"You sure Yoshiki is safe in the house?" He nodded. "Then it's fine. I'll go for one performance and we'll make it back before we're spotted."
The plan was settled. We headed to Sakuma and Kumagoro's Karaoke Extravaganza and I got myself ready with the clothes Tatsuha laid out for me. I was dressed in this really nice sparkly ocean blue dress with long white gloves. I hope they wouldn't be too much for this one song. When I came out, the only people I saw from the stage were Riku and Tatsuha.
"Where is everyone?" I asked.
"This is only a practice. Ryuichi wanted you to sound amazing for this song." said Tatsuha. Why do I have a feeling I've been tricked to be here? "By the way" he continued "This song is gonna be a duet."
"With who?"
Tatsuha pointed to the other side of the stage. I looked over and saw... Yuki! Yuki was standing there in an ocean blue tuxedo; making our outfits color compatible. Why? Is he planning an apology with this? I turned with my arms crossed and my back was towards him. As happy as I am to see him, I don't want to make this easy for him.
"Shuichi." he started "I'm really sorry about what happened. I was just so stressed that I got angry over nothing." I didn't say anything to him nor did I move. I just let him continue. "I know that it's not a very good reason, but please. Please come back with me!" Everything was silent.
"I don't want to deal with anymore shit." I finally spoke "Give one good reason why I should come back?"
"Because... I need you Shuichi. You're my queen! But I guess that's not a very good reason." He sighed "I knew something like this would happen. Tatsuha was right, this is a duet. That is if you'll sing with me."
Sing? Did he actually mean...? Oh no! Yuki's not going to actually sing is he? Music starts. He knows he's an awful singer, why is he...? It's because he'll be embarassing himself. He's going to embarass himself for me. After the opening music ended, Yuki started singing.
Yuki
I'm lying alone with my head on the phone
Thinking of you till it hurts
I know you hurt too but what else can we do
Tormented and torn apart?
I wish I could carry your smile in my heart
For times when my life feels so low
It would make me believe what tomorrow could bring
When today doesn't really know, doesn't really know
I'm all out of love, I'm so lost without you
I know you were right believing for so long
I'm all out of love, what am I without you?
I can't be too late to say that I was so wrong
Through his awful singing, I knew that the song was what he was feeling. And truthfully, it was how I was feeling too. Every word, it was how I was feeling too. Yuki did say this was a duet, so it's time to show him I feel this way too.
Shuichi
I want you to come back and carry me home
Away from these lonely nights
I'm reaching for you, are you feeling it too?
Does this feeling seem oh so right?
Both
And what would you say if I called on you now
And said that I can't hold on?
Shuichi
There's no easy way
Both
It gets harder each day
Please love me or I'll be gone, I'll be gone
I'm all out of love, I'm so lost without you
I know you were right believing for so long
I'm all out of love, what am I without you?
I can't be too late to say that I was so wrong
I was breaking down. I began to hold myself; wanting his embrace. Tears started to roll down my cheeks. I wanted him back, but what if he hurt me again? Suddenly, I heard other voices join in with Yuki. Anymore of this and I'm going to lose myself.
Chorus
Ooh, what are you thinking of?
Yuki
What are you thinking of?
Chorus
What are you thinking of?
Yuki
What are you thinking of?
I couldn't take it anymore. My tears were now waterworks. I felt Yuki turn me to face him. I looked up at him. Looking in his eyes, I knew it! My angel human had returned to me. That awful king Yuki that yelled at me and said mean things about me and Riku was gone and came back as my loved angel human Yuki who loves us and was currently wiping my tears away. Yuki, I love you so much!
Shuichi
I'm all out of love, I'm so lost without you
I know you were right believing for so long
Both
I'm all out of love, I'm so lost without you
I know you were right believing for so long
I'm all out of love, what am I without you?
I can't be too late I know I was so wrong
I'm all out of love, I'm so lost without you
I know you were right believing for so long
I'm all out of love, what am I without you?
I can't be too late to say that I was so wrong
I can't be too late to say that I was so wrong
The song ended and Yuki and I were holding each other in the tightest embrace we've even been in. I didn't want to lose him again and it seemed like he didn't want to either. We held each other like this for a long time; nothing but silence filled the air.
"Yuki." I broke the silence "I'm sorry."
"No, you had every right." said Yuki "I was being a dumbass. It came to my senses after a while with the pain of that slap you gave me."
"You deserved that slap."
"I know. You don't need to remind me."
"Well, there's another reason why I'm sorry. I accidentally lost the wedding ring you gave me."
"You mean" he took something out of his pocket "This ring?"
I looked closely at it. I don't believe it. It was the ring. "How did...?"
"I found it in the sand when I got up to the surface." he said. He placed it on my ring finger and kissed it. We moved closer to each other and gave each other a kiss that we've wanted for so long. Nineteen years and the kiss still had the same spark from when we first kissed on the beach. I moved my arms around his neck and he moved his around my waist. Our tongues were dancing in our mouths to the music of love. How much I missed that taste!
"Eww! Get a room!" Riku yelled. Yuki and I stopped kissing and started laughing. That was something else we miseed; Riku getting grossed out by his parents kissing in the same room as him. He ran over to us, jumped onto the stage, and hugged us both. We started a group hug.
"Papa, I'm sorry for swimming away from home." said Riku after our little group hug "After this, I'll never do it again."
Yuki placed his hand on Riku's head and ruffled his hair. "I hope you do." said Yuki "This type of thing is not going to happen every time you swim away from home."
I giggled. I missed having the three of us together like this. And no one is going to ruin this for me.
"Well, well, well! Looks like the royal family is back together again."
Why does this always happen? How come after something good happens, something bad has to happen? Yes, you've guessed right. Standing there was Ken and Maa-kun. Didn't those bastards get enough from last time. But why would they be here? They're after Yoshiki. Maybe they think Riku still has him with him. But he doesn't... right?
"Riku? Were you telling the truth when you said you left Yoshiki at Uncle Hiro's?" I asked. He started playing with his hands. "Riku!"
"I'm sorry Mama! But I couldn't leave him alone! I promised him I would protect him!" he cried. I hope that's the last time Riku lies after this.
"So you do have Yoshiki." said Ken "Give him to us!"
"And let you release Taki?" I asked "Like hell we will!"
"Then we have no choice." said Maa-kun "We went to that house you've been staying at and we may have something you'd want back in exchange for Yoshiki." He lifted up some kind of dark bubble. It was small, but we could still see what was in it! Inside it was... Oh no!"
"Michael!" cried Riku.
"Yes." Maa-kun continued "Now, give us Yoshiki or you'll never see your little human friend again!"
Pinkshuchan: Poor everyone! Just when things get happy again, something makes it sad again. What will they do? Will they give Yoshiki over to Ken and Maa-kun? What would happen to Michael if they don't? Read and Review!