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Aching Desire
(Nagareboshi 3)
by Miyamoto Yui

Chapter 10 – Even I fear that day.

I woke up to find Ryuichi still sleeping next to me. I poked him on the forehead as he blinked his eyes at me. "Ohaiyo," I greeted.
"Ohaiyo," he said as he smiled and got up.
I sat up as he went to the bathroom.

"What do I do now?" I asked him.

I didn't know how to say the million things running through my head. That I was starting college next month and how was I supposed to pay for that? Or what was my father going to do without me? And how was he doing?
What have I done to myself? Will I ruin Ryuichi and myself because I didn't push him away or that he couldn't stop this obsession with me either?

It's hard enough people love another. It's harder when it's more than an infatuation. I don't even know how to describe how intense it is to love each other so much you'd…
You'd…

"The winner takes it all," I sang as I put on my pants and walked up to the window.

I sighed as Ryuichi hugged me from behind to tell me it was okay.

"I want to live with you, Ryuichi…"
Ryuichi then turned my face. "You didn't even have to ask me."

"But how will I pay for everything-"
He shook his head. "Shinpai shinai de."

I pouted. "You spoil me too much."
"No, I don't." He then let go as we walked over to the kitchen to get something to eat.

He started to make some eggs as I sat on the couch. "No I don't he says. Ha!"

He started to look at the ceiling with much guilt.

"I remember going past a travel agency with you and I laughed while saying, 'I want to go to an onsen.' That weekend, we went. And then you added, 'If you didn't have school, we could have gone that night.'" I sighed happily. "Yes, you _do_ spoil me."

"Because you never really say you want anything." He flipped the omelet.

"Yes I do," I protested.
"No, you don't."

That's true. I never really asked for anything else, haven't I?
I guess I just like where I am and where I belong.

After we ate, I accompanied Ryuichi to go to the stadium where they were setting up his concert for the next week. K then shouted from a distance, "TATSUHA UESUGI!!!"

And yet again, we ran around the stadium as Ryuichi coordinated everything where they should have been. Then, he sat down with Kumagorou to watch us.

"He hasn't gotten his voice back!" K shouted as he held out his gun at me. "You're failing your mission! And if you do, you die!"
"I promise I'll get it back!" I shouted as I ran even faster.
"Okay." K then stopped and put the gun in his holster.
I huffed and puffed for my life.

"Ever seen Gundam Wing?" a voice behind me said as they tapped me softly on the shoulder.
I feared looking back, so I just gulped. "Y-yes, Touma-san."
"I can go on Zero mode like my cousin's performance…" he took a gentle hold of my shoulder. "Only I can be so much worse."
"I-I know you can," I answered back.

K in front of me even sweatdropped.

"Now that we have this in order," Touma then patted my head. And seriously, he asked, "I heard the news."

We looked at Ryuichi out in the stadium trying to coordinate himself with the music and his hand movements. It still made me feel kind of weird though.
My singer with no voice…

"So, what are you going to do, Tatsuha-kun?" Touma asked as he kept his hand firmly on my shoulder. "Your father will take you back. With consent or not."

"But I disowned myself." I firmly replied.

"No matter what you do. You cannot run away from your fate."

"But why can't I choose this?"

"You can. You've just got to think of a way." He then turned around and whispered with a pat, "I'll think of a way. You just think of getting Ryuichi's voice back."

I glanced back at Touma-san. "Thank you."

"Yuki's unhappy. Mika's worried." He then sighed. "And…I wasn't supposed to tell you this, so keep this a secret okay?"

I nodded. "When you threw Ryuichi to the street, he called me up that night to say that he was canceling-"

"The concert???" I interrupted.

He shook his head. "He was trying to terminate his contract with me."

"What?!" I looked at him not really believing what he had just said to me.

"He was going to quit singing all together and go back to Los Angeles if he couldn't have you."

"I had no idea…" My mind was boggled out at that moment and I couldn't think clearly.

I then stared closely at Ryuichi who was happily waving back at me. I waved back as best as I could.

Touma then let go. With all honesty, he said this in a tone even he couldn't believe he was using, "No…You don't have _any_ idea. You may think I'm awful on Zero mode, but he's even worse than me."

He closed his eyes to whisper calmly,
"Even _I_ fear that day."


To be continued…
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Author's note: I know this is moving slowly, so I'll try to pick up the pace a bit. I don't want this to be too long. You guys might get upset with me over that. ^^;;;
So, I'll just to really think of what's going to happen and get there asap. ^_^v
But, I feel this is more intense than 'Infatuation' and I like the way the pace is going though. I don't know, but I feel it really is flowing well.