Disclaimer: Gravitation isn't mine. It's Murakami-sama's.
Aching Desire
(Nagareboshi 3)
by Miyamoto Yui
Chapter 12 – Omoide ga ippai. (Lots of memories.)
That night, Ryuichi and I headed to Shuichi's and Yuki aniki's apartment.
When we knocked on the door, I heard the rush of footsteps towards the front. And when Shuichi opened the door, he hugged me.
Then, he whapped me on the head and pouted. "Tatsuha baka!"
I sighed as I looked both at Ryuichi and Shuichi. "You guys react the same way."
Figures.
Ryuichi and Shuichi hi-fived one another as I entered the apartment. Ryuichi and I sat on the couch as Shuichi asked, "Wanna drink anything?"
We nodded.
"Yo." Yuki aniki greeted as he came out of the hallway. He lifted his fingers with the cigarette in them and motioned for me to follow him. "We need to talk."
"That's why I'm here."
I got up as Shuichi went over to talk to Ryuichi.
When I got to the study, Yuki said, "Take my seat. I need to stand up for this one."
He smoked his cig and let out a sigh while putting his fingers on his forehead to show his exasperation. "You have to be careful now."
"What do you mean?" I looked at him intently.
"Bold move, Tatsuha. Only, you idiot, you forgot to think of what happens next."
I slumped in my chair. "I know. Boy, do I know."
Yuki aniki paced back and forth in contemplation.
"I have this feeling that I'm going to do something I'm going to regret," I blurted out.
"We're just hoping that it doesn't involve father's plans," Yuki aniki said as he took another puff. He then leaned on his desk with one hand.
"How _is_ father?"
"Getting worse. He's growing delirious saying your name over and over."
"Oh god…" I answered. "I'm horrible."
Yuki aniki patted me on the head. "It's either this or hating the way your life will be if you're forced to do something like that."
He patted me again. "Mika oneesan and I know you're trying hard. We're with you on this one, Tatsuha. Even Tou-chan is so worried about you and Ryuichi that he's contemplating plans as we speak."
I smiled despite everything. "Thank you. It really does mean a lot to me."
"Don't get all sentimental with me, boy." He got up. "If you turn into a coward again, I'll really kill you this time. That's to say before Shuichi drives me nuts again over what you did to Ryuichi."
He looked at me. "You've got to think about my health too you know? Shuichi whining gets on my nerves, but it worries me. Don't tell him that."
I laughed at my brother. "I love how you try to cheer me up with such a deadpan attitude."
"I comfort people in my own way." He then put out his cigarette.
I got up. "You sit down while I pace."
"Okay," he answered as I walked around the room.
"I know I can't make everyone happy, but I've got three things weighing on my mind: Ryuichi's voice, my future, and father's wishes. These three things are important to me and so I can't really prioritize them at the moment." I leaned on the wall while holding my chin in deep thought.
I then turned to aniki as I seriously said, "How about if I adopt a child?"
"Tatsuha, you're only eighteen years old. How are you going to manage a kid? And Ryuichi's probably going to take you back to LA. He won't stay here forever. What will happen to the shrine even if you do that?"
"But this is the most plausible solution, Aniki." I pushed from myself from the wall and paced back and forth again. "Father gets an heir. I will be able to be with Ryuichi. That's all I want."
I sighed. "Why do the these two things have to clash to this point? It's tearing me apart. I don't know what I'm doing anymore."
"Don't give up." He got up as he walked over to me. "We'll all think of something. The only thing you have to do right now is keep out of trouble. I don't know what father is planning, but we both know he's going to do something while he still can."
"He means well, I know…" I sighed again.
"But, at the same time you keep your guard up, you've got to get Ryuichi's voice back."
I facefaulted. "Everyone's nagging me about this."
"If Tou-chan does his 'zero mode' again by 1/8th again, I'm going to get you, Tatsuha."
My face became grim. "He told you too, huh?"
"He is a scary man when he wants something." My brother cleared his throat. "And you've worried him because of Mika, Ryuichi, and me. This isn't good."
I blinked. "Even you fear him, Aniki?"
He blinked his eyes at me. "I've SEEN him in Zero mode by ½ already. And that's with _me_. I don't want anyone _else_ to experience that. It's not going to be pretty."
"Oh…okay."
Scary…
We went outside to find Shuichi and Ryuichi looking through photo albums and laughing together.
Yuki aniki and I both blushed.
"I recognize those albums!" I said as I pointed at the stack.
"Geh!" Yuki aniki grabbed one while I took the other. "Shuichi why'd you bring these out?!"
"We were bored. Besides, Ryuichi wanted to look at Tatsuha when he was little."
"You've looked at these a million times!"
He became a chibi and pawed at Yuki aniki. "But a chibi Yuukiii is so cuuute!"
He let out another sigh. "You're impossible."
"But you love me."
"Which is why I got another apartment." He sat down next to Shuichi. "I give up."
I laughed. "This conversation sounds so familiar."
Shuichi crossed his arms as he put an album in their laps. "You get spoiled like there's no tomorrow, Tatsuha-kun!"
I blinked as I looked to the ceiling. Ryuichi put an album in front of me and pointed at my pictures as Kumagorou sat on the other side of him. We continued to look at pictures until Ryuichi pointed to a little girl who stood next to me while I posed to the camera when I first entered kindergarten.
"That was my best friend, Tsuki. She was really weird, but she was a Nittle Grasper fan." I then smiled as I thought of something, but I shut up.
Ryuichi took out a picture and gave one to me. "This was when I was three…"
It was Ryuichi holding his hands out towards the camera with a smile on his face.
I looked at him and blinked to say, "This is SO ADORABLE!!!"
"Keep it," he said as he pushed into my lap.
I lifted it up and said, "Thank you."
Shuichi then came next to us and commented to say, "That's cute!"
Yuki aniki tilted his head. "Looks like Shuichi."
They went back to start going through another album.
"But this is the only time you'll tell me stories Yuki!" he whined.
"Okay, okay. And then…" he explained.
Then, I put it in my wallet.
A picture of Ryuichi at three!!!
* melt, melt *
We flipped through the rest of the album, but Ryuichi pointed at another one.
"Oh, that's days before I accidentally barged into your room." I laughed. "I'm so dorky in my school uniform. It's kind of embarrassing."
I stared at my twelve-year-old self as I held a sign that said, "My goal in life is to meet Ryuichi Sakuma someday!!!"
"Dad was so pissed off!" Yuki aniki started to say. "It didn't help that I took the damn picture."
"Hoshii." Ryuichi mumbled with possessiveness over the picture like a little kid.
"You want to keep it?" I asked. "Why?"
He nodded readily without answering me. I then took the picture out of the sleeve and gave it too him as he smiled happily while taking out his wallet.
He then took my hand to write on my palm: "Boku wa ano hito wo sagashite ita kara."
Slowly, I whispered to myself,
"Because…I…was…looking…for…this…person."
To be continued.
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Author's note: Yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know what the hell to do now!!!!!!! Aw, I love you plot bunnies.
And to those wondering, well, I just write. I don't know what I write until I just go with the flow and type whatever comes to my head. If I don't like it, I'll revise it. But usually, I'm satisfied with what I got, so I just take the chance and send it in to the Ml's.
But again and again, I love you guys! Thank you so much for your support!!! It's encouraging to the point that I've not gotten writer's block for this fic because you guys keep on telling me 'keep going even if it's long' because sometimes when you write long fics, people don't like them anymore. ;_; I don't want that to happen.
Aching Desire
(Nagareboshi 3)
by Miyamoto Yui
Chapter 12 – Omoide ga ippai. (Lots of memories.)
That night, Ryuichi and I headed to Shuichi's and Yuki aniki's apartment.
When we knocked on the door, I heard the rush of footsteps towards the front. And when Shuichi opened the door, he hugged me.
Then, he whapped me on the head and pouted. "Tatsuha baka!"
I sighed as I looked both at Ryuichi and Shuichi. "You guys react the same way."
Figures.
Ryuichi and Shuichi hi-fived one another as I entered the apartment. Ryuichi and I sat on the couch as Shuichi asked, "Wanna drink anything?"
We nodded.
"Yo." Yuki aniki greeted as he came out of the hallway. He lifted his fingers with the cigarette in them and motioned for me to follow him. "We need to talk."
"That's why I'm here."
I got up as Shuichi went over to talk to Ryuichi.
When I got to the study, Yuki said, "Take my seat. I need to stand up for this one."
He smoked his cig and let out a sigh while putting his fingers on his forehead to show his exasperation. "You have to be careful now."
"What do you mean?" I looked at him intently.
"Bold move, Tatsuha. Only, you idiot, you forgot to think of what happens next."
I slumped in my chair. "I know. Boy, do I know."
Yuki aniki paced back and forth in contemplation.
"I have this feeling that I'm going to do something I'm going to regret," I blurted out.
"We're just hoping that it doesn't involve father's plans," Yuki aniki said as he took another puff. He then leaned on his desk with one hand.
"How _is_ father?"
"Getting worse. He's growing delirious saying your name over and over."
"Oh god…" I answered. "I'm horrible."
Yuki aniki patted me on the head. "It's either this or hating the way your life will be if you're forced to do something like that."
He patted me again. "Mika oneesan and I know you're trying hard. We're with you on this one, Tatsuha. Even Tou-chan is so worried about you and Ryuichi that he's contemplating plans as we speak."
I smiled despite everything. "Thank you. It really does mean a lot to me."
"Don't get all sentimental with me, boy." He got up. "If you turn into a coward again, I'll really kill you this time. That's to say before Shuichi drives me nuts again over what you did to Ryuichi."
He looked at me. "You've got to think about my health too you know? Shuichi whining gets on my nerves, but it worries me. Don't tell him that."
I laughed at my brother. "I love how you try to cheer me up with such a deadpan attitude."
"I comfort people in my own way." He then put out his cigarette.
I got up. "You sit down while I pace."
"Okay," he answered as I walked around the room.
"I know I can't make everyone happy, but I've got three things weighing on my mind: Ryuichi's voice, my future, and father's wishes. These three things are important to me and so I can't really prioritize them at the moment." I leaned on the wall while holding my chin in deep thought.
I then turned to aniki as I seriously said, "How about if I adopt a child?"
"Tatsuha, you're only eighteen years old. How are you going to manage a kid? And Ryuichi's probably going to take you back to LA. He won't stay here forever. What will happen to the shrine even if you do that?"
"But this is the most plausible solution, Aniki." I pushed from myself from the wall and paced back and forth again. "Father gets an heir. I will be able to be with Ryuichi. That's all I want."
I sighed. "Why do the these two things have to clash to this point? It's tearing me apart. I don't know what I'm doing anymore."
"Don't give up." He got up as he walked over to me. "We'll all think of something. The only thing you have to do right now is keep out of trouble. I don't know what father is planning, but we both know he's going to do something while he still can."
"He means well, I know…" I sighed again.
"But, at the same time you keep your guard up, you've got to get Ryuichi's voice back."
I facefaulted. "Everyone's nagging me about this."
"If Tou-chan does his 'zero mode' again by 1/8th again, I'm going to get you, Tatsuha."
My face became grim. "He told you too, huh?"
"He is a scary man when he wants something." My brother cleared his throat. "And you've worried him because of Mika, Ryuichi, and me. This isn't good."
I blinked. "Even you fear him, Aniki?"
He blinked his eyes at me. "I've SEEN him in Zero mode by ½ already. And that's with _me_. I don't want anyone _else_ to experience that. It's not going to be pretty."
"Oh…okay."
Scary…
We went outside to find Shuichi and Ryuichi looking through photo albums and laughing together.
Yuki aniki and I both blushed.
"I recognize those albums!" I said as I pointed at the stack.
"Geh!" Yuki aniki grabbed one while I took the other. "Shuichi why'd you bring these out?!"
"We were bored. Besides, Ryuichi wanted to look at Tatsuha when he was little."
"You've looked at these a million times!"
He became a chibi and pawed at Yuki aniki. "But a chibi Yuukiii is so cuuute!"
He let out another sigh. "You're impossible."
"But you love me."
"Which is why I got another apartment." He sat down next to Shuichi. "I give up."
I laughed. "This conversation sounds so familiar."
Shuichi crossed his arms as he put an album in their laps. "You get spoiled like there's no tomorrow, Tatsuha-kun!"
I blinked as I looked to the ceiling. Ryuichi put an album in front of me and pointed at my pictures as Kumagorou sat on the other side of him. We continued to look at pictures until Ryuichi pointed to a little girl who stood next to me while I posed to the camera when I first entered kindergarten.
"That was my best friend, Tsuki. She was really weird, but she was a Nittle Grasper fan." I then smiled as I thought of something, but I shut up.
Ryuichi took out a picture and gave one to me. "This was when I was three…"
It was Ryuichi holding his hands out towards the camera with a smile on his face.
I looked at him and blinked to say, "This is SO ADORABLE!!!"
"Keep it," he said as he pushed into my lap.
I lifted it up and said, "Thank you."
Shuichi then came next to us and commented to say, "That's cute!"
Yuki aniki tilted his head. "Looks like Shuichi."
They went back to start going through another album.
"But this is the only time you'll tell me stories Yuki!" he whined.
"Okay, okay. And then…" he explained.
Then, I put it in my wallet.
A picture of Ryuichi at three!!!
* melt, melt *
We flipped through the rest of the album, but Ryuichi pointed at another one.
"Oh, that's days before I accidentally barged into your room." I laughed. "I'm so dorky in my school uniform. It's kind of embarrassing."
I stared at my twelve-year-old self as I held a sign that said, "My goal in life is to meet Ryuichi Sakuma someday!!!"
"Dad was so pissed off!" Yuki aniki started to say. "It didn't help that I took the damn picture."
"Hoshii." Ryuichi mumbled with possessiveness over the picture like a little kid.
"You want to keep it?" I asked. "Why?"
He nodded readily without answering me. I then took the picture out of the sleeve and gave it too him as he smiled happily while taking out his wallet.
He then took my hand to write on my palm: "Boku wa ano hito wo sagashite ita kara."
Slowly, I whispered to myself,
"Because…I…was…looking…for…this…person."
To be continued.
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Author's note: Yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know what the hell to do now!!!!!!! Aw, I love you plot bunnies.
And to those wondering, well, I just write. I don't know what I write until I just go with the flow and type whatever comes to my head. If I don't like it, I'll revise it. But usually, I'm satisfied with what I got, so I just take the chance and send it in to the Ml's.
But again and again, I love you guys! Thank you so much for your support!!! It's encouraging to the point that I've not gotten writer's block for this fic because you guys keep on telling me 'keep going even if it's long' because sometimes when you write long fics, people don't like them anymore. ;_; I don't want that to happen.