Disclaimer: Yui doesn't own Gravi, but she loves the characters a lot.
Aching Desire (Nagareboshi 3) by Miyamoto Yui
Chapter 27 - "Dekinai. You just can't." (You can't. You just can't.)
I gripped onto his shoulders a bit tighter until I felt my muscles ache not knowing how much I was hurting him. But Ryuichi just kneeled in front of me without anything to say. I just looked up to the sky above us and wondered what the hell would happen from here on out?
"Ryuichi." I whispered softly as the waves crashed. "Please stand up."
Like a little kid, he gripped harder and I looked down to find his chibi self pouting at me. I closed my eyes and shook my head with a half-happy smirk all over my face. "You."
I then pulled his hands as he got up.
Then, at the corner of my eye, I saw something flashing. So, I turned my head towards the living room of the beach house. Leaving Ryuichi in his place, he watched me as I walked into the house and towards the telephone. Weirdly, the answering machine was quickly blinking red. Pressing the button, I then heard a loud, "TATSUHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DOOOOKOOOO DESU KA?!!!!! Ryuichi is looking for you! And Yuki won't tell me what's going on so you'd BETTER pick up the damn phone and call me!!!!" Ryuichi laughed as he came in. "Shuichi-san." I nodded. Then the machine went 'BEEP'!
"Tatsuha!" A silence. Then, Shuichi's tone became dark as he said, "You'd better get to your father asap. He's going to die any minute now. That's what the doctor's said after you had disappeared. And Yuki won't say anything else to me. Where the hell are you?! Do I know you better than you know yourself?! I know you'd eventually go to the beach house, so where the hell are you?! Call me!!! Psst. Your brother's worried even though he doesn't want to admit it. Take care of yourself because I want you alive when I see you. I'll kill you later. Please take care." BEEEP!
I looked at Ryuichi with a perplexed face. I didn't even have to tell him anything as he just took my sleeve and pulled me towards the door. "We're going to Tsuki-san's. If you go to your father's again without a plan, you're going to really kill him."
I nodded as I gulped.
In silence, we locked up the house and rode on his motorcycle to Tsuki's home. I gripped my two arms around his waist and placed my head on his back as he recklessly rode without a helmet, but forced me to wear it instead.
I wonder how Tsuki is feeling. But it won't be long until I find it.
When we got there, I took off the black helmet and shook my head as we both reached the front gate. The house, well from behind the gate at least, look almost abandoned. Almost. There was light in her bedroom. We stood before the speaker.
"Yes, who is it?" Tsuki's voice asked through the intercom. I couldn't tell if she was nervous, mad, or confused at us visiting at such an odd hour of the day.
"It's me, Sakuma Ryuichi." But I could tell that even though he was trying his hardest, he wanted to gulp at saying that single line.
"Hai," she answered.
"I also found Tatsuha."
"Alright," she said as the gates beeped and we let ourselves in.
I lifted up my hand to knock on the door and I felt like I was carrying a thirty-five pound cast. I almost couldn't do it.
Click. Tsuki saved me the effort as she opened the door slowly. Then, she smiled as she pulled my hand to come inside. Then, she pulled on Ryuichi's.
I blinked as I closed the door. Why? Because she wouldn't let go of Ryuichi.
I facevaulted. "Tsuki!"
She sniffed. Mature as she was, when she was up against what she really loved, she just turned to complete mush. So there goes the independent woman that I admired all these years.
Ryuichi laughed.
"I'm holding _the_ Sakuma Ryuichi's hand!" she shouted in excitement like any fangirl. Only, this fangirl had a baby inside of her.
"Nice to meet you!" Ryuichi said as he looked at her, this short girl with a long baby blue nightgown on.
Then, they did what I had always thought she'd do if she ever met him: She begged for a kumagorou.
Ryuichi took a mini one from his pocket. He signed it and gave it to her. I slapped my hand on my forehead. What the hell was happening? This wasn't a time to be so friendly! Here I was thinking that Ryuichi would at least be more upset or Tsuki would be more mature about this.
They stopped their introductions as soon as they heard me slap my forehead in frustration. Their eyes turned to me and I looked at both of them. "Okay, let me get this straight because I'm confused. Your doctor said you were pregnant. He told my father. My father has been trying to contact you, but you've not visited him. He's tried to find me through my brother. You get a hold of Ryuichi and he gets his voice back because you told him the news. And now you guys are acting like good friends?"
Ryuichi's eyes averted themselves from me as he scratched his head. "Well, she is helping us." "But you were against this! And what about that in the beach house just earlier?" I countered as my voice went up a few notches in volume. Tsuki just looked at both us and took a bag of chips to eat from the table next to her. "Well, she pointed it out to me this way." He then pushed Tsuki forwards as she looked at me carefully. "You need an heir and." With a scary gleam in her eye, she smiled to say, "I get to bear the child of Sakuma Ryuichi's lover!!" "Geh. Anou." I couldn't believe what I was hearing. So yet again, I facevaulted.
Ryuichi shrugged as he turned into a chibi and made an imaginary circle on the floor with his index finger. "It was a good explanation, wasn't it?"
You. But then, he held a melancholic smile that only I could read. I knew his true thoughts. I knew he was trying his best not to make me unhappy. .even when I could see he a dying inside. and trying so hard not to show me.
I sighed inside as I looked back at Tsuki.
"So, it's not 'my childhood friend Tatsuha's kid'? It's Sakuma Ryuichi's lover's child???" I blinked at her incredulously. Tsuki nodded as Ryuichi did also, but with guilt.
"You're just like Shuichi." I pouted as I glared at her while shaking my head.
Then, I sighed as we all stood next to one another thinking about our next move.
"I feel like a pawn on a chess board," I commented while holding my chin in contemplation. "And I'm cornered from all sides." "We're your knights on that board," Tsuki seriously answered as she patted my arm. "We'll take care of you."
I looked up to see Ryuichi bowing his head in deep thought as his lips became a thin line. I couldn't tell if he was angry, but I almost shivered at seeing the death glare appearing on his face. He then said in a low tone, "How do we checkmate the king?"
Looking at me straight in the eye, I caught his glance as he whispered, "How do you make a chess player stop playing a game without killing them disgracefully?"
I shook my head as I answered, "I don't know."
Tsuki bowed her head as she honestly said what I didn't want to hear:
"Dekinai. You just can't."
to be continued. -- Author's note: Hello again! Did you miss me? I'm sorry that this took so so long to be updated and I feel really guilty about it, but I really had no time. School is really killing me so I had no time to do anything really. And, I got into a writer's block because I didn't know what to do and because of my writing classes, my confidence in my writing plummeted for a while.so, yeah. That's what happened. But I had time to reply to some e-mails and thank you for being patient. I'm a terrible replier because of my schedule, but thanks! And thank you for reading!!! Even though I can't thank you individually, please know that I really really do appreciate you for reading my humble works.
Aching Desire (Nagareboshi 3) by Miyamoto Yui
Chapter 27 - "Dekinai. You just can't." (You can't. You just can't.)
I gripped onto his shoulders a bit tighter until I felt my muscles ache not knowing how much I was hurting him. But Ryuichi just kneeled in front of me without anything to say. I just looked up to the sky above us and wondered what the hell would happen from here on out?
"Ryuichi." I whispered softly as the waves crashed. "Please stand up."
Like a little kid, he gripped harder and I looked down to find his chibi self pouting at me. I closed my eyes and shook my head with a half-happy smirk all over my face. "You."
I then pulled his hands as he got up.
Then, at the corner of my eye, I saw something flashing. So, I turned my head towards the living room of the beach house. Leaving Ryuichi in his place, he watched me as I walked into the house and towards the telephone. Weirdly, the answering machine was quickly blinking red. Pressing the button, I then heard a loud, "TATSUHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DOOOOKOOOO DESU KA?!!!!! Ryuichi is looking for you! And Yuki won't tell me what's going on so you'd BETTER pick up the damn phone and call me!!!!" Ryuichi laughed as he came in. "Shuichi-san." I nodded. Then the machine went 'BEEP'!
"Tatsuha!" A silence. Then, Shuichi's tone became dark as he said, "You'd better get to your father asap. He's going to die any minute now. That's what the doctor's said after you had disappeared. And Yuki won't say anything else to me. Where the hell are you?! Do I know you better than you know yourself?! I know you'd eventually go to the beach house, so where the hell are you?! Call me!!! Psst. Your brother's worried even though he doesn't want to admit it. Take care of yourself because I want you alive when I see you. I'll kill you later. Please take care." BEEEP!
I looked at Ryuichi with a perplexed face. I didn't even have to tell him anything as he just took my sleeve and pulled me towards the door. "We're going to Tsuki-san's. If you go to your father's again without a plan, you're going to really kill him."
I nodded as I gulped.
In silence, we locked up the house and rode on his motorcycle to Tsuki's home. I gripped my two arms around his waist and placed my head on his back as he recklessly rode without a helmet, but forced me to wear it instead.
I wonder how Tsuki is feeling. But it won't be long until I find it.
When we got there, I took off the black helmet and shook my head as we both reached the front gate. The house, well from behind the gate at least, look almost abandoned. Almost. There was light in her bedroom. We stood before the speaker.
"Yes, who is it?" Tsuki's voice asked through the intercom. I couldn't tell if she was nervous, mad, or confused at us visiting at such an odd hour of the day.
"It's me, Sakuma Ryuichi." But I could tell that even though he was trying his hardest, he wanted to gulp at saying that single line.
"Hai," she answered.
"I also found Tatsuha."
"Alright," she said as the gates beeped and we let ourselves in.
I lifted up my hand to knock on the door and I felt like I was carrying a thirty-five pound cast. I almost couldn't do it.
Click. Tsuki saved me the effort as she opened the door slowly. Then, she smiled as she pulled my hand to come inside. Then, she pulled on Ryuichi's.
I blinked as I closed the door. Why? Because she wouldn't let go of Ryuichi.
I facevaulted. "Tsuki!"
She sniffed. Mature as she was, when she was up against what she really loved, she just turned to complete mush. So there goes the independent woman that I admired all these years.
Ryuichi laughed.
"I'm holding _the_ Sakuma Ryuichi's hand!" she shouted in excitement like any fangirl. Only, this fangirl had a baby inside of her.
"Nice to meet you!" Ryuichi said as he looked at her, this short girl with a long baby blue nightgown on.
Then, they did what I had always thought she'd do if she ever met him: She begged for a kumagorou.
Ryuichi took a mini one from his pocket. He signed it and gave it to her. I slapped my hand on my forehead. What the hell was happening? This wasn't a time to be so friendly! Here I was thinking that Ryuichi would at least be more upset or Tsuki would be more mature about this.
They stopped their introductions as soon as they heard me slap my forehead in frustration. Their eyes turned to me and I looked at both of them. "Okay, let me get this straight because I'm confused. Your doctor said you were pregnant. He told my father. My father has been trying to contact you, but you've not visited him. He's tried to find me through my brother. You get a hold of Ryuichi and he gets his voice back because you told him the news. And now you guys are acting like good friends?"
Ryuichi's eyes averted themselves from me as he scratched his head. "Well, she is helping us." "But you were against this! And what about that in the beach house just earlier?" I countered as my voice went up a few notches in volume. Tsuki just looked at both us and took a bag of chips to eat from the table next to her. "Well, she pointed it out to me this way." He then pushed Tsuki forwards as she looked at me carefully. "You need an heir and." With a scary gleam in her eye, she smiled to say, "I get to bear the child of Sakuma Ryuichi's lover!!" "Geh. Anou." I couldn't believe what I was hearing. So yet again, I facevaulted.
Ryuichi shrugged as he turned into a chibi and made an imaginary circle on the floor with his index finger. "It was a good explanation, wasn't it?"
You. But then, he held a melancholic smile that only I could read. I knew his true thoughts. I knew he was trying his best not to make me unhappy. .even when I could see he a dying inside. and trying so hard not to show me.
I sighed inside as I looked back at Tsuki.
"So, it's not 'my childhood friend Tatsuha's kid'? It's Sakuma Ryuichi's lover's child???" I blinked at her incredulously. Tsuki nodded as Ryuichi did also, but with guilt.
"You're just like Shuichi." I pouted as I glared at her while shaking my head.
Then, I sighed as we all stood next to one another thinking about our next move.
"I feel like a pawn on a chess board," I commented while holding my chin in contemplation. "And I'm cornered from all sides." "We're your knights on that board," Tsuki seriously answered as she patted my arm. "We'll take care of you."
I looked up to see Ryuichi bowing his head in deep thought as his lips became a thin line. I couldn't tell if he was angry, but I almost shivered at seeing the death glare appearing on his face. He then said in a low tone, "How do we checkmate the king?"
Looking at me straight in the eye, I caught his glance as he whispered, "How do you make a chess player stop playing a game without killing them disgracefully?"
I shook my head as I answered, "I don't know."
Tsuki bowed her head as she honestly said what I didn't want to hear:
"Dekinai. You just can't."
to be continued. -- Author's note: Hello again! Did you miss me? I'm sorry that this took so so long to be updated and I feel really guilty about it, but I really had no time. School is really killing me so I had no time to do anything really. And, I got into a writer's block because I didn't know what to do and because of my writing classes, my confidence in my writing plummeted for a while.so, yeah. That's what happened. But I had time to reply to some e-mails and thank you for being patient. I'm a terrible replier because of my schedule, but thanks! And thank you for reading!!! Even though I can't thank you individually, please know that I really really do appreciate you for reading my humble works.