1 By: Amy Yu
On: May 29, 2002
2 Think Pink
Disclaimer: I do not own Gravitation or any of its characters. This fic is written for purposes of amusement only. I am not gaining any profits from this. Blah blah blah yadda yadda yadda...
Warnings: Shounen ai Eiri+Shuichi and angst.
Author's Note: This is the sequel to "Crossing the Line".
Here's the fic:
~*~*~*~
DING-DONG!!!
With a sigh, Hiro put the guitar in his hands down, leaving it leaning against his couch, to go answer the door. Unlocking it, he opened it in one smooth motion, not even bothering with the peephole to see who it is.
On the other side, stood Shuichi, smile on his face, but eyes unusually blank and unseeing.
"Aren't you supposed to be at the hospital with Eiri?" Hiro asked, well aware of Shuichi's faked smile. After so many years as his best friend, Hiro could easily sense anything the slightest bit different about his behaviour and this time, the change was so dramatic from his usual mood swings that alarms were set off inside Hiro's head. Something was wrong, very wrong and it definitely did not seem like something that he could fix with a few Pocky or a friendly chat.
Continuing the facade that he was fine even though he knew that Hiro saw right through his act, Shuichi forced his smile to widen a bit as he announced, "Yuki's fine. Tohma's taking care of him now."
Hiro backed away from the front door and allowed his long time best friend step into his apartment before closing the door and both went into the main room. Hiro made a quick excuse to go get some coffee for the two of them.
As Hiro was busy with the coffee machine in the kitchen, Shuichi dropped his false smile and looked around the room that he knew so well, almost better than his own room back at Eiri's apartment. That's right, all this time that they've been living together, Shuichi still thought of it as EIRI's apartment. No matter how much Eiri seemed to warm up to him sometimes, there was a barrier between them that could not be broken down by Shuichi. It's was a barrier that Eiri had put up to protect himself after all that had happened during his childhood and it was him that would have to break it down if their relationship was to have a future.
"Ha." Shuichi sarcastically laughed out loud, what future? It didn't matter anymore what happened between him and Eiri, there was no more 'them'. From now on, they would be two people who have nothing to do with each other aside from a tragic relationship that was not meant to be.
"Do you want any sugar or cream in your coffee?" Hiro called from the kitchen, as he was about to bring out the fresh hot brew.
Suddenly deciding that sitting in his friend's apartment thinking about his ex-lover was not something that he needed at the moment, Shuichi replied softly, "Actually, I should go now. There's something that I need to do. I'll see you around later." Before he went to the door and let himself out without even giving Hiro a chance to say good-bye.
Hiro finally emerged from the kitchen, sipping coffee from his own mug. "This is really bad. I've never seen him act that strangely before." He told the empty room.
Sitting down on the couch, Hiro placed his mug on the coffee table and picked up his guitar from where he had put it down when Shuichi showed up. He dug out a pick from the left pocket of his jeans and started slowly playing a few random Bad Luck tunes as he thought. 'I really hope that this doesn't have anything to do with Eiri, otherwise, Shuichi's going to be like this for a long time and that is something that I won't like. Eiri's put him through enough already, I will not allow him to hurt Shuichi any longer.'
Just as he finished his thought, he heard the doorbell ring. Then as he made his way to the door, the person started banging on the door frantically. Opening the door, Hiro saw who was on the other side and whispered, "Speak of the Devil." To himself as he stepped aside to let his visitor in.
Without bothering to even entering the apartment, Eiri pleaded to Hiro, "Have you seen Shuichi? Something happened and I really need to find him, please."
To say that Hiro was stunned was an understatement. Was this really Eiri Yuki pleading desperately at his door? It didn't seem right, but it was true.
Unknown to anyone other than Eiri himself, the past few hours have changed him tremendously. When in the past, he would have just shrugged off Shuichi's disappearance; he could not bear it now. His cold demeanor had disappeared when he had banished Yuki from his mind, what was left now was the real Eiri. One capable of showing the love that he felt for Shuichi and treating him the way that he deserved to be treated.
Hiro hesitated for a moment before he cautiously told Eiri, "Shuichi was just here." Not knowing what to make of Eiri's personality change.
Eiri muttered a quick thank you before racing off to hopefully catch up to Shuichi before he got too far. He would never be able to recover if he was to loose Shuichi.
Staring at Eiri's quickly retreating back, Hiro stood rooted to his spot. "I hope this will change their relationship for the better." He told no one in particular, "For both their sakes, I hope."
3 TBC
On: May 29, 2002
2 Think Pink
Disclaimer: I do not own Gravitation or any of its characters. This fic is written for purposes of amusement only. I am not gaining any profits from this. Blah blah blah yadda yadda yadda...
Warnings: Shounen ai Eiri+Shuichi and angst.
Author's Note: This is the sequel to "Crossing the Line".
Here's the fic:
~*~*~*~
DING-DONG!!!
With a sigh, Hiro put the guitar in his hands down, leaving it leaning against his couch, to go answer the door. Unlocking it, he opened it in one smooth motion, not even bothering with the peephole to see who it is.
On the other side, stood Shuichi, smile on his face, but eyes unusually blank and unseeing.
"Aren't you supposed to be at the hospital with Eiri?" Hiro asked, well aware of Shuichi's faked smile. After so many years as his best friend, Hiro could easily sense anything the slightest bit different about his behaviour and this time, the change was so dramatic from his usual mood swings that alarms were set off inside Hiro's head. Something was wrong, very wrong and it definitely did not seem like something that he could fix with a few Pocky or a friendly chat.
Continuing the facade that he was fine even though he knew that Hiro saw right through his act, Shuichi forced his smile to widen a bit as he announced, "Yuki's fine. Tohma's taking care of him now."
Hiro backed away from the front door and allowed his long time best friend step into his apartment before closing the door and both went into the main room. Hiro made a quick excuse to go get some coffee for the two of them.
As Hiro was busy with the coffee machine in the kitchen, Shuichi dropped his false smile and looked around the room that he knew so well, almost better than his own room back at Eiri's apartment. That's right, all this time that they've been living together, Shuichi still thought of it as EIRI's apartment. No matter how much Eiri seemed to warm up to him sometimes, there was a barrier between them that could not be broken down by Shuichi. It's was a barrier that Eiri had put up to protect himself after all that had happened during his childhood and it was him that would have to break it down if their relationship was to have a future.
"Ha." Shuichi sarcastically laughed out loud, what future? It didn't matter anymore what happened between him and Eiri, there was no more 'them'. From now on, they would be two people who have nothing to do with each other aside from a tragic relationship that was not meant to be.
"Do you want any sugar or cream in your coffee?" Hiro called from the kitchen, as he was about to bring out the fresh hot brew.
Suddenly deciding that sitting in his friend's apartment thinking about his ex-lover was not something that he needed at the moment, Shuichi replied softly, "Actually, I should go now. There's something that I need to do. I'll see you around later." Before he went to the door and let himself out without even giving Hiro a chance to say good-bye.
Hiro finally emerged from the kitchen, sipping coffee from his own mug. "This is really bad. I've never seen him act that strangely before." He told the empty room.
Sitting down on the couch, Hiro placed his mug on the coffee table and picked up his guitar from where he had put it down when Shuichi showed up. He dug out a pick from the left pocket of his jeans and started slowly playing a few random Bad Luck tunes as he thought. 'I really hope that this doesn't have anything to do with Eiri, otherwise, Shuichi's going to be like this for a long time and that is something that I won't like. Eiri's put him through enough already, I will not allow him to hurt Shuichi any longer.'
Just as he finished his thought, he heard the doorbell ring. Then as he made his way to the door, the person started banging on the door frantically. Opening the door, Hiro saw who was on the other side and whispered, "Speak of the Devil." To himself as he stepped aside to let his visitor in.
Without bothering to even entering the apartment, Eiri pleaded to Hiro, "Have you seen Shuichi? Something happened and I really need to find him, please."
To say that Hiro was stunned was an understatement. Was this really Eiri Yuki pleading desperately at his door? It didn't seem right, but it was true.
Unknown to anyone other than Eiri himself, the past few hours have changed him tremendously. When in the past, he would have just shrugged off Shuichi's disappearance; he could not bear it now. His cold demeanor had disappeared when he had banished Yuki from his mind, what was left now was the real Eiri. One capable of showing the love that he felt for Shuichi and treating him the way that he deserved to be treated.
Hiro hesitated for a moment before he cautiously told Eiri, "Shuichi was just here." Not knowing what to make of Eiri's personality change.
Eiri muttered a quick thank you before racing off to hopefully catch up to Shuichi before he got too far. He would never be able to recover if he was to loose Shuichi.
Staring at Eiri's quickly retreating back, Hiro stood rooted to his spot. "I hope this will change their relationship for the better." He told no one in particular, "For both their sakes, I hope."
3 TBC