Hi people! So here is Chapter 10. Oh, btw, I didn't know that I had the
"signed reviews only" on my story (I didn't even know it existed) so I
changed that and now everyone can review!! Anyhoo, The story thus far is
that Sakano has gone to his sister's, Shuichi is in the hospital, K has a
thirst for Tohma's blood and Tohma is being the pimp daddy that he always
has been. A lot of the reviews recently have been telling me to bring
Sakano back (I didn't know ya'll liked him that much) so okay, I will
conform to the reviews and bring him back (j/k, I was gonna bring him back
anyway) Back into the story that is. Whether or not he goes back to K
depends on what kind of mood I'm in. Hehehehe, have fun.
Chapter 10: Freedom Of The Press
"Sakano," his pretty sister said, knocking on the guest room door, "Are you awake? I'm starting to get worried..."
She had every right to be worried about him. Her brother had showed up on her doorstep in the dead of the night with nothing but a plastic bag with a few garments in it and his briefcase, mumbling something about the letter K and his bad luck. He went straight to the guest room and locked himself in and hadn't come out for two days. She knew he was alive due to the sporadic sobs coming from the confines of the room. How much longer he would be alive was unknown to her. He wasn't eating or drinking and the depression that she could sense from his face that night was enough to drive anyone to hurt themselves.
"Sakano," she knocked again, placing her hand against the door, "Please talk to me. I don't know why you're so sad but-"
She smiled when her brother opened the door. He was dressed in simple sweat pants and a T-shirt, simple only to her. To him, they were the only thing that he had left of his relationship with K and he would take anything he could get. His glasses were crooked, hiding reddened eyes. He looked thin and pale and ill, but he was her brother and he always looked beautiful to her.
Tears began to stream down his face, making Yuriko place her hands to her face. She walked up to him and embraced his shaking body. She held him in her arms for a few minutes, stroking his dark hair, consoling him in the only way she could. They didn't speak often, only at family gatherings. Sometimes she would call him, but he was always too busy to talk. And now here he was, broken and torn...and she had no idea why.
She let him go and she smiled at him, "Let's go talk, okay?" He nodded and followed her to the living room. Her house was a very quaint, nicely furnished little place. She earned all by herself. She designed characters for video games. He knew she would be an artist ever since they were little. He and her were two completely opposite people, but when he needed to talk to someone, she was the only one who would understand. He sat on her couch, trying to stifle his sobs long enough to tell her his story. She held his hands and he looked into her eyes.
"I have a lot to tell you, Yuriko..."
* * *
"I'm going to kill him, you know," K said, arching his head back to stare at the starch white ceiling of the hospital. His back hurt and his heart was broken and his trust was shattered. He was in more need of that hospital bed then half of the people in that place. "Once Shuichi gets better, I'm going to kill him."
Yuki cocked an eyebrow, looking at Mr. K. He was so calm about every that had happened. Not just between him and Sakano and Tohma, but about everything. He was calm about Bad Luck's dismissal from NG Studios and he was calm about leaving his wife. Even when he said that he was going to kill Tohma Seguchi; he was calm. Yuki was jealous. Normally, he was the calm and collected one. Shuichi still hadn't woken from his attack yet. Yuki didn't want to admit it, but he couldn't imagine living life without the annoyance in his life. He was silently begging for Shuichi to wake up and to be okay. No one could tell from his demeanor though. Taking another look at K, he finally understood. K was a lot like him in a way. He loved Sakano and now that he was gone, he felt as though he had nothing to live for. Certainly, that wasn't true. K would bounce back; he always did.
"Yuki," K said, his voice cold and empty, "Wonder if Shuichi never wakes up? What would you do?"
Yuki felt a lump in his throat. He would never dream of crying in front of K. He had made that mistake in front of Shuichi and now the boy wouldn't let him live it down. He would just have to bite his bottom lip and tough it out, "I have no idea. I can't think about it."
"Would you kill Tohma Seguchi? Would you blame yourself? Would you find someone else?" K looked at Yuki, his sad blue eyes meeting Yuki's golden ones, "Could you find someone else?"
Yuki, no matter how cold he was, couldn't hide from the extreme sadness in K's eyes. The man was empty without Sakano in his life. The two of them truly were an amazing couple. They were so different from each other, but it worked for them. So K had a wife, many people have had wives and left them for the person that they really loved. Yuki himself left his fiancé for Shuichi. Maybe Shuichi and Sakuma were right? Maybe Sakano and K's relationship was worth saving. Maybe Sakano acted too fast and too selfishly? Who knew? The fact was that K need Sakano just as much as Sakano needed him and their being apart was doing no good for anyone.
"Sakano isn't dead, Mr. K," Yuki said, "He just needs some time to think and to sort out his feelings. He'll be back. Once he gets his thoughts together, he'll be back."
K nodded, smiling and closing his eyes. Sakano was the man who couldn't take a day off work. He was the man who, even after a night of paperwork or making love, would rise at the crack of dawn to do what he did best. Produce. Tohma Seguchi, no matter how K hated to admit it, was right. Bad Luck was nothing without Sakano. He was truly happy for the first time in days. Sakano would be back, Tohma Seguchi would die and things would work out. They had to.
* * *
"So wait a sec," Yuriko said, rubbing her face, trying to take in Sakano's entire story, "You're gay?" He spit out the tea he had been drinking, coughing a little, "When did that happen?"
"I TOLD YOU WHEN IT HAPPENED!!" He yelled, blushing so hard that it looked painful, "But that isn't the point! Who cares who I love, right? I mean does it matter? I can't help but love him, Yuriko! I don't want to love him anymore. I'm tired of loving him and I'm tired of hurting like this. I want to move on, but I am stuck in the past, I'm stuck on him. He...He was the only person that I had and now he's gone." Sakano felt the tears well in his eyes again and he rested his shoulder on his sister's and she stroked his head again.
"You'll always have me," she said as he laughed a little.
"I know," he looked up at her, "Yuriko, is it supposed to hurt like this? Is it supposed to be this hard?"
"No, sweetie, it's not. I think you did the right thing by leaving for a while. Everyone was worried about you. You were always so stressed out all the time and you were always talking on the phone to your boss and your other people. Maybe it's time you just relaxed and took some time to yourself?" She hit him with a pillow, "Let's go get some breakfast. You've been locked in that room for two days. You need to get out and experience single life again!"
He stood and walked towards the room in which he was staying, "I've been single for twenty nine years...I have had all the experience I need..."
* * *
Tohma Seguchi sat in his office, waiting for his band mates to arrive. They had a press conference that day. The main topic: Nittle Grasper's return. The topic everyone wanted to hear: The Reason why Bad Luck was no longer employed by Nittle Grasper Studios. He should tell them the truth; that Shuichi stuck his nose in his business and now he was laying in a hospital bed all beaten and broken. It was common knowledge, you didn't mess with Tohma Seguchi.
He tangled his fingers together, not moving as Noriko opened the door. She looked absolutely ravishing in the dress she wore. He smiled at her, but she did not return his friendly gesture, "Konnichiwa Noriko. You look beautiful." He frowned, noticing that Sakuma was not with her, "Where is Sakuma?"
"I have no idea. He never went home last night. In fact, he never even showed up at the hospital. He was quite upset last night. Tohma, how stupid are you?" He blinked as she placed her hands on his desk, "It is one thing to strip Bad Luck from the label. It's your label, you have that right, but to beat him the way you did..." she turned away from him, "Wonder if he dies, Tohma? You'll go to prison! You'll-"
"I'll be fine, Noriko," Seguchi remained as collected as always, "Shindou- kun will be fine. And he won't say a word. Taki didn't say a word, did he? They know what will happen if they talk. Anyway, we can't worry about that right now. We need to locate Sakuma. Did he even know that we were meeting today?"
As if on cue, Sakuma Ryuichi barreled through the door, out of breath. He was wearing the same outfit from the night before; his hair was messy and he had a certain glow about him. Seguchi stood and buttoned his jacket, "Konnichiwa Sakuma," he said, giving his friend a cheery smile and then he took the time to look him up and down, "Where were you last night?"
"Yeah, I called your penthouse three or four times to see if you were okay," Noriko said, placing her hands on her hips.
"OH! I was over at Yuki Eiri's house. I was playing with his brother," he said, blushing a little. Seguchi laughed as Noriko erupted in anger.
"WHAT KIND OF PLAYING?!" She screamed at him making him smile even bigger. Tohma took this opportunity to leave the room and hunt for something clean for Sakuma to wear.
"You know. The kind of playing Shuichi and Yuki do. It was fun, Noriko! It was d-"
She erupted once again, screaming her head off at him. She was married and she had a child, but she still loved Sakuma. Not as a lover, but as a friend. She didn't want him to get hurt in anyway. She needed to watch out for him. If she didn't who else would? Tohma walked back in with an outfit from Sakuma's wardrobe.
"Leave him alone, Noriko," Tohma said, handing him the outfit, "He was just play, that's all. No harm done. In fact, it is good for him, I think. Sakuma, get changed. We have a press conference to attend."
Sakuma, having forgotten about Tohma's malicious attack on his friend, simply nodded and grinned, excited about how blue the sky was and how great life was.
"HAI TOHMA!!"
YAY!! Chapter 10 is done. This chapter was actually twice as long but I decided to split it up into two chapters. It looked a lot shorter when I was writing it in my notebook. So, you will all get the second part of this chapter next time. I hope you liked this one and please review. Sorry again all you anonymous reviewers, please don't hate me too much. Ciao all!!
Chapter 10: Freedom Of The Press
"Sakano," his pretty sister said, knocking on the guest room door, "Are you awake? I'm starting to get worried..."
She had every right to be worried about him. Her brother had showed up on her doorstep in the dead of the night with nothing but a plastic bag with a few garments in it and his briefcase, mumbling something about the letter K and his bad luck. He went straight to the guest room and locked himself in and hadn't come out for two days. She knew he was alive due to the sporadic sobs coming from the confines of the room. How much longer he would be alive was unknown to her. He wasn't eating or drinking and the depression that she could sense from his face that night was enough to drive anyone to hurt themselves.
"Sakano," she knocked again, placing her hand against the door, "Please talk to me. I don't know why you're so sad but-"
She smiled when her brother opened the door. He was dressed in simple sweat pants and a T-shirt, simple only to her. To him, they were the only thing that he had left of his relationship with K and he would take anything he could get. His glasses were crooked, hiding reddened eyes. He looked thin and pale and ill, but he was her brother and he always looked beautiful to her.
Tears began to stream down his face, making Yuriko place her hands to her face. She walked up to him and embraced his shaking body. She held him in her arms for a few minutes, stroking his dark hair, consoling him in the only way she could. They didn't speak often, only at family gatherings. Sometimes she would call him, but he was always too busy to talk. And now here he was, broken and torn...and she had no idea why.
She let him go and she smiled at him, "Let's go talk, okay?" He nodded and followed her to the living room. Her house was a very quaint, nicely furnished little place. She earned all by herself. She designed characters for video games. He knew she would be an artist ever since they were little. He and her were two completely opposite people, but when he needed to talk to someone, she was the only one who would understand. He sat on her couch, trying to stifle his sobs long enough to tell her his story. She held his hands and he looked into her eyes.
"I have a lot to tell you, Yuriko..."
* * *
"I'm going to kill him, you know," K said, arching his head back to stare at the starch white ceiling of the hospital. His back hurt and his heart was broken and his trust was shattered. He was in more need of that hospital bed then half of the people in that place. "Once Shuichi gets better, I'm going to kill him."
Yuki cocked an eyebrow, looking at Mr. K. He was so calm about every that had happened. Not just between him and Sakano and Tohma, but about everything. He was calm about Bad Luck's dismissal from NG Studios and he was calm about leaving his wife. Even when he said that he was going to kill Tohma Seguchi; he was calm. Yuki was jealous. Normally, he was the calm and collected one. Shuichi still hadn't woken from his attack yet. Yuki didn't want to admit it, but he couldn't imagine living life without the annoyance in his life. He was silently begging for Shuichi to wake up and to be okay. No one could tell from his demeanor though. Taking another look at K, he finally understood. K was a lot like him in a way. He loved Sakano and now that he was gone, he felt as though he had nothing to live for. Certainly, that wasn't true. K would bounce back; he always did.
"Yuki," K said, his voice cold and empty, "Wonder if Shuichi never wakes up? What would you do?"
Yuki felt a lump in his throat. He would never dream of crying in front of K. He had made that mistake in front of Shuichi and now the boy wouldn't let him live it down. He would just have to bite his bottom lip and tough it out, "I have no idea. I can't think about it."
"Would you kill Tohma Seguchi? Would you blame yourself? Would you find someone else?" K looked at Yuki, his sad blue eyes meeting Yuki's golden ones, "Could you find someone else?"
Yuki, no matter how cold he was, couldn't hide from the extreme sadness in K's eyes. The man was empty without Sakano in his life. The two of them truly were an amazing couple. They were so different from each other, but it worked for them. So K had a wife, many people have had wives and left them for the person that they really loved. Yuki himself left his fiancé for Shuichi. Maybe Shuichi and Sakuma were right? Maybe Sakano and K's relationship was worth saving. Maybe Sakano acted too fast and too selfishly? Who knew? The fact was that K need Sakano just as much as Sakano needed him and their being apart was doing no good for anyone.
"Sakano isn't dead, Mr. K," Yuki said, "He just needs some time to think and to sort out his feelings. He'll be back. Once he gets his thoughts together, he'll be back."
K nodded, smiling and closing his eyes. Sakano was the man who couldn't take a day off work. He was the man who, even after a night of paperwork or making love, would rise at the crack of dawn to do what he did best. Produce. Tohma Seguchi, no matter how K hated to admit it, was right. Bad Luck was nothing without Sakano. He was truly happy for the first time in days. Sakano would be back, Tohma Seguchi would die and things would work out. They had to.
* * *
"So wait a sec," Yuriko said, rubbing her face, trying to take in Sakano's entire story, "You're gay?" He spit out the tea he had been drinking, coughing a little, "When did that happen?"
"I TOLD YOU WHEN IT HAPPENED!!" He yelled, blushing so hard that it looked painful, "But that isn't the point! Who cares who I love, right? I mean does it matter? I can't help but love him, Yuriko! I don't want to love him anymore. I'm tired of loving him and I'm tired of hurting like this. I want to move on, but I am stuck in the past, I'm stuck on him. He...He was the only person that I had and now he's gone." Sakano felt the tears well in his eyes again and he rested his shoulder on his sister's and she stroked his head again.
"You'll always have me," she said as he laughed a little.
"I know," he looked up at her, "Yuriko, is it supposed to hurt like this? Is it supposed to be this hard?"
"No, sweetie, it's not. I think you did the right thing by leaving for a while. Everyone was worried about you. You were always so stressed out all the time and you were always talking on the phone to your boss and your other people. Maybe it's time you just relaxed and took some time to yourself?" She hit him with a pillow, "Let's go get some breakfast. You've been locked in that room for two days. You need to get out and experience single life again!"
He stood and walked towards the room in which he was staying, "I've been single for twenty nine years...I have had all the experience I need..."
* * *
Tohma Seguchi sat in his office, waiting for his band mates to arrive. They had a press conference that day. The main topic: Nittle Grasper's return. The topic everyone wanted to hear: The Reason why Bad Luck was no longer employed by Nittle Grasper Studios. He should tell them the truth; that Shuichi stuck his nose in his business and now he was laying in a hospital bed all beaten and broken. It was common knowledge, you didn't mess with Tohma Seguchi.
He tangled his fingers together, not moving as Noriko opened the door. She looked absolutely ravishing in the dress she wore. He smiled at her, but she did not return his friendly gesture, "Konnichiwa Noriko. You look beautiful." He frowned, noticing that Sakuma was not with her, "Where is Sakuma?"
"I have no idea. He never went home last night. In fact, he never even showed up at the hospital. He was quite upset last night. Tohma, how stupid are you?" He blinked as she placed her hands on his desk, "It is one thing to strip Bad Luck from the label. It's your label, you have that right, but to beat him the way you did..." she turned away from him, "Wonder if he dies, Tohma? You'll go to prison! You'll-"
"I'll be fine, Noriko," Seguchi remained as collected as always, "Shindou- kun will be fine. And he won't say a word. Taki didn't say a word, did he? They know what will happen if they talk. Anyway, we can't worry about that right now. We need to locate Sakuma. Did he even know that we were meeting today?"
As if on cue, Sakuma Ryuichi barreled through the door, out of breath. He was wearing the same outfit from the night before; his hair was messy and he had a certain glow about him. Seguchi stood and buttoned his jacket, "Konnichiwa Sakuma," he said, giving his friend a cheery smile and then he took the time to look him up and down, "Where were you last night?"
"Yeah, I called your penthouse three or four times to see if you were okay," Noriko said, placing her hands on her hips.
"OH! I was over at Yuki Eiri's house. I was playing with his brother," he said, blushing a little. Seguchi laughed as Noriko erupted in anger.
"WHAT KIND OF PLAYING?!" She screamed at him making him smile even bigger. Tohma took this opportunity to leave the room and hunt for something clean for Sakuma to wear.
"You know. The kind of playing Shuichi and Yuki do. It was fun, Noriko! It was d-"
She erupted once again, screaming her head off at him. She was married and she had a child, but she still loved Sakuma. Not as a lover, but as a friend. She didn't want him to get hurt in anyway. She needed to watch out for him. If she didn't who else would? Tohma walked back in with an outfit from Sakuma's wardrobe.
"Leave him alone, Noriko," Tohma said, handing him the outfit, "He was just play, that's all. No harm done. In fact, it is good for him, I think. Sakuma, get changed. We have a press conference to attend."
Sakuma, having forgotten about Tohma's malicious attack on his friend, simply nodded and grinned, excited about how blue the sky was and how great life was.
"HAI TOHMA!!"
YAY!! Chapter 10 is done. This chapter was actually twice as long but I decided to split it up into two chapters. It looked a lot shorter when I was writing it in my notebook. So, you will all get the second part of this chapter next time. I hope you liked this one and please review. Sorry again all you anonymous reviewers, please don't hate me too much. Ciao all!!