Disclaimers: Gravitation doesn't belong to me, and seeing as no one wants to give me the rights for Christmas, it never will be mine.

Notes: There is a BAD lemon starting this chapter, I was writing it for practice. If you want to read it, you can e-mail me at ChibiChibiAkane5@aol.com or I'll EVENTUALLY get around to posting it on my live journal at http://www.livejournal.com/users/psychogurlie

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~*The Bible of Kumagoro—Getting Closer to Your God*~

            I made my way out of the bathroom carefully; tossing the brush I'd been using behind me and hearing it clank against the sink. Perfect. I'd spent longer than usual in there today, having bothered to dry my hair as well. I didn't like sleeping with my hair wet, and I knew either way Shuichi would be asleep when I returned. I'd also dug through the laundry and found a decent pair of pants I could sleep in so I wouldn't have to bother with finding something later.

            Walking over to the couch I sat down next to his peacefully sleeping form, buried under the skimpy little thing he calls a blanket. I would have thrown the damn thing out and given him another one, but I was sure he wasn't keeping something that was barely useful around for no reason. Or maybe he was, but I wasn't going to ask him about it. I was curious, yes, but there was no way I was going to let Shuichi know that I wondered about him and his habits when I was bored.

            I sighed and reached over to tuck a piece of hair behind his ear, moving it out of way of his face. He was curled up on his side and smiling happily in his sleep, hands curled near his cheek, a small corner of his blanket curled in one of them.

            I continued to stroke his hair slowly as I sat next to him, enjoying the feel of it between and against my fingers. His hair was always so soft. Even when he was sick, although not nearly as much as when he was healthy. A small sticky-note on the table caught my attention as I continued to stroke his hair, and I peeled it off easily.

            ~Hey Yuki! You took FOREVER in there so I just went to sleep. I really did try to wait for you, but I couldn't make it. Oh well, that's okay, I guess. I don't mind, since that was REALLY great! You're so wonderful; sometimes I wonder why you put up with me. Oh yeah! I beat Tetris while I was waiting for you! I'm not kidding, either. Why don't you try it, it's fun? Well, anyway, night Yuki! Love you (But you already knew that)!~

            I couldn't help but smile as I crumpled the little note up and set it back on the table. He really was sweet; I couldn't understand why he stayed around me. He could have so many better lovers than myself, people who showed them how much they cared. And he thought he was the lucky one of us.

            I leaned over and kissed his forehead softly, moving my hand to caress his cheek. "I'm sorry I can't do anything more for you," I whispered softly as I stood up, staring down at him. He was even more beautiful when he was asleep. He always looked so peaceful and content, and the light filtering in through the window was making his hair and skin look even softer.

            I bent over and picked him up carefully, not wanting to wake him up. He moved a little bit when I first picked him up, but other than that he was still as I carried him into my bedroom. If he'd ask if he could sleep with me, I'd say yes, but I wasn't going to suggest it. I couldn't let him see that side of me. The side of me that needed him so much I was willing to do anything for him.

            After a little bit of trouble I finally got him covered and on the bed, and I crawled over from the other side of the bed to look at him, to make sure I hadn't disturbed him. Nope, he was still sound asleep, but this time he was lying on his back, arms hidden underneath the covers.

            I leaned over and pressed a million and two kisses to his soft skin gently, over his eyes, forehead, cheeks, mouth, and hair. He shifted a bit after I was finished, mouth opening slightly to mutter my name as he turned back onto his side, facing me. I allowed him another smile and a kiss to his forehead before I slid off the bed and left the room, shutting the door softly behind me. Sure, I wanted to stay in there with him, but I wasn't tired enough to go to sleep, and there were still some things I figured I could get done before I went to bed.

            First, I picked our clothes up from where they'd been discarded, shifting through the pockets for anything left there and dropping it on a clean corner of the table. Shuichi knew the check there for his things. I shoved my own things into my pockets before I took the pile and moved it to the bathroom, dropping it into the corner we used for dirty clothes. Next I picked up the little note he left me and discarded it in the trash. There was no need for me to keep it around.

            After that was done I sat down on the couch and just watched the going-ons outside the window. True, it was nothing more than your ordinary night sky, but it was nice to look at every once in a while. I remember playing around with my family when I was little. Mika would always tell me and Tatsuha all about the constellations and the stories behind them, and she'd always be sure to show us our star sign when it came around, pointing it out in the sky for us and telling us what it symbolized.

            It wasn't long at all before I got bored of staring at the sky and missing my past. There were times I wish I could be so close to my family again, but I wasn't going to think about that and let it get to me right now. Somehow, curiosity got the best of me and I picked up the little machine Shuichi'd been playing earlier, examining it. It was a sheer purple, and fairly light, with the game sticking up out of the back. Flipping on the light I decided I might as well give it a try. After all, it couldn't be THAT hard if Shuichi could beat it. However, the first challenge was to find the 'on' switch, which was located conveniently UNDER the game.

            I decided to start right away on the highest level, just to see what I could do. It wasn't long before I died. How the hell did Shuichi do this sort of thing? It wasn't as easy as I'd been expecting.

            "Wow, I didn't think you'd actually play it." I jumped as I heard Shuichi's voice from in front of me and nearly dropped the game. I didn't though, which was probably a good thing. Shuichi was standing in front of me and smiling happily, wearing a simple pair of jeans and a button up shirt, but he hadn't bothered to button it.

            "Neither did I," I answered honestly, handing the game back to him. He smiled and took it, crawling onto my lap and sitting down, leaning his head against my shoulder. "Comfortable brat?" I asked as he sighed softly, free hand curling up against my chest.

            "Very much so." We sat like that for a while. I held him softly to me and listened to him breath, the only noise in the entire house. I was almost positive he was asleep when he sighed again and sat back up, leaning forward to kiss me softly. "Why'd you leave me in there alone?"

            "I didn't feel like sleeping. Is that alright with you?" He smiled slightly and nodded; taking a look at the game he was holding in his hands, blinking a couple times.

            "I would have figured you'd beat me at this. Man, you're really not good at this game, are you?" he inquired, looking very confused. I glared at him and he smiled brightly, turning around and sitting down again. I sighed and spread my legs so he could sit down on the actual couch, and he did, leaning his head back to rest on my chest. He loved it when I let him sit with me, sleep with me, whatever. I didn't understand it. I didn't find anything special in sitting close to someone else, but Shuichi was different than I was, so I guess I shouldn't really have expected to understand it.

            He was playing for quite a while, and I watched him over his shoulder. He was just pressing at a stupid little button and the little arrow things, and made it look so simple. He finally lost at around 160 lines, and he dropped the game into his lap as the little spaceship took off on the screen.

            "I told you I could beat it," he bragged, stretching himself to kiss my cheek. "Admit it, I can do SOME things right, and I'm not all THAT stupid." I picked the game up from where it was sitting and typed in his name for him before dropping it back into his lap. He immediately picked it up and checked the screen, and I smiled satisfactorily to myself as he turned and glared at me.

            "I am not an idiot!"  A couple precious seconds of silence passed before Shuichi pouted and added an "I'm not THAT much of an idiot, then." I allowed him a tiny smile before I leaned over and kissed his cheek softly.

            "That's better. You're not that much of an idiot, okay?" Shuichi seemed confused for a couple seconds before nodding happily, turning off his game and setting it on the table next to his things. "Want to go off to bed?" I asked as he turned back around and leaned his head back on my chest, closing his eyes. He nodded slowly and I squeezed myself out from between him and the couch as gracefully as on could manage. He lied back down on the couch and pulled his blanket back over him as soon as I was off of it.

            He screamed in surprise as I picked him up from the couch, smiling up at me happily after he'd calmed down a little. I don't think he was expecting that. "I didn't drag you all the way in here so you could sleep on the couch, brat." I felt his arms wrap around my neck as I kicked open the door with my foot, and I dropped him onto the bed harshly.  I wasn't going to play into his little fantasy so easily; I was still a living, breathing person with a sense of PRIDE, dammit! He didn't seem too happy with that end of the deal.

            "Yuki!" He immediately attached himself as best he could to my arm as I lied down, burying my face in the pillow and trying to ignore him. I heard Shuichi grunt in frustration as he hit my arm after a while, letting go of me and giving in. He should have known I wasn't going to pamper him if he demanded it. I smiled into the pillow and reached an arm over to wrap around his waist, pulling him as close to me as I could manage.

            I felt his hand on mine almost immediately, and his other hand was resting next to my face, I could feel a couple strands of hair move under the weight. I moved an arm up to rest my head on as I slept, but before trying to sleep I glanced over at him. He was looking over at me and smiling, running his fingers back and forth over my hand as his other hand played with a small strand of my hair. I sighed and closed my eyes, trying to go to sleep. I knew it was going to take me a while, it always did, but that was fine by me. I wasn't in a rush to go to sleep anyway.

            It couldn't have been a half hour after first trying to fall asleep when I felt Shuichi unwrap my hand from around his waist, and take it between both hands. "This is nice and all, but I know you're not going to get any sleep like this. Night Yuki," he whispered softly, pressing a kiss to my fingers and making a move to leave. However, I tightened my hand around one of his and he stopped immediately, I could feel him shift on the bed.

            "Stay," I ordered, pulling on his arm to make him lay back down, keeping his hand in mine. I didn't want him leaving me. True, I didn't sleep much when he was around, he tried to hard to not make me uncomfortable that he just ended up moving too much, but I was fine with that. I didn't have the most peaceful night's rest when he wasn't there, and when he was with me at least the sleep I got was good.

            "Okay," he offered softly, lying back down a little ways away from me and clasping my hand between his. "I wish we could do this every day, but then it wouldn't be so special," he whispered softly, kissing my fingers again, and I cracked an eye open to stare at him. He was smiling softly, keeping my hand close to his face as he lay there, a few strands of his hair brushing against the back of my fingers. I could feel his breath against the back of them. He closed his eyes and I watched him. I loved watching him sleep, but as soon as I was too tired to stay up and watch him I tightened my hold on his hand a little bit and closed my eyes as well. I never wanted to be separated from him. If only he knew that.

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YAY! All right, now we can get back to Tatsuha and Ryuichi! ^_^ I'm still contemplating ideas for how to do chapter 8, so it might be a while. Then again, it might not. It all depends. I don't want to beg for reviews, but I will anyway, because they make me feel good and write faster. So, PLEASE review, it'd make me so very very happy and it might mean no angst for a while (There's always angst somewhere).