Disclaimers: Gravitation still doesn't belong to me. I only wish it did…
Notes: Back to Tatsuha and Ryuichi!
~*The Bible of Kumagoro—Getting Closer To Your God*~
I sighed as I drug myself out of bed slowly (It had been my turn to sleep on the bed, since we rotated ourselves from bed and mattress every day, that way it would be fair). Today was the last day I got to stay with Ryuichi. True enough, it wasn't like I was going far away forever and ever, but I liked staying with him. I know Mika, Tatsuha, Yuki, and my father wouldn't approve of me staying with him any longer than this.
I smiled happily at the thought of all the fun things I could do with Ryuichi for my last day there, opening the door quietly and peering around to watch Ryuichi for a while. He was playing with Kumagoro happily, humming a little song and occasionally asking him questions. I couldn't hear him, he was whispering them to him, but his face showed that he was asking him something. My adorable little Ryuichi, he always made the cutest face when he was confused.
"Shh! Kumagoro, I think we're being watched na no da!" Ryuichi whispered loudly, pressing a finger to his lips to motion for Kumagoro to stay quiet as he turned to smile at me happily, finger still pressed against his lips firmly. "Morning Tatsuha!" he cheered happily after a little bit of staring at one another and hoping the other would crack and laugh. It was a normal game for us to play when we were bored or tired.
"Morning Ryuichi." He jumped up almost immediately, hand still clutching at Kumagoro, and ran over to me, smiling up at me happily.
"Whatcha wanna do?" he asked cheerily. "I promised Shuichi I'd meet him at the arcade later this afternoon, you're going to come with me, right na no ka?" I nodded and he twirled happily. "Goodie!"
"Did you have anything else planned?" I asked, stopping him in his twirling around the room, grabbing his shoulders. He smiled up at me and closed an eye happily, holding up a finger.
"Want me to cook breakfast, and then we can go and eat all the dessert the restaurant has to offer na no da. We can always go back with Shuichi afterwards, too!" I smiled and nodded, letting go of him. He bounced off towards the kitchen happily, swinging Kumagoro as he did so.
"So, whatcha gonna make?" I asked, following him into the kitchen. Ryuichi turned around suddenly and pressed tiny hands to my chest, pushing me pack outside the kitchen. Kind of funny, he was so much older than me yet sometimes I caught myself referring to him as if I was the older of us.
"Stay outside and let me cook! I want it to be a SURPRISE!" he cheered happily, setting Kumagoro on the table to keep watch as he turned around and went to gathering things. I glared at Kumagoro for a while before attempting once again to enter. Ryuichi immediately ran over to the table, picked up Kumagoro, and threw him at me. "No! I want it to be a surprise na no da!" He once again pushed me outside and picked up Kumagoro, setting him back on the table.
Every time I tried to enter the kitchen Ryuichi would throw Kumagoro at me, run over and pick him up, and tell me to sit back down. I did as I was told after a while. It didn't take me long to get bored with that game. Besides, I think I was starting to make him upset. He looked like he was going to cry the last time and I had to apologize. I kissed his forehead for good measure, too. He seemed okay after that, but told me to wait outside.
Therefore, I was stuck waiting outside and watching more of his Nittle Grasper tapes, as was to be expected of me. I should have watched the family videos (it wasn't like I hadn't already seen them, he let me watch them last week after we got together) but I hadn't felt like digging through the tapes. I just watched what was already in there.
"Tatsuha! I'm done na no da!" I sighed and turned off the video I was watching, getting up. "Come on! You slept in so we aren't going to get all the desserts we want na no da! I still want some, though!" I smiled as he pulled me into the kitchen. He hadn't made anything extremely remarkable, but it was enough.
I hugged him shortly and kissed the top of his head. "Thanks." He smiled and nodded, blushing a little bit. It was all sorts of American food, I suppose. I'd had most of it, but there were a few things I'd never tried before. All in all, it was great, and Ryuichi continued on and on about nothing the entire time, keeping me entertained. I was going to miss it when I was back home, but that was something to think about later, not now.
"Come on! The waitress's will want to see you today, too na no da!" he cheered as he grabbed our finished plates, practically dropping them into the sink and running water over them. I smiled to myself and picked up Kumagoro as we waited. Ryuichi didn't even bother to tell me when he was ready, just grabbed my arm and started walking, startling me. I almost fell over but I somehow managed to keep my balance.
"Tatsuha-san!" Almost immediately upon entering the restaurant doors I found three of the waitresses attached to me, hugging me tightly. "We're going to miss you!"
"Yeah! You'd better drop by every once in a while, even if you AREN'T going to be staying with Ryuichi!" I laughed softly and agreed to all of their demands, and they seemed happy enough.
We both had as much dessert as possible without getting sick, and Ryuichi kept on checking the time every couple minutes. It was cute, how much he seemed to want time to speed up for him. We were only there for around 15 minutes, but Ryuichi made it seem like he'd been sitting around for an hour or so. It probably seemed like it to him, since he was keeping near EXACT track of the time. So, we made our way to the arcade as quickly as we humanly could.
Upon our arrival at the arcade I couldn't keep myself from laughing at the scene I found awaiting us. Shuichi was trying, unsuccessfully, to drag my brother into the arcade. From the look on his face, I'm sure Shuichi didn't tell him where they were headed when they left the house that morning. I'm sure he wouldn't have been able to get him there if he would have.
"Yuki! Come on! Ah! Tatsuha! Help me convince your brother to come inside! It isn't EVIL or anything!" Shuichi pleaded as he caught sight of Ryuichi and me. Ryuichi immediately ran over to his side and tried to help him convince Eiri to come inside for Shuichi.
"Come on, it's not like it will kill you to go in there," I tried halfheartedly as I walked up next to him, poking him in the shoulder. He looked over and glared at me as well. I smiled, used to this game already. "Come on, do it for Shuichi. I'm sure it'll make him happy. Right?" Shuichi nodded happily and Eiri looked from me to Shuichi to me to Shuichi for a while.
"Helping the brat. Figures. All right, I'll go in there with you, but not for any longer than ten minutes. The very SECOND you go over I'm OUT!" Shuichi smiled and nodded happily, pulling him inside with him. Ryuichi smiled and pulled me inside as well. The dragged us all the way to the back of the arcade, ignoring all the tempting games as they walked on. Even I was tempted to stop and watch a couple of them. There seemed to be a really interesting match going on around the Mortal Kombat one.
"Okay na no da! Stand here! We're going to go get some tokens for it na no da!" Ryuichi cheered as we finally reached our destination. I did as I was told and Shuichi obviously ordered Eiri to do the same. It was hard to tell since there was some pretty loud music blaring from the machine near us. I couldn't see what it was through the crowd of people, but that was okay. I'm sure I'd get to see eventually.
"What've you been doing all day?" I almost screamed as I heard Eiri's voice, not expecting to hear from him at all that day. After all, my brother wasn't necessarily social. Also, he had to be standing right next to me in order for me to hear him. He was actually ATTEMPTING to start a real conversation with me. I'm SO glad he and Shuichi are together sometimes.
"Not much. I slept in, and Ryuichi and me were just saying goodbye to the girls at the restaurant before we came here. I should take a couple desserts back home with me." The dissatisfied noise my brother made kind of made me wonder about what I was doing wrong.
"Don't act like it's forever, idiot. It's only going to be…"
"YUKI! Sorry to keep you waiting!" Shuichi announced happily, latching onto my brother's arm and affectively destroying our conversation. Ryuichi bounced up next to me and smiled up at me happily, clinging to his tokens in one hand as the other latched onto mine.
"There's a bit of a line, so we have to wait a while na no da." I nodded and heard Shuichi repeat the information to my brother. He didn't seem happy about that, but the look Shuichi was giving him kept him from leaving. It was about a four minute wait, and we still couldn't see exactly what it was Ryuichi and Shuichi were in line for. A couple giggling girls made their way past us from the crowd, a few of them talking about how stupid they must have looked. Shuichi just smiled and watched them leave.
Eventually most of the crowd was gone and Ryuichi and Shuichi grabbed onto our hands, dragging us towards the machine. It was large, and loud. I'd heard of it before, of course, but I'd yet to see it in person.
"It's brand new na no da!" Ryuichi cheered as he hopped onto one of the pads, putting in his money. "We wanted to show you something!" My brother almost immediately turned to leave but Shuichi attached himself to his shoulder again. After a while and what seemed like quite a lot of pleading and a near-tears incident he turned back around, crossed his arms, and prepared to wait.
Shuichi and Ryuichi both entered their tokens and argued over what song for a while before finally selecting one. Smiling happily they began, occasionally looking over their shoulders to see if we were still there. They both looked so happy.
After that song was over they both agreed on the next song and turned to talk to us while they waited for it to select it. Just random chitchat for a couple seconds. They were back dancing after that, mouthing the words with the singer and smiling at us both happily. Eiri didn't seem impressed, but I sure was. They were both raking in perfect scores, and both of them were facing us. I could never have memorized something so hard.
Shuichi turned back around and picked the last song and Ryuichi simply waited, hopping back and forth on the free areas. He smiled at me happily as the music started.
"Me and Shuichi did this one na no da!" he cheered happily, smiling. It didn't sound like any of their songs to me, but it was most likely remixed to death, so I shouldn't have been expecting it to. My brother didn't look half as uninterested as the two of them started to dance.
They were singing along with the machine, arms outstretched to us as they danced along, smiling and singing happily. Ryuichi winked at me and motioned for me to come closer with his outstretched hands. We'd already attracted a crowd, but I didn't really care at that moment. Besides, what bad could happen? I stepped closer and he grabbed my hands, laughing and glancing over at Shuichi, who smiled brighter. He was pulling on my hands every once in a while in an attempt to make me dance, but it wasn't working really well. Eiri took a step back upon noticing my predicament. I was having fun with it, but I was sure Eiri probably wouldn't like it that much.
Afterwards Ryuichi hugged me tightly, breathing heavily, still. He was laughing and rubbing his head against my chest happily. I held him and glanced over at Shuichi, who was standing in front of Eiri and smiling happily as they talked.
"I'm going to miss you when you leave na no da," Ryuichi managed after a while, putting a little distance between us so he could smile up at me happily. I nodded my agreement and ran fingers through his hair. It was all so perfect. I never would have thought this would happen to me. It seemed to good for someone like myself.
"Tatsuha! What'd you think?" Shuichi asked as he popped up next to the two of us. "Fun, huh?" I nodded, letting go of Ryuichi so he could go and talk to Shuichi like he obviously wanted to do. The two of them kept on playing for a while, and Ryuichi got me on there a couple times. Even on the easiest settings and the easiest songs I couldn't beat a single stage. Eiri just sat back and watched. He seemed content enough to just watch Shuichi have fun.
"Wasn't that fun Tatsuha?" Ryuichi asked as he spun back into his house. He blinked when he noticed I was still in the doorway and grabbed onto my hands. He made me twirl around with him, laughing. Eventually we both fell over but he just kept on laughing, wrapping his arms around my neck when I hovered over him so he could breath. He was so much smaller than me, after all. After he calmed down a bit he smiled up at me, eyes shining happily. "Call me when you're gone na no ka?"
"Of course." His smile grew and he dropped his hands from around my neck, pulling his shirt down a little bit, a small blush appearing again. "I'll call you when I come back to Tokyo, too. We can do something then." I don't think Ryuichi noticed how much closer we were getting. Even I hardly processed it until I felt his lips against mine. His hands reached up and grabbed the sides of my shirt gently as I kissed him, and my hands once again found their way into his hair.
I was a little surprised when I felt him lick at my lips gently, but I opened my mouth and let him kiss me. We'd never kissed before, and I don't think it could have been any better. I could feel his hands tightening on my shirt as he arched a little, trying to get closer to me.
Separating I opened eyes I hadn't even realized I'd shut, watching him as his own eyes fluttered open. Almost immediately afterwards he screamed and let go of me, pulling his shirt collar up to hid his face from me. I couldn't help but laugh, gently prying his hands off his collar and sliding back where it belonged. He was bright red as he stared up at me, fidgeting a little bit.
"Sorry." He seemed to pause and think about that a little bit before shaking his head quickly.
"No! Don't be na no da! I'm happy, but…"
"A little embarrassed?" He nodded quickly, hiding his face in his hands. I laughed again and pried his hands away, pining them to the ground as I kissed him again…and again.
"I don't want you to go." I nodded and pressed my forehead to his. He looked so sad; I couldn't believe I'd actually managed to find someone so caring. I'd always wanted to meet Sakuma Ryuichi, but I never thought I'd ever want or get anything but a screw out of him. I hadn't been expecting him to be so incredibly sweet, caring, and innocent, no matter how much Tohma told me about him.
"I don't want to go, either, but it's only a week. Don't worry about it." Ryuichi blinked a couple times, before smiling up at me happily.
"It's only a week na no ka!" I blinked a couple times and nodded and Ryuichi hugged me tightly. "Why didn't you tell me you weren't going away for that long?"
"I thought I did."
"Don't you have to go back to school?" I nodded and Ryuichi looked confused again.
"I go to high school in Tokyo. I can't go back and forth between my house and school every day, so I stay with my dad's friends in Tokyo during school." His eyes lit up when I finished. I couldn't believe it as I watched tears roll down his face softly.
"So it won't be that long until I can see Tatsuha again na no da," he managed softly, wiping at the tears, a brilliant smile on his face.
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ALL RIGHT! GO ME! I FINALLY GOT THIS CHAPTER FINISHED! I've wanted to finish this for so long now, but now it's done. Forewarning, if I get grounded it'll be a long while before I can write on this again. My mom's swore it's six weeks grounding if I get it. ;_;
Oh, and the movie in chapter 8 was Moulin Rouge (the new one). It's one of my all-time favorite movies!
Reviews are GREATLY appreciated. They really encourage me to write faster!