A/N: My thanks for reviewing goes to Tokichan (aye, aye sir eh or madam?!), Maia-Willdell (oh yeah poor poor Yuki and I'm not through with him yet. he he), KittyKitty (Well, at the East coast I could only drive 65mph and only on the big highway but my friend in NM told me she could drive 75mph. Btw, there's usually no speed limit in Germany. So beware maniacal driving!!! ^.^), demon chan (I agree, I wonder why I never had a car crash in America. Those guys don't seem to know this-blinking- thing-for-left-or-right-turning exists. Sorry, I never got around to learn that word.), panatlantic (uhh, nice to see you reading my new fic as well. Btw thx for the highway vs. freeway explanation. And yeah, I think Yuki indeed had a black mercedes – I watched the anime a long time ago it seems – let's just pretend he crashed that car already, 'kay?!), Dee (Thx to you too for the explanation. Panatlantic said the same thing. And you're also right with the speeding. That's why I wondered why they bother with such a low speed limit. The police is very quick and witty though.), Kaouru (Nice to see you reviewing again. I think I'll let Yuki and Shu struggle for awhile, or?!), Rosevine (Oh, I liked your review. Real critism. Hope I managed this time good as well. Sometimes I'm afraid it gets confusing to read.), brokenAngelYue (Oi, of course. And Shu isn't really hurt. Yuki might see that differently though.), Embyr (Ahhhh, I got glomped. Did you took lessons from Shampoo herself? Respect. ^_^), SharonToggle (Oh yeah, silly Shu always messing things up, ne?! And poor Yuki has to sort through the mess.), AISH a.k.a. Kitty in the Box (Yup, I know so I made this scenario different. Although I don't know if someone had used this twist before. I haven't read Gravi fanfiction in a long time. Got stuck with Harry Potter D/G right now that's why I'm updating so late.)
Chapter 3: The real problemA door slammed. Yuki stormed down the corridor in search of his brother-in-law. His blood was boiling. If he only could his hands on that sneaky bastard. Letting him run into that room totally unprepared of what he would find.
'Maybe you should simply go and see for yourself. I have no words how to explain this.' He snorted as he remembered Tohma's words.
Yeah, he did find out and now he's going to strangle him.
The blonde spotted them in the waiting hall obviously waiting for him. Mika saw him first and backed away at his expression. But too late. She couldn' escape now. And then he was on them.
"YOU!" He bellowed making the shocked Tohma spill his coffee all over his front.
"What the fuck do you understand under a "Little" accident? Are you kidding me?"
Mika was sure when looks could kill her husband would have been fried by now. She decided to sacrifice herself before she would end up a widow.
"Brother dear, calm down. The doctor said it's probably only-"
"There's no way in hell I will calm down now. Excuse me but my boyfriend just asked me who I am. Do you think this is funny? And I don't care a shit what that dumb doctor said - where is he anyway?" Yuki heaved and glared around wildly.
The waiting hall was deserted by now and Tohma silently prayed that no reporter would get wind of Yuki's fit. Even for him it was impossible to cover this up. Especially when Yuki was probably heard in the whole hospital.
"I said," Mika tried calmly again, "that the doctor said it might only be temporary. Maybe a reaccurance of the accident would help." She suggested.
"Meaning he needs another bump to the head and everything will be fine?" Yuki rolled his eyes. "Hello, but we're not in one of you're soap operas here." He added sarcastically.
"Excuse me", a voice from behind them intercepted,"are you here in case of patient Shindo Shuichi?" A man in a white robe obviously the doctor in charge asked.
"Well, I think that's kind of obvious. I mean he was loud enough for everyone in the whole hospital to hear." Exclaimed Tohma quietly pointing his thumb toward the taller blonde.
Yuki shot him a dark look as to shut him up. Then he turned his attention towards the older man in white.
"Yes. We are indeed here for Shindou Shuichi. And I do hope you have a good explanation for this mess." He glared at the poor man as if it was his fault Shuichi got sent to the hospital in the first way but apparently the good doctor was used to grouchy relatives or he was just downright oblivious.
So he stood there patiently seemingly unfazed by Yuki's nasty temper waiting for an opportunity to explain everything.
"You see eh-"
"Yuki."
"Yuki-san.? Oh, I see you're that novellist. You looked familiar. So I was indeed right. I have to tell that Agatha. She's the head nurse you know and we're both big fan's of your books well and of you of course he he. But we have a huge argument and maybe you could help us solve it. You see Yuki-san it's about your book-"
At this point Yuki finally lost his patience and barked at the doctor.
"Who cares about those damned books now? What I want to know now is what's wrong with my pinkhaired baka?"
Much too the blondes irritation this statement brought happy sparks into the doctors eyes.
"I knew it. I simply knew it when I first saw him. And yes, very pink indeed."
He nodded confirming whatever what had just been solved in his head.
Yuki decided not to investigate further too scared to find out that in reality this doctor was an imposter who had escaped from the restricted ward and had messed up his lovers head. The 'god in white' kept muttering to himself and by now Yuki looked once more ready to hit something or more accurately someone.
In the meanwhile a desparate Tohma was busy giving the distracted doctor signs behind Yuki's back to finally spill the details of Shuichi's mysterious memory loss.
"Ah well I almost forgot Shindou-san. You are very good at distracting people Yuki-san."
The old man wriggled his finger smiling at him. Yuki just nodded defeated.
"Well, the condition of Shindou-san is very interesting indeed. As far as Seguchi-san had already explained the young man just keeled over after his concert which I can confirm now was from pure exhaustion."
Yuki shot an angry look at Tohma for being so careless with his lover.
"During the fall he had hit his head which I think caused together with the exhaustion the memory lapse. I won't go into details here since I don't think you'd understand something complicated like that anyway."
He winked at the three as if they were small ignorant children.
"But other than that," he paused for suspense,"I have not the slightest idea how to handle this special case of memory loss. It's all very mysterious and we haven't found any records of similar cases."
The tall blonde wore an expression as if a ton of bricks had just hit his head. 'The old doc has no idea. Why am I not surprised again?' He sighed mentally.
The doctor wiggled his head as if he had a cramp in his neck and continued.
"As you had probably already experienced Shindou-san has obviously only forgotten you." Yuki nodded but stopped short as the last word registered in his tired brain.
"Waitasec. Only ME? What the heck is that supposed to mean????"
He swirled around and shot glares at Mika and Tohma who had backed up already since they had expected this move.
"Did you knew about this?"
They shrugged innocently. The doctor coughed distracting Yuki from strangling his in-law and sister - luckily for them.
"As I just said Shindou-san has only forgotten YOU."
Yuki couldn't help but flinch. He definitely had a bad feeling about this.
"Shindou-san has already an intense memory testing behind him. There's no doubt to this diagnosis."
Poor Yuki looked absolutely forelorn. He felt miserable and it was a blow to his pride. There that baka had to go and experience memory loss and whom did he choose to forget? Him. Oh yeah, go ahead and make it easy, just forget about all the difficulties and struggles they've been through.
He shrugged the meant to comforting hand of his sister stubbornly off. He didn't need her pity. Quietly he asked.
"But how… how is that possible? How does he expects his life to be now? -Without me?" The last phrase was mumbled to himself.
The doc nodded sympathically.
"Well, Yuki-san, for him it's as if you had never met. He still is the singer of a popular rock band, working under Seguchi-san. He is your avarage teenager. Hanging out with friends, looking for a girlfriend, hoping to move out of his parents house soon,…"
He continued to list things but Yuki had already tuned him out. Panic was spreading through him as many thoughts raced through his brain torturing him with questions he hadn't the answer for or at least only the ones he dreaded. 'So he really forgot about me? No way back? As if we've never met? Never fought, never made up afterwards, never claimed me as his, never made love, never smiles at me , kisses me or holds me again. Again? God, does that mean I've lost him that it's over and he won't even know what he's doing to me?'
He fleetingly remembered the dedication in his latest novel. It has been meant as a surprise for Shuichi but he never got around to show it to him. Not that the baka would ever find out himself with his only interest in mangas. No wonder his lyrics were so bad. And now even if he would read it it wouldn't mean anything to him.
From far away he could hear Mika calling his name who had begun to worry the instant as all the color had drained out of Yuki's already fair complexion. Suddenly Yuki felt cold and the next second heat shot up his skin. The world started to spin and there was grey spots when he tried to blink.
"Yuki-san?"
"Eiri, are you alright?"
"Listen we need you to go to speak with Shuichi again. I know it's hard but it's very important for him and for you."
"For Shindou-san it was the first time he met you. First impressions are the crucial point. And well you just stormed out of his room. The poor boy is probably just as confused as you."
"Please talk to him. Otherwise we can't figure out how to unlock his memory. We only know it has something to do with you."
Yuki wasn't sure if he heard a bit of accusation in his sisters voice but even if it served him right. It probably was his fault in the end anyhow. Pressure. The voices made him dizzy. He felt as if he was suffocating. Yuki grabbed his throat trying to control his breathing, trying to calm himself.
'It's all from the shock.' A soothing voice somewhere in his head said. 'It will stop if you will just calm down.' And it worked, he still felt drained but he was in control again.
"Out." He breathed.
"What?" Mika prodded gently.
"I need to get out of here." He groaned.
"What NOW?" She asked confused.
"Yes. Right now."
He shoved her out of the way, walked past Tohma before half running half stumbling out of the hospital.
"But what about Shuichi?" whispered the ones left behind.
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geez, sorry I'm so late. I really like writing Gravi again. I can vent all my frustrations through poor Yuki. And I think I won't leave him off the hook so easy since I had a very frustrating week. Hope you liked how the thing with Shu's memory loss turned out.
