Disclaimer: I don't own Gravitation... Of course I don't. ^_^;;
Chapter 1: That's My Boy!
"I'm home!" A voice echoed.
Yuki was busily typing the next chapter of his new novel, and unfortunately, forgot the next line the main character was going to say because of the sudden greeting.
"Grrrr..." He grumbled to himself.
The door to his room opened. It was Shuichi, with his big smile and blushed cheeks.
"I thought I told you never to bother me when I'm--" Yuki started, frowning at the gleeful Shu.
"But, but!!!" Shuichi waved his hand. "Something importanttt!!! You have to seeee!!!" He cried.
"What is it now?" Yuki asked irritably, slowly getting up from his chair.
He walked towards the door, and swung it open, only to drop the cigarette in his mouth.
"A baby?!" He screamed in disbelief.
And in fact, there was a baby. Shuichi carried it in his arms, looking like a real mother-- sort of...
"Isn't he cute??? I picked him up at the front door!" Shuichi sang. "I can't believe you didn't even see him! He must've caught a cold!"
"WHAT?!" Yuki screamed. "Get rid of that baby!!! He isn't ours!!!"
"But, I found this note!!! here, here, read it." Shuichi managed to get the note in his breast pocket and handed it to Yuki.
Yuki's cold eyes read the letter, trying to act cool despite him knowing the controversy this event could bring.
Dear Sir/Ma'am:
I'm so sorry. Please take care of my child. I am financially troubled and I doubt that I have the capability of raising a child. I am so sorry for leaving him here like this, but I think that you would be a better parent for him rather than I would...
His name is Cliff, but if you wish to change it, it's alright.
Thanks lots and Bless you for your kindness.
"Damn this..." Yuki swore, "She's leaving her irresponsibility to us?!"
"Awwww... Isn't he cute?" Shuichi smiled as he watch the baby yawn.
"We can't keep him." Yuki interrupted.
"HUH?!" Shuchi looked up. "but but!!! What will we-"
"Adoption..."
"No!!! How could you! I'm sure we can handle this, Yuki!!!"
"And who do you think he'd call 'Father'?!" Yuki snarled, "This kid is going to end up really confused if he's going to stay with us. And who knows what stupid things you'd teach him!"
Shuichi pouted. "Yuki!!! How could you just put him up for adoption?! Who knows who could just pick him up, besides, we're pretty well-off! We could just be his 'uncle' if you want."
"Yeah.. as if he'd believe that... Shu... It's an accident waiting to happen."
"What???"
"You know... US! We're leading him to something else! He might think that it's normal for two guys to-"
"But... Yuki!!!"
"That child will go through more trouble than when he's not supposed to..." Yuki coldly stared at Shuichi.
Shuichi looked at the baby with sadness.
"And I thought we could have a perfect little home..." Shu sniffed.
"Tch..." Yuki shut the door behind him.
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That night:::
Shuichi couldn't sleep. Yuki was still typing on his laptop. He decided to pay him a visit, despite the argument they had earlier- and that he still hadn't abandoned the little baby. He watched as the baby was in a deep slumber on the bed, protected from falling by numerous pillows.
He got up and walked to Yuki's room.
Shuichi knocked on the door.
"What?" Yuki angrily shouted from inside the room.
Shuichi opened the door and walked in.
"Hey hey, Yuki..." He lovingly hugged Yuki, "What if I work extra and then as soon as I get enough money, we go buy passports and change our names and then go to another country?"
Yuki paused.
"That would help, right? No one would care about us anymore... and we'd have enough money to last till... FOREVER!!!" He smiled widely.
"You still don't get it, do you?" Yuki closed his eyes and removed his glasses.
"But Cliff is... just too cute!!!" Shuichi whined.
"'Cute' won't help! Soon he'll become a noisy toddler, and before you know it, he'll be on the edge of adolescence and then before you know it, he's a teenager! Don't you know how complicated things get when there's a teenager in the house?! He won't even care about us anymore! He'd even hate us if he could!"
"Yuki..." Shuichi looked sadly.
"I'm not worried about us, Shuichi... That kid doesn't know much about this world. Our atmosphere won't help him at all. It's going to distort his own beliefs!" Yuki glared at Shu.
Shu shot out his sad-puppy-dog-look at Yuki.
"Tomorrow we'll give him to someone else." Yuki avoided looking at Shu by turning to his computer.
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The next day::
Yuki walked casually ahead of Shu, who was carrying the baby and was trying his best not to look suspicious.
"You know Shu..." Yuki interrupted, "Dressing up in your mailbox costume won't work..."
"Shhhhh!!!" Shuichi looked around, hoping that no one noticed them.
People gave them a weird look, but they didn't know that it was the famous singer, Shindou Shuichi, who was the hopping mailbox.
The two soon got to the adoption center.
"I'd like to put a child up for adoption." Yuki said at once to a lady behind the desk.
"Ahhh... alright Sir..." She handed out the forms. She thought he looked familiar
"Kindly fill out your name, address, and as well as the child's information and why you're putting him up for adoption..."
"Someone left him at our house." Yuki coldly answered.
The woman was dumbfounded.
"I'm sorry, I beg your par-"
"Someone left him at our house!" Yuki cut her off.
"at the front door." Shuichi added.
The woman paused as she looked at the talking mailbox.
"What do I have to do if I know nothing about this kid?" Yuki asked.
"Oh!" The woman stopped staring at the mailbox, "I'm afraid that it will be a longer process, you see, this place is not like a lost and found office where you can just fill out something and then leave... We need as much information about this children as we can gather." She smiled.
"Hmph... we'll leave then." Yuki said as he turned around and left
"Thank you!" Shuichi shouted.
She left her jaw ajar as she just watched the hopping mailbox follow Yuki.
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Day two::
Shuichi sang with so much determination that just left K, Hiro, Sakano and Fujisaki smiling from ear to ear.
"He's lively today. What's up with that new album all of a sudden?" Fujisaki remarked.
"I don't know, but Yuki sure did it." K smiled victoriously.
"It's no doubt that this will be a hit!!!" Sakano clapped.
Hiro chuckled.
The final beat ended the melody, and all clapped as Shuichi walked out of the recording booth.
"Thank you!!! Hahaha!!!" Shuichi bowed then danced, "I'm feeling great today!!!"
"What happened Shu? Something about Yuki?" Hiro smirked.
"Oh! Aha... that reminds me...I uh..." Shuichi stuttered, "I have to... ah... tell you guys something..."
"What is it?" K asked.
"I... uh... Yuki and I... uh... we..."
Everyone looked at Shu with intensity.
"We have a baby."
"....."
BOOOOMMMM!!!!
"SHUICHI WHAT- DO- YOU- MEAN- YOU----- HAVE ABABYISTHATREALLYPOSSIBLEANDWHATAREYOUTWOPLANNINGTODO
ABOUTITDOYOUKNOWHOWMUCHTHISISGOINGTOAFFECTYOURSTATUS?WHATABOUTME??
WHATABOUTALLOFYOUUUU?!AHHHHH!!! IT'S OVER IT'S OVERRRR!!! WHAT WILL TOHMA SAYYYYY?!?!?!?!?" Sakano screamed as he hurricaned around the room. To say that he was panicking would be an understatement.
Hiro could only look at his friend, who was smiling nervously.
"What happened Shuichi???" He asked.
"Well, you see..." Shuichi pouted, "I was on my way home and then I saw this little bed at the door step. and then I see this note attached onto the cloth, and then when I uncover it, there's this cute little baby with beady eyes and cute, soft brown hair and then and then... he was just so cute! And then I went to Yuki and he said we have to give him up and then now I don't know what to do and then I have no idea who is going to adopt a baby because the adoption center found my costume weird and they probably thought that I had something to do with it all when in fact I didn't and then----"
"WHOAA!" Hiro interrupted. "Just one minute. Are you telling me that someone just left a baby at your door? Just like that???! What was written on the note?"
Shuichi got the note from his breast pocket and handed it to Hiro. Everyone crowded to see what was written.
"Cliff?" K said in a low tone.
"Wow..." Fujisaki's eyes widened.
"AHHHHHHhhhhhhh~!!!!" Sakano fell onto the floor. He fainted again.
The others quickly attended to Sakano, who was mumbling,
"a baby... they have a baby... what will they say??? aahhhhhhh~!!!"
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Hiro's phone rang. A small beep echoed as he pressed the "Ok" button.
"Hello?" Hiro said as he held his guitar in his other hand.
"Hiro-kun.."
"Hey Shu."
"Is Sakano alright?"
"Haha, yeah. He's come-to."
"Sorry I had to leave the studio so early. I remembered that Yuki was leaving early today and so I had to take care of Cliff."
"So... Shu, what do you plan to do with Cliff? What did Yuki say?" Hiro interrupted.
They both paused a while.
"I don't know what to do." Shuichi answered. "And Yuki doesn't want him here..." He sniffed. "He says that Cliff will grow up to be a very confused individual."
"I agree to that."
"HIRO!!!"
"Hehe, sorry."
"Really, Hiro... if Tohma finds out about this..."
"And knowing the media..."
"That's exactly why I'm trying to finish the next album. At least I'll have some support for Cliff's things. I had no idea that babies needed so many things..." Shuichi whined once more.
"Oh... they do... and as they grow, so do their needs."
Shuichi paused for a moment.
"Shu, are you still there?" Hiro asked.
"Yeah... I... I just thought that I'd be ready for this. But it seems that everyone else isn't. Why does it have to be this complicated? Why can't they just leave me alone? Why can't they leave us alone?" Shu sniffled.
"Shu..." Hiro trailed off, "Cliff just needs a real mother, that's all. Yuki and the others, even I, am just worried because... you don't have experience on being... a mother."
"I can try."
"No... It's not that. I can't really explain it but, women really have those distinct characteristics... I'm sorry, Shu..."
Shuichi just sniffled.
Hiro held the phone back as he heard a shrill, baby's cry in the background.
"Oops, did we wake Cliff up?" He asked.
"No, he's asleep... that was me."
Hiro paused a minute.
"I have to go now, Hiro. Thanks for listening."
"Sure. Anytime."
==Beep==
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The upbeat song filled the room as everybody listened to Bad Luck's latest album. They all swung along as the lively beat went on and on... until the finishing beat of the drum.
"Wonderful!" K complimented.
"One song down, eh, Shu?" Fujisaki smiled.
"Yup! Let's finish the next ones as soon as possible!" Shu smiled back.
"Just how many songs have you written so far, Shu?" Sakano asked, his tone with a hint of nervousness.
Shu counted silently as he pointed at his fingers.
"Uhm, there are about nine. And I was able to ask Yuki to help me for the final 10th song." He smiled as he held 10 fingers up.
"Oh, it's good Yuki is helping you out." Hiro smiled.
Everyone remained silent for a moment. It was obvious that they all felt the tension... that the controversy about Cliff had to be kept hidden until the release of the next album.
"Okay, everybody!" Shuichi suddenly shouted out, "This is no time for being in a SLUMP!!! hahahahahawwww!!!"
::::Meanwhile::::::
Yuki stopped the clickety-clack of his typing for a moment. He turned his head towards the bed, making sure that Cliff was still okay.
As soon as he saw Cliff playing with the stuffed toys, he glanced back at his computer screen.
"Damn it... I have to stop smoking because of this."
An endless clicking resounded in the room, Yuki felt pure inspiration as he continued to write the next chapter of his novel.
"Then he turned and saw that no one was there--- but suddenly---"
Yuki's thoughts cut off when a sudden cry filled the room. He paused, his mind suddenly blank. He angrily stared at the line that endlessly blinked on the screen.
He turned his head towards Cliff, who was crying with a shrill, deafening pitch. Yuki covered his ears as he walked towards the infant and looked down at him. Cliff continued crying, tears continuously flowing.
"What's wrong with you?!" Yuki said irritably.
Cliff paused for a moment, his wide, tear-stained beady eyes looked up at Yuki.
At that split second, Yuki felt overwhelmed. If it wasn't for the blue eyes and the brown hair, he'd swear that Cliff looked like Shuichi at his most immature moments. Yuki looked at the baby with a slight surprise.
Cliff then gave off a big smile, then stretched out his small arms towards Yuki. He kicked and tried so much to reach Yuki. Yuki unconsciously bent closer to him. Cliff's smile widened as he played with Yuki's hair. Yuki's irritation had disappeared. He actually smiled.
"You seem to have a good effect on babies..." He heard a familiar voice.
Yuki looked up and saw Tohma at the door of his room, smiling. Yuki smirked.
"Why do you think Shuichi and I get along well?" He sarcastically remarked.
"I didn't know you babysit, Eiri-kun" Tohma answered, walking towards Yuki and Cliff.
"Neither did I." Yuki answered, looking back at Cliff, who was still enjoying the fluffy yellow toy he just discovered.
"Is he a cousin?"
"Not exactly."
"Huh? Did you and Shu-kun--"
"No..."
"I'm confused, Eiri-kun." Tohma smiled, his eyebrows slanting to show his disappointment.
"Don't worry, you don't need to know. His name is Cliff... that's it."
"Oh.. okay. You want a beer? I'll go get it for you... and Eiri-kun..."
"What?"
"We need to talk."
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Author's notes: Hiya! The idea suddenly woke me up one night. I know Shu and Yuki having a baby would be the silliest idea... but I found myself saying, "why not?" ehe, let's see how things work out in this fic... my second fic ^_^;; I hope this doesn't turn out bad... ^o^
Say it with meeee: "It's Gravitationnnnn!!!
feeling hyper... @___@
