Author's Note: A li'l more obvious love in this one, I promise to get some smoochering in the next chapter. X3 I gave Mr. Sakano a first name! It's "Gin". Look for it in this chapter.

The Heartless

Read Between the Lines

Yuki yawned, sitting on the leather couch and watching the the fish. Tohma had insisted on dressing Yuki before he and Sakano had to go to work, and what he had picked out wasn't half bad, in Yuki's opinion.

Tohma, after digging through an assortment of clothes, gave Yuki a silk black shirt and vinyl pants, and wouldn't let Yuki wear anything else. It was more comfortable then the clothes the asylum gave him, but it was a bit tight in..places.

Yuki flipped through a few of the books on the coffee table, most of which had been written by himself. He smiled, re-reading the hcapters and remembering what it was like back then...when Shuichi was around..

He coughe dloudly and put the book back, flinging his golden hair out of his eyes. Six months in the asylum and it was the only thing that hadn't lost its shine. He smirked lightly, picking up a differnet book.

He stared at the title (Tohma's Diary, KEEP OUT, RYUICHI!) for a while before opening the book and going to the most recent entry. he figured if the diary was on the coffee table, in plain view, and not restricted to him, it was safe to read it.

"5:33, January, Gin came into my office to announce the arrival of a new band. Even though he's the President now he still asks for my opinion and permission. Isn't that adorable?"

Yuki stared at the odd entry, and read the one under it.

"7:00,March, Ryuichi and Noriko are disappointed at NG breaking up again. But I can tell they're not surprised. They've both been depressed. Too depressed to even talk to Koumaguro. It's mysterious as to why Ryuichi plays with that thign all the time."

Yuki blinked. Why were cute, and, and mysterious underlined?

"10:56, may, It is so odd how Gin finds the fish and turtles fascinating. I guess they kind of are in a way. So graceful and beautiful. I think I'll get some more today, he said he liked the blue kind."

"8:12, May, I hurt my arm today. Carrying bags can be tough! Especially when they're loaded with priceless Peruvian art. But the paintings are so beautiful; I can't describe them in words."

Yuki blinked again. He noticed if you put the words in order, it made: 'Adorable and mysterious are words'. He wondered if they mean anything, and kept reading the entries in Tohma's diary.

"8:15, May, So sad today! Koumaguro got torn up by a cat so bad that I don't think he'll ever get sewn up right again. The carnage was so awful, I can barely stand to write it, much less describe it."

Tohma certainly was an odd man.

"3:47, June, Tonight is the night we rescue Eiri Yuki. Gin doesn't seem at all happy. I'm just glad Hiro doesn't know, he'd probably try to kill us all."

Yuki choked, realizing what the underlined words spelt. 'Adorable and mysterious are words that describe Eiri Yuki.' Flipping through later enteries, he found that all of them had unerlined words about him or about how good he was. He also found a couple of photos of him in the back, most of which he wasn't looking at the camera.

Yuki sat the book down and stared at it for hours, wondeirng what the hell was going on.