Well, what do we have here... yes, another fanfic! And to please certain someone I'm putting another Shu fanfic. I'm not telling who's he talking to, just because I want to surprise you. I've taken note of all your requests and soon you'll read what you asked for. In the mid-time... ENJOY!

Disclimer: I tried to make my own Shuichi, but no sucess yet. Maybe one day though.

Beta-read by: clari-chan (go read her fanfics and see if you can make her finish Bring me back to life)

The Fall Of A Star
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-So, you'll tell me then?

-Hmm... Ok, let me think about it... When did it happen? Ah, that's right!

Shuichi's POV

I remember it now. We were on stage, singing together after I declared that Yuki was mine. How stupid of me... Anyway, we were singing together and then I noticed it, a small, light change, but all the excitement of singing with my idol erased all the thoughts from my head.

After some weeks I saw Ryuichi sing again. We were in a music show, what was it's name... argh, I don't remember... well, I guess the name doesn't matter, it was that TV presentation where we were supposed to sing and then Nittle Grasper took our place, remember? K was so mad! Mmmh? Oh, yeah, well, Bad Luck played first.

You remember right? I put all my heart on it and everyone agreed it had been the best performance we've done. And then after us it was Nittle Grasper's turn, we all watched in amazement at them, they looked so cool! They proved why they were the number ones.

You know? As I heard the song "Sleepless Beauty" I remembered Yuki. That song fits him perfectly, it kinda reflects his personality very well, I don't know why I hadn't realized that before. And then I noticed it again. I heard Ryuichi's voice and, understanding what was happening, started to cry.

Everyone, including Hiro, thought I was crying because I was impressed by his talent, and that it made me feel I wasn't good enough or something, but they were wrong. I don't know if Seguchi or Noriko had noticed, but I did, and it made me sad. But I guess it was inevitable.

Ryuichi Sakuma's voice was being forced. That fateful day I realized he couldn't sing as he could before with the easiness he used to do it. I didn't know what to do or say, I had always imagined Ryuichi retiring when he was older, with his incredible voice still there, amazing me.

The next time I saw him he ignored me completely. I thought that maybe he knew I knew his secret and that was why he was mad at me. That's why I couldn't sing and lost my voice, after all who was I to sing when the super talented and genius Ryuichi couldn't? So when I saw him alone in the dark in one of the NG studios I tried to leave. But he didn't want me to, he asked me to draw with him and then, looking at my drawing he told me I wasn't shining, and fixing something on my drawing he showed me how to shine.

After I came back from NY he said to me "Sparkle, overtake my sparkling", and I understood. So I did, I took his place kinda like I was his successor.

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Shuichi looked up and smiled.

-So, that's pretty much it.

-Is that so?

-Hai.

-Shu-chan is very smart if he noticed since then.

-Ehh... not really, maybe it was because I always looked up to Ryuichi, so I noticed the slightest change immediately.

A small white pawn patted Shu in the head.

-Thanks for telling me Shu-chan! Now I know why it didn't surprised you at all.

-Hehehe, but I didn't know Ryuichi would announce it so soon, I was hoping I could sing with him again before everyone else knew he's loosing his voice.

-Ah... well, maybe I can talk to him about that.

-Thanks... Kumagoru

Shuichi looked up and smiled at his still favorite singer, who returned it with an equally bright smile.