Title: Earthquake
By: Me! Kibethan!
Disclaimer: Gravitation, me no own!
Summary: When an earthquake occurs in Japan and Yuki is in America, how will Yuki and Shuichi cope with being away from each other during this time, and will Shuichi even survive long enough to be able to be with Yuki again?
Um...half warning: The reason that this is rated PG-13 is because of mild, MILD swearing. I'm just afraid of it getting deleted.
Chapter 2
Yuki calmly walked off of the plane. His face was blank; his mind concentrated only on how Shuichi could be hurt. In his daze, he had almost forgotten to take his laptop off the plane. In fact, the only reason he remembered was because Yumiko (remember her?) had mentioned it to him.
He stared ahead, not really seeing. On several occasions he ran into people. He got to the end of the jet way and into the terminal.
It was packed.
There were people everywhere trying to find a place to stay for the night. Someone stuck a hand in Yuki's face that held a paper. He grabbed the paper and read it. It was one of the vouchers that the pilot of the plane had said that there was going to be. It was for one free night at the Hilton. Another hand found it's way in front of his face, and again he took the paper that it was holding. It was a voucher for a free meal (drink, appetizer, main course, and desert) at Thirteen Coins.
All set for the night, he continued on towards the exit for the terminal. He didn't have his luggage with him, but he hardly cared. He timed it perfectly so that when he got outside, the Hilton bus was right there to take him the short hop to the hotel.
He walked into the hotel and checked in at the front desk. After he got settled into his room –all he had to do was put down his laptop and make sure all of the necessities in the bathroom were there- he walked downstairs to get some food; after all, it was fairly late.
The concierge told him that to get to Thirteen Coins all he had to do was walk straight down the street. She offered to get him a free ride, but he declined, deciding that it would probably be better to walk to be able to clear his head.
He exited the front door and walked out into the night sky. Thirteen Coins was open 24 hours a day, which was handy since it was about 9:30. It was an absolutely beautiful night; the sun was just starting to set. Yuki tried to imagine what the weather was Japan. He wondered if it was a bright sunny day, like the day had been there, or if the weather was all cloudy, rainy, and dark.
He spotted the restaurant and walked over to it. It was a small little restaurant on the bottom floor of a giant building. He walked in the door and was instantly greeted with a cheerful voice.
"And how many are going to be in your party?" the bubbly voice asked.
"Just me..." Yuki answered coldly.
The bubbly voice was completely oblivious. "All right, if you'll just follow me, we've got a nice seat over here." Yuki sat in the place that she indicated; he didn't even mutter a thank you. Once again, the bubbly voice wasn't phased. She walked away, and the real waitress showed up five minutes later to ask if he had decided on a drink and an appetizer.
He told her his order and she walked away, off to get his drink. The restaurant was surprisingly busy for being so late, so Yuki could hear lots of conversations going on.
"Hey, did you hear? There was a big earthquake in Japan," his waitress informed him when she brought him his drink and appetizer. The little tension that was in the room increased ten fold, twice over after she said that, from Yuki's cold glare. "I'll take that as a yes..." she walked away, only to return a few seconds later with a blush on her face. "I forgot to take your order."
Yuki ordered his food and the still embarrassed waitress scooted away, which left Yuki alone with his thoughts. Usually, that was how he liked it, however currently; he wanted a certain singer to be talking nonstop to him about his day. At least if Shuichi was with him talking, he would know that he was okay, instead of having to sit around and wonder.
Surprisingly quick the waitress returned with his food. He had barely had time to eat his appetizer, which slightly annoyed him since he had been looking oh so forward to eating it. On the flip side, he didn't have to wait very long for his food so he could get the hell out of that restaurant faster.
And eat quickly he did, so quickly in fact that the waitress even commented on it.
"That has got to be the fastest I've ever seen anybody eat a meal. Can I get you some desert?"
He was about to nod, but decided at the last second not to, even though it was free.
"No."
"Alright, well, here's your bill. Have a great night. Oh! And I apologize for my earlier behavior, I didn't mean to offend you." She walked away, but paused when Yuki called back to her.
"It's alright, I'm sorry, I'm just under a lot of tension," Yuki started, not quite sure himself why he was telling her this, "I was on a plane to Japan to go home but it was cancelled." The waitress nodded, accepting his apology and went off to wait other tables. Yuki looked at the bill, put the voucher on it, and added a 30 tip to it. He admired that the waitress –he never did catch her name- had the guts to come up to him and apologize. For that, he figured that she deserved a relatively large tip.
Yuki walked out the door and into the night sky. It had long since turned dark out, but he didn't mind, it helped to clear his mind. The walk back to the hotel was fairly short, and he arrived within a reasonable amount of time, with no problems (after all, he was in kind of a rough area) back at the hotel. He walked into his room and sat down on the bed.
His mind drifted to Shuichi, yet again, as he thought about how his lover was doing.
"Oh, fuck this," he said to himself. "I'm going to figure out how he is." He turned on the television and put on CNN to figure out exactly how bad the earthquake had really been. It was the breaking news story of the day, so it had a lot of coverage on it, including pictures.
The pictures almost broke Yuki's will, how could anyone survive that mess? There were freeway's toppled over, buildings crumbling down, fires roaring through the buildings that weren't down, bricks piled on top of cars...the list just went on.
"So far, an estimated 30 people have died with the numbers still rising. CNN reporter Megumi Yamamoto reports."
"Yes, it is a sign of complete chaos hear in Tokyo where approx 20 of the buildings have come down..." Yuki tuned her out. Shuichi was somewhere out there in that mess of things –possibly dead, and there wasn't anything that he could do about it.
And that was what bothered him the most. He was completely powerless.
End Chapter 2
Okay, I figured that I ought to mention that Thirteen Coins is a real restaurant. Hilton is a real kind of hotel (it's where Sakura-con is!), and I don't own either of them. Secondly, I'm not sure where in America that Yuki is, however, when I describe the airport, I'm picturing Sea-Tac in my mind. Okay! A review of reviews!
Thank you aura, I'm glad you're hooked , Nittle Grasper Fan Joshie, glad you like!, MC-88 no need to apologize, I CRAVE reviews, animelover, thank you for the review, Dntfckwifme, there are so many ways that a person can be hurt in an earthquake, I don't want him to be too seriously hurt, too early on...wouldn't make for an interesting story, emerald-jade, I never thought in the world that I would be able to update so fast, and yes, I'm currently in Geology 104, which is called, ready, wait for it, "Earthquake!", actually, it's what gave me the idea, Youki no ko, I agree, there isn't enough about Suguru, goku-the-saru, I'm glad that you finally realize that it was me (I realized it was you...), Crazi 4 Grasper, really? what earthquake were you in? where?, Moonfairyhime, I'm glad you like!, and finally gasp, Tanuki-dono, I'm glad that you liked it, and I hope you like the chapter you just read too!
Reviews are like candy, they can be sweet or sour and they're VERY addicting, so please, review! Were any other of you in an earthquake? Answer in review! (P.S. I was in the 2001 Nisqually Quake, which was in Washington if any of you don't know. Had to be under that damn desk/chair thingy for 45 minutes because they were afraid of liquefaction, which is one way to die in an earthquake!)