Title: The Twelve Days of Christmas
By: Kibethan
Disclaimer: If I owned Gravitation I would be able to go to Middlebury...:sighs:...of course...If I owned Gravitation, I wouldn't have to go to Middlebury because I would already be able to speak Japanese fluently. Get my drift...me no own Gravi!
Summary: A better name for this would probably be "The Birds". Or "The People"...Oh Gods! The people! (I changed my summary, can you tell?)
As a side note, I changed the rating of this from PG to PG-13...
The Fifth Day of Christmas
…On the fifth day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
Five golden rings
Four calling birds
Three French hens
Two turtledoves
And a partridge in a pear tree…
Okay. So Yuki felt just a little bit bad after last night. Anyone would have! The expression that Shuichi had given him after he yelled at him had been positively pathetic. Besides, Shuichi had had no way of knowing that all those birds would attract cats.
Yuki felt like maybe, just maybe he should make it up to Shuichi. Of course, telling Shuichi this probably hadn't been the best idea that he'd ever come up with.
Shuichi had immediately gone starry-eyed and had requested that Yuki take him out to dinner. Yuki got a little bit worried, but agreed since he kind of owed Shuichi. He was a little bit more worried with Shuichi's eyes went even more starry-eyed and he started hyperventilating.
Yuki figured it was because Shuichi was so used to being treated so evilly, and when he was finally treated nicely, i.e. Yuki agreeing to take him out to dinner, he started freaking out.
Actually, he hyperventilated so much that he fainted. Yuki groaned. Now he had to deal with over a dozen birds and a passed out Shuichi. He almost just left Shuichi sprawled out on the floor, but instead he decided that it would probably be a wiser decision to lay him on the bed.
He bent over and scooped Shuichi into his arms. When he picked Shuichi up,Shuichi's eyes started fluttering open.They went wide when he realized that he was in Yuki's arm.
It didn't happen very often, that's for sure.
"Oh, Yuki!" he cried, latching onto Yuki's shoulders, "You do care!" Yuki, not sure how to really take it, just hmphed. He did continue carrying Shuichi into the bedroom though, just in case he decided to faint again. He was glad that Shuichi was so light; it made him really easy to carry.
Yuki dumped Shuichi onto the bed and then walked into the kitchen. It was almost lunchtime and he was getting hungry. As he made lunch, for Shuichi and him, he thought about where he wanted to take Shuichi to dinner. They could go to numerous different restaurants that all different price ranges. Yuki was mentally calculating in his head which would be too cheap for an apology, and which would be too expensive for an apology. Although, he didn't really think that it was possible to go too expensive. He finally settled on the perfect restaurant. It was right in the middle of the price ranges (if not on the higher side of the middle), and the food was absolutely delicious. He had taken Shuichi there many times before and each time Shuichi glowed with delight.
Speaking of the brat, Yuki was surprised to see that he wasn't in the kitchen with him. Sure, Yuki had dumped him in the bedroom, but he certainly hadn't expected him to actually stay there. He thought for sure that the second he had dumped him onto the bed that he would hop up and follow him.
Yuki took a peak into the bedroom. To Yuki's shock, Shuichi was lying on the bed, completely asleep. He was practically dead asleep. If an earthquake had occurred, Shuichi most likely wouldn't have woken up. After eyeing his lover for a couple of more seconds, Yuki walked back into the kitchen.
He started halving what he had been making, since Shuichi obviously wasn't going to be joining him for lunch. He changed hismind though, halfway, and decided that maybe it would be a good idea to actually make the other food and save it for Shuichi in case he wanted it later.
For as skinny as Shuichi was, he sure ate a lot.
Yuki finished cooking his lunch, which consisted of ramen, and ate it. It, of course, was absolutely delicious. Ramen is always delicious.
Much to Yuki's surprise, Shuichi didn't wake up until about 4:30. Shuichi must have been a lot more tired than he had first thought. Yuki was glad that Shuichi had actually woken up then. During the time that Shuichi was asleep, Yuki had called the restaurant and made reservations.
Sure, he had made the reservations for 6:00, which to any normal person seemed like there was loads of time before they needed to be there.
But Shuichi wasn't normal. Oh no, it took him at least an hour to get ready to go anywhere. That coupled with the 20-40 minutes that it took to get there…well…let's just say that Yuki didn't quite have as much time as he'd hoped. It didn't help that if you weren't at the restaurant within five minutes of your reservation time they gave away your table. They were really busy and needed all the tables they could get.
As soon as Yuki had even heard Shuichi waking up, he had hurried into the bedroom and started ushering Shuichi around. Because Shuichi's mind was still sleep-induced, it took him only about 45 minutes to get ready.
That was really lucky, though, because traffic was absolutely horrendous. Instead of the forty minutes that it should've taken, it took fifty minutes. They just barely made it on time.
As they were running in, the receptionist was calling their names.
"Yuki Eiri! Is there a party of two for Yuki Eiri here? Last call for Yuki Eiri!" she had been calling loudly. Yuki came running in.
"Yes! We're here! We're here!" he yelled loudly. It was hard to hear over the crowd that had gathered in the lobby, but somehow the receptionist had.
"Thank you, if you'll follow Kitami, she'll take you to your table. Have a nice dinner." Kitami grabbed two menus and showed them to their table.
Their table was situated right in the middle of the floor. Yuki would've rather had something a little bit more private, but, hey, you take what you can get.
Shuichi was positively sparkling. The grin on his face was priceless. Every so often, Shuichi would look up from his menu and smile at Yuki. Whenever he thought that Yuki was watching, however, he'd look down again real fast.
"Have you decided what you want yet, brat?" Yuki asked Shuichi. Shuichi shook his head.
"I'm having trouble deciding…"
Just then, their waiter walked up to them.
"Can I get you guys anything to drink?" he asked them. Yuki was about to ask for a beer, but after seeing the look on his lover's face, he quickly changed it to water. Shuichi ordered the same. "Alright," the waiter said, "I'll be right back with your drinks. I'll take your order's then." Yuki and Shuichi nodded.
He returned five minutes later with their waters. By then, Shuichi had decided what it was that he wanted for dinner. He and Yuki both ordered their dinners, and the waiter, once again walked off.
"So, Shuichi," Yuki asked awkwardly, "How was your nap?" Yuki seriously wished that there weren't so many people around them. It was obvious that some of them were quite uncomfortable being in the presence of a gay couple.
"It was so great, Yuki!" Shuichi started talking, seemingly oblivious to all the strange stares they were getting, "I dreamt all about you and about the strange little things that we do together when he make love." Yuki, taking a sip at the time, nearly choked on his water. He started gasping and sputtering. "Goodness! Yuki, are you alright?" He started to stand up to see if he could comfort his lover. Yuki nodded that he was all right and Shuichi quickly sat back down.
"Could we not talk about that?" he asked Shuichi quietly. Shuichi cocked his head.
"Yuki," he said really quietly, "I'm trying to make all the people around us uncomfortable. Maybe they'll quit staring at us then." Yuki's eyes widened. He hadn't thought that Shuichi had been paying all that much attention to his surroundings. He nodded.
The two of them continued to talk about the most uncomfortable topics that they could. Finally, their waiter brought their food. All the people sitting around them were relieved because they would no longer have to listen to the talk. They couldn't really talk while they were eating.
Yuki and Shuichi started eating up their food. About halfway through their meal a group of five waiters came up to Yuki, completely surrounding him. Yuki looked up from his meal, staring at the waiters as though they were crazy.
"Can I help you?" he asked them. Very, very much to his surprise, they all grinned and got down on one knee. Yuki looked at Shuichi. Shuichi was just staring back at him completely innocently. Yuki knew that somehow Shuichi had something to do with this.
Each one of the waiters took out a little box from behind their backs and opened them up. Inside were little golden rings.
"These, Mr. Yuki, are for you," they all said at once. Yuki looked at Shuichi again.
"Say yes!" someone from the peanut gallery asked. Yuki was slightly confused, a question hadn't even been asked.
"Look, Yuki, there's five golden rings! All of your new birds will be waiting at home when we get back."
"New…birds…" Yuki said shakily. His left eye twitched.
"Yes, new birds! Happy Fifth Day of Christmas!"
End "The Fifth Day of Christmas"
That chapter was a lot easier to write than the last one. I think that it turned out better too. I got D.N.Angel 1 and 2 for $5 each!!!! They're also in excellent condition. I love Pike Place Market...you never know what you'll get!
Onto a review of reviews:
robuddi: Muwahahahahaha....sorry, couldn't think of anything to say..., emerald-jade: :yummy: swans..., DarkGatomon: 日木語をわかりますか。Sorry...if you understand Japanese, I want to practice! hehehe, thanks for the review!, DarkMetalAngel of Destruction: Oh no! That means that I'm going to be a short a review from the rest of the story!, Tricksters Girl: I know, there's going to be a lot of birds...and a lot of people..., Stacy Janice Elton: :drools: back Touya...I'll be nice to you...:grins creepily:..., Syaoran is kawaii: At the end of the story, I'm going to do a count of exactly how many of everything he'll have, Sliefoxx: trust me, I'm thinking about how to address those issues..., tokyo kitsune: Yummy...bird bbq..., goku-the-saru: Yes, he is. Very uptight.
And now for something completely different! hehehe...I love Monty Python...
Um...actually, I have nothing else very relevant to say.
Please review! Please! Please! Please review! If you review, you'll get virtual Shuichi (or Ryuichi, your choice) plushies!
That's all for now, until tomorrow...
きーちゃん (Ki-chan)