Disclaimer---Gah, these things are SO boring. -sigh- I don't own any of this, if u wanna sue, I have a nice collection of TY beanie babies....that's about all u'll have. But if u take them, I'll cry, I swear it! ;.;

PROLOGUE

"I just can't compete with Kitazawa can I?" The young singer brushed a strand of hair off of his love's face. Tears had been running down the blonde's face in his sleep. Something about the way the novelist's body lay told Shuichi he was stuck in a nightmare of betrayl and broken innocence. Eiri was still holding on to that man, why, Shuichi would probably never know. "It only hurts you." He whispered with a teary smile to his sleepy soulmate. Yuki Eiri truly had a part of his soul, only a partial reason why Shuichi clung to him so, "Take care of it, it's kind of fragile I think. I'm gonna go for a while, I'll be back. One just can't let their soul go alone can they?"

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Yuki shot awake, tears that had pooled flew off his face, jarred by the sudden action. His hands flew to his facec to wipe away the offending wetness and banish the unfamiliar feeling. His face was cold where the air had brushed, and attempted to evaporate, the tear tracks. His breathing was heavy and ragged and, in a moment of panic, Eiri's head darted back and forth, hoping not to find one Shindou Shuchi in the room during this moment of emotional breakdown. It wasn't (grr, sorry, I just hate using contractions in my writing but I can't find a way around that one that won't make it sound overly formal and it's annoying me..........ok, moment of rambling over) his fault, Eiri certainly could not control what he dreamed about, and if Shuichi had found him in such a state, he'd only break down himself, which would only result in both of them getting more upset until they happened upon a tension-breaker, or both decided to stop talking all together.

At that moment, the uncharacteristic silence of the apartment bothered Eiri. If Shuichi were here, there'd be noise, if Shuichi were going somewhere, he'd (I suppose some contractions just sound better than the long version, I'll deal, I'm sorry......) have checked in on Yuki (1), would have noticed the tears and woken him up in a concern riddne frenzy, probably sobbing himself.

Something was up.

"I'm gonna go for a while." Shuichi's voice ran in his mind. In a very un - Eiri - like moment, he leapt out of bed and covered the distance from the bedroom to the front door in less than a second, deja vu settling in his mind and dread in the pit of his stomach. Shuichi's shoes were nowhere to be found. For the second time in his adult life, Eiri hoped that he could open a door and find the pink - haired idiot grinning stupidly back at him.(2)

Throwing the door open, Eiri scanned the hall frantically, finding no one.

"Where did you go?"

A/N: Howdies minna-san! Yup, here's another one, and this is just the prologue, just for the record. The next chapter's the idea I had, a songfic. I swear, I'm addicted to those things, I can't listen to a song and try to apply it to something, just look at all the ones I've written for other anime and stuff! It's......scary.......I have mental problems, I'm already aware.

NOTE FROM KUMAGORO'S MUSES!!!!!!!! Umm, my other Gravi-fic The Shape of Dreams is kinda put on hold. My wonnerful ISP kinda screwed us over, so I couldn't get the chapter up, and now I have another ISP that's slow and likes to mess up my comp. So I'll have that chappie up ASAP I promise, it just may take a while. Right now I'm rolling with this idea and I don't wanna lose it.

(1) Throughout the next chapter, I'm probably gonna be switching from Eiri to Yuki to w/e. It's all just in what I think sounds better. I just didn't want to confuse anybody. If Kitazawa comes up again next chappie, I'm just naming him by his last name.

(2) Now just to stowe any confusion here, I'd like to state that at the end of manga vol. 8 Eiri looked like the world had just ended, when Tohma (ick, I'm sorry but I don't like Tohma.......never really have.....) states "Shindou-san may end up a household name in the U.S." Eiri's face looked like he'd give anything to have Shu-chan back. That's what I'm aiming for here

My author's notes are always long. GRAVITATION VOL. 10 COMES OUT FEBRUARY 8TH AND VOL. 11 COMES OUT APRIL 11 I believe. For confirmation check if u search there, it'll tell you. You can preorder and all that.

Anyway, I'm coming off my coffee high so I'm gonna go.

TTFN!!!!