Due to popular demand, there shall be another visit in this chapter

Day Five

This was not good, this was SO not good. Yuki ran a hand through his hair and let out a frustrated sigh. He had locked himself in the bathroom to avoid the commotion taking place in the hallway, thinking that being away from it would help, however he realised now how murderers managed to kill their victims; the victims would run away and hide, only this served to trap them and prevent them from escaping. Oh why hadn't he just run out the front door? Why?

Flashback

Today was a normal day. Not normal as in Shuichi was playing loud music and Yuki was yelling at him to turn it off, but normal as in, they said good morning, spoke nicely to each other, got on with their work and acted like any normal couple. Okay, so maybe the fact that they were acting normal wasn't normal…but never mind.

A knock at the door made Shuichi lift his head from his latest song lyrics and open it, and he was quickly floored by a mass of black leather attaching itself to his body.

"Shuuuuuuuu-chan! Can we go to the theme park?! Just you, me, and Yuki?!"

"Tatsuha-kun…"

"Can we, can we, can we, can we?!"

"Sure!"

The day then stopped being normal.

End Flashback

Now Yuki was going to be stuck in a theme park for the day with the two most hyper people on the planet; he was not looking forward to it.

"Onii-chan! Are you going to come out of there?" came a chirpy voice from the other side of the door.

"Un, are you ill Yuki? We're going in a minute," came a second voice, even more genki than the last.

Taking a deep breath, Yuki unlocked the door and stepped out into the hallway. Bad idea. He was instantly glomped by two balls of energy, one identifiable as his pink haired lover, and the other as his brother.

"Get off me," he growled, pushing at the two chibi balls.

"Ne Yuuuuuki! That's not very nice," the protest was finished off with a pout.

"Well Onii-chan isn't a very nice person, is he Shu-chan?"

The speaker of the last statement found themselves temporarily blinded, only to discover that his coat had been thrown over his head. He took the hint and put it on, following Shuichi and Yuki out of the apartment.

All the way to the theme park, Tatsuha and Shuichi were playing 'Guess that Nittle Grasper song!', which, in Yuki's opinion, gave the blonde author every right to be edgy. Listening to his lover try and imitate the introduction to Shining Collection was easily the most irritating this he'd heard all day, and he'd eventually had to chip in and add the other synthesiser so that Tatsuha could hurry up and guess it.

They all got out of the car, and Yuki had to restrain Shuichi from running straight over to the food stall by grabbing his collar. The popstar then spent the next few minutes choking.

"So, Eiri, which ride shall we go on first?"

"Roller-coasteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!"

"No."

"Eh…how about I take Shuichi on the roller-coaster, and you look around and see what ride you'd like to go on?"

"Roller-coasteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!"

"…okay."

At the top of the roller-coaster, Shuichi grinned brightly and looked out over the rest of the theme park, trying to spot his lover. His eyes lingered on the rapids, a small agenda of rides forming in his mind, and then he tore his eyes away from them to glance over the park. On the far left was a log flume, and next to that was one of those swinging boat things. Shuichi wondered how anybody could go on them, it made him feel sick. Then there were the Haunted House and Mirror Mazes, which Shuichi smiled at and decided it would give him a good excuse to cling to his lover. Speaking of which…Shuichi spotted the blonde sat on a bench sipping at a cup of coffee, even across the distance their eyes met and Shuichi sighed contentedly; he was very much in love, and he adored the feeling.

"Wheeeeeeeee!" was the cry from everybody as the roller-coaster lunged forward and plummeted down towards the ground, making a sharp turn at the last minute and swinging them all into the sides of their carts. Shuichi found himself squashed against Tatsuha, and he chuckled at the other boy's muffled protests of pain and…squishiness.

"I hope they take pictures on this ride," he said as they got off. Tatsuha smiled and shrugged.

"Maybe, I dunno," he replied as they began walking to where Shuichi had seen Yuki. They didn't have to walk very far as it appeared that the blonde novelist had decided to save them the trip and had walked over himself.

Yuki smiled slightly as he saw his lover and brother walking towards him, but rolled his eyes as Shuichi stopped to buy a hotdog. Eiri nodded in acknowledgement to his brother who was now stood next to him, and they both waited as Shuichi made his way over. Yuki was about to comment to Shuichi on the amount of food he ate when a large cart bearing the sign 'Wally's Circus' cut across the path in front of him and separated them. When the cart had gone, it appeared that Shuichi had too.

Yuki stared and then looked to Tatsuha to see if he was imagining it all.

"Where did Shuichi go?" asked the dark-haired youth, and Yuki determined that he was not.

"I don't know, maybe he's playing another joke," Yuki suggested, mildly confident that his suggestion would prove to be correct. Tatsuha nodded.

"That or he saw a ride he liked."

Yuki looked around, and seeing only kid's rides, he shook his head.

"I don't think so," he replied slowly, his voice holding an air of concern. "I don't like this," he put on his sunglasses and looked around, hoping to see Shuichi stood at a ride and waving in anticipation for him to get over there. But there was no sign of him, and Yuki frowned; something was definitely wrong.

They spent the next hour looking around the different rides, trying to ascertain whether or not Shuichi was 'around'. When they finally decided that he was not, they started asking people whether they'd seen him.

"Hey!" Tatsuha yelled to a person who had just walked away, "he's not that hard to spot, the least you could do is try to remember if you've seen him or not!" he was about to say something else but was yanked away by his older brother.

"Tatsuha, you do not speak to people like that. Let's try to keep this low key, okay? If anybody finds out that he's gone missing the press will be swarming the site," he looked at Tatsuha sharply and the younger boy nodded.

"Yeah, sorry."

At five o' clock, they still hadn't found Shuichi, and Yuki was actually beginning to panic. Tatsuha wasn't helping much.

"Maybe he's been kidnapped! Maybe they're using and abusing poor Shu-chan! Maybe-,"

"Will you shut up!"

Silence.

"I'm sorry…" Yuki put an arm around his brother's shoulder and sighed. He took out his mobile and dialled in a number. Hesitantly, he pressed the call key.

{Moshi moshi, Seguchi desu.}

"Hi."

{…Eiri-kun?}

"Hai."

{Hello! Daijoubu?}

"Shuichi has been kidnapped," blunt and to the point, as always.

{Oh, where are you? Are you with anybody else?}

"I'm at the theme park, Tatsuha is here too," Yuki replied, glancing across at his brother who seemed genuinely concerned about Shuichi.

{Okay, I'll be there right away.}

"Bring Sakuma-san, I don't like Tatsuha being miserable, I mean it'll keep Tatsuha out of the way!" Big time Freudian slip there, Eiri.

{Oh? Alright then,} Tohma's voice sounded amused and he bade farewell before putting down the phone. Staring absentmindedly at the phone, he was startled by a knock at the door.

"Come in," he called. The door to his office was slammed open and he was surprised to see Hiroshi Nakano standing in the doorway, clutching a piece of paper. "Nakano-san, can I help you?"

Suguru and Sakano appeared behind him, and Sakano stepped forward.

"Something's happened…"

Tohma casually looked at them all.

"Is this about Shindou-kun?"

Hiro paled.

"You know what happened?"

Seguchi shook his head.

"I got a phone call from Eiri-kun telling me that he thinks Shuichi has been kidnapped."

"He has. We found a ransom note," Hiro stepped over to Tohma and handed him the piece of paper.

We want 20, 000, 000 Yen for you singer, unless of course, NG Studios doesn't value him that much.

Leave the money on the doorstep of 134 Kiyosa Lane, don't even think about getting the police involved. Any sign of them and we will hurt him.

Seguchi frowned, was this guy serious? He glanced up and saw Hiro looking at him with a strange emotion in his eyes. Fear, Tohma could see, but something else also…anger? Did Hiro think that they wouldn't pay?

"We will pay the money, Nakano-san, but you and Bad Luck had better make up for it in your sales," he offered Hiro a smile and the teen relaxed a bit.

"Eiri? Calm down, please," Tatsuha pleaded with Yuki. His older brother was usually so calm, but right now he was pacing up and down the apartment, smoking and running his hands through his hair every five seconds…and was that…was Yuki crying? Tatsuha decided to shut up, he'd never seen his brother cry before, and it was scaring him slightly. Suddenly, a pink rabbit appeared in front of Yuki's face.

"Eiri-kun must smile! It makes Kumagorou sad to see a miserable Eiri-kun!"

Yuki stared for a few moments then frowned and turned away.

"SAKUMA-SAMA!"

Glomp.

"Ah Tatsuha-kun, Ryu-kun cannot breathe," came the voice of Seguchi. Yuki looked up and was a little un-nerved to see the glint in Tohma's eye.

"Tohma?"

"Eiri-kun, there was a ransom note delivered to the studios, it would appear that Shindou-kun has indeed been kidnapped," Tohma said, his expression cool and relaxed.

"Ransom? How much do they want?"

"It doesn't matter-"

"I'm sure I'll have enough money to pay-"

"I said it doesn't matter."

"Why not?"

"Because we aren't going to pay."

"…Tohma, we have-"

"Be quiet."

Growl.

"Tohma…"

"We're getting Shuichi back another way."

"So, tell me again why I'm here…"

"Because we want money."

"Heh, well Yuki isn't going to pay to get me back, he thinks I'm an annoying brat. You've more chance of getting hit on the head by a flying coconut," Shuichi sighed. What he said was true; Yuki would never pay all that money just to have him back, Yuki probably didn't…

didn't…

care.

"Looks like you're wrong," said one of the men. Shuichi looked up, shocked.

"What do you mean?"

"Looks like your lover's walking up the path right now."

Shuichi smiled. Was Yuki coming to take him home?

"But…he's not carrying anything…" one of the men said, slowly, stepping closer to the window to peer outside. One of the others snorted.

"Wonder where he's keeping the money then," they all burst out laughing…everyone except Shuichi, that is. What's he doing? He thought frantically. Is he coming here to say goodbye?! Shuichi's eyes filled with tears and he choked back a sob. From what he'd seen of Yuki in the past, he wouldn't put it past the blonde writer.

There was a knock at the door. Shuichi froze. He didn't want to hear it. He didn't want to hear Yuki say goodbye.

"Don't answer it, please," he whispered gently, not intending it to reach the ears of anyone, it was more a silent plea. And it went unheeded, because one of the men stood and opened the door. Shuichi sat still as he heard their voices.

"Do you have the money?"

"No, I don't."

Shuichi closed his eyes. It was that voice that would be telling him that he didn't want him anymore, that he wasn't worth saving.

"Then what are you doing here? This wasn't part of the plan. I don't know what you're up to but we aren't about to be fooled, Eiri Yuki."

Everybody in the room stiffened as the heard the gun being cocked, and then fired.

HAHAHAHA! Tee hee Will you ever know what happens? Heh, in the next chapter!! But this chapter was twice as long as they normally are! Yay! Hope you liked it…the beginning was a bit fast hehe, sorry about that.