Chapter 1: Intuition

"But Yuki!!!" a childish voice echoed, breaking the tranquility of the apartment. Shuichi clenched his fist, and did his best to make his teary-puppy-dog-eyes effect, which at the moment, proved unsuccessful.

"If you're leaving, might as well bring all your things with you." Yuki bluntly answered back, his sharp, golden eyes staring back at Shuichi.

"But I have no other choice, Yuki! K-san says that this would be a big break for the band. With our sales dropping, he says that this would be one of the best ways to get us back to the top. And all I have to do now is stay at Hokkaido for three weeks and then it's over. I asked him if you could come but he said that I would be too distracted and all and--" Shuichi paused as he noticed the golden glow of Yuki's eyes grow to a mellow amber. He knew Yuki... cold on the outside, but warm on the inside. And even for the longest time of staying with him, Yuki's unpredictability still surprised him.

"Three weeks?" Yuki repeated, shutting his eyes and turning his back to Shuichi. He sat himself on his seat and opened his laptop. Shuichi paused for a moment, sadness evident on his face. "Yes, three weeks..." He answered softly.

"Fine, if that's the only way... It's not like I can stop you." Yuki mumbled as he typed on his laptop. Shuichi knew the sorrow in Yuki's tone, and even then, Yuki still didn't want to show his feelings.

Shuichi slowly walked towards Yuki, sensing the gloom within his lover. He softly placed his hands on Yuki's shoulder, then let them run across his chest as he tenderly hugged him. The tapping stopped for a moment, as only heartbeat seemed to be the only audible sound.

"I'll be back soon, don't worry..." Shuichi whispered into his ear.

He slowly let go, then smiled as he noticed that Yuki had not been typing anything coherent. Noticing the stillness in Yuki, he decided that he assured him enough. He walked towards the door, opened it, then as he was about to shut it, he heard Yuki give the most heart-warming message he could have ever said...

"Don't do anything stupid."

Shuichi sat on the window seat, knowing that he sometimes got airsick. He stared out of the plane's window as the plane's roar was muffled, with K finally shutting the door and comfortably taking his seat behind Shuichi.

"Hey," A soft tone broke Shuichi's train of thought.

"What is it?" Shuichi looked up at his brown-haired friend.

"Don't worry about it, I'm sure Yuki will be fine. I mean, you've been doing this for how many times already." Hiro reassured Shuichi.

"Thanks Hiro. But, it's not that... I mean, Yuki barely cares when I leave. But this time, I'll be gone longer than usual, and with the both of us so far away, anything could happen. And he said something that bothered me a bit, but I never got to clear things up with him."

"Shuichi... that's why they invented the cellphone." Hiro smirked.

Shuichi's eyes lit up, "Hey! You're right!" He smiled widely as he instantly picked up his bag and went through it..

"What are you doing, Shuichi?" Hiro asked.

"I'm going to call Yuki right now! I'm going to tell him that he shouldn't worry and that I won't be gone for that long and that when back I come I'll----" Shuichi paused in the middle of the commotion.

"What is it?" Hiro felt a sweatdrop forming at the back of his head.

"M-my phone... It's not here!" Shuichi gasped in horror.

A taunting whistle sounded from behind them.

"Not to worry, Shuichi kun!!!" K announced triumphantly, "I'm keeping hold of your phone during the whole trip! Ohohohohoooo!!!"

"B-but why K-san?!?!" Shuichi said annoyingly as he tried to look at K, " If only the plane wasn't taking off," he thought.

"Like I said, Shuichi kunnnn!" K said with a smile, "No distractions during the whole trip! We can't afford to lose this chance! Ohohohohoooo!!!" K laughed as Shuichi's cellphone dangled from his hand.

"Eeeevil..." Shuichi mumbled under his breath as he silently cried a river.

"Don't worry Shuichi, I'll lend you my phone." Hiro winked at his distressed friend.

"Arigatou, Hiro kun!" Shuichi replied as he sniffed, making sure that K didn't hear the conversation.

The plane's wheels screeched as they finally landed. Shuichi was aroused from his light slumber; he hadn't noticed that he had fallen asleep.

"We're here!" Hiro smiled as he stretched.

"I wonder how much has changed since I last visited," Fujisaki thought loudly as he stared out the window.

"Just make sure, people, we're here on business! Business, business! okay???" Sakano reminded, he was worried that they would do some sightseeing than working.

As the plane finally came to a halt, and they finally alighted, Shuichi found himself worrying again about Yuki. Hiro noticed the expression on his face, and patted Shuichi's shoulder to comfort him. Shuichi smiled back, as the group made their way through the airport.

K went ahead, as usual, and searched for anyone who would be holding up a sign labeled, "K". He thought that using his name would have been safer, since it was a problem to get through the fans once they discovered that Bad Luck was walking around the airport in broad daylight. He didn't see anyone, so they all decided to stay at the waiting area as K went around the airport some more, track down the guy and possibly scare him a bit for being late... although everyone knew that "a bit" meant a traumatizing experience.

Shuichi blankly stared out into space as he chewed indefinitely on a pocky stick. He couldn't dismiss Yuki's words as he broke the news that he was leaving for a while. He recalled the whole scene, hoping to decipher what Yuki could have possibly meant.

"Yuki! I have some bad news..." Shuichi proposed as he walked into Yuki's room.

"What is it?" Yuki rubbed his eyes as he got up from his bed. It was obvious that Shuichi had unintentionally aroused him from his sleep... again.

"K san said that the band has to leave for Hokkaido and it the plane's going tomo--" Shuichi paused as he noticed the surprise on Yuki's face. "What's wrong, Yuki?" He asked.

"Hokkaido? You mean, tomorrow? The 25th?" Yuki seemed disturbed.

"Yes, and I'm sorry it's all so sudden but K just told us today as well. It seems we have to pack at once... but... what's wrong Yuki?"

"I-it's nothing.." Yuki shook his head.

"Not with the way you look! Don't give me that..." Shuichi couldn't explain the fear he felt just looking at Yuki's expression.

"I never believe in dreams, Shuichi... but... the very same event... this moment.. I just dreamt it.. I don't understand.. this feels strange." Yuki mumbled.

"G-go on, Yuki.." Shuichi walked towards him as Yuki slowly stood up.

"I never believe in dreams, Shuichi... But, I can't let you go, I just can't." Yuki looked up at him, straight into his eyes. Shuichi was startled for a moment.

"Yuki? Why? What is it? What's wrong? You've never reacted like this.."

"I can't let you go there... It's... I don't know how to..." Yuki cursed under his breath as he tried to explain, "You're not going, that's it!"

"What's this about Yuki? I don't understand! You have to give me a reason! I can't tell K-san that I can't go because you won't allow me. Please tell me!" Shuichi's voice started to sound childish once more.

"I can't let you go... you can't..." Yuki's glare made Shuichi feel the gravity of his words. But still, he had no choice, he had to go.

"But Yuki!!!" Shuichi protested, his voice echoing through the stillness of the apartment.

Shuichi suddenly awoke from the daydream as a man in pure white walked by. He stared at the man for a moment, who seemed to moved slower than the crowd. His hair was a mix of silver and white, which reached his cheeks. Shuichi squinted, trying to make out the stranger's face. He thought there was something funny about the stranger's right eye, which was only visible for a moment as his hair was tossed by a gust of wind. The man paused, then slowly turned towards Shuichi. Shuichi felt his nerves turn cold- he knew that the man was looking right back at him. The piercing light on stranger's glasses made Shuichi blink for a moment.. and then he was gone.

"Shuichi!" Hiro tapped him on the shoulder, making Shuichi jerk.

"W-what?!!" Shuichi answered back nervously, as the other half of the pocky fell from his mouth.

"What's wrong?" Hiro looked at where Shuichi was staring, but saw nothing but billboards and crowds. "You looked troubled back there..."

"I-it's nothing!" Shuichi smiled, but the image of the stranger was still fresh in his mind.

"You sure?" Hiro knew that Shuichi was keeping something from him, "You're pale. What were you looking at anyway?"

"Uh... uh... uhm.." Shuichi thought fast, "I thought I just saw Ryuichi making his way through the crowd, turns out I was wrong, ahahaaaa!!!" Shuichi's scratched the back of his head

"You're a terrible liar, you know that?" Hiro said as-a-matter-of-factly

"I know... Ahahahahahahahaaaaaaa!!!!" Shuichi's boisterous laughter made people stare at him.

A girl in a school uniform pointed at him, "Hey, isn't that Shindou Shuichi?"

A seemingly-vengeful smile crept on everyone's faces... Shuichi knew what was going to happen next.

"RUNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!" Sakano screamed as they all tried to outrun the crazed mob that virtually crushed everything in its way.

A few minutes later, K walked back to the table, only to find it destroyed beyond recognition.

"Shuichi has done it again..." He smirked and followed the trail of crushed airport fixtures.

"Owowowowowowowowww!!!" Shuichi chanted in pain as Hiro applied a medicine on his wound.

"Why are crowds getting more and more violent, Hiro-kun?" Shuichi asked, sniffing, as Hiro finally wrapped his arm with a bandage.

"It just shows how good we are, hehe." Hiro smirked.

"Yeah, that's a good way of putting it!" Shuichi laughed cheerfully, then chanted a few "Ow's" as the wound in his stomach area was hurting again. "But they literally hit below the belt..."

K walked into the room, a magnum in hand, immediately making Shuichi and Hiro freeze.

"Finally! Ohohoho! I have found you two. "He laughed loudly as he placed the magnum at his side. "where are the others?"

"Fujisaki is in the next room, Sakano went out to buy food, since I told him he's the only one the crowds hardly ever go after."

Shuichi looked at Hiro for a moment, "Then why was he in full military uniform???"

"Ahahahaaa," Hiro diverted the conversation, "K-san what took you so long? I mean, didn't you know that we were at this apartment?"

"No, actually, it was only now that Mr. Misaki told me about our reservation... I spent the whole afternoon trying to look for that guy and all he gives me is a phone call.. if only he weren't a client I would've..." K's voice trailed off as he was doing neck-wringing gestures.

"Mr. Misukaki? Who is he?" Shuichi interrupted.

K sat down on the couch, and sighed.

"He's our client; he plans on making one of your songs into a commercial... with Bad Luck in it."

"But why all the way in Hokkaido?" Shuichi's eyebrows rose.

"The setting, my dear Shuichi-kun. They plan to use Spicy Marmalade for a jam commercial or something.. or was it an anti-depressant?" K started to mumble to himself again.

"So this is our big break?" Shuichi asked in an irate tone. "This... commercial?! Why the heck are we staying for 3 weeks?"

K looked at Shuichi with curiosity. He reached for a can of soda at the side table and opened it... as if intentionally making Shuichi's annoyance grow in waiting for him to answer.

"You remember your music video... Rage Beat, don't you, Shuichi-kun?" K answered in a low tone, and closing his eyes.

"Yeah... I do..."

"You know how many settings we took right? And how long it took until we finally aired it on TV?"

"Yeah, so?"

"This is exactly what they are doing again... but this time, it's taking a little longer since we have almost more than 16 settings for the video... Shuichi kun, you seem annoyed by this opportunity; don't you realize how this is going to help Bad Luck?"

Shuichi gulped as K was slowly standing up, in his intimidating pose, and walking towards them. Even Hiro could not utter a word.

"The jam doesn't matter... It's you.. It's Bad Luck. You matter! Do this well and the company gets its advertising, but as of the moment, the first thing that will catch the people's attention wouldn't be the jam. They'll be watching Bad Luck, and because you're there, they'd want the product... Don't you get it? It's you they want!!! And once they get to see you on TV, sales will most probably go up! Do you get it now? Do you??!?"

Shuichi gulped once more as K stood right in front of him. He could see K's fingers slightly tapping the magnum placed at his side.

"I knew I could trust in you, Shuichi-kun..." K had a serious expression on his face, which scared Shuichi even more.

"Now, I'm gonna go take a shower and go to bed... Ohohohohoooo!!! We should be up early tomorrow!" K suddenly switched to his lighter mood, and continued chuckling as he walked into the bathroom.

Shuichi and Hiro were left staring at the bathroom door... speechless... until Shuichi muttered,

"He's scary..."

Yuki tossed and turned. He could not shut his eyes, even for a moment. He looked at his side, which was bare, save for a pillow. He could not stop recalling the dream he had.

"This is stupid..." He thought.

He sees the dream, from the part where Shuichi walks into the room, telling him that he had to go to Hokkaido. Next, Shuichi said that it would only be three days..

"Three weeks... he told me three weeks... Why was it three days?" Yuki pondered.

Next, he saw Shuichi, standing by two unfamiliar people, as fire blazed around. It was like a scene from an action film, but Yuki could feel the heat of the flames. Shuichi looked over his shoulder, his tear-streaked cheeks, the sadness in his eyes. A bright light overcame Shuichi, and Yuki could see nothing until the light was gone...

"What did it mean? Why do I even care in the first place? It's just a stupid dream!" Yuki turned to his side and shut his eyes. He unknowingly fell asleep.

A man in white stood amidst a scenery full of ruin. He stood unscathed, his trench coat nothing but white, without even a speck of ash. Yuki's eyebrows met as he saw the man turn around, and holding a rose in his left hand. Yuki froze as he noticed his right eye, which was only obvious when the wind tossed his hair to the side. It was monstrous, totally unnatural than anything he had ever seen. The man smiled at him, which made him feel a cold sting creep up his spine.

Yuki could not explain why, but he walked towards the man, who seemed to beckon him. And as soon as Yuki was two feet away from him, the man smirked and turned, pointing to a certain direction. Yuki diverted his gaze through the ruin, and saw something familiar. He gasped. It was Shuichi, standing alone at the edge of an unstable structure.

"Shuichiii!!!" Yuki screamed in panic. He tried to run to Shuichi, who did not even his voice. Yuki ran as fast as his feet could take him, his heart pounding loudly. He suddenly came to a halt when he suddenly saw the man in white walking towards Shuichi. He turned around, and saw that the man he had left standing just a moment ago was now meters ahead of him. Yuki continued running, as he saw the man walking slowly towards Shuichi, approaching him from behind. Yuki was only a few meters away, when everything exploded, he saw nothing but bright light. He felt nothing but intense heat. he felt himself being thrown, the scratch of debris against his skin. His head swam with confusion, and yet he could think of nothing else but Shuichi.

Yuki woke up in cold sweat, breathing heavily as he patted himself, making sure that his was still all right. Once convinced that the whole thing was a dream, he closed his eyes, and lay his hands over his face. He had no idea what the dream was about, but he could still remember it in full detail. The man in white, his monstrous eye, Shuichi, the ruins... the memory was still fresh in his memory as if he had actually been there.

Yuki looked at the clock beside him...

"2 AM" it had only been two hours since he fell asleep. Now, he wondered whether he would still be able to get any sleep.

"Shuichi..." Yuki tenderly called, as if expecting him to answer back. But the knew he was alone, and he knew he was miles away; he could do nothing but wait for three weeks until he returned...

"Three.. weeks.." Yuki shut his eyes, picturing Shuichi in his mind as his comfort.

Author's Note: Oh my oh my... I wonder what I'm going to do next.. (feels the rage of the readers)... I'm going to continue this, yes yes!!! But first, I must make Shuichi act more lively, heheee... Anyways, I hope I don't screw this plot up... waaah!!!

I need coffee... sniff....