Disclaimer: Still the same as I wrote for the last 8 chapters.
Chapter 8
Loves Betrayal.
He walks through the street, like a lost soul bound to find its way. An exasperated sigh escapes through the tender orifice. When he looks up finally, he finds himself in a place he is all too familiar with. The path where he first met him. A slight smile forms across his lips as he continues his way into the park.
He racks his brain, pondering different ways on how to fix things. He gets to the bridge and leans against the railing, letting out another sigh. He closes his eyes and takes in the warm, gentle, morning breeze. "Why can't this be something simple?" he thinks to himself.
His violet orbs open up and look out at the beautiful sight of Tokyo. "I can't think here, I have to go somewhere where there is more noise." he outwardly says. With one last look at the scenery, he pushes himself off the railing and begins walking again.
"What am I going to ask him? What will he ask of me? What will be the ending result to me going there? Will you push me away? Will you even listen to a word that I have to say?" These are the questions that are running through Shuichi's head.
After about 30 minutes of walking, he accidentally bumps into a female. He finally looks up and peers at her. "Sorry…." he says, almost quietly. The woman accepts the apology and continues on her way. Shuichi looks at the building that he is standing in front of and a small smile forms on his face. The building he is standing in front of is no other than The Rising Sun.
He walks over to the door and looks in through the window. There are a few people in there setting the place up for daily business. He tries the door knob and finds that it is open. He turns the handle, steps in, and shuts the door behind him.
He makes his way over to a women with chestnut hair and vibrant green eyes. "Excuse me, can you tell me if Mr. Taokini is available?" he asks. She looks up the from the counter and smiles at Shuichi. "He is in the back. Let me see if he is busy.." she says, walking off towards the back room. Shuichi looks around the place and sits down on a stool.
A few minutes later, the woman comes back out and over to Shuichi. "He says that he will see you." she says, bowing and then going back to her job.
"Arigatou." The singer says and bows to her. He straightens back up and heads off towards the back. He knocks on the door and waits for confirmation to enter. He hears it from the other side of the door and enters. He bows his head and then looks at him. The man has a shocked look on his face and stands up.
"How many years has it been, Mr. Shindou?" The older looking man asks.
"It has been about five years. How are you doing?"
"Real good. Real good. How about yourself? Well, I should already know the answer to that one, shouldn't I.." the man says, blushing a bit.
Shuichi laughs a bit and walks towards the man. "Everything is doing very well. Thank you. I know that it has been awhile, but you know how these things can go."
"Yes, I have noticed. Wow. So what do I owe this pleasure of a huge superstar?"
Shuichi blushes and shakes his head. "We aren't that huge yet. But I did come here to ask you a favor." he says.
"Anything for you. You should know that you don't have to ask. Unless you are wanting to buy me out or something and then I would have to object to that." he says with a laugh.
"No, of course not. I wouldn't do that to you and you know that. I came to ask if I can borrow the stage for a little while. And perhaps a little bit of music."
"Of course. You can have it for as long as you need it." Taokini says.
"Thank you. I appreciate this, I definitely owe you one."
"I will keep that in mind." The older man says.
Shuichi bows to the guy and heads out of the office. He heads over to the little jukebox and turns some music on. He walks over to the stage and climbs up onto it. He stands there and closes his eyes.
:Flashback:
"This is it Hiro. I can't believe that we are doing our first show here. I am really excited." Shuichi says, bouncing around with a lot of excitement.
"Yes, Shuichi, I can see this. You act as if I am not even here." The red head replies.
"You have to be so mean to me." Shuichi pouts.
"I am not mean, Shuichi. I am simply telling you that I know."
"…….."
"Oh, come now, don't be like that with me. You know that I am just as excited about this as you are." He says, walking over to the pink haired boy. He wraps his arms around him and says "You know that I am excited. I'm helping you accomplish a dream. A dream that we will both reach together."
Shuichi's eyes tear up as he holds onto his friend. The salty goodness begins to fall down his face. "Thank you, Hiro. You don't know how much you doing this for me means to me."
"Yes, I do. I know how much you want to be like Ryuichi. And with me by your side, and always being here for you, you know that you will achieve that dream." Hiro says soothingly.
The tears fell even more. "What did I do to deserve a person like you in my life?"
"You actually took the initiative and talked to me. You actually gave me a chance and not go by what everyone else was saying about me."
"Thank you for everything, Hiro. I don't know anyone else who would have sacrificed the things that you have to help me chase a dream."
"Good, I'm glad that you don't. If you did, then I might get jealous." Hiro says with a slight chuckle.
Shuichi pulls away from Hiro and smiles up at him. "Even if I did find another like that, I would rather have you over anyone else."
Hiro looks down at his friend and smiles. "And I wouldn't replace you either. Remember this for the rest of your life." He reaches down a bit and brushes the pink hair back on Shuichi's head. "Now….lets go out there and show them what you are all about."
Shuichi shakes his head. "I don't want to show them how good I am." he looks down. A smile forms on his face and then he looks back up. "I want to show them us. I want them to remember our faces for a long time. You and me will one day have our names up in lights." he says, getting stars in his eyes.
"It will be us forever, Shuichi. This band wouldn't be if one of us were missing." Hiro says with a huge smile. "Now lets get our asses out there and show them the next best thing since Nittle Grasper."
Shuichi's eyes get wide and the stars grow. "You really think that we will make it that big? You really think that one day I will be on stage with the god himself?"
"Yes….but if we don't get out there now, then it will never happen." Hiro says, nudging his friend.
The next second later, Shuichi was gone. There was smoke where Shuichi was standing. Hiro smiles and then heads out towards the stage.
Shuichi was already out there, making his debut speech to the crowd. Hiro comes onto the stage shortly after and Shuichi looks back at Hiro and smiles. "Hiro…" he says
With that Hiro begins to play their song. The crowd that was in there seemed to be enjoying the music. Dancing along and cheering on the two teens. Shuichi sings his heart out, trying to make everyone remember him.
After they are done performing, Shuichi and Hiro leave the stage. Instantly Hiro was glomped by the pink haired boy. "Hiro, we did it. I think that they really liked our song. Listen to the people, they are still clapping for us." Shuichi says, looking down at his friend.
"Shuichi, you were amazing. I can see you on stage with Ryuichi one day." Hiro says smiling up at his friend.
"I could never do this without you, Hiro. This is something that we will do together, forever."
"Forever, Shuichi, it will be you and me." The auburn haired teen kisses the forehead of his friend.
:END FLASHBACK:
Shuichi comes back out of his daze, and realizes he is standing on the stage. Right in the center like he always is. He looks back behind him where Suguru stands and can picture him there. He looks back and sees Hiro standing there. Then suddenly Hiro's image begins to fade.
His eyes grow wide and he goes after the fading image. "Please don't go, Hiro. Please, Hiro, you promised me….." he cries out, launching himself to where his friend should be.
The tears form in his eyes and he looks down at the floor he just launched himself at. There was no Hiro on the floor where he should have been. The tears fall down his face and he places his hands over his face. The reality of the situation finally hit him. "Hiro will never be on stage with me again." he cries into his hands.
Taokini rushes over to Shuichi and bends down to him. He places a hand on Shuichi's back to try and comfort him. He has never had to deal with something like this before. Matter of fact, he didn't really know what was going on.
"Shuichi….what's wrong? What can I do to help?" he asks, much concern on his face.
"Hiro….gone…forever…"he manages to murmur through his hands.
The older man gets a confused look on his face. "What are you talking about?" he couldn't help but ask.
"Hiro….fired….alone…" were the words that came out this time.
Taokini thought about it for a moment and then he puts two and two together. "I'm very sorry, Shuichi. I didn't think that they could continue without the two of you." he says, trying to sooth the singer.
After a few minutes of soothing and Shuichi crying into his hands, the pink haired boy finally stops. He just stares down at the floor and then rises. "Arigatou, Taokini-san." He walks out of the place without looking back.
The older man nods to him and watches as he walks away. He really wishes that there was something that he could do about it or at least a way that he could help comfort him.
Shuichi continues down the road. His face towards the ground as he becomes lost in his thoughts once again. He is thinking on a way to get Hiro back into his band and make Yuki happy all at the same time. Nothing was coming to his mind. He was drawing a complete blank on this situation.
He stops for a moment and looks up. To his astonishment, he was standing in front of Yuki's apartment. He takes a deep breath and looks up into the window of the front room where his once beloved Yuki resides. Before he knows it, his feet are walking towards the door. He breathes out and pulls out the key from his pocket and unlocks the outside door.
Once in there he heads towards the elevators. He presses the button and then gets in. He looks at the numbers for the floor, reaches over with a shaky hand, and presses the right floor. The doors close and he breathes out again. He was really nervous being here. He doesn't even know why he is here at the moment.
The elevator dings and the doors slide open. Shuichi stands there for a moment and steps out. He makes his way down the hallway and towards the apartment. He stops outside the door and just looks at it. With a boost of confidence, he pulls the keys out of his pocket and inserts it into the lock.
His eyes get wide and he tries another key on the ring. None of the keys he has are working, which only means that Yuki was home, and got the locks changed again. "Yuki isn't supposed to be here. He is supposed to be out of town still." he thinks to himself.
With some hesitation, Shuichi reaches up and presses the doorbell. He steps away a bit and waits for Yuki to open up the door. After a few minutes, he reaches up and presses the doorbell again. His eyes flinch a bit when he hears the loud cursing on the other side of the door.
"Who ever it is it better be…." he says while opening the door. He stopped when he saw Shuichi standing there. "What the hell do you want, brat?" he asks.
Shuichi swallows and peers into the amber orbs. He takes into note the black eye and the cut in his lip. He could feel the tears brimming his eyelids. He still can't believe that Hiro and Yuki fought. But Hiro had every right to for Yuki causing him to lose his job.
He looks down at the floor and then glances back up to see Yuki shutting the door. Within an instant, Shuichi's foot was in the door. "Why?" he asks. It came out as more of a whisper then anything.
Yuki's eyes narrow as he glares at Shuichi. "What the fuck are you talking about?" He asks.
"Why did you get Hiro fired?"
Yuki was a little thrown back by this question. He figured Shuichi came here to question about him and Tohma. "I don't have time to answer your questions, so if that is all you came here for, then you can get the hell out." he says, pressing on the door.
Shuichi places his hand firmly on the door. "I'm not leaving here until you tell me why you did it." He says calmly. He presses back against the door, trying to keep it open.
"Listen here, you fucking little brat. I don't care what the fuck you came here for, but I want you to leave. If you don't leave on your own, then I will have you removed." he retorts.
Shuichi closes his eyes one more time and takes a deep breath. After a moment, he opens them back up and looks at Yuki. "I will leave when you get Hiro his job back. What you did was wrong and you know it. Why Hiro of all people? Were you jealous or something? Is that what you did this for? What the hell do you have to be jealous about? Oh, I know. The fact that Hiro can be a decent person and you refuse to let anyone in. Because Hiro knows how to treat me. Because Hiro has something that you long for, but can never have back. I mean come now, Eiri. Tell me why you had to go as far as hurting my best friend?" He hisses out at the blond.
Yuki's eyes get wide and then the dangerously narrow. "How dare you…" he growls out. "Who the fuck do you think you are coming into my life, messing it up, and then preaching to me about how what I did was wrong? I refuse to let a street trash punk like that get in the way of anything." He roars out.
Shuichi listens to what Yuki has to say. He shakes his head and laughs a bit. "So if that is what you think of him, then what do you truly thing of me?" he asks.
"You know what I think of you. You are annoying, a nuisance, loud, incompetent and really bad in bed." Yuki spits out.
"Yeah, yeah. Same shit that I hear from you all the time. It is because I remind you of someone, don't I, Yuki? Yourself, perhaps? Oh wait, no that can't be it. You know that you really should come up with something better." he says narrowing his eyes a bit.
"Who the fuck do you think you are dealing with?" he asks. Before Shuichi realized it, the door was swung open, he was grabbed by his throat and slammed up against the door. "You have no right to say something like that. Especially since you don't know anything about my life. You only know the little bit that I told you. You say you love me and yet you go and treat me like this. I should have known that it was all a mere ploy to get from me what you wanted. Stupid fucking children anyways." he hisses out and tightens his grip on Shuichi's throat.
Shuichi's head had bounced off the door when Yuki threw him against it. He reaches his hands and grips Yuki's arms. He just looks at him and his eye get wide. He couldn't believe that the blond was doing this to him. "Yuki…..please…." he manages to say.
"Tell me why I should let you go. At this point you don't deserve to even breath the same air as I do. You know that I would have no qualms about killing you." He says in a very dangerous voice, squeezing a little more.
This voice really scared Shuichi. This was one he had never heard before. He was going to take Yuki very seriously on this one. He wasn't wanting to die but he wasn't wanting to be without his best friend either. He simply nods his head. He isn't going to excel anymore oxygen that he needs to. He closes his eyes and relaxes against the strangulation.
Yuki, after a minute, releases Shuichi. He just stares at him without a care on his face. As far as he was concerned, Shuichi deserved it for crossing the line. "Now get out of here, Brat." he snarls out.
"Please tell Tohma to give Hiro back his job." He pleads.
"Fuck off, brat. Hiro should have kept his nose out of things that don't concern him. And I will do no such thing."
Shuichi stood straight up and glares at Yuki. "I can't believe that you are the same person that I fell in love with. I don't know who you are or what you did with my Eiri, but I know that you aren't him at all. I must have lost him when he fucked Tohma." he says, the tears falling from his face.
Yuki looks over at Shuichi and his eyes narrow once again. "You get in return what you dish out. I know that there is something going on with you and trailer trash. I know that there is something more then just friendship. So I decided that if you can do it, then god dammit, why couldn't I? I mean, why are you allowed to have all the fun, Shuichi?" he asks.
"I don't know what you think is going on with me and Hiro. But it is nothing like that. It is complete and innocent friendship. He is my best friend ,you know, so I don't know why you would even think like that. Maybe that is how your twisted mind works, cause you are such a scrooge." Shuichi retorts.
"Don't lie to me, Shuichi. I know better then that. I don't know which one of your moronic friends you take me for. Now get out and never bother me again. We are no longer lovers. I don't want you around me anymore and if you step foot near this place again, you will live only to regret it." Yuki says.
"You don't mean that." the singer says. He could feel the tears begin to roll down his face. "Please, tell me that you don't mean that." he whispers out.
"I mean that more then you could possibly comprehend. If you continue to bother me, I will make sure that your music career is done….forever." he threatens.
"You can't do that to me, Yuki. Why would you do that to me? You know that I love you. Please don't do this to me. You have already ruined one person's life, why do you have to ruin mine on top of it?" he asks.
"I'm done with this conversation. Thanks to you, you have caused me to fall behind on my book. Now get out." he says pointing towards the door.
"But Yuki…" he stopped right there. He walks out the door and then stops. "Yuki…Please get Hiro back his job." he says, turning around to look at the blond.
"Leave.."
"But Yuki…" were the only words that he got out before he felt the back of Yuki's hand against his face. He felt himself flying back a bit and was sure to find himself implanted into the wall behind him. But instead he fell against something softer then a wall. When he looks up, he sees a very furious face.
Hiro
Hiro sets Shuichi down and kneels next to him. "Shu, are you alright?" he asks, touching Shuichi's face.
"Get away from him.." came a growl from behind Hiro.
Hiro stands up and finds himself peering into the face of the author. His eyes narrow as he stands there. "You have some fucking nerve to touch him like that.." he growls out.
"He is my bitch, I will do with him what I please."
"Not while I am still alive, you won't." Hiro hisses out.
"I can arrange that for you as well, Hiro." Yuki calmly relies.
"I would rather die then see you lay another one of your dirty hands on him."
"As I already told him, he is my property and he will be disciplined properly. So since that is clear enough, you can mind your own business."
"Touch him again and I will kill you. That I can promise you. I don't care what you told him, what he allows you to do to him, but I will not stand for it. Besides, what do you care, you don't really like him anyways."
"You don't know anything about me, you fucking worthless punk. As I was telling you, I simply had to put the brat back in his place."
"Then how about I put you back in yours." Hiro says.
"You don't have a place to put me, cause I am above you. I always will be and there is nothing that you can do about that. Remember that you will always be a nobody, Nakano. And because of my influence, you will remain a nobody."
Hiro's hand clench at his sides as he listens to Yuki. He steals a glance at Shuichi and can see the hurt on his face. He turns to his friend and bends back down to him. "Come, Shu. Lets take you home." he says, reaching out to take ahold of him.
Suddenly there was a sharp pain that shot through the back of Hiro's head. He falls forward but catches himself before landing on Shuichi. He remains there for a moment.
"I told you not to touch him. And you are talking crazy cause this is Shuichi's home." Yuki says.
Hiro's eyes narrow again and he springs up and punches Yuki, once again in the nose. There was a cry of pain as the blond stumbled backwards. His hands were instantly on his face, catching his blood in them. His vision was blurred thanks to this action.
"You won't talk about him like that ever again. Do you understand me? He is no ones property. Not yours, not Tohma's, not anyone's. He is an individual who can think on his own. And you will never touch him again." The auburn haired man says, flames in his eyes. Hiro steps away from Shuichi in the fighting commenced.
Just as he got away, Yuki launched himself at Hiro, knocking the younger man to the floor. Hiro's eyes close and makes a sound of pain as his head hits the floor. As he was about to open his eyes back up, he felt Yuki's fist connect again to his already broken nose. Hiro lets out a cry of pain and his hands shoot up to his face. Yuki continues to punch Hiro, screaming obscenities at him.
As Yuki comes back down to hit him again, Hiro reaches up and grabs his fists. He wasn't going to allow him to continue to beat on him. He takes every ounce of his strength and manages to push Yuki off him. He pushes himself off the floor and begins to charge Yuki. As he gets closer to him, he makes a fist and connects again to Yuki's face. This punch lands hard and makes Yuki fly backwards. He stumbles a bit and screams again at Hiro.
Doors around them begin to open so that people can see what all the ruckus is. They see the blood and the two men fighting in the hallway. They gasp and just continue to watch.
Hiro flies at the blond one more time and connects with him, bull rushing him to the floor. He brings his fist up to bring it down upon Yuki, when his hand was grabbed. He glares at the hand and then follows it up to the person it belongs to.
Shuichi holds on for dear life, as the tears stream down his face. "Please stop this. I don't want you to get anymore hurt on my account." He whimpers out.
The glare removes itself from Hiro's face and he nods to his friend. "Alright, Shu-chan. If that is really what you want, then I will stop." He finishes his sentence just as he is hit in his temple with Yuki's fist. Hiro falls backwards and hits the floor.
"You stupid son of a bitch…." Yuki curses, scurrying out from under the younger man. He runs towards Hiro again, Hiro this time takes the blond off guard, uses his legs, and launches the man away.
Shuichi's eyes get wide as he sees where Yuki is heading. He wants to run to him, but for some reason he can't move.
Thump, thump, thump…the sound continues as the blond falls down the stairs. He lands at the bottom and his head hits the floor. He groans out and just lays there.
Hiro gets up and heads over to the stairs. He looks down them before he quickly descends them, taking the stairs two and three at a time. At the bottom, he stands over Yuki and glares at him. He crouches down and punches him again. "You ever lay a hand on him again, you will find yourself falling down all the stairs." he whispers only loud enough for the blond to hear. He then gets up and goes back up the stairs.
At the top of the stairs he looks at Shuichi. He begins to walk over to him, when suddenly he blacks out and falls to the floor.
Shuichi watches as his friend hit's the floor, and he makes his way over to him. He then makes his way to the stairs and looks down and sees Yuki at the bottom. The tears start to roll out of his eyes again as he looks between the two of them. He pulls out his phone and dials the emergency number and tells them what happened.
-TBC-
A/N: -wipes forehead- Wow that took me forever to put together. I hoped that you guys liked this one. It answers the question of where Shuichi went and all the other questions you had. Tell me what you think. And tell me your honest truth. If you don't do that then I don't know whether or not is it good enough to continue.
Reviewer thanks:
you know who I am: I did answer questions….just not all of them. And it isn't a good story if I don't leave more questions up in the air right? That's what makes you always want to read the next chapter. And I know that you are and you know that I appreciate it. -hugs- Thank you for reviewing.
Lyra Rosette- Here you go. You got your wish. There was equal ass kicking, but Hiro prevailed in the end…thank you for your review
Kyttycat- I know I hurt my poor Hiro. -hugs him- I'm glad you liked where I ended it. I am also glad that you are liking my story. I like the fact that I can always count on a review from you. And I know that I make Yuki and Tohma bastards….but what can I say. They aren't my favorite characters. Thank you again for reviewing. -hugs-
WolfBane2- I'm glad that I left that open for you to question. Thank you for reviewing. But I hope that this answered your question.
WhiteTigress666- I hope that this helped answer your questions. They were about even in the last one…but I think that Hiro prevailed in this one. Thank you for your reviews.
Yuuji Kamui- Nope his nose didn't magically repair itself. When he was with Shuichi he was just being very careful with it….as you find out in this chapter it gets broken more. Thank you for reviewing.
Kiki-sama- I got a kick out of your review. I hope that this chapter pleases you. Thank you for reviewing and hope you continue to read it.
DeMoN4EvA- Here is your update. I hope that you like this one as well. And I have read a couple, my friend is helping me come up with something for it…and I will put it to work as soon as I can. I don't want to put my brain on over load and then not be able to update for a long time. And about Tohma…he scares me to. Every time he is in the picture it makes me cringe. And yes I would love to be friends with you. I have made a few friends on here, and I love it. And yes you should start writing soon…I would love to read some. Thank you for your review -hugs-
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