Well, here we go. Chapter three, which was a total bitch to get out, well, until I got onto the computer that is. Word Pad sucks beyond all belif, so I have no way of knowing if this chapter is shorter or longer than the others. Crap for crap computers really suck as well. So, I'll stop ranting and let you have your peace. Cheers!
Disclaimer: You know something? The disclaimer is on the first page... if you hadn't read the first chapter and all it's quirks, then WHY THE HELL ARE THE HERE? Okay.. there ya go... mutter Gawd.. the stupidity of some people...
Warnings: Sugar... lots of it. Imense plotting. And wondering about how much of a manipulative bastard certain people can be. No Blue Angelfish though... thing's dangerous, didn't you know that? Never go near one, the damage that thing caused in the making of the second chapter nearly cost us everything. So the company forced us to get rid of it. We're thinking of a goldfish for next time...
Chapter 3
"He's mine! Do you hear me? He's too nice for you!"
Yuki growled low and crossed off the first sentence on his list. Extending just over five full sheets of paper, typed, small font, that list included everything he could do to wing Shuichi back, just short of grovelling and pleading for him. After so many years of being a 'cold-hearted bastard', as Sakuma had joyfully called him, he didn't want to lose the only chance he had at a life.
Damn that man! Yuki stood and began pacing. Who the hell does he think he is? Claiming to have his Shuichi! If they were alone, he might've just killed the vocalist after that, but Shuichi was there and it would've upset him. Damn. He'd finally admitted to himself that he needed the younger man and this happened! Why the hell didn't Tohma tell him?
Tohma...
Getting a thought Yuki picked up the phone and dialed NG.
"Good afternoon, thank you for calling NG Corp. This is Mr. Seguchi's secretary speaking. May I help you?"
"Yes, I would like to speak with Mr. Seguchi please."
"I'm sorry, but Mr. Seguchi isn't taking any calls right now. Will you be making an appointment?"
"Trust me, he'll take me. Tell him his brother-in-law is on the phone."
"Very well Sir. Please hold."
Yuki sat for ten very agonizing minutes listening to elevator music before someone finally answered.
"Good Afternoon, Eiri. What can I do for you?"
Yuki growled, "Don't play dumb Seguchi! Why didn't you tell me what I'd face... before I got out of the hospital?"
"My, Eiri, whatever do you mean?"
"Tohma! You know exactly what I mean! About Sakuma and Shindou!"
"Ah, yes well... I did not think it appropriate at the time."
"I would've killed him Tohma, I wanted to."
"Hm, I'm sure you did."
Yuki stared at the wall, twitching. "You're not going to do something about them?"
"Why would I? You should know this little fact about Mr. Shindou pretty well by now. I may rule his life, but I have no hold on his heart. I'm pretty sure I proved that when I failed to break you two apart. I might push you further apart if I try to push you back together. I think he tries to do everything against me within his power, to be honest. You should just try convincing Shindou that you're better for him than Ryuichi."
"Would that matter?"
"Mm-hm. Well, good luck with that. However, I must be going now. Good day Eiri."
Yuki frowned as he heard the dialtone and placed the phone back on its base. He watched the phone for a long moment before smirking. "Manipulative bastard. He's getting something out of this, I know it."
Sitting back down he flipped through his list and circled a number. "Plan B."
SCENE CHANGE
Tohma smiled and looked at his small audience. "This is going almost better than I had hoped." He said to K, Noriko, and the remaining members of Bad Luck. "Eiri's really serious about betting Shindou back."
K looked thoughtful. "Do you think he could do it? I mean, Ryuichi would understand Shuichi a lot better than Yuki, right?"
"Not necessarily so. Their personatlies match, but in the final run, nothing would click. With Eiri, Shuichi has an unspoken agreement. They both have a set position in their relationship where one perfectly compliments the other. They understand and can see faults in each other that most refuse to notice. Once recognized, those faults can be fixed."
Hiro and Suguru nodded. "Right, Mr. Shindou's music always reaches out to people when he's happy, and he's happiest with Mr. Yuki." Suguru noted.
"Well, that's all fine and good, but," Noriko set her head against her fist and smiled. "What are you getting out of this, Tohma?"
The president smiled as well. "What are you talking about Noriko? What could I possible gain from this?"
SCENE CHANGE
"Ryuichi! Why did you do that?"
The vocalist in question lifted his head. "Huh? Do? Do what?" Kumagoro's ears flopped to the side in question. Shuichi walked from the doorway of the home they shared and plopped himself onto a kitchen stool He leaned onto the bar so his face was hidden and groaned.
"Why did you say that to Yuki? Why did you provoke him!"
Ryu stood and ran over to him. "Did Ryuichi make Shu sad na no da? He doesn't want Shu to be sad. That's why," he pulled a stool over and sat on it. "That's why I told him off. I don't want him to hurt you again. Shuichi can't smile or sing when he is sad. So please, forgive me?"
Shuichi raised his head, smiling slightly. "I don't blame you Ryu. I just don't want him to hurt you." Or vice-versa, he thought.
"Yuki can't hurt me, Shuichi. Trust me. He won't lay a hand on me." Ryuichi had a serious look on his face when he said that, but smiled right after. "Don't worry about me Shu-chan!"
"You're right Ryuichi! I should be worrying about my own sanity, what with me being you you all the time." He laughed at Ryu's mock-insulted glare and stood up. "I'll be right back. someone's at the door." The knocking came again as he jogged down the hall. Opening the door he stared at the large truck in the driveway. "Wha?"
Clearing his throat the little man at the door held a clipboard out to Shuichi. "A deliver for Mr. Shindou."
"Ah, yes. That's me." Taking the clipboard he signed where indicated and returned it to the man. "Who is it from?"
"No name was included, but you have about ten boxes in there. Where should I put them?"
"T...ten boxes? Of what?"
"How should I know? I just deliver the damn things. If you don't tell me where to put your boxes, sir, I'll put them on your driveway and leave them for you."
Shuichi sweatdropped and nodded. "Ok... that would be fine... right here, in the garage then." Showing the man where to go, he picked up the one box by the door, and left the others to be dropped into the garage.
Confused about the package, it was quite large, he brought it into the kitchen where Ryu still waited. "Ooo! A package! Who's it from? What is it? Is it edible?"
Shuichi carefully tore the tape and opened the box, answering Ryu's questions while he did so. "There wasn't a name, I have no a clue what it is," Pushing away the paper is eyes widened. "And apparently."
Seeing the look, Ryu prepared for the worst, but when he gazed into the box he gaped. "POCKY! Whoever it was sent you a whole cardboard box full of pocky! Can I have the box? Pleeeeeaaaaase?"
"Ten boxes."
"TEN? Someone must really love you. Fan maybe?"
"Yeah, but who would know that my favorite pocky is strawberry? That's pretty much all that's in here. A few boxes of vanilla, and chocolate. And I think I see pretzal down the somewhere... but it's still mostly strawberry. Who would...?"
Ryuichi grinned and picked up the top box. He turned it over and nodded. "Uh huh. It couldn't be anyone else. But.. then again.. no.. he wouldn't, would he? No, he wouldn't. Never mind." He put the box back into the bigger box and his grin lightened. "Come on Shu, it's probably a really good fan. A stalker, or maybe even K. Who knows? Let's just enjoy it." Shu nodded and Ryu shook his head. Wow, he thought, Shuichi must be REALLY dense if he can't even figure this one out. Now, to help Yuki without him noticing it... damn, what did I get myself into? He sighed heavily and stood up. "I'm going to go take a shower. We have rehearsals tomorrow, don't forget. Maybe you should get to bed early. We've had a long day."
"You're right Ryu." Shu smiled. "I guess I shouldn't worry so much eh?"
"Exactly."
SCENE CHANGE
Yuki checked off Plan B. "Well, so far so good. Now that I got that taken care of, I should get myself back into his life." Sighing he dropped his forehead hard onto the table. "When did I get like this? Was I ever so hopeless?"
"Of course you were, Eiri. You were hopeless when you were little too. It's how people get when they're in love." Yuki jumped at the sound of Tohma's voice. "I actually have a plan to get Ryu away from Shindou. Have you ever thought of-"
Yuki listened to Tohma's plan patiently. He nodded at parts, he gawked at parts, but overall, once the night was through, they had a pretty decent plan. Now, to carry it out would be the hardest part. The novelist still wondered what Tohma was getting out of all this.
to be continued...
Well, there ya go. Lovers of the Uesugi family will have a special treat in the next chapter. Since I couldn't really think of much else for his list, I'm just skipping the OOC Eiri thing. Cause him playing Mission Impossible is going to DEFINATELY be OOC. I tried to keep them as IC as possible, but it's hard so forgive me if they're off. Tohma too, he's still an ass... but he's a good ass this time.
This computer is crap too, so if this turned out of funky, I'm terribly sorry.
REVIEWERS!
Angelique Starlight: I'm really glad you liked the past chapter. I'm also surpirsed noone has yet started complaining that Yuki got hit by a car. Is he hated that much? Oh well. I like my Tohma too. This is how he is in the anime to me. Not exactly hateful, just being protective I won't argue that he's manipulative though. Don't worry, I won't leave Tatsuha out. I'm not that cruel. This story wouldn't be the same without Tatsuha.
Asato-chan: Well, here you go. Hope this chapter met your expectations. Enjoy!
Spiritsflame: I agree completely! In fact, I think I covered that pretty well in Tohma's speech. hehe.. Hope you like it.
DarkMetalAngel of Destruction: I UPDATED! I'm pretty sure I know how this'll turn out, but you never know. It all really depends on how it turns out through the chapters. I might completely change my mind.. then again, I doubt it. See ya!
Wonder Chef's Cupcake: Woot! I saw your review! Haha! Here's the next chappy then. I'll see you when I get back!
EMIS3400: Here you go. I really hope I didn't disappoint.
Rae Charlove: YOU REVIEWED BOTH CHAPTERS! YAY! hehe... I'm talking to you right now too. I'm glad you like it! Here's the third one for you. Whatcha think?
There ya go. I'm so happy. Second chapter and this story kicked my other story's butt. YAY! I love this story, this is great. With luck I keep to my promise and have the fourth up before the week is over, working on the fifth before I get home. So I hope you guys are as happy as I am! I'm also thinking of starting a short story book. With short story's from wherever and whatever my mind goes and thinks up. I just don't know what category to put that under... cause it could be anything. Wow... I've typed a lot today. I've got a burn on my wrist where it has rubbed against the edge of the wooden thing the keyboard is on. Well, I'll leave you guys to your thoughts now. Baibai!