(Gravitation Bound - 2)
Meanwhile, back in Gravitation, Mr. Yuki would be waking up alone. Odd he thought as he sat up and grabbed the clock, it was seven thirty a.m, way to damned early. Why isn't he in bed? Maybe he had an early session.
Eiri could remember him telling him anything about it. Normally he didn't start working until around nine; never this early, Hiro didn't even function at this hour.
"Seems like as good a time as any to get some work done." He said softly, a little downtrodden, he had to admit, for all of the flack that he gave Shuiichi; it was a little lonely here without him.
It was almost ten o'clock when the phone rang, pulling Eiri away from his work. He would roll the chair back and grab the phone, putting it to his ear.
"Hello?" He asked, the cigarette clung between his teeth making him sound annoyed.
"Yes, is Shuiichi there, he didn't come in." It was K, their manager.
"No. He left early this morning." Eiri said pulling that cigarette out of his mouth. "I don't know where he is."
"What do you mean you don't know where he is! We have a signing today!" He heard Mr. Sakano screaming in the background. "He said he didn't want to go! Are you covering for him Mr. Yuki?"
"No." Eiri said hanging up the phone. No sooner had he hung it up than was there a knock at the door. He would sigh and snub his cigarette and open the door, staring down the barrel of a fully loaded M16 sub machine gun. He didn't flinch, nor did it seem odd to him, seeing as this is after all manga land, that K had gotten there so quickly.
"I want my vocalist." He said sternly.
"Than go and find him because he is not here." Eiri said coolly, two fingers coming up to the nozzle of the gun and pushing it aside.
"Where is he?" He asked pulling out a button that seemed to be connected to nothing. But he had a tone in his voice that Eiri should fear it or something.
"What is that?" He said softly lifting an unimpressed brow at K.
"It is my button for ultimate world destruction, what else?" He asked as if Eiri should've known that.
"He won't let me push it!" You could hear Ryuiichi wailing from down the hall. "It is pretty and red and he said no!"
"He is stalking me…" K said looking a little around.
"Ah, well he is still not here, and I don't know where he went." Eiri said, he was starting to get worried now, not that it showed at all. "So if you will excuse me, I am going to go and look for him."
Eiri grabbed his coat and brushed by K, heading to the one person that seemed to always know what was going on whenever something around him went wrong. Tohma.
Eiri would storm into Tohma's office. Tohma was sitting behind his desk, he would calmly look up, seeing Eiri come in, a grin came to his face, the type of calm happiness that only Eiri brought him. Slowly thought, that grin wiped away seeing the look on Eiri's face.
"Where is he?" Eiri demanded. Tohma, who was now completely lost simply blinked at him, uncertain of what Eiri was talking about. "Where is Shuiichi? Whenever something goes wrong between us you are never far behind, now he has vanished."
"Vanished?" Tohma's soft voice asked.
"Yes. He didn't come into work, he wasn't there when I woke up…"
"And you think… I had something to do with this?" Tohma asked calmly, as if the accusation didn't hurt nearly as bad as it did.
"You always do. What did you say to him? Why did he leave?" Eiri said slamming his hands down on the desk, leaning over. Tohma would clasp his hands in front of him, leaning his chin on them.
"Well I didn't." Tohma said.
"Would you tell me if you did?" Eiri asked. Tohma did not answer right away. "Should I take that as a no you wouldn't?"
"I didn't have anything to do with it Eiri." He said placing his hands on the desk and standing up. "You have my word."
"Than where is he…" Eiri said, his arms shaking somewhat, he would only show the fearful side to Tohma, because it was his best friend and his mentor. Someone that he once loved. He would stand there, shaking with his head down.
"You are scared?" Tohma half asked half told him.
"I don't know where he is, this is not like him. Something must be wrong Tohma." Eiri said. Tohma came around and put a hand on Eiri's shoulder. Eiri turned and wrapped his arms around Tohma; his eyes would go wide as he was pulled in against the other. "Where is he?"
"I… I don't know." He said softly, running his hand down Eiri's back. "But if it means… that much to you… we will… find him."
