Hi readers! I am glad you are still here. I am not sure why though, but wile you are here I will do my best to make this worth your time.

Missing

Of course Yuki woke up before Shuichi, and as you probably guessed, he found himself confronted with a strange man sitting at his kitchen table, who for all Yuki knew, was the stalker. He stopped in mid stride with that look on his face that could kill all by itself. Chris looked up from the table and returned the stare. Both men locked in an epic staring match to see just who would drop dead first.

Yuki broke the silence first with his usual eloquent way with words," Who the fuck are you and what the hell are you doing in my house?"

"Hi, You must be Yuki. I'm Chris, Shindou's bodyguard. We get to be roomies until the killer is caught." Mock humor dripping from his voice.

Yuki's eyebrow twitched, "His what?"

"Yea, K and Brown hired me to keep an eye on your, uh.. whatever."

"You're not staying here."

"What the hell is it with you people? I went through this with Shindou yesterday. Just let me know if I'm really fired, because if I am I have other things to do."

"BAKAAAAA!" Shuichi woke up remembering last night as he stumbled through the door.

"Yuki! I'm sorry. I was going to get up early to explain and…"

"Oh how cute, is baka your pet name?" Chris chimed.

Yuki and Shuichi "Shut up!"

"Ok, fine whatever, but Yuki your out of cigarettes. I just smoked the last one."

Yuki's eyebrow twitched again, Shuichi ran for cover. Mt. Yuki was going to blow. And he did, with a cry that some say could be heard from space, "SON OF A BITCH! Get the hell out of my house, both of you. NOW!"

K was just walking up to knock on the door as both Chris and Shuichi were thrown out of the door, landing conveniently at K's feet. Shuichi sat on the pavement in shock and in his underwear. The door swung open for a brief moment as Yuki threw some clothing out for Shuichi. Shuichi took this as a good sign. At least it was a sign that Yuki was still thinking of him. Maybe he wouldn't have to spend the next few months at NG after all.

On the ride over to the studio, Shuichi was still wondering about how he was going to get back in the apartment after work when Chris finally spoke up.

"Touchy guy." Chris really felt bad about what happened, but he wasn't sure what he did wrong.

"Yea, he gets that way when complete strangers smoke all his cigarettes." Shuichi said through gritted teeth.

"Oh, I forgot to tell him he's out of coffee too."

Shuichi could swear at that very moment he could hear Yuki's decaffeinated scream, but that couldn't be possible they were already about a block away.

Chris stared out the car window as they rode to the studio in silence. Shuichi thought about what Chris might be going through. He knew the American had only been in Japan for about two weeks and he could see that Chris was struggling a bit with the culture. Sure he spoke Japanese very well, but there was obviously a lot he didn't know. Shuichi started to think back on his time in America and how hard it was for him to get around. Oh well, not his problem. Shuichi was happy Yuki threw out his jacket, because he had his new manga stored in the pocket. He broke it out and started reading. It was the latest installment of InuYasha. It wasn't long before he started to get the feeling that he was being watched. He looked up and noticed it was Chris.

"What are you looking at?" Shuichi asked scooting away from his bodyguard.

"Is that the new InuYasha?" Chris asked leaning closer.

"Yea, It's ok, Its been getting a bit boring lately ever since Mouryoumaru became a main character."

"Shuichi can you read it to me, pleeease?" Chris actually gave Shuichi puppy dog eyes, which thoroughly creeped Shuichi out.

"Read it yourself."

"I can't read Kanji yet. I only just learned to read Kana."

"Where did you learn to speak Japanese?"

"My brother and I studied it together. We did it just so we could get un-translated anime on the cheap."

"Really, that's so cool! What others do you like?"

"Full metal panic, Chrono Crusade, Get Backers, Gantz, Chobits."

Before anybody knew it, there was a heated conversation about which anime was the best. The two men had actually struck a nerdy chord with each other. They had suddenly turned into to raging fan boys. Nobody noticed K, until a bullet blew out the back window of the car.

K sat there, with his eye twitching still aiming the smoking gun over his shoulder. "Ughh, you two are such geeks, just shut up, your conversation is sucking my will to live."

"K, what the hell are you doing? You could have killed somebody!" Chris couldn't believe this guy.

Three more shots.

Chris was still about to speak when Shuichi dove on him covering Chris's mouth with his hand. "Shut up already or he really will kill us. He's not kidding."

"Ick," K cringed noticing the new position in the back seat. "What's a matter Yuki not enough for you Shuichi?"

The two of the looked at each other realizing the compromising position they were in. They quickly separated to either side of the car, neither one looking at the other as the car rolled into the NG parking lot.

They all arrived at the studio, a tad bit worse for wear. Hiro and Suguru were already waiting for them to start the recording.

Meanwhile, back at the apartment.

Yuki was still trying to get his day started. After a morning like that the day had to get better, didn't it? Yuki went to get the paper. It was the one morning thing he had left, now the coffee and cigarettes we out of the question. He opened it up another envelope fell into his lap. Oh no, what now? Yuki opened it. It was just a plain simple photograph. It was a picture of Shuichi from behind standing alone at the park. He was looking out at the view of the city. This picture was taken at a fairly close range, whoever did it was had to be only a few feet away from Shuichi at the time. He turned it over. There was writing scribbled on the back. It read:

I took this the day before yesterday. I could have taken him then, but not yet. Enjoy what little time you have left with him.

Yuki felt his throat go dry as the fear washed over him. He looked at the picture of his lover. Shuichi just standing there not realizing at that very moment his life was in danger.

At NG studios-

Bad luck was in the middle of working on the new album. They had just finished putting the final touches on the third song, when they stopped to take a brake. Shuichi noticed his phone ringing. It was Yuki.

"Hey Yuki, you called! Does this mean you're not mad?"

"Uh Hi, Shuichi, I just wanted to make sure you remembered to replace my coffee and cigarettes before you came home today." Yuki was trying his best do sound as unconcerned as he could.

He glanced down at the picture again. He realized last thing he wanted was Shuichi wandering around the streets. He needed him home where he could be safe. "No, uh, wait on second thought I need to go out anyway. Don't worry about it. When are you coming home?"

"I don't know were are pretty busy with the new album."

"Just come home as soon as you can."

"Yuki are you ok? Are you still mad at me? You don't sound like yourself. "

"No, I'm not mad just try to keep that banana out of my stuff next time, ok?"

The rest of practice went ok, but Yuki found useless reasons to call in about every hour or so just to discuss what they were having for dinner and other such nonsense.

Shuichi was getting worried, maybe Yuki was sick or something. He never calls me at work. He really felt bad about that morning even though he really had nothing to do with what happened. He decided to get Yuki his favorite treat. He knew a bakery that made the best strawberry shortcakes, but he'd have to cut out of work a bit early to make there before the shop closed. He asked K if he could go, but got a resounding NO, but Shuichi wasn't one to give up so easily. They were almost done anyway. He was sure he would just make it up to K tomorrow. He left a note and slipped out of the studio. Chris had just come back from the bathroom when he noticed something was missing. "Where did Shuichi go?"

"He's supposed to be with you at all times." K rounded on him

"I was in the bathroom."

"I think he went to get a drink. I saw him go that way." Hiro pointed down the hall. That's when he noticed the note on the door:

Sorry K, I really have to skip out. I will make it up tomorrow. Hiro and Suguru are tired too they're just too afraid to tell you. Thanks! Love Shuichi.

K turned red; "I'm gonna' to kill him!"

It was a mad scramble as everyone set out to play a round of 'find the missing singer'.

Back at the apartment Yuki got a call. It was K and he sounded a bit hesitant, "Hey, Yuki, would Shuichi happen to be there?"

Baka is Japanese for idiot (In case there are a few out there who didn't already know)

Are you excited? I hope so. I am. I like action in my stories, because I am too much of an idiot to write meaningful thought provoking tender moments.