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Chapter Seven: Exchange of Roles

Shuichi's POV

I've been staring at the ceiling of the living room for more than an hour now. I'm not worried, just nervous. What am I nervous about? Well, it all began this morning...

-flashback-

"So it's ok?"

"Sure, after all he's your brother, why would I mind?"

Yuki looked uncomfortable at the question but didn't answer. Since he went visit Shu at the studio, almost a week before, things had been getting weirder and weirder between the two. Shuichi kept leaving Yuki with Tohma or Mika, and then went to work, and also made sure that Yuki was always with someone in case something happened, but even when they were together in the apartment Shuichi looked like he was avoiding him.

"... Hey, why don't you come with us? It'll be fun and you can take a break from those lyrics".

Shuichi looked up from his notebook and shook his head. During the time Yuki had been in the hospital he hadn't really written anything and now he needed to catch up with his work. Somewhere deep inside of him Shu blamed Yuki for it. After all Yuki was always his main source of inspiration and, since the writer was always ready to criticize him, Shuichi did a bigger effort each time trying to surpass himself and gain some approbation from his lover.

But now Yuki had seen his lyrics and commented he had 'incredible talent' and that he was surely 'one of the best singers of Japan'. Instead of making him happy, that comment had discouraged the pink haired singer, and now he needed to finish the songs he had abandoned after those words.

"Come on! You've been here for ages! You need to see the sunlight every now and then you know? It's not healthy for you to stay there all day long".

"I can't, I need to finish these lyrics for Monday. I can't skip work like you do, you know?"

That was right. Due to his accident, Yuki's book had been postponed for indefinite time, until the writer felt better and re-finished his book or someone found what the ending was. Either way, Yuki was free from work and was enjoying his time as much as he could.

"Well, it's not my fault the end of my novel is lost and that I don't remember a thing about that, is it?

Shuichi felt a bit guilty at that. Yuki's computer was still at his bedroom, waiting to be returned to his rightful owner. Maybe there was the end Yuki needed for his novel. But that was a piece of the old Yuki, and the young singer wasn't ready to let go of it. Besides, as he reassured himself, Yuki hadn't had so much fun before in his life. So it was a good thing he was hiding that computer.

"... I guess not... but I still have to work".

"You have plenty of time to finish that, come on! I promise it'll be fun!"

"If you haven't noticed Monday is only two days from now".

"But... oh fine, I'll go on my own".

Shuichi looked up from his notebook again to see an extremely funny Yuki, pouting like Shu himself did so often.

"Hey! Stop imitating me!... Fine, I'll go..."

"Great!"

"But just to make sure Tatsuha doesn't take you anywhere dangerous. Your brother can be very reckless sometimes".

Both men smiled and Shuichi went to his room to grab a jacket. As days passed he had gotten more and more used to this new Yuki... Eiri. It was like living with ... well, like living with Hiro. Except that sometimes during night Yuki had nightmares. Shuichi was aware of this since he barely slept at all. Most of the time he waited until Yuki was sleep and then he went try to sleep on the couch. Strangely enough it seemed to be easier to sleep in the couch instead of his own bedroom.

"Well, let's go then".

--

"So, Shuichi you are going to invite me to your concert riiiiight?"

"Tatsuha stop that! And no, I won't 'cause last time you spotted Ryuchi and you chased him all over the place. He might have thought it was a game, but K and Seguchi were mad at both of us".

"But Shuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! You have to invite me! I want to see you sing!"

"Yeah right".

"Aniki! Help me convince him!"

"Mm? What makes you think I can convince him, Tatsuha?"

"Well, you live together don't ya? There must be something to blackmail him or..."

"Hey!"

Yuki looked between his brother and his roommate and laugh. Yeah, when Shu was around things became definitely more fun. Why he had insisted so much to Shuichi to go out with them he wasn't sure, but it had been a good day, and Shuichi and Tatsuha had taken him to different places where he used to go.

Tatsuha couldn't help to smile at Yuki's laughter. It had been a long time since he had gone out with him without a single glare from him. Probably never actually, since even when they were kids Eiri and him were always fighting. So, this new behavior was something he appreciated a lot. Seeing his brother so relaxed and smiling was the best thing he could get.

And then he turned around to see Shuichi, expecting him to be smiling too. But the boy was biting his lower lip, looking like he was about to cry. He followed his look to see that he and Yuki were glancing at a couple. Yuki was smiling a bit nostalgically. Maybe he felt like that was missing from his life, and Shuichi appeared to be doing the same, only that the love of his life was sitting next to him. So close and yet so far.

"Hey Shu, can I go to your concert?"

Yuki turned around to see him, and Shuichi smiled the best he could and nodded. He couldn't say a word, he knew that if the spoke his voice would fail him.

"Shu, are you ok?"

"... Yeah I-... I just.... I remembered something, that's all".

Yuki raised an eyebrow and Tatsuha sighed internally. It was obvious that Shuichi wanted to cry, and knowing him this could become a disaster. Or so he thought because the singer smiled brightly and then he stood up.

"I'm sorry guys, but I really have to go now. I don't want K to kill me when I arrive without the lyrics on Monday".

"But..."

"Besides I got inspired! I can't let that pass because later I'll forget the idea and then I'll be back at square one!"

Yuki looked a bit disappointed but nodded. Then Shuichi looked at Tatsuha and with a serious look on his face he told him.

"You better not take him to anywhere you usually go, Tatsuha, or I won't give you any tickets to the concert, ok?"

"You'll give me the tickets? Hehehehe you are great Shu, no wonder why you are my fav!"

With that Shuichi left.

He didn't have a sudden attack of inspiration. He didn't need to finish those lyrics for Monday either. He just couldn't stay in the same room with Yuki for long without beginning to miss the blonde's touch, his warmth, his smell... He needed to find some distraction and work seemed to be what he was looking for.

-end of the flashback-

So now Shuichi was alone in the apartment, doing nothing but wait 'till his lover arrived. Well, 'till Yuki arrived, since Shu wasn't sure if he could think of him as his lover anymore.

--

Tatsuha stopped a cab, and directed the driver to Shuichi's place. For some odd reason he had thought of it as the singer's place and not his brother's. Maybe because Eiri looked out of place there. Like a guest. Like Shuichi when he first moved with him.

Also Tatsuha didn't miss the change of mood of his older brother when the pink haired boy left. He remembered his words perfectly in the hospital when Shuichi had announced that he was taking Eiri to the apartment they shared. He had called the boy a selfish person. But now he felt like he was the selfish one.

Shuichi deserved to have his love back. Eiri deserved to have his life back. He couldn't imagine what if must be like to Shuichi. And Tatsuha liked the small singer a lot, he was a really loyal and sweet person and he had managed to take out a side of his brother no one knew existed before.

They love each other. They were happy together and to anyone that had seen them together, especially during the months previous to the accident, it was evident that they needed each other.

So was it their right to decide if his brother should regain his memories or not?

Tatsuha was so deep in his thoughts that didn't noticed they had arrived to the their destiny until Eiri spoke.

"We are here".

It was then that Tatsuha decided to intervene and do something drastic. His brother had the right to know... he and Shuichi were lovers.