Even After All This...
Chapter 3: Cold Search
"God, dammit it's cold!"
The blonde writer shivered as he walked through the early evening streets of Tokyo. He'd checked the kareoke bars that Shuichi occasionally goes to after work. He'd checked that candy shop he likes so much. He'd checked the place with all those games, including DDR.
Shuichi wasn't at a single one of those places.
Yuki was now on his way to check NG. Even if he wasn't there, maybe someone would know where he was.
Then it dawned on Yuki...
"Why the hell am I walking?"
He'd been so upset, that he had forgotten his car keys. Heck, he'd forgotten he had a car. Luckily, his wallet was tucked safe in his pocket. The blonde held out his hand, to hail a cab.
One stopped and Yuki climbed in the back.
"Where to?"
"NG Studios."
"Right away."
With that, the driver began to drive to NG. Yuki sat back, rubbing his temples. Another migraine. Maybe if he stopped drinking so much, they wouldn't be quite so frequent.
"Pretty cold day out. Eh, Mister?"
"Yeah."
"Do you think it'll snow soon?"
"Maybe."
Yuki was beginning to get annoyed.
"So why're you on the way to NG?"
"Is it really any of your business?"
The driver hung his head slightly.
"...No."
It was obvious that the driver had been put in his place. He wasn't going to try and pry into Yuki's business anymore. A small smirk of satisfaction played its way on his face, momentarily. That was before he remembered why he was in the cab. The smirk was wiped off immediately.
Moments passed, as Yuki grew more and more worried. He kept trying to think to himself that it's all ok. That Shuichi's at NG.
The cab came to a halt, and the driver turned around, to look at Yuki.
"That'll be--"
Yuki got out of the car, before the driver could even get to the price.
"How rude..."
As the taxi drove off, Yuki made his way into the busy halls of NG. A lot of the people there were unfamiliar, yet occasionally one would randomly say "Hey Eiri-san!" or "Hi, Sir!"
He caught a glimpse of Fujisaki. Yet, he couldn't remember his name.
"...Fu..."
Screw it. Yuki wasn't gonna strain himself trying to remember. He had to find Shuichi. Yuki approached Fujisaki, and tapped him on the shoulder. Fujisaki turned around, surprised to see Yuk istanding there.
"You..."
"Yes, Yuki-san?"
"Has Shuichi been in?"
"Hmm... I haven't seen him. Maybe K-san or Tohma have?"
Yuki muttered his thanks, and walked off, hoping to run into the sniper on his way to Tohma's office.
He reached Tohma's office, obviously he had no such like running into the crazy American. Yuki reached for the door knob.
"Wait!"
That was in American...
Yuki turned to see K, with a wide smile on his face, and his big gun in hand. K stared at Yuki.
"Why are you here?"
"I'm looking for Shuichi. Have you seen him?"
K looked at the ceiling, thinking.
"Nope!"
He began to reconsider his answer.
"...Oh! No... That was Ryuichi... Nope!"
Yuki shook his head. Last time they had spoken, K had been less... Silly. He turned back to Tohma's door, and opened it, walking in. Tohma sat in his chair, looking at a magazine. He glanced up at the taller man.
"Oh! Eiri-san!"
Tohma quickly put the magazine in his drawer.
"Good to see you! Any particular reason why you've shown up here?"
"I lost Shuichi, I'm looking for him."
"Oh... I haven't seen him in quite awhile, maybe you should ask Fujisaki?"
That's his name! Yuki shook his head.
"No, I already asked him..."
"What about Nakano-san?"
Nakano-san... It took a few moments for it to process that that was Hiro's family name.
"I haven't run into him."
"I don't believe he's in, either."
Simple enough, Shuichi must be with Hiro. But where would they be? The train of thought was brought to a screeching halt, when a gunshot was heard, as well as American words.
"Don't touch!"
A/N: So tired...Just finished the chapter for y'all. You better love me for this. The next chapter is likely to be Shuichi centered again. That might be how it works... Switching between teh two every chapter... I dunno. Plus, a side note, I like K's American words. "BIG NEWS!" Ahh... Enjoy the chapter, guys...