This chapter is really sad, and it was no fun to write at all, but I had to break up Yuki and Shuichi some time, didn't I! Anyway, there's good news as well, because (insert drum rolls) Su-kun and Tast-kun get together! Yay! Okay, so you saw that one coming for ages, but it's still good news, right?
"Nakano-san? Could I have a word with you please?"
Hiro gulped. "Ah…Sure…"
Seguchi practically dragged him out of the room.
K watched as Hiro panicked. He set off after them.
"Nakano-san, a little birdie told me it was you who convinced Eiri-san to play that little trick on me. What have you got to say to that?"
"Please don't kill me it was a joke!" was hat Hiro would like to say, but he figured it wasn't such a good idea. "Umm…"
"I don't have all day, Nakano-san…" Seguchi looked seriously pissed.
"I, uh…"
He then saw K sitting behind a potted plant a few metres behind Seguchi. He held up a sign reading: 'duck for cover behind the pillar on your right in three…' K held up another sign 'two…' K switched the sign again 'one!'. Hiro ducked behind the pillar blindly, and a huge, ear-deafening explosion followed. Seguchi was blown away to the end of Tokyo where he crashed into Rage's panda (1).
"K-san! Thank you so much!"
"You're welcome, Hiro-kun."
Hiro smiled. "If you call me Hiro-kun, can I call you Cloud-kun?"
"No! I'm K when I'm working! But out of work, it's okay."
Hiro simply laughed.
"Though luck, Cloud-kun."
"Aww, c'mon, call me K!"
"Nope! Besides, technically, rehearsal is over and we are therefore not working."
K smiled. That boy was too precious for words.
"Sakano-kun, I'm hungry, will you get me something to eat?"
(I would let Noriko use his first name, but I don't know what it is. Hence, Sakano-kun. I considered calling him Bob, but decided against it in the end.)
"I've got something in my pants if you're hungry…"
"Ohh, you're such a bear!"
Sakano smiled and kissed Noriko again.
"What do you think would be the best way do dump him?"
"I dunno no da. Does Shu-chan want to hurt Yuki-san?"
"Not really…"
"Hmhm, Shu-chan is too sweet for that na no da."
Shuichi blushed. "Stop distracting me, Ryu-chan."
Ryuichi just smiled and buried his head in Shuichi's soft hair. "Ryu-chan, you're not helping! I know you're happy that I'll be single again but I need to do this first."
Ryuichi sighed. "But Shu-chaaan! Can't we play just a bit no da!"
"No."
"Tats-kun…"
"hnnn?"
"Don't. Do. That."
"What? This?"
"Ack, yes, that!"
"Aww, but I like it! And I know you like it too!"
Suguru scowled. "Just stop it!"
"You're not even denying it! I'm making progress. Maybe we should go find a closet or a room with a door."
"You won't get me in a closet with you, thank-you-very-much!"
"Yes I do." Tatsuha then pulled Suguru into a closet. Suguru hadn't even noticed there was a closet, but Tatsuha had had practise.
"Ack!"
"See? Now you're in a closet with me."
Suguru was shocked beyond words.
"Su-kun?"
Suguru gaped.
"Hey, what's wrong?"
"Hey, you! This closet's taken. Go find another one!"
"Ohh, nice boobies."
At that, Sakano kicked them out of the closet, snarling like a jealous boyfriend (which he is).
"Hey, Su-kun, I couldn't see it in the dark so well, but was that Ukai Noriko from Nittle Grasper?"
"Noriko-san… And Sakano-san… Oh my god… Ban the image, ban the image, Suguru, ban it!"
"What, you didn't like her boobies? I thought they were pretty nice. By the way, that guy seemed like a nerd, I wonder what she sees in him…? Hey, Su-kun, what'cha doing?"
Suguru was putting a sign on the door of the closet reading 'TAKEN!'.
"I'm making sure no one has to go through that anymore."
"Oh."
"And Tatsuha-kun?"
(whine) "No more 'Tats-kun'?"
"Fine, Tats-kun, if y-
"Oh, I can choose! Then I want you to call me Tatsuha-sama."
Suguru glared at him. "Tats-kun, if you keep staring at other people, I won't let you touch me anymore."
"Jealous? I'm not your boyfriend, you know."
Suguru seemed hurt. "No."
Tatsuha smirked. "Would you like to be?"
"Only if you promise not ton gape at other people like you did just now."
"But Su-kun! That'd mean no more porn as well!"
A disgusted look. "Fine, you can watch porn, but now when I'm around."
"I don't need porn when you're around…"
Tatsuha began feeling him up. "I promise I won't gawk at people. So you'll be my boyfriend now?"
Suguru blushed. "Yeah…"
They kissed again, until Noriko and Sakano began getting too loud (they were still standing in front of the closet). They then went back to the studio, since Tatsuha gave up on doing things that couldn't be done in public, after Suguru proclaimed he wasn't going to let Tatsuha get in his pants this time. For now, at least. He'd try his luck again later, in an hour or so. Maybe Su-kun's hormones would finally kick in.
"Yuki!"
Shuichi was panting and slightly flushed from chasing after Yuki. He looked cute, and Yuki just couldn't stay mad at him.
Yuki huffed a 'What?' at him.
"I… I want to say something."
"So say it."
Shuichi pulled on the bottom of his shirt and bit his bottom lip. Clearly he was having a hard time.
"I wanted to say… That I'm, uh, fed up with you always being so mean at me and stuff even though I gave you all I had, all my heart… an', um, that I don't want to be with you anymore. Goodbye, Yuki."
Shuichi turned to walk away.
"Are you kidding or something, brat?"
"No, Yuki, I'm serious. I don't want to be with you anymore. I'll come by around seven to pick up my stuff from your place."
The look on his face proved he was dead serious. Yuki looked at him in shock. Then he got angry.
"So you're dumping me."
"Ye-
Shuichi was cut of by a stinging slap across his cheek. His eyes widened and tears sprung in his eyes. He absently brought up his hand to the touch the spot.
Yuki quickly turned and stomped away to find something or someone to fend his frustration off to, not wanting Shuichi to see his tears. How could he dump him! Yuki Eiri dumped people, he didn't get dumped. Did. Not. Fuming and cursing, he kicked some expensive equipment somewhere in a random studio.
"Shu-chan! Are you okay no da!"
"Yeah, I'm fine…"
Ryuichi firmly grabbed his jaw to look at the red spot on Shuichi's cheek. "It doesn't really hurt, Ryu-chan. I hurt much more on the inside…"
"It doesn't look too serious…Just a bruise no da"
Ryuichi hugged his hurt friend, trying to comfort him as Shuichi once again began crying, though this time softly, in stead of his usual long and loud wails. He was really hurt.
"Shu-chan…"
"I'm reakk glad you're here, Ryu-chan."
"Eiri! What happened to you?"
"I got dumped, that's what happened."
"Eiri… C'mon, let me help you. Here, lay down. Hush, just tell me what happened, hmm."
Mika gently ran a hand through her brothers hair, as he finally let the tears fall and told her what Shuichi had said and what he had done.
"And then… I hit him. I just slapped him across the face. I don't know why I did that. I was angry, hurt, confused. Still am."
"Eiri… Oh Eiri…"
Mika just held him, waiting for him to calm down. When the cries had finally subsided to hiccups, she talked to him again.
"Eiri… Are you angry at him?"
"Of course I am. He dumped me."
"Don't worry Eiri, we'll figure something out."
"Whatever…"
"Tohma?"
"Yes, Mika-san?"
"Where the hell are you!"
"I'm on the other side of Tokyo, running from Rage and her panda. I'm trying to go back to NG but she keeps cutting off my escape routes."
"Well haul you ass back here, now! Shindo dumped Eiri!"
"What! I'll be right back! Ja!"
"Wait, don't hang up ye->click beep beep beep.
"Oh well at least he'll be here soon… I'll ask Tatsuha to stay with Eiri until Tohma's here."
After some trouble with Tatsuha not wanting to leave his Su-kun alone with two big perverts (apparently they'd ran in on Shuichi and Ryuichi having wild make-up (or get-together in this case) sex) Mika got him to talk to their brother while she went to get Tohma.
"Hey, aniki."
"Did Mika ask you to come here?"
" Uh, yeah. So why did you hit Shuichi?"
"Are you worried about him or something?"
"Well I figured you wouldn't want me asking how you were since I can tell by looking at you that the answer's 'not good'..."
"That's not what I asked."
"Well, he is my friend, yes, and you treated him like dirt for the past two and a half years, aniki, except for a few sweet moments after sex perhaps, but he's always been loyal to you. You did sleep with a lot of people, even though you had him. He doesn't dump you for no reason, and I honestly don't understand why you hit him."
"I bet you're itching to say 'I told you' now."
"Well I never did tell you it'd eventually go wrong if you kept that up I guess, but I sure thought it a lot of times."
"Oh, you're such a big support."
"Sheesh, Shuichi is my friend, but you're my aniki, you know. I feel sorry for both of you."
"Well I don't want your sorry if I have to share it with him! Just piss off!"
Tatsuha sighed. "Aniki…"
"Go. A. Way!"
"Fine, fine, I'll go alright. But I care for you, so if you change your mind and decide you do want my support, just give me a call."
"Not going to happen. Now get out."
Tatsuha left, but not before flashing Eiri a truly hurt look.
"… So how'd it go?"
"He got mad when I told him I was worried about both of you."
Suguru slapped his forehead. "Why did you tell him something like that!"
"Then what was I supposed to do! Get angry at Shuichi-kun like Mika and Seguchi-san?"
"I guess not, but…"
"It's okay, Su-kun. Sorry for yelling at ya. Want a make-up kiss?"
"How can you think that at a time like this!"
Tatsuha glanced to the side where Ryuichi was 'comforting' Shuichi.
"Okay, forget I said that. Why am I surrounded by perverts anyway?"
"Poor taste in friends?"
Suguru sighed and looked about ready to cry. Tatsuha hugged him, for once not groping him in the process.
"Sorry for yelling at you. I'm just having a bit of a hard time with so many things going on at the same time and… And getting in a relation for the first time and all…"
"Hush, you'll be fine. I'll make sure."
"How're you going to do that, huh? Kiss everything better?"
"Ahah, you're learning, Su-kun, you're learning! That was a good remark!" He huggled (is that even a word?) Suguru.
"I've changed my mind." Suguru looked at his sexy boyfriend "I'll take the make-up kiss after all."
Tatsuha grinned and eagerly did what he asked of him.
Well that came out quite nice, didn't it? I didn't give you any chance to review at all, did I? Don't let that stop you from reviewing this one!
(1) In the manga, a girl named Rage (or Reji) from an American record label (XMR) follows Shuichi to Japan after K saves him from his wife Judy Winchester. She moves about in a giant panda with a lot of weapons on it and nearly destroys Tokyo with it. The NG records building gets blown up a couple' times as well.
Hey, I'm curious, how may of you readers actually find Noriko and Sakano-san in the closet funny? I laugh my ass off every time I think about it, but according to a friend of mine (who hasn't got any sense of humor whatsoever) it's the worst attemp at humor I've ever written so far. I think his scale is inversed; the more he dislikes it, the more you love it. I suspect no ones even reading this anymore, but oh heck, I just wanted to put that theory to the test. So tell me if you think it's true.