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Chapter 10:

Wan jumped up and down excitedly! Ralph was coming any minute now and then they'd go to Yuki's house…but first he needed to convince Shuichi to join them. He turned around and looked at Shuichi with the biggest and sweetest puppy dog look he could make. Then he went and sat in front of Shuichi.

Shuichi went on working…Wan went on staring…Shuichi went on working…Wan went on staring…Shuichi working…Wan staring Shuichi looked up to face his only child….and regretted it.

"Daddy…can you please come with me to Yuki's house?" Shuichi tried hard to look away and not give in to that face. He must not show is kid that he could give in to that face…"No Wan. You go ahead I have some work to do…" Wan's face turned up the cuteness a bit and Shuichi felt himself drowning in those big green eyes "Please please please daddy…"

"Ahh…Wan, don't look at me like that…alright I'll come!" Shuichi gave in resignedly. It wasn't fair that he could do that anymore. God his son could get anything he wanted from any one with that face…

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Wan agreed to let Ralph join them in their play acting, though he whispered to Yuki that they should do the 'ok' ones and not the best ones. Then to Yuki's dismay he realized that the kids had brought big water guns with them…and since he was the villain he was likely to get drenched.

"Don't even think about it Pizza Man…I am Anchovy…and I will spread every pizza in the world with anchovies!" Yuki boomed looking desperately for a way to save his house from getting messy.

"But now it's two against one Anchovy! I have my best buddy Cheese with me and we'll bust you out! Let's go!" at this moment Yuki ran for cover with great squirts of water starting to drench him. he ran into the bedroom and closed the door. Wan's screams could be heard all the way in Kyoto at this rate! He looked on the bed and realized a small pink form was sleeping there. Oh shit…don't wake up Shuichi… it was alright though Shuichi was really fast asleep. Yuki walked up to him and saw that he looked really worn out.

"You work too much…" Yuki whispered brushing away a few strands of hair from Shuichi's face. "You look so cute sleeping there…it brings back memories. I wish I could turn the clock back…" he cupped Shuichi's face in his hand when the singer suddenly woke up. "Yu…Yuki!"

Yuki tried to snatch his hand away, but Shuichi's hand came up holding it there. He heard crashes and tinkles in the living room, but right now Shuichi was the only thing that existed. It was like someone else was inside him bending his body towards Shuichi's. Their lips met in a deep kiss of longing. Yuki sat down next to Shuichi kissing him hard again and again. Shuichi's hands came up under his shirt to play lightly with his nipples. Shuichi broke away and reached his tongue out to lick Yuki's earlobe, the blonde stiffened. Then he started to yank off Shuichi's shirt almost tearing it off when…."Yuki! We're waiting for you! We're sorry we scared you!"

Yuki snapped out of it and stood up. He didn't turn back to look at Shuichi but went out closing the door behind him.

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Yuki did what he usually did in situations like this; he completely avoided the person who was the central conflict in it. So he played with Wan and spent a lot of time with him but completely avoided Shuichi like the plague. He knew he'd have to face him at some point of time, but until then he just didn't want to do anything about it.

He looked at Wan who was watching Bloopy, and sighed, he loved that kid! If anything were to happen to him, it would kill him. Wan was staying the night this time, as Shuichi was out of town and due back on the day after tomorrow. Yuki handed Wan another blanket, winters were very cold in Tokyo.

He dropped the kid off at school the next day, after making sure he was dressed all nice and warm. Then he bought some groceries and went back home to finish some work. After a light lunch he checked his watched another hour and he'd have to get Wan. Maybe he could take a small nap…

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Yuki woke up suddenly and looked at the time…oh hell he should have been at the school five minutes back. He rushed out and got into the car…it seemed colder…he drove like a madman and made it to the school in ten minutes. He looked around frantically for Wan. He was nowhere to be seen…oh hell, where is the kid? He started looking through the phone list on his cell when he noticed moved at the corner of his eye. It was Wan. He was sitting bundled up on the sidewalk. Yuki jumped out.

"Wan! Are you ok?" Yuki hugged the kid to him. "My God! You're shivering and you're clothes are wet? What happened?" Wan cuddled up to Yuki. "I was waiting for you, but when you didn't come I decided to go play a little with another kid who was waiting too. We took off our jackets and had a snowball fight…but then his parents took him away and you hadn't come yet so I put my jacket back on and sat here. It seems colder though."

Yuki dumped him in the car and turned the heater higher. He was furious with himself…why did he have to oversleep in the winter? He drove back home and got Wan out of those soaking clothes. Then he gave him a hot bath. In an hours time Wan was sitting in front of Bloopy wrapped in a dozen blankets. He had a bad cold and cough. Yuki was getting worried.

"Yuki…I don't feel too good." Yuki went up to him and picked him up, dumping him on his lap. He cuddled the boy reaching up to check his temperature. The kid seemed to be burning up. Yuki went for the thermometer. When he checked it he felt a cold fear rise up. Wan had a pretty high fever. He called the doctor and bundled Wan into bed.

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Doctor Saicho leaned over Wan for while. Then he looked at Yuki. "He seems to have pneumonia, a severe attack. Here are some medicines that he need, you could get them. Keep him on a liquid diet and make sure he does eat something. Things like chicken soup, thin gruel, juices…would be good. Though make its all warm, nothing cold must be given."

Yuki nodded. Then he called Tatsuha who was staying at Mika's to get the medicine. Then he decided that it was time to face Shuichi. His phone rang for a few minutes.

"Moshi Moshi!"

"Shuichi, this is Yuki. Um…Wan's really sick; the doctor says he's got pneumonia." Yuki filled him in on what had happened, expecting him to blow up any moment. Bit the other man just said he'd be there as fast as possible, mostly this night.

Yuki hung up and went to sit at Wan's bedside. He got some warm water and began to bathe the boy's head. After what seemed like years a knock was heard. Yuki opened it to find Tatsuha and Shuichi. He looked at Shuichi questioningly.

"K let me get a plane." Tatsuha deposited the medicines on the table before rushing off claiming to have some work. Yuki went back to Wan's bedside, sitting there like a silent ghost.

Shuichi smoothed back Wan's hair and sneaked a look at Yuki. The older man looked pale and drawn. "It's not your fault you know." Yuki looked up at Shuichi slightly surprised. "It could have happened even if you hadn't overslept. Wan could still have played in the snow with other kids before you got there."

Yuki nodded, expressionlessly. "I'll make some of that chicken soup the doctor asked me to make."

After getting Wan to down at least half the bowl of soup, the men went back to their earlier positions Yuki on the chair and Shuichi on the bed. Both wondering if the kid could ever get well…….

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A/N: ok last few chapters coming up! Chill

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