Hi everybody, I'm back! Well, for the next two chapters, anyway. In case you don't remember, I'm KousukeAsazuki. Or, just call me Tiffany since I think you all know me...Well, if you don't, you do now! Anyway, These updates shouldn't take too long, but seeing as how I only have two chapters, I'll try to make them pretty lengthy, and explain everything that needs explaining (or at least everything we want you to know). With that said, enjoy!

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Eyes' gaze snapped to the intruder, who had walked in on Ryuichi and him. When he saw who it was, his glare only intensified. The one man he did not want discovering his new talent was, of course, the one who had. Ryuichi, on the other hand, smiled brightly at the man, "Tohma!" he said, and jumped up, "Isn't Eyey-chan's singing great?"If it was possible, Ryuichi would be dead right now simply from Eyes' glare, "How many times have I told you not to call me that in public?" he asked, standing from his seat.Ryuichi simply smiled, "It's not really public, just Tohma!" he objected, "Besides, he agrees with me, doesn't he?" he said, turning back to Tohma.The latter grinned, already formulating ways to exploit this new found talent, "Actually, I do, Ryuichi." he agreed, "Eyes, perhaps we could discuss this further in private?"Of course, Tohma expected the reaction he got, "There's nothing to discuss." Eyes informed him, ending the conversation. With that, he brushed past the other two, and exited the ballroom.

A moment of silence passed before Ryuichi decided noise needed to be made. Instead of talking though, he began humming the tune that Eyes had been playing, and grabbed Tohma's hand, "Let's dance!" he suggested, and twirled around in several circles before getting dizzy. He stumbled a few times before laughing a little nervously at the annoyed expression on Tohma's face.The latter soon changed his look, and grinned at the other man, "Ryuichi, want to do me a favor?" he asked the still dizzy man.Shaking his head to chase the little birdies away, Ryuichi beamed at Tohma, "Sure, what is it?"

"I think that Eyes has a really great voice, and I know you do, too." Ryuichi simply nodded in agreement, "I don't think it's quite fair that we're the only ones who get to hear him, though." this time his head shook, it most definitely was not fair, "My thinking is, since Eyes won't listen to me, maybe you could convince him to share his talent with everyone."Ryuichi didn't quite get it, "You mean, like the other tour members?" he asked, thinking Eyes could put on a special concert just for them.Tohma shook his head, thinking that maybe it wasn't best to leave such a job up to Ryuichi, "No, I mean convince him to sing on stage." he explained, "So the whole world can hear him because you know what?" he asked, leaning in as if he had a secret.Ryuichi leaned in, too, expectantly, "What?" he asked, excited."I think Eyes wants everyone to hear him sing, but he's just scared. You can help him out with that, though, can't you?" Tohma asked, smiling a little.Ryuichi's face lit up, and he nodded, "Yeah, I can help!" he shouted, then ran out of the room, "Don't worry Eyey-chan, you don't have to be scared!" he yelled, running down the hotel corridors.Tohma remained behind, smirking to himself, "Perfect." he thought. With his new plan under way, he exited the ballroom as well.

When Eyes arrived back in his room, who other than Dark could possibly be there. Eyes only sighed, the perfect way to continue this lovely day. When Dark saw him, he smiled a little too wide, "Hey, Eyes." he said, winking at the beyond annoyed boy, "So, you and Zander went on a little date?"Eyes really didn't want Dark butting into his buesiness he already did enough of that the other day, "It wasn't a date." he corrected the latter, "We simply went to dinner."This, however, only made Dark's grin widen, "Yeah, at a real fancy place. Zander likes to butter up his prey before he goes in for the kill." Dark laughed at this, "Don't tell me he went so far as to pay, too?" Eyes relectantly nodded his head in confirmation. This sent Dark over the edge, "He is so trying to get in your pants." he informed the pianist. Once he regained a little composure, he stood up from his seat, and sauntered on over to Eyes, "Don't worry, though," he said, leaning in to mere inches away from Eyes' face, totally invading the latter's personal space, "that's my job, and no one, certainly not Zander, can take it from me."

Eyes shifted a little uncomfortably with Dark this close, and was about to simply slap him and walk away when his new found savoir, a.k.a. Kouji, entered the room. He glanced at the two, only inches away from each other, and walked over to them. He looked back and forth between Dark and Eyes, before finally resting his gaze on the latter, and hitting the former on the head. Ignoring the complaints he recieved from the injured boy, he turned his full attention to Eyes, "Sorry to interrupt this lovely moment, but Ryuichi wants to talk to you."Eyes sighed, "What does he want now?" he asked, mostly to himself. Dark smirked, rubbing his head, "They're all just trying to keep us apart, baby." he said, "I won't let that happen, though." With that, he winked at Eyes and got hit once more by Kouji."If you don't stop flirting, I'm going to injure a much more valuable part of you than your head, seeing as how it seems to have no value anyway." he informed the other boy. Dark got the message, and promtly shut up in order to protect himself from further abuse.

Eyes, thankfully glancing at Kouji, turned to see what exactly it was the annoying singer wanted from him now. He walked to the room that he had seen Ryuichi and Shuichi going in and out of, and knocked on the door. The pink haired boy opened the door, and looked a little startled to see Eyes standing there, "Hey, Eyes, what's up?" he asked, wondering what the hell Eyes was doing there. It wasn't that he minded, just that it was odd since he didn't see any reason for Eyes to be there, and he seriously doubted the pianist just wanted to talk or hang out. Though, if he was alone with Dark for too long...well, that could run anyone out of a room."Kouji said Ryuichi wanted to see me." he informed the singer.Shuichi tapped his foot, "Ryuichi...where did I see him...Oh!" he shouted, making Eyes jump a little despite himself, "That's right, he said he was going...to find you." he looked confused for a second, "I don't know where he is." he then admitted.

Eyes sighed, and turned to leave. Well, that had been a waste of time, though it did get him away from Dark. He really didn't see any need to go looking for Ryuichi, if the older one wanted to talk to him, he could find him on his own. Heading back to his room, he heard Dark's voice drifting from the closed door. Deciding that he'd rather deal with the hyperactive man rather than the pervert, he headed down to the lobby to see if he could find him. Luck must have not been on his side because he found absolutely no one in the lobby. Though, he had to admit the quiet was quite calming, and he simply stood there for a moment to absorb the peaceful silence.

Of course, who better than the bipolar man to interrupt this silence? Ryuichi had gone back to his room when Eyes didn't immediately come out, figuring he could always talk to him later. When he got there, Shuichi had told him that Eyes had already been by, so Ryuichi set out to find him. Using what little common sense he had, he ventured down to the lobby to check for him. Now, he saw the pianist standing in the middle of the almost completely empty lobby, "Eyey-chan!" Ryuichi shouted, bounding down the stairs. His silence disturbed, Eyes turned his piercing gaze on Ryuichi, "What did you want?" he asked, getting straight down to business. Ryuichi frowned for a moment, trying to remember exactly what he wanted to talk to Eyes about. Then, he remembered, "Oh, yeah! Tohma wanted...I mean, I wanted to tell you that I think you've got a beautiful voice, and that you should sing on tour." he said, quickly, hoping Eyes hadn't heard his slip up, which, of course, he had. Eyes glared, "Well, you can tell Tohma that I'm not singing for him. That wasn't in the agreement, and he knows it." Ryuichi frowned again, he didn't want to go back to Tohma with that answer, "But...", "No 'buts'." Eyes interrupted him, "I'm not singing, and that's final."

Ryuichi stuck out his bottom lip in a pout. Before he could try to convince Eyes anymore, though, a new voice entered the conversation, "So, the Angel can sing?" it asked.Eyes turned around to see Zander standing there, smirking slightly. Ryuichi got exctied, "Yeah, he can! He's really good, too. Don't you think he should sing on tour?" he asked, hoping that maybe Zander would be able to convince Eyes.Unfortunately, the crimson eyed man simply smiled, "I think we shouldn't bug Angel about it if he doesn't want to be bugged. Obviously, if he's that against it, he won't do it no matter how much we try to convince him." he replied.Ryuichi sighed. Well, at least he tried. Shruggin it off, he smiled, "I'm going to go play video games!" he stated suddenly, making both of the other boys wince as his loud voice echoed off the lobby walls, amplifying it even more.

Zander smiled at Eyes once Ryuichi had disappeared, "I didn't know you sang as well." he said, wondering how good the pianist was.Eyes simply stared at Zander, "I don't." he replied, ending the conversation.Or so he thought, "I would love to hear you sing sometime." Zander stated.
Eyes thought of simply brushing him off like he had with Ryuichi and Tohma, but he found it a bit more difficult. Zander's seemingly innocent smile did nothing to help his rejection, and finally he gave up on it, "Fine, but don't expect me to start singing on this tour."Zander smiled, glad he could get to hear Eyes sing, "I don't." he replied. He quickly followed as Eyes headed off to the ballroom. Once they got there, the professional immediately took a seat at his instrument of choice, and started playing the notes that came more naturally to him than any others. As he got lost in the music, he unconsciously began to sing the song he had for Ryuichi. Zander smiled as he heard the first words start to pour out of Eyes' mouth. He closed his crimson eyes to fully enjoy the mixture of melody and soft singing. He leaned against the piano, continuing to listen to every individual note that Eyes played. The song came to an end all too soon for Zander, and he opened his eyes as the last notes were being played, "That was beautiful, Ryuichi was right." Zander informed him.

Eyes simply looked to him, "Was there a purpose for you coming here?" he asked, almost certain Zander had come to see him. Zander shook his head, "Do I need a reason to come and see my friends?" he asked. In all honesty, he had come to ask Eyes out again, but didn't want to push it.Eyes simply shrugged a little, and stood up. As he did, the gardenia that he carried with him everywhere fell from his coat pocket to come and rest by Zander's foot. The latter bent down to pick it up, and stared at it, then looked to Eyes for an explanation. The Blade Child was in no mood for explaining Kanone's little hint to anyone else, and simply extended his hand, "Can I have that back." he said, it wasn't a question, but more of a demand.Zander looked once more at the flower, "I'm going to have to ask what you're doing with a wilted flower." he said, but still handing Eyes' seemingly prized possession back to him.Eyes snatched the flower away, and put it back in it's place, making sure it wouldn't fall out again, "That's none of your business." he told Zander. Honestly, it would do the other boy no good to know that Kanone left him this so that he could track him down some day. Zander smiled and nodded, "Of course, I was only curious."

Eyes was about to leave when something registered with him. Zander seemed to be a pretty intelligent guy, and he would be more than willing to help if Eyes asked. Besides, the silver-haired boy was getting no where on his own. Sighing, he turned back to Zander, "Do you know anything about white gardenias?" he asked.Zander smiled slightly, "I know a little." he informed Eyes, "I used to travel a lot, so I've been around quite a bit. In all my travels, though, I only ever saw these particular flowers in a few places."This interested Eyes a bit, "Where exactly?" he asked, hoping that something Zander said would ring a bell.Zander thought about it, "Let's see, I remember seeing them in Africa, I know." Eyes' face fell, Africa didn't ring any bells to him. Zander saw this and thought harder, "I also remember seeing them in Asia." he said, hoping that would help.Eyes shook his head, until he thought of something, "Wait." he said, trying to make sure he was remembering right.

Zander waited, but Eyes said nothing else, "Did you think of something?" he asked.Eyes nodded. He remembered that Kanone always used to talk about random things when they were younger, and they usually didn't interest Eyes a great deal, even though he would learn a lot of useless information, and some useful stuff as well, while listening to him. Every now and then, though, Kanone would talk about his family or his home. He remembered hearing Kanone say one day that his older sister, Sonja, always talked about traveling. Kanone would laugh, and say that she always wanted to visit Japan. He also remembered that Kanone would smell of flowers sometimes, and Eyes asked him why one time, "It's my sister, she always loved gardenias." Eyes remembered him explaining. Apparently, she could never actually get any, so she always just had perfume that smelled like them. Could the flower possibly symbolize Kanone's sister?Eyes knew it was a long shot, but if he could find Kanone's sister, then perhaps she would know where Kanone was. Zander noticed that Eyes' expression had changed, "Did you figure it out?" he asked.

Eyes nodded, "I think I need to go to Germany." he said. Zander raised an eyebrow at this, "Germany?" he asked, wondering what could be in Germany. Eyes nodded, "It's where his sister is." he informed Zander, "That's the only thing I can think of." Zander smiled, "Well, whoever he is, he's quite lucky to have an angel like you this dedicated to finding him." Zander didn't necessarily want to give Eyes up, but he knew he'd only be pushing him away if he became jealous of this other boy, and he wanted that even less. Eyes ignored the comment, and sighed, "I won't be able to get there, though." he said. Zander titled his head to the side, confused, "The tour." Eyes reminded him, "Tohma would never let me leave to go on what could possibly be a wild goose chase." he explained. Zander nodded, Eyes had a point. Then, another thought entered his head, and he grinned, "Come on, Angel, I know how to get you there."

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Wow, that was a long chapter. Well, long for me anyway... I'll be writing the next chappy as well, but I don't really know when it'll be up, so I'm not making any promises! Hmm, so what has Zander got up his sleeve? Heh, at least he's helping Eyes and not being a jealous, obssessed freak. Anyway, hope you liked it!