Well, by popular request, I've decided to work more on this story than on my other one, at least for now. I might throw out a chapter here or there for Moon Light's Call, but I'll try focusing mainly on this one. So! We left off last chapter with Yuki locking himself in the bathroom after Tohma tried to talk to him. I guess we'll find out this chapter why Yuki's so afraid of Tohma. I thought that for this chapter, I'd start in the POV of Yuki 2 in universe 1 (messed up Yuki in good universe) but I'll switch POVs sometime in this chapter. Well, I hope that you'll all enjoy this chapter as much as the others! Action!
Standard disclaimer: I don't own ANY of the characters from Gravitation who are the sole property of the genius Maki Murakami. Oh yeah, a special one for this chapter, a little later here, I'm referring to a Star Trek book by Diane Duane. There's a slight spoiler in there, so skip over it if you're reading the book or something.
Tohma sat down on the bed and stared at the door that Yuki'd gone into, waiting for some sign that he was going to come out.
"Yuki please, why won't you even listen to me?"
"B-because of what you did! I can never forgive you for that, even if Shuichi has" Tohma shook his head. Yuki'd obviously gone through something traumatic and wasn't sure what he was saying. Sighing, Tohma sat there, hoping that something would come up, allowing him to talk to Yuki sanely.
"Yuki, what happened?"
There was a pause then "What happened when?"
"What happened that caused you to be so afraid of everyone? Shuichi is terrified out there, sitting in the living room wondering if you'll ever even look at him again. I'm worried because you believe that I did something terrible, something I don't remember doing!" Tohma mentally calmed himself "Why don't you tell me what you did this morning?'
"Fine, but I'm not coming out" for the first time in forever, Yuki sounded almost childish in his stubbornness. 'I guess this is a night of firsts.'
"Well, this morning I got up early so that I could make breakfast for Shuichi and Hiro so-"
"Wait, Hiro was over here?"
There was a short pause then Yuki carefully said through the door "Hiro's always over here. He and Shuichi have been together now for almost a year." Tohma decided not to comment on this. There was another short pause then "Anyways, I got up early this morning to cook breakfast for them, so I was out there for awhile. Then when I was done I put the food in the oven to keep it warm and left them a note. I'd gotten an idea for a next chapter so I decided to go and type some. Shuichi lets me do this if I'm good." Tohma decided that this was a good point to start taking notes. Taking out a notepad and a pen, he started writing down things that "Shuichi" had done badly. "While I was writing, I heard a yell from the kitchen and then Hiro came into my room and slammed off my computer. He said that the food was cold and he wanted something done about it. I went out to the kitchen and I saw that I'd forgotten to turn the oven on. I tried to explain this to Shuichi but he looked like he was in a bad mood and then…then…" Yuki started to cry again and Tohma had to wait awhile before he finished "sorry…" Yuki sighed "then Shuichi decided to use the taser on me" Tohma's eyes widened "After I woke up again, it was all dark out, and Hiro and Shuichi'd left for practice and Suguru wasn't on duty so I was the only one there. I couldn't figure out why the lights were off and I was stumbling down the hall when…when…" he paused "I think I went through a wall."
"What?"
"I know, it's weird, but I was falling towards a wall, but then a never hit it, and then I landed on the wrong side of the hall.
"What do you mean the wrong side of the hall?"
"Well, I was falling towards the left wall, but when I fell through, I was standing in front of the right wall."
"Yuki, you know that makes no sense, right?"
"I-I know, but it's the best I can do! Please, don't do anything to me…"
Tohma sighed, feeling a looming dread fall over him "I won't do anything to you. I'm going out to talk to Shuichi now. You can come out when you feel ready." Tohma didn't wait for an answer but got off the bed with a creak and left the bedroom. Closing the mahogany door behind him, Tohma left the distraught Yuki and turned towards the living room. Leaning against a wall in the hall, Tohma closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths, trying to calm himself. If what Yuki'd described was true, then Shuichi and Hiro had been leading double lives cause that was defiantly not what they acted like at work. He frowned. One thing didn't make sense. Why today? Yuki seemed like his regular cold self yesterday when he'd come to find Shuichi when he was late coming home. Yuki hadn't acted all broken or depressed, just cold and that distant lover that Tohma knew was never going to be shown to him. Shaking his head slightly he composed himself and stepped into the living room where Shuichi was sitting.
Shuichi jumped up when he saw Tohma enter the room "Tohma! What's wrong with him! Please tell me! Is he going to be okay? Can I see him?" Tohma stopped the flood of questions with a raised hand.
"Shuichi, there's a few things that he said that I need to ask you about. Why don't you sit down?" Tohma took a seat and motioned to a seat in front of him. Shuichi took it, looking disturbed at the suggestion of talking.
"But Tohma, I want to talk to Yuki!"
"That's not a very good idea right now Shuichi. Let me ask you a few questions and no matter how weird they are, just answer yes or no, okay?"
"Um…okay?"
"Good, now then, do you own a taser?"
"A WHAT? WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM? A FUCKING PERV?"
"Shuichi, a yes or no, please."
"No! God no! Why the hell would I have a taser around here?"
"Shuichi, please, just a yes or no, it'll go faster this way."
"Okay, the answer's no."
"Alright, are you and Hiro sleeping together?" Shuichi's eye's bulged and Tohma quickly said "Yes or no."
"Hell no! Seguchi-sama, what the fuck's with these questions? These are insulting to both Hiro and me! We're good friends yeah, but we NEVER slept together nor will we ever! How can you even suggest that?"
"Shuichi! For the last time! Yes, or no!"
"No."
"Good, okay then, have you ordered Yuki to call you master?"
A slight pause then "No."
"Does Suguru live here?"
"No." Shuichi said this with a raised eyebrow.
"Did Yuki cook breakfast this morning?"
"Yes, he always does."
"Did he leave it in the stove for you?"
"No, he ate it with me."
Was Hiro over here this morning?"
"No, I think he was at Ayaka's"
"Okay, if Yuki's "good" do you let him type?"
"Um…he can type any time, I've never tried to stop him." Tohma looked through his hastily written notes on his pad of paper.
"Did the lights go out here?"
"Uh…yeah, they were out when I got home."
"Was it after this that Yuki started acting weird?"
Shuichi thought about this then slowly answered, "Yes, now that you mention it. This morning Yuki was typing and got irritated at me. He threw a dictionary at me and sounded like his regular self. It was only after I got home that he was acting weird. Why do you ask?"
"Well, I hate to mention this, but Yuki mentioned something about falling towards a wall but never actually hitting it, he said that he went through it."
"Through it? B-but that's not possible, is it?"
Tohma sighed and played with the hem of his shirt "No, it's not, but a lot of science fiction writers like to use this sort of story. It usually goes something like this, a character goes through something, and comes out on the other side in another universe, or a dark equivalent of their own. It's interesting how almost all the descriptions of this dark universe are usually the same. The characters are violent, without remorse, and usually there are a few lesser beings."
"Oh! I think I read a Star Trek novel like that once! I think it was called Dark Mirror or something. A portal opened on the ship and the dark captain Picard sent a spy over to infiltrate the ship! They eventually brought the whole ship into the dark universe and they tried to take it-"
"Okay, well, you see what I mean, do you remember how they got back?"
Shuichi thought about that "Um… I remember that they had a dolphin expert on something like space waves and he thought up…um… oh yeah! He came up with a rubber band effect and literally snapped them back into their own universe."
Tohma sighed, "Well, even if that Yuki in there is from a different universe, there's no way to re-create something like that."
"I wonder if that Yuki really is from a dark universe."
They both turned to face the guest bedroom's door then said in unison "nah…"
(Change of POV now to the dark universe!)
Shuichi turned to go back down the hall then stopped and turned back to Yuki "you better not embarrass me anymore in front of Hiro" Shuichi left down the hall and went into the bedroom, shutting the door behind him.
Yuki sat on the couch, starring down the hall where Shuichi'd left to go back to Hiro. There was a sigh to his left and Yuki turned, seeing Suguru with his eyes closed.
With another loud sigh, Suguru opened his eyes then looked around the house "Well, I guess I better get back on duty."
"What do you do for duty?"
Suguru starred at Yuki incredulously "What do you mean? Have you forgotten or something? I'm Shuichi'd body guard, but I'm also your…keeper" he spit at the word "I'm supposed to keep you in shape. Why do you have to rub it in?"
"Sorry…I…I didn't know…"
"Whatever, I can't deal with your sudden amnesia, let's go downstairs and get you ready for your meeting tonight." Yuki'd forgotten all about his meeting in the process of all that'd happened these past few hours.
"Hey…what am I doing at the meeting?"
Suguru started walking towards the basement door "you're going to be entertainment."
"WHAT!"
"Shh! Don't be so loud! They'll come out. Just follow me, I'll have you fixed up for tonight."
"No way in hell am I going to be entertainment at any fucking party."
"You have, and you will. Now come on." Suguru opened the door and walked down the stairs into the basement. Following him, Yuki was surprised by the changes in the basement. The walls were a light blue and there was a large hot tub in the middle of the floor. The carpets were soft and shaggy when Yuki walked on them and when he looked up he saw purple mood lights hanging from the ceiling. Nowhere in any part of the room was there a touch of black or red.
"Wow, this is different. Somehow after all I've seen I was expecting chains and blood stained floors."
Suguru stared at him "Yuki? What's with you? You're like a totally different person!" He took a step closer to Yuki "Don't tell me you've changed your mind about everything. I mean, we talked about this and we know it's right!" Suguru took the last step towards Yuki and kissed him soundly on the lips. Eyes wide, Yuki froze then closed his eyes and let instinct take over. Wrapping an arm around Suguru's neck, he deepened the kiss. Suguru was the one who finally broke away "I guess you didn't change your mind."
Oh no! It's the end of the world as we know it! Suguru (2) and Yuki (2) were in love! And now Yuki (1) is the one stuck in the relationship. Man, there are so many fun things I can put into this cross reality thing! Okies! I made sure that I brought this one out fast, but don't expect as fast for the next one. You never know when I might have to go on a trip or something. All right! Review and you shall receive updates!