DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN GRAVITATION. period.

Shuichi walked down the hall towards the recording studio and went inside. Everyone else was already there and tuning up or practicing. Hiro looked up from adjusting his guitar pegs, "So?" He gave Shuichi a questioning look and Shuichi nodded.

"He agreed to do it. There's no way Tatsuha will be able to not hold back telling Ryuichi what's going on." He smiled and sat down next to his best friend.

"I told you it'd work!" K smiled and looked at the two.

"It was my plan!" Fujisaki gave K a look like he was completely insane. Shuichi laughed.

"Doesn't matter. If this doesn't work though, then I don't know what will…I don't think I can deal with anymore of this for too long." He sighed, "Mainly after last night."

"That was great!" Hiro burst out laughing.

"It was not!" Shuichi snapped, then blushed. Hiro pat his back and let out a small chuckle.

"You won't have to worry about K blowing down the door again though if Ryuichi gets the job done." He said in attempts to raise Shuichi's spirits. After everyone was ready they started recording another song for their new CD that they were supposed to have finished in a few weeks.

They worked on just the one song for nearly two hours before finally calling a lunch break so they could all rest. Hiro and Shuichi went out of the studio and started walking down the hall towards the elevators when they heard someone calling them. They turned around and saw Maiko running towards them carrying something in her arms.

"I thought you'd never hear me." She sighed, coming to a stop in front of them. "I packed a lunch for you like I used to." She smiled and held out the small basket, "I figured we could all eat lunch together today."

"Wow!" Hiro took the basket and dug through it, "You haven't made lunch for Shuichi for like two years!"

He exclaimed while he rummaged through the food. Maiko laughed.

"What gave you this idea?" Shuichi said leaning in towards Hiro to get a glance at the food as well.

"Well, your boyfriend went on a walk and I didn't want to eat lunch alone…" She started.

"What happened to Tatsuha?" Hiro asked grabbing a rice ball and shoving it in his mouth. Shuichi took the rest of the food from him so he wouldn't eat it all before they left together to go eat.

"Oh…" She glanced at Shuichi, "You know that Nittle Grasper guy you were always obsessed about?" Shuichi nodded and he and Hiro both had to keep from grinning, "Well, he showed up about an hour ago to take Tatsuha out for lunch." She held her hand up with her fingers only about a centimeter away, "I swear he was this close to having an orgasm." She laughed.

"Let's hurry and go eat!" Shuichi said and pushed the down button of the elevator. He stood bouncing up and down unanimously, "I haven't had any of your homemade lunches in forever!" He said explaining his excitement.

"Made by Maiko, and seasoned with love!" Hiro laughed, quoting what Maiko had always said.

"You bet!" She smiled and shoved them inside the elevator when the doors opened.

"I'm glad Mom and Dad decided to go on a 'special vacation' and leave you behind with nowhere to go but to live with me, Yuki, and Tatsuha." Shuichi said happily sucking on a pocky. They'd all finished the entire lunch and sat on the ground next to a bench in the park.

"Me too." Hiro sighed in agreement and forced himself to sit up from lying down, "So how long are you staying again?"

"Oh, just a week or so." Maiko shrugged, "They went to Kyoto."

"For a whole week?" Shuichi asked.

"No…They'll be coming back before then…I just don't wanna be there when they do come home." She laughed, "At least not for a day or two."

"OH!" Shuichi nodded then scrunched his face at the thought of what his parents might be doing on their time alone.

"Yeah." Maiko nodded, knowing what he was thinking. Hiro held his hand up and glanced at his watch then tapped Shuichi on the shoulder to get his attention.

"We should probably get going if we don't want K to chase us down for being late." He said getting up.

"I'll see you when you get home today then." Maiko said grabbing the basket and also getting up. Shuichi jumped up and him and Hiro left to walk back to NGR and Maiko went the other way to get to Yuki's house.

Tatsuha sat across from Ryuichi in the booth at a diner, laughing as Ryuichi fed Kumagoro some fries that just fell down to the floor when he let go. Being here was like a dream come true for Tatsuha though, so he didn't really care. He was, technically, alone with Ryuichi Sakuma. The one man he considered to the world's one and only sex god.

"How has Tatsuha-Chan been?" Ryuichi asked, looking up from Kumagoro and across the table at Tatsuha. He smiled.

"I've been great!" Tatsuha said happily returning the smile.

"Do you know what's wrong with Shuichi, then?" Ryuichi asked sadly. Tatsuha stopped to think.

"He's seems pretty fine to me." He shrugged, "Why don't we talk about something else" He attempted to change the subject, There is no way Shuichi is going to ruin my chances with Ryuichi…especially if he isn't even here! He cursed in his head.

"He's just been really sad lately and I don't like it when he's sad." Ryuichi looked down, "People are much more fun when they're happy."

Tatsuha tried to think of something to say, completely confused as to what was really going on. Ryuichi continued.

"You and Yuki-San are upsetting my friend." Ryuichi finally cut to the chase, "You two have been acting funny and now Shuichi's no fun anymore." He hung his head for a dramatic effect then looked back up with hopeful eyes, "So will Tatsuha-Kun tell me what's going on?"

Tatsuha's face contorted. He knew that he shouldn't let anyone know about the bet he and his brother made, but how could he resist that face? His face. Ryuichi Sakuma's face. Before he could even think straight to come up with an excuse he found Ryuichi sitting next to him with his head on his shoulder.

"Please…" He begged sweetly, "I just want all my friends to be happy…And I'll make sure you're happy too…" He titled his head to gaze up at Tatsuha lovingly. That was when Tatsuha finally gave in.

"We had a bet!" He admitted and his head instantly crashed down on the table. Ryuichi blinked twice trying to process what he'd just heard.

"A bet?" He asked, making sure he'd heard correctly, "What'd you bet about?"

"That I could win Shuichi over from Yuki…In at least two weeks." Tatsuha said, hoping Ryuichi wouldn't hate him, but he just couldn't stand not telling him. It was Ryuichi Sakuma.

"Oh…" Was Ryuichi's only response. For once, he was absent of words.

Tatsuha looked up at him, "You can't let anyone know what we're doing though." He fished in his pocket and pulled out two 1000¥ slips and held them out to Ryuichi, "Here's 2000 Yen if you keep quiet about it." He gave Ryuichi the same begging look he'd gotten earlier.

Ryuichi glanced at then money and shrugged, taking it and sticking it in his pocket, "For 1000 more I'll help you win." He said seriously.

"Seriously!" Tatsuha's eyes lit up and he began digging out more money from his pocket.

Ryuichi nodded at took the other 1000¥ putting it in his pocket along with the rest of his money, "How much longer do you have?"

"A week."

"Well then," Ryuichi said grabbing Kumagoro off the table, "We have to hurry! I'm sure Kumagoro will know exactly how to help!" He grabbed Tatsuha's hand and ran out of the diner with him, forgetting to pay for their lunch and jogging back to Yuki's place.

A/N: Sorry it took a while longer to get this up...I had it typed but FF was being annoying and wouldn't let me upload any docs.

What do you all think about me turning Ryuichi into a money shark? Way OOC but I it's kinda fun to type up. Idk when the next update will be, but I'm going to be gone all next week so I'll try to get one up before I leave.