Disclaimer: I do not own Gravitation

A/N: So...here's chapter...11, i think? Yeah that sounds right. I'm really excited about this too because I plan on finishing this story up in the next 3 or 4 chapters. Which may upset you all that like this story...but you should actually be happy because you are reading the first story that I started, that's longer than 1 chapter, that I actually finished! Whee!

Maiko ran down the stairs as fast as she could, she just couldn't let Tatsuha down. Definitely not after he told her how much he needed her help. She came to the bottom floor and flew through the stairwell door stopping briefly after getting out and resting her hands on her knees to catch her breath. She sighed once her breathing had slowed down and began pacing around the room while her heartbeat began to return back to normal.

Come on, Maiko! You're smart you can think of a plan. She paced around running her hands through her hair, They could be hear any minute you have to think of something. At that moment the door opened and she turned around, hoping it wasn't Hiro or Shuichi. It wasn't. It was just a group of girls heading up to one of their apartments after school.

 She paced around running her hands through her hair, At that moment the door opened and she turned around, hoping it wasn't Hiro or Shuichi. It wasn't. It was just a group of girls heading up to one of their apartments after school.

"Hey!" Maiko called for them and waved. She recognized them from school, they were freshman...she thought.

The three girls stopped to turn around and looked at Maiko coming towards them. "Hi?" the girl in the center asked, she had long black hair that went to the middle of her back and was curly. She was also a good foot taller than the other two girls.

"I was wondering if any of you had a marker…and if I could borrow a piece of paper?" She had a plan formulating in the back of her head.

"Oh! I have a marker." The girl with short crimson hair said and began searching through her messenger bag for a sharpie. Maiko noticed the picture of he brother, Hiro, and Suguru sewn to the front of the bag, figures, she thought. "Here you go." She handed the marker over to Maiko.

"I have some drawing paper." The third girl, who barely reached five feet and had shoulder length light brown hair with purple streaks in her bangs informed Maiko. She reached into her bag and pulled out a sketch pad and ripped out a piece.

"Thanks!" Maiko said excitedly and kneeled on the ground writing 'OUT OF ORDER' on the paper. She stood up and handed the marker back to the red head. "Crap I need tape." She stomped her foot.

"I could go up to my apartment and bring you down some…" The girl with the black hair said, shifting her weight to her other foot.

"Please?" Maiko looked at her hopefully. "You have to hurry though, it's important."

"Ok." The girl hurried towards the elevator and went up to her apartment.

"She lives on the third floor.," The girl with purple streaks in her hair explained, "So it shouldn't take her too long."

"What are you going to do with that anyway?" The redhead asked, pointing to the sign Maiko had just made.

"Oh I have to put it on the elevator." She said nonchalantly.

"The elevators broken?" They both screamed, obviously afraid for their friend.

"No! no!" Maiko waved her hands to quiet them, "It's not…I'm just playing a trick on my brother." How juvenile does that sound, she thought to herself.

"Oh." They both nodded and waited quietly until the elevator doors opened and the other girl stepped out with a roll of scotch tape.

"Thanks!" She said happily and taped the sign securely to the elevator doors.

"The elevators out of order!" The girl with the black hair screamed nearly fainting, but her friends caught her.

"No!" The redhead screamed.

"She's just pranking her brother!" The other girl finished. Together they lifted their friend up on her feet. Maiko glanced at a clock on the wall, 7:35.

"You three better leave!" She urged them, "He'll be here any minute and I don't want him to get suspicious." Or attacked by fan girls, she glanced at the redhead's bag. The three girls got in the elevator and left Maiko to pace all alone by herself until she heard the sound of a motorcycle outside.

"That has to be Hiro's," She said to herself and glanced at the clock, "I have 10 minutes." She ran outside and watched the red bike park not too far from the building and Shuichi got off holding something pink in his arms. The bunny, she immediately thought to herself and walked towards Shuichi and Hiro casually.

"Watcha doing?" She asked sweetly to the two.

"Hey, Maiko." Hiro said pulling his helmet off and shaking his head to get rid of the helmet hair.

"Nothing." Shuichi subconsciously stuck Kumagoro behind his back. Maiko eyed his arms suspiciously. "What are you doing out here…It's almost 8 at night."

"Oh, I was just walking for a bit," She shrugged, "I was about to go inside with I heard your motorcycle." She looked over at Hiro, "And I thought 'Why not say hi?'"

"Well, we're both going up anyway." Hiro said, "Come on." He began walking but Maiko grabbed his shoulder to stop him.

"Wait!"

"Yeah?" Hiro turned around. She pointed up to the sky.

"You're smart…What's that constellation called?"

Hiro looked at her for a moment like she were crazy then looked up, "That's not a constellation…just some stars."

"Oh…" She blushed, "They just looked pretty…I thought they might be part of one."

"Nope." Hiro shook his head, "Let's go inside now." Him and Shuichi both walked ahead. Maiko ran to catch up.

"The elevator's broken." She informed them as they reached the door.

"You're kidding me!" Shuichi sighed, "I guess we have to take the stairs then." He opened the door and they all went inside. Maiko's sign was still on the door. She figured she'd just have to rip it off later that night when no one was around. She glanced at the clock, 7:55...ok, that's pretty good time. She sighed and followed the two up the stairs without saying anything.

The were almost on Yuki's floor when Maiko realized she needed to warn Ryuichi and Tatsuha somehow that Hiro and Shuichi were almost there. She did the only thing she could think of. She screamed. As loud as she could, she screamed and ran past Hiro and Shuichi, almost knocking them over. She ran, screaming, out of the stairwell and for the door to Yuki's apartment.

"Do you hear something?" Tatsuha lifted his head up from the stick cage he was now placing the sign that Ryuichi had painted on top of.

Ryuichi stopped cleaning up and listened carefully, "Sounds like...screaming?" He glanced at Tatsuha confused. The screaming continued to get louder and louder until there was a loud thud on the door. There was quiet for a moment, then the two heard more footsteps and two voices.

"They're here!" Tatsuha whispered quietly to Ryuichi who nodded. Tatsuha hurried to unlock the door and turn the lights off then him and Ryuichi ran to go hide. There were a few more voices then the door opened and inside stepped Hiro and Shuichi carrying a dazed Maiko.

Hiro flicked on the lights and looked at the center of the room. On the hard wood floor sat a small cage made of sticks with a sign on top of it that said 'PLACE THE RABBIT HERE' He let out a small laugh, "Ryuichi was definitely here."

"Yeah." Shuichi said, pulling Kumagoro out from under his shirt and walking over to the cage and leaving Hiro to hold up Maiko by himself. He squeezed Kumagoro through the bars of the cage and went to pull him out. At that moment he heard footsteps coming toward him in a hurry and looked just in time to see Ryuichi diving for him, he landed flat on the ground with Ryuichi straddling him.

"Hey!" He protested, "We returned the rabbit!" He tried to squirm from under the singer, but Ryuichi was surprisingly stronger than he looked. Shuichi looked over at Hiro who was a few feet away underneath Tatsuha. Maiko stood in-between the four guys watching what was going on.

"Go ahead and lock the door, Maiko." Tatsuha said sweetly. Maiko nodded and did as she was told.

"You got my sister in on this too!" Shuichi screamed in disbelief. Ryuichi placed his hands over Shuichi's mouth to quiet him down.

"We don't have long before Yuki returns," Ryuichi said, "So you have to listen to us, got it?" Shuichi nodded, which was just about the only thing he could do.

Ryuichi dug through his pocket and pulled out the 100,000¥ and handed 50,000 to Maiko telling her to give it to Tatsuha. He then returned his attention the Shuichi. "Here's the deal…I have 50,000 yen which could easily be yours…All you have to do is turn Yuki down when he asks you out and spend Friday night with Tatsuha." He dangled the 50,000¥ in front of Shuichi's face.

"Never!" Shuichi screamed like he were in a pirate movie. Ryuichi reached into his pocket, "Now you're making me get my own money…Here's 30,000 more…Please kid. You have to do this for Tatsuha."

"Please?" Maiko looked down at her brother and stuck her bottom lip out, "I'll make sure you get another date with Yuki afterwards."

"But why do I have to do this!" Shuichi began to cry, "If I do that, Yuki won't ever go out with me!"

"He doesn't anyway." Hiro pointed out. That shut Shuichi up.

"So will you do it?" Ryuichi asked holding out the 80,000¥ .

Shuichi thought for a moment, Hiro had a point. It was about time Yuki got some pay back with jealousy for never taking Shuichi out. He looked up at Ryuichi and nodded. Ryuichi handed him the 80,000 yen and got off of him, helping him up.

"This is for you to keep quiet and not mention this to anyone." Tatsuha said handing Hiro the 50,000 yen he'd been handed earlier.

"My mouth is sealed." Hiro said happily taking the money. Ryuichi grabbed the makeshift cage with Kumagoro inside and the sign on top and walked towards the door.

"Come on, Hiro. Get the door for me, and me and you need to leave before Yuki gets back." He said. Hiro got up and unlocked the door and the two left.

"Don't forget to take the sign off the elevator!" Maiko shouted after them. Shuichi shot her a glare, "I had to stall you somehow." She shrugged.

"Come on, Maiko." Tatsuha called for her, "I need you to do something as well to help me out." He motioned her to follow him into the kitchen.

Shuichi watched them closely as they left into the kitchen, he better not try anything his older brother protectiveness began to set in.

"OK, the only way Yuki will find out about me going out with Shuichi is if he asks Shuichi out and gets turned down." He explained once they were in the kitchen.

"But you guys said in there that Yuki never takes Shuichi out-"

"Exactly-" Tatsuha nodded, kicking in his 'Uesugi Charm', he took a step closer towards Maiko, "Which is where I need your help again."

"Uh-OK!" She said excitedly, beginning to blush slightly.

"I need you to talk Yuki into asking Shuichi out…but he can't do it before Thursday." Tatsuha explained, "So you need to do it subtly and then make sure he asks him Thursday. Can you do that."

"Sure thing!" She said happily, "That should be simple enough."

"Thank you!" Tatsuha said equally happily and gave her a hug, picking her up a bit off the floor. She froze immediately at his touch and began to turn bright red.

"No problem." She said trying to control the redness before Tatsuha let go of her. They went back out to the living room with Shuichi so all three of them could watch TV so that nothing looked suspicious when the door opened up and Yuki came inside, walking straight to his study to begin typing again.

A/N: So I'm on a roll today...and before I leave Sunday I might actually get the next chapter up. After that, I'm sorry, but you'll all have to wait a while before I can get back on a computer with internet.