Warnings: Au, x-over, yaoi, possible violence as the story progresses, random moments of humor and/or fluff

Disclaimer: I own it all!
…Shyeah right.

Weiss Geräusche

'Prodigy,

I told you I really, really like my band's lead singer didn't I? Something happened with that. Could you please IM me when you get back on?

Saki'

"Hey Su-chan!" a cheerful voice called through the house.

"I'm in the kitchen!" Suguru called back, knowing that Ryuichi would keep yelling until he answered. He had never really bothered to ask why Ryuichi was living with Tohma when he had his own house. Mika was almost never home, and when she was she didn't seem to care that the hyper singer was staying with them so he didn't feel like he had any right to question it. Suguru had started living at Tohma's house since Bea's death. Tohma had stepped in and insisted that he live with him for as long as he wanted. Under normal circumstances he considered the arrangement to be quite comfortable.

Right now, Suguru was almost pathetically grateful, because otherwise he would be staying with Shuichi, and he wasn't sure that he'd be able to deal with that tonight. He scowled down at the bread he'd been smearing with mayonnaise as if it were to blame for the whole situation. He vengefully slapped the meat on the bread. Stupid Shuichi and stupid blonde guy that had to be so much more sexually aggressive than Suguru could ever hope to be.

"Su-chan!" Ryuichi bounded into the room.

"Hey Ryu-chan," Suguru responded gloomily, his thoughts still firmly centered around the oblivious Shuichi, and the dangerously attractive Yohji who was a greater threat than that Michiru girl could ever hope to be. "Tohma just drop you off?"

"Tohma had a late, late meeting to make. Su-chan looks sad!" Suguru jerked back from the pink bunny that he suddenly found shoved in his face, nearly dropping his drink in the process. "Kumagoro wants to know what's bothering Su-chan!"

The bunny was pulled back enough to reveal a blue eye glittering with worry. "And so does Ryuichi! Tell us Suguru! We'll listen." The pink plush was pulled tight to Ryuichi's chest leaving Suguru free to stare at the immature singer. Actually he felt that thought was redundant. He was beginning to secretly think that all singers were very immature, some of them were just better at hiding it than others.

"It's nothing. Really, Ryuichi. And Kuma-chan," he added belatedly when he noticed the rabbit getting raised again.

"It's something if it upsets you na no da!" Ryuichi insisted fiercely, and his eyes flashed with a strange emotion that let Suguru know that the more dangerous adult persona was peeking out. The young keyboardist considered his response before finally shaking his head.

"It's just I'm upset about Shuichi. So it really is nothing, see?"

"You still haven't introduced us yet. Is Shindou-san making you unhappy?" Ryuichi cocked his head. He still seemed serious, and Kumagoro was suddenly no where in sight. Suguru wasn't certain that having a mature Ryuichi's undivided attention was better than being the focus of his child's perception.

"Not… exactly. I wouldn't say that."

"Tell me," the singer coaxed, and he leaned forward to look into Suguru's face. Suguru stared into his concerned eyes. He hesitated for another second, but Ryuichi had already figured out that he liked Shuichi so it wasn't like there was any point in not telling him.

Seeing that his reluctance to speak was upsetting his friend he gave in and started talking. Suguru told him about how he'd gone out to meet a friend and when he was finished had headed over to Shuichi's house, just like he'd said he would. He explained about how he had walked in on Shuichi practically draped around the tall and beautiful blonde.

"And what was really frustrating was the fact I couldn't even get angry because I don't have any right. It's not like there's anything between Shu and me. I mean if there had been then after the guy left, Shuichi wouldn't have stood there acting like everything was normal."

"You don't want things to be normal between you?"

"Not really. I mean, normal is fine I just, want more than normal sometimes too," Suguru muttered with a blush. Ryuichi smiled.

"Have you ever told Shindou-san all this?"

"No, but it wouldn't matter anyway if that's what his tastes run to. I mean, Ryu, you should have seen this guy. He was gorgeous, and confident, and sexy, and… and several other adjectives that will never be applicable to me."

"But, Su-chan, you're all of those things. Why are you letting the fact that that guy is too bother you so much?" Ryuichi sounded utterly mystified.

Suguru blinked at the matter of fact-ness of the vocalists words.

Fleetingly a part of his mind wondered how many other people could say that one of the most famous and attractive men in all of Japan had stated that they were gorgeous and confident and sexy with such a simple and utter sincerity, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. Suguru opened his mouth to try and answer, but nothing came out. 'How's that for confident?' another part of his mind added with black humor. The thought shook him from his surprise at Ryuichi's casual announcement, and he found the answer to Ryuichi's question came quite easily after all.

"It probably has something to do with the fact that Shuichi was in his arms and not mine," he responded darkly.

"At least we know Shindou -san likes guys now, though right?" Ryuichi asked. Suguru nodded. "And he didn't say that was his boyfriend, did he?" Suguru stopped to consider that, before shaking his head no. "Well, then you still have a chance. And you are more than enough of a match for any dumb blonde no matter how pretty they are, when it comes to Shindou-san," Ryuichi nodded his head firmly.

"How do you figure that?" Suguru asked skeptically. After all, he had seen the dumb blonde in question and he wasn't sure the blonde was dumb at all since he'd been smart enough to notice Suguru's reaction. If he hadn't understood what his presence meant to Suguru he wouldn't have started showing all those little signs of possession, like pulling Shu closer before letting him go and blowing that kiss.

"Because you understand his music," Ryu said simply.

For the second time that night Suguru found himself staring at the older singer, too startled to come up with a response. Luckily he was spared having to try because Tohma's voice called out, asking them where they were. Kumagoro was suddenly back and bouncing around the room, excited that Tohma was home and they could finally play.

Tohma walked into the room with the sedate movements of the extremely tired, but he was smiling at them when he entered. He stopped next to the door, the smile froze in place but Suguru could feel his cousin's gaze sharpen on him. As soon as Ryuichi was finished bouncing around Suguru, he knew that Tohma would close in on him to try and find out what was bothering the teen. Suguru smiled brightly hoping that would reassure the other man that he was fine. Tohma didn't look convinced.

Suguru stared at his cousin warily for a few seconds, not certain he wanted the older man finding out about his crush. The problem with Tohma was if he found out there was a problem there was no telling what he would do to fix it. And since this problem would affect the band, he really didn't want to bring it to his cousin's attention. Besides, he really wasn't sure he wanted to explain to his cousin that he was pretty sure that he was gay.

He glanced at his lap top that he had set up on the counter to his right. Nagi still wasn't on. He busied himself with putting the sandwich stuff back in the gleaming black refrigerator, and carefully avoiding Tohma's gaze. He was lucky that Tohma knew that he had essentially been raised on Western food with Bea as their cook, and that Ryuichi was fond of American food. That ensured that there was plenty of western style ingredients that wouldn't normally be available in the refrigerator. Ryuichi was chattering on about something or other. Suguru wasn't really listening until Ryuichi said something that was really random even for him.

"And then we were floating in the air!"

"Wait, what?" Suguru's attention snapped to Ryuichi as he finally began to register what the vocalist was saying.

Kumagoro was perched on Ryu's head and the bunny and man were nodding in tandem at this point. "Yep! Floating!" Ryuichi repeated seriously. Even with the rabbit on his head you could see that this was the adult Ryuichi speaking and not the fanciful child.

Suguru glanced helplessly at his cousin. "I think I missed something." Tohma stared at him for a moment longer before he followed Ryuichi with that same sharp gaze that said he was going to find out what was going on and take care of it.

Tohma's voice was bland when he spoke.

"This afternoon Ryuichi ran into a peculiar young man at the studio. Quite literally as it turns out. He knocked the poor boy off his feet, but he insists that the boy kept them both and the laptop he had from falling by making them all float for a few seconds."

Suguru felt his eyebrows raise at that. He knew that Ryuichi in his childishness could sometimes have a peculiar interpretation of events, but in all the years he'd known him, he had never heard of the singer lie about anything, especially not when he was speaking as an adult. Ryuichi said that something had made him float in the air, and Suguru, against all logic, found himself believing the singer's words.

"Okaaay. Who was the boy who made you float?" Suguru asked with interest. He remembered the sandwich he had on the plate behind him, and reached back to grab it.

"I dunno. Tohma-kun's gonna find out for me though!" Ryuichi smiled brightly at the blonde. "He's already hired a detective to try and find him for me and everything!"

"I'm not sure he'll be able to find out anything, but Kudoh has graciously agreed to try." Tohma rolled his eyes in exasperation. "It's not like you gave him a lot to go on, so you shouldn't get your hopes up."

Suguru took a bite.

"I already told you. He had dark chocolate hair, and big blue eyes that were all sparkly and shadowy. And he was all colorful and swirly when he floated us. It was pretty. I gave a perfect description," Ryuichi corrected impatiently. "What else would a good detective need?"

Suguru choked.

"How about a name or- Suguru are you alright?" Tohma cut off in concern.

"I'm good," he rasped out, shaking his head. He coughed a couple of times to try and clear his throat and took a big gulp of his soda. 'Prodigy!' he wondered wildly, realizing exactly who Ryuichi had run into. "It went down a wrong pipe is all," he smiled weakly at the two men. They didn't look convinced. He'd have to work on that, they knew him too well sometimes. He glanced at his computer screen when he heard a knocking sound come from his computer. He wanted to slap a hand to his head. Prodigy was now on and trying to IM him.

Suguru straightened up and tossed the rest of his uneaten sandwich back on the plate. He pulled the laptop close. Suguru quickly tapped some keys, telling Prodigy he was going to be just a minute.

"Hey I've been waiting for my friend to get on for a while. I'm going to be in my room okay? Night Tohma! Night Ryuichi, oh and thanks for everything!" He quickly closed the lid and slipped through the door to the living room with his computer clutched close before either of them could try and stop him. He hurried down the hallway to the guestroom that had been turned into a bedroom for him and locked the door behind him. Suguru set the laptop down on his desk and opened it back up. He found Prodigy again.

'Prod. What the hell is going on?'

'?'

Suguru muttered under his breath as he typed, 'Someone just told me that you made someone float today.' He glanced nervously at the door waiting for Ryuichi or Tohma to come knocking to demand an explanation for that scene in the kitchen.

'You didn't tell me that you knew Sakuma-sama.'

'Knowing Ryuichi is not as extreme as rumors of levitation powers.'

'Fine. I'm an assassin with freakish superhuman powers. I've been using my psychic abilities to help keep your cousin and his friends alive. I admit it, I'm guilty. Now tell me about your singer since that's why you wanted to talk to begin with.'

Prodigy was being odd again. He did have a peculiar sense of humor about things. That thought almost made Suguru smile, but he quickly grew serious. He wanted to keeping prodding the other boy about Ryuichi but Nagi didn't seem like he would be willing to elaborate. The green haired teen began to type about how he had gone over to Shuichi's house after he had parted ways with the brunette. He explained that he had walked in on Shuichi and his friend Yohji.

'And there was nothing I could say about it without sounding-'

'Stupid?' Prodigy supplied helpfully.

'I was going to say like an overly possessive and jealous boyfriend, but that works too. (Please note the sarcasm)'

'Same difference. Want me to find out who it is and kill him for you?'

"Tempting, but no." Suguru's lips twitched, and he felt laughter tickling the back of his throat. Prodigy was just so blasé about being violent. 'What? Is everyone secretly an assassin and I just missed signing up for the course?' Suguru settled on typing back.

'More like a seminar. And during the summer there's a convention held at the Assassin's Anonymous HQ. It's called the AssAnonCon. I'll take you sometime.'

'Sounds like a plan. Thanks for listening to my venting though'

'Anytime. And if you change your mind about wanting Blondie dead, just say the word. Then you can start comforting your singer.'

'I'll keep that in mind. Hey, what do you want me to tell Ryuichi if he asks about you?'

'What do you mean?' Suguru could practically hear the suddenly cautious voice of his friend in his head.

'I mean, I kinda reacted badly when I realized it was you he was talking about. He was really curious about you.'

'Tell him you don't know me.'

'If he asks me, I'm not sure I can lie to him about that. And I kind of live with and work at the same company as him so I can't avoid him that much.'

'It's not a lie. You don't know me, or what I'm capable of.'

Suguru stared at that line. He didn't know Prodigy, or what he was capable of? Suddenly he wasn't sure that Prodigy had been joking earlier when he said he hadpsychic powers. Especially since Ryuichi had mentioned them as well. And Nagi hadn't denied the charge at all.

'Prod?' Suguru typed back hesitantly.

'Get some rest Saki.'

'What about you?' Suguru wanted to know.

'Tomorrow you have to go to work early. And if I were you I'd start thinking about finding a way to get your singer's attention before someone steals him away.'

'You were joking about having powers right?' When the other boy didn't answer he prompted him again. 'Prodigy?'

'Worry about your singer. I'll take care of everything else for you.'

That wasn't an answer. It bothered him that the boy was evading the issue, because that meant he probably wouldn't be able to handle the truth. He decided since Nagi wasn't going to answer him on the subject to move onto the next subject that was bothering him. 'I'm sorry I didn't mention that I know Ryu. You still want my help, right?' Suguru waited nervously.

'If you're still willing, I'd appreciate your help.'

Suguru gave a relieved sigh. 'Night Prod. I'll talk to you tomorrow.'

'Goodnight Saki.'

Suguru closed out of his program and shut down his computer. He quickly got ready for bed. Then he flicked off the lights and curled up under his covers. For a long time he lay there in the dark thinking over everything that had happened that day from meeting Nagi, to Shu, and finally Ryuichi's logic.

The singer's final words on the subject kept coming back to him now that he had time to think about their conversation. Against all logic Suguru felt a small bubble of hope forming in his chest. He was falling asleep, a tiny smile tugging at his lips when he suddenly remembered something that made him frown. He jerked upright.

"I forgot to tell Prodigy that Ryu hired a detective to find him! Damn it!"

It was going to be forever before he managed to get back to sleep now.