Title: Acceptance
Author: Shini'chi Raine
Category: Anime/Gravitation
Genre: Romance/Drama
Rated: T (PG-13) May be raised for certain content. (coughs)
Pairing(s): Strong focus on Yuki and Shuichi.
Warning! This is a yaoi fanfiction. If you don't know what "yaoi" is, I'm not telling you, because it's safer for me… (My parents, y'see, don't know the term, either, therefore I'm not putting the definition here for them to see!) If you don't like this kind of thing, please move on and—no offense—don't come back. If you do like this thing, then please keep reading. Characters may also be OOC, but it suits my purposes for the story.
Reader Notes: I am disappointed to hear that Yuki doesn't quite say 'I love you' to Shuichi in the final volume of the manga. (coughs) Okay, I read a spoiler for that one, but I don't mind spoilers. (sweatdrop) Also, I've only seen up to three and a half anime episodes. (sweatdrop) Of course, as this is an AU, I guess it doesn't matter. My primary goal is to make this as dramatically hilarious as possible. Also, the classes are different in Japan, where the teachers change classrooms instead othe students, but here, in my story, I have the students change classrooms like we do here in America. They're still in Japan, though, so keep that in mind. Oh, and rewatching the anime, Shuichi's eyes are blue. (sweatdrop) The first episode had his eyes colored green, but I guess whoever made the anime didn't like the green color so blue is his main eye color. ()
Disclaimer: I have no ownership to Gravitation. I have yet to read the manga, but the anime captivated me… and oh, how I wish I owned Yuki… (drools)
Raine: I must say I am impressed. Usually, I've had to wait at least2-3 days for about 10 reviews at all! I posted the first chapter for one day, and already, there are more than 10 reviews! Amazing! And I'm glad that all of you approve. I also have to say… I'm a fan of AU's, but also of polar opposites, oxymorons, and irony. I just love that stuff. But I got those 15 (and more!) reviews, so here's your 2nd chapter… And to tell you all the truth, while watching the anime, I was thinking, Why not make Yuki obsess over Shuichi? And of course, while reading some fanfiction myself from Gravitation, I found it interesting to see that most authors kept up with the Shuichi-is-obsessed-with-Yuki theme. Well, here's my recommendation: switcheroos are the best! Read on!
P.s. About the grammar areas, I'm very sorry. (sweatdrop) When I have an idea in my head, I don't exactly pay attention to that stuff, and I know that I left out a couple of words, probably have about a trillion sentence mistakes, and so on, but as to that, I suppose it doesn't matter, now does it? Anyway, saying that I'm a horrid author is something that keeps me going. () It helps to tell me to improve, that's all. I despise bragging, but I don't mind it if it's only once in a while! And thanks for all of your reviews! (happy happy joy joy YAY!) Oh, and since it takes me about a week to type up the length of these chapters (1st chapter took me about about 5-6 days because I was just doing it on a whim… o.O) I request that you all wait at least a week per chapter. (sweatdrop) If I don't update on time, please, hound me all you want. (sweatdrop) More than likely, however, I'll be trying to watch the anime to keep up the inspiration (and because I haven't COMPLETELY finished watching the series…). Read on! (Hey, that should be my slogan! Haha!)
Special thanks to FadingHearts, noend tolove 3, and Luciver! Thanks for your awesome opinions on my fanfiction and thanks for all the compliments! And noendtoLove 3, I would love for you to be my beta reader, if you want.
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Chapter 2: Yuki Eiri, Stalker!
The bell had rung. Once, twice, three times, now, and Shuichi was already getting edgy. Maybe it was because today was his first day at Tokyo High. Or maybe it was because he was afraid of being blackmailed… Oh wait. That already happened. Yuki Eiri—or should he say, Eiri—had convinced him to come to school tomorrow… with his natural hair color and eye color! Kami-sama, save him. This… this… blond haired, golden eyed freak of nature had just… convinced him to come to school tomorrow without any disguises! Bloody Hell! Shuichi shot up in his desk as the horror registered in his mind. Kami, was he going to be running for the rest of his life from fangirls everywhere he went? It seemed that it was his fate. Resigned, exasperated, and already exhausted, Shuichi groaned as he slowly hit his head on his desktop. Damn Eiri. Damn him to hell. Why hadn't he just followed his instinct and just run away when he had that Kami-kuso-feeling? He sighed in agony.
…And it was only first period.
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Eiri grinned to himself as he watched Shuichi out of the corner of his eye. Not only would he get to see Shuichi in all his natural glory, but he would get to have Shuichi hang out with him… all the time. Okay, so maybe he was obsessed. Okay, maybe just not 'obsessed', but overobsessed. Or not. Maybe he was… what in the world was wrong with him? He was straight! Straight! He liked girls! He just wanted to have more popularity by hanging out with Shuichi! That was all! And… Eiri sighed, resigned. He was a fool if he kept thinking that. Fine. He was gay. As an official note, he had known about it since his previous obsession… okay, he wasn't going to go into that. He had to pity the readers and not continue that interesting little fact, so, he was returning to his previous thought: admiring Shuichi. The rock star was drooped all over his desk, looking sorrowful and yet so agonizingly cute and he just wanted to kiss him then and there and…
Eiri cleared his throat softly as he felt himself begin to sweat with eagerness. He had to clear his head. For Kami's sake, he was already jumping the gun with admittance of being gay (Wait, maybe he was bi? He did go out with a few girls… oh, wait, that was because he needed some relief… bad example.) and it was all Shuichi's fault. All of that damn, cute, cuddly, big-eyed, bright-eyed, breathtaking smile… he could keep going, but he'd stop there before anything more happened to him (especially physically) and well, it was all Shuichi's fault. All that cute rock star's fault. Eiri sighed. It figures that I would blame my obsession. He couldn't help it. When he had first seen Shuichi (and that was at a concert one of his crazed fangirl-of-Bad Luck-girlfriends had dragged him to), he had been impressed. More than impressed. Crazily impressed… okay, again, fine, he admitted it was love at first sight. Yes, he knew that sounded very sappy and corny, but well…
He glanced at his schedule, then at Shuichi's schedule which he'd manage to swipe from the naïve rock star. (Don't ask how he did it; he just did it.) His schedule, compared to Shuichi's, was as follows:
Name: Yuki Eiri
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Lunch: A
Classes:
1. Advanced Algebra & Trigonometry – Cho-san
2. AP Chemistry – Maru-san
3. Japanese History and Grammar – Genjo-san
4. English Languistics – Kitazawa-san
5. Physical Education – Goku-san
6. AP Journalism – Takuto-san
Name: Shindou Shuichi
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Lunch: A
Classes:
1. Advanced Algebra & Trigonometry – Cho-san
2. AP Chemistry – Maru-san
3. Japanese History and Grammar – Genjo-san
4. English Languistics – Kitazawa-san
5. Physical Education – Goku-san
6. AP Music Theory and Vocal Theater – Kanaaza-san
Eiri frowned when he noticed his last period. It was different from Shuichi's… well, they both had different interests, but that wouldn't stop him from being with Shuichi… Eiri smiled to himself. Well, he had Shuichi in all of his classes and his lunch, plus, if he could convince Shuichi to tell him where he lived, that would make it even better. Eiri tuned in Cho-san just as his last thought drifted…
Operation Make-Shuichi-Mine is about to commence.
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Shuichi sighed with relief as he dug into his pocket for his schedule with the bell rang for first period to end. Math was annoying, but he had to have it since it helped him with his music… although, all he needed was the basic know-how-to-count thing, but he heard that to have a good career (especially in music), he needed to have a basic know-how knowledge of the world around him. As weird as it was, Shuichi knew he was naïve, but it still didn't mean he just could stop being naïve! As he felt around for his schedule, Shuichi's thoughts took a turn toward where he really didn't want them to go. He didn't have his schedule. Looking at Eiri, the blond jerk was smirking. He had two papers on his desk. One had Eiri's name on it… the other had… "HEY!" Shuichi said, jumping up from his desk and then slapping a hand on Eiri's desk. "What're you doin' with my schedule, you jerk? Actually, how did you get it?
"It was in my pocket, for Kami's sake! How did you get it?" Shuichi realized he was repeating himself, but he couldn't help it. Eiri's face… was killing him slowly, from the outside in. He could tell that physically he was blushing, both from embarrassment and anger, and he was (subconsciously?) counting down the time for him to run to second period… As Shuichi moved down the hall, he reflected his first class of the day.
"Shindou-san!" Shuichi sat up straight and froze. "Ye-Yes, Cho-sensei?" Shuichi managed without squeaking. He hoped he hadn't been caught sleeping! The past few days before school had been, as Americans would say, 'killer', and he hadn't had even a minute to sleep. He found himself facing the math teacher as the man approached him. "Shindou-san, I know that you've had… other… activities, but that gives you no excuse to ignore my question. Now, what is 20x + 60y 200? It is a simple equation I'm sure you can figure out." Shuichi winced. Did all the teachers know about him? His secret? Which… wasn't quite a secret now? This is… Shuichi searched for a word in his mind to describe just how crazy his life had become as soon as he'd stepped foot in Tokyo High. This is prison. He couldn't very well say 'Hell', because, after all, it was only first period.
Not to mention the fact that, not only was he being laughed at, Eiri was staring at him. Eiri had been staring at him since the class had started, and that was already unnerving him, as he had been nervous about coming to Tokyo High to finish his education and he could move on with his career in music. After he had answered the question (it was correct, thank Kami!), he whirled on the blond, golden-eyed teen with a vengeance. "Eiri!" he hissed in a low voice, nearly a whisper, loud enough for Eiri to hear, softly under his breath so that Cho-sensei wouldn't hear. "Quit staring at me! That hungry look you're giving me is freaking me out! So, stop it!" Shuichi quickly faced forward just as Cho-sensei turned around, and he breathed a silent sigh of relief. He could still feel eyes on him, however, and he knew that it wasn't just Eiri, this time, although the bastard was still eyeing up like a cat staring at a fish bowl.
Maybe I shouldn't have told Hiro that I wanted to go to school here, he moaned. Life was better when I didn't know what the answer to whatever equation that was, and when all I had to do was sit at my keyboard tuning for music. The others can deal with this, but I can't! Especially since I feel like… like prey! Eiri reminds me of a predator… Shuichi shuddered as he slammed his thoughts into a mental trash can. He wanted out, so he turned toward the classroom clock, counting the seconds, the minutes, as the minute hand the second hand move agonizingly slowly toward the fateful time for when the bell rang for first period to end. The whole time, Hiroshi was flirting with the girls that had rushed in to sit in desks near the red-haired guitarist, and Shuichi could only express his exasperation. Finally, the clock was about two minutes, thirty seconds left for the bell. Eiri was smirking to himself most of the period, and while he was smirking, the blond-haired teen had stared… and stared… and stared!
The clock seemed to drag on in the last few minutes of the class, when the bell rang. Loudly. So loudly, in fact, Shuichi nearly jumped out of his desk, because the class was so quiet, the bell sounded loud. Shuichi stretched, his arms rising in the height of how stiff his body felt. Shuichi sighed with relief as he dug into his pocket for his schedule with the bell rang for first period to end. Math was annoying, but he had to have it since it helped him with his music… although, all he needed was the basic know-how-to-count thing, but he heard that to have a good career (especially in music), he needed to have a basic know-how knowledge of the world around him…
He plopped down in a desk as he entered his second period. Just two more hours! Two more hours, and it was lunchtime. And he had A lunch, at that! Score one for the rock star! Shuichi hummed cheerfully as he began to bounce around gently in his seat, when he suddenly froze. That feeling… Shuichi whirled around, and there, staring right at him with commanding, cold, calculating, hot… wait. Hot? Eiri's eyes, hot? Shuichi frowned in disgust as he turned around. He wasn't gay! What in the world was wrong with him? Okay, maybe he was bent a little that way, but he liked girls! Had liked them all his life, actually… or did he? He scrunched his face up as he tried to remember the last girl he'd liked, and couldn't find any within his memory. One memory popped up, and Shuichi groaned when he realized that he had liked a guy… or was it more like on the obsessed side? Nonetheless, he had liked a guy… and it had been the main singer of his favorite—now disbanded—band, Nittle Grasper.
Sakuma Ryuichi… Shuichi smiled at the thought of the former singer of Grasper. Humming a new tune, one he named "Glaring Dream", he blinked when Eiri raised an eyebrow at him before glancing at the empty desk next to him. An indication that Shuichi had better sit next to him… or the secret was out. Shuichi sighed. Starting tomorrow, people would know who he was, since Eiri had made him promise to come to school in his natural hair and eye color. Getting up from his seat relunctantly, Shuichi walked slowly over to where Eiri was, and then sat languidly in the seat Eiri was indicating with his eyes. Those eyes… Shuichi shook his head, then slammed it against the top of his desk. Kami, he was sick. And not only in mind, but physically. What on earth, what in the country of Japan, had he been thinking when he told Hiro he had wanted to come to this high school? Worst yet—Shuichi shuddered—he had found a stalker. A guy stalker. A blond, cold stalker. At any rate, he'd found himself a stalker, and it was a tall, blond, golden-eyed, cold (?), teen by the name of Yuki Eiri.
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Eiri smiled to himself as he watched Shuichi walk over to him. "I have all your classes except 6th period, Shuichi," he started off smoothly. Shuichi sulked, as realization dawned on his lovely face. Their second period class was empty, quiet. As both he and Shuichi had A lunch right after 3rd period, Eiri was going to have to figure out how to keep all the other students away from him. Shuichi was his, dammit, and that meant he was going to have to figure out some way… Eiri blinked as an idea dawned on him. Since 2nd period was Chemistry… Eiri grinned. Knowing the teacher, the students would all have to partner up for the year, and that included labs, tests, quizzes, projects, etc. The teacher who taught their Chemistry class hated it when partners changed, so if he could manage to pair up with Shuichi, he would have Shuichi all to himself for the whole of 2nd period! Operation Make-Shuichi-Mine is making excellent progress, if I do say so myself, he thought. Then he frowned when he remembered one important factor.
That girl—Noriko, he thought—had 2nd period with him and Shuichi as well. Well, Eiri thought, eyes glinting like steel, I'll just make sure she doesn't try to flirt with Shuichi. However, the lavender haired girl was chatting with a long, brown haired girl. She looked familiar, too. What was her name again? Ah, right. Ayaka. Eiri frowned in disgust. Ayaka had latched onto him since day one… that girl had followed him everywhere! She was worse than a stalker, for Kami's sake! Eiri sighed as he stared at the paper in front of him. Oh yes, as an excellent upcoming writer, he had beautiful artistic skills… Why is it that every time I'm drawing absentmindedly the picture always ends up with Shuichi? In various poses? Half-naked? And… Eiri shut his thoughts off before he delved deeper, knowing that if he couldn't control his lust, he would… Eiri sighed. His thoughts always, always resounded in his head.
By now, Shuichi probably thought he was a stalker. Eiri nearly laughed aloud. Maybe he was, maybe he wasn't. Not that he could help it, but their schedules—besides 6th period—were the same, lunch and all. So, whether his beloved rock star liked it or not, Eiri would be following him all school year… day in, day out. He needed to find out where Shuichi lived! The plan is starting to fall apart… At that moment, Eiri noticed that Ayaka was standing straight in front of him and had been talking to him for the past five minutes. "Yuki-kun, Yuki-kun!" Eiri sighed. "Yes?" Ayaka smiled beautifully. Too bad he thought it was a pain in the ass. "You finally acknowledged me! Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God! Noriko-chan, he say hi to me!" Eiri's eyebrow twitched. He shouldn't have even bothered to say anything. "Yuki-kun, would… would you like to be my partner this year?" When had these two girls snuck into his 2nd period class? Oh right; he hadn't been paying attention because he'd been staring at Shuichi…
"Sorry—Ayaka-san, was it?—but I'm having him as a partner this year." Eiri indicated the sulking Shuichi, who was now staring off into space. Ayaka glared and walked over to Shuichi. "You! Who said you could be Yuki-kun's partner?" Oh no. Eiri turned piercing eyes on Ayaka. If she so much as hurt a hair on Shuichi's head… "What?" said Shuichi, blinking as he returned to reality from his daze. "I'm sorry, I missed what you said." Ayaka's glare worsened. "How dare you!" she screeched, a hand coming up, "How dare you ignore me! And how dare you claim yourself to be Yuki-kun's lab partner!" A slap. Or a smack. Either way, Shuichi was hurt. "Wh… Why did…?"
"Shut up!" Ayaka slapped him again. "Hey! What did I ever do to you!" Shuichi said, touching his face. Eiri mentally flinched. Shuichi's face! It probably burned and stung with pain! That's it, he thought, I'm sick of this girl. It's time I dealt with her. "Ayaka-san…" he began, and before he knew it, Ayaka was right in front of his face again. "Yes, Yuki-kun? Yes?" she said brightly, as if she had never thrown a fit or slapped Shuichi. "Get out of my sight. You're dirt, got it?" Ayaka teared up right before him. Did that idiot of a girl think that tears were going to appease his rage? Hardly. Shuichi was glaring at him. Him. Why was Shuichi glaring at him? He got rid of the girl right?
…Right?
"Why'd you do that?"
"She hit you."
"And that means you have to say that to her?"
"…Well, she's annoying."
"That's no excuse, Eiri!"
A gasp was heard, interrupting the verbal fight, and Eiri turned to look over at the gather group of people. Well… shit. They had an audience. "Who said you could call Yuki-kun Eiri, you new kid?" Someone called from the crowd. "Yeah, you jerk! Yuki-kun doesn't ever let anyone call him by his first name! Who said you could do that?" Eiri sighed, and turned toward the crowd. "I did," He heard a several gasps of surprise. "Now, all of you, get back to your seats. I'm in the middle of something important." The crowd dispersed surprisingly quickly, and now that they were gone, Eiri focused his attention once more on Shuichi. "You don't even know half the reason why I told her that, Shuichi-kun," he continued smoothly, in a soft voice so that other, eavesdropping ears couldn't hear. "That girl fancies herself as my fiancee, and dear Shuichi, I'm glad to be rid of her. Now be a good boy and stay quiet."
Shuichi looked ready to protest, but the teacher had walked in. Marusho Tenyo, one of the most hated teachers in the school for his notorious reputation of being annoyingly nosy. Maru-sensei was about to announce lab partners. "Shindou Shuichi and Yuki Eiri—lab partners! Noriki, Ayaka, you're partners. Tohma, Winchester, you two're partners…" The list continued, but Eiri was satisfied. He was partners with his precious Shuichi. Hm… Well, he decided the molesting Shuichi in public was probably out of the question, but maybe if he could catch Shuichi privately he'd get to feel that oh so gorgeous, soft looking skin owned by that too adorably cute rock star. The whole class was now gossiping, as the first day of school you got to know your teachers, classes, and classmates. Oh, well I'll most definitely try my best to get to know Shuichi… Yuki smiled evilly to himself. Oh, yes. This year would most definitely be entertaining.
That is, as soon as Shuichi was his. Assuming that happened. And it had better happen, too. And soon. Okay, soon for him meant in one month, but he doubted Shuichi would even come close to loving him in one month… he would have to goad him a little, tease, guide a bit, until all Shuichi could think of was of him, Yuki Eiri. Eiri relaxed a bit as his gaze trailed over to his lab partner for the year. Shuichi looked ready to scream in frustration… awww, how cute. Shuichi would be his before year's end, if not earlier. He just had to work at it (for once), and soon, he'd shout to the whole world that Shindou Shuichi was his. Eiri glanced at the clock. The time seemed to be moving slowly today. Ah, well. His plan was moving quite nicely now. Shuichi was his partner. And he would be, soon, in more ways than just a lab partner.
The late bell rang.
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End of Chapter 2
I bet you guys are just flaming mad now. XD Sorry, but that's all you'll get till chapter 3! And since I got 25 reviews, how about I get 25 reviews for this chapter? And since I'm so nice, here's a preview for chapter 3! (starts typing before she's shot) …Er… you guys do realize that if you shoot me you'll never find out how the story goes or ends? Yeah… (inches away with her computer) Eheheh… (sweatdrop) Review! (I'm soooo sorry it took me so long to write this! I'll try to be faster! But if you guys want long chapters you're going to have to learn to be patient!)
…Chapter Summary Preview!
Chapter 3: Meet Sakuma Ryuichi: What did you say? That's right! Nittle Grasper's rock star, Sakuma Ryuichi, is coming to Tokyo High! But why? Well, let's just say he heard that Shuichi-kun was there… and let's just say, I'm giving a bit of twist to this amusing story! Stay tuned!