So, this is the seventh chapter! Yayness! -dances- This is, in my opinion, the most boring chapter. I didn't feel inspired during this chapter, because I knew that the chapter's subject was boring until Yuki came home. I couldn't, even though I truly wanted to, make Yuki magically appear in his apartment. Thus, I made this chapter, filled with angry old people and stuck-up women. Yuki has quite an adventure on his way home from the airport... Note: I am terrified of planes, so I have no clue what you do once you get off, or if there are announcements. Don't correct me, because I won't fix it... It was bad enough for me to write about them once. I am NOT writing about those TERRIFYING airplanes again... -shudders-

Disclaimer: I don't own Gravitation... Why do you have to remind me every single time? -cries-

Chapter 7: Home Sweet Home?

Yuki sighed in relief. The plane landed gracefully like a dragon in fairy tales. It kept moving for a few moments, and then it came to a halt. Yuki groaned and grabbed his suitcase from underneath his seat. He ignored the pretty blonde again and waited for a certain announcement. He twiddled his thumbs nervously. The blonde lady seemed to notice this and frowned. The man next to her, Yuki, was acting very strange. 'My mother was right' she thought. 'I should've taken the train…'

"You may now leave your seats and depart the plane" the loudspeaker said. Yuki smirked and pushed through the crowd. Everyone else wanted to leave the plane, but not nearly as much as Yuki did. He was practically jumping from anxiety. He had to see Shuichi, soon, or else the world would pay dearly...

'I sure hope that idiot didn't get in trouble…' Yuki mused. He paused and pushed himself further towards the exit, which was shown by a red EXIT sign. 'With his luck, he probably locked himself outside of the apartment…. And I bet he left his cell phone in there, too. Yeah, that would explain everything. And then he wanted to be there when I came home, so he decided to sit by the door and wait… Hold on! That means that he would've been waiting for days!' Yuki pushed several people out of his way. After his newest idea as to why Shuichi hadn't called him, Yuki became more angry and worried.

"Hey, watch it!" a lady in her forties yelled. She had an ugly yellow dress on. Yuki rolled his eyes and continued pushing people to get to the EXIT sign.

"Careful!" an old man yelled, and hit Yuki with his wooden cane. He was completely bald and looked angry. Yuki cringed, but didn't even turn around to yell back at the old geezer. 'That's gonna leave a mark…' Yuki thought miserably. He didn't have the time to argue with a cranky old man, and it simply wasn't worth his effort at the moment.

Yuki beamed. He was so close to the EXIT sign. It was almost like a dream, so unrealistic to him. For a little while there, he thought he'd never get off the plane. He waved his final goodbye to the stupid, slow moving plane. It had bad food, bad service and it kept him away from Shuichi. He truly regretted accepting his annoying sister's offer now.

'Stupid Mika…' Yuki thought. He ran out of the plane and breathed in the fresh air. The sky was dark blue. Yuki never thought that he'd be so happy to see the sky. It amazed him. He felt like he was in one of his sappy romance novels. He scowled at the thoughtand walked down the stairs, leaving the plane forever. He would make sure of that.

Yuki groaned. Yet another crowd surrounded the airport. Yuki screamed in his head. He hit himself several times before snapping back to reality. He realized that hitting himself, though stress relieving, wouldn't get him out of the airport any sooner. He sighed at his stupidity. 'Darn you Shuichi!' he thought angrily. 'You're making me go crazy, you idiot!'

Yuki, once again, pushed through the crowd. Once again, he was yelled at by an old man and a middle aged lady. It was quite ironic. Yuki wondered if it was the same people from before. He shrugged. It didn't really matter.

Yuki went through the metal detector, putting his laptop, keysand cell phone in a box on the side. It didn't beep, which was a good thing. 'All I need is to have to search through all my bags to find a metal thing…' Yuki thought miserably. There was a young man at the side. He hadred hair and wore a police uniform.Hewas very bored, so he sighed miserably.He nodded at Yuki and motioned forhim to proceed. Yuki did just that, only faster than the young man had thought, grabbing his laptop, keys and cell phone as he ran. He quickly stuffed the laptop and cell phone in his suitcase. He put the keys in his pocket. The man just watched, amazed. He found his daily dose of entertainment for the day.

Yuki noticed that the crowd was becoming smaller and smaller as he reached the outside world. He likedthat a lot.He made sure not to bump into any forty-year-old ladies or old men. They seemed to be all over him today. Literally.

Yuki almost danced when he saw the street in the distance. Almost. He ran faster than he had ever in his life. Thought of Shuichi, sleeping next to his door frightened him. He waited for a few minutes for a taxi to come by, watching the road anxiously. It was especially noisy, probably because Yuki was right next to an airport...

Minutes later, no such taxi arrived. Only cars and trucks passed by. Yuki growled in frustration. 'Today is not my day' he thought miserably. He ran out of patience and simply ran across the busy street when the light turned red.

Yuki sprinted down the block, huffing and puffing loudly. A few people glanced at him, wondering why he was running so fast. Suddenly, he crashed into an angry old lady.

"Why you!" she hissed, pointing a finger at him.She had grey hair and wore a purple blouse.Yuki stood up and bowed quickly.

"Sorry!" he yelled angrily. "I really have to get going though… I have to meet someone!"

"Well!" the old lady yelled, smacking him in the face. "That's not what I call an apology! That person can wait!" Yuki groaned. 'No, he can't!' Yuki yelled inside his head. 'You stupid old lady, you have no idea what you're talking about!' His patience was disappearing, fast.

"Look lady, I don't have time to listen to your garbage" Yuki warned. His eyes narrowed. The lady showed no signs of backing down. She stood proudly in front of him. This was getting old. Yuki's rolled his eyes and simply ran past her.

"Why you!" The lady screamed. "You bad man!" She flung her purse in the air with rage. Yuki ignored the crazy lady's insults and continued running to his apartment. Once he could no longer hear the old lady, he ran into yet another person.

"Eiri!" Mika said happily. She smiled at her brother. "Back so soon?" She was wearing a simple blue dress and was smiling like she had just heard a joke. Mika was the last person Yuki wanted to see right now…

"Yes, now if you don't mind…" Yuki began. He walked past her. "I have more important issues to attend to at the moment…." Mika growled. She gave a "Hmph!" and continued on her way. She didn't bother nagging him like usual because she had an appointment to the dentist. She didn't have time to waste yelling at her brother for his rudeness.

These distractions were really started to make Yuki angry, very angry. He gave a short breath when he saw his apartment building. He walked up the stairs quickly, almost tripping on the eleventh stair. He hoped that none of his neighbors would complain about the noise he was making…

Yuki finally saw it, his apartment. It looked exactly the same from the inside. He was partly relieved to find no one sitting beside the door. Though, that meant that Shuichi might not be inside… That only widened the possibilities in Yuki's head.

Yuki placed his suitcase on the floor and searched his pockets for his keys.He finally found them. He immediately opened his door picked up his suitcase. He rushed inside and locked the door behind him.

"Oi!" Yuki called. "Shuichi? Are you there…?" Yuki noticed something very strange… The apartment was spotless…and….shiny? 'Shuichi must've cleaned…' Yuki thought. He looked around again. 'Is he at work? What time is it?' Yuki quickly glanced at his watch. It was noon, exactly.

'He probably isn't home yet then…' Yuki thought miserably. 'Man, this sucks… I ran all the way here for nothing…' Yuki walked into his bedroom and unpacked his suitcase. He sighed with frustration. Once he was done packing, Yuki yawned and started his way towards the couch. He needed some relaxation time before his little fluff ball came home.

He closed his eyes for a moment and took a breath. He knew that his baka was alright, since he was obviously at work. Yuki sighed and looked at the TV, not even looking at the couch. He glanced down at the table before him and saw an origami rose. It looked interesting, so he picked it up. Surprisingly, there were words on it.

The words looked rushed and sloppy, but Yuki managed to make them out. He reread the lines over again… It didn't make any sense… 'Why would I want him to leave?' he thought. 'And when did I go to New York, this year? His throat hurts? And I'm sick? What?' Yuki gave a puzzled glance at the rose again. 'And Tohma told him that I was sick…?' Yuki was now completely confused. He raised hiseyebrow to emphasize his point.'I'll have to ask Shuichi when he gets home… Why would he go to work if his throat hurts anyways? Gosh, that kid has no common sense.'

"Ugh…" a soft, hoarse voice whispered. Yuki quickly spun around. He looked in the direction of the couch, the source of the moan… Yuki's eyes widened in shock. There was someone, a boy, lying on the couch. The boy's eyes were closed, and there were blood stains on his arms, and some on his sleeves. He was quite skinny and he was coughing lightly. His face was flushed and his breathing was ragid.He looked feverish as well.

The boy was none other than Shuichi Shindou, Yuki's little fluff ball.

A/N: Cliffy alert! Hahah! That was probably the only interesting part.I promise that the next chapter will be more interesting! You won't see it soon though... I've got two projects to do, about six tests to take and study for and one band lesson to practice... Yeah, my teachers thought it would be nice to have all their tests and projects around the same time. Aren't they nice? Well, anyways, if I told you what was going to happen in the next chapter, pretend I never did. I've got a new idea, and I might change what I planned on doing. Keep on reading and reviewing!D Oh, and I think I made up Shuichi's nickname by myself... (Yuki's fluff ball) I might have heard it somewhere before, but I'm not sure... Tell me if you guys like it, okay? And all of you who are reading and not reviewing, you make me cry! (if there are any...)