Eyes

Of

Change

By: Butterfly Thoughts

Part Two

A week had passed since Eiri and Tatsuha returned form visiting their sister, Beka, in New York. The older of the two brothers had noted several times that the seventeen year old was still being rather quiet. He had only seen him twice in that week, even with going by his apartment several times. He had called him a dozen times as well with out any of the calls getting answered. 'He is taking the epiphany he had about Ryuichi a lot harder then I thought he would,' he thought to himself. He sighed and rolled back away from his computer and stood, going to the refrigerator for a beer.

He popped the can open and walked in to the living room to see Shuichi glued to the television. Raising his eyebrow in curiosity he walked over to him and sat down. "What are you watching?" he asked as he suddenly seen his sister's face on the program.

"It's an interview of a girl who is about to release an album world wide on the same day," Shuichi replied as he watched the interview. "She usually puts out albums that are only instrumental, but this one is a lot different."

Eiri smiled and nodded, knowing all to well that this particular album was going to be quite different then what she usually released. He then realized that apparently Shuichi hadn't made the connection that the girl was his sister. He placed his can of beer down next to him in the floor and sighed. Leaning over and wrapping an arm around Shuichi, he brought his other hand up to gently turn the boy's face to his. "Do you know who that is?" he asked with a nod toward the television.

Shuichi nodded with a smile. "That's Butterfly," he said as he turned his attention back to the program. "She is an amazing musician. Not even Nittle Grasper can touch her. Like I said, she usually puts out instrumental albums, which means no one has ever really heard her sing before. On the new album though, she is going to actually sing," he chimed. He then looked at Eiri, seeing a bright smile on his face. "She is doing a few duets with Sakuma Ryuichi-san on the album. From what I have heard of it so far it is mind blowing."

Eiri chuckled and nodded. "When I asked if you knew who she was I didn't mean her stage name, I meant her real name," he replied in amusement. He tugged the boy over on to his lap, kissing him briefly before pulling away. "That is my baby sister, Beka," he finally informed him.

Shuichi's eyes went huge and his mouth flew open. He turned to the television, staring in disbelief. "That is Beka-kun?" he asked in awe. He turned to see Eiri nod with a chuckle. "Butterfly is Beka?" he asked, the information still not sinking in. Again he saw him nod and jumped up off the couch. He began to bounce around the living room in a hyper frenzy. "Why did you not ever tell me? You know I love her music!" he whined in complaint.

Eiri laughed and shook his head at the boy and his excitement. "I never told you because you never asked." He patted the couch next to him, wanting the boy to sit down before he broke something in his frenzy. He was relieved when he fell down on the couch and smiled at him. He pulled him in to a second kiss as he reached for the remote, clicking the television off. Once he pulled away he nuzzled his nose against his. "Would you like to meet her?" he asked in the sensual voice he knew sent shivers through the other guy.

Shuichi moaned slightly and nodded. "Yes, I would," he said as he caught his boyfriend's lips for another kiss. He whined in complaint as the man pulled away from him. "I will do anything you want! Just please introduce me to her?" he cried out as he saw the man shake his head.

Eiri raised his eyebrow and grinned evilly. "Anything you say?" he asked as he pushed his lover down on to the couch. He saw him nod and grinned wider. "Hmm, perhaps we can come up with an arrangement then," he remarked as he pressed in to him with a kiss.

Tatsuha sat in his bedroom floor, going through his Nittle Grasper collection. He picked up a piece of paper that was laying next to him and looked at it. It was the piece of paper Ryuichi had written his number on and given to him. He sighed and laid back on the floor, holding the paper above him. Mentally reading the number over and over a few times, he began to wonder if he should call. 'It has been a week and I haven't called him once like I promised I would,' he thought. Just then his phone rang and he stood going over to it. He noted that the number was finally not his brother's and sighed in relief. He picked it up finally after about four rings. "Hello, Uesugi Tatsuha," he answered.

Ryuichi laughed happily as he heard the boy's voice on the other end, though he quickly sobered up and began to whine. "Tatsuha-kun never called poor Ryuichi-san like he promised he would. Ryuichi-san was worried something bad happened to Tatsuha-kun! Is he ok?" he asked, the concern clearly audible in his voice.

Tatsuha's eyes bulged as he heard the man's voice. He looked down at the piece of paper he held in his hand and smiled. "Yes, Tatsuha-kun is ok," he answered. "He just accidentally misplaced Ryuichi-san's number," he lied to keep from hurting the man's feelings. "I just found it, though, going through some of my things. I was going to call you in a few minutes. Sorry I worried you," he said softly. He took the phone over to his bed and sat down with a smile.

Ryuichi laughed happily. "It's ok, Tatsuha-kun, at least you are ok." He smiled and sat down on his couch and flipped the television off. "Did Tatsuha-kun hear? Beka-kun's new album goes on sell in a few months. She is already doing interviews for it." He laughed and then added; "Every one is excited because she is going to be singing on it as well as me," he remarked with a bright smile.

Tatsuha laughed and laid back. "Yeah, I heard about that on the television. It is going on sale world wide on the same day." He reached over to his nightstand and picked up a music magazine with his sister on the cover of it. Looking at it he smiled. "Is the song the two of you were working on last week, when Eiri and I were in, going to be on it?" he asked, recalling how amazing the song was.

Ryuichi nodded, though he knew the boy couldn't see the action. "Yep, it's going to be the first single," he answered as he hugged his bunny. "Kumagorou misses Tatsuha-kun a lot. He has been sad all week," he added in a disheartened voice.

Tatsuha smiled, knowing that Ryuichi meant he, himself, had missed him. "I miss him too. I can barely wait for this week to be over so I can visit Beka and see him and Ryuichi-san again." He closed his eyes and smiled a bit brighter as he recalled how happy he had been to meet the man and start to get to know him.

Ryuichi squealed in delight. "You will have to visit Ryuichi-san's apartment when you come back for your visit!" he chimed. 'With out K or Eiri-san around to spoil things again,' he thought to himself.

"That sounds like fun," Tatsuha said; clearing his throat a bit at the mental picture he got on the thought of being alone with Ryuichi in his apartment. Bringing his free hand up, he rubbed his face. It dawned on him then that he had not given his number to the man. "By the way, Ryuichi-san, I forgot to give you my number before we left. How did you get it?" he asked curiously.

Ryuichi laughed and shook his head. "I asked Beka-kun for it. She didn't want to give it to me at first, but I told her that if she didn't then I would have Kumagorou pry it out of her."

Tatsuha laughed and shook his head. "That would make me tell," he quipped. He sat up as he heard a car door. Looking out the window he seen Eiri entering the building and sighed. "Can I call Ryuichi-san back? Eiri-san just came in," he asked politely.

Ryuichi chuckled and sighed. "Ok, Tatsuha-kun! But you better call back or me and Kumagorou will be sad," he answered pitifully.

"I promise I will call back as soon as Eiri-san leaves," Tatsuha said, knowing that he couldn't get out of it even if he tried. Ryuichi had his number now so he knew he would be calling him if he didn't call back like he promised.

"Ok, talk to you in a little bit!" Ryuichi said and hung the phone up. "My adorable Tatsuha-kun is still playing bashful Kumagorou," he quipped to his bunny.

Eiri was about to knock on the door of his brother's apartment when the door open. There stood the boy in a pair of loose jeans and with out a shirt. "Did I come at a bad time?" he asked as he raised an eyebrow. He took in the flush that was on his face and shook his head with a smile.

"No, not at all, come on in. I was just going through my Nittle Grasper collection." Tatsuha moved and let his brother in with a sigh. "If you are here to ask me if I am ok then save your breath; I'm fine." He went over to plop down on his couch and waved his brother over to sit next to him.

Eiri crossed the room and sat down on the couch as well before taking a closer look at his brother. "Have you called him?" he finally asked.

Tatsuha shook his head, a small smile forming over his lips. "He just called me, though. He said he threatened Beka with Kumagorou to get my number off her so he could call." He gave a short laugh and then added; "He made me promise to call him back in a little bit. I couldn't refuse him when he said him and that bunny of his would be sad if I didn't, so I agreed to."

Eiri shook his head and laughed. "You really have fallen hard, haven't you, little brother?" he asked as he leaned back on the couch. He saw the boy nod and smiled further. "Do you think you can control yourself around him now? Knowing that in a lot of ways he is a child instead of the sexual creature he appears to be on stage?" he asked in a kind voice.

Tatsuha smiled and nodded as tears formed in his eyes. "All I want now is to protect him from all of the Uesugi Tatsuha's of the world." He looked over to Eiri seeing the approval in his features. With a heavy sigh he leaned over, resting his head in his brother's lap. "It still hurts like hell though. I am so incredibly attracted to him, but I know that I can't have that kind of relationship with him."

Eiri nodded and sighed, reaching down to place his hand on his brother's shoulder. "I understand. I promise it will get better. He seems to like you a lot, so you can at least be friends with him. That is a good thing isn't it?" he asked in a caring tone.

Tatsuha smiled and nodded. "It is more then I ever could have hoped for," he replied as he sniffled. His mind then went to their sister and he smiled further. "Did you hear? Beka is releasing her new album soon. It is going to have the song we heard her and Ryuichi working on as a duet on it. Ryuichi said it is going to be the first single for the album."

Eiri smiled and nodded. "I heard it on the television a while ago before I came over." He then thought of how Shuichi had reacted to the news. "Shuichi loves her music. He was watching the interview when I stopped working for a break. He had no clue that Butterfly was Beka until I told him." He laughed as he recalled the events prior to him showing up at his brother's. "He even convinced me to introduce him to her, so when we go to visit this weekend he will be coming with us."

Tatsuha lifted his eyebrow and sat up to look at his brother. He then laughed and shook his head. "He convinced you, did he?" he said teasingly. He saw the blush form over his brother's cheeks and laughed. "I see," he quipped. "Well, the more the merrier I suppose. I think he and Beka would get along really well." The phone began to ring then, and he knew instantly who it was. "I know that ring, it has an annoying determination," he quipped as he went to answer it. "Hello, Beka," he answered with out even having to look at the incoming number.

Beka growled somewhat at him. "What the hell did you say to Ryuichi a few minutes ago? He is almost literally bouncing off the walls and refuses to work right now!" she complained.

Tatsuha shook his head and laughed. "I didn't say anything, not really. I just promised to call him back in a little while after jerk leaves."

Eiri quirked an eyebrow and then shook his head with a chuckle. "Alright idiot; you better watch who you're calling a jerk," he threatened playfully.

Beka let out an annoyed growl and reached up to rub her face. "I am going to hold you personally responsible for not getting anything done for the album today, Uesugi Tatsuha," she remarked and hung up.

Tatsuha laughed and hung up the phone, returning to his seat on the couch. Seeing the questioning look on Eiri's face he shrugged. "She is holding me responsible for not being able to get any work done right now." He rolled his eyes and laughed again. "Man, she was pissed. I'm glad I'm not in New York right now," he laughed.

Beka sat back gritting her teeth as she watched the now all too hyper Ryuichi bounce around the studio. 'Damn Tatsuha for getting him all worked up like this' she mentally complained to herself. She looked over and saw K walk in and shake his head at the sight of the hyper Ryuichi with a sigh. Watching for a second, she saw him sit down in one of the chairs. Standing up she went over to him and sighed as she, too, sat down and leaned into him.

K smiled softly as he reached up to pet Beka's hair. He then averted his eyes back to Ryuichi and groaned. "What the hell got in to him?" he asked, shaking his head. He watched as the man bounced around, now doing his happy dance with his bunny.

"He called Tatsuha and talked to him for a few minutes. He made him promise to call him back in a little while," she said with a heavy sigh as she sat up. She rubbed her face a bit before she gave a short laugh. "Every since he hung the phone up a few minutes ago he has been like this."

"I see," K replied with a chuckle. ""He really likes your brother." He took in the girl's demeanor and sighed. "What's wrong?" he asked in a low soft voice. He saw her shake her head and lifted an eyebrow at her. "I know you so I know that there is something bothering you. Tell me what it is?" he asked as he reached over and lightly brushed her cheek with his hand.

"It's nothing. I'm just aggravated that I can't get any work done right now." She stood and stretched a bit and then sat back down. She turned to see K give her a questioning look. "What?" she asked defensively. She instantly regretted the tone and winced. "Sorry, I didn't mean to snap at you, K" she said as she hung her head.

K shook his head and smiled. "It's ok, no harm done. Every one is entitled to a bad day." He then quirked his head as he thought of something. "How did Ryuichi get Tatsuha's number anyway? I don't recall seeing him give his number to him, just Ryuichi giving his number to Tatsuha." He saw her roll her eyes and knew then that she had been the one to give it to him. "Why?" he asked in an amused voice.

Beka gave a little laugh and shook her head. "I told him no, that if Tatsuha wanted him to have it then he would have given it to him." She laughed a bit more as she recalled the incident. "He started whining and told me if I didn't give him Tatsuha's number he would have Kumagorou force it out of me." She giggled for a few seconds and shook her head. "I couldn't resist him. As soon as he threatened me with that stuffed bunny I caved."

K laughed and nodded. "As would we all," he quipped. He turned back to the hyperactive Ryuichi and shook his head. "Well, it is obvious he isn't going to be attempting to sing today, so why don't you just work on the music arrangements a little until he calms down. One lost day of recording vocals isn't going to hurt anything with as much as we already have done."

Beka nodded and smiled. "Ok, I wanted to try a different arrangement out for track six anyway." She stood and went back to the sound proof area and began to play around with the arrangements for a few songs.

Another week had gone by somewhat slowly. Eiri was standing in the boarding line with Shuichi and Tatsuha, waiting to get on their flight to New York. They had been late thanks to Tatsuha not setting his alarm clock and had to rush quite a bit before they finally had made it to the line to get on the plane. The older of the two brothers had threatened the younger one that if they missed the flight due to him, he would be finding himself injured.

"Sorry, I hadn't slept for three days straight. By the time I was ready to pass out Ryuichi called and I was up until around four more hours talking to him on the phone." Tatsuha smiled sheepishly and shook his head. "He had me on the phone for around three straight hours before he finally got tired and got off to go to work." He glanced at his brother, seeing his world famous smirk. He shrugged it off however and returned to thinking about how Ryuichi had been calling him two and three times a day for the past week. He had also called him at least once a day since as well. He was beginning to care vastly for the older guy. Before, he knew, he had only lusted for him; now though, he was completely in love with him.

Shuichi was so excited that he was going to get to meet Butterfly, or rather Beka that he was completely incapable of standing still. He was standing next to Eiri with his arm about his waist, bouncing slightly up and down. 'He will probably yell at me here in a minute for being so worked up and say I'm annoying him,' he thought to himself. He couldn't help it though; he was way too excited to stay still.

Eiri noted that Tatsuha was relatively calm about flying this time and knew it was because he would soon see Ryuichi. He put his arm around his lover's shoulders as the line to board the plane crept along, if only to make the boy stop his incessant bouncing. He smiled softly as he recalled how excited Shuichi had gotten when he had told the boy he was going to take him along when they visited Beka that weekend. He had lost an impressively expensive vase to the boy's reaction, but it had been well worth it. A blush then crept in to his cheeks as he recalled how the boy had thanked him later on that evening.

Finally after a little while longer they were in their seats getting ready to take off. Half way through the flight, Tatsuha looked over to see Eiri and Shuichi had fallen asleep. He smiled at the sight of the two leaning against each other. 'Man, they look so good together. Like they were made for one another,' he thought briefly. He then settled back in his seat, placing on his headphones. He turned his portable player on and instantly Nittle Grasper flooded in to his ears.

After a long ten hour flight they touched down in America. On the flight they had booked they had an hour layover in the southern part of the country. They had gotten off the plane and stretched their almost dead limbs and then had headed to get something to eat in one of the many small café type restaurants in the airport. They had returned just in time to get back on the plane for the last four hours of the flight.

Beka and Ryuichi were yelling at K to hurry up and get ready. He was moving slowly that morning and the two musicians were relentlessly hounding him for it. The plane that Eiri, Tatsuha, and Shuichi were on was going to land in an hour, and they wanted to get there to meet them as they got off the plane.

"I am going as fast as I can. Would you two relax, we will get there in time," K grumbled as he went to the bathroom and closed the door. He turned on the cold water and splashed some on his face to wake himself up a bit before driving. He supposed it was his fault they were running late. He had stayed up thinking of what all Ryuichi had droned on and on to Tatsuha about and how excited he and his bunny were that he was visiting for the weekend. He had sworn that if Ryuichi hadn't hung up the phone when he had that he had been going to execute the stuffed animal. Not to mention that if he had not known Ryuichi he would have thought the man was trying his best to come on to the younger guy. He went about cleaning up and changing as he mentally grumbled tiredly. He can just imagine how closely they were going to have to watch Tatsuha around Ryuichi this weekend. Finally, when he exited the bathroom he was grabbed by Beka and dragged out to the van.

"We have less then an hour to get there, come on!" Beka whined, slightly grunting as she pulled a slow K. She opened the driver's side front door to the van and pushed K in, shutting the door and running around to get in herself. She looked back in the back seat to see Ryuichi was in and his seatbelt was fastened. Darting her eyes back to K she watched as he fumbled with the keys for a second before turning on the ignition.

Ryuichi let out a sharp happy noise as they backed out of the drive and headed towards the airport. For most of the drive he rambled to Kumagorou about how excited he was. He would occasionally make the bunny say something and would laugh at it. When they had parked, he was the first one to jump out of the van. 'Man, I can't wait to see my adorable Tatsuha!' he thought hectically.

K sighed and climbed out of the van and stretched. He felt a finger poke him in the stomach and grunted loudly. Looking to Beka, he saw she had a rather upset look plaguing her face and sighed. He glanced over to see Ryuichi had started toward the gate that the others would be arriving at. He then felt his hand being grabbed and was instantly spirited away toward Ryuichi by the girl. 'They are way too anxious,' he grumbled to himself.

Beka dragged K as much as she could to keep up with the hyperactive singer. After a few turns and an elevator, they had finally reached the gate her brothers and the boy would be getting off of. Beka finally let go of K, who she noted looked quite a bit winded from the rushing. Looking over she saw Ryuichi bouncing happily, squeezing his bunny to his chest tightly. Giving a small giggle she turned her attention to the passengers who were starting to depart from the plane.

Ryuichi squinted as he watched all the faces leaving the plane, only caring about spotting a particular one. As he seen his adorable Tatsuha's face in the sea of people he smiled widely and squealed. He jumped and ran up to him, attacking him with huge hugs and a few kisses that were methodically placed on his neck and cheek. "Ryuichi-san missed Tatsuha-kun so much!" he exclaimed as he nuzzled the boy's shoulder.

Tatsuha beamed as he returned the singer's affections, hugging him as warmly as he could. He placed a small kiss on top of his head and chuckled. "I missed Ryuichi-san too," he answered as he plucked the bunny from his hands. "I also missed Kumagorou," he quipped to the stuffed animal and hugged it, placing a kiss on top of its head as well.

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