Chapter Two
The Love I Know
"Three... two...one ...go!" Sakano yelled from the recoding room. In an instant Hiroshi and Suguru started playing. Everyone stayed in unison as Shuichi waited for his turn to sing.
"Shuichi!" Suguru yelled noticing Shuichi was a half a second for from sing. They all waited for Shuichi, but Shuichi was stone dead. His feet planted deeply into the ground, and his eyes just staring at nothing in particular. He stared down at his feet and put down the microphone.
"Hey Shuichi what's with you today, this is like the third time we started over, and this time you didn't even bother to sing." Hiro patted Shuichi on the back roughly and then pushed his head back. "Hello! Earth to Shindo."
"Huh? Oh sorry guys, can we try again later?" Shuichi rubbed the back of his head with hair laughing sort of suspiciously. The manger Sakano and Suguru left the room to give Shuichi some space.
"Anything on your mind Shuichi?" Hiro lead Shuichi to a seat and told him to relax.
"Its just, lately Yuki has changed. He isn't sleeping at all, and he's always locked in his room forever doing who knows what. It doesn't seem like he's getting anything done, cause I always find him knocked out on his laptop which has nothing written in it. I'm worried Hiro, Yuki scares me when he is grumpy and he doesn't even act like his normal 'I'm pissed' attitude." Shuichi sighed and held his head in his hands.
"And how is that not working for you, come on. Yuki always treated you like scum, and now he doesn't even have the confidence any more." Hiro laughed leaning back against the chair and crossed his arms.
"I'm worried Hiro..." Shuichi started tearing and wiped them away quickly, "he isn't the same Yuki any more. Not my Yuki any more." Hiro stared at the sobbing child and held Shuichi close. Shuichi wrapped his arms around Hiro sadly.
"I don't understand what you see in that guy Shuichi." Hiro whispered under breath, "maybe you should cheer him up with your normal perky, happy-go-lucky attitude. I know that always puts smile on my face." Hiro smiled slightly and walked Shuichi home.
It was already night before Shuichi got home to his depressed lover. He opened the door silently, hoping that this time Yuki would be asleep intentionally. He placed his things on the floor and searched the house for sighs of life. All the lights were out except the one to Yuki's room, which was always on at this time of night. Shuichi walked past the door, maybe he could get by the doorway without bursting into tears for his tired Yuki. Shuichi passed the room and changed in the bathroom. Only twenty minutes. later Shuichi walked back around to she if Yuki was awake or not.
"Yuki?" Shuichi whispered opening the door just wide enough to get his head through. Shuichi walked in calmly, smiling. Yuki was actually asleep on his bed for once. He leaned over to Yuki and kneeled down to the floor so his head was inline with Yuki's. "Some how you even worry me about nothing, you know that Yuki?" Shuichi bent over and kissed Yuki on the lips.
"Shuichi?" Yuki moaned sitting up in the bed, he looked around and saw Shuichi sleeping with his head leaned on the bed's edge. "You fall asleep quickly." Yuki smirked and pulled him over the bed, next to him. He pulled the blankets around both of them tighly.
"Yuki..." Shuichi whispered sweetly as he slept. He wrapped his arms around Yuki and smiled.
"Even in you sleep you worry about me. Never again. I hate to see you suffer like this Shuichi, exspeacial if I'm the one causing your suffering." Yuki layed back down and kissed him he forehead. He slowly drifted to sleep, blessed with the thought of Shuichi's cheerful laugher which awoke.