Thank you for taking the time to read this piece. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy writing it, and as always read and review.
This piece is probably going to be a long one just like my 'Trading Pain' [Fruits Basket] one was. I hope you enjoy it.
Also I know that Gravitation is a Shonen Ai, and I know about Gravitation Re-mix and the plot of it... but to be honest, to me re-mix is more of a doujin than a real part of the series, and if you ignore the doujin then you really have nothing to base Ryu-chan's preferences off of so... this is the results of my twisted imagination.
I will call Ryuichi, Ryu-chan every once in a while just to let you know.
A Rainbow of Many Colors
A Silver Lining
"Color, color, color." Ryuichi sang. "Color, color. Kumaguro's pink. Pink, pink, pink! Kuma's ribbon is red, and his nose is white. Color, color, color Kumaguro!"Ryuichi stood back from the living room wall looking up at his masterpiece he smiled. He had been so happy when he had found the perfect shade of pink crayon to do a picture of Kumaguro in. "What have you done?"
Ryuichi turned to see his landlord standing in the doorway of his apartment.
"Look it's Kumaguro!" Ryuichi smiled brilliantly. He kneeled down and started to carefully put his crayons back in the case. He was humming his new coloring song to himself.
"I can't take this anymore!"
Ryu-chan looked up at his landlord. His face was a bright red, and he looked sick.
Ryuichi watched as his landlord sputtered and spat. His face was turning even redder by the second.
Was he all right? Had he been eating something?
Ryuichi ran over to his side, and began to pound him on the back, convinced that his landlord was choking on something. When he cried out for him to stop, Ryuichi did the only thing he could think of and took a bottle filled with liquid and made him drink it.
Drinking something had always helped him when he was choking.
Unfortunately, it was a bottle of cooking vinegar.
The landlord grabbed the worried Ryuichi and shoved him away.
"You have one hour to be out of here! I don't care who you are, you have one hour!" The landlord slammed the door shut on his way out.
The vibrations forced Kuma to fall from his perch on the small table in the living room onto the wooden floor.
Ryuichi thought that his landlord just wanted some time alone, so he grabbed Kuma and his key, and left the apartment.
At least he had been all right! Ryuichi felt so bad for him. He really should take better care of himself. He thought.
He skipped happily down the street, unaware that his landlord had watched him go, and was right now having his things thrown in boxes, and his son was getting the locks changed.
Ryuichi was probably a sweet kid; problem was he was in his 30's! He was supposed to be a responsible adult, and not a little kid. Nobody in his or her right minds could handle the kind of damage he brought to a place on a daily basis. To be honest the landlord was rather found of Ryuichi. He was the type of honest guy that just made people like him. Problem was that he was more like a 5 year old than a 31 year old. There was no other way to do it. Ryuichi would probably spend the night with a friend of his, and then he could find another apartment or even buy a house.Either way this really was it.
The landlord thought as he set the last of Ryuichi's things outside the door. He left a note saying that whenever he found a new place he would be happy to bring the rest of his things over. When Ryuichi returned. He found his things in a large cardboard box outside of the door. When he tried to use his key, much to his dismay, it wouldn't work. He tried to get a hold of the landlord by ringing the bell, but he never answered. It was getting late, and Ryuichi was getting tired. Was he no longer wanted here? Was he being left? Again?He looked down at Kumaguro, his most precious of memories.
During his life he'd been left behind so many times that he no longer bothered to count anymore. He knew it wasn't intentional. It just happened, but it didn't change the fact that it hurt, every time he was left behind, it always hurt so badly, he felt alone.Still no matter how alone he was he always had Kumaguro.
He picked up his box of things and began to walk.So what if he was alone again. He had Nettle Grasper right? They were his friends. They had always taken care of each other for a very long time.
Ryuichi didn't even notice it was beginning to rain.Kuma would always be with him. So would Toma and...Ryuichi began sneezing. Rain?
He sat himself down beneath a tree; trying to get away from the rain. He dug through his things looking for an umbrella but there wasn't one there. It must have been left back in the apartment.
What was he to do?
He broke down and cried."Hmmm.... Are you okay?"Ryuichi looked up to see a young woman with an umbrella standing over him. Her hair was short, and she wore glasses, and spoke with an Osaka accent but she really looked concerned.
Ryuichi just kept crying.
She was startled. At first she thought it was a child crying on the pavement. If she had realized it was a grown man she would never have said anything. Still the way he held onto the pink rabbit in his arms, made her wonder...Perhaps... perhaps something was wrong. After all how many grown adults held onto a stuffed rabbit, and just cried? She new it was stupid, reckless, and if her family ever found out they would chew her out, but..."Hello, I'm Shirokawa Narumi."She extended her umbrella over the young man's head, and helped him to his feet. She was surprised by the good 6-inch difference in their height. It was rare for her to be taller than a man, but somehow it seemed to reassure her that she was doing the right thing. "My house is only a few blocks from here, can you walk okay?"
She noted the box of random household items that he was cradling. Had he gotten into a fight with his wife? She glanced at his hand. There wasn't a wedding ring so could it be a roommate or something?It didn't matter. He seemed completely helpless either way, and if he stayed out in the rain he was only going to get sick.
Wait. Weren't there thieves that did things like that? Was he only pretending? She shook her head. No you have to have more faith in people. Just because this is so close to Tokyo not everyone is out to hurt everybody else!
She pushed all of her doubts aside and led him into her home.
Chapter 2