Author's Notes: Hello, everyone. I'm terribly sorry about the very, very late update on this chapter. Lots of unexpected things came up and I simply wasn't strong enough to do another chapter. But I won't bother you with details from my miserable teenage life. So, on with the story.

Warning: slight fluff

Disclaimer: I do not own Gravitation. Never have, never will.

Chapter 11

Shuichi ran all the way to the hospital. He legs gave out about two miles behind him but his spirit was stronger than ever. Nothing was going to stand in his way. Nothing.

Finally, he made it to the hospital building. Running up the stairs, the vocalist could think of nothing but the love of his life, Yuki Eiri.

Getting closer to Yuki's door, Shuichi sharply held his breath.

Softy... Shuichi opened the door to find Yuki—not in his bed but standing toward the window.

Though his back was turned, Yuki still held the beautiful image of an angel. Slowly, Shuichi approached the unaware novelist.

"Y-Yu-ki..?" The vocalist finally choked out. Yuki turned around...

"..." Yuki had nothing to say to the stranger before him.

"Yuki.. I can't believe it!" Shuichi beamed, falling into the novelist's arms and holding him tight. "Yuki... I knew it. I knew you'd come back to me..." He whispered into Yuki's plain white shirt. "I'm sorry... for everything... But everything's okay now!"

"And you are?" Yuki asked, raising a questioning brow. There was—of course—something familiar about this person but that was about it.

Suddenly, Shuichi world came to a crashing halt as thunder pounded in his chest. It couldn't be true..! It can't be! Yuki couldn't have actually forgotten all about him... right?

"Yuki... it's me! Shuichi!"

"Shui-chi..?" Yuki repeated, which only made Shuichi's heart sink even further.

"Yuki! Please tell me you're lying!" Shuichi pleaded with tear-filled eyes. There was nothing worse than having someone you love—not know who you are. It was like Shuichi didn't even exist anymore, he didn't need a reason to exist if Yuki didn't acknowledge it.

"Listen, you little brat, I have no business with you." Yuki grunted at the boy before him. He had to admit, his presence was somewhat calming to him but he had no idea who he was.

"But, Yuki!"

"My name is Eiri." Yuki said bluntly, shooting a silencing glare at the pink-haired boy.

And that was it.

Shuichi broke down into uncontrollable cries of anguish. "Do you hate me?" Shuichi started, staring deep into Yu—Eiri's eyes, this isn't the person he fell in love with... this isn't Yuki anymore. This was Eiri. "Do you hate me..?" He cried harder and the memory lost Eiri could do nothing but stare. "Do you hate me for what I've done..?" He whispered.

"Listen, kid, I'll let you stay awhile if you stop crying." Yuki couldn't help but utter those words. He felt somewhat obligated to stop the pink haired stranger's tears.

"No..." Shuichi responded mournfully. "I-It's better this way... I won't be able to hurt you anymore... now that you've forgotten me." With that painful note, Shuichi rose from the ground and took careful steps out of the white room.

Outside the room, Shuichi leaned on the door frame as silent tears streamed down from his violet eyes.

He was completely torn.

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"Tohma..." Yuki whispered as the producer walked in the room.

"I'm happy to see your doing fine-"

"Shuichi came." Yuki interrupted. "He cried a lot." He mumbled, turning to the side—away from Tohma's view. "A. Lot." He repeated to show how bad the situation had been.

"Yes, well, Shuichi is the type to-"

"Tell me who he is." Yuki interrupted once more. "I must have meant something to him if he was so... so... hurt. He also called me 'Yuki'."

"..." Tohma remained quiet. He knew what he was going to do but didn't know how.

"Tell me who he is!" Yuki roared. He was being kept in the dark and didn't like at all.

Another moment of silence passed before Tohma took a deep breath and began to explain.

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Shuichi didn't go back to Hiro's apartment. He didn't go back to his parent's house. He didn't think there was a place to back to.

So, he fled to the one and only place where he knew nothing could harm him. The park.

"I can't believe I'm crying this much..." He scolded himself, quickly wiping away his tears. "Yuki is okay... and that's all that matters. Right?" He tried to assure himself, but he knew it wasn't working. After today, most likely, he wouldn't be the same person anymore.

Shuichi isn't Shuichi without Yuki. Yuki's criticism, Yuki's glare, Yuki's heart; it made up everything Shuichi existed for. And without it, who was Shuichi?

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"YOU IDIOT!" Yuki roared, throwing his fist up and viciously connecting it with Tohma's jaw, causing the latter to fall backward onto the ground. Blood showered Tohma's mouth. "Of all the people I would like to forget..." The novelist couldn't help but find unstoppable tears flowing from him eyes. "...he was never one of them!"

"Eiri-san... I'm sorry. I'm so sorry..."� Tohma whispered as tears and blood began to taint the white tile floor.

"I have to get out of here." Yuki prompted, getting up from his position on the bed.

"But where are you going to go..?" Tohma asked—a rather stupid question.

"You." Yuki turned to the man who lay broken on the floor. "Touch my Shuichi again and I swear to god I'll kill you." Yuki spoke angrily as more memories of Shuichi came rushing to his head... and his heart.

Stomping out of the room, Yuki headed for the front door of the lobby, only to be interrupted by a nurse.

"Mr. Eiri!" She called out. "Mr. Eiri! You can't leave!" She called out once more, chasing over the novelist.

"And why not?" He yelled at the nurse, not caring whether she was a woman or not, or even if people watched him. "I have to get out of here." He continued to walk straight, only seeing one person in his mind, Shuichi.

"Hey, I need some help over here!" She yelled out to a man with too many muscles for his own good. She turned back to Yuki. "Mr. Eiri, you cannot leave while you're still under this hospital's care." She raised her palm in protest.

"Out of my way." He said simply before a man came over to try and hold him down.

It didn't take long before Yuki beat up the entire staff, including a midget (don't ask) . And now, Yuki had nothing in his way to get to Shuichi, his love, his life, his heart.

And he knew exactly where to go to, the one place where it all started. The park.

I love you and I like you

Have always been hard to say but..

I love you, that is my conclusion

This is what my heart told me one day

That day I nearly lost you forever

The novelist slowly came up to the unaware singer. "Shuichi." Yuki didn't need to say any other words. He didn't need to go above a whisper. All he had to do was say his name and he knew Shuichi would come.

Shuichi turned. "Yuki..?"

Yuki smiled, still speechless. The love of his life was standing in front of him, as beautiful as ever, and for some reason all he could do was put on a warm smile. It made him sick to think that just a little while ago... he didn't know who Shuichi was. What would his life be without this person? This person who never gave up or even got frustrated with loving him. Who would Yuki Eiri be without Shuichi Shindou? A man Yuki didn't want to know or even think about.

I remember days in the summer when you'd say

"I love you" and I stumbled over the ways to tell you that in return

How much I wanted to hold you

Ah, my body shivers at the thought of it being so easy now

So simple and clear

I love you, and though it took me time to remember

I always have

They locked eyes for what seemed an eternity before the singer spoke. "Yuki!" Shuichi beamed.

"...I.." The novelist whispered before the singer ran to him, hugging him tightly. The hug was instantly returned. "I'm sorry."

"No. Yuki I was the one who—"

"Shh." He interrupted, placing a gentle finger over Shuichi's lips. "Stay quiet. Just once."

Shuichi did what he was told and calmly sat down, Yuki followed. "..."

"Shuichi, do you know why all this started?" Yuki asked but Shuichi was smart enough to know not to answer. "It wasn't you, or even Hiro. It was me. I started everything."

"Yuki... I don't understand."

"If I could turn back the hands of time, I would. I would have told you how much I truly did love you." He paused, wishing his trusty cigarette was in his right pocket as usual to calm his nerves. "When I broke up with you, I did it to save you. I realized that I wasn't good enough for you. I didn't deserve to you come back to me every time I kicked you out, every time I broke your spirit, and every time I made you cry." Yuki admitted as he looked to the sky in thought. "And I knew that even if you cried about it—it was better if I let you go. But... I fucked up."

"Yuki..." Shuichi tried to assure him but no more words were able to form.

"I fucked up, Shuichi!" Yuki pushed. "I messed up. I know now that I was wrong for trying to take you back because I was the one who let you go in the first place. I was wrong for trying to run away. I didn't treat you right and I shouldn't have expected you to forgive me."

And for once in a very long time, the air was lifted and a vision became clear in both their minds.

I love you and I like you

Have always been hard words to say

But now, my journey is clear—Oh! How I can see it!

With tomorrow never being sure

Lets spend our 'now' Together

But it's never been any other way, now as it?

"I've never forced you to do anything you didn't want to, and I never will..."

"I love you, Yuki." Shuichi said with a satisfied smile as cool tears ran down his eyes. He was just so... happy. "I love you, Yuki, it's never changed."

"I broke your heart."

"Broken can easily be fixed. If you take the time to. I'm okay Yuki, I really am." He smiled brighter but it only made tears come swiftly to Yuki's eyes. "Yuki! Oh no! I made you cry! I'm so sorry!"

"No... It's just that... I had asked myself 'how do you know when to let go' then I just realized... I didn't want to. I don't want to let you go." Yuki covered his month as tears still ran down his face.

Quietly, Shuichi knelt down and gently kissed Yuki's trembling hand then rested his head on it. "Yuki, do you love me?"

It was a question that needed to be answered, for the both of them.

"I love you, I do." Yuki whispered.

Seconds past and the sun began to set behind them, leaving only a small ray of light before it completely disappeared.

Shuichi smiled. "Then let's start from there." He stood up, dusted himself off and then turned back to the sitting Yuki. "Lets start with 'I love you' and think about the rest when we get there." He grinned, holding out his hand, which Yuki took without another thought.

And there they both stood, staring deep into each other's eyes.

This feeling, it came

And still comes—out of the blue

Why not accept the miracle of our meeting

Accept this feeling of hopelessness

Accept this feeling of total control...

The moon shined heavenly over the newborn couple.

Accept this feeling of...

"Marry me."

...Gravitation!

"Y-Yuki..?" Shuichi stunned voice only made Yuki's smile bigger and his heart pounce louder.

"Marry me..." Yuki asked once more and soon enough, Shuichi flew into his arms and kissing him deeply, never even realizing how much he missed Yuki's kiss.

And there they stood, enveloped in each other's arms, never wanting to pull away. And so they gazed upon each other's with the infinite radiance of true love.

Not fate, not god-sent, just is. And Shuichi nor Yuki wanted it any other way. Besides... who could change the natural forces of gravity?'


Author's Notes: (sigh) Please don't be disappointed with me. I'm going through many, many things and if I didn't do as well as you all expected. And dont forget my poor excuse for poetry. I'm sorry... This isn't the end though.We still have a few thing to tie up before it's done. One more P.O.V. About Hiro and that'll be it. I hope you enjoyed.