Chapter 4:
Tadeo watched Hiko place the man on the bed. He undid the handkerchief and start cleaning the wound. It was deep, but not life threatening or anything. he walked to the bathroom and started cleaning his face and washing the blood off his nose. He touched it gingerly, it was broken, but it hurt like hell. Tatsuha! I've found you…the name sounded so familiar. Was that his name? Tatsuha? He decided he had better tell Hiko everything.
He made his way back to his bedroom and watched Hiko finish bandaging the wound. "Hiko, I need to confess something…" he didn't look at his friend as he told him the story of his past, or what he remembered of it.
"So you think that this guy knows you? I was wondering why he called you Tatsuha…maybe it would have been a good thing if I'd subscribed to newspapers…" Hiko smiled at the young man. "I don't have a reason to mad, though I wished you'd told me earlier…I could have done something about it."
Tadeo nodded silently. He sat down on the floor beside the bed and waited for the man to wake up. He couldn't believe his eyes, but it was Sakuma Ryuichi. He loved his songs, why would Sakuma Ryuichi know him? What kind of life had he led? He brushed away the boiling emotions that rose up within him as he looked at the singer. No! He couldn't be in love! He didn't even know this man…even if he had, he didn't think it could be love!
"Hnnh…" Tadeo looked up as the man on the bed opened his eyes slowly. The blue eyes looked at his and Tadeo swallowed. "Do you need anything…Sakuma-san? You are Sakuma Ryuichi right?"
Ryuichi stared at the red haired boy, for some reason it hurt to be asked that. He'd heard of how Tatsuha was one of his biggest fans and the posters in the picture confirmed that…but now the boy was asking him if he really was Sakuma Ryuichi…Tatsuha would have recognized hi anywhere. He nodded at the boy. "Um…no Tatsuha, I don't need anything."
The boy jerked up looked at him a trifle scared. "Is that my name? Tatsuha? Do you know me? Who am I?" Ryuichi sighed. "You're Tatsuha Uesugi. Seguchi Tohma's brother in law. I don't know you personally, but I do know you're family very well, you do know that Tohma was my band mate right?"
"Seguchi Tohma's brother in law? I have famous relatives?" Tatsuha looked confused. "Are they worried? Tell me about them…I need to remember. And yeah I know he's your band mate, I'm one of your fans. I know the words to all of your songs!"
Ryuichi stared at the boy wondering how in the midst of all that memory loss he'd remembered Ryuichi and the words to Nittle Grasper songs. He suddenly gave in to his feelings and caught the scared confused boy up in a hug, pulling him onto the bed. "They are worried about you. We've done everything from notifying the papers to missing posters and news flashes. You're a lucky kid to have so many people who love you. You have two siblings Mika, Tohma's wife and Yuki Eiri the famous romance novelist. He's a cold bastard, but he loves you a lot. I need to take you back as fast as possible." He stopped as the boy started to shake. Ryuichi realized he was crying. "Tatsuha?"
"I've been scared for the last few weeks. I didn't know who I was where to go or anything. I didn't know how I was going to continue with life. If it hadn't been for that restaurant owner and Hiko, I wouldn't even have got a roof over my head." Ryuichi hugged him closer, letting the boy get rid of all the crazy feelings he'd been going through. Suddenly Tatsuha looked up with a watery smile. "I don't know why it didn't occur to me to check the media! I'm such an idiot!"
Ryuichi smiled back at him and ruffled his hair. "Baka, even Kumagoroo has more brains than you." Tatsuha nodded. He looked so vulnerable that Ryuichi hugged him again. The boy snuggled up and in a few minutes he was asleep out of sheer exhaustion. Ryuichi thanked his stars that he'd gotten there in time. He pulled out his cell phone and dialed Tohma's number.
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Hiko watched the older man holding his friend Tadeo…no Tatsuha. He was glad everything had gotten more or less cleared up. He tried to get rid of the sinking feeling he had…it was like he'd never see Tad…Tatsuha again. He gotten so used to him being around and they were really good friends. He looked around the apartment…it wasn't good enough for Seguchi Tohma's brother in law.
He sighed wishing he could just get a good job and stop working as a waiter. Then he could go back to his village and marry his girlfriend, bring her back to live with him. He smiled having Tatsuha around had been good, at least he wasn't lonely…He looked at the man holding his buddy once more…Sakuma Ryuichi, he knew Tatsuha was in love with the man, it showed all the time. He hoped things would work out there.
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Eiri picked up the phone. "Hello? What? Where?" the rest of the family watched him anxiously. "Shall we come and get you? You'll come in the morning? Alright I'll tell them…and Ryuichi? Thank you."
He turned to face the others with his first genuine smile. "Ryuichi found him. Apparently he was working at some club and some men attacked him, but Ryuichi stepped in and this other fellow Hiko was there too. So everything's fine, Tatsuha will be here in the morning! Only, he still doesn't remember anything…yet." His face fell again.
Shuichi walked up to him and smiled. "Well, at least we can help him now. Cheer up Eiri!" Tohma was hugging Mika who was not crying, it was like all her tears had dried up.
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Ryuichi tried to shift the young man and slip into bed. Tatsuha cuddled up a little more and murmured. "Ryuichi…" Ryuichi looked down at him before planting a light kiss on his forehead. He then untangled himself from Tatsuha and slipped into bed next to him. He out an arm around the boy protectively. He vowed he'd try to bring his memory back…he lay back smelling the nice soapy smell on Tatsuha's face and fell asleep.
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A/N: ok now comes the hard part. How the hell am I going to bring Tat back? And what do I do with Hiko cos this is a Ryu and Tat fanfic…oh well I'll think of something! Ja ne
Taka
