This actually helped me because I know how I want the story to end now! This really was a huge help to me and I think I can start writing more Requiem and not make it ridiculous . . . when my four papers are done because I have a week off school.
Last 25 for 50 themes. Ryuichi and Tatsuha, with glimpses of Eiri and Shuichi…note, there could be spoilers in here.
I don't own Gravitation, though I wish I could own the Uesugi brothers :p
#26 - Forever
He hated when Eiri was mad at him, because his brother could hold a grudge for the longest time, and Tatsuha knew that the grudge between the two would be lifted once Shuchi was able to smile and sing again, since Eiri still wanted him to finish his song on his new album that was post-poned.
#27 - Blood
"While blood is thicker then water," Eiri muttered, watching Shuichi crying once more as he glared at Tatsuha, "it doesn't stop the anger I feel every time I see him crying, because I couldn't protect him from you."
#28 - Sickness
Depression was a disease, not a sickness . . . and Ryuichi knew that better then anyone, despite his cheerful demeanor everywhere he went.
#29 - Melody
Shining Collection seemed to become the song that could put Eiri to sleep at night now, despite the memories it held for his brother—so Tatsuha couldn't understand why when he hummed it in the car, it made his brother stop the car and said, "Don't ever defile that song with your grated humming."
#30 – Star
"One day," Shuichi confided in Ryuichi, "I want to be as good as you, and I want to sing with you too—not to copy your hairstyle, or to copy how you sing, but to make my own legacy in the music industry."
#31 - Home
Ryuichi smiled as Tatsuha walked through the door, handing him the box of chocolate pocky that he was eating and brushed at the apron he was wearing that showed the evidence of his attempt to make dinner once again—and knew that without Tatsuha, he'd never find a home again.
#32 - Confusion
"I don't understand it—I'm not gay, that's just not possible," Tatsuha told Mika when she went to visit the two one day—and Mika just grinned, knowing that she was the only straight person out of her brothers now as she ate more of the strawberry ice cream that was in front of her.
#33 - Fear
When he asked Ryuichi what he was scared of, Ryuichi had a hard time answering, because he did not like to think of that sort of thing—and just cuddled against Tatsuha on the couch, watching the night out of their balcony window.
#34 - Lightning/Thunder
However, Tatsuha felt something move against him in the middle of the night and saw Ryuichi sitting straight up in bed, a cold sweat on his face and wide eyes—and watched the thunderstorm, holding Ryuichi close for just a moment, knowing it was him that was afraid of the thunderstorms and lightning, not Kumagoro.
#35 – Bonds
"You're a pain in the ass," Eiri had muttered one day to Ryuichi, "but you better not harm my brother with your childish antics like you did to Shuichi—because even if I'm starting to get over it, a promise is a bond, and your love for him is a promise, therefore making it a bond."
#36 - Market
Ryuichi just stared at Eiri as he said that, dropping the groceries that were laden in his arms, and heard Eiri snicker as he saw that he had whipped cream, cherries and the carton of vanilla ice cream that landed on Ryuichi's shoe.
#37 - Technology
The only thing that Ryuichi knew how to use well was a cell phone and a computer, but when Tatsuha started playing online games, he was delighted that the younger man asked him to play with him on his own computer.
#38 - Gift
Tatsuha figured that Eiri found out about Ryuichi's birthday gift to him when he received a nasty answering machine message, with the words "drop dead" and "idiotic boyfriend" in the message, among other things—he just honestly didn't know what the present was, and didn't think he wanted to know.
#39 - Smile
They were there to witness Shuichi smile at their company for the first time since his hospital release, Ryuichi knew it would be alright when Eiri went over to Tatsuha and said, "Now, you're forgiven—but neither one of you better do this shit to me again."
#40 – Innocence
Later on that night, Tatsuha couldn't help but ask Ryuichi what the present was for Eiri—and Ryuichi just grinned innocently, saying how much of a secret it was before kissing the younger man, the innocent moment lost upon Tatsuha.
#41 - Completion
Eiri felt the story was complete, but didn't realize that Shuichi was reading the novel that contained the story of their love—until he overheard the idiotic conversation he was having with Ryuichi on his home phone and promptly pulled the telephone cord out on his lover.
#42 - Clouds
Tatsuha never understood what Ryuichi saw in the clouds, but wouldn't pull him away if he wanted to gaze at them just a little longer.
#43 - Sky
"If Yuki is the word for snow," Shuichi asked Tatsuha as they waited for Eiri to let them in the house, "I wonder what the word for sky is."
#44 - Heaven
"Better yet," Tatsuha retorted, smirking at Shuichi, "ask Eiri what heaven is—and see if he says you or if he throws you out again."
#45 – Hell
Ryuichi swore that Tatsuha was just like his brother—they never saw what was in front of them and put themselves through the ringer just beating themselves over their past mistakes, for days at a time until one of them could pull them out of it again.
#46 - Sun
He never knew that Ryuichi burned easily in the sweltering summer sun.
#47 - Moon
Nor did he know that Ryuichi often took a telescope to look at the moon on the balcony at night—but Ryuichi giggled in glee and came to appreciate it when Tatsuha saw the craters for the first time.
#48 - Waves
Their relationship was like a tidal wave—one moment it could be perfectly calm, the next it could be a chaotic wave of passion or anger.
#49 - Hair
Tatsuha swore that if he was spending another hour in the bathroom, primping his hair, he would kill Ryuichi—they were already late meeting Tohma and his sister for dinner, and he didn't want Mika bitching anymore then she was going to.
#50 – Supernova
Gravtiation was a supernova, waiting for an explosion—and it often did it at the worst times—and sometimes, Tatsuha thought in a daze, it did it at the most perfect times, with muddy brown eyes in the middle, staring at him and guiding the way.