"I still don't understand why do we have to go to Seguchi's," grumbled Yuki.
Shuichi rolled his eyes, "Seguchi-san invited us... and besides Mika-san is your sister, isn't she? Would it hurt you to visit her from time to time?"
Yuki stayed silent for a few seconds, then he said: "You are quite hypocrite, you know..?"
"W-What do you m-mean?" Shuichi stuttered nervously. 'Does he know?!' he thought panicking.
"When was the last time you visited your sister at home?" Yuki smirked, oblivious to Shuichi's panic.
Shuichi sighed in relief.
"I will have you know, I visited my family just before my tour," Shuichi glared at Yuki.
Yuki hmmed but didn't say anything else until they got to Seguchi's residence.
Mika and Tohma welcomed them warmly, even laughed at Shuichi's complaining about how he had to drag Yuki to the car.
After lunch Shuichi excused himself to go to bathroom. On the way back to others he noticed a room with door ajar and he couldn't resist peeking inside.
It was quite a big room with some chairs and in the middle of the room there was a piano.
Shuichi quietly sneaked to the piano, touching it gently with one finger, and slowly traced the edge. Then he noticed small scribbling on the side and gasped. This was… Shuichi quickly shook his head. He should get back to others. But he couldn't help to push a few keys in a simple melody.
"Wouldn't it be easier to play with both hands?" came a voice from the door.
Shuichi snapped his head towards the voice and saw Tohma.
"Ah… sorry Seguchi-san," he squealed and jumped away from the piano.
"It's okay, I just thought you were lost," Tohma said as he walked to the piano, "I almost forgot that you were playing keyboard when the Bad Luck first started…"
He pushed one key, letting the tone resonate in the room, "You know, some of Nittle Grasper's hits like Sleeping Beauty were composed on this piano…"
"Really Seguchi-san?" Shuichi gasped in awe.
"And you know… maybe you should start calling me by first name," Tohma said mischievously, "If you stuck with Eiri for so long, you are family now."
Shuichi blinked, "The same goes for you, you can call me Shuichi too…"
"Oh, trust musicians to get stuck in the only room with musical instrument," said Mika as she walked into the room with Yuki right behind her.
"I am sorry my dear, but we breathe music, so what did you expect?" Tohma said with small smile on his lips, "But seeing as we are all here, why doesn't Shuichi play something for us as a punishment for coming here?"
Shuichi blushed.
Yuki smirked, "As if the brat could play on something so sophisticated as piano."
"What did you say?!" Shuichi glared at Yuki, "Sit down blondie and watch."
Everyone blinked and sat down on chairs near the piano.
Shuichi sat at the piano and took few moments to pick a song to play, and then he took a breath and his fingers started to dance across the keyboard in a swift melody.
Mika smiled and closed her eyes, enjoying the acoustic harmony.
Tohma just smiled at Yuki, who seemed to be most surprised of them all, that his hyperactive popstar could play something even resembling to a classical music. It just clashed with the image of the pink haired man.
After that song Shuichi switched to slower, nostalgic song. His face was full of concentration, but at the same time calm. When he ended the song, Mika and Tohma applauded.
"Very nice choise Shindou-kun," praised him Tohma, "Mozart and Chopin, played with such precision."
Shuichi smiled nervously, "T-Thank you Seguchi-san, it was kind of long since I played on piano, so I was a bit afraid that I would make some mistakes…"
"If you can play like this, why don't you play on keyboard for Bad Luck?" Yuki asked.
Shuichi shrugged, "Well, even… even my first teacher said that I can play the song without mistakes… but when it comes to composing my own stuff, it just wasn't that good."
"There is difference between repeating things and creating something new," Tohma nodded.
Mika leaned closer to Tohma.
"How about we now tell you why we called you here?" she said smiling.
Tohma looked at her, as if asking who will be the one to deliver the news and Mika grinned.
"Well, without further delay… I am pregnant," Mika announced.
There were a few moments of silence before Shuichi practically exploded with excitement. He started to shoot questions at the woman, who laughed at his antics.
Yuki grabbed the back of Shuichi's collar and pulled him backwards, "Sheesh, just shut up, brat."
Shuichi looked sheepishly, "Sorry… I am just so excited… Oh, oh, did you think of name yet?"
Mika shot her husband a glance and said, "I was thinking about 'Natsuki'."
Everyone froze. Yuki and Shuichi looked at Tohma how he would react.
He sighed and calmly said: "No."
Shuichi looked at Tohma and Mika. He gulped and said, "I think that's nice name. Your brother would be proud to have his nephew named after him."
Mika and Yuki gaped at the singer, while Tohma glared.
"I don't know who told you about that, but I said no and that's final," he said.
Mika quickly changed the topic to avoid further tension.
"So…" Yuki said on their way back home, "You know about Seguchi's brother?"
Shuichi shrugged, not wanting to say that K told him.
Instead he turned to the window, so Yuki couldn't see his face. He had his family and Tohma had his, but for some reason, he felt weird. Especially seeing Tohma like that. But on the other side, what would happen if...?
Shuichi quickly shook his head.
Yuki glanced at him, "What is it brat?"
"N-Nothing," said Shuichi quickly, "Just... thinking about new lyrics and I don't like them..."
"Don't hurt yourself," Yuki said turning back to the front.
Shuichi glared, but didn't say anything and looked out of the window again.