By the time Shuichi was out of the building, he was completely blinded by tears, yet he kept running. Afterwards, he would have no idea how he achieved the rather impressive feet of getting somewhere in Tokyo basically blind and after being away for nearly half a year, but he did. Shuichi found himself in the park where he'd first seen Yuki. He collapsed onto a bench and sobbed. What else could he do?
Yuki had found a hot woman and was going to marry her. It had fallen through last time only because Usami had wanted Yuki to be happy and she had understood that he would not be happy married, but this woman did not seem like that type. She was the type to sit around in red lingerie, not to type to call of her wedding to a famous romance novelist so that he could be happy with his male lover.
Lover! Ha, looks like that was a joke, Shuichi thought miserably.
He felt something against his leg. He looked down and saw that the wind had blown a piece of paper against him and it had caught around his ankle. For a fleeting second he expected it to somehow be his own lyrics, but, as he bent down to retrieve it, he saw it was a page out of a sleazy gossip magazine. He smoothed the page out and read the scrap of an article by the flickering light of a streetlamp.
Has Eiri Yuki Had Enough Boys Love?
Heartthrob romance novelist Eiri Yuki who, nearly a year ago, admitted to being the lover of Shuichi Shindou, lead singer of pop band Bad Luck, has become engaged to heiress Yūko Hozuki. Although, Eiri made no formal announcement, the Hozuki family made the engagement quite clear to the media. "I couldn't be happier," said Yūko in an interview. Of course, it's very convenient for Yūko that Shuichi is on a six-month tour of America with his band and therefore is unable to enforce any claim he may still have on Eiri. It was not made clear whose idea the engagement was and Eiri was "unenviable" to discuss the subject with our reporters. Eiri was engaged once before to a woman whose name was never disclosed, but the wedding fell through last-minute. One wonders who called it off. One also wonders what Shuichi's reaction will be upon his return to Japan, but there's no way the news will go over well, unless the two "lovers" had a fight before Shuichi's departure. It has been observed that Shuichi was the more enthusiastic in the relationship so perhaps Eiri has just gotten fed up with him and is looking for a way out or maybe he truly loves Yūko. Whatever the reason for the sudden engagement, there is sure to be a scandal when Shuichi arrives home in just a few weeks. We tried talked to Tohma Seguchi, president of N-G with whom Bad Luck is signed, but he declined to comment only saying, "I consider Eiri-san to family and I just want him to be happy." Tohma's wife, Mika, is Eiri's sister and
Here the page was torn and Shuichi could read no more.
So all of Japan had known about Yuki's engagement to that woman for weeks except for me?
Shuichi skimmed the article again. Tohma's words caught his eyes.
"I just want him to be happy."
It had been Tohma's idea that they go on the tour in the first place. It had been Tohma who had sent him out of Japan and away from Yuki. It had been Tohma who had gotten rid of Shuichi and given that woman an opening. Shuichi knew Tohma wanted him out of Yuki's life and it was just way too much of a coincidence. This had to be Tohma's doing.
Shuichi was about to get up to go kill Tohma when he realized just how pointless it was. He just wanted Yuki to be happy too. And if he was... that was all that mattered.