a/n: waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I finally updated!

disclaimer: not mine

A happy birthday to our dear Shuichi!

Thanks to all those who reviewed! and thanks also to those who sent in their suggestions for my other fic "who is eiri's star"! thanks a lot! i'll use and improvise them! thank you!

By the way, if you haven't read about the continuation of gravitation……. Oh my……. You have to read it! Eiri had an accident because of Riku!

Please read: I'm having a light shock now. I've just read gravitation track 65 and – no Maki sensei! Don't ruin Eiri's face!

Warnings: cursing and slight lemon

Chapter 12: Of Voice Mails and Uesugi Games

"Useugi, translate the 1st paragraph in English." K commanded with his loudest voice. It was Tuesday, after the hectic Saturday ball. Students sighed as they had a hangover of what happened – the great food (except the chicken strips dipped in strawberry sauce which was enjoyed by Shuichi), elegant arrangement, romantic songs, and of course, the unforgettable dance. They were busy drifting from their thoughts and K was trying his best to make the students attentive.

Eiri stood up with book in hand as he read the kanji in front of him. He breathed and with all his American knowledge, translated the words to English.

"At a bright and sunny day, I felt small taps on my shoulder and head, and as I looked up at the sky, I saw purple clouds bringing down rain." Eiri recited.

"Well done. You may take your seat." K said and went to the blackboard. "So, Mr. Shindou decided to slack off during a rainy day huh?" he pointed at the blank seat in front of Eiri.

And indeed, Shuichi wasn't there. He had been skipping class for two days. Eiri played with his pencil while Tachi glanced at the vacant seat. He knew exactly what happened between Eiri and Shuichi that night, and damn, he was very happy about it. He smirked and turned to copy the notes on the blackboard.

"Ano, excuse me K." a man entered the classroom. "May I speak to this class for a minute?"

"Yes, Ryuichi, you may." K exited the room as Ryuichi stood in front. "Ohayou na no da!"

The class removed their thoughts from the ball and focused their full attention to Ryuichi.

"I'm just here to announce something. Oh – Shindou san is not here?" he looked around.

"He didn't come to school since yesterday, sensei." Tachi explained.

"Oh is that so?" he had a sad look on his face. "Anyway, as I was saying, I, the coordinator of the music club am here to introduce the yearly band competition to be held in Kanagura prefecture. Those who want to join may fill up the application forms at the principal's office. Only two to four members per band are needed, and among those who will compete in this school, two bands would be selected. The two bands will compete against other schools in Tokyo. If you have questions please see me at the faculty room." He smiled.

Tachi looked at Ma kun and Ma kun looked at Ken. They nodded in unison and smiled at one another.

"So, I guess that's it! Study hard guys! Ja!" Ryuichi waved and exited the room.

"Awwww." The students mumbled. "He's leaving too early?" they complained. Others were sending secret flying kisses to Ryuichi and others were staring at him in awe. But one particular student didn't seem to be affected with anything that's happening around him.

Eiri stopped playing with his pencil and started staring at the heavy downfall of rain outside. It was 9am, but the clouds were dark as night. As he looked at the school ground, he could see what happened last Saturday. Shuichi was running away from him, punching the ground and blood being washed away by the rain, Tatsuha offering the two of them umbrella, and comforting the brat.

He sighed. Shuichi still hasn't come to school and Eiri knew that it was because of him. And maybe, the little brat got some cold from bathing in the rain.

Yeah right, why are you thinking about some other guy? He slapped himself mentally. Am I really feeling guilt?

He tried to call Shuichi but it's either no one's answering the phone or the phone is busy. He made a decision to himself. If Shuichi doesn't come to school until tomorrow, he'll skip class and visit the mansion.

And so Eiri found himself in front of the Shindou mansion the next day. He tried to peek through the large Monticello windows, but he couldn't see a shade of pink inside.

"Excuse me, are you looking for someone?" a maid approached him.

"Is Shuichi there? I'm his classmate." Eiri asked.

"Oh, master Shu is in his room since Saturday night. He refuses to open the door. I'm afraid because he hasn't eaten for the whole three days, and we couldn't tell Madame because she's out of the country right now." The maid said. "Anyway, would you like to go inside? Maybe he'll listen to you."

"Um, I'll just go back later." Eiri flashed his seductive grin and went to school.


Shuichi sighed and rolled on is bed. He was lying there for exactly 72 hours, 45 minutes and 50 seconds. He could hear the maids knocking on his door and pleading for him to get out. Hiro called him multiple times and answered him once. He told him not to worry, but expect him not to go to school in the following weeks. So Hiro respected his decision and didn't call him anymore.

"What's that funny smell?" he whispered to himself and sniffed the air. "Augh." He stuck out his tongue as he noticed that he was the smelly one. He decided to stand up and take a long shower, and maybe sneak into the kitchen to steal some food. Yes, he was depressed, but his stomach was the one controlling his mind right now.

"The coast is clear." He said to himself and ran to the refrigerator to get his food. He got all he wanted and ran back to his room. Once he was inside, he chomped on all the snacks he got and turned the radio on. He turned on his cell phone and listened to all the voice messages he got. Most of them were from Eiri.

1st message: Hey brat. Why did you skip school?

"Like duh, it was because of you." He stuck out his tongue at no one in particular and listened to the second one.

2nd message: Hi Shuichi, it's me, Hiro. Ryu sensei was asking why you were absent up until today. I told him you're not feeling well. He also told me that he has a surprise for you. Please come to school! Fujisaki and I are missing you!

Click!

3rd message: Um, Shindou san, this is Fujisaki. I heard from Sakuma sensei that there will be an upcoming interschool band competition. Hiro told me that you were interested to be the vocalist. Well, I could play the keyboard. I want to be part of the band. Please come to school tomorrow. And get well soon.

4th message: Baka! Why aren't you answering the phone! Are you still mad about last Saturday? Listen ok! Ayaka is not my girlfriend! Better call me once you received this or else….

"Or else what?" Shuichi asked the unfinished message then scratched his head. "I know she's not your girlfriend. But she's your fiancée!" he wanted to throw the phone on the wall but he controlled himself.

Two more voice messages. It read.

5th message: Shuichi! You fucking moron! Answer the phone or I'll tell your mom about us! And I really mean it! Got that? I'll really tell her!

"Oh, go ahead and tell her. I'll bet all my money, that you'll be kicked out of the school. And besides, she's not here right now, she's in another country!" then he clicked the next message.

6th message: SHU – I – CHI SHIN – DOU! (Shuichi had to remove the phone from his ears just to hear Eiri scream.) Alright, so I couldn't tell your mom about us, but please answer your phone! If you don't answer this within the next few hours, you'll see me beside your bed later at 12 am.

"He's really nuts You'll visit me at 12 in the midnight? What are you, a ghost?" He pouted and admitted to himself that he missed the blonde. But then, he shook his head. "No, Shuichi! What are you thinking! He hurt you so much! There's no freaking way you'll forgive him!

He heard a beep and saw that there was still one voice message which just arrived. He clicked and listened to the voice mail.

7th message: Hi honey, it's me. I'll be back there soon. (Chuckle) You better get ready! I'll be with you again! Well, hugs and kisses! I love you!

"Oh no. That person will be back?" he shivered and placed the phone on the table.

"Alright Tokyo! Japan's greatest vocalist is going to invade you soon!" he twisted like a whirlwind and grabbed a pen and paper. "Now, this is where it starts." He grinned and scribbled some words while munching on some pocky.

After several hours of paper crumpling, head scratching and t-shirt ripping, he held his masterpiece high and praised himself.

"Oh Shuichi Shindou, you're really a genius!" he danced and kissed the paper containing his messy handwriting. "Ah, I'm tired but I'm not yet sleepy." He climbed on his bed and tried to sleep.

After rolling on his bed for minutes, he glanced at the window and on his wall clock. "Great, it's 11:59 pm. Will I go to school tomorrow or not?" he pondered and thoughts of Eiri swarmed in his poor mind. "Ah, I really hate you now Uesugi." He grumbled and buried his face on the pillow and cried. "Why do you have to give me so much heart ache? Why me?"

"If you only listened to me last Saturday, you will have no heart aches at all."

Shuichi gasped and jumped on his bed in shock. There by his open window was Eiri, glaring at him like a mad man.

"What do you think you're doing! H-how did you get in here! How did you climb my window?" Shuichi shouted and closed the window, but Eiri was too fast to jump inside Shuichi's room.

"Darn it! Get out of here! I don't want to see you!" He pushed Eiri on his door but the blonde was stronger than him. Eiri grabbed his arms and pinned him to the wall.

"Will you listen first, brat!" he said in a hissing manner. "You don't want to wake up your servants right?"

"I don't care about them! So what if they see you here? They'll end up beating you. What you're doing right now is tri-massing!"

Eiri chuckled. "Maybe you mean trespassing?" he leaned forward to kiss Shuichi, but the brat avoided it.

Eiri gritted his teeth. "Alright Shuichi, I know you're mad at me, but I have an explanation for what happened ok?"

"Hell, yeah, I'm so mad at you that I want to kill myself! Don't you know how embarrassing it was for me? You don't care about my feelings at all! Could you please remove your hands from me?"

"Not until you listen."

"I mean it Eiri. Remove your grip from me or I'll call the security."

"Go ahead. I don't care."

Shuichi glared and opened his mouth to shout for help, but Eiri silenced him with his kiss.

"Argh!" Shuichi resisted and Eiri ended up biting Shuichi's neck.

"Brat, Ayaka is not my girlfriend ok?"

"Yeah, she's not your girl, but she's your fiancée! I know that!"

"Yes, she's my fiancée, but it was only arranged by our parents!" Eiri shouted, losing his temper.

Shuichi looked up at him confusedly.

"It was an arranged marriage ok? But I have no intention of marrying her. The old man invited him to go to the ball and he asked the principal to watch over me. So I ended up dancing with her."

Shuichi cried some more and fell to his knees.

"Tatsuha tried to tell you. I tried to tell you. But you were just inconsiderate." Eiri pointed out.

At these words, Shuichi stood up and slapped him hard on the face. Eiri stayed at his position for a while, digesting Shuichi's anger.

"Why did you do that!" Eiri said upon gathering the words to say.

"So, I'm the inconsiderate one!" Shuichi cried. "I can't believe it. Yes, it was my mistake not to listen, but I have the right! If you were in my place you could've done the same thing! You don't even know what happened to me all the while you were dancing with Ayaka! I don't give a shit if she was your girlfriend or fiancée, you promised me something! You promised to be with me, to be your date, to dance with me! I waited long for that day but you ruined it!"

Eiri stood there for a minute, silence reigning on the whole room. Shuichi's hair was covering his angst – filled face, his hands trembling on his side.

"Shuichi, is the reason why you're angry with me is because I didn't dance with you?" Eiri placed his hands on Shuichi's shoulder but he slapped them away.

"Go home. I want to rest." Shuichi said darkly.

"Shuichi." Eiri placed back his hands on Shu's shoulder and continued on hugging him. "I'll make it up to you."

Shuichi was silent, and let his head rest on the blonde's shoulder. Eiri smirked, knowing to himself that he already won the game. He praised himself for being a great actor. "Alright, what if we dance right now?" he asked.

"Huh?"

"We'll dance now; it will be just the two of us, isn't that better?"

Shuichi looked like he was about to cry again so Eiri prevented it by pulling him close and placing one hand on Shuichi's side. "It's ok. We're dancing right now."

Shuichi hiccupped and wrapped his arms on Eiri's neck. They swayed and glided around Shuichi's large room, with only the moon giving them light.

"Eiri?"

"Hm?"

"…."

"………."

"Nothing."

"Brat."

They danced in the middle of the room with Shuichi coughing every once in a while. He tried to hide his embarrassment and excitement by focusing his sight on the floor. He missed this warmth, this strong limbs caressing him right now.

"Eiri?"

"Yeah?"

"I think this is funny."

"Huh?"

"We don't have any music but we are dancing."

"Yeah. I guess that's weird."

Shuichi chuckled and pulled away. "Thanks Eiri. I'm happy now."

Eiri smirked and wiped Shuichi's tears. "Go to school tomorrow ok? You have lots of lessons to catch up."

Shuichi nodded and kissed him on the cheek. "Good night Eiri, go home now."

Eiri pinched Shuichi's cheek and nose. "Alright, I'll go now." He waved and exited through the window.

Shuichi watched him jump out of the widow and exit through their large gates. Luckily, the security was roaming around and didn't saw Eiri. Once he was left alone, he jumped on his bed and hid himself on the blanket. He screamed inwardly and rolled all over the place.

"Yay! We're back to normal!" he pumped his fist on the air and went to sleep and dreamt that he was Cinderella, dancing with his prince.


The next morning, he actively jumped out of bed and showered fast. He ate heavy breakfast then went to school.

"Shuichi!" Hiro shouted and ran to his bestfriend. "I can't believe it! You're back, buddy!"

"I guess, it's good to be back." He grinned and flashed his sparkling smile. "You said Sakuma sensei wanted to talk to me?"
"Yeah, it's about the competition. We already signed your name – as the vocalist. I'll be playing the guitar and Suguru will play the keyboard."

"That's great! I'll just talk to Ryu sensei during club time. Have you seen Eiri?"

"Nope, are you two together again?"

"You won't believe it! He went to my room last night and explained! Then we danced! Ah, I feel so young."

"Silly you!" Hiro played with Shuichi's nose. "Well, I still need to meet with Suguru, see ya!"

"See ya later!" Shuichi waved and went to his classroom. As he entered, the whole class looked at him and greeted him.

"Shindou san! Why were you absent for three days?"

"K san said you need to catch up!"

"Ryu sensei wants to see you!"

"Is it true that you'll be quitting school?"

And several random questions appeared.

"Shuichi! It's nice to see you're back." Tachi greeted him with his evil smirk. He moved towards the brat and placed an arm on his shoulder.

"Remove your hand Tachi." Shuichi trembled but managed to say the words bravely.

"Aw, don't be cruel, candy eyes. I missed you!"

"Be seated Aizawa, K sensei is already here." Eiri interrupted and spared a glance at Shuichi. Shuichi smiled and took his seat.

K entered the classroom and they greeted him. He pointed his gun to Shuichi and shouted.

"You'll be having special quizzes with me after class Shindou! I don't want to hear comments and excuses."

"Y – yes sensei." Shuichi whimpered and focused on studying.


After class, he stayed at the classroom and took all the exams that he missed. He was lucky enough to review during break time so it was just a piece of cake for him. After the exams, he had to attend the club meeting.

He swayed the door of the music room and saw Hiro and Fujisaki waving at him.

"Ai! Shindou chan! You're finally back!"

"Gomen, Sakuma sensei, I was sick during the past three days. Hiro said you have something important to tell me?"

"Yes! But first please take your seat." Ryu cleared his throat and grinned. "Next week will be the competition per year level. Only two bands will remain and be sent to the interschool competition. Those who had signed up will be excused from their classes next week. And, I have an important announcement to make."

The class murmured and Ryu cleared his throat again. "I've already decided that the president of the music club will be –

"Of course, it's me." Tachi whispered to Ma kun.

- will be, non other than cute Shuichi!" Ryu pointed with his Kumagoro.

"What!" Tatsuha hissed. "Why him?"

"M – me?" Shuichi placed a hand on his chest and looked around.

"He was referring to you! Congratulations Shuichi!" Fujisaki said.

"M – me?" he still can't believe what he was hearing."

"So this was why Ryu san wanted to talk to you. Nice job buddy!" Hiro tapped Shuichi on the back.

"Starting this semester, Shu chan will be the president of the music club. Any questions regarding club activities will be addressed to him."

"Me! I'm the president of the club! Whoopee!" he flew in circles and landed on Hiro's arms while Fujisaki fanned confetti on him.

"Alright, Shu chan, Nakano san told me that you'll be joining the competition. Good luck on your band! And good luck to you too, Aizawa san." Ryu winked and left the class.

"You'll join too?" Hiro asked Ma.

"Yes, and we'll beat you, wannabees." He stuck out his tongue and the three of them exited the room.

"Talk about losers." Suguru commented and rubbed his chin.


"Eiri!" Shuichi waved as he saw the blonde outside the writing club room. "I want to share some good news! Do you want to eat? I'll treat you anywhere you like!"

"Right, let's go to my house." Eiri said.

"Huh?"

"You heard me. Let's go to my house." Eiri arranged his things and walked with Shuichi following behind him.

"Aniki! Will you bring the cat on our house?" Tatsuha appeared from nowhere and joined them.

"Cool! You have a cat!" Shuichi shrieked.

"Baka, he's referring to you." Eiri said and turned left.

"Aniki!" Tatsuha called out, keeping with his brother's pace. "Don't tell me you're planning to do that –

"Just keep your mouth shut, Tat." Eiri hissed and glanced behind his back. "Shuichi, walk faster!"

"O – ok." Shuichi ran just to catch up with the brothers.

They stopped in front of a fast food chain and Shuichi bought them food and lots of soft drinks. After that, they went straight to the Uesugi household.

"Dad is not here right now. He went to visit another one of his kinds in Kyoto." Tatsuha explained as Shuichi looked around trying to find the old man.

"Oh, I see." Shuichi grinned and placed the food on Eiri's study table.

"Go to your own room Tat." Eiri commanded as he threw a plastic of hamburger and soft drink on his brother. "And close your door." He whispered and smirked.

Shuichi chomped on his French fries while lying down on Eiri's bed. "Say Eiri, where's Mika san?"

"I dunno, maybe chasing his husband." He turned his back on Shuichi and grabbed his drink then returned it to its place after placing a powdered substance on it. "Chew your food properly brat, you might choke. Here, drink this."

"Thanks!" Shuichi gulped it and bit his burger. "By the way, did you know that while I was absent, Ryu se – I mean Sakuma sensei was looking for me? (Eiri nodded, not paying attention.) Then after that, he announced earlier that I'll be the new president of the club!" he grinned and gulped some more.

"That's nice." Eiri said plainly.

Shuichi frowned. "Eiri, you don't like you're happy." He pouted and finished eating his burger and drank his glass of soft drink. "You know, it's getting hot inside your room." He fanned himself and hiccupped. "Oh, I'm feeling dizzy."

Eiri looked at Shuichi as the latter was slowly collapsing on his bed. He smirked in triumph and leaned closer.

"Ah, it worked."

"Huh? Mmmm, Eiri, I think the soda tasted like alcohol." Shuichi mumbled and shifted to a more comfortable position.

"Heh, Shu chan, you need to get some rest."

"Uh huh." Shuichi mumbled.

"But, let's play a game first." Eiri whispered.

"Alright.. I love games.." Shuichi said half consciously. He was already drifting in and out of sleep as Eiri slid his hand inside Shuichi's uniform.

"Eiri, you're tickling me!" he giggled and lay on his stomach.

"Nice position, Shu." Eiri removed his own uniform and pressed himself on the brat. He glanced at the clock. "I'm going to have a marathon with you. It's only 6:30 pm." He licked his lips and began with his agenda.

"Marathon? Is that what we'll play? I'll beat you… this time… I'm warning… you… I'm a fast… runner." Shuichi's voice was becoming slower and becoming a whisper.

"Really?" Eiri mumbled and unbuttoned Shuichi's uniform and afterwards threw it on the floor. He tickled Shuichi's navel and traveled his hands on the brat's legs.

"Eiri, I can't… run and play marathon… if you're lying on top of me." Shuichi said with eyes closed. The substance that Eiri put on Shuichi's drink was taking its effect so fast that Eiri was delighted.

"Alright, that's part of the game." Eiri whispered and proceeded on removing Shuichi's pants and boxers, revealing the brat's well toned and smooth skin. "Shuichi, if you don't have this thing, I would really think that you are a girl." Eiri pumped him and took him on his mouth hungrily.

Shuichi didn't reply, he was too dizzy to make any comments and all that comes out of his mouth are moans.

"Mmmmm, Eiri."

Eiri stripped completely and made sure that the door was locked. He pinned Shuichi's hands above his head and bit his neck, then licked the red spot he caused. He spread Shuichi's legs and placed them on his shoulder while satisfying himself with his hand. Shuichi's eyes fluttered for a moment and the only thing that he saw was a blurred version of Eiri licking his lips with legs around him.

"Eiri, you have legs on your shoulder."

Eiri smirked. "He's not on his right mind now huh?" he said to himself and entered Shuichi.

"Eiri you – aaaahh!" he moaned and moved uncomfortably on the sheets. "Ah, Eiri, what are you doing? It hurts… it hurts, remove it!" he gritted his teeth and narrowed his eyes so that he could see Eiri completely.

"Be quiet Shuichi. We are in the middle of playing the game." He pushed in with great ease and grunted. "Oh great." He moaned.

"Eiri, I don't want to play anymore!" Shuichi said and gripped tightly on the pillows above his head. Cum bursted from him and he panted.

"Aw, you're no fun, we're just starting." Eiri pulled out and pushed in again, causing the brat to whimper and moan. "Great, great Shuichi." he could feel his sweat running on his back while cumming inside Shuichi.

He pulled out and Shuichi breathed a sigh of relief. He fell asleep and turned on his back, and in Eiri's view, it was another great opportunity. He grabbed one cheek and pinched it. Below him, Shuichi grunted, none of the events happening to him right now were registering on his mind. The blonde spanked Shuichi's ass lightly and it gave him no reaction. Next, he slapped it a little hard, and Shuichi whined, saying things about not waking him up and going to sleep. Eiri grinned. He was really enjoying his game and slapped Shuichi's butt with full force.

Shuichi awoke for a moment and turned around to face Eiri and cried. "Eiri, I really want to sleep! Let me sleep!"

"I'll let you sleep after the game, Shuichi."

"I don't want to play anymore!" he felt his eyes getting heavier and heavier, and in a split second he was asleep again, snoring softly.

"Tsk." Eiri was pissed, what he wanted was a marathon and not a sleeping game. "Shuichi, wake up!" but the brat didn't even stir. He made Shuichi's back face him and lifted his hips. He snaked his right hand on Shuichi's thing and played with it, causing Shuichi to smile in his sleep. He bit Shuichi's shoulder and kissed his back passionately while pumping Shuichi with his skilled author hands.

"Ah, Eiri, I like that."

Eiri decided to move deeper and grabbed Shuichi's balls and tickled it. He inserted a finger and pulled it out and made Shuichi lick it.

"Ahaha, mmmm, Eiri…… ah…… don't do that." Shuichi said through closed eyes and snored again.

"Gee." Eiri muttered and thrust his healthy erection on Shuichi's hole.

"Ah! Eiri! Stop!"

"I won't! You lose the game and this is your punishment – ah, hah……" he couldn't believe himself. He was actually moaning and enjoying himself. He grunted and fell on the bed, but prevented it by supporting himself with his free hand. "Ah.. hah.. hah.."

"I don't want.. stop it please." Shuichi cried uncontrollably, but Eiri was sure that the brat was dreaming. He kissed Shuichi's neck and released him, completely pullingaway from the brat.

Shuichi curled into a ball and sobbed. "I don't want…… stop it……." He said clearly, though his cries filled Eiri's room. Eiri knotted his brows in confusion.

"Shuichi, the game is already finished." He whispered and lay beside the brat.

"No! no, please stop it…… I said stop it!" Shuichi cried and hugged himself.

"What's happening?" Eiri asked himself as he saw that Shuichi was sleep talking. He placed a hand on Shuichi's forehead and gasped.

"Oh no, you have a fever? It must be because of the drug." He said to himself and placed a blanket on Shuichi.

Shuichi stopped crying for a moment and snored lightly, with uneven breathings. "I – I said stop it! (he cried) Stop it! Eiri help me!"

At this words Eiri's confusion rose and he got up to get some medicine. When he came back, he saw a sleeping Shuichi who was kicking nothing in particular, as if he was struggling against a strong hold.

"Shuichi! Shuichi wake up!" he placed the glass of water and medicine on the side table and tried to wake Shuichi up. "Shuichi, com'n, you're starting to scare me. It's not funny. Wake up!"

"Eiri, save me.. help me.. I don't want.. stop it! Please!" Shuichi's fever was rising high and all that he says was not making sense to Eiri.

"Don't do this please! Stop it, Tachi."

Eiri's eyes widened at the mention of the name. He don't know why, but he felt like there was an invisible force crumpling his heart. He shook his head with all confusing thoughts and grabbed the glass of water and placed the medicine on his teeth. He leaned forward and transferred the medicine on Shuichi's mouth then afterwards wiped Shuichi's head with a towel. After several minutes, Shuichi stopped crying, and his temperature and breathing started to go back to normal. Eiri stood up, showered and dressed and went to the balcony to smoke. He sighed and stared outside, pondering Shuichi's cries.

"No! no, please stop it…… I said stop it!"

"I – I said stop it! (he cried) Stop it! Eiri help me!"

"Eiri, save me.. help me.. I don't want.. stop it! Please!"

"Don't do this please! Stop it, Tachi."

"Tachi." He said simply and gritted his teeth while stomping on his cigarette.


Back at the Shindou mansion, the maids and other servants lined up along the main hallway. They straightened their maid uniforms and waited patiently. At about 10 in the evening, they heard the screeching of car tires outside the main gate. They heard the gates being opened, the door of the cars swung open and a loud tap of shoes on the ground. The car door closed and it sped to the garage. They gulped and sweat dropped on their spines as they heard the tinkling sound of glass shoes with very high heels approaching the main door, followed by the rolling wheels of a travel bag. It swung open and they all bowed down.

"Good evening miss. It's nice to see you again." They greeted nervously and a lady smiled while removing her sunglasses.

"So, where's my Shuichi honey?" she said in a high pitched giggle while biting the tip of her shades.

a/n: yay! pls review!

next chap: Eiri tries to search for the true meaning of Shuichi's cries. Shuichi doesn't remember what happened between him and Eiri, practise for the school play and band competitions.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHUICHI!