disclaimers: i don't own gravitation nor the song Ichirin no Hana. It is from the great anime, Bleach, and was sung by one of my favorite bands – High and Mighty color
I chose the song because it jives to what Shuichi is feeling right now.
a/n: Whew! I'm back! I kinda rushed the previous and this chapter, because I really wanted to update fast. Thank you again for reviewing my fic! Reviews make me happy and it gives me the inspiration to write.
I owe you a thousand pocky!
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Chapter 15: Eiri's Jealousy
Eiri and Shuichi were walking at the upper level of Odaiba park. They were viewing Odaiba while the sun is slowly setting. Shuichi smiled as the beautiful sunset gleamed on his amethyst eyes. He had seen so many sunsets from different countries, but this one was different.
Eiri was with him.
Eiri on the other hand had a serious look on his face. "What's so great about this sunset? We always see the sun set." He blurted out to a happy Shuichi.
"Baka, Eiri. Can't you feel the love?" he nuzzled on Eiri's arm and sighed contently. There were couples and adults that were looking at them curiously, whispering behind their backs, but Shuichi didn't care.
"Com'n let's go. We still have classes tomorrow." Eiri said as he placed his hands on his pockets.
"Aw, but it's still early." Shuichi purred. Accepting his defeat, he ran towards Eiri and hugged the blonde's arm, resulting to louder whispers from the crowd.
Sensing this, Eiri frowned and removed his arm forcefully from Shuichi.
"Eiri?" Shuichi's smile faded as he looked at Eiri's figure which was walking away from him slowly.
"Don't make up scandals Shuichi." Eiri said coldly and everything was blurry from Shuichi's sight.
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Shuichi grumpily threw his alarm clock on the wall as it's irritating tone woke him up from his short sleep. He focused his eyes on the ceiling, trying to forget the dream he had.
Well, it wasn't actually a dream. It really happened between the two of them during one of their dates in Odaiba. He was the happiest person there and he just wanted to show affection to Eiri, but the blonde was always walking away from him, as if he was ashamed that he was dating a kid.
"Now I understand Eiri." Shuichi whispered to himself. "You didn't want people to see that I'm your boyfriend because you really never treated me like one."
He sighed as Eiri's face began swarming on his mind again. "I was just a toy for you. A fuck toy and nothing else."
Eiri didn't saw any sign of his brat up until the band competition the following week. The pink haired cutie looks like he had the best day ever, dancing and singing with Fujisaki and Hiro.
"We will start the competition in about 1 minute. Ryuichi announced and went in front of the stage, doing some last minute changes.
Tachi's group was busy tuning their instruments. As their group passed by Shuichi's a heated conversation rose up.
"Don't mingle with them Ken, you'll become a loser." Ma kun said.
Fujisaki was about to punch him when Shuichi walked in front of him. "Don't waste your energy Fujisaki, I just see someone who's blowing up hot air." He smirked, but it faded when Tachi showed up.
"Let's go Ken, Ma kun. You don't want to mix up with wannabees, right?" he said with his famous stare and walked away with his group.
"Let's just do our best." Hiro said.
"Alright minna!" Ryuichi shouted through the microphone. "Welcome to this year's band competition! We will see performances by students who formed their bands and poured extreme effort just to join this much awaited event. I hope you'll cooperate with us!" he clapped his hands and the audience followed him. "Now, to start, here is ASK, a band composed of third year students." He introduced Tachi's band and they went up the stage.
They performed well and the audience clapped loudly for them. They bowed in unison and made way for the next set of contestants. Shuichi's group was the last to perform and as they went up the stage, Shuichi saw Eiri on the farthest side of the crowd. He flinched and his heart ached inside. He gripped the microphone tightly and hummed a little. Fujisaki started with his synth and Hiro followed by playing his guitar.
It was a metal beat, sending excitement to everyone. The stage lights were revolving around them and the whole crowd could feel like they were inside a dark cave or an underground tunnel. They started jumping and waving their hands in the air.
Kimi wa kimi da tashikamenai yo
Kawari nante hoka ni inain da
Karenaide
Ichirin no hana
The crowd cheered. Ryuichi was nodding his head in approval, while the judges namely K, Tohma and Noriko were scribbling high points on their score sheets.
Shuichi continued singing, making sure to have eye contact with everyone. As his eyes wandered, it focused on the spot where Eiri was standing. The blonde removed his shades and made eye contact with him.
Hikari ga matomo ni sashikomare ii
Kimi wa maru de hikari ni saita nara you
Tochi kaketa kimochi
Hakidaseba
Shuichi made gestures that would jive with the song. He danced a little and jumped on his place when it was Hiro's turn to show his guitar talent. As he sang the lyrics again, the audience gave their loudest clap and appreciation. Tachi's group was glaring madly at the backstage while the other contestants clapped with the audience, accepting their defeat.
Ima mademo kore kara saki ni mo
Tatoe kimi igai no subete no
Hito o teki ni no asu
Toki ga kitemo
Kimi ni koto mamoru kara makenaide
Ichirin no hana
Shuichi bent down and shouted his song. (a/n: you know, how rockers sing. They sound like they are vomiting or something. I like rock!) With that, the audience almost broke their hands just to applaud them. As the song finished, Shuichi was kneeling, his right hand raising the microphone and he was smiling.
Ryuichi's grin was the widest and his clap was the loudest. He went to the microphone after Bad Luck performed and expressed his happiness.
"Thank you Bad luck, for that very wonderful performance!" he continued clapping. "We will announce our two winners in just a short while.
At the backstage, the other bands except ASK were congratulating Shuichi for their sure win.
"Oh, don't say that, the winners are not yet announced!" Shuichi said, thanking them for their compliments. "We did great guys!" Shuichi hugged both Hiro and Fujisaki.
"Guys, go on the stage now, we will announce the winners." Noriko said and they all faced the audience again.
"I'm nervous." Fujisaki squeezed Hiro's hand once they were on stage again.
"Sorry for the long wait, guys." Ryuichi winked and opened an envelope. "Ah, just as I guessed." He smiled. "The second placer with a score of 90 percent, and one of the two bands that will perform on the interschool competition to be held in Tokyo is… (He showed the paper to the audience) ASK!"
"Alright!" Tachi pumped his fist on the air and smiled at everybody. They got their trophy and waved it.
"And to complete the bands that will perform on Tokyo……
Shuichi and his band mates had their eyes shut tightly. They were trembling and clasping each other's hands.
"…….having a score of 99 percent, the best band for this night is none other than…. (Ryuichi opened the envelope and waved the paper in front of the audience.
Tachi glared and bit his lip. The other two frowned.
The audience screamed and clapped and jumped in happiness. "They won!"
"Yeah! They made it! I knew it!"
"Our first placer and the band that will compete together with ASK is……. BAD LUCK!"
Bad luck's eyes were still completely shut.
Ryuichi looked at them and scratched his head. "The winner for this competition is BAD LUCK!" he shouted again, but the band was still frozen in their current figures.
The whole audience laughed and began screaming their band.
"BAD LUCK! BAD LUCK! BAD LUCK! BAD LUCK! BAD LUCK! BAD LUCK! BAD LUCK!"
They slowly opened their eyes and saw that the whole audience was rejoicing for them. The lights were focused on them and Ryuichi was handing their trophy.
"Congratulations Shindou san, Nakano san, and Fujisaki san." He smiled and placed the trophy on Shuichi's hands.
They stared at it like it was the most gleaming and shining object on the planet.
"We – We did it." Shuichi murmured and raised the trophy. "WE DID IT!"
After the band competition, the whole band celebrated at a nearby restaurant. They went home at about 11pm in the evening and parted ways.
"Bye Shu! Are you sure you won't be fetched by the driver?" Hiro asked.
"Nope, I want to walk. Bye!"
"Alright, I'll just walk Fujisaki home." He smiled and the two of them walked away.
"Bye Shindou san." Fujisaki said and Shuichi waved.
The restaurant was just a walking distance. Shuichi was back to his lonely self until he reached their mansion's gate. Someone unexpected was waiting for him in front of their house, and as the stranger walked away from the dark, Shuichi saw that it was smiling on him.
"What are you doing here, Eiri?" he asked in a monotonous tone.
"What do you think?" Eiri asked him and Shuichi sighed. He looked intently on Eiri's eyes. He wanted to punch Eiri on the spot but his heart was preventing him.
"Congratulations, Shuichi." Eiri whispered and hugged him tight.
Shuichi was surprised and rested his head on Eiri's chest. Eiri sniffed Shuichi's hair and sighed. He noticed a teeth mark on the brat's shoulder and concluded that Tachi did something bad on his baka.
Baka Shuichi. Why didn't you tell me about this? Eiri thought. I swear I'll make that Aizawa pay.
Shuichi refused to think of anything else. He leaned closely and listened to Eiri's heartbeat. The blonde kissed his forehead and clasped their hands together; he brought it up and sniffed it then afterwards kissed it.
Shuichi almost melted by the gesture and locked Eiri on his embrace. They stayed at that position for a couple of minutes, not uttering a word. Eiri pulled away a little and kissed the brat softly on the lips. They kissed passionately and pulled away completely after a minute. Eiri gave sweet butterfly kisses on Shuichi's eyes, nose, and neck after they pulled away.
Shuichi was feeling all the love that he wanted. He sighed in satisfaction and opened his eyes. Eiri was hugging him again like he never wanted to part away from him.
A slight brushing of wind brought Shuichi back to his senses. He flinched a little and closed his fists.
"Thanks for congratulating me, Eiri." He smiled wickedly and opened their gate. "Go home now."
Eiri smirked. "Alright."
"Oh by the way, that kiss was a fun game, Eiri." He said sarcastically while narrowing his eyes.
Eiri raised an eyebrow and was about to open his mouth to argue, but Shuichi already closed the gate and was running towards the mansion.
Eiri walked home confused and as he entered his room, He couldn't help but punch the walls of his room. He slumped on the bed and glared at the ceiling.
"What did he mean by that?" he talked to himself.
He grumbled by himself and got the picture that he grabbed from Aizawa weeks before. It was their 1st date's souvenir. Shuichi looked so innocent under that falling snow. He sighed. "Why do I even bother looking at this?" he threw it on the floor. "It was a fun game huh? You little slut."
Meanwhile, inside Shuichi's room, the brat threw himself on his bed and cried. All the excitement and fun that he felt earlier was gone and now he was all alone again. He wanted to believe in that kiss and touches that Eiri gave him, but the word that came out of the blonde's mouth days ago was erupting on his mind. He hugged his pillow and cried some more.
"He wanted to be close to me because of a dare. He said I was just a toy. I should've known that he was just like Aizawa." He sobbed and hid under the blanket. "If Tachi already gave him that fucking dollar, then why is Eiri still at my side?"
He tried to think of anything else, but anything else leads to Eiri. "He only wants me because of sex, I'm just a playmate, and they just made a fool out of me. I can't believe I'm so stupid."
He turned of his lamp and rolled on his bed to sleep.
The next day, Eiri cornered Shuichi and kissed him hard on the lips. Shuichi pushed him on the wall.
"Gaah! Eiri! What was that for?" he wiped his mouth and glared at Eiri.
"What do you mean last night? You said it was a fun game." Eiri gripped the brat's wrist.
"Ouch, stop it Eiri, you're hurting me."
"Aren't you too over confident now that you are the winner of that stupid band competition?"
"What does it have to do with us?" he brushed his uniform like it was invaded by some kind of germ. "Besides, you really don't care about my dream."
"What are you scheming at!" Eiri almost shouted and pushed Shuichi on the wall. "Don't tell me that because you won that competition, you're back to being a spoiled brat!"
"Shut up Eiri! What do you know about me!" Shuichi shouted.
"That's enough guys." K interrupted the two of them and pointed his gun at the classroom. "Enter the class now; we'll start in a few minutes."
"We're not yet through." Eiri said through gritted teeth.
Shuichi scowled and walked past him, but before he could sit down, he raised an arm.
"What is it Shindou?" K asked.
"May I exchange seats with Ishida san? I can't see the board, my eyes are blurry."
Eiri bit his lip.
Tachi looked at him confusedly.
"Alright." K said lazily and proceeded on the lessons.
Shuichi gave Eiri a glare before permanently exchanging seats with Ishida. A seat that was very far away from Tachi and Eiri.
Eiri and Shuichi's mood was affecting everybody. They hadn't talk for the past week and they were ignoring each other in all events. Their schedule was not helping them to forgive each other as Shuichi's interschool competition is in a few weeks. He was spending more time with Hiro and Fujisaki while Eiri was stuck to talking to his brother.
"Stop glaring at me aniki." Tatsuha munched his croissant and exchanged glares with his brother. "You've been like that for the past week. Tell me, what happened between you and that Shindou brat?"
Eiri made faces and ignored his brother. He pretended to read a book until Tatsuha finished eating. The canteen was almost empty since it was Friday afternoon. All students were either at home or spending time with their friends.
"You know aniki, sometimes it's best to tell someone about how you feel."
"Could you stop talking Tat, you're hurting my eardrums. What makes you say that I have a problem to share?"
Tatsuha stood up, put on his backpack and pointed at Eiri's hand. "That book says you can't concentrate on what you want to do. You're reading it upside down, bastard."
"What the f- " Eiri gritted his teeth more as he saw that Tat was right. He growled and threw the book on his bag and followed Tatsuha home.
"Uesugi san?" a guy called out. The brothers turned around and saw a Shuichi replica with brown hair.
"Shuichi! what happened to your hair?" Tatsuha laughed.
"What is it Tsukiyono kun?" Eiri asked.
"Eh? He's not Shu – I thought you were – sorry." Tatsuha excused himself and examined the guy.
"Ano, Uesugi san, there were last minute changes about the club meeting and events, the facilitator wants to talk to you."
"Right now?" Eiri asked.
"Right now." Omi Tsukiyono said.
"Fine." Eiri said while yawning and ordered Tat to go home first.
On his way to the club room, Eiri saw a familiar hair of pink on the other side of the dark and deserted corridor. He narrowed his eyes and saw Shuichi resting his back on the wall while a familiar figure was talking to him. The said figure had his left hand resting on Shuichi's shoulder while the other hand was leaning on the wall for supported. They were giggling over something that Shuichi said and as Eiri noticed, the hand on the brat's shoulder was traveling slowly on the hips.
"Tsk. That bastard!" Eiri whispered to himself.
"I don't know, Ryu sensei, maybe I should use a different pitch when it comes to that song." He heard the brat say.
"Shu chan, it doesn't matter what pitch or tone you use. What's important is that you love the song you're singing." Ryuichi said and the two of them giggled again.
Ryuichi was closing the gap between them and as Eiri was to step forward to separate the two of them, Omi called out.
"Eiri san? The facilitator wants to see you now."
He made a spare glance at the two before finally walking away unnoticed.
Shuichi made a shortcut through their garden which leads to his bedroom. He shrieked when a tall man with blonde hair glowering at him came in sight.
"You – bastard." Shuichi wished his sentence was longer but he couldn't formulate words to say.
"Brat!" Eiri shouted and pushed Shuichi on the grass. "What do you think you're doing? Why are you flirting with that teacher!"
"I'm not flirting with a teacher!" Shuichi defended himself and tried to kick Eiri, but the blonde avoided it. Shuichi's arms were spread and Eiri was pinning them hard. "Eiri! Let go of me!"
"What's you're problem!" Eiri was ripping Shuichi's shirt. "Why do you have to always flirt with that Sakuma when I'm not around!" he forced his lips on the brat's. Next, he removed his own shirt and began kissing Shuichi's exposed flesh. Shuichi was confused and he couldn't get away from Eiri's grip.
"Eiri, please stop it!" Shuichi pleaded but Eiri was out of his mind and in Shuichi's sense of smell, he could tell that the blonde was drunk. "Eiri…….."
Eiri couldn't hear anything except for the rustling noise of the grass and the constant moaning of Shuichi. He licked Shuichi's cheeks then afterwards parted the brat's legs with his knees. He unzipped his pants and positioned on top of the brat. Shuichi, sensing that Eiri was about to enter him, sobbed softly and covered his crying eyes with his hands.
While nipping and sucking Shuichi's chest, Eiri thrust himself inside the brat and moaned. He could hear cries while nails were clawing his back. He panted a little before thrusting himself again. Shuichi was whimpering and he cried some more. His lower body was aching and he couldn't do anything about it.
But what was aching the most is his heart. It was crumpling like paper with every thrust that Eiri was doing. It was splitting in two as he remembered Tachi's face. It stops beating every time he could remember Eiri say that he was just a fuck toy and not a lover.
He felt Eiri kissing his lips as he pulled out. And after the kiss, Shuichi's eyes slowly drifted to sleep.
Eiri dressed him and went to the secret passage leading to Shuichi's bedroom. He lay him in bed and covered a blanket up to his chin. He placed a kiss on the brat's cheek before finally running towards his own house.
Anything else that happened after that was a blur for Eiri.
The next day, Eiri was waiting for him outside the classroom.
The brat glared at him for a moment, tears forming in his eyes. Eiri raised his eyebrows, wondering why Shuichi was about to cry. He touched the latter's shoulder but it missed his hand.
"Stop following me Uesugi." Shuichi said annoyingly and slapped away the hand that was about to touch his shoulder.
"Let's talk about this, Shindou." Eiri said mockingly. "Why did you suddenly become like this?"
Shuichi shrugged and made eye contact with him. He shrugged again and opened his wallet then pulled out a 500 dollar bill. He waved it in front of Eiri's face. "I don't care if you have a problem regarding my attitude. But, here, take this. (He slapped the dollar on Eiri's hand.) Don't worry, if that isn't enough, I'll still give you more money every time we do 'it.'" Shuichi said, emphasizing the word, it."
Eiri's face whitened like chalk and K had to push him inside the classroom. Shuichi was clearing his thoughts and concentrated on his study.
Eiri stared at the money on his table. For the past subjects, he couldn't concentrate. He had a bad feeling about the money, and his heart was sinking.
"What the heck, Eiri. Don't tell me you're afraid because of a 500 dollar bill?" he asked himself. "Why did that brat gave me this? Wait, I admit I was drunk last night, and as far as I can remember, I did it with him, but, why does he have to pay me? Geez, this is beginning to look like what that Tachi asked me to do." He grimaced, but then, a shocking thought entered his mind. He began looking like he drank some kind of bitter vinegar, before looking at Shuichi's back.
"What if he finds out about the dare?" he shook his head and tried to listen to what the teacher was saying. "No, there's no way he'll know. But, what if Tachi told him?"
The school bell rang and everyone went out to have their lunch.
"Yo Eiri!" Ma kun said behind his back. "Wow! That's a large amount for your allowance!"
Ken and Tachi gathered around him. Tachi whistled. "Eiri! What's a 500 dollar bill doing on your desk?" he snatched it up and sniffed it.
"Shut up." Eiri said lifelessly.
"Want to share your blessing Eiri? Did you win another dare?" Ken said as Shuichi walked past them.
"Shhh! Tachi hushed him and examined the dollar.
Eiri stood up and left the classroom, leaving the dollar on Tachi's hands.
"Geez, he's acting weird today." Ken said and snatched the dollar form Tachi.
"He even left this with us. What is he thinking?" Ma kun asked.
"Let him be." Tachi smirked and the three of them ran away with Eiri's money.
Eiri watched sourly the exchange of sweet words and actionsbetween Ryuichi and his brat. He swam at the deeper side of the pool as Ryuichi was teaching Shuichi the basics of freestyle. He felt a splash behind him and wasn't to happy to see Tachi grinning at him.
"What do you think? Everyone's noticed that special bond between them since that contest."
"Don't you think that's not the topic? You didn't win first place because of Shuichi. "
"Sulking is not my hobby, Uesugi." Tachi said and eyed Shuichi. "Besides, I don't think I can beat him with Ryu sensei around. So, tell me, did you tell him about that dare we had?"
"I'm not stupid to tell him. Maybe you did."
"I didn't. Why would I?" Tachi said.
Shuichi glared at their direction after his private swimming lessons with his favorite teacher. He got out of the pool and afterwards met up with Hiro and Fujisaki to practice.
"He's really ignoring me." Eiri said to himself and went home to made plans for Shuichi to recognize him again.
Meanwhile, Shuichi went inside the shower room and cried.
Everyday, he was feeling betrayed and rejected. He didn't want to ignore Eiri but he couldn't help it. This time, he decided to be smart. He got his cellphone on his bag and began dialing a familiar number.
After a few rings, someone answered the phone.
"Hello Maiko? It's me. I was thinking of following you to America. Would you fetch me at the airport next week?"
a/n: yup. End of chapter. Sorry if it's short and nonsense. i don't know how to end it.
Nexy chap: Eiri and Shuichi face each other, with Shuichi letting out all his feelings. And – what? He'll follow Maiko to the states? What will Eiri do now that he admitted to himself that he's attracted to the brat!
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TRANSLATION OF THE SONG:
I can't tell if you're the same person I know,
But there could never be a replacement for you,
Don't ever wither,
You lone flower.
Bathing just perfectly in the light,
It's almost as if you've blossomed from it.
All the emotions you've spread over the land...
Let them out!
I can't tell if you're the same person I know,
But up till now, and from now on,
Even if I made enemies
With everyone other than you...
Even if that day came,
I'll always protect you, so do not lose,
You lone flower.