AN) Yeah so here's the second chapter. It's a good deal longer than the last one but it answers some questions. By the way bold means what's being said is in English and 'word' that's for when people are thinking. This chapter has a lot of fluffy stuff in it but nothing bad. Also just about everybody is going to be OCC in this fic.Please tell me what you think. Thanks to Vampiress-06 and Kitty in the Box for your reviews.
Yuki got up from his computer and made his way into the hall. It was dark he had been working for almost five hours. He looked up the stair way and didn't see any lights had the kid gone to bed already without dinner? Eiri quietly made his way up the stairs and down the hall. The door to the room the kid had chosen was open a crack and he could hear talking, Yuki crept closer and listened.
"I promise you I'm fine it's not that bad really." There was silence for a while.
"Listen Hiro I don't mind at least my parents okayed it. I would have died if they had decided to move here." There was a pause.
"No I'll be fine he's just cold and I'm used to that I get the feeling I wont even see him that much so it'll just be like I'm living on my own." Another pause.
"Hiro don't even talk like that, Tohma would never put me in an environment like that. This Yuki guy may be cold but he would never hurt me Tohma would never put me in a place like that. He knows about my parents so I'm sure he trust's this Yuki to take care of me or at least make sure I don't kill myself on accident." Silence again.
"Yeah its healing fine I don't think it'll even scar. It was an accident anyway my dad didn't mea" Shuichi's voice suddenly stopped. Yuki could hear yelling from the phone but couldn't make out what the person was saying.
"Hiro don't talk about my parents like that I deserve it for being such a failure. It's not like they hurt me that often and it was only ever when I screwed up." Silence.
"Yeah I know you're just worried but its ok I'm fine. Hey I have to go I need to work on our new song or K-san will kill me tomorrow. I'll see you tomorrow bye."
Yuki headed back down the stairs. 'So that's what's up his parents where abusing him. That's probably why he got so closed off when I yelled at him. What the hell does Tohma think I can do though I'm just as messed up as that kid if not more. Oh well I guess I better at least feed him.' Eiri sighed as he reached the bottom of the stairs and turned around.
"Hey brat, come on!" He shouted up the stairs. He heard stumbling and banging and then the sound of the kid tumbling down the stairs. Eiri then hit the ground for the third time that day the pink haired singer was once again perched on his lap.
"Ouch oh god I'm so sorry." Shuichi said trying to get up. His face contorted in pain as he grabbed his side taking in a sharp breath.
"Hey are you okay?" Eiri asked using a finger to push the boys face toward his so he could look at his eyes. Shuichi just stared into his piercing gold eyes even in the dark they were intimidating. 'He's gorgeous.' Shuichi thought to himself
"Yeah I'm fine just hurt you know. Are you?" Shuichi was cut off as Yuki pulled his hand from his side and brought it close to his face. The skin was stained with a black liquid though Eiri knew what it was. As Yuki held his hand up a drop of blood began to form ready to fall from Shuichi's finger. Eiri pulled the boys hand closer and licked the drop away. Shuichi gasped and went wide eyed; Eiri himself didn't know why he'd done that. Eiri picked him up and made his way to the living room he didn't need the lights he knew his way around. He laid Shuichi on the couch then disappeared for several minutes. When he came back he turned the lights on to find the singer trying to get up.
"Lay back down I need to clean you up and bandage that." Yuki said motioning to the growing red spot on Shuichi's shirt. Shuichi lay back down and Yuki knelt next to him. Eiri lifted him a little and placed a towel beneath him to keep blood from getting on the couch. Yuki pulled his shirt off of him and tossed it to the side. The wound was a cut starting on his left side and going across his rib cage for almost five inches to between his stomach and chest. It wasn't deep enough to need stitches and was already healing the fall down the stairs had just reopened it. It was infected though Yuki could tell.
"Just hold still this is going to take some time." Eiri said grabbing the washrag he had brought and starting to clean up the blood. He wasn't sure how long he'd been working when he noticed that the pink haired boy was singing softly to himself. It sounded nice and Yuki was so absorbed in it that he didn't think to tell the boy he was going to use rubbing alcohol to sterilize the wound. He simply poured a small amount out of the bottle over the wound and let the towel catch it. Shuichi cried out trying to get away to wash the burning sensation off but Yuki held him down. He used his hand on Shuichi's chest to force the singer back onto the couch. He placed the other on his half exposed hip. Yuki blew on the wound softly helping to ease the stinging and felt the boy slowly relax beneath him again. His skin was incredibly soft and Yuki found his thoughts wandering to what it would feel like to have the boy writhing beneath him. 'No!' Yuki screamed at himself mentally. 'God I don't even swing that way." He thought
"Is the stinging gone?" He asked after several minutes. He looked up and his eyes met the violet ones of the singer. They were filled with unshed tears at the pain from the wound. The boy simply nodded still staring at him with some unintelligible emotion. Eiri couldn't look into those pained eyes so he turned back to the wound and placed a gentle kiss on it barely touching the warm soft skin. He then began dressing the singers wound.
Shuichi stomach had done flip flops when Yuki kissed him. He found himself staring at the novelists features, he was very attractive. 'Mom would kill me if she even knew I'd ever had such thoughts, especially about another guy.'
"You have a good voice." Yuki said suddenly not sure why, he never complimented anyone. It shook Shuichi out of his thoughts and he was confused for a second.
"Oh un thanks but when have you heard me sing?" Shuichi asked.
"You were singing just a minute ago." Eiri answered putting gauze over the wound.
"I was? Sorry." Shuichi said meekly. Eiri had finished taping the singer up and leaned over him so he was eye to eye with him.
"Don't apologize so much, besides I liked it you sounded good. Your lyrics suck though." Eiri stood up and started groping through his pockets for his cigarettes and a lighter. He finally found one and lit it he needed to calm his nerves. He didn't want to admit it but he was attracted to this boy and that was not a good thing.
"Get up and put a shirt on we're going to go get groceries." Eiri said walking toward the door. Shuichi got up and grabbed his shirt off the floor and started trying to put it on. He was having difficulties due to his new bandage.
"You can't wear that it's covered in blood someone will think I tried to kill you go get something else." Eiri said putting his cigarette out in an ashtray. Shuichi mumbled something but Eiri didn't catch it.
"What?" He asked coming over to the boy. He forced the Shuichi to look up at him. It bothered Yuki that the boy was so insecure.
"I-I don't have another shirt. M-My parents wouldn't let me take any of my
s-stuff because they think me trying to be a singer is dumb. They don't think I'll ever be able to make it." Shuichi sobbed out tears falling down his cheeks. Eiri just stared at him he had no idea how to deal with this situation.
"Well don't cry about it you can borrow one of mine and we'll go shopping for you tomorrow." Eiri made his way back to his bedroom and flicked the light on. He could hear the unsure foot steps of his companion making his way back.
"You can come in." Eiri said pulling his closet door open and looking for something that might remotely fit the singer. He found an old shirt he hardly wore anymore and tossed it to him. Shuichi caught it and began putting it on, it was a button up shirt so that was good he didn't have to lift his arms. It was way too big though his hands didn't even come out of the sleeves and it almost hung to his knees. Shuichi began to try and button it up but the sleeves kept falling down over his fingers. He was on button three when suddenly Yuki knelt down in front of him and shooed his hands away. Yuki had the buttons done up in record time and then grabbed his hand. He pushed the sleeves up and buttoned the cuffs as tight as they would go so the boy could use his hands. Their fingers brushed together and Shuichi couldn't help but blush at the thought of the blond man touching him so gently even if it wasn't intended.
"It's soft thank you Yuki-sensei." Shuichi said wrapping his arms around himself. Eiri looked Shuichi up and down he had to admit the kid looked cute in the oversized shirt.
"Don't call me that I'm not that old just call me Yuki." He said brushing past the singer and out the door.
"Come on let's go get food, and don't forget to turn the light off in there." Yuki called. They walked down the steps to the house and Shuichi started to make his way toward the car. Yuki stood at the end of the driveway staring at him.
"The store's only a few blocks away." Yuki said lighting a cigarette and looking at Shuichi.
"If your side hurts though we can take the car I don't care." Yuki began to walk back up the drive way.
"No that's fine we can walk." Shuichi said running to him and grabbing his arm. Yuki grunted and Shuichi immediately pulled away.
"Oh I'm sor." He couldn't finish because Yuki's piercing glare was on him again.
"I told you to quit apologizing all the time." Yuki said leaning down he let his eyes wander from the singers to his lips and then neck. Yuki bent down like he was going to kiss Shuichi on the neck and promptly bit him. Shuichi yelped and jumped away staring disbelievingly at Yuki.
"What the hell was that for!" He screamed pointing at Yuki. He then realized what he'd said and was about to apologize again. Yuki smirked at him.
"Every time you apologize for no reason I'm gonna bite you, and next time it'll be harder." Yuki began to walk down the street. Shuichi was once again momentarily stunned then he realized the blond was going to leave without him and ran after him to catch back up. They continued in silence to the store. Shuichi followed Yuki around the store as he picked up miscellaneous things to use in making dinner. Suddenly Yuki heard the singer let out a terrible screech. Eiri turned around to find the boy plastered against a reflective door staring at his neck.
"You left a mark. What am I gonna do? There's a photo shoot tomorrow and my parents will see the picture and my mom will kill me!" He whined sinking to the floor. Eiri just stared at him in disbelief, 'That's what he freaked over?'
"Just tell them you were making out with a chick." Eiri said turning around and walking away. The boy was right though the way he made his parents sound on the phone they probably would hurt him. Eiri flinched at the thought, as he walked past the makeup isle he picked up a foundation that matched the singer's skin. Eiri was wandering around looking for some seasoning when he walked past the isle the boy was down. He was just standing there staring at something on the top shelf and he appeared to be drooling. Suddenly his body began to sag and he made his way to the end of the isle and disappeared. Eiri walked to where the boy had been to see what he had been staring at. 'Strawberry Pockey why am I not surprised?' He thought to himself as he reached up and grabbed a couple of boxes tossing them in the basket he was carrying.
Eiri finally had everything he needed and made his way to the front of the store to check out. The brat was flipping through a magazine and smiled at Yuki as he approached.
"Come on lets go." Eiri said grabbing the grocery bag and shoving it into Shuichi's arms. They were walking in silence again and it really seemed to bug the singer. Shuichi was bored and started humming to himself; Yuki was a couple of steps ahead of him his hands shoved in his pockets. Shuichi suddenly felt very dizzy and stopped putting a hand out to lean against the wall of a building. He was staring at the ground trying to get his bearings when he felt Yuki take the shopping bag from him. Shuichi looked up to find the author staring down at him with an irritated look. Yuki knelt down in front of him with his back to him.
"Well come on get on my back I'll carry you." Yuki said looking over his shoulder when the boy didn't immediately clime on.
"I'm fine I don't need you to carry me." He said puffing his cheeks out and trying to stand on his own. He fell and would have hit the pavement hard if Yuki hadn't caught him.
"Sure you're fine. Now you can either get on my back so it'll be easier for me to carry you or you can be stubborn, in which case I'll have to carry you like a little baby in my arms. You make the choice." Eiri said staring to get up. He felt the singer grab onto the back of his shirt and stopped so he could pick the boy up. Shuichi wrapped his arms loosely around Yuki's neck and the author grabbed his legs to keep him from slipping. There was another short silence and it was beginning to grate on Eiri's nerves. He reached into the grocery bag and pulled out a box of pocky, then handed it to the singer.
"Wow thanks Yuki-sama how did you know I liked strawberry pocky?" Shuichi asked opening the box and eating two at a time. Yuki simply grunted and continued the trek home. They were going up the front steps when Shuichi let out a pitiful moan.
"What now?" Eiri asked exasperated.
"I only have one piece of pocky left." Shuichi lamented. He had been holding the box in one hand and using the other to bring the sticks up to his mouth to eat. As he brought the last stick up passed Yuki's face, Yuki turned his head slightly and bit off half the stick munching it happily. Shuichi let out a cry of disbelief and his eyes rimmed with tears.
"You're so mean!" Shuichi cried stuffing the rest of the stick in his mouth to keep Yuki from trying to claim it as well. Yuki plopped him onto the couch and started toward the kitchen.
"If I were mean I would have eaten the whole thing." He said smirking and tossing the second box of treats to the singer.
"Thank you Yuki-sama." Shuichi cried tearing the box open.
"Don't eat all that I'm going to make dinner. I don't care how full you are I'll stuff the food down that scrawny little throat of yours." Yuki shouted from the kitchen. Shuichi sat in the living room for a few minutes before he got board and wandered into the kitchen. He just stood in the doorway and watched Yuki cook, the blond man was being considerably nicer to him. He still felt a little weak and wasn't entirely sure why he had collapsed. 'It was probably because of the cut I have.' He thought.
"How'd it happen?" He heard Yuki ask never turning to look at him.
"How'd what happen?" Shuichi replied leaning against the wall.
"That cut on your side how did that happen? It looks like a knife wound." Yuki commented.
"Oh it was an accident." Shuichi said staring at his feet. He brought his hand up to rest lightly over the wound. Eiri was watching he was sure the boy didn't realize he was though.
"An accident what did you do try to make dinner and fall on a knife?" Eiri asked turning back to the vegetables he was cutting. Shuichi was about to say something when there was a knock on the door.
"Get that will you." Yuki said putting the vegetables on to cook and getting some rice ready. Shuichi opened the door to find a woman standing with her shirt rearly unbuttoned and staring at him surprised.
"Who are you?" She asked angrily and began to advance on Shuichi.
"Hitomi I thought I told you not to show yourself here again." Yuki said coming up behind Shuichi and glaring at the woman.
"What's with this kid you're dumping me for some high school tramp?" The woman shouted at Yuki. Shuichi was about to tell her what was going on but was stopped by Yuki's sudden decision to wrap his arms around him.
"Shu's no tramp but much better in bed than you were if it's any consolation." Yuki said he felt Shuichi tremble with anger and brought his lips close to his ear. "Don't say a word and you live." He whispered looking at Hitomi like he was whispering sweet nothings into Shuichi's ear. The woman was fuming as Yuki released Shuichi and almost shoved her out the door. She stood outside screaming obscenities and threats at him for a good five minutes then must have left because it became silent.
"God what a bitch." Yuki said to himself making his way back to the kitchen. Shuichi was still in shock, when he finally came out of it he marched into the kitchen.
"What the hell was that? Did you just use me to throw out your girlfriend?" Shuichi shouted.
"She wasn't my girlfriend I just wanted to get rid of her for good she's been pestering me for weeks. You did me a favor. This is great I wish I could be there to see her face when she finds out you're a boy." Eiri was once again smirking to himself as he finished up their food. Shuichi simply stared at him mouth agape it took several moments for the meaning of what the novelist had said to sink in.
"What do you mean when she finds out I'm a boy! That's pretty obvious isn't it?" Shuichi shouted pointing at his chest. Yuki looked at him and chuckled.
"Go look in the mirror, you're small, you have a rather feminine body frame, and you're wearing one of my shirts. Not to mention the teeth marks you're currently sporting on your neck. Of course she thought that we were banging." Yuki stated the whole thing to casually for Shuichi. He watched as the novelist put the food on plates and set it on the table.
"You're ok with that! I don't want people thinking I'm a girl." Shuichi said staring at Yuki.
"Oh who gives a damn it's not like you'll ever see her again. She doesn't know your name and she may never find out you're a boy anyway." Yuki said sitting down at the table and taking some food. This was the first time in forever he could remember sitting down and actually eating a meal. Shuichi eventually came and sat across from him pilling huge amounts of food on his plate.
"You have to eat everything you take." Yuki said.
"I will." Shuichi replied and dug in. Eiri had never seen anyone eat like that; it was like the kid had never had food before. He was an ok cook but not good enough that the kid should be wolfing it down that way. Eiri had to give him credit though he did eat every thing he took. Shuichi rested his head on the table he knew it was rude but he was so full and sleepy.
"Get up and go to bed." Eiri said taking the dishes to the sink.
"No I should do the dishes. You cooked so I should clean up." Shuichi got up and started toward Yuki.
"I don't want you anywhere near my dishes you're a klutz so go to bed. Besides I'm not going to wash them tonight anyway I'll do it in the morning. I usually sleep in so keep it quiet when you leave. There should be enough stuff for you to take a shower in the bathroom upstairs." Eiri made his way down the hall to his room.
"Turn the lights off before you go to bed." He stated and closed his door.
Shuichi was once again left to his own devices on what to do. He went in and sat back on the couch picking up the pocky he had left there and munching more of it. He looked around and for the first time noticed that there was a TV in the room. He instantly grabbed the remote and turned it on flipping through channels till he came to an anime. He loved to watch anime but his parents had rarely ever let him watch the news let alone a cartoon. Shuichi had been a very television deprived child and since Yuki had a TV he had every intention of making up for it. He was starting to doze when he remembered Yuki telling him to turn the lights out. He stumbled to his feet and turned the lights out then flopped back onto the couch, he was asleep in less than five seconds.
Eiri had gone to his room and started working on his novel again. It had been almost two hours and the lights were still on. He got up and made his way to his door to turn them off assuming that the singer had forgotten. Just as he opened his door the lights went out and he saw the obviously exhausted form of the kid making his way back into the living room. He heard the sound of the singer making contact with the couch and then silence. He stood at his door for awhile watching the color of the light on the wall change due to the TV. He couldn't hear the idiot box at all so he made his way to the living room to see what the kid would be up so late watching. He put a hand up on the corner of the hallway and peeked around it into the living room. The boy was laying on his right side, the uninjured one, and snoring softly. Even now he could hardly hear the TV and judging by the pillow in front of it the kid had been sitting with his nose pressed against it. He looked back to the boy to see that he was shivering slightly. He didn't want to do anything about it; it was the idiots fault for falling asleep out here. He found himself moving toward the singer none the less. He grabbed a blanket he kept on the back of the couch and draped it gently over the smaller mans body. Shuichi stirred and snuggled deeply into the blanket then went still again. Eiri let out a sigh as he walked over to the TV and turned it off. He would have used the remote but he was pretty sure it was currently buried beneath the singer. He then made his way back to his room and promptly passed out onto his bed.