AN) Yeah so I haven't updated in forever. It took me a long time to think this chapter out and it still sucks. I don't like it at all but I need fillers for what's going to happen later on. I have a whole bunch of the later chapters writen but I haven't bothered to write what happened before it. Sorry but I'll try to get them finished during school since I don't really have anything else to do. Please reveiw and don't give up I know this chapters not very good but the later ones are going to be way better.

It was noon and they were almost done with the photo shoot. The photographer had been angered when he saw Shuichi's bandage all the nearly nude pictures had just flow out the window. For a reason that was beyond Shuichi, the last set of photos was going to require all of them to get completely soaked. Shuichi didn't mind water in fact he liked the rain but he wasn't looking forward to being wet and taking pictures. After thirty minutes of being drenched they were finally allowed to get cleaned up.

As Shuichi stripped down he noticed that his side had begun to hurt again. The bandage was soaking wet and pretty much useless now. He toweled himself dry careful to pat the wound instead of scrape it, then he pulled the hand-me-downs that Yuki had given him on and headed out to find another bandage.

Shuichi knocked on Hiro's door first but found that his friend had already taken off something about his brother actually staring in a play. Shuichi didn't want to ask K because his answer for every thing was to shoot it and make it better. Sakano would want him to go to the hospital and Shuichi hated those so he decided to as Fujisaki. He knocked on the keyboardist's door and waited for an answer. All of five seconds later the door was thrown open and Fujisaki was glaring at him getting ready to slam the door in his face.

"Wait Fujisaki I just wanted to ask you a question." Shuichi said trying to hold the door open.

"If it has to do with you not knowing how to zip your pants up I'm not gonna help!" Fujisaki yelled still trying to shut the door. Shuichi finally gained the upper hand though and they both tumbled to the ground in Suguru's dressing room.

"What is it?" Fujisaki said standing up and straightening out his clothes.

"I just wanted to know if you had any bandages mine's all wet and I need a new one." Shuichi said like it was the most common thing in the world to ask for. Fujisaki rolled his eyes and went about his dressing room gathering everything up.

"Yes Shindou I keep bandages and tape with me all the time so if you'll just lie down on the floor I'll get them and fix you right up." Fujisaki said sarcastically. The lead singer's stupidity never ceased to amaze him, he turned around to find that Shuichi had done exactly what he told him and was now staring up at Suguru expectantly. Fujisaki sighed as he headed out the door.

"I was joking Shindou if you need a band aid go ask Tohma I'm sure he keeps some in his desk." Suguru was lying of course but far be it for Shuichi to suspect him of that.

"Okay Fujisaki-kun thanks. I'll see you tomorrow." Shuichi waved at the keyboardist and ran off. Suguru couldn't help but smirk he loved getting the better of his cousin and if there was one idiot who was capable of that it was Shuichi.

Eiri had shown up right on time. He walked into Tohma's office like he owned it and sat down in a chair facing his brother-in-law. He slid his sunglasses off and stared at Tohma a serious expression on his face. Tohma was trying to gather his thoughts he was worried and he knew he was showing it. He really wanted things to go well for Shuichi and he was positive the upbeat singer would be good for Eiri.

"Well what can I do for you today Eiri? We just saw each other yesterday and now you're back I'm usually lucky if I see you out of your house once a year." Tohma said smile glued in place.

"You know I'm here because of the singer you dumped me with so don't even pretend." Eiri said taking out a cigarette. Tohma's expression faltered and he glanced down at his hands.

"Are things not going well with Shuichi-kun? I understandI've placeda lot of responsibility on your shoulders,and I just threw the situation at you. Sorry Eiri-san I'll figure out a new arrangement. For what it's worth he really seemed to like you." Tohma finished with a sad little smile.

"I never said I wanted the boy gone." Eiri stated bluntly lighting his cigarette, he loved watching Tohma squirm. Tohma thought about telling him he couldn't smoke in the building but decided against it.

"I just wanted to talk to you about him. I already know about his parents I assume you do too." Eiri was smoking his cigarette leisurely. Tohma nodded he had promised to not tell anyone, but Eiri had figured it out for himself so no harm could come from talking about it now.

"What have you found out?" Tohma asked.

"I overheard him on the phone to some friend of his. From what I gathered his parents were abusing him I don't know if there's more to it." Eiri paused. "And he apologizes too much." He added as an afterthought. Tohma smiled genuinely he was happy that Eiri wasn't refusing to look after him.

"I'm sorry to say Eiri-san that I know as much as you do. Shuichi refuses to talk about it to anyone other than Hiro. I've tried questioning Hiro but he wont tell me anything either. You're living with him I'm sure you'll be able to get him to talk if you try hard enough." Tohma prompted hinting that Eiri should get to know the boy. Eiri grunted and put his cigarette out and tossed it in a trash can. He was about to take his leave when the door burst open and Shuichi stood there panting. Tohma's secretary was right behind him she looked livid.

"I'm sorry sir, I told him you were in a meeting but he wouldn't listen." The woman said bowing.

"It's quite alright." Tohma said turning to Shuichi. Shuichi was looking at Yuki and a wave of gloom seemed to wash over him he couldn't help but think Yuki was here to tell Tohma he wouldn't keep him.

"What did you need Shuichi-kun?" Tohma asked walking over to the singer.

"I-I got my bandage all wet and n-need a new one." He said trying to hide the fact that he was crying.

"Does it hurt?" Tohma asked putting his hands on Shuichi's shoulders.

"N-no, but h-he doesn't w-want me d-does he?" Shuichi was sobbing by now and clung to Tohma as the older man hugged him.

"Shh don't cry that's not true." Tohma whispered as he gave Eiri a pleading glance. Eiri rolled his eyes and made his way over to the two.

"Come here." He said grabbing Shuichi and pulling his shirt up to look at his cut. Shuichi was still sniffling as he looked down at Eiri.

"Tohma do you have any bandages? This needs to be cleaned and taken care of." Eiri said righting himself and looking at Tohma.

"I'm sure I do somewhere. Ryuichi insists that I keep a first aid kit around in case I hurt myself. I think it's more for when he wants a band aid for a paper cut though." Tohma left to search his personal bathroom for some gauze. Eiri waited for Tohma to disappear before he turned back to Shuichi.

"Hey." He said getting Shuichi to look at him. "I'm not here because I don't want you. I just thought I'd visit with Tohma for awhile before I picked you up."

"Is that the truth?" Shuichi said wiping his tears away.

"Yeah I wouldn't have taken you home just to bring you back the next day." Shuichi finally cheered up at that.

"So," Eiri said putting him in a head lock, "you're stuck with me for the next two or so years and were going to get along great, right?"

"Okay okay, mercy I give up." Shuichi gasped out. Yuki released him and Shuichi stood with his hands on his knees trying to catch his breath. Tohma decided that now was as good a time as any to make his appearance and walked out holding up the gauze.

"Well Shuichi-kun lets get you cleaned up and then we'll go shopping." Tohma practically chirped.

"You're going with us?" Eiri asked making Shuichi hold his shirt up so he could dress his wound.

"Of course I am I'm afraid I don't trust you two buying clothes together. Shuichi would show up tomorrow looking far too conservative. We need to get you some tight leather pants and a few belly shirts." Tohma said giving his trade mark smile. Eiri simply rolled his eyes.

"Nice Tohma yesterday I brought him home and he looked like I'd picked him up off the street, today he's going to look like a cheap man whore." Eiri said sarcastically. Shuichi glared at Yuki who simply shrugged and stood up.

"Well let's get going I don't want to be at the mall when school gets out so you two have all of two hours to shop and then we're leaving." Eiri strode to the door.

It was a relatively quiet trip to the mall, Shuichi glued himself to the window looking at all the sights and Tohma took the opportunity to tell Eiri everything that was going on up at his fathers temple. Tohma knew Eiri's attention was not on him and at some level he felt jealous of the boy in the back seat that kept stealing Eiri's glances. He managed to reel in his emotions and recalled that he was the one who had set up this situation and he'd be damned if he was the one who screwed it up over petty jealousy.

When they got to the mall they simply wondered around while Shuichi stared into all the different shops. Tohma and Eiri were talking while Shuichi picked out clothes and tried them on. Shuichi looked at the price on everything and always tried to get the cheapest stuff but Tohma kept forcing more and more clothes on him. Eiri pretended not to notice the outfits that Tohma was dressing Shuichi in but it was having quite the effect on him each outfit made the singer look sexier in his mind. He wasn't sure how long he could hold off pouncing the singer. Tohma stood suddenly putting his hat on he then turned to Eiri.

"Well Eiri-san it's been fun but I need to be returning to work now I do hope you and Shuichi-kun have a good rest of the day." He smiled at Eiri and left. Shuichi stuck his head out of the dressing room and glanced around he didn't see either of the two men who were with him so he slipped out to put some of the clothes back on the shelf.

"What do you think you're doing?" Eiri asked from behind him.

"I-I was putting these back I really don't need this many clothes." Shuichi stated shyly.

"Do you like them?"

"What?"

"Those clothes do you like them?"

"Yeah but I don't need them they cost too much."

"Don't worry about it money isn't a factor." Eiri said trying to grab the clothes. Shuichi pulled away and backed up. A strange look showed in Yuki's eyes and before Shuichi knew it he had nabbed the clothes and was striding up to the casher to pay for them. Shuichi followed trying to talk Yuki out of buying all the stuff but to no avail. Eiri quickly paid for it all and they were out the door Shuichi having trouble trying to balance all the bags.

They were all of five feet from the car when Shuichi managed to trip over thin air and land face down in the parking lot. He grinned goofily up at Yuki and then started picking his things back up and stuffing them into bags. Against Eiri's better judgment and usual moral code he helped the boy pick things back up. As he reached for the last item he realized that it wasn't clothing but a small stuffed bunny. Eiri picked it up then turned to Shuichi eyeing him incredulously. A faint blush crossed the singers face and he grabbed the bunny and stuffed it in a bag.

"I like stuffed animals." He stated softly obviously embarrassed by the situation. Eiri just shook his head and got in the car there were some things that he was just better off not asking about.

Reveiws

Kitty in the box- thanks for your support
GravityNeko-I'll hurry on the next one
Hikaru Itsuko-Yeah poor Shu it's gonna get worse sorry
Tsugath-LadyNanshi-RavenShay-DancingMistress-THANKS THANKS THANKS!
loveoththeblue-Thank you I'm glad it made you laugh, I fell bad because it's not going to stay funny much longer. Sniff
Guardian Angel Gabriel-Yeah I made Tohma nice but I don't know why because I don't really like him much, I'm glad it made you happy though.

AN) Yay that awful chapter is over! Next is a little insert story about Eiri and Shuichi getting know each other, and then I have Shuichi's first encounterwith his parents since he's been gone. So stay tuned. BYE BYE