AN) I just want to say if this story seems like it's going really fast like jumping to the next part with very little in-between time details. It's probably because I just got done reading Les Miserables and that book does the same thing so sorry. But hey it worked for Victor Hugo. And now a word from the Guide. "If there's anything more important than my ego running around I want it caught and shot immediately." Just kiddingmy ego can take a few shots so even if you absolutly hate this story please still review and tell my why and go see The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy on April 29, just don't forget to take your towel.
(Remember BOLD means ENGLISH being spoken!)
A month went by and was relatively uneventful; Shuichi went to work came home and proceeded to pester Yuki for the remainder of the evening. Things just seemed to click into place for the two of them. Shuichi would get up in the morning and have cereal unless Yuki was up and had made breakfast. Then Shuichi would go to work, usually he was there till six he rarely ever got out early and was often late getting home, he still made it home by eleven though. After he got home they would usually have English lessons for a half hour and then dinner. Eiri generally made dinner five nights a week but when he didn't he allowed Shuichi to order out. He refused to let Shuichi cook; in the first four days the singer had been there he had almost burned the house to the ground twice trying to make dinner. The only things in the kitchen he was allowed to touch were the refrigerator, the toaster, and the microwave after having informed Eiri that he was going to use them first. Eiri still went out with women regularly but he hadn't brought any home since he had Shuichi, he felt sure the boy would freak.
Shuichi had some rather odd habits Eiri had noticed. For one thing everyday when he got home he headed straight to his room for a few minuets before he sought Eiri out to annoy him, Eiri always got the strange feeling that he was sneaking something into the house. He told himself that he would respect the boy's privacy, as long as it didn't appear to be drugs or anything else dangerous, but this was driving Eiri up the wall he had to know what was going on and far be it for him to just ask. His curiosity finally won out and after Shuichi left for work one morning he made his way up to the boy's room. Eiri opened the door tentatively afraid of what he might find on the other side, Shuichi didn't seem to have any weird fetishes but you never know 'It's always the quiet ones' he thought. He pushed the door open and wasn't sure if he was supposed to laugh or run away screaming, right now running away screaming seemed like the better idea. The singer had to have at least twenty multicolored plush toys in his room. He noted that the good majority of them where bunnies but there were some others like bears and cats. They were all pink too or at least had pink on them somewhere. He glanced around the rest of the room; it was cluttered with clothes on the floor and an unmade bed. The bed didn't really bother Eiri he only ever made his bed when he was changing the sheets after that he didn't really see the point in straightening something that was going to get messed up again anyway.
There were posters on the walls and ceiling he noted. The ones on the ceiling explained the sounds he had heard about a week ago. The jumping on the bed and screams of "Stay up you stupid… GAAH…thud…owwww." That at the time Eiri had been far to scared of to dare look to see what was going on. Shuichi had appeared down stairs sometime later looking tired and very disheveled. Eiri simply glanced up and down him and determined that he wasn't bleeding and hadn't broken anything then went back to his office.
He sighed as he closed the door and headed back downstairs if Shuichi wanted to put posters up he could have used a chair. Eiri had hoped that some of the boy's insecurities about asking for things would diminish but it seemed to be taking much longer than Eiri had the patients for.
When Shuichi returned that evening Eiri was waiting for him outside the house smoking on the front porch. Shuichi was walking up the front drive holding what looked like another bunny talking to it quietly. Suddenly cigarette smoke filled his nostrils and his head snapped up as he tried to hide the bunny behind his back. Yuki was looking at him silently smoking away on his cancer stick.
"H-Hello Yuki-san are you waiting for take out?" He asked hoping he wouldn't notice the bunny.
"You're in trouble young man." Eiri said pointedly putting his cigarette out.
"What did I do?" Shuichi said looking scared he honestly couldn't think of anything he had done.
"You've been keeping secrets." Eiri smirked at him he was going to have fun messing with the kid for awhile. Shuichi just stared and him mouth agape.
"I-I'm sorry Yuki-san I meant to tell you I put a dint in your car but I forgot. The look on Yuki's face was priceless he dashed passed Shuichi in a blur and disappeared into the garage. Shuichi took his chance and went to his room to put the bunny down before Yuki figured it out. He was waiting at the end of the stairs when a panting Yuki entered the house.
"I couldn't find any dint show me now!" He seethed.
"Oh I was just joking I didn't think you'd really believe me everyone says I'm a horrible liar." Shuichi was smiling triumphantly at Yuki. Eiri glared back then it hit him what this was all about the bunny was gone so the whole thing had been to keep Eiri from knowing he was collecting stuffed animals. Well time to get his revenge. Eiri walked over so they were standing shoulder to shoulder.
"You better watch it or your bunny collection might just end up under my tires." Eiri then continued down the hallway to his study. Shuichi was embarrassed he didn't want Yuki to know he was getting stuffed animals, his parents never would let him have any so he decided to buy them now that he was away. Shuichi stayed in the living room practicing his English until he was so tired he barely made it to the couch to pass out. He preferred sleeping on the couch most the time.
Eiri fell asleep at his computer he didn't know what time he had drifted off but he knew exactly what time the blood curtailing scream woke him up. Two A.M. Very two A.M. He thought that the singer was being killed or worse as he flew down the hallway toward the sound. He found Shuichi sitting on the couch and screaming something about the devil trying to get him as he threw the nearest objects, which were pillows, at the sliding glass door that led to the back yard. Eiri looked to see what had put the boy in this condition and was met with a pair of glowing green eyes right outside the door. He clutched his forehead as he felt a stupidity induced head ache come on. He glanced at the vocalist who running out of things to throw promptly hid himself under his blankets. Eiri grinned evilly as he made his way to the door and opened it silently. He nabbed the cat, which had belonged to the family that lived there before him, and brought it over to the couch. He stood there for a second then tapped Shuichi on the shoulder and waited for him to come out. As soon as his head began to peek from under the blanked Eiri tossed the cat on his face. Shuichi gave a shriek of fear and began trying to fend of his attacker, the cat hissing and yowling the entire time. Once Shuichi and the cat were finally freed from the blanket due to the singer's insane thrashing, the cat shot straight out the door and Shuichi ended up panting on the floor at Eiri's feet.
"C-cat." Shuichi stated simply staring at the door.
"Well aren't you just the smartest…" Eiri stopped and looked at the boy sitting on the ground waiting for the rest of his insult.
"You just said that in English." Eiri was in a state of awe. Shuichi blinked at him for a second then grinned and jumped the novelist bringing him to the ground, he gripped Yuki's shirt in his fists and was straddling him. Eiri flushed a bit at the awkward position but the singer didn't seem to notice, it was to dark in the room.
"Really Yuki-san I really said it? I'll do it again! Cat cat cat cat cat catcatcatcatcatcatcatc…" Eiri clasped his hand over the boy's mouth his eyebrow twitching.
"I get the point you know the word cat a little over a million or so words from now and you might be able to form a sentence." Eiri sighed Shuichi's smile had faded a little but the boy was obviously still proud of himself.
"Come on get back to bed. What are you doing on the couch again anyway?" Eiri asked pulling the vocalist up and putting him back on the sofa.
"I like to sleep out here." Shuichi said snuggling back into his blanket.
"Weirdo." Eiri ruffled his hair and headed back toward his room he could feel Shuichi's eyes on him and turned to see if something was wrong. He just continued to look at Yuki happily. Eiri let a small smile ghost his features then turning around he softly stated. "Good job brat, now go to sleep."
Eiri woke late the next morning, so technically it wasn't even morning anymore but he could pretend right? He took a shower and then padded down the hallway to the kitchen for coffee. After having his morning caffeine pick me up he headed to the living room to watch some TV. Two seconds on the couch told him something wasn't right and he was up staring at the still snoring singer. Eiri leaned down to wake him up, remembered his coffee cup and set it on the table for safe keeping, then continued to wake the boy.
"Oi idiot why are you still here? Your manager is going to have your head."
Eiri said poking him on the cheek.
"Mmm Pocky." Shuichi mumbled and bit Eiri's finger slobbering on it. Eiri pulled back quickly injured and disgusted. Shuichi just mumbled and turned over revealing his ear Eiri smirked payback time. Without a second thought he stuck his now wet and cold finger in Shuichi's ear. Shuichi's eyes popped open and he let out a scream batting the hand away and wiping frantically at his ear.
"What the hell did you just give me a wet willy? That's freaking gross!" He shouted sitting up and glaring at Yuki.
"That's what you get for biting me." Eiri said taking up the now vacant space on the couch and turning the TV on. Shuichi glared at him a little longer then sat back to watch what was on. Eiri glanced over at him he didn't seem to be too concerned about the fact he was late for work.
"When are you going in today?" He asked sipping his coffee.
"Oh I have the next three days off while they edit and mix our song so I get to stay hom, I mean here." He had almost said home. Eiri looked at him and then stood up.
"Well just keep the noise to a minimum." He said and left for his study.
Eiri came out of his study several hours later the teen was nowhere to be found. Eiri called for him but he received no answer, he shrugged maybe the kid went somewhere though Shuichi usually told him if he left. He decided to go out to pick up some more cigarettes and beer; he pulled on his coat as he made his way out the front door. He stopped dead in his tracks; Shuichi sat in the middle of the driveway waving a fish at the cat from the night before. Eiri thought about laughing until he realized he had planed on cooking said fish for dinner. He walked up behind the teen his arms crossed.
"What the hell are you doing with our dinner?" He asked darkly. Shuichi jumped falling over as he tried to turn, he stared up at Yuki with an equally irritated look on his face.
"Why did you do that? It took me two hours just to get Cat to come out from under the bush." Eiri hung his head at Shuichi's choice of name he had a feeling he'd be hearing that word a lot in the near future. Shuichi stood up and brushed the dirt off his pants it was starting to cloud up and get chillier 'Time to go in.' He thought.
"Like I said what are you doing with that fish I intended on making that for dinner?"
"I'm trying to get the cat to come to me but he seems to be afraid for some reason."
"Probably because you scared the living daylights out of the pour creature last night with all your screaming and thrashing."
"You're the one who threw him on me so it's all your fault that he hates me." Shuichi said crossing his arms like Yuki.
"Well good luck with your pursuit of that cat but I doubt you'll ever be able to get near him." Eiri smirked the teen was pouting at him.
"I'll show you we'll be best friends by the time I have to go back to recording!" Shuichi shouted at Eiri who was halfway down the driveway. Eiri just kept walking.
It began to sprinkle just as Eiri made his way back into his driveway. He looked up from the concrete in time to see Shuichi dive into one of the bushes in his front yard shouting, "Here kitty kitty" over and over again. Eiri also noticed the cat dashing up the driveway and out of the yard, Shuichi not realizing the cat had bailed was still searching inside the bush.
"Come on it's time for dinner." Eiri said, it began to rain harder and he wanted to get in before he got completely drenched. Shuichi looked at him dejectedly and followed him into the house.
The next day continued in much the same fashion. By the time Eiri was out of bed Shuichi was already perched outside in the lawn calling to the cat. He even skipped lunch telling Yuki that he was sure he would have a breakthrough with the cat any minuet and that he shouldn't be disturbed. Around midnight he finally made the singer come in the house because he was pretty sure the neighbors were going to call the cops if he didn't shut the boy up. Shuichi simply sat his forehead leaning against the sliding glass door whispering "Here kitty" Eiri was so irritated by the sight that he finally just went to bed leaving the singer to his own devices.
Finally the third and final day of the singers break arrived and Eiri couldn't have been happier only on more day of "Kitty kitty kitty" he couldn't even think of anything to write he was so thrilled that the singer would be back at work tomorrow. With that happy thought Eiri finally got to work on his novel.
It was a nicer day than it had been the sun was shining the birds was chirping and Eiri realized he hadn't heard the singer in over an hour. At first he told himself what a blessing it was but he couldn't help but be curious of whether the boy had finally tamed the cat or simply given up. After a good half hour of arguing with himself over if it was worth getting up for he found himself standing at his back door. He would have been afraid that the singer was dead if it wasn't for the fact he could clearly make out his breathing. Normally from this distance he wouldn't be able to see something like that except for the fact that the steady movements of his chest caused the cat that was sleeping there to rise and fall as well. Eiri smiled to himself as he searched in his closet for the camera his sister had purchased for him for Christmas a few years ago. Once retrieved he made his way back outside and took a whole roll of pictures of the sleeping teen. His approach woke the cat who simply yawned and got up stretching. The weight shift from all laid out to four very small points caused Shuichi to start wiggling to get the weight off. (AN/ I don't know about the rest of you but when my cat sleeps on me and then gets up and starts to walk it really hurts, but she is really fat so that might be the reason.) Shuichi let out a yawn as well and sat up rubbing his eyes.
"Hey Yuki-san what time is it?" he asked hands in his lap looking up and Eiri.
"Almost three o'clock you should be happy you fell asleep under the tree otherwise you'd be pretty sunburned by now." Eiri said he helped him up and Shuichi looked around the yard the cat was nowhere to be seen.
"I had a weird dream about that cat." He stated as they headed for the house. "I guess you were right even after all that I still couldn't get the cat to come to me." Shuichi laid out on the couch and looked at Yuki who seemed to be smiling slightly. "What are you so happy about?"
"Nothing at all." Eiri had slipped the camera into his pocket before Shuichi had seen it.
The next night found Shuichi staring at a packet of photos addressed to him from Yuki. It took him a minuet to realize what it was he was looking at. Eiri heard the squeal of pleasure from the living room and quickly hid the photo of the singer that he had taken from the pile sliding it beneath his laptop. He didn't know what had possessed him to do such a thing but the boy just looked so peaceful and beautiful that he couldn't help himself. Eiri then pushed himself away from the computer and prepared himself for the glomp he new he was seconds away from.
AN) Yeah so I made Eiri too nice and Shuichi a complete retard but its all good the next chapter is way better and just to prove it I'll give you a tidbit of what I already have written. Sorry this chapter took so long but I already have the next few almost finished so they shouldn't take near as much time, anyway enjoy the sneak peak.
NEXT CHAPTER
The president of N-G let out an exhausted sigh and leaned back in his chair taking Shuichi in.
The boy had filled out more being at Eiri's, he had obviously gained a few need pounds he didn't look as frail as he had before. He also seemed happier, beforehand when Shuichi had been left to his own thoughts a smile never presented its self on his lips, but now just sitting there it reached all the way up into his eyes. Tohma hated what he was about to tell him.
There you go if you can't tell by that it's not going to stay as light hearted as it has been but I hope you'll still read, there's also going to be a bit more adult content in upcoming chapters not much but you have been warned. Please Please Please Review Shuichi's ability to learn English depends on it!
Tsugath- thanks I'm glad everyone seems to like Tohma I left him out of this chapter though Sorry!
RavenShay- Yes the bunny was pink but I didn't think of a name I'm sure Shuichi would name all of his stuffed animals though. The next chapter does have his parents but I can't tell you more than that sorry!
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