AN) Wow so I never meant for this story to be this long. I'm hoping to round it off at a good even number like twenty but I'm not sure I can fit everything in six more chapters. Oh well I'll try. Not much to this chapter just a little plot development and not even much of that. But in the next chapter I do plan on introducing two characters that have previously been missing. Here's the hint, one person has been mentiont, the other hasn't come up at all yet.I'll give pocky to whoever can guess which two!
Eiri woke the next morning to find Shuichi sprawled across him, and still sound asleep. He was warm and comfortable and couldn't remember ever being more a peace in his life. For the first time in years he wasn't immediately lighting up and smoking the day away. There was something else though something nagging at the back of his mind. Then he realized what it was, the sound of persistent knocking had been going since he woke. He detached himself from Shuichi who immediately latched onto his pillow instead and mumbled something that sounded very much like "pocky."
He tried to make himself more presentable as he neared the door and that's when he remembered there were only two people who knocked, his editor and Tohma. The sound of keys in the lock confirmed that it was indeed the latter. He was frozen to the spot as Tohma entered the house removing his hat in the process.
"Oh why Eiri if you were up then you should have answered the door." He said smiling as he closed the door and began to take off his coat. 'Oh god that means he intends to stay for some lengthily amount of time.' Eiri thought, he was beginning to panic. He was in no way embarrassed of what had happened but Shuichi was still a minor and he was his guardian no less. Eiri's head snapped up when he realized that Tohma had been talking to him and he hadn't heard a word of it.
"What?" He said.
"I was asking if you were busy today I have the day off and thought we might be able to do something?" Tohma's smile never wavered. Eiri was about to tell him to drop dead and go to hell when another blond burst into his house. Shuichi's maniac manager now stood in the doorway gun at the ready and screaming his head off for Shuichi to, "Get his ass out of bed and dressed for work or he was going to be eating a machine gun sandwich." Eiri paled.
"Eiri are you ok you don't look very well." Tohma said putting a hand on his forehead.
"He's right Yuki-san you look awful maybe you should get some more shut eye I'll get Shuichi and be out of your hair in no time." K said heading for the stairs, at the same time Tohma turned him around to force him back to bed. All three men froze.
"Eiri what's all the…" Shuichi yawned. He stood stark naked in the hallway staring at the men who were currently staring back. Before anyone could blink Shuichi had disappeared back into the room slamming the door behind him, K burst into hysterical laughter, Tohma's mind tried to come up with any explanation other than the obvious one, and Eiri darted to the door and demanded to be allowed in. Shuichi not being in any condition to think forgot to lock the door and just simply tried to keep it closed himself. Eiri overpowered him in seconds and pushed his way in he did howevertake the time to turn the lock once he'd gained entrance. Shuichi sat on the floor crying. Eiri leaned down and picked him up and then deposited him on the bed.
"What are you crying about baka you haven't done anything wrong." Eiri whispered into his hair.
"S-Seguchi (hic) knows (hic) I-I don't wanna (hic) get you in (hic) trouble!" Shuichi was sobbing hysterically by then. "I want to stay here with you don't let them make me leave." Shuichi cried into Eiri's bare chest.
"Don't cry nothings going to happen I promise." Eiri said not believing it himself. "I won't let them take you Shuichi." Eiri stated holding the singer tight. Hysterical laughter made its way in from the hallway as the door swung open. Tohma was standing watching the two while K just laid on the floor, lock pick in hand, laughing so hard he was crying.
"Eiri how long? I mean well this is just rather surprising." Tohma said stepping into the room. Shuichi tried to hide away he couldn't help being afraid. Tohma stopped when Eiri's angry eyes met his in warning. He looked at Shuichi in the blond mans arms it wasn't that he cared about what had happened it's just this was the kind of stuff that got out and caused huge scandals, it could destroy both their careers.
"This could be disastrous for the band if it gets out but as long as you're careful I don't see a problem." K said matter of factually crossing his arms. Shuichi sniffed and looked at his manager.
"You don't hate me?" He whispered. K tapped his chin with his gun seeming to think about the question.
"Hate you? Why would I hate you? So you're a boy who likes boys as long as I never catch you standing over me while I'm sleeping." K said holstering his gun. Shuichi turned bright red and hid his face from view again; Tohma just sighed and stared at the two of them. He'd never seen Eiri so protective before he looked like and animal guarding its cub.
"I have no objections, but K is right this should be kept a secr" Tohma was cut off by a low growl from Eiri.
"A secret until Shindou is at least of age." He finished. Eiri looked down to find Shuichi staring back up at him, he petted the teens hair and pulled him up for a kiss. Shuichi blushed even brighter as K rooted them on and Tohma booked it out of the room.
"Now if I'm correct you're late for work 'My Shuichi.'" Eiri whispered the last part then got up leaving a still nude Shuichi on his bed.
"Why yes he is. Time to go Shuichi so put on some boxers at least and let's get to it!" K yelled.
Shuichi went to his room K right on his heels to make sure he didn't take to long; Tohma and Eiri were left standing in the living room. Eiri could tell by the look on Tohma's face that he was going to get a long talking to. They stood in silence until Shuichi had been forced a gun point to go to the studio. As soon as they were out the door Eiri lit up if he wasn't going to get to work today because of Tohma he was at least going to let the man know he was irritated about it. He flopped down on the couch reaching for the remote Tohma's hand stopped him.
"No Eiri we ARE going to talk about this whether I have to tie you up or not." Tohma stated taking the remote. Eiri had half a mind to yell at him but decided that this was one thing that he wanted Tohma on his side for.
"Why are you doing this? I can't imagine that it was Shindou's idea." Tohma said quietly. Eiri snorted so he was the bad guy here?
"We didn't plan it Tohma it… just happened." Eiri stated lamely.
"Do you love him?" Eiri didn't answer. "Do you love him Eiri? Because he's not like the women you bring home and throw away! He won't just go away when you're done with him."
Eiri didn't know if he should strangle Tohma or scream at him he chose to scream.
"What the fuck Tohma? Do you honestly think I would do something like that?"
"Do you love him?"
"I don't know Tohma I don't know what this is but I'm not just going to abandon him the way his parents have. I won't let anyone hurt him anymore." Eiri said quietly.
"Does that include yourself?" Tohma asked sitting next to him. Eiri glared at him.
"You've both been through so much I just don't know that either of you are ready for something like this. Especially Shindou he's just a boy Eiri and neither one of us know exactly what he's been through. Does he know anything about you for that matter, about your past?" Tohma looked at Eiri's down turned face.
"It's never come up why would it?" Eiri didn't want to think about this it didn't matter.
"What will you do when it does? He'll want to know maybe not next week or next year but eventually he will ask and how will you handle that when the time comes?" Tohma hated bringing up such painful memories for the person he loved.
"I guess we'll find out when the day comes wont we Seguchi?" Eiri growled.
"I won't stand in your way and I'll do whatever I can to protect the both of you. I don't ever want to see anyone I hold close hurt again." Tohma finished. Eiri continued to look at him. If Tohma wasn't smiling Eiri was sure he'd be crying.
"I'll be going now." Tohma said getting his things. "Please just be careful Eiri." He stated and left.
The trip to NG had been quick Shuichi forced K to promise he wouldn't tell the rest of the band what had happened. Shuichi felt relatively sure Hiro wouldn't handle the information to well, and he didn't even want to think about Fujisaki and Sakano.
"Well look who decided to join us." Suguru said with fake excitement. Before Shuichi knew what was going on the slightly shorter boy was holding him by his shirt collar and shaking him violently.
"Once just once is that to much to ask? I swear to god the first time you actually show up on time I'm going to die of a heart attack. What happened today you walk out of the house and forgot your pants!" Suguru's attack stopped as he held Shuichi still. K had burst into a fit of giggles at the forgotten pants comment; it had reminded him of that morning. Shuichi was so dizzy he thought he might collapse.
"You mean to tell me," Suguru growled, tugging at the top of Shuichi's shirt, "that the reason you're late is because you were fooling around with some chick all night!"
Hiro, who had been ignoring the daily fight until then, was on his feet and taking hold of Shuichi himself to confirm.
"You have a woman and you didn't tell me!" Hiro shouted inspecting the hicky on Shuichi's neck. The singer blushed as he tried to cover it up with his hand, out of sight out of find right?
"Who is she Shuichi come on I'm your best friend. How far have you gone have you nailed her yet?" Hiro began trying to pry answers from his friend. Suguru went and collapsed in a chair muttering something about never getting any work done.
Shuichi on the other hand was beginning to panic. How did he let his best friend know what was going on without freaking him out?
"Well it's a long story and um ya see." Shuichi stammered out his eyes found K's and in seconds he was saved. If you can call being shot at to get to work saved. For the first time in his life Shuichi readily agreed with his manager and bolted into the recording booth. He was beginning to get worried again when lunch rolled around Hiro was determined to get all the details from his friend. Before they could get to the lunch room though Shuichi was stopped by a secretary and told that Seguchi wished to see him immediately. Shuichi was trilled at being saved from having to talk to his friend but the sudden summon from Seguchi had him worried. Tohma hadn't looked to happy at Yuki's house earlier today. He took his time getting to the producers office and knocked very quietly on the door hoping it might go unnoticed.
"Please come in Shindou." Came the blond mans voice. Shuichi sighed as he turned the doorknob. He hadn't meant to cause such a commotion he just hoped everything was going to be okay. He stood meekly in the president's office staring at his shoes.
"Shindou, no Shuichi. I'm not mad at you if that's what you're thinking." He stated softly. "I'm just very concerned about this it's a touchy situation. I-I want you to promise me something. No matter what happens you won't do anything to jeopardize Eiri's career and personal life."
"I would never do anything to hurt Yuki!" Shuichi yelled, bringing his fists down hard on Tohma's desk. His jaw was clinched in anger and he looked ready to jump the blond man.
"Can you guarantee that even if he decided to leave you? If he chose to move on to someone else could you say the same?" Tohma asked.
"He wont leave me he promised he never would do you not trust his word?" Shuichi barked.
"Shuichi you know as well as I do that he has gone through many women."
"That doesn't matter! It's in the past he hasn't done that for a long time!" Shuichi was beginning to cry. He didn't know why but it hurt to think like this like Yuki might do something bad. He felt Tohma's slender arms wrap around him and pull him into a hug.
"I didn't mean to make you angry or scare you. Please just promise me you won't do anything that might hurt him." Tohma said.
"I promise. I promise with every inch of my being that I'll never hurt Yuki or let anyone else." Shuichi said pulling away. Tohma took a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped the tears from Shuichi's cheeks.
"Good. I sincerely hope that everything goes well for you two." Tohma said giving Shuichi a genuine smile.
"Thank you Seguchi-san." Shuichi said heading for the door his lunch break had ended fifteen minutes ago. He stopped at the door and fidgeted for a second before Tohma asked what else he needed. "Um I just wanted to apologize for yelling at you it was very rude." He said, bowing to his boss.
Tohma chuckled, "It's quite alright Shindou I did provoke you after all. I'm the one who should be apologizing." Shuichi smiled then bolted out the door K was going to have his head once he returned to the studio. Tohma returned to his work he had been neglecting talent agents. There were several files for up and coming bands that showed good potential sitting on his desk. One especially caught his attention a band by the name of ASK they looked like they could be a great asset to NG Productions.
As soon as Shuichi had opened the door to the studio Hiro had him by the arm and was dragging him back out.
"What's going on? Are you insane?" His best friend began to yell at him once they'd found an abandoned room.
"Hiro what?" Shuichi stammered.
"You're sleeping with Yuki!"
"You don't understand Hiro we're lovers. I love him"
"Did he force you or trick you into this Shuichi?" Hiro asked. In less than a second Shuichi's hand had made contact with Hiro's face. The guitarist lifted his own hand to gently rub at his stinging cheek.
"Don't ever say anything like that about Yuki! He wasn't the only one who wanted this. Do you think I just spread my legs for the first person I see?" Shuichi was furious with his best friend. Now he was crying all over again three times in one day so far he was going for a record.
"No Shuichi that's not what I meant at all." Hiro couldn't even look at his friend.
"I'm finally happy. I have everything I could ever wish for why do you have to think its wrong? He saved me from Taki while we were visiting my parents. If he hadn't been there Taki would, he would have done it again Hiro! He held me he told me it would be okay and he's right everything will be fine. If you don't like it then, then…"
Hiro hugged his best friend. "I don't think what YOU are doing is wrong, but Yuki he just seems so cold."
"He's not Hiro he cares for me and he'll protect me. From now on I don't have to be scared anymore." Shuichi cried into his best friend's chest. Hiro forced Shuichi to look him in the eye.
"Shuichi if this is what you want I'll stand behind you. If I ever find out that he's done something to hurt you though I swear to god I'll…" Shuichi stopped him placing a hand on his mouth.
He smiled sweetly, "I knew you'd stay with me, and I can promise you you'll never have a reason to be mad at Yuki. He's the same as you Hiro he just wants me to be safe and happy, and he makes me both of those." Shuichi's eyes had gotten soft and distant.
Hiro held him close and let his own smile come out. "I'm glad you're happy Shuichi. Just remember now you have two people who are here to watch over you."
"Well if you two want to wrap up this tender moment with a kiss then maybe we could move on to making music." They both turned to see Fujisaki standing in the doorway his hands on his hips.
"Come on Shu Suguru wants to watch us make out. We can't let him down can we?" Hiro husked out. He grabbed at Shuichi to pull him into a kiss.
"No Hiro not in front of the children!" Shuichi joked, trying to struggle. Hiro began making kissing noises as Shuichi continued his escape attempts.
"Urrg you guys are so sick!" Fujisaki stated, and stormed off disgusted. Shuichi and Hiro followed close behind laughing.
"He turned pretty red we really had him going." Hiro said laughing.
"Yeah I think he got a little jealous though." Shuichi said laughing lightly.
"Jealous? Are you kidding he was totally freaked out. Besides who would he be jealous of he knows you're taken, K informed the whole group." Hiro stopped his best friend right outside the studio door giving him a critical look. Shuichi just gave him a knowing grin and ducked into the studio.
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MasterChiefLover: Yeah well um blush hee hee. I guess Eiri never showed up for his date but can you blame him? I'd defiantly pick Shuichi any day of the week!
Kenzie493: Well pour Yuki he hadn't really gotten any for awhile so you can't expect him to wait. Just kidding Shuichi was ready too. I'm sure I was ten times a deeper shade of red while I was writing it then while you were reading it. I can't help it I'm sheltered!