1Hey how you all doing? Well guess what I finally got a lap top so I'll be able to work on my fic now. I just want to say that college sucks just about as bad as high school and I really miss my mom. I had this whole fic planed out but it might get a little more depressing seeing as how I'm not in the "shiniest" of moods these days. I promise not to kill anyone who doesn't deserve it though. That being said here's the next chapter and I hope everyone enjoys.
Tatsuha was too absorbed in his own world of idol worship to worry about the argument that had taken place earlier in the day at his brothers. He was currently talking adamantly with the one and only Ryuichi Sakuma about whether red or orange was the brightest color in the rainbow, and which of the two Tatsuha preferred.
Everyone was too busy with their own private conversations to notice that Shuichi had slipped from the room. He walked down the hallway searching for an empty room. He had a very important call he wanted to make and he didn't want to be disturbed. Finally finding a smaller conference room that was unoccupied he slipped in and stared at his waiting cell phone. He leaned back against the door as he hit the first speed dial button then listened to the phone ring. He wasn't surprised at all when the answering machine picked up and he waited to leave his message.
"Eiri I know you're there listen I-I just, I wanted to know if you were coming to the concert tonight. I'm sorry about this morning, bye." Shuichi ended the call. He could feel tears well up in his eyes. He hated that Eiri was mad at him but even more he hated the knowledge that if the man wasn't here he most likely wouldn't be able to perform. The closer the time got the more images of Aizawa, and what had happened at the last concert flashed through his mind. Reining in his emotions as best he could he exited back out into the hall way slamming straight into Hiro.
"Shuichi what's wrong?" Hiro asked. He forced Shuichi to stop by grabbing his shoulders and looked at the singer.
"It's nothing Hiro. I just had a bit of an argument with Yuki this morning and I don't think he's going to come to the concert tonight." Shuichi wiped the tears that were forming in his eyes away before they could fall.
"I'm sorry Shu." Hiro said hugging his best friend tightly. Shuichi tensed for a second, it had been a while since Hiro had done anything like this and it had caught him off guard. Come to think of it, it had been a while since Eiri and him had done anything like this. That thought was too much for Shuichi, but he was too afraid to lose it in front of his best friend. He pulled away from Hiro trying to gain enough control over his voice, to talk without sobbing.
'I'm going to go lay down for a while I'm not feeling to well. Come get me about an hour before we need to leave so I can get warmed up." He asked his best friend. Shuichi headed off to Bad Luck's studio, they had a couch that he could lay on there. Hiro called out to him and stopped him before he could get away though.
"Shu do you want me to talk to Seguchi? I'm sure Yuki-san would come if he talked to him." Hiro said.
"I don't want Tohma-san to have to make Yuki do things he doesn't want too. I think he's already done a good deal of that without me knowing anyway." Shuichi said softly.The dam finally broke and Shuichi began to cry. Hiro rushed to him and held him close.
"I'm so sorry Shu, I wish there was something I could do." Hiro said, trying to comfort his friend.
"I just don't understand what I did that made him hate me so much. I love him Hiro I love him more than anything, but it's like I don't even exist now." Shuichi was near hysterics by the end of his declaration.
"Come on Shu I think it be a good idea if you did lay down for awhile." Hiro said, leading the singer back down the hall and into their studio.
Aizawa stepped around the corner and watched the door to Bad Lucks studio click shut. He smirked to himself, 'So Shindou is with some guy, this is going to be the scandal of the century.' He thought to himself. He stuffed his hands in his pockets and headed to the elevator, he couldn't wait to tell the rest of ASK about this.
It took awhile but Shuichi finally fell asleep, Hiro placed his jacket over the sleeping singer and turned the lights out going out into the hallway. He headed back down to the conference room everyone had been visiting in. Suguru's head shot up when he entered and he could immediately tell that something was wrong.
"Where's Shuichi?" He asked once his lover was seated next to him. Hiro slouched down in the chair and stared absently at the ceiling.
"Sleeping, he's an absolute mess Suguru I don't know what we're going to do, I'm not sure he's fit to perform." Hiro said softly so no one could overhear.
"Well snap him the hell out of it. This is the chance of a life time we can't have him pulling what he did at our first concert." Suguru growled. Hiro may have been able to put up with Shuichi's mood swings but Suguru for one couldn't.
"I guess well just have to wait and see, I don't think Yuki-san will be appearing to save him this time though. I guess they had a pretty good fight this morning, Shu's really upset about it." Hiro was more than a little worried for his friend and Suguru could tell.
"It's that bad huu?" Suguru said, he propped his elbows on the table in front of him and leaned on his hands. Noriko and Tohma were on the other side of the room discussing which song they should do for their encore, he noted that Ryuichi and Tatsuha had disappeared and vaguely wondered if it was a good idea to leave the two alone together.
"Don't worry Hiro I'm sure that Shuichi will pull himself together long enough to get through the concert and if he doesn't then we can always have Sakuma fill in for him." Suguru said his tone bored.
"I guess you're right." Hiro said, and continued to stare at the ceiling.
Ryuichi had convinced Tatsuha to play hide-and-seek with him and was currently crouched down in a dark room. He giggle softly to himself, he'd found the perfect hiding place under a table Tatsuha would never find him. His giggling instantly stopped when he heard a soft noise. He turned quietly and tried to make out something in the darkness. He heard the sound again and realized that it was someone sniffing, which Kumagoro told him meant one of two things. One that the person had a cold, or two the person was crying.
Crawling out from under that table Ryuichi made his way toward the noise on his hands and knees. Unfortunately he only made it about halfway there before he'd slammed his head into a chair. He yelped and fell back rubbing his head.
"Who's there!" The person who either had a cold or was crying called. Ryuichi sat still for a second then got on his knees again.
"Shu is that you?" He asked placing Kumagoro on his head to protect him from anymore chairs.
"Sakama-san what are you doing here?" Shuichi asked, into the darkness.
"Kuma-chan and I were just playing a game with Tatsuha-kun. Kuma wants to know if you're okay do you have a cold no da?" Ryuichi had been slowly making his way toward the other singer and was now crouched down right next to him. He could vaguely make Shuichi out in the darkness. The singer was lying on the couch but it was still to dark for Ryuichi to tell if he'd been crying or not.
"I'm fine just a little tired." Shuichi said trying not to sniff.
"Is that why you're taking a nap? You're still going to sing with me tonight right?" Ryuichi asked.
"I-I don't know if I can. Yuki isn't coming I don't think I can sing if he isn't there." Shuichi said tears coming all over again.
"Don't worry about mean Yuki you can sing without him. I'll be there and all your friends even Kuma-chan. You can take him with you if you want Kumagoro would be happy to help you sing!" Ryuichi said, setting the bunny on Shuichi's head. Shuichi grabbed the bunny and held it.
"You're right Ryuichi even if Yuki isn't there everyone else who cares about me will be. I'll sing I won't let them down no matter what." Shuichi wiped the tears from his eyes as he stood up. "You said you and Tatsuha were playing hide-and-seek can I play with you?" Shuichi asked. He was going to enjoy this day even if he had to force himself to.
The concert opened to a building full of screaming fans. Hiro stared at their lead singer still not sure if he was fit to be there. He'd come back after about two hour accompanied by Sakuma and Tatsuha. He'd seemed to be in a much better mood, Hiro hoped it wasn't just a cover. Their into finished and to both Hiro and Suguru's amazement Shuichi began to belt out the lyrics it was wonderful. They did two songs for their intro, the crowds response was unbelievable they loved them. As they exited the stage Shuichi was tackled by Ryuichi who was babbling incoherently. The other singer had to be dragged out onto the stage by his band mates.
A hand reached out to help Shuichi up, and he looked to see Tatsuha smiling at him.
"You where awesome Shuichi, I can see why Sakuma was so exited about singing with you." Tatsuha said. Shuichi stared at him he never thought Tatsuha was capable of thinking of anything other than Ryuichi.
"Thank you Tatsuha." Shuichi whispered, he felt like crying again but restrained himself. "Now what do you say we go undress Nittle Grasper with our eyes?" Shuichi said pulling the teen to the side of the stage. It was the most awesome thing either of them had seen, standing right off stage of the greatest band of all time. When Nittle Grasper exited the stage it was Shuichi's turn to glomp his idol. They didn't have much time though the crowd was screaming for their encore, and when the two bands exited together it was chaos the crowd went wild. None of the practice sessions even compared to the performance the two bands pulled off.
When everything was over Tatsuha was in tears and Sakano had passed out. Everyone headed back to NG for the after party, which lasted well into the morning.
Shuichi and Tatsuha didn't get home till early morning it was almost three. Tatsuha promptly passed out on the couch the excitement had apparently been too much for him. The house was dark with the exception of the stream of light coming from under Eiri's study door. Shuichi made his way quietly to the study and opened the door. If Eiri noticed him he didn't make any sign to indicate it.
"Hey Eiri?" He whispered.
"What the hell do you want I'm busy?" The novelist growled, his eyes never leaving his work.
"It's late you've been up for two days straight don't you think you should get some rest?" Shuichi asked softly.
"I don't need rest. What I need is for you to leave me the fuck alone so I can finish this!" Eiri snapped, glaring at the singer.
"Who's in that picture with you?" Shuichi asked, pointing at the draw the photo he'd found was hidden in. Eiri's face went pale he was on his feet in a second. Shuichi instinctively backed away; he'd seen that look on his parent's faces before. Eiri grabbed him by the shoulders to keep him from moving any further away.
"What the hell were you doing going through my stuff?" He demanded angrily.
"I was looking for Tatsuha's number. I didn't mean to I just want to know who he is. You looked so happy, and you don't keep any other pictures. It must be someone who's important to you, I just want to know." Shuichi could feel tears breaking free of his eyes.
"You just want to know. Don't make me laugh you wouldn't be happy until I gave you every little detail of that time. Guess what it's never going to happen. Mind your own business from now on and stay out of my stuff!" Eiri shouted, as he shoved Shuichi out the door and slammed it shut.
Shuichi didn't know how long he sat on the floor outside his lover's office, if he could even be called that anymore. He peeked into the living room to make sure Tatsuha was still asleep and they hadn't disturbed him, he then made his way to his own room upstairs. Shuichi had never felt so drained both physically and emotionally, it took no time at all for him to cry himself to sleep.
Shuichi woke early the next morning to the sound of his cell phone ringing. He sat up in bed and looked around before realizing he'd never removed the phone from his pocket the night before. A glance at the caller id told him it was someone from NG. He groaned inwardly, there was not way they were going to have practice the day after a concert right?
"Hello?" He grumbled into the phone. He really hoped his irritation at being woken got through to the person on the other end.
"Shindou-san?" A familiar voice asked though he couldn't place it.
"Yeah that's me." Shuichi stated. He looked in the mirror across the room and cringed he looked terrible.
"Seguchi wanted to know if you would be willing to come into work today. Apparently there was an American reporter at last night's concert and she'd like to interview you. She was extremely taking by your performance and would like to do an article on you for her magazine. It would be great publicity for your band to be featured in an American magazine." The person on the other line finished.
Shuichi groaned he really didn't want to go anywhere today other than back to bed.
"Can't it wait till tomorrow?" He asked.
"I'm sorry she's leaving back for America tomorrow. It's today or not at all." The voice stated.
"Fine I'll be there in an hour okay?" He asked.
"That's fine she'll be waiting in Lounge A." The person said and was gone. Shuichi jumped in the shower and was dressed in less than ten minutes. He made his way downstairs to find Tatsuha still snoring on the couch.
"Hey Tatsuha?" He said, nudging the teen.
"What?" He groaned out barley cracking open an eye to look at Shuichi.
"I have to go into NG for a while." He said.
"Okay I'll tell bro if he asks." Tatsuha said rolling over and stuffing his head under a pillow.
Shuichi grabbed his backpack and headed out the door. The sky was grey but it wasn't raining yet, and didn't look like it would for awhile. He had more than enough time to get to NG and decided to take a longer route through the park, hoping it would help his mood. When he finally reached the NG building the wind was picking up and it looked like the rain could fall at any moment. He entered the building and crossed the front lobby to the directory map of the building. Despite having worked there for nearly a year he still didn't know where much was other than the cafeteria and the studios. He had to search the map several times before he found Lounge A. It was located on the first basement floor of the building, Shuichi decided to take the stairs to avoid any employees who would want to talk about the concert. As he made his way down the hallway looking at the doors he found himself wishing this interview would be short he desperately wanted to get out of here. Stopping in front of the Lounge A door he took a deep breath and plastered a smile on his face, he grabbed the handle and walked in.
"Good morning." He said bowing, before he could come back up though he felt a sharp pain in his head and everything went black.
AN) I have one really big issue with Gravitation Lyrics of Love. I don't know if I'm the only one who noticed this but it thoroughly pissed me off. In the scene where Nittle Grasper is practicing and Eiri shows up to talk to Tohma, when their talking Tohma calls Eiri, "Yuki". Big bad no no! Never ever ever does Tohma call him that, and I'm sure we all know why but I'm so angry they did that. I even watched it a million times in Japanese just to make sure that he doesn't call him Yuki.
Anyway I'm done now just had to get that off my chest. I also noticed that people are still answering their reviewers so I'm gonna go ahead and answer too I guess if I get in trouble I get in trouble. BYE BYE!
Reviews:
To-think-of-a-nice-name: Don't worry it never even crossed my mind to do a Hiro/Ryu pairing. Come to think of it I don't know that I've ever even read one…
Mercuryrose: Yeah Yuki's a right bastard, but I get to keep Shu and Eiri tied up in my room all mine!
Flame-chan: Thanks and it was Mika, I love Tatsuha too there are too few fics with him.
Quack says the duck: Thanks England that's awesome! I'm not entirely sure when Thanksgiving is here either. I think it's at the end of November, but I was able to update sooner so sorry for confusing you!
Macmac: I don't plan on using the Kitazawa event until a bit later but I can't tell how or it would ruin the story. Don't worry I have no intention of dwelling on it, personally I think Eiri needs to suck it up and quit being so obsessive over it.
Tiki-chan: Thanks but as you can see it could be a while befor some makeup sex.
Murray the leprechaun: Everyone I know knows I like Yaoi they just don't know I write about it. For some reason the thought of them finding out is just too embarrassing. My mom already doesn't understand how I can watch "Cartoon guys doing it" so I don't think I could explain writing about it. hangs head in shame
Mzblue: Thanks I'm glad you actually like my writing style personally I think I need a lot of work but I'm trying.
xXYukiXx: Sweat drops Should I be sad it took you 19 chapters to be hooked? Just kidding thanks for reading and always reviewing you're awesome.
Kivi-chan: Yeah yeah I know I'll probably never end this story it'll just keep going and going. I dunno maybe I should prove you wrong and end it right here! No I'm not that mean really, you believe me right? Thanks for the advice I haven't had any trouble so far but if something happens and this story gets taken off I'll be sure to post elsewhere.
MasterChiefLover: Well glad you liked. I don't know that Tatsuha will be in here much more but then again I never meant to put him in anyway and he's almost become a main character.
Usagi: Well I hope you didn't give up on me updating. I know I have a lot of grammatical errors, at least I've gotten a few reviews that said I didn't use punctuation at all. I think that's a bit off, I know I have comma issues but I try, thanks for pointing it out and being nice about it though. Constructive criticism is always welcome! I'm not an Inuyasha fan but if you ever do a Gravi fic let me know I'll be sure to read it!
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Thanks to everyone for reviewing, I hope you liked this chapter even if it was a little short.
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