AN) Everyone's favorite part of a fic the Authors Notes. Well anyway I just wanted you all to know that you better be happy I got that last chapter out before I got the new Death Cab for Cutie CD. Sobs uncontrollably Then I decided to reread the story Pianissimo Butterfly, and started crying, my room mate thinks I'm crazy. So anyway that CD will most likely be having a good deal of effect on the next few weeks worth of writing. I'll try not to kill any main characters. Check the CD out though it's called Plans and it kick major ass! I also just wanted to warn you all that it could be awhile before I update because I'm going to try to get the next chapter of my other story out soon. Working on both at the same time gets confusing.

Eiri woke the next morning a littler after eleven. After a quick shower he moved to the kitchen and smoked leisurely as he watched coffee slowly fill its pot. Deciding that there had to be more interesting things to do while he waited he went to see if Shuichi was in the living room. Tatsuha's blankets were still draped haphazardly all over the sofa, Eiri grunted. 'The brat must have slept in his own room last night.' he though as he headed back to the kitchen. He looked at the entryway only to find Shuichi's shoes missing the boy had already left for the day.

Eiri was about to enjoy his morning caffeine boost when the phone began to ring. He silently cursed thinking it must be Mizuki. 'Let her think I haven't finished it.' He thought smirking and going back to his coffee. He wasn't too terribly surprised when Tohma's voice, instead of Mizuki's, filled his house.

"Shuichi? Are you there? Answer the phone if you're there I need to speak with you." Tohma's voice was a bit off.

Eiri grabbed the phone, "The idiots not here right now Seguchi. Why don't you try his cell phone?"

"Eiri-san have you seen Shuichi at all today?" Tohma asked.

"No the brat left before I got up, like I said call his cell phone he never parts with it." Eiri said, getting ready to hang up.

"I've been calling his cell phone all morning and I just keep getting his voice mail." Tohma said. There seemed to be a hint of worry in his voice.

"Well I don't know where the hell he is and I'm already late for a meeting with my editor. So if you don't mind I'll be going now." Eiri said and promptly hung up as Tohma protested.

Tohma slammed the phone down on his end and cussed something Tohma Seguchi rarely ever did out loud. A sense of worry had been tugging at the back of his mind since last night and he just wanted to assure himself that everything was in fact fine. He leaned back in his chair and let his mind wonder. Suguru had briefly mentioned something about Eiri and Shuichi having a fight but he hadn't been given any details.

He tried to get back to work but kept finding himself drifting back to thoughts he didn't want to remember, thoughts about New York, and the years after. Three hours managed to slip by without him noticing. When he finally started back to reality he decided to give Shuichi's cell phone one last try. He sat up abruptly when the phone began to ring instead of going directly to the voice mail.

"Hello na no da!" Ryuichi's voice cried into the phone. Tohma pulled his phone away from his head and made sure he'd dialed the right number, he had.

"Ryuichi is Shuichi there with you?" Tohma asked.

"No me and Kuma are getting ready to record a song. Shuichi's at home in bed, he wasn't feeling well last night."

"I've called his house Ryu Shuichi's not home. Why do you have his phone?" Tohma asked unable to understand what was going on.

"He gave it to me last night no da. He said he didn't need it anymore so he wanted me to give it back to you along with a key. He told me he'd give me his new number but he still hasn't called me. You don't think he's mad at me for not getting his stuff to you faster is he?" Ryuichi said sounding as though he might cry.

"Ryuichi come to my office now." Tohma stated a bit more harshly then he meant to.

"A-are you mad at me too Tohma?" Ryuichi asked beginning to cry.

"No, I'm sorry Ryu I didn't mean to snap at you. I need you to bring that stuff up to my office right now you can record the song later okay?" Tohma said, in his calm manner.

"Okay Tohma-chan me and Kuma will be up in a second!" Ryuichi's cheery voice cried and he hung up. As Tohma waited his sense of anxiety escalated.

Ryuichi came bounding through the door several minutes later and stood in front of Tohma's desk holding out Shuichi's cell phone and key. Tohma was in shock as he reached for the small key and looked at it closely confirming that it did indeed go to Eiri's house. He tried to keep his voice under control as he spoke to Ryuichi not wanting to alarm the other.

"Ryuichi when and why did Shuichi give these to you?" He asked still staring at the key in his hand.

"Ryuichi did something bad didn't he? Kumagoro said something was wrong but I thought he just fell down, why would Shu-chan lie to me?" Ryuichi said, tears welling up in his eyes.

"Ryu please you need to tell me exactly what happen, everything you remember. I'm sure Shuichi didn't lie to you." Tohma said grabbing Ryuichi by the shoulders and giving him a comforting smile. Ryuichi sniffed a few times them began his tale of the night before.

"I saw Shu standing outside in the rain when I left NG. I forgot Kumagoro last night at the party after the concert so I came back to get him. Me and Kuma thought we saw something pink and looked to see Shu-chan standing just at the edge of the dark ally beside the building, the one you told me and Kuma to stay away from." Ryuichi pulled one of Kumagoro's ears into his mouth and nibbled on it.

"When we got to him he was pouring wet so we offered to walk him home and let him use our umbrella but he said he'd get a taxi. He was shivering so I gave him my coat to warm him up, then he gave me his stuff and asked me to give it to you." Ryuichi finished letting the bunny's ear fall from his mouth.

"You said he told you he fell down, what exactly did he say?" Tohma asked.

"Oh yeah his eye was all bruised and when I asked he said he fell and hit the railing on the stairs. Kuma noticed he was limping too and had trouble getting into the taxi when he left, but I told him he was probably just hurt because of his fall. He said he was going to go home, he really looked like he needed to be in bed he was so pale." Ryuichi stared at his band member as his arms left his shoulders and grabbed the phone off his desk.

"Eiri, Eiri are you there? Pick up the phone!" Tohma continued into the phone until the answering machine cut him off. He called back.

"Shuichi are you there? Eiri said you were gone were you just hiding? Answer the phone if you're there it's important." Tohma pleaded into the phone. He called several more times before giving up.

"Ryuichi I want you to stay here in my office okay? Keep those things Shuichi gave you with you, I want you to watch over them for me for now till I get back." Tohma said pulling on his long jacket.

"Sure Tohma how long are you going to be?" Ryuichi asked sitting Kumagoro on Tohma's desk.

"I'm not sure but I'll call you if I won't be back soon okay?" Tohma said making Ryuichi look at him.

"Something's wrong isn't it? Is it my fault did I do something bad?" Ryuichi asked feeling like crying again.

"No Ryu you didn't do anything wrong, you and Kumagoro did everything you possibly could. I'm sure Shuichi is very grateful to you right now, but I need to go find him." Tohma said putting his hat on.

"He said he was going home." Ryuichi called as Tohma left his office, it was a little after three. Ryuichi made himself comfortable behind Tohma's desk and began to draw he didn't want to think about the bad things that might be happening he wanted everyone to be shiny.

'Home he told Ryuichi he was going home.' Tohma repeated in his head as he drove to Eiri's house. 'Eiri's place is his home so he must be there.' Tohma rationalized as he drove to his brother-in-laws house.

Eiri glared at the phone as he hung up on Tohma that morning. It was too early for that man to be calling to bother him not to mention he was too nosy in Eiri's opinion. Why did he care where Shuichi went on his days off? Eiri grabbed his jacket from the closet and pulled it on as he stepped into his shoes. He reached for the door to unlock it but found it already open. Stopping momentarily he frowned, Shuichi NEVER left the door unlocked, something about "crazy stalkers" getting into the house. Getting in his car he couldn't help but wonder why he had a troubled felling about the day, and it only seemed to get worse as the day progressed.

His editor had been thrilled about receiving the next chapter of his book. She'd gushed at him for over an hour about being a saint and one of the greatest authors of their time. Though no one knew it Eiri lapped up praise from just about everybody, but even his editor's ramblings weren't helping the uneasiness in his stomach. When he finally managed to get away from his editor he found he had nothing to do for the rest of the day. After killing another hour in a coffee shop, lighting one cigarette with another, he finally decided he drop by NG to see Tohma.

It was a little after four and traffic was terrible. When he finally reached NG he walked up to the receptionist in the lobby and was immediately allowed up to see his brother-in-law. He took his time staring intently at every picture on the way to Tohma's office trying to convince himself that he wasn't worried, that he was simply being paranoid, and would arrive to find Tohma signing papers at his desk.

When he reached the office door Tohma's secretary was no where in site and the door was open slightly. He knocked loudly before pushing the door open and looking around for the other blond.

"Tohma you're back already?" Ryuichi yelled from Tohma's desk where he was sitting, and coloring. His face lost its glee when he realized the person at the door was not his best friend.

"Where's Seguchi?" Eiri stated, wanting to get away from the lead singer of Nittle Grasper as fast as possible.

"Well you should know he called your house a hundred times before he finally headed over there. Maybe if you'd answer the phone more often you wouldn't miss people." Ryuichi said frowning.

"I wasn't at home. What the hells so important that he has to go to my house, why couldn't it just wait till I called him back." Eiri said crossing his arms.

"He wanted you to make sure Shuichi was there, he seemed really worried that he wouldn't be." Ryuichi said softly, slowly adding a few more lines to his drawing with a crayon.

"I told him this morning that, that idiot wasn't there, if he was he would have answered the phone." Eiri said making his way slowly over to Ryuichi.

"Shuichi's not an idiot, and Tohma hoped that he was there, maybe in his room. Shuichi gave me his cell phone last night and told me to give it back to Tohma. He said he didn't need it anymore, then he gave me his key and said to make sure Tohma got it too." Ryuichi got quieter as he slowed his drawing movements.

"What key?" Eiri asked coming closer. Ryuichi grabbed a purple crayon then used it to point at the key laying on the desk, he then returned to his drawing. Eiri picked the key up and felt his chest tighten, it was the key to his house, Shuichi's key to his house.

"Why did he give you this!" Eiri shouted at the man before him. When Ryuichi didn't say anything and just continued to draw Eiri snapped. He grabbed the paper from the man and held the key in front of his face. "Why did he give you this?" He growled again.

"He said he didn't need it anymore. Tohma's scared I've never seen him this frantic before something's wrong with Shu I didn't notice last night. He said he was okay that he was going home, I should have gone with him to make sure he got there." Ryuichi was clutching Kumagoro crying into the bunny's fur. Eiri couldn't say anything he was stunned. He let his gaze fall on the picture the singer had been drawing. It was Shuichi in a dark coat, there was purple around his eye. Eiri's eyes found Ryuichi's as he let the paper flutter back to the desk.

"Did he have a black eye last night Sakuma?" Eiri asked. Ryuichi simply nodded, tears were still falling down his cheeks.

"What time was it when you saw him?" Eiri asked his voice shaking.

"I-I don't know it was just barely light outside, it was raining and he was soaked. I gave him my jacket, he said he fell down some stairs, that he was going home." Ryuichi continued to mumble on.

"You didn't do anything wrong Ryuichi nothings your fault." Tohma said striding into his office. Ryuichi's head popped up and Eiri turned to face his brother-in-law. Tohma looked livid Eiri could only remember one other time Tohma looked like that, when he'd been sixteen.

"Ryuichi I'm going to have K-san take you home okay? I want you to keep that phone and key and you can give them back to Shuichi the next time you see him okay?" Tohma asked, walking his band mate to the door.

"Tohma, call me and Kuma as soon as everything's better?" Ryuichi asked. Tohma nodded and closed the door turning dark eyes on Eiri.

"What the hell's going on Seguchi? That thirty year old child told me something's happened to Shuichi." Eiri said keeping his cool demeanor in front of the other blond.

"You and Shindou had a fight after the concert the night before last?" Tohma questioned. Eiri looked surprised 'How had Tohma found that out?'

"Tatsuha called while I was at your house looking for Shuichi. I found out something's that I'd rather not have. I asked how Shuichi had seemed when they got home. He said the boy was depressed and then a little later that night he heard the two of you fighting." Tohma was interrupted by Eiri.

"So everyone has fights it's not like anything happened." Eiri growled.

"Tatsuha said the boy spent a good half hour crying." Eiri rolled his eyes. "You're still not worried at all? Well then maybe this will make you see how serious the situation is. Tatsuha also said Shuichi seemed to be doing better the next morning when I called him into work." Eiri simply continued to stare at the older man.

"Maybe if you paid more attention to the people around you you'd know that I never work the day after a concert. Somebody other than me called Shuichi to NG yesterday early in the morning, and he didn't leave until evening." Tohma picked the picture Ryuichi had drawn up off his desk and looked at it. He crumpled it and threw it to the ground rounding on Eiri at the same time.

"He's out there somewhere hurt and we have no way of finding him. All I was able to find out is that he withdrew a hundred dollars from an ATM!" Tohma shouted at his brother-in-law. He watched as Eiri turned and headed out of the office, Tohma followed hot on his heels.

"Where the hell are you going? Don't you even care at all? You told me you cared for him that you wouldn't let anything happen!" Tohma cried.

"Shuichi said he was going home, so I'm going after him." Eiri said stopping to wait for the elevator.

"I've already been to your house he's not there!" Tohma yelled.

"That's because he doesn't consider it his home anymore. He went back to his parents." Eiri said emotionlessly. Tohma stared at him as they got on the elevator, for the first time Tohma noticed that despite the calm voice and blank expression Eiri's eyes were screaming with fear. They were silent till they reached the outside of the building and Eiri turned stopping Tohma.

"You aren't coming." He stated flatly. Tohma just simply glared back.

"Either I come in the same car with you or I follow whichever way I'm going." Tohma said. Eiri wanted to protest but time was slipping by and it was almost dark already, it would be at least an hour to get to the Shindou's house, and that was if Tohma allowed Eiri to drive the way he intended to.

Reviews

Mercuryrose: Well umm I don't know what to do! Just kidding I think Eiri's going to realize very soon what a big mistake he made. As for Hiro and Tatsuha I'm not sure whether they will really be making anymore appearances.
Catherine Lewie Rain: Yeah Eiri's not going to take to very well trust me.
Amyrose300: Well as long as you didn't hurt yourself from your fall and your mom recovered I'm happy.
Mitsubishie Eclipse: Who'd to thought just because I was to lazy to make the chapter longer people think they're cliffhangers. Just kidding, okay not really I am very lazy.
DemonicDragon666: Thanks I think everyone is going to be surprised by who takes it the most extreme but don't worry it's still a Shu/Yuki fic.
Annie loves it: Yeah I almost feel like I made Eiri more of the bad guy in this than I did Taki. I'm sorry Eiri WHAAAA I really do love you!
GoTrinba: Well I hope this chapter doesn't make Ryuichi look stupid, I honestly didn't mean to make him a moron, just you know loveable! I could just snuggle him all day.
Shinki: Don't be sad everything will get better really I mean it.
Tiki-chan: Yes Eiri's been bad I say we all hunt him down and take turns punishing him for Shuichi. Who's with me!
Ex-MasterChiefLover-now-HondaTohru: Dang that was hard to type. It's okay I'm glad you like the story so much.
Flame-chan: Wouldn't you all just hate me if I let Taki get away Scott free? Don't worry he won't I have plenty of revenge in mind.
Fenikkusu Koi: I really am surprised this chapter when over so well I was expecting some flames. I know it's sad but it'll get better and everyone will live happily ever after! All because that's the way it should be.
December Jewel: I scared you? Was it that surprising am I really that unreliable? Yeah I am sorry I scared you.
Bram: YES I made someone cry. Or confused them enough that they thought they cried so it's the same thing! Don't worry Eiri will go back to being the sappy romance writer like he was in the beginning eventually.
Quack says the duck: Yeah Eiri and his deadlines nothing can seem to come between the two not even Shu. HEE HEE that rhymed.
Wolf11: I can't wait to kill Taki I think everyone will love me then.
Dark Angel Of Fire Ice: Glomps back I love being glomped it's the best feeling in the world. And yes Eiri is pretty so he can get away with some stuff but not much more.
Syaoran is kawaii: Wow when I'm pulling people away from their school work I kinda feel bad, as long as you get good grades its okay. I'm glad you liked the story enough to save it I've only done that to a few of my favorites personally. Cough Cutting Through it All Cough I love that story.
Ashcat: Ryuichi's too trusting that's the problem I hope this chapter helped to show that he really was worried he just didn't know what to do. Shuichi told him he was fine and to me Ryuichi isn't someone who would question what a friend was telling him.
The Yaoi Pimpette: Shudders Don't even get me started on college. Runs and cries in bed Now I'm going to kill the whole cast! Not really I could never kill Shu-chan he's to sweet to die.

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