Happily Ever After

Rune Alchemist Kaori

Chapter 2

Disclaimer: I do not own Gravitation in any way.

(A/N: I apologize immensely for how long I've been gone. I have a very good excuse... Since my last update my mom has nearly died three times and I've faced nearly failing school because I was sick at least once a week. Now that I'm feeling better though I'll try to write a little more.)

Shuichi was sitting nervously as he waited for his lover to get home from the hospital. He wondered who was driving him home... Yuki probably couldn't drive himself. The young singer heard the click of the doorknob and the puppy sitting on his lap jumped up excitedly, it's ears perking up at the prospect of a visitor. Hana ran over and stopped suddenly as a white puppy ran into the house. Shuichi blinked. If that puppy was here... that meant... Seguchi-san was here as well.

Yuki came in, leaning on Tohma slightly. Shuichi's eyes got as big as saucers as jealousy rose up in him at the dependancy Yuki had on his boss. Tohma seemed to notice this, though Yuki was too tired in order to.

"Konnichiwa... Shindou-san," he said softly, giving him the usual smile.

"K...Konnichiwa... Seguchi-san.." Shuichi said awkwardly. Yuki sat on the couch tiredly but tried not to show it too much. The blond ran his fingers through his hair.

"I'm alright Tohma," Yuki said reassuringly to the older blond. Shuichi looked up at Yuki much like the two puppies were at the moment, his violet eyes big with concern.

"Yuki... are you ok?" he asked. Yuki reached over and fondly ruffled the singer's pink hair.

"I'm ok Shu," he said softly, though even his voice seemed weak and tired. Tohma touched Shuichi's shoulder.

"Shindou-san.. A word please," he said. Shuichi looked up. He wanted to refuse, but this was his boss after all. He walked into the kitchen with Tohma. The older man looked pensive and ever so slightly concerned.

"Firstly... I suppose I should thank you," he said quietly. Shuichi blinked.

"You mean... for the other day... and the dog?" he said awkwardly, very uncomfortable discussing the event. Tohma nodded his head, equally uncomfortable.

"Secondly, I want to discuss this situation with Eiri-san," Tohma said, taking a seat at the table, gesturing for Shuichi to do the same. Shuichi took his seat, it made him feel slightly more comfortable. He looked at the blond, waiting for him talk. As long as he didn't say something along the lines of: "I want you to leave Eiri alone and never come back," he'd listen to what his boss said.

"I'm going to be stopping by every now and there... just to make sure he's ok, if that's quite alright with you," Tohma said.

Something told Shuichi that the older man would show up even if it wasn't alright with him. However, he supposed he didn't really mind if Seguchi-san came by now and then to check on Yuki. After all, Seguchi-san was more... persuasive than he was. Yuki might not do something if Shuichi told him to, but he might do it if Seguchi-san told him to.

"Alright, I don't have a problem with that," Shuichi said, nodding his head, "Anything else?"

"Yes," Tohma said, and he looked very grave, his turquoise eyes boring into the young singer, "This medicine; make sure that Eiri-san takes it every morning."

The blond set the bottle of prescription drugs on the table, showing it to Shuichi.

"If he doesn't take it he could get very sick," Tohma said, "Even if he complains, make sure that he takes it. It is very important."

"Ok," Shuichi said. He hoped Yuki wouldn't complain about it. He sort of wimped out whenever his lover got mad at him. Tohma's serious face dropped away and he smiled again.

"Good, I'm glad we could see eye to eye with this," he said cheerfully, "Oh yes, I brought supper."

Shuichi blinked as he pointed the bentos sitting on the counter.

"Oh... Arigatou Seguchi-san," the boy said awkwardly, "Umm... did you want to stay and eat with us?"

Shuichi kind of hoped he didn't, but didn't want to be rude, especially after all he had done for them and considering his boss was having a mid-life crisis and was suicidal.

"No thank you Shindou-san," Tohma said, "I need to get home." He gave the boy another smile before he headed into the living room to fetch his small puppy.

"Gin-chan," he called his little white dog, who looked up with interest at the familiar sound of Tohma's voice more than the name. The two puppies had been sitting comfortably atop Yuki's lap as he scratched them behind their ears. Gin bounded over to her master happily, wagging her tail as she looked up at him. The blond bent over and picked her up. Shuichi smiled as he watched this. He sat down next to Yuki, still worried, but he felt a little better.

Shuichi knew that at least Tohma was going to be helping them out still, and another good thing about that, was as long as his boss was still worrying about Yuki it gave him a reason not to kill himself... right?

End Chapter 2

(A/N: Ok, again, I apologize for my absence. I know the chapter's short and it's kinda crappy, but it was the best I could do at the moment. I had to make a serious effort to write anything at all, but hopefully I can get back into the flow of writing and bring you another chapter soon.)