Happily Ever After

Rune Alchemist Kaori

Chapter 8

Disclaimer: I still don't own Gravitation.

A/N: I'm really enjoying this. I love making Tohma all sneaky, it's so much fun! - Is slightly obsessive about Tohma - :-D

"I'm off to work!" Shuichi yelled brightly as he headed out the door. His lover only gave a sleepy grunt in response. Shuichi ran back and kissed Yuki's cheek before he ran out. Earlier that morning, Tatsuha had kindly offered to give Shuichi a ride, since he said he had to go that way anyway. Shuichi had another idea for why Tatsuha wanted to stop by N-G. The moment Ryuichi Sakuma was in sight, the car was stopped and Tatsuha ran after him.

Figures, Shuichi thought, rolling his eyes slightly.

"Ano... Arigatou... Tatsuha-kun," Shuichi muttered, heading inside, passing Tatsuha and Ryuichi. Ryuichi was laughing like it was a game.

The members of Bad Luck were goofing off, waiting for their manager and producer to show up. K-san came in, having grabbed Shuichi on the way. The American frowned though; Sakano-san was late, and that was as rare as a blue moon. Therefore they were all a little confused.

The young producer came in, looking a little ruffled and much more disorganized than usual. The band looked at Sakano-san curiously, as if expecting some type of explanation for his tardiness.

"What are we standing around for?" Sakano asked, "Let's start recording!"

So they headed into the recording room.

"Hey boss-man... nice collar," K said, smirking.

Sakano raised an eyebrow. His face was suddenly a vibrant shade of red as he realized he still had a leather collar around his neck. He pulled it off in a flustered hurry. Shuichi peered at him curiously.

"Ano... what was that for Sakano-san?" he asked.

"N..Nothing!" the very flustered young man yelped.

Suguru seemed to realize the truth and smirked. So his cousin had actually given up on Yuki Eiri-san. How cute. He hadn't really thought Sakano-san to be Tohma's type though. However, it didn't matter much to the young keyboardist, even though it did seem to make Sakano-san even more stressed.

The musicians soon got back to work, letting Sakano-san freak out in peace and eventually get over his embarrassment. The recordings went well and Shuichi had recently written a new song which they started working on for the release of their next cd.

The day was coming to a close. Sakano was cleaning up. Suguru smirked and although he normally was rather well behaved, could not help but make a smart remark about Sakano and Tohma before the artists helped to clean up. Much to his embarrassment, it was at this moment that the president actually stepped in. He smiled at band with his usual business-like, boyish smile.

"Konbanwa," he said cheerfully. Bad Luck stared at the blond in surprise.

"T...Tohma.." Sakano stuttered then covered his mouth. The artists stared at him. They had never heard him address the president so informally. The blond laughed at their surprise.

"I hope you don't mind," he said, grabbing Sakano's arm, "I'm stealing your producer."

Tohma pulled Sakano away, though the dark-haired young man looked somewhat terrified, mostly shocked by the president's arrival.

"Well..." Hiro said, "That was awkward... Seeya tomorrow.."

The others said their farewells and headed home.

Yuki checked his pocket one more time, then lit up his cigarette to calm his nerves slightly. Just one wouldn't hurt anything. He inhaled and let it out with a satisfied sigh. He knew he was gonna get in trouble if someone found out he was smoking again, but he needed something to make him calm down. Besides, Shuichi wouldn't be home for another half hour at the very least. The was plenty of time to go through a cigarette.

"YUKI!!" Shuichi exclaimed upon entering their home, "I'M HOME!!"

There was a panicked scramble in the kitchen. The bubble-gum headed singer poked his head around the corner.

"Yuki?"

There was no hiding the cigarette smoke. The boy frowned. He held out his hand, obviously expecting Yuki to put the cigarettes in them.

"You know you shouldn't be smoking Yuki!" he said. Now the author looked pissed.

"Hand 'em over!" Shuichi yelled, in a most un-Shuichi kind of way.

"I don't have any!" Yuki yelled right back. The boy jumped at him, sticking his hands down into the blond's pockets. Yuki couldn't help but smirk slightly at this. He pulled Shuichi's hands out.

"What do you think your doing?" he asked.

"Give them to me!" Shuichi said, trying again. Yuki pulled Shuichi closer so he couldn't really reach his pockets.

"Are you trying to get into my pants?" he asked.

"YUKI!"

Shuichi reached in and pulled out a cigarette box and looked slightly angry.

"Yuki!! You know you shouldn't be smoking!!" he whined, looking slightly tearful now.

"What's the big deal?!" Yuki said, "Is one cigarette going to hurt me that much?!"

"You aren't supposed to be smoking!" Shuichi said, "Besides it's a disgusting habit and I hate it when you do it!"

"You little liar," he said, "You like the smell of tobacco."

"Do not!"

"Do so, you told me once, remember?"

Shuichi scowled slightly. He opened the box to dispose of the cigarettes... but there weren't any in there. The boy blinked, wiping away tears. There was something at the bottom of the box. Shuichi slowly tilted the box and a ring fell out into his hand. He stared at it, then up at his lover in awe.

"Wha...What's this?" he asked, his eyes starting to well up with tears again. The blond smiled as he leaved down and lovingly kissed the young vocalist.

"Your engagement ring," he whispered softly and Shuichi began to cry. This stunned Yuki slightly.

"Shu-chan... what's wrong?" He asked, slightly concerned.

"I love you Yuki!" Shuichi exclaimed and wrapped his arms around the novelist, not noticing when Yuki slipped his real box of cigarettes into a drawer behind him.

"Is that a yes?" the blond asked with a smirk and was answered by a sweetly passionate kiss from his little lover.

End Chapter 8

A/N: Aww... wasn't that cute! Bad Yuki! Hiding cigarettes.. Still, very cute neh? Reviews are appreciated!