Nightingale Chapter Four: Trip, a gravitation fanfic

A/N: A little longer after my previous update. Had a teensy weensy writer's block. Hehe. Enjoy!

Chapter 4: Trip

Disclaimer: I do NOT own gravitation.

"Yu-Yuki! I n-need to get to work!" Shuichi squeaked as he attempted to escape from the blonde's strong grip. Chuckling deeply at his prey's adorable antics, Yuki's hold on the singer only grew tighter. "Oh come on...what's the harm? It's only for another few minutes at most..." He breathed and then started sucking on Shuichi's neck, finding pleasure in the shockwave that he felt coursing through Shuichi's body. "Mmm..but..but..Tohma-san will be angry!"

"Screw my brother-in-law."

"YUKI!"

"Alright Alright! See you at the club tonight?" Yuki asked as he tilted Shuichi's face towards his. Blushing pink but nodding regardless, the singer pecked Yuki on the lip, grabbed his bag and bolted out of the door. "Bye! Miss you already!"

Yuki chuckled at his lover's (somewhat) retreating figure.

Ever since Shuichi had stopped denying his attraction towards the host, things between the two were getting better...and hotter with each passing day. Needless to say, Yuki's dull days were finally over. He couldn't wait till the day he would finally have Shuichi all to himself. Truth be told, he had never been this satisfied with just foreplay before. But with Shuichi...it was a different story.

However, besides the quenching of his sexual needs, the presence of the young singer had brought more surprises into his life. For example, questioning his job as a host.

Flashback

"Nee, Yuki?" Shuichi asked meekly as he played with the golden strands of Yuki's hair while he was lying on his lap on the sofa. It had been a long day of work and Yuki was just plucked out exhausted from dealing with one woman after the other. It was definitely bliss to come back and relax in the arms of his little nightingale.

"Hmm?"

"You don't enjoy your work as a host, do you?"

At this, the host opened his eyes and stared into Shuichi's questioning ones. "What makes you think that?"

Shuichi bit his lip and shyly turned away. At this point, Yuki couldn't figure how the boy could look any more adorable than he actually was. He stands corrected.

"Well....I've been watching you while you work weren't looking...and you didn't seem very happy like I do when I sing."

Yuki blinked. Well, it was rather obvious that he wasn't fond of his line of work. If anything, he was annoyed by it. Onlookers would simply figure he was neutral towards it since Eiri Yuki never did things that he didn't like to do. But no one ever figured he didn't like it except for those he was closer to. But for Shuichi to realise this, Yuki was pleasantly surprised.

"You're right. I don't like it one bit."

Shuichi's eyes widened. He never figured he was right! I mean, he had never gotten an A in anything except music.

"Then why are you forcing yourself to do it? You will never be happy if you keep this up."

"I'm plenty happy with where I am right now." And with those simple few words, Yuki managed to send Shuichi into another blushing frenzy.

"Yuki! I'm being serious here!"

"Alright alright! I'm doing it because I owe Tohma."

"You do?" Shuichi asked softly. He obviously wasn't expecting that answer.

"Yeah. I had a fight with my...parents." Yuki stated, albeit cautiously. He didn't want to remind Shuichi of his own family troubles. "I was just a minor then so by law, I wasn't really allowed to do anything anywhere. But Tohma and my sister took me in and helped with things. In spite of the fact that my sister disliked going against my parents, she knew that forcing an arranged marriage on me was wrong."

"An ARRANGED marriage?!" Shuichi exclaimed in horror. Yuki stared up at the boy who was now hanging onto his every word. His eyes were filled with terror, fear and concern.

"Yeah. My father is a monk so I was really supposed to take over the temple. But honestly, can you see me as a monk of all things?!"

Shuichi shook his head. "No. Not really."

"So I just got tired of it all, upped and left. So when Tohma told me he was opening a host club to earn some extra bucks, I simply offered my services."

"Just like that?"

"Just like that."

"But...Yuki, you're not planning to do that for your whole life, are you?" Shuichi asked.

Shuichi caught him there. Did he really want to be a host till he got grey and old? Time would never stop for anyone. And soon enough, his appeal as a host would soon expire.

"So what do you want to do?"

"Huh?" Yuki blinked several times, as if he didn't understand the words that were coming out of Shuichi's mouth. Shuichi giggled.

"I wanted to sing, so I became a singer. What about you...what do you want to do?"

Yuki was rendered speechless by Shuichi for what could possibly be the umpteenth time since they had met.

End of Flashback

Yuki sighed and headed back to the bed, He still needed some shuteye before facing the day. How Shuichi ever managed to stay awake through the entire evening was beyond Yuki's comprehension. He sighed. His days with Shuichi were never boring, but he couldn't help but feel it was just the beginning. After all, when you're at the pinnacle of your life, the only way you could go was down.

At the studio....

Suguru Fujisaki was an incredibly serious artist, very much the opposite of the band's leader, Shuichi Shindou. There were times where he felt as though he was the mother hen of his fellow band members/staff, especially when Hiro was fast asleep, K was firing "fake" bullets at the newcomer who simply couldn't get things right and Shuichi was off in la la land with his fantasy Yuki.

Suguru sighed. Oh the woes of the sane.

"Shindou-san. Please focus on your work!" Suguru muttered in annoyance as he smacked the thick score behind Shuichi's head. He really did respecy Shuichi for his work....but even his sense of respect had its limits.

"Owww. Fujisaki! What was that for?!"

"You're drooling all over the floor, we're rather behind schedule and we have a new song due out NEXT week! Please, I implore you to get your head screwed on right and focus! Ever since you started dating that host, you've been slightly off track, don't you think?"

Shuichi blinked up at his pianist and realised that for once (or many times), Suguru was completely right. He had been focusing way too much on Yuki lately. Didn't he make a resolution to try and balance both sides of his life?

"You're right."

"Huh?" Suguru responded, bewildered. He hadn't expected to get through to Shuichi that quickly.

"I'm saying, you're right...and I'm sorry. WAKE UP HIRO! WE'VE GOT MUSIC TO RECORD!" Said best friend stirred from his sleep. "Mmmm....Oh? It's finally time?"

"Yes you dolt. Now geeeeet UP!"

Suguru watched the scene with laughing eyes. There was never a dull day working with these two. That was why he loved it so much.

And then, out of nowhere, Sakano, the band's manager came bursting into the studio, panting like there was no tomorrow. Nope. Nothing new there.

"We've got a PROBLEM!"

Everyone turned their head towards the man who was waving a piece of paper in his hand. "Ka..Kacho... is having a tour for Bad Luck!"

Shuichi stared at him and tilted his head. "Isn't that good news?"

"No...You don't understand." The man heaved.

"We've having a concert TONIGHT in Nagoya!"

Silence....

"WHAT?!"

"When I get my hands on that blond head with a top hat, I'm gonna squeeze him to death!"Shuichi growled with annoyance. He had never expected Tohma to be such an annoying boss. Although they never regretted signing a contract with NG studios, he absolutely hated going along with Tohma's whims from time to time. Jeez.

"Woah. Shuichi. Watch it there.....this is our boss we're talking about." Hiro warned as the two drove down the road on Hiro's bike. Having heard that they were due in another city by nightfall and that they will be on the road for at least two months, the idols would have to hurry home and pack their bags.

"How are you going to break it to your...er..boyfriend?" Hiro asked awkwardly, not really used to his best friend being attached to another. How could he when he seemed like such a kid?

Shuichi sighed. "I dunnoe. Maybe we'll get to exchange messages for the next two months....but you know Hiro, I'm not ready to leave him alone for a while yet. We barely started our relationship!"

"I know Shuichi....but its work. There nothing we can do about it."

"I guess so..."

The motorbike screeched to a stop as the two lifted their helmets off. "Well, see you later tonight Shuichi. I've got to hurry home and pack...you're so lucky the meeting place is here, of all places."

Shuichi grinned sadly. "Maybe...I've still got to talk to Yuki about it." The good part of this was that he could at the very least, get to see Yuki before being whisked off to the rest of Japan for the next two months.

When Yuki heard the unlocking of the front door, he was surprised to hear the faint echo of Shuichi's "Tadaima" resonating through the hallways.

"Shuichi? You're home early." Putting now the novel he was reading through, Yuki welcomed Shuichi home as the younger of the two snuggled into his embrace.

"Yuki? Please don't get mad kay?" Shuichi murmured as he relished the warmth of Yuki's body. The host raised a brow. "What's wrong?" The singer sighed and told the tale from the beginning to the end. By the end of it, it turned out that Shuichi wasn't the only one who wanted to wring the neck of the one and only Tohma Seguchi.

"I'm going with you."

"WHAT?!" Shuichi bellowed in surprise. He was glad...but he never figured this would have been possible.

"But what about your job? Aren't you the number one host? Won't Tohma be angry?"

"I can get a substitute. And this isn't the first time I took a long extended vacation. In fact, I've done it before. And the club can survive without me. I'm not the only host there you know."

"But but..."

"Shuichi. I don't know about you but I am honestly not going to let you run off when I've finally got you." Yuki said calmly as he attempted to soothe the frantic boy squirming in his lap. Truth be told, it wasn't doing any good to his libido.

But Shuichi refused to calm down. He continued on prattling about logistics troubles, Tohma, the tour bus and several other needless things. Apparently he forgot that Yuki was rich enough to overcome any obstacles that they might meet. Yuki knew the only way he could shut the boy up was with a kiss.

And that was just what he did.

As usual, the kisses that were shared between them were hot, passionate and downright erotic. It was long enough to calm Shuichi's anxiety and short enough for both of them to reign in their control over their moments. Little by little, Yuki could feel his control slipping. It won't be long before he completely lost it.

"Shuichi. Just trust me. Now, go pack your bags."

"Okay..." Breathless and with stars in his eyes, he pushed himself off Yuki and wobbled towards his room. If this scene was anything to go by, it was obvious that Shuichi would faint before he could even get a shirt into his luggage.

Yuki turned towards the phone and started dialling Tohma's number and proclaiming his decision to play tag-along with the band- and of course, to give Tohma the dressing down of his life, even if he owed the ex-idol (or still is rather) one.

Shuichi turned back and giggled at the scene of a barking Yuki. This was definitely a pleasant turn in his life. He was never used to being this happy. And that, in one way or another, sent fear tumbling into his heart. Something was going to happen. He just knew it.

A/N: Filler Chappie. Writer's block. You know the works O_O