It seemed like forever that Tohma went to see Eiri and now he was in his car riding over to his apartment. He wanted to follow Ryuichi's advise to come out and tell Eiri the truth. As he pulled into the driveway, Tohma's heart was racing as he looked up at the window with the lights on. He picked up his cell phone and told the blond novelist he was outside the door. Eiri buzzed him in and Tohma walked in the door and took the elevator to the apartment. As he slowly walked to the door, Tohma could feel his hands start to sweat and his member becoming hard and erect. He closed his eyes and took deep breaths as he lifted his finger to ring the doorbell. Eiri opened the door with a beer in his hand a cigarette between his luscious lips. He looked like his typical lazy self with a wrinkled button down shirt and wrinkled jeans to match.
"Hey Tohma. What's up?" Yuki said in his emotionless tone. Just hearing his low voice was enough to make Tohma weak in the knees.
"Oh nothing much. Just trying to have Nittle Grasper keep up with Bad Luck," Tohma said as he walked in and took off his shoes. Tohma tried to seem as aloof as possible, but he couldn't help the smell of desire that came from Eiri's body. Eiri shuffled his feet back to the couch as Tohma followed behind him. The TV was turned on to a music show in Osaka with Bad Luck as the special guess. Eiri sat down on the couch as Tohma sat down beside him. As Eiri took the cigarette out of his mouth and took a sip of his beer, Tohma tried to control his green eyes from staring at Eiri's hazel eyes, but he got lost in the gaze. Yuki looked over at Tohma and raised a curious eyebrow at his unusual friend's behavior.
"You thirsty?" Yuki asked as he got up for another drink. Tohma just gave a slight nod and asked for just scotch on the rocks. Yuki walked over to the kitchen and got two glasses and filled each one with ice and the brown liquid from a fancy bottle. As Yuki walked back over to the couch, he noticed Tohma's angry look as he stared at the TV with Shuichi singing on stage. He slowly walked over to him and put Tohma's glass on the table as he held on to his own. Tohma leaned in and picked up his glass with a slight grip on it
"You ok Seguchi?" Yuki asked with a little sympathy in his voice. Tohma snapped out to his envious trance and gave Eiri a cheerful smile.
"Oh yes everything in fine. I needed to talk to you anyway," Tohma said as he looked down at his half empty glass.
"Really? About what?" Yuki said as he watched the TV and took a sip of the brown alcohol in his glass. Tohma didn't say anything for a good five minutes until Yuki tried to take a guess at Tohma's problem.
"Nervous that he's doing so well after selling a million copies?" Yuki guess as he kept a close eye on the TV. Tohma lifted his head with a slight blush in his face and looked over at Eiri.
"Mr. Shindou in doing well for Bad Luck, but that's not particularly the issue I'm talking about." Tohma said as he turned off the TV and put down his glass. Yuki was somewhat confused about Tohma's actions and thought there was something wrong.
"Then what's the issue?" Yuki asked as he began to take a sip of his drink.
"Eiri…I…" Tohma tried to speak, but the words didn't come out. He decided it was time to stop hiding his true feeling and let it out. Tohma slapped the glass out his Yuki's hand and pinned him down on the couch. Yuki seemed surprised at this as he looked up at the green-eyed man, as he was only inches away from his face. Tohma got closer to his face and pressed his lips hard on Yuki's smooth lips. Tohma pulled away and tried to speak again with his confidence building up again.
"The issue is that Mr. Shindou has you when I've wanted you for so long," Tohma admitted as tears formed in his eyes. "Everyday since we were little, I've always liked you. And with the incident in New York, I wanted to take care of you. You said it yourself that Mr. Shindou was annoying and a brat so why not get rid of him?" Tohma questioned staring hard into Yuki's eyes. Yuki calmed himself down and tried to speak as clearly as possible.
"I keep Shuichi around because…. because I'm in love with him." Yuki said in a stern voice. Tohma couldn't believe what he heard from Eiri and slowly raised off of Eiri.
"I can't help the way I feel for him. He's just an annoying, loud, and melodramatic brat…and I love every minute of it." Yuki said as he saw Tohma with a disappointed look on his face.
"I…I understand. I'm sorry if I caused you any trouble," Tohma said in a low voice with his head looking down. Tohma slowly got up and went to the door. He looked back at Eiri still sitting on the couch with a smile on his face.
"Thanks for the drink. I need to get going to the studio. I've got practice with the band tonight. I'll see you later," Tohma said as he disappeared behind the door. Yuki got up and turned the TV on as Bad Luck was going to sing again. He stared heavily at the TV screen as he watched the pink-haired man singing to the crowd.
"You damn brat," Yuki uttered at the TV and with that, a small smile came across his face. "Can't wait until you get back from touring," he thought as he got up, turned the TV off, and went to his bedroom for the night.
Tohma got to the studio while Ryuichi and Noriko were just warming up on stage.
"YAY!!! TOHMA'S HERE!!! TOHMA'S HERE!!!" Ryuichi jumped up and hugged Tohma when he walked in.
"Hello Ryuichi. I'm glad to see you, too," Tohma said with a giggle.
"Hey how did it work out with that person you were talking about?" the brown-haired singer asked. Tohma gave a friendly smile as he looked at the curious Ryuichi.
"We decided to remain friends. It's ok though," Tohma finally said.
"Oh. Well don't worry Tohma. Now let's practice!!!" Ryuichi shouted as he jumped up on stage.
'Yeah. This is how it's suppose to be,' Tohma though to himself as he started jamming with his old friends.
Author's Note: I know, I know. I wanted Tohma and Yuki to be together, too. But Tohma's married and Yuki loves Shuichi. I just want to keep it at that state. I couldn't break Mika's or Shuichi's heart at the same time so forgive me TohmaXYuki fans.