A Turn For The Worse

Rune Alchemist Kaori

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Gravitation stuff.

A/N: Thank you to all the people who read and review my work. It makes me happy that I'm not just writing it for myself! So what do you think? Is Yuki really cheating on Shuichi? Or is something else going on? You'll find out soon!

Chapter 3

Shuichi smiled to himself as he woke up that Saturday morning. Weekends were so wonderful, especially when he and Yuki could spend them together. The little ball of energy bounded excitedly into the kitchen looking up at his lover happily; he resembled an excited puppy in some ways. Yuki reached over and patted his head and Shuichi smiled.

"Morning Yuki!" he exclaimed, hugging him tightly for a moment. The blond merely grunted, a pained look crossing his face because Shuichi was hugging him so tightly.

"Please let go of me brat... I can't breathe..." the author gasped out. Shuichi gave him an apologetic smile and did so.

"Can we do something today Yuki?" Shuichi asked his violet eyes bright with excitement. Yuki sighed, his lover was still so much a child, at least mentally for sure.

"I have to go out today idiot," Yuki replied to him, though he didn't say it with any malice and Shuichi knew that the insult was more like a petname than anything else. Yuki ruffled the boy's pink hair lightly.

"Can I come?" the boy asked hopefully.

"No."

"Why not?... Where are you going?"

"I have a meeting with..."

Yuki was cut off by an infuriated Shuichi who grabbed onto him by his arms tightly. Those violet eyes that always looked up at him with such adoration glared at him angrily now and Yuki felt his breath hitch slightly from the surprise of it.

"STOP LYING TO ME!" Shuichi yelled, shaking the blond slightly, glaring up at him, but it faded away to a hurt look. Yuki was stunned to say the least. His little lover laid his head on his chest, a slight whimpering noise coming from him.

"Just stop," he whispered, sounding very hurt. The blond author blinked, but said nothing, taking another sip of his coffee. The younger male sat upright again, feeling angry once more.

"YUKI! What's going on?! Please stop hiding it from me..."

The author set the cup down and looked up at Shuichi with his solemn golden eyes.

"Y..Yuki?"

"I'm going to the hospital," he stated simply, taking another sip of his coffee then. The pink-haired boy did not want to believe that, but he could hear the truth in Yuki's words as his lover spoke them.

"Wh..why...?" Shuichi asked hesitantly, feeling lost and frightened at this news. He wasn't sure if he wanted to know the answer.

"I'm not really sure yet," Yuki replied, "But something's wrong with my body and it's beginning to hurt me, to the point that it might even be killing me."

The singer's violet eyes grew wide and he stared at Yuki's calm face for a very long time. Slowly his hands began to tremble and he collapsed onto the floor.

"You... You're dying?" he asked, looking up at Yuki, tears running down his face. The author felt a hard lump in his throat and he couldn't reply. He had tried not to think about it, but there it was. He was dying. Slowly perhaps, but faster than he should be. It felt like someone had just taken a baseball bat to his head and he felt rather dizzy. He took a few small deep breaths to regain himself without letting Shuichi see how upset her was.

Slowly the blond leaned down and picked his sobbing lover up, pulling him onto his lap. He rocked the boy back and forth, whispering soft words of comfort to him. His lover cried for a long time, but Yuki didn't turn him away as he normally would. He continued to rock him in his arms, rubbing the boy's back, and letting him cry.

"Shuichi," Yuki whispered after a while longer, "It's not good for your voice to cry so much. Please stop."

"I... I... I.." Shuichi tried to say, sniffling the whole time, "I'm sorry... I'm such a crybaby. Y.. You're the one who should be upset.. N..not me.."

"Yuki didn't say anything. He was upset, but he just wasn't nearly as emotional as his little Shuichi. He continued to stroke the boy's pink hair gently.

"Yuki... are... are you really gonna die?" the boy asked quietly.

"We'll see," the blond said softly.

"Can.. Can I come with you to the hospital then?"

"I suppose so."

"I love you Yuki... so much...please don't be sick."

Yuki smiled faintly, and weakly at the boy. He felt a little happy that he had Shuichi with him. The boy was more of a comfort than he knew.

End Chapter 3

A/N: -Gasp- Poor Yuki! I am so evil to them!