A Turn For The Worse

Rune Alchemist Kaori

Disclaimer: I in NO way own Gravitation

A/N: Thanks everyone who continues to help and support my writing! Love you guys!

Chapter 5

Shuichi was upset. Everyone at N-G Productions could see that. Not everyone necessarily cared, but everyone could see it.

"Damnit Shindou-san! Keep your problems at home!" Suguru yelled as Shuichi sat down to take about his 10th break that morning. Shuichi sat down with a sigh.

"Shuichi.. This is the last song we need for our first cd... don't you want to get it done?" Hiro asked the bubblegum-headed boy gently. The singer shrugged a little as he moved over so Hiro could sit next to him. He felt his friend's arm come around him.

"You wanna talk Shu?" the red-head asked as Suguru went off in a rant about how ridiculous their lead singer was.

"Y..Yuki's sick," the vocalist stuttered, staring at the floor.

"That's it?!" Suguru asked, looking completely pissed, he crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow. All this trouble just because his damn lover had a cold.

"No!" Shuichi said, holding his head in his hands, "It's different.. He might not get better this time.. He told me so..."

The boy began to cry and Hiro blinked in surprise, just rubbing his friend's back while allowing him to cry for a little longer. Shuichi did so, crying sadly into his hands until at last he stood up and agreed to sing. However, he did not realize just exactly what he had done.

Tohma Seguchi (A/N: You knew it was coming. ;-)) sat at his desk. He hadn't really meant to overhear Shindou-san's conversation with his band, but now that he knew, he was stunned. Eiri was sick... How sick was he? What type of illness did he have? The N-G president pushed his platinum hair back while debating just what he should do about this predicament.

Tohma's first idea was to just ask Shindou-san what was going on, but he envisioned the seen and realized about what would happen. He'd be overly pushy and Shindou-san would refuse to tell him anything. That idea was gone. He supposed the best route would be the direct one; to pay his brother-in-law a visit and talk to him. However, he supposed he wouldn't get much out of Eiri either. However, why go with a pessimistic outlook, best to think positive.

"Sakano-san," Tohma said the moment the producer walked through the door, causing the younger man to fumble a little, "Watch over things, I'm going out for a few minutes."

"I..but.. Er...um..uh..yes sir," Sakano stuttered awkwardly as Tohma pulled on his coat and left him still stuttering.

The blond sighed. Eiri could not be ill; if he was Tohma knew that in some way he would get the blame for it from Mika because he had been the one to tell Yuki where to find Shindou-san. He winced slightly; Mika had been furious with him when that happened. She had been so furious, that she had in fact, become rather violent and had thrown a lamp and several rather expensive vases at him. He really was starting to consider getting his wife some mental help, but it didn't really matter any more; they were as good as separated. He hadn't been permitted inside his home since and had moved into Shindou-san's old apartment, since he had been paying for it himself anyway.

Though Mika and he stayed together for public appearance, Tohma imagined it wouldn't be long before that didn't matter to him or Mika any longer and she'd file for a divorce. That depressed him a little, especially he had seen it coming. He parked the car and sighed softly before heading up to Yuki's apartment. He knocked lightly on the door.

"Eiri... Eiri are you home?"

"Ahem..." came a voice from behind him. Tohma turned around to see Yuki there.

"Eiri... you look awful..." the older blond said, and it was true. Yuki looked terribly tired and run down.

"Are you alright?" Tohma asked him, lightly touching his cheek. Yuki pushed him aside.

"I'll be just fine as soon as you leave," he said and went into his apartment, closing the door on Tohma. He was still angry about his brother-in-law hiding Shuichi from him. Yes, Tohma had told him where to find the little idiot, but he wouldn't have had to if he hadn't hidden him to begin with!

Tohma frowned. Now what was he supposed to do. He ran a few ideas through his mind, played with them a little before deciding on one that almost always worked.

It was the following day that the blond's plan began to take action when Shuichi bounded to the door at the sound of the doorbell. The singer frowned when he saw Tohma there.

"Seguchi-san?" he said in confusion, "What do you want?"

"Good morning Shindou-san," Tohma said chipperly, "Is Eiri still here this morning?"

"He had a meeting this morning... he's not here," Shuichi told his boss awkwardly. He didn't like it when Tohma came to see Yuki. Tohma was his boss and it was just... weird.

"Oh dear, well, will you give this to him when he returns?" Tohma handed Shuichi a letter, "It's very important, make sure he gets it."

The young pop-star took it and nodded like an obedient child.

"I'm sure everything will go well," Tohma said with his business smile in place before he left.

End Chapter 5

A/N: Looks like Tohma's up to his tricks again neh? I love thinking up stuff for Tohma to do. XD I hope you all enjoyed. Review please!