Disclaimer: No, I dont own Gravitation, or the characters in this story

Crash, clank, bang rang threw the apartment. At the sound of something possibly falling, Eiri's eyes flew open. Sitting up, he looked around for his brat to no avail. Quickly he stood, not even bothering to put pants or a shirt on, running out to the kitchen. "Shuichi…" he froze at what he saw.

At the bar-counter, Shuichi had rested his head, holding a warm cup. Standing on the other side of the counter was none other then a blushing teenage girl.

"Oh wow…" she whispered at the site of the barely clothed Eiri.

Slowly, Shuichi raised his pink head to get a better look at the blond. "Yuki… What's wrong?"

"Yeah big brother, what's wrong?" Tatsuha laughed as he wrapped his left arm around the brothers' shoulders. "By the way, pants are always nice to wear when you have guests."

Blushing, Eiri turned around on his heals. He walked back into his room and slammed the door. Taking a few seconds delay, Shuichi slowly stumbled to the door. "Yuki, are you alright?"

After a minute of no reply a fully clothed Eiri stepped out. (Today he had decided to sport a simple dark blue button up shirt and black pants.) Looking down at the small blanketed frame before him, he almost laughed.

Not wasting any time, he wrapped his arms around the teen. "I heard the loud noises and when I noticed that you weren't in bed…"

"I'm sorry" Shuichi whispered. "Maiko called me this morning, and offered to take care of me. Since you have a deadline coming up, I took her up on the offer so you could get more work done. But Tatsuha brought her here so she didn't have to leave so early." He continued talking even after Eiri had let him go.

Looking into the purple eyes he loved so much, he had to hide his broken heart. He had told Shuichi weeks ago that his deadlines came before him, but he didn't ever think it would be like this. It was his job to make sure Shuichi was happy and safe; not to mention feeling better. Maiko was stepping over a line. But at least he remembered. He smiled when the boy started to talk faster about his sister… Or maybe it was his own Brother he was whining about now. Who really knew.

"Shuichi, go back to bed" Eiri said with piercing eyes.

"But…" he protested.

"Now" Pushing the door open, Eiri took a step sideways. "Go."

Closing his eyes and looking down, he walked into the room. Eiri followed him in silently, waiting till he was in the bed. "You need your rest. If you have enough energy to be running around then you should have enough to go to work." He closed the door behind him, as he walked into the living room.

"But I'm scared of my dreams…" Tears streamed down his cheeks crashing onto the sheets.

After a few seconds, he heard Eiri yelling at their family members.

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To be continued