Sakima here, with another chapter of Shot. I kind of went on a strange thread for this one, so it's a tad weird. But I promise, the next Chapter will be a bit more planned out. ^_^
Disclaimer: I do not own Gravitation, nor know what gender Tohma and Mika's kid is.
Shuichi sat leisurely in front of the TV, remote in one hand, a can of pop in the other. Torn up and spread around, lay little piece of paper with what would have been songs for Bad Luck, had he of remembered or even thought of more then four words each page.
Flipping threw the channels, his eyes seemed to widen. Playing on one of the many Music channels he had begged Eiri to buy, was a Bad Luck music video. "Yu…" he froze mid sentence, remembering the author had practically barricaded himself in his study, writing all day.
Smiling he began lip singing the words of the song.
After a few seconds, a small window appeared in the upper left hand corner of the screen. "Mail is waiting in the Lobby" it flashed.
Right, they added this new message thing for security… That's so cool! Standing, he set his pop and remote on the coffee table and ran to the door. Slipping his shoes on, he quietly slipped out the door.
In his mind, ran a small debate. Stairs or elevator… Since Yuki will be writing all night, stairs would be wise. But if I get a call from Hiro then I might get mad that I wasted all that energy on the stairs. He paused for a second then smiled. Turning the knob, he ran down the stair well.
Within minutes he was in the Lobby.
"Ah, Mr. Shindo; here is your mail" the small girl behind the desk said holding the small pile up.
"Thank you… Has Ms. Shako come to get her mail yet?"
Stepping back, the girl looked over the cubbies under the desk. "No, she hasn't actually come down in the last few days. I believe I heard someone say she has a cold and is currently on bed rest."
Smiling, Shuichi reached out his arm. "I'll run it up to her. If there is a letter from her family it might help her get better sooner."
The smile on the girls face seemed to grow at the boys' kindness. Reaching down, she pulled out a pile of mail just a bit bigger then the one Shuichi already held.
"Thank you" he laughed, taking both piles and darting off.
Thinking about it, it seemed to take him longer to climb up the stair then go down them. But hey, I'm sure that I lost like a pound doing it he laughed as he reached the fifth floor. Stepping into the apartment he shared with Eiri, he set the mail down in the normal spot.
Making sure he had all of Ms. Shako's mail in hand, he reached for the extra key to her apartment next door. Even though this place was said to have top notch security, she wasn't really one to take the risk, being an elder woman and living alone.
As Shuichi closed the door, Eiri walked out as if to say something to him. "Where did he go…" he asked out loud, looking to see the orange shoes were missing.
Quiet as Shuichi-ishly possible, he opened the door to the apartment and snuck in. He had been in here so many times; he knew where everything was; even if it had a different floor plan then the one next door. Every Eiri had kicked Shuichi out, he would asked very nicely if he could stay here until Eiri would unlock all the locks; since he was only aloud the key to the door lock.
Stepping into the kitchen, he set the mail down on the counter that looked into the living room. Looking over the room, he noticed it was a bit to clean for being the kitchen of someone on bed rest.
"Ms. Shako?" he called out. Since no reply came, he continued on threw the apartment. After three minutes, he had checked all the rooms but the bathroom and the room he knew was her bedroom. Carefully he knocked on the door to the bathroom, just to find it empty. "Ok…" he said to no one.
Turning, he knocked on the door to her bedroom. No reply. Slowly, he opened the door to look in.
There, lying in the bed, laid the women asleep.
A huge sigh of relief escaped him. Looking around, he noticed a piece of paper and a pencil. Grabbing both, he wrote a quick note for her and started looking in the kitchen drawers for some tape so he could hang it to her door.
Finally the note was taped to the light switch next to the door. Nodding, Shuichi left the apartment to go back to his.
"Where have you been?" Eiri asked as the door opened.
"Huh? You're not working?" Shuichi said dumfounded.
"Well, I was in the mood to fuck a little, but then I noticed you had left" he said the last words so slow and cold the singer felt his heart tear apart.
"I was next door, taking Ms. Shako her mail. She is sick, so I left her a message saying if she needed anything to call us" he whined, "but I thought you had a lot of work to do!"
"Too late now; I don't want to anymore" the blond said, picking up the pile of mail. Flipping threw it; he couldn't help but notice the ever growing purple orbs before him. "Anyways, I'm sure I have work I could be doing" he added, taking just two pieces of mail from the huge stack.
Eyes returning to normal, Shuichi slipped off he shoes. "Will you be done with this chapter before the deadline?"
"Probably not; they want me to actually finish editing the book before Saturday" he said walking away.
"But…" he heard the door close before he could say anything more. Looking down, he found his way to the Study's door. Taking a deep breath, he sat down in front of the wooden door. From here, he could hear the keys being tapped by Eiri's skilled fingers… his skilled hands.
Closing his eyes, Shuichi laid his head back. "Lucky keyboard… I want to feel Yuki's hands too. Why can't you share with me even on my birthday? How I envy you."
Eiri finished with his document and closed out of the typing program. He had barely anything left to do before the story was sent off to the publisher, since it had already gone threw a few editing's.
Reaching over various dictionaries and thesauruses', the grabbed the mail he had brought in with him. One was a credit card statement; the other was a standard letter from Tokyo Airport.
Opening the Airports letter, he looked over the two pages enclosed. A smile crept its way onto the blonds face as he read it. Folding the paper back up, he placed both envelopes in a drawer in his desk.
He will never know. Eiri thought hiding the letters.
Standing, Eiri eyed the clock. Though he still had a few things he needed to get done, he didn't want to stay in here longer then he had to. Walking over to the door, he turned the knob to notice the door didn't want to open. With the little strength he put into it, he could budge the door enough to know that it wasn't locked, but he knew there was something on the other side pushing back on it.
Placing his right hand on the door, he gave it a good push to open.
Hearing something roll, he looked behind the door. "Shuichi…?" he raised a brow at the sleeping teen.
Eiri's eyes seemed to soften, seeing Shuichi try to recover his position on the door. As the pink haired teen laid his head back on the open door, he fell back. Eyes popping open at the sound of the slam, he looked around.
Noticing the black pants by him, he looked up. "I'm sorry, did I disturb you Yuki?" he asked whipping his tears.
Within a second, Eiri was on the ground, his arms wrapped around the small male. "Come on, lets go to bed" the blond whispered.
Shuichi's eyes grew wide. "But you have so much work to do…"
"Would you rather fuck or have me work?" he said coldly, looking the singer in the eyes.
Shuichi was lost in thought. After a second he felt what he had wanted all day long. Eiri pressed his lips to Shuichi's, rubbing one hand into the back of his head, the other on his hips.
"N…." Shuichi protested.
Eiri paused, hearing the phone wring. "Son of a…"
Shuichi took a deep breath lying against the wall.
Eiri slumped over to the phone. "WHAT!?" he yelled.
"Eiri-san, I'm sorry. I just thought you might want to know that Mika is in the hospital." Tohma said from the other end.
"What?" he asked standing straight.
"She… According to the doctors she has an immune infection. He said it might be from a combination of stress and alcohol." Tohma sounded frantic, strange for him.
"Calm down Tohma. Do you guys need anything?" he asked, scratching his head.
"I know it might be a small inconvenience, but can you watch our child? I want to stay with Mika while she is in the hospital."
"Yeah understandable; I'll be right there to get him" with that, he hung up the phone. Turning, he looked at a confused Shuichi. "You're babysitting Tohma's kid until Mika is out of the hospital."
"What? Mika is in the hospital? Why?"
"Nothing serious" Eiri set his hand on his head. "Come on, we have to go get him from Tohma."
Shuichi ran over to where Eiri's keys were. "Are you sure you're fine with it?" he asked holding the keys tight.
Eiri stared at the teen with a confused look. "Just get in the car."