Hearts of the Graspers
"Shuichi, wait up!" Ryuichi screamed and pounced onto Shuichi, stopping him for walking any further "I'm visiting someone very special today, you wanna come with me?" he asked with his puppy eyes before K pulled him away. Shuichi hesitated for a little while before he agreed to sacrifice his romantic dinner with Eiri to meet up with his idol's special someone, whom Ryuichi had promised that the sacrifice would be worth it after he finds out about the mystery person.
The both of them met up after their last interview for the day outside NG's building and drove to an apartment nearby. Ryuichi and Kumagoro stepped out of the car first and then followed Bad Luck's lead vocalist, Shuichi Shindou, who was clearly excited about meeting the mystery person by the way be kept bouncing up and down beside his favorite idol.
Both the singers went up the building by lift using an access card Ryuichi got from the mystery person, in case the security doesn't allow him up the building. Then, finally they reached the door, which Ryuichi opened easily with the access card, only to find that someone had collapsed onto the floor, freaking out both the singers.
"KORI! Are you all right?" Ryuichi dropped onto his knees and bend down to look at the girl who looked up at him and smirked.
Shuichi merely stared at the situation. Seeing another Ryuichi when he was in front of this woman, who's body was filled with tattoo words and wore only a grey sleeveless dress and a pair of black track pants, wondering who this special person was that was able to alter Ryuichi's behavior in front of her.
Kori grabbed onto Ryuichi's shoulder and tried to pull herself up, but in vain, until Shuichi and Ryuichi both helped the girl up back into her wheelchair.
"What do you think you are doing Kori, trying to scare me?" Ryuichi growled and pinched her cheeks, only to be returned with a pinch on his nose by Kori.
"Like as if I would want to do such childish act," she replied with a baby voice that nearly took Shuichi by surprised and pushed the brunette away from her, "I was just going to get the door when I tripped over the steps, that's all." She said resuming back to her original slight husky voice and held both her hands to her chest like a little girl.
The two kept on arguing and arguing until they were interrupted by Shuichi's scream when he finally recognize the familiar voice that he had heard many years ago, "KORI SEGUCHI!"
Kori smiled, ignored Ryuichi, and greeted Shuichi, "You're Shuichi from Bad Luck right? I'm so happy to finally see you in person at last!" She squealed and approached Shuichi, slowly stood up and giving his a friendly hug before she fell back onto her wheelchair.
"Kori sama, it's been a long time since I last saw you," he began and pushed Kori to the living room so that they could all seat down and talk, "What happened after that first concert? I heard you almost died."
Ryuichi frowned a little but Kori laughed and stroked Ryuichi's head, who immediately perked up to his usual self. Ryuichi then began to tease Kori with Kumagoro until she got really annoyed and pushed Ryuichi away from her with her left hand. Then she answered, "As the News had reported then, the spot light broke and went crash onto me. It hit onto my head and created a clog in my brain pressing onto my nerves. It was a miracle that I didn't die then. But the clog had caused my legs to be immobile, that's why I couldn't stand for long." Shuichi apologized for asking but Kori laughed and continued, "I hope that had cleared your curiosity."
Ryuichi danced around and passed his bunny to Kori, who hugged it tight and reached for her pocket for her notebook. "Can you sign an autograph for me, Shuichi?" she begged. Recreating the time where Ryuichi himself asked for his autograph. "Please, please, please, please?"
It was an amusing sight but Shuichi still signed it for her, and was then rewarded with a kiss on his lips with a slight lick at his bottom lip and replied simply a "Thank you!"
Ryuichi laughed as Shuichi began to blush upon the kiss, "You know what Shu chan, Eiri was Kori's ex-lover back in high school."
Shuichi jumped and stared at Kori, who smiled at Shuichi with her hands stroking on the pink bunny. Kori observed his looks (which was filled with fear of losing Eiri) and laughed, only to reply when Shuichi's gave a very puzzled expression, "That was good times, but Eiri was my first love and we broke up when he left for New York. Then I had Ryuichi."
Ryuichi added in, "Then we eventually broke up because of your legs, then I went with Tat chan, then you fell in love with Shin eventually. What a turn!"
Kori glared at Ryuichi and screamed in protests, "I'm not going out with Shin and it's the last time I'm repeating this!" Ryuichi laughed and teased her with his bunny. The blonde eventually got mad and strangled the brunette until he choked that she let go of his neck.
Shuichi sighed in relieve and lay his back onto the couch, before Kori crept out of the wheelchair and sat beside Shuichi. Landing another kiss onto Shuichi's cheeks, just to get his attention, she whispered, "Although it is not reported to the fans, Eiri used to be part of Nittle Grasper."
"Yuki?" Shuichi gasped and stared at Kori, "Really?"
Ryuichi and Kori laughed and answered, "YES, YOUR YUKI EIRI WAS AN EX-MEMBER OF NITTLE GRASPER!"
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Eiri was beginning to get some thinking that something's bad's going to happen when Shuichi's not home yet after ten. It was unlikely for him to be worried as Shuichi often had to work overnight, but this time it was different. Something was definitely not right at all.
The door finally cracked and Eiri rushed to the door to see if Shuichi's in trouble but...
"Hi Eiri!" Kori greeted and pushed herself in, after which a pink-haired chibi pounces onto Eiri, "YUKI!" and eventually sucked onto his lips with a kiss until he heard a knock by the door.
Shocked, Eiri fell back and looked at the girl in the wheelchair who kept smiling back at him. Eiri stood up and closed the door, still shocked and everything, and invited Kori into his apartment. (Cause' Shuichi insisted so.)
"When...Why are you?" Eiri blurted out only to be stopped by Shuichi's should-not-be-added speech.
"Kori kissed me just now Eiri, on the lips and cheek." He said excitedly.
Eiri stared and growled at the annoying puppy, scaring him right into Kori's embrace. Kori smirked at Eiri and stroked the pup until he was calm. (Making Eiri really jealous.) Still smiling, she replied, "I was back just today from UK. And here to meet up with some old pals."
Kori's eyes never left Eiri's, but she knew that her ex-lover could not take more pressure from her so she stopped teasing him and apologized. Then Eiri asked the same question about her legs and she answered him honestly, and Eiri immediately regretted flying to New York that time.
"Don't bother Eiri," she comforted him, "Ryuichi was there that time too, but I pushed him away, to avoid him being hurt. He was so worried about me then." She laughed. "Then eventually I quit the career."
"Why?" Shuichi asked "Wasn't that like your entire life?"
Kori stared at Shuichi, then the tattoo on her wrist, "Who told you that you can't sing if you're not a star Shuichi? I can still sing."
Shuichi nodded and sighed, "But what a pity. I used to love your voice so much."
Eiri gazed at Shuichi and kissed him on the cheeks. "Since you love it so much, do you want to hear the both of us sing?" he asked with a grin.
His eyes burst open and nodded furiously while the ex-members of Nittle grasper greeted their only audience. "This is Kori Seguchi here and I have here Eiri Uesugi with me, dedicating to you, Shuichi Shindou, 'Hearts of the Graspers'."
Shuichi smiled and nodded furiously while Kori smirked, finding that even Eiri was agreeable in this treat for Shuichi. Anyway, Kori was getting a lot of attention from Shuichi that Eiri was getting a little annoyed.
Eiri got Shuichi's synthesizers from his room and placed it in front of Kori, whose fingers ran through the keyboards like magic as Eiri sang the first verse.
The road is set and it's time to go
See the road and off we go!
That's the spirit, we all share
The hearts of the graspers.
Kori gazed at the keyboard and hit in her verse, when Shuichi erupted into fan screams, getting Eiri jealous of Kori.
Hey it's time to follow our dream
The plan's we've made
It's just the right time to begin our mark
We will never give up,
Come' on let's go.
I've put the past behind me,
Trying to conquer this vivid dream.
That's all I need
So if you're all here with me
We'll all have hearts of the graspers!
Kori and Eiri smirked at one another, recreating the time they were first in the recording studio. When they put their hopes and dreams onto their music.
To try and succeed is not enough
Hey,
We must succeed.
Let me tell you this little dream of mine.
I try hard and harder to grasp.
Which is of course
To just...
The road is set and it's time to go
See the road and off we go!
That's the spirit, we all share
The hearts of the graspers.
Hey we have our own dreams
The plan's we've made
I know we can do it, so
We will never give up,
Come' on let's go.
I've put the past behind me,
Trying to conquer this vivid dream.
That's all I need
So if you're all here with me
We'll all have hearts of the graspers!
I know that it never ends.
Those dreams that we all want to conquer so much
So that's why I said
We have the Hearts of the Graspers!
Kori shuts her eyes and sang with her might and only to open to check that if she had hit the correct key on the keyboard.
Hey it's time to follow our dream
The plan's we've made
I know we can do it, so
We will never give up,
Come' on let's go.
Hey it's time to follow our dream
The plan's we've made
It's just the right time to begin our mark
We will never give up,
Come' on let's go.
I've put the past behind me,
Trying to conquer this vivid dream.
That's all I need
So if you're all here with meWe'll all have hearts of the graspers!
One last verse.
The road is set and it's time to go
See the road and off we go!
That's the spirit, we all share
The hearts of the graspers.
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So the story ends in a song. Thanks for all who had read the story and those I get my ideas for the story from. Thank you. I wish all of you a merry X'mas and a happy 2007!