On the Way Down Chapter 2

Ruki woke up, feeling a pair of arms wrapped loosely around him, feeling extremely sore and uncomfortable. Opening his eyes, he saw Miyavi sleeping soundly beside him. He sighed and closed his eyes, intending to go back to sleep; a few seconds later his eyes opened wide and he let out a yell, backing away from Miyavi, falling out of the bed, the sheet wrapped around his waist.

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Reita woke up when he heard Ruki yell, and forgetting any previous thoughts, rushed to Ruki's room. He had to take a second look at what he saw. Ruki was on the ground, covered only by a thin sheet, staring at Miyavi. Yes, Miyavi. Reita glared at him.

"Ruki, are you ok?" Reita went over to him. Ruki nodded shaking slightly. Reita helped him to sit on the bed, before glaring at Miyavi, who looked at him surprised.

"What are you still doing here?" Reita asked viciously. Miyavi wanted to counter Reita's statement with something far worse, but when he tried, he couldn't think of a reason why he had stayed. Reita's eyes narrowed at Miyavi's lack of response. "Get out."

Miyavi nodded once, got dressed and walked out of the room. Moments later, Reita heard the door close, and turned his attention back to Ruki.

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Reita threw him out. Ruki had seen it. He hadn't expected Reita to step up and help him like that; especially when he seen Miyavi and what Miyavi and himself had done. It was pretty obvious, after all. Ruki felt a bit of guilt towards what he had done, but why? It's not like he cheated on Reita. So why did he fell so bad?

Rea looked back at Ruki, making Ruki look away until he felt Reita take his chin and turn his head back. Ruki refused to move his gaze from the ground.

"Look at me," Reita told him seriously. Ruki swallowed hard, but refused to look at Reita. "Ruki!" Ruki flinched, and the tears he'd been trying to hold back came flowing down his cheeks. Reita sighed and hugged Ruki tightly.

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"Where are they?" Aoi thought out loud. The others were thinking the same thing, but Aoi voiced it for all of them. "It's not like them to be this late."

Just then, Ruki and Reita rushed in, looking out of breath. The others stared at them, waiting for them to catch their breath.

"Sorry we're late," Reita spoke, grabbing his bass. Aoi nodded, than looked over at Ruki, concern written on his face. Ruki was looking really pale, and was off balance. Ruki looked at him.

"Ruki, are you-," Aoi started, but was cut off almost instantly.

"I'm fine," Ruki snapped. Aoi was caught off guard at Ruki's harsh but weak voice. Uruha narrowed his eyes at Ruki.

"What's your problem? He's just concerned about you! You don't have to snap at him like that!" Uruha said hastily towards Ruki. Reita half expected Ruki to get in Uruha's face also, but was surprised when Ruki started apologizing, tears running down his face, but was even more shocked at what he said next.

"I'm s-sorry, Reita… I didn't know…I didn't know…" Reita blinked in surprise, and went over to Ruki, leaving his bass on the chair.

"Ruki?" Ruki sat back against the wall, staring at his hands, trembling.

"I'm sorry… I didn't know what I was doing," Ruki rambled, looking more and more frustrated. "What have I done?" His last sentence was a whisper.

The others stared at Reita, expecting an explanation. Reita sighed, looking at them apologetically. Turning back to Ruki, Reita contemplated on what to do. Cautiously, Reita touched Ruki's hand. He jumped when Ruki gasped, and looked up at Reita.

"Reita…," Ruki sighed, before bolting out the door. Ignoring the other's still shocked expressions, Reita hurried after him.

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Miyavi was walking down the street, completely confused. He didn't know what was so different about this person, but it was as if he didn't want to leave. He couldn't forget the way he felt, how his voice sounded, the way he tasted…

Miyavi let a shiver run down his spine as his thoughts returned to the previous night. He needed to see him again. He didn't want to, he needed to.

Completely in his thoughts, he wasn't watching where he was going, and ran right into somebody, knocking both of them to the ground. Holding his head, he looked up to see Ruki on the ground in front of him, tears in his eyes.

"Ruki?" Miyavi questioned, shocked to see the other once more; tears once more in his eyes. His heart hurt when he saw this, and it scared him that he would feel such a thing. He didn't usually get this sort of this. He was a player, everybody knew it. He knew it, too, and he didn't have a problem with it before; but this…this beautiful angel in front of him was changing that quickly. He crawled over to the other's side quickly. "Are you alright?"

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Ruki looked up at Miyavi, studying him. He didn't seem to be mean or rude as the others had always described him. He actually looked concerned, and almost sweet. He was so confused! His whole band knew what a player the man in front of him was, and yet, Ruki felt he should almost give him a chance; that maybe he would change. But what about Reita? Reita looked so angry at Miyavi… had he done something to Reita the night before? He didn't remember them ever seeing each other until this morning, so nothing could have possibly happened. Ruki sobbed; it was so hard. He felt Miyavi's arms wrap around him comfortingly as he cried, and soft lips kiss his head, and he almost felt himself relax. Of course, nothing was going to let him feel relaxed today…

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Reita quickly ran after Ruki. He knew that right now Ruki was weak, and was very upset at what happened. He kicked himself mentally for not stopping Ruki the night before. He knew that the short vocalist would regret what he did, and he should've stopped him. Despite the guilty feeling in his chest, Reita still held most of his anger towards Miyavi. He could have anybody and he just HAD to prey on their Ruki; his Ruki….

He walked on to see Ruki on the ground and ran forward; stopping suddenly as he seen him in the arms of Miyavi. He stared; was he seeing correctly? Perhaps he needed glasses because he was sure that there was no way that Ruki would let that man touch him right now. Yet here it was, plain as day in front of him. Ruki was …wait, was he …was he kissing him? No….no! Reita could handle only so much in a day, before he had to punch somebody. Yes, that's what he would do! He would just walk right over there, right now, pull Ruki away from him and beat that son of a bitch up so he could never hurt him or his Ruki again! Well…things don't always go the way we plan them, do they?