Title: Every Summer Thereafter
Theme: Summer Words: 487
Pairings: One sided Tatsuha/Ryuichi, mentions of TohmaxMika.
I heard my first Nittle Grasper song in the summer. It was hot and sticky out. I think I was sweeping the temple grounds, the radio blasting away. I knew Nittle Grasper was the band my sister's boyfriend was in. But, I wasn't terribly interested in them. And the truth be told, when I finally heard Ryuichi's voice for the first time, I didn't get terribly excited. The cicada's seemed much louder in all honesty. Hell, I think the little buggers were trying to make me go deaf at one point. Regardless of what people may think though, that wasn't the day I knew I wanted him.
It was Nittle Grasper's first televised concert on tv. I remember my sister gathering my father, Eiri and I to sit in front of the tv, so eager to show off how successful Tohma and his friends were. It was a cool, yet balmy summer evening. The mosquitoes were bad that year and we had netting draped over the windows so that the little blood suckers would keep out, but the air could still come in.
I remember being surprised that Ryuichi was so short and skinny. When he looked into the camera though, his gaze was so intense and focused. Focused on me. And then he began to sing… to me. I could tell that every word, every little phrase was directed towards me, as if he was talking about my experiences. Well, more like my future experiences. I was still a little too young to be doing half of what he was singing about.
Still, I felt something that night, something so powerful, so primal that I couldn't let it go. I never believed in destiny till that moment. But after that, I was determined to make my own destiny reality. To met him, to have him. I wanted to take the passion he had ignited in me and return it to him two-fold. Tohma's over protectiveness towards both him and me be damned. Also damn father and Eiri for shaking their heads and calling it a teenage fad.
Since I couldn't see him in person, I bought every Nittle Grasper album and video I possibly could. I joined all the Ryuichi Sakuma related fan clubs possible and went after every piece of merchandise, rather it be a poster or something that he may have sneezed on. Needless to say, I blew all of my allowance that summer and then some.
Funny thing is, when I think about it, I still wasn't interested in the songs or the music. They were about as meaningful to me as the cicada's song. Only that one song really mattered to me. Because that was our song, the one he made especially for us. That was what I treasured the most that summer and every summer after. That has always been and will always be our connection, till the day I die.