Chapter Five: A new song
Rating: T
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Gravitation characters. They belong solely to Maki Murakami sensei. The character Rin Anazawa is my own creation.
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A pair of violet hues met a pair of gold. The nervous singer standing in front of a calm, distant, and unreachable god.
K's blue gaze carefully watched the unspoken words between them. The sexual tension within the room was so dense that even the great idiot Ryuichi Sakuma would recognize it for what it was. It was a curiosity that raged in K's mind on what would happen if the two were left alone, and seeing curiosity constantly got the better of K….
"Alright you two, I'll be right back." He smiled at the two men, idly fingering his .44 caliber magnum as he spoke. Shuichi who was used to K's guns, simply slid into the nearest chair. The seat happened to be right across from Eiri… who was knitting his brows together and trying to figure out if the manager was threatening him or not. Shaking his head, Eiri got his mind off of the manager and on Shuichi, who seemed to be trying his best to look and focus elsewhere.
A brow rose slightly. "Shindou-san?" Eiri said his name questioningly, figuring out if he was actually on this Earth currently. Shuichi's response though was immediate.
"Yes?" His violet eyes met the golden ones. The singer was placed once again under the spell he had been trying to escape.
"Well…." He began slowly, forcing himself to look toward the folder he had in front of him. "I've been looking over your current Japanese songs and decided that Bad Luck should come out with an exclusively English song. One that will make the American public love you all the more." Eiri paused long enough to give Shuichi a piece of computer paper. On it was lyrics composed by the author. His gaze swept over the poetry, trying his best to grasp the little bit of the language he could remember. Two verses of this song specifically captured his attention.
Every word ecstasy
Can't count any longer
How often I've dreamt
Of those arms
(Of those lips)
Selfish, I know
Let me feel the love!
See the warmth
I want to hear it!
(Hear the words)
(Your sweet everything's)
"Uesugi-san…." Shuichi said breathlessly. The song was all about love and there was even a verse about the first kiss between lovers. Even though some words were foreign and he couldn't connect them to his native Japanese ones, he knew the song expressed quite well the feelings he had felt for Rin and was now feeling for Eiri himself.
"I'm a romance novelist. Sappy crap comes naturally to me." He shrugged his shoulders and began to absently play with his lighter. "I'm still working on the translations, but I think 'Glaring Dream' and 'No Style' might make it as the second and third singles… well if you accept them and this." He motioned to the paper in Shuichi's grasp.
"We probably will, Uesugi-san. I'll speak with Hiro and Fujisaki about the mix. Fujisaki should be able to make one that'll work really well with the lyrics."
"Also adding their voices," Eiri stood up, reaching into his pocket for his cigarettes. Shuichi stood with him and really noticed how much taller the blonde was. "I was listening to 'Welcome to My Romance' when I wrote it. That one will be difficult to translate right… this might have to qualify as the song in a more American version."
Shuichi nodded slowly, imagining Hiro moaning into the mic on that one line 'Of those lips.' The blonde writer headed toward the door and opened it. He was about to leave when something else crossed his mind.
"I got your hotel number from your manager Shindou-san. Tohma Seguchi has also told me I should help you with your accent. He's slightly nervous that you might not be able to sing with out sounding like your speaking 'Engrish' as many of us Americans call it."
The short pink haired singer nodded slightly, the idea of the blonde god going to his hotel room where there was a bed…. He now shook his head to get the thoughts out of his head. He smiled widely at the blonde and slipped past him. "I'm there mostly all the time, if not there then here. My boyfriend, Rin Anazawa is normally there to if he's not with his parents." With that he waved to the writer and practically skipped down the hall to where Hiro and Fujisaki were waiting.
Eiri stood in the doorway, so lost in thought that he thought nothing of the manager exiting a room adjacent to the one the two had been in. Only one thought was going through his mind. "So… he is gay…."
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K was quite downcast about the fact nothing had happened between Eiri and Shuichi. He was in the mood for drama! True he didn't want to see Rin hurt but… the conversation that he had listened in on did tell him that the sensitive boy was probably going to be. The words had held strained politeness and the looks that they gave each other were searing. It seemed that nothing could really stop the lovers' triangle that was forming.
Entering the room that the three members of Bad Luck and Sakano were in, he was quite surprised on what he heard and saw. Sakano had fainted on a nearby couch as the polite and proper Fujisaki gave the other two a crash coarse on the various curse words he knew, most likely picked up from his cousin, Tohma.
Clearing his throat loudly, K pulled out his magnum and pointed it at Shuichi. "Did you share the song with Hiroshi and Suguru yet?"
The looks on the two members basically answered the question for K, seeing that they looked confused and then looked expectantly at Shuichi. The pink haired singer and leader of the band laughed nervously and drew a folded up piece of paper out of his pocket. He didn't ask how K knew that Eiri had written a song for them, K always managed to know things that he shouldn't possibly know.
Handing it to the two both scanned it over and from the bits and pieces they understood, expressed intense liking to the lyrics. Fujisaki stood up and grabbed his bag, which was by the couch Sakano was still unconscious on. He unbuckled the buckle and removed his laptop.
"I can work on the mix, with Hiro's help. Is there anything we should now? Details?" The teenage prodigy looked at the leader of the band expectantly as he booted up his computer.
"Well… Uesugi-kun said that you two should add your voices in on the parts that have the little… bracket… half circles around them." He blinked and pointed toward the words in the parenthesis.
Hiro and Fujisaki exchanged looks of exasperation at the pure idiocy of their band mate before they both expressed their agreement to that idea. It was when they started pouring over the mix that Shuichi's cell phone rang.
Taking the phone out of his pocket, he glanced at the caller ID, his eyes opened wide and glittered with excitement before he flipped it open and said "Hello!" very cheerily. The pink haired singer now resembled a bouncing ball of pink energy as he slipped from his seat and went out into the hall, as to not disturb the two working.
When he returned, his gaze was directed on K. "Is it alright if I leave right now? Rin is going to pick me up and bring me to his parent's house. He wants me to meet them."
If the Americans eyes could get in wider, his eyeballs just might have popped out of their sockets. If anything could have gotten more… love triangle-ish K would be very surprised. Here Rin was going to take Shuichi to meet his parents, something that only happens in really serious relationships. He slowly nodded his head, his curiosity drawing its way in front of his better judgment.
Shuichi grinned from ear to ear and hurriedly grabbed his stuff and left the room. He rushed down the stairs and waited just inside the lobby for Rin to pull up in the Mitsubishi Eclipse that Rin insisted on them buying. It didn't take to long for the silver car to pull up to the building and Rin to open the door enough that he could step out and wait for Shuichi. The bouncing ball of pink energy ran from the building and tackled and hugged his lover before running over to the passenger's seat.
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Authors Corner
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Alright guys, I know I promised you that Shuichi would be meeting Rin's overly Christianized parents but, this chapter got a bit longer then expected. I know that you guys love long chapters, but this is already over one thousand words! O
On another note, the poem/song that Eiri showed to Shuichi is one that I myself have written and tried to transfer into song like lyrics. If anyone wants me to post the real poem and the whole song (Which I'd need to work on a bit) I can.
As a post note: If anyone has the translation to Welcome to My Romance, please send them to me, or send me a link to the webpage. I'd seriously appreciate it.
A second post note: Review guys! 125 people read this chapter, and I only got four reviews! Two of them were from the same people! Stop being lazy and help me along P If I know I got readers; I'll guilt trip myself enough to write a lot faster. Jesu… you might even get the next chapter today! Since I'm bored and in the mood to write ; Anyways…. I'll shut up, review and give me any opinions you have or outcomes you might want. You guys might be able to persuade me toward a different ending if planed if you guys want one enough -