Shuichi woke up the next morning, and lay on his back thinking of what a wonderful dream he'd had the night before. As he went to put his hands behind his head, he noticed something shiny on his finger and gazed at it with wonder. It hadn't been a dream! He and Yuki were really getting married! He contained himself from squealing with joy, and snuggled close to his Yuki-chan until the older man woke up.
Yuki shifted in his sleep, a sharp pain spreading from his lower back up his spine. Until he realized that it wasn't really his lower back that hurt. He let out a short moan and grunt of pain before he rolled over onto his side, still half asleep.
"Yuki? Are...are you awake?" asked the pop star quietly.
Yuki mumbled something under his breath. "Not really..." He turned over again trying to find a comfortable position to ease the pain.
"Oh." Shuichi moved closer once more.
Yuki put an arm around his lover. "How long have you been awake?"
"Not more than five minutes..." he replied, stifling a yawn.
Yuki glanced at the clock. "You should get ready for work. Do you want me to pick you up today?"
"Yes," said Shuichi immediately. "Yuki, do..." he faded off.
"What?" Yuki propped himself up on his elbow keeping his other arm around Shuichi. His lower half protested at the action.
Suddenly the youth made eye contact with Yuki. "You don't mind if I tell everyone, do you?"
"They're going to find out eventually anyways." Yuki kissed Shuichi's nose. "I'll come with you if you want."
Shuichi shook his head with a huge grin. "I want to tell them," he said, jumping out of bed to race toward the shower.
Yuki shook his head and began his morning routine, though his was much slower then he usually was due to the quite obvious limp in his step.
On his way out the door after an impossibly fast shower, Shuichi caught a glance at his lover's limp and laughed. "Hope it doesn't hurt too much!" he yelled as he ran out the door. He only ran so that he wouldn't get a dictionary to the head.
Yuki growled and went to the kitchen to get his morning coffee before heading off to his office. "Damn brat."
"Good morning, everyone!" Shuichi yelled upon entering the NG building. Even those workers who he didn't know well were used to his antics and smiled. "Good morning, Shuichi," he heard from several directions. With a satisfied grin he went to the studio where his job was and did the same thing upon entry.
Hiro didn't bother to look up from fiddling with his guitar. "Yo. How'd dinner go?"
"Heh. Dinner was fine. Yuki said he loved it," the pop star bragged. "And, that's not all he said."
Hiro rolled his eyes. "Oh, what else did he say?" Sakano was busy toying with the buttons on one of the speakers.
Shuichi leapt onto a nearby chair. "GUESS WHAT, EVERYONE?" he yelled at the top of his lungs. When he was sure he had everyone's attention, he made the announcement: "Last night," he said, pausing dramatically, "Yuki proposed to me. We're getting married!" He held up his left hand where the ring was.
Hiro stared at the metal object on his friends finger for a moment. He heard a thump behind him and sighed. Their producer fainted...AGAIN. "That's great Shuichi."
Shuichi jumped off the chair and glomped his best friend. "Isn't it!"
"Any talk of when it will be? We do have to plan around concerts, ya know."
"No, we...kind of got distracted," said Shuichi, scratching the back of his head and sweatdropping.
"With what?" Hiro wiggled out from under his friend and dusted himself off. Sakano was going to have a cow if the wedding was the same time as a tour or something.
The sweatdrop grew and the pink-haired youth laughed nervously. "Well..." he leaned forward and whispered into Hiro's ear. ((Author's Note: He said something along the lines of, "Let's just say, he let me top."))
Hiro went slack jawed. "You're joking. Eiri Yuki letting you..?" 'Why'd I ask?' Hiro kicked himself mentally.
The boy just nodded. Suguru covered his ears. "Hiro-saaaan," he moaned. "I was hoping I wouldn't find out!"
Hiro looked over at Suguru and shrugged. He poked Sakano with his foot. "Wanna go find a replacement? I doubt he'll be waking up anytime soon."
"Yeah, that might be a good idea," said K, making himself known for the first time. He slapped Shuichi hard on the back, causing the pink-haired singer to fall over. "Congrats, kid," he said with a grin. "Come on, Hiro, we'll go find Tohma."
Hiro was reluctant to go with K then decided that he rather liked living. "Okay."
As they walked down the hall K kept up with his usual shifty glances around, convinced that someone would attack at any moment, until they got to the Sacho's office.
Hiro knocked on the door. "Sir?" He looked back at K, terrified that the man would shoot him...why? He didn't know.
Tohma looked up from his mountain of paper work. "Yes?" Hiro opened the door.
K jumped past him. "Hiya, Sacho-san! Sakano fainted again and we don't think he's waking up any time soon. Can we have a replacement?"
Tohma stared at the man for a moment before looking through his drawer to see if he had any suitable substitutes for Sakano. "I'm sorry Mr. K but there's no one who can fill in for him today."
K blinked. "Uhh...well, we do need a producer..." he said, scratching the back of his head.
Tohma sighed before clearing his desk and picking up his brief case. "I'll fill in for him then...Did you leave Mr. Shindou alone with my cousin?"
"Yeah," said K casually.
Tohma rubbed his eyes. "That wasn't a very good idea.." Tohma grumbled something else under his breath and headed toward the door. "I just hope they didn't break anything."
K burst in the door first, brandishing his gun, and only lowered it once he was satisfied that there was no one there that shouldn't be. Shuichi let out a sigh. No matter how many times his manager did things like that it never failed to scare the daylights out of him.
Tohma put his briefcase on the table and knelt in front of the fallen producer. He noted that large bump on the man's head. "What made him faint anyway?"
K grinned at Shuichi. "Tell him, man," he said happily.
Hiro avoided eye contact with the other people present and went back to his guitar. "Yeah, tell him, Shuichi."
Shuichi blushed. "Yuki and I are engaged," he said with a shy smile. He wasn't sure how his boss would take this, and was a bit worried.
Tohma stiffened. Yuki..and...Mr.Shindou...Yuki had been talking about proposing to Shuichi the last time he'd had dinner with his sister and his brother in-law, but the NG president didn't think he was being serious. Eiri Yuki settle down? With a MAN? That didn't seem like him at all...Then again he and the pop star had been lovers for some time. "What...?"
Shuichi nodded, avoiding eye contact, as Suguru looked worriedly at the pair of them, hoping that this wasn't a danger sign.
Tohma took a deep breath to calm himself down. to tell the truth he couldn't think of anyone better for Eiri then the pink haired ball of energy. He stood up, turning around and smiled at the boy. "Congratulations." He didn't want to be the one to tell Mika though...God only knew how that would turn out.
Shuichi's smile strengthened. "Thanks," he said.
Hiro sighed when he saw that there would be no war between the two anytime soon. He motioned for Shuichi to help him help Tohma get their producer off the floor and into a chair.
Shuichi bounced happily over to help and together they lifted the overly nervous man into a chair, and after that the day went by normally--despite Tohma replacing their producer and Shuichi being even happier and more hyper than he usually was.
Yuki parked his car outside the studio and entered the building without much trouble. He was, after all, the president's brother-in-law and Bad Luck's vocalist's lover/fiancee. He was very thankful that the limp was no longer noticeable, unless you really paid attention to how Yuki was walking. He knocked on the door to the recording studio.
K answered the door and grinned devilishly when he saw who their guest was. "Why, if it isn't loverboy!" he cried. Seguru smiled pleasantly. "Hello, Yuki-san. Congratulations."
It took Yuki a moment before he realised that he'd given Shuichi permission to announce their engagment. He toyed with the plain silver band he had on his own finger before nodding. He looked over to Shuichi. "Ready to go?"
Said ball of energy bounced over to his fiancee and grinned. "Yeah! Let's go!" Hooking his arm around Yuki's, he turned around on the way out the door and waved. "Bye, everyone!" Right before the door closed he could have sworn he heard K say "Have fun!" but couldn't be sure.
Yuki sighed as he was dragged along by his lover. He fell in step with the boy and laced their fingers together. "How'd things go? I saw Tohma in there."
"For a second I thought he was going to explode--but he was fine with it; he congratulated us."
Yuki was awe struck. "Really?"
"Yeah, I was surprised too."
"So far so good. The only people I'm worried about now are my sister and father." Yuki shivered at the mere thought of telling his father.
For a moment Shuichi was silent. "Sorry, Yuki," he said in a choked voice.
"Sorry for what?"Yuki stopped walking, tightening his grip on his lover's hand.
"Well, your dad's a monk; he won't like us getting engaged. I don't want to cause you even more problems with your dad..."
Yuki turned Shuichi around and attatched his mouth to the boy's. He pulled away for a moment. "You're everything to me. No matter what I will always want to be with you, what my father thinks doesn't matter to me." With that Yuki reacquainted himself with Shuichi's lips.
Seguru, also leaving work, caught sight of this as he left the building. His eyes widened and he covered his mouth with his hands as he crept silently back inside, and to a nice deserted room before letting out a terrified scream.
Shuichi, meanwhile, kissed back, wrapping his arms around his fiancee's neck.
Yuki wrapped his arms around Shuichi's waist and had the boy wrap his legs around him. He carried his lover out to the car, only breaking the kiss to exit the building. He parted from his lover to take in some much needed air as he unlocked the car.
The pop star whimpered a little every time the passionate kiss was broken and unwrapped his legs from his lover to get in the car.
Yuki got in and shut his door. He had a bad habit of not buckling in. He started the car once he heard Shuichi's door slam shut and began to pull out of the parking lot.
Shuichi sighed and leaned back against the seat. To think this all started with one helping of okonomiyaki...
Yuki pulled out of the lot and drove in the direction of the house he reached over for Shuichi's hand when they stopped at a red light.
Shuichi gently grasped his lover's hand and smiled softly, before crying out Yuki's name--there was a car coming from their right and it wasn't stopping!
Yuki grabbed the wheel and turned to car so that the impact wouldn't be as harsh. He squeezed Shuichi's hand and the next thing he knew everything went black.