a/n: aw, there are no gravi scans for this month! Isn't maki murakami san too busy drawing those hot scenes? Anyway..

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Chapter 8

Meeting Again

"Daddy!"

A high pitch scream was heard on the entire small apartment. "Daddy! I'm finished!"

A pink haired man scratched his head and rubbed his eyes. He grumpily walked towards the bathroom and began opening the faucet. He wrinkled his nose while the voice earlier giggled.

"You looked funny, Daddy."

"You smell bad, Shinori." The man said and began washing the child's butt. "Yuck. You should take a bath now or else, you'll be late for school."

"Shuichi, I think you should hurry up, you'll be late for work." Maiko called out.

Shuichi's eyes widened as he saw that only 20 minutes more, he'll hear his boss' scolding. He picked up his son, Shinori and turned on the shower.

The child giggled and began playing with the drizzles. "Daddy, will you go with me?" he grabbed Shuichi's leg and rubbed his face on his knee.

"Aw." Shuichi purred. When the child looked up, he saw familiar golden eyes looking up at him. Those tiger like eyes still hunt him. He shook his head and began applying soap to the boy's back.

"No, honey. I'll just bring you to school and then I'll go work."

The child pouted, sat on the tiles and began splashing the water on the bathroom floor. "No, I want to be with Daddy! Shinori wants to be with Daddy Shu!"

Shuichi sighed. He couldn't blame his kid. It's his first time to go to school.

"I promise I'll be the one to fetch you later. You'll meet lots of friends in school, so don't worry. You don't need me there."

"But nobody wants to be friends with me." The kid looked down and started to look sad.

Shuichi bit his lip. Shinori was always bullied by the kids on the neighborhood. Well, he is the average guy to bully – with pink hair and tiger like eyes. Shuichi promised to himself that his child will grow to be a handsome man. But there was something more to bully about Shinori.

His face.

Sure, Shuichi and Maiko said he's cute. But on the left side of Shinori's face was a brownish burn, which runs from his left eyelid down to his cheek. When Shuichi gave birth to him six years ago, he already looked like that. Luckily, he could open his eyes.

"You'll find a true friend who could accept you, baby." Shuichi said as he finished bathing Shinori.

Shinori was silent the whole time that Shuichi was attending to him. He waited for Shuichi to take his own bath. When his dad was ready, his small hands clasped Shuichi's.

"Daddy, fetch me later ok?" he said, finally accepting that he'll have to stay at school without any relatives.

"Yup, I promise!" Shuichi patted his son's hair and they walked towards school.

Shinori sat silently on one chair while other kids played around him. He wanted to join them but it looks like the kids don't want to play with him.

"Alright class, we'll begin our first day. Good morning everybody!"

"Good morning Ukai sensei." The kids greeted and bowed their heads to show respect to Noriko.

"Sit down class. I'll check the attendance first."

The kids did what they were told. Behind Shinori's back, he could hear girls whispering about him.

"Abe."

"Present."

"Arai."

"Present."

"Asakura."

"Present."

The list went on and Shinori waited for his turn to be called. He looked at the window and saw a black haired woman waving at him, or rather, waving at the girl beside him.

He looked at his classmate. It was a pretty girl with long blond hair and brown eyes. She had a mole beside her lower lip – just like her mother.

"Sagara."

"Present."

"Senari."

"Present."

"Shindou."

Shinori raised his arm shyly and said, "Present."

Noriko looked at him questioningly, as if trying to figure out why he had a burn on his face. Along with her, Shinori could here murmurs about him and his face. he started to look sad.

Noriko continued to call out surnames until it came to the last one.

"Uesugi."

"Present."

The girl beside him raised her arm and looked at him like he was the most disgusting person on earth.

For a month, Shinori was always teased by his schoolmates, especially by his seatmate, by the name of Yukari Uesugi. He didn't know why, but it seems the girl hated him so much.

It was dismissal time and Shinori was left on the playground, waiting for Shuichi. There were only seven kids left, including him and Yukari.

Yukari ran towards him and kicked his foot. She smirked and stuck out her tongue.

"Why are you so mad at me? I'm not doing anything to you!" Shinori asked as he sobbed.

"Oh yeah, you did nothing. I kicked you because I don't like you. The teachers say you are the best in class and that I'm just the second best. I don't like your face; it looks like part of it is crumpled. I don't like the color of your hair. What kind of guy has pink hair?"

"What's wrong with having pink hair Yukari?"

The girl jumped in surprise as she heard a familiar voice. She gulped and turned around.

"Daddy." She said and ran towards the blonde man. "Are we going home now?"

"Not until you say sorry to this young guy over here." Her dad replied.

"Why would I say sorry to losers, Daddy? Mommy said I shouldn't let anyone be greater than I am."

"You're mom is wrong. And this guy is not a loser." He pushed his daughter towards a sobbing Shinori. "Now, apologize to him."

"I don't want!" Yukari shouted and ran inside their car.

The blonde guy sighed and walked towards Shinori. He patted his hair and looked at the awful burn on his cheek. "I hope you forgive that spoiled brat. She doesn't know what she's saying." He said.

Shinori just nodded, a little afraid of the guy in front of him. He looked at Yukari's dad and gave a faint smile.

"We have the same eyes." Shinori said while smiling. Yet, his smile faded immediately as he saw the shocked expression on the blonde's face.

The blonde stood up and looked at the whole body of Shinori. "Yukari said you're the top of the class. May I know your name?"

Shinori sucked his small thumb and shook his head. "My Dad said I shouldn't talk to strangers."

"But I am not a stranger. Ok. I'll introduce myself. I am Yukari's dad, Eiri Uesugi."

"I am Shinori Shindou, sir." Came the fast reply.

Eiri bit his lip. The kid looked awfully familiar. How could he forget that guy whom he almost possessed?

"Eiri, what's taking you so long? We still have to go to a meeting, could you please hurry up?" the black haired woman earlier shouted from inside the car. "Geez." She said and closed the tinted windows.

"I'll see you again, Shinori Shindou." Eiri said, and without knowing why, he kissed Shinori's burnt cheek before walking away.

Since Shuichi gave birth to Shinori, he tried to find ways to raise his family from poverty. He went back to working on clubs, but not as a whore. He began exploring his career as a singer, with Hiro as his guitarist. Luckily, the feedback was good.

He was too proud of Shinori. Shuichi himself didn't finish studying, and his grades weren't that good. But Shinori was always the top of his class.

Maybe it's his genes. He said to himself while mopping the floor.

"Yo, Shuichi. why are you still here? Shinori's dismissal is an hour ago." Hiro greeted from behind.

"Huh? What?" Shuichi panicked. He looked at the clock on the farther side of the bar. "Oh no, I didn't noticed that the clock stopped!" he removed his apron, put on a nice shirt and hurriedly ran outside. "See you later Hiro."

"Yeah, later." Hiro waved lazily and shook his head. He continued Shuichi's work on mopping the floor. Sure, the floor is already clean, but he can't help but force himself to work.

"This is the only way to forget you." He said to himself.

Six years passed since he quit being a seme at Blue Boy. Aoe Reiji promised to find Suguru no matter what. And indeed, Reiji knew the exact location of Suguru, but Hiro decided it was best if the two of them will be separated.

Instead, he looked for Shuichi and started a new life with his best friend.

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"Oh no, oh no." Shuichi muttered continuously. "I hope my baby is not crying!" he sped towards the school and halted to a stop when he saw that Shinori was sitting on a swing while eating ice cream.

"Hey, where did he got the money for that?" he walked towards his son and demanded an explanation.

"Shinori." His stern voice surprised the kid. "Where did you get that? Didn't I tell you that you shouldn't ask or receive things from others?"

"But Daddy, this came from my classmate's dad. He said it's ok to receive –

"Tsk, we're going home." Shuichi answered angrily, grabbed his son's arm and attempted to walk home, but he stopped when he bumped a man.

"It's not wrong to give the kid some ice cream. After all, it's your fault. He was waiting an entire hour for you."

Shuichi froze. When he bumped the man, he was just staring at the ground. When he heard the voice, there was no doubt about it, even if he didn't look up, he was sure that the voice belonged to him.

"Long time no see, Shuichi."

Shuichi looked up and he saw those tiger like eyes again. His grip on his son's arm tightened that the ice cream he was holding fell on the floor.

"Ah! Daddy! My ice cream!"

"I'll just buy you a new one, Shinori." Eiri offered but Shuichi shook his head.

"That's not needed. Com'n Shinori, we're going home."

Shinori pouted and waved good bye. "Bye bye, Mr. Uesugi."

"I said com'n!" Shuichi carried his son just to walk away from Eiri.

"Running away from me huh? You won't let you go." Eiri said to himself.

He lay silently on the bed while staring at the moon. Shinori was sleeping soundly beside him, purring cute words while breathing.

"Hm, reciting some vocabulary while sleeping. He's really a genius." Maiko said as she covered Shinori with a blanket. "Why are you still awake, oniichan?"

"I saw him again, Maiko."

"Him?"

Shuichi caressed Shinori's face and stopped his hand on the burn. "Shinori's other parent."

Maiko gasped. "Oh my. How did that – what did – did you –

"He's a parent of Shinori's classmate. I saw him while Shinori was waiting for me, and no, I didn't tell him the truth about Shinori."

"But brother, he deserves to know!"

"Maybe he deserves to know. But I don't want to tell him. He has his own family. And I don't think he'll accept his son. Not with a whore."

"Brother."

"Maiko, please don't tell anything to Shinori. I don't know how he'll react if he finds out that he has two daddies."

"Alright bro, but they both deserve to know the truth."

Yeah, he deserves to know the truth. But I really don't plan on telling him. Never.

a/n: such a short chappie. I just wanted to emphasize the fact that it has been six years since they all parted. And Shinori – is Shuichi and Eiri's son – if you haven't figured out.

Next chap: Shinori is sick and Shuichi doesn't know where to get money! Will he run to Eiri?

again, thanks Patpat chan!