Chapter Five: Interview

Shuichi swore he could still hear the screams from the crowd last night in his head as he woke up the following morning. Rolling over he found Sorrow sleeping next to him for the second night in a row. Suppressing a sigh, Shuichi rolled back over trying to fall asleep again. Touching Darkness had an interview at two o'clock on a TV program called Music Hits with Twilight and Nittle Grasper. He defiantly wasn't looking forward to waking up for that however the weekend was after that which meant that they could do anything they liked as long as it wasn't scandalous otherwise K would have them under lock and key for the following month and none of the band wanted that.

Shuichi gasped as Sorrow managed to slither his arms around Shuichi's waist and pull him closer snuggling against his small form like a child holding a bear. Somehow Sorrow was still asleep which Shuichi couldn't explain. Not wanting to disturb Sorrow, Shuichi decided to try falling asleep again but didn't feel tired. Feeling Sorrow's breath on the back of his neck made him shiver with a natural reflex. It was then that Shuichi realized that Sorrow was actually awake and still holding onto him.

Rolling over as gently as he could, Shuichi came face to face with Sorrow who was wide awake like he had guessed. Even in the small amount of light in the room, he could see Sorrow blushing deeply as the contact between them became closer. Shuichi felt Sorrow's lips gently press against his in a passionate yet soft kiss which left him breathless regardless. Sorrow smiled at Shuichi secretively as he allowed Shuichi to wrap his arms around him pulling them even closer together. He could feel himself blushing deeply but at the same time happiness coursed through his veins. Making Shuichi feel revealed that he hadn't lost the emotion of love that he held locked dearly in his heart.

"Hurry up you two or we'll be late for the interview." Rage shouted. In that one sentence the feeling in the room dropped. Sighing, Shuichi pulled himself from the silently protesting Sorrow as he tripped into the bathroom preparing from the interview. Today wasn't going to be fun for Shuichi Shindo.

Shuichi sat next to Sorrow (who gripped onto his waist tightly) and Mello while Rage sat on the other side of Mello all on a single couch. Nittle Grasper sat to the left of them on a single couch with Twilight on the other side of them. The host, a lady named, Suzuka Takahashi, sat eagerly at her desk closest to Rage who was furious being close to such a joyous person.

"Welcome we are here with American band Touching Darkness and our very own Nittle Grasper and Twilight." The live audience applauded while Shuichi's headache seemed to thud dully behind his eyes as he waited for the aspirin to work.

"Alright we're going to begin with asking questions from the audience. First question goes to Touching Darkness. You all seem to have stage names, we were wondering why you don't use your given names?" the host asked curiously.

"I'll answer that. We don't use our given names on stage because we don't use them off stage either. We only know each other through our stage names we don't know anything else about each other, other than what is in the present and the future." Shuichi said taking them all by surprise.

"What about your past lives and the people in them?"

"For one reason or another we all left or past lives with painful experiences in them. We gave those lives up when we took our stage names." Mello said answering Tohma's question. The audience was utterly surprised with this news yet they managed to remain calm and continue to listen eagerly for more information.

"Can we ask about those lives?" the host asked curiously disregarding the next card.

"No we don't discuss our past lives with anyone." Sorrow said.

"Alright I think that we should move along to our next question which is directed to Choas and Sorrow. The audience is wondering about the bond between you."

Sorrow looked down at Shuichi who blushed lightly but not enough to give anything away. "We both like to feel close to someone for one reason or another and it makes it easier if its within the band since we don't like to hook up with random girls in our private time." Shuichi said simply.

"Ok, well next question is directed towards Daiskue from Twilight. How does it feel to know that you are only a replacement to the once great Shuichi Shindo?" Suzuka asked. The entire set went quiet as everyone stared at the singer with fear of the outcome.

"Well I'm sure we can pull past this Shindo business and forget him completly." Daisuke said confidently.

"WHAT! No one can replace Shu-chan so easily! He sparkled on stage like Chaos and I, you don't sparkle." Ryuichi shouted at the small boy now in his child form. Shuichi smiled leaning in towards Sorrow as Hiro and Suguru began to back up Ryuichi with the host forgotten.

"HEY! WOULD YOU IDIOTS GET IT TOGETHER WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ANSWERING QUESTIONS!" Rage shouted after five minutes of their arguing finally making them all quiet. Shuichi still leaning against Sorrow looked up to see them all staring silently at them.

"What? I'm not going to make him apologize when you were arguing on live television over something that happened three years ago. You may continue please, Suzuka-san" Shuichi said. Suzuka began the next few questions a little uneasily preying that Twilight and Nittle Grasper wouldn't get into another fight. Tohma on the other hand was staring directly at Chaos who was staring back as if trying to convey all the hatred in the world upon him. 'That couldn't be Shuichi Shindo...could it?' Tohma thought ignoring everything around him. The interview went for another ten minutes until the final question was asked.

"Final question is for Chaos. Would you sing one of either Twilight or Nittle Grasper's songs?" The host asked almost excited.

"No." Shuichi answered immediately. This shook everyone slightly.

"Well we don't mind if you don't sing it properly you could even sing along with Ryuichi or Daisuke." The host suggested.

"This topic is not up for negotiation." Shuichi said glaring.

"But...but...what if..." Suzuka was immediately silenced as Rage stood, towering over her.

"I believe this interview is now over." Sorrow said smiling. Shuichi stood followed by his band members as they left the set in silence. Tohma smiled his suspicions now beginning to make sense. 'If that was indeed Shuichi Shindo, if he had sung one of their songs his voice would have sounded similar to Ryuichi's giving away his identity at the same time.'

"Shuichi Shindo, I think I might have found you." Tohma whispered to himself already dialing the one number he knew he had to call.

Yuki heard the phone ringing in the background as he tried to work on his latest novel unsuccessfully. He still couldn't get that guy, Chaos, out of his head which was disturbing his work. Those shining violet eyes reminding him so much of Shuichi even if the music didn't. But what emotion was hidden behind that stare that he had given Yuki during their performance last night? Was it...longing or...love? Whoever Chaos was he defiantly knew something about Shuichi, Yuki decided. Slowly he made his way into the room and picked up the phone.

"What" he grumbled into the phone knowing immediately it would be Tohma.

"I think I found Shuichi." Tohma said excitedly into the phone. Now he could make up for the suffering he had caused Eiri over the past few years.

"What! Where is he?"

"I'm not positive on this. It's just a suspicion but I think that Chaos from Touching Darkness is Shuichi Shindo."

"What makes you say that?" I had the same thought. Yuki's mind was tumbling around with this news.

"Well during the interview today he told the host that none of them talked about their past lives. But that's not all when Ryuichi and Daisuke began fighting over Shuichi's part in Bad Luck and his drummer Rage told them to stop, he said that he wasn't going to make him apologize for something that happened three years ago. Also he refused point blank to sing one of Nittle Grasper's or Twilight's songs at the end of the interview."

"Wait, he knew about something when he supposedly wasn't in the country?" Yuki asked.

"Yes. I'm going to see him tomorrow since they aren't scheduled to do anything."

"Does anyone else know about this?"

"No, no one else knows. So do you want to accompany me?" Tohma asked.

"Do you even have to ask?" Yuki said hanging up on Tohma. Smiling, Yuki fell upon the couch letting the phone crash to the floor as he dropped it. 'Shuichi I will find you. Then you and Tohma will pay for leaving my life so suddenly.' He thought, finally moving past his writers block. Yuki stood, moving towards his laptop. Tomorrow would defiantly be a great day.

Hiya people...yes I finished another chapter! Actually I simply was in the mood to write Gravitation so here it is! Yay! I'm not saying what will happen in the next chapter but I have started it...hehe

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