"He knows about your apartment, huh?" For some reason, Eiri couldn't find it in him to be surprised by that tiny revelation. Tohma had a very bad habit of knowing just about everything about everyone who had come into his life. The older man also had a nasty habit of being a control freak.
"Yeah . . . He probably followed me or had me followed . . . like you did when you found out about it."
Ah yes. Eiri remembered how he had found out about Shuichi's apartment. It had been the first time Eiri had ever followed anyone somewhere, and he hadn't exactly been discreet when he had tailed behind the vocalist. They'd just had a nasty fight, and Shuichi had fled the place they shared. It had been raining that night, and Eiri had believed the vocalist was going over to his best friend's house. Despite the bitter and angry words lingering between them, he had wanted to make sure Shuichi got to Hiro's safe and sound. He'd been shocked to find Shuichi heading somewhere else, and he'd been jealous, extremely jealous. After Shuichi had gone inside and had headed up, Eiri had entered the building and talked to the man at the lobby desk.
Fortunately for him, Shuichi hadn't noticed him. Shuichi hadn't known he'd been followed until the building supervisor had informed him Eiri had paid him a visit. The novelist was certain the man had said something to Shuichi about Eiri inquiring about him. The man had seemed rather protective of the singer, or at least protective of Shuichi's privacy. Nothing had been said, however, once Shuichi had returned home. In fact, Shuichi's refuge (and Eiri knew that it was. The building supervisor had flat out informed him of as much) had never been mentioned until now.
"It's kind of scary," Shuichi continued. "You and Tohma both know about the place and no one else does . . . It's scary how close you two are to me, and how well you both you understand me . . . He knew. He knew I needed some space, some time to think."
Eiri found Shuichi's amethyst gaze on him.
"Tohma suggested that I go there to think things over."