I Believe in Happy Endings

Disclaimer: ~ Unforuntaly I don\'t own Gravitation…..all I own is my dog, Cujo *runs to hug Cujo*~

The next thing I remember is waking up in bed next to Hiro, sunlight blinding me from the motel window. I was lying on my stomach, and could see Sakano and Suguru in their bed, K lying on a pile of blankets on the floor. I grinned a little, seeing my brothers sleeping. Then I was unconscious for a few more hours.

It was Suguru who finally woke me. “So how was it? You did it, didn\'t you? You had sex. I knew it! No other reason for you to come tripping in here are five in the morning!”

“Let him be,” Hiro called from the kitchen.

“He\'s going to have a nasty headache for a while,” Sakano added, form somewhere nearer.

I already had a headache ands its name was Suguru. Couldn\'t he just leave me alone?! Dumb question.

“Bitch!” he yelled, slapping me on the ass over he covers.

I decided to teach him a lesson. I am stronger of the two of us, but I must not have expected the reaction my hangover had caused. As I turned around, grabbing his arm, my stomach cramped and I felt as though the wind had been knocked out of me. I couldn\'t even scream as my body stiffened, falling back onto the bed. I curled into a ball, gasping.

“And he\'s been drinking!” K cried excitedly. “What liquors did you try?”

“Who\'d you do?”

“Beer, I bet. Its notorious as a first drink…”

“Was she cute? Did she have long hair?”

I just groaned at their anxious questions. “Hiro…”

“All right, you guys!” Hiro yelled. “Back off for a little while. No one\'s in the mood to arguing today.” My brothers were disappointed, but backed away from the bed. “I just buttered some toast, and there\'s plenty of cereal left, if you\'re hungry, Shuichi.”

I was, suddenly. The clock on the dresser told me it was after two, well-past time to get up. It took a lot of effort, but I pushed the covers back and crawled off the bed. I made my way into the small kitchen and sat down. The butter smelled good, but the actual sight of the toast made me nauseous I settled for dry cereal, as the milk had the same effect, and couldn\'t drink anything but water with it. Hiro did everything for me. I wasn\'t used to having people take care of me; it was nice. I went to get a shower after that. I was wearing the same pants as the night before, but my jacket was missing. I didn\'t mention this to my brothers - my parents had spent a lot of money on my outfit, and if I\'d lost half of it… I stepped into the icy water, letting it freeze me inside out. As I washed, I found several fingernail scratches on my arms and shoulders. My memory was still clouded, but I remembered enough to know that Yuki had made those marks. I could still feel his mouth searing my flesh in hot, wet kisses. But was that all we\'d done? I couldn\'t remember clearly, but I\'d had sex with him, good for me. I\'d accomplished all my goals for Seung Bo Nung - getting drunk and getting laid. I figured I wouldn\'t see him again. It was too bad, really, I thought, because I really liked him - I don\'t know if attracted quite a word is, but…well. And also, what had become of my clothes?

I was toweling my hair dry when there was a light knock on the door, and Hiro poked his head in. “Shuichi? You\'ve got a visitor out here.”

I knew at once it had to be Yuki. Probably bringing back my jacket. Or so I hoped.

I was right….sort of. I stepped out of the bathroom and found him there with the jacket, only he was wearing it. Hiro was still cleaning up the kitchen and Sakano was making the beds. K turned off the DV as I walked into the living room. Suguru sat on the couch next to K, looking at Yuki suspiciously. “Why are you wearing my brother\'s coat?”

He looked a little confused for a moment, then his eyes lit up when he saw me, and he took it off. “ I wanted to thank you for last night,” he said, a secret twinkling in his eyes. “Do you remember? You lent it to me because I was cold.”

I accepted the jacket; grateful to have it back in my possession I didn\'t miss the implication in his words. “I remember”. I smiled.

Yuki ran his fingers through his blonde hair, causing his earrings to shake - today only a thin gold hoop in each. He was wearing loose, baggy jeans and a tight, long-sleeved T shirt. He looked really good, but not in the stylish, rich way he\'d looked last night. I was glad his pants covered his Nikes; my brothers would have been jealous, even if I was not, and our family wasn\'t exactly in the upper-class, or even in the middle-class. But today Yuki seemed to be right on level with the rest of us. He did this so he could see me, and not make me uncomfortable….it was a nice gesture, and I wanted to hug him for it.

“I\'m glad your still here” he continued. “I can\'t remember…how long are you staying in Tokyo?”

“We\'re leaving first thing in the morning” Suguru put in

“Oh.”

Suguru\'s tone had been unnecessarily rude, and he\'d embarrassed me. “Yuki, these are my brothers.” I introduced them in order, according to age, ending with tart little Suguru. Everyone shook Yuki\'s hand; he told them we\'d met at the concert last night and gone to a bar afterwards.

“Which reminds me...” he added, pulling something form his back pocket? “After I steered you home last night, I got you a present.” He handed me a thin, flat object.

I looked at the cover of the CC {compact chip} case. The label read `Nittle Grasper.\' I opened it eagerly, and saw that all three members of the band had scribbled their signatures on the back of the booklet. On the opposite of the case was the microchip recoding itself, but…

“Lemme see!” Suguru cried, ripping it from my grasp. He eyed my gift jealously. “Sweet…and autographed, too!” He handed it back with an ironic smile. “Too bad you don\'t have a CC player, Shuichi.”

Somehow {I don\'t know, because I bristled at Suguru\'s awful rudeness} Yuki completely kept his cool. “That\'s okay; he can borrow mine.” He turned in his attention to me. “I came to see if you wanted to go grab a coffee or something.”

I looked at Hiro, since he was in charge, and he nodded eagerly. “Go ahead and see the city in daylight. Just don\'t be out too late; we have to be packed to go by morning!”

“Wait a minute!” Suguru broke in. “Stay a while. We\'ve only just met! I want to hear what you guys did at the bar. What kind of bar was it? I\'ll bet it was a strip bar!” he turned to me. “That\'s where you met her, isn\'t it? Yuki, tell me - what kind of women did he have last night?”

“Oh, for--!” I\'d had enough. I grabbed Yuki\'s arm and pulled him to the door.

“You little bitch!” Suguru yelled after me.

“That\'s enough!” Sakano yelled at him.

Suguru just wouldn\'t stop. Even as I was opening the door he was screaming, “I\'ll bet they had an orgy with lots of chicks!”

I closed the door behind us as Hiro\'s normally calm voice started yelling. But before we\'d stepped away form the door I hear Suguru\'s final insult, “Probably he and Yuki just fucked each other!”

I thought I would die of embarrassment. Really, my brother had horrid manners. Yuki probably thought we were the most ill-bred street trash of Japan. He was walking very slowly, shuffling, really; his shoulders trembled as he clutched himself.

I hurried to catch up, worried at how upset he seemed. I put a hand on his shoulder. “Yuki, I…”

He spun to face me, his eyes shining merrily. He was laughing.

Of course, a grin spread across my face, and we clung to each other, giggling uncontrollably, even as muffled shouts of raged form the room down the hall.

At last he gained control of himself and, linking his arm through mine, he said, “Come on! Let\'s go get that coffee!”

During the entire walk form the hotel to the coffee shop we held hands, chatting pleasantly to each other as we strolled own the now-crowded streets. The shop wasn\'t far from where I was staying. I\'d never had coffee before, but if Yuki was surprised to hear this, he didn\'t show it. I appreciated the way he looked over my impoverished state. So I thanked him as we drank the coffee {which he\'d insisted on paying for}, for everything, but most especially the way he\'d kept his cool with Suguru.

At first I was afraid I\'d offended him, because he started at me so blankly. Then he grinned suddenly and, taking my hands across the tiny round table, leaned over and kissed my forehead. He put his hand on my cheek, and I leaned into his palm, closing my eyes. A blush crept on my face as he touched me with is warm fingers. “My little Shu-chan” he whispered. His thumb touched my lips and I opened my eyes. Was he going to kiss me? But, no. He drew his hand back to take another sip of his coffee.

“Yuki….” My voice cracked when I said his name. He didn\'t seem to notice. I swallowed and tried again. “Yuki. Last night - in the car….did we….?”

His eyes flickered up to me, and he smiled suddenly. “Really, I\'m surprised you\'re up and about today. We got pretty smashed last night, eh?”

He hasn\'t answered the question I\'d tried to ask, so I thought I\'d ask it directly, but suddenly form behind me a figure approached. It was a young lady, a little bit older than Yuki and I. She pulled a chair over to our tiny table.

Yuki smiled at her.

“Mika, this is the friend I met last night at the concert. His name\'s Shuichi.”

The lady smiled, bowing slightly. Such manners, the rich people had. “I\'m Mika, Yuki\'s older sister. Nice to meet you.”

“Nice to meet you!” I sighed a breath of relief. I\'ll tell you this - if Yuki\'s possessions made my brothers jealous, the attention Yuki received from other me positively in a killing mode. He told me later what a possessive creature I am. But he never seemed to mind.

“So, how long are you in Tokyo?” Mika continued pleasantly.

I looked a little sad at the table. “We\'re leaving tomorrow - my brothers and I, I mean.”

“Oh.” She looked at Yuki\'s fallen face, and then elbowed him in the ribs. “Yu-chan, why don\'t you invite him to stay with us for a few weeks? You\'re not letting him leave Tokyo without experiencing everything firsthand, are you?”

Yuki looked at me hopefully. “Well! How about it? Do you think you could stay with me, for just a little longer?”

Mika seemed to take the hint and left the table to go stand near the door. She must know, I thought. Yuki is a flaming homosexual, and maybe I am too. And his sister knows. I wondered how my own brothers would react to such an announcement, should I make one. With apathy? With acceptance? I doubted it. I could easily imagine shock, embarrassment, rage…but never acceptance. But I wasn\'t worried just yet. I wasn\'t sure if anything had actually happened between us. Besides, this was my first relationship, if it was one, so I couldn\'t say whether or not I was completely gay. There was something I liked about Yuki, not necessarily sexually, but there was affection and I didn\'t want to separate myself from him just yet. This thing needed to be explored further. And Yuki had asked me to stay.

“You could stay at my house!” he said excitedly. But that was all -no “We\'ve got plenty of room we live in a mansion!” or “My family\'s got more than enough money to support you for a while!” No, just a simple request. A friend inviting a friend to a sleepover. It was so tempting, yet…how could I convince my brothers to let me stay? I hardly had enough clothes with me. But I had a strange urgency. It had to be now or never, something told me. If I didn\'t stay with Yuki now I might never see him again. It would have been more sensible to wait for a few weeks, so I could pack more things and possible scourge up some money, but I knew I couldn\'t wait; this thing had to be done now.

“You\'re back early.” K commented when I stepped into the motel room, barely an hour after leaving. “How\'d everything go with your friend?” I started. But, no, there hadn\'t been any implication in this tone. His accusation was all in my head.

“Fine. Where\'s Hiro?”

“Packing.”

I found the other three in the bedroom. Sakano was talking to Hiro as they packed; trying to avoid Suguru\'s body sprawled across the bed next to the suitcase. He was looking at some dirty magazine. (A/N: yesh…Suguru isn\'t that innocent xD) Uninterested, I turned directly to Hiro.

“Hey, Bro”

“Back already? The rest of us are pretty much ready to go. Do you want some help packing?”

How could I put this… “Um, actually, I wondered if…Do you think it would be ok if I stayed a while?”

Hiro gave a little half-smile but shook his head. “We\'d all like to stay a few more days, Shuichi, but you know mom and dad don\'t have that kind of money.”

“I can stay with Yuki!” I said quickly. “He invited me, I mean. He lives in Tokyo, and promised to show me around the city.”

“I knew it!” Suguru cried victoriously, tossing the magazine aside. “Yuki\'s rich! He is from the upper-class isn\'t he? I thought I saw a lot of holes in his ear!”

“….Shuichi?” Sakano aimed at me.

I nodded. “He does seem to be wealthy….could I just stay a couple of weeks?”

Hiro and Sakano looked at each other. Sakano shrugged. Hiro turned to me and nodded. “Yeah, I guess that\'s fine. Just let us know when you\'re ready to come home.”

“Wait a minute!” of course Suguru had something to say. “I wanna stay, too!”

“Well….”

“I wanna stay at the rich kid\'s house, too!”

“You weren\'t invited,” I stated

“If you can stay, I can stay!”

“Fine. Find your own place to sleep.”

“I\'m going to Yuki\'s house!”

“No, you\'re not. He invited me - jut me. He\'s my friend.” Hmph; I guess I am a jealous guy.

Suguru sprung at me then, knocking me onto the floor. We wrestled on the ground, punching each other furiously. At first I was just trying to get him off me, but he socked my eye, and after that it was war. I twisted his arms behind him, squeezing his shoulder blades together mercilessly. Of course, Hiro and Sakano were shouting at us the whole time. Now, Suguru and I are pretty tough kids, but no match for our oldest brothers. They ripped us apart, and Hiro dragged me out of the room. We passed K in the doorway, looking at us with amusement. Sakano closed the door behind us, and a lot of yelling ensued. Then Hiro spun me around to face him. He put his hand on my shoulder and stared into my bruised eye. He sighed and put his hands on my shoulder. “Shuichi…” I could see his mind working, but I wasn\'t sure what he was thinking about. “Shuichi, go with your friend.” He threw his arms around me suddenly, hugging me tight. Really, it was almost embarrassing. I mean, Hiro and I are really close, but he was making me feel like a baby. I guess it didn\'t help that I was crying.

I couldn\'t face Suguru again, so Hiro went to get my things from the bedroom. After he\'d returned and handed me my suitcase, he reached into his back pocket for his wallet. “How much do you need?”

If I\'d been upset before, now I was wretched. My brother was about to freely give me his hard-earned money. I knew he\'d been saving up for another piercing. I flew into his arms again so he wouldn\'t see my crying. I am so selfish! I thought. I felt like such a brat suddenly, and my brother seemed like such an angel. I really can\'t describe the way I felt at the moment. It just seemed like I\'d never see him again. It felt like good-bye.

Hiro must have felt it, too. He hugged me heard until I stopped sobbing, and then pushed me away. His eyes were red. “I\'ll see you soon, Shuichi” he said softly. We both knew he wouldn\'t.



Alrite…..finished this chappie….yes I no I made things over-dramatic. Please leave a review!! If anyone is still wondering if Shu and Yuki actually did it, keep reading 2 find out xP