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This I
Promise You
Sequel
to: “My Heart
Beats Like a Drum”
Written
by: Chochowilliams
Disclaimer: I do not
own Gravitation or the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of
this story.
Summary: Could it be
that Shuichi really is just paranoid or is there something about the new
neighbor?
Chapter
Summary:
Warning: M/M,
hentai, romance, drama, angst, OOC-ness, language, mpreg, masturbation, anal,
oral, death, Shuichi/Eiri
Insert:
A/N: Like some of
my other stuff, this was out previously.
Thank you to bunnykim89, catbaker, UnratedCrimsonBlood, CreotiaFlayier,
Acherona, Silvermane1 for your reviews.
+---+---+---+
(Last Time)
“I love you
guys. You're my best friends, my
family. But I can't do this
anymore.”
He took a
deep breath and let it out slowly through his mouth.
“I've been struggling
with this decision even before I was forced into doing this last album. I knew what I had to do, but I…I didn't want
to let you down! I was fading rapidly,
but still…I had to at least try to make it to the end. We were almost finished, but…”
Shuichi shook
his head. But then I got pregnant, he
added silently. The unexpected pregnancy
just made it all that much worse.
“I'm
sorry. I really am, but this is just
something I have to do.”
He face
scrunched up as a renewed surge of sadness welled up inside of him.
“Bad Luck is
my life,” he sobbed. “Without it, I have
nothing! But-”
Kai smiled at
his cousin. “It's alright, Shuichi.”
“Take as much
time as you need,” Kei agreed.
Shuichi
sniffed and stared at the twins in awe.
“Besides, we
have a little side project we've been working on,” Kai explained.
“I've, uh,
been thinking about going home,” Michael spoke up. “It's been awhile since I've seen my family
and I want…I want my children to see where I'm from, ya
know? Besides, my folks want to be there
when Anzu has the baby.” He shrugged.
“This's actually pretty good timing.” He smiled at Shuichi. “Like Kai and Kei said, do what you
must. The last thing we need is for you
to collapse from exhaustion, or something.”
“Thank you,
Michael.”
Hiro sighed. “Well, I must admit, it has been good to
spend time with my wife and son. If we
were to go back into the studio full force, or hell, even half force…” He shook his head his head. “If I was still single, it wouldn't bother me
as much, but I have a family now, so…”
He lifted his head and smiled at his front man. “Alright, Shu. To tell you the truth, I think we've been
long due a little r and r.”
+---+---+
Chapter
23: The Results
“…instrumental version of ‘The Rage Beat'. It'll start with just Hiro on the acoustic
guitar, Suguru'll play the piano, and then we'll add
an orchestra towards the end. They'll
finish the piece, extending it into some transition piece while the rest of us
get ready for ‘Spicy Marmalade'. It'll
be full out! Lights, fireworks,
dancers!”
Shuichi looked around him at his friends and band
mates. He was grinning and bouncing up
and down, barely able to conceal his excitement. He stood at the head of the long conference
table, his back to the windows, addressing his band the next day at NG
studios. He was vaguely aware of his
bodyguard, Marcus, standing by the door across the room from him.
“So, what do you think?”
Impressed, Hiro nodded. “I gotta admit, that sounds pretty damn cool,
man.”
Kai, Kei and Michael agreed.
Suguru was another story, but it was one they heard
countless times before.
“I don't know, Shindou-san. I mean, if we had more than two weeks, we
might be able to pull this off, but with only two weeks?” The diminutive manager/synth player shook his
head.
“C'mon, Fujisaki,” Shuichi said, slapping his hands on
the table in the conference room.
“Where's your sense of adventure?”
“Shindou-san…”
“It's not like I'm forcing you all to learn a new
song! We've played them a hundred
zillion times!”
“He's right, Suguru,” Hiro told the man.
“It'll only be you on the piano and Hiro on his
acoustic guitar at the beginning anyway,” Kai explained. “The rest of us don't have to worry about
doing anything.”
Kei nodded.
“Until we get into position to do ‘Spicy Marmalade'.”
“Right,” Kai said with a nod. “Yes, we'll have to come up with a transition
piece, but that shouldn't be too hard.”
“We could always ask the violinist if they have any
suggestions, ya know?”
Shuichi nodded.
“That's a good idea. It would
free us up to concentrate on other things.”
“The only thing the rest of us have to worry about is
playing ‘Spicy Marmalade'. Which should
be a no-brainer,” Michael added. “Like
Shu said, we've played it about half a zillion times.”
Suguru sighed and flopped back in the chair. He ran his fingers through his hair. He leaned his head back and stared at the
drop down ceiling, thinking. They made
it sound so easy. Not only did they have
to work on two songs, they had to figure out a viable transition piece, talk
with the makeup artist, the costumer, set designer, choreographer, lighting
crew, pyrotechnic experts, dancers, security…
They also had to find a doctor and physical therapist
for Shuichi just in case his own could not be present.
That had been Eiri's one stipulation to letting
Shuichi do this. Both had to be present
the day of the show and through out all the rehearsals. When he asked Shuichi, Eiri, even Riku and
Shuichi’s cousins Kai and Kei, they refused to say why. Nobody was talking. He just figured it was because it had not
been that long since the accident and Shuichi was not fully back to normal, but
there was something else. He just was
not sure what.
Suguru sighed is resignation. “Fine.
Fine. We'll do it.”
“Yes!” Shuichi cried out, throwing his hands in the
air.
Kai, Kei and Michael whooped and clapped, laughing at
their success.
Hiro clapped his friend on the back and grinned. “You're a good man, Suguru. You made the right decision.”
Suguru snorted.
“I hope so,” he muttered.
Otherwise, it was his head. He
sighed heavily, running his fingers through his hair. “Alright,” he announced, slapping his hands
on the table and standing up. “I'll make
some calls and see if I can round up an orchestra on short notice. In the meantime, why don't we run through
‘Spicy Marmalade'. Tonight, I'll try to
come up with some changeover pieces and tomorrow we can do a complete run
through.”
“Sounds good,” Hiro agreed with a nod, standing up.
“I can't wait to get started,” Kei announced. The others agree wholeheartedly.
Shuichi smirked happily. It was all starting to come together. He just hoped they could pull it off.
Suguru gathered his papers together and tapped them
into a neat pile as the others, all talking at once, trooped out of the
conference room. “I sure hope this
doesn't blow up in our faces,” he muttered.
“Don't worry, Fujisaki,” Shuichi smiled broadly
slapping the younger man's shoulder as they walked into the hall. Marcus shadowed his every move.
“Shindou-san, are you sure you want to do ‘Spicy
Marmalade'? I mean, I don't mind doing
it, but it hasn't been that long since the accident. Why not do-?”
Shuichi waved away his manager's concern. “Don't worry, Fujisaki. It'll all come together.” Slapping his younger friend on the back
again, Shuichi vanished into rehearsal studio 2.
As Shuichi walked towards the sound booth, he watched
Hiro, Kai, Kei and Michael through the windows unnoticed and smiled. Kei sat down at the piano and started doing
an imitation of Stevie Wonder.
Shuichi laughed at his friends ridiculous antics, but
then slapped a hand over his mouth. He
fled out of the studio and raced to the bathroom as the breakfast Eiri forced
him to eat this morning returned on him, vaguely aware that Marcus was hot on
his heels.
+---+---+
Spitting into the toilet, Shuichi used his cane to
help him get to his feet. As he limped
to the sink, he heard the toilet flush behind him, getting rid of all the
evidence that he had thrown up. He
leaned his cane against the wall and cupped his hands under the faucet, which
came on automatically. Splashing water
onto his face, he used his hands as a cup and rinsed out his mouth. Sighing, he gripped the sides of the sink and
closed his eyes, hanging his head over the white porcelain bowl.
A hand crept to his belly and lightly traced lazy
circles over his belly. He still had not
figured out what he was going to tell the guys about his pregnancy. Eiri had taken it surprisingly well as had
Riku. His adopted son was ecstatic at
the idea of having a baby brother or sister.
But how would the others take it?
Sighing, Shuichi snagged some paper towels from the
dispenser and patted his face dry.
Grabbing his cane, he limped out of the bathroom and returned to the
rehearsal studio.
+---+---+
The elevator pinged and the doors slid open. “See you guys tomorrow,” Shuichi said as he headed
towards the black jeep Tahoe parked right besides the elevators in the
underground parking garage.
“Bye, Shu,” they all waved.
The singer slid into the backseat of his husband's
jeep. His bodyguard shut the door behind
him before getting into the front seat.
With a squeal, the car was soon out of sight.
Michael sighed enviously. “It must be great,” he commented as he headed
towards his car, his keys jangling in his hand, “to have a chauffer drive you
around everywhere.”
“Shu doesn't drive,” Hiro reminded the bassist as he
stood besides his motorcycle. “And
Yuki-san can't drive him around twenty-four seven. Because of whom he is, he cannot very well
use public transportation. He would be
mobbed. He does have his bodyguards now,
but Marcus and Blade make Shu stand out even more than he already does.”
“Ya know,” Kai said, “I don't know whether to pity Shu
or feel envious.” He shrugged and got
into the car.
Kei started his brand new car and just sat, listening
to it purr. Hiro and Michael
chuckled. Kei's new sports car had cost
a fortune and a half, but it had been well worth it according to Kei. It was his new baby. When his brother slapped him, Kei chuckled
and tore out of their parking spot and out into the street with a loud squeal
from the tires.
“See ya in the morning,” Michael said as he too
vanished into the early evening traffic.
Hiro turned to see Suguru deep in thought. “Suguru?”
Suguru snapped out of his thoughts and blinked. “Huh?”
“Is everything okay?”
“Oh, yeah. I
was just wondering if we can really pull this off.”
“Don't worry about it.
I'm sure Shuichi knows what he's doing.
He wouldn't have suggested doing something he knew he wouldn't have a
snowball's chance in hell of accomplishing.”
“I'm sure you're right, but…I still can't help
wondering.”
Hiro nodded in understanding. “I know, but Shuichi is a remarkable
person. You should know by now not to
underestimate him.”
Suguru nodded.
He knew Hiro was right, but something was bothering him. “Hey, can I ask you something?”
“Sure.”
“Have you noticed anything odd about Shindou-san?”
“Odd? Like
what?”
“I don't know, just...Never mind. I'll call you later, Hiro.” The diminutive man slid into his car and
pulled away with a wave.
Hiro frowned after the man. What had that been about?
+---+---+
“Tadaima,” Shuichi called as he entered
the apartment. Toeing off his shoes, he
called singsong, “Eiri! Riku!” He slid into his slippers and walked into the
living room. The whole apartment was
dark but for a lamp in the corner of the living room. “Hello?”
As he searched the apartment, he turned on every light
he could in an attempt to try to quell the rising panic he felt.
Like the guilt, he felt over the deaths of his old
bodyguards, the dread and fear that gripped him occasionally when his husband
was not around was something that Dr. Hikari had not been able to rid him of
completely.
Shuichi himself did not understand why he got like
this, but Dr. Hikari said that his abandonment issues were in response to how
Eiri had treated him early on in their relationship. The writer had ingrained it in Shuichi's mind
that eventually, he would leave him. And
that was Shuichi's biggest fear; that he would be left alone, that everybody he
cared about would desert him. It did not
matter how many times or how many ways Eiri told him he loved him. That fear was always there and always would
be.
It did not seem as if his husband or Riku were
home. Where could they have gone? Neither said anything this morning anything
about having to go anywhere. Had
something come up?
Shuichi paled.
Had Eiri or Riku been hurt? Had
something happened? Had they been rushed
to the hospital? Maybe he should-
Shuichi violently shook those thoughts aside. He had to try to calm down and think
rationally.
Eiri had finished the final draft of his story the day
before and had been going over it one last time before he sent it to
Mizuki-san, his editor. Maybe he
finished sooner than he thought he would and decided to hand it in, just to get
it over with. Eiri said something about
speaking with their lawyer again as well.
Shuichi knew he had not gone to see his psychiatrist. Eiri had not seen her in years, but he could
have gone out for a walk. And Riku had
been saying something about a huge history test coming up. Maybe he’d gone to a friend’s house to study?
These same thoughts did not make him feel any
better. The irrational side of his mind
was stronger and bullied his way to the forefront.
With a heavy heart, Shuichi flopped down onto the
couch and stared blankly at the television, trying desperately not to think.
---
I heard Eiri’s soft snores following me as I stepped
out of my bedroom. Shutting the door
behind me, I tread quietly down the hall into the spare bedroom. Silently so I did not wake up my sleeping
angels, I tiptoed across the carpeted room to the white crib. I reached inside and touched my baby's soft,
warm cheek.
Suddenly, a shrill ringing shattered the silence of
the apartment. My heart beating wicked
fast, I straightened and listened. The
ringing continued. It sounded like the
phone, but the sound was distant.
I went out into the hall and listened as the shrill
ringing echoed through the apartment. I
could not tell where it was coming from.
If it was the phone, then as I made my way back down the hall to the
master bedroom, it should get louder, but it did not. The tone remained far-off.
Turning around, I headed downstairs and into the
kitchen. Maybe the extension in the
bedroom was broken. That would explain
why the ringing sounded so far away, because the extension in the kitchen would
be the only phone in the house, other than their cellphones.
As I neared the phone, I realized that it was not
ringing and yet the ringing was louder here then it had been upstairs. What was going on? My hand reached out for the phone and
everything started to fade…
---
Violet eyes fluttered open. Sitting up, Shuichi sniffed and scrubbed a
hand over his face. It was only then
that he realized he had been crying.
Wiping at his tear stained face, he dragged his fingers through his hair
and sighed.
He jumped, startled, as a ringing swept through the
house. A hand over his racing heart, he
went into the kitchen and grabbed it mid-ring.
“Hello?” he greeted, his voice thick from crying.
“Shindou-san,” came a female
voice over the line.
Shuichi blinked, trying to place the voice. “Yes.”
“Hi, this is Dr. Amano. I'm sorry for calling so late.”
Dr. Amano?
Who-? His eyes widened and his
heart started beating faster. “Oh, yes,
Dr. Amano. That is fine. How're you?”
“I'm doing great.
How about yourself?”
Shuichi sniffed and chuckled. “Other than having no energy and throwing up
several times a day? Fine.”
Dr. Amano laughed.
“Well, you may as well get used to them, Shindou-san because they aren't
going anywhere any time soon.”
Confused, Shuichi blinked. “What?”
The doctor laughed again. “Congratulations, Shindou-san. You are indeed pregnant. Ten weeks to be exact.”
Shuichi felt numb with shock.
“Shindou-san?”
He was pregnant.
“Are you sure?” he asked in a serious, calm voice. This did not seem real at all.
Dr. Amano chuckled.
“I'm sure, Shindou-san. I want to
set up an appointment to have you come in to have a sonogram, all right? There's something I want to check.”
“Okay.”
“When is good for you?”
“Actually, the next two weeks I'll be busy getting ready
for a concert. So, anytime after that.”
Dr. Amano sighed.
“I was hoping to get you in as soon as possible.”
Shuichi scratched his head, thinking. “Well…”
“How about tomorrow at five-thirty? I usually have hours until five, but because
of your special circumstances, I think it'll be best if you came after
hours. Can you do that?”
Bad Luck really had a lot to do within the next two
weeks in order to get ready for their performance on the MCVMA's, but then Eiri
had made it clear that he wanted him to take it easy. He was sure that the guys would want to
continue until the wee hours of the morning, but knowing Eiri, his husband
would storm NG if he did not show up within half an hour of the appointed time
that he set for him. Having an actual
excuse for bailing would help alleviate the guilt.
“Sure. Sounds
good.”
“Alright. Then,
I'll see you tomorrow.”
“Okay.”
“Goodbye and congratulations, Shindou-san.”
Shuichi blushed and laid a hand on his belly. “Thanks, Doctor. Goodbye.”
He pressed the talk button, set the phone down on the table behind him,
and stared blankly into space.
A baby.
Dr. Amano said he was ten weeks pregnant. That would mean the baby was conceived a
couple weeks after that first night home.
A hot blush spread across his face as he recalled just how it was
conceived.
A baby.
He was going to have Eiri's baby. Tears filled his eyes. A sob shattered the silence of the
kitchen. He clamped a hand over his mouth
as tears tickled annoyingly down his face.
He could not believe it! His
other hand rubbed lazy circles over his belly.
There was a life inside here?
Another person growing inside of him that he and the love of his life
had created.
Shuichi laughed through his tears, a huge smile on his
face.
“Definitely derision,” said an unexpected voice.
Yelping in surprise, Shuichi swung around to see his
husband standing in the doorway with a smirk on his face and his arms crossed
over his chest. “Eiri,” he breathed over
a pounding heart. With a face wet from
crying, Shuichi tossed himself at his husband.
Eiri hugged his husband back. Tipping Shuichi's head back, he kissed him
firmly on the lips. “What are you crying
for this time?”
“Dr. Amano called,” Shuichi cried through his renewal
of tears. He sniffed and wiped futilely
at the drops of water that fell down his cheeks. He could not stop himself from smiling.
His heart pounding, Eiri held his breath.
“We…we're going to have a baby!”
Eiri blinked, staring at his husband in
incomprehension. “What…did you…say?”
Shuichi's eyes sparkled and a huge smile caused his
face to glow. “A baby, Eiri! A baby,” he cried, tears spilling down his
face.
“A…baby.
We're…”
Feeling lightheaded, Eiri stumbled around Shuichi and
flopped into a chair. He stared blankly
down the hall, trying to wrap his mind around the fact that he and Shuichi had
created a life together and it was growing right now inside of the man he had
promised to love, honor and cherish six months ago. He had known it was a possibility, but a
possibility was not fact. It was not
reality.
He blinked, startled out of his thoughts as a worried
face was suddenly inches from his.
“Eiri? Are you
okay?”
Eiri reached out and traced the lines of Shuichi's
face lightly. A gentle smile graced his
face. Cupping the side of Shuichi's
face, Eiri ran his thumb over his lush, full lips. Dropping his head, he kissed Shuichi chastely
then enveloped him in a hug. Pulling
away, he cupped Shuichi's sexy face and stared deeply into those vivid violet
eyes. “I love you, Shindou Shuichi.”
Shuichi smiled sweetly. “I know,” he whispered, throwing his
husband's words back at him.
Taking Shuichi's small hands within his, Eiri stood up
and pulled his husband to his feet.
Scooping the singer into his arms, he captured his lips and kissed him
slowly, gently and deeply.
Shuichi wrapped his arms around his husband's neck and
kissed him back.
Eiri carried the singer through the house and up to
the bedroom, kicking the door shut behind him without breaking the kiss.
He crossed the room and set Shuichi down gently on the
bed.
The singer used his arms and feet to push himself backwards,
until he was in the middle of the bed.
Eiri followed him, the kiss becoming hungrier and more
demanding. Eiri pushed Shuichi back and
lay down on top of him, between his parted legs. Their hands fumbled
Eiri held himself off Shuichi in a push-up motion and
gazed down at the naked man beneath him.
His golden hazel eyes took in the wide, broad shoulders, long chiseled
torso, narrow hips, and his stiff, thick manhood standing at attention between
long shapely thighs. “You're beautiful,
Shuichi.”
A hot blush colored the singer's face.
Eiri swooped in and captured Shuichi's mouth, his
tongue licking along his already swollen lips, asking permission to enter. Shuichi opened his mouth and caressed the
tongue that slunk inside.
He wrapped his arms around Eiri's neck, his fingers
running through the blond locks, holding the man he was in love with
close. Eiri's fingers gently tortured
his husband's nipples, causing Shuichi to groan against his mouth. He then ran a hand down Shuichi's chest to
his thigh, being careful to avoid the swollen, weeping member between
them. As his hand started back up, it
detoured and cupped that which he had avoided.
He squeezed him and kneaded his balls.
Shuichi groaned and his fingers dug into Eiri's shoulders in response,
arching into the touch.
Eiri pulled back and without breaking eye contact,
crawled down Shuichi, and took his nipple into his mouth. Shuichi moaned and writhed as his nipple was
suckled, licked and bite. Eiri then
breathed open-mouthed kisses down his body, stopping just above the groin.
“Eiri,” Shuichi breathed.
“Shuichi.”
Eiri crawled back up his husband's body and plundered
his mouth while he searched under the pillows for what he knew was there. When his hand found the tube, blindly he
opened it and smeared a small amount into his palm then tossed the tube over
his shoulder, not caring where it went.
He smeared the gel over his own rigid cock and then without warning,
pressed two fingers inside of his husband.
Shuichi broke the kiss and tossed his head back,
giving a sharp cry. He arched his back
and tensed. He forced himself to relax
and was soon moaning and crying out as waves of ecstasy and desire swept
through him as Eiri's fingers fucked him slowly, finding that sweet spot.
All too soon, Eiri's fingers were gone, only to be
replaced by a much larger but similarly shaped object. Eiri pressed himself into the tight, hot
opening. He rolled his hips and drove
into Shuichi repeatedly. Shuichi wrapped
his legs around Eiri, hooking his heels around his husband's knees. He pumped his hips to meet the fierce
plunges. He held him tightly, forcing
him deeper and harder. He clawed at
Eiri's back, his cries echoing each thrust.
Eiri sped up as he felt the end nearing. He felt Shuichi tense right before he flung
his head back and cried out passionately.
His seed sprayed them both.
Several more thrusts and Eiri grunted, emptying himself into his
husband. Panting, Eiri pulled out and
collapsed on top of Shuichi, who wrapped his sweaty arms around him.
After several minutes, their breathing had evened
out. Eiri slid off Shuichi so he was not
crushing him and their child. He rested
his head on Shuichi's shoulder. One leg
It was hard to believe there was another person in
there.
When Shuichi clasped a hand over Eiri's much larger
one, the blond writer lifted his head and exchanged a soft smile with the
singer. Propping up on his elbow, he
kissed Shuichi softly than resting his head back on Shuichi's bony shoulder,
smiled at their laced hands.
Shuichi combed his writer husband's thick blond hair
as they both relaxed in the solitude of each other's arms.
“Hey, Eiri?”
“Hm.”
“Where did you go?
Where’s Riku?”
Eiri sighed. “I
finished my story and went to met Mizuki for lunch. Afterwards I went to meet our lawyer.”
Shuichi's brows furrowed in thought. “Didn't you go see her before? Right after we were married?”
“Yeah.”
“Why?”
“I just went to see her about updating a couple things
since we're now married,” he explained.
“I also went to talk to her about releasing a press statement about us
getting married, but with everything that happened, she held off releasing it
and today I went to update that statement.”
“Oh, you mean, because of what Seguchi-san said
yesterday.”
“Yes.”
Shuichi chuckled.
“You'll have to call her to update it again, huh?”
Eiri snorted and smirked, rubbing his hand over the
belly that would soon swell with the life he had helped to create. “And Riku is staying at Renjiro’s tonight so
that they can study for that history test.”
“Ah. Okay. Oh!
Before I forget. Dr. Amano wants
me to come in tomorrow at five-thirty.”
“Why?”
Shuichi shrugged.
“Don't know. She said something
about checking something out.”
“Fine. I'll be
there early to pick you up. We'll go
straight to the hospital from the studio.”
Sitting up, he kissed his
husband and drew the covers up. He
spooned Shuichi as the singer curled up on his side and laid a protective hand
over his belly. Kissing the side of his
head, Eiri breathed in the fruity scent of Shuichi's hair and drifted off to
sleep.
---TBC---
Preview: “A Day of Surprises”
A/N: Another chapter done.
We are getting down to the wire here folks. This story is almost done, but there is a
sequel after this.
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