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Ok, before you begin reading this chapter, I have to warn you… IT IS LONG! Yes, very long, I contemplated cutting it into parts, but I know you guys will yell at me if I did (See how easy I give in?). I recommend that you have ample time to read this in its entirety; because once you start it WILL be hard to stop. Now having said that… ENJOY^^
No! Virtual (Part Two)
“Our next panelist, rarely grant interviews or do television appearances. He lets his masterful works speak for him,” The host stood to announce the show’s biggest guest. In his whole career he’d never had so many huge stars in the same show. When he was told that morning that Yuki Eiri somehow managed to convince their original guest to give up their spot, he had been ecstatic. Hard as he’d tried, he’d never been able to get the elusive mangaka to make even a small appearance before, and to find out that the mangaka himself had wanted to be here was more than he could ever wished.
Later, when he heard that Nittle Grasper was going to join Bad Luck and do the nation’s number one single for the first time on his stage, he had almost passed out. And the best part of it all was that the audience had no idea the treat they were in for. His ratings were going to hit the roof after the next commercial.
“It is a great honor to introduce to join our humble panel, the greatest mangaka of out time… Yuki Eiri-sensei.” The crowd went wild. And when the tall, elusive blonde man walked out in that cool manner of his, the crowd gave him a standing ovation.
Shuichi set his eyes on the tall form, as he gracefully strode his way to the panel. While the other members of Bad Luck were out by the wings, he hid in his dressing room with Ryuichi, Tatsuha and Tohma.
“Ooh, my bro is here too!” The monk exclaimed, “Had I known, I would have gone say hi.” He added sarcastically.
“I want to say hi too!” Ryuichi echoed-- minus the sarcasm.
“That was sarcasm babe.” Tatsuha turned to his love with an arched brow.
Shuichi just stared at the object of all his anguish with a pained expression. He looked so good. His black suit hanged just right, his purple silk shirt opened to mid chest, revealing his toned chest, his longish hair had grown a little since the last time he saw him, and it now hanged rebelliously just above his shoulders.
“Look good, doesn’t he?” Shuichi almost jumped out of his skin at Tatsuha’s intruding whisper. He turned to the monk ready to curse him, but was interrupted by Ryuichi’s arms around his neck.
“You go talk to him after the show, ne Shu… we’ll be rooting for you.” The older man encouraged. The monk gave him the thumbs up to emphasize the statement. Shuichi smiled bitterly. Did he look that pitiful? He wished it could all go away, that he was stronger and able to move on unfazed, but he was not, and so people took pity on him… and he hated it.
X
“Yuki-sensei,” The show’s host bowed as Yuki took his seat at the panel, he smiled warmly at the crowd, and the deafening roars began once more. “It is most certainly an honor to have you here tonight,” The host tried to talk above the crowd to quite them.
“The honor is all mine, I thank you for having me.” the mangaka replied in his deep voice and the place went quiet.
“I had the pleasure of reading your new book this morning, and I must say is very different from your previous works.” The man began.
“Well, I feel I needed a little change, I’m very good at drawing robots and ninjas, so I thought I’d give a try at angels and such.” Yuki smiled charismatically, making the crowd start the noise anew.
He went on to answer a series of question in regards his newest work. The host left no detail out and he was having a hard time keeping to himself the fact that it was based on an actual person… Shuichi.
X
“Hell! you’d think he’s an angel himself, look at that guy’s eyes, he’s about to jump him!” Tatsuha remarked at the host’s behavior jealously. In fact, he’d known that devotion when he was a small child, he would have killed to have Eiri even talk to him even if it was to insult him.
“And you’re jealous! Tatsu-chan,” Ryuichi laughed.
“Am not! Shut up!” The monk hit his lover on the arm. Shuichi listened to every word intently; he almost wished his love would say the whole point of the book was to express his hate for him. He didn’t of course.
X
“And finally, the question in everyone’s mind. You didn’t think I’d have you here and not ask Yuki-sensei.” The man said. It wasn’t everyday one got the chance to sit and have a one on one talk with the powerful artist. “Is there wedding bells in the near future?”
“Somehow I knew this was coming.” Yuki admitted with a smirk.
“Can you blame me?” The host grinned back.
“You do know that Mikka just released an album. She’s actually really busy.” Yuki began elusively.
“Ah yes, and most interesting concept. Her whole style evolved. There is no longer the pop quality to her music, but something much more mature instead.” Yuki almost laughed aloud, the man sounded as if he was reading a review right out of a magazine.
“Yeah well, people do grow,” Yuki agreed, “But to answer your question, we are getting married soon.” The crowd went wild some women even began crying. Yuki seemed very puzzled by this, but continued, “In fact, Mikka and I already set a date.” Yuki confirmed.
“Congratulations Yuki-sensei!” The man exclaimed more surprised than the blonde actually replied the question, “And when would that be, if its not too intruding?”
“Before the year’s end.” Yuki replied with an angelic smile, and the crowd got so out of control hat they had to go on commercial.
XXX
Shuichi’s world came crushing down on him… before the year’s end… he tried to tell himself that he didn’t care, that Yuki was part of his past, not even a part of his past, he’d never been part of his life at all. But even though his mind screamed these thoughts, the tears began sliding down his cheeks and he could not stop them.
“Shu-kun…” Ryuichi whispered somewhere, miles away. Tatsuha’s black eyes softened and Tohma glared at the screen angrily.
“Before the years end? Oh my god, that’s less than two months away!” The man exclaimed disbelievingly, clasping his hands together. Shuichi looked the other way to hide his tearful eyes from the ones in the room. He wanted to rum away, to be alone, but his pride screamed at him to be strong.
“And why are you doing this all of a sudden, I mean you and Costa-san have been engaged for so long.” The man observed still not believing his ears, he wanted to get up and go check on his ratings.
“Mikka is a hopeless romantic, and the day she chose means a lot to her.” Yuki replied sounding very much like the happy groom.
“And you Yuki-sensei, is it important to you as well?”
“As long as I get to go on a honey moon, I’m all set.” The blonde joked, and the two men laughed.
X
“What the hell, that’s like a month away!” Tatsuha exclaimed perplexed. Both Ryuichi and Tohma snapped their eyes to him disapprovingly. Shuichi got up and walked away from them keeping his eyes on the ground.
“I have to go to the bathroom,” he stated tonelessly. On his way out Hiro and Suguru caught up to him. His best friend put a hand on his shoulder and gave the sad singer a sympathetic look, hating the mangaka for doing this on purpose. Hiro now understood Tohma’s actions.
“Sorry man,” The longhaired guitarist mouthed not knowing what else to say.
“Sorry about what?” Shuichi snapped his eyes to him. Hiro didn’t reply, “I’m going to pee… do you mind?” He snapped and hurried his pace. Once in the restroom, he locked himself in, leaned against the wall and covered his mouth to keep his sobs from escaping.
Ryuichi stood just outside waiting for his friend to come out. Very few times in his life has he felt this powerless. He wanted to help; he really did, but had no idea how. For now, he knew that the only thing to do was be there for him. He waited patiently praying that Shuichi be all right.
XXX
“How is Mika?” Tohma asked as soon as Ryuichi left the room after Shuichi. He remembered the way she’d look that night, in fact, he had been plagued with guilt for making her feel that way. Even though he knew it was for the best, he could not help but to feel dire.
Later he’d come to find out that she had fired all the maids, most likely so they wouldn’t see her in the state she was in. Once again the Uesugi pride was playing its primary role, to keep them isolated and miserable. He was glad to see Tatsuha had broken free from their curse… if only the other two did the same.
“Not too good.” The young monk replied with a hint of accusation.
“I hope you know that our marriage was nothing but a sham,” Tohma stated apologetically, “Still, I didn’t mean to make her sad.”
“It isn’t my place to judge you, I just answered your question.” Tatsuha replied matter of fact. He’d found out through Ryu about the fake pregnancy but he’d known about the lovers his sister kept for a while, so he couldn’t really blame the man. Although he did resented him a little for having being involved with Eiri. But that as well, wasn’t any of his business.
“Do you mind if I go see her?” Tohma asked softly.
“I don’t of course, but I don’t think it’s a good idea. She’s really vulnerable right now, besides, she knows about you and Eiri.”
“I am worried, she isn’t replying my calls.” Tohma stated ignoring the teen’s words.
“She’s alive, I can attest to that much,” Tatsuha smiled sadly, a very rare expression for him.
“I’ll go by tomorrow, hopefully she’ll see me.” Tohma ended, more to himself than anything else. It was true that he was worried about her, but sooner or later they needed to talk about their impending divorce.
Hiro and Suguru came in with ashen expressions; the longhaired guitarist sat next to his lover and gave him a gloomy smile. Suguru on the other hand, went to the furthest corner of the room and stood there pretending to be reading a magazine.
“Fifteen minutes!” A technician came and announced politely.
“I’ll go get Shuichi-san and Sakuma-san.” Suguru ran out. Tohma and Hiro stood and went out as well.
X
“A bit stuffy in there huh?” Hiro remarked once they were out in the hallway and walking towards the stage.
“I’m going to see Mika tomorrow and formally ask her for a divorce.” Tohma stated putting on his fingerless gloves.
“Isn’t it too soon?” Hiro questioned marveling at his lover. This was the first time he saw him in his ‘Grasper’ get up. He loved how his lover looked in his flashy suits and colorful silk shirts and ties, but there was an air of danger about the way he looked now. The musician smacked himself inwardly for being so insensitive and think about this sort of things in spite of what was going on, but he could rape his lover here and now, tear those tight leather pants and black turtle neck off of him, and ravage him for all it was worth.
“The more I wait the more false hope I let her harness. I think the sooner she realizes this time is for real, the better we’ll all be.”
“You know her best I guess, but I think you should wait a bit longer.” Hiro murmured still blushing.
“I know what you’re thinking.” Tohma smirked mischievously.
“No you don’t.” Hiro replied hiding his reddening cheeks.
“Later, I’ll let you rip this ridiculously tight pants off of me.” The producer let out with a sweet smile, and hurried along.
XXX
“Shu-kun, can I come in?” Ryuichi asked softly. He waited for a reply but it never came, the older singer let himself in to find the pink haired youth sitting on the floor, knees drawn up, head hidden between them. Ryuichi sat next to him, and put an encouraging hand on the pink locks. “Is not the end of the world you know?” The singer assured as lowly as before. Shuichi looked up, his eyes were red from crying.
“No matter what I do, I can’t stop loving him. I know he’s a bastard, I know he doesn’t give a shit about anyone but himself, I know he doesn’t deserve what I have to give, but still… I just can’t hate him.” Shuichi whimpered hopelessly, and went back to hide his face.
“You don’t have to hate him, you just have to understand him.” Again, the young singer looked up to his mentor’s green hopeful eyes. “Ask yourself why he pushes you away.”
“I…I have no answer to that.” Shuichi admitted defeated.
“I think its fear.” Ryuichi stated confidently.
“Fear?” Shuichi repeated, somehow that word and Yuki Eiri didn’t seem to belong in the same sentence.
“Yes, fear of getting hurt,”
“Hmph, that’s a joke!” Shuichi spat, remembering their exchange in Hokkaido.
“I had a lover a long time ago. I thought we’d be together forever,” Ryuichi began, remembering the distant past. “ But one day he left me out of the blue. I thought my life was over, and for a long time I wouldn’t let anyone get close. But then Tatsuha came along and now I’m whole again.” The bunny wielding man ended, and turned to his newfound friend.
Shuichi could not fathom anyone leaving sweet, loving Ryuichi, and was grateful the god was trying to cheer him up but… “How does that relate to Yuki and I? We were never lovers or anything, it’s just me and my idiotic dreams that took me too far just because of a one night stand.”
“Don’t you see? If I hadn’t gone and talked to Tatsu to clear things, we wouldn’t be together now. Sometimes you have to swallow your pride and give in a little. It doesn’t always take two to tango.” Ryuichi asserted.
“It’s not that easy between us.” Shu lamented, going back to his previous sulking position. Ryuichi knotted his brows frustratingly.
“You’re a coward!” The singer let out. Shu’s eyes opened wide with shock. He’d never head such anger from his friend and idol before… why did he care so much? “You are a coward!” Ryuichi repeated passionately. “If you won’t fight for what you want, then maybe you didn’t deserve it to begin with.” The passion in the man’s eyes, gave a warm tingling to Shuichi’s stomach.
“But I don’t know what I’m fighting against! I don’t know what to apologize for!”
“It doesn’t matter, just bare your soul and give it all you got. At the very least, if it doesn’t work out, you know you tried your very best. If you leave it like this, you’ll always have that little doubt in the back of your head… what if.”
Suguru popped his head in, “We got fifteen minutes.” Ryuichi got to his feet and held out a helping hand to Shuichi.
“Think about it,” The older man said to Shu, and then turned to the teen “Thank you Su-chan… are you ready to rock this joint?” He asked patting the teen’s shoulder. Suguru nodded and gave him a little smile. Then Ryuichi went out first leaving the two Bad Luck members behind.
“You heard?” Shu asked, setting his sad eyes on Suguru.
“He’s right! Look at me. He fought for what he wanted and I didn’t.” Then the teen left quickly rubbing his eye suspiciously.
Shuichi inhaled deeply and exhaled to calm his nerves. He remembered the first time he played in front of Yuki, and how that wonderful night had ended. This night wouldn’t end the same way, of that he was sure, but at the very least he would give Ryuichi’s advice a try.
XXX
Yuki sat at the panel with the other night’s guest, who incidentally was a writer, whose works he favored. He’d been told Seguchi Tohma would be a guest as well, but his name had not been called, surprising him somewhat. Tohma wouldn’t cancel his interview because of their argument; his ex lover was too cold for that.
The show was currently on a commercial break. The writer was making small chitchat about Angel Sanctuary-- one that Yuki would have enjoyed any other time-- but now seemed trivial and annoying. His attention was half into the man’s words; he looked at his watch impatiently; there was only fifteen minutes left to the show. And frankly he could not wait that long for it to end. His rep had told him that Bad Luck had the opening act and that was the only reason he was here. The stressed mangaka could not understand why he had felt the need to schedule himself with them, or why he was so obsessed with Shuichi’s comings and goings. It wasn’t love he knew that. He had loved Tohma-- still did-- and never had he been so infatuated and obsessed with him as he was with Shuichi.
Another small time band had opened instead. And here he was with a bunch of idiots, and a book already late for printing that needed his attention badly. Yuki knew they were here though, he’d seen their manager Sakano backstage, and he was sure Tohma was still here as well; he was never too far from Hiro… what’s going on? Then it hit him.
“You’re a devil Tohma.” Yuki chuckled smacking himself inwardly for not realizing it sooner.
“I’m sorry?” The writer asked startled by the comment. At the same time, the cue that they were back on the air came and all fell silent.
The lights went out, and the guitar opening of Shinning Collection flooded the air. The audience went wild as the number one single in the country grew louder and louder. The public had come to see Bad Luck, but instead they got the greatest surprise of all. Grasper’s first live appearance in three years. It made Yuki’s announcement pale in comparison… exactly what Tohma wanted.
Multi colored lights danced throughout the stage, smoke covered the moving platform allowing only a peek of the chart-topping gods. A keyboard followed the spectacular guitar intro, the scrams almost swallowing the music.
Yuki shook his head amused at Tohma’s cunning, it was just like his ex to come up with such a plan in such short notice and actually pull it off. He drank a big gulp from the water glass in front of him, and looked on as the light came to a halt on two figures standing in exactly the same way, wearing exactly the same clothes, who otherwise looked exactly the same, save one difference… their hair.
Yuki spat his water and chocked on it as he set his eyes on Shuichi’s bright pink mane. He coughed violently, thankful that the cameras were no longer on the panel to catch the embarrassing scene.
“Eiri-sensei… are you alright?” The show’s host came forward concerned, and put a hand on the mangaka’s back. Yuki just nodded and gave the man the thumbs up, still coughing up water.
“Went down the wrong way,” The blonde laughed casually once he regained his composure. His eyes still set on the two figures as they began dancing around the stage. Their movements mirroring each other, Yuki watched jealously how they looked one another, their smiles. He felt more than a stab of jealousy as he watched with hidden contempt the two lovers flirt with each other in front of millions.
Suddenly the two singers stopped their dance and shifted their eyes straight to the screaming crowd. Their song began, and everyone suddenly went silent. Yuki shifted his eyes to Tohma, who was looking right at him with cold eyes. The mangaka smirked at him and turned his attention to the two singers and their love game on stage.
“That’s right, Seguchi Tohma-sama is your brother-in-law Eiri-sensei!” The shows host stated excitedly, “And you kept this surprise all to yourself,” The man laughed. Yuki turned to him, and the cold murderous look he gave him, made the man choke on his laughter.
“The show is over after this right?” The blonde mangaka asked coldly.
“Yes…” The shows host replied in a small voice.
“Then I’m leaving,” Yuki stood, and even though it was customary for the whole panel to go on stage after the final act was over, and wave goodbye to the cameras, no one was about to argue with the imposing artist.
Yuki walked straight to his dressing room, he could still hear the music in the background, and then a voice he knew so well.
“C’mon everybody… sing with me!” followed by Sakuma’s follow up encouragement.
“Hmph…” Yuki grabbed his things and headed straight to his car, and away from this place.
XXX
“Wow, that was awesome!” Tatsuha ran to Ryuichi and grabbed him into a bear hug, lifting him off the ground and kissing the singer almost savagely. After the awesome performance they had been plagued by reporters—which god knows how they turned up so quickly—The crowd had gone wild and the police had to intervene to calm the riotous fans down.
“I thought people were going to tear us apart!” Suguru sighed rubbing his shoulder, eyeing the ‘uncalled for’ scene uncomfortably.
“I know!” Shuichi exclaimed exited on the outside, but a bit disappointed at not seeing Yuki’s expression after the show.
“And Hiro-kun is so ‘inconspicuous,’ he threw himself to protect Tohma-kun… I’m so jealous!” Ryuichi whined holding on to Tatsuha.
“Let’s just hope people didn’t notice, and give it the wrong meaning.” Tohma stated, always preoccupied, he would not have people ridicule Hiro.
“You’re welcome! See if I care the next time you get mobbed.” Hiro let out feigning hurt.
“Well, if by ‘wrong meaning’ you mean people starting rumors that you two are lovers… I guess people will give it the wrong meaning.” K stated already seeing the potential of this scandal.
“I’m sorry,” Hiro said, seriously.
“Don’t worry about it love, I doubt that with all the confusion people even noticed, besides, I love having my own knight in shinning armor.” Tohma threw his arms around his lover’s neck.
“Oh gwad… please don’t taint my young eyes!” Tatsuha rolled his eyes.
“And I live with them!” Shuichi rolled his as well, “Anyway, I didn’t see Yuki at the end of the show,” The singer stated absently.
“I heard he had to rush off,” Tohma smirked
“You’re so evil nii-sama… I like it!” Tatsuha smirked as well.
“Anyway, let’s go celebrate. We have yet to paint the town red for being number two in the nation!” Hiro suggested quickly before the conversation went in the wrong direction.
“Yeah!” Ryuichi was the first to leap in agreement.
“No Karaoke!” Everyone—except Tatsuha—yelled at once, making the older singer pout.
“I’ll pass, I’m actually kind of tired.” Suguru began, not wanting to see anymore of the two newly lover’s PDA’s.
“There’s no passing, “Hiro grabbed the already leaving teen and stopped him from walking any further.
“About a rain check then, I’m with Su-chan, I’m tired as hell.” Shuichi suggested not at all in the mood to celebrate either. He had hoped Yuki gave him a few minutes after the show, so they could talk, but of course things never worked well for him.
“You don’t want to see me mad right?” The longhaired man turned to his best friend who in turn turned white.
“You’re scaring me Hiro-kun!” Ryuichi held on to Tatsuha tighter, and the teen gave Hiro the thumbs up from behind his lover’s back.
“We’ll just have dinner,” Tohma said dutifully, “We all have a busy day tomorrow, and Tatsuha has school.”
“Party pooper!” The monk coughed.
“Ok so it’s settled, let’s go to my favorite restaurant!” Ryuichi walked determined to the door.
“Doesn’t that place have a karaoke bar?” Shuichi asked.
“Eh, eh,eh.” The older singer laughed mischievously as he ran out.
XXX
Mika Seguchi stared at the TV confused. Tohma had preformed live with Bad Luck and was now waiving and smiling to the cameras. She’d seldom if ever saw him smile like that, even when she thought they were happy. It pained her to see this side of him that she could not bring out. Had he found such happiness away from her? Then that Nakano bastard had come to stand so close to her husband, that was impossible not to see that the two were involved.
Mikka turned off the TV set and handed her friend a cup of tea. She’d come to see how her friend was doing and tell her about the wedding date, but Eiri has beat her to it. She’d been shocked to say the least when she heard it from his own lips; happy was an understated feeling, as she saw him smile like that.
“So you’re getting married in a few weeks huh?” The older Uesugi said ignoring the tea. She looked awful. A mere shadow of the incredibly beautiful and proud woman the younger singer knew.
“I meant to tell you, but, you know, it seemed inappropriate at the time.” Mikka began lowly. “And we only just decided.”
“What’s the rush? I thought you said you wanted the biggest wedding in Japan.” Mika let out not sounding very thrilled.
“There’s no rush. He told me to set a date and I did.”
“As quickly as possible before he changes his mind… ne?” Mika turned to her friend.
“Why do you say such things? I came to see you because I’m worried, and you have nothing to say but sarcastic malice!” As sorry as Mikka felt for her friend, she was not about to let her ruin her happiness by planting doubt.
‘You are so naïve and stupid its almost funny Mikka.” Mika said lowly, neither mockery nor resentment, only a statement that was too obvious.
“Wait a minute! Just because you’re going through a difficult time, I will not tolerate…” Mika stood cutting her off. The younger woman didn’t know what to do. It had clearly been a mistake to come, but still, she was even more worried now than before, and had a very bad feeling of what was about to happen.
Mika came back and threw a manila envelope on the coffee table in front of them. Mikka looked at it, then up to her friend’s face. The older woman looked truly haunted, the black circles that rimmed her eyes, her messy long hair, she almost looked like a zombie.
“Go on, open it.” Seguchi Mika encouraged flatly. The singer looked at it as if scared. Somehow she knew that whatever was inside was best left alone, but her curiosity proved to be stronger. She grabbed it and tore it open quickly before she chickened out. Once she spread its contents over the coffee table, she had covered her mouth as she saw an image staring right at her. Eiri… her Eiri kissing someone, the shot focused on his face so she could not make out the other person., but she could tell that it was a man’s profile.
Mikka heard a low anguished growl in the distance; she grabbed the picture and held it so tight that her fingers went through it.
“That man with him is Tohma,” Mikka shot her eyes to the woman still standing above her, and the low growl became a deafening noise, which she realized was coming from herself. She threw the picture and grabbed another, and another, and another.
“No, no, no, no Eiri… no!” Her tears clouded her vision, but still, the images mercilessly reached her brain and etched themselves in it.
“I knew about it all along, even before I married Tohma.” Mika began tonelessly.
“YOU’RE LYING!” Mikka roared and began tearing the pictures into tiny bits, as if the act could somehow erase the horrid facts.
“You can deny it to yourself all you want, but the fact remains.”
“Shut up!” The singer stood and pushed the older woman to the floor, “Shut up, shut up, shut up!” Mikka screamed over and over until her throat was raw.
“I don’t want you to suffer the same as I am,” Mika whispered from where she had fallen,
“They are no longer lovers… but there are others.”
“Don’t say it!” Mikka covered her ears and shook her head violently.
“Mikka, please. I’m telling you this for your own good. If you don’t believe me, go here and see for yourself.” The woman stood and put a small card and a key on Mikka’s hand. The younger woman looked at them as if they were venomous.
“I only want to save you from pain.” Mika trailed, and Mikka ran out without another word.
XXX
Yuki sat alone at a bar drinking steadily, playing what he saw of the performance over and over in his head, remembering the singers spitefully.
“What the fuck do I care?” He admonished himself swallowing another gulp of hard liquor, but he did care, he did and it was killing him. The more time went by, the more it pained him. His phone went off a couple of times but he ignored it.
“Fuck! I’m tired… I should get home.” He stood unsteadily and threw a wad of bills on the counter he went out into the cool October air. He contemplated going to take his frustrations on Mikka’s willing body, but decided against it, not even she deserved such vindictive treatment. He ‘d much rather go home and take his anger out on paper, he felt fueled. Hell! Maybe he’d be able to do a whole book before hitting the sack. As angry as he was, he needed to vent, and his pencil and paper have never let him down.
He got into his car and set out to his studio. A thousand scenarios played in his mind… yes; let them come, let them anger him to the point of blindness, as it was his best tool of inspiration.
“Thank you Shindou Shuichi… at least you’re still good for something.”
XXX
“Mikka stood in front of a white, two story building. Her heart wrenched in knots as she recognized the place from some of the shots that were now etched in her mind and heart.
She came to the door and inserted the card Mika gave her in its proper slot by the door. The door buzzed open, and she let herself in, looking around to make sure no one saw her. Why was she stalking like a thief eluded her, she didn’t even know what she was doing here. Only the need to find out once and for all what the man she thought she knew was really all about, propelled her forward. Looking around, she headed to the elevator and went to the second floor. As the elevator door opened, a lavish lobby, full of paintings and drawings that could be done by no other than her fiancé met her. She’d love to examine them, but moved on before anyone saw her. She had no idea if other people lived here and did not want to take any chances.
Hesitantly, Mikka inserted the key in its proper keyhole and let herself into the apartment. She didn’t know what she’d find, deep down she hoped to find Eiri there, alone, drinking beer or drawing, and happy to see her. But on the other hand she wanted to confront him with what Mika showed her.
The pop diva gulped, and taking a deep breath she pushed the light switch. A very simple, and stylishly decorated ‘normal’ apartment confronted her. There were paintings adorning the walls just like outside, the place was actually very neat. She ventured in and went from room to room, taking some time to appreciate the private world of the man she loved. All in all the whole of the place was very normal, it almost made her feel bad to have intruded like this.
She came into one room however, which was very messy, unlike the rest of the place. There were drawing tables and easels, very likely the place where Eiri did most of his work. Magazines and manga were scattered around, the smell of coffee and tobacco mingles together with Eiri’s very distinctive scent. Mikka felt a rush of desire course though her… What is it about you that I can’t resist? She asked herself.
Coming to the first of the drawing tables, she felt relief as no other, upon seeing some unfinished panels for Kenshin. The next one had some of the characters of Weiss posing with their weapons—probably for an art book. The singer felt as if she’d been swimming under water and had just come out for air. Why did she doubt him? What did she expect to find? The singer stopped at the third table and shock beyond words hit her, she brought a hand to cover her mouth upon spying the very graphic drawings of what it seemed to be Eiri himself and an angel with black wings. She took a closer look, the angel looked almost eerie in its beauty, the wings covered most of the page, and Eiri… he looked drowned in ecstasy. Then the angel’s face took a life of its own, she’d seen that face, seen it a thousand times, on TV, in magazines… Shindou Shuichi
Mikka backed out and took one of the magazines scattered on the floor. An article about Bad Luck, she dropped as if it burned, then another and another. Every single magazine was opened on some article pertaining Bad Luck—or more accurately, its lead singer.
Again that growl distracted her thoughts. In her rush to get away as fast as she could from this hell, she bumped onto a table, she had not seen before and dropped something, she bent to pick it up, and dropped it back down upon seeing the smiling faces of Tohma and Eiri. The two were younger, and smiling so happily. Eiri’s arm was laced around the shorter man’s waist, and they looked truly happy.
“No…” That growl came again, she ran out of there and into another room—a bedroom, the moon almost illuminated the whole of the ample space, again his scent was overpowering.
“Is this where you spend most of your nights?” She’d known about this place all along. He never offered to bring her here, and she never asked. Now she found herself wondering what went on in this place, how many had shared that bed in the center of this very room.
She laid on it, letting his scent bathe her. That growl was becoming a defining noise; the pain in her heart was threatening to choke her. Finally, the tears came. She tried to hold them, to block out the pain, to divert her mind; she focused her eyes on the wall ahead, concentrating on an enormous paining on the wall… Anything to tell her mind that these things were not happening, then the growl became and anguished cry as her eyes fell on the black wings spread so wide that might be alive.
“No, no, no” She wailed agitated, looking for the light switch. As the room came alive with light Mikka Costa fell to her knees when she realized who that was and exactly where that image came from. She could almost see Eiri’s glassy eyes, as she remembered the first time they watched that video.
“Bastard…” Mikka trailed, “Bastard!” She screamed at the wall. Looking around for something, anything that might aid her destroy it, but she stopped in her tracks at the sound of an opening and closing door. Instinctively, she spotted a closet and hid in it closing the door tight and praying not to be found.
Steps grew closer, and she held her breath for all it was worth. What he hell had she been thinking in coming here to get in trouble right before her wedding? And why was she still thinking about that in the mist of this horrible discovery?
“I left the lights on here too… weird” Eiri’s crisp voice was so close; she could see his shadow just beyond the closed door. She covered her mouth, willing her heavy breathing to stop. Her heart was beating so fast and as loud as a drum. Why did she feel the need to hide was beyond her, but she could not turn back now. Eiri finding out that she was spying on him was not an option. And so, she braced herself for—what she hoped-- was not a very long wait until he fell asleep. Praying he did not have to open the wooden door that divided them.
XXX
“C’mom Shu, sing with me!” Ryuichi encouraged with a pout. Since they got to the restaurant, the pink haired singer had done nothing but drink and sulk. Hiro, Tatsuha, Tohma and even Suguru had tried to cheer him up at one point or another, only to be told—very rudely—by the broken hearted man, to go fuck themselves and leave him alone.
“I don’t feel like singing Ryuichi… why don’t you go make out with Tatsuha or something ne?” Shuichi tried to sound as sweet as he could. He wanted to be alone, to get himself drunk to the point of numbness and sleep forever, that way he didn’t have to hurt so damn much.
“If you sing you’ll feel better, I promise” Ryuichi insisted, taking the glass away. Tatsuha stood by watching his lover’s charm fail.
“C’mon man, that jerk doesn’t deserve the fuss you’re making, be a man and let it go!” The monk tried reverse psychology, but by the looks of Shuichi’s face, it didn’t seem to be working either.
“Tatsu…” Ryuichi uttered.
“I know what you’re doing, and it won’t work. I’ll sulk all I want and none of you have the right to tell me otherwise.” Shuichi’s slurred angrily, “And you know what? I’m fucking going home!” He stood and fell back down.
“I’ll take you home.” Hiro—who had kept an eye on his friend the whole while—came to his aid.
“Yeah, let’s go. It’s late and tomorrow we have a busy day.” Tohma stood as well and came to aid his lover.
“I don’t want to go with you… you guys make me sick with your puppy love! I hate love, I hate manga, I hate everything!” Shuichi proclaimed loudly, almost unable to form the words.
“Yes, we know you hate it, but I’m not letting you go on your own.” Hiro insisted.
“Let’s call him a cab.” Tohma touched Hiro’s arm, and said understandingly. Hiro thought about it for a few seconds, and then sighed defeated.
“We’ll share the cab with you Shu!” Ryuichi added encouragingly.
“NO!” Shuichi yelled, making the older man jump, “I hate you and that Uesugi Eiri clone!” Tatsuha put a hand on Ryuichi’s shoulder and shook his head.
“It’ll be ok, I’ll instruct the driver to take him upstairs and into the apartment. We’ll be there by then as well.” Tohma reassured his old friend who was about to cry. “Just get Tatsuha home safe.” Ryuichi nodded and taking one last saddened look at his pink haired friend, left with his younger lover in tow.
XXX
“Take me here…” Shuichi handed the driver his digital planner.
“No can do sir, I was paid to take you to your place and carry you up to your apartment over my shoulder if need be.” The driver replied mater of fact.
“Here, I’ll pay you double” Shuichi shoved a handful of high bills, the man looked at them, then at the boy with the desperate lavender eyes.
“Is that your girl’s place?” The man asked guessing it couldn’t be anything else.
“Something like that…” Shuichi trailed.
“Alright, you better kiss and make up,” The driver snapped, doing an illegal U-turn,
“ You better not let my sacrifice go to waste.”
XXX
Mikka could hear Eiri’s footsteps around in the room. Gripping her with fear when they came closer, and making her sigh with relief as they went further. After a few minutes of agonizing silence, the lights finally went off and the footsteps grew faint as Eiri went out of the room. The stressed singer waited for what it seemed forever, before working out the courage to leave the safety of her hideaway.
Tiptoeing her way to the front door and out of danger, she saw a glimmer of light coming from the room in which Eiri worked. She’d never been fortunate enough to witness his mastery at work. And as much as she had begged in the beginning, he’d never allowed her to watch.
Bad Luck’s music could be heard coming from within the room, Mikka sighed disgusted, “Hmph… another prefers them over me.” She mused lowly, peeping through the partially opened door, to spy Eiri, wearing nothing but a lose fitting pajama pants, hunched over one of his drawing tables. The woman noticed with a little sigh, that it was not the table with the graphic sex scenes between her love and the black winged bastard currently singing his hated love tune.
“I hate you Shindou!” Mikka found herself whispering. Eiri’s head perked up, making her almost choke from fear of discovery. She held her breath while the blonde mangaka listened for something, then, as if deciding there was nothing amiss, her fiancée went back to work.
If there was a time to walk away, it was definitely now, but the overwhelming curiosity she felt, did not allow her to take a single step to retreat. Eiri’s hand moved so fast as he drew, Mikka was enthralled, those days when she begged to watch him came to mind again, Her cruel love had even threaten her to dump her if she didn’t stop ‘nagging’ him. Again, anger at how thoughtless had he been towards her made her feel angry. Suddenly Eiri tore the page, crumbled it and threw it to the far end of the room, missing the garbage can by a mile, he drew some more, and again, he tore the paper angrily and threw it towards her.
“Fucking worthless!” Eiri spat. She looked at the ball at her feet and the desire to pick it up and see what her love considered to be ‘worthless’ was proving hard to control. The same scenario repeated itself a few more times, before Eiri threw his head back on his chair, scratching his head, playing with his pencil, and doing all sorts of cute things she would not imagine the man doing, before he sighed heavily. Finally, he got up and stretched. Mikka had lost all track of time; she should have gotten away when she had the chance, but as always, her stupidity won out. She looked around for another place to hide.
“Fuck! I can’t even get any work done.” Eiri grouched, and went to his stereo, turning it off, “Guess your voice doesn’t inspire me anymore…” He mumbled, picking up a slim CD case and staring at its cover. He set it back down, and stretched once more. Frantically, Mikka ran back to his bedroom and hid in the same closed she had before.
“Dammit Mikka, you should have left that time!” She scorned herself lowly; covering her mouth at the same time as Eiri’s presence came in the room. She heard the shower running in the distance, and even thought this was another god given chance to leave… she steeled herself to wait. For what? She did not know, her mind knew she needed to escape, but her body refused to move.
XXX
Yuki awoke to the loud banging of a door near by. He looked at the alarm clock next to his bed and cursed as he saw how late it was. After what happened at the talk show he was in no mood for visitors. He turned around with all the intention of going back to sleep. Since the release of Angel Sanctuary’s promo issue, he had pulled several overnighters to catch up. Mikka’s wedding plans were taking a lot of his time and he needed to have at least three issues in the bank before releasing of the actual Number One, but the way things were going, he’d be lucky to get half that.
It was so hard to hate Shuichi and imagine him doing any sort of evil deeds to put onto paper, so lately he had found himself fantasizing a lot about him… a lot. And now that he had that obnoxious pink hair, it would be even harder to make him look evil. The damned kid looked just like Sakuma’s pink stuff doll, Yuki could bet his life that the moronic man put Shuichi up to it. The mangaka hoped from the bottom of his hear that it’d been a wig. Maybe creating the story out of anger and jealousy had not been such a great idea after all, but that was irrelevant, the buzz was already out there and he had no choice but to go on with it. Again the loud noise disrupted his thoughts, but this time there was a call with it.
“Yuki… Eiri Yuki!” The mangaka sat up recognizing the voice even in his half sleep state, but not believing his deceitful ears.
“Yuki… calling asshole extraordinaire Eiri Yuki,” The voice continued, “What… are you with a hot chic in there or something? Ooh… sorry hot babe, let me warn you, tomorrow morning he’ll pretend he doesn’t know you and he’ll throw you away like a dirty tissue!” Yuki got up and made his way to the front door hastily; growing angrier with every step he took.
“What the fuck does he think he’s doing?!” He hissed agitated, running a hand through his hair.
“Hello in there! Yuki Eiri… hot babe?” More yelling and pounding came; Yuki reached his goal and opened the door catching the fist of a pink haired Shuichi, as he was getting ready to pound the door once more.
“What the hell are you doing here?” Yuki spat, grabbing Shuichi and pulling him inside the apartment, slamming the door shut forcefully.
“Eh, is that the greeting I get?” Shuichi continued sarcastically, coming closer to Yuki’s face and running his tongue over the mangaka’s lips. The taller man felt a cold current run up and down his spine shuddering at the contact. He closed his eyes and swallowed a moan and hoped the drunken pink haired angel didn’t notice. “…And I came all the way here to congratulate you on your engagement.” Continued the hot pink haired singer. Yuki could smell the liquor in his breath, mingled with the scent he could still remember from that one night. Yuki needed to get him out of here and fast, before he did something he will surely regret later.
“You’re drunk!” Yuki spat not as upset as he would like to be, When he saw Shuichi at the TV studio earlier that night he had thought the beautiful singer looked ridiculous, but now, upon closer inspection, the smaller man looked decisively more erotic than before. Was there any mercy from this beautiful angel whom he desired more than anything, but could not have? Was there a point to this visit other than to torture him? Yuki realized that it would take all of his will power not to savage Shuichi where he stood. He’d made up his mind about it already, but if his resolve was to be tested, he quite frankly did not know how he’d fare.
“No I’m not drunk!” Shuichi slurred, “See? Smell my breath… ahhhh” The singer exhaled on the mangaka’s face, again, making him choke a moan. Regaining his composure, Yuki straightened the shorter man, and putting a hand on each shoulder pushed him an arm’s length away.
“I’ll ask you again. What the hell are you doing here?” Yuki modulated almost menacingly.
I told you, I came to congratulate you on you wedding… what… can’t a friend wish another friend the best?” Shuichi came closer again and this time held the mangaka in a tight embrace. Yuki felt suffocated, not from the force of it, but from the mere scent the boy exuded. The blonde man inhaled and exhaled to bring his pulse down.
“Let go of me right now,” Yuki said calmly, but inside was imploring the singer to leave before he did something he would not be able to control.
“I don’t want to.” Shuichi smirked drunkenly. Yuki pushed him forcefully, and the thinner boy’s back slammed against the closed door. “Hey! Don’t be like that, I came all the way here to congratulate you, the least you can do is treat me to tea or something.” Shuichi blurted pushing his way inside the apartment and sitting himself on the couch.
“I’d give you some Alka Seltzer if I had any, you drunken moron.” Yuki spat “ Now leave before I call the cops!”
X
Mikka had been about to leave when she heard the banging and yelling coming from the front door. She could not hear it very well, but it sounded like a man was calling. She debated whether to come out of the closet and peep through the door like she’d done before, but was afraid that she might not be able to hide in time, there were two sets of eyes to see her now. Still, she was dying to know who it was. Dread took a hold of her as she thought of Shindou Shuichi.
“It can’t be him… it can’t be” She whispered aloud to calm herself down. She could hear voices, and loud noises, and then she almost jumped out her skin, when she heard braking glass.
“Eiri!” She got to her feet instinctively, but then sat back down when she heard those voices come closer and into the room.
X
“I’m not leaving until I get at least a cup of water.” Shuichi announced stubbornly. Yuki looked at him with such hatred, hoping to scare him off –like he did everyone but Tohma—but the boy stared right back at him with the same cold eyes. The mangaka gave up and went into the kitchen, got some water and a couple of Alka Seltzers –god knew he had needed them more than once—then came back and slammed the cup in front of the drunk singer.
“Drink it fast and leave!” The tall exasperated man snapped. Shuichi took the cup and tasted the liquid in little sips.
“You didn’t put any ice!” Shuichi whined pointing at the clear liquid.
“Drink it!” Yuki snapped louder, but Shuichi was having none of it.
“Eh… nice place you got here… I didn’t remember all these drawings!” Shuichi marveled looking around, “So where are the pictures of your beautiful fiancé?” He turned to the mangaka and asked accusingly. “Of course you can’t have pictures of her here… this is where you bring your one night stands isn’t it Uesugi Eiri-sama?” The singer spat maliciously.
“That’s none of your business. You had your water… now leave!” Yuki commanded coldly. Shuichi got up and walked past the taller man, once at the front door, he turned and threw the glass with all his might really hoping to hurt the blonde demon in front of him.
Yuki barely dodged the glass. Snapping his head to it, he watched it shatter into a thousand little pieces as it hit the wall.
“You fucking bastard!” The mangaka lunged at the younger man, who didn’t move to run away, only prepared himself for the worst.
As he made his way to Shuichi a thousand thoughts crossed his mind. How dare he? Was the first, but then he kind of understood the reasoning behind the boy’s actions, he couldn’t blame him really, he might have done the same had he cared enough. He remembered clearly the way he felt when Tohma announced his marriage to his sister. He had wanted to hurt him too, but he didn’t. Instead, he had hardened his shell and bowed not to let anyone else into his heart. That is exactly why he could not; under any circumstance get any closer to this man. Yes, he understood, but he could not forgive him.
Yuki threw Shuichi over his shoulder and walked with him kicking and screaming to his room. He threw the agitated singer on his bed and walked to the window to calm his own emotions.
“What do you want from me?!” The mangaka spat suddenly, turning to the young angel on his bed.
“The reason why you’re doing this. I know you don’t love her, otherwise you wouldn’t have been with Seguchi… or me.” Shuichi demanded angrily.
“I have no obligation to explain anything to you. All we had was a one-night stand, and all of a sudden you think I’m in love with you or something foolish like that! Go back to Sakuma Ryuichi… I have no time for this bullshit!” Yuki ran a hand through his golden locks; he needed a cigarette, but did not dare to walk by the glaring pink haired man to get them. His smell alone made his groin hurt with need.
“You think you can play with people as you please. Seguchi, Mikka… yes, you are playing with her just like you played with me, and you know it! You think people are nothing more than marionettes that you can pull the strings of, and make them do as you please…” Shuichi lowered his face and tried to muffle his weeps.
“What the fuck do you know?” Yuki spat “Go back to your fun world and leave me the fuck alone. I don’t need you, I never did.”
“Then what is this?” Shuichi took a book from his pocket and threw it at Yuki forcefully. The mangaka caught it easily and look at the drawing he knew so well.
“You provide some inspiration, looking like a slut like that… so what of it?” Yuki replied dismissively and threw it to the side. Shuichi set his hurt lavender eyes on the face he’d worshiped for so long. “What did you come for?” Yuki whispered taking a step towards him against his better judgment, “You still haven’t told me truthfully what is it that you want from me.”
“I thought… I thought.” Shuichi hung his head not knowing the answer himself. Slowly he raised his head and set his defeated eyes on Yuki’s, as if asking for forgiveness. He had no reason to be here, he was nothing but a bitter drunk with a broken heart.
Yuki looked so lost, so helpless, as if he was fighting some inner demon that would not let him be. Shuichi got on his feet and went to him without meaning to.
“Get away from me!” Yuki suddenly spat threatened. Shuichi stopped shocked, but then took another step forward.
“Just tell me, please… tell me that it did mean something… that night… that I meant something.” Shuichi was now face to face with the taller man, he could feel his breath on his face, the warmth of his body.
“No… it didn’t mean a thing” Yuki murmured, closing his eyes not to see the boy run away from him disgusted, but that never happened. A blow to his face came instead. A sharp stabbing pain, and a flash in his eye, that made Yuki lose his balance and fall back.
He opened his eyes in shock, amazed at the pain he felt, and set them on Shuichi, who stood there, heaving, fist still outstretched. The rage on his face made him look ominous, like a page right out of his manga.
“Fuck you! I wish I’d never met you; I wish I’d never lay eyes on you and fall in love with you like this! No, scratch that! I whish I would have met you before and realize what an asshole you are so that I never would have never fallen in love with you in the first place!” Yuki’s eyes went wide, and the rage that took over him was beyond words. He lunged himself at Shuichi, grabbing him, and throwing him over his shoulder once more.
“Let me go you fucking bastard!” The singer pounded Yuki’s back with all his might, to no avail. Yuki seemed unaffected by the forceful blows, as he moved forward to the front door. The singer sank his teeth on the tender skin of the taller man’s shoulder, but other than a pained grunt, the man seemed unaffected. He got to the door, opened it and threw Shuichi out into the hallway.
Shuichi’s back hit the wall behind, but that didn’t stop him from lunging forward fast, and clocking another good punch to Yuki’s stomach. The mangaka doubled over in pain, but only for a second, fixing his enraged eyes on the singer.
“You fucking bastard!” The blonde lunged forward and grabbed Shuichi by his clothes and threw him back inside the apartment slamming the door shut behind him. He was angry at how easy he gave in to his petty emotions, but more than… he was aroused by the raw display of violence the young angel was capable of displaying, and that made him angrier. Shuichi fell over the coffee table, then onto the floor, binging everything on it with him. The mangaka wasted no time and grabbed him by the lapel and threw him against the wall.
Shuichi for his part was not about to let Yuki get away with anything… not anymore. He had come to follow Ryuichi’s advice, but since that didn’t work, at the very least he was going to satisfy his anger. He kicked hard with his knee, barely missing Yuki’s manhood.
“Fuck!” The mangaka cried grabbing his side, and just as fast, returning the assault with one of his own… and they fought.
X
Mikka heard the whole exchange between the two men in the room. She had to hold her hand to her mouth and bite her fingers not to cry out. Eiri had not only been with Tohma, but Shindou too. The pain she felt shook her in waves and waves of anguish.
Why! Didn’t I love you enough? Didn’t I devote myself enough? Didn’t I satisfy you enough?” Tears and cries of anguish came, and she didn’t care anymore who was there to hear them. In the distance, she could hear things being broken, curses, and the clear noise of fist against flesh. This gave her a little hope, maybe there had been a mistake after all, but after a while, and the clear sound of things coming to an end, she knew.
X
“You must have come here for a reason,” Yuki managed to let out as he pinned the smaller framed man against the wall. A small grin that made him look evil played on his face. He was already breathing hard, intoxicated by the musky masculine smell of the shorter man, feeling Shuichi’s growing erection against him. And rejoicing in the pain he was feeling from the injuries the young angel inflicted, which stimulated him even more.
Yuki stroked his captive’s sex feeling its heat even through his clothes. Shuichi closed his eyes and shuddered, eliciting a small choked moan. “You like that don’t you?” Yuki husked against Shuichi’s lips, the singer gulped loudly.
“Get your fucking hands off me!” Shuichi shouted with no conviction, he brought a hand up and tried to hit his aggressor on the back, but neither his body nor his will wanted to obey his commands.
Yuki lifted Shuichi off the ground, and the only thing that held him, was the massive weight of the mangaka’s chest pushing him against the wall. “I said let go of me!” Shuichi repeated, but there was simply no will behind the threat. Yuki ran his tongue over the singer’s pink lips, the same way Shuichi had when he first came.
“Eh… and after you came all the way here to congratulate me on my engagement… how rude of me were I to let you go without a proper thanks?” With one smooth pull, the mangaka ripped Shuichi’s shirt off of him and kissed him ferociously, bruising him, intoxicating him.
Shuichi wanted to hold on to the last little bit of pride he had left, but the warmth of Yuki’s flesh, and the intoxicating heat of his mouth left him little to fight for. He opened up completely and in an instant, bringing his legs and arms to wrap around the taller being, he responded in full. Shuichi kissed back, demanding everything Eiri Uesugi had to give.
“Give me everything… I want it all…” Yuki rasped against Shuichi’s mouth as if reading his very own thoughts.
“Take it…It’s always being yours…” Shuichi was barely ably to mutter. Yuki’s lips and tongue were all over him at once, Shuichi felt dizzy, as though he were floating. The mangaka’s demanding hands were bruising his skin, leaving a trail of heat behind. He could hardly breathe, think, all of his senses occupied with the task of coping with the enormous pleasure he was being submerged in.
“I can’t take it…” Shuichi rasped, fighting with Yuki’s shirt.
“Oh yes you can…” Yuki breathed, coming to the dizzy singer’s mouth and claiming it savagely; he could never get enough of it, Shuichi’s taste, Shuichi’s scent, Shuichi’s… everything.
“I need to…” The beautiful singer begged desperately, shaking his head from side to side, drunk in the pleasure the mangaka was all too happy to give
Yuki needed no other instructions, ravaging the younger man’s lips once more; he set him down on his feet and removed his pants as if they were not fit to touch its owner’s skin. He took a few seconds to admire Shuichi’s magnificent form, and again wondered how could he have let this go?
Shuichi held his head and looked into his eyes. And as always Yuki felt as if he would drown into the lavender orbs, there was such trust in them, such warmth, that he had to turn away to keep from crying. He drop to his knees and took a hold of Shuichi’s hips lifting him up, and sitting him on his shoulders facing him, with his back against the wall serving him as support. The singer’s eyes opened a little wider in shock, but did not complain nor ask, just trusted him completely.
“Don’t worry, I won’t let you fall…” Yuki whispered, smirking, feeling the hardness of the boy’s sex against his neck. Watching the singer watch him with unmasked devotion, feeling his fingers threading though the blonde locks he hated so much, but was too proud to dye.
“I’m not scared, I just want you to love me.” Yuki took the hard shaft into his mouth and devoured it for all it was worth. Shuichi’s wild moan fueling him to go faster, deeper; Yuki’s hands left the slender hips to massage Shuichi’s thighs desperately, clawing at them, wanting to feel his insides if he could. By now the boy’s moans filled everything, Yuki dared a look at the young face drowned in ecstasy; sweat dripping down his beautiful face.
“Yuki, Yuki…” His beautiful angel called his name like a mantra, never had the name he disliked so much sounded that good.
Nearly at his limit as well, Yuki let Shuichi’s hard member go and lapped at the inside of his thighs, nipped his already abused organ, sucked his hot testicles. Shuichi’s cries were like music to his ears, intoxicating him, bringing him to the brink.
“Come for me…I want to drink every last drop of you…” Yuki breathed, and no sooner had he taken him into his mouth again, than Shuichi’s hot seed filled his mouth.
The younger man shook uncontrollably with the force of his orgasm, and his face contorted in the most exquisite mask of bliss.
Yuki stood by his word and drank every last bit of molten hot essence. He was so aroused that he could hardy move. Once Shuichi’s shuddering resided, Yuki got to his feet, allowing Shuichi to slide off him and onto is own, the boy was so weak from pleasure that he held on to him for support. Yuki smirked thinking of the things he was going to put his angel through.
X
Shuichi could not think straight. That mind blowing orgasm literally took all of strength. Yuki set him on his feet, but he was not able to support himself, he held on to the blond god for dear life, looking at him apologetically, thinking on how lame he was for not even being able to please the love of his life properly. He wanted to give him as much pleasure as he was receiving, but he hadn’t the strength or the experience to.
“What’s that look for?” Yuki asked, still smirking.
“I…” Shu could not form words. Yuki kissed the bridge of his nose, and put his arms aground his waist, turning him to face him, as he leaned his back against the wall. Shu froze, was he expecting him to do the same he had? There was no way he could support all of the mangaka’s weight on his shoulders, he could try, but he knew that Yuki would be in for a disappointment.
“Don’t look so scared, I don’t bite… much.” Yuki whispered, and again, the blonde god took a hold of him, bringing Shu’s legs to wrap around his waist to straddle him, Shuichi could feel his huge, hard sex against him. Instinctively putting his arms around the mangaka’s neck, the singer kissed him hard.
“What do you think comes next?” Yuki rasped, already blind with need.
And before Shuichi could even react, Yuki took his ass and plunged himself into him, blinding him with pleasure and pain. “It won’t be long,” Yuki murmured into his ear, kissing him, nipping him, as he began lifting his hips up and down against himself… god could he be any better? just when he though the tall picture of perfection could not outdo himself, he go and pull a stun like this. Shuichi’s initial tearing pain quickly turned into more pleasure than he could take, he climaxed again, spilling his seed all over them. Feeling it so much intensely than his previous orgasm, he couldn’t handle much more of this, but at the same time, he wanted to live in this dream forever.
“How I wanted this… needed it” Yuki whispered as if to himself, licking his own lips. Shuichi kissed him and lapped a bit of semen that had carelessly landed on his god’s face. The mangaka searched for his lips and ravaged them; ramming his hips into him urgently.
Shuichi felt him stiffen, saw him throw his head back, roll his eyes to the back of his head, and display-- what Shuichi thought must be the most beautiful expression he’s ever seen. And then heard the most erotic sex cry.
X
Yuki’s legs went limp, and he could not longer hold the weight of his angel. He fell, bringing Shuichi down with him, crushing him. His orgasm had not even receded, but he had to have him again, and again.
“I love you…” The one under him whispered, and again that blind passion took hold of him. He stood, and took the pink haired object of his desires into his arms, and literally ran into his room. He threw Shuichi on his bed – much as he’d done earlier— then caressed the side of his face softly, delicately, as if he were the most delicate silk.
“Two to one… not fare.” The mangaka smiled, truly smiled. Shuichi’s eyes warmed and caressed him as well.
“What are you going to do about it?” The young angel asked mischievously.
“I’m going to make sweet, sweet love to you.” And he let himself into heaven once more, and this time, he would make it last.XXX
They finally stopped, after that last earth-shattering groan from the man who should belong to her and that bastard’s, everything went still. Mikka wiped down her tears, but they would not stop flowing. How can it be? How could Eiri be with her for so long and never… ever, been that satisfied? She had not dared look, but for what she’d heard from their love making, left her with little doubt that Eiri had used her, that she had not been nearly enough for him… but why, what reason could there possibly be? She tried to get up but her limbs were not responding. She felt dirty, disgusted and confined. She needed to get away from here, to put her thoughts in order, to give her sanity, the time and space it needed to return to her.
She made her way to the bed, caring very little at this point if they were sleep or awake, her heart ached and her eyes throb, but she needed to see him, to see with her own eyes.
“Why?” Mikka asked silently setting her eyes on the man below, watching as he slept in such peaceful manner, holding the smaller man the way he’s never held her.
“ How are you going to redeem yourself?” She asked, her tears falling anew. She went out of the stuffy room that smelt like cheap sex and went out into a room she didn’t recognize. Things were scattered all over, and the telltale of their fight screamed at her. Their clothes lay on the floor, where they probably made love. She made her way out, into the cold street, and looked up to his window one last time.
“Sleep tight, be happy and satisfied for this little while, because tomorrow, you’ll be miserable as I am now.” She was not sure of what she would do, right now she wanted to kill them both, but that would be letting him off too easy. With one last look at the window and one last memory of the happy expression on Eiri’s face, she walked away into the night.
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A/N: OMG was that long or what!? I hope I lived up to your expectations as far as Y&S’s reunion is concerned. I could have broken this up into several chapters, release them one by one, and be done with it for a while, but since you guys were getting so restless about Yuki and Shu I just had to do it this way so that’s why it took so long. Since I promised a reader that I would reunite them in the next chap… sorry if it went longer that some of you would have preferred. On another note, I read the whole fic from Media miner last week and besides noticing a lot of grammar mistakes, I noticed that my chapter kept getting longer and longer. I was reading three and four the first couple of days, and then went down to two. Still I prefer longer chaps, especially if I’m going to take so damn long to update.
Next Stop: Blood. Oh yes there will be a blood shed when those Mika’s get a hold of their men eh eh eh. Mikka and Eiri will meet; Mika has a little proposition for Hiro, and much, much more Stay tuned to find out.
There are only two more chapters left (at the most) I might feel cruel and end it within the next chapter (although if I did that it would be EXTRA long) So in preparations for that I have another little poll for you all (the last one)
For future reference, how do you like your sex? (not yours you hentai! The fic’s) Is it ok to just imply it or you guys want a full-page detailed description? (The data collected from this question will be used to determine Y&S level of hotness) I always have such a hard time writing sex scenes between them. Its like Yuki is so hot in my mind that nothing I write seems to capture it well enough… oh well, just gotta keep trying ne?
Well, Now I'm up to date on all three sites I post. The next update will be a brand new one, and will be added the same day as the other sites (hopefully next week)