The Price I Pay
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Category:
Gravitation › General
Rating:
Adult +
Chapters:
9
Views:
3,583
Reviews:
8
Recommended:
0
Currently Reading:
0
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I do not own Gravitation, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.
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A/N: I decided to post the Yuki/Shuuichi version of this story on the site already, Titled: The Price I Pay: Yuki and Shuuichi, just wanted to make sure you found out.
Chapter two, Tatsuha/Ryuuichi: The Price I Pay
“What did you just say?” The voice repeated to a deathly nervous Tatsuha, who jumped at the sound of the familiar voice.
Oh great, not him. Tatsuha grimaced, his mind telling him to run but instead he turned toward the voice, the voice of his thoughts calming him. He doesn’t know about Ryuu and me, so I have nothing to worry about. Besides, he probably didn’t hear what I said clearly, that’s why he’s asking me what I said. I’ll just lie and….”
“Tatsuha, did I just hear you say something about having HIV?”
Oh, shit, he did hear. Fuck.
“Well…I…Seguchi-san, I….” Tatsuha tried to speak but fell silent when the NG Shacho’s expression caught his eye. What the…I’ve never seen that expression before, I think I’m more afraid now….
“Tatsuha.” The shacho only stared at the apprehensive look on the monk’s face, trying to keep his own masked with his customary smile, but what he’d overheard was nothing to smile over. “You have…you….”
“Seguchi-san, it’s nothing you need to worry about, I’ll just leave and….” Tatsuha turned away, placing a foot on his motorcycle petal, heart pounding. He flinched when Seguchi grabbed his hand and pulled him away from his bike. “Seguchi-san….”
“Don’t tell me I don’t need to worry. You’re my brother-in-law, family, and these types of issues are what family’s there for.” Seguchi said holding onto Tatsuha’s arm until he was sure the teen wouldn’t leave. His own mind buzzing with questions and worries, the shacho kept his face masked with a shadow of his customary smile. “Does anyone else know about this? Did you tell anyone yet?”
Tatsuha shook his head, surprised by the kindness in Seguchi’s voice—usually the blond’s voice held an undertone of coldness when he talked to the teen, not this general concern. The teen turned to face Seguchi then, but tensed when he saw the flash of anger briefly pass the shacho’s face.
“You haven’t told anyone yet? Why? How long have you known?” Seguchi stared coldly into Tatsuha’s eye, caught between the urge to yell at the teen for not saying anything before and the urge to forgive the silence—Tatsuha could’ve just found out that day, and was trying to bring himself to tell someone.
“About three days.”
“Three days! Why didn’t you tell anyone when you first found out? I know Eiri’s been out of town for book signings, but you could’ve got hold of your sister or me.” There Seguchi paused blinking when he remembered where they were. “Wait, what were you doing parked outside of NG? Were…were you planning on telling me today?”
Tatsuha stifled a nervous chuckle at the shacho’s last question, caught in a predicament he’d rather wish he could avoid—he couldn’t possibly answer ‘no’ to the shacho’s question, but he didn’t want to lie and say ‘yes’ either. Answering no would at best start the blond scolding him for not planning on telling anyone, and at worst it would make the shacho suspicious of why Tatsuha was there, maybe to the point of guessing who he wanted to see.
But answering yes would make the shacho think Tatsuha finally wanted to get along with him, something the teen never wanted to do—this guy was the reason he had to sneak around to be with his beloved Ryuuichi, this guy was the reason why during the past two years of his relationship with the singer, he and Ryuu could only be intimate a handful of times. Like hell he wanted to get along with the blond.
“I can tell by the look on your face the answer is no.”
Tatsuha flinched, avoiding the shacho’s eye, grumbling to himself for not saying yes and quickly leaving.
“Why are you here if not to see and tell me, hm?”
Chapter two, Tatsuha/Ryuuichi: The Price I Pay
“What did you just say?” The voice repeated to a deathly nervous Tatsuha, who jumped at the sound of the familiar voice.
Oh great, not him. Tatsuha grimaced, his mind telling him to run but instead he turned toward the voice, the voice of his thoughts calming him. He doesn’t know about Ryuu and me, so I have nothing to worry about. Besides, he probably didn’t hear what I said clearly, that’s why he’s asking me what I said. I’ll just lie and….”
“Tatsuha, did I just hear you say something about having HIV?”
Oh, shit, he did hear. Fuck.
“Well…I…Seguchi-san, I….” Tatsuha tried to speak but fell silent when the NG Shacho’s expression caught his eye. What the…I’ve never seen that expression before, I think I’m more afraid now….
“Tatsuha.” The shacho only stared at the apprehensive look on the monk’s face, trying to keep his own masked with his customary smile, but what he’d overheard was nothing to smile over. “You have…you….”
“Seguchi-san, it’s nothing you need to worry about, I’ll just leave and….” Tatsuha turned away, placing a foot on his motorcycle petal, heart pounding. He flinched when Seguchi grabbed his hand and pulled him away from his bike. “Seguchi-san….”
“Don’t tell me I don’t need to worry. You’re my brother-in-law, family, and these types of issues are what family’s there for.” Seguchi said holding onto Tatsuha’s arm until he was sure the teen wouldn’t leave. His own mind buzzing with questions and worries, the shacho kept his face masked with a shadow of his customary smile. “Does anyone else know about this? Did you tell anyone yet?”
Tatsuha shook his head, surprised by the kindness in Seguchi’s voice—usually the blond’s voice held an undertone of coldness when he talked to the teen, not this general concern. The teen turned to face Seguchi then, but tensed when he saw the flash of anger briefly pass the shacho’s face.
“You haven’t told anyone yet? Why? How long have you known?” Seguchi stared coldly into Tatsuha’s eye, caught between the urge to yell at the teen for not saying anything before and the urge to forgive the silence—Tatsuha could’ve just found out that day, and was trying to bring himself to tell someone.
“About three days.”
“Three days! Why didn’t you tell anyone when you first found out? I know Eiri’s been out of town for book signings, but you could’ve got hold of your sister or me.” There Seguchi paused blinking when he remembered where they were. “Wait, what were you doing parked outside of NG? Were…were you planning on telling me today?”
Tatsuha stifled a nervous chuckle at the shacho’s last question, caught in a predicament he’d rather wish he could avoid—he couldn’t possibly answer ‘no’ to the shacho’s question, but he didn’t want to lie and say ‘yes’ either. Answering no would at best start the blond scolding him for not planning on telling anyone, and at worst it would make the shacho suspicious of why Tatsuha was there, maybe to the point of guessing who he wanted to see.
But answering yes would make the shacho think Tatsuha finally wanted to get along with him, something the teen never wanted to do—this guy was the reason he had to sneak around to be with his beloved Ryuuichi, this guy was the reason why during the past two years of his relationship with the singer, he and Ryuu could only be intimate a handful of times. Like hell he wanted to get along with the blond.
“I can tell by the look on your face the answer is no.”
Tatsuha flinched, avoiding the shacho’s eye, grumbling to himself for not saying yes and quickly leaving.
“Why are you here if not to see and tell me, hm?”