Kin no Shuichi
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Category:
Gravitation › General
Rating:
Adult +
Chapters:
50
Views:
4,307
Reviews:
6
Recommended:
0
Currently Reading:
0
Disclaimer:
I do not own Gravitation or the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.
35: Eiri no Go
Kin no Shuichi
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: Shuichi and Eiri are working things out after a mistake on both of their parts nearly ended their five-year relationship. But what about Bad Luck? What does the future hold for them?
Chapter Summary: Eiri is starting a new novel and Shuichi has some questions about his reference material
Warning: M/M, romance, angst, OOC-ness, language, Shuichi/Eiri, implied Eiri/oc, implied Shuichi/oc
Insert: mention of Japanese games
A/N: Thank you to Kaoru Sayuri Kamiya, River Sakina, Yaoifangirl89, ferler, lilgurlanima, Acherona for your reviews. I always love hearing from you guys. On another note, for those who are waiting for “Still Raining”, the next chapter should be out pretty soon. I’m in the middle of doing some work for my dad so everything that’s not pre-written has been put aside for a couple of weeks. But fear not. The next chapter is about five percent from being finished.
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Chapter 35: Eiri no Go
Dear God. Has it only been six weeks since Shuichi was ordered by his primary care physician, Dr. Koto, as well as Dr. Takata to take mandatory sick leave? He sighed heavily and massaged his aching temples as a headache slammed his brain around inside his skull. It felt as if a tennis match was being played inside of his head. He just had to think positive. It was not “only six weeks have passed”, but more like “six weeks have passed”. With six down, there was only six more to go. Or so he hoped. It was entirely possible that Shuichi’s doctors might force him to stay home for a little while longer. He hoped to hell that that was not the case. On the other hand, his doctor’s might give him the green light to head back to work earlier than was planned. Now that was something worth smiling for.
“Hey, Eiri?”
Oh. My. Freaking. God. He was so sick and tired of hearing “Hey, Eiri” being screamed through the condominium. It was beginning to grow increasingly annoying, but what wasn’t irritating as all hell now that he was being forced to spend every single minute of every single day with the pink haired singer. He was this close to legally changing his name and not informing his husband of said change. That way when Shuichi called his name, he had no choice but to ignore him. Nice. He had to admit, though, when Shuichi called out his name at night, and sometimes in the middle of the day, he sure as hell did not mind then. Not one bit.
“Is this your book?”
Eiri glanced over his shoulder and spied Shuichi standing in the door of the study with a thick, soft covered, red book in his hand. There was black writing along the spine. “Yeah, where was it?” He had been wondering where in the hell it had disappeared to.
“In the living room under the TV.”
How in the world had it gotten there? He wondered if Sayo had anything to do with that. Possibly. She was just like her mama after all; touching things that did not belong to her without even bothering to think of the consequences.
“The Ins and Outs of Go,” Shuichi read as he crossed the study. “Go? As in that game Go?”
“The one and same,” Eiri said as he turned back to the outline he was trying to put together for his next novel. The pen he was holding flew over the sheet of paper in the spiral bound notebook before him.
“Why are you reading something like this for?” Instead of handing the book over, Shuichi plopped down onto the sofa behind Eiri and began flipping through the book.
“Research.”
“Research?” Shuichi looked confused. “Oh! For a new novel?” He sounded excited.
“Yeah.”
“Wow! That is so cool! Are you going to write something like Hikaru no Go?”
Eiri frowned. The pen he was holding paused mid-character. “What?”
“Hikaru no Go. Ya know the manga series that was turned into an anime?”
“Never heard of it,” Eiri said bluntly, as he returned to his drafting.
Shuichi‘s head snapped up. His eyes grew wide. He flew upright. “What?!” He jumped to his feet.
Eiri winced. And now that he was half-deaf in that ear…
“Eiri! That’s…! That’s…!”
“That’s what?”
“Scandalous!”
Eiri heaved a tired sigh. Of course it was. What else would it be?
“Sacrilegious! Eiri, how can you be writing a story about Go when you’ve never heard of this coming of age tale?”
Eiri sighed and mumbled, “Easily” under his breath.
“C’mon. You must have heard about it! It spawned an international Go…frenzy!”
“Whatever.”
“No. Not ‘whatever’. It’s an awesome show, Eiri. You really must watch it sometime.”
Not in this lifetime.
“It’s about this kid named Hikaru who finds a spirit of this Go master and teacher named Sai trapped in an old Go board of his grandfather’s and-.”
“Yeah, sounds interesting,” Eiri said, quickly intervening. He really did not need a play by play of some stupid anime that he had no interest whatsoever in.
“Eiri,” Shuichi scolded.
“Shuichi,” Eiri returned in the same dead voice he has been using since the conversation began.
Shuichi sighed. “You…”
“I?”
“…Are completely hopeless.”
“So I’ve been told,” Eiri shot back.
With another sigh, Shuichi flopped back into the sofa bonelessly. He stared up at Eiri’s back for several silent moments before becoming quickly bored and held out the book before him. He flipped open the front cover. “Wow!”
“Now what?”
“This Akama Eguchi guy has written a lot of books.”
“That’s what writers do.”
“Yeah, but all this guy has written about has been games. There’re books about Renji, Shogi, both sugoroku games, The Difference Between Bag and Kuramasu, Cho-Han, How to Win at Pachinko Every Time, Darumason go Koronda, Gomoku, Irensei, Koi-Koi, chess, Reversi…(1)” Shuichi frowned. “What’s that?”
“What’s what?” Eiri asked in a bored tone.
“Reversi.”
“Another name for Othello.”
“Huh?”
Eiri sighed.
“What is it?”
“…A game.”
“Obviously,” Shuichi replied, “but what kind of game?”
Why was it that when he was speaking with Shuichi he felt as if he were speaking to a child?
“Eiri. C’mon! Tell me, Eiri! Eiri!”
That vein throbbed dangerously in Eiri’s forehead. The sound of his baka’s voice was beginning to drive him up the wall.
“Eiri!”
Something in him snapped. “Look it up,” he bit.
Shuichi jumped with a yelp at the harsh tone. The book slipped out of his grasp. It bounced off the edge of the sofa and tumbled to the floor. Getting hold of himself, he bent over to retrieve the book, saying, “You don’t have to snap my head off, Eiri. If you didn’t know, then you just should’ve said so.”
Eiri sighed. This headache was killing him.
---TBC---
1. Find out about these games at wikipedia.
Preview: “The Impertinence”
A/N: Yes, I know we’ve sorta drifted away from the whole angst part of the story, but that’s because Shuichi is on sick leave. We’ll get back to the rift between the guys in a bit. You are just going to have to scrounge around for a little patience and bear with me. I for one like these little bits between Shuichi and Eiri. This one was a little longer than I originally thought it would be. Oh, well. Anyway, I got this idea while watching Hikaru no Go. It really is a very cool show. That snippet about it causing an international Go sensation is in fact true. What did you think?
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: Shuichi and Eiri are working things out after a mistake on both of their parts nearly ended their five-year relationship. But what about Bad Luck? What does the future hold for them?
Chapter Summary: Eiri is starting a new novel and Shuichi has some questions about his reference material
Warning: M/M, romance, angst, OOC-ness, language, Shuichi/Eiri, implied Eiri/oc, implied Shuichi/oc
Insert: mention of Japanese games
A/N: Thank you to Kaoru Sayuri Kamiya, River Sakina, Yaoifangirl89, ferler, lilgurlanima, Acherona for your reviews. I always love hearing from you guys. On another note, for those who are waiting for “Still Raining”, the next chapter should be out pretty soon. I’m in the middle of doing some work for my dad so everything that’s not pre-written has been put aside for a couple of weeks. But fear not. The next chapter is about five percent from being finished.
+---+---+---+
Chapter 35: Eiri no Go
Dear God. Has it only been six weeks since Shuichi was ordered by his primary care physician, Dr. Koto, as well as Dr. Takata to take mandatory sick leave? He sighed heavily and massaged his aching temples as a headache slammed his brain around inside his skull. It felt as if a tennis match was being played inside of his head. He just had to think positive. It was not “only six weeks have passed”, but more like “six weeks have passed”. With six down, there was only six more to go. Or so he hoped. It was entirely possible that Shuichi’s doctors might force him to stay home for a little while longer. He hoped to hell that that was not the case. On the other hand, his doctor’s might give him the green light to head back to work earlier than was planned. Now that was something worth smiling for.
“Hey, Eiri?”
Oh. My. Freaking. God. He was so sick and tired of hearing “Hey, Eiri” being screamed through the condominium. It was beginning to grow increasingly annoying, but what wasn’t irritating as all hell now that he was being forced to spend every single minute of every single day with the pink haired singer. He was this close to legally changing his name and not informing his husband of said change. That way when Shuichi called his name, he had no choice but to ignore him. Nice. He had to admit, though, when Shuichi called out his name at night, and sometimes in the middle of the day, he sure as hell did not mind then. Not one bit.
“Is this your book?”
Eiri glanced over his shoulder and spied Shuichi standing in the door of the study with a thick, soft covered, red book in his hand. There was black writing along the spine. “Yeah, where was it?” He had been wondering where in the hell it had disappeared to.
“In the living room under the TV.”
How in the world had it gotten there? He wondered if Sayo had anything to do with that. Possibly. She was just like her mama after all; touching things that did not belong to her without even bothering to think of the consequences.
“The Ins and Outs of Go,” Shuichi read as he crossed the study. “Go? As in that game Go?”
“The one and same,” Eiri said as he turned back to the outline he was trying to put together for his next novel. The pen he was holding flew over the sheet of paper in the spiral bound notebook before him.
“Why are you reading something like this for?” Instead of handing the book over, Shuichi plopped down onto the sofa behind Eiri and began flipping through the book.
“Research.”
“Research?” Shuichi looked confused. “Oh! For a new novel?” He sounded excited.
“Yeah.”
“Wow! That is so cool! Are you going to write something like Hikaru no Go?”
Eiri frowned. The pen he was holding paused mid-character. “What?”
“Hikaru no Go. Ya know the manga series that was turned into an anime?”
“Never heard of it,” Eiri said bluntly, as he returned to his drafting.
Shuichi‘s head snapped up. His eyes grew wide. He flew upright. “What?!” He jumped to his feet.
Eiri winced. And now that he was half-deaf in that ear…
“Eiri! That’s…! That’s…!”
“That’s what?”
“Scandalous!”
Eiri heaved a tired sigh. Of course it was. What else would it be?
“Sacrilegious! Eiri, how can you be writing a story about Go when you’ve never heard of this coming of age tale?”
Eiri sighed and mumbled, “Easily” under his breath.
“C’mon. You must have heard about it! It spawned an international Go…frenzy!”
“Whatever.”
“No. Not ‘whatever’. It’s an awesome show, Eiri. You really must watch it sometime.”
Not in this lifetime.
“It’s about this kid named Hikaru who finds a spirit of this Go master and teacher named Sai trapped in an old Go board of his grandfather’s and-.”
“Yeah, sounds interesting,” Eiri said, quickly intervening. He really did not need a play by play of some stupid anime that he had no interest whatsoever in.
“Eiri,” Shuichi scolded.
“Shuichi,” Eiri returned in the same dead voice he has been using since the conversation began.
Shuichi sighed. “You…”
“I?”
“…Are completely hopeless.”
“So I’ve been told,” Eiri shot back.
With another sigh, Shuichi flopped back into the sofa bonelessly. He stared up at Eiri’s back for several silent moments before becoming quickly bored and held out the book before him. He flipped open the front cover. “Wow!”
“Now what?”
“This Akama Eguchi guy has written a lot of books.”
“That’s what writers do.”
“Yeah, but all this guy has written about has been games. There’re books about Renji, Shogi, both sugoroku games, The Difference Between Bag and Kuramasu, Cho-Han, How to Win at Pachinko Every Time, Darumason go Koronda, Gomoku, Irensei, Koi-Koi, chess, Reversi…(1)” Shuichi frowned. “What’s that?”
“What’s what?” Eiri asked in a bored tone.
“Reversi.”
“Another name for Othello.”
“Huh?”
Eiri sighed.
“What is it?”
“…A game.”
“Obviously,” Shuichi replied, “but what kind of game?”
Why was it that when he was speaking with Shuichi he felt as if he were speaking to a child?
“Eiri. C’mon! Tell me, Eiri! Eiri!”
That vein throbbed dangerously in Eiri’s forehead. The sound of his baka’s voice was beginning to drive him up the wall.
“Eiri!”
Something in him snapped. “Look it up,” he bit.
Shuichi jumped with a yelp at the harsh tone. The book slipped out of his grasp. It bounced off the edge of the sofa and tumbled to the floor. Getting hold of himself, he bent over to retrieve the book, saying, “You don’t have to snap my head off, Eiri. If you didn’t know, then you just should’ve said so.”
Eiri sighed. This headache was killing him.
---TBC---
1. Find out about these games at wikipedia.
Preview: “The Impertinence”
A/N: Yes, I know we’ve sorta drifted away from the whole angst part of the story, but that’s because Shuichi is on sick leave. We’ll get back to the rift between the guys in a bit. You are just going to have to scrounge around for a little patience and bear with me. I for one like these little bits between Shuichi and Eiri. This one was a little longer than I originally thought it would be. Oh, well. Anyway, I got this idea while watching Hikaru no Go. It really is a very cool show. That snippet about it causing an international Go sensation is in fact true. What did you think?