The Price I Pay
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Category:
Gravitation › General
Rating:
Adult +
Chapters:
9
Views:
3,586
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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The Price I Pay
Chapter Six
“Ryuu,” Tohma stared into the singer’s face as the brown-haired man rummaged through a bag. “Are you and Tatsuha together?”
“Why do you need to know that, Tohma?” Ryuu mumbled nonchalantly as he searched through the bag and grabbed out a medicine vial.
“You know why, Ryuu….”
“It’s none of your business, Tohma. I can be with whoever I wish to be with….” He took out two more vials, taking one pill from each and swallowing them.
“Yes, but, you must tell them about your problem….” Tohma gazed on Ryuu taking the medicine and bit his lip, falling silent when Ryuu glared at him.
“You were the one who said I shouldn’t tell anybody—that no one needed to know.”
“I know I said that but that’s when I thought you were refraining from having sex.” Tohma met Ryuu’s eye. “He has it now, Tatsuha has it.”
“…what?” Ryuu quickly looked away, paling at Tohma’s words.
“Tatsuha has HIV and all because you didn’t tell him you have AIDS.”
“….when did you learn this?” Ryuu refused to meet Tohma’s eye again, placing his pill bottles away. “….from whom?”
“Tatsuha told me earlier today, I think he may have been wanting to tell you about it—he might think he gave it to you and not the other way around.”
“….” Ryuu picked up his bag in silence, his thoughts and face hidden from Tohma.
“Ryuu, how could you not tell him? How could you not use protection knowing what it risked? How could….” Tohma pulled on Ryuu’s shoulder to bring them face to face, falling silent at the tears silently streaming down the singer’s cheeks.
“I screwed up—I know that. Don’t pester me about it, please.” Ryuu held back his sobs, nose running with the tears.
“Ryuu….”
“Don’t pester me, please. I know it was stupid of me….I just wanted to be with him…I just wanted….” A sob escaped through Ryuu’s lips and he dropped the bag, its contents falling out onto the floor. Quickly he bent down to pick them up, trembling as more sobs escaped his throat and tears blurred his vision.
“It’s okay, Ryuu….” Tohma, placated, knelt down to help Ryuu pick up his things, doing a much better job than the trembling singer. “I’m not angry with you, not anymore….”
“But it’s my fault Tats has HIV….it’s my fault. I should’ve told him, I should’ve….but I thought he wouldn’t want to be with me knowing….I didn’t want to be alone….” Ryuu sobbed, forsaking his bag and holding onto his knees as tears rushed down his cheeks.
Tohma silently put aside the bag and its contents, and placed his arms around the crying singer, pulling him into a deep embrace.
Chapter Six
“Ryuu,” Tohma stared into the singer’s face as the brown-haired man rummaged through a bag. “Are you and Tatsuha together?”
“Why do you need to know that, Tohma?” Ryuu mumbled nonchalantly as he searched through the bag and grabbed out a medicine vial.
“You know why, Ryuu….”
“It’s none of your business, Tohma. I can be with whoever I wish to be with….” He took out two more vials, taking one pill from each and swallowing them.
“Yes, but, you must tell them about your problem….” Tohma gazed on Ryuu taking the medicine and bit his lip, falling silent when Ryuu glared at him.
“You were the one who said I shouldn’t tell anybody—that no one needed to know.”
“I know I said that but that’s when I thought you were refraining from having sex.” Tohma met Ryuu’s eye. “He has it now, Tatsuha has it.”
“…what?” Ryuu quickly looked away, paling at Tohma’s words.
“Tatsuha has HIV and all because you didn’t tell him you have AIDS.”
“….when did you learn this?” Ryuu refused to meet Tohma’s eye again, placing his pill bottles away. “….from whom?”
“Tatsuha told me earlier today, I think he may have been wanting to tell you about it—he might think he gave it to you and not the other way around.”
“….” Ryuu picked up his bag in silence, his thoughts and face hidden from Tohma.
“Ryuu, how could you not tell him? How could you not use protection knowing what it risked? How could….” Tohma pulled on Ryuu’s shoulder to bring them face to face, falling silent at the tears silently streaming down the singer’s cheeks.
“I screwed up—I know that. Don’t pester me about it, please.” Ryuu held back his sobs, nose running with the tears.
“Ryuu….”
“Don’t pester me, please. I know it was stupid of me….I just wanted to be with him…I just wanted….” A sob escaped through Ryuu’s lips and he dropped the bag, its contents falling out onto the floor. Quickly he bent down to pick them up, trembling as more sobs escaped his throat and tears blurred his vision.
“It’s okay, Ryuu….” Tohma, placated, knelt down to help Ryuu pick up his things, doing a much better job than the trembling singer. “I’m not angry with you, not anymore….”
“But it’s my fault Tats has HIV….it’s my fault. I should’ve told him, I should’ve….but I thought he wouldn’t want to be with me knowing….I didn’t want to be alone….” Ryuu sobbed, forsaking his bag and holding onto his knees as tears rushed down his cheeks.
Tohma silently put aside the bag and its contents, and placed his arms around the crying singer, pulling him into a deep embrace.