No Return No Exchange

font-family:Verdana;color:black\'>No Return No Exchange

font-family:Verdana;color:black\'>By Late_Sleeper

Disclaimer:
I
don’t own anything…coz if I do…Shuichi wouldn’t be hurting and Yuki would do
the chasing. color:black\'>LotVerdana;color:black\'>’s of grammatical errorsssssssssssssssssssss!
Gomen for that!

color:black\'>"YUUUKKKIII!!!font-family:Verdana;color:black\'> LET ME IN PLEASE!!!" Shuichi banged the
door for the hundredth times. Tears started flowing from his eyes down to his
flustered cheeks but it seems that his wails weren’t able to reach the ears of
his so-called lover. Both his fist felt numbing sensation but he continued pounding
the door hoping that his god would have pity on him and let him in. He didn’t
even notice the sounds of footstep towards him.

color:black\'>"Shuichi?"font-family:Verdana;color:black\'> A voice suddenly got his attention and he
unconsciously turned his face towards the stranger, only to come face to face
with the person he would die for…so he think.

Shuichi
leaned forward to the new comer and search his face. ‘Shit! This isn’t my
god…it’s his brother.’

color:black\'>"Tatsuha???"font-family:Verdana;color:black\'>

"class=SpellE>Yo! What are you doing here? And why are your clothes
scattered all-over the place? He kicked you out again didn’t he?"

Shuichi felt
his face burned with shame on being caught on one of his lowest day. Sure it
was no longer common for him to be kick-out from their house…correction Yuki’s
house. But this time it felt really bad. He just wanted to spend more time with
his koi. Tohma just gave
them a one-month break and he was hoping to spend much time with Yuki. But it
turns out that Yuki needed to finish his work within this week so the writer
cruelly shoved him out of the house taking with him his clothes and all and
telling him to be back after four days or more…or forever.

Shuichi
wanted to wail some more but a hand suddenly stopped him from doing so and as
he looked up he saw Tatsuha’s gentle smile.
"Don’t worry I’ll let you in to my apartment for the time being."

color:black\'>"Really?"font-family:Verdana;color:black\'> Shuichi couldn’t believe his ears. He was
grateful for the offer though but his heart still wants to hope that his love
would still change his mind. He really wanted to stay where he is. There is no
wrong in hoping right?

Shuichi was
about to decline the offer but Tatsuha with all eagerness beat him to it.
"Oi Onichan??? Can I
take Shuichi with me? Don’t worry I’ll take good care of him."

"Do as
you like. Take him he’s all yours. Just don’t come back crying and giving back
that baka."

"Sure.
Don’t worry I won’t do that."

"Yuki…"
Shuichi felt hurt on being giving away like that. To think
that his only intention was to be with him, to be with his beloved Yuki.
Still he knew that Yuki didn’t mean all that. He just need some time to finish
his work and after that all will come back to normal…he’ll come back home.
Shuichi had to smile at this. ‘I’ll come back home Yuki…so finish your work
quickly.’

Yuki
stretched his numb limb, he felt really rotten inside. Who wouldn’t? class=GramE>After four days and nights without sleep and no proper food who
wouldn’t feel awful?

Four days and
four nights…and now his master piece is finished.

Yuki lips
formed a faint smirked as he typed the last remaining words and save the whole
thing on his laptop. God he really needed a bath right now. All he wanted now
is some pure relaxation on the tub with some fine wine, good music to accompany
the solemnity of the place…yeah the place felt so solemn without that class=SpellE>baka.

Yuki eyes
suddenly brightened on the thought of his pink bundle of joy.

Bundle of
joy…he’d rather run a thousand miles than say that to that baka.

color:black\'>Although there is no use denying it know that now, now that he’s
alone.color:black\'> God he really do miss HIS class=SpellE>baka, his loud wailing, his stupidity, his annoying voice, his
lips, his hair…

‘That’s odd
he should be here by now? Heck he was supposed to be here last two days ago…he
can’t stand being away that long…wonder what the baka
is doing?"

Upon that
thought worry suddenly became evident on Yuki’s haggard face. Everything was
soon forgotten, the inviting tub, the sweet aroma of wine and the promising
relaxation he was thinking a while ago…all of this vanished as worry started
clouding his whole being.

He hurriedly
grabbed his cellphone on the desk and dialed his
brother’s number.

Three class=GramE>ring had passed before Tatsuha answered the phone and Yuki
was on the edge of slamming the phone down but decided not to upon hearing class=SpellE>Tatsuha’s voice.

"class=SpellE>Moshi Moshi"

"…"

color:black\'>"Aniki?"style=\'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black\'>

"…"

"…"

"Where
is that baka?"

"Eh? Oh
hello to you too big brother. Shuichi? Well he’s class=SpellE>stil…"

"Tell
him to come back home now."

"OH.
Well that’s too bad brother but I don’t think he’ll go back there…"

"WHY???
WHAT DID THAT BAKA DO THIS TIME???"

color:black\'>"Nothing.font-family:Verdana;color:black\'> I just decided that he won’t go back
there."

color:black\'>"WHAT?!font-family:Verdana;color:black\'> You just decided??!!! Quit the crap Tatsuha
just tell him to go back home."

"Sorry
no can do. No return no exchange."

"WHAT
THE FUCK ARE YOU SAY…"

Before Yuki
could shame the underworld with his cursed he heard the dial tone signaling
that the other line was no more. Yuki felt like throwing his goddamned class=SpellE>cellphone through the window. He was frustrated with his
brother right now, and Tatsuha better stopped his joke before he could no
longer distinguish him as his brother.

With all the
fury he was feeling right now he dialed the one thing that would end all this
nonsense…MIKA!

"Hello?"

"WHERE
IS HE? WHERE IS THAT FUCKING BROTHER OF YOURS???!!"

color:black\'>"Eiri?style=\'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black\'> What are you…? Watch
your mouth little brother? And what are you so mad about?"

"Where
is Tatsuha?"

"class=GramE>why?"

"Just
talk."

"Damn it
Eiri if you don’t tell me…shit! We’ll go there and
you better have an explanation for all of this."

color:black\'>tootcolor:black\'> toot

A few minutes
had passed but Yuki felt like his whole body stuck on where he was standing. He
felt rooted to the spot as though gravity prevented him from any movement. Only
a screeching sounds snapped him to reality and sounds
of running footsteps echoed through the whole hall signaling the arrival of his
sister and brother in law.

"What
the fuck happened Eiri? And this better be
good."

Mika slammed
the door opened and walk towards Eiri with angry
hurried step. Yuki looked at his sister for the first time and glare at her.
"Your perverted brother has Shuichi."

color:black\'>"What?!font-family:Verdana;color:black\'> You called us, sounding like a mad man, only
to tell us that your stupid boyfriend is with our brother. God, class=SpellE>Eiri your crazy."

The two
suddenly snapped upon hearing a soft chuckle from their silent audience.

"What’s
so funny Tohma?"

color:black\'>"Eiri."style=\'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black\'>

Mika looked
at her husband with angry eyes as though telling him to finish his statement before
she decides to skin him alive. "Isn’t what you wanted? Peace
and quiet. That kid out of your life."

color:black\'>Tohmacolor:black\'> walked towards the now wide eye Yuki with slow deliberate
movement like those of a lawyer about to persecute a criminal to a death
sentence. "Isn’t that what you want Eiri? You
always kicked him out but he always comes back. I even wonder how class=GramE>could he take such punishment he doesn’t deserve."

‘This isn’t class=SpellE>Seguichi. Am I dreaming? No, he couldn’t say that.’ Yuki
looked at the man that was now standing in front of him and images of him and
Shuichi flashed through his mind.

Vivid images
of him yelling at Shuichi, him throwing Shuichi out, him shoving Shuichi off
the bed after their night activity, him with all the
nasty thing he’d done to his lover. Images stopped and were replaced by a boy
who’s wearing a small smile on his gentle face. ‘Shuichi.’

Shuichi’s
face felt real as it smiles widens. Images started running again. class=GramE>Images of Shuichi yapping nonstop, Shuichi singing, dancing,
goofing around, Shuichi as he soundly sleeps on the couch.

color:black\'>Image Shuichi as he murmurs Yuki’s name on his sleep, making a
cute pout on his cherry red lips.font-family:Verdana;color:black\'> Shuichi doesn’t know Yuki watches him as he
sleeps each and every night. Slowly touching his delicate feature, gently shoving
some strands away from his cute face. Yes, Yuki do that every night. He himself
doesn’t know why…that is until now.

color:black\'>Love.color:black\'>

color:black\'>Life.color:black\'>

Yuki looked
aback at the man who caused all the images. ‘class=SpellE>Tohma.’

color:black\'>Tohmacolor:black\'> smiled at Yuki when he felt the other man was back to his body,
to reality.

He doesn’t
know why but it felt like Tohma is his inner side
wreaking the idiot that was him, the idiot self he’s projecting, the idiot self
that was blinded from the true meaning of the tug in his heart every time he
stare at his genki lover. Finally the sensible one
has awaken and he knew now what he felt…love.

color:black\'>Love which is Shuichi, which equals to his life.style=\'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black\'>

color:black\'>‘Tatsuha.’Verdana;color:black\'>

"He got
Shuichi. Tatsuha got Shuichi." Yuki didn’t know if it was his voice that
was stating the obvious fact.

Like a snap
of a finger Yuki felt his whole world crumble into dust. Realization felt like
it was too late. He knew what Tatsuha meant when he said does words and it just
clearly say that he’d gonna lose Shuichi.

color:black\'>"Eiri.style=\'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black\'> Eiri
are you okay?" Tohma suddenly shook Yuki hard. class=GramE>"Eiri."

Yuki snapped
out and looked straight to Tohma’s eyes and he knew
right then and there that he had lost. He suddenly felt weak and his knees gave
way slumping him down on the floor. All his nerve felt like giving way too. The
lack of sleep, proper nourishment, and chaos he felt inside suddenly rushed
inside of him draining him of all the energy that was left in him.

"I…I
just want Shuichi back. I want my life back. I want Shuichi. I…I…" Yuki
felt like a lunatic telling those worlds like a mantra that made class=SpellE>Tohma and Mika shocked at the sudden weakness the arrogant
author is projecting.

"Damn
bothers…" Mika cursed and walked straight to the door and out to get his
other stupid brother and make him pay…dearly.

"class=SpellE>Eiri we’ll be back okay. We’re gonna
find him kay." Tohma
shook Yuki slightly with concern look and stood up to follow his wife leaving
Yuki all by himself.

color:black\'>All alone.Verdana;color:black\'> Yuki felt all alone.

Yuki looked
down and found the one thing he could connect to Shuichi.

He hurriedly
dialed his brother’s number. It rings. Good the bastard didn’t disconnect him
from his love.

Four class=GramE>ring had passed before Tatsuha finally answered the phone.

color:black\'>"Moshi moshi.style=\'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black\'> Onichan
whay did you call again?"

"Give
him back." Yuki felt so weak that Tatsuha barely could make out the soft
words he was telling. "Give Shuichi back."

color:black\'>" Sorryfont-family:Verdana;color:black\'> Big bro but I can’t."

"I would
give you every thing you need. You want Sakuma’s vid…I’d…"

"Why
would I need that when here with me is the living-look-alike of Sakuma-class=SpellE>sama…even far more better than the
original."

"Give
him back."

"You
know I never know how smooth his lips were. Hell, his skin taste like honey.
And you were just keeping him all to yourself. class=GramE>Tsk. Tsk.
Tsk. Selfish you." Tatsuha suddenly
sidetrack the topic making Yuki felt more frustrated than he already is. Yuki
knew that Tatsuha just want him in pain.

"class=GramE>Tatsuha, let me speak with him."

"Do you
know that he really really really
has a figure of a girl? Damn I feel hard just thinking about him this
way."

"class=SpellE>Shui…"

"And you
gotta hear him moan. God he sure sounds way better
when he scream and moan …like he was singing lullaby
or something."

Yuki was now
losing his nuts as he listened to his brother talk about his boyfriend in that
special way. His mind felt disgusted but his body tells other wise. He may
admit it or not but he was moved by Tatsuha’s
proclamation…moved as in literally moved. The budged in his pants was the
obvious evidence of this.

"And you
know what he got the perfect ass I tell you, I wonder why you never told me that
…well anyway he seems tight every time I take him. You know like you’re taking
a virgin every time."

"Tatsuha…give
him back…please."

Yuki plead
with all the strength left in him. He was going on the drain now. "I…I
need him. I can’t live without him.

That was the
last straw. Yuki finally admitted that he actually needs the class=SpellE>baka. Not just want, but need. A reason
for living from this pitiful life. Shuichi without noticing finally
reached down to his nerve and established his self there, and now he’s like oxygen
that sustained Yuki his life.

Yuki was now
pouring his whole heart to his bastard brother hoping that he’ll have a heart
and end this sick game he is playing. He won by the way, now, he class=SpellE>Uesagi Eiri finally admitted he
still have feelings and he too is a weak human being capable of needing,
capable of getting hurt. If Tatsuha wanted him in pain well he did a very good
job. Tatsuha struck his weakest point…his heart.

The silence
felt like forever. Sighing could be heard like a rhythm to lull a crying child.

"That’s
to bad brother…I felt the SAME way too." Then the line suddenly died and
Yuki felt like dying too but fate seems to be laughing on his own expense
prolonging the agony making him live just to feel his heart broken into pieces.

Why can’t
just death just take him away? Why should they prolong his agony?

Yuki dropped
his phone. And felt the whole world dropped too on his shoulder. He lost his
reason for living, his chaser for his gin, lighter for his cigarette, his foil
for his drug, water for his ecstasy…he lost it all.

Yuki stared
at the sofa lying beside him and a picture of a sleeping Shuichi came to his
view.

color:black\'>An angel who’s sleeping soundly on the couch unmindful of the
harsh world around him, the only innocent thing living and illuminating in his
life.color:black\'>

Yuki look
everywhere and all he could see was the images of Shuichi all over. Everywhere
he looked images of a happy Shuichi kept flashing on his view.

color:black\'>Everywhere.Verdana;color:black\'>

color:black\'>‘ style=\'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black\'>Paradiseclass=GramE>!’style=\'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black\'>

Minutes tick
away and Yuki didn’t knew that the sun already set, signaling the night has
shadowed the city with it’s claw of darkness.

color:black\'>Night.Verdana;color:black\'> The only time he and Shuichi could share.

Yuki walked
to his bedroom holding the phone in his hand, walking a like a drunken sailor
who seek a comfortable abode.

The class=GramE>clock on the side table suddenly beep indicating that it was
eleven in the evening. Yuki looked down at the thing he was holding.

Ring.

The phone
rang for the tenth time but Yuki didn’t mind waiting. Damn he could wait for
eternity for the chance to hear his lover’s voice.

"class=SpellE>Moshi Moshi."

"I can’t
sleep."

color:black\'>"Huh?!Verdana;color:black\'> Ah. Oh! Okay." Tatsuha voice sounded drowsy from
sleep.

"I
can’t…"

A loud sigh
could be heard from the other line before Tatsuha began again. "Well since
I’m still a loving brother I’ll let you have one of my secret. It really works
like a sleeping pill. Wait"

Silence
ensued then suddenly sounds of ruffling of sheets and soft grunting broke the
stillness. A soft breathing could be heard. Yuki eyes
suddenly brightens upon hearing a familiar sounds of soft breathing ofstyle=\'mso-bidi-font-style:normal\'> his Shuichi. The sounds felt like a
lullaby to his ears lulled him to sleep, but before his eyes finally drop he
heard a familiar name..

color:black\'>"Yuki."font-family:Verdana;color:black\'>

His lover is
calling him in his sleep.

As the name
was uttered the line went dead and a tear run down the Yuki’s pale cheek.

"We are
here now Eiri. Don’t worry you’ll see him soon."
Tohma placed a gentle hand on Yuki’s shoulder as they
walked together inside the apartment.

As they
opened the bedroom they saw Shuichi peacefully sleeping on the bed while
Tatsuha was sitting beside the boy and smirking at them. He was only wearing a
blue boxer, a smirk on his face and a shiny thing on his finger.

"Oh
you’re late." Tatsuha voiced out without wiping the sickening smirk
plastered on his face.

Yuki wanted
to glare but was stopped when Tatsuha raised his hand showing a gold band on
his finger that is dreadfully familiar…

So familiar
that he knew that he had seen it before…but where?

‘Shit!!!’

color:black\'>A ring.Verdana;color:black\'> A gold ring. A
simple gold ring.

A marriage
ring!

A ring that
binds two soul together…the ring that symbolizes his
collapsing fantasy.

"He’s
mine now Eiri. Mine to love and to
hold. You could never separate us now." Tatsuha cheekily spit out
the words at Yuki.

"Take
him away now!" Tohma who was fed up with the
sick play in front of him ordered two men to drag Tatsuha away. The two hastily
grabbed Tatsuha and tried to drag him out as Yuki walked towards Shuichi and
held him in his arm.

Tatsuha tried
to stay behind and observed Yuki as he gently nuzzled his face on Shuichi’s
pink hair, savoring every inch of scent Shuichi is emitting.

Tatsuha
smirked as he caught Yuki’s reaction as Yuki stared at Shuichi with wild eyes.
By this Tatsuha obediently obliged to the two men who are now forcefully
dragging him out.

"class=SpellE>Tohma, why is my
Shuichi cold?"

color:black\'>Tohmacolor:black\'> eyes widen and panicked covered his whole being as the words sink
into his mind. "Tatsuha!!!!!!" class=SpellE>Tohma lashes out to his brother in law and grabbed him by
the shoulder as he stared daggers at him.

"I told
you he is mine. Neither will death would tore us apart." Tatsuha knowingly
smiled at Tohma and took a peek behind class=SpellE>Tohma’s shoulder to the two lovers. "I have found my
love and life and I know I would have him for all eternity. Too bad people
don’t want us to be together but in our after life I know no one could separate
us."

color:black\'>Tohmacolor:black\'> was shocked at the words Tatsuha just uttered. It was hard for
him to believe that Tatsuha was indeed who was talking…the perverted, no good
for nothing, would be monk. He just stared at Tatsuha’s
peaceful expression who seems to be fading, and
fading… until death reclaims the boy in his hold.

color:black\'>Tohmacolor:black\'> looked at the boy who looks serene as though the whole pain was
lifted from him. The boy who is now reconciles with his love with the magic of
death.

Two people
both had found love on one person. One had the love sitting and waiting for him
for all these time wanting to be noticed and he only acknowledging it when it’s
gone…the other finding the love in just a couple of days but hugging it for all
life’s worth.

Who is worthy…who
is wrong? Who deserve the love?

Who?

…

You know it
really doesn’t matter now…LOVE…love was gone.

It’s now
cold.

He’s now
dead.

color:black\'>.: OWARIfont-family:Verdana;color:black\'> :.

LateSleeper: no explanation…just
plain angst. Or is it?