Gravitation Fan Fiction ❯ Cats, Crutches and Babies? Oh My! ❯ Phonecalls ( Chapter 9 )

Disclaimer: I don't own gravitation. Don't sue me, because I'm poor and I'd probably end up hiding out in Mexico as a stinky taco vendor to avoid paying legal fees. You all understand right?

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The freezing rain had just started to spatter on the windowpanes when Ryuichi unlocked the door and stepped inside his penthouse. The familiarity of the place calmed him and allowed him to be him self, at least part of the time anyway.

 

He unzipped his and Kumagoro's jacket's and flipped off his runners as he bounced happily into the living room to retrieve the phone. The apartment had already been decorated when Ryu bought it, though he had changed a few things so that they better suited his personalities. What resulted was a mix of traditional and modern styles, speckled with a few crayon drawings here and there.

 

The frosted glass room dividers, recessed lighting and chrome appliances made up the modern parts of the apartment while the traditional shoji screen doors and tatami flooring in the bedrooms added the traditional Japanese flavor that he liked.

 

“Phone, phone, where is the phone~?” Ryuichi sang as he bounded around the room looking for the black and silver cordless that liked to hide on him.

“Kumagoro, do you know where the phone went? I need to call Tatsuha.”

The bunny looked around and scratched his head before answering back, “In the office Na no da!!!”

 

The singer smiled and squeezed the bunny for being so smart. He strolled happily through the living room and down the hallway until he reached the door to his office.

The smoky glass door with the frosted picture of a Sakura bloom etched in the center was already open, so he hopped inside, Taking a moment to flip on the light switch next to the door.

The office was one of the biggest rooms in Ryu's house, mainly because he kept a lot of stuff in there besides a desk and computer.

He had a large glass case against the wall on the left side of the room that contained his many awards and trophies.

As well, there were numerous pictures of himself, of him and his stage crews from over the years and of course, his two other band mates, Tohma Seguchi and Noriko Ukai.

He smiled fondly as he took a quick glance at some of the pictures in the case while memories of the old days flooded back to him. He was sure glad he was back in Japan and part of Nittle Grasper again.

 

“Touring America just wasn't the same as being here in Japan with Tohma and Noriko, Kuma. No matter how popular I was there.”

Ryuichi put his hand on the glass and looked down at the bunny in his hand,

“It's fun being on stage, but as soon as the concert is over and everybody leaves, you're all alone. You just crawl into your big, cold hotel bed and cry yourself to sleep, with nobody there to hold you or to tell you that they love you and that everything will be okay.”

Kumagoro was silent for a while, giving Ryu some time to collect himself again, before saying in his tiny little voice, “But I was with you. I cuddled with you at night, don't you remember na no da?”

 

Ryuichi looked back at Kuma and smiled as he patted the bunnies pink head and pulled playfully on his ears, “You were Kuma, and for that I'm glad! You always cheered me up and dried my tears, didn't you?”

The bunny nodded furiously and Ryu laughed.

 

Aside from the trophy case there were two leather love seats separated by a glass and black lacquer coffee table in the center of the room. All his gold, platinum, double platinum and even his rare triple platinum CD plaques lined the walls in several spots. There were also a couple of potted plants that looked like they needed to be watered scattered nonchalantly here and there amongst the furniture and tables.

The rock idol rebounded around the couches, past the end table with the fake bonsai tree on it and over to his large and surprisingly messy desk to begin searching for the phone.

 

He started to sift blissfully through piles and stacks of just about everything imaginable as he hummed a tune to one of the songs he was working on.

Gum wrappers, Pocky sticks, pop cans, a coloring book, manga, crayons, pens, pencils, coil scribblers, an unopened day planner, a slinky, some coins, photographs, paper's and a few CD's, both his own and a few other artist's, were just some of the items littering the top of the mahogany desk.

He cried out triumphantly as his hand curled around the cool black body of the phone he had been fervently searching for. Making a mental note that would soon be forgotten to clean up his desk, he walked back out of the office, clicking off the lights and sliding the door shut on his way.

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“Hello?” Hiro answered in English.

Shuichi was just about ready to burst. The few seconds between the time he dialed and the time Hiro picked up seemed to last an eternity.

 

“Hiro! Ooh you'll never be able to guess what just happened!!!”

The pink haired brat was bouncing around the hotel room at mach speeds while Yuki was out on the patio smoking and trying to ignore what was going on inside. The blonde could hear the muffled shouting and babbling coming from the kid and he was glad he wasn't in the room with him at the moment. No doubt he was explaining to Hiro exactly what had happened that morning and he really didn't need to hear Shuichi's high-pitched, giggle-filled recap.

 

“No! He proposed to you Shuichi?! I'm so happy for you, man! I knew he'd come around one of these days.”

Hiro wasn't lying exactly, He had known that Yuki-san had planned to propose when the blonde had requested assistance in getting an accurate ring size for Shuichi, but the `sooner' part was way exaggerated. After the man had received the ring, Hiro thought it would be a matter of weeks, not months.

After month number three, He figured that the novelist had decided against the idea and had just taken the ring back.

 

That man could be so unstable in his decisions some times!

“Thanks, Hiro! You should see the ring! It's white gold and has a really big…” Shuichi paused and hit his head with his palm, “Sorry, Hiro. I probably sound like a girl, huh?”

The singer had made a silent promise to himself not to fill the classic role of effervescent fiancé, but he had only called one person and had already broken it. He was just so happy and excited, It would have been hard not to. He could see why women made such a big deal over everything and he scolded himself for laughing at them before.

 

“No, Shuichi, don't apologize,” Hiro said firmly, “You have every right in the world to be happy right now. Don't let anybody tell you differently either.”

The singer was touched that Hiro had said something that encouraging to him. Shuichi knew that his best friend didn't particularly like the man he would soon be calling his husband, but he had said it anyway and that was what really counted.

 

“Thank you, Hiro. That really meant a lot to me.”

Hiro leaned back against his kitchen counter and stretched his arm back behind his head.

 

“So, how has Yuki-san been doing?”

The guitarist was interested to know how his friend's lover was reacting to everything and also, what had prompted the blonde to propose in the first place. Why now? Why not two months ago? He was very intrigued.

Shuichi paused for a moment and turned to look out the patio doors at his lover.

The blonde was resting his elbows on the railing and looking out at the sparkling, frozen world below him.

 

“Well,” Shuichi began as he turned his gaze onto the designs of the picture hanging over the fireplace, “ At first he was happy that I was happy …and then he was smiling a lot, but now…now he's just kind of staring off the balcony into space.”

Hiro took this all in and thought for a moment before speaking.

 

“Well, I'm sure it's just the thoughts that were pushed aside this morning catching up with him. I'll bet he's got a lot on his mind right now.”

Hiro turned and wandered his way into the living room to look out the window.

 

“Just give him some time and he'll warm up to everything again.”

Shuichi turned back and sat down on the couch.

 

“He hasn't stopped being happy, he's just quiet now because I've called you and told you everything. I suppose the reality of…you know…`us', has just hit home.”

 

“Shuichi, you know he's not asha—”

 

“No, Hiro… I know that. I know how he feels about me, and I know that he says he doesn't care what other people think, but this is new to him…and to me.”

The singer's demeanor had mellowed out dramatically in the last few minutes and he sighed heavily as he let his head fall back against the cushions.

He knew that Hiro was right and that Yuki was just thinking, but he wished his lover would hurry up.

 

Eiri straightened up out of his slump against the railing as he crushed out his cigarette and turned to head inside the room. His hand stopped short of the door, however, when he saw how sad his lover looked.

Shuichi snorted as his pessimistic side started to take over and control his thoughts.

 

“Who am I trying to kid, Hiro?” He said sadly as tears welled in his eyes and his voice became choked, “Should I just expect things to be the way they are on TV? That he'll be all cuddly and stuff now, just because he's asked me to marry him?”

 

Hiro was confused and couldn't think of anything to say. He guessed that his friend's pessimistic inhibitions about idealistic marriages and couples were finally being brought to the surface, after being suppressed for so long.

“I mean, how can things be the way they're supposed to be, huh?” Shuichi was crying his words out now, his sentences filled with raw emotion and sadness.

 

“We can never be like the people you see on TV. We can't! It's because we're both guys that this is so…messed up. He'll see that too, and he'll just go back to the way things were before. He'll just keep ignoring me. Nothing will change, Hiro!”

Eiri had entered the room silently and had been moving slowly over to the couch as he listened to his fiancé's tearful, grief-stricken confessions. He sat beside Shuichi's now forward slumping body, and placed his arms around his shaking shoulders, his head resting against his lover's.

 

“Whoever says that you becoming my husband won't change things between us is as dumb as you are, Shu-han,” Eiri said quietly as he rubbed his hand up and down Shuichi's left arm and shoulder.

The singer looked up suddenly as he heard his lovers comforting voice and felt his soothing embrace.

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He…called me…Shu-han. His other half.'

He sniffled and wiped his eyes awkwardly with the back of his wrist as Yuki pulled him closer and wrapped him up in his arms.

 

“Yuki I'm so-sorry! I didn't me-ean t-to get so upse-et! I…We just…”

Shuichi just couldn't take any more of it. He let all his anger, confusion and doubts flow out of him as he threw himself around Yuki's neck and wept.

The blonde just gripped his lover tighter and stroked his hair softly.

The kid was shaking heavily as he continued to cry and babble into Yuki's shoulder.

The novelist really didn't think his lover would feel up to talking after he was through crying. His emotional outbursts usually took a lot out of him.

 

He reached down and pulled his lover's sparkly, sticker encrusted green cell phone out of his hand and put it up to his ear.

“Hiro-kun,” He said flatly, “Shuichi's going to have to call you back. He's—”

 

“I understand, Yuki-san. He's very confused right now… just do whatever it is that you do, and make him feel better, alright?”

Eiri smirked at that last comment. He knew exactly what to do too make Shuichi feel better.

 

“Mhmm…whatever,” He said gruffly, wanting very badly to just hang up on the guitarist,

 

“Talk to you—”

 

“Yuki-san?” Hiro cut in.

 

“What is it?” Yuki answered irritably, “I'm busy, as if you didn't already know.”

Hiro made his statement short and to the point.

 

“I know I've told you this before, but now so more than ever, I ask… that you take good care of him… Always.”

The blonde wasn't expecting to hear that again. Hiro had said it once before, just after Fujisaki had done the rearrangement of Shuichi's song `The Rage Beat' and the brat was lacking in the self-confidence department.

The novelist knew how much the little brat meant to Hiro; How much he cared and looked out for him.

 

This was just his way of saying that he was finally stepping down as Shuichi's protector and that he was entrusting the kid's well being to Eiri now.

Yuki felt a surge of respect for his lover's best friend and he silently accepted his duty.

 

“I will always be there. You have my word, Hiro-kun. Good-bye.”

 

“I trust you, Yuki-san. Sayonara.”

Yuki clicked off the phone and turned his attention back to his fiancé, who's crying was starting to subside into soft whimpers and sniffles.

 

“Shhh,” He cooed softly as he rubbed and massaged Shuichi's back, “You've got nothing to worry about. I'll take care of everything, Shu-han.”

Eiri sighed in relief as his fiancé stopped crying and snuggled closer to him.

 

“I'm sorry, Yuki,” The singer apologized, “I'm just confused. I mean…I was happy about it before, but…now that I think about how difficult this is going to be…I mean we'll have to go to a different country! We can't get married here, can we?”

 

Yuki wasn't sure what to tell him. He knew that their marriage wouldn't be recognized legally if it took place in Japan and that they couldn't apply for a marriage license, so really, what other option did they have?

“We can't get a marriage license here in Japan,” Yuki explained quietly, “So regardless we'll have to go somewhere other than here. I know that there are a handful of American States that have legalized it, so they would probably be our best bet at present, unless we want to try Canada.”

 

Shuichi wasn't exactly overjoyed at the prospect of traveling half way around the world to get married, but he knew there wasn't any other choice.

`If we have to fly to America or even Canada so he and I can legally say, “I do”, than they can bring it on!'

 

The dedicated vocalist hugged Yuki to him tightly and rested his head on a tear-dampened shoulder.

“I don't care,” Shuichi said seriously, “I'd go to the end of the earth or even into outer space if that's what it takes.”

 

Eiri sighed deeply and kissed Shuichi's cheek.

“Then somewhere in North America it is.”

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When Ryuichi reached the living room again, he flopped over the back of the red and white striped couch and dialed Tatsuha's cell number from memory as he twisted and turned to get more comfortable. His phone calls with the young monk were always fun and he knew this one could very well end up being as long as the last. They talked about everything from music, right down to how they liked their tea prepared. Ryu really enjoyed Tatsuha's company and he hoped that the younger man felt the same way.

 

“Would he want to come over some time?” Ryuichi wondered out loud. Kumagoro just continued to lie silently on Ryu's chest, smiling his little Kumagoro smile. It was odd that the bunny didn't put in his two cents, or offer bits of encouragement, but then again, Kumagoro hardly talked at all when Ryu was being serious about something. The singer sighed as the phone continued to ring, like the thoughts inside his head.

 

“Hello?”

 

“Tatsuha-kun!” Ryuichi shouted happily as his friend's voice came through at last.

 

“Oh, Sakuma-san! I wondered if it was you calling.”

Ryuichi wiggled around trying to get comfy again, but ended up hanging off the couch upside down, his legs hanging over the back and swinging around lazily.

Tatsuha could hear strange grunts and sighs coming from the other end of the phone, but knowing Ryuichi, he just decided not to ask.

 

`Sakuma-san? He knows me better than that…doesn't he?'

Ryuichi was saddened by Tatsuha's formal use of his last name in a friendly conversation. `Does it make him uncomfortable speaking to me? He wasn't like this before.'

The vocalist decided that perhaps Tatsuha was misinformed and proceeded to correct him.

 

“You know you don't have to call me by my last name anymore, Tatsuha,” Ryuichi said seriously as his head touched the carpet and he automatically slid his body off the couch and onto the floor with it.

 

“Well, I know, but…It's just strange for me, because, you know…well… What do you want me to call you then?”

 

“Ryuichi or Ryu are both fine, but if you want to call me something else…I suppose that would be alright to. Just not my last name. It makes me feel old!”

 

Ryuichi heard Tatsuha start laughing on the other end of the phone and it made him happy that he was able to make his friend do that.

Even though it wasn't really that big of a deal, He felt…something he'd never felt before, at least, for another guy. He smiled and hopped to his feet as Tatsuha's laughter subsided.

 

“Your not old Ryu-kun! Your just right.”

Ryuichi walked into the kitchen and, pressing the phone to his ear with his shoulder, poured himself a glass of grape juice from the container in the fridge.

 

“You think so Tatsuha-kun?”

 

“I know so!” Tatsuha said confidently, “You've been perfect ever since I became obsessed with you in middle school.”

There was a pause on the other end and Ryuichi heard Tatsuha draw in a quick breath, like he had said something he shouldn't have. The singer knew now that Tatsuha must feel for him as well.

 

“What's the matter, Tatsuha-kun?” The singer said softly as he paused to lean against the archway that joined the living room with the kitchen.

 

“I…hadn't meant to tell you that, Ryuichi-kun. It was just…” Tatsuha sighed and was about to tell Ryu…something, anything!, when the older man took it upon himself to do the talking.

 

“So, you like me back then, ne?” Ryuichi said slyly as his eyes flicked from bouncy to cool.

 

“What do you mean…do you…I mean yes, but…y-you like me?!”

Tatsuha's voice couldn't have been placed in a category at that moment. It was happy and it was nervous, but there were other things in there as well. Anxiety, for one, and fear as well, though Ryu didn't understand why he would be afraid.

 

“So…Uh…this has been an interesting couple of minutes now hasn't it?”

Tatsuha laughed awkwardly, glad that Ryuichi couldn't see the shade of red his face had turned.

 

“You don't have to be like that Tatsuha. It's all right, you know.”

The brunette moved smoothly through the archway and made his way over to the couch to sit down, glass grasped firmly in his hand.

 

“I was going to ask you before, but I wanted to know how you felt first,” He stated blatantly as he took a sip of his juice and then set it down between his feet on the carpet.

“Ask me what?”

 

Ryuichi smiled and sighed comfortably as he stretched himself out on the sofa.

“To ask you if you want to come and have a sleep over!” Ryu exclaimed happily, deafening Tatsuha in the process.

Ryuichi switched back to happy mode as he listened for his friend's reply.

 

“I'd like that, a lot Ryu-kun. I'd love to come spend the night with you some time.”

The young monk sighed and rubbed the back of his neck. He'd dreamed about having this sort of conversation with his idol ever since he'd been a ninth grader, but he never dreamed that it would happen.

 

“Hear that Kumagoro!? Tatsuha's going to come stay with us!!” Ryuichi sat up and hopped around the room happily, the stuffed pink bunny clutched tightly in his arms. The feeling inside of him was love! He loved Tatsuha and Tatsuha loved him and everything was wonderful now.

 

Ryu slowly stopped bouncing and mumbled, “Now I don't have to be alone anymore.”

“Huh? Sorry, I missed that, Ryu,” Tatsuha said apologetically, “What did you say?”

 

Ryuichi swallowed the lump in his throat as he wiped the corners of his eyes with the back of his hand. He hastily said “nothing” when he could speak properly again, and changed the subject back to Tatsuha's impending visit.

 

“When can you come over na no da?” He asked playfully as he sat down on the arm of the couch and crossed one arm across his chest to rest it on the one holding the phone up to his ear.

 

“Uh, well…I don't know. I've got a pass for the Shinkansen so it would only take me about 2 hours or so to get there. Really, anytime that it's good for you, I suppose.”

 

“Good!! Then you can come over right now! I've got movies and lots of junk food and soda and we could make a tent in the living room with the kitchen chairs and my pretty red sheets with the musical notes on them! It will be so much fun!! See you soon! Kumagoro and I will be waiting at the Ginza station for you!

Bye bye na no da~!!”

 

Ryuichi didn't even give Tatsuha a chance to reply before he clicked off his phone and danced around the living room with Kumagoro wrapped tightly in his embrace.

 

“So much to do! So much to do! We have so many things to do-oo-oo~!” He sang as he danced his way towards the kitchen to check his junk food situation. When he arrived at the correct cupboard, he opened it and frowned.

 

“We only have one bag of chips left Kuma! Have you been sneaking up and eating them while I'm asleep?”

Kumagoro turned away from Ryu's accusing gaze and suddenly became interested in the floor tiles.

 

“Kumagoro! You know those are bad for you!” Ryu scolded the stuffed animal in his arms. “You'll get fat if you eat to many!”

Kuma looked up at him and then rubbed his tummy.

 

“Kumagoro's not fat! Ryu is fat! Like this!”

Ryuichi gasped when Kumagoro held his little pink arms apart to illustrate his point.

 

“I am not!” Ryu screamed angrily at the bunny, which was now being thrown across the room. Kumagoro hit the wall with a dull thud and fell onto the floor in a crumpled heap.

 

“I'm not…” Ryu said softly as his voice wavered and he sank down to the floor, hugging his knees to his chest and resting his forehead on them.

He stayed that way for a long time.

 

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“Kumagoro?” He called out softly as he finally felt like raising his head off his knees,

 

“Are…are you okay, na no da?”

 

“I'm okay.” Kuma said softly, as he continued to lie on the floor where he had landed.

Ryuichi was overcome with remorse and he scooted quickly across the floor to pick Kumagoro up.

 

He snuggled the bunny to his face once he had been successfully retrieved from his place on the floor and he told him that he was sorry.

“I'll never throw you again, Kuma! I promise.”

 

Kumagoro hung limply in Ryuichi's arms and said, “I'm sorry I said you were fat.”

Ryuichi laughed and squeezed the bunny.

 

“It's okay, Kuma. I could probably stand to loose a few pounds, to be honest.”

Ryu had dealt with Kumagoro in worse ways than throwing him across the room and Kuma always forgave him, no matter what he did, or what he said.

The singer and his bunny exchanged silent declarations of mutual forgiveness and, with that out of the way, Ryu stood up and wandered over to the kitchen table to make a shopping list. He was so excited that Tatsuha was coming over. He could hardly wait.

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Hey! Thank you for reading and reviewing! I've got a few new readers here so I'd like to personally thank them for taking the time to read through all eight previous chapters to get up to speed!

Domo Arigato ne!!

 

GravityPull (too lazy to sign in): You updated!!!! yay!! wow that was an amazing chapter! pure fluff! i loved it!! They're getting married!! i knew it!! well i guessed anyway! =^.^= omg you're such a wonderful writer... you put in loads of detail and feeling, it almost makes me feel like I'M the charater and i'm feeling these feelings that you're decribing. your story feels me me with joy when it comes to Shuichi and Yuki's love. So i'm beging you to continue!!!

 

Thank you very much for the complements! I really try hard to make things as vivid as possible for you guys and it's nice that you think I do a good job.

I kind of knew that at least some of you would catch on to where this story was going even if your assumptions where loosely based! I am a very big fan of the cannon story lines, though I have read a few that were WAY off the beaten path. Those, I found, are difficult to follow and get into because you don't have anything in your mind to base your imaginations on. You have to make stuff up, or, at least some of it. Writing those kinds of stories is even more difficult still, because you have to make up things that you have no basis for while keeping characters within their set bounds. I respect those people who write off track original fics, the good ones anyway. It takes a lot of determination and skills to make it feel cannon, even though it's not. That probably didn't make any sense did it. (Shrug)

 

eien_ni_kawaii: Aww that was the best chapter yet! Please update soon!

Thank you! I will continue! I'm sorry it took so long to get this chapter up.

inumoon3**not signed in**: I thought that this chapter was the best yet! I loved the way you had Yuki propose to Shuichi, it was just perfect! Oh and what I meant when I said you might get Shuichi pregnant, is that you may want to make this story a MPREG~ male pregnancy fic, but it's up to you! But I loved this story and hope you update soon, I have to know what happens next, and could you have K and Hiro go out, I just think they are such a cute couple!!!!

 

Thank you very much for reading! I'm glad that you liked Eiri's proposal, I had a ton of drafts for that before I finally tweaked it to where I wanted it. He's such a difficult guy to get into (sorry for the pun. It was unintended and somewhat rude but hey I laughed!), but a few others, as well as myself, think I do him well. That's what really matters. Oh, okay I wasn't sure what that meant. Thank you for clearing it up for me, and no I don't believe I'd use that for this fic, but I may consider it in the future. You'll have to wait and see how the “Babies” part of the title comes into play a little later on!(Evil laugh)

And as for K and Hiro I just wanted to let you know that I am considering that pairing, though I don't think I'll go that path with this story. I LOVE the K and Hiro pairing, but I'm not sure it will fit in with this particular story. I'm still seeing if I can work it in, but I think it might make the story too busy, what with Eiri and Shuichi's wedding, Tatsuha and Ryuichi's…well… stuff between them AND Tohma and Mika's… business (he he). I hope you understand.

 

Kurtus: This first chapter of Cat's, Crutches and Babies? Oh my entranced me as a person so much it made me fell free and weight less. After I read this chapter I told my boyfriend to read it and he enjoyed it, which is new because when ever he sees something in reference to homosexuality he gets embarrassed that he's gay. We will both read on and fallow this story wherever it goes in the future. Writer 'Bakayasha' I respect You so much as a person and i want to thank you for finally allowing me and my partner to experience our relationship at its full potential. Thank you so very much.

 

Welcome Kurtus! I'm glad that you like my story and that it has managed to help you and your boyfriend with your relationship. I wish you both the best of luck with everything and I hope you remain together always. Tell your boyfriend not to be embarrassed by his sexuality. If he's a nice guy then people should be able to see passed who he sleeps with and focus on his personality, which is what really matters, right? People who are against homosexual relationships should die!!!I hate them so much and it makes me so mad when I hear how they treat people.

I'm not credited with being any kind of specialist on these matters, though I am glad that you have gotten so much more out of my work then was originally intended. I wish you both all the best. Thank you very much for reading.

 

Kurtus (Yoshi Moshikoko) : Well now that me and my newly proud boyfriend are able to have enjoyable sex we are always looking for new and better ways to "entertain" our selves so we came back to the story that launched our happiness into a new era. So this story has given us a new level of enjoyment it leads us down a path of truth and dignity thank you once again for improving my relationship. Thank You

 

Well I am so glad that the sex is good!! Damn I wish I were a gay guy! lol! Anyway I'm happy that you're both getting so much out of my stories. I honestly had no intention for my stories to be this powerful and I'm glad you see them that way. I'm sort of voicing my opinion through my work and as you can see I have a VERY positive outlook on the homosexual culture and lifestyle. I am Bisexual myself so I can relate to your feelings of misplacement and confusion. I wish you both the best in your relationship and remember not to let anybody get to you. What they say doesn't matter in the least bit, just be happy.

 

KawaiiJade: Hey i'm back....sorry for the long wait....okay ur story....OH MY GOD Yuki prposed to Shuichi that was so great...i loved this fanifc...it's finally over and the wait was great...I loved it...I feel jealous of Shuichi he gets to marry a hunk like Yuki...hehehe...Please continue to write this fic was awsome...hey just a suggestion but maybe u can do a follow up when the wedding approaches and Yuki get's nervous but Shuihci calms him down and stuff....i could help u with it if u want...it will be so goood but u know that's just my suggestion Ja'ne

 

Hey! It's okay! Readers have lives to you know, well not me, but you guys do I'm sure! Thank you for following this story so long though I have to tell you that it is FAR from over! I don't know what made you think it was over. Oh well…so yah I appreciate your offer to write a joint fic but I must respectfully decline. I prefer to write on my own. Thank you anyway!

I hope you continue to read!!!

 

DemonicKareBear : This is one of the best fanfics that I have ever read, it's the second of my top five list. Sorry its not first but hey i'm a true Saiyuki fangirl and well, who could pass up a good Sanzo/Goku fic? Anyway this is so awsome! I want more! I crave more! Oh and another thing, I have absolutely no patience so if you could update quickly please? Well I guess we would all like to see an update now wouldn't we? So keep up the good work!

 

Thank you for reading!! You're a new reader and I'm very glad that you took the time to read through all eight of the previous chapters to get up to speed! I appreciate it! I feel so loved! (Huggles self)

What is Saiyuki? I think I've seen that in a comic store once, but I never picked any up.

I'm glad that your addicted to my fic!! I'm sorry that this took so long, but it is also quite a bit longer than normal as well! I just couldn't stop writing!!

Just go with le flow as those French guys say!

I don't have any patience either so I understand where you're coming from, though I won't make any promises for quick updates. It seems that whenever I set a due date on chapters I usually end up taking longer than when I don't have one. Sorry to tell you that, it's just how it is.

Thank you again for reading!!! Enjoy!

Hey Guys!

I suppose I haven't posted in a while huh? Sorry about that! I really needed to organize my storyboard before I could even start thinking about where I wanted to start this chapter. There were just so many options and variables to consider before I wrote this chapter. It would have been the perfect place to put a time lapse or a jump forward somewhere, but there are still things for Shuichi and Eiri to do at the hotel. (Evil maniacal laugh) so I nixed the time lapse idea and just carried it on through. I hope you liked it. I've got to do some research for later chapters but I've got time off so I'll do that this week. Enjoy the rest of your day/evening/afternoon and I'll see you next AN!

Je an!