Gravitation Fan Fiction ❯ Disappearing Act ❯ Epilogue

Disappearing Act

 

By: ladygizarme

 

Beta: none yet this chapter

 

Dedication: This story is dedicated to Les, whose Tatsuha to my Ryuichi in an impromptu ICAF roleplay prompted this thing in the first place! Also to my best friends, Ren and Houseki, who also beta'd almost this whole story.

 

Disclaimer: I don't own these gorgeous boys; Murakami Maki-sensei does *sobs*

I make no money off this story, no matter how much I wish I could. So leave me alone and stop trying to mooch money, I don't have any!!

 

My Apologies: I am terribly sorry about how long this took to complete. I swear I didn't forget about it!! If all had gone as planned, this would have been finished before the end of August '06. However, as often goes with me, things did not go as planned. Soon after I posted chapter 17, I found out my newest and barely-5-week old cousin died. While I took some much needed grieving time, I started getting sick and found out I was pregnant. From there, my health really started deteriorating (my body apparently believes it's not meant to be pregnant and I have a harder time with each subsequent pregnancy). Loooooong story a little bit shorter: I lost about 40 lbs. between my 2nd and 4th month, was getting sick constantly and started blacking out, went to the emergency room twice, was finally admitted on the third trip, stayed for 5 days (because that's all my insurance would pay for), was hooked up and injected to/with all kinds of fluids and medication and subjected to many tests and blood tests, leaving my veins burned out and arms bruised from wrist to elbow for two full months afterwards. Finally, going into my 5th month, my nausea settled down enough for my medication to actually help, and since then I've slowly but surely been recuperating, gaining back weight, and eagerly awaiting the end of this agony. So, I'm terribly sorry it took me nearly my whole pregnancy to give you guys this epilogue, but it has been terribly hard to be able to concentrate on writing, let alone get back into the swing of my stories enough to do them justice.

 

And I know when I posted the second part of Distraction, I said it'd only be a couple days until this was up, but wouldn't ya know it then my husband brings home this AWFUL stomach virus that knocked him on his ass (and he NEVER gets sick, so that was quite scary). It hit chibi-chan hard and I basically was awake 3 days straight taking care of him, and then of course it hit me. Kinda lost my writing mojo again with all that.

 

Anyway, here it is, the Disappearing Act Epilogue. Reviewer thanks, replies, accolades, some end-of-story notes and news about the sequel can be found at the end of the Epi.

 

Extra Warning this Chapter: exhibitionism

 

Epilogue:

 

“Seguchi Touma-san was in court today, pleading `No Contest' to the charges brought against him last month after his shocking traffic accident. If our faithful viewers will remember our initial report on the night of the accident almost a month ago, the popular keyboardist for the legendary band, Nittle Grasper, was reportedly driving home when he was in a near-head-on collision with a streetlight and storefront near downtown Tokyo. Luckily, the store had already closed for the day at the time of the accident, and no pedestrians were injured. Seguchi Touma-san spent the night in the hospital for whiplash and several cuts and bruises from shattered glass and the impact of his airbag. Amazingly, no greater injuries were sustained. After his release from the hospital, Seguchi-san was arrested on charges of reckless driving, driving while intoxicated, destruction of public and private property, and several other minor traffic infractions.

 

Following his plea today, a recess was taken for deliberation of Seguchi-san's sentencing. In what is now being debated as record-setting speed in sentencing of a celebrity, the judge returned with his sentence after lunch.

 

Seguchi-san's license has been revoked, pending his serving 6 months in a minimum security detention center, completing 18 months of community service, and payment of a large fine. Though the specific amount of the fine is still undisclosed, we at MTV Japan have it on good authority that the fine could very well exceed 500,000 yen, not including payment for damages caused to the street and store. Small change, no doubt, for the famous synth player. Nevertheless, surely a big blow to his ego and public image.

 

Fans and protestors alike were gathered outside the courthouse, awaiting the highly-anticipated outcome of what would normally be a small, non-descript hearing. Needless to say, both sides of the crowd were shocked once the sentence was revealed to the public. Considering the leniency usually taken on celebrities, the fact that the Nittle Grasper musician was actually given time to serve had not been at all expected, though many protestors of the band and their image had been calling for it.

 

Several skirmishes between the fans and protestors broke out once the news was released, but police were already on-site due to the gathering, and were able to avoid a full out riot as Seguchi-san was transported to a holding facility where he will await transfer to the undisclosed detention center.

 

In the meantime, what of Seguchi-san's label and recording company, NG Records, and the band Nittle Grasper?

 

It has been rumored that Seguchi-san's wife, Seguchi Mika-san, will be taking over the presidential responsibilities for the company. Still others suggest it will be Nittle Grasper's former manager, Sakano-san, to take over in Seguchi-san's absence. MTV Japan has yet to receive confirmation or denial of either rumor, however. We'll be sure to keep you posted.

 

As for Nittle Grasper, second keyboardist, Ukai Noriko-san, and front man, Sakuma Ryuichi-san have announced that this is not the end of their music. Though the band is taking a hiatus as its third member pays his debt to society, the upcoming release of their second album since the band's reforming earlier this year has already hit and surpassed the million mark in pre-order sales alone, and is set to be released as scheduled.

 

Concerning the rumors that have been floating about Nittle Grasper's possible disbanding, Ukai-san had this to say, quote, “Of course, we would never abandon our dear friend, Touma, but as for how these events will affect the state of Nittle Grasper, it's too soon to tell. Touma has some personal issues that must be addressed first before we can even think of continuing as a band. That doesn't mean the music is dead, however. We'll all certainly be using this time to reflect on the best next move for us, both as a band and as individuals.” unquote.

 

And what of the fans' beloved Sakuma-san? We have a sound byte to answer that question for you.

 

“Ryu-chan has a show to do in America! Then I'm returning to Kyoto to continue my spiritual journey, na no da!”

 

Sakuma-san will be performing live on MTV's New Year in Music, a huge New Year's bash being held New Year's Eve on MTV Japan's American sister station. He is set to perform New Year's Eve at midnight Eastern Standard Time, and then again the following day in New York City's Times Square.

 

What exactly does this `spiritual journey' mean, though? Many in the rumor mill speculate that Seguchi Touma-san's recent brush with the law has sparked within Sakuma-san a sudden interest in morality through religion. The internet is filled with rumors and claims have started popping up of sightings of the singer entering a popular shrine in Kyoto, or accompanying the young heir of the shrine around town. These claims have yet to be confirmed. What is Sakuma-san really doing in Kyoto? When it comes to the ever-elusive Sakuma-san, we may never know, but we can say this: Nittle Grasper, your fans await your return.

 

In related news, the new Bad Luck album, “Destiny”, recently released through NG Records, hit the 2 million mark today in record sales. The band could not be reached for comment, as they are preparing for a 9-month nationwide tour, but their manager is quoted as saying, “No problem! I knew these boys could do it!”

 

Souvenirs of K-san's stray celebratory bullets are now being sold on e-bay. Congratulations, Bad Luck, and good luck on tour!

 

That's it for the news this hour. Be sure to continue tuning in for all your music news, here on MTV Japan.”

 

Hiro hit the power button on the remote and the female reporter's face faded out as the TV screen went black.

 

“Spiritual journey to Kyoto?” A familiar voice spoke from his right, and Hiro turned to see Suguru's slightly smirking, slightly incredulous face, a delicate black brow arched gracefully.

 

Hiro chuckled, “Seems to me he'll be bringing his own brand of spirituality to the Uesugi shrine, ne Shuuichi?” He turned to look at the pink haired male currently tapping his foot and bobbing his head to the beat of a Nittle Grasper song, from their as-yet-unreleased album, playing through his earphones. Ever since things had wound down a bit from the drama surrounding Ryuichi accosting Shuu in the lounge, Hiro found it highly entertaining to tease Shuu about it anytime the opportunity arose, making the singer splutter and blush.

 

When Hiro's sarcastically suggestive comment went unnoticed by the preoccupied teen, Suguru rolled his eyes and pulled the cord dangling in front of the vocalist's chest, harshly removing the earphones from Shuuichi's ears.

 

“Oi, Suguru, what gives?!” The pink haired teen demanded, snatching the cord back from the keyboardist as he rubbed one of his ears.

 

Suguru merely clicked his tongue in annoyance, deciding the singer didn't deserve a reply since he hadn't been paying attention in the first place. Crossing his arms over his chest, he turned to look expectantly at the room's closed door, then turned again to irritatedly glare at the blank TV screen.

 

How long were they supposed to wait in this room, anyway? He had better things to do than be cooped up alone in a room with his two bandmates. Like avoiding his two bandmates… or one in particular.

 

Though he worked his hardest to continue acting normal around Hiro, ever since that kiss Yuki had forced them into at the movies, Suguru was finding it harder and harder to keep his composure in front of the red haired guitarist. At the oddest and most inopportune times, he would find his mind wandering back to that event, and his body reacting in strange and highly unwanted ways.

 

Like now, as he found himself again recalling the feel of Hiro's warm, parted lips against his own, and found himself feeling inexplicably warm and most likely blushing. Curse his traitorous body and its raging hormones, making him react illogically to undesired stimuli. How was he supposed to make it through their tour, spending months on end practically living on a tour bus with his bandmates, one of whom was the origin of the aforementioned stimuli? And just as this thought entered his head, reinforcing his blush, he realized he'd been missing the conversation his bandmates had been having, and was now being addressed by someone new in the room.

 

“—kun? Fujisaki-kun, are you okay?”

 

Mentally shaking himself from his daze, Suguru turned to look at Sakano.

 

“I'm fine, Sakano-san. Can we start this meeting now?”

 

Giving a nervous glance to the room's closed door, Sakano sat down and cleared his throat to speak, adjusting his glasses in the process.

 

“Yes, well, K-san was supposed to be here also, but apparently something is keeping him, so I will just go ahead and tell you myself.”

 

The three bandmates nodded slightly, urging their producer to continue.

 

“Well, as you were all informed in last week's meeting, Shachou chose to plea to the charges against him in court today. He will be out of commission for some time, now that the judge has decided to serve him with time, which will leave many things unattended to here at NG. As such, Mika-san and the Board of Trustees appointed by our investors have asked me to step in and handle things in capacity as interim-President. I will be very busy, not only with presidential duties, but also putting the finishing touches needed on Grasper's album before it's officially released. K-san, as you also know, was already previously commissioned to accompany Sakuma-san to America for his New Year's performance, and it's looking like their stay there has been extended by a few weeks.”

 

Suguru raised a brow at Sakano's sudden light blush as Shuuichi voiced a question.

 

“Sakuma-san is touring America?!” A mixture of excitement, curiosity, jealousy and apprehension came into his voice with the question.

 

Sakano shook his head and cleared his throat again.

 

“Ah… no… it just seems that Sakuma-san wishes to show Tatsuha-san some of his favorite places before they return, and Mika-san has asked K-san to be their chaperone.”

 

“Ahh,” Hiro spoke in understanding on behalf of the whole band.

 

After the whole ordeal the last time those two went off alone together, it was quite understandable that Mika would want K there to keep them in line. And, of course, to make sure they came back eventually. She'd already had her hands full with them, and keeping her father placated, while she'd been staying at the shrine and Ryuichi had been visiting. If Tatsuha went missing with no word for an extended period of time again, Mika would no doubt have a bomb on her hands back in Kyoto.

 

“Wait,” Suguru suddenly cut in, narrowing his eyes. “How long is this extension, exactly? We're supposed to leave on tour the week after the new year.”

 

Somehow, the mere question caused Sakano to appear even more nervous and frazzled as he answered, “Yes, that's what this meeting is about, actually. The length of Sakuma-san's stay has yet to be determined, but K-san will most likely not be back before your tour starts.”

 

At this, a worried look began to cross the faces of all three Bad Luck members. Though the loud, gun-toting American was often a cause of stress and fatigue, he was also very good at his job and, despite the craziness that came with him, they knew his management was invaluable to them. Especially during a 9-month long tour across the country! What would happen, now that they were being left in the lurch so close to their departure date? Sakano couldn't even be expected to fill in, now that he had taken over Touma's business responsibilities.

 

“So,” Sakano continued, “Someone else will be filling in temporarily for K-san while he is still in America.”

 

“Who is it?” Shuuichi asked guardedly.

 

“Well, it's—” he began, but was cut off as the door suddenly swung open and a higher voice answered for him.

 

“Cute, little Nori-chan!”

 

The purple haired keyboardist struck a pose in the doorway, one hand on her mini-skirted hip, the other stretched out against the doorframe. Bad Luck's jaws dropped as Sakano again fidgeted with his glasses.

 

Before the shock could wear off, their blonde manager suddenly flew into the room, huge gun leaning on his shoulder, an all-too-familiar question springing from his lips.

 

“Has anyone seen Ryuichi?”

 

With a unanimous negative shake of heads, Mika answered for all of them, “No, why?”

 

“He was supposed to meet me here with Tatsuha-san, and we were going to take the jet to New York tonight. I sent a driver to pick them and their luggage up, but he was told by the hotel concierge that they'd already left in a taxi. They never showed up here, and Ryuichi isn't answering his cell phone.”

 

The room's occupants collectively sweatdropped as they realized Sakuma Ryuichi had, yet again, pulled his disappearing act.

 

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“Can I get you anything, Sakuma-san?”

 

Deep, blue eyes peered over the top of dark shades to regard the flight attendant that had just asked the question. Taking the sunglasses off, he looked her up and down, then with a slight upward quirk of the lips, he answered, “No thanks, I don't think you have anything I want.”

 

Unsure of whether to be offended, or hold on to the flattery of having been momentarily checked out by Sakuma Ryuichi, the flight attendant simply nodded and turned to step behind the galley curtain and make her rounds to the second-class passengers. Ryuichi turned back towards his window, propping his sunglasses in Kumagorou's nose, who was sitting lazily atop the seatback tray.

 

Sitting beside his brunette lover, Tatsuha couldn't help but smirk at Ryuichi's reply to the girl. It had been just over a month that they'd officially gotten together, and he'd been enjoying every minute of it. Even the minor explosion his father had, when he'd found out the nature of their relationship (and realized now both of his sons were involved with men), had done nothing to dampen Tatsuha's spirits now that Ryuichi was truly his.

 

Of course, the promise of this trip to America together hadn't hurt those spirits, either.

 

Admittedly, he'd been a little confused that morning, when Ryuichi suddenly woke him by pouncing on him before the crack of dawn and pulling him into the shower. Not that he'd minded the water-soaked quickie as they'd washed each other, oh no. It had been quite the nice wake up, actually. He'd just been confused as to why they had to wake up so early, when they weren't leaving until much later that evening. His confusion had only grown afterwards when, barely allowing Tatsuha to fully dress, Ryuichi had called down for people to carry their luggage from their hotel suite and down to an awaiting cab.

 

The cab took them to the airport, where Tatsuha was informed they would be taking a regular plane, first class. His disappointment at taking a normal plane rather than NG's company jet must have shown clearly on his face, because that was when Ryuichi had finally explained. As much as he would have loved to give Tatsuha the experience of flying in the jet, Tatsuha's sister had convinced K that they needed a chaperone, and the blonde American would have been quite the hindrance to the privacy Ryuichi very much wanted with Tatsuha. Especially after spending the past two weeks hanging around his father's shrine in Kyoto, being watched like a hawk by, not only Mika, but the old man as well.

 

Ryuichi knew it wouldn't be long before K realized they were missing, and took the jet to catch up with them in New York, but at least taking this early flight would give them a head start. They might even get a whole couple days to themselves if Ryuichi was sneaky enough and kept them under K's radar.

 

So, with Ryuichi's explanation, Tatsuha was perfectly content to sit next to his lover in first class of a normal, civilian airline jet as they made their way across the ocean.

 

The heat and moisture of Ryuichi's breath ghosting across his ear brought Tatsuha out of his musings and full attention back to his gorgeous boyfriend.

 

“Tatsuha,” Ryuichi said huskily.

 

Tatsuha swallowed before breathing in answer, “Yes, Ryuichi?”

 

“I'm hungry, na no da.”

 

A pleasurable shiver ran across Tatsuha's flesh at the mixture of Ryuichi's cute speech with his husky, serious voice.

 

“Well, I'm sure the flight attendant will be back soon, Ryuichi,” Tatsuha answered, barely managing to keep his composure as Ryuichi's tongue began lightly tracing the shell of his ear.

 

The tongue stopped to suckle his lobe a little, then Ryuichi replied, “But I don't want to wait, na no da. Can't you go behind that curtain and give me something yummy now?”

 

Tatsuha caught the gleam in Ryuichi's gaze from the corner of his eye, and swallowed again, harshly.

 

“Okay, Ryuichi. What would you like to have?”

 

“Oh, I'm sure Ta-kun will find something yummy for Ryu-chan once he's in there.” Again, the cute speech in the sexy tone.

 

With no further discussion, the raven haired teen rose from his seat and made his way behind the galley curtain. Bracing himself against a counter, Tatsuha took a moment to calm his rapid pulse. Ryuichi knew just how to rile him up, even in the simplest ways.

 

Before he'd completely calmed, though, Tatsuha heard the curtain open and close behind him. Arms came around him from behind, and a shorter body leaned up against his, kissing and nipping at his exposed throat. Pleasure running through him in another shiver, Tatsuha allowed himself to be turned around before capturing that sinful mouth in a heated kiss.

 

His tongue slid against his lover's ravenously, plundering and being plundered in return. Hands slid into hair, gripping, twisting and pulling as low moans escaped their melding mouths. Then, needing more, those hands traveled further. Skimming over bare neck, gripping strong shoulders and muscled chests concealed beneath thin shirts, wrapping around each other's backs and sliding down to grab and knead perfect globes of muscle, pulling their groins together and writhing hips against each other in a slow tease belied by their desperate kissing.

 

The slow tease didn't—couldn't—last long, as their desire fed on one another, and soon Ryuichi broke from their kiss to trail hot, open-mouthed kisses down Tatsuha's body, nimble fingers unbuttoning the teen's shirt on his way down. His tongue laved attention on creamy skin and quickly-hardening nipples, teeth taking their own time scrape and tug and bite, pulling moans from the boy. Lower and lower, Ryuichi made Tatsuha moan and writhe with need beneath his ministrations. Taking pity on, not only Tatsuha, but Ryuichi's own craving as well, the teen's jeans were soon undone, his boxers unbuttoned, and his erection pulled free from the material's opening.

 

Taking a moment to admire the beautiful cock in his hand, Ryuichi grinned hungrily up at Tatsuha, his cobalt eyes nearly burning into him. Then, with their eyes locked, he sucked the head into his mouth, moaning at the blissful first taste of the boy's cock. He hadn't yet tasted it today. He sucked on it some more, worshipping with his tongue before pulling more into his mouth, encasing Tatsuha's member with his hot, skillful mouth. Bobbing and sucking, he watched Tatsuha watching him intensely, before it became too much for the teen and he had to close his eyes in order not to come. Seeing this sent a thrill through Ryuichi's already thrumming veins, and he felt his already eager erection twitch achingly in his tight jeans.

 

Faster and faster, harder and harder he worked his mouth over Tatsuha, drawing the boy ever closer to his delicious completion.

 

Suddenly, the sound of the curtain opening came and Tatsuha's eyes snapped open as he heard a sharp gasp. He barely had time to register the shocked face of the flight attendant as Ryuichi deep-throated him completely, his hand diving into the opening of the teen's boxers and cupping Tatsuha's balls while his thumb pressed a spot right behind them. Tatsuha's hands gripped Ryuichi's hair as his eyes flew down to meet Ryu's, seeing the utter satisfaction in them as he came with a sharp cry, emptying himself into his lover's awaiting mouth as their flight attendant watched in dumbfounded silence.

 

Ryuichi swallowed it all down with relish, moaning as he did so. Then, finally freeing Tatsuha's softening flesh from his mouth, he made sure to lick away the last traces of cum before tucking him back into his boxers, though he left the pants open. Then, with a sly grin on his face, he turned his head to regard the woman still standing a few feet behind him.

 

Quirking a brow at her, the vocalist casually purred, “I got hungry. Surely you don't mind that I decided to get something yummy for myself?”

 

Eyes wide with shock, mouth agape, it seemed all she could do was shake her head in response.

 

Grinning more, Ryuichi said, “Good, because I'm not quite satisfied yet…”

 

He trailed off, knowing she would most likely take the hint, but not caring either way if she didn't. Nothing would stop him from sating his craving. He licked his lips, turning his attention back to Tatsuha.

 

With a blush threatening to burn through her blazer, the flight attendant quickly turned tail, closing the curtain behind herself and leaving Tatsuha to happily continue his induction into the Sakuma Ryuichi chapter of the Mile High Club.

 

OWARI (The End)

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A/N(This is my last one, so of course it's super long): OMFG it's finally done! Yay! *happy dance* It's about fuckin' time, ne?? I'm happy, even though it took me for-fuckin-ever. At first, I was gonna end it with a full-blown lemon for the MHC, but this is what really wanted to come out every time I was thinking about it. Besides, it is sort of fitting if you think about it: this whole thing started out with Ryu givin' Tats head anyway. XD Also, I didn't want to go with the usual `in the bathroom MHC'. I so see Ryuichi doing something more like this. :p Sorry there's still no resolution between Hiro and Suguru, but well… that's what the sequel's for!!

 

This was my first ever yaoi fic and, even though I've written more since then, it's nice to have the first one DONE. I'm sure there's still lots I can improve on. Looking back over it sometimes, I find many things I would probably do differently now that I have a lil' more experience writing it, but I've decided to leave it as is anyway. It's interesting, sometimes, to be able to compare your older and newer writing, ne?

 

I never even expected this story to last this long. As mentioned above in the dedication, I was originally inspired to write this after a roleplay during ICAF conference on YIM, where my friend Les was Tats and I was her Ryuichi. I hadn't actually been much into Tat/Ryu before that, but since Les loves them I wanted to write something for her, cuz we had a fun time. ^_~ And during the course of writing this, I really got into it. Incidentally, ren's fic “An Alluring Conspiracy” was also inspired during that conf, after Les had to leave to go to bed and Ryu-chan was left for playtime with Ren's Shu-chan and Houseki's Yuki. (and `Yuki' said the only reason what happened happened was because she had a head injury and was drugged up/medicated—she'd hit her head at work and then concussed herself on her bathroom sink that day XD)

 

So, like I said, I hadn't planned for this to be this long. It was actually supposed to be a one shot, wherein Ryuichi came to pick up Shuuichi, Tatsuha invited himself along and practically kidnapped Ryu (though Ryu didn't mind >.> ). Tatsuha was gonna seduce Ryu in the park under the stars, then Ryu was gonna take him back to his place and show him REAL seduction, and no one would know where they were for the weekend. There was gonna be one Tats/Ryu, one Ryu/Tats, and one Yuki/Shuu (while everyone wondered where Tats and Ryu were). However, even in the start of it, the story seemed to have a mind of its own and I realized I couldn't do it all in one shot—thought I'd make it in about 3 though. Then Touma wormed his way in and… well, you know what happened! I rather think I'm glad for the twists it took, though. Maybe I should NOT PLAN more often LOL.

 

Anyway, I'll get to the notes about the sequel, but first I want to thank everyone that read this story, and especially everyone that reviewed during the course of it. Thank you so muchto everyone: ren, Houseki, sophie, DuosAngel, sakuma_sonnet, Yami Sango, person, Hillary (Oakie), Kenz, Kuma-chan, Tlynn, Cotton Candy, HentaiZaru, guresgirl, Leila-chan, Chihiro1985, Bakayasha, Water Sprite, Rayne_falls, Mizuko Sohma, Fireangel19400, ChildofLight 051 Kiraya, evanescencefreak14, fullmetalguitar, Lameass, Biya, narinari, ekeen, Saya, Shinji, Freya, Emi-chan, Rain, Ken4chan, Annie loves it, ashcat, kumachan (not sure if the one on gurabi is the same as the one on AFF…?), PineappleGirl, Hikari-Chan, Deity, hide, Yaoiqueen, Lamia, Headcase, Michelle, December Jewel, Mercurial Phoenix, PIKACHU GODDESS/EIRI-CHICK, rinny, rinaiki, hirokine, Jules, CrypticOrchid, fuzzybunnytoo, Britishsteph, Daemon, Shotsu, Dee, hirolover7, iloveksan, sempaiSama, Kimihiro, emilepier, MorriganM, Rabion, ME, Rande, ashe, Graviluvr, pika-safire, cocoke5, Pink_Kitten, Inuhanyou728, a_writer, Ralphiere, Renge-kun, my regular Anon on AFF, my regular Anon on gurabi, and of course, Les (even though you didn't review, I know you're reading it :p), and anyone else I may have overlooked accidentally while making this list. *GLOMPS YOU ALL*

 

Also, thank you to everybody that read and reviewed “Distraction”. Anyone that read the first part and didn't catch the second, it is now complete, go check it out for some Y/S lovin'.

 

A few specific responses:

 

Sakuma_sonnet: kyaaa, your reviews always make me grin so wide and giggle with glee! I'm glad you enjoyed the ending so much. Hope the epilogue was okay. (and, luckily enough, it fit into one chapter on gurabi this time around LOL) As for Mika and Touma, it's highly likely they'll show up in the sequel. I haven't decided what the outcome of their relationship will be, but an attempt at marriage counseling will most likely be made. Got any requests for them? Tats WAS cheesy, ne? LOL I wondered if I should tone him down a bit but… he can sometimes be cheesy when it comes to Ryu, so I just left it. I'm sorry I couldn't make it back in time for your birthday! If things had gone as planned, the first chapter of the sequel would've been posted right around your birthday. Unfortunately, there were quite unforeseeable events that intervened and screwed that up. *sigh* Happy belated 21 B-day anyway! Hope you had a great one!! And since you asked, I just turned 24 this past Feb. 3. As for how I balance the kid, husband, and yaoi-ness… I just kinda go with the flow and get my yaoi goodness in when I can. The husband still has random bouts of feeling threatened by my love of yaoi for some reason, but for the most part he deals with it fine now. Sometimes he'll even joke and make suggestive comments about male characters' relationships with me when we watch anime. Chibi-chan is actually more of a hindrance lately, since he needs a lot of attention. And, of course, it sucks that I can't put some of my favorite (more risqué) wallpapers up on my desktop, because they're not “hubby-safe”. >.> (sorta like “not work safe” lol)

 

EIRI-CHICK: yet another reviewer that continuously returns to me, your reviews make me squee so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the last chapter. Thanks for the “as official as it can be” shiny new title LOL, and for putting me on your rec list! I still need to read “The Key to My Heart”!! Hopefully soon I'll have the time/energy to do that. I'm super worn out lately due to my pregnancy and sickness, so I mostly just sleep when I get a break from my son. Don't worry, I could never forget about Gravi or the fans!!!

 

Pika-safire: I'm glad you enjoyed the story, and all the pairings! I was able to touch on a lot of my own favorite pairings as well—Yuki/Shu, Ryu/Shu, and Touma/Suguru being my usual favs. It was fun!

 

Fullmetalguitar: I'm glad you enjoyed reading the story. Sorry I couldn't give Touma a happy ending this time around, but there's still a chance for his redemption in the sequel. I haven't decided what all to do about him yet. (or Mika, or Sakano for that matter) As for Touma and Suguru's cousincest, they're one of my favorite pairings also. Maybe someday I'll write a fic that's actually for them.

 

Biya: sorry I couldn't give ya the Hiro/Sug sex this time around, but there should be plenty of them once I start the sequel. ^_~

 

Concerning the Sequel: If you took the time to read my apology at the top, you know I'm expecting a new baby soon. Chibi-chan2 (damn, I'm gonna hafta start calling them by their initials or something…) will be here mid-April, which isn't far off now, so I'm going to be having my hands full as I adjust to being a mom of two and my health (hopefully) goes back to normal. Because of this, it's going to be a few months before I actually really get started on DA's sequel. I've already started a vague outline, but right now I really just can't concentrate on it, plus I have some older stories I should focus on first, if I do any writing at all.

 

If anyone wants to be e-mailed when I do start posting the sequel, please tell me in a review (including your email address) or in an email with “Disappearing Act” somewhere in the subject title. My e-mail is: ladygizarme@yahoo.com

 

Also, if anyone has ideas/requests for the story (involving Hiro/Suguru, Yuki/Shuu, Ryu/Tats or even Touma/Mika relationship/other issues; situations they'd like to see happen; things from DA you think should be resolved better or addressed further, etc.) please put them in a review or e-mail, too. I can't promise I'll use everything, but it can't hurt to ask, ne? After all, it's a gift fic dedicated to you guys, might as well put a bit of what you want in it, nya. Plus, it might help me make more of a solid outline.

 

The current working title is “Doesn't Love Make You Crazy?” and it will most likely go in the `Romance' category (on gurabiteshiyon), though both of these could change once I actually get working on it; we'll see. Knowing me, it's likely some drama and angst will work its way in, though I really hope not too much. As of right now I have a vague idea of how the story will start, and a couple things I want to happen, but no real outline yet. (Then again, I didn't have an outline for DA either…) It will most definitely be X-rated, though, and I expect most of the story to happen during Bad Luck's tour.

 

In the meantime, get a lil Hiro/Sug fix on my Ren's sugoi one shot, “Four Shots and a Beer” here: http://fiction.gurabiteshiyon.net/story.php?no=1322 (or on AFF: http://anime.adultfanfiction.net/story.php?no=544201089 ); she wrote it for me last Oct. when I was craving some Suguru ficcage. (actually I was craving Suguru in any form… I was in the midst of a mini-obsession) ^__~ Happy Reading, see ya again soon!!