Taki watched as Shuichi exited the party frantically. His suspicions were still at large and they grew even more when he saw the pink haired boy leaving the ball. He knew that the only way that he would expose his stepbrother's disobedience would be to go back to the Coffee shop and for the teen to be absent. The only thing was that he couldn't just leave his date all alone just to make his stepbrother's life miserable.
Taki lead maa out of the building and followed Shuichi. As they chased the boy, Maa was getting annoyed about missing their night. He knew that Taki could sometimes get over obsessive about trying to prove or disprove any theory; especially if it regarded young Shuichi. After a few minutes Maa stopped and pulled away from his lover.
"Hold on Taki!" he shouted. "What the hell is your problem? Why are you so obsessed with making your brother miserable?"
Taki wasn't about to explain himself to anyone. He just took the blond boy and kept running after him. They finally caught up to Shuichi only to lose him again, well, Shuichi was getting into a car after they found him. Taki called a cab and ordered it to follow the cab that Shuichi was in. The car chase started out as just two cars driving at 85 miles per hour and flying through the city and angering the other drivers and bike riders. Taki was determined to catch Shuichi and expose him even if it was the last thing he ever did.
Taki was sure that he would catch his brother in the act. If his theory was correct then he would make sure that young Shuichi's life would be a living hell. He could just smell the teen's misery a mile away.
'It won't be long now.' He thought. 'I will make sure you never step outside again, Shindou.
Shuichi was in the backseat of the car and trying to relax while the driver took him back the coffee shop. He checked all of his pockets to make sure that he had everything, House Keys, check, cell phone, check, wallet, check but something was missing; something very important. Shuichi searched frantically for his floppy disk that contained his song. He emptied one of his pockets and yet everything but his floppy was in that one, then he checked his other pocket and had the same result.
"I couldn't have lost it at the ball." The pink haired boy said to himself. But he knew that he lost it. He wasn't sure who would find it or if anyone found would ever give it to him. He looked out the window and saw Taki sticking his head out in the car behind him. Luckily Taki didn't see him without his mask but something in his heart was telling him that his stepbrother was on to him. As quickly as he looked out the window he turned his face back to looking at the road ahead. They were not very far away from the shop. Time however, was against the stepbrothers as Ayumi's car was less than a mile away from the coffee shop.
"Step on it, Driver!" Taki shouted. The driver complied and went into overdrive, they managed to catch up to the cab that Shuichi was riding in but that car was already 500 feet ahead of them. As the three cars were the heading towards the building, only time would tell who would get there first; when Taki and Ayumi headed in to the coffee shop and approached the counter, they saw no sign of the pink haired teen. It looked like Taki finally caught Shuichi in the act of disobeying his mother. No one was there, not even Ryuichi.
FIVE MINUTES LATER
"Mom, I think Shuichi snuck out and went to that ball when he was working. That might be why he isn't here." Taki said. It was nothing new for him to tattle on anyone he hated. But then they heard someone in the kitchen. It seemed like Taki's suspicions were from. Boy, were they in for a surprise. Out came young Shuichi wearing his uniform. The Aizawas just looked at each other, overcome with disbelief. But they knew that something wasn't right.
"How, Long were you back there?" Taki asked still shocked.
"About 3 minutes." Then a dinging sound went off from in the other room. "I better go give that guy his food." He said. Then he headed back into the kitchen.
"T-that's impossible." Taki vented. "He couldn't have been back there the whole time! Mom, I'm telling you Shuichi went to that ball you have to believe me!"
The woman stroked her son's cheek. "I do believe you." She said. "But there's no way he would admit it. We have to drag it out him." The mother and son duo went back home to get ready for the next day. Now they had a new agenda, to get Shuichi to admit that he went to that ball despite Ayumi's orders.
Back in the Kitchen, Shuichi quickly changed his bottoms. He was almost caught red handed. He may have had his work shirt on but he still had the Pant's from the tux on. The thought of being exposed frightened him he couldn't bear the thought of them making his life more of a wreck than it was when his dad passed away.
"I really hope I can explain all of this to Yuki tomorrow." He said. "Maybe he'll understand."
A WEEK AND A HALF LATER
Bring! Bring! The phone rang. Shuichi ran to the phone at well, the slowest speed he could ever run. Not surprisingly, the teen got to the phone before everyone else.
"Hello?" he said.
"Hey, Shuichi! How was the dance?" Hiro asked over the phone. The pink hiared boy looked around to make sure that no one was listening. It appeared that Taki and his mother went out for the day. Even though he had the day off from the shop, it was still his job to take care of the house. Then he realized, Hiro didn't have to ask about the dance, he was there after all. He knew that His friend was asking about Yuki.
"It…was ….AMAZING!" He shouted. Despite losing his floppy and being chased to the coffee shop, he did have a wonderful time.
"Well, what happened?" Hiro asked.
"I ended up dancing with Yuki and it turns out he's not as much of an asshole as I thought. But I feel like there's something he's not really telling me, almost as if he's sad about something." Shuichi explained.
"I'm sure he was just bored." Hiro added. "I mean after all there wasn't much to do there."
"But I had to be home at midnight so I had to run out after about three hours. And Taki chased me back to the Coffee shop. He almost caught me." The boy continued. "Luckily I dodged a bullet, this time."
"Man, what a night. Anyway, the music committee wants to know when you're song is going to be finished. Hiro explained. Shuichi knew that his song was due in just a few days, but at the same time with his song gone, it would be a miracle for it to show up again.
"Umm… Just…Give me two days and it'll be done." He quickly answered. He was now sitting down on the couch.
"You really suck at lying you know that?" Hiro said. "did you lose that song at the dance?"
The teen was stunned. Hiro knew him pretty well and would know if one: Shuichi tried to lie, which he hardly does because he's not good at it and two: if he lost something.
"W-What! How did you-?" he began.
"You better find that song, and soon." His friend demanded. "Anyway I gotta go, see you around."
Click. Hiro hung up the phone from the other end. Now Shuichi had something else to worry about, handing in his song and avoiding getting busted by Taki and Ayumi.
Back at his new appartment, Yuki stared at the disk that he picked up. It didn't have a name on it, Just the title when he put it in his laptop, a song played. He wondered who it could belong to. He had a good idea, But wasn't completely sure. But the voice in that song sounded vaguely familiar desptite being a little staticy.
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