Yuki thought and thought about what he could do to find the person he was with at that masquerade dance. He couldn't figure out whose voice it was because the floppy had so much static. He wasn't sure if the person he thinks was there was really there. There was only one way for him to find out who it was. He would have to announce the situation and see if anyone would step up and reclaim it from him. It was a very risky plan but he always was a risk taker considering he moved out of his parent's house.
Tatsuha of course thought that his plan was crazy and that it would never work no matter how many people stepped forward to get that disk. And he would say it over and over again how stupid the plan was.
"Bro, there is no way you're gonna find whoever it is you're looking for; and you're even crazier if you think that coffee boy is the one that you were with. Just keep on dreaming." He said.
But the blond college student wasn't about to give up. He didn't act on his plan yet but he soon would and when he did he knew that he was bound to find that Mr. Cinderella. He didn't care how long it would take him he would find the person he was with. That of course made Tatsuha realize why he as so determined to find that young man.
"Now I get it," he finally concluded. "You like that boy don't you, Eiri. That's why you think he was the one with you."
"I don't know for sure if it was him or not, but I'll find out." He said as he gathered his things and headed to the same coffee shop that he always went to.
"Good luck, Bro, you'll need it." Tatsuha said before the older teen left.
~Three days later~
Shuichi was at work one Sunday morning doing what he did best, serve coffee to all of his waiting costumers. Even with Ayumi breathing down his neck every second it seemed like things were about to turn around for the young high school freshman; Especially after he saw the man of his dreams for the first time in nearly a month. But when he saw that his stepmother suspected that he was slacking off he had to at least act like he was working when he went to talk to Yuki.
When he went there it looked like the older man was in a less than pleased mood.
"What's the matter?" Shuichi asked. He was getting concerned about his regular. It looked to him like he was in a worse mood than he usually was.
"Do you know what I really hate?" Yuki asked.
"Giving orders." The pink haired teen answered.
"No, taking them. Why do think I moved to Tokyo,To get away from taking orders. And yet here you are taking orders from the wicked witch of the west that you're forced to live with. I actually feel sorry for you." He said. Though many people didn't think it, Yuki really did have a heart, he was just afraid to show it sometimes. He always did keep to himself but it was different when he was around Shuichi. He felt like he could talk to him about anything. Well anything he felt like talking to him about.
"Why do you live with her anyway?" he asked.
"Only because every time I run away, she finds me and forces me to come back. You don't know what it's like living with someone like her!" The pink haired boy ranted.
"We should trade, I live with dragon lady, and you can live with my dad."
"Good luck, you'll need it."
Of course what Yuki didn't know or at least wasn't sure about was whether or not Shuichi missed the ball. Everyone else thought so, but he of course knew better.
"Umm...Yuki, about the day, at the party-" He began. He felt like the blonde thought that he stood him up, and thought he had to make it up to him somehow.
"I know all about it." The college student interrupted. Those words completely shocked the teen. Could he have known about that all along?
"That dragon lady forced you to miss it, right? I understand." He said. It looked like either Yuki had no clue that that was him, or didn't remember what happened. Either way it looked like he wouldn't find his floppy or get a second date for that matter. His one chance at love and his wicked family blew it for him. Hearing Shuichi bring up the ball ended up making the older teen even more certain that he was the one that lost that song. But the only way to find out was to stick to his original plan.
~Later that day~
It appeared that things were going the same way they went every day, Shuichi went to school and would end up coming home to be ordered around by Taki and Aymi, but something seemed different, this time Shuichi would have a pair to stand up to the evil. He wasn't about to take the abuse any longer. He had already packed his bags and Hiro's parents already made arrangement for him to move in. it was all going to end. The torment, the ridicule all of it would end as soon as he confronted them. All he could think about was what happened earlier in school. It sure was a trying day, and an interesting one.
~Flashback- Earlier that day (After the coffee shop)~
The pink haired teen was sitting in the lunch-room with some of his friends when a strange announcement was made. Only this announcement wasn't made by the principal or a head teacher.
"Excuse me; I think that someone that I was with the other day might have left something when they left, A hard disk that holds some sappy love song. If this belongs to you then come to the office and get it."
All of the girls and boys rushed to the office to find out who was holding that floppy for them, many of them had no idea that it was Shuichi's.
Then again, Shuichi didn't realize he lost his song until after he got in the car and saw that it was missing, He could have gone back for it and Risk more torture from the Aizawa's but he had to stick to his curfew.
"Aren't you going to get your song back?" Hiro asked. His friend was still zoned out from what he heard earlier, but he soon snapped back into reality and caught on to what was going on. Then he zipped to the office only to find a long line of students by the office, the line went from the office all the way out to the entrance of the lunchroom.
'It's gonna be a long day.' He thought. He waited as one by one the students left the office with disappointment on their faces. Being at the end of the line with 400+ students was beginning to get even more tedious as he waited. As if waiting on the long line wasn't enough, he saw that his stepbrother was right in front of him. Oh, how pissed he was when he saw that. Just when he thought Taki couldn't ruin his life anymore, he just had to try to interfere in the one thing that was his.
"Why are you here, Shindou, you didn't even go to that dance." Taki asked. The pink haired boy didn't answer. He just stood in line waiting for it to move. But then he noticed that the boy in front of him wasn't moving even though the line was much shorter now.
"Ummm…earth to droopy eyes, the line is moving, so you should be, too!"he said before shoving the senior to the door. It looked they were finally after nearly a year of the bitter sibling rivalry fight it out right there in the hallway. Shuichi didn't care if he got in trouble for fighting, he wasn't about to take it for one more day. After that display, it didn't take long for Taki to realize what was going on, in fact it only confirmed all of his suspicions from the other day.
"So you did go to that ball when you were supposed to be working!" He finally caught on. "I knew it, I knew you disobeyed mom that night, I couldn't catch you before but I've got you, now! Heh, heh, I bet mom would love to hear about this, and when she does, you'll be grounded for life! *suddenly slams against the locker*"
"You won't tell her, or anyone for that matter!" Shuichi exclaimed before pouncing violently on the older boy literally tearing him apart. Taki of course fought him back, punching the younger teen on the back of the head but not soon after he was pinned to the ground by his opponent. It appeared that the fight would never end. shortly after everyone crowded around the spectacle, including the principal and his guest, it ended with this angry sentence.
"SHINDOU, AIZAWA, IN MY OFFICE, NOW!" he shouted loud enough for the whole school to hear. Now they were both in deep trouble.
'Dammit!" Shuichi thought. 'Now they'll never let me live this down!'
In the office the stepbrothers sat at opposite ends of the office. The principal couldn't risk another fight breaking out between them.
"You two of all people should know better than to fight on school grounds." The principal lectured. "Never in my 14 years of teaching high school did I ever see such animalistic behavior, and from you two of all people, I ought to expel you both!"
Hearing the word "Expel" was enough to make the boys tremble, not only would they no longer be able to go to that school but it would follow them on their permanent record all the way to college.
"But I won't do that because you're both too young. Nonetheless you are both suspended for the next four weeks due to your reckless assault and destruction of school property!"
The two teenage boys glared at each other with disgust. It was obvious that Ayumi would hear about this and most likely put all of the blame on Shuichi. Then as Taki said, ground him for life and not do a damn thing to her son. Neither boy spoke, not just because they didn't want to talk but also because there wasn't anything to say plus, they didn't want to get in any more trouble than they already were.
"Aizawa, your mom is outside and she wants to talk to you!" the principal called. Taki went outside to once again snitch his way out of trouble.
All Shuichi could do was prepare for the worst when he got home. He knew that there was no way out of the trouble that he would be in. the best thing he could do was take Hiro up on his offer and move out once and for all. This time no one was going to stop him or drag him back.
"Never thought you would be the violent type…" A voice taunted, Shuichi turned around and saw that Yuki had seen the fight. He wasn't sure what to do now. It appeared he blew any chance he had with the older man. He turned away from Yuki.
"I guess you know everything now, huh?" He said. Now it was all out in the open what was going on. The blond nodded. The pink haired teen buried his face in his arms. He couldn't face his crush now. Not after he saw an ugly side of him.
"This crappy love song wouldn't happen to be yours would it?" Yuki asked handing him the hard disk. Shuichi took the disk in his hand and saw the title for it. It was his song. But how could the college student have figured that out so quickly?
"H-how did you-" Shuichi started to ask.
"Only you would write something that blinding," Yuki answered. "You have zero talent."(1)
That jerk! The younger teen everything that he had to go through because of love he gets insulted. Some reward.
"You're an asshole you know that!" He said.
"At least look at me when you're cursing me out." The blond taunted. He turned around and saw a smirk on the older man's face. Judging from his look it appeared he wanted to punch Yuki. But instead he got up and was ready to leave the office.
Just when he got to the door, he found himself in the arms of his costumer. He wasn't sure exactly what was going on. It looked like things were going to end worse than he thought.
But it was quite the opposite.
The next thing he knew, the older teen's lips were locked with his. Sure he had kissed a few girls before, and one guy but that was on a dare but something about this kiss was different from the others, he wasn't sure if he was in a dream or if it was reality. But it didn't matter anymore, especially after he deepened the already passionate lip/tongue lock. But when he realized that some of the other kids were watching, he snapped back into reality.
~end flashback~
He finally returned home and got an even bigger surprise, he saw Ayumi in handcuffs. He looked around and saw that the house was surrounded by caution tape and police cars were all over the block. Shuichi knew that Ayumi was slick but was curious to find out what she did to put her in handcuffs.
"Are you young Shindou?" an officer asked.
"Umm…yes." Shuichi answered. "Officer what's going on?"
"This woman is under arrest for failure to follow the wishes of her spouse's will and for illegal purchase of a small business."
For a moment, the teen was dumbstruck. He wasn't exactly sure what the officer was talking about. His father never wrote a will. Or did he?
"But my dad didn't write a will, did he?" a puzzled Shuichi asked.
"I thought you would have known about it, it said that everything that he left would go to you, and that includes any business that she buys out, too." The officer explained.
"But I didn't know about any of that!" he said defensively.
"Of course she wouldn't tell you about it. That's why she threw it in the trash can." Then the policeman handed Shuichi the garbage drenched will. He took it by his fingertips and read it carefully.
'eew!' He thought as he read it. He found out a few things that he didn't know before. It turned out that shortly after the day his father died; he filed for a divorce from his stepmother. And that everything would go to them.
'I should have known dad wasn't completely blind' he thought to himself again. He smiled as he saw the woman getting taken away in a police car.
"Anyway, Enjoy having the house and coffee shop all to yourself." The officer said.
"Actually, sir, I have another plan on what to do with this house." Shuichi stated. The police man didn't know what was going through his mind but gladly took Ayumi away.
~one week later. ~
Bulldozers were tearing the house apart, destroying everything inside and out. All of the negative memories that were in that house were now gone with it. Shuichi finally got his life back and was enjoying every minute of it. It looked like he and his mother got their wishes after all. He was happy and had found love. Even though, he and Yuki didn't always get along.
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