A Place For My Head
Series: Gravitation
Type: Angst, Romance
Description: Yuki's excessive drinking, late night partying and playboy attitude has come back
to haunt him and everyone sees it's hurting Shuichi...but Shuichi.

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"2:00 AM, why isn't he home yet?" 
	Thought Shuichi as he opened the curtains again, hoping that his lover, Yuki Eri's black viper would pull into the driveway. But no, everytime was the same as the last.  This had been going on for some time.  Yuki insisted that it was work but, Shuichi knew better.  He knew that Yuki's playboy habits had come back to haunt him.  He knew that the late nights at "work" were nothing more that nights spent at bars getting drunk.  He knew that when  Yuki left each morning,he wasn't coming back until sometime the next day.  The pink haired boy paced back and forth, wondering which bar he was in tonight. Suddenly, he heard the door knob turn and the door open. In walked Yuki, his expression as blank and distant as ever. He was not the elegant angel that Shuichi saw out the door each morning.  No, he looked more like he'd gone through hell.  His blonde hair was tossed and messy, his clothing unkept and his stance, slouchy.  His piercing golden eyes were dull and puffy and he reaked of alchohol.  Shuichi ran to the door to greet his lover.
"Yuki, how was your day?  I missed you while you were gone." Said Shuichi, hugging Yuki.  Yuki however, didn't return the embrace.
"Leave me alone, you damn brat and don't touch me!"  He said pushing Shuichi away. from him. Shuichi was use to this verbal abuse.  He believed that Yuki was too drunk to realize what he was saying or doing.  He had learned to not let it get to him.  Shuichi continued smiling while making his way to the kitchen.  He heard the telivision come on in the main room and sighed.  Yuki had settled himself on the couch, wearing nothing but flannel sleeping pants and his slippers.  He glanced at Yuki quickly.  He was able to cleam himself up well because he looked just as radient and beautiful as he did in the morning.  Shuichi smiled to himself.
"Yuki, do you want anything. Tea, coffee?"
"Didn't I tell you to leave me alone.  Children never listen to anything" Yuki sneered.
Shuichi felt his heart sink.  Yuki had promised him the night before that he would never call him that again.
"Yuki, you told me..you'd never call me a...a kid"
"So I lied, big fucking deal.  You can't always have it your way princess" He said getting up from the chair.
"Stop it, You're scaring me" yelled Shuichi, backing away from him.
"Why don't you stop being such a wimp and admit.  You want me now!"
"No, not like this.  You're drunk" said Shuichi backing further into a corner.
"I'm drunk, I'm hot, I'm horney" chuckled Yuki, now pinning Shuichi to te corner.  He kissed him roughly, biting his lower lip making him bleed.  Shuichi screamed loudly and pushed Yuki off of him.  He ran to the bathroom and locked the door behind him.  He ran cold water on a wash cloth and put it to his mouth.  He heard Yuki cursing loudly through the door.
"If you don't want to come the fuck out, stay in there for the night" yelled Yuki.  Shuichi felt tears well up in his eyes.  Yuki had always been a little hot headed and at times cold but never did he make Shuichi feel like this.

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	The bright sun reflected beautiful patterns against the young boy's skin.  Shuichi's eyes slowly opened.  He looked around, noticing that he was no longer in Yuki's bathroom.  He looked around some more.  The compact room he was in had a small dresser, telivision and paintings hung up everywhere.  He wasn't even in Yuki's house anymore.  Suddenly, the door creaked open and in walked Mika Eri, Yuki's sister and Tohma Seguchi's wife.  Shuichi  knew her only by her visits to Yuki's house, which usually ended in argument.
"You're awake, that's good"  said Mika.
"Where am I? And where's Yuki?" Shuichi yelled.
"Yuki should be the last person you're worried about.  It's a good thing I found out what he was doing to you before it got worse" She said folding her arms.  She walked over and sat on the bed.
"Yuki didn't really mean any of that. He's just stressed is all, I mean, with all that work, he's probably-"
"Cut the crap Shuichi" Mika said slightly raising her voice.
"Everyone knows what Yuki's become.  He's going back to his old self Shuichi.  If you stay there, you will get hurt.  If he'll lock you in the bathroom, who knows what he'll do next.  It's better if you stay here for now"  She said calming down.
"But, Yuki needs me to iron his shirts and wash his clothes-" he started crying "