Train Wreck

Thank you all who liked this story so far. Hope you continue to read it. Oh and to answer a few questions…

Miya~ thanks, I’m glad you liked some of it. As for Eiri, well he isn’t a cold bastard as everyone makes him out to be. At least not after vol 11, which is where this takes place.

ren~ yup, you got it right. This is after vol 11. Eiri isn’t all cold and heartless all the time. Yes he is sensitive and definitely loves Shu despite what he may say.

Akuma~ wow, thank you. I was hopping it would be well done. I think I’m started to get better at writing.

Chocho~ hey you. Thank you for the comment, it really means a lot to me.


Chapter 2: Destiny Unfolds

+Right before the concert+

Shuichi sat on Eiri’s lap, back resting on his chest and Eiri’s arms wrapped around his waist. Shuichi laid his head back on Eiri’s shoulder with Eiri’s head against his. Hiro sat on a chair near a window that was opposite the couch where Shu and Eiri sat. An open water bottle was near his feet and his practice guitar in his hands. He was playing a couple of cords from their opening song. Fujisaki sat in a chair next to Hiro. His head was against the back of the chair, his eyes closed and his hands clasped together in his lap.

Shuichi sat there thinking about tonight. Not exactly the concert but about what’s going to happen after. Bad luck was scheduled to travel to Kyoto tonight after the concert. Their train leaves the station at midnight while Eiri’s leaves at 11pm. ‘Why it’s called the midnight train when it leaves an hour earlier is beyond me.’ Shuichi thought as he rolled his eyes and sighed lightly.

Suddenly a loud knock came from the door to the lounge and a voice called out behind it, “Five minutes.” Hiro looked over at the door briefly before getting up from his chair. He took his practice guitar over to its case and walked over towards the door. Fujisaki opened his eyes and sat up; taking a drink from the bottle of water that was resting on the side of the chair. He got up from his seat and looked over at Shuichi, shaking his head at him. Shuichi still sat in Eiri’s lap, not moving.

A couple of minutes later a technician opened the door, looked in at them and said, “You’re on, let’s go.” As he turned to walk out, Hiro and Fujisaki followed behind. Shuichi got up from Eiri’s lap and turned around. Shuichi bent over to kiss him on the lips and with a bright smile, Shuichi bounced out the door.

~*~*~*~

+After the concert+

Shuichi ran off stage and into Eiri’s waiting arms, kissing his deeply on the lips. Pulling back, Shuichi had a large smile on his face that quickly dropped as he realized that Eiri has to leave. “You’re leaving?” Shu asked sadly.

Eiri bent down and lightly kissed Shu’s forehead. “Yes, baka, I’m leaving. I have to go sometime.”

“I know.” Shuichi said quietly and lowered his head looking at the ground but not really seeing it. Eiri lifted his head with a finger, searching his eyes. Then he put an arm around Shu’s shoulders and steered him past the technicians and down the hall towards his private dressing room. Eiri opened a door that held a plaque reading ‘Shuichi Shindou’ and gently pushed him inside the doorway.

Shuichi turned around to face Eiri and slipped a sly smile on his face and said hopefully, “You want to come in and watch me get dressed?”

Eiri smiled but narrowed his eyes. “Tempting as it is, you wouldn’t be trying to get me to miss the train by chance, would you?”

Shuichi’s face dropped and he began shutting the door. “I’ll get dressed.”

“Shuichi” Eiri called out, but Shu shut the door and locked it. Walking over to the closet, he opened the double wooden doors that held all of his concert clothes and a few street clothes. Taking off what he wore, Shuichi pulled out a black button down shirt with sleeves that ended at his knuckles and a pair of jeans that were slightly faded.

After, Shuichi stood staring in the mirror at his reflection, thinking about what he could do. With nothing coming to mind, Shuichi sighed heavily and turned towards the door. Just as he was about to touch the door handle a thought formed in his head. A mischievous smile then spread on his lips and he opened the door, making his way into the lounge where Eiri waited.

~*~*~*~

+Back at the hotel+

As Eiri walked towards the elevator Shuichi smiled to himself and ran back into the room, leaving the door wide open. He ran over to his suitcase already open by the bathroom door and emptied all the dresser drawers of his clothes and threw them inside. Sprinting into the bathroom, Shuichi grabbed the rest of his things and shoving them into his bag, he closed it. With his shoes still on, he grabbed his suitcase and ran out the door, slamming it closed behind him.

Shuichi quickened his pace down the hall and over to the same elevator that Eiri had just used. Shuichi pressed the down arrow and waited, tapping his foot on the floor. His impatience growing, Shu decided to take the stairs just as the elevator doors opened. He stepped in and pressed for the lobby, again tapping his foot as the car moved too slowly. Urging it to move quicker, Shuichi mumbled to himself, “Come on. Let’s go already, move faster!”

When the elevator finally reached the lobby, Shuichi grabbed his bag from the matted floor of the car and ran out as soon as it opened enough for him to fit through. He dashed over to the front desk, setting his bag down by the counter and checked out. Thanking the clerk and grabbing his suitcase by the handle once again, Shuichi ran out to the front of the hotel and hailed a cab.

‘Fujisaki is going to kill me when he finds I’m gone.’ Shuichi thought as a cabbie drove over to the curb in front of him and stopped. Shu opened the door and jumped inside, pulling his suitcase with him and telling the driver, who had a patch over his right eye, a scar on his left cheek and braided hair all the way down his back, to drive him to the train station.

~*~*~*~*

Eiri got out of the cab that had been waiting for him in front of the hotel and walked inside. He quickly found his train with no problem and got into the first car, finding his seat in the back. Eiri lifted his suitcase above his head and put it away, then took his seat on the left side of the car, in the isle seat.

~*~*~*~*

Once he arrived there, he paid the cabbie and dragging his suitcase behind him, got out and made his way into the station to get a ticket. Gripping his ticket in his hands firmly, Shuichi made his way thru the station to his train. Not wanting to let Eiri know he was there, Shuichi had bought a ticket for the last car, because Eiri was in the first. Shuichi looked up at the night sky and sighed happily, but quickly frowning at the thought of what they’d do to him when they found him missing. But the thought of being with Eiri for at least one more week held more leverage, so Shu climbed the short set of steps into the car. Glancing at his ticket to find where he sat Shuichi made his way over to his seat. He put his suitcase in the compartment above him and sat in his seat by the window, on the right side of the car.

Shuichi sat there getting nervous and biting his nail. But when the train announced it was taking off and then started to move forward, Shuichi knew there was no going back. He sat back, leaning his head against the soft material of the seat and taking a deep breath, exhaled it slowly. After he was calmer, Shuichi’s lips moved into a smile of pure joy. ‘I can’t wait to surprise him!’

~*~*~*~

+Forty-five minutes later+

Eiri sat in his seat typing at his laptop. He was amazed at how he could get anything done with Shu gone. He had actually gotten used to having him around whenever he decided to type something up. Finishing out a sentence, Eiri saved his work and closed the laptop just as someone came over.

“Would you like anything off our menu tonight sir?” The lady asked quietly, respecting the other people who happened to be asleep.

Eiri shook his head, “Just black coffee please.”

The lady bowed slightly and turned to leave, going to fetch his order. She came back in no time with a mug and set it down in front of him. When she left, Eiri opened his laptop back up, smiling at the screensaver of Shuichi that he alone knew about and would never admit to, clicked it away and continued typing.

~*~*~*~

Shuichi was leaning back in his seat with his eyes closed. It had been a long day and with his energy all used up at the concert, Shu was thoroughly exhausted. As someone approached, Shuichi managed to open his eyes and flag the lady down that was walking down the isle.

Seeing Shuichi’s waving hand, the lady calmly walked over with a smile on her face. “Yes, sir, what can I do for you?” She asked politely.

Shuichi responded sleepily, his eyes threatening to fall shut. “Could I get a glass of juice?”

“Oh course. I’ll be right back.” The lady smiled brightly and walked back from where she had just come from. Waiting, Shuichi turned his head to look out the window at the night sky. Clouds were gathered here and there with stars clustered all around, peaking thru. The moon was full and bright, shining on a small lake that stood out in the distance. Shuichi smiled at the view and turned his head back when he heard the server approach.

She set down a glass full of a deep red liquid; a few ice cubes graced the top. Shuichi smiled and thanked her, taking a sip. Again, Shu sat back in his seat, laying his had back and turning it slightly to look out at the sky once more. Shuichi looked to where the train was going and saw a turn coming up in the tracks, but before it was reached, he let his eyes fall shut and he fell asleep.

~*~*~*~*~

Eiri continued to type away at his story, making the main character go through such anguish and pain. It was always fun to watch the hero suffer. Feeling a slight jerk in the train, Eiri glanced up and looked past the person next to him, out the window. He noted the curve that the train was due to take in the tracks soon. He looked back down at the clock in the bottom right hand corner of his computer which read 11:52. ‘Eight minutes till midnight, eight minutes till Shu leaves for Kyoto.’

Eiri saved his work and put his laptop back in its carry case. Setting it next to his seat, Eiri got up and walked down the isle, towards the restrooms. On his way he began to think of what Shuichi would be doing at this very moment. ‘Humph, probably making hell for the others I don’t doubt.’ Thinking about it brought a smile to Eiri’s lips. ‘He can be such a trouble maker.’

~*~*~*~

Hiro and Fujisaki were outside the train, waiting for Shuichi to show up. Hiro just stood there calmly while Fujisaki stood fuming. “I told him to be here on time. He is such an ingrate. I’m going to kill him!” Fujisaki yelled out making several people stop to stare.

Hiro sighed, running a hand thru his hair and pulled him towards the train. “Calm down. Let’s go before we draw attention to ourselves. And if I know Shuichi, he already left on Yuki’s train.”

Fujisaki stopped walking and turned to look at Hiro, anger playing on his face. “What! I told you we should have had him followed right after the concert, but no! You said, ‘Oh don’t worry. Shu wouldn’t leave us hanging like that.’ Well guess what he did you moron? Looks like you were wrong huh!”

Hiro sighed again and grabbed Fujisaki’s arm and continued to drag him towards the train to get away from the staring eyes. “No, I knew he’d go, I’m not an idiot. I said he wouldn’t leave us hanging, meaning that he’ll come back on time.”

Letting himself be dragged, Fujisaki crossed his arms over his chest. “Well then why didn’t you say so in the beginning?!”

“I did, from my point of view anyway.” Hiro stated simply, smiling with laughter in his face at Fujisaki’s enraged look and stepped onto the train, looking for their seats.

Fujisaki sat down in his seat once they were found and clenched his fists tight, face scrunched in irritation. “I am so going to kill the both of you.” He mumbled quietly making Hiro laugh.

~*~*~*~*~

It was right before midnight by now and the train began to slow, allowing it to safely turn the corner. Shuichi was sleeping in his seat but woke up abruptly, suddenly getting a very sick feeling in his stomach. He looked out the window and realized that the train was making a turn. As the train itself was half way thru the turn, it unexpectedly lurched forward going faster than was safe. Shuichi, flung back, bashed the back of his head against his seat, wincing slightly.

Eiri was sitting in his seat drinking coffee when he fell back against his seat, surprised by the sudden burst of speed. When the train sped up even more, everyone began to panic and the passengers started to scream as they were thrown against their seats and others to the floor. Eiri’s cup flew out of his hand, smashing on the floor a couple of feet away.

Shuichi’s juice flew back against him, splashing into his shirt. There was a scrap of metal and then without warning the train began to fall to its right. Shuichi watched as the ground right outside his window began to come closer. Every detail of the earth coming into view. Luggage from the compartment across from his fell out of its space and started to fall towards him. One big suitcase managed to bash into the guy next to him, knocking him out. The train then fell against the mountain sending a vibration right up to the top. Shuichi smacked his head on the wall just as the train slipped onto its side on the ground. With the impact, the glass windows that hit the ground cracked into a million shards.

When the train was falling onto its side, Eiri slipped from his seat along with several others and hit the other side across from them. Eiri fell onto the luggage compartment, hitting his head on the corner with suitcases falling right on top of him, crushing his legs and chest.

Before Eiri passed out he heard a rumbling sound coming from the mountain above. His eyes managed to slip closed for what seemed like a second but once he opened his eyes one last time all that was heard was the crunch of metal and the sight of rocks falling and smashing thru the windows.