Gravitation Fan Fiction ❯ Starting Again ❯ Gravitation Binds Us All ( Chapter 6 )
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By: Frozen Midnight 
Anime/Manga: Gravitation Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 10.14.2003 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.6K | Visits: 408 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Gravitation Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 10.14.2003 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.6K | Visits: 408 | Status: Completed
Disclaimer: I do not own anything relating to Gravitation and I do not claim ownership to any of the characters in this story. I am simply a tremendous fan of the show and I wanted to write a fanfic. Please don't hold that against me.
A/N: It took me a little while but I figured out how to start this chapter but I finally got it done. I just wanted to let you know that I'm not exactly and expert at how these kinds of weddings work so I improvised. I think it came out alright though. Enjoy!
It was 10:00 in the morning and Uesugi Eiri, formerly known as Yuki Eiri, was busily typing away on his laptop. If anyone had been in the apartment they would have seen the nervousness in the writer's shaking hands and the way he puffed on the cigarrette dangling from his lips. However, these things went unnoticed, no one was in the apartment to witness the normaly calm and collected Eiri become a bundle of quaking nerves. Dispite the shaking in his hands he continued to type, he had to finish, there was no way he could go on with today if he didn't finish.
Ten minutes later the typing ceased, it was complete. Now all he had to do was prepare for his wedding, 'Why do I have to call it a wedding...it sounds so...so...normal. Shuichi and I are anything but normal...no, today isn't our wedding, today is our merging. Yes, merging, that sounds more correct.' With that established Eiri walked into his bedroom to get ready for the day.
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< b>~Meanwhile, at Hiro's Apartment...~
"Shuichi," no response, "Shuichi!" still no response, "SHINDOU SHUICHI WAKE THE HELL UP!" Yup, that got a response.
"GAHHH, Hiro, are you trying to blow out my eardrums? What are you yelling at me for?" said a very confused and very sleepy Shuichi Shindou from his place on Hiro's couch.
"Did you forget what day it was today Shuichi?" Hiro asked with amusement, 'It would be just like Shuichi to forget about his own wedding day.'
"Hiro no baka, of course I didn't forget what day it was today! I just wanted a few more minutes to sleep...is that so much to ask?"
"Well, no, it's just I thought that you'd be a little more eager to get ready." Hiro said slowly, confused by his friend's lack of enthusiasm.
"Sorry for not bouncing off the walls and breaking things but, today is a day for me to be mature and calm...I'm sure Eiri-chan is." Shuichi stated confidently, a determined glint in his eyes.
"Alright, whatever you say Shuichi. Now, let's get you ready. We've only got two hours left before the ceremony."
"Right, wouldn't want to be late...let's move Hiro, we've only got two hours!" With that Shuichi ran into Hiro's room and slammed the door behind him.
"And to think, just two minutes ago I had said he wasn't motivated." Hiro said, sweatdropping. Suddenly realization hit him and he was pounding on his bedroom door, "Shuichi, let me in! My tux is in there! Damnit Shuichi, OPEN THE DAMN DOOR!"
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~Two Hours Later at the Church...~
"Where the hell are they?! They were supposed to be here an hour ago for rehersals!" said a rather annoyed Eiri. 'Just like Shuichi to be late to something important. Maybe Hiro talked him out of coming or maybe he thought I'd leave him here and not come. Where the hell is he!?'
"Eiri-san, you should calm down," Tohma said from his place beside Mika, "I'm sure he'll be here soon, Shuichi wouldn't miss this for the world."
Eiri sighed and massaged his temples, "I'm sure you're right Tohma but, after all the stuff we've been through I can't help but worry."
"You needn't worry onii-chan," Tatsuha said, "Ayaka-san's dead and Aizawa-baka is in a mental institution in the United States...who else would want to ruin your big day?"
"Tat-chan's right Eiri-san, Shuichi wouldn't let anything stop him today, isn't that right Kumaguro?" Ryuichi said as he walked up to the group. The little stuffed rabbit that was always with him was now wearing a dark pink tuxedo and nodding in agreement with Ryuichi.
"Thanks Sakuma-san."
"You're welcome Eiri-san but you should thank Kuma too na no da!" Ryuichi stated innocently.
At that Eiri's eye twitched but he did as told anyways, "Thank you Kumaguro."
Ryuichi then glomped an already annoyed Eiri, "Kuma says you're welcome!"
Just then the door burst open and in came Sakano (currently in tornado form), K (looking as he usually did only a little dressier), and Hiro (looking extreamly shaken up but well dressed). "K, I am never letting you drive again!" Hiro stated indignantly.
"I only went through five red lights and off two bridges and I was only going 180mph, it not like I almost killed you or anything." K said calmly, totally oblivious as to why Hiro and Sakano were spazing out.
"Only? ONLY?! K, do you have any idea how many laws you just broke?!"
"Umm...one?"
"TRY ONE MILLION!" Hiro shouted again.
"If you two are finished, where is Shindou-kun?" Tohma asked calmly. He was smiling as usual, but it was one of his fake smiles.
"Shuichi said he's not coming out till the wedding starts, he said something about ruining the surprise." Hiro stated simply.
"I guess we should get started then huh?" Suguru said. He had been watching everyone from the shadow of the church's doorway and decided to come out now.
Everyone nodded in agreement. Tohma took his place beside Eiri near the altar, Suguru sat behind the keyboard ready to start playing, Mika, Tatsuha, and Ryuichi all took their seats, and Hiro stood near the spot where Shuichi would stand. The priest was already standing behind the altar and when he was ready he nodded to Suguru to begin playing.
The song started out slow and steady, a slower instrumental version of Anti-Nostalgic with a special, prerecorded voice-over done by Shuichi. Eiri was touched at how much work Shuichi had done to make this special. A bit of apprehension washed over Eiri then. Standing up by the altar in his flawless black tuxedo, he couldn't help but wonder if maybe he was dooming Shuichi to a life of endless pain. He had already cause the energetic vocalist more pain than he had intended. The thought left as quickly as it had come. He had made a promise to himself to change, to be nicer to the boy he loved more than anything else and he would not go back on his promise, not now that they had come this far.
A few seconds later Shuichi stood at the end of the aisle. He too had a fleeting doubt about what he was about to do, but it too left as quickly as it had come. Looking towards the altar, Shuichi locked eyes with Eiri. 'Yes,' he thought as he looked into those amber eyes, 'everything will be alright now. We may fight in the future, and Eiri may throw me out of the apartment once or twice, but after today I won't ever doubt his love ever again.'
As Shuichi started walking towards the altar, Eiri looked him over. He had been afraid Shuichi would be wearing a wedding dress and holding a bouquet but that was not the case. His pink haired nymph was dressed in a very strange looking white tuxedo. The pants were normal enough and so was the shirt but the blazer was different. It fanned out at his waist almost like a skirt but it was open in the front to show he was, infact, wearing pants. Shuichi was always the perfect blend of the masculine and the femine as far as Eiri was concerned and his current outfit accented that compromise perfectly. The color was perfect too. A bright, pure white that complimented Shuichi's violet-pink hair and violet eyes and his pure soul like no other color could.
As he was walking, Shuichi kept his eyes focused on Eiri. His tuxedo was all black, accenting his pale complection, blonde hair, and amber eyes. The only thing not black on him was a single white rose pinned to the lapel of his blazer, right above his heart. When Eiri had put the rose on this afternoon he had wondered if Shuichi would understand what it meant. Shuichi did. Though most of Eiri's persona was dark and dismall, the writer was trying to come back into the light and Shuichi was Eiri's light.
Finally, Shuichi made it up to stand next to Eiri and took the writer's hand. "I was told the two of you had come up with your own vows, is that correct?" the priest asked. Both men nodded, "Very well, proceed, Uesugi-san, you may go first."
Eiri nodded, "Shindou Shuichi, I know I've hurt you in the past. I've caused you more pain than you ever should have endured, and all the while you stood by me and refused to let me fall. You told me that no matter where I went you would always follow me and I believed you. Now, I want you to follow me through the rest of my life. Think you're up for it?"
Shuichi nodded, "I know I am."
The priest nodded, "Very well, Shindou-san, it's your turn."
Shuichi nodded then looked Eiri in the eyes, "Eiri-chan, I love you more than anything. To me we've been married for two years. We've had our arguments and survived them, we've had people saying we wouldn't make it and we proved them wrong, and we've had obstacles and we've overcome them. Now we're going to have to do it all over again and I know we can do it, I want us to be together forever."
Eiri nodded and smiled, "Then forever it is Shu-chan, forever it is."
The priest then covered their joined hands with his own, "With your vows you have been eternally bonded to each other. You are equals, you are soulmates. Nothing shall come between you, for the bond you have forged today can never be broken. You may now kiss and seal this bond."
Eiri and Shuichi quickly obliged, their lips meeting in the sweetest, love-filled kiss ever imagined. Sakano started crying while hugging K for support, K fired off his gun, Hiro and Suguru exchanged dreamy smiles, Mika and Tohma clapped, and Ryuichi, Tatsuha, and Kumaguro all exchanged high fives. What Shuichi had said was true, they probably would have to face more hardships but the couple and their friends were positive they could get through it.
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~Twenty Minutes Later at NG Studios...~
Eiri stepped calmly up to the microphone. He had recently conviced Nittle Grasper (who had volunteered to play at the reception) to give up the stage to him. Tohma was the only member who remained, seated at his keyboard and ready to play.
Eiri took a deep breath and spoke, "I woke up this morning more nervous than I've ever been in my entire life and somehow, in my nervous state of mind, a song came into my head. It's a song for you Shu-chan, a song I'm going to sing for you." Eiri looked straight at Shuichi the whole time he talked. He watched those beautiful violet orbs fill with happiness at his words.
Eiri then turned and nodded to Tohma who started playing, soon joined by Eiri's mellow voice.
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"Last night, I came home too late
And you were there waiting
I know, it's easy to call
I guess I wasn't thinking of you"
"It's not that I don't care
you should know me
Better by now"
"I am sorry if I made you lonely and sad
I am sorry I made you feel bad
All I'm trying to say
What I'm trying to say
I'm not always that way
Love me for all that I am"
"I know, I often forget
To say that I love you
And yes, I truly regret
The times I've might have hurt you that way"
"It's not that I don't care
You should know me
Better by now"
"I am sorry if I made you lonely and sad
I am sorry I made you feel bad
What I'm trying to say
I'm not always that way
Love me for all that I am"
"True,
I may defend the things I do
Though I know deep down I've done wrong
But when the heat comes down
It's you
That keeps me going on"
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The last note echoed in the air and when it finally faded, Eiri had locked eyes with Shuichi once more. With tears streaming down his face Shuichi rushed onto the stage and into Eiri's arms, "Aishiteru Eiri-chan, arigatou gozaimasu, you wrote a beautiful song."
Eiri smiled and held Shuichi tighter, "It wasn't nearly as beautiful as you Shu-chan but I'm glad you liked it."
"Eiri-chan?"
"What is it Shu-chan?"
"Can we go home now?" Shuichi said quietly, he and Eiri had finally gotten married and Shuichi didn't want to share his husband with their friends anymore.
Eiri knew exactly what Shuichi was thinking and nodded, "Hai Shu-chan, let's go home."
The song used in this fic was "For All That I Am" by the A*Teens (I read the lyrics and they just fit) and if you want to see the lyrics to Anti-Nostalgic the Romanji and English translations of the song can be found at the following URL (http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/gravitation/antinostalgic.htm). I am really gratefull to the two people who helped me with my writer's block, Bakayaro onna and Megamie. I must admit your ideas gave me an interesting jump start and I thank you greatly. This chapter may or may not be the end. If you all want me to I can write a chapter that takes place a year after the wedding to see how everyone's doing. Let me know if you want me to. Ja for now.
A/N: It took me a little while but I figured out how to start this chapter but I finally got it done. I just wanted to let you know that I'm not exactly and expert at how these kinds of weddings work so I improvised. I think it came out alright though. Enjoy!
Starting Again Chapter VI: Gravitation Binds Us All
It was 10:00 in the morning and Uesugi Eiri, formerly known as Yuki Eiri, was busily typing away on his laptop. If anyone had been in the apartment they would have seen the nervousness in the writer's shaking hands and the way he puffed on the cigarrette dangling from his lips. However, these things went unnoticed, no one was in the apartment to witness the normaly calm and collected Eiri become a bundle of quaking nerves. Dispite the shaking in his hands he continued to type, he had to finish, there was no way he could go on with today if he didn't finish.
Ten minutes later the typing ceased, it was complete. Now all he had to do was prepare for his wedding, 'Why do I have to call it a wedding...it sounds so...so...normal. Shuichi and I are anything but normal...no, today isn't our wedding, today is our merging. Yes, merging, that sounds more correct.' With that established Eiri walked into his bedroom to get ready for the day.
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< b>~Meanwhile, at Hiro's Apartment...~
"Shuichi," no response, "Shuichi!" still no response, "SHINDOU SHUICHI WAKE THE HELL UP!" Yup, that got a response.
"GAHHH, Hiro, are you trying to blow out my eardrums? What are you yelling at me for?" said a very confused and very sleepy Shuichi Shindou from his place on Hiro's couch.
"Did you forget what day it was today Shuichi?" Hiro asked with amusement, 'It would be just like Shuichi to forget about his own wedding day.'
"Hiro no baka, of course I didn't forget what day it was today! I just wanted a few more minutes to sleep...is that so much to ask?"
"Well, no, it's just I thought that you'd be a little more eager to get ready." Hiro said slowly, confused by his friend's lack of enthusiasm.
"Sorry for not bouncing off the walls and breaking things but, today is a day for me to be mature and calm...I'm sure Eiri-chan is." Shuichi stated confidently, a determined glint in his eyes.
"Alright, whatever you say Shuichi. Now, let's get you ready. We've only got two hours left before the ceremony."
"Right, wouldn't want to be late...let's move Hiro, we've only got two hours!" With that Shuichi ran into Hiro's room and slammed the door behind him.
"And to think, just two minutes ago I had said he wasn't motivated." Hiro said, sweatdropping. Suddenly realization hit him and he was pounding on his bedroom door, "Shuichi, let me in! My tux is in there! Damnit Shuichi, OPEN THE DAMN DOOR!"
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~Two Hours Later at the Church...~
"Where the hell are they?! They were supposed to be here an hour ago for rehersals!" said a rather annoyed Eiri. 'Just like Shuichi to be late to something important. Maybe Hiro talked him out of coming or maybe he thought I'd leave him here and not come. Where the hell is he!?'
"Eiri-san, you should calm down," Tohma said from his place beside Mika, "I'm sure he'll be here soon, Shuichi wouldn't miss this for the world."
Eiri sighed and massaged his temples, "I'm sure you're right Tohma but, after all the stuff we've been through I can't help but worry."
"You needn't worry onii-chan," Tatsuha said, "Ayaka-san's dead and Aizawa-baka is in a mental institution in the United States...who else would want to ruin your big day?"
"Tat-chan's right Eiri-san, Shuichi wouldn't let anything stop him today, isn't that right Kumaguro?" Ryuichi said as he walked up to the group. The little stuffed rabbit that was always with him was now wearing a dark pink tuxedo and nodding in agreement with Ryuichi.
"Thanks Sakuma-san."
"You're welcome Eiri-san but you should thank Kuma too na no da!" Ryuichi stated innocently.
At that Eiri's eye twitched but he did as told anyways, "Thank you Kumaguro."
Ryuichi then glomped an already annoyed Eiri, "Kuma says you're welcome!"
Just then the door burst open and in came Sakano (currently in tornado form), K (looking as he usually did only a little dressier), and Hiro (looking extreamly shaken up but well dressed). "K, I am never letting you drive again!" Hiro stated indignantly.
"I only went through five red lights and off two bridges and I was only going 180mph, it not like I almost killed you or anything." K said calmly, totally oblivious as to why Hiro and Sakano were spazing out.
"Only? ONLY?! K, do you have any idea how many laws you just broke?!"
"Umm...one?"
"TRY ONE MILLION!" Hiro shouted again.
"If you two are finished, where is Shindou-kun?" Tohma asked calmly. He was smiling as usual, but it was one of his fake smiles.
"Shuichi said he's not coming out till the wedding starts, he said something about ruining the surprise." Hiro stated simply.
"I guess we should get started then huh?" Suguru said. He had been watching everyone from the shadow of the church's doorway and decided to come out now.
Everyone nodded in agreement. Tohma took his place beside Eiri near the altar, Suguru sat behind the keyboard ready to start playing, Mika, Tatsuha, and Ryuichi all took their seats, and Hiro stood near the spot where Shuichi would stand. The priest was already standing behind the altar and when he was ready he nodded to Suguru to begin playing.
The song started out slow and steady, a slower instrumental version of Anti-Nostalgic with a special, prerecorded voice-over done by Shuichi. Eiri was touched at how much work Shuichi had done to make this special. A bit of apprehension washed over Eiri then. Standing up by the altar in his flawless black tuxedo, he couldn't help but wonder if maybe he was dooming Shuichi to a life of endless pain. He had already cause the energetic vocalist more pain than he had intended. The thought left as quickly as it had come. He had made a promise to himself to change, to be nicer to the boy he loved more than anything else and he would not go back on his promise, not now that they had come this far.
A few seconds later Shuichi stood at the end of the aisle. He too had a fleeting doubt about what he was about to do, but it too left as quickly as it had come. Looking towards the altar, Shuichi locked eyes with Eiri. 'Yes,' he thought as he looked into those amber eyes, 'everything will be alright now. We may fight in the future, and Eiri may throw me out of the apartment once or twice, but after today I won't ever doubt his love ever again.'
As Shuichi started walking towards the altar, Eiri looked him over. He had been afraid Shuichi would be wearing a wedding dress and holding a bouquet but that was not the case. His pink haired nymph was dressed in a very strange looking white tuxedo. The pants were normal enough and so was the shirt but the blazer was different. It fanned out at his waist almost like a skirt but it was open in the front to show he was, infact, wearing pants. Shuichi was always the perfect blend of the masculine and the femine as far as Eiri was concerned and his current outfit accented that compromise perfectly. The color was perfect too. A bright, pure white that complimented Shuichi's violet-pink hair and violet eyes and his pure soul like no other color could.
As he was walking, Shuichi kept his eyes focused on Eiri. His tuxedo was all black, accenting his pale complection, blonde hair, and amber eyes. The only thing not black on him was a single white rose pinned to the lapel of his blazer, right above his heart. When Eiri had put the rose on this afternoon he had wondered if Shuichi would understand what it meant. Shuichi did. Though most of Eiri's persona was dark and dismall, the writer was trying to come back into the light and Shuichi was Eiri's light.
Finally, Shuichi made it up to stand next to Eiri and took the writer's hand. "I was told the two of you had come up with your own vows, is that correct?" the priest asked. Both men nodded, "Very well, proceed, Uesugi-san, you may go first."
Eiri nodded, "Shindou Shuichi, I know I've hurt you in the past. I've caused you more pain than you ever should have endured, and all the while you stood by me and refused to let me fall. You told me that no matter where I went you would always follow me and I believed you. Now, I want you to follow me through the rest of my life. Think you're up for it?"
Shuichi nodded, "I know I am."
The priest nodded, "Very well, Shindou-san, it's your turn."
Shuichi nodded then looked Eiri in the eyes, "Eiri-chan, I love you more than anything. To me we've been married for two years. We've had our arguments and survived them, we've had people saying we wouldn't make it and we proved them wrong, and we've had obstacles and we've overcome them. Now we're going to have to do it all over again and I know we can do it, I want us to be together forever."
Eiri nodded and smiled, "Then forever it is Shu-chan, forever it is."
The priest then covered their joined hands with his own, "With your vows you have been eternally bonded to each other. You are equals, you are soulmates. Nothing shall come between you, for the bond you have forged today can never be broken. You may now kiss and seal this bond."
Eiri and Shuichi quickly obliged, their lips meeting in the sweetest, love-filled kiss ever imagined. Sakano started crying while hugging K for support, K fired off his gun, Hiro and Suguru exchanged dreamy smiles, Mika and Tohma clapped, and Ryuichi, Tatsuha, and Kumaguro all exchanged high fives. What Shuichi had said was true, they probably would have to face more hardships but the couple and their friends were positive they could get through it.
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~Twenty Minutes Later at NG Studios...~
Eiri stepped calmly up to the microphone. He had recently conviced Nittle Grasper (who had volunteered to play at the reception) to give up the stage to him. Tohma was the only member who remained, seated at his keyboard and ready to play.
Eiri took a deep breath and spoke, "I woke up this morning more nervous than I've ever been in my entire life and somehow, in my nervous state of mind, a song came into my head. It's a song for you Shu-chan, a song I'm going to sing for you." Eiri looked straight at Shuichi the whole time he talked. He watched those beautiful violet orbs fill with happiness at his words.
Eiri then turned and nodded to Tohma who started playing, soon joined by Eiri's mellow voice.
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"Last night, I came home too late
And you were there waiting
I know, it's easy to call
I guess I wasn't thinking of you"
"It's not that I don't care
you should know me
Better by now"
"I am sorry if I made you lonely and sad
I am sorry I made you feel bad
All I'm trying to say
What I'm trying to say
I'm not always that way
Love me for all that I am"
"I know, I often forget
To say that I love you
And yes, I truly regret
The times I've might have hurt you that way"
"It's not that I don't care
You should know me
Better by now"
"I am sorry if I made you lonely and sad
I am sorry I made you feel bad
What I'm trying to say
I'm not always that way
Love me for all that I am"
"True,
I may defend the things I do
Though I know deep down I've done wrong
But when the heat comes down
It's you
That keeps me going on"
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The last note echoed in the air and when it finally faded, Eiri had locked eyes with Shuichi once more. With tears streaming down his face Shuichi rushed onto the stage and into Eiri's arms, "Aishiteru Eiri-chan, arigatou gozaimasu, you wrote a beautiful song."
Eiri smiled and held Shuichi tighter, "It wasn't nearly as beautiful as you Shu-chan but I'm glad you liked it."
"Eiri-chan?"
"What is it Shu-chan?"
"Can we go home now?" Shuichi said quietly, he and Eiri had finally gotten married and Shuichi didn't want to share his husband with their friends anymore.
Eiri knew exactly what Shuichi was thinking and nodded, "Hai Shu-chan, let's go home."
~Owari Minna-san...or is it?~
The song used in this fic was "For All That I Am" by the A*Teens (I read the lyrics and they just fit) and if you want to see the lyrics to Anti-Nostalgic the Romanji and English translations of the song can be found at the following URL (http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/gravitation/antinostalgic.htm). I am really gratefull to the two people who helped me with my writer's block, Bakayaro onna and Megamie. I must admit your ideas gave me an interesting jump start and I thank you greatly. This chapter may or may not be the end. If you all want me to I can write a chapter that takes place a year after the wedding to see how everyone's doing. Let me know if you want me to. Ja for now.
~Frozen Midnight~