Genre: Totally Angst :) 

Rating: PG-13.

Disclaimers: The picture was taken from news magazine scans, and of course, edited by me! :D , do enjoy! They belonged to their own family~ :x 

Author's Note: And it's the last chapter! I hope you guys enjoy! :D 

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Chapter Eight

Tegoshi lied on the hospital bed. Slowly, he opened the cupboard and grabbed the stars out. He slowly folded every single stars, with all his feelings he had left for Masuda.

"Tegoshi," Yamapi voice was heard. He looked up, and saw Yamapi smiling towards him. "Ah, Yamapi.." Tegoshi's voice was so weak, and so weak. Yamapi smiled towards Tegoshi, and handed him a gift box.

"Here, this was what you wanted to get, right?" Yamapi asked. Tegoshi stretched out, and looked into the gift box. Flashing his signature smile, he nodded his head. "Thanks alot, Yamapi,"

"Get some rest, I need to go now, I'll come back after work," Yamapi replied, before getting up from his seat and walking out. Tegoshi then continued to fold the stars. Yamapi glanced back, how he wish he could do something to help Tegoshi. But.. what could he do?

"Yamashita-san, Yamashita-san?" Kimura-san called for Yamapi, who was dazing off. "Pi? Pi!" Ryo shook him, as he was just beside Yamapi. "Huh? Yes, Kimura-san? Sorry, I wasn't paying attention,"

"Are you alright? Do you need a break?" Ryo asked, concerned. He had never seen Yamapi like this before. "I'm sorry Kimura-san, please do it again," Kimura-san then nodded his head, before continueing the shoots.

After the shooting, Yamapi grabbed his towel, and headed to the dressing room. On his way, he head mumblings around the corner.

"Hey hey, don't you find Yamashita-san been weird recently?"
"Yea, he seemed to be lost in his own world,"
"Does it have to do with Tegoshi-san? He's absent recently, I wonder why,"
"Maybe they're over, and Tegoshi-san doesn't want to see Yamashita-san,"
"Yamashita-san should just disappear, he's been an eyesore seriously, anyway, I've not like him since the day I worked here,"
"Why not?"
"He's been so cool, and acting like he's the boss around,"

"Shut up!" the sound startled Yamapi. Yamapi looked around, and realised Ryo was right beside the staffs, shouting at them. "You guys really have nothing better to do!" Ryo screamed once again, as he stared at the staffs. "Scram!" his Osaka accent startled the staffs, as they hurriedly ran away.

"Pi, don't care them, they're just been so ru--" before Ryo could finished his words, Yamapi cut him off. "They.. they're probably right," Yamapi muttered. Both of them stand there for awhile, before Yamapi opened the door of the dressing room, and went inside. Ryo followed.

"What do you mean they're right? Did something happened between you and Tego-nyan?" Ryo asked, following Yamapi, and settling down onto the sofa chair. Yamapi went over to his dressing room, and looked at himself into the mirror. "It's not.. just, I feel useless.."

"Useless?" Ryo echoed.

"Tegoshi's in trouble, and I can't even help him!" Yamapi screamed, as he banged his fist onto the table. He have never felt so useless before. Indeed, he is in the same situation as Tegoshi, but yet, Tegoshi is so much worser than him.

Ryo hugged him from the back. "Pi, it's okay. Tego-nyan won't blame you.." By then, tears have formed in Yamapi's eyes. He looked up, and realising that things are going in a way he didn't want it to be, he realeased himself from Ryo's grip.

"Ryo, sorry," Yamapi muttered, as he looked towards Ryo. "I..." Ryo placed his finger onto Yamapi's mouth. "It's okay. I.. I just don't want to hear you apologise," Ryo then grabbed onto Yamapi's hands. Yamapi's eyes widened, as he smacked Ryo's hands away. "Don't touch me!" Yamapi shouted.

Ryo was taken aback. What.. what in the world..? Ryo's eyes widened again. He went over to the  door, aand closed it. He then faced towards Yamapi.

"Pi, seriously, we need to talk,"

Yamapi and settled down onto the chair. "Pi, why did you reject me? I know you like me," Yes, if Ryo didn't confess to Yamapi that time, will things be different than it is now? Will they still be friends?

"Even if you reject me, you need not stop talking to me! Why did you even break up our friendship?!" Ryo shouted. He felt so angry, and he felt so betrayed. Why? Weren't they friends for so long?

Yamapi kept quiet.

"Pi! Say something!" Ryo shouted. Yamapi still continued to keep quiet.

"YAMAPI!" Ryo shouted. Yamapi looked up to Ryo, his tears flowing down from his eyes. "Ryo, I.. I've actually loved you, alot.."

Ryo's eyes widened at Yamapi's confession. Ryo slumbed into the sofa in disbelief. "Then.. why?"

"I can't. I'm not worth it for you," Yamapi explained. "I... I have skin cancer,"

Ryo's eyes widened. He covered his mouth with one of his palm. "Ski..n cancer?"

"It's curable. But.. I can't possibly accept you, and allowed you to touch me all over. I'm.. dirty. My body.. it's full of disease,"

"Pi, don't be stupid. Skin cancer is not transmittable by contact. And it's curable."

"I know.." Yamapi paused, and buried his face into his palms. "I'm sorry, Ryo.."

Ryo went over, and hugged Yamapi. "It's okay, Pi. Now i know that, I don't find you dirty at all. I love you just the way you are," Ryo stood up, and patted Yamapi's head. "Pi, I'm confessing to you once again,"

"I love you, Pi. Are you willing to be with me?"

Yamapi gazed up, and smiled. "I do, Ryo,"

Ryo lies onto Yamapi's shoulder. "Pi.. what.. what about the thing about you and Tegoshi?"

"Ah, that? It's a lie, we're not together,"
"Eh? Then, why?"
"Because Tegoshi wanted Masuda to stop pestering on him,"
"Why?"
"I can tell you, but promise me not to tell Masuda,"
"Okay,"
"Tegoshi.. he's.." Yamapi's voice trailed off. He didn't know how to explain. His words are hardly making up anything. He felt pain in his heart, he felt hurt for Tegoshi.

"Tegoshi is sick. It's incurable, I feel.. so.. useless. It's like, I can be cured, but he can't.. whenever i face him, I feel so guilty.."

Ryo's eyes widened. He sat up, and looked into Yamapi's eyes. "Incurable?! What disease is that?!"

"It's a rare disease. It seemed that his chest will have severe pain, and slowly, the disease will soon attack his heart, or something like that,"

The dressing room door was flung open. "What did you just say, Yamapi?"

It was Masuda.

"Masuda!" Ryo exclaimed. Masuda looked towards Yamapi. "Tesshi's sick? That's why he broke up with me, right?"

Yamapi faced down.

"DAMN IT, SAY SOMETHING!" Masuda got agitated, as his fist went hitting against the wall. Ryo rushed up and stopped Masuda. "What's the commotion? The staffs are worried!" Koyama and Shige came running into the room. Shige then closed the door, leaving the five of them inside the room.

"Cool down Masuda!" Koyama calmed Masuda down, as he looked towards Ryo. "What's going on?"

Ryo explained the situation, and Shige and Koyama was taken aback too. They all looked towards Yamapi. Now, only Yamapi knows everything.

"Yamapi, explain yourself! Ain't we friends? What's wrong with Tegoshi?" Shige asked, looking towards Yamapi. Yamapi was about to open his mouth, when a call came on his phone.

The speaker spoke, and after what was said to him. Yamapi dropped his phone. "Pi? What's wrong?" By then, Ryo have stand beside Yamapi, patting his shoulders.

"Te..Tegoshi..." Yamapi mumbled, before rushing out of the dressing room. The other four followed.

It was like eternity before they reached the hospital. Yamapi hurriedly took the lift, and rushed all the way to Tegoshi's ward. By the time he reached, along with the other four members, the nurses have stopped them from entering.

"Are you Tomohisa-san?" one of the nurse asked.

"Yes, I am," Yamapi replied, yet his eyes was looking inside the ward.

"My name is Takasugi Riko. I'm in charge of Tegoshi Yuya. Here, this bag of things, he asked me to pass it to you," the girl bowed down, as she walked into the ward and assist the doctor.

Yamapi hold onto the bag. He looked inside, and realised that there was six bottles of stars filled up. He saw a letter, as he took it up and read. The four of the others gathered around him, as he read the letter out loud.

Dear NEWS members,


Tegoshi desu~!  Everybody, I'm sorry. Sorry for not telling you. I.. I.. really can't help it. When i first recieved my report, I didn't know what to do. I wanted to confide to someone, but i didn't know who to confide to. When I was about to leave the hospital, I saw Shige. Koyama got into a car accident. I thought NEWS members would be troubled enough for this thing to happen, so i decided to keep my illness as a secret, i didn't want to trouble anyone.

Up till here, Koyama have tightly held onto Shige's hand.

Yamapi, thank you for keeping my illness as a secret, and came visiting me everyday, despite your busy schedule. You're like a big brother, always there for me. Ryo, thank you all along for treating me like your most precious one, and even though you knew me and Yamapi are dating, you didn't hate me. I think by now, you should know it's fake, ne?  Shige, thanks for being my friends all these while. Although we're the same age, I keep calling you Shige, I know you don't really mind it, right! Koyama, thanks for being the peacemaker of the group like ever since NEWS have debuted. I really look you up like the mother of the group, in a kind way. And lastly, Massu. Sorry, sorry for lying to you. I love you, that's why you're the one that i didn't want to hurt the most. Sorry. Sorry Massu.

Everybody was controlling their tears, Yamapi was grabbing the paper so tightly until crease was formed.

Thank you everybody. Thank you so much. The bottles of stars are folded by me. I was bored in hospital. I guess all of you should know your colours, right?
Thank you everybody, for taking care of me these few years in NEWS times. I love you guys, I know you guys know about it.
Massu, I love you too.


Tegoshi Yuya signed off.

Yamapi dropped the letter onto the floor, and hurriedly get out all the bottles of stars. Purple for Koyama, Green for Shige, Yellow for Massu, Red for Yamapi, Blue for Ryo.. and the last one.. Pink.

By then, the doctor have came out. "I'm sorry," was all the doctor said, as he walked away with the nurses. Five of them ran inside the room, and they saw a lifeless Tegoshi lying on the bed. His face was pale white, and his whole body was lying there- peacefully.

Masuda kneeled beside Tegoshi, and placed his hands onto the icy cold hands of Tegoshi.

"Tesshi, can.. can you hear me? I'm.. I'm Massu.." Masuda's voice trailing off. He started to cry, while the other four members were the same, each of their hands clucthing tightly onto the bottle of stars that was folded for them individually.

As the five of them finally left the room, the nurse from before walked towards them.

"Riko-san? Thank you taking care of Tesshi all these while time," Masuda bowed down, in gratitude.

Riko waved her hands, and smiled. "No no! I must thank you guys for having such a splendid friend like Tegoshi-san. You know, when I'm sad, Tegoshi-san can just see it straight away, and cheered me up. Although I'm the nurse and he's the patient. Tegoshi-san is always facing everyday with happiness, and that's probably what made him survived till today,"

Riko placed both of her hands behind her back, and she continued to talk. "Tegoshi-san is always talking about this boy called Massu," Riko paused, as he looked at Masuda. "Hmm, his description fits you," she giggled, and continued, "He told me that this boy Massu, is always cheering him up, and he feel so blessed to have a boyfriend like him. He said, he love this Massu alot, and always telling me about his times spent with Massu. If he could chose a forever with someone, he'll definitely picked Massu,"

Masuda's eyes widened, as tears started to flow down from his eyes. The others came over and consoled him. Riko continued. "He said, if one day he's gone, please do tell his message to Massu,"

"Massu, don't cry. Even without me, please live on. Please know that, I'll forever be by your side.. We've been through like what Arashi No Koi(storm love), and it was harsh, so i do wish that after everything we've been through, I hope you will remember me and live on,"

Masuda looked up to the sky, and holding onto the pink bottle of stars he had in hand, he slowly remembered the times he had spent with Tegoshi.

"I will, Tesshi. Storm love huh, I do like that phrase," Masuda said, as he smiled to himself.

It was indeed a storm love.