Update part 2~! *cheers*
Part 1
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Jin unfolded the piece of paper that had been passed to him from Ryo, three desks away. The note was short and straight to the point.
Oi! Bakanishi! How did it go with ‘you-know-who’? , said Ryo with his large, silly handwriting.
Jin glanced over at his friend, who was sitting staring straight ahead with an innocent expression on his face like good little boy. He caught Ryo’s attention with a faint grin and a shrug.
Let him figure it out. Jin smiled widely on that thought.
While Mr. Will Smith, their big black American English professor talked about William Shakespeare, Jin stared out the window and let his mind wander. The lawn stretched invitingly outside, cool and green; the smell of grass, still wet from sprinklers, drifted through open windows. As usual, his daydreams sneaked up on him, and before he knew it he was painting imaginary pictures of himself whirling Kazuya in his arms at the dance. The dance was slow with dim lights. He looked down at the younger boy and saw the other’s dazzling expression. Slowly, he looked down and saw the wet kissable lips that he had long to feel-his arms tightened around the younger and brought his face closer-he knew it will be the sweetest kiss he will get from Kazuya…
“Mr. Akanishi.” Mr. Smith’s dry loud voice jolted him back to reality. “If I didn’t know you better, I’d swear you were daydreaming with someone special in a dim lit place. If you intend to repeat your excellent performance on Friday’s test-the only perfect score in the class as always, I might add-I suggest you pay attention to what I’m saying.”
A chuckle rippled through the room which made Jin flushed. He looked towards Ryo who was grinning widely at him as if telling him you’re busted, daydreaming huh? He was glad YamaPi wasn’t in that class or he will get more teasing.
Jin frowned and looked down at his desk top; he hated it when professors announced grades in front of everyone. Didn’t they realize that super-good grades could be just damaging to reputations as bad ones? He wasn’t that all smart, he knew that. He was just being responsible being a student, and he doesn’t want to upset his mother about him getting bad grades. Sometimes-or always, people had a way of categorizing a bright person, calling names like “Brain”, “Know-It-All” and other weird geek names. In grade school, some of his schoolmates called him “Akanishi the SmartHead” as if that were all there was to him, as if nothing else counted.
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After English class, Jin hurriedly packed up his things and walked out of the room, trying to avoid or mainly hide from one of the cruelest person he knew. But before he reached a corner, a hand landed on his shoulder. He heaved a deep long sigh.
“Aw! Jin! Mr. Hancock really gave it to you today! I’ve never heard him talk like that to you before.” Ryo teased and laughed as they head towards his locker.
“So? I’m not always Mister Perfect, you know.” Jin banged open his locker with more force than necessary.
Ryo arched his brows in surprise. “What’s gotten into you, anyway? I thought being in love was supposed to make a person happier, not the other way around.”
“Who said anything about love? Just because I happen to think Kamenashi Kazuya is a nice cute guy-”
“And sexy,” his friend put in.
“OK,” Jin admitted blushing. “He is s-sexy, but that doesn’t mean I have to be in love with him, does it?” He turned to his locker, flung his Calculus and English book in, grabbed an apple, left over from lunch day before and bit into it savagely.
“Aren’t you already in love with him?” Ryo arched an eyebrow. “The last time me and Pi slept over into your house, while we are sleeping you were calling his-”
“Look,” Jin snapped before he could even hear the most embarrassing thing happened to him. “Don’t think I don’t appreciate what you and Pi tried to do for me, but I don’t know if this is such a good idea.” He sighed. “I mean, he might start thinking I’m throwing myself at him, or something? He’s too nice of a person to say anything that would really hurt my feelings, so how do I know what he’s really thinking about me? I think, he is better off with a girl, not to a guy.”
Ryo rolled his eyes exasperatingly. “You know, Jin, for someone so smart, you can be awfully dense at times. Did it ever occur to you that a person might be nice to you just because he wants to be?”
“Like Ellen, you mean.” He replied glumly as he remembered his talkative girl neighbor who happened to be his worst first kiss.
They both had study hall in the library during fourth period, so they didn’t hurry.
“Ellen’s a friend, that’s different. Maybe Kamenashi is being nice to you because he’s attracted to you.” Ryo pointed out.
“Oh, right. Why should he be attracted to a guy like me when he got a girl like Minami?”
“Minami’s a girl, we can’t change that. She’s also too flashy, all right. Ok, so you’re not a girl and the flashy type but that doesn’t mean he can’t be attracted to a guy too? What’s wrong with the way you are? I happen to think you’re pretty handsome yourself. OK! That’s it! Just forget it’s me, the sexy Osakan Nishikido Ryo who said that. But I’ll be honest for this time, just THIS time, you’re not that bad, Jin.”
Jin cracked a reluctant smile before he stopped and hugged Ryo. “Thanks, Ryo-chan~ I’m sorry I yelled at you.”
“OH SHIT! Bakanishi! Don’t get all too cheesy now!” Ryo disgustingly pushed Jin away from him. “Don’t get all too serious about me saying you’re handsome, that was just THAT time! And don’t forget, I am still MORE handsome and sexy!” He laughed proudly and evilly.
Jin couldn’t help but smile on how self-proclaimed his best friend was.
One thing about Ryo, Jin thought, the other didn’t suffer from an inferiority complex, so it was hard for him to know how other people felt when their egos were trampled on. It wasn’t that Ryo was so handsome, either. Like Jin, he had his good points and his not-so-good points. It was just that he never worried too much about his self. In that way, Ryo and Kazuya were alike.
If you accepted yourself without too much fuss, other people would accept you too, Jin thought. It seemed simple when he considered it that way but he knew how hard it was to work at something that didn’t come naturally.
Jin came to an abrupt halt as they neared the double doors of the library. “I don’t feel much like studying right now,” he announced. “How about cutting for the rest of the day ne, Ryo-chan?”
“ARE YOU ON DRUGS?!” Ryo exclaimed.
“Ryo-chan~ don’t be so loud! Or people might think I’m totally on it!” Jin muttered as he hurriedly dragged Ryo away from the students who stared at them with suspicion.
“I just can’t believe it! YOU-” Ryo pointed a finger at Jin with shock. “CUTTING classes-study hall?! That’s just unbelievable!”
“Cut it out, Ryo-chan!” Jin pouted. “It’s not like I’m not capable of doing such thing.”
Ryo blinked. “Well, I think you’re really not capable of doing that ‘coz DUH~ you hate doing it! But now, what the hell!?”
Jin frowned even more. “I’m just not into the mood. I guess, you are right, I need to spice things up. Try new things.”
“Baka! I didn’t mean cutting school! I just said those for other things, not this! Are you turning into some kind of rebel?!”
“Gee, Ryo-chan. I just want to refresh my mind from what you and Pi had gotten me into. Could you at least just give in?” Jin sighed.
“Oh, okay.” Ryo feeling a bit guilty scratched his head. “But I thought you had that Italian quiz to study for.” Even though Jin loves Italian foods, Italian was his weakest subject, which only meant he had to work twice as hard for an A.
“Maa~ who cares about Italian! At least I know the word, Ciao~” he declared with sudden haste. “Let’s go grab a pizza at MEI-MEI’s RED TOWER.” But even as he said them, Jin knew how empty his words were. Cutting study hall only meant he’d have to stay up later than usual to finish preparing for the quiz.
Ryo shrugged. “Fine with me, but-you know, I can’t still understand why Mei-chan chose a weird name over her resto. What’s with the TOWER thing?”
“Oh, Ryo-chan, just leave the name on its own. Mei-chan will get mad at you again! You don’t want an overcooked pizza, do you?”
Jin tried not to laugh out loud when he saw how Ryo almost puke remembering the last time the restaurant owner gave him an overcooked pizza with full of hatred.
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MEI-MEI’s RED TOWER was a small bricked oven pizza and burger restaurant near DOKIDOKI HIGH. It was the other place Jin really loves aside from their lovely house, the silent library and the pleasant little park near their house. The restaurant has Italian and Japanese touch combination in interior. It has an outside lounge with colorful chairs and benches. Inside, you can see the mixture of Italian and Japanese style in chairs, tables, walls, etc. The styles and positions of the stuffs were simple yet it was appealing to the people, especially to the teenagers. And how can they forget the incredible delicious foods, especially the pizzas, the area of their expertise.
As Jin and Ryo entered the small house which was half full of students from DOKIDOKI High and other schools, a petite jolly lady who looked like just one of the high school students greeted them.
“Irasshaima-OH! Jin-tan! You’re here!” said the girl with a bright smile and was about to hug Jin but stopped and a frown appeared on her face when she noticed someone next to Jin. “And your little friend is here too, to ask about my house’ weird name again.”
“Your house is weird, alright,” Ryo pouted. “Just like the owner.” He added in a low voice but the girl heard her clearly which made her gave Ryo a deadly glare.
Jin tried not to laugh as he watched the two people in front of him glaring at each other childishly. If they were in the anime world, he was sure there will be some thunder and electric glares the two will throw at each other.
The petite perky lady was Mei, a half Japanese, half Filipino girl. Obviously, she was the owner of the popular MEI-MEI’s RED TOWER but sometimes or always, people mistaken her as one of the students who usually ate there because of her figure looking like a high school girl although she was actually a college student.
Aside from YamaPi and Ryo, Mei was also Jin’s closest friend, THE closest girl friend he had. She was two years older than the three boys and currently attending arts at DOKIDOKI UNIVERSITY. At the young age, she took over her family business because of the sudden death of her parents in a car accident and the only family she had was her big brother who was currently working in Europe. Even though she lived half of her life with no parents and only a big brother, she grew up as a very lively lovable lady but sometimes weird (in a good way) as Ryo always thought.
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Jin sipped his strawberry banana yogurt shake, watching as several other kids drifted in and sat down at their tables. It appeared that he and Ryo weren’t the only ones skipping school.
“Say, you two are also skipping classes’ ne?” Mei chirped in.
Jin choked a bit and then snapped his head to look at the girl who appeared to be beside him. “How did you-”
Mei cut him off by laughing out loud. “I know when and what time you and your friends usually hang out in here ne!”
“You’re just simply stalking us.” Ryo sneered as he sipped his own drinks with a bored look on his face. “No wonder, Pi likes you ‘coz you kept on checking on us like his mom.”
The girl sent Ryo a deathly glare. “You should be glad I didn’t burn your food and don’t badmouth Pi-chan, he’s too nice of a kid than you.” She then smiled again, back to her normal happy mood. “Anyways, I’m not stalking you three, I’m just a good observant. That’s all.”
“Observant my ass.” Ryo mumbled mockingly, he smirked to himself but as soon as he looked at the girl in front of him, a shiver ran down his spine.
Mei flashed her big wide smile but Ryo can totally sense the dangerous aura surrounding them. “Ne… Ryo-chan, I didn’t catch it clearly. Mind if you repeat that?”
Ryo tried to say something, he opened his open but no voice came out. He coughed two times and said chokingly, “I-It’s n-nothing.”
The girl glared at Ryo before smirking widely and brightly as if saying, I won again.
Jin could only shake his head at the scene in front of him. He looked around and saw some of his schoolmates were there talking and giggling. Some of the girls in the next table were discussing their plans for the dance. “My okaa-san’s making my dress!” one girl was saying. “We went shopping last weekend and picked out the material. Wait ‘til you see it! She made me pick out a simple pattern, though, since sewing isn’t really her thing.”
“You heard about Minami’s dress?” her companion asked. “She’s not only making it herself, but designing it from scratch, too. Mimasaki-sensei, our home ec teacher says she has a real talent for designing, and maybe she ought to think about making a career of it.”
“What does Minami say?” the other girl asked curiously.
“Oh, you know her. She never takes anything too seriously except maybe Kamenashi Kazuya…” The rest of the sentence was drowned out by the sudden question Mei throw at him, for which Jin was grateful or… not. He’d heard enough but realizing what Mei asked him, he couldn’t help but sigh.
“I heard, Kazu-chan turn out to be your little fairy ne~” Mei chirped with twinkles in her eyes as she clasped her hands. A moment ago, she was like a witch burning holes to Ryo’s body and now, she was getting all excite about something.
“Thanks to my brilliant idea~” Ryo proudly said and to Jin’s dismay, both Ryo and Mei hi-five like old good friends.
“I didn’t know you have a brain, Ryo-chan~ I thought only Jin-tan and Pi-chan have that.” Mei giggled and ruffled Ryo’s hair couldn’t control herself from teasing the younger boy.
“Oi~!” Ryo pouted but smiled nonchalantly.
Jin sighed but he snapped back up. “EH? Wait-how did you know?”
Mei giggled. “That’s my dirty little secret.” She winked at Jin and smirked meaningfully which only made the younger boy frowned in confusion. “Oh! I need to stop chitchatting with you guys, have to go. Peeps keep on coming!” She smiled widely before waving and walking away towards the counter to get back to her work.
Cheerful as ever. Jin couldn’t help but smile.
“I wonder if she ever experience getting tired and pressured at all.” Ryo asked with tilted head. “Guess not.” He decided after a moment.
Both Jin and Ryo burst into laughter.
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By the time school let out, the place was really crowded. Tegoshi Yuya, Ryo’s boyfriend came in and slid into the seat next to the older boy with sweet smile fixed on his face. He was as girly looking boy as Kazuya but not as beautiful and sexy as Kazu-Jin thought proudly. Even though Tegoshi was a small and girly looking boy, he was on the baseball team along with Kazuya. He was considered one of the cutiest boys in Dokidoki high, he have a cute but flirty baby face (which made Jin got irritated sometimes), a dazzling smile and a bit curly brown hair.
Yuya kissed his boyfriend on the cheek and giggled which made Ryo blushed, “Miss you, Ryo-tan~!” He took a noisy slurp from Ryo’s milk shake, and then grabbed a slice of pizza off his plate. “I hear you and Pi-chan really pulled a good one on Jin-kun ne~” he said. “I was talking to Kame-chan today during practice.”
Ryo raised an eyebrow, asking innocently, “Oh? What did Kame-kun have to say?”
Yuya shrugged and bite onto his pizza, “Not much,” he answered and turned to Jin. “I gather he thinks Jin-kun will be good influence on him-you know, like maybe your smarts~smarts will rub off on him somehow.”
Brat. Jin could only huff because of what Yuya said. Sometimes, he doesn’t know if he will hate the younger boy or not because of his bratty attitude.
“Is that all?” Ryo pressed.
“Yeah, pretty much ne~ Except I told him I wouldn’t get my hopes up if I was him. You got a pretty good head on your shoulders ne, Jin-kun. Kame-chan happens to be a confirmed turtle for being slow to pick up on lessons, especially if it’s math.” Yuya giggled and munched on his pizza until it was all gone onto his mouth.
“Maybe Jin likes turtle,” Ryo shot back defensively, trying to defend his best friend for the first time while Jin suddenly became absorbed in removing a straw from its wrapper.
“Oh, yeah?” Yuya snuggled affectionately into Ryo. “That must come from hanging around you for so long ne~ Ryo-tan!” He grinned wickedly; dropping a quick peck on the other’s lips which made Ryo pouted but blushed than ever.
Suddenly, for no good reason at all, Jin felt like crying.
Damn it. I want to kiss kazu-chan too.
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A/N: Comments are always love♥ Totally miss everyone~! *huggles* O(^ - ^)O
To clear something... the character MEI-chan is.... me~ *laughs* o--kay~ *hides from those who don't want me on the story* LOL~! well, it's my name after all.. and i just realized the word.. MEIJIN (means master) makes me happy~ *giggles* it's like my name.. "mei" and "jin" combination~ *bricks* XDD haha.. sorry for my non-sense talk again~! *bows then runs away*