Shadowed Light, Darkness Bright, Part II
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Title: Shadowed Light, Darkness Bright
Category: Fan Fiction
Series: The Wallflower (or Perfect Girl Evolution)
Pairing: Kyouhei X Sunako, sort of
Chapters: 5
Status: Ongoing
Rating: 14A for future violence
Disclaimer: The entirety of the Wallflower series, and all of its characters, most definitely do not belong to me
Once Sunako and the four guys arrived at Mori high, the reaction was the same as it always was. Girls crowded as close as they could while still keeping reverent distance to moan out their daydreams of coming even close to the four guys. But every glance that was sent in Sunako’s direction was followed by dark whispers and open shudders.
It was always the same, in classes, at lunch, all the longing sighs for the four boys and the disdainful murmurs for their unorthodox housemate. Sunako never bothered to worry about it. Even if the four creatures of light somehow miraculously changed her into a “lady” as her aunt constantly wants, the world would still look at her the same, would still judge and find lacking. At least in this way, she didn’t have to care about their opinions, in the way she knew she would if she ever had to shed her protective skin as a creature of dark and join those in the light. And she really enjoyed her life like this.
But was she becoming more contaminated by them? The questioned needled her even as she dug through her bento and thought about “Friday the Thirteenth.” The four creatures of light didn’t make her always feel like she was going to melt anymore. At least, not as much, and only when she saw them one at a time. For a very short period of time. But still, there was a difference now, and even if her housemates never noticed it, she did, and so did Josephine, Akira-kun and Hiroshi-kun. They never looked at her the same since they discovered that the creature of light had kissed her. She understood, after it was explained, that it was meaningless without love, but still, the contamination was there, and they all knew it. She still didn’t care about the opinions of all the creatures of light she attended classes with, or even those of people pretending to be creatures of light. The four that she lived with though, they didn’t judge her. They sometimes almost even understood her a little: and sometimes, they even defended her to other creatures of light. She realized with a sinking feeling that her world and theirs were no longer divided. They mattered…
“Sunako-chan!” Yuki said, from right beside her.
“We were looking for you,” Takenaga said form her other side, putting a light hand on her shoulder. Noi-chan was standing just behind him.
Sunako should have been suspicious. She may have been constantly lost in her gory day-dreams, but even she knew that these creatures of light had their limits. They never sought her out unless there was an ulterior motive involved.
The sudden appearance, and the fact that there were three of them caught her off guard, though. She was almost blinded just sitting there. She looked from one to the other, and there was a small bwip as blood trickled from her nose.
“You’re getting much better at that,” Noi-chan beamed as she handed her a tissue. “Usually, it’s a full gush!”
“Look, Yuki and I were talking,” Takenaga said, wisely taking his hand form her shoulder. “We decided it was unfair to have this just dropped on you, and since Kyohei always seems to botch it up anyway, we wanted to let you know now…”
“You see, your aunt called this morning…” Yuki added.
Sunako shivered. Her aunt never scared her the same way she scared the creatures of light that Sunako lived with, but her every call always led to renewed efforts to make her a Lady, to bring her out into the light and leave her there to melt.
“This time you have to interact with people, Sunako, and you’re aunt will be watching you,” Yuki said.
“The only reason you never had to go on all those blind dates was because Kyohei hypnotized you, but we won’t let him do that to you again,” Takenaga added.
Sunako blinked. “…Hypnotized me?”
All of a sudden, from above them came a ground trembling, mortar-shaking wail of absolute despair and grief. Teachers and students looked up in fear. Sunako looked up in interest. The three creatures of light all stared at each other, wide-eyed. “Ranmaru!”
Ranmaru came strolling into the cafeteria, a smug look on his face, and sat down at the table beside her friends, and Sunako groaned softly. Another creature of light.
“Ranmaru-kun, what did you do?” Noi-chan demanded.
“I arranged things so that Kyohei couldn’t back out of this,” Ranmaru explained, still looking smug. “He should thank me. I think I made his job much easier.”
He had to shout the end of his sentence, because after the wail, came the sound of a thundering stampede, heading straight for the cafeteria.
The doors slammed open, and there was Kyohei in all his Death-Glaring glory.
“ RANMARU!!”
Sunako slapped her hands to her eyes. This made five creatures of light. This was too much.
Before Kyohei could say any more, the roaring crowd, made of raging, heartbroken, screaming teenaged girls finally caught up to Kyohei… and stormed past. After blinking in surprise, Kyohei watched speechlessly as the mass of girls went straight to the table where Sunako, Yuki, Takenaga, Noi-chan, and Ranmaru were sitting at. Then, as one, they glared at despair at Sunako.
“Is it true?!” They demanded.
“Please, say it’s not so!”
“Are you and Kyohei-kun really a couple?!”
“You’re not worthy!”
“We all know that he deserves better than something like you.”
.......What…? Sunako thought. They were asking if her and a creature of light were a couple? Well, that was ridiculous… no creature of light would be with her, and she was happy that way. It made everything easier for everyone. They could keep him.
“What makes you think she’s not worthy?” Noi-chan demanded. “Have you ever tried getting to know her? She’s smarter and more amazing than any of you could ever be. If anything, Kyohei-kun would go out with her before he’d consider any of you!”
“She’s right,” Kyohei-kun said, and the icy glare he used gave Sunako a small squirt of a nose-bleed, and gave everyone else chills. “Sunako-chan is more worthy than the lot of you put together. Much more ‘deserving’ than the likes of any of you.” He gave an absolutely chilling smile as he strolled over to the table and draped an arm lightly around Sunako’s shoulders.
“You heard the truth. We are a couple. Sunako-chan is my girlfriend.”
There was a soft “thud” as Sunako’s unconscious body hit the floor.
For Part III, click Here
Title: Shadowed Light, Darkness Bright
Category: Fan Fiction
Series: The Wallflower (or Perfect Girl Evolution)
Pairing: Kyouhei X Sunako, sort of
Chapters: 5
Status: Ongoing
Rating: 14A for future violence
Disclaimer: The entirety of the Wallflower series, and all of its characters, most definitely do not belong to me
Once Sunako and the four guys arrived at Mori high, the reaction was the same as it always was. Girls crowded as close as they could while still keeping reverent distance to moan out their daydreams of coming even close to the four guys. But every glance that was sent in Sunako’s direction was followed by dark whispers and open shudders.
It was always the same, in classes, at lunch, all the longing sighs for the four boys and the disdainful murmurs for their unorthodox housemate. Sunako never bothered to worry about it. Even if the four creatures of light somehow miraculously changed her into a “lady” as her aunt constantly wants, the world would still look at her the same, would still judge and find lacking. At least in this way, she didn’t have to care about their opinions, in the way she knew she would if she ever had to shed her protective skin as a creature of dark and join those in the light. And she really enjoyed her life like this.
But was she becoming more contaminated by them? The questioned needled her even as she dug through her bento and thought about “Friday the Thirteenth.” The four creatures of light didn’t make her always feel like she was going to melt anymore. At least, not as much, and only when she saw them one at a time. For a very short period of time. But still, there was a difference now, and even if her housemates never noticed it, she did, and so did Josephine, Akira-kun and Hiroshi-kun. They never looked at her the same since they discovered that the creature of light had kissed her. She understood, after it was explained, that it was meaningless without love, but still, the contamination was there, and they all knew it. She still didn’t care about the opinions of all the creatures of light she attended classes with, or even those of people pretending to be creatures of light. The four that she lived with though, they didn’t judge her. They sometimes almost even understood her a little: and sometimes, they even defended her to other creatures of light. She realized with a sinking feeling that her world and theirs were no longer divided. They mattered…
“Sunako-chan!” Yuki said, from right beside her.
“We were looking for you,” Takenaga said form her other side, putting a light hand on her shoulder. Noi-chan was standing just behind him.
Sunako should have been suspicious. She may have been constantly lost in her gory day-dreams, but even she knew that these creatures of light had their limits. They never sought her out unless there was an ulterior motive involved.
The sudden appearance, and the fact that there were three of them caught her off guard, though. She was almost blinded just sitting there. She looked from one to the other, and there was a small bwip as blood trickled from her nose.
“You’re getting much better at that,” Noi-chan beamed as she handed her a tissue. “Usually, it’s a full gush!”
“Look, Yuki and I were talking,” Takenaga said, wisely taking his hand form her shoulder. “We decided it was unfair to have this just dropped on you, and since Kyohei always seems to botch it up anyway, we wanted to let you know now…”
“You see, your aunt called this morning…” Yuki added.
Sunako shivered. Her aunt never scared her the same way she scared the creatures of light that Sunako lived with, but her every call always led to renewed efforts to make her a Lady, to bring her out into the light and leave her there to melt.
“This time you have to interact with people, Sunako, and you’re aunt will be watching you,” Yuki said.
“The only reason you never had to go on all those blind dates was because Kyohei hypnotized you, but we won’t let him do that to you again,” Takenaga added.
Sunako blinked. “…Hypnotized me?”
All of a sudden, from above them came a ground trembling, mortar-shaking wail of absolute despair and grief. Teachers and students looked up in fear. Sunako looked up in interest. The three creatures of light all stared at each other, wide-eyed. “Ranmaru!”
Ranmaru came strolling into the cafeteria, a smug look on his face, and sat down at the table beside her friends, and Sunako groaned softly. Another creature of light.
“Ranmaru-kun, what did you do?” Noi-chan demanded.
“I arranged things so that Kyohei couldn’t back out of this,” Ranmaru explained, still looking smug. “He should thank me. I think I made his job much easier.”
He had to shout the end of his sentence, because after the wail, came the sound of a thundering stampede, heading straight for the cafeteria.
The doors slammed open, and there was Kyohei in all his Death-Glaring glory.
“ RANMARU!!”
Sunako slapped her hands to her eyes. This made five creatures of light. This was too much.
Before Kyohei could say any more, the roaring crowd, made of raging, heartbroken, screaming teenaged girls finally caught up to Kyohei… and stormed past. After blinking in surprise, Kyohei watched speechlessly as the mass of girls went straight to the table where Sunako, Yuki, Takenaga, Noi-chan, and Ranmaru were sitting at. Then, as one, they glared at despair at Sunako.
“Is it true?!” They demanded.
“Please, say it’s not so!”
“Are you and Kyohei-kun really a couple?!”
“You’re not worthy!”
“We all know that he deserves better than something like you.”
.......What…? Sunako thought. They were asking if her and a creature of light were a couple? Well, that was ridiculous… no creature of light would be with her, and she was happy that way. It made everything easier for everyone. They could keep him.
“What makes you think she’s not worthy?” Noi-chan demanded. “Have you ever tried getting to know her? She’s smarter and more amazing than any of you could ever be. If anything, Kyohei-kun would go out with her before he’d consider any of you!”
“She’s right,” Kyohei-kun said, and the icy glare he used gave Sunako a small squirt of a nose-bleed, and gave everyone else chills. “Sunako-chan is more worthy than the lot of you put together. Much more ‘deserving’ than the likes of any of you.” He gave an absolutely chilling smile as he strolled over to the table and draped an arm lightly around Sunako’s shoulders.
“You heard the truth. We are a couple. Sunako-chan is my girlfriend.”
There was a soft “thud” as Sunako’s unconscious body hit the floor.
For Part III, click Here