*sigh* Why do I have all these random thoughts in my head... I really wish I could focus all my time on writing stories, then I'd be able to write as much as I want. Anyways, I present to you my latest idea for a fanfic, let me just tell you that I hate my life, and even though I know I'm going to fail at this terribly, I'll try my best to give you guys a hell of a love story. I'll try to make it as twisted as possible, but then again I'm no good at angst-y stories *sobs*
Hate me or love me, I'll still be writing. So please, if you guys want to, take just a minute or so to leave a review. Criticism of any kind will be gladly accepted! Deep in my heart, I'm itching for someone to just slap it in my face just how bad a writer I am. Oh, and I don't do well with mature scenes, so I will not be going in there.
Thank you all for deciding to even click on my story, know that it means a lot to me to know that out there, someone's reading the crap I wrote :)
Master procrastinator, PhoenixFireBlade
EDIT: GUYS, I AM SO SORRY BUT I EDITED A MAJOR PART OF THE STORY. PLEASE, REREAD AND UPDATE YOURSELF. THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE I DIDN'T PLAN OUT MY STORY WELL.
MY SINCEREST APOLOGIES, PhoenixFireBlade
*I Never Loved You, It was Nothing But A Dare…*
#Chapter 1: The Start of Their Story
For some time now, Homura had been staring at Shirogane's growing affection for Ryugasaki, Dracyan's partner. The whitehead had been jealous of Ryugasaki's natural talent in crossfire. His naïve love for b-daman had made Homura feel disgusted, but the way he was able to make almost everyone take a liking to him fuelled his hatred the most.
Besides Ryugasaki, though, Homura was also growing to dislike Shirogane's overly intelligent self. The dark-haired boy was too observant, too smart, too nosy. He knew when Homura was up to no good and he had foiled the white-haired teen's plans in getting the WBMA under his control. And after his plans were exposed and he lost everything he worked hard for, he found that he blamed Shirogane for it all.
So, once the opportunity of taking revenge on both at the same time came about in a Truth or Dare game, Homura could only help but snicker at his chance.
"So you actually pick dare?" Homura asked. "Are you sure? There's no backing out once you do," he even warned. He was feeling a little too excited and he knew that he might just take things a little too far.
"Yeah, I pick dare. Truths all the time are boring," Shirogane replied nonchalantly. He didn't care, for how bad could a dare be?
"I dare you to…" Homura paused. Shirogane stared blankly at Homura as the silver-white haired boy thought of a suitable dare for Shirogane. "Oh, I know! I dare you to make Ryugasaki-kun fall for you, but you cannot fall for him. Break up as soon as he falls deeply in love with you, and give him the heartbreak of his life!" Shirogane didn't – couldn't – answer Homura, save for a reluctant nod. He was too prideful to back out after he had ruined the formally-dressed teen once in the past.
Homura turned away and pretended to check his phone. He faked, "Oh, look at the time! I need to go now, bye Shirogane!" He told Tenpouin he was heading home first, then left hastily, a devious smirk on his face that no one noticed.
Shirogane sighed to himself. This dare was a little overboard. He turned to face the monitor displaying the crossfire match in East City. Ryugasaki was shown to be chuckling after getting his turn at playing, and Shirogane knew that he had made a huge mistake in agreeing. He was too prideful and it was not going to end well.
"What have I gotten myself into this time…?" Shirogane questioned himself as he knew that there were problems that would conflict if he were to carry out his dare.
…
I can't do this.
I can't fall in love with him.
I can't make him fall for me.
I can't break up with him.
I can't let myself break us up.
I have absolutely no idea why, but…
I love Ryugasaki.
Always have and always will…
Those were the few words Shirogane scribbled down carelessly in a planner-notebook-diary of his. He used that same book for all three purposes. This time, he was at the 'diary' section, telling himself that he couldn't carry out the dare. Even though he wrote them as scribbles, they still looked neat and tidy.
He took one last look at the book and closed it, sighing. He was waiting for the bell to ring so he could escape the classroom.
It finally did after another suffocating five minutes. Shirogane clutched his planner-notebook-diary tightly and left the classroom through the back door, which was nearer to him than the front. He was exiting the doors and about to head down the stairs to his favourite secluded spot in the botanical gardens when he ran into somebody familiar.
"Oh, good morning, Shirogane-kun," Homura greeted, bowing slightly and politely. A smile –clearly fake- was plastered on his face. "This is for you," Homura added, forced an even bigger smile, and walked away. Shirogane didn't even have time to comprehend the white-haired's words. He looked at the slip of paper in his hands.
"What is he doing now…? And in my school too..." Shirogane sighed to himself. Homura sure looked like he was having tons of fun with this little love game.
He made his way silently to the botanical gardens as mentioned before. He sat down against the lone, beautiful, blossoming-all-year-around Sakura tree and whipped out an indigo coloured gel pen. He flipped open to the 'diary' section of the book again and put the tip of his pen against his chin, thinking what to write. His legs were brought up closer to his chin as he placed the book against them. Finally deciding, he put the pen against the paper.
Yesterday was a total wreck. I hate myself. That Homura keeps getting in other's way and won't leave me alone. If this is his way of getting revenge, it's sure as hell not funny or appropriate.
He dared me to fall in love with then break up with Ryugasaki.
I love the first part of the dare, I'll admit, I have had my sights on that bluenette for some time now. But the second part… I'll have to think twice before carrying it out. I mean, I don't want to hurt him, or have him hate me, but I…
All I know is that Homura will pay when I have more of his secrets, personal or not, brought into daylight. Surely he must have some.
For now, I think I'll just have to deal with my life.
Signing off,
Shirogane Subaru
15 April 20xx
Subaru lifted his pen from the page, then closed it immediately. He was about to get up from his spot when he remembered the slip he received from Homura.
"Might as well," he muttered as he opened the slip. It said:
'Dear Shirogane, I know that my dare could've been way too easy at first, but then I remembered that I forgot to give you the details. Well, first, you're not supposed to let him know that this loving and breaking up is a dare at all, even after you've completed it. Second, I'm giving you until the end of summer break to do it. That should be long enough, right?
If you do not obey by these rules I've set for this little dare of ours, or if you wish to withdraw from this game, I will expose whatever I can on you, streaker.
Have a pleasant day, Shirogane-kun.'
Shirogane's eyes widened when he finished reading. How did he know about my streaking incident?! I thought I had that little secret covered up… Besides, it wasn't my fault at all; what happened with the streaking.
Well apparently, he didn't cover it up good enough.
"I take back what I said about exposing him… I'll just straight up murder him if I have to," Shirogane silently vowed to himself. Now it's not just a mere dare anymore, he thought. It's a case of carrying out a love experiment and blackmailing me, all for the sake of revenge…
A/N: So, I'll just clarify this now.
Bold: Author's notes.
Italics: Character's thoughts
Italics and Underlined: Shirogane's Diary Entries
Horizontal line: Setting and Time Skip (usually)
Bold and Italics: Flashbacks
We all cool with my style of writing? Thanks :3
Will be updating very irregularly and slowly, PhoenixFireBlade