A/N: Hello everyone! It's been a while since I last uploaded a story, so I wanted to post something (finally). Keep in mind that im still very new to fanfiction writing, so i apologize if there are errors! Constructive criticism is welcome, I don't mind someone pointing out the mistakes I made especially if it improves my writing. I'll continue the author's note at the end of the story but for now here are the disclaimers:
I do not own Yandere simulator or any of the characters used in this story (minus one)
The cover art was created by Suralixi on Instagram
Every story is different in it's own way, but no one can deny that every story has a beginning. Some stories start with the birth of a nobel, some start with retellings of past events, this story starts with our protagonist staring at herself in the mirror. She adjusted her tie and brushed her bangs to the side. This girl Ayano Aishi had a difficulty displaying and sometimes even feeling emotions, the students at her middle school often called her a kuudere. Currently she was preparing herself for her first day at Akademi High, the school had an amazing staff and reputation.
Ayano quickly checked the time on her phone before racing downstairs, if the girl didn't start walking to school now she would be late. Grabbing the toast she had previously placed in the toaster, she quickly slipped on her shoes and bolted out the door. The school wasn't too far from her home so it shouldn't take too long to reach.
"I wonder, will the students at this school bully me as they did in junior high?" She thought. The past three years were full of students mocking Ayano and picking on her,
"Hey freak, are those dead eyes normal for you?" One of the girls at her school sat atop of Ayano's desk, the brown haired girl named Heikin Hebi pushed her bento onto the girl's skirt and Ayano's head shot up. A surprised look overtook her face and Heikin giggled, the girl had been tormenting Ayano ever since her second year of junior high started. Heikin was an exchange student from Europe, she was beautiful and smart however she was extremely cruel.
"I'm sorry Hebi-senpai, I don't believe I understand what you mean…" Ayano replied.
Heikin smirked at her,"Well you know, ever since I got here you've just been staring at everyone with those fish eyes it's kinda creepy." The girl's Japanese was heavily accented, however the arrogance in her voice was clear.
"Oh, well I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable," Ayano apologized and averted her eyes to her lap, where the sticky rice from her sushi had stuck to her skirt. She quickly grabbed the napkin that Heikin had shoved to the floor and began wiping the food away. She snorted and snatched the napkin from Ayano's hand, balled it up, and tossed it into the trash can.
"Oh come on Heikin-san just leave her alone," a boy called out from behind the girls. He was a third year student and was currently in a group with four other people, Ayano recognized him as Budo Masuta.
"It's alright Masuta-senpai, I can take care of myself." Ayano quickly stood up, grabbed her bag, and exited the classroom. After that she began realizing that the other students treated her differently, giving her sideways glances and glares. She didn't know what she did to deserve that treatment, but after that year Ayano began to develop trust issues. She did however manage to pull through junior high, and she had been praying that the students at Akademi would treat her with kindness. Ayano's thoughts were interrupted as she rounded a corner and bumped into someone, she fell backwards and scrapped her hands on the hard pavement.
"Oh god, I'm so sorry!" Ayano heard the boy call out as he extended a hand to help her up. Ayano raised her head to see a boy with black hair and large eyes, concern was plastered on his face.
"It's fine," She replied. She was in fact quite annoyed with him, but she didn't have time to fight. She grasped the boy's hand and quickly got up, she then dusted her clothing and grabbed her book bag quickly walking away from the boy.
"H-hey!" the boy quickly ran up next to her,"I said I was sorry and I mean it, I really hope I didn't hurt you in any way." Ayano was starting to become irritated with the boy, he clearly did not give up very easily.
"It's quite alright, you don't have to worry about me," she quickened her pace so she could walk away from the boy but he persisted.
"Oh alright! I was afraid I had upset you, I'm glad that wasn't the case." He smiled at her, and Ayano responded with a nod. They walked in awkward silence for a few minutes before running feet were heard behind them.
"Taro-kun you idiot!" Ayano and the boy - Taro as this newcomer called him - turned around to see another boy running towards them,"I asked you to wait for me but you just ran ahead of me!" The boy was tall, with orange hair cut slightly above his chin, some of his hair was tied up in a side ponytail with a pink and white polka dotted scrunchie. His uniform jacket was open and his shirt was unbuttoned to reveal another pink and white polka dotted shirt underneath. It was at that moment that Ayano realized that both the males were wearing the Akademi uniforms, she didn't however say anything about it.
"Sorry Osano-kun," Taro rubbed the back of his head,"didn't mean to leave you on your first day," Osano had an annoyed look and walked alongside Taro.
"Yeah yeah, you say that every time," Osano then looked over at Ayano,"who's she?" He pointed at her and Ayano felt her irritation rise, why didn't he just ask her himself?
"Oh this is…" he held his hand out in her direction, waiting for her to give her name.
"Ayano Aishi," she responded. The school was only a block away after this one, she picked up her pace so that she was a few feet ahead of the two boys.
"Aishi-san! I'm Taro Yamada and this is Osano Najimi. I've never seen you around Akademi, are you a first year?" He questions,"Osano here is a first year, but I'm a second year." Ayano didn't respond at first, and just as she was about to Osano spoke up,
"Hey he's talking to you, are you deaf?" that's when Ayano hit her breaking point. Osano was rude, and far too arrogant and Ayano wasn't going to stand to his barrage. Just as they reached the gate of the school she spun around and glared at Osano, her hard cold stare shut him up quickly.
"Najimi-san I'm sorry if I upset you, but if you could please refrain from the rude comments I would appreciate it." She then walked over to her locker to change her shoes, looking at the slip of paper with her combination on it. She quickly changed her shoes and shut her locker. From the corner of her eye she say Taro holding in a laugh, and a very flustered Osano. The two boys went through a door where many other students were also going, Ayno remembered it as the courtyard and went outside to join the rest of the students. The area was beautiful, with tall and old Sakura trees lining the pathways, a large fountain sat in the middle of the area, students with brightly colored hair were conversing around the fountain. Taro was sitting on the edge of the fountain, reading a book with a blissful expression on his face. Osano - who had joined Taro at the fountain - called out to Ayano.
"H-hey Aishi-san," he motioned Ayano over and she reluctantly walked over to the two boys,"Sorry that I did that to you…" Ayano raised her eyebrow urging him to continue, however he didn't and just stared at his shoes. Taro seeing the boy's situation decided to rush to his friend's defense,
"Don't get too hung up over it Aishi-san, Osano is only rude to the people he likes," Taro joked, Osano just looked annoyed at his friend and Taro laughed a bit. "Anyways what class do you two have?" he glanced over at Osano's schedule.
"Im in class 2-1, my teacher is…. Rino Fuka," he responded to Taro's question, Ayano looked at her schedule to see that she was also in class 2-1.
"It looks like i'll be joining you Najimi-san," she said and put her schedule back in her school bag and sat on the other side of Taro. The trio sat in comfortable silence until the bell rang, Ayano stood and looked back at the two boys, "See you two later." Osano however stood up and walked next to her,
"Judging by the fact that you didn't go to hang out with anyone else, i'm going to assume you don't have many friends," Ayano just looked at him and nodded, not wanting to say that she didn't have any friend. "Guess you'll be hanging out with Taro and I, might as well walk with you to class."
"If you don't want me hanging out with you Najimi-san that's alright, I think I know someone else I could hang out with…" Ayano remembered an acquaintance she had in junior high. She was a third year when Ayano met her, a loner, curiosity and a lack of friends made Ayano gravitate towards her. She introduced herself as Kuudere, she also had a problem displaying emotions and prefered to be alone. The two stayed with one another, they both provided silent comfort for one another, they were not the closest but they still enjoyed others company. When Kuudere left Ayano felt sorrow the friend she had would be leaving, Kuudere made Ayano promise that she would come to Akademi and Ayano had to oblige (for not only did Kuudere want Ayano to join her, but Ayano's mother wanted her to attend the school as well.)
"That's not what I said you dolt," they walked up the staircase to the second floor,"just hang out with us and stop being dumb." Osano crossed his arms and continued walking until they finally reached the class. The two sat next to each other in the second to last row, and waited for a few minutes until the teacher walked in.
"Please stand," the class stood a gave a bow to their teacher, then sitting back down in their chairs. The students listened silently to their teacher while taking notes, Ayano listened respectfully and wrote notes occasionally glancing at the orange haired boy beside her. If she annoyed him why did he insist that she hang out with them? She dismissed the thought from her head and continued to write, how could such a rude boy be so interesting to her?
A/N: Welp that's the story. If you couldn't already tell it's based off of the male rival introduction video Yandere-dev uploaded. I originally wrote this story back in April but got too caught up in school to upload it, however reading the story again it was poorly written. I went back and re-wrote the story, however like I previously mentioned i'm not the best author so I apologize for any errors or if the story seems lacking in some way. I wrote this story because I thought the male rivals were interesting, and most of the fanfictions that people wrote were self inserts, or were poorly written to the point where I couldn't understand what the author was trying to say. Also the Character Heikin isn't an OC I just used the japanese words for snake and mean to make her name (lol). Anyways thanks for reading the story, hopefully i'll be able to get the next chapter done quicker, bye :)