Hello. My name is Taro Hatsune. I'm not all that interesting. I'm seventeen, thin, and tall. My eyes are teal, and my hair is white (I do have one blue streak though). I act like an idiot, and spend too much time rollerblading and stuffing myself with cheese puffs. I do, however, like to sing. But enough about me; I'm sure I've bored you enough already. Let me tell you what my day was like, then I'll start the story from there. I woke up around five in the morning (unusual for me, but I went with it) and tiptoed past my uncle's bedroom (I live with him because my parents are both dead, and so is my aunt). My cousin, Akia, had been spending the night with a friend, so I didn't have to be careful around her room. When I started to turn the knob on the front door, Tatone (some moron who thinks it's ok to crash at our house all the time) popped his stank butt off the couch and shouted,
"Where ya goin?"
I froze. Then, without turning to look at him, I chucked the phone at him. He decided after that that he'd just been dreamin'; that he never actually saw me sneaking out. As he tells my uncle. Heh, that Tatone's a smart moron. So anyway, I took a little walk down the sidewalk 'til I came to an alleyway between two apartment buildings. My friends and I had agreed it was a good place for us to meet up, so that's where we went. What surprised me the most today, was that they were already there. I never have thought about it much, but when do they get up? Oh well. Not important. Where was I? Oh yeah, my friends. The leader (self-proclaimed) of our little "pack" (though I suppose you can't really call it a pack..there's only three of us) is Roki Suzuki. The biggest compulsive liar and thief I've ever known. He's a scrawny little thing (really, I mean little; he's like..5'3"?) with a short temper. He's got shaggy brown hair, yellow-green eyes, and is missing a tooth. He's the same age as me, but you'd never guess. He drop-kicked Tatone one time (too funny), so yeah, he's a tough little cookie. The other member of our little group is Aione Takaro. And he's just the cutest thing I've seen on the face of the earth. He has rusty-orange hair (probably why some people call him Rusty), ice-blue eyes, and the most amazing smile. He's just about as thin as me, a bit taller, and older by three years (his birthday hasn't passed yet though, so he's still nineteen). He's calm and level-headed, and one of the few people that isn't intimidated by Roki (I'll admit that Roki does scare me a bit). I mean really, Roki could be spittin' venom at him, and it wouldn't faze him. I hope I live to see the day Aione takes a foot to Roki's face. That would be the best thing ever. Another thing I like about Aione, is that he can sing. I mean really sing. Better than me even. His voice is absolutely beautiful (a stark contrast to Roki, who can't sing worth nothin', and sounds like two cats clawing each other's eyes out. yeah, that bad). Now, when exactly did I meet these two? I don't recall, but I do know I met them on separate days. First time I met Roki, he scared the crap outta me by popping up out of our trash can. Said he was looking for rats (why? I don't know). That day ended after Roki practically told me his whole life story, then ran down the street after some hobo. The day I met Aione ended with him kissing me, and some lady spraying us with a hose and yelling at us to get off her lawn. Yeah, big difference between Roki and Aione. Speaking of Roki, one thing I can't stand is that he refers to me and Aione as Hatsune-kun and Takaro-san. He's our friend, right? Why can't he call us by our first names? He's so weird. Ok, I've rambled enough. Let me continue with what happened. As I said, I went to the alleyway, and there were Roki and Aione. Roki was perched (yes, perched)on a dumpster, and Aione was leaning against a wall. And this is precisely how I was greeted…
Roki: -grins creepily- Oh look who it is! Hatsune-kun! This is a surprise. What could he be doing up so early, hmm? Hatsune-kun, you're so odd. Your sense of routine is staunchly lacking. Should I throw more rotten eggs at your window? I think so. Shame on you!
Aione: Hey. –smiles-
Again, big difference between them. So anyway, Roki started off on some tale (I figure that's a less blunt word for his.."lie-stories") about how he took down two 300 lb men (I know he's strong, but he's not that stong). He got all dramatic at one point, and jumped to his feet; eyes closed; hands flung towards the sky. Aione and I took this as an opportunity to sneak away. There's this thing about Aione that makes me trust him more than anything, and that's that he's willing to listen to anything I tell him, and he's extremely understanding. You see, Akia's been having some..issues at school. She tells me every day about these three guys that keep sexually harassing her. She says she's scared and doesn't know what to do (she actually told me once that she was afraid they would rape her). She didn't want to tell her dad because she was afraid he would overreact, so she told me. She also told me not to tell anyone else, but I had to tell Aione. Mostly because..well..I told Akia we might have to leave. If she's not going to tell anyone, for fear of what could happen, then that is the only other option. Just leave, then she won't have to deal with them anymore. I have no doubt that her dad will come looking for her, but maybe it will be ok if she goes to stay with my cousin, Mi (Mi's not really Akia's cousin. his dad's my mom's brother, and Akia's mom's my dad's sister. so really, he just my cousin). And of course I'll have to go with her. She relies on me too much; I can't just tell her to go by herself. So I had to tell Aione that I was leaving. He didn't take that too well. He said something about why couldn't I have told him our plans sooner, and why wasn't he allowed to come too. That last question bothered me a bit. I'd only been thinking about Akia's well-being, but I hadn't thought about what Aione would think about all this. But Aione wasn't one to get overemotional about anything, including goodbyes. He just looked at me, and calmly said,
"So that's it then?"
Then he left. I'm not too sure what happened there, but I think he dumped me. I mean, I get it, I guess he didn't want to have a relationship if he never got to see me again. But..if it were me, I would have waited for him. I think. Would I have? The details surrounding my and Aione's relationship were..blurred. I don't know what he was to me. My friend? My lover? My..boyfriend? He'd hit me if I ever called him that. Even though I know he wondered the same thing. Never had I found someone that cared about me as much as he did. But I figured it wouldn't last. First loves rarely do. I walked home today alone. So here I am, ready for probably the craziest adventure of my life. This story's going to be long. I can feel it.