Disclaimer: All the characters from "Hot Gimmick" are copyrighted by Miki Aihara. This story is with them in it, are mine.

Warning: Shounen-ai (boy x boy romance) and possibly yaoi (boy x boy sexual content) in later chapters (if I feel like it), if this disgusts you and makes you want to flame me, then please do not read this story and leave. Open minded people only. : o

Pure Elegance- Pure Soul

(Prologue)

He sat down on the pale blue couch, sighed, and placed a smile on his lips.

Today had been a good day –not because he was tipped $20 from a sweet young lady at the Café which he was working at, but because he got to see the person he loved the most: his sister, Hatsumi. She had come into the coffee bar to buy some fresh-baked cookies for the youngest sibling, Hikaru. Seeing her surprised expression from having noticed her brother was working had already been enough for the day, but seeing her smile at him melted almost all his conscious thoughts and bleed into his heart and made it skip-a-beat.

He frowned. No, this was wrong! To love your own sister in a way that was more than a brother should feel for a family member was a sin. Sure- they were not related by blood, but the guilt of plaguing Hatsumi with his love that she can never return would kill him and destroy that smile on her precious face; from which he holds so dear.

There was no moon tonight and it seemed it was going to be another lonely evening for Shinogu Narita. His roommate, Kazama, had gone out to have a few drinks after work and had not return to the apartment since. There, sat Shinogu; replaying the afternoon scene which had set a grin on his visage and a frown every now and then when he had contemplated his conscious thoughts and feelings about the entire ordeal. It was ridiculous! –he was miserable.

Shinogu leaned forward and placed his forehead onto his awaiting hands and stared at his navy blue jeans. He sighed and leaned back away from his hands into the position he was before. This was going nowhere, and fast.

The reason he moved out of the complex in the first place was to get away from everything. The man whom he had called his "Dad" had an affair with a woman, which Shinogu felt was his fault for being adopted into the Narita family from the one he called, "Mom". Shinogu fell in love with their daughter and because he was now part of "the family", it was wrong. He needed out- a way to have some distance from the people he loved yet brought shame upon, he needed-

-some fresh air…" Shinogu decided, "yeah, some fresh air would be a good idea…" and he lifted him self from the couch and stretched his arms.

Grabbing his favorite blue-gray jacket and his keys he motioned in a slight haste towards the front door leading out into the cool, crisp, night air. After locking the door behind him, Shinogu made his way downstairs, the creak of the iron staircases not heading enough to his weight gave caution for him to grab hold and take the support of the rail beside him.

'I'll have to talk to the landowner about the stairs', noting to him self.

-dangerous when winter comes…' was his after-thought.

Why didn't they have an elevator like the complex that he had lived in? It was useful when you felt lazy or tired from a long night's work. Shinogu sighed in slight frustration of not being able to have a little luxury of technology in his reach, but pushed it aside when he reached the bus stop across the street from the apartment building.

To be continued…

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A/N: I finally found the time to post this up. I love 'Hot Gimmick"! The art and the storyline are wonderful! Too bad Miki Aihara only does shoujo mangas. Personally, either way, I'll manage to fit a guy on guy couple in anything and this time it's Shinogu and Azusa. I will only fit couples together if they get along well in the manga and if they show something like a "hint" to me. laughs Yeah, I'm a loser, but I'm like that. (Wants to make more Shizusa fans. : D)
And to those who knew me from writing the Naruto fan fictions… I'm very sorry that I've stopped, the buzz and inspiration is gone, and until Kishimoto-sensei decides to bring his characters together and meet, I don't think I'll be returning.
Please read and review!