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Is Himura…
Chapter 1: Is Himura … a Woman?
"JOU-CHAN!! YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING MEEE!!!!!"
"Unfortunately it's all true. My dorm got burnt a few hours ago and I have nowhere to sleep. Haha…" Kaoru scratched her head while pinning the cell phone between her shoulder and her head.
"BURNT?? AND WHAT'S THAT 'HAHA' FOR??" Sano's voice now sounded more like a squeak rather than a scream.
"Well what should I do?? I can't just cry in the middle of the park! I'm carrying two big suitcases, a big backpack and also a big handbag filled with all my stuff, so I need you to come here and help me with these!!"
"And which park are you in?"
"Kashigawa Park."
"And which one is that?"
"SAGARA SANOSUKE!! WHAT ARE YOU, STUPID OR RETARD? I'm talking about the jogging park we've been visiting every weekend for like, 5 years!!!"
"Ah… That park! I didn't know that that park has a name. OK, I'll be there soon. Bye Jou-chan." Kaoru sighed loudly as he sat on the bench park. Oh yes… Things could've been worse than this. If she hadn't come back home early that night, if she decided to stay at Misao's house, she wouldn't be here with all of her stuff- they all would get burn along with the dorm. At least, somehow, she felt a little bit lucky.
Sano came along with his old car, and quickly put Kaoru's stuff in the baggage. Kaoru smiled, relieved after as she slipped in Sano's car. Sometimes it's good to have friends like Sano. Ready anytime, anywhere, in any type of situation. Soon they arrived at Sano's flat. Megumi was already inside, sitting on the floor eating a cup of instant ramen while wearing Sano's t-shirt and boxer. She smirked at Kaoru.
"Homeless Tanuki… Maybe you're cooking too much that your dorm building can't stand it anymore and burn itself." Kaoru frowned at her.
"That's not even close to 'not funny'. And we can't cook at the dorm." she said sharply. Megumi smirked.
"Oh well, at least you're here. We can go to campus together tomorrow." said Sano. Kaoru glared at him.
"Hello, how am I supposed to face Mr. Hajime tomorrow without any books? He will kill me instantly."
"Yes he will, but at least it will be instant. It won't hurt. Oh poor Tanuki," said Megumi calmly as she took another cup of instant ramen, poured hot water inside it, and gave it to Kaoru. "Here, you need some food to calm you down." she continued. Kaoru sat on the floor, started eating soundly while Sano struggled with her bags and suitcases. Megumi sighed heavily and threw herself on the futon nearby.
"Tanuki, you're disturbing my private life with Sano. You'll have to find apartment as fast as you can. Well, if you can find one tonight, I'll be really happy." Kaoru snorted at the thought of bargaining for a cheap flat with the dealer in the middle of the night.
"You know what; you guys can just do whatever you wanna do. I can just disappear inside the closet. Really." said Kaoru. Sano smiled, patted her shoulder.
"Don't be like that; I'll give up my night with Megumi for you."
"You're my best friend, Sano…"
"And you're already like my sister… I care about you very much." The two weirdoes were holding hands while Megumi still eating her noodle. Suddenly Megumi shouted loudly. Both Sano and Kaoru snapped out from their affectionate conversation and looked at Megumi strangely.
"I just remember something…" Megumi said, "… My friend gets a scholarship abroad and she leaves Japan next week. Her room is empty, and I can ask her if you want to fill in. Well, she shares apartment with another person, but the place is quite big so privacy is not a problem."
"If it's a big place, it must be expensive." said Kaoru hopeless. Megumi shook her head.
"Not at all! Her roommate paid the rent fee more than her, and also responsible for electricity bills. Well she said her roommate takes more space than her."
"Well, that's good then. I guess we can try to call her."
A week later.
Kaoru came out from Sano's car, driven by Megumi at that moment. She shook her head, amazed. No one ever told her that her new apartment was going to be one of the small apartment complexes in Denen Choufu, the high class, expensive area in Tokyo. She scratched her head. Shit. She couldn't possibly afford this apartment, even if it's only a quarter of the real rent fee. Megumi, reading Kaoru's face, laughed.
"Relax, Kaoru. This place is not that expensive, and this is not exactly in the middle of Denen Choufu, so that's all right. My friend told you about the price she usually paid, right? And you don't seem to mind." Kaoru nodded.
"Well, Megumi, is it OK to move in now? This is like, afternoon. People normally move in, in the morning."
"It's OK. Let's go get your luggage." they took all of Kaoru's stuff and moved it to the trolley prepared by the doorman. Suddenly Megumi's cellphone rang. She looked worried after receiving the phone call.
"I think Sano has gotten into a fight… again. I have to pick him up from the hospital."
"Oh well, you can just leave me here. I'll be okay."
"I'm so sorry, Tanuki."
"That's okay. Thanks a lot for your help, Kitsune."
And Megumi drove off.
And Kaoru confused. She was alone! No one was going to help her with her stuff. Oh well, this is life, Kaoru.
She went to the 10th floor. There were only two rooms there so she guessed that her apartment was going to be quite big. She came into room 1001 with the key that Megumi gave her.
She came into a small living room with two sofas that seemed to be expensive. The kitchen was big, very clean and neat. There was a lot of cooking tools that Kaoru never seen before. Kaoru smiled. Her roommate liked cooking! She must be good cook, and Kaoru didn't have to worry about eating terrible things she made herself. She just need to be nice to her new roommate and everything would me alright.
Kaoru huffed to herself. Her roommate must be very elegant. The house was very clean, the kitchen was large and neat, not to forget the taste of the furniture. Simple but sophisticated. Those kinds of people usually a bit intimidating.
She came into the TV room, and found a big flat screen TV. Not a new TV, but still… What she didn't expect was the game console beside the DVD player. Her roommate likes to play video games? The girl she imagined her roommate would be didn't play games. She made her way to the balcony. Someone's there!
She gulped. That someone was clearly not a girl. He was topless, sitting on the chair while drinking his tea. This guy was… Kaoru's roommate?
That guy looked at her, expressionless. She could feel his gorgeous blue eyes scanned her body. Oh my God he's hot… That abdomen… That black hair… That blue eyes… That muscle… He's hot… He's hooot…
This hot guy's her roommate?
"Ano, I'm Kamiya Kaoru, your new roommate." that guy stood up.
"Not me. Your roommate is sleeping now. Just wait a second." he went inside and came into a room. He left the door open so Kaoru decided to peek in.
"Wake up…" that black haired guy shook a bare back, covered by long smooth hair on the bed gently. Kaoru sighed. So, that hot black haired guy's her roommate's boyfriend. Life is so unfair, she never had a boyfriend, well, not a decent one.
"Aoshi… Please… I'm dying here…" the lying figure on the bed mumbled. His name's Aoshi… Kaoru thought. Nice. Too bad he's taken. Aoshi poked that lying figure.
"Fine. I just want to tell you that your roommate is here. I have to leave now. I'll take the CD." Aoshi took his shirt, a CD on the side table, and his bag. He stared at Kaoru.
"I'm leaving now. Don't worry about that sleepyhead."
"Ok…" Kaoru could only stare at him as he walked out the door. He's hot…
He's hot…
He's…
"You're my new roommate? Welcome. I can't help you today because I stayed awake all night last two nights. I feel a little bit sick." a sore, but sexy voice snapped her from her daydream. Her roommate came out, covered with thick and huge blanket from head to toe. Kaoru could only see a beautiful face (not even one whole head…) with soft expression came out from the blanket.
"Oh, hi… My name is Kamiya Kaoru. Nice to meet you."
"You can call me Shinta. Or whatever you like."
"Shinta-san, just go back to bed! I'm okay by myself."
"Really?"
"Yes!" Shinta smiled and got back into the room. Kaoru amazed. Her roommate was so beautiful! Gorgeous!! Intimidating… For an ordinary girl like her. But why Shinta? The name is just so masculine… It didn't suit the person, who looked very delicate, beautiful, and gorgeous. Kaoru couldn't imagine living with that person, even though she knew that they had different lives, but still, they would see each other from time to time.
Kaoru sighed. Thinking about it wouldn't change the fact that Shinta was a swan and she was an ugly duckling. She better put her luggage in her room. She never used any cabinet; instead she left most of her belonging in her luggage, like she wouldn't stay long there. That method proved to be very effective in emergency case, like fire in her dorm yesterday. She only lost some stuff, while most of her friends could only restore their cellphones and iPods. If you lived in second floor and there's fire there, just throw your lugages out the window, that's what she did.
"I'm done here." she said after putting her luggage and her bags in the room. She didn't even bother to take out all her stuff and arrange it on the table or in the cupboard. She looked around the room. It was smaller that her roommate's room, but it was still big for her. The wall was white. There were a bed, a bookshelf and a cupboard in it, all white in colour.
Kaoru sighed happily. This room was amazing. The bookshelf was beautiful. It's too bad that most of her books were burnt along with her dorm. She took out the few remaining books and placed them in the bookshelf, and put some remaining dresses she could save from the fire in the cupboard. She sighed tiredly to see the dark burn mark on her favourite white dress. Now how could she fix the dress so the burning spot would disappear? She wiped her oily nose and suddenly felt so hungry. She went to her roommate's room and knocked the door. The door opened, Shinta still covered with blanket, smiling at her.
"Hi Kaoru-dono. Do you need something?"
"Sorry to wake you up again. But I'm going to the convenience store downstairs to get some food. Do you want something? Food, medicine, drink…"
"No, nothing, really. If you want to eat, I still have some curry in the refrigerator; you can heat it in the microwave. The rice is still in the rice cooker. Feel free to take as much as you want. And also, you can leave your goods in bathroom if you want. I'm using the bathroom that is attached to my room."
"OK. Thanks a lot. Sorry to bother you."
"That's OK." Shinta smiled again and disappeared behind the door. For some reason Kaoru feel… attracted to her roommate. Shinta had this cuteness and elegance that would attract people. Very pretty, very innocent, but, Kaoru could also sense something masculine. Something that made her heart beat a little bit faster.
Oh my god… This is not good… It's not good… Kaoru couldn't be… a lesbian.
What?? A LESBIAN?? Kaoru slapped her cheeks. No way. She's not, and never will be a lesbian! Come on, boys would be much more fun to be in bed with…
Aoshi. Kaoru blushed. He's hoooot…
Kaoru heated the curry and ate. It was delicious! Her roommate was a genius in cooking! Shinta could make something so simple like curry into a luxury… Ah… Intimidating… Kaoru couldn't cook at all. Well, she could boil water, but that's all. Life's really suck.
Kaoru ate, and ate until suddenly she felt sleepy. She fell asleep… when she was eating the curry.
"Kaoru-dono? Kaoru-dono?" Kaoru felt someone touching her shoulder, and calling her with sore voice. She looked up and looked at Shinta in a weird gothic Lolita dress. Kaoru shrieked.
"Shinta-san?" she looked at Shinta's clothes, surprised. Her roommate blushed heavily.
"Please don't look at me like that, I know this is embarrassing. I can explain this… But… You might want to wash your face first."
"Eh?" Kaoru touched her face. Oh my god she slept on the curry! She ran away to the kitchen and washed her face. OK, that was humiliating.
Wait, she saw something like Shinta wearing a gothic Lolita dress. Freak. So she has no taste of fashion at all, it turns out that nobody's perfect. Shinta came into the kitchen, worried.
"Are you okay, Kaoru-dono?"
"Yes… Um… Why are you dressing like that?" Shinta blushed again.
"Well, you see, I don't normally wear this. My friend gave this to me and she told me to wear it on her farewell party, which is tonight. Well, she has a rule for her farewell party guests, which is to do anything she told us to do. Freaky, I know. I don't really mind though, it's not everyday that your friend's leaving."
"O…kay…"
"Well, I want to ask you to… um… oh well… Can you do my make up?"
"Sure, why not. Where's your make up kit?" Shinta frowned.
"Why would I have one?" Kaoru shrugged. Well, every girl should have a make up kit, right? Even a tomboy like her had one.
"Nevermind. I'm taking my kit." she took her kit from her room and started to do the make up thing to Shinta's face. She felt something, Shinta's skin was not as smooth as it seems. She smiled, satisfied. So everyone does have weaknesses, after all. She couldn't cook and a tomboy, while Shinta had a rough skin. She was not so tall like a supermodel, but she was quite curvy, with great bust and butt. Shinta was tall but has a flat body. It was sexy, though, but still… Curve is the best, classic sexy! Kaoru smiled proudly to herself.
"OK, I'm done." Kaoru patted Shinta's head. Shinta took a mirror and amazed.
"Shit… I can be this beautiful?"
"Well, don't you know that you're beautiful?" Shinta smiled.
"I'd rather be something else other than beautiful, really." Kaoru snorted. Human! They never satisfied of what God has given them.
"You really go to the party? With that tired eyes and sore throat?"
"Yes, Aoshi, the guy you met this afternoon, told me to." oh yes, Aoshi. Torture. He was really cute, but taken. One of many cute guys with tag "Don't touch. Property of…" tag.
"Kaoru-dono, thank you so much." said Shinta while smiling sweetly. Kaoru's heart was beating so fast. This is wrong. Even though Shinta was cute, but still… She wasn't supposed to blush and throbbing like that! She's not a lesbian.
"You better go now, Shinta-san." Shinta smiled again and left. Kaoru sighed. She better do something with her papers and assignments from the campus.
The first morning in the new place. Kaoru woke up and realized that she hadn't taken a bath since yesterday morning. So she went to the bathroom.
On the way to the bathroom, she saw her roommate's back figure cooking in the kitchen. This time Shinta was wearing a dark blue pyjamas pants, and a t-shirt. Kaoru hummed happily after smelling the delicious scent came out from the kitchen. She went to the bathroom and took a bath.
Kaoru was done taking a bath, and she remembered that she forgot to take her undies with her. She wrapped herself in her small towel and went out. Then she saw Shinta, doing something with the dirty clothes basket in front of the bathroom.
The she saw THAT happened.
Shinta opened his t-shirt, threw it to the basket, and looked at the bathroom door with a wide smile. Kaoru stood in front of the bathroom door, freezing, paralysed with the sight she saw.
"Ohayo, Kaoru-dono. I've made a breakfast for you." he smiled brightly.
OK. No boobs. Shinta was definitely a boy.
No, he was a guy. Real guy, with the real six pack and muscles, and hard bicep, triceps, every single cep that could possibly occur in a male's body.
He didn't look like a girl now. He's hot. He's hooot…
He's hot, and she's naked.
She's naked and he's half naked. And hot.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!" Kaoru screamed.
"Kaoru-dono, calm down!"
"You're a MALE!! And I'm naked now! Stand back! Close your eyes!!!" Shinta covered his eyes with his hand, and Kaoru ran to her bedroom.
She should have seen the signs… Tall, slim body… Deep voice even though he sounded like a woman sometimes… rough skin… Not to forget something that a little bit popping from his neck. And his pants. Those are male signs!!
Kaoru's knees numb.
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AN: This is my first fanfic, so be nice. I know I have some grammatical errors, because I'm not a native speaker.