Fighting for Love
Summary: Oz has never had any luck with love after an incident destroyed his first love and caused him to lose his best friend. Now in his last years of high school, his friends are tired of his bad habits and trick him into dating a man known as the Raven of grief, who is known for causing girls to fall in love and dump them all in seven days. Now Oz must protect his heart from this bird and fight away memories of his past love. Lots of drama is sure to ensue as Oz and his friends face the most difficult thing in the world... love.
Mostly Oz X Gilbert and Gilbert X Oz... Some Sharon X Break, Alice X Glen/Cheshire, Jack X Alyss, and Elliot X Leo but other than that it's all Oz and Gilbert.
Chapter 1- The Deal
"Is Gilbert waking up?" A fifteen year old, Oz Vessalius says watching a smaller black haired boy intently waiting for the sleeping boy to awake as he felt his uncle's hand onto his shoulder.
"He'll wake up soon... Don't worry Oz." His uncle says softly as Oz smiled hopefully.
'I want to hear your voice, Gil.' He thought leaning forward toward the bed watching the boy lovingly. Oz heard the doctor step into the room and call his uncle out into the hall but did not take his eyes off of the sleeping boy wanting nothing more than for the boy to open his eyes and smile at him. As he waited the boy started to stir and Oz gasped with a happy look on his face leaning over the boy whispering his name softly. The boy's eyes opened at the whisper of his name and he looked up at Oz confusedly before fear filled his eyes. Oz noticed this and reached out to make sure his beloved friend was alright but the boy slapped his hand away.
"Get away from me!" He shouts causing Oz to flinch because he had never heard such a stern tone used by the boy before.
"G-Gil… what's wrong?" Oz says softly trying to hide his confusion and hurt and the boy glared at him.
"How do you know my name? You're some creepy stalker aren't you? Get out of here! I'll call the cops." He shouts pushing Oz back causing him to trip over the chair and hit the floor. Oz stared at the boy, fighting back tears, as he heard the door to the room and the doctor and his uncle come rushing in. He felt his uncle help him up and pull him out of the room but all Oz could see was the disgusted look on his beloved friends face.
"Oz-sama... It's time to wake up. Your breakfast is almost ready." A woman's voice calls to an eighteen year old Oz waking him from the dream, which was a memory from his past. He opened his eyes to his curtain being opened and he let out a soft groan.
"Miss Kate... It's Sunday, why do I have to get up so early?" Oz says burying his face into the pillow trying to hide from the light.
"You have to plans with that young lady today, don't you remember, Oz-sama?" The woman, Kate says calmly causing Oz to bolt up remembering his plans for the day.
"Right, thank you." He says checking his clock before jumping out of his bed and dressing for the day. He sat down to eat his breakfast when his phone vibrated in his pocket and he looked down at it to see it was his girlfriend. He quickly opened it up to make sure he wasn't late but when he opened it, it said that she was breaking up with him and he scowled at it. "Are you serious? What the hell did I do this time?" Oz says with a scowl as texted her back 'Are you sure?' even though he knew she was quite sure. He then started to eat breakfast waiting for his reply but he never got it so he opened his phone and deleted her number from his list of favorites. 'That's the end of that... man I would like to know what I did wrong but I guess it just wasn't meant to be just like all the others.' Oz thought slightly depressed as his sister appears in the dining room's door way sleepily walking over to her seat beside her brother.
"Morning Niisan..." She says sleepily as Oz smiled at her remembering how she wanted him to go shopping with this afternoon but he said that he was busy.
"Morning Birthday girl... I cleared my schedule to hang out with you; you still want to go shopping?" Oz says with a gentle smile watching his sister perk up and smile.
"Really?" She says before she frowned. "But I promised to spend the morning with Jack since he couldn't come to my party..." She says with a small pout and Oz rested his head onto his arm.
"We can go after you hang out with Jack... You're not doing anything after right?" Oz says smiling slightly as he watched his sister beam at him.
"Okay! You can come pick me up at the 'Little Café' around one! Oh I can't wait; I want to pick out a dress to wear tonight at my party! Will you help me?" She says with an excited look and Oz frowned not liking where this was going but he nodded in agreement. "Yay! I love you big brother!" She says happily hugging him tightly. "You're the best big brother ever!" She squeals before she began eating her breakfast. Oz only sighed before he continued to eat thinking of things he could do until he went with Ada to the mall.
'Maybe I'll call Sharon-chan and Alice to see if they would want to hang out for a little while until our usual Sunday Brunching.' Oz thought knowing that Alice wouldn't pass up a free meal if he said he was paying. 'I'll do that until it's time to pick up Ada.' He thought with a slight smile to himself.
Once he was finished eating he quickly hurried up stairs to his room and pulled out his phone to call Sharon before stopping looking at the clock. It was still too early to call her so he put his phone back into his pocket and plopped onto his bed. 'This is so boooring...' He thought pouting as he turned his head over to the side to see his Pura-Kuri booklet he kept on his desk. He reached up and took it off the desk looking through the book slowly. 'This one's of me and Gil, after Ojisan's party, Heh... It was the best seeing Gilbert drunk even though it was just some whine.' Oz thought looking at the picture of Oz glomping a black haired teenager that was drunkenly hugging him back with a young Ada peeking in front of them with her cat Dinah. There were hearts surrounding the boarder of the picture and writing with their names on it. He then read the words he and Gilbert had written on the opposite side about how they felt about that day. 'It was to celebrate our newly found connection.' Oz thought feeling pain in his chest. 'He doesn't even remember me anymore... and he's a Nightray.' He thought closing his book and pressing it to his chest tightly. 'He's long gone now so why can't I forget him... I can't even throw these away.' Oz thought frowning as he closed his eye trying to push his memories away. 'I can act like I don't know him all I want but every time he looks at me it hurts and he's been doing it a lot lately. Maybe he remembers me a little...' Oz thought with a small laugh at his foolish hopes as he sat up looking down at the book. "That's all I have… It's not like it's going to do much hoping like this." Oz says with a slight laugh as he decided he was going to go ride his motorcycle till it was late enough to call Sharon and Alice. 'Heh… Maybe I can convince them to eat at Alice-chan's family's restaurant. That'd bring back memories for everyone… since it's where I first met Alice.' He thought jumping up from his bed before going over to his desk to grab his keys. When he noticed Ada's birthday present sitting beside he key bowel. 'Right I should give that to her before she leaves to hang out with Jack. He grabbed the small light blue box with a silky white ribbon along with his keys before he ran to Ada's room knowing that she was getting ready. He knocked on the door before he heard some scrambling and he hid the box behind his back as Ada opened the door with a serious look on her face. Oz chuckled softly watching her blush and open the door to show her plaid skort and white tank top that was lacy around the arms and neck. "You look nice…" Oz says with a chuckle before she blushed with a small smile.
"Thank you… Is there something you wanted?" She asks shyly and Oz smiled at her before showing her the present and she gasped.
"Happy Birthday… I was going to wait but I figured that you'd want to open it." Oz says with a slight chuckle as Ada stared at him with a happy look on her face.
"I can open it?" She asks taking it from his hands before Oz nodded and she pulled him into her room excitedly. He only chuckled as he watched her twirl around and unties the ribbon before opening the box and gaping simple looking ruby necklace that had a diamond on either side of it, all on gold chain. "Oh… It's… so beautiful… Thank you Oniichan!" She shouts wrapping her arms around her brother before Oz took it out of the box for her and hooked it around her neck.
"It looks good on you, Ada…" Oz says smiling because he knew Ada loved her birthstone and that the necklace was a perfect choice.
"It's perfect Oniichan! I'm going to find a dress that matches it!" She squeals continuing to hug him before Oz's phone vibrated and he pulled away. He flipped the phone open before smirking and Ada frowned.
"Who's that, Oniichan? Your girlfriend?" She asks sadly and Oz shakes his head.
"It was Sharon-chan… Surprising right? She doesn't seem like the type of person to text but she does." Oz says with a slight chuckle and Ada smiled at him with a small laugh.
"She's a good person though… I'm glad you're still friends with her." Ada says happily as Oz nodded before he gave her a small bow.
"Well I'll leave you now, my princess to finish getting ready, until we meet again." He says with a teasing grin and Ada giggled before shooing him out of the room. Oz shut his sister's door before frowning and looking down at his keys. 'Of course she dumped me, Sharon-chan. Why else would she be hanging on to some other guy?' Oz thought with a small frown before shrugging and walking down the stairs feeling his vibrated again he opened it and laughed again before walking out the door with a slight smirk on his face as he dialed a number on his phone. He then waited till the person answered. "Where do you want to go? We can hang out until Break gets off work." He says with a slight smirk knowing that Sharon Rainsworth wanted to find out the gossip of a story that did not exist. He laughed softly before nodding and pulling his red and black Yamaha motorcycle out of the garage. "You want me to call Alice? ...You sure? Okay, I'll be there in fifteen minutes." Oz says casually before he chuckled at her comment. "With the way I drive a half an hour is cut in half, Sharon-chan! You should know that by now... Ha! Bye-bye!" He says before he hung up the phone and sticking it in to his pocket before he pulled on his black helmet and started his bike. He then started the engine before he sped down the drive way before heading off to Sharon's manor house that was supposed to be a half an hour away. Fifteen minutes he got there and was immediately scolded by Sharon for going so fast. He only chuckled and looked over the outfit she chose to wear. She usually dressed in sweet-lolita outfits but today she wore a pair of jeans and a pink button up long sleeve shirt with frills around the collar and at the end of the sleeves. Oz chuckled softly knowing that she knew he was going to be riding his bike out here and dress to ride on it. "Aren't you going to be hot?" He asks pulling his helmet off as she scowled.
"You really need to slow down, Oz-sama… You are going to get yourself killed driving like a maniac like that." Sharon says softly causing Oz to laugh warmly as he tossed her his helmet.
"I'll stop being a maniac when you stop being a princess." He says watching her smirk as he patted the back of the bike.
"Of course you would." She says with sarcasm as she pulled the helmet on to her head and climbed onto the bike. He then sped off with her clinging tightly to him most likely screaming for him to slow down but he did not care and even went faster. They then hung out at the park till lunch where they went to Sharon's favorite restaurant.
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Oz had told her the story about the girl he had dated, knowing that Sharon had wanted to hear that from him and she then went of a rant about him needing to try new aspects of life and that he should try boys and that is how she got onto the topic of Gilbert Nightray.
"You should try him out! Gilbert-kun is so sweet! He'll say 'yes' to anyone who asks him first. I've even seen him with boys!" Sharon says cheerfully to Oz. He sat by her side playing with his food in a bored way as his friend continued on about the history of the schools most popular third year, also known as the Raven of Grief. He had the miserable reputation of dating, making his significant other to fall in love, and leaving them all in one week's time. It was almost as bad as Oz's reputation that was a complete and total lie.
"I'm not one to date boys, Sharon-chan…" Oz says with a small sigh as he looked up from his meal to see her raise an eyebrow. "I've already put that notch into my belt and I'm not interested in that type of relationship so don't even think that I'm going to give it another try." Oz says with a small scowl and Sharon laughed at him. 'Especially with Gilbert...' He thought sadly listening to Sharon laugh at him.
"This is coming from the third year that is known for his amazing one-night-stands! And when did you get that notch, I've never heard of this yet!" She says with joyful laughter and Oz scowls at her. "Oh come on, how many girls have you bang and bailed on in the past month? You can't deny public knowledge so what's wrong with adding a couple of boys to your reputation?" She asks with a slight teasing look in her eyes as Oz rolled his eyes.
"I don't sleep with them, Sharon-chan; I'm not that heartless! I date them for as long as they want and they just fall out of love with me and dump me." Oz says running his fingers through his silky blond hair letting a sigh escape his lips, completely ignoring her comment about boys. Sharon simply shook her head sipping her tea silently not wanting to voice her opinion on Oz's relationships, knowing he already knew what she thought. "We're not on that topic of discussion anyway; you were talking about Nightray-kun." He adds pushing his plate foreword signaling he was done.
"Right... Today's Sunday, every Sunday it happens so what are you going to do?" Sharon says with a small curious look as she glanced behind Oz and a smile graced her lips. "Well… Well, speak of the devil himself. Look who just came in with his girlfriend. Doesn't she look happy to be with him?" Sharon says pointing over at the jet black haired Gilbert that entered the restaurant with this week's girl. She had shoulder length brown hair and had a happy smile on her face as she clung to his arm.
"She looks happy but he looks annoyed, don't blame him, I hate clingy girls." Oz mutters causing Sharon to smack him upside the head.
"You're quite clingy yourself." She says with an annoyed smile on her face as Oz sighs glancing over his shoulder at the raven. "He must be dumping her today… That's the look he always has on Monday when he comes to school." She says with a small sigh looking away from them as they got escorted to a table in the far corner.
"Poor girl… She's going to get her heart ripped out of her chest by the Raven of Grief." Oz says amusedly as he stood up watching Sharon glare at him. "Let's get out of here before the fireworks go off. It'd be annoying to listen to it; he always does it in public." Oz says with a small sigh as he pulled out his wallet and left to pay for their meals. Sharon simply sighed before looking over at Gilbert and his girlfriend with a sad look in her eyes.
"I wonder how you're going to react to that letter, Gilbert-kun." Sharon whispers letting a small smile form on her lips standing up from her seat as she made her way to where Oz was waiting. "So Oz-kun, who is your girlfriend tonight, since you change them every day I simply cannot keep track." She says calmly wanting to Oz to tell her his plans so hers would not be ruined.
"I don't have a new one every day! And I don't have one right now for your information… I'm not going to bother with getting a new one the next few months because my sister is back from her boarding school for summer break and she'd be pissed if she found out I was seeing other girls." Oz says with a bored look on his face as they exited the restaurant. "Too bad for you Sharon-chan, what are you going to do when both of your gossip muses are single because of the summer break?" He says teasingly as Sharon smiles a gentle smile but Oz knew that she was thinking up a plan and tensed. Sensing his tension Sharon let out a small giggle and did a little double step amusedly.
"My, you're right; what will I do?" She says cupping her cheeks slightly causing Oz to look at her nervously, worrying about what she was planning but he decided it was best to ignore his nerves and continue on.
"I wonder why Alice couldn't come with you to cheer me up! I'm heartbroken here!" Oz says quickly changing the subject with fake sorrow before Sharon decided to pull him into her plot.
"She probably had plans come up suddenly, and I hardly call you heartbroken." Sharon says with a small giggle and Oz pouted.
"Oh shut up..." Oz says in annoyance that she was making fun of him but knowing that it was to make him feel better.
"She probably got invited to an all you can eat restaurant by one of her many boyfriends." She says with a small giggle as Oz stopped in front of his motorbike.
"You want a ride?" He asks pointing behind his back and Sharon giggled.
"No, that's alright. Not after this morning Oz Vessalius, never again; besides Break is here to pick me up." She says with a small smile as she walked over to the black and purple mustang that had just pulled into the parking lot.
"Okay your loss! Have fun Break, make sure you speed!" He shouts to the two as Sharon got into the car. He watched as Break pulled out of the parking lot and peel away causing Oz to laugh. 'Sharon's going to be mad at me for suggesting the speeding to that maniac.' Oz thought with a slight grin on his face as he heard the door open to the restaurant. He ignored it and climbed onto his bike as the shoulder length brown haired girl runs past with tears in her eyes. 'There she goes…' He thought as he looked at the entrance to see the black haired man exiting the building with a frown. He looked at Oz with a calm stare before Oz pulled his bike out of the parking space and drove off.
'I don't blame Sharon-chan for trying to hook me up but I am not going to date him! I may have been dumped many times in my eighteen years of life but doesn't mean I banged and bailed them. Is that what everyone thinks? God, I feel like a whore now.' Oz thought bitterly as he sped around a corner and down the street toward his town's outlet mall. 'Oh well I shouldn't be worrying too much about it. Sharon-chan couldn't get me to date him, even if she threatened me into my grave.' He thought smirking as he pulled over to the side of the road.
"Oniichan!" A girl with long wavy blond shouts as she runs up to the bike and Oz pulls off his helmet and smiled at her.
"Hey Ada, wait long?" He says sweetly to the girl, who was Ada Vessalius, his younger sister.
"No, I just finished lunch!" She says smiling happily as she took the helmet from him and pulled it onto her head.
"Great, I won't go too fast so you won't be sick… Did Jack make it up to you for not being able to come?" Oz says helping his sister climb onto the bike before taking off at a decent speed.
"Um…Yes?" Ada shouts over the roar of the engine as they quickly rounded a corner toward the mall.
"It's going to be great! All of your little girlfriends are going to have a great time!" Oz shouts speeding down the road.
"Wha-?" Ada shouts because she couldn't hear as they spin around the corner and she squeals in delight as she squeezed him because she felt like she'd be flung off. "Oniichan!" She shouted as Oz laughed at her, spinning the bike around to land a parking spot.
"Have fun?" He says grinning at her as she pried herself off of the bike and laughed.
"That was dangerous! You shouldn't do things like that, you'll get yourself killed!" Ada scolds but her grin said that she wasn't mad at all.
"Eh, it hasn't killed me yet." Oz says playfully as Ada giggled at him taking his arm happily. She then pulled him toward the mall's entrance and then to the closest dress shop. She began looking through the dresses as Oz stood there watching her with a small smile on his face.
"How about this one, Niisan, is it cute?" Ada says pulling out a bright red tube top dress that flowed out and around. Oz felt his lips twitching hating when his sister would do this to him; he hated the fact he had to help her pick out outfits every time she went shopping.
"It looks pretty, Ada. I think it'd look beautiful on you." Oz says sweetly as she handed him the dress for her to try on. She continued to look through the clothing and Oz sighed and decided to look around for something to do.
"Here!" Ada says cheerfully handing Oz three more dresses before Oz could even blink and she was off again.
'She's going to try on fifty dresses and then make me pick just like the last time we went shopping.' Oz thought in disgust as he looked over at the entrance of the store to see a white haired girl entering the store with a slight smile on her face as she began looking at the dresses. Oz let out a small laugh because he knew the young woman and how much she loved to shop.
"Nii-san, I'm ready to go try on my dresses!" Ada says happily putting two more puffy frilled dresses into Oz's arms and pulling him off to the changing stales. She then grabbed them and put them into the stale before shutting it. Oz let out a small sigh before pulling his phone out of his pocket and text the girl who he knew that was looking at dresses. After a moment he got a reply and texted her back quickly. He then let a small grin form onto his face waiting for the girl to come and find him. "How does it look, Niisan?" Ada says cheerfully jumping out in the red dress she had first picked out and Oz tilted his head slightly looking her over.
"Hmm... It does really suit your figure, Ada." Oz says looking up at her face again and Ada pouted before looking beside him.
"Well I think that's a lovely color on you." The white haired girl says with a slight smile as Oz looked at her grinning.
"Hey Alyss, are you shopping too?" Oz says curiously as Ada walked over to stand by her brother.
"Just browsing..." She says smiling as she looked at Ada. "My I really do love the color of that dress." She says happily and Ada gives her a small smile.
"Yeah I thought the same thing, Niisan, who's this?" She says curiously as Alyss giggled softly.
"I am Alyss... Alyss W. Rabbit. I am Alice B. Rabbit's twin sister... and yes I bleach my hair, everyone asks." She says casually looking at Oz amusedly before placing her hand on her hip.
"Oh, it's nice to meet you, I thought you looked familiar! I'm Ada Vessalius, Oz's younger sister. I'm only younger by a year though." Ada says with a slight bow and Alyss nods knowing who she was because of Oz's text.
"It's lovely to meet you, Ada-chan but I can't believe you have Oz choosing your dress... I mean boys don't know anything about style, just look at him! He's wearing a button up shirt with a pair of plaid shorts, a red tie with an old brown sleeveless jacket. That's so eighteenth century shota apparel." Alyss says causing Oz to pout and cross his arms.
"I am not a shota..." He says looking away with a pout on his face as Ada giggled at him before smiling at Alyss.
"That is true but I like my brother's opinions on what I'm wearing to things like this." Ada says with a grin and Alyss nods and steps forward, whispering something into her ear. "Really? Are you sure?" Ada says with a slight shock as she looked at her brother with curious eyes as Alyss continued to grin. "That'll be so much fun!" She says with an excited grin as she took Alyss's hand. "Will you help me pick out an outfit?" She says happily and Alyss grabs her hands back.
"Of course I will." She says gleefully as she looks at Oz. "Oz, why don't you go hang out in the food court until us girls are finished." Alyss says and Oz smiled at them.
"Only if Ada wants me too..." Oz says sweetly looking at his sister who nodded excitedly and he shrugged. "Okay... I'll be in the food court. We'll get some treats after you guys are done... My treat..." He says with a wink to Alyss who nodded and pulled Ada into the changing stale to continue dressing her up. 'No matter who it is she loves dressing them up in strange outfits... and they usually end up being a hit at any party, especially the formal parties.' Oz thought smiling happily. 'And I don't have to feel like a homo looking at dresses all afternoon.' He thought walking out to the food courts pulling his phone out and calling his cousin Jack knowing he was getting ready for his shift. "Hey Jack... You single?" Oz says as his cousin answered his phone.
"Why?" Jack says in a bored tone as Oz grinned.
"Well remember that white haired girl from my class?" Oz says curiously as he listened to the silence on his cousin's end.
"Yeah..." He says after a moment with a sigh. "She was the life of your last party wasn't she?" Jack says casually and Oz laughed.
"She usually is... Remember how you said you wanted to meet her?" Oz says and Jack laughs.
"Duh, I want to meet her; talk to her and not wonder what she's really like!" Jack shouts into the receiver.
"But you never asked but she did so I thought I'd call you and give you her number." Oz says joyfully knowing Jack was excited about what was happening. "Do you want it?" He asks teasingly already knowing the answer.
"Yes and this better not be a trick to humiliate me Oz! I still remember last time!" He says in a serious voice because of the last time Oz had given him a number.
"It's not a trick! I told you that it was a total accident, I didn't mean to give you the wrong number!" Oz says with a pout before he gave Jack Alyss's cell number. "Have fun... I've got to go now; Ada will be back any minute from dress shopping." Oz says with a chuckle and Jack laughs.
"Okay, but I'll thank you after I find out if this is her real number." Jack says in a serious voice and Oz laughs again.
"Okay bye." He says hanging up his phone and sighing. 'Done and done... Now I won't owe Alyss anymore and she'll be ecstatic when she hears.' Oz thought laughing softly as he stopped at an empty table. He then sat down watching the people pass, groups of girls, boys looking for girls to hit on, couples spending the day with each other. Oz sighed watching them before pulling out his phone remembering that he had to do something. He opened his phone and searched through it deleting the pictures of his last girlfriend. Once he was done with that he opened a folder that he'd never delete in a millions of years. He smiled softly at the pictures feeling a little sad but that's when he heard his sister call for him from across the court. He shut his phone and waved at her happily watching her and Alyss run towards him with Ada's dress and a couple other bags.
"Niisan! We've got a surprise for you!" Ada says cheerfully as the two stop in front of his table.
"Yes, I believe you'll really enjoy it!" Alyss says setting the bag she had been carrying in front of Oz.
"Okay, what is it?" Oz says calmly waiting for them to show him what their surprise was for him.
"You have to promise you'll wear it, no matter how much you hate it." Alyss says with a slight giggle.
"Yeah, you have to promise, Niisan. Promise you'll wear it tonight at our party." Ada says with excitement in her eyes.
"Um... Okay. I promise Ada." Oz says wondering why they were making him promise them as they squealed in delight. They then pulled out the contents of the bag and Oz's eyes widened in shock. "No way in hell!" Oz says with a scowl on his face.
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Oz stood at his sisters parties in the corner with a look of detest because his sister practically forced him into the outfit her and Alyss had bought for him. He was wearing a pair of tight shorts that felt like silk but looked like leather. They stopped at the middle of his thighs where black stocking covered the rest of his legs. His shirt was a red tank top that was obviously too small for him, exposing his stomach slightly. It was covered with a long black sleeveless jacket that went to his knees but when he tried to button the jacket up, Ada threw a fit and unbuttoned it again saying he looked cute with it unbuttoned. Oz thought he looked like a flamer but he knew Ada would get mad if he said anything like that to her. So he had to deal with it even though his pride was completely crushed when she showed him the healed ankle boot that resembled a pair woman's boots, which he was currently wearing as he stood watching girls whisper and giggle as they passed him.
'This is humiliating... I can't believe I really gave Jack Alyss's number. She doesn't deserve that call.' He thought bitterly knowing that Ada had invited Alyss to come to the party to celebrate their new friendship. "I regret even introducing them to each other..." Oz mutters staring down at his hand that had black gloves on them that only had one finger on them leaving the rest exposed. He let out a small growl as he began picking at the black nail polish Ada had painted his nails with. After a while of picking he finally got all of it off only to hear a small giggle from beside him and he looked over to see Sharon standing there with her secret boyfriend Xerexes Break. "Don't laugh... I'm not happy about wearing this." Oz says bitterly watching Sharon smile at him.
"But it fits your personality so well!" Sharon says with a laugh as the silver haired Break laughs in agreement.
"Yes, the Sadistic Shota boy." Break says with amusement in his voice causing Oz to glare at him.
"Oh shut up, Xerexes! I know for a fact that your Sharon's bitch, so don't even try to characterize me." Oz says with a hiss and Break continued to laugh softly not denying anything that was just said.
"Put a pair of cat ears and a collar on you an' give you a whip for a tail and you'd be a perfect for the S&M club down town. I'll drop you off if you'd like, they'll simply love a sixteen year old shota." Break says causing Oz to gasp in disgust before glaring at him with an 'Oh like hell I will go' glare as Sharon cleared her throat.
"Break Please, that's completely inappropriate for this party's atmosphere." Sharon says sweetly holding her hands together acting all innocent but Oz knew she had a dangerous side behind that innocent face and it was emerging.
"Right... I'm sorry My Lady." He says with a small chuckle and Sharon elbows him in the side playfully.
"Get a room you two; in fact let me show you to a room so I don't have to watch." Oz says looking away from them not wanting to know what they did in their spare time.
"Hey look! There's Gilbert-kun." Sharon says excitedly pointing over to the entrance and Oz frowned.
"Yeah, he's in my grade Elliot and his best friend, Reo. She invited them even though our family's dislike each other. I'm surprised that they even showed up. I suppose it's because it's rude to ignore an invitation to a party." Oz says in an annoyed voice crossing his arms. 'The only reason I don't like them is because they took him away from me. I have no other particular reason to dislike them other than that.' Oz thought frowning at the blonde male that was hanging on Gilbert's arm. 'That's Gilbert's younger brother, Vincent... he's a second year.' Oz thought looking over to Sharon and he noticed that Break had a small scowl on his face. Oz smirked glad that he wasn't the only person that disliked the blonde.
"Hey, he's looking over here at you, Oz..." Sharon says teasingly and Oz rolled his eyes and looked off into a different direction than he was looking before making sure not to look in Gilbert's direction.
"No way... Why the hell would he be looking over here at me? We're not friends at all, the only reason he would be looking at me would be my disgusting outfit." Oz says in a nonchalant voice as he raised his one hand and shrugged his shoulders.
"Or it could be that Oujo-sama wrote a love letter to him and had it signed as you." Break says causing Sharon to giggle at the expression on Oz's face.
"You did WHAT?" Oz shouts at the top of his lungs causing a couple of people to look at him curiously. "To the balcony now, you two!" Oz growls pulling the two to the balcony; once they were there and he shooed people away he shut the door and glared at the two with an annoyed stare. "Why the hell did you give Gilbert a love letter supposedly written by me? Has having this creep inside you made you go mad? Do you realize what this is going to do if someone finds out? What if Ada finds out and tells my dad? I could get kicked out of the house or even sent to away to some Siberian training camp!" Oz shouts at the two of them knowing Sharon was also of a Dukedom household and she knew the rules very well but broke them and dated Break in secret, hiding it from her family.
"You're both Dukedoms... I don't see the problem." Break says amusedly as Oz scowls at him in annoyance.
"We're both boys! His family might not care but mine does!" Oz says coldly and Break chuckled.
"Right... I think there is more to this than what you're telling us." Break says amusedly watching Oz's face turn a slight pink color as he looked away. "You two have a drunken fling at a party or something?" Break says with a slight grin and Oz rolled his eyes not wanting to tell the rumor king and queen anything about his past relationships.
"No way, why the hell are you two suddenly interested in my love life anyway? I tell you when I start dating a girl and when I break up! So why, the hell, are you trying to hook me up with a Nightray? You know our families cannot stand each other!" He yells with a glare at Break before Sharon started to laugh sweetly.
"Because your relationships never seem to last long enough for that person to get to know you, I felt responsible and just simply had to take action by find someone that was your type." Sharon says happily watching Oz glare at her.
"A guy is not my type! A guy is someone I will play football with not tonsil hockey. I am not gay!" Oz says looking away from them with his statement as clear as day.
"But it's only for a few weeks... you know. He usually doesn't date anyone longer than seven days. Plus you said you already had this notch in your belt so it should be easy for you…" Sharon says calmly watching Oz grimaced. She then scowled and put her hands on her hips in annoyance. "Well if you don't date him, I'll just have to tell Ada about the girls you banged and then dumped. I am sure they'll all back up my story." She says in a sickly-sweet tone causing Oz to tense and look at her just to make sure she was serious and she was. Oz only let out an annoyed growl before looking away from them once again. "Good, now we'll give you some time to think. You better do it right, Oz. If you don't I'll make you regret it." She says with a small giggle and Oz let out another growl before he listened to them leave.
'I can't believe her! Damn it... I thought I would never agree to one of these schemes of hers... but if Ada found out about all those stupid girl, who'd say anything just to get something she'd have me sent to military school or something worse... a school away from the manor.' Oz thought with a small pout as he leaned against the railing looking out over the dark gardens of his home. 'Just great, I hope someone else already asked him before he got that damn letter. I won't be able to handle spending time with someone, that's already rejected me, even if he doesn't remember it. If there's a God he's so cruel.' Oz thought with a slight scowl as he stared up at the night sky. He sat out there drowning in his thoughts until he heard the door open and he sighed ignoring the person, already knowing who it was by the footsteps. 'No matter how many years pass you still have the same footsteps…' He thought sadly feeling a sense of nostalgia forming in his heart.
"Oz Vessalius, right...?" A male's deep voice says and Oz looked back with a calm look on his face with little to no surprise that he was right on who it was that approached him.
'I should just tell him it was a cruel prank done by Sharon-chan and Break.' He thought watching the black haired man stand in front of him with a small shy look. 'I need to just tell him that it wasn't me.' "Yes, that's me." He says softly feeling his chest tighten slightly because he hadn't really talked to Gilbert since the incident and the thought of having to talk to him now was beyond nerve wrecking. "Are you enjoying the party? Ada is somewhere in the manor, if you wish to give her your regards." He says with a slight forced smile before he looked at the ground.
"I...I am… Um...I wasn't looking for your sister, I-I was looking for you. I-I…got your letter." Gilbert says softly looking to the side as he held up the letter looking a bit guilty for some reason but Oz didn't even notice it.
"Yeah?" Oz says awkwardly looking up at him suddenly feeling really embarrassed. "I bet you get a lot of those." He says trying to sound annoyed but he it sounded weak and embarrassed. 'Too bad for you it wasn't really from me! You're so stupid to not realize that it's a trick! You've never even spoken to me since that accident and you don't even remember me!' He thought trying to focus on what was happening and not his own thoughts.
"Not really...I-I usually throw them away or ignore them… I think that the emotions are usually fake so I don't..." He says looking back at Oz who twitched at the eye contact.
'Then why didn't you do it to that one! The one that was obviously not from me! It's not filled with my emotions, it's a complete fake! You're so stupid to think I would write you one.' Oz thought with a small scowl that looked more like a pout. "What's so special about th-mine?" Oz says with a slight tilt to his head trying to act curious as to why Gilbert would keep that particular one. Gilbert shifted slightly before giving Oz a slight smile; scratching the back of his head embarrassedly.
"I've been noticing you a lot recently... I mean we're not in the same grade so we have never talked but I'm friends with Jack and… He talks about you a lot." Gilbert says with a slight embarrassed look on his face "And when we pass in the hall you're always seemed to avoid eye contact, but you were always laughing and smiling with your friends, I thought that I'd like to get to know you a little better and maybe become friends but something kept me from doing so." He says lowering his gaze as if ashamed of his cowardliness. "But when I got your letter I thought it'd be a good chance to get to know you. I was happy that you wrote me a letter." He says softly looking down at the letter with a small frown. "This is the first time I accepted a letter, I prefer a straight forward confession but I would like to go out with you." Gilbert says calmly not looking at Oz as if it was too embarrassing to say while looking at him and Oz stared at him for a moment not able to breath.
'Just tell him no... Never again... Just say no.' He thought opening his mouth to say 'no'. "N-Okay... Thank you." Oz says softly unconsciously slapping himself for not saying what he wanted to say. 'AH! Damn it! Why am I saying yes?' Oz shouts in his head as he looked up at Gilbert with a bright pink face.
"Would you like to go get something to eat with me?" Gilbert says softly watching Oz stare at him another moment before looking towards the door.
"Sure... There's a lot of good food at the buffet." Oz says calmly walking towards the door but Gilbert stopped him.
"Um… I meant tomorrow, like a date. Since Saturday was the last day of school, I thought it'd be nice thing to start off the summer with." Gilbert says embarrassed because he had to explain his self and looked down at his hand that was holding Oz's sleeve. Oz didn't answer him for a minute before he looked back at Gilbert with a slight smile.
"Okay... I know a nice place we can go to, my treat." Oz says smiling at Gilbert who looked up at him with a small smile. 'Maybe you'll start to remember if you went there.' He thought feeling a bit embarrassed that Gilbert was still holding on to his sleeve.
"Yeah, we can go anywhere you like." He says softly and Oz nods in acceptance, deciding just for a little while he'd do this, just to satisfy Sharon's lust for gossip but he knew he was going to get those two back somehow.
"Would you like to go back in?" He asks letting go of Oz's hand before reaching out for the handle of the door but it opened and Sharon tackled the two.
"So it's official! Finally!" She shouts wrapping her arms around Oz's neck, squeezing him to death. "I knew when I noticed the way you two acted around each other that you'd agree to this!" She squeals happily as Break chuckles while standing in the door way.
"Sharon-chan, let go of me! I hate you... Let me go! You're cruel and hurtful. Never speak to me again!" Oz shouts pushing at her trying to get the girl to let him go.
"Now, now! You'll be thanking me by the end of the week when that bad habit of yours is over." She says happily and Oz rolled his eyes and grabbing Gilbert's hand.
"Come on! Let's get out of here... These two are intolerable!" Oz says in annoyance pushing Break out of the way before pulling him into the ball room, where many people were dancing and chatting with each other.
"What did she mean by bad habit?" Gilbert says curiously and Oz sighed.
"She thinks I'm a whore." Oz says calmly pressing his nose between his thumb and index finger.
"Are you?" Gilbert asked curiously and Oz pouted.
"No... I've only slept with one person my entire life and just because I dumped a girl or didn't give them what they wanted they spread rumors of me sleeping with girls on the side while I was dating them and saying that I forced them to have sex. I was a middle school student, why the heck would I do such things? It's all a bunch of bull... I'm still not even mildly interested in sex!" Oz says with a small frown, watching Gilbert stare at him with a raised eye brow. "It's the truth! Don't judge me…" He says crossing his arms before Gilbert chuckled softly.
"Really, I've never knew that there was such a person that is like that with such a reputation like the one I heard of…" Gilbert says amusedly and Oz looked at him with a shocked look.
"Oh please, don't say that! I already know I have a bad reputation…" Oz says with a small whine as he looked up at Gilbert with pouting eyes and lips. Gilbert blinked before he looked away and apologized. 'Why is he apologizing? I just told him not to say that!' He thought sadly and Gilbert smiled slightly but watching Oz think before he saw blonde hair.
"Oniichan! This is where you were! I was looking for you." The blonde male says happily hugging Gilbert tightly and Gilbert sighed annoyed that his brother interrupted his first moments of his new relationship.
"Vincent… Please let go of me." Gilbert says calmly trying to pry the younger male off of him but the male, Vincent, only tightened his grip.
"No way… Why are you over here talking to a Vessalius anyway? You're going to catch some sort of disease, I'm sure he has all sorts of them." Vincent says causing Gilbert to flinch and glare at his brother before looking at Oz apologetically. Oz simply smiled at Vincent and gave him a small bow before he excused his self and walked away.
'Such an ass whole… I hate them so much.' Oz thought coldly feeling a prick of pain in his heart. 'Gilbert's a Nightray now but there's nothing different about him… even though he's forgotten, even though he's taller and more handsome than I ever could be, even though he's got the Nightray name… I-I can't hate him.' Oz thought thinking about Gilbert's reputation and he frowned. 'I-I'll only be a week for him... I'll make it so he won't forget it! He'll be so sexually frustrated by the end of this week! I'll show him how much of a bitch it is to be with a Vessalius, and that we're not easy or loose or have diseases! I'll show them how hard it is to get into my pants…' Oz thought with a small scowl before stopping in mid-step trying to fight the anger away from his mind. 'I should just treat him the way I treat the girls… They like to leave me after I've done everything they wanted, but I guess they all wanted the one thing I refused… sex.' Oz thought as he stopped in front of the buffet to see a brown haired girl stuffing her face. She seemed to notice him and waved but instantly scowled when she realized Oz was in pain and on the verge of crying. "Heh, maybe then he'd remember something about me." He whispered rubbing his eyes as the girl moved around the table to stand in front of him with a serious look.
"Who's hurt you this time, Oz?" She states in a pissed way as Gilbert appeared behind Oz grabbing his shoulder gently to get his attention.
"Oz, I-I'm sorry about Vincent! He says some really careless things but he doesn't mean it… I don't know what got into him!" Gilbert says in a slight panic as Alice grimaced at him before setting her plate down and standing beside Oz with a threatening aura.
"Alice-san, please be nice! T-this is Gilbert Nightray… H-He's my new b-" Oz says not able to finish his sentence because Alice grabbed him by the head and pressed his face to her shoulder protectively.
"I don't care who he is! If he makes you want to cry then I don't like him." Alice shouts watching Gilbert look at the two of them with shocked eyes before he scowled.
"You don't even know me so why are you saying you don't like me you stupid brat!" Gilbert shouts back surprising Oz slightly at the tone of his voice. "Besides who are you anyway to suddenly accuse me of hurting someone!" He states with a small glare and Alice hissed.
"Alice-san, please stop fighting with my boyfriend... You know that I hate when you fight with my dates." Oz says with a small whine to his voice and she flinched before releasing him before blushing slightly.
"So you're giving men another try…" She muttered crossing her arms with a small sigh. "When did your girlfriend break up with you? Why wasn't I informed that she did?" She questions giving Oz a serious look and Oz felt uncomfortable telling Alice what had happened because Gilbert was standing there.
"It was a while ago! You've been so busy with your boyfriend that you don't ever answer your phone." Oz says crossing his arms knowing that it wasn't exactly the truth but it would get him through this awkward situation.
"Wow… seriously? You really suck at keeping a girlfriend." Alice says with an unfazed look and Oz scowls before glancing at Gilbert who was looking at Alice with an annoyed look. "Maybe you'll be able to keep this one longer than your girlfriends. You better not hurt Oz or I'll hurt you Seaweed head, it'll be okay since you're a guy..." She says turning away from them walking down the long buffet to find more to eat.
"Just who is that ill-mannered brat?" Gilbert asks and Oz lets out a soft laugh, scratching the back of his head.
"That's Alice B. Rabbit… She's my friend and a star soccer player. She's usually pretty nice but she gets like that sometimes. I'm sorry about her rude attitude, she's like that with everyone I talk to, dating or not. She kind of considers me her little brother." Oz says with a slight smiles at he felt Gilbert shift uncomfortably. "I don't care about what your brother said about me or my family… It's just rumor and speculation. So don't let it bother you!" He says leaning back onto his right leg as he tilted his head up to look at the taller man.
"But… I don't feel the same way my brothers do." Gilbert says softly before patting Oz's head. "Maybe we should talk about it later." He says softly ruffling Oz's hair before Oz frowned and looked down at his hands.
"Okay…" Oz says quietly not wanting to talk about it because he knew he'd explode and say things he didn't mean about the younger Nightray. 'It does bother me but it's not like I don't acknowledge that they're both drop dead gorgeous and the fact they're adopted... Elliot is good looking too but he's my friend, we've been in the same class since the first year of Elementary school and Leo's been at Elliot's side since we were thirteen.' Oz thought as he watched Gilbert stare at the crowd of people. 'But it doesn't matter if I like his family or if I even like him... after all this is just a game to people like him. He never felt the same; he only did those things because it was his duty to.' He thought with a sigh as he crossed his arms and watched the people dance with Gilbert by his side.
Kyuun's notes:
I wrote it about a year ago and just never got around to finishing it or publishing it until now because of writers block for my other stories.
I tried my hardest to keep Oz and Gilbert into their origional characters as well as the rest of the Pandora Hearts Cast. lol...
Enjoy the story! Please Review... If you guys like it enough, I'll post Chapter 2.