Our new story starts out in a dark bedroom at the start of a new day. A new day for Ichijo Kuro. Our twenty-two-year-old protagonist. That is if you can call him that. You'll see why I say that.
Beep Beep Beep
Urgh! What the hell is that noise.
Oh… My Alarm.
"Urgh" Ichijo sighed as he fights his sheets trying to untangle himself from their cottony grasp.
"Shit, why does it have to be the most obnoxious sound in the world." He curses. Finally, able to reach out to hit the off button he sighs a great relief.
"The concept of 8 am classes shouldn't even exist" he scoffed trying to get out of the cozy prison that is his bed.
"Damn it!. Why the hell is it so damn freezing. Why do I pay for heating when it isn't even on most of the time" he swears as soon as his unprotected feet hit the cold brick floor.
As Ichijo attempts to get ready for the long tiresome day of school and work he manages to crash into every piece of furniture he owns.
"What the f-"
bang, bang, bang
"Hey Kuro! Let's go times a wasting" beckons the annoying cousin next door
"Yeah, yeah I'm coming don't get your boxers in a knot." He yells back. Finally, able to get a pair of decently clean clothes on and looking somewhat presentable he opens his door to meet with a flying left kick.
"What the hell you moron why every single time must you do this." He screams nursing his bruised cheek (and ego)
"That's sad man where's the ace martial arts man I grew up with. I swear it's like he was swallowed up by some pansy. Ha-ha" chuckles Hisao, Ichijo's cousin/best friend and roommate.
"Shut up" he replied.
"Yeah, yeah whatever let's just hurry, or we'll be late. Again." He said offering a hand to the defeated man.
"Pfft. As if I need your help." He scoffed and slapped the hand away. "Get the car started. I need to grab something to eat."
"Fine just don't be too long." He said as he started to retreat to the shared garage.
"Sigh. I know he's a decent guy and my cousin but damn he gets on my nerves" he whispers under his breath as he stands up and heads to the kitchen.
The drive to campus was all in all about twenty minutes on a good day. This was not one of those.
BEEP BEEP
"Hurry up you idiot you're going twenty on a forty!" Hisao says screaming out the window at the traffic up ahead.
"Dear god, get us there before I strangle this fool with my bare hands. Who gets pissed off at traffic when it's his fault we are on this road at this time" he thinks not admitting it's as much his fault as Hisao's
Twenty minutes earlier.
"Hey man what, do you think of taking Dojo pass instead of the usual route?" Hisao asked fiddling around with the stereo.
"Hmm? Oh, sure what the hell why not we're already late for the first class what's a little detour" Ichijo responds not paying attention to what he agreed to and its consequences.
"What was that dream all about? Who were those people and why did it feel so familiar, most importantly who was that woman in the black shihakusho?" Now that he has time to sit back and relax his dream from this morning comes back to him, as well as the questions that came with it.
"Oh crap!" Just as Ichijo was about to drift off to sleep Hisao's curse brought him back to the present.
"What's up? He asks
"Look ahead. I blame you for this." Hisao replied pointing towards the windshield at the outside world.
"What the hell!" He screamed once he notices why they weren't moving. Miles and miles of red lights and angry drivers honking horns told him just how wrong it was to daydream with his dobe of a cousin in the front seat.
"This is so not how my day was supposed to turn out." He thought.
And oh, how right he was. This day is not going to be like any other day for what seemed like just an ordinary strange dream with obvious meaning is going to open a whole new world for our young Ichijo. And just wait until they find out who is moving into the next-door apartment. Till next time.
Hey everyone! I'm back and with a new story. Let me know how you like the first chapter of Who Are You?. I am new to creative writing yet not to bleach, and I hope I am keeping the main guys in character. Open and would love to hear your honest opinion. Next chapter will be out in the next few days or earlier depending on the flow of creativity in my head.
Bye!
~FanFicBear