Hey guys! It's me again with ANOTHER new story! It has come to my attention by a valued reviewer that my stories are all dramatic, full of character death, and very sexual. Well, TODAY THAT ALL CHANGES! I introduce to you the story of Camera Shy! Like all of my other stories, this is indeed yaoi. The pairings are RedxGreen, implied RedxBlue (as an obstacle to the RedxGreen), and VioxShadow. Those are my FAVORITE pairings, so be expecting them a lot. Especially VioxShadow, for those two are both simply adorable! I will try to have no graphic sex in this one, yet there WILL be sexual situations! And yes, there still will be drama. I'm warning you know, I'm thinking of potentially implying rape later in the story, but nothing graphic. It's mainly fluff. So, without further ado, I GIVE YOU CAMERA SHY!

The school play, a time for the children to impress their parents and partake in an activity that involved memorization, coordination, and teamwork. It was the night of the big play and all the parents were lined up in their seats, some with video recorders to capture their kids shining moments on stage.

A young boy, no more than 9 years old sat backstage, dressed in a peasants outfit with various holes and patches in the fabric to make it look like he actually was an old time farmer. His head was in his hands and his eyes were down casted to the floor nervously. This was his moment to shine!

"Red!"

The voice called out past the other kids' as another boy ran up to him. Instantly the boy, known as Red, stopped looking at the floor and up to his best friend Green, his eyes shining in excitement. "Green!" Red called back and stood up, hugging his friend who was also dressed as a peasant.

"I can't believe it, Red! It's finally the big day!" said Green excitedly as he hugged the smaller boy back, motivation on his face.

"I know! B-but…" stuttered Red nervously, glancing to the stage and gulping. "What if I mess up? I'll be laughed at!"

Green smiled at Red encouragingly, holding his shoulders gently and having him look into his sapphire blue eyes. "You're going to do fine, Red! We'll do this TOGETHER." Red looked at Green and smiled, nodding to him and getting an adorably motivated face, trying to mimic Green's.

"Yeah, I can do this!" he said, throwing a fist into the air in excitement. Green simply smiled at him before their teacher ran in, shouting out over the chatter to get the kids attention. "Places everyone!" she stated before running back to the stage, beginning the announcements to the audience.

All the kids quickly ran to their places behind the curtain, each one looking more excited than the last. A few troublemakers even peeked out of the curtains to stick their tongue out to the crowd.

Red instantly stiffened, squeaking in alarm while looking back and forth in a panic, his motivation gone. "E-Ep! It's time Green! I-I'm not ready!" he stuttered, his heart pounding in alarm and panic. Green gave Red a quick hug, trying his best to calm him down in the small amount of time left. "You'll do great, Red!" after he said that, Green gave Red a smile before running to his place.

Red began panicking. Where was he supposed to stand again! He looked around helplessly before his friend Vio waved him over, occasionally glancing at the curtain in worry that it will rise before Red was in place. "Over here! You're supposed to stand next to me!" he hastily whispered, only loud enough to catch Red's attention.

Red looked at Vio in gratitude, running next to him just in time to watch the curtain rise.

Red's eyes widened impossibly wide at the sight of the crowd. The place was packed! He instantly shrank down, taking a few steps back as a feeling of great nervousness and almost nausea washed over him. Vio looked at Red in alarm, quickly grabbing his arm and whispering to him. "Red! What are you doing!"

Red stumbled forward hesitantly when Vio grabbed his arm, his body now trembling from his nervousness. "I-I can't do this Vio! There are too many people! Th-they're all going to be looking at me!" he whimpered in fear, almost close to tears.

"Red calm down, you have only two lines." Vio stated, listening close to the dialogue of the play for when his and Red's lines come up. "It's not as big of a deal as your making it out to be."

Red looked up at Vio, still close to tears as he nodded in understanding to him, staying silent and doing everything he can to not be noticed by the crowd.

Before he knew it, it was almost time for his line. Red played as the youngest brother, Timmy, in a poor farming family going through the Great Depression. Their family was currently fighting over money issues on whether to sell their cow for much needed money or keep it for the nourishing milk it produces.

Vio played his part, stepping in between of the fighting parents and saying his line, staying in character perfectly. "Please stop fighting mother, father! You're upsetting little Timmy!" he pointed to Red, which was his signal that it was time for his line.

Reds mouth instantly went dry and his hands got clammy, his entire body trembling as all of the audience turned to him. He saw his parents wave to him, each sporting smiling faces and proud eyes. He simply froze in his place, however, as his mind went blank.

He couldn't remember his line from how nervous he was..

Everyone soon looked at Red, Vio getting panicked as he saw the look for pure terror in Red's eyes. Green started signaling to Red in a panic, trying to snap his best friend out of the trance he was in.

Red simply continued to look at the crowd in a panic, tears quickly welling up into his eyes. Some people in the crowd were whispering amongst each other, confused and wondering if this was a part of the play or not.

Their teacher nearly had a panic attack, waving her arms frantically from the side of the stage to get Red to speak.

Red buried his face into his hands, crying loudly as he ran backstage and right out the exit. The teacher fell backwards, fainting from the thought of the play being a disaster and ruining all of the kids' hard work.

Vio watched in alarm when Red ran off, yet knew the play had to continue. "See!" he said to the confused classmates playing the parents. "I told you that you had upset him!"

It took a few seconds, but soon everyone caught on to Vio's plan and continued making up lines until the play was back on the script. Green, however, ran right after Red in a panic, not caring about anything else than his best friend.

Red ran through the streets behind the school, quickly making his way over to a nearby, abandoned playground. It was dark outside at the moment, but Red didn't care about the possible danger. Finally reaching the playground, he crawled under the beaten and worn down jungle gym to continue his crying.

Green looked everywhere around the school for Red, repeatedly calling the smaller boys name in a panic. "Red! Red!" he called, listening for an answer that never came. He began panicking, wondering where he could have gone while it was so dark out.

Instantly it hit him, though. Green quickly made his way through the streets, heading towards the old and abandoned play ground that Red and he used to go to when they were even younger. Ever since a bunch of big business buildings were built around the park, no one went to it anymore and eventually it was forgotten.

As expected, when he arrived at the park his ears were instantly met with the sound of Red's sobs. Green let out a breath of relief as he heard his friend, stepping under the jungle gym to meet him.

Red was unaware of Green, so when Green rested his hand on Red's shoulder, he instantly jumped and let out a scream of fear. "AHHHH!" he screamed, jumping up and accidentally hitting his head on the top of the set.

Instantly he recoiled back, holding his head in pain while sobbing even louder. "O-ow! I hit my head!" he choked, trembling even more. "I-It hurts so badly!"

Green gasped in alarm, instantly grabbing Red and hugging him tightly, rubbing his back to calm the smaller male. "I-I'm so sorry, Red! I didn't mean to scare you!" Green said in a panic, frowning as he watched Red curl tightly against his chest into a ball.

"I-it's okay Green," whimpered Red, still holding his head, "you didn't mean too."

Green gently moved Red's hand aside, gasping as he saw some splashes of red staining Red's golden blonde hair. "Red, you're bleeding!" Green said in a panic, moving his hair aside to inspect the wound better.

Red squeaked in alarm, more tears streaming down his cheeks as he buried his face into Green's chest. Doing that however simply messed up Green's process of checking the wound. Green let out a small sigh, hugging Red close and gently rubbing Red's back. "It's alright Red, I'm here." Green cooed, running his fingers through the smaller boy's hair.

Red slowly began calming down, sniffling as the pain began subsiding. "Th-That hurt so badly..."

Green simply smiled at Red, leading him out from underneath the jungle gym. "It's alright, Red," started Green as he finally brought him and Red out. "I shouldn't have so quickly grabbed you when I knew you must have been scared."

Red finally gained his smile back, trying to rub the tears out of his eyes as he replied playfully, "Yeah, if you do that again, I may just have to hit you." Green smirked playfully, giving Red's shoulder a gentle nudge. "You? Hitting someone? I couldn't imagine that to save my life!"

Red simply giggled in response, flicking Green's nose with his fingers. "Hey, I can be tough if I wanted to!" Green shook his head with a smile, poking Red's nose gently. "I'm sure you could, but promise me that you won't? You're so lovable, last thing that I would want is for you to try to prove you're tough and ruin that."

Red blinked once and tilted his head to the side in slight confusion, then smiled warmly to Green and nodded. "Alright Green, but only because you told me too!" giggled Red innocently, turning away and trying to act like his short tempered and proud friend Blue. Blue just so happened to be Green's older brother, as well.

Green shook his head with a smile, patting Red's head happily. "Alright there tiger, let's go before we worry the crown and play directors."

Red smiled happily and nodded, running off happily towards the direction of the school, yet he collided with something-someone- and fell back, wincing as he landed on his butt. "Ow!" he exclaimed, drawing the attention of the boy he ran into.

Red eyes met cerulean as Red looked up at the strange lad, and instantly squeaked in slight fear. The lad was dressed in all black, with purple dyed hair and red eye contacts for appearance. He had 2 other boys with him, who also were dressed in dark colors and a gothic, strange dyed hair.

The red eyed one growled at Red, turning to him while cracking his knuckles; he was at least 2 years older than Red. "Hey you little punk, watch where you're goin'!" he shouted, causing tears to well up in Red's eyes as he slowly scurried backwards, instantly drawing Green's attention.

Green was on the move at the first sign of trouble, standing between Red and the strange boy in front of him. "Excuse us, but my friend accidentally ran into you, he didn't mean it!" Green recoiled, causing the other to sneer in amusement.

"Oh, so you have to protect your girlfriend?" mocked Shadow, causing the two other boys with him to laugh and point at Green. A light blush of embarrassment spread across Green's cheeks as he looked down at Red, then snarled back in retaliation, "No, for he's a boy, and for two you need a group to follow you around, just so you can feel tough! So you can't talk here"

The red eyed one glared in pure rage and humiliation as his group let out an, "Oooooooh…", at Green's comeback, and instantly he grabbed Green by the collar. "Oh, so you think you feel so tough, huh! Well I'll take you down for that smart ass mouth of yours!"

Green simply glared at the dark boy, standing up tall and motivated at the face of his challenger. "Yeah, not if I shut yours first for making a big deal of an accident!"

Red glanced helplessly from one boy to the other, tears welling up in his eyes as he pathetically pleaded, "Please don't fight guys...pl-please!"

The one on black raised his fist slowly, prepared to strike Green and Green held up his arms to block, yet a voice erupting from the distance stopped the two boys in their tracks.

"Shadow, just what the HELL do you think you are doing with my friends?" a voice said coolly, then revealing itself to be none other than Vio's as he stepped out of the clearing, a package and bouquet in his hands from the play.

Instantly the red eyed boy, now deemed Shadow, turned to Vio, ignoring Green as he walked over to Vio. "Vio!" he exclaimed happily, and the two others with Shadow also were happy to see Vio. Vio gave them a small smile, and then glanced to Red and Green, who were staring at Vio in shock.

'Please don't ask about this, PLEASE don't ask about this!' Vio repeatedly chanted in his head, nervously staring his two friends down.

"Vio, how do you know these people?"

Vio instantly felt a drop of sweat drip down the side of his face when Green asked what he had feared he would ask; so much for his mental prayer.

Vio thought for a minute, then sighed and rested a hand on Shadow's shoulder. "This is my friend, Shadow. Shadow is a 12 year old rebel child who never is at his home, is hardly at school, and usually hangs out with his gang at night."

Green quizzically looked at Vio now, and then Red piped up in curiosity, "Well, how do you know him then? How did you two meet?"

Vio furrowed his brows in frustration, sighing dramatically as he crossed his arms in a defensive posture. "I was coming home from school at night, ran into some trouble, and Shadow was-"Vio didn't get the chance as Shadow jumped in front of Vio, piping in in excitement.

"There he was! Walking alone, scared, in the dead of night!" Vio's palm met his forehead as Shadow began his greatly over-exaggerated tale, shaking his head in disappointment.

"I was walking along the alleyways, my eyes darting from side to side. I knew something was amiss! From my days in the streets, I could smell trouble a mile away! I dashed off towards the source of that trouble, knowing exactly what I would find!"

Red was listening with wide, eager eyes at Shadow's story, like a little kid hearing a story of grand importance. "What would you find!?" he squeaked, excitement and eagerness lacing his tone.

Vio and Green were both unamused with Shadow's story already, and both of them nearly groaned realizing that Red actually believed what Shadow was saying.

"I'll tell you what I did!" exclaimed Shadow in response to Red, "I dashed into the alleyway, gazing upon the poor, 7 year old boy backed up against the wall, clutching a book close to his chest with tears in his ice blue eyes that were covered by large oval glasses! 3 other kids, twice the size of me surrounded him, teasing and threatening the small boy! I wouldn't stand for it, so I beat them all up with one hand tied behind my back! The boy, known as Vio, gave me his eternal gratitude in response to my heroic deed! And that is the true story on how me and Vio became acquainted!"

Red cheered happily as Shadow struck a heroic, cocky pose. "Oh wow! You're so cool then, Shadow!" Red giggled, clapping his hands.

Vio, who was completely unamused, went over to Shadow and grabbed his ear, giving it a hard yank. "Give it a rest, Shadow. Although your story is accurate, it was so horribly over-exaggerated to the point where it sounds like a cliché."

Shadow gasped and whined in pain, pulling Vio's hand away, then immediately cradled his hurting appendage. "Ow! Hey! I thought it was pretty accurate!" whined Shadow loudly as Vio cleared his throat, about to begin HIS explanation of the story.

"Shadow was indeed correct when he said that I was backed up against a wall by 3 kids, but they were no taller nor larger than him, nor was I as scared as Shadow made me out to sound. I was walking home from the library when I was jumped and dragged into the alley, and Shadow simply noticed that I, a young and innocent 7 year old, was jumped by those goons. He came in and demanded that they release me, and by then I was thoroughly confused that another 'street rat', as I put it, was trying to help me." Vio paused to look at the other's curious reactions, and then cleared his throat as he continued.

"Either way, the goons refused and challenged Shadow, yet of course there was a struggle and many injuries, but in the end Shadow overpowered all 3 of the goons and sent them packing. He came over to me and asked me if I was okay, I said yes and politely thanked him. Then, for some reason, we simply began talking casually…I said I'd come back tomorrow to properly thank him."

Green thought of this as MUCH more believable, and he smiled at Vio and Shadow. "Wow, that's some story you guys have! So, you went back tomorrow?" stated Green, wanting to know more of the story now.

Vio nodded and smiled while looking at Shadow. "Yes, indeed I did, and I even came back the day after that, and the day before that, and learned that he was indeed enrolled in our school, yet ne never shows up."

Shadow grinned smugly, crossing his arms while bragging, "Yeah, school is for little wussies! I prefer doing man stuff like wrestling mugs in alleyways! Rescuing citizens from the forces of evil, and fighting for the right of truth, justice, an-" Shadow was cut off by a large whack to the head by Vio's trusty book, and Green and Red could only watch awkwardly while Vio stood there, his book at ready in his hands and an audible grin on his face, and Shadow laying on the ground in pain from the hardcover book thwacking his skull.

Red giggled a bit and scratched the back of his head, going over to Shadow and holding his hand out to offer to help him up. "U-Uh, are you okay, Shadow?" he asked curiously and in slight worry when he received only a groan as his reply.

Vio placed the book back into his bag, his expression becoming poker again. "Don't worry, he's fine, I hit him enough times so he MUST be immune by now." He looked down to Shadow, who was looking back up at him with a pleading, kicked puppy expression. He let out an exasperated groan, shaking his head. "That's what you get for always over exaggerating things, Shadow. A book to your brain, I just wish that one day the knowledge in the book with one day seep into your brain."

Shadow whined and took Red's hand and smiled as he got up with Red's help, he mumbled a thank you to him before turning back to Vio, and Red smiled and nodded to him as he skipped back over to Green, who, smiled at Red's kindness to Shadow.

"Well, I'll never learn if you keep damaging my brain with those vicious book assaults! You're going to squish my brain before I get a chance to learn!" Shadow stated smugly, causing Vio to smirk back at Shadow.

Red and Green instantly noticed it, these two get along very well, with good chemistry to boot. Red smiled to Green and Green smiled to Red. Green nudged Red while smirking, and Red smiled cheerfully back.

"Yes, if there is even a brain in there." teased Vio, causing Shadow to smile and laugh in amusement. "Oh, I may not have a brain but you don't have a heart!"

It was Vio's turn to let a genuine smile place itself onto his lips, and he crossed his arms self-righteously. "And I'm living fine without it."
Red and Green nodded to each other, knowing that Vio and Shadow would be perfectly fine alone now. They could always congratulate Vio now for his work in the play, but they were sure that their new friend Shadow would do that job just fine today.

Green smiled and took Red's hand in his as he said, "Come on, Red, let's go home." Red smiled optimistically and nodded to Green, walking happily off with him out of the park and through the alleyways with his best friend by his side.

Vio and Shadow stopped and turned, and then they smirked as it was their turn to realize just how potent Green and Red's chemistry could be later in the future. They seemed close now, and they both knew that it will only get stronger as they aged and matured.