I should be working on one of my other stories already published but I can't concentrate because this little bunny of an idea has been bouncing through my head since I got Taylor Swift's new album, Fearless, for Christmas. The characters act very out of character, and its definitely AU because of...I actually can't tell you why, it'd kill the rest of the story. Anyways, enjoy, I may or may not continue it.
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We were both young when I first saw you
I close my eyes
And the flashback starts
I'm standing there
On a balcony of summer air
See the lights,
See the party, the ball gowns
I see you make your way through the crowd
You say hello
Yuki Sohma was the most popular boy in school, yet he could count his friends on one hand. 5. It was because of his father that he pushed everyone away. He sighed as he rested his head on his hands. He gazed out the window of the diner booth he and his friends were sitting in, wishing he could have someone who he could be completely honest with. He loved his friends dearly, but he could never tell them what happens at his home when his father was around. It would kill them all. So the prince took his pain in silence.
"Yuki. Yuki. YUKI! Hey! Earth to YUKI!" Arisa Uotoni shouted at him, snapping him out of his thoughts.
"Huh? What is it, Ari?" He asked, looking up at the four friends he was with.
"Tohru just asked you a question." Arisa said.
"Sorry Tohru, what did you say?" Yuki said, turning to face Tohru.
"I asked you if you had met the new boy yet! I saw him walking into the registration office!" Tohru said excitedly. Yuki's face scrunched up in confusion.
"New boy?" He asked.
"You're the student council president and you don't even know about the new kid?" Haru said teasingly. Yuki stuck his tongue out at Haru, who just smiled in return. Haru had a crush on Yuki, everyone but Yuki could tell.
"Have you guys talked to him yet?" Tohru asked. "He looks so dreamy!"
"Tell." Hanajima said. Tohru launched into a detailed description of his looks. Yuki half listened as Tohru talked about his hair, his face, his body. Yuki thought he might be interested in finding more out about him.
"GUYS!" The group all turned to face the sound of the voice, to see Momiji bounding towards them, pulling someone along behind him.
"Oh my god that's him!" Tohru whispered. Yuki gasped. Tohru's description did nothing for this boy, he was too beautiful for words.
"Hey everyone!" Momiji said, approaching the table, still pulling said boy along behind him. "This is Kyou! He's going to be in our class!" Yuki, Tohru, Arisa and Hanajima all screamed in their heads. Such a hot boy in their class? They were so lucky! Haru was jealous at the stare Kyou was getting from Yuki. He doesn't stare at me like that! Haru thought to himself.
"Um, hi." Kyou said, running his hand through his mess of bright orange hair. His tangerine eyes darted around the table. "I just moved here from a house in the mountains." Arisa stood up and smiled warmly at Kyou, a smile usually reserved for her friends.
"I'm Arisa." She said brightly, a little too friendly. "It'll be great getting to know you." She held her hand out, and Kyou took it nervously. They shook, and Arisa offered for Kyou to sit with them.
"Oh, okay. That would be cool." Kyou said, a smile glancing off his lips, disappearing as soon as it came. They grabbed two more chairs for Kyou and Momiji. When everyone was settled, Kyou was in between Yuki and Haru, and Momiji was on the other side of Kyou. Haru hated being so far away from Yuki, especially with the new boy.
"So, Kyou." Hanajima said. "My name is Hanajima. This is Tohru, that's Haru and right next to you is Yuki. I assume you already know Momiji, and Arisa already introduced herself. Why don't you tell us some about you?"
"If you really want me too. My life is kind of boring. Well, it was boring." Kyou said.
"We'd love to, I mean, you lived in the mountains! How cool!" Tohru said. Kyou pulled at his fingers.
"I guess it is…" He sighed.
"Why did you go up there in the first place?" Momiji asked. Kyou took a deep breath.
"Well, my mom committed suicide and my dad disowned me. I had temper problems, lashing out at anyone who tried to get close to me. So they sent me away, to live in a dojo on top of the mountains." Kyou said. Yuki put his arm on Kyou's shoulder.
"I'm sorry." Yuki said. He knew what Kyou felt, since his father had killed his mother when he was ten.
"It's okay. After what happened, that was the best thing they could have done. The dojo master loved me like a son, and adopted me. I got over my anger, and he decided to move down the mountain until I graduate so I could have more experience with people." Kyou said. There was a moment of silence, everyone else was shocked at all their new friend had gone through. If only they knew what was happening with Yuki. "But enough about me, let's hear about you!" Kyou said. Tohru twisted a lock of hair around her finger.
"My dad died of pneumonia when I was young, so I don't remember him much. My mom died last year in a car crash, and I live with Hanajima now. It's like a sleepover everyday!" Tohru said, with a sad smile.
"I'm almost normal." Hanajima said.
"Why almost?" Kyou asked.
"I can sense waves." She said.
"Waves?" Kyou asked, puzzled.
"Yes, waves." She told him of her waves.
"That is pretty cool." Kyou said. He turned to Arisa. "What about you?" He asked.
"I was a gangster. I got beat up major for quitting, and Tohru's mom saved me. We've been friends ever since." Arisa said.
"Wow." Kyou said.
"I'm normal." Haru said. Yuki snorted.
"Yeah, you're normal. What next, you're going to tell him you're straight?" Yuki said. Everyone but Haru started laughing. Haru blushed.
"Fine, fine! I'm a gay guy who got pregnant once with a hooker's child! Happy?" Haru said, fake anger in his voice.
"Really?" Kyou asked. Everyone but Kyou burst out laughing.
"No!" Haru said, still laughing. "I'm a gay guy who rides a pink motorcycle and had all the gay teachers in love with him last year." Haru laughed again, and wiped tears from his eyes.
"Are you serious or are you kidding?" Kyou asked.
"Now he's serious. That was so funny, he had to turn down all of the middle aged teachers who wouldn't stopped following him around. And he was an eighth grader!!" Momiji said. This time every single person at the table burst into laughter.
"That is so wrong!" Kyou said when they were all done laughing. They all nodded.
"I like rabbits." Momiji said. Everyone laughed even more.
"Random much?" Arisa said.
"That's me!" Momiji said.
"So, do you come with a story too?" Kyou asked.
"My momma doesn't know I exist. She thinks poppa got rid of me, but he didn't. He kept me for himself! I live with my poppa sometimes and sometimes I live with Haru at his house. Oh yeah, and I'm obsessed with the Jonas Brothers." Momiji said, smiling the whole time and laughing at the end, but if you looked close enough a shimmer of sadness sparked through his eyes for a moment while he talked about his mom.
"Ooh." Kyou said.
"And now, the prince!" Momiji said.
"The prince?" Kyou asked.
"That's everyone else's name for Yuki. We just call him kuso nezumi." Arisa explained.
"Why do you call him 'damn rat'?" Kyou asked.
"It just fits him." Hanajima said with a smile.
"Well, what's your story?" Kyou asked.
"Umm, I'm the most popular guy in school but these are my only friends, I have a million fan clubs, and I'm gay but no one outside of this group knows. Wait, why did I just tell you that?" Yuki said. Everyone else giggled.
"I don't know why but thanks for letting me in on your deep dark secret." Kyou said. Yuki sighed in his head. If only you knew, Kyou. If only you knew.
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TADA! I just had to get it out, I may or may not continue it. Watch out for tons of updates before Monday, when school starts up again. Tell me if you want this to be continued.
-Jamie