For Shiranai Atsune - sempai
Also from the Philippines, and has really awesome stories! I read some of them actually, and you guys should too! Shiranai-sempai is a big supporter of KyouAoi, and here is the fanfic you requested, Shiranai-sempai-sama! :3
You'll kinda understand why I call it Only Human when I finish the story. Only 10 chappies, guaranteed!
Although I prefer calling Tsurugi as Kyousuke, it has a more Aoi-feel to it to call him Tsurugi, so yeah. :D
Disclaimer: Shiranai Atsune – sempai – sama does not own what I own or what belongs to Level 5, and I don't own anything but these words, and the people at Level 5 should really give us ice cream cause it's hot. :I
1: It Starts with the Hair
Who could miss those blue strands under the sun?
"Why have you never liked growing your hair?"
Normally, Aoi would have answered the question with ease, but it was kinda weird for Tsurugi, of all people, to be asking her that question. In fact, it was weird already that Tsurugi was socializing with the rest of the club. So she gaped. "Yo," Tsurugi called for her attention again, waving his hand in front of her face, as most people would.
"Less bother, I guess?" She tried to answer in a casually smart way. Tsurugi, even though he was an ex-SEED, made people feel and sound stupid. She was no different.
To her surprise, the other blue-haired person shrugged. "I don't find my hair bothersome, and it's longer and more in volume than yours." He looked at her again as he led her outside the clubroom.
They didn't hear Akane's camera making its gleeful flytrap snaps.
"Seems like Aoi-san's got someone else to walk her home today, Tenma," Kariya elbowed the freshman jokingly. Tenma grinned back wordlessly.
"Well…that's because yours stands and mine falls," Aoi argued playfully, already feeling herself loosen up. Maybe Tsurugi wasn't making people feel dull on purpose. Maybe he just really knew a lot. "Like, maybe your hair's immune to gravity?" She laughed; what would Tsurugi's hair fall be like, then? Kyousuke merely smirked— in a friendly way. "Maybe, maybe not. But if that were possible I don't think you'd want your hair standing up all the time too."
Aoi thought about it. She'd look like Kurumada-senpai every day… "No, I guess not." That was a scary thought. Kyousuke smirked kindly again. "Have you actually grown your hair long? At least once?"
"Well, there was a time when I was younger…maybe before I met Tenma?"
"Has he seen you with long hair? At least longer than now?"
Aoi smiled jestfully. "Last week. Before I had my haircut!"
Tsurugi deadpanned on her.
Now, normally, she would have apologized and taken back her words and offered Tsurugi three thousand gold pieces of whatever and run away. The only person who could actually get away with joking and goofing around with Tsurugi was his childhood best friend, but she was abroad in Greece again, visiting her parents with her aunt.
And maybe today, you can say she wasn't feeling like doing anything 'normal' when it came to Tsurugi Kyousuke.
Aoi continued grinning at Tsurugi, hoping he'd catch the smile-bug. "Come on, you weren't exactly specific with your words!" She teased as she poked the ace striker's arm. After a few more deadpanning and poking, Tsurugi sighed. "Okay, real funny Sorano, haha." But the boy was smiling despite the sarcasm.
"You can just call me Aoi. Everyone does." She smiled at him again. They were out of the school gates by then. Casually, Tsurugi answered her, "Yeah, well, I'm not everybody."
And just this once, Tsurugi smiled at her. Eyes, mouth, expression and all.
Sorano Aoi swore her hair stood up on its ends. The power of gravitational immunity. Whoa.
"Hi there! Sorry, I can't pick up right now. But please do leave a message after the beep!" The beep followed right after. "See, I told you she and Tsurugi-kun were dating." Akane smiled triumphantly as Midori and Kirino began to fork over their money that, clearly, they had lost in a bet they'd made seconds before Shinsuke made the call.
Akane found herself returning the money back to the two buddies.
"What? No way! Did you show him the one where you were at the beach?" Tenma entered the room as he spoke on the phone. Immediately, the four clubmates rushed to the first year and all hell broke loose. It began with Kirino's and Midori's hair getting caught in Akane's camera when she opened the back to take out the film. The camera leaped away from the Shindou-fangirl's grasp and landed itself on Tenma's cellphone-holding hand, which in turn dropped the cell, which Shinsuke caught and immediately released when Akane bumped him in an attempt to retrieve her camera.
Thankfully, the phone was put on loudspeaker before Shinsuke released his grip.
"He just said he wanted to look at my hair when it was longer. Kinda weird, if you ask me. But Tsurugi's a really, really nice person once you talk to him…Tenma?" Eventually, Tenma managed to crawl his way to his phone. "Well, you two were talking about hair when you left. Did he go in your house?"
"Of course not! I just sent him a multimedia message with the picture of my long hair. He said he was going somewhere."
"So you're not dating?" Akane pouted; she could've used the money to buy small cameras to bug Shin-sama's room. Aoi laughed on the other line. "What makes you think that? We're just acquaintances."
"Yeah, but that's how all couples start out!" Kirino and Midori (A/N: Wow they've been doing things a lot together, huh…) yelled despite the combined weight of Tenma, Akane and Shinsuke.
"And if that were true, wouldn't you think everyone would've gotten together already?"
"…Touché."
"Churugi!" An orange-haired patient greeted as soon as Kyousuke slid the door open. "Why is he here, nii-san?" An exasperated question from an annoyed boy. Yuuichi merely chuckled. "We're hospital buddies, Kyousuke. And he's of your batch; maybe you should get to know each other more."
"Oh, we know each other, Yuuichi-san. But what I don't know is that girl on his phone!" Taiyou gleefully pointed out at Aoi's message. Yikes.
"None of your business, Amemiya," Kyousuke growled, hating the fact that he was ruining bonding time with his nii-san, but more hate on the part where he forgot to exit Sorano's multimedia message. He was quite busy ogling a little at her cute toddler self.
What the heck just got in his head…Maybe he should lay off the soaps for a bit...?
"Ah, well, whatever," Taiyou shrugged it off. He wasn't particularly interested when he was curious about the brown-haired boy that kept stalking Churugi to the hospital. "But it's weally bad choo hide sheecwetsh, Churugi." Taiyou grinned with much mischief. Kyousuke impatiently waved it off.
But still, he wasn't denying the fact that Sorano-toddler was pretty cute.
How's this for a first chapter, Shiranai-sempai-sama? By far, this has been the fastest post I've made, prolly after how many hours, I guess? Hihi. :D Hopefully I can post the other 9 chapters without problems in our internet! O3O
And as for the rest of you readers, you bettah review! Woohoo! AniMa isn't hiding anymore weeeee. :D
-AniMa