Hello everyone, yes it is I once more starting another project of some kind. Get used to it, the plot bunnies spawn faster than I can take them and it doesn't help when one of your friends encourages you to do the crazy stuff that appears in my mind. She knows who she is, and if she doesn't then she knows that we share a brain. That is all.
Challenge Wide-Warning: Possibility of boy love, adult concepts, adult language, A/U, A/R, etc.
Disclaimer: I do not own The World Ends With You other than the actual item to play the game.
For this chapter: Alternate Universe
Introduction
The final morning bell rang and Dr. Kiryu stepped into the room. The first thing Neku noticed was the elaborate poufy gothic dress, with lace strewn all about, a matching hat in the ashy colored hair. If it wasn't for the fitted chest and lack of any breasts Neku and most of the class would have considered the doctor a girl. Upon the realization that their teacher was a guy in a dress finally registered in the students' minds. In his hand was a black clutch, and were his nails painted?
Neku scrunched his nose, glancing over the class of other high school students. Neku was only standing in front because he was a year older and he was assigned as the doctor's teaching assistant. The senior shifted on his feet when Dr. Kiryu placed his clutch on the desk and glanced at him. The high school senior froze when he saw the older man's eyes. A lavender, lilac, a pale purple color. How interesting, that wasn't a normal eye color. Faintly Neku wondered if he was borderline albino. Was that possible?
Dr. Kiryu smirked and his teaching assistant felt a wave of emotions bombard him, however what mostly got him was irritation. Right off the bat the doctor made him want to punch something. If the doctor noticed the way his assistant's hands clenched together and grit his teeth slightly, he made no comment. He turned towards the class, offering them a small smile that Neku knew immediately was fake.
"Good morning class," the smooth voice of the doctor wafted over the students, those that had been slumped over in exhaustion immediately sat straight up and those who had been chatting turned their attention to him. The doctor had a commanding presence. A domineering presence. Or maybe it was the gothic dress. "My name is Kiryu Yoshiya, and I am your homeroom teacher for this year. Some of you might even have me for History, and if so I am very pleased to meet you now." He clapped his hands together and the class jumped.
"I hope you all will find you can come to me if you have any comments or questions," Dr. Kiryu motioned to a stack of cards on his desk, "instead of taking attendance the usual way, I'll hand out a bunch of note cards and you'll answer a couple of questions on the board." Neku immediately took the cards and began handing them out, the doctor offering Neku another smile at following the unspoken command, and the boy fumed. He had complied without even thinking about it.
Dr. Kiryu wrote the series of questions on the white board, his handwriting a flowing script that made Neku nervous about his own scratchy handwriting. As the students started filling out the questions the doctor motioned for Neku to come closer. "Hello Sakuraba," the doctor cooed, "I'm so pleased to know you're going to be assisting me this year." Neku didn't dare open his mouth, knowing if he did something extremely inappropriate would come flying out, like 'I hate you already', 'Go jump off a bridge' or even 'I think you look pretty in that dress.' As if knowing his thoughts, the doctor smiled again, a glimmer appearing in his eyes. "And don't worry, I don't always wear a dress," He winked, "unless you want me to?"
Neku reeled back, blue eyes wide and a flush spreading across his cheeks. The students in the class were all silent, watching the show at the front of the room with wide eyes. Some of them were even leaning forward, as if trying to get a better view. A sly smile began spreading across the doctor's face, and as he reached for the marker on the board to continue writing, the bell rang once again. The students scrambled to pack up and Kiryu told the students to place their cards on the desk.
The assistant pulled his back pack on and followed the students out of the room. "Oh Sakuraba?" Neku unwillingly paused in the doorway, glancing at the grown man in a gothic Lolita dress. "I'll see you soon" Neku flushed once again as the doctor moved to blow him a kiss, slamming the door shut behind him and ignoring the other students grouped around the door.
It's only for a year…