Heya. My name's Ben. A friend of mine asked me to tell them a story. I said, what story? And they said, any story. So I made a short story that told of the life of a boy and a girl, and I realized that it was the perfect outline for a longer story for TWEWY. This'll be a bit of a challenge for me, but I accept it!
The School Yard
A boy lived on a small island. He had a simple, nice life. His parents weren't too strict, usually, and his sister was pretty nice. His classes at school were nice, but he liked English best. He loved books, and often would skip lunch to go to the library, where he would sit by the big window and read a book.
But the boy was convinced that he was absolutely weird, and that nobody would ever like him. There were people that liked him, of course, but the boy just thought that they kept him around to laugh at him. Still, he thought, it was nice that, at least, it made others happy.
The boy began to put himself down to make others laugh. And they did. He would do embarrassing things, whether on purpose or by accident, and they would laugh at that, too. The boy was glad that he made them laugh so much, but he was still sad, because he thought nobody liked him.
There was a girl, on the other side of the country. She was sad, because her parents always treated her badly and never gave her any attention. Instead, they would direct all their attention to the girl's older brother, a straight-A student that never got in trouble. She was always last-best. Her clothes were too small because her parents wouldn't bother getting her new ones until they wore out. Everyone at the girl's school laughed at her too-small clothes.
The girl would cry whenever she thought nobody could see her. Nothing ever made her laugh. She had a few friends, sometimes, but they all ended up using her and dumping her. She thought about ending her life a few times, but she was always too afraid. So, she kept living in sadness. No smiles crossed her face, and no laughs passed her lips.
And this is how the story begins.
End of Intro.
Heya. What do you think? This is the beginning, pretty much exactly as I wrote it up on the spot for my friend. It's a bit simple, but it's supposed to be like that. The rest of the story will be in regular style with dialogue and whatnot. The girl will be Shiki, and I don't mean the Eri appearance. The boy? Neku, of course, but, ah, well, both of their personalities are totally different, as this is my world. Neku is basically possessed by me. He thinks and acts just as I do, more or less.
The cool thing about this story is that it's much less likely that I'll get writers block, as I already have the entire story mapped out! (Except for the ending) the not-so-cool thing will be that this story will come second to my Percy Jackson fanfic. Sorry. But I'll try to devote more time if people keep reading and leaving their thoughts! Currently I'm in a spot where I'm behind on my schoolwork, so I'll have to stop writing on Tuesday (two days from now, technically, as it's 4:45 in the morning) so I can get all caught up, but once I'm all caught up I can begin writing again.
Read and review, please! ~Ben
