show me your teeth
disclaimer: only in my dreams baby.
an: what is hopefully the beginning of a multi-chapter, and doesn't get abandoned. although it will probably only be five chapters at the most. reviews are all nice and good and appreciated. if the sight of ryosaku makes you run, don't worry. it's only there to get the plot moving. it won't be there long. i don't know when i'll be finished with chapter two, though. and i fixed the spelling errors. hopefully i got them all (:
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I. watch your heart when we're together
Ryoma dreams in flashes. They are disturbingly beautiful (beautifully disturbing?) things, filled with crystal light and technicolor. Sometimes they are about monsters, but not the conventional monsters that hide in the closet or under the bed. These are the monsters that hide in your heart and eat at your bones. He dreams of them eating chomping gnawing (chewchewchew, oh they're so hungry) at his skin, tearing his insides open and the blood gushing out is clear and glassy, like tiny shards of diamonds. But when he opens his mouth to scream, the dream ends and he jolts awake with a gasp.
He thinks that maybe he should start sneaking those sleeping pills his mother uses, hidden in her nightstand which really isn't the best hiding spot. He hopes it'll make the dreams go away. (Dreams dreams go away, come again another day.
There is no escape.
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Ryuuzaki Sakuno, he realizes one day, watching her stutter and attempt to hand him a bento she made especially for him (R-Ryoma-kun, I made this for you, w-would you like to eat with me?) is truly beautiful, in that pure-hearted innocent little girl way. Sure, she doesn't have the best curves, or the most outgoing personality. Though when Ryoma watches her try to hide beneath her braids, he thinks that might be okay. She'd be annoying if she were loud like Momo-sempai.
Ryoma takes the bento, and with a smirk that's an almost smile, he ask her if she wants to go on a date. She blushes a brightcherryred that makes her cheeks light up like Christmas lights, and she mutters an acceptance before running off. He doesn't notice sharp baby blue eyes watching them.
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Fuji appears in his dreams sometimes. He'll be his own brand of monster, terrifying and barbaric with his smile and intent to harm. Other times, he's in the background, barely noticable at all except he's usually the most noticable thing there, and Ryoma doesn't know which is scarier.
One night, while he's asleep and Karupin is curled up next to him, he dreams of Sakuno and Fuji. She is smiling- giggling and holding his hand, and he doesn't even notice Fuji there at all. But all of a sudden, Ryuuzaki's face contorts into a mix of a grimace and horrified scream, and Fuji is behind her, his hand slipping out of her back and holding her heart. It's gruesome, and the blood is there all glassy again, and it looks sort of like the tears dripping down Sakuno's face.
Fuji is still smiling, God damn it why won't he stop? Except Ryoma knows better, there is no God here.
Fuji offers his hand to Ryoma, and the heart is still pumping, all clear and red and Ryoma can see through it, see through every atrium and ventricle, and feels almost bad when he takes Fuji's hand and squishes the pretty little disgusting thing. Sakuno cries out, and whispers something that makes Ryoma's blood go cold.
"He ate my heart."
Ryoma wakes up screaming for his lady love.
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A few days later, Ryoma decides to confront Fuji. He wants these dreams to stop, so he figures that talking to Fuji will help. The club activites are over, and it's only him and the brunette tensai. He knows that the other boy was waiting for him. He could tell by the look in his eyes.
"Ryoma-kun, would you like to walk with me?" Ryoma scowls at him, almost furious that he would ask such an obscene question. He grunts and walks side-by-side with Fuji Syuusuke.
"Stop it, Fuji-senpai," If anything, Fuji's smile only gets wider and more amused.
"Saa, I don't know what you're talking about, Ryoma-kun." Then Fuji stops at the corner, while Ryoma is about to keep walking, "This is my stop. See you tomorrow, Ryoma-kun" He walks off, without waiting for Echizen to say goodbye.
Ryoma has a feeling that the dreams won't go away tonight. His mind is in an uproar.
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On his date with Sakuno, he almost feels bad that all his attention isn't on her. He's too busy thinking and worrying about Fuji. There's always this nervous fluttering in his stomach when he thinks about the other boy, and he feels ashamed at himself. She doesn't deserve this inattentiveness, so he resolves to pay more attention to her.
They go to a cafe, where it's quiet and the servers aren't too busy. He orders ponta, and a plain piece of cheesecake. Sakuno orders some type of pie, and coffee, black. This mildly surprises Ryoma. He had expected her to order something sweet, and maybe some type of fruity drink. He watches her from across the table, and thinks of how different she is now that they're not in school. Her hair is still in it's classic braids, but she's not wearing the school uniform. She's wearing a skirt that reached her mid-thigh, and a frilly shirt. Her eyes are lined gently with makeup, not to overbearing. Ryoma thinks she's still pretty.
After the date he takes her back to his house, ignoring his oyaji's catcalls and dumb comments. He asks her if she wants to play a game of tennis, but she smiles and blushes and says, why don't they just go to his room? Ryoma complies, and the next thing he knows, her little girl bird boned legs are wrapped around him, and he's feeling something unlike anything he's ever felt before. He feels her shudder around him, and he comes with a grunt.
As he walks her out to the gate, his dumb dad gives him a lecherous look, an I-know-what-you-just-did look. Ryoma ignores him in favor of talking to Sakuno. He ask if she's okay, but he doesn't really care. He's almost scared, because when he was fucking Sakuno, he thought of blue eyes and light brown hair that's a different shade then the braids that he'd undone and should've been thinking of. He's disgusted with himself. She gives him a demure smile, and for a second he's terrified that she knows.
But when she says, "See you tomorrow, Ryoma-kun," his mind goes blank and he only nods absently. He's still thinking of Fuji Syuusuke.