a/n: Hello! Sorry for being late. I had a chapter, but decided it didn't quite fit the flow I wanted, so ended up coming up with this. Then, naturally, the Internet went down, so I couldn't post this. Probably not my favorite chapter to come up with (I forgot how hard writing can get), but I refuse to keep the original. The next chapter will be much longer, so don't think this length of a chapter will always be the length for the upcoming chapters.
Anyways, enjoy!
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If you were to ask anyone in the whole world to name someone famous, you'd probably hear a variety of last names.
"Overwood."
"Biggles."
"Carma."
"Knighte."
"Piranha."
And, perhaps, you'd find yourself hearing some names more than others. No matter where you go, where you travel, you'd hear the same names over and over again.
(And though you may not recognize some of the names, the comments tagged along at the end are always a clue to the face behind the name.)
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"I think it would be Ootori. Why do you ask?"
Some mumbling
"Oh, alright. Just be careful."
More mumbling
"I mean, I've heard that they are merciless. Takanishi's told me that no amount of descriptions or warnings could prepare him for the fear he felt when he met the guy face to face. I don't even know how he got through that meeting."
"I managed just fine, you know."
"Psh, as if. They said that you spent most of your time talking to the Fujioka-sama and Suoh-sama, just so you wouldn't have to talk Ootori-sama."
A question
"Oh, the whole thing was about-get this-supplies for football. Not regular football. American football. Crazy, right?"
Another question
"Hm, I think they were there because, apparently, American football is brain damage and a lawsuit just waiting to happen. Go figure. The person in that country who thought of calling American football football of all things, and football soccer probably wasn't in the right state of mind."
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If you ask around, you may find that some people are extremely defensive of their idols and can you stop judging them?
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"Um, the Haninozukas?"
"Idiot! You can't mention the Haninozukas without talking about the Morinozukas. That is, like, sooo disrespectful to them! Do you know how much work the Morinozukas did? They are, legit, the classic story of the rise of the lowly servant to master of the house. The Cinderellas of the real world. I mean, they even married into the Haninozuka family! My god, I can feel the ignorance coming off of you in waves. I've always known that..."
"Sorry about her, mate. She doesn't understand that you're allowed to talk about one person without mentioning the other."
"...it's like talking about Tom without Jerry. Daffy without Bugs. Thumper without Bambi. Patrick without Spongebob. Timothy without Dumbo. Piglet without Pooh. Pumba with-"
"She's pretty into cartoons, movies and that sort of stuff, if you couldn't tell. She has a reference to pretty much everything."
"Ugh! As if!"
"See what I mean?"
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(There are others that are horrified by the slightest indication of being ill-informed of their gods.)
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"Eh? I don't think I heard you quite right. You did not just say you've never heard of the Hitachiins before."
A pause
"Ohmagawd, what the h-e-double hockey sticks is wrong with you? Like, do you live under a rock? How can I even be talking to someone so...so ignorant! I need to leave. I just can't, like, be seen with losers like yourself."
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But before we ask the most important questions that arise from situations such as these (like, whose last name is Biggles for crying out loud?), let's take a closer look into the lives of the supremely wealthy.
Next stop: Ouran.