This story is about two young guys who started to live together.
This all started on one terrible evening.
Ayumu's parents had been invited for a dinner party. They arranged for a babysitter and left through a thick mist. They had kissed and cuddled their little son, without knowing that it would be their last time. The little Ayumu cried for his parents, he was a spoiled child.
He ran around the house, while throwing a big tantrum. His babysitter sighed and tried to calm him down.
After an hour of screaming and struggling, Ayumu gave up.
"Me want Mama!"
He cried and clinged to the young girl with all his might. She smiled and cuddled him.
"Mama...aa...ah..."
He sobbed and sniffed. The girl softly wiped away his tears.
"Now look what you did. Your eyes and nose are all red now."
She giggled and softly touched his tiny nose. He smiled and hugged her tightly.
"You nice!"
He exclaimed with pride and full of joy. His cheeks were slightly red and he tried to hide his embarrassment by smiling like an idiot.
Ayumu was about six years old at this point. He was still a happy and spoiled child without a single worry, but that would change soon.
The doorbell rang.
"You wait here. Okay, Ayumu?"
The girl stood up and walked to the door, while Ayumu followed her with his eyes. He was too curious and slowly followed her. He tried to make as little sound as possible.
"T-They what?"
Ayumu was startled by then sudden yell of his babysitter. He got closer and saw her sitting on the ground, sobbing.
He dashed towards her, without thinking about it, and tried to comfort her.
"You... okay?"
He patted her head and gave her kisses.
Ayumu had yet to notice the next-door neighbour standing in the doorway, with her son.
The young girl wouldn't stop sobbing. The tears ran down her cheeks and Ayumu had no idea why.
"Ayumu."
He turned around when he heard the familiar voice.
"Usui? What... you doing... here?"
The usually grinning Usui had a serious face and might've even looked like he could cry, something he almost never did. Ayumu was getting more and more confused by the situation.
"Ayumu... Your..."
You could hear him swallow the words that he was going to say. Usui's mother was starting to cry again. She gave Usui a small nod.
Ayumu cocked his head and tried to find a reason why everyone was sad.
"What's wrong?"
He looked so innocent and Usui's heart skipped a bit.
But we'll get to that part later in this story.
"Ayumu... Uhm... How do I say this...?"
He bit his lip and frowned slightly. He sighed and decided to just tell him.
"Ayumu's papa and mama... they're ... gone... They died."
Ayumu got a blank look. His face was as white as a sheet.
"Papa...and mama... died? They're... gone?"
Tears welled up in his eyes. He tried to fight them, but it was hopeless.
Usui hugged him and his warmth filled him and slightly helped to drive away the pain.
The mother and the young girl, who had been sobbing, were crying by now.
"It's okay Ayumu... You can cry..."
Usui's soft voice calmed the storm raging in his heart. He kept on sniffing and crying on his friends shoulder. Usui patted Ayumu's head with a slight grin.
"Ayumu, sweetie."
Ayumu turned his head towards Usui's mother.
"We want you to come and live with us. You know Usui and you seem to be good friends."
He nodded his head a little bit and forced himself to smile.
Usui sighed and pulled Ayumu into another hug. He whispered something into his ear and smiled.
"You can cry later. I'll always be with you"
Ayumu got a light blush on his face. The more he tried to hide it the more obvious it became.
And this is how it all started. From this day he started to live with his good friend Uteke Usui.
Usui was about to turn 7 and he had almost read every book available in their library. He loved reading and learning new things. He was a big bookworm. Usui didn't have friends and almost never met other people. He was lonely, but the maids tried to fix that. They played games with him and did other things that his parents couldn't do with him.
Usui went to school; but since he was smart, he never really met other children of his own age. He had skipped a few grades and was bored almost every single day.
He had only one friend of his own age. His next door neighbour Arata Ayumu. A nice kid who wasn't as smart as Usui, but that might've been why Usui thought that he was interesting. He was always smiling and acting like he was a tough guy.
Usui chuckled when he thought of the adventures Ayumu forced him to go on. He would come to the door already dirty and covered in mud. Then he would smile to Usui and grab his arm. Of course he would say something like:
"Let's go treasure hunting!"
Then he would drag Usui along; who would drop the book that he was reading, as he would follow his friend on the adventure.
Usui always had to smile when he thought of these silly little moments. Since Usui's parents might have never really been there, he might have nobody at school, but it's fine since he had one good friend.
The news about Ayumu's parents had pained him. It had felt like a part of his heart died. He cried and sobbed like a little kid. His mother put an arm around him and tried to comfort him, while tears gushed over her cheeks.
"Son... Can you please tell it to him? It might reduce the shock a bit... If you tell him."
Usui's heart broke and crumbled into a million little pieces.
"M-me? T-tell him..?"
He stared at her face. How could he tell him, something as big as this? He nodded when he saw his mother's face. She was too heartbroken to break the news to him and his dad was away on a business trip.
He squeezed his mother's hand and gave her a small smile.
"Okay, I'll say it."
It would be one of the hardest things that he would have to face in his life; Ttelling his best friend that his parents had died in an accident.
He sighed and dragged his mother next-door.
His hand was shaking the moment he rang the doorbell.
An unknown girl opened the door and smiled cheerfully.
"Good evening. Can I help you?"
Usui observed the girl while his mother started the conversation.
"Are you Ayumu's babysitter?"
The girl looked shocked about the fact that the unknown woman in front of her knew that. She stuttered while trying to answer.
"Y-yes I am. W-what about it?"
Usui's mother bit her lip.
"We live next door and... we have some bad news for Ayumu."
"W-what kind of bad news?"
Usui took a breath and said what his mother was about to say with a shaking voice.
"His parents died."
Usui took a few more deep breaths to keep calm.
His mothered stuttered between the sobbing and sniffing.
"They had a car crash."
The eyes of the girl got bigger.
"T-They what?"
The girl collapsed and cried.
Ayumu hid behind a corner and looked at the girl. After what seemed to be a minute, he ran over to her and tried to cheer her up. He obviously didn't understand the situation.
He explained it to Ayumu, who started to sob and cry which made Usui's heart crumble again.
He patted the back of his friend and would do anything to make him smile again. He hated to admit it, but he liked Ayumu more then he would like any other friend.
Ayumu gave a little fake smile to reassure Usui's mother and the young girl.
Usui hugged Ayumu and whispered softly in his ear.
"You can cry later. I'll always be with you"
Usui smirked a little bit. He liked teasing Ayumu and seeing his reactions.
Ayumu got a light blush on his face. The more he tried to hide it the more obvious it became. Usui couldn't help but smirk and feel content. He couldn't help it Ayumu was like a girl. No. Better than a girl. He was fragile, cute and had many amusing expressions.
On the way home he kept Ayumu's thought occupied so he wouldn't have to think about what had just happened.
From that point Usui's lonely and boring life would change forever, so would Ayumu's.