I Do Not Own Heart no Kuni no Alice. Nor any of the references referenced in here. -T because I'm paranoid-
NOTES:
*Yaoi- Boy's Love
*Mangaka- A person who draws manga
*Doujinshi- Manga made by fans; about one's OTPs' (One True Pairing) Usually made for anime.
*Tsundere- Person who is cold on the outside, but is a total softie on the inside. Awesome adorable fluff ensues when they're in stories!
"What the hell did you cretins do to Alice?!" Vivaldi screeched, bringing all of the boarders' attention to her and Blood. 'Crap!' they all thought as they all frantically tried to explain to Blood what happened.
"It was all Boris's fault!" Pierce wailed, sobbing for his friend and the fact that Boris would probably beat him up later for saying that. "Nuh-uh! It's Pierce's fault! He, he, uh.. He pushed her! Yeah!" Boris lied, trying to get all of the attention off of him. "Boris, it's not very gentlemanly like to lie! Lie one more time and you're moving back in with me!" Gowland pulled on one of Boris' ears, eliciting an "Ow!" from Boris. "Don't blame us! We were just innocent bystanders!" Ace, Black and White chorused. Ace added, "Although, you might wanna look at Gowland, he might've played his violin, causing poor Alice to faint from the shock of how badly he plays."
White and Black snickered, as Gowland profusely denied having anything to do with the poor girl fainting. Nightmare and Gray just stood idly by as they watched Blood start shouting that all of them were going to be homeless now, Julius had started to exit the room, Boris started to yell threats at Pierce, who cowered in the corner, clutching Alice, while Gowland started sobbing in the corner, muttering about how his violin playing was amazing, and finally, Blood's sister stopped screeching and stared at Alice.
Vivaldi had finally noticed that all of the boarders were men, and that Alice had blood dripping from her nose. 'Really?' Vivaldi sighed, then looked to Blood. "Er, actually, it's not really anyone's fault here... So, uh..." Vivaldi looked down at Alice, slightly annoyed that an orange haired boy was clutching her as if his life depended on it, then back up to Blood, who had stopped yelling, but was still slightly flushed from doing so. "Yeah, you know how I said that Alice writes and draws about yaoi?"
Blood frowned, what exactly was yaoi? After voicing that he had no idea what this 'yaoi' was, Vivaldi blushed slightly as she started to explain. "Uh, w-well, it's you know, uh... It's basically about all the fluff and s-sexy stuff that..." She stutters, blushing even more, "uh, It's just Boy's Love!" She finished, holding up her hands to cover her now flushed face. Blood managed to stutter "B-boy's l-love...? Y-you mean t-that she," He signaled to Alice, who was now slightly stirring from her unconsciousness "SHE THINKS WE'RE ALL GAY?!"
He blushed, as did all the other tenants of the boarding house. Vivaldi ignored Blood's shouting as she quickly rushed to Alice, making sure she was okay. Alice's eyes fluttered open, and she stared at the scene in front of her, almost everyone in the room stared hard back at her, then she noticed that someone was holding her. "Eh? Uh... Pierce, was it? Um, could you please let me go? I need to get up." Pierce let her go, getting up and dusting himself off. "Alice! Are you all right?" Vivaldi asked, worried that Alice might've hit her head on something. Alice nodded, smiling.
Pierce then spoke up next, turning Alice around, saying in a strong voice, "I am NOT gay." Alice looked blankly at his green eyes, a confused expression on her face. "Who said you were?"
Now the boarders were confused.
"Oh... I see... It must be one of those things where the character denies any claim that he is, so you're in the closet then... Huh... Okay, I can work with that!" Alice hit her small fist across her open palm, eyes lighting up. "Then that means a secret romance! Oh my goshness! Yes! That would work perfectly! Okay, so, do you prefer it when your lover dominates, or when he-" Before Alice could go any further, Vivaldi clamped a hand over her mouth, smiling to the boarders.
"Okay, as you can probably already tell, our little Alice here is a mangaka, or more in more basic terms, she draws manga. Now, there are different kinds of manga, and one of those types is called yaoi, or Boy's Love, as you all heard earlier. Now, it's her dream to become world recognized, so she's constantly working and looking for new ideas. Now imagine that you were Alice, constantly looking for inspiration. What better place to look for it than in a boarding house full of good looking men? Yeah, she's hit the jackpot, right? So, please be understanding of Alice here, she doesn't mean to offend any of you, it's just her inner fan girl that's come out right now. Once you get to know her, though, I'm pretty sure you'll all understand a bit better."
Vivaldi then turned to Alice, a stern expression on her face, "And for you, Alice, it's not very polite to go around making up stories about people you've just met." Alice looked down at her feet, a pout on her face. "B-but, it wasn't my fault, it was Boris's fault! He asked Pierce if he wanted to play the Punishment game, and I think we all know what that insinuates!" Alice pointed a finger towards the purple haired boy, who had to think for a couple of seconds before getting what that meant. "Ew! No! Gross! No! J-just NO!" He stuttered, blushing profusely. Alice just smirked. "So, a tsundere punk boy and his timid, orange-haired lover...-Cue high pitched giggle-" Vivaldi lightly slapped Alice's head, shaking her head in disapproval.
"Alice! What did I say?!" Alice sighed, then looked up at Boris and Pierce, who glared at her, from their separate sides of the room. Realization hit her, her eyes widened, what had she done?! Maybe she had misjudged their types! Oh no! What if they were the kind of couple who were actually secretly in love with each other, but they were both too shy to confess?!
What if they were both too insecure about their sexuality, and didn't think the other liked them in that way? And now that she'd gone and accused them of being together, they're too embarrassed and ashamed to confess now! She had ruined it! Her eyes instantly filled with tears, the heavy feelings of guilt and regret started to sink in, together, they made a huge lump in her throat that made it hard to swallow. She looked at them both, apologizing in her head, and berating herself for automatically assuming they were the types who would go around secretly, their love already in full bloom.
She bowed deeply, her dirty blonde tresses framing her face, while her bangs covered her eyes. She had just ruined their love lives! "I-I'm deeply sorry! A-allow me to make it up to you both!" Boris and Pierce froze, what should they do? A girl was crying? How were they supposed to help? And why was she crying? Was it that a big deal? "U-uh, I-it's okay...?" He stuttered, his voice strained, what else should he say?! His eyes glanced around, everyone was staring at Pierce and him. Suddenly, his body reacted on it's own, and the next thing he knew, he had dragged Pierce over, and now he and Pierce were standing in front of the girl who was wiping at her eyes, muttering things. "Sorry... Ruined... Life... Confess... -Sob-... Yaoi...!" Those were the only words he could make out as she stared at them with watery eyes. "I-It's okay, friend, n-no one's mad at you, right Boris?" Pierce elbowed Boris' side. Boris nodded hurriedly, a tense smile on his face.
Alice rubbed at her eyes, looking down at her feet. Could these people be so nice as to forgive her for ruining a potential relationship with the one they loved? She smiled, these people were so nice and forgiving! "O-okay, then, once a-again -sniff- let me apologize for the misunderstanding! I promise I won't let it happen again!" She smiled cheerfully to the rest of the boarders.
Vivaldi sighed, patting Alice's head, leaning down to whisper, "You're gonna make some *doujinshi about them now, right?" Alice nodded excitedly, adding a cheerful "Fan fiction too!" Vivaldi rolled her eyes, looking over to Blood, who was mentally asking himself how hectic these next few months will be. "Well, Blood, I guess you should show us to our rooms now." Vivaldi picked up her two really big suitcases, and Alice picked up her small backpack. "About that, I'm not sure if you'll like this, but the only two rooms available are on different sides of the house. One is on the East side, and the other is one the West." Blood gestured to each sides of the staircase that split in two above them, while Vivaldi's eyes narrowed.
"What? You expect Alice and I to live in different rooms? In a house full of boys?!"
Alice looked around them, ignoring the sibling's conversation, instead admiring how big and decorated the boarding house was. She took in the elegant scene that Blood must have spent a fortune to create. A small, but very charming chandelier hung high from the ceiling, and dark, heavy looking curtains blocked most of the sunlight from entering the room, which was painted with intricate designs, the paint being the many shades of the color blue. Alice's eye's slightly widened, were they really going to be staying here from now on?
Her thoughts were interrupted by Vivaldi, who was calling her. "-lice, Alice! Are you listening?" Alice's head snapped back to the siblings, whose faces were a bit flushed from arguing. "Listen, Alice, Vivaldi doesn't seem to be listening to logic. She insists that you and her share a room together, but I keep on telling her that the only two rooms available are small rooms. They only have single, queen sized beds, and I wouldn't want you young ladies to be uncomfortable at night, I'm pretty sure you would enjoy a bed to yourself, and not with this thing," He motions to a fuming Vivaldi, "So could you please talk some sense into her?"
Alice looked to Vivaldi, slightly amused. "Vivaldi, are you sure you want to room with me? Remember all of our attempts at sleepovers?" Vivaldi thought for a few seconds, then sighed nodding as she paled slightly. "Remember how I get when I read fan fiction, how I shout at my laptop, and squeal like a little schoolgirl? How high pitched my giggles get, don't you remember how much that annoys you? Remember how frustrated I get when I can't come up with ideas for stories? Remember how I rant and scream and throw my pencils at the wall when I can't get a drawing to look just right? Remember how you got sleep deprived because I was too noisy for you to sleep? Also, do you remember that one time when I was having that dream, and how I slept walked and did that? Do you really want to go through that again?"
Vivaldi flinched, remembering how Alice had dreamt she was put in a certain Yaoi story she had read before going to sleep, and then she had started yelling things while she was still asleep, walking around the room, screaming and crying for an 'Alfred', yelling "You Bloody Wanker! Get back here so I can **** and ****!" And how Alice finally had settled to hugging her so hard that she was about to pass out, muttering "You stupid Yankee..." before falling back to sleep again. In the morning, after she had told Alice, Alice just chuckled, muttering a 'sorry', and then going on about their favorite show at the time, Hetalia.
Vivaldi gave one last defeated look at Alice, before turning to her brother. "Fine. You win. I'll take the room in the West." Blood smirked, still a bit curious about Alice's dream. "Okay, dear sister, I shall escort you to your room," He looks to the boarders, who are still standing there, "And I need a volunteer to escort Alice to her room. Who lives in the East wing?" A few raised their hands, those few being Ace, Black, White, Julius, and Nightmare. "Okay Alice, these are your neighbors now, so, yeah. Who lives next to the small room?" Blood asked, looking expectantly at the boarders.
"I do. -Cough-" Alice looked over to a sickly looking man. "Who are you?" Alice questioned, while Blood slapped his forehead. "Oh yeah, you guys haven't introduced yourselves yet. I'm terribly sorry, Alice, it's just that I forgot with everything that's happened." Blood then looked expectantly at the boarders. A brunette dressed in a simple red t-shirt with black slacks on came forward, shaking Alice's hand with both of his. "Hey-o! The names Ace! You seem super interesting, so we're friends now, 'kay?" Alice smiled back politely, nodding as she did so, as two oddly dressed twins came up next.
The one in the black hoodie with one red headphone hanging out of his left ear muttered "Hi. My name's Black." While the other, adorned in an all white tux gasped, as if shocked. "Oh my gods! Black didn't cuss! You, my very adorable new friend, Alice, are a miracle worker! I think you've gone and made Black fall in love with you! If I may have the honor of having such a pretty girl like yourself know my name, it would be great." He looked at Alice, ignoring Black's glare. Alice nodded, causing White to smile brightly, "Good! My name is White, as you might have guessed." Alice shook his hand, already imagining the two in a relationship in which Black is the tsundere type, and is constantly jealous because White unintentionally flirts with everyone.
Next came Gowland and Boris, Gowland introduced himself with a big grin on his face, telling Alice that if she could make Boris that flustered, then she was definitely worth being friends with. Boris just stuck his tongue out at her. Pierce came trotting up next, smiling as he hugged his new friend again, before running back to the rest of the group.
The next two who came up looked very easy to write a story about. The sickly one was so the uke! "Hello, my name is Gray, it's a pleasure to meet you." The dark haired man shook her hand firmly, while the silver haired one coughed into his hand. "Hey, I'm Nightmare, such a pleasure to meet ya!" He was going to shake her hand, but then realized he had coughed blood into his glove. He smiled sheepishly as he was pulled away by Gray, then he started to beg Gray when he found out he was planning to give him some more medicine. Alice smiled, this house looked fun!
IDEA! Nightmare hates medicine, right? So that would mean he would be willing to do anything to not take it, right? If he were to persuade Gray with 'favors'... Gray would be tempted... Nightmare seduces! Innocent eyes, tears, weakly coughing, and finally, asking if he could lay his head on Gray's lap, Gray couldn't resist his innocent face, then Nightmare would 'accidentally' brush up against something with his hand... Inner Nosebleed!
Alice was coming up with more ideas when Blood clapped his hands, disturbing her thoughts. "Well, you've met everybody... Wait, where's Julius?" Ace then piped up "He was being moody, as usual, and said that he was going back to work." Blood nodded, sighing. "Well Alice, it looks like you'll have to meet him another time. It's getting dark, and I'm sure you want to rest up." Alice nodded, looking at Vivaldi, who looked irritated. "Yeah, yeah, let's hurry. I'm freakin' starving!" Vivaldi complained, reminding Alice that she was also very hungry. "Okay, well, Nightmare, if you could please escort miss Alice to her room, then we can decide on what to order for tonight's dinner." Nightmare nodded, glad to have an excuse to get away from Gray and his evil medicine.
"Come come, Miss Alice, your room is this way." Nightmare gestured towards the staircase, smiling as he did so. "Yes sir!" Alice saluted as she followed him. "Vivaldi and Blood followed, parting at the top of the staircase. "Alice, promise you'll tell me if any of these weirdos do anything, okay?" Vivaldi glanced to Nightmare, who frowned slightly. "Of course, of course, don't worry! They all seem nice and fun! Besides, we'll see each other in a few minutes again, we have to eat dinner, remember? And anyway, it's not like anybody would do anything to me, huh, Nightmare?" Alice mentally added 'Because they all have each other!'
Nightmare nodded. Alice then got that glint in her eyes, her hands suddenly wanting to type all the stories she had made up today on her laptop. Vivaldi sighed, Alice was so naïve sometimes. "Blood, you better not have any perverts renting rooms here, if anyone touches Alice, they're dead. Even deader than the zombies on Highschool of the Dead." Blood, not getting the reference just nodded blankly. "Yeah. 'kay." Alice and Vivaldi then parted to their new rooms. Vivaldi, worried and concerned, Alice, excited and nervous. The rest of the boarders slowly walked back to their rooms, all thinking about the new additions to the house, mainly, about Alice.
So, yeah! I apologize for any mistakes, and sorry if it was lame... thanks for reading! Review if you must. Till next time!
