Closer Than Blood Oneshots Chapter 2: Crying is all any of us do, a tenjho tenge fanfic

Hey! Thought I'd just forget about it didya! Nyah!

Disclaimer: I, like always, do not own Tenjho Tenge. Some really lucky bastard in Japan does. Said bastard could of made Maya and Shin together, though.

Summary: Mitsuomi could tell today was going to be a very bad day.

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Mitsuomi sighed and slumped down in his seat, the hard plastic making it a bit of an uncomfortable position. The teacher in the front of the room was going on about something as usual, droning on about something so boring that half of the students were asleep and the other half were just ignoring him.

Propping his elbow on the desk, he dropped his head into his hand and closed his eyes, breathing in the fresh air from the open window next to him. His long bangs flowed with the air as a breeze came by, cooling his face and he allowed a smile to come to his lips for a second as he enjoyed the moment, a frown coming back as it passed. He opened his eyes and glanced out the window to the sky, glad at his own foresight in grabbing this seat. He could see the clouds take shape into different images.

One of a motorcycle...

another of a fist...

and one of a, he turned his head to the side and gazed at it quizzically, monkey with a gun.

What the hell, he wondered, would a monkey be doing with a gun. He sweatdropped as he remembered that it was his own imagination that had put it there. This hole thing must be really messing with my brain, he reasoned, looking back at the monkey..who had just turned his head and smirked evilly at him while pointing the gun toward him. Mitsuoni's eyes widened and he jumped back a little, forgetting the fact that he's sitting down, and winced in pain as his head hit the floor.

He blinked his eyes as the world around him spun for a second and lifted himself up on his elboews with aq groan, bring a hand to the back of his head to rub at the bump forming there. Shaking his head, he focused his vision above him and bit back a scream at the withered face right in front of his own, so close he could see practically every tiny wrinkle on it. Scooting back a little, Mitsuomi threw a sheepish grin at his teacher as he got up, aware of every eye on him as he sat down.

Naomi-sensei stayed by his desk for the a second longer before moving on, mumbling about punks and being too old for this.

Stupid old man almost gave me a heart attack, he thought, putting his face back in his hand and glancing back out at the clouds. His mood saddened as Maya's face stared down at him from the sky, as lovely as in real life, and his worry for her came back to the front of his mind.

She had been acting weird all day, always looking around as if searching for someone, and looking disappointed when she didn't see them. He had known something was wrong the moment he had seen her coming towards the school, waiting like he did every morning so he could hang out with her before school started. Her head had been bowed, bangs covering her face and her shoulders slumped, her pace slow as she dragged her feet. That had been merit enough for him to be conserned over, but he had grown more worried once he noticed that Shin wasn't walking next to her. That in itself was unusual, because as long as he can remember Shin and Maya were always together, doing everything together, and Shin and Maya always walked to school together.

She hadn't even looked his way and just walked past him, as if she was too lost in her own thoughts to notice anything around her. He had called out her name and ran up to her, and when she had looked back he could of sworn he saw her face turn from surprised and joyful to disappointed, before leaving it blank. He had felt shocks of hurt squeeze his heart before ignoring it, telling himself that she didn't mean to hurt him and he should stop being so selfish.

After successfully beating down the hurt, he had asked her what was wrong, and 'why isn't Shin with you?' He had been looking into her beautiful blue eyes as he asked, so he had seen the flash of pain in them as he said his name. His fists had unconsciously tightened as anger tore through him when he realized that Shin must have been the one to make her feel and look sad. She must have noticed because she just put a hand on his arm as if trying to placate him, and said 'It's nothing, we just had a fight is all.'

That too had struck him as weird, because he had never really seen them fight. Sure he's seen them bicker a little before, but he had never seen them seriously fight besides when they were training. When her face turned back to the sad and defeated one he had seen earlier, he had resolved to himself that he'd have a talk to Shin during lunch, and had spent the rest of their time together trying to cheer her up.

Mitsuomi frowned to himself as he started twirling his pencil in his hand, face still turned towards the sky. After that the day had just gotten stranger.

Maya had been withdrawn every time he was with her, not talking and just peaking one syllable words whenever he asked her something. She constantly kept looking around her for something, and more than once he'd wonder if she was even paying any attention to him at all. Also, to his surprise Shin seemed to be avoiding her, which was a very unShin thing for him to do. He'd noticed on more than one occasion that Shin always payed most of attention to Maya no matter what was going around him, which caused alot of complaining from Mana about Shin and Maya. He'd always be looking at her or standing a litle too close to her, as if to always make sure that she was there.

At one point it was so obvious that he was just ignoring her, that it put out any voices in his head that had come out with tons of reasons why he didn't acknowledge them. It was during the walk to the class right before lunch, and he had been walking the opposite way as them, right next to Maya. She had stopped upon seeing him, and had just stared at him as he walked towards and past her, and the both of us watched him turn the corner before walking to class.

The hole time he never so much as glanced our way.

Instead of the sad look Maya had worn all day, her face had heartbroken written all over it. That only strengthened his resolve to talk, or beat, some sense into Shin. Once lunch came he was brimming with anger at Shin's treatment to Maya, and he had stalked around the school looking for him, never noticing that Maya had disappeared.

It had taken the better part of lunch to find him, but one freshmen had told him that he had seen a guy fitting that description enter a lab nearby and he had rushed off, fists clenching at his sides. When he got to the room he had been to busy thinking over what he was going to say to hear the arguing coming from the room. He had wrenched the door open as quietly as possible to give him the element of surprise. His mouth had been open, ready to behin his angry tirade before Shin could get a word in, but he closed in surprise at the sight before him.

Maya had been leaning against a lab table in the front of the room, Shin towering over her with both of his hands on the table beside her, boxing her in. Shin's face had been so close to her's that their noses were actually touching, both of them staring into each others eyes with angry looks on their faces, trying to shout at each other at the same time. He had stood there in bewilderment before closing the door, walking away with a sinking feeking in his chest that he could only describe as jealousy over how close they were. After that he had avoided Maya as best as he could, who with her sad look would only stare at him in confusion before continuing with what she was doing.

Mitsuomi rubbed his eyes with his hand in misery, his feelings hanging over him like a black cloud. He knew that he should of stayed home today when he woke up exhausted and figured it wasn't going to be a good day. But nooooo, he had ignored his insticts and gone out anyway just so he could see the lovely Maya, and all he'd gotten was one of the suckiest days ever. He didn't even really know why he was feeling so depressed and jealous. Why should he feel jealous if it was just Shin there with Maya, he was her brother for Gods sake! It's not like he was her boyfriend because that would just be unnatural and gross. He shivered just thinking about them together like that

Sighing again, he was just about to bring his gaze back to the sky when he caught a flash of lavender in the corner of his eye, and turned towards it expectantly. To his dismay it wasn't just Maya outside heading in the direction of the gate to school, Shin was following her. They both still looked angry at each other, and he could tell they were yelling by how he could hear the faint sounds of their voices, even though he was practically at the top of the school.

His ears perked up when he heard the sound of name as they stopped halfway to the gate. They were facing each other, and from his view he could see the profiles of both of them standing closely together. Whatever Maya said seemed to make her sad and Shin less angry, because they were talking softer now, and if he squinted he could see tears forming in the corner of the only eye of Maya's that he could see.

Whatever problems they have been having must have been really bad, because for as long as he's known her, Maya had only cried once, and that had to do with Shin too.

Shin must have seen the tears too, because he reached out his right hand towards her cheek, his hand almost touching her before she pulled away from him. Mitsuomi took a little pleasure in the hurt look on Shin's face caused by Maya's unacceptance of him touching her. He could see Maya's lips move before she turned away from Shin, starting the way back towards the gate. If he wasn't watching as closely as he was, he probably would of missed the quick movement of Shin, but he didn't.

She had only taken a few steps before Shin's face turned into one of determination. As quick as lightening Shin caught up with her and grabbed one of her arms, tugging her back so their bodies were pressed together. His arms were folded so tightly around her that he couldn't tell where he began and she ended, they were squished together so much. He could see him whispering in her ear, his lips brushing against her earlobe with every movement. What happened after that made his eyes widen and mouth drop in horror, as Shin and Maya kissed, on the lips.

He could only stay frozen in his seat as they seemed to kiss for hours, so passionate and tender, a kiss he often imagined shared between him and Maya. Once they started walking away, Shin's arm around her waist, holding her to him with her head lying on his shoulder, he could feel his body start moving again and he jumped out of his seat, knocking it to the floor, and hurried out of the classroom.

Rage and bitter agony swept through him as he ran, their kiss repeating iteslf over and over in his head. All he wanted to do was scream at Maya and Shin, at the world, and beat Shin to an inch of his life. He wouldn't hurt Maya though, he just wanted to shake her till whatever spell Shin put on her came off. It didn't matter that he saw her kissing him back, enjoying it, because it was sick and he'd rather ignore that and just keep telling himself that Shin forced her to do it and she tried to stop because he loved her and it made him feel better.

His judgement was so impaired that instead of just jumping out of the window to confront them, he ended up running down the stairs, and as he got outside they were nowhere in sight. He started to run after them again before the overwhelming urge to just sit and cry came over him. He ended up collapsing right at the spot where they had kissed, and right before he cried, something Mana said came back to him. He just bowed his head over his head and cried harder, hands clutching at the hard ground.

All the signs were there, but he had just been to ignorant to notice.

'Maya and Shin seem more like lovers than siblings'

This has been the first time I have ever commited to one of my works. Yay me! Go FaithDeanLove, Go FaithDeanLove. Hurray!!

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