Neko here! So here is chapter two of Black Roses Rewrite. Again against my better judgment I'm posting chapter two. I'll say this just in case there was any confusion, Autumn will not be sticking with Yusuke and the whole group for the whole story, she will be off on her own and have interactions with others in the group or people in the world and thus it won't follow the anime completely yet still have actions going with the anime. I'm fixing up this chapter on the night of getting home from posting the first chapter so that it'll be easier to upload when I do get the chance to get into town to use my laptop to update.
Disclaimer: Nope don't own YHH, kinda wondering who would write a fan fic for something they own since they could just make it cannon.
The next day Shuichi didn't meet up with Autumn as he was sure she would still grieving at her home. With a shake of his head to some females who were asking him to help them study and said "I'm sorry but I can't help you today. I'm going to see Autumn-chan to give her the school work she missed and my mother this afternoon." He gave them a soft smile before gathering up his books to head to his advance class. After school he went to get the assignments from the teachers for Autumn's classes before he left the school and headed to where his friend lived. Once reaching there he knocked at the door and when it was opened he saw the blank look in Autumn's face and he said "Hello Autumn-chan."
Autumn looked at Shuichi with blank and emotionless eyes with a few blinks after he greeted her before she stepped out as she didn't want him to see the mess that her mother had created in mourning. "Hello Shuichi-kun, what are you doing here?" She asked, her look not changing and her voice holding no emotion in it.
Shuichi stepped back when Autumn stepped out of the small apartment and he looked at her worriedly before he said "I've brought you the school work you missed today. All the teachers understand, so take your time on coming back, I'll keep bringing you the school work until you decide to come back." He smiled encouraging, wishing for her to know that she wasn't alone.
Autumn gave him a smile that didn't reach her eyes and she nodded before she said "Thank you Shuichi-kun." She took the school work from him before she asked softly "Anything else?"
Shuichi looked at her before he reached out and pulled her into a hug and whispered "Aut, you aren't alone. You can always lean on me if you need to." He felt her stiffen in his arms before relaxing and slightly hug him back. "Tomorrow I'll take you out to do something fun." He said as he pulled back from the small girl.
Autumn nodded with a very small smile that reached her eyes for a second before she said "Alright I'll meet you at the park near our school tomorrow at noon." At the taller males nod she stepped back from him and said "Bye Shuichi-kun." She then went back into the house and to her room, ignoring her sleeping mom who mumbled about Yusuke. She settled at her desk and started on her school work as she had nothing else to do.
Autumn sat up panting softly as she felt her brother near her and she said questioningly "Yusuke?" Her dark purple eyes looked around her room as she remember the dream she had of her brother, he told her to not let his body be cremated. Biting back tears she pulled her legs up to her chest and whispered "Idiot why?" Tears coming down her face as she hide her face against her knees. She could swear she felt her brother hug her to comfort her and she could have sworn she heard him tell her that he was coming back. Getting up she got dressed in a pair of jeans and tank top before grabbing Yusuke's jacket and slipped it on before she walked out of the room. She looked at Keiko and raised an eyebrow at listening to her say she had a dream about Yusuke and the same about their mother having a dream. She followed her brothers childhood friend out before she asked "The dream, what happened in it?"
Keiko looks to Autumn and tugged on her brown hair slightly before she said "He said not to let them cremate his body, that he is coming back. I couldn't break your mothers peace and comfort so I didn't tell her." She looked at the younger girl and took in what she was wearing before she scolded "Autumn this isn't the time to be skipping school."
Autumn chewed on her lower lip as she walked next to Keiko and listened about the dream. At the scolding she simply rolled her eyes and gave a slight smile, it made her happy that Keiko was still willing to scold her. "It's an off day for my school." She said, "And I have a friend dragging me out today." Her dark purple eyes took in Keiko's uniform and shook her head never really understand how Keiko and her brother could be friends. She stayed quiet for the rest of the walk with Keiko until they came to were they would split. "I had that dream too by the way." She said without a glance to the older girl as turned and headed down the street not even looking at Keiko's reply or reaction.
Keiko stood there watching Yusuke's younger sister walk away while slightly shocked at the girl would have the same dream as her, at least she figured in a way. Watching the smaller girl she swear she could see how the younger sibling was really related to the punk that was her brother. She smiled and shook her head before going on her way to school.
Shuichi looked at Autumn as she walked up with a small cut on her hand but that was the only sign that he figured she had been in a fight. He shook his head and studied her as she walked up, she seemed to be confused about something which was rare from the girl who got the same grades as he did when he was her age. He looked into her purple eyes as she waved to him and he smiled slightly seeing a spark of life in them. "Well you look better.. dare I ask what happened?" He asked playfully.
Autumn gave him a small smile as she settled into the pace he set as they walked. "Well I got into a fight, since for some reason some idiots thought I was my brother.. I mean really how can they mistake him and me is beyond me. Aside from the huge height and body difference, there is the clear hair length difference. Yusuke never had hair this long." She said as she flicked her long straight hair back over her shoulder, she had it up in a ponytail that day since she didn't feel like dealing with styling it. She decided to keep her dream to herself however despite it being what confused her, well more the fact that Keiko had nearly the same dream as her.
Shuichi chuckled softly at the small girls words about the differences and said "Then they must truly be idiots." He led her to the train station and said "I had figured on an amusement park but I figured that would be too date like, so there is a fighting tournament happening on the other side of town. Does that interest you?"
Autumn giggled softly at his agreeing words before she made a slight face at the amusement park, only giving a nod of agreement on it being too date like. She grinned at him and said "Of course a fighting tournament interests me! Hello my brother was the best street fighter and I learned with him for self defense more than anything when younger." She got on the train and moved so her back was against the wall with her friend standing in front of her to protect her from the people around them.
Although it wasn't exactly morning rush crowded it was still pretty crowded and Shuichi felt the need to make sure nothing happened to his small female friend. Sure he knew she could take care of herself, at least he figured so due to the fact that the different fighting clubs at their school wanted her to join whenever they had a spot opened. He looked down at her dark brown hair as she looked towards the window and wondered why she had chosen to be in track and cooking clubs. But he shook his head and led her off when their stop came up and said "It won't start for a while so what do you want to do until then?"
Autumn was glad her friend had taken to protecting her on the train, she would never admit but she hated the train and avoided using it at all cost unless her brother was with her. That thought brought back the memory of her brother always standing over her the way Shuichi was currently doing. Turning her head to look out the window to keep her eyes from showing how she was feeling about the whole thing. Feeling the train stop and Shuichi moving she moved with him as he led her off the train, her eyes glanced at him hearing him speak. Looking around she said "Well there is this one store that I wanna go to that is in this area." She glanced at him with a sheepish look before she added "At least if you don't mind a bit of window shopping."
Shuichi looked at her with a small warm smile before he said "Of course not, I trust you won't drag me into a completely girly store." He walked with her out of the train station before he motioned for her to lead the way to the store she was wanting to go to.
Autumn nodded as she walked with him, her dark purple eyes glancing around, mostly because it's been a while since she was in the area. Mostly because Yusuke didn't want to come to this area of the city and she was sure some things had changed since then. As she lead the way to the store, she paused to look in the windows that caught her attention but not enough for her to want to enter the stores. The whole time both teens were quiet and just enjoying the walk, a pet store got her to smile slightly at the animals in the window.
Shuichi chuckled softly as Autumn seemed to enjoy looking at the store windows but that was all that she seemed to do. At least until the pet store and he watched her looking at the puppy in the window and he asked "Want to go in and see about that puppy?"
Autumn glanced at Shuichi and blushed lightly before she nodded and said "Yeah, the eyes kinda remind me of my brother when he is begging me to not tell Keiko about something he did." She followed her friend into the store and she went to look at the puppy and let it sniff at her fingers.
A store employe said "Careful that one likes to bite and not let go." As the employe spoke the puppy nipped at Autumn's fingers, well would have bit but she pulled her hand away too quick.
Autumn smiled at the puppy and pat it's head before she said "Just puppy behavior."
Shuichi smiled before he asked "How much for that puppy?" He ignored Autumn's look and he said "You need something to cheer you up, a puppy would be good company for you." As he was told the price he nodded and asked "Can you hold it until later?" He pulled out the money to pay for the puppy after he was told that the puppy could be held until later, he also paid for a leash and collar for the puppy.
Autumn stared in shock at her friend as she held the puppy in her arms and petted it. "You don't have to get me the puppy." She said although she couldn't really be angry with him about it as she was happy that she wouldn't be alone. At her friends look she didn't say anything but hand the puppy over to the employe who the puppy tried to bite but Autumn smacked it's nose lightly and said "No Bite." She watched the puppy give a sad look but didn't try to bite again.
After that they went to the store Autumn wanted to go to which turned out to be a small clothing store that had some interesting clothes in it. She picked out some clothes and bought them before it was time for the fighting tournament and the two teens went to it and watched it.
A yawn came from her as she walked up to her apartment with her bags and the puppy in her arms to see Keiko talking to her mom. She froze when she heard what her mom said and she moved quickly to them and entered the house before she went to her brother. Her face paled slightly as she touched his cheek before she felt the puppy squirm in her arms and listened to her mom and Keiko happily as she looked at them. "He's coming back... really coming back." She said softly as she looked at them before putting the puppy down next to her bags and went over to join their hug.
As promised this chapter is clearly longer than the first, which hopefully after I figure out the right length then all the chapters will get to a steady length. But I'm also wanting to put more in my main file of this story before posting so I don't get caught up to make people wait longer while I type it up.
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