Betsu No Ai oKeiken Suru Monogatari
Shinobu Monogatari 3
(2009)
The phrase "all good things must come to an end" has been used to reference many things in life. Truth be told, all good or bad things end and new things begin. One door opening means another door is closing and a person can either go through that door or stay in the past and miss the present and the future.
It is a person's own fault if they remain trapped in the past, fuming over transgressions that occurred years ago. All anyone needs to do is grab hold of the doorknob, turn, and walk through the door to the other side. The door doesn't even have to close, it can remain open as a gentle reminder of the past, just as long as the person continues to live on the other side and cross through more doors as they appear.
Shinobu had made his family proud. He'd graduated at the top of his class, was accepted to the most prestigious schools in the world, and had decided to attend law school after finishing his undergraduate. Harvard Law had accepted him without question when he'd taken the LSATs while still in high school and scoring a 178. The high school graduate had accepted going to Harvard once completion of his business degree at University of Melbourne was complete.
Thanks to his mother running interference for him, Shinobu was let off from any omiai in the near future, given an opportunity to attend top ranked world schools, and he was able to spend his last year of high school with his friends and Lorelei. Unfortunately, as mentioned before, all good things must come to an end. Lorelei was planning on attending school in America rather than stay in Australia. Even though Shinobu was the younger one mentally when they had started going out, he had surpassed her rather quickly. Maybe it was the sex or maybe it was the seriousness he took his schooling.
Either way, he broke it off with the girl a few months before she left for America. It wasn't a nasty break up, quite the contrary. They remained in contact with one another throughout the summer and even planned on getting together in New York over spring break during their first year of college.
Shinobu had become more Australian than Japanese in his four years abroad. He was also popular, though rather aloof, and smart on top of everything else. No one who had met the young man would have thought he couldn't snag a new girlfriend in a heartbeat. He wasn't thinking about girls though, he was more interested in finishing school, early if possible, so he could move on to another path.
The boy had started becoming restless rather easily and things didn't hold his attention as much anymore. It was as if something were pawing at the back of his head the way a dog digs for a bone in the backyard. He could feel it, but just didn't know what it was.
University of Melbourne was a picturesque school located on a beautiful tract of land. The buildings reminded Shinobu of the older buildings he'd seen on his high school trip to London in his sophomore year. He wasn't particularly impressed, but he was comfortable with his decision to attend.
After some careful research, Shinobu found out that he could fast-track through the program and graduate in less than the customary three years if he put his mind to it. So he loaded up on a full block of courses a term to ensure he was able to graduate as quickly as possible. He was advised that taking so many credits could be detrimental to the learning process, but the boy didn't care. The university ended up relenting after seeing his scores throughout his high school career.
Shinobu walked onto campus with his meager possessions and toward the orientation building. He knew the orientation was still a few hours away, but he wanted to put his clothes into his room and rest before being forced to deal with a lot of new people. The room assignments were being handed out when he arrived at his destination. He was aware others would be there; he just didn't realize so many people would show up this early on the orientation day. Oh well, no use fretting over something that cannot be changed.
He walked to the line marked S-T and waited until he reached the front of the line. A boy with a sour expression on his face was sitting on the chair behind the desk. Had Shinobu been a girl he was sure the looks of this person would have turned him to mush. He was tall and lanky like Shinobu, had deep red hair and intense blue eyes. By many standards he was absolutely perfect.
"Name." The boy said without even looking up.
"Takatsuki. Shinobu Takatsuki."
The boy with red hair searched through the pile, found the required envelope and handed it to Shinobu. "Sign this." He said forking over a clipboard with a list of names.
Shinobu easily found his and signed the paper.
"That envelope includes your dorm card for entering the dorm. The code needed to enter your room and the code needed to count your meals. Don't forget those. There is also a list of emergency numbers, both on campus and off. It is not necessary to memorize the, but it would be wise to put most of them in your mobile to have in case of an emergency."
Shinobu listened to the boy drone on for a few more minutes. Not once did the boy make eye-contact much less acknowledge Shinobu was even a person standing in front of him. All the better in his mind. The less he had to deal with people the better, he thought.
After the boring spiel given to him by the boy, Shinobu went to his dorm and into the room. His parents had given him a room of his own, even though he said he was fine sharing. Then again, he would be studying a lot and that meant he needed to have as much quiet as possible, so an individual room was a good investment.
After putting his few items of clothing away (he'd learned that being a minimalist was a good thing because it meant less crap to deal with) he looked at his class schedule. The schedule included both macro and micro-economics, a business math course, qualitative research, an English course (because he was a foreigner), intro to business, and intro to accounting. To him the list looked like child's play, to someone else they may as well just pass out from the requirements.
Glancing at the clock the student realized he still had two hours to kill before the opening ceremony. True to being a college student and a boy, he flopped down on his bed and fell asleep. The prior week had been exhausting and he just wanted to sleep for forty-eight hours to make up for the lack of sleep he'd had.
/GG/
Shinobu woke up to the sounds of other students in the hallway outside his door. He was drowsy and wanted to go back to sleep, but he was also hungry and had to pee. Nature calling was more important than sleep, so he stood up and stretched out his tired muscles to get the oxygen flowing into his system. At that point he looked at the clock and realized he'd slept through orientation and it was seven o'clock at night, which meant the mess hall was closed. Great. What a way to start off his college experience.
He wasn't going to let that deter him and he left his room in search of a snack machine and the nearest toilet. The snack machine was on the first floor next to the common room and the toilet was just beyond. That made his trip easy.
Looking around he took in the sea of faces. Each person looked the same to him, just another lemming in the crowd on his or her way to gaining higher education. The one who did stand out was the red-head who had given him his papers earlier.
He watched as the boy showed others where to go and figured he must have been a dorm leader or the like. That was good to know and his looks stood out enough he'd be able to find him if necessary. New information filed in his head, Shinobu went back to his room to sleep until he needed to wake up for breakfast the next morning.
/GG/
The morning came earlier than Shinobu wanted, but got up anyway so he could take a shower before heading off toward the canteen. The boy's showers were located on the second floor, so he went upstairs and walked inside. They were similar to the ones at his high school, only there were more showerheads.
He wasn't the only one in the shower at five in the morning either. That same person with red hair was in the corner lathering himself with body wash. Shinobu caught himself staring at the other's physique and it made him tingle in areas where he shouldn't have been tingling.
Turning away as quickly as possible, Shinobu went to one of the private stalls for his shower and washed his body. The image of the one with red hair popped into his mind again. How the water rolled off his tight, firm ass. The expression on the boys face as he cleaned off his member, hidden under curly hairs.
Shinobu hadn't intended to look, but he saw that the penis on the other boy was circumcised and it made him start to harden.
"Fuck!" He all but shouted under his breath. "I can't be getting hard looking at another man. I am not gay."
This didn't really help him in any way though as it just caused him to think more about the other person and that resulted in a stiff Johnson just waiting to be touched. Obviously the problem wasn't about to go away, so Shinobu quickly alleviated the issue and got out of the shower in record time. His head was spinning and not in a good way.
Once in his dorm he went to look for pictures of the girls he'd been friends with and of course Lorelei. The thoughts of her still made him sensitive, but nowhere near as sensitive as how the red-headed boy made him. Realizing nothing could be done, he decided to go for a stroll about the campus and clear his head before breakfast.
Strolling did the trick and he was fine as he ate. Breakfast consisted of sugary crap and a few western style options such as eggs and bacon. Shinobu ate a yogurt and ended up with a strange craving for cabbage. Of course there was no cabbage anywhere, so he just ate his yogurt and left. For some reason, unbeknownst to him, he decided to all but ignore everyone. It was completely opposite how he had been in high school. While part of that life he was open, spoke to people, and laughed. Now he felt as if he was supposed to be brooding all the time and not caring about anyone else in the world.
This new development didn't seem to bother the youth, so he left and went about his day plan. The campus was rather large and he wanted to find all of his classes before the first day so he wouldn't get lost. Since no one was roaming the buildings he figured it was a good time to look without being bothered.
His first two classes were in the same room, just at different times. The first class started at eight in the morning and his second was at nine. Shinobu found the room easy enough and went looking for the second room.
On the second floor he discovered his third, fifth, and sixth classes. He guessed the final two were on the third floor, so he headed for the stairs and ascended. The student liked how easy it was to locate the rooms and how they were all in the same building. Someone had been using their head when they designed the place.
On his way to the first room on the third floor he heard a crash from behind. Interest aroused he turned around and went looking for the noise. In an end classroom stood the boy with red hair. He seemed to be rearranging the closet in the back of the room.
Shinobu walked into the room and eyed the boy, who had turned around and eyed him back. He was right in that the boy had startlingly piercing eyes that drove through his own like a stake through the heart. His heart started to beat harder in his chest.
"Classes don't start till tomorrow, what are you doing here?" The other asked.
"I'm learning my way around to avoid confusion tomorrow."
"That's smart. More people should do that instead of wait till last minute." He continued working and ignoring Shinobu. Then he thought better of it and turned to face his junior. "Instead of standing there like an idiot, why don't you help me?"
Shinobu just nodded and walked forward, willing the sound of his heart not to be heard. What was this? Love at first sight. God, he hoped not.
"I'm Alan. Second year in the business department."
"Shinobu, I'm new, obviously."
Alan chuckled, "Obviously." He then went to the door to the closet. "Here's what we're going to do. I will tell you what I want, you bring it to me. We can get this done in twenty minutes and then you can go about your little adventure."
The older boy's tone was snide, but Shinobu found it didn't really bother him all that much. In fact it sounded very natural to the boy. Alan seemed to have a personality that Shinobu admired and a body that made him feel very weird.
It didn't really take all that much time to finish with the room and during that time Shinobu had been able to drag some small bits of conversation out of his senior. Alan was at the school on scholarship that required he work quite a bit to keep attending. He was from a poor neighborhood and his family had no money. He was working his ass off to graduate and help provide for his younger siblings. Shinobu found that admirable, though he'd never admit it.
The last box was heavy and Shinobu found it was going to require two hands to get up onto the shelf. He and Alan worked together to lift the box and place it where it belonged. As luck would have it the small space they were working with caused both men to fall onto the floor in a heap.
"Ugh." Shinobu groaned as he looked at Alan who had landed on top of him.
What happened immediately following neither boy could agree on, but one or the other instigated a kiss that left both breathless. Shinobu could feel sparks coursing through his veins as he felt the older boy suck on his lower lip and tongue in a frenzy. The pure animalistic draw to one another had them both panting and breathless and hard within moments.
The kissing didn't stop though and after regaining a semblance of décor they continued with their heated make-out session. Shinobu had no idea kissing a man could be such a turn on. Already he wanted to take his pants off and pound Alan's sweet ass into the next dimension. Just the thought almost made him squirt a load into his pants.
Alan broke the kiss and started to stand up.
"Where are you going?" Shinobu demanded in the heat of lust.
"To lock the door. Do you want someone else who has your same ideas to walk in on us fucking in a classroom?"
The man had a point and within moments Alan was straddling Shinobu and the two were clawing each other's cloths off. What followed can only be described as a train wreck of passion and lust that left both boys hot. Shinobu got ready to become the seme when he stopped. Something was wrong. The look on Alan's lustful face wasn't wrong. What was wrong was the positions.
Shinobu eased himself onto his back and pulled the startled Alan into a more dominant position.
"Take me." He whispered heatedly.
Alan looked at his sweaty junior with wide eyes. "But I don't top." He stated.
"You do now." Shinobu snarled.
Two rounds later both boys went about the rest of their day. An unspoken agreement was given that from then on they would only fuck each other and no one else would know. In other words, they were going to remain in the closet.
