Chapter 10: Ranmaru's attempts.

Ranmaru had never experienced actual jealousy. He was always the one who made others feel jealous. And now that the tables were turned, he realized it was not a good feeling. What had Kyohei meant? Did Sunako admit that she liked him? Ranmaru looked up at the sky and sighed.

"Please, please let that not be true."

Ranmaru just didn't get it. Why did he suddenly like Sunako so much? He'd seen women who were much more beautiful, much richer, and more polite. But he'd HAD to go and

…fall in love (?) with Sunako Nakahara?

Sigh.

So this is how it's going to be.

But Ranmaru had no idea how to get Sunako to like him, because Kyohei and her were very similar, and there was a good chance that Sunako already liked Kyohei.

I would NOT like that.

For one, he was sure that he could not use his usual tricks on her.

This is Sunako, not some regular girl. I can't just be like "If beauty were sunlight, you'd shine from a million light-years away" because she'd just like, punch me or something, because I referred to her as a 'creature of light' or whatever.

After pondering over it for several hours, Ranmaru somehow* came to the conclusion that he would need little-boyish charms to win her over. So he turned to the one little-boyish teenager he knew. That's right. Ranmaru turned to Yuki for help in his love life.

"I don't know. I don't do anything. I just…be myself." Said Yuki, when he was asked for advice.

"Yes, yes, I need to know HOW to act like you."

"I can't help you. I don't know how to act."

"Oi, Yuki, I'm telling you to act like yourself, so I can imitate you. I'm not making you act all serious like Takenaga, right? Come on!"

"I don't get it."

"Aw, come on! It doesn't require any effort!"

"Why are so desperate anyway? Is it because of…her?"

"I don't know who you're talking about" said Ranmaru, pretending not to remember his little outburst from the previous day.

"Ok, sure, whatever. But I won't help you unless you tell me why you're being all weird lately" said Yuki.

Damn, since when is Yuki so mean?

"Yuki, you're mean" declared Ranmaru.

Yuki was shocked.

"I'm NOT mean!" shouted Yuki.

"Yeah? Then prove it. Help me."

"Get someone else to help you! I don't know how to teach someone to act like me. I don't DO anything, see. Ask Take-kun."

"He won't help me."

Ranmaru had no choice now. H would have to butter up Yuki before he got him to do anything.

"Yuki, he's not as nice, and kind, and friendly, and cool, and …"

Oops, I'm out of good adjectives.

"And, and, cute, and friendly (wait, did I say that already?), and helpful" finished Ranmaru.

Yuki became teary-eyed.

"You really think I'm so good?"

"I know that you're that good."

"Perhaps I could help you, Ran-kun."

"Excellent."

And so, the two set off to work, and Yuki struggled to imitate himself. At the end, nothing was accomplished, so Ranmaru finally decided that he would just hang out with Yuki for a few days, and find out how to mimic him.

Days passed, and Ranmaru was feeling more and more desperate. This was never going to work, because as Yuki had mentioned earlier, he really didn't do anything. Also, he seemed to be intimidated by Ranmaru's very presence.

This is pointless. Why am I even doing this? Oh yeah, because I need little-boyish charm to win over Sunako. Wait, what? How did I jump to that conclusion? Oh god, I just wasted 3 days for nothing. Nice job, Ranmaru.

"Yuki, thank you very, very much. I've truly learnt a lot from you."

"Does this mean you'll stop following me?" asked Yuki nervously.

"Yes. "

Yuki let out a sigh of relief. He had not at all enjoyed the experience. Ranmaru had watched each of his movements, taking notes in his stupid little notebook. He had observed how Yuki spoke, how he moved, everything. Yuki shuddered just remembering it.

Ranmaru was feeling very, very annoyed with himself, and he was just about to give up, when it struck him.

"Why didn't I think of it before?"

"Think of what? wondered Yuki.

"You'll see."

"I hate it when people say that to me" grumbled Yuki.

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* By this, I mean that he had noticed how Sunako is always nice to Yuki.

Short chapter, I know. Plus, nothing happens. Well, I was thinking, and it seems so unfair that Yuki is never included in any fan fiction, as an important. So I decided to include him for once. And it turned out to be boring. Sorry, people. I'll make the next chapter longer and more interesting.

Have any of you noticed how almost every single wallflower fan fiction mentions Kyohei's shrimp obsession at least once? Including mine, of course.