I don't own JSRF…I DO own this fic so don't plagiarize… Knock, knock… who the fuck is bangin' at my door? Is it abstract commercial or hardcore? Better know what the fuck they lookin' for, 'cause they don't want more!


Answering Opportunities Knock: Jackpot

(Yoyo/Gum, Yoyo/Rhyth at the end)

"I stay sweet as a nut, sweet like Tropicana;
when I have head, your head splits like banana.
You're not ready for this girl,
you better send your best boys, 'cause this is Captain Rascal!
More destructive and troublesome than ever,
I'll probably be doing this, probably forever;
fellas wanna stop me dont probably come together,
it's probable they'll stop me, probably never…"

"Fix Up, Look Sharp" by Dizzee Rascal

"Tag" Underwood and Darth Avery: I needed someone I could use that wouldn't be horribly offensive and would be unexpected… Gandhi just sort of popped into my head and I ran with it. I wanted so badly for Yoyo to say that whoever it was let him down (because it would have been against their character to have sex with Gum) and when I decided on Gandhi it just sort of came together.

Assassin K.: Heh, heh… oh don't worry, they keep it a secret… you're right though, if they ever found out about what happened between Gum and Yoyo they'd be pissed at her. Sorry this took so long to update.

Bagzy: Thanks again for the idea. It actually helped me very much in the approach I chose to take for the ending of this chapter.

Noh-face What an odd coincidence. I'm glad you've found something to like about this and yes, you're right, I am a bro. L.A. nigga what!! Seriously, though... I'm glad you like this and I hope i'll see a few more reviews from you... and I'm afraid you'll have to wait for "Monster Island" I'm still working some stuff out and haven't gotten a chance to really get started on it. 'Til next time.


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Sorry for the wait. 2525 hits. If you're just joining us allow me to bring you up to speed: Yoyo just got some. Let's keep the story going.


Gum's Bedroom- September 19, 9:30am

Gum's clock-radio went off blasting "Baby-T" and pulling Yoyo out of his half-sleep half-coma. He stuck his hand out to turn it off but he couldn't reach it. Suddenly he was forcefully tossed onto his back and found himself pinned down by… something very soft and warm. It was soft and warm and… it was crushing his head. He couldn't open his eyes, only grit his teeth. After a mere few seconds he heard the radio go silent and the crushing force on his head suddenly lessened to nothing. … That must've been Gum. He opened his eyes and rolled over onto his side. He saw her. She was mere inches away from his face with that same smile she always had for him. She reached up and ran her fingers gently through his hair. For the first time Yoyo realized that he was sweaty, hungry and dehydrated. He yawned and let a smile slowly cross his face.

Gum sat up and ran her hand through her own hair, pulling it out of her eyes and behind her ears. She leaned back a little and rested on her hand as she looked back down at Yoyo. She continued to look at down at him. She looked down at him and then she… giggled. She let her other hand caress his cheek. "Not bad Yoh-kun, not bad at all." She giggled and mussed his hair just before she crawled over him and out of the bed. She went to her dresser to put on some underwear. Even after what they had just done he didn't think it would be right to look at her in the nude. He rolled onto his side and faced away from her. "I'll be right back Yoh-kun…" she left the room and came back with a towel, "take a shower okay?"

"Uh… yeah, okay… didn't I take one last night?" he asked.

She laughed. "You're supposed to bathe regularly Yoyo." She tossed a towel at him, landing it on his head. "Wash your hair too."

He waited until he heard her leave the room before he slid out of her bed and wrapped the towel around himself. As he left her room he heard the sound of the front door closing. He shrugged and entered the bathroom. He ran the water in the shower, waiting for it to get warm, and for the first time he noticed that his cock was tired and spongy. He poked it and recoiled in pain. What'd she do to me? Ow! Why did I agree to let her "teach" me?! He sighed and continued to clutch himself.

There was a knock on the door. "Yoyo? Are you in the shower? I just got your clothes, they're in my room, okay?"

"Okay… thank you." Well all that aside he did enjoy it… and it wasn't like she was trying to hurt him. She just wouldn't let him stop for the entire three hours. In truth he had to count himself lucky that he actually got some instead of her kicking his ass over what he'd done in her bed. But still… part of him still didn't feel right. Yoyo stretched and immediately cried out in pain. Ow… my back!!


Yoyo slid his lime hoody on over his burnt-orange t-shirt. He slid his white, ankle-high socks onto his feet… but he had no idea where his skates were. He looked around Gum's room but they weren't anywhere so be seen. He left her room and heard the shower running. I guess she's still in there. That thought brought to mind several images of her naked, which in turn caused a smile to spread uncontrollably onto his face. "Not bad Yoh-kun, not bad at all." She didn't say he was great, but she said he wasn't bad… that was encouraging at least. He entered her living room and found his skates by the door. He picked them up and found that they had been cleaned up. There wasn't any visible dirt on the wheels and it seemed like the yellow had been carefully re-glossed. He smiled. Maybe I should stay. He had intended to leave and thank her for letting him stay the night later, but now he'd probably feel guilty about it if he didn't stay. He set his skates back down and went over to the couch to watch T.V.

The bathroom door opened and she stepped into the hallway blow-drying her hair, a towel wrapped tightly around her body. "Yoyo, what do you want for breakfast?"

Yoyo was taken slightly aback. Was she really going to cook for him? "I… don't know what you have to eat."

She turned off the blow-dryer. "Well, do you want me to make you something or do you want to eat some cereal?"

Yoyo scratched his head. "Uh… what were you planning to make?"

Gum smiled.


Gum rested her chin in her hands and beamed happily as she watched Yoyo shovel down the French toast, eggs and bacon that she'd made for him. He must've been really hungry. She laughed quietly as she got up. She went to the kitchen and poured a cup of coffee and a glass of orange juice. When she went back to the dining area (it wasn't really a room) she set the glass of orange juice in front of Yoyo. She went over to the couch and picked up the remote control before returning to her own seat, sitting down, and drinking her coffee. She turned on the news, just in case something important happened while she had been preparing for her day. Six-car pile-up in Chuo… workers striking at the dam… celebrity taken to rehab… serial rapist caught… subway groper arrested…new mayor chosen… partly cloudy, 87 degree high, 64 degree low. Nothing that would really have an affect on her day. She looked back over to Yoyo who was now ripping through a mango. When did he get that?

He stopped chewing on the mango when he noticed her staring at him with a confused look on her face. "What's wrong?"

She pointed at the mango. "When did you get that?"

He gulped. "Uh… well, I finished everything else so I went to the refrigerator and got it… I didn't think you'd mind."

Gum smiled and shook her head. "No, no I don't mind. I just didn't notice you getting it is all."

"You weren't paying attention," he pointed at the T.V. "You were watching the news."

Obviously. She smiled. "Yeah, I guess you're right."

She rested her chin in her palm and continued to gaze at or possibly through him. It was making him nervous. "Gum?"

She shook out of her trance. "Huh?"

"What's wrong?"

She smiled yet again. "Nothing, I was just thinking about how great you were in bed." She almost laughed when he started to blush. "I'm just kidding… I was thinking about what I said last night… about the Mohawk…" He relaxed a little but she noticed that he seemed slightly disappointed. She stood up. "You were great though." She saw his eyebrows rise as she left the room. She came back a few moments later with three items in hand: a sheet, a pair of scissors and a set of hair clippers.

Yoyo gulped. "You… you were serious?"

She raised an eyebrow. "Why wouldn't I be serious? Go sit on the couch."

He sighed and did as he was told; it wouldn't be wise to argue with her while she's holding scissors.

She wrapped the sheet around him. He was actually pretty nervous about this. It wasn't that he really cared about his hair, he wasn't some kind of pretty-boy, it was just that he wasn't sure if she knew what she was doing. "Do you know what you're doing?"

"Of course I do." She clicked on the clippers.

"Are you sure?"

"I do my own hair all the time. I've cut hair before Yoyo."

She was fuckin' lying. She'd never cut hair before, she just didn't want to waste money on a barber. Even so, she was pretty competent and actually did a good job. She trimmed all of his hair, with the exception of the hair in the middle of course, cutting it as low as she could without completely shaving it off. Once she had finished that portion of the job she went to the bathroom and came back with some styling gel. She used it to spike his hair up, it was tall. She used the scissors to cut it down until it was only an inch and a half high. Once that was done she grouped it into locks and made them into individual spikes that ran from his hairline to his neck (where the hair was loose) and made him look like a green Sonic the Hedgehog.

She stroked the side of his head then stood him up and walked him into the bathroom. She stood him in front of the mirror. "See, I was right. You look good with your hair like this."

Yoyo gently touched the fin on his head. "I think everyone's going to make fun of me."

Gum sighed. "No they aren't… the guys are going to make fun of you. The girls are just going to play with your hair and tell you how cute you look."

"…"

She threw her arms around him and squeezed him into her, nearly absorbing him into her body. "You have to learn how to think positive Yoyo. You aren't going to get Rhyth by thinking negative thoughts."

Yoyo sighed. He wasn't even sure if Rhyth was interested in him at all. "If you say so…"

Gum looked at his face in the mirror. He looked sad again. Shit… I made him sad. "What's wrong Yoh-kun?"

He broke from her embrace and turned to face her. "Gum… about last night… did it… are we?

She sighed. She again had a smile on her face but it was thin and barely visible. "I'm sorry Yoyo. That was just a one time thing. I… I don't think we should really pursue it, you know?"

He let his eyes fall to the floor before he raised them again to look into her eyes. "Yeah… I understand… I guess it goes without saying really. We're keeping it between us right?" Gum closed her eyes and nodded. "Okay." An uncomfortable silence settled between them. He took a deep breath before he spoke again. "We should probably get going then."

Gum nodded. "Yeah, we should." She made herself sad now. If she hurt his feelings she hadn't meant to. She really wouldn't have minded getting into something deeper with Yoyo but she wasn't exactly oblivious to her own reputation. It wouldn't exactly help him to be associated with her in that way. And anyway she would've probably just broken his heart, like she had so many others. She loved him. She didn't want to end up hurting him. For the first time she thought about what she was about to do… what she was in the process of doing. She knew that seeing him happy would make her happy… but would she really be happy if he was with Rhyth. She knew that in a small corner of her heart she wouldn't be. There's no turning back now… I've got to see this through to the end. That's what she told herself as they left her stepfather's condo. She had to see it through and if Rhyth rejected him, well then she would have to steer him towards one of the other girls. The other girl's liked Yoyo enough to maybe go on a date with him at least… but still, part of her was hoping that she was wrong about that.


The Garage- 11:42am

Yoyo had gone over to sit next to Potts' kennel after they started laughing at him. Well, she said the guys would laugh at me… what if she's wrong about the girls? He stroked Potts' chin as the dog stood up on his hind legs and set his paws on Yoyo's shin. When he and Gum had gotten to the garage they ran into Garam who almost immediately began to laugh at Yoyo's hair. Shortly after that, Soda and Beat showed up. They also laughed at him and were a bit harsher about it than Garam. Corn was there, of course, but he wasn't laughing. He tried to help Gum shut them up. They wouldn't stop so Yoyo went over to the kennel.

After a while he heard the laughter suddenly replaced by the sound of an angry Gum yelling and a few blows being landed… needless to say the laughter stopped. He then heard her saying quite a few mean things to them. She asked Soda why he thought having only three dreadlocks sticking up at the very top of his head was a good idea. She called Garam a "black Mr. Clean." Pots bit his hand so he missed what she said about Beat but he did catch it when Corn called him a mangy, tight-pants wearing poseur.

Potts bit his hand because he had yet to fill his food dish. Did as the dog was hoping he would and filled his dish with kibble and water (because it makes its own gravy). He filled a second dish with water. He smiled as the dog wagged its stubby tail. Yoyo looked back up at the platform that the others were on. It was quiet now. He could hear some talking but that was about it. She must've shut them up. Yoyo shrugged. He pulled his hood up and leaned back until he was resting quietly on the ground. He let his eyes close and dozed off.


12:03pm

Yoyo's eyes opened slowly. He wasn't sure how long he'd been asleep. He shook his head and scratched behind his ear.

"So what happened with you and Rhyth last night?"

Yoyo looked up… where did that come from? He looked around and found that Beat was speaking to Clutch by the old tub. He turned away and listened intently as Clutch answered Beat's question.

"Fuck man… first she made me drag Yoyo along with us," So he was planning something "Then suddenly Yoyo gets lost somewhere."

"What, are you serious?"

"Yeah… we went into a store for a minute and when we came out he was fuckin gone."

"Well wasn't that a good thing for you?"

"Hell no! She made me help her look around for the little moron… we didn't get to do anything! It's all because that idiot can't pay attention to where he's going."

"Wait… Yoyo went with you last night?"

"That's what I said isn't it… why do you care?"

"Because… today he came in with Gum."

"Gum?"

"Yeah… it's weird man…" They both turned to look at Yoyo but soon returned focus to each other.

"What'd Gum say?"

"She didn't say anything… you're the only one who knew who he left with so I didn't think anything of it."

Yoyo got to his feet and skated over to the stairs that led to the top platform and started to climb them. He was met at the top by Jazz, Boogie and Gum. The others were gone. They were talking about him… but they were speaking English so he wouldn't have known if it weren't for them saying his name repeatedly. Their conversation stopped as they saw Yoyo. Gum waved at him but Jazz and Boogie sat on the couch motionlessly staring at him. Their eyes were wide and their mouths were only slightly open. Suddenly they stood up and approached him. About halfway to him smiles appeared on their faces and they rushed him, forcing him to the ground. Soon he felt their fingers stroking his hair and he heard them giggling.

They eventually climbed off of him and pulled him to his feet. He bent down to pick his glasses up off of the ground and when he straightened back up his head was met by Jazz's fingers. She was still smiling. She was stroking the sides of his head. Boogie was doing the same exact thing. Yoyo looked past them to Gum. She had a very satisfied smile on her face… she winked at him. He heard someone coming up the stairs behind him and turned around to see Cube.

"Hey, have any of you seen…" she stopped when she saw Yoyo and stared blankly at him. Then, like Jazz and Boogie before her, she reached out and stroked his new hair. A smile slowly spread onto her face and soon she, Jazz and Boogie were all playing with what was left of his hair. "You look so good with a Mohawk!" Cube exclaimed as she stroked the spikes at the top of his head.

"Yoyo, you're so cute with your hair like that!" Jazz cooed as she ran her fingers along the side of his head.

"Vous regardez si frais, il est un tel mignon vous recherchent!" (You look so cool, it's such a cute look for you!) Boogie said in her gentle, soothing voice… and in French. She always spoke French when she was excited about something. He was starting to wish he hadn't passed on her teaching him.

After about ten more minutes of playing with him Combo and Garam appeared from the shortcut that lead to Shibuya Terminal and called out to Cube; they had made plans for today and she was holding them up. She gave Yoyo a quick hug and left with them. Jazz's stomach started to growl. She hadn't eaten anything that day, which was a good enough reason for her to leave the garage. She gave Yoyo a hug and a kiss on the forehead before she left. Boogie gave his head one last stroke. She hugged him just before she followed Jazz out.

Yoyo skated over to the couch and sat next to Gum. They sat in silence for a little while. Gum decided to break that silence. "I told you."

Yoyo was puzzled. "Huh?"

"I told you that as soon as they saw your hair they would play with it and tell you how cute you were."

He knew she was right but he didn't like her gloating. "That was a coincidence."

"Bullshit, you know damn well…" She trailed off as she watched Rhyth enter the garage. The blue clad girl skated straight over to her usual spot. A small, thin smile spread onto Gum's lips. "There she is."

Yoyo had seen her. He nodded.

"Well?" Gum asked.

"Well, what?" Yoyo asked back.

Gum faced him. "Aren't you going to talk to her?"

Yoyo thought about it. Could he really put himself out there, even knowing that the only others there besides the three of them were Clutch and Beat. "I… I don't…"

Gum's smile disappeared. It was replaced by a hard, stern expression that he'd never seen before. "Yoh-kun, we talked about this last night. You already have everything you need, just tell her how you feel. If she accepts you then you get her. If she rejects you just move on and get someone else. But if you don't do anything you don't get anything." She watched as Yoyo bowed his head and thought. He was making his decision. "Well, while you're deciding, think about this: Clutch is below us right now and if you don't move on her, he will. On that you can trust me." He let it sink in. His head was still bowed… but then she heard him take a deep break. He raised his head and to her amazement his face carried a look of resolve. He stood up, not slouching with his hands in his pockets the way he usually did, but with his back straight, eyes forward and fists clenched. It was quite an impressive sight. He took a step forward and stopped. He turned to face Gum. He only looked at her for a few moments but then… he approached her… and kissed her. He kissed her very gently on her lips and it was enough to take her breath away. He pulled away from her and let the words roll off of his tongue. "Thank you, Yasu-senpai. Thank you for everything."

She watched as he skated over the side of the platform and directly to Rhyth. She heard Rhyth call out his name excitedly. "Yoh-kun, where did you–" He cupped her face in his hands and kissed her.

After that Gum couldn't tell what was being said (because they were out of earshot) but it made her smile. She could tell that he was pouring his heart out to her. He was telling her everything he had wanted to tell her from the day he met her. He let it all out and after a few minutes… Rhyth threw her arms around him. She clung to him. She kissed him.

A smile spread onto Gum's face. He finally did it. She was so happy for him… but then if she was happy for him… why was there a tear in her eye. Why was her smile fading. Why did the feeling of warmth that had appeared in her chest at the sight of Rhyth kissing the boy back suddenly fade into cold nothingness. She knew why. It was because she loved Yoyo. She wanted him to be happy. It was what mattered most to her… but she knew that he could've been happy with her. She wanted Yoyo to succeed… and secretly she wanted him to fail. She wanted him to fail because he would come back to her if he did. She would've been happy… with him. No, don't think that way. This ain't about makin' yourself happy. You knew what you were potentially givin' up when you decided to help him. It was your own choice… now you have to live with it.

She managed to convince herself. She took her helmet off and stretched out onto the couch. But… I hope he knows that I love him… that I'll always be there for him. Always… no matter what.

Gum closed her eyes and drifted off.


A sad happy ending. I started to fizzle out at the end but I think I saved myself though. Please review this and remember… read "The Vinyl Umbrella" and whatever else Bagatelle has posted… as well as my other two stories… as a matter of fact, read everything on the front page of this category AND review them. Let's try and support as many writers as possible here.