DISCLAIMER:

oy. standard disclaimer. gokusen doesn;t belong to me nor the characters or the story. i just own this story.

SUMMARY:

She cries, he comforts. She askes, he confesses. She leaves, he smiles.

Shin x Yankumi

COMFORT FILLED WITH IRONIC CONFESSION

by: sSJM22o7

Chapter 1- She cries, He comforts

Silence.

Approaching footsteps.

Having known her for a while now, he knew it belonged to HER.

When she didn't speak, he sighed, put down the magazine he was about to read before closing his eyes.

"What do you want now? Yeah I'm missing class AGAIN, I know, I know." He stated in a bored tone. When she didn't speak, he opened his eyes a bit to look at her.

"Oy. Yankumi. Are you okay?" Shin drawled as he scrutinized his homeroom teacher quietly.

Still no answer from the pigtailed woman. He frowned sligtly.

/Yep. Something is definitely wrong./

Yankumi, who was currently breathing hard, lifted her eyes to look at her student. He sat up slowly from his lying down position when he saw her face.

Kumiko Yamaguchi, the ojou of one of the most powerful yakuza clan in Japan, was crying.

After what feels like ages, she finally opened her mouth to speak.

"I...It's over Sawada. I can't love him anymore." And with that, she fell on her knees as she slowly sat down. More tears came out of her eyes as she started sobbing quietly.

Shin stood up quickly and walked towards her. Crouching down, he placed his hands on her shoulder.

/Fuck. Shinohara./ He thought grimly, a dark expression on his face./You're a dead man./

"What happened?" he asked quietly, concern evident in his voice. Yankumi wiped her tears with the back of her hand. Her glasses? Broken, just like her heart. Lost, just like her. She opened her mouth to speak but found herself unable to get a single letter out of her mouth. She opened them the second time around but sobs came out instead.

Shin, lost at what to do, slowly pulled her into a hug. He buried her head into his neck and he started rubbing soothing circles in her back, murmuring words of comfort in her ear. When it comes to comforting people, most specifically girls, he became a pro, having to comfort his sister after the many fights that took place between him and his father and Natsumi being the witness. As he listened to her soft cries and sobs, he tried to get his brain to start working again. He has never seen her this sad before. Heck he never saw her CRY before. She's too tough for that.

/But,/ he thought warily/apparantly when it comes to love, she's definitely as vulnerable as she was clueless./ He shook his head slightly to clear his churning thoughts. He frowned as he tried to figure out what the heck happened. She was okay this morning. She entered the classroom of Section 3-D, cheerful as ever, shouted at the class to shut their mouth, reminded them that exams are coming up, had her daily banter with Uchi, yelled her usual "Fighto-O!", told them to stay out of trouble before leaving the room wearing her trademark goofy grin. So what could have happened that rendered this overly bubbly woman into this mess he's dealing with now?

His train of thoughts was cut short when he heard her murmur something between hiccups. Somehow, due to some miracle for above, his act of patting her back and whispering words of comfort, stopped her sobs even though he could still feel her tears soaking his reshly washed uniform.

"What as that?" Shin asked gently. He froze after hearing her response.

"He's getting married."

That's it for chapter one. This storry was supposed to be a one shot only but then i realized that it's too long to be a oneshot. Anyway, read and review. Flames and praises are accepted so don't worry. ja.

-- sSJm