The Matchmaker Journals-Ken
A genius is not unfeeling when it comes to love. Of course, no one on earth is truly impervious to the basest of human vagaries, and their conflicting results.
Mimi is forcing me to write this, even though I told her that I had nothing to do with it. I have nothing against her for the part she played in the union of Tai and Koushiro, but neither am I the type to play with the emotions of another, even if the end result is a greater happiness than they held before.
I have learned my lesson from trying to control the fate of others, and I cannot bring myself to use the power I can wield with their lives to cause a change in their current path.
That is to say: I won't do it! *Stomps foot like an angry child*
But, in this case, I may have inadvertently caused two of my friends to realize what they were missing by not being together, but it was an accident, caused by my own turbulent love life. And yes, Daisuke, you helped, too.
Now stop reading over my shoulder.
To start at the beginning, Matt and Tai started going out when they were sixteen. That didn't faze any of us, except the people that cared for them the most. However, neither of those exceptions ever said anything, and we all watched the ups and downs of their power struggle like a tennis match. We refused to take sides, and let them deal with it on their own.
At least, I did. Mimi, of course, will tell you other wise, and I'm aware that she was the one that finally pushed Koushiro into facing Kamiya, but I still say that I'm guiltless.
Joe was in love with Matt. To myself, the reason is confusing, but I know that you'll understand. Ishida was in control of his life. His father would support him in whatever he wanted to do, and he was certain of what he wanted in life.
Kido, on the other hand, was being pushed into medicine with no clear determinatio, himself, to be a doctor. He did what his father wanted him to, and studied constantly, trying to be good enough to please a man who would never be satisfied.
Mr. Ishida, thinking that his son should have the opportunity to go to college, should he decide to, realized that his older son wouldn't have the grades for university if he didn't do something quick. He hired a tutor, someone who knew the blonde boy, and someone reliable.
The obvious? Joe, doctor-in-training. So, for a week, they hassled about study times, and Matt was belligerent, and didn't want a tutor. His father finally had enough, and spoke to the band, and they agreed. So Matt and Joe met up everyday after school, and studied before rehearsal. Tai was put on hold until after their session.
That, of course, put a sizable distance between the lovebirds. Joe was in heaven, Matt was in hell, and Tai was left somewhere in the middle, forced to entertain himself.
After a while, Matt realized how much more he enjoyed his time with Joe, than his time with Tai. So, he broke up with the brunette, and went home to meet up with Joe.
By this time, the blue-haired teen had found the support he needed in the form of Matt and his dad. So, he finally told his father that he didn't want to be a doctor. Instead, he wanted to study botany.
And, too, he was totally, and hopelessly in love with Matt. He loved his confidence, and his attitude, and was actually quite good at keeping him from being depressed. He had the patience and desire to wait out the bad times.
On the day that Matt broke up with Tai for the last time, Joe had finished telling his father about his own plans, and, as timing would have it, that he was gay.
To say that his father was upset would have been an exaggeration. Yes, I said that right.
His father looked him in the eye, asked him if those things would make him happy, and then said 'good for you, son.' Nothing more has ever been said, and his father stopped pushing him so hard.
Amazing, yes. True, yes. Unlike some people, I don't lie.
And that, my friends, is the unexciting way that I didn't help my two friends get together. Except, well...
I was the one that told Dai, who told Matt that Joe 'had the hots for him' which is the reason he broke up with Tai. See. I didn't do anything.
A genius is not unfeeling when it comes to love. Of course, no one on earth is truly impervious to the basest of human vagaries, and their conflicting results.
Mimi is forcing me to write this, even though I told her that I had nothing to do with it. I have nothing against her for the part she played in the union of Tai and Koushiro, but neither am I the type to play with the emotions of another, even if the end result is a greater happiness than they held before.
I have learned my lesson from trying to control the fate of others, and I cannot bring myself to use the power I can wield with their lives to cause a change in their current path.
That is to say: I won't do it! *Stomps foot like an angry child*
But, in this case, I may have inadvertently caused two of my friends to realize what they were missing by not being together, but it was an accident, caused by my own turbulent love life. And yes, Daisuke, you helped, too.
Now stop reading over my shoulder.
To start at the beginning, Matt and Tai started going out when they were sixteen. That didn't faze any of us, except the people that cared for them the most. However, neither of those exceptions ever said anything, and we all watched the ups and downs of their power struggle like a tennis match. We refused to take sides, and let them deal with it on their own.
At least, I did. Mimi, of course, will tell you other wise, and I'm aware that she was the one that finally pushed Koushiro into facing Kamiya, but I still say that I'm guiltless.
Joe was in love with Matt. To myself, the reason is confusing, but I know that you'll understand. Ishida was in control of his life. His father would support him in whatever he wanted to do, and he was certain of what he wanted in life.
Kido, on the other hand, was being pushed into medicine with no clear determinatio, himself, to be a doctor. He did what his father wanted him to, and studied constantly, trying to be good enough to please a man who would never be satisfied.
Mr. Ishida, thinking that his son should have the opportunity to go to college, should he decide to, realized that his older son wouldn't have the grades for university if he didn't do something quick. He hired a tutor, someone who knew the blonde boy, and someone reliable.
The obvious? Joe, doctor-in-training. So, for a week, they hassled about study times, and Matt was belligerent, and didn't want a tutor. His father finally had enough, and spoke to the band, and they agreed. So Matt and Joe met up everyday after school, and studied before rehearsal. Tai was put on hold until after their session.
That, of course, put a sizable distance between the lovebirds. Joe was in heaven, Matt was in hell, and Tai was left somewhere in the middle, forced to entertain himself.
After a while, Matt realized how much more he enjoyed his time with Joe, than his time with Tai. So, he broke up with the brunette, and went home to meet up with Joe.
By this time, the blue-haired teen had found the support he needed in the form of Matt and his dad. So, he finally told his father that he didn't want to be a doctor. Instead, he wanted to study botany.
And, too, he was totally, and hopelessly in love with Matt. He loved his confidence, and his attitude, and was actually quite good at keeping him from being depressed. He had the patience and desire to wait out the bad times.
On the day that Matt broke up with Tai for the last time, Joe had finished telling his father about his own plans, and, as timing would have it, that he was gay.
To say that his father was upset would have been an exaggeration. Yes, I said that right.
His father looked him in the eye, asked him if those things would make him happy, and then said 'good for you, son.' Nothing more has ever been said, and his father stopped pushing him so hard.
Amazing, yes. True, yes. Unlike some people, I don't lie.
And that, my friends, is the unexciting way that I didn't help my two friends get together. Except, well...
I was the one that told Dai, who told Matt that Joe 'had the hots for him' which is the reason he broke up with Tai. See. I didn't do anything.