Um, can't write summary. Exhausted creative skill.
A/N: Yaoi, of course. Um…that's all.
Subaru in America
Chapter 6
Subaru went to school the next day with bruises, bumps, and scrapes. Many kids starred, recognizing the classic scars of battle, but didn't say anything other than an occasional wince of pity. Subaru felt ashamed that he had been beaten so badly after his first day at a new school, but soon discovered that this had happened to many new students, learning that it is a right of passage.
"Oh, no," Miss Winters cried upon seeing Subaru's face. "They did it to you too? I'm so sorry. Do you know who the boys were?"
Subaru mumbled "no" and took his seat next to Maria, who sniggered at him. Subaru ignored her, but couldn't help but feel a little hurt. How could a girl so mean be friends with the extremely friendly Alicia? It didn't make sense to him.
"Okay, everyone," Miss Winters called the class to order after the bell rang. "It's pop quiz time!" She cheerily began passing out papers as the students groaned and cursed in their native languages.
Subaru looked over his paper quickly. It was about classroom things and different classes. He smiled to himself, confident that he knew all of this. The first question asked to list his different classes in English. Easy. He wrote down ESL, pre-calculus, biology, gym, US history, and art. The next question asked for him to label the various drawings on the paper. Easy. He wrote pencil, notebook, desk, and so on next to the designated picture. That was the end. Subaru placed his pencil down carefully on his desk and sat back, assured that he got a hundred on that easier than easy test.
"Pencils down, please," Miss Winters said, smiling warmly. "I hope you all did well."
Subaru nodded. So what if his social life was less than satisfactory at his new school? At least he'd be in high academic standing. Isn't that what school's all about?
"What did you put for number seven?" Maria asked dryly, her English poor at best.
"Pen," Subaru answered in a hush voice so Miss Winters wouldn't think he was helping Maria cheat. "Why?"
"That is what I put," she said, then turned to her friend and told her. Her friend, in turn, faced another girl and relayed the message. Subaru sat confused, but not entirely interested in what they were doing.
Finally, after several minutes, Maria turned back to him. "We all put 'pen'," she told him. "Remember that."
"Ok," Subaru said, thinking this to be very curious. After a moment, he forgot about it and turned to the teacher, who was explaining the difference between a book and a novel.
It was lunchtime and Subaru sat in the cafeteria alone with his lunchbox. He noticed that many kids bought lunch from school and if they did bring it from home, it was in a brown, paper bag. He took note of that.
"Subaru!" someone called from a few yards away. It was Hokuto. She half skipped, half walked over to him and gave him a big hug.
"Hello, Hokuto," Subaru greeted, glad to see a familiar face.
She seated herself next to him and whipped out her lunch. "So, how's everything today? Anyone pick on you? 'Cause you know what I'll do to them…"
Subaru shook his head. "No," he replied. "Everything's fine. How about you?"
She began to ramble on about her day, only pausing to take bites of food.
"…so that's how I met Pat," she finished, five minutes before the bell was supposed to ring.
"Interesting," Subaru said politely, with a smile.
She frowned. "Yeah, right. You weren't listening to a word I was saying!"
"I was too!" Subaru defended.
She leaped up and glomped him. "I know," she said. "You're the best brother in the world."
There were several people staring and pointing, many confused as to who these nearly identical people were and why they were talking so quickly in Japanese.
"Am I interrupting something?" someone said from behind the twins.
Subaru and Hokuto turned to find Alicia, smiling broadly.
"Hello, Alicia," Subaru greeted with an equally broad smile and a blush.
"Who's this?" she asked, referring to Hokuto with a friendly smile.
Hokuto glared at her, eyes narrowed and ready to be catty. "I am Subaru's long lost twin sister, Hokuto," she said sarcastically. "We were separated at birth. I was shipped here while Subaru stayed in Tokyo. We just met fifteen minutes ago."
Alicia laughed while Subaru protested that Hokuto shouldn't joke around like that.
"It's nice to meet you, Hokuto," Alicia said, bowing respectfully.
"Well, I'd like to say the same," Hokuto replied mockingly, not bothering to acknowledge the bow. "But I can't."
Alicia appeared offended momentarily, but decided it would be wise to ignore Hokuto's rude comment. "Subaru, I need to talk to you for a moment."
"Okay," Subaru said. "Could you excuse us for a moment, Hokuto?"
His sister seemed offended. "There's nothing you can say in front of Subaru that you can't say in front of me, little missy."
Alicia frowned and shot a glance at Subaru as if to ask, "What's with her?", but didn't say anything.
"Hokuto!" Subaru protested. "Be polite. And please leave for a minute."
Hokuto grumbled and walked away quickly.
Alicia sighed. "Um," she began, as if she were to ask about Hokuto, but instead said, "When are you going to go back to the Johnson Place."
Subaru quickly took on his business persona. "I'm not sure. I'd like to go there tonight."
"Alright," she said, pondering a moment. "I'll go with you. It'll be better to go ghost hunting with someone else, you know, just in case."
Subaru reluctantly agreed. He wanted to be able to use his onmyoujitsu to its full extent, but couldn't with someone else there, let alone a person who didn't know about exorcisms. But as Subaru thought further, he realized that Alicia might know something about it. She had known he was divining for ghosts, but he couldn't be certain she had a sixth sense about those kinds of things.
"Great," she said. "I'll meet you there around 8:30."
Subaru nodded with a smile. Maybe, since she knew about the house, she could help him in some way.
"8:30 it is," she said, grinning. "It's a date." She walked away.
Subaru watched her go as Hokuto crept up to the table. She then pounced on him and shook him violently.
"What does she mean by 'It's a date'?" she inquired.
"I don't know," Subaru managed to say through Hokuto's sudden violent actions. "It's a certain time so that makes it a 'date', right?"
Hokuto stopped jolting him and sat back down. "No, Subaru. A 'date' in English means you're going out with someone. You know, a romantic date."
Subaru furrowed his brow and blushed. "No," he defended. "She doesn't mean it like that."
Nodding, Hokuto said, "Oh yes she does." She then buried her face in her hands and started sobbing. "You're cheating on Seishiro. How do I tell him? He'll be heart broken."
"Oh, no," Subaru protested. "I'd never cheat of Seishiro."
"But you are if you go out with that tramp," Hokuto replied, stilling sobbing.
"She's not a tramp," Subaru said.
Hokuto lifted up her head and began to wail. "You're defending her! That means you like her. And if you like her, you'll soon love her. If you love her, there will be no room in your heart for Seishiro."
Subaru began to panic. "But I don't like her like that," he said. "I only have room in my heart for Seishiro."
"What does that mean?" Hokuto asked, wiping her eyes.
"It means I only love Seishiro," Subaru sputtered out, blushing bright red.
Hokuto let out a squeal of glee. "You love Seishiro!" She hugged him. "This is wonderful. I can't wait to plan the wedding."
"Hokuto!" Subaru cried, covering his face so that the people who had been watching this scene couldn't see his now crimson complexion.
Again, it was the end of the day and time for biology. Subaru had made up with Seishiro, but still had some bitter feelings towards him. However, he managed to push those feelings aside because Seishiro was being friendlier towards him, although they were continuing their study of the human reproductive system.
"First off, we're going to study meiosis," he said very scientifically. He was dressed in his typical business suit and wearing his ever-so intellectual glasses. Many girls were paying more attention to Seishiro's looks than the lessons, which was mainly scientific mumbo-jumbo to them. This angered Subaru, who felt that their attempts at catching Seishiro's attention were lewd; they were wearing extra tight pants and low-cut blouses that exposed their cleavage. Seishiro completely ignored them, for he kept a completely straight [A/N: Not really 'straight'] face throughout his entire lesson.
"So for homework," Seishiro said after concluding his lesson, "I'd like you to read chapter three, take notes, and answer the questions at the end." The bell rang. All the boys stood and left (except Subaru, of course), while the girls remained. Seishiro continued, "Could you tell the gentlemen we might have a quiz tomorrow?"
"Of course, Mr. Sakurazuka," the girls chimed in unison.
"Thank you, girls," Seishiro said with a smile. "You may be dismissed."
They were all giggling and blushing as they bustled out, whispering to each other. Some said nervous good-byes while Seishiro smiled at them flirtatiously, taking off his glasses and watching them go. Subaru, however, remained in his seat.
"Seishiro," Subaru said through clenched teeth.
Seishiro ignored him for a moment, sighing and erasing the chalk board before saying, "Yes, my sweet?"
"What was that?" Subaru asked.
The other turned, smiling pleasantly. "I was just humoring the girls." He faced the chalkboard again and finished erasing it.
"They'll get the wrong impression," Subaru stated, gathering his books and standing.
"Ah, let them have their fun," Seishiro requested. "Let them dream." He laughed. "I can't believe I'm so popular with the ladies here. You're not jealous are you, Subaru dear?"
Subaru blushed, realizing his resentfulness. "Well…" Subaru said, doubting his ability to lie.
Seishiro walked over to Subaru and put his hands on his shoulders. He leaned over his face and whispered, "You shouldn't. You know you're the only one I'll ever love." He leaned even closer, ready to kiss him.
"I know," Subaru said almost inaudibly. His whole body went limp as Seishiro pulled him closer, kissing his cheek. He was about to move his mouth to Subaru's neck, when he suddenly backed away and walked to his desk.
"What…" Subaru began, but the answer soon came. A teacher walked into the classroom and handed Seishiro some papers, explaining something about a teacher meeting.
Subaru stood absolutely still, a look of guilt strewn across his face. If the teacher had walked in while Seishiro was kissing him, Subaru didn't know what would have happened.
The teacher started to leave then stopped and chuckled. "You shouldn't play with chalk while wearing black, son," he said, pointing at Subaru's shirt. On his shoulders, there were white chalk handprints, Seishiro's hand prints. He blushed as he desperately tried to wipe them off. The teacher seemed puzzled at Subaru's strange reaction and left quickly.
"That was close," Subaru sighed when the teacher was well out of the classroom, leaning on the desk.
Seishiro nodded. "There's some incriminating evidence that could have gotten us into trouble," he said with a laugh. "Not that I'd care who knew about our relationship."
Subaru blushed, but agreed anyway.
"Come on," Seishiro said, picking up his briefcase, "I'll drive you home."
To be continued…
A/N: Yaoi, of course. Um…that's all.
Subaru in America
Chapter 6
Subaru went to school the next day with bruises, bumps, and scrapes. Many kids starred, recognizing the classic scars of battle, but didn't say anything other than an occasional wince of pity. Subaru felt ashamed that he had been beaten so badly after his first day at a new school, but soon discovered that this had happened to many new students, learning that it is a right of passage.
"Oh, no," Miss Winters cried upon seeing Subaru's face. "They did it to you too? I'm so sorry. Do you know who the boys were?"
Subaru mumbled "no" and took his seat next to Maria, who sniggered at him. Subaru ignored her, but couldn't help but feel a little hurt. How could a girl so mean be friends with the extremely friendly Alicia? It didn't make sense to him.
"Okay, everyone," Miss Winters called the class to order after the bell rang. "It's pop quiz time!" She cheerily began passing out papers as the students groaned and cursed in their native languages.
Subaru looked over his paper quickly. It was about classroom things and different classes. He smiled to himself, confident that he knew all of this. The first question asked to list his different classes in English. Easy. He wrote down ESL, pre-calculus, biology, gym, US history, and art. The next question asked for him to label the various drawings on the paper. Easy. He wrote pencil, notebook, desk, and so on next to the designated picture. That was the end. Subaru placed his pencil down carefully on his desk and sat back, assured that he got a hundred on that easier than easy test.
"Pencils down, please," Miss Winters said, smiling warmly. "I hope you all did well."
Subaru nodded. So what if his social life was less than satisfactory at his new school? At least he'd be in high academic standing. Isn't that what school's all about?
"What did you put for number seven?" Maria asked dryly, her English poor at best.
"Pen," Subaru answered in a hush voice so Miss Winters wouldn't think he was helping Maria cheat. "Why?"
"That is what I put," she said, then turned to her friend and told her. Her friend, in turn, faced another girl and relayed the message. Subaru sat confused, but not entirely interested in what they were doing.
Finally, after several minutes, Maria turned back to him. "We all put 'pen'," she told him. "Remember that."
"Ok," Subaru said, thinking this to be very curious. After a moment, he forgot about it and turned to the teacher, who was explaining the difference between a book and a novel.
It was lunchtime and Subaru sat in the cafeteria alone with his lunchbox. He noticed that many kids bought lunch from school and if they did bring it from home, it was in a brown, paper bag. He took note of that.
"Subaru!" someone called from a few yards away. It was Hokuto. She half skipped, half walked over to him and gave him a big hug.
"Hello, Hokuto," Subaru greeted, glad to see a familiar face.
She seated herself next to him and whipped out her lunch. "So, how's everything today? Anyone pick on you? 'Cause you know what I'll do to them…"
Subaru shook his head. "No," he replied. "Everything's fine. How about you?"
She began to ramble on about her day, only pausing to take bites of food.
"…so that's how I met Pat," she finished, five minutes before the bell was supposed to ring.
"Interesting," Subaru said politely, with a smile.
She frowned. "Yeah, right. You weren't listening to a word I was saying!"
"I was too!" Subaru defended.
She leaped up and glomped him. "I know," she said. "You're the best brother in the world."
There were several people staring and pointing, many confused as to who these nearly identical people were and why they were talking so quickly in Japanese.
"Am I interrupting something?" someone said from behind the twins.
Subaru and Hokuto turned to find Alicia, smiling broadly.
"Hello, Alicia," Subaru greeted with an equally broad smile and a blush.
"Who's this?" she asked, referring to Hokuto with a friendly smile.
Hokuto glared at her, eyes narrowed and ready to be catty. "I am Subaru's long lost twin sister, Hokuto," she said sarcastically. "We were separated at birth. I was shipped here while Subaru stayed in Tokyo. We just met fifteen minutes ago."
Alicia laughed while Subaru protested that Hokuto shouldn't joke around like that.
"It's nice to meet you, Hokuto," Alicia said, bowing respectfully.
"Well, I'd like to say the same," Hokuto replied mockingly, not bothering to acknowledge the bow. "But I can't."
Alicia appeared offended momentarily, but decided it would be wise to ignore Hokuto's rude comment. "Subaru, I need to talk to you for a moment."
"Okay," Subaru said. "Could you excuse us for a moment, Hokuto?"
His sister seemed offended. "There's nothing you can say in front of Subaru that you can't say in front of me, little missy."
Alicia frowned and shot a glance at Subaru as if to ask, "What's with her?", but didn't say anything.
"Hokuto!" Subaru protested. "Be polite. And please leave for a minute."
Hokuto grumbled and walked away quickly.
Alicia sighed. "Um," she began, as if she were to ask about Hokuto, but instead said, "When are you going to go back to the Johnson Place."
Subaru quickly took on his business persona. "I'm not sure. I'd like to go there tonight."
"Alright," she said, pondering a moment. "I'll go with you. It'll be better to go ghost hunting with someone else, you know, just in case."
Subaru reluctantly agreed. He wanted to be able to use his onmyoujitsu to its full extent, but couldn't with someone else there, let alone a person who didn't know about exorcisms. But as Subaru thought further, he realized that Alicia might know something about it. She had known he was divining for ghosts, but he couldn't be certain she had a sixth sense about those kinds of things.
"Great," she said. "I'll meet you there around 8:30."
Subaru nodded with a smile. Maybe, since she knew about the house, she could help him in some way.
"8:30 it is," she said, grinning. "It's a date." She walked away.
Subaru watched her go as Hokuto crept up to the table. She then pounced on him and shook him violently.
"What does she mean by 'It's a date'?" she inquired.
"I don't know," Subaru managed to say through Hokuto's sudden violent actions. "It's a certain time so that makes it a 'date', right?"
Hokuto stopped jolting him and sat back down. "No, Subaru. A 'date' in English means you're going out with someone. You know, a romantic date."
Subaru furrowed his brow and blushed. "No," he defended. "She doesn't mean it like that."
Nodding, Hokuto said, "Oh yes she does." She then buried her face in her hands and started sobbing. "You're cheating on Seishiro. How do I tell him? He'll be heart broken."
"Oh, no," Subaru protested. "I'd never cheat of Seishiro."
"But you are if you go out with that tramp," Hokuto replied, stilling sobbing.
"She's not a tramp," Subaru said.
Hokuto lifted up her head and began to wail. "You're defending her! That means you like her. And if you like her, you'll soon love her. If you love her, there will be no room in your heart for Seishiro."
Subaru began to panic. "But I don't like her like that," he said. "I only have room in my heart for Seishiro."
"What does that mean?" Hokuto asked, wiping her eyes.
"It means I only love Seishiro," Subaru sputtered out, blushing bright red.
Hokuto let out a squeal of glee. "You love Seishiro!" She hugged him. "This is wonderful. I can't wait to plan the wedding."
"Hokuto!" Subaru cried, covering his face so that the people who had been watching this scene couldn't see his now crimson complexion.
Again, it was the end of the day and time for biology. Subaru had made up with Seishiro, but still had some bitter feelings towards him. However, he managed to push those feelings aside because Seishiro was being friendlier towards him, although they were continuing their study of the human reproductive system.
"First off, we're going to study meiosis," he said very scientifically. He was dressed in his typical business suit and wearing his ever-so intellectual glasses. Many girls were paying more attention to Seishiro's looks than the lessons, which was mainly scientific mumbo-jumbo to them. This angered Subaru, who felt that their attempts at catching Seishiro's attention were lewd; they were wearing extra tight pants and low-cut blouses that exposed their cleavage. Seishiro completely ignored them, for he kept a completely straight [A/N: Not really 'straight'] face throughout his entire lesson.
"So for homework," Seishiro said after concluding his lesson, "I'd like you to read chapter three, take notes, and answer the questions at the end." The bell rang. All the boys stood and left (except Subaru, of course), while the girls remained. Seishiro continued, "Could you tell the gentlemen we might have a quiz tomorrow?"
"Of course, Mr. Sakurazuka," the girls chimed in unison.
"Thank you, girls," Seishiro said with a smile. "You may be dismissed."
They were all giggling and blushing as they bustled out, whispering to each other. Some said nervous good-byes while Seishiro smiled at them flirtatiously, taking off his glasses and watching them go. Subaru, however, remained in his seat.
"Seishiro," Subaru said through clenched teeth.
Seishiro ignored him for a moment, sighing and erasing the chalk board before saying, "Yes, my sweet?"
"What was that?" Subaru asked.
The other turned, smiling pleasantly. "I was just humoring the girls." He faced the chalkboard again and finished erasing it.
"They'll get the wrong impression," Subaru stated, gathering his books and standing.
"Ah, let them have their fun," Seishiro requested. "Let them dream." He laughed. "I can't believe I'm so popular with the ladies here. You're not jealous are you, Subaru dear?"
Subaru blushed, realizing his resentfulness. "Well…" Subaru said, doubting his ability to lie.
Seishiro walked over to Subaru and put his hands on his shoulders. He leaned over his face and whispered, "You shouldn't. You know you're the only one I'll ever love." He leaned even closer, ready to kiss him.
"I know," Subaru said almost inaudibly. His whole body went limp as Seishiro pulled him closer, kissing his cheek. He was about to move his mouth to Subaru's neck, when he suddenly backed away and walked to his desk.
"What…" Subaru began, but the answer soon came. A teacher walked into the classroom and handed Seishiro some papers, explaining something about a teacher meeting.
Subaru stood absolutely still, a look of guilt strewn across his face. If the teacher had walked in while Seishiro was kissing him, Subaru didn't know what would have happened.
The teacher started to leave then stopped and chuckled. "You shouldn't play with chalk while wearing black, son," he said, pointing at Subaru's shirt. On his shoulders, there were white chalk handprints, Seishiro's hand prints. He blushed as he desperately tried to wipe them off. The teacher seemed puzzled at Subaru's strange reaction and left quickly.
"That was close," Subaru sighed when the teacher was well out of the classroom, leaning on the desk.
Seishiro nodded. "There's some incriminating evidence that could have gotten us into trouble," he said with a laugh. "Not that I'd care who knew about our relationship."
Subaru blushed, but agreed anyway.
"Come on," Seishiro said, picking up his briefcase, "I'll drive you home."
To be continued…