So Close, So Far
A collection of Pyron/Jun vignettes by JSF
Quotable quotes: "Look at your vacant gaze. Your stupidity is boundless!"- Pyron's sensei, Shamon, in U.S.A. Shonen Jump issue # 11.
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JSF: Pyron may have had a clueless look on his face, but it was an adorable clueless look.
Jun: Yes it was. I remember it.
Pyron: (flustered) D-Don't…please Jun-chan.
Jun: ^_^
Author's notes: 1. This vignette takes place in Patch Village. 2. For those of you who are looking forward to the next chapter of Shaman King Movie Previews: I'm battling writer's block on that fic. It's almost done though so don't worry.
Vignette # 4: Secret
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Tao Jun tapped the arm of the couch she was sitting on nervously. Why did her secret have to be found out now? She supposed it would happen sooner or later, but couldn't it have been later? How would Ren react to his only sister being madly in love with her own kyonshi? He would explode on site!
"Ahhh!" she yelled as she felt a freezing hand her touch her shoulder from behind. "Oh! It's only you, my Pyron."
"I'm very worried about you," her kyonshi said with a concerned frown on his face. "You haven't been your usual calm self at all lately. What's the matter?"
She got off the couch and faced Pyron, biting her lower lip nervously. "We have a huge problem. I…I think Ren is starting to suspect us!"
Had he been alive Pyron would have turned pale as a bedsheet. Jun and he were determined to keep their affair under wraps. Hadn't they been doing a good job of it? Oh sure there were a few stolen glances here and there, but no one seemed to notice…did they?
"What makes you think that? Has Ren said anything to you?" he queried.
"No…but he has been giving us strange looks as of late when we are together in public," she replied.
"That doesn't mean anything. Besides, when could he have noticed us? We don't show that much affection in public. If I were an observer to us I would think we were nothing more than dear friends," he countered.
"Well you're not an observer and Ren will disown me if he finds out that I love you!" Jun snapped. Her beloved held up his hands, palms facing outward, and wore an expression that said, "Well, excuse me!" She shut her eyes, put her forehead in her hand, and sighed in exasperation.
Pyron stayed silent for a moment. He hated to see Jun this way even if she did have a point. Putting himself into a meditative state, the former actor tried to think of how to handle the dilemma. Unfortunately he had about as many solutions as an ex-pimp has probability of becoming a Catholic monk. He was soon interrupted by Jun's voice.
"What worries me most isn't the fact that my brother will know that I care about my mochirei. It's the possibility that he might think we are…lovers…" Jun said with a shudder. Pyron's jaw nearly unhinged from shock and disgust.
"But we're NOT!! We swore that we'd never do such things long ago when we first realized our feelings for one another!" he exclaimed.
"I know. So do you, but no one else does," she pointed out. The young lady began pacing up and down the room like a nervous pussycat. "Do you remember when we were sitting together on that bench in Patch Village two days ago? I caught a glimpse of Ren and his teammates walking down the street. I think he saw us holding hands."
The kyonshi tried not to get himself anxious. "How many times has he seen us?"
"I'm sure it's at least eleven…maybe more," Jun said. Pyron and she hugged each other tightly. So much was going on! Everyone had made it to Patch Village, the Shaman Fights were getting more serious each day, and now they might lose each other! Heaven help them!
"You don't have to hide it anymore Neesan," came a voice from the doorway. It was Ren in all his glory. He carried his kwan dao in the crook of one arm and let his free hand rest in his pocket. Jun looked sick to her stomach and she immediately pulled away from Pyron.
"Ren! Please hear me out. This might not seem normal…alright…it's not. However-" Jun started, but got cut off by her brother.
"Let me guess; you're afraid I will think you are freakish. You're afraid I'll hate both of you and sentence you to a fate so gruesome you'll wish you had gone to hell instead," Ren interrupted.
"Uh…instead?" Pyron asked. He gulped. Now what?
"Yes," the boy said with emphasis. His lion-gold eyes sent a steely glare in Pyron's direction. "Neesan…I'll admit I was surprised when I learned that you were in love…but I could never, ever hate you or your significant other." Ren gave a small, warm smile to his sister. A smile from Ren was like a rare diamond, and he gave those diamonds only to Jun.
"You…approve? You…don't think that I'm freakish?" Her eyes watered with joy and she almost sank to her knees in relief.
Ren gave a loud "Humph!" and threw his head back. "Our father is 'freakish'. You're the complete opposite. You could have told me before, you know," he snorted.
"I…could have?" Jun asked.
Her brother sighed. "Neesan…" he began, "Why didn't you just tell me you had a crush on a girl?"
"ACK!!" Jun cried. She fell over and left a perfect body imprint in the floor while Pyron sweatdropped.
Jun: You made him think I was gay?!
JSF: I just couldn't pass over such a good idea I had in my head. Don't worry though; that's the most torture I'd ever put my favorite female Mankin character through. Oh, to my dear readers: I support shojo-ai 100%. (I luv Anna/Pillica! ^_^) Please don't assume I'm a homophobe of any sort. Read and review, please!