Review Responses Shinnyu Kudzu: Yesh, Dae-kun's my best friend ever! XD XD XD I honestly wouldnt know if he's hot or not... I've never seen him... We're internet buddies giggles whispers He has a nice voice though, we talked on the phone once XD And yep, Ban-kun is REALLY clueless XD
Sthenno: Yay for Ja/Ban!
Naoko2: I dunno if it was all necessary... I guess what I was trying to do was point out that Ja-kun isnt a TOTAL loner, and SOME people DO like him... Plus some of the girls are going be helping him out later on PS: Yeah we're all rock/metal freaks! XD
hush: updated! hehe... dead ducky... SQUEAK! XD
Demonlady1: Arigatou!
Liz.Q: Yesh, very demeaning... And very annoying looking through all that pop and rap shit to find the good stuff e.e;;; Heh, I live in the most boring state out there: Oklahoma, land of the prep and the redneck and the people who have no freakin clue what anime is e.e;;;
Charmed Angel:
Crimson Skye: Thanks!
The next morning, Jakotsu stumbled into CAD, still half-asleep. He practically fell into his chair and immediately fell asleep with his head on the table.
Candie came in just seconds after him and slammed her books on the table. "Not a morning person, are we Weirdo?" She said, rolling her eyes.
Jakotsu didnt bother to lift his head or even open his eyes; in fact... the only part of him that reacted... was his middle finger.
"How RUDE!" The prep-wannabe almost growled as her eyes narrowed into a glare.
Bankotsu and Suikotsu, watching from the back of the room, snickered madly.
"AND YOU TWO SHUT UP!" She screeched back at the two.
"Hey! Candie!" Zagar yelled from his office. "Go out into the shop and quit yelling at people"
"Go Zagar!" Suikotsu cheered, pumping a fist in the air. Grudgingly, the prep left the room.
"Get to work!" Zagar shouted.
There was a scuffling of chairs as the class dragged chairs to the computers that lined the walls. Jakotsu sat down at his and Fillia's, on the end of the row. But... Fillia wasnt here.
"Heh, today's my lucky day... I wonder where she is though..." He mused softly to himself.
Zagar came out of his office and walked along the row of computers, looking over everybody's work. He stopped at Jakotsu.
"Fillia dropped this class for Ag. We'll have to find you a new partner." He stated.
"Hey! I can!" Bankotsu leapt from his seat. "I cant stand working with Candie anyway! Please Zagar"
'Please say yes! Please say yes! Please say yes!' Jakotsu chanted mentally, crossing his fingers under the desk.
"Sure, I dont see why not"
'YES! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!' He thought, almost jumping up on the table and dancing, but thankfully restrained himself.
"Great! Thanks Zagar!" Bankotsu dragged his chair over to Jakotsu's computer and logged in. Jakotsu opened the CAD program, and the two started the assignment, which wasnt too hard, just a bunch of circles inside each other.
"So... I dont think we've been properly introduced..." Jakotsu said, drawing a small circle in the center of the grid. "I'm Jakotsu"
"Bankotsu"
Of course, Jakotsu already knew this. He just wanted to make sure Bankotsu knew his name.
The slightly smaller boy looked over at his new CAD partner, who was smiling slightly and studying the drawing in the textbook. God, he had the CUTEST little half-smile! Jakotsu thanked the Gods he was sitting down, because he could feel his knees go weak.
He could see Cloey leaning back in her seat and mouthing 'Ask him out Ja-kun!' Beside her, Jade stifled a giggle and nodded enthusiastically, giving him the thumbs up. Jakotsu frowned at the two and shook his head.
"Jakotsu?" Bankotsu blinked, waving a hand in his face. "Something wrong"
Jakotsu could feel himself blush slightly. "No, no, nothing's wrong!" He said quickly.
"Okay, if you say so... Hey, we need a circle with a 0.5 diameter outside of the first one." He said.
"Oh, yeah, of course... 0.5..." Jakotsu continued with their drawing, seeming a bit distracted and sneaking glances at his new crush beside him.
Later that day, at lunch, Jakotsu grabbed his CD player from his locker, along with his lunch, which consisted of a packaged chocolate chip cookie and a bottle of strawberry Gatorade, and hurried outside to find a good spot.
"Good... The stupid 8th graders didnt take my spot today..." Jakotsu sat down on the raised concrete bordering the flowerbed out front and took a drink from his gatorade.
Enjoying the peace, he opened his cookie and was about to take a bite when.
"HI JA-KUN!" Two high-pitched female voices shouted from behind him.
"KYAAA!" Startled, he jumped up, dropping his cookie in the process. "God damn it Cloey, Jade"
Cloey giggled. "Gotcha"
Jade stared at the dropped cookie, which was already being attacked by ants. Getting an evil glint in her eye, she withdrew a small magnifying glass from her pocket, laid on the ground on her stomach, and proceeded in trying to set the ants on fire.
"So what do you want?" Jakotsu asked, sitting back down and sighing.
"You know, its obvious Bankotsu likes you!" The blonde sat beside him, smiling.
"Hes STRAIGHT Clo." He rolled his eyes.
"Well then we'll have to make him un-straight! You two would make the CUTEST couple!" Her violet eyes went starry. "I can see it now! First you two going out, then getting married, then adopting children, and growing old together! Its so romantic!" Cloey gave a dreamy sigh.
"...You are such a nutjob its not even funny..." He chuckled.
"No, Jade's the nutjob! I'M the psycho-chick"
"No! I'm the Funny Farm escapee!" Jade shouted from her spot on the ground. "Pheonix is the nutjob"
"Whatever"
"Anyway Ja-kun, we're going to help you win Bankotsu's heart! It'll be so fun!" She said happily.
"I dont know if i want YOUR help." He said, raising an eyebrow.
"Ohhh we playin matchmaker Clo-chan?" Jade asked, ants and magnifying glass forgotten.
"Not for me you arent"
"Hey!" She stood, hands on her hips. "We got Seto Kaiba and Jounouchi Katsuya together last year, and Ryou, Bakura, Malik, and Marik the year before that! If we can do it for THOSE guys, we can definately get you together with Bankotsu"
"You set up a four-way relationship!" Jakotsu stared, blinking. That was certainly... odd.
"Yep! " Cloey giggled and poked him. "Just trust us Ja-kun"
"Fine..." He gave in, knowing that if he didnt, those crazy girls would just bug him until he did. "But if you screw anything up, youre dead"
"Hai!" Both chirped, grinning widely before skipping off to plot.
Jakotsu chuckled softly to himself. Those two were something else, that was for sure. They were pretty nice though. He closed his eyes and leaned against the brick wall, putting his headphones over his ears and turning on his CD.
He lost himself in the music, and began to sing along without knowing it.
Bankotsu was just heading outside, football under his arm and Renkotsu in tow. Suikotsu hung back, currently having a 3-way argument with a short, dark-haired gothic chick. Go figure.
"'Ey Ren! Fetch!" Just outside the doors, he chucked the football clear across the campus, near the entrance to the library.
"Bankotsu you asshole!" Ren glowered and jogged after the ball. The braided boy chuckled, before he caught the sound of someone singing... This someone had an awesome voice, he noticed.
Jakotsu sighed softly, a small smile gracing his lips. Eyes still closed, he saw a vision before him... of a smiling Bankotsu... 'Love at first sight? Maybe'
Bankotsu followed the sound of the boy's- he assumed it was a guy- voice. Looking around the corner, he saw Jakotsu, leaning against the brick wall, looking relaxed with his eyes shut.
It was Jakotsu singing, he realized... Bankotsu didnt make a sound. He wanted to hear the rest of the song.
Jakotsu's voice faded away with the song's end. Bankotsu was filled with emotion, listening to just that one song... But he had no idea what that feeling was... It was strange.
Shaking it off, Bankotsu moved into Jakotsu's line of sight, waved, and sat down beside him. Jakotsu smiled and took the headphones from his ears, letting them hang around his neck. The music still blared from the contraption.
"Hey Jakotsu"
"Hi"
"So um... what're you listening to?" Bankotsu asked, looking down at the headphones dangling around the other boy's neck.
"System of a Down. They've got some really good songs; really deep, ya know?" Jakotsu pressed the off button on the shiny silver CD player.
"Ah, tight"
"Yeah"
Bankotsu's gaze fluttered to the ground off to the side. Why was he so nervous all of a sudden! 'God this is weird'
"So... ano... I heard you... singing, that is..." He said, avoiding the other boy's eyes.
"Really..." Jakotsu looked down at his lap. Was he... blushing? "I guess I just... lost myself for a moment..." Yeah, he was blushing!
"You have a really great singing voice you know"
"R-really?..." Bankotsu could tell Jakotsu's face was slowly getting redder. Why was he blushing?
"Yeah, you do. Hey... me and some of my friends are kinda forming a band and... we need a lead singer... I was wondering if you'd like to do it..." Bankotsu shrugged slightly.
Jakotsu's eyes widened slightly in surprise. 'He's asking ME to sing in his band! Me'
Suddenly, a tiny angel-Jakotsu and a tiny devil-Jakotsu appeared on his shoulders, only visible to him.
'Yeah, hes asking you dumbass!' Devil Jakotsu shouted, shaking his little pitchfork.
'Say yes! Say yes! Its not every day you get an offer to sing in a band with a totally hot guy!' Angel Jakotsu bounced up and down happily, halo askew in an adorable fashion.
Jakotsu stared incredulously at the two tiny figures on his shoulders. 'Hey, i thought consiences only appeared to help you make HARD decisions'
'We were bored!' The both chirped innocently.
"I gotta start gettin decaf..." He muttered softly to himself.
"Did you say something?" Bankotsu asked just as the little angel and devil Jakotsus vanished, snapping Jakotsu back into reality.
"Um, no " Jakotsu rubbed the back of his head, grinning sheepishly. Bankotsu looked crestfallen.
"So... you dont wanna play with the band?..."
Jakotsu felt his heart twist almost painfully inside his chest as he looked into Bankotsu's eyes, which were filled with the pain of rejection.
"No! I do! I'd love to!" He said quickly.
"Really?" The braided boy perked up. "Great! I'll talk to Suikotsu and Renkotsu and give you details tomorrow! Ja!" Bankotsu leapt to his feet and ran off to find his friends, looking back at Jakotsu and waving. His silky black braid swayed against his back.
Jakotsu rested his chin in his hands and smiled. God he was cute!
ANSorry about the shortness, but I thought that was a decent place to end this chapter.