Eventine: Welcome back guys. I'm afraid this is another short, and slightly tweaked chapter. I know you must be surprised that after a little under a year I picked this back up, but hey, I missed it. hugs computer and it feels good to be back.
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Instead of the stunned silence followed by a tell-tale dial tone as she expected, Anzu began, "Oh really? Wow, that's pretty cool, though I'm really not surprised. I hope you didn't tell the whole world though, because you would be ridiculed end....less....ly...." She trailed of as the reason for her friends misery dawned on her.
Shizuka, instead of continuing to dwell on her misery, hastily changed the subject. "How did your little holiday go?"
"It was ok. We went to my great aunt's house for some bizarre family reunion. Did you know I have 37 cousins? 37! I was hardly aware of the fact that my parents had any siblings, let alone six each. It rained most of the time, and I got stuck watching all the kids that were too young to entertain themselves while the rest of the family went to various stores looking for..... I actually have no idea what they were looking for, but that's beside the point. The point is that the kids were little brats, and the only thing that compensated for it was my aunt's food. I mean honestly, I about had it when they started trying to jump from the piano onto the chandelier."
Much to her surprise, Shizuka let out a soft giggle. She immediately clapped a hand to her mouth. 'Wow, I never thought I'd laugh again…' Her face brightened as her friend retold the myriad of tales about her strange family members, from her grandma who had been a stripper to her cousin who went spelunking to collect bat dung for research.
Anzu continued with her narration, "Oh, and there are some really cute guys there, and girls. I luckily had one day at the shopping center and was able to enjoy the finer human specimens."
Anzu waited a moment for this to sink in, she could practically hear her friends thoughts. "Cute guys and girls? What did she mean by that? Is she making fun of me or is she…"
Shizuka's slight gasp made it apparent she had figured it out. "Y-you mean you're… you're like me?"
Anzu laughed. "Well, that took you long enough. See, there's nothing wrong with being bisexual, it's just telling everyone and their cousin isn't the best idea."
Shizuka and Anzu's conversation lasted well into the night, and though they were talking of things of little importance, it gladdened Shizuka greatly. She knew that at school tomorrow, she would have a friend.
---Tea's House--
After hanging up the phone, Tea flopped, face up, on her pink quilted bed and stared at the unicorn poster that hung from her ceiling. 'So', she thought 'Shizuka is bi… Though she never really showed any signs, I'm not overly surprised. But for life of me I can't remember her showing much interest in guys, or girls, except for Kaiba...'
Anzu sighed, and picked up the phone. It was time to call in reinforcements. Namely, Mai Kujaku. Mai would know what to do, after all, she was the one who helped Anzu through the tough period of her life after coming to terms with her own sexual preferences.
She began to dial. Although it was nearly ten o'clock, Mai picked up the phone after just two rings. "Hello?" Mai said, her voice warm and silky.
"Hi Mai, it's me Anzu. I need to talk to you about Shizuka."
"Oh, I know. She was the last person I ever expected to be bi. And the way her brother handled it! It's no wonder she's taken to locking herself in her room every night."
Anzu sighed. "She seems really upset. Her brother took the news rather badly?"
Mai laughed "That's an understatement! He totally flipped! Instead of being there when Shizuka needed him most, her began screaming. He said all kinds of hurtful things like that he 'wouldn't tolerate some crazy dyke in his family.' and that she was being 'disgusting and going against the worlds natural order of things'. He had poor little Shiz crying in a matter of minutes."
Anzu sighed again. "That's so sad… at least my parents understand… How did you know about Shiz?
"I was there," Mai said, suddenly sounding melancholy. "I tried to explain to Jou that his sister needed him, but he wouldn't listen. Honestly, we've been going out for over a year and he still wouldn't heed my advice… Did you know that Shizuka has taken to running out of the house early in the morning when her brother wakes up? As soon as she hears his door open she bolts. It's very sad… And I know Jou still cares about his little sister, but he doesn't know how to apologize, and he's afraid that she won't forgive him even if he does say sorry. He told me as much… I keep telling him he should just say sorry but… well, like I said, he won't listen."
This was starting to sound more complicated than Anzu had thought. "Shizuka told me everyone has been really terrible to her lately… why weren't you nice to her?"
Mai sighed in exasperation, "Honestly Anzu, I would've helped her if I could've, but I've been away on..... business. When I think of how people must have been treating her… I shudder at the very thought. What if some one had attacked her? She would be another victim of a hate crime, and her brother would have to live with the fact that he had never made things right. Like I said, it's very, very sad."
It was Anzu's turn to sigh again. 'This seems to get worse and worse the more I find out.' She thought. "I can see that. We'll have to try to make people see, to make Jou see… Anyways Mai, thanks for the help. See you tomorrow.
"Bye Anzu."
"Bye Mai."
Anzu hung up the phone, feeling conflicting emotions. She was gleeful knowing that Mai would help her out, but was depressed at the same time. Shizuka hadn't told her just how bad things really were, and now she understood why.
Eventine: There we have it, I love you all, and thanks for reading, and , maybe even reviewing ()
