The 12th Street Apartment: Of Laughter, Sorrows and Dreams
11/7/2003
Hey. This is my first AU fic. It's about many people living in one apartment building; their changes in love and their relationships with other in the apartment building.
Hee hee... this is sort of a soap opera...I don't know... it should be fun
Disclaimer: Don't own, never will.
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~Morning~
"Gina, Kenshin, Aoshi!" A soft woman's voice called from the kitchen. Tokio Saitou busied herself in making breakfast.
"Morning mother." Aoshi walked into the kitchen, sitting himself in a wooden chair, and opened the newspaper tucked nicely under his arm. His green eyes gazed over the headline news.
The door swung open, slamming against the wall hard. Aoshi jerked up quickly, black hair flying into his face. "Don't do that Gina." He said, slightly clutching his heart.
Twenty two year old Gina rushed out, "I've got a job interview with the TV station in two hours." She plopped down in a seat, putting on her socks. She ran a nervous hand through her neat black hair.
Thirty-year-old Aoshi smiled slightly from across the table at his younger sister, "You'll be fine." He returned his attention to the newsprint.
"Easy for you to say." She snorted, gulping the orange juice quickly. She coughed slightly as she choked, amber eyes widening.
"You'll do just fine dear." Their mother replied pouring a cup of coffee for her son, "Where is Kenshin?" Her green eyes glanced towards front door as she twirled a piece of her red hair back into her bun
"Here!" Twenty nine year old Kenshin dashed from the front door, "Sorry, I have to be at the hospital in TEN minutes!" He ran out of the apartment again, snatching Aoshi's toast as he ran by the table. All the family could see were flashes of Kenshin's red hair.
Aoshi glared, "I knew I should have ate in my place." He got up slothfully, putting another piece of toast in the white toaster.
Gina laughed. The Saitou family lived in a large apartment building on 12th street. They owned the building. It consisted of five floors. The half of first floor was the office of Aoshi, a psychiatrist. The other half was a café owned by Tokio's niece. The family rented out the two apartments on the second floor. Currently, Tokio's sister and two nieces lived in one, while the other was vacant. The whole third floor was where the Saitou's lived; Gina, Tokio, and Hajime. The boys had moved out a couple years ago.
The forth floor was Aoshi's house, and the other room was inhabited by Tokio's mother. Kenshin lived on the fifth floor. The other room was lived in by the children's uncle; their father's older brother. The Saitou usually ate meals together- on the third floor.
Heavy footstep entered the kitchen. "Hi dad." Gina smiled smiling wolfing down her own slice of bread.
Hajime Saitou observed the kitchen. His wife handed him a cup of coffee, which he gratefully accepted, "Oy! The toast is burning." He motioned toward the smothering toast, "Which one of you idiots did that?" He demanded. His piercing amber eyes revolved around the small kitchen,
"Aoshi!" Tokio and Gina replied quickly at the same time.
"Thanks guys." Aoshi said, glancing at his father, "Uh..." He faltered.
"What boy?" barked the older man.
"What should I do with this?" Aoshi held up a blacken toast daintily with two fingers, "Can I toss it?"
"NO! Eat it! It takes good money to provide for you all." He ran a hand through his messy black hair.
Aoshi mumbled as he shoved the burnt ashes into his mouth, grimacing at its chalked taste, "Kenshin is SO dead."
Slowly the house emptied. Gina went to a job interview, Aoshi to his office, Saitou to the police station where he worked, and finally Tokio to the market.
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~Evening~
"GOOD EVENING!" A loud voice shook the hanging lights in the house.
Kenshin groaned as he reached up to steady the light, "Good evening Uncle Hiko. What brings you here tonight?"
(A/N: hee hee... I made Saitou Hajime and Hiko brothers...this should be interesting)
"DINNER!" replied the towering figure.
Kenshin nodded quickly, dashing into his sister's room, hoping to escape Hiko's blitz of words.
"Uncle Hiko here?" She asked not looking up from her seat in front of the computer. She had landed the job as one of film editors for the international TV station- CNN.
"Yeah."
"Good thing I'm going out to dinner with someone."
"Who?" demanded Kenshin, amber eyes blazing. "A guy?"
(A/N:I made him have amber eyes, I think they look better than the purple ones... and it also works with the parents. Tokio has red hair and green eyes; Saitou has amber eyes and black hair so their kids would have somewhat the same thing. Aoshi has green eyes and black hair. Kenshin has red hair and amber eyes. Gina has black hair and amber eyes. It works out pretty well.)
"Just a friend." Gina replied nonchalantly.
"WHO?!" yelled Kenshin. She did not reply. "You're not going anywhere unless you tell me who you're going with!" Kenshin said.
Gina got up in anger, "I don't need to tell you everything I do!" She stormed out of the room.
"Where are you..." Saitou's voice was interrupted by Gina's banging of the front door.
"Dinner!" Tokio voice drifted into Gina's room.
Kenshin walked out to the dinning room, "Gina's not coming; she's going out with a friend. Where Aoshi?" He asked looked around the room.
"Out with friends." Saitou replied, "Sit."
Kenshin obliged, but silently fuming at his brother and sister. They had managed to avoid this dinner. He disliked having dinner with Uncle Hiko. It was not that he dislikes Hiko as a person; he just disliked his uncle's loud voice and his merciless jokes and insults on the siblings.
Kenshin shifted nervously as Hiko looked directly at him, ready to release an onslaught of insults. Kenshin's parents did no stop Hiko, most of the time they encouraged it. Kenshin sighed. He was so unfortunate to end up in a family who would bring up past mistakes and tease about them.
***Outside***
"Aoshi?"
"Here."
"Good. Let's go."
Two figures hurried to the downstairs café. It was pleasant, with soft lighting and music floating gently from the speakers. The words Yumi's Café were written in flowing script above the kitchen area in bright pink. Ivies crawled up the sides of the walls, giving the whole café a Parisian tone. The room was decorated in rainbow pastel colors.
Yumi smiled at the duo as she handed them a menu, "Hey! Nice to see you both."
Both nodded and smiled back.
Aoshi slid into one of the comfortable plush seat at the table by the window, glancing at the woman in front of him, "You're smart."
The woman in front of him smirked, "I know. And you owe me one."
He nodded as they ordered. "So tell me about your day Gina."
***Later...***
Kenshin glanced up embarrassedly from the couch as the front door opened. The family had finished dinner and had moved onto dessert in the living room. Hiko and his parents were still reliving embarrassing moments in Kenshin's life. The current topic was Kenshin in high school, going to up his crush and completely making a fool out of himself in front of her.
Aoshi and Gina came through the door, arm in arm laughing over something.
Tokio smiled, "Did you guys have fun?"
Gina smiled, "Yeah... at least I did..."
Aoshi grinned, "Yeah... it was great. Was dinner good tonight?"
He looked directly at Kenshin. Kenshin got up, brushing past his older brother hissed, "You're so dead."
As he started up the stairs to his room, he heard Aoshi calling from the stairway, "Consider it payback for stealing my toast this morning." Kenshin's reply was a slamming door.
Aoshi and Gina traded smirks. "You're a genius." He said.
Gina grinned cheerfully, disappearing into the house.
Aoshi trudged back to his room, hurrying as he heard Hiko yelled a good bye to his parents from the landing below. He didn't want to meet his uncle tonight. He broke into a sprint as he heard the thundering footsteps close in. He quickly closed the door to his room, sighing in relief as his uncle passed without a word.
The full moon rose over the dark house. A day was over, and the 12th street apartment was quiet.
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Well... I made everyone a little older... because I found it very hard to work with high school students... (hormones... and all that stuff)
It's starting out as on okay story... but I hope it's going to be a lot of fun... hopefully I'll add a LOT more Rurouni Kenshin characters... I'll see...
It's going to center probably on the Saitou kids, but it will involve Yumi and her unnamed-at-this-time sister. I won't leave them out.
It's going to be a lot of romance... something that I have never tried before... so bare with me.
Gina's a harder character just because she's my own... I don't really know what Gina's going do... maybe kill her off?
I don't really know... I have Kenshin and Aoshi's life planned out pretty well...and it's not going to look very pleasant for both of them...
^.^
Please review!
11/7/2003
Hey. This is my first AU fic. It's about many people living in one apartment building; their changes in love and their relationships with other in the apartment building.
Hee hee... this is sort of a soap opera...I don't know... it should be fun
Disclaimer: Don't own, never will.
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~Morning~
"Gina, Kenshin, Aoshi!" A soft woman's voice called from the kitchen. Tokio Saitou busied herself in making breakfast.
"Morning mother." Aoshi walked into the kitchen, sitting himself in a wooden chair, and opened the newspaper tucked nicely under his arm. His green eyes gazed over the headline news.
The door swung open, slamming against the wall hard. Aoshi jerked up quickly, black hair flying into his face. "Don't do that Gina." He said, slightly clutching his heart.
Twenty two year old Gina rushed out, "I've got a job interview with the TV station in two hours." She plopped down in a seat, putting on her socks. She ran a nervous hand through her neat black hair.
Thirty-year-old Aoshi smiled slightly from across the table at his younger sister, "You'll be fine." He returned his attention to the newsprint.
"Easy for you to say." She snorted, gulping the orange juice quickly. She coughed slightly as she choked, amber eyes widening.
"You'll do just fine dear." Their mother replied pouring a cup of coffee for her son, "Where is Kenshin?" Her green eyes glanced towards front door as she twirled a piece of her red hair back into her bun
"Here!" Twenty nine year old Kenshin dashed from the front door, "Sorry, I have to be at the hospital in TEN minutes!" He ran out of the apartment again, snatching Aoshi's toast as he ran by the table. All the family could see were flashes of Kenshin's red hair.
Aoshi glared, "I knew I should have ate in my place." He got up slothfully, putting another piece of toast in the white toaster.
Gina laughed. The Saitou family lived in a large apartment building on 12th street. They owned the building. It consisted of five floors. The half of first floor was the office of Aoshi, a psychiatrist. The other half was a café owned by Tokio's niece. The family rented out the two apartments on the second floor. Currently, Tokio's sister and two nieces lived in one, while the other was vacant. The whole third floor was where the Saitou's lived; Gina, Tokio, and Hajime. The boys had moved out a couple years ago.
The forth floor was Aoshi's house, and the other room was inhabited by Tokio's mother. Kenshin lived on the fifth floor. The other room was lived in by the children's uncle; their father's older brother. The Saitou usually ate meals together- on the third floor.
Heavy footstep entered the kitchen. "Hi dad." Gina smiled smiling wolfing down her own slice of bread.
Hajime Saitou observed the kitchen. His wife handed him a cup of coffee, which he gratefully accepted, "Oy! The toast is burning." He motioned toward the smothering toast, "Which one of you idiots did that?" He demanded. His piercing amber eyes revolved around the small kitchen,
"Aoshi!" Tokio and Gina replied quickly at the same time.
"Thanks guys." Aoshi said, glancing at his father, "Uh..." He faltered.
"What boy?" barked the older man.
"What should I do with this?" Aoshi held up a blacken toast daintily with two fingers, "Can I toss it?"
"NO! Eat it! It takes good money to provide for you all." He ran a hand through his messy black hair.
Aoshi mumbled as he shoved the burnt ashes into his mouth, grimacing at its chalked taste, "Kenshin is SO dead."
Slowly the house emptied. Gina went to a job interview, Aoshi to his office, Saitou to the police station where he worked, and finally Tokio to the market.
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~Evening~
"GOOD EVENING!" A loud voice shook the hanging lights in the house.
Kenshin groaned as he reached up to steady the light, "Good evening Uncle Hiko. What brings you here tonight?"
(A/N: hee hee... I made Saitou Hajime and Hiko brothers...this should be interesting)
"DINNER!" replied the towering figure.
Kenshin nodded quickly, dashing into his sister's room, hoping to escape Hiko's blitz of words.
"Uncle Hiko here?" She asked not looking up from her seat in front of the computer. She had landed the job as one of film editors for the international TV station- CNN.
"Yeah."
"Good thing I'm going out to dinner with someone."
"Who?" demanded Kenshin, amber eyes blazing. "A guy?"
(A/N:I made him have amber eyes, I think they look better than the purple ones... and it also works with the parents. Tokio has red hair and green eyes; Saitou has amber eyes and black hair so their kids would have somewhat the same thing. Aoshi has green eyes and black hair. Kenshin has red hair and amber eyes. Gina has black hair and amber eyes. It works out pretty well.)
"Just a friend." Gina replied nonchalantly.
"WHO?!" yelled Kenshin. She did not reply. "You're not going anywhere unless you tell me who you're going with!" Kenshin said.
Gina got up in anger, "I don't need to tell you everything I do!" She stormed out of the room.
"Where are you..." Saitou's voice was interrupted by Gina's banging of the front door.
"Dinner!" Tokio voice drifted into Gina's room.
Kenshin walked out to the dinning room, "Gina's not coming; she's going out with a friend. Where Aoshi?" He asked looked around the room.
"Out with friends." Saitou replied, "Sit."
Kenshin obliged, but silently fuming at his brother and sister. They had managed to avoid this dinner. He disliked having dinner with Uncle Hiko. It was not that he dislikes Hiko as a person; he just disliked his uncle's loud voice and his merciless jokes and insults on the siblings.
Kenshin shifted nervously as Hiko looked directly at him, ready to release an onslaught of insults. Kenshin's parents did no stop Hiko, most of the time they encouraged it. Kenshin sighed. He was so unfortunate to end up in a family who would bring up past mistakes and tease about them.
***Outside***
"Aoshi?"
"Here."
"Good. Let's go."
Two figures hurried to the downstairs café. It was pleasant, with soft lighting and music floating gently from the speakers. The words Yumi's Café were written in flowing script above the kitchen area in bright pink. Ivies crawled up the sides of the walls, giving the whole café a Parisian tone. The room was decorated in rainbow pastel colors.
Yumi smiled at the duo as she handed them a menu, "Hey! Nice to see you both."
Both nodded and smiled back.
Aoshi slid into one of the comfortable plush seat at the table by the window, glancing at the woman in front of him, "You're smart."
The woman in front of him smirked, "I know. And you owe me one."
He nodded as they ordered. "So tell me about your day Gina."
***Later...***
Kenshin glanced up embarrassedly from the couch as the front door opened. The family had finished dinner and had moved onto dessert in the living room. Hiko and his parents were still reliving embarrassing moments in Kenshin's life. The current topic was Kenshin in high school, going to up his crush and completely making a fool out of himself in front of her.
Aoshi and Gina came through the door, arm in arm laughing over something.
Tokio smiled, "Did you guys have fun?"
Gina smiled, "Yeah... at least I did..."
Aoshi grinned, "Yeah... it was great. Was dinner good tonight?"
He looked directly at Kenshin. Kenshin got up, brushing past his older brother hissed, "You're so dead."
As he started up the stairs to his room, he heard Aoshi calling from the stairway, "Consider it payback for stealing my toast this morning." Kenshin's reply was a slamming door.
Aoshi and Gina traded smirks. "You're a genius." He said.
Gina grinned cheerfully, disappearing into the house.
Aoshi trudged back to his room, hurrying as he heard Hiko yelled a good bye to his parents from the landing below. He didn't want to meet his uncle tonight. He broke into a sprint as he heard the thundering footsteps close in. He quickly closed the door to his room, sighing in relief as his uncle passed without a word.
The full moon rose over the dark house. A day was over, and the 12th street apartment was quiet.
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Well... I made everyone a little older... because I found it very hard to work with high school students... (hormones... and all that stuff)
It's starting out as on okay story... but I hope it's going to be a lot of fun... hopefully I'll add a LOT more Rurouni Kenshin characters... I'll see...
It's going to center probably on the Saitou kids, but it will involve Yumi and her unnamed-at-this-time sister. I won't leave them out.
It's going to be a lot of romance... something that I have never tried before... so bare with me.
Gina's a harder character just because she's my own... I don't really know what Gina's going do... maybe kill her off?
I don't really know... I have Kenshin and Aoshi's life planned out pretty well...and it's not going to look very pleasant for both of them...
^.^
Please review!