The New Facade
Disclaimer: I don't own DC, but I'm planning to take Aoyama-sensei as a hostage and demand DC to be rightfully mine.
I don't know how people in this section would fare with an AU fic, but please don't flame or anything, I'll try to make this fic at least a bearable AU still with in-character characters. This fic features a pretty clichéd story about the usual oh-so handsome jock and the usual bullied around nerd. I know there's too much clichéd story like this already, but I haven't found any in DC section, so give this a chance, k?. Anyway, onwards with the story!
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Ai's a nerd. The usual nerd you'd encounter in your school bullied by the jocks, the type of nerd that's always alone because nobody was willing to talk to her. A nerd that used pathetic square framed reading glasses with lenses as thick as god-knows-how-many-inches. Someone who preferred to hide her ugly face and possibly ugly eyes behind those glasses and those annoyingly ugly, neglected hair (or so said the skimpy cheerleaders).
Well, Shiho could easily pass as one of those so-called type of nerd like above, she is, in-fact, one of them. But that's only her façade. Nobody knows what her true self looked like (or even knew it existed). And she was hiding her identity for one good reason. And in order to do that, she had to dye her hair black (not permanent) and tie them into a ponytail instead of letting it loose like she would do in the past.
So here she was, standing in front of a barber shop for a full 12 minutes. Apparently she was looking confused enough for a few guys to decide on hitting her. Yes, she was still her old self, the ravishingly beautiful Miyano Shiho. And she was to change that. Shrugging the ugly guy who was trying to feel her off, she began marching into the barber shop, feeling confident.
Goodbye Shiho, hello Ai.
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Whatever confidence she had when she entered the shop suddenly dissipated upon entering. A loud, high-pitched voice greeted her. "Hellooooow, Ojou-sama! What business would a pretty, young girl like you have here?"
"Uh-"
"Come please, sit down. Would you like to cut it shaggy? Or perhaps you'd like a little blue on that lovely hair? Either way, chooseee, tell meeee, your demand is my pleah-sureeehhh"
The idea of dieing her hair black sounded quite smart when she came up with it. At least they wouldn't recognize a Shiho with black hair and nerdy glasses. As wonderful as it sounded, the mere high-pitched voice of the owner already dropped her EQ by, say, 50. Her slim feet had been desperately trying to run out of the place, but her mind, despite the torture, hanged on dearly. I will have to endure this if I want to stay alive. Do it or die.
"I would," she said through gritted teeth, "like to dye my hair black"
Another wave of shrilled high pitched voice answered her request, effectively dropping her EQ yet another few dozen points.
Maybe dying wasn't so bad after all.
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"Hey Shinichi-sama, did you know that there's a new student today?" The question was directed to Kudo Shinichi, the captain of the soccer team and the most popular guy on Beika High.
"No, and I'm not interested. So shut up while I'm trying to finish my homework," he replied snappishly, and the girl who asked the question just for the sake of talking to Shinichi sunk back disheartened, her original intention failing miserably.
The class was much livelier this morning than the other day, thanks to whoever the new student was. Everyone was having their hopes and expectations. Most of the girls were hoping for a gorgeous guy as the new student, while most of the guys were hoping for a dead gorgeous girl. Well, they almost got it. Almost. What happened next was clearly for their disappointment.
"Attention class!" the teacher clapped his hands together to get their attention. "Today we have a new student. Please come in, Haibara-san"
The whole class suddenly became very quiet, all of them wondering what kind of person this Haibara is (except for Shinichi of course, who was still busy completing his homework).
The door slid open and from it stepped a totally dorky, ugly, nerdy girl. Those who were expecting too high felt like a big rock was hitting them on their head repeatedly. The whole class groaned, and whispers like, "Wow, that girl is ugly," "Damn, she turns me off", and even, "How can someone as horrendous as her exist" was heard. Ok, she was not that ugly, they were just over-expressing it a bit.
The teacher clapped again and motioned Ai to introduce herself.
"My name is Haibara Ai, nice to meet you," she said monotonously to the class who had apparently lost any interest with her.
The teacher nodded. "Good, I'm Kobayashi Yoshiyuki. Mouri-san, please raise your hand"
A hand shot up from the third row.
"Haibara-san, please seat beside Mouri-san. Class, please be nice to Haibara-san and make her feel welcome"
Ignoring whatever Kobayashi-sensei said next, she made her way towards Ran and sat beside her. Ran smiled and greeted her warmly, "Hi, I'm Ran, yoroshiku"
Ai nodded briefly and resumed to arranging her books. Her behavior made Ran frown slightly, but a realization downed to her and she smiled inwardly, thinking that Ai was still a little shy at her first day here.
Kobayashi-sensei let out a little 'Ah' as he remembered something. "Mouri-san, would you please show Haibara-san around the school at recess?"
An enthusiastic shout of 'Hai' was heard from Ran.
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An electronic bell chimed throughout the school, warning everyone that it was recess. Ran turned to the stoic girl beside her that she apparently still think as the shy person and said cheerfully, "So, Haibara-san, let's go. I'll show you around the school"
"Thank you for your offer, but frankly I'd enjoy it more sitting here than being dragged around the school by some gi-" Ai was about to say giddy, but Ran was already at the door, telling her to follow, that smile that Ai was beginning to get annoyed at still plastered on her face. She sighed; it was no use saying no to this girl.
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Ran had succeeded on showing her places that she had already memorized the day before from a blue print of Beika High. That tour was as boring as hell to Ai, but at least now they were back to their class, Ran still chatting animatedly about some places. But then she stopped and waved to a guy. Ran walked towards the guy and Ai followed.
"Haibara-san, this is Kudo Shinichi, my child hood friend"
"Nice to meet you," Shinichi smiled at Ai and held out his right hand. Ai stared at it for a few seconds, and finally took it. His grip was firm when they shook hands, indicating that he was an optimistic guy.
Ai smirked, she didn't need to be introduced; she had recognized Shinichi the first time she set her eyes on him.
Kudo Shinichi… We'll definitely go a long way from now on.
Continued…
So how is it? Is this AU good enough? I apologize that Ran may seem like an air head in this fic, it seems that I have to read the manga again to gain more insight about her. Anyways, please R & R, I'd very much appreciate it.
