There For Me - Chapter 2
A/n: I'm writing this as I'm very, very sick, and I can barely even move. I feel horrible, and Excedrin is your friend. They might be a bit OOC here. Damnit.
Pairing: Isshin/Naoya; implied Kaname/Naoya
Rating: R
Fandom: Juvenile Orion
Warning: Shounen-ai, angst, AU I guess, slight OOC, langue? Oo'
Disclaimer: If I owned Juvenile Orion, Mana dead. I hate her.
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Where am I? Am I… am I… dead…? I should be dead. I mean, I did it, didn't I? So why don't I…-feel- dead?
"Itsuki…"
A voice? Whose voice? Who is it? Is it Kaname? No, no, why would Kaname be dead? Even if he were, he wouldn't go to hell like I would. It sounds familiar…like…
"Itsuki, are you waking up?"
Isshin-sempai…? But…how…how is he…? Is he dead, too?
"Itsuki, come on, you've been asleep all day, get up will you?"
Isshin-sempai…
"Se-"
"Ah, you are awake; how are you feeling?" Isshin looked down at Naoya, blinking slightly. "Any better? Your wrists hurt at all?"
"Isshin-sempai? Waaah! W-W-W-Why are you dead?"
"Dead? I'm not dead, moron, and neither are you."
"I'm… not?"
"Damnit, can't you see? You're in your room, idiot."
"I am?" Naoya blinked up at the older male, golden eyes wide. He suddenly sprang up, winced a bit, and looked towards the floor.
"B-B-Blood!"
"Yes, blood. What, you thought you could cut your wrists and sake would come out?"
"But if I… If I did that, I should be dead!"
"Well, you're not. Lay back down."
"I… why am I…" Naoya sniffled, his eyes closing a bit as they filled with tears. "Why am I still alive!" He whispered, bringing his hands up to cover his face, the bandages slipping off of his wrists. They were still quite bloody and horrid looking, but at least they didn't look as bad before. His eyes flickered to them, and he began to cry.
"Itsuki…"
"Why am I alive!" He choked through his sob, removing his hands so he could stare at Isshin. "Why! Is there a goddamned reason! I have nothing left for me, why the hell am I here!"
"Itsuki, you-"
"He doesn't care about me anymore! All he cares about is master! Not me! I have nothing! NOTHING. All he wants is master. I bet he doesn't even -remember- how much I loved him. I…"
"Master…? Itsuki, what-"
"Kaname, idiot! Kaname doesn't love me!" He sobbed, covering his face again.
Suddenly, it hit him. Isshin's eyes went wide as he realized what Naoya had just said.
Naoya loved Kaname. And Kaname loved Mana. That was why he had done it. A broken heart. Loneliness.
"Itsuki… you tried to kill yourself over… Kaname being with Mana?"
"Yes, idiot!"
"But… why?"
"Kaname left me for her!"
Oh. So Kusakabe had originally been with Naoya, and then Mana had come along, and-Oh. Oh. I see it now…
"I have nothing left, sempai! Nothing! No reason! Master has Haruna, she's stronger than me, better, I'm useless, I-" The boy sobbed and sobbed. "I…. I have no reason to live!"
"Itsuki, you do have a reasons to live. Haruna would miss you. Amou would miss you. Sensei would miss you. Master would miss you. Kaname would miss you. God, Itsuki, I would miss you!"
"No you wouldn't! None of you would!"
"Why do you think your sister ran to Amou asking him to heal you, huh! Why do you think Mana ran with her? Why do you think they were all here to see if you were alright? I mean, sure, Kusakabe wasn't here, but his house is out of the way… we all ran to make sure you were okay, Itsuki..."
"No, you…you don't care… none of-"
Isshin sighed, and pressed his finger to Naoya's lips, pulling the younger boy into a tight embrace. "I would've missed you, Itsuki."
"Sempai, what-" Naoya's eyes were wide as he was embraced, Isshin's own eyes closed.
"Shh. Isn't that enough for you? You would've made many, many people sad, Itsuki. What about all those girls, hm? All those girls who send you love letters… all those girls who look at you and blush…"
"I don't care about them!"
"But they care about you, we care about you, I care about you. Just because you only care about you being with Kusakabe doesn't mean that other people don't care about you now that you're not. "
"I… I…"
"Even if Kusakabe left you, it doesn't mean your life is over, Itsuki… I mean, I… I love Mana, but she doesn't love me, but do you see killing myself over it?"
"N-No, but-"
"We're kind of in the same position… hah..." Isshin laughed lightly, and smiled weakly, closing his eyes as he held him closer. "We're both without love…the ones we love… they love each other. I guess that makes us the odd ones out, hm? Kusakabe has Mana… Amou has Sensei…"
"T-True..."
"So we're the only ones alone, hm, Itsuki…"
"Y-Yeah…" Naoya sniffed, and shifted closer to Isshin. In a way, this surprised the older boy, but he shrugged it off, and held him as his quiet sobbing continued.
"But we'll make it… you're smarter than that, I'm smarter than that. And Damnit, if you do anything like that again, I'll give you a good beating, got it?" Isshin glared, causing Naoya to laugh a little.
"I'll make sure to avoid it, Isshin-sempai."
"Good, now go back to sleep; I can tell you're still very weak."
"Are you going to leave me?" Naoya blinked, looking up at him with red eyes, tears still staining his cheeks. Isshin looked down at him, and then, he looked away from the boy's gaze.
"I guess I can stay a bit longer."
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"Wow, look at that new player!"
"Yeah, he's as good as Kusakabe-kun!"
"What's his name?"
"Eto… Kanjiru Ketsuki, isn't it?"
"Oh, he'll never be as good as Kaname-kun!" Mana huffed, glaring at the three chattering girls who sat near her in the bleachers. Haruna stifled a giggle, and shook her head, gazing at the mystery new kid on the basketball team.
"Thanks for coming with me, Haruna-san. I feel so bad about Itsuki! But at least Sempai is there with him, ne?" Mana asked, tilting her head as she turned her attention to the blonde haired girl beside her.
"Ah, yeah… I didn't expect sempai to stay with him, though! I mean, they've never really gotten along… ah, well, I hope he wakes up soon. Ah!"
Haruna paused as the crowd cheered when Kaname scored a point, putting their team ahead of the game. Mana stood up, and shouted happily, blushing as she saw Kaname look at her and smile. She sat back down, and looked at her feet. Haruna blinked, and then smiled.
"You really like Kusakabe-san, don't you Master?"
"Shh! Haruna! Don't call me master -here! Someone could hear you and think we have some weird relationship!"
"What's so weird about calling you my master? I mean you are my master. "
"I know, but- " The buzzer sounded, and the teams went to their benches. "Oh, one minute Haruna-san!" Mana ran down the steps, bouncing up to Kaname.
"Kaname-kun! You were so great out there!" She smiled, standing in front of her boyfriend. He gazed down at her, and blinked.
"Oh, er, thanks…"
"Oh, so Kusakabe has a girlfriend, hm?"
She's another mindbreaker. >
The new kid stepped beside Kaname, grinning in an odd, sly way. His hair was messy and black, and kept back in a ponytail. With piercing blue eyes, he looked at Mana, and then at Kaname, watching the two blush madly.
"Oh, a-are you the new kid, Ka-"
"Kanjiru Ketsuki, at your service." He did a bow, his eyes narrowed in a cat-like way as he watched her.
I don't like him… I sense something weird. Thought Mana as she gazed at him.
"Oh, K-Kanjiru-kun...N-N-Nice to m-meet you!" she stumbled, bowing as he had. Kaname sighed, and shook his head. "I'm M-"
"Kirihara Mana-chan." Ketsuki stated with a grin.
"H-How did you.."
His eyes flashed, and then he grinned even wider. "Lucky guess, maybe? Anyways, Kusakabe and I better get back to the court. Game's almost over, you know." He winked, and grabbed Kusakabe back to the benches, Mana waving and walking back up the bleachers and over to Haruna.
"T-That new kid... I sense something weird from him, Haruna-san. Kanjiru Ketsuki... Kanjiru Ketsuki..."
"Kanjiru-kun? He's in one of my classes. I haven't sensed anything from him, why?"
"I don't know.. I think he has some sort of power, but I don't know what. But if I didn't sense anything..."
"Oh, Master, don't worry about it! I'm sure he's just a normal kid. Let's just watch the game, okay?"
"O-okay..."
-End chapter 2
OoOo. New character. Hahaha. Don't worry, he won't take any of the originals. Although he will try to seduce someone at one point. And maybe someone else too. Okay, so he'll probablly try alot of things, but he's got his own lover. 333 Who is this mysterious boy? THE WORLD MAY NEVER KNOW. DUN DUN DUN. Okay well maybe you won't know until the next chapter, but that's not the point. Thank you to all the people who read this. bows