Disclaimer: I do not own Super GALS! in any way…If I did, I would had it commissioned to a yaoi company of sorts and had it converted to Super GUYS! or something close to that. Boys dealing problems about…other pretty boys make me all mushy inside…(sighs)
(looks left and right in the whole fanfiction section of Super GALS!) What the f… no sign of yaoi or any sorts? Oh men…
Flack: I mean, duh! This is a shoujo anime! What did you expect? A yaoi fanfiction! (rolls on the floor laughing hard)
(sweatdrop) I…uh…I did see a yaoi fanfiction in the section of Sailor Moon…
Flack: Huh? Really? (hobbles on personal laptop and searches for said fic…)
Anyway…(is disturbed by the clacking of keys in the laptop)…Super GALS! is showing on air once more! (at least in my locality). What perfect way to spend my vague summer vacation (borderline: I am terribly bored and it's hot in here!) than to write a (read:) first yaoi fiction for it!
Flack: Are you sure you're the first?
Dunno…I guess if another person shows up and claims the title, fine. I don't care anyway, at least I found some sort of company in this otherwise…err…hetero-environment.
Okay…warning (yawns) This fic contains yaoi material, which in short tells a story about pretty bishie boys all over each other. If you, in any sort of freakish weird way, is mortally offended by this idea, then you know what to do….don't read, don't turn back, and don't even remember you ever saw this.
Semi- AUness. I need an excuse so I can write this story freely. I don't need some slight detail that Rei's mother passed away, so that means my fic doesn't relate with the episode. I seldom watched Super GALS! when it was first aired (and how I regretted it) so I had to start a new scheme.
Erm…pairing would be Rei and Yuuya (don't know about the spelling, but knowing vague Japanese, you can't have a syllable of ey or ay in Rei…so I don't think its possible to have R-ay or R-ey. R-e-i however is possible. Yuuya…dunno why but it's a multi-gender name…Yuoya or Youya or Yuuya…however, our dubbed version stressed two u's so I assume its Yuuya.)
Flack: Trust him to make his introduction sort of like a thesis…(gets thrown at by a Poring doll)
I'm needy. Get me some coffee.
Flack: (grumbles)
Oh yeah, erm…I'll have to go with the timeline of even before the two had both met the Super GALS! So it means a hint of OOC and unconventional character interpretation. (Me like tinkering with character personalities…tee hee)
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Chapter 1
Afternoon…
"Great…another neighbor…" The 12-year-old raven haired kid scowled a bit, seeing a moving van hoist appliances and furniture into the one-week vacant house near theirs.
He'd been viewing the scene with great displeasure near their window; Mrs. Otohata was talking vibrantly with their new neighbors. Trust her to come to any chance of talking to people new in their neighborhood.
He'd seen his mother bending down (probably patting something…or someone), not being able to see what it was though. The garden hedge was disrupting his view.
A few minutes later, the three figures walked towards their doorstep. Rei removed himself from the window and walked softly to greet them as the door slowly opened. Proper etiquette…greet any visitor…he'd been mumbling those things.
Rei bowed in greeting, his mother smiling at the courtesy. The new neighbors were delighted as well with the curt introduction. A few moments, and his mother led them to the living room for a cup of tea and some cake.
"Mrs. Otohata, you have a very wonderful son!" The woman before them finally commented. Rei blushed a bit, taken aback by the…bluntness of the comment.
"Yes, yes. I agree with my wife" Wife? "I wish they'd be good friends with our son…"
Son? So it means…"Oh my…why didn't you bring him in here?" Mrs. Otohata placed her hand in her lips, sighing a worry.
"He's too shy. We'd learn to let him cope for himself. It's really hard to impose yourself upon your son. Too much and they'd grow to be a rebel, too little and they grow lax…"
"I agree." His mother smiled. "I'm really lucky that Rei had taken his responsibilities and lessons well. He learns everything for himself."
Their son better be not a bully. Our last neighbor's daughter really got to my nerves. It was good they left, or I'd have…"
"Yuuya…there you are…come on in…" Mrs. Otohata called to the doorway.
Rei glimpsed a bit to see who it was.
He was a perfectly healthy young boy, about the same age as Rei's. Blonde,
With hair that fell limply on all sides, and a rather stolid build.
"Mama!" The blonde rushed towards his mother, burying his face in her bosom. He cried suddenly, gripping at the gently laughing woman.
"Oh, Yuuya…you told me you didn't want to come with us here…" The mother caressed the blonde's hair, bringing his sobbing face to kiss his forehead. The kid sniffed a bit, wiping his tears with the back of his hand.
"The moving men were mean…they all looked scary, Mama! I don't want to be alone…" He cried more, and buried his face once more to his mother.
"There, there. We'll make those mean men go away…" He soothed the boy's back, sighing a deep sigh at his husband. Mrs. Otohata just gave them a surprised look.
"Yuuya is a very distrusting person. He always sees people as either mean or scary. We always had to move because Yuuya was always stressed with the people around him." The mother kindly explained.
"It's true." The father commented. "Once, we were in Hokkaido and this Christian priest was giving a cookie to Yuuya. He suddenly screamed that he was going to be kidnapped and was traumatized. In Kyoto, he fell off his bike. A girl came to help him and he suddenly screamed his voice off. He's really…"
"Don't worry." Mrs. Otohata cut in. "We'll make sure Yuuya will be fine with us. Maybe Rei could be his friend. What do you think Rei?" She gently looked at her son.
Rei turned to view the huddled mass of blonde on the mother's shoulder. Friend indeed, just what I need…a job to be a babysitter. The boy slowly turned around, his puppy eyes staring intently at Rei, as if studying him too.
It was going to be a long day…
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"Wake up, Rei…" A gentle soothing voice prodded him out of dreamland.
"I'll be up in a few minutes…" The boy groaned softly, opening his eyes to adjust to the light and to rub off any sand.
"Better hurry Rei…school's starting…" His mother gently chided, going back to the kitchen.
A few minutes later, after taking a bath and putting on his uniform, he went down to have his breakfast. Rei sat at the table, munching softly at the toast and eggs.
"Papa…when did you just arrive?"
Rei looked expectantly at the man who had his whole face covered with a newspaper. The stolid man just huffed a bit and gave him a pat on his head before returning back to his newspaper.
"You're father arrived early morning, dear. He's a bit tired from his night shift, so just try to…"
"understand. Yes I know, mother…" Rei stuffed his last toast and hurried off to brush his teeth. He'd been gazing intently at the mirror, his thoughts lost again.
The door opened, admitting a worried mother in.
"Rei…I know you and your father haven't been seeing each other for some time…it's also hard for him. Please just…don't pretend everything's okay if it's actually not. If you need to talk, I'll ask him to give some time to you Rei…"
Rei bit his lower lip, careful not to puncture it though.
I'll learn not to need him…I don't need him…time will come and I'll support this family on my own…
"There is nothing to worry mother…I fully understand that what he's doing is…for the best for us…mom…" Rei lowered his face, hiding his eyes in the fringe of his hair.
"Thank you Rei…for being such a sweet child…" His mother hugged him from behind before leaving him alone to finish.
Tears slowly fell from his face, Rei just looked at himself in the mirror once more.
Pathetic…that's what I am…-
"Have a good day at school, dear!" His mother waved at him goodbye by the doorsteps. Rei just shuffled his hands at his pockets, seeing a long day ahead.
What the…The blonde kid was pulling his mother; the other was equally distraught as well. The father was just wearily shaking his head. In exasperation to what Rei could observe.
"I don't wanna go to school! I don't wanna!" He was fearfully tugging at his mother. Rei seemingly passed by, equally interested and annoyed at the situation.
"Rei!" The woman was a bit startled at her voice, and gave a small apology. "Sorry for being a bit surprised, its just…can I ask you a favor?"
Proper etiquette…be nice to your neighbors…"Sure auntie." I hope I didn't sound too droll… "Is there anything to help with?"
"I was wondering if you could accompany Yuuya to your school. He needs at least someone he knows…" The mother stalled a bit, somehow appalled to be asking a child such a favor.
"No problem, auntie." Great, I really had to get this close to them…now look at me…Rei Otohata, the babysitter…
Yuuya looked at them back and forth, and came to the conclusion that he didn't like Rei very much. He stuck closer to his mother and tugged more furiously than before.
"I don't want to go to school! I don't know anyone in there!" Yuuya was close to tears again.
Taking Yuuya's arm with his free hand, Rei dragged him from his relieved mom. Yuuya was a bit startled at the strength of such a kid, but panic overcame him and fought against Rei's grip.
"Lemme go! Lemme go! I want my mommy!" Yuuya whimpered. Rei remained impassive and dragged the blonde a good distance from their neighborhood before letting him go.
"There. If you want to go home, I'm not stopping you…" Rei walked the remaining distance towards school. Yuuya carefully observed his surroundings, seeing it to be unfamiliar.
"Oh, hey…" Rei gasped a bit as Yuuya bear hugged him from behind, sobbing and gripping tighter by the seconds.
"Don't leave me here! I don't want to get lost!" Yuuya cried.
A few seconds later, he received a surprise in a form of a push from the raven-haired kid.
"Don't…touch…me…" Rei took on the look of an enraged bully. Yuuya backed a bit from his position on the ground, more terrified at the face that the impassive kid had taken.
He…he…ugh…how dare he took hold of me! The nerve…Rei started walking once more, determined on leaving the blonde behind, the day had just began and his shitty luck had to run through with him.
"Rei…"
Why did I have to get stuck with this crybaby? I never even asked for a baby brother…why now?
"Rei…"
He's really such a crybaby. For pointing out loud, he's…I dunno…twelve years old? He should have outgrown his oral and potty stages, but he seems intent on being a child forever…
"Rei…" A soft whimper.
He stared back to where the voice came from. Yuuya had been following him quietly until then, tears threatening to fall once more.
"I…I'm sorry…" Yuuya mouthed a bit, fighting the urge to sob once more. Had Rei been more sensitive about the issue, he'd have sounded pathetic.
But both stood silently for a few moments. Yuuya looking sullen, and Rei staring at him blankly.
Rei quietly walked once more, leaving Yuuya startled. He followed the boy only a short distance, somehow afraid of getting pushed back once more. Rubbing his shoulder that was somehow pushed away, that reminded him of never coming close to Rei for at least 10 meters.
Both had finally arrived at school. Yuuya was now shaking visibly, but kept his line of sight at Rei. The other was just walking coolly, giving curt nods to the teachers and classmates that he met.
By and by, Rei entered a classroom, leaving poor Yuuya in the hallways. By far, Yuuya was never good at dealing in crowds. A bit claustrophobic and terrified that everything looked intimidating. He shuffled through his pockets and retrieved a piece of paper that looked like a registration form.
A man came up to him, presenting his ID as the school principal.
"Well, well…how may I help you little kid?"
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Rei looked sullenly out of the window. The darkening clouds did nothing to improve his shitty mood.
The sky was dark.
The atmosphere inside was cheerful chattering and socializing.
Hell, the teacher hasn't arrived yet.
Ho, boy. If he knew things too well, he'd say the Fates would deal him another blow in his already worsening luck.
The principal came in, Rei heard his voice, but was too unmindful of turning around to listen. He had other things to prioritize…like pondering over the lousy existence that is his so called "life".
"He's new here…so I expect…"
He'd grown deprived of love that he wanted. He had maternal love, obviously. Though his father was always away, he still felt that he was doing his best to provide food for their table because he loved his family. Rei felt…wanting…needing…of a different kind of love…
"He's moved from various cities, and had not made a few friends…"
He was still in grade school, but the way he was thinking was more than that. He felt more mature than all his schoolmates combined. So where was he? Oh yeah, back to listing a few worthless reasons to keep on living…
"You may sit beside Mr. Otohata there. We hope you'd enjoy your stay here…"
Would making his mom the reason for living be viable enough? Depression had started kicking in his system, and he wasn't even in high school yet! Sigh, it would have been nice to have someone to share your thoughts with…
He heard a rustling by his side and looked weirdly at the new tenant of the once vacant chair beside him.
It was Yuuya, looking at him with a mix of anticipation, fear and confusion. Or at least that's what his eyes are telling Rei.
Rei grunted a bit, then turned his attention towards the front, where the teacher had just arrived.
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Chapter 1 has been done!
I hope I didn't mess things up too much. I really had no resources about the resident bishounen, so I had to improvise. Later, in the series of chapters ahead, I might find some more info, and by then, I'd be able to mold their characters better.
Oh, and just to commemorate this, when I uploaded this on the first time, I uploaded five chapters. I hate uploading one chapter at a time, so there!
Still interested to read? Go on; press that cutie violet button to go to the next chapter. (prods)