Disclaimer: I do not own FB, and I've only read to volume 8 of the manga, so I'm going on what I have read so far, and a few rumors I've heard.
Full Summary: We all know of Ayame Souma as an overconfident, boisterous character desperate to forge a bond between himself and his brother, but how did he get that way? This story describes several points of Aya's life as I imagine them happening, including his early attitude towards his brother, his first meeting with Mine, short example of his high school career, his change of heart toward Yuki, and his first impression of Tohru
A/N: I know this part's short, but in my opinion; they don't have to be long to get across the point. Besides, the next part is more than long enough to make up for it.
Part One: A Brother's Secret Thoughts
The teenaged snake sat alone on a bench, thinking to himself, much quieter than usual. To his friends, he was a boisterous, cheery person, but alone, he was often stewing in quiet thoughts and fears. His younger brother had been sold away to Akito by their mother. It was a horrible thing, he supposed, but to be honest, he had never cared much for the boy. In fact, he often found he couldn't even remember his younger brother's name. What did having a younger brother matter anyway, if your own family rejected you?
Their mother had been quite ashamed to be the parent of a zodiac member at least that was the case when he was young. But when Yuki had been born, that was the lad's name, wasn't it? Yuki? At any rate, when Yuki had been born he had been cursed with the sign of the rat. Apparently a sign held in much higher esteem than that of the snake. For his mother took great care to exploit the younger child, hardly bothering to acknowledge Ayame.
And so, the snake felt alone, and lost. In spite of the comfort he found in his two best friends, Ha'ri and Gure, in spite of the swooning crowds of girls at his school, he could never be truly happy, because of how he was cursed. Because he didn't even have the ability to make his own mother want him, to make her need him, the way she needed Yuki. True, perhaps Yuki had a hard lot in life, being used the way he was, but at least their mother needed him, even if it was only for her own selfish ends. It was better than being shunned as he had been.
And so, Ayame had grown cold towards his brother. He noticed, nor cared, what hardships the young rat might face. It didn't matter. He could get by just fine not even acknowledging that he had a younger brother.
He threw himself into his act of flamboyancy, until eventually, even he began to believe the great things he said about himself. He tried to suffocate the memories of that young grey haired boy. But, he could not forget. He found that the cries of his younger brother haunted his dreams. Those mournful cries. Ayame could not even escape his brother's significance in his dreams!