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Shinobu stood in front of Usami Akihiko's door. He took a couple of deep breaths before he finished with a small sigh. He didn't have the nerve to open the door.

His fingertips vrushed against it, but he pulled back. Then, before Shinobu had time to do anything, someone opened the door, smacking Shinobu right in the face. He wobbled a bit from surprise but didn't fall down. And there in front of him stood Usami Akihiko.

" Weren't you supposed to be here twenty minutes ago…?" Usami asked, looking down at Shinobu skeptically. He sighed, not waiting for a reply.

"Come in so we can get started already."

Shinobu walked in behind Usami, examining every last thing about Usami's house. He was rich…his house was pretty clean and…there was a big, stuffed bear…sitting on the couch.

"What's that…?" Shinobu asked, pointing to the teddy bear.

Usami shrugged. The older male then scribbled something absently down on a nearby piece of paper.

"Answer this and I'll tell you its name."

Shinobu sighed and glanced down at the piece of paper.

What's the ratio?

36 blue bears to 10 pandas.

Shinobu frowned.

"Aren't bears and pandas the same kind of thing…? And isn't this question a little to easy for me?"

Usami rolled his eyes. "How about you just answer the damn question."

"Nyeh, nyeh, nyeh…" Shinobu mocked as he wrote his answer down. "Here."

Usami glanced at the paper Shinobu held out.

"Wrong. 36/10 is wrong."

"What?" Shinobu glared. "What's wrong with is then?"

Usami chuckled.

"Try reducing next time."

Shinobu growled, his stubbornness kicking in.

"You're supposed to be teaching me English and Literature, not math. Besides, that problem was for kids anyway."

"Then why'd you answer it wrong?"

Shinobu paused.

"I…"

"Hmm…looks like you'll need more than just help in Literature."

Shinobu scoffed. Usami scanned the kid in front of him before the light bulb in the attic finally flickered on.

"Hey…you're that one kid…"

"I'm not a kid!"

"Yes, yes you are. And on top of that, you're that kid. You keep randomly showing up and now you're in my house for tutoring…" Usami mused.

"Blame Hiroki-sensei," Shinobu muttered, "…or destiny…" Shinobu's voice trailed off near the end of his statement.

"What was that?" Usami asked.

"I said its-…nevermind…" Shinobu murmured barely audible.

"Oh…Okay," Usami answered, his voice hinting slight disturbance.

"Usagi! You dummy! I can't believe you-" Someone unknown yelled from the top of the stairs. Shinobu jumped in surprise at the sudden explosion of volume. He watched as a boy around his age stormed down the stairs.

"You need to-" The boy stopped in mid-rant as he laid eyes on Shinobu for the first time. "…Who's that?"

Usami frowned.

"No one important."

Shinobu frowned as well, but for a different reason.

"No one important my ass…" Shinobu thought acidly as he glared at the unknown teen in front of him.

"Misaki," Usami addressed the boy, "you're tutoring session isn't until four o'clock. You can wait a minute for whatever it is you want to nag at me about," Usami murmured, "…But while you're waiting, why not make yourself useful and take this to the dry cleaners?"

Usami held up a bear and waved it around as he waited for the Misaki boy to take it.

Misaki reluctantly took it in the end. He marched angrily out the door, obviously miffed. Finally, Usami turned back to Shinobu.

"Now…where were we?" He smirked.

x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x

"Ugggggh…" Shinobu groaned, glancing at the clock which read three-thirty. Usami sat in his chair next to Shinobu.

"Is this problem really that hard…?"

Shinobu didn't answer. He refused to appear weak in front of Usami.

"Kid? If it's still confusing, I can explain it again," Usami told him patiently.

Shinobu, again, didn't answer. Instead, he picked up his pencil and began working.

"There." He stated and shoved his paper over to the older male. Usami uttered an approval and tossed the paper back.

"Looks like you've got it."

"Hm, that's great and all…but I don't know, do you think we could move onto…hmm…maybe, Literature?"

Usami smirked in a sadistic way.

"That Kamijou… Always confusing his students…"

"And he throws things to. He likes to throw projectiles at people, especially students…" Shinobu added as he set his pencil down. Usami glanced at him, bemused.

"Well…what Literature piece do you need help with?"

"All Literature…" Shinobu countered with a sigh.

Usami looked at him for a second before pointing to a table that had many books piled up on it.

"Why don't you go over there and see if there is a book in those piles that catches your interest."

Shinobu nodded and got up. He headed for the mounds of books. He went through the piles, throwing books he didn't like mindlessly to the ground. Shinobu picked up the last book of the piles (everything else ended up on the floor). He picked it up, cover down, so the only thing facing him was a small description of the story. It was a pale pink, and definitely looked the least boring. And since it was the last book, Shinobu didn't feel he had much of a choice…

"I guess I'll pick this one…" He mumbled, holding up the book so Usami could see it.

Usami concealed a laugh (and his surprise). He faintly wondered how that of all books had ended up in those piles…

"You know…that's a BL novel…correct? One that I wrote…in fact."

Shinobu had heard the term before…but he had never learned the meaning. Didn't it mean something like…Big Long novel? Hmm…It seemed pretty short to him…

"Yeah, I know," Shinobu replied, trying to sound like he knew what he was talking about.

Usami stared at him with a look of both amusement and confusion.

"So…you're saying you like BL novels?"

Shinobu shrugged.

"I could go either way, really."

Usami chuckled at the kid's obvious spunk.

"Really now? That's quite…interesting… I, myself, prefer BL novels."

Shinobu looked him over. He had the overall appearance of a smart pants kinda guy.

"Yeah…you seem like the type who would,"

Usami was obviously a bit surprised by this comment. This kid could tell, just by looking? Shinobu, who was being as "observant" as ever, noticed the look of surprise. While chewing on the tip of his thumb nail, Shinobu wondered,

"Why's he look so surprised? He's a novelist after all…so why wouldn't he like big, long, BORING books?"

After a moments silence, Usami cleared his throat and glanced at the clock.

"Well, take that home with you and read it. We'll…err…discuss it, next tutoring session."

Shinobu nodded with a shrug, and began to walk towards Usami's door.

"Thanks for the help, Usami," He said with a smile before exiting the house.

Shinobu lay on his bed later that night. He flipped open the book he had received at Usami's house.

"I wonder what this thing is about anyway…? I probably should have read the description on the back instead of skimming it…" Shinobu thought as he flipped to the first page of the book. He began to read the first bit of it.

Thirty minutes later, Shinobu closed the book. His face felt like it was on fire. Well…at least now he knew what the true meaning of BL was.

But…he still wasn't sure how it worked…

So…he continued reading. It wasn't long after he finished the whole book. As he shut it, Shinobu frowned.

He needed to have a long discussion with Usami. What had that guy been thinking? The main guy should've ended up with the other guy! Jeez!

Sometimes…authors are stupid.


Jess: annnnnnnnnnd done.

Paige: Teddy bears are evil you know. Jess told me they come alive at night…they eat people.

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