Unlikely Paths Of Love (2)
(Crossover) The Outsiders/Karate Kid
CHAPTER 2
This is based off one of my fanfictions, "Butterfly" which will be out soon! :) Thank you to valeriedarking for reviewing :)
Daniel ran home with Johnny in his arms, almost knocking down the door as he rushed in.
"Daniel! What happened to Johnny?!"
Daniel lay him gently on the couch. "Some bullies from school were attacking him."
"Does he need a hospital?"
Daniel gulped. "I don't know. I don't think so. I defended him and the bullies ran off."
Mrs. Larusso hugged him. "You're such a good brother to him."
Daniel smiled. "Get him ice."
Johnny woke up with blurry vision.
"Where—" Then he had the realization again.
He blinked a few times and sat up. He was in his and Daniel's room. The nightstand lamp was on.
Daniel walked in. "Hey, Johnny. Do you want to get dressed to sleep now? It's pretty late." He smiled.
"I-I don't have pajamas..."
Daniel raised his eyebrows. "Oh. Here, you can borrow one of mine." He sorted through the drawer and tossed a loose T-shirt and sweatpants.
"Thank you."
Johnny walked to the bathroom and closed the door. He stripped off his clothes and stepped into the shower.
Turning the knob, he started washing the hair grease out, and washing off the dirt on his face when he got beat.
He turned off the water, dried off and changed, then looked in the mirror. With the hair grease washed out, he could be Daniel's clone. Even with the hair and his usual clothes, he still looked like Daniel, but dressed like this and the hair...he could be HIM.
He walked into the bedroom, crossing him arms as he looked in the mirror again. "'Sup. I'm Johnny Cade." He tried doing a cool pose in the mirror.
"Wassup, Johnny Cade."
He turned as he saw Daniel giggling as he fluffed the pillows.
"Sorry you had to see that."
"Nah, you looked pretty cool," Daniel said with a small laugh.
Daniel then stopped to stare at him. He crossed his arms and bit his lip. "We really do look alike."
Johnny shrugged. He thought Daniel was way handsome and that he wasn't anything near attractive.
Daniel walked closer to him and studied his face. "It's only that scar on your face that tells us apart..." He gently ran his fingers over his scar as Johnny's eyes widened and his face reddened.
He then shrugged and continued doing the bed as Johnny just stood there, touching his scar where Daniel had touched. He was still blushing wildly.
"Y'know, if you keep your look like that, people will start to think you're my long lost twin or something," Daniel said, laughing.
Johnny self consciously touched his arms. He thought Daniel was the perfect version of him—Daniel was taller, had perfect teeth, handsomer, and much stronger too. He envied him.
Johnny shrugged. "I don't know how to dress here."
Daniel shrugged then too as he looked in his closet. "Just...wear T-shirts and shorts, I guess. Well, let's go to bed now, shall we?"
Johnny climbed into bed. He forgot how comfortable sleeping in a bed was.
Daniel turned off the lights, climbing in as well. Johnny slept on the right side, and Daniel on the left.
It was all so quiet, just the sound of crickets chirping.
"Hey Daniel..."
He turned on his side to face Johnny, propping himself up on his elbow. "Yeah?"
"I heard something...about you and a tournament...and another guy named Johnny."
"Yeah. I fought in a karate tournament a little while ago. This guy named Johnny Lawrence was bullying me so bad...him and his friends would beat me up almost every day. But I beat him, thanks to Mr. Miyagi for training me."
There was silence for a few seconds.
"What about you, Johnny? What's your story?"
Johnny looked at him and sighed. "Where I used to live, you were either a greaser or a soc. I was a greaser. I was walking home one day and the socs jumped me. Socs are all, y'know, high class rich kids. They beat me badly, a billion times worse than how my parents did. I got this scar, right here, from when one of the socs. They had rings on."
Daniel had sympathy in his eyes. "I'm so sorry..."
Johnny turned with his back facing Daniel. "Could that mean we're alike? Not just in our appearance but..."
"I guess so...huh, it's kinda strange, isn't it?"
"Sure is."
There was a bit of a silence again.
"There's something else too."
"What?"
Johnny turned and lay on his back. "You remember how I talked about my girlfriend, Epina? I miss her a lot."
"I understand. But maybe one day, we can go to Tulsa together and I can meet your friends and Epina. Then you can see her again—"
"She's dead," Johnny said expressionless.
Daniel's eyes widened and his heart skipped a beat for a second. "W-wha—"
"She was shot defending a friend of mine who was running from the cops. He thought I was dead, and did something really stupid, he robbed a store...and when the cops had him cornered and were about to shoot, she ran in and shouted to stop, and screamed out a speech that made the cops drop their guns. But that store he robbed-the grocer-that stupid blind grocer-ran in late and shot and missed...at least that's what my best friend Ponyboy told me...I was in the hospital at the moment. The whole gang was there, telling me about it, but they were glad I was alive. Dallas-the one who was about to get shot by the cops, he was bawling beside me, weeping over and over about how Epina's death was his fault. I still don't know what she yelled out in front of the cops. The gang never told me." Johnny drew in a breath. "Dallas still got arrested for robbing a store and bluffin' to the grocer and the cops."
Daniel only was wide-eyed the whole time. His eyes were filled with shock. "Johnny..."
Johnny's eyes started to get glossy. "When I found out, I wanted to kill myself. After I got out of the hospital, I sat by the bridge at the lake, wanting to just jump right there. But I didn't. I thought about who would miss me. I knew my own parents wouldn't. But the gang would. Ponyboy told me himself that they couldn't get along without me. I don't know who else would miss me—"
"I would," Daniel said.
Johnny just looked at him with surprise on his face. Daniel was still propped up on one elbow, smiling at Johnny. "That's enough for tonight...we should sleep now, okay?" He then leaned in to kiss his cheek tenderly. "Goodnight, Johnny." He then turned his back to him as he pulled the covers over, falling asleep.
Johnny was then frozen once again. Wait, it was just a brotherly kiss, right? Of course. Just to show compassion and that he was happy to be his brother. He has a girlfriend. It didn't mean anything. These were Johnny's thoughts running through his mind in a matter of seconds.
Johnny just lay there, watching Daniel sleep. Daniel turned over as he slept soundly. Johnny stared at his sleeping face. He thought he looked adorable.
Johnny knew Daniel was so nice to him from the start, and when he saved him...
Johnny then blushed and smiled to himself. "Sweet dreams, Daniel," he barely whispered. He turned to face the wall as he pulled the covers over.