Kabaji

[yoshikochan]

Yuuta and Atsushi! <3<3<3 Two more charcters that don't get enough love (though I guess Kabaji is definitely the most fan deprived ^^; ~ 3 STUFFED DUCKIED!! XD XD XD I loved all the stuff about the brothers, of course, esp 14, and 3 is just hilarious. XD

[saro]

I want the exact details of how Mizuki knows about the duckies.

[Sheenie]

HAHAHAAH!!! xDDDDDDDDDD

[tessa]

The Breakup in 20 Facts

1. He always regrets never looking back that day.

2. If he had, he would have seen here standing there, trying to keep a proud face on.

3. She will always love hate him with a passion.

4. And he will always wonder what it is about her that attracts him so.

5. It was surprising to everyone when they started dating. But it was even more surprising when they broke up.

6. No one, least of all her family, expected the two to even start dating. After all, she had sworn revenge against him for what he’d done to her brother.

7. But after all the trials and troubles the two had gone through over their three years together, they broke up and no one knows why.

8. No one knows that she broke up with him.

9. Her reason for ending their relationship, he needed to concentrate on his career. She saw the potential in him and didn’t want to be the one to hold him back from a successful future.

10. But still, it hurts.

11. He will always love hate her.

12. There were many good memories. And many bad. But there were definitely more good.

13. The worst point in their relationship was when her brother found out. She had leave home for two months. After that, she just stayed at his place most of the time because it was easier.

14. The day she came home for good was the day they broke up. Her brother took one look at her and turned away. In his eyes, she had betrayed him first.

15. He had no idea how lonely his home was until she was gone.

16. And everyone’s question about where she was did not help.

17. Going home and back to people she hadn’t really spoken to in three years was hard, especially since it was her last year of high school.

18. Even her dog ignored her, treated her like a leper.

19. She wonders if she made the right decision.

20. He wonders if he should try to get her back.

(Let's just say that Mizuki has his ways, Saro.)

[tessa]

Double-post, I know. So shoot me. Anyways, I've been kind of toying with an idea for a story, thanks to the above 20 Facts list. I'm kind of stuck on scraping the idea and actually continuing. What do you think?

What I've got so far (if continued, will be reworked, don't worry about that.):

Her fingertips touched someone else’s as the two reached for the same thing.
“Sorry,” she heard her voice and a boy’s say at the same time. She looked up and froze.
“You!” Both, again at the same time, practically yelled in shock.
“What are you doing here? Isn’t this a little far from Rikkai?” Tachibana An asked.
“Oh, Kaya-kun, where are you?” A young woman called out as she rounded the corner and turned onto their aisle. Kirihara Akaya groaned.
“Who’s that?” An wondered.
“My mother. I’m here visiting her,” he replied.
“Kaya-kun, who is your friend?” The woman asked
“Oh, we’re not friends,” An laughed, the thought preposterous. The woman looked at the two, a knowing smile on her face. “Of course not,” the woman said, turning to her face her son. “Kaya-kun, why didn’t you tell me you had a girlfriend?”
“Mum, I don’t even know her name! How can she possibly be my girlfriend?” Akaya protested.
“Kaya-kun, don’t be a silly-billy!” The woman chuckled, ruffling a hand through her son’s hair. “Miki would throw a fit if he saw you acting this way.”
An noticed Akaya and sigh and she couldn’t help buy wonder why.
“Well, dear, my name is Kirihara Ai. What’s your name, since Kaya-kun is being rude?”
“Tachibana An,” the teen girl replied.
“Annie-chan,” the woman repeated. “I like it.”
“Um, ma’am,” An started.
“Call me Mum, dear, since you and Kaya-kun are dating,” she laughed. An opened her mouth to correct the woman but found a hand covering it.
“Just play along,” she heard Akaya’s voice hiss in her ear. “Please.”
“Now, Annie-chan, I insist that you have dinner with Kaya-kun and myself tonight,” Ai went on, totally ignoring the two teenagers.
“But, what about my own family?” An asked.
“Tell them you’re eating at a friend’s house,” Ai told the girl. “Now, Annie-chan, what type of tea would you like?”
“Any type,” An answered with a sigh.
“So, you aren’t picky like Kaya-kun? That’s a relief,” the woman laughed. “Why don’t you let Annie-chan use your cell phone, Kaya-kun?”
An was very surprised when Kirihara Akaya actually listened to his mother. He pulled a black, very worn, phone out of his pocket and handed it over to An. She looked at the few things she was holding, debating what to do with it all when Akaya took it from her.
“Thanks,” An said in genuine surprise. She dialed her house phone. “Hi, grandma,” An greeted the woman who answered. “Listen, can you put my brother on the line?” She turned to Akaya and said, “my grandma’s a little,” she made the crazy/messed-up-in-the-head motion.
“I know the feeling,” he laughed. An cocked her head to the side, eyes asking a question. However, at that moment, her brother picked up the other line.
“Hey, bro, I was invited to eat dinner at a,” she paused, unsure of what word to use, “-a friend’s house. Pass the message along,” she ordered. “Just a friend’s house. Sheesh, you’re acting like I’m running away or something.” There was a pause. “Bye, Kippei,” she stated rather forcefully as she ended the call. Handing the phone back to Kirihara and taking her groceries, she gave a smile as she explained, “my brother is a little overprotective.”
“Annie-chan, Kaya-kun, are we ready to go?” Ai called out. “Good,” she said almost immediately, giving the two no chance to respond. “We better go home. Can’t keep Miki waiting,” she went on in a sing-songy voice.
“Whose Miki?” An asked as she placed her things on an empty section of a shelf. All of it had been unnecessary junk food anyways so it wasn’t really that big of a deal.
“I’ll explain on the way to her house,” Akaya replied. An nodded and the three went through the check-out line. As they started walking, Akaya turned to An. “My mum, she’s kind of screwed up in the head. See, she was my dad’s mistress and he dumped her when I was little, and she just won’t admit it.”
“So, you play along with everything?” An repeated. “Why?”
“Because, she’s my mum. And I guess she’s not that bad,” he sighed. “I mean, she lives on her own and I’m allowed to visit her whenever I want. Plus, she’s got a pretty steady job, so she’s not all that messed up. Just, she always seems to think that my dad’s still interested in her and everything.”
“But, how does she rationalize your father’s absence?” An wondered. Her and Akaya had fallen back, trailing Ai by quite a distance now.
“He’s almost always overseas thanks to his work,” Akaya shrugged. “And besides, she knew she was a mistress.”
“So, you live with your dad then?” An frowned, “even though he’s never home? How does that work?”
“My dad has custody of my sister and me. But,” Akaya answered, “ he’s never really been around so Aya and me had a couple of nannies who raised us. He fired the last one a few years ago when he got married to Kari though.”
There was a silence as the two struggled to come up with something else to say to each other.
“So, uh, where are you going to school next year?” An wondering, the silence awkward.
“Rikkai University High School,” Akaya answered. “I got lucky. My dad made me go to an escalator school.” Silence again. “What about you?”
“I don’t know,” she admitted. “Fudomine’s just a middle school, so I get to choose where I want to go. Kippei got into Seigaku High and wants me to apply there as well.”
“Why?” The male teen couldn’t help but ask.
“He chose it because of the level of their players and academics,” she replied. “Personally, I think he just wants me to go there so he can keep an eye on me and scare away any guys like he’s been doing all my life,” she told the other third-year.
Akaya whistled softly. “Over-protective much? I’m glad Aya’s not like that.”
“Aya?” An repated. “You said that name a little bit ago. Is she your sister?”
“Yeah. We’ve got the same parents but she never visits Mum,” he nodded.
“Oh, what are you two mumbling about back there?” Ai turned, giggling at her son and An. “You better watch out, Annie-chan. I think Kaya-kun’s going to end up being a little heart-breaker like Miki was. But don’t let that tough exterior fool you,” the woman babbled on as she stopped and waited for the two teens to catch up, “because inside, he’s just a little teddy bear.”
“Oh?” An’s eyebrows raised. “I’ve never seen that side of him before.”
Akaya, for his part, felt like going away to die at that moment. He thought things couldn’t possibly get worse.
“-now, you really should look at these pictures of Kaya-kun,” Ai hummed as she pulled out a photo album. “He was such an adorable baby.” Ai opened the album and pointed to the page.
An followed the woman’s finger. And found nothing there. She frowned and looked up over to Kirihara Akaya, a puzzled look on her face.
“Just play along,” he mouthed and she nodded.
“Oh, you’re right, Kirihara-san,” An stated.
The woman made a tsk-ing noise. “I told you, call me Mum, darling.”
There was a ‘ding’ noice and Ai ran off before An could make any protest at the total lack of formality the woman kept insisting upon.
“Sorry about everything,” Akaya apologized to An later on as he walked with her. Ai had insisted that he take her home, “because you could never be sure what things could happen to a pretty gale at night.” He had blushed pure crimson when his mother had said that.
“It’s okay,” An smiled. “Actually,” she stopped, causing him to do the same, “I’m kind of glad. Because I hated you for what you did to my brother. You almost ruined his dreams of going professional-”
“Sorry about that,” Akaya mumbled as he scratched the back of his head, giving a sleepy yawn.
“-but I can honestly say, I don’t anymore,” An finished, looking away.
“Hey now, you better not pity me. I hate people pitying me just because of my Mum,” he shot back.
“I don’t,” An replied. “I like your Mum. She’s nice, if a little weird.”
“Really?” He looked shocked. She nodded. “We’re getting close to my house,” she warned. “And while I may not hate you anymore, that’s not to say anything about my brother. He’ll probably be waiting outside on our porch, with a shotgun too if we had one.”
He laughed. “I think you’re blowing it a little out of proportion.”
“No. Definitely not,” An joined him in laughing. “He’s worse than my dad.”
“Can I have your number?” Akaya asked out of the blue. “You know, just in case my Mum ever wants you to come over again.”
“Oh, uh, sure,” An agreed. “Gotta pen?”
He pulled one out of his pocket and handed it to her. Before he could retract his hand, she grabbed hold of it and exposed his palm.
“I expect you to call me sometime, Kaya-kun,” An laughed as she walked off, her number on his hand.
“Only if you agree to go out with me sometime, Annie-chan!” He called back. She just waved and continued on her way.
‘Idiot! Why’d you say that?’ Akaya mentally yelled at himself.
‘I can’t believe he just said that!’ An giggled.
Two weeks passed and she heard nothing from Kirihara Akaya. And then, she was walking to the street courts.
It wasn’t rare to see players from a myriad of schools at the courts. Herself, Akira-kun, and Shinji-kun usually represented Fudomine, though sometimes others such as Tetsu-kun tagged along as well. Momo-chan and Echizen-kun visited at least once a week, sometimes bringing Kikumaru-kun along as well. Fuji-kun, the elder Fuji that is, had started frequenting the courts when he found out his brother and Mizuki-san came to the courts quite a bit. Of course, Seigaku had stopped by at one time or another. Sometimes, a Hyotei player, almost always Shishido-san, came. There had even been a few guys from Rokkaku show up once. That wasn’t all. There were players from other, lesser known schools, like Gyokurin. But Rikkai had never once shown up.
“What are you doing all the way out here?” An called out.
“I’m at my Mum’s this weekend and wanted to know if you wanted to come over again,” he answered, not really looking at her. “I called your place but the woman who answered said you were here.”
“Did you really come all the way out here to ask me that?” An wondered, walking over to the teen boy.
“Kind of,” he admitted after a few moments.
“I’d like to eat at your mum’s place again. She’s a good cook, which is more than I can say about most of my family,” the girl laughed.
“Okay?” Akaya agreed. “Can your family burn water or something?”
“My mom and grandma can. I’ve them actually do that before. And my dad’s not allowed anywhere near the kitchen.”
“So who does the cooking at your place?” He asked. The two were walking away from the street courts. It had been an unconscious decision.
“Usually, my great-grandmother and my brother cook,” An answered.
“What about you?
“I can boil water but that’s about it.”
He laughed. “My step-mother’s the same when it comes to anything not American. So, it’s usually up to Aya and me to make everything.”
“Your mum’s a really good cook though,” An pointed out.
“Yeah. Aya figures that we got those genes from her.”
“Are you and your sister close?”
“If you call bugging me at all hours of the day close, then yes,” he answered. “Hey, you wanna grab a bit to eat? All that food talk’s got me starving.”
“Sure. There’s a burger place not far away,” An agreed.
When they arrived at the place, An spotted several Seigaku players. She smiled and waved at her friends, but stayed with Akaya. The duo of now third-years ordered and sat at a table far away from Momo-chan and the others from his school.
“What’s he doing here with An-chan?” Momo hissed. Echizen, who was with him, just shrugged.
“So, uh,” Akaya started.
“Ah,” An began at the same time. They stopped and laughed a little.
“You wanna go do something?” An wondered after a few minutes, when they’d stopped. “I mean, if you don’t have anything you’re doing this afternoon.”
“Whadda you wanna do?” He asked as he grabbed one of An’s fries and stuck it in his mouth.
“Hey! That was mine, Kaya-kun!” She cried out in mock anger.
“Oh, and your point is what exactly, Annie-chan?” He smirked, stealing a few more.
“Don’t call me that,” she said in protest.
“Why? You let my mum called you that when you ate dinner with us,” he pointed out, a cheeky grin on his face.
“That’s because, Ai-san is, well, Ai-san,” An answered.
“She’s be upset if she heard you call her that,” he stated. “She told you to call her Mum.”
“There is no way I’d every call your mother Mum, Kaya-kun.”
“If I’m not allowed to call you Annie-chan, then you can’t call me Kaya-kun.”
“Then what should I call you?” An wondered, swiping his last fry.
“Hey!” He pouted, which caused her to want to giggle. She hadn’t really noticed it before, but he was a pretty cute boy, especially when he pouted like he was doing now.
“You stole mine first,” she pointed out.
“So? I’m a gro-”
“-wing boy. I’ve heard it before.”
“I really don’t care what you call me, you know.”
“Really, then why can’t I call you Kaya-kun?” An asked.
“Because, that’s what Mum calls me,” he answered. “Just, call me by my name,” he decided after a few moments.
“Okay, Kirihara,” An agreed. He shook his head. “Akaya,” he corrected.
“Well, if I can cal you that,” she began, “then you can call me An.”
“Not An-chan?”
“I despise that nickname. Almost as much as I hate being called ‘Tachibana’s little sister’,” she shot back as they stood to leave.
“So, An-” he trailed off as they threw their trash away. Momo-chan and Echizen-kun were sitting maybe three feet away, “-nie-chan,” he finished, that smug grin on his face.
“Akaya, don’t,” she protested as she lightly pushed him towards the doors.
“Fine,” he relented since she had called him by the name he’d requested.
“Let’s see,” she hummed as they were walking away. “Hey, let’s go to that arcade,” she decided, pulling the guy towards the place before he could make protest. Not that he would.
“An,” he started, spotting a game hew as fairly amazing at, “I challenge you.” His finger jabbed towards the game. She looked at it and could barely keep the grin off her face.
“Oh?” She said rather coolly. “At what stakes?”
“Stakes?” He repeated, confused.
“Stakes,” she stated. “What does the winner get? What happens to the loser?”
He shrugged, his face giving the ultimate ‘I dunno’ look.
“Then,” she said, thinking, “how about if I win, you kiss me.”
His face took on a pink tint as he smartly answered, “well, when I win, you’ll just have to kiss me.”
“When?” She repeated. “Who said I’d even let you score one point?”
“Like you could stop me,” he said, putting an arm around her shoulders as he led her over to the game.
“Ha!” An laughed as she scored the final, game-winning point.
“I let you win,” he lied.
“No, you didn’t. You lost, fair and square, Akaya.”
“Let you win.”
“No, you didn’t.”
“Yes, I did.”
“No.”
“Yes.”
“No.”
“Yes.”
“No.”
“Yes.”
“No.”
“Yes.”
“N-.” He kissed her. After a few moments, she looked at him, speechless.
“Well,” he laughed, “I guess I know a good way to stop an argument.”
“Dork,” she answered, reaching up to ruffle an hand through his curly hair. He really was a very cute boy, she decided, his smile definitely cuter than his pout.
“Kay-kun?” A girl in wacky, yet stylish, clothes asked. An noticed the guy stiffen at the sound. His back was turned away from the new girl but An could see her pretty well over Akaya’s shoulders.
“Please don’t tell me it’s-” he was cut off.
“It is you, Kay-kun!” The girl cheered. He groaned. “Whose your pretty little girlfriend?”
“Aya, she’s not my girlfriend.” he complained, turning red.
“Oh? Then why are you holding her hand?” The other girl wondered, a smirk very similar to Akaya’s on her face. “My name’s Kirihara Aya. I’m Kay-kun’s older sister.”
“It’s nice to meet you,” An smiled. He still held her hand.
“So tell me, is my baby brother being a meany or is he behaving himself like a good little boy?” Aya-san asked. “Because, you know you have my total permission to hurt him if he’s being stupid. He can take the pain. He’s a tough guy.”
An nodded, remembering the time she had pushed Akaya down the stairs at Jr. Senbatsu.
“Now,” Aya went on, reminding An a bit of Ai-san, “Kay-kun, I’m stealing your date for a little bit,” the older girl placed an arm around An and took her away from the guy. A few minutes later, An found herself in a clothing boutique that was basically across the street from the arcade she had been in with the other Kirihara sibling.
Aya went over to a rack of shirts and started flipping through them, not saying a word to the younger female who stood nearby, unsure of what was going on.
“Do you like my brother?”
“Wh-what did you ask, Kirihara-san?” An choked, surprised by the sudden question. Aya held up a hand. “Well, first of all, I guess I better know your name,” Aya said as she popped a piece of bubble gum in her mouth. “Want some?”
“Sure,” An agreed. “My name’s Tachibana An.”
“Nice to meet you, Annie-chan. You can call me Aya-chan, by the way. Kirihara-san’s my pops, hands down,” Aya held her hand out to shake An’s.
An started to laugh a little. “That’s what Ai-san called me,” she tried to explain.
Aya’s face seemed to pale a little, but it could have just been the light. “So, anyways, do you, Annie-chan, like my brother? You know, as in more than just friends.”

[Sheenie]

OMFG. I said so on Wonderful Days too, but it's sooooo darn amazingly amazing!