Arashi - AU - Thank You for the Rain - 2/30
Title: Thank You for the Rain
Chapter: 2/?
Fandom: Arashi
Pairing: probably several
Word count: 1261
Notes: Anyone remember this? No? Thought so. XD; I posted the first chapter almost a year ago, and now I found the rest of what I had written and... kind of liked it. x3 Too bad the really good chapters are still a long way away. So, more to come, and I'm pretty sure it won't take another 9 months to finish the next chapter. TAT
Dedicated to adronicus because she rocks and because she forced me to show this to her. XD; And to ames_909 who beta-read this chapter all those months ago. Thanks! ♥ (of course, all remaining mistakes are my own.)
chapter 1
02. Sho: It’s not like you really have to do calculations in math class.
Sho stretched his arms high over his head and tried to stifle the coming yawn. It was the last class of the day and he was bored, bored, bored. Math had never been his favourite subject and their teacher was only making it worse, being so horribly dull. Sho looked around himself and saw that the rest of his class wore identical spaced out expressions. He probably looked just like them. The monotonous voice of their teacher and the tapping of the rain on the windows numbed his mind and made it really hard to stay awake. Though he didn’t really look forward to walking home in the rain, he still would prefer it to this.
He just wanted to be back home already.
Sho stole a glance at the boy sitting next to him. Ohno Satoshi was always drawing and Sho liked to watch him. The teachers liked Ohno because they thought he was making notes, though that was as far from the truth as was possible. There was one unfinished calculation in the upper corner of Ohno’s notepaper; the rest of it was covered by small drawings. At the moment Ohno was drawing a wonderful caricature of their teacher. Sho hid his grin behind his hand.
For the entire duration of their high school years they had sat next to each other, but Sho could count the times they had actually spoken to each other with the fingers of one hand. Still Sho felt connected to the other boy somehow. Maybe it was because he had seen how Ohno had gotten better and better at drawing over time, or because Ohno really seemed to put so much of himself into his art. It was clear that Ohno’s drawings weren’t just some doodles to pass the time. Sho could easily see that Ohno loved drawing and was intent on getting better at it. Sho respected that kind of dedication, although he also felt slightly sorry for the other boy. This was already their final year of high school and Sho hadn’t seen Ohno make a single friend during all this time. The other boy didn’t even seem to make an effort to know anyone. He was always either drawing or just spacing out, maybe thinking, maybe just staring out of the window. It made Ohno easy prey to bullies and Sho had found himself defending the other boy more than once.
Every time that happened, Ohno would nod his thanks to him and wander away, as if none of it really mattered to him, like all the ridicule and punches just slipped his mind the moment it was over.
“What a weird guy...” Sho thought to himself, and not for the first time.
Finally the bell rang, ending the last lesson of the day. Sho stood up and gathered his things quickly, hoping that no one would have time to bother him before he slipped away. He just wanted to go home today and he was grateful of the rain. Because of it, they had cancelled the football practice and he could leave early for once.
He almost made it out of the building when one of his friends ambushed him.
“Sho! Are you leaving?”
Sho gave the boy a weak smile and pushed his locker closed. “Yeah, Yuichi, I am. No practice today, remember?”
“Yeah. Sometimes rain is nice,” Yuichi said, flashing his trademark wide grin. “Hey, do you want to go and have something to eat with me and the rest of the guys? We’re going to go to that place that Mika is working at.” Yuichi winked at him.
Sho resisted the urge to roll his eyes. It seemed as if every male student in this school had a crush on Tanaka Mika. Sho found it extremely boring.
It wasn’t that Mika wasn’t pretty or nice or anything like that. It was just that… it was like a trend. Every year there was a girl that every boy in the school had a crush on, needed to have a crush on so that they could somehow belong. Sho just… wasn’t interested.
“Um. No thanks. I have to go home tonight, for… uh…” Sho tried to think about something convincing, but failed. He really wasn’t very good at lying.
”HEY! Excuse us!” someone said in a loud voice from behind them, making them both jump. Sho turned around and saw a short boy with too long hair standing behind him, his arms crossed over his chest and looking very annoyed. “If the two of you have stopped gossiping like little girls, can I get to my locker already? And I think he needs to get to his too.” The boy nodded his head towards another younger boy, standing a little way behind, clutching his books and looking at them with slightly too wide eyes.
”Sorry,” Sho muttered, stepping out of the way before Yuichi could say anything. His friend would laugh at his sheepishness later, but something in that boy made Sho wish he wouldn’t get him any more annoyed. Maybe it was the sharp look in his eyes that was a bit unsettling. It made him feel like the boy could do anything if he was provoked enough.
“Hey, don’t you have any respect for your seniors?” Yuichi asked, half-joking and half-irritated.
“Hmph. I have just as much respect for you as you have common courtesy,” the boy said, not turning to face them. Instead, he looked at the other boy who was still standing close. “Hey, you, stop hovering there like some idiot and do whatever you came here to do. Is everyone in this school thick or something?”
The boy blinked and blushed a little. “Sorry for bothering you,” he muttered as he brushed past Sho and opened his locker, hastily grabbing his things, trying to get away as quickly as he could. He only succeeded in spilling the contents of his backpack on the floor.
Yuichi let out a small snicker. Sho elbowed him sharply in the ribs and bent down to help pick things up. ”Don’t worry,” Sho said, offering an encouraging smile to the boy. “Sorry about not noticing you earlier.”
The other boy, the loud one, had stopped what he had been doing and was now watching Sho and the kid with a closed expression. Then he blinked, and it was gone. “Hey, book kid,” he said in a much gentler tone than before. “You have an umbrella with you?”
“Yeah,” the boy nodded, still a bit guarded.
”Wanna walk with me to the station? I’m going to get wet otherwise,” the boy asked, pouting a little and actually succeeding to look both pathetic and adorable at the same time.
There was no way the kid would fall for that, though, not after he had been called an idiot by the same person just moments ago.
Sho watched how the other boy’s face split into a huge, dazzling grin and how he nodded. “Sure!” he said, much more cheerful now.
The long haired boy smiled back to him and gathered his things. “Let’s go then!”
Sho blinked and glanced at Yuichi. Yuichi was shaking his head, obviously very amused by the whole thing. They watched as the pair vanished out the doors. Sho felt a little like after an earthquake - a bit shaky on his feet and uncertain about what had just happened, or if he was still in one piece.
Just who was that guy anyway?
Chapter: 2/?
Fandom: Arashi
Pairing: probably several
Word count: 1261
Notes: Anyone remember this? No? Thought so. XD; I posted the first chapter almost a year ago, and now I found the rest of what I had written and... kind of liked it. x3 Too bad the really good chapters are still a long way away. So, more to come, and I'm pretty sure it won't take another 9 months to finish the next chapter. TAT
Dedicated to adronicus because she rocks and because she forced me to show this to her. XD; And to ames_909 who beta-read this chapter all those months ago. Thanks! ♥ (of course, all remaining mistakes are my own.)
chapter 1
02. Sho: It’s not like you really have to do calculations in math class.
Sho stretched his arms high over his head and tried to stifle the coming yawn. It was the last class of the day and he was bored, bored, bored. Math had never been his favourite subject and their teacher was only making it worse, being so horribly dull. Sho looked around himself and saw that the rest of his class wore identical spaced out expressions. He probably looked just like them. The monotonous voice of their teacher and the tapping of the rain on the windows numbed his mind and made it really hard to stay awake. Though he didn’t really look forward to walking home in the rain, he still would prefer it to this.
He just wanted to be back home already.
Sho stole a glance at the boy sitting next to him. Ohno Satoshi was always drawing and Sho liked to watch him. The teachers liked Ohno because they thought he was making notes, though that was as far from the truth as was possible. There was one unfinished calculation in the upper corner of Ohno’s notepaper; the rest of it was covered by small drawings. At the moment Ohno was drawing a wonderful caricature of their teacher. Sho hid his grin behind his hand.
For the entire duration of their high school years they had sat next to each other, but Sho could count the times they had actually spoken to each other with the fingers of one hand. Still Sho felt connected to the other boy somehow. Maybe it was because he had seen how Ohno had gotten better and better at drawing over time, or because Ohno really seemed to put so much of himself into his art. It was clear that Ohno’s drawings weren’t just some doodles to pass the time. Sho could easily see that Ohno loved drawing and was intent on getting better at it. Sho respected that kind of dedication, although he also felt slightly sorry for the other boy. This was already their final year of high school and Sho hadn’t seen Ohno make a single friend during all this time. The other boy didn’t even seem to make an effort to know anyone. He was always either drawing or just spacing out, maybe thinking, maybe just staring out of the window. It made Ohno easy prey to bullies and Sho had found himself defending the other boy more than once.
Every time that happened, Ohno would nod his thanks to him and wander away, as if none of it really mattered to him, like all the ridicule and punches just slipped his mind the moment it was over.
“What a weird guy...” Sho thought to himself, and not for the first time.
Finally the bell rang, ending the last lesson of the day. Sho stood up and gathered his things quickly, hoping that no one would have time to bother him before he slipped away. He just wanted to go home today and he was grateful of the rain. Because of it, they had cancelled the football practice and he could leave early for once.
He almost made it out of the building when one of his friends ambushed him.
“Sho! Are you leaving?”
Sho gave the boy a weak smile and pushed his locker closed. “Yeah, Yuichi, I am. No practice today, remember?”
“Yeah. Sometimes rain is nice,” Yuichi said, flashing his trademark wide grin. “Hey, do you want to go and have something to eat with me and the rest of the guys? We’re going to go to that place that Mika is working at.” Yuichi winked at him.
Sho resisted the urge to roll his eyes. It seemed as if every male student in this school had a crush on Tanaka Mika. Sho found it extremely boring.
It wasn’t that Mika wasn’t pretty or nice or anything like that. It was just that… it was like a trend. Every year there was a girl that every boy in the school had a crush on, needed to have a crush on so that they could somehow belong. Sho just… wasn’t interested.
“Um. No thanks. I have to go home tonight, for… uh…” Sho tried to think about something convincing, but failed. He really wasn’t very good at lying.
”HEY! Excuse us!” someone said in a loud voice from behind them, making them both jump. Sho turned around and saw a short boy with too long hair standing behind him, his arms crossed over his chest and looking very annoyed. “If the two of you have stopped gossiping like little girls, can I get to my locker already? And I think he needs to get to his too.” The boy nodded his head towards another younger boy, standing a little way behind, clutching his books and looking at them with slightly too wide eyes.
”Sorry,” Sho muttered, stepping out of the way before Yuichi could say anything. His friend would laugh at his sheepishness later, but something in that boy made Sho wish he wouldn’t get him any more annoyed. Maybe it was the sharp look in his eyes that was a bit unsettling. It made him feel like the boy could do anything if he was provoked enough.
“Hey, don’t you have any respect for your seniors?” Yuichi asked, half-joking and half-irritated.
“Hmph. I have just as much respect for you as you have common courtesy,” the boy said, not turning to face them. Instead, he looked at the other boy who was still standing close. “Hey, you, stop hovering there like some idiot and do whatever you came here to do. Is everyone in this school thick or something?”
The boy blinked and blushed a little. “Sorry for bothering you,” he muttered as he brushed past Sho and opened his locker, hastily grabbing his things, trying to get away as quickly as he could. He only succeeded in spilling the contents of his backpack on the floor.
Yuichi let out a small snicker. Sho elbowed him sharply in the ribs and bent down to help pick things up. ”Don’t worry,” Sho said, offering an encouraging smile to the boy. “Sorry about not noticing you earlier.”
The other boy, the loud one, had stopped what he had been doing and was now watching Sho and the kid with a closed expression. Then he blinked, and it was gone. “Hey, book kid,” he said in a much gentler tone than before. “You have an umbrella with you?”
“Yeah,” the boy nodded, still a bit guarded.
”Wanna walk with me to the station? I’m going to get wet otherwise,” the boy asked, pouting a little and actually succeeding to look both pathetic and adorable at the same time.
There was no way the kid would fall for that, though, not after he had been called an idiot by the same person just moments ago.
Sho watched how the other boy’s face split into a huge, dazzling grin and how he nodded. “Sure!” he said, much more cheerful now.
The long haired boy smiled back to him and gathered his things. “Let’s go then!”
Sho blinked and glanced at Yuichi. Yuichi was shaking his head, obviously very amused by the whole thing. They watched as the pair vanished out the doors. Sho felt a little like after an earthquake - a bit shaky on his feet and uncertain about what had just happened, or if he was still in one piece.
Just who was that guy anyway?