[Fic] Flustered! 1 of 3
Title : Flustered!
Pairing : Akame
Rating : PG-13
Genre : romance, fluff, slightly humor (I guess... I don't have a good humor sense...)
Beta by : none
Disclaimer : I don't own anything but the story
Summary : Jin said he love Kazuko. But Kazuya's profile always cling on his mind.
A/N : Inspired by Shounen Club, I'm so in love with Kazuko LOL! Still, warned for my bad English.
“I love Kazuko!”
Standing in front of the mirror, Akanishi Jin looking at his own reflection while saying that sentence loudly to himself. Convinced what he felt toward Kamenashi Kazuko is true.
He met Kazuko two years ago, when he entered high school as new student. He remembered he was hiding from opening ceremony as he hate with that kind of formal stuff. What he did that time was climbing a tree and unbothered sleeping lazily up a tree. What a perfect way to begin new life he thought. He slept peacefully until a voice disturbing his serenity.
“Oi, Saru-san!”
Saru-san? Mr. Monkey? Jin reluctantly opened his eyes, tried to seize clearly what he heard. How dare whoever that call him Saru-san was? He will surely kick the ass of that brat.
“Saru-san, not awaken yet?”
Now he dare to mock him? That brat have a guts!
Couldn’t stand with the insult, Jin got up from his place and in a split second landed on the ground. Jin even surprised with himself with how brave he was for jumping from that height. An insult sometimes have an unpredictable result. But now that’s not the matter. He must give the brat that apparently standing calmly behind him some lessons. Now you’ll know who’s the boss.
“Don’t you dare looking any trouble with me you-ehhh?!!” Jin said that while turned back and shocked. He rubbed his eyes and slapped his cheeks. He couldn’t believe what he saw.
A beautiful girl standing recklessly, looking on Jin expressionless though it couldn’t hide her beauty. She rolled her eyes and gave Jin “Now what?” face with crossed arms in front of her chest.
“You... a girl?” Jin said unsure.
A girl bravely called him Saru-san and giving him that kind of cold face like she didn’t do something wrong? What a girl! Though he admitted that she is one of the most beautiful girls that he ever met. Look at her deep gaze, her beautiful lips, her smooth and silky hair, everything of her just seems perfect minus of her impoliteness.
She seems uncomfortable with Jin staring at her from head to toe, repeating again from below to up with a curious eyes. What was he thought anyway? Giving her some valuation and graded her? Damn Monkey, she thought.
“What? You think a girl like me didn’t have any guts to call you Saru-san? Underestimating...” she smirked.
Jin only blinked, couldn’t believe what was he heard.
“Sleeping on a tree branch is what monkey did. And you sleeping at the opening ceremony?” the girl asked, rhetorical.
Jin started to feel insulted again. If he was sleeping during the opening ceremony so what the girl did was? She disturbed his peaceful moment and he sure she was not following the ceremony just like him. The opening ceremony still continue till now and will take longer time.
“You too! You didn’t be a good girl but disturbing my own way to begin a new life as a high school student!” he defended himself.
The girl chuckled before she burst out laughing with a tear dropping from her eye. What a way to begin a new life! It was the weirdest thing that she ever heard in her entire life. After she could controlled her laugh, she said to Jin. “Well... I hate crowd and following a ceremony is a big no I think. That’s so boring. So, I give you two thumbs up for escaping the ceremony just like I am. You rock!” she said with her thumbs almost stabbing Jin’s eyes so he stepped back avoiding her thumbs.
“Wow, that was dangerous girl!” Jin said and gestured toward the thumbs. She swiftly crossed her arms again. “By the way, Akanishi Jin desu. Yoroshiku, ne? I’m also glad to find out that there is someone thinking that the opening ceremony is suck.”
The girl replied it with a smile. A true sweet smile. “Nice to meet you, Akanishi-kun. My name is-”
“-Kazuko!”
A sudden voice called and Jin supposed that Kazuko must be the girl’s name. She rolled her eyes and lazily turned back seeing who was calling her.
Jin widened his eyes when the owner of the voice coming closer, panting so hard after running. Was it an illusion? Or he was dreaming? Two people standing in front of him, with a face that so similar from each other though the one wearing a skirt and the other is wearing a trousers.
“Why you following me? I’m not a kid!”
“I’m worry about you. We happened to be in the hall and attend the ceremony.”
“I don’t want to attend it... it’s boring.”
“Don’t act stubborn! How if someone find out that you are here and then they will punish you? I was lied, said that I want to go to the toilet though the truth is I’m searching you!”
The girl glaring at the boy angrily and vice versa. The atmosphere tensed up and Jin started to realize that two people with so much similarity in front of him is probably twin.
“Are you guys sibling? I mean... twin?”
The girl and the boy looked back over Jin who’s interrupted them. The girl seems more annoyed but the boy’s eyes soften. He smiled to Jin and nodded. He walked toward Jin and bowed politely.
“Kamenashi Kazuya desu. And yes, me and Kazuko are twin. I born five minutes earlier than Kazuko though,” the boy said.
“Akanishi Jin desu. Nice to meet you Kamenashi-san and... Kamenashi-san,” Jin said with hesitant. It’s so weird to call both of them Kamenashi-san. But he didn’t want to call them with their first name. It was their first meeting and it’s not polite to just calling them with their first name.
Kazuya chuckled. He could read Jin’s mind. “Well... my friend usually call me Kame. You can call me Kame too. And Kazuko...” Kazuko upturned. “... how Akanishi should calling you?“
“Kazuko is fine,” she said.
“Okay. So, nice to meet you Kame and Kazuko. Just call me Jin.”
“Now Kazuko...” Kazuya turned back to Kazuko and back with his aim to drag Kazuko inside. “Don’t try to skip the ceremony because I’ll force you to go inside!”
“Do you?” Kazuko mocked.
She sounded like a rebel daughter and Kazuya is her father. Jin could imagine that Kazuya must have hard days to take care his own sister that so stubborn and careless. Kazuko gestured to the east side. Kazuya and Jin followed and they saw the crowd exited the hall. Hence Kazuya looked annoyed because of his aim failed successfully and Kazuko gave him tongued out before she ran away somewhere.
“Your sister is pretty difficult to handle, huh?” Jin commented.
“Well...” Kazuya unwillingly answered. Clearly he still irritated and if Kazuko is there, maybe Kazuya will kick his sister’s ass though Jin doubted it. Kazuya seems ready to bursting out his irritation. “I guess I’ll leave now...”
Not waiting Jin’s permission, Kazuya walked away and leaved Jin alone under the tree. Several seconds after Kazuya gone, Jin couldn’t hold back his laugh and chuckled. He wonder what was the reason but he didn’t know. Maybe because it just so amusing seeing Kazuko or maybe it so funny seeing Kazuya acted as he is Kazuko’s father but he just failed.
Ever since, he always thinking about Kazuko. But to tell the truth, he thinking about Kazuya too.
Though he’ll never admit that.
---
Surprisingly, they were together in the same class until the last year. In this three years, they didn’t change so much. Jin still the Bakanishi that Kazuya and Kazuko always know, Kazuya still overprotective toward his sister but now he also caring about Jin. Jin should take his words back about Kazuya acted like a father. He suited more as a mother than a father. Kazuko too, still a stubborn girl that fond of troubling Kazuya and mocking Jin.
Most likely, Jin’s feeling is the only one that changed.
This year, he decided to confess his love toward Kazuko. He couldn’t wait longer, graduation await and lately they’ve been so busy arranging their future plan. Seems they’ll separate as Jin will continue his study at America. Kazuya with his genius brain will enter Tokyo University and Kazuko decided to work after graduate.
Yet it’s not the only problem.
He believe that he love Kazuko but his heart is unsure. When he closed his eyes, there’s Kazuya on his mind when he supposed he will thinking about Kazuko. When he awake, the thing that bothered him is not “I want to see Kazuko” but “Can I meet Kazuya today?” and it’s almost make him crazy.
It’s not normal! He love Kazuko but thinking someone else when he convincing himself how deep his love is toward Kazuko. And the someone else is not a girl. It’s a boy! Jin sure he is straight and didn’t interested with any boy. It’s because they are twin and their face is so similar with each other! Jin reasoned and tried to calming down himself which almost become crazy because of start to believe that he is probably a gay.
“Hey Jin! Are you sick?”
Kazuko’s voice almost make Jin jump from his chair as he was too surprised.
“No... why?” he stuttered.
“I guess you look a bit pale. Also you act so weird now.”
“Really? I’m okay. Don’t worry...”
“So, why you panic?” Kazuko narrowed her eyes. “You hiding something from me, don’t you?”
“No, I’m not!” swiftly Jin answered. Damnit! Kazuko already suspecting him. And she frowned looking at him now with a curious face.
Jin sighed. Before his mind become messing more, why not confessing right now? Maybe if he confess his feeling, he will relieve and all those stupid assumptions will just go away and not disturbing him anymore.
“Ne, Kazuko... please listen to me carefully right now...” Jin held his breath. He didn’t know that confessing could become so hard like this. “Kazuko, would you-”
“Kazuko! Jin!”
-go out with me! Please, go out with meeeee!!! Jin screamed inside his heart.
Who the hell the person that aborting his hard decision to confessing his love? It takes whole of his courage to confess but now all of his intention just disappeared somewhere. Especially when he turned back and found out who the person is.
“Ka... Kame?” Jin said awkwardly. The boy that lately monopolizing his mind smile gently to him before he sit beside Jin. Jin could feel his heart beating faster and a sweat dropped slowly passing his forehead.
“Ohayou Jin!” Kazuya greeted him. He gave a pink bag to Kazuko from his seat and Kazuko grumbled accepting the bag. “You forget your bento,” said Kazuya.
“I hate pink! It so impossible to bring along something pink with me!” she sulked.
“If you don’t want me to bringing something pink for you, prepare it by yourself!” Kazuya replied, sounding so annoyed. He successfully shut Kazuko’s mouth up.
His sister always complaining though he did his best to take care of her. Their parents are so busy and didn’t have much time to pay attention about their children. Kazuya somehow become used to do housework, take care of Kazuko even cooking for his parents when they come at house almost midnight. Kazuya thought that it is his responsibility to be able to do many things including taking care of Kazuko as he is the eldest (though he only born five minutes earlier) from the both of twin. Kazuko also do her best. But more in a negative way, do her best in troubling Kazuya and living as her will. A very my pace girl.
“Alright brother. Just whatever...” she whined. “By the way Jin, what was you want to say?”
“Ah...” Great! Jin was hoped that Kazuko will forget anything that he said before but it seems everything doesn’t goes as he wish. “Ano... I just want to ask... if you know where Kame is...” What a brilliant lie! Jin scolded himself. Why it is so hard to just confessing and why he must said that he looking for Kazuya?
“Me?” Kazuya frowned. But Jin could tell that Kazuya’s mood brighten then. Or it just what he thought?
“It’s okay. You’re here now. I just... ask,” Jin reasoned but his statement sounding hesitate.
Something made Kazuya not satisfied with Jin’s answer but he smiled. He took outside a bento from his bag and gave it to Jin. “I also made it for you,” Kazuya said.
Jin accepted it quietly cause of speechless. He knew his heart not beating normally.
Kazuko frowned watching the scene that exactly similar like those romantic dorama that her friends usually talking about. Funny, she knew that Jin is just a friend and his brother is not a gay. But watching the scene somehow made Kazuko thinking different.
“Guys...” Kazuko interrupted both of Jin and Kazuya which was looking at each other without noticing surrounding. Jin rubbed his head and Kazuya nervously turned back to Kazuko.
“I guess we should attend the class now,” Jin said awkwardly. He walked away leaved the twin behind with a complicated feeling.
---
“Cinderella?” Kazuya said.
Segawa Kenta the class leader of 3-3 nodded as the answer. “The committee of The Tokyo Gakuen Annual Drama Show already have the result and we got Cinderella as our theme. The drama will be perform on August 3 so we only have one month left for preparing and practicing. We will decided who’s gonna be the cast and the rest of us which didn’t take any part will helping behind the scene.”
“Akanishi or Kamenashi certainly perfect as the prince!” one of the girl shouted from behind and gathered squeal from almost all of the girls. Except Kazuko of course. She frowned as she thought that all of the girls were insane for giving such a lame idea.
The boys sighed as they realized if they didn’t good enough for compete with Jin neither Kazuya in this kind of thing. The duo is known as the school most popular boys and they know every girls in this school extremely adore both of them. Valentine day is the best day to describing their suffering. Jin and Kazuya will collect most amount of chocolate and they will only watching the duo enviously. So they really know, they already out as the prince candidate.
“We’re okay with Jin or Kame,” Nakamura Hiroki represented the boys and said it broad minded. “But I guess Kame is the best for working behind the scene.”
“I think so,” Kenta agreed. Kazuya is well-known with his capability for doing many works perfectly and satisfyingly. “Jin, the cast is your own. Ganbatte na? Now, who’s gonna be the Cinderella?”
Again, the girls squealed and the class became a real noisy. Every girls want to be a Cinderella, play the main role with Jin as the prince. Jin face palmed seeing all the girls reaction and Kazuko putted her hands on both of her ears as earplug, trying to save her ears from deaf. Kazuya shook his head seeing the girls reaction but smiled.
“Girls, all of you couldn’t be Cinderella!” Kenta complained while waved his hand to gather attention.
The girls silent then but they gave Kenta death glare and huge pouted. If somebody couldn’t give a better idea right now, Kenta will be the pieces as soon as possible.
“How about Kamenashi as Cinderella?” a voice belong to Akimoto Ren commented. Immediately everybody looked back at him with a disbelief expression. Especially Jin which looked very shocked till he almost drop his book.
“You mean... Kame?” Jin asked dumbly. He still in the shocked state.
Then everybody glaring at Jin and gave him “Are you kidding?” expression because of Jin’s question.
“Jin... it’s Kazuko not Kame. What are you thinking, huh? Kame is not a girl. He couldn’t be the Cinderella!” Kenta said.
Jin laughed awkwardly. He said “I mean... yeah, of course Kazuko...” but everybody just narrowed their eyes as Jin’s answer was not convincing at all. Jin scolded himself about his stupidity. He should stop mistaking for identify Kazuko as Kazuya starting from now. He love Kazuko! He LOVE her so much!
“Why you recommended Kazuko, Ren?” Kazuya asked.
“Well... because the only girl in this class who didn’t interested with the role was Kazuko. I think it’s the fair decision.”
“WHATTT?!!” the girls united in protest. They circled around Ren and ready to make him R.I.P if he say another thing that not the same as they want. The only one that sighed relieved was Kenta. He even rubbed his sweat.
“Oi, Akimoto! That’s not fair for us! Why giving the cast for someone that clearly didn’t interested instead for one from us that interested?!” Ogawa Haruka complained. There was flames on her eyes.
“You not ask Kazuko yet!” Ren tried to defend himself but he just picked the worst statement. Kazuko refused it with a brief shook head.
“But I guess, I agree with Ren. Physically too, Kazuko is eligible,” Hiroki said, supported Ren.
Just as the brother, Kazuko is known as the school most popular girl and beside of her not so good behavior, there are many of boys queue to become her boyfriend. She is taller than most of girls in the school, she have a natural beauty, good at sport and though she kinda lazy, her achievement is not bad. The only minus point of Kazuko maybe is her “I don’t care!” attitude.
“And Kazuko joining the drama club...” Kenta added. That’s true. Though Kazuko have the worst manner ever as a girl, she have a talent in acting.
Every boys in 3-3 united in one voice, drove the girls into a corner. The girls were in a pinch and they agreed. The only problem left was with Kazuko, she still insisted that being a Cinderella is the most stupid thing that she ever knew.
“But, in the drama club, you accept every role!”
“Yeah... but that’s for my drama club. Not for 3-3...”
“You don’t want to help us?”
“No...”
Everybody sighed. Kazuko just so stubborn and annoying as hell. All the students almost give up until Kazuya stood in front of Kazuko, glared at her with a serious face that made all the girls gaped and held their breath as they never seen Kazuya in such a serious face before.
“I know Kazuko. We can’t rely on you. Never!” he stared, deeper than before. “Because Cinderella is a girl. And you... out of the list,” Kazuya said, sarcasm.
Automatically, Kazuko stood up and glaring with anger. The atmosphere was so bad, making the others in eerie. Even they could tell that the class suddenly darken with an uneasy aura covered the room.
“You said I’m not a girl?!” Kazuko shouted.
“No. I just said you out of the list,” he said, calmly.
“That’s mean I’m not a girl!” she infuriated, ready for a war.
“Oh... I guess you already understand so I’ll not reemphasize it.”
“What?! Kazuya, you underestimate me!”
Kazuya shrugged. He rolled his eyes and turned back, decided to sit on his chair before Kazuko commanded him to stop and she made paces toward him.
“Oi! I ask you to take back of your words...” she sighed before continue. “... because I’ll take the role, and never say that I’m not a girl and underestimating me with your annoying words! Understand?”
Kazuya smiled. He knew he won. Though her sister is so difficult to handle, he know the best way to weather the storm.
“Okay...” he tapped Kazuko’s back (and resulted a hard slapped on his hand) before he sit on his chair.
The cloudy atmosphere gone somewhere and everybody brighten then. Now, officially the Cinderella problem cleared.
“Kazuko, the cast is your own. Ganbatte na? Now, let’s discuss the supporting casts!”
Jin shocked again, couldn’t believe what was happened. Kazuko just grumbled on her seat.
---
“Jin! Kazuko!”
Jin, Kazuko and Kazuya which as usual enjoying their bento together turned back. There was Kenta, running toward them and waving some papers with him.
“Here... your scripts...” he said, not very clear as he said while panting.
Jin and Kazuko accepted it and slightly bowed as gratitude.
“Alright... I’ll see you around,” he said then leaved them.
“That’s quite thick! Ganbatte, ne?” Kazuya commented.
Jin only nodded while observed the script. Several minutes later, he frowned and seems almost dropping his script if he couldn’t managed to quickly held it carefully.
Kazuya noticed a sudden changing in Jin’s expression. He asked worriedly. “What’s wrong Jin?”
“There is... a kissing scene in this drama...” Jin said with a very soft tone that almost unhearable. “Me and Kazuko... kissing... mouth to mouth...”
“Ehhhh???!!!” both of Kazuya and Kazuko were shocked.
A kissing scene?
This drama will be more troublesome than what they thought before.
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Once, I thought to make this as a one-shot but I flooded with some ideas. Yet I don’t want to make this as multichapter, so here is the first part from the three.
I know, Kazuko in this story is so different with the sweet Kazuko in Shounen Club. Jin still in a confusion with his own feeling toward the twin. But soon he will realize for whom his love goes. Not so much about Kazuya, the next part will telling more.
Pairing : Akame
Rating : PG-13
Genre : romance, fluff, slightly humor (I guess... I don't have a good humor sense...)
Beta by : none
Disclaimer : I don't own anything but the story
Summary : Jin said he love Kazuko. But Kazuya's profile always cling on his mind.
A/N : Inspired by Shounen Club, I'm so in love with Kazuko LOL! Still, warned for my bad English.
“I love Kazuko!”
Standing in front of the mirror, Akanishi Jin looking at his own reflection while saying that sentence loudly to himself. Convinced what he felt toward Kamenashi Kazuko is true.
He met Kazuko two years ago, when he entered high school as new student. He remembered he was hiding from opening ceremony as he hate with that kind of formal stuff. What he did that time was climbing a tree and unbothered sleeping lazily up a tree. What a perfect way to begin new life he thought. He slept peacefully until a voice disturbing his serenity.
“Oi, Saru-san!”
Saru-san? Mr. Monkey? Jin reluctantly opened his eyes, tried to seize clearly what he heard. How dare whoever that call him Saru-san was? He will surely kick the ass of that brat.
“Saru-san, not awaken yet?”
Now he dare to mock him? That brat have a guts!
Couldn’t stand with the insult, Jin got up from his place and in a split second landed on the ground. Jin even surprised with himself with how brave he was for jumping from that height. An insult sometimes have an unpredictable result. But now that’s not the matter. He must give the brat that apparently standing calmly behind him some lessons. Now you’ll know who’s the boss.
“Don’t you dare looking any trouble with me you-ehhh?!!” Jin said that while turned back and shocked. He rubbed his eyes and slapped his cheeks. He couldn’t believe what he saw.
A beautiful girl standing recklessly, looking on Jin expressionless though it couldn’t hide her beauty. She rolled her eyes and gave Jin “Now what?” face with crossed arms in front of her chest.
“You... a girl?” Jin said unsure.
A girl bravely called him Saru-san and giving him that kind of cold face like she didn’t do something wrong? What a girl! Though he admitted that she is one of the most beautiful girls that he ever met. Look at her deep gaze, her beautiful lips, her smooth and silky hair, everything of her just seems perfect minus of her impoliteness.
She seems uncomfortable with Jin staring at her from head to toe, repeating again from below to up with a curious eyes. What was he thought anyway? Giving her some valuation and graded her? Damn Monkey, she thought.
“What? You think a girl like me didn’t have any guts to call you Saru-san? Underestimating...” she smirked.
Jin only blinked, couldn’t believe what was he heard.
“Sleeping on a tree branch is what monkey did. And you sleeping at the opening ceremony?” the girl asked, rhetorical.
Jin started to feel insulted again. If he was sleeping during the opening ceremony so what the girl did was? She disturbed his peaceful moment and he sure she was not following the ceremony just like him. The opening ceremony still continue till now and will take longer time.
“You too! You didn’t be a good girl but disturbing my own way to begin a new life as a high school student!” he defended himself.
The girl chuckled before she burst out laughing with a tear dropping from her eye. What a way to begin a new life! It was the weirdest thing that she ever heard in her entire life. After she could controlled her laugh, she said to Jin. “Well... I hate crowd and following a ceremony is a big no I think. That’s so boring. So, I give you two thumbs up for escaping the ceremony just like I am. You rock!” she said with her thumbs almost stabbing Jin’s eyes so he stepped back avoiding her thumbs.
“Wow, that was dangerous girl!” Jin said and gestured toward the thumbs. She swiftly crossed her arms again. “By the way, Akanishi Jin desu. Yoroshiku, ne? I’m also glad to find out that there is someone thinking that the opening ceremony is suck.”
The girl replied it with a smile. A true sweet smile. “Nice to meet you, Akanishi-kun. My name is-”
“-Kazuko!”
A sudden voice called and Jin supposed that Kazuko must be the girl’s name. She rolled her eyes and lazily turned back seeing who was calling her.
Jin widened his eyes when the owner of the voice coming closer, panting so hard after running. Was it an illusion? Or he was dreaming? Two people standing in front of him, with a face that so similar from each other though the one wearing a skirt and the other is wearing a trousers.
“Why you following me? I’m not a kid!”
“I’m worry about you. We happened to be in the hall and attend the ceremony.”
“I don’t want to attend it... it’s boring.”
“Don’t act stubborn! How if someone find out that you are here and then they will punish you? I was lied, said that I want to go to the toilet though the truth is I’m searching you!”
The girl glaring at the boy angrily and vice versa. The atmosphere tensed up and Jin started to realize that two people with so much similarity in front of him is probably twin.
“Are you guys sibling? I mean... twin?”
The girl and the boy looked back over Jin who’s interrupted them. The girl seems more annoyed but the boy’s eyes soften. He smiled to Jin and nodded. He walked toward Jin and bowed politely.
“Kamenashi Kazuya desu. And yes, me and Kazuko are twin. I born five minutes earlier than Kazuko though,” the boy said.
“Akanishi Jin desu. Nice to meet you Kamenashi-san and... Kamenashi-san,” Jin said with hesitant. It’s so weird to call both of them Kamenashi-san. But he didn’t want to call them with their first name. It was their first meeting and it’s not polite to just calling them with their first name.
Kazuya chuckled. He could read Jin’s mind. “Well... my friend usually call me Kame. You can call me Kame too. And Kazuko...” Kazuko upturned. “... how Akanishi should calling you?“
“Kazuko is fine,” she said.
“Okay. So, nice to meet you Kame and Kazuko. Just call me Jin.”
“Now Kazuko...” Kazuya turned back to Kazuko and back with his aim to drag Kazuko inside. “Don’t try to skip the ceremony because I’ll force you to go inside!”
“Do you?” Kazuko mocked.
She sounded like a rebel daughter and Kazuya is her father. Jin could imagine that Kazuya must have hard days to take care his own sister that so stubborn and careless. Kazuko gestured to the east side. Kazuya and Jin followed and they saw the crowd exited the hall. Hence Kazuya looked annoyed because of his aim failed successfully and Kazuko gave him tongued out before she ran away somewhere.
“Your sister is pretty difficult to handle, huh?” Jin commented.
“Well...” Kazuya unwillingly answered. Clearly he still irritated and if Kazuko is there, maybe Kazuya will kick his sister’s ass though Jin doubted it. Kazuya seems ready to bursting out his irritation. “I guess I’ll leave now...”
Not waiting Jin’s permission, Kazuya walked away and leaved Jin alone under the tree. Several seconds after Kazuya gone, Jin couldn’t hold back his laugh and chuckled. He wonder what was the reason but he didn’t know. Maybe because it just so amusing seeing Kazuko or maybe it so funny seeing Kazuya acted as he is Kazuko’s father but he just failed.
Ever since, he always thinking about Kazuko. But to tell the truth, he thinking about Kazuya too.
Though he’ll never admit that.
---
Surprisingly, they were together in the same class until the last year. In this three years, they didn’t change so much. Jin still the Bakanishi that Kazuya and Kazuko always know, Kazuya still overprotective toward his sister but now he also caring about Jin. Jin should take his words back about Kazuya acted like a father. He suited more as a mother than a father. Kazuko too, still a stubborn girl that fond of troubling Kazuya and mocking Jin.
Most likely, Jin’s feeling is the only one that changed.
This year, he decided to confess his love toward Kazuko. He couldn’t wait longer, graduation await and lately they’ve been so busy arranging their future plan. Seems they’ll separate as Jin will continue his study at America. Kazuya with his genius brain will enter Tokyo University and Kazuko decided to work after graduate.
Yet it’s not the only problem.
He believe that he love Kazuko but his heart is unsure. When he closed his eyes, there’s Kazuya on his mind when he supposed he will thinking about Kazuko. When he awake, the thing that bothered him is not “I want to see Kazuko” but “Can I meet Kazuya today?” and it’s almost make him crazy.
It’s not normal! He love Kazuko but thinking someone else when he convincing himself how deep his love is toward Kazuko. And the someone else is not a girl. It’s a boy! Jin sure he is straight and didn’t interested with any boy. It’s because they are twin and their face is so similar with each other! Jin reasoned and tried to calming down himself which almost become crazy because of start to believe that he is probably a gay.
“Hey Jin! Are you sick?”
Kazuko’s voice almost make Jin jump from his chair as he was too surprised.
“No... why?” he stuttered.
“I guess you look a bit pale. Also you act so weird now.”
“Really? I’m okay. Don’t worry...”
“So, why you panic?” Kazuko narrowed her eyes. “You hiding something from me, don’t you?”
“No, I’m not!” swiftly Jin answered. Damnit! Kazuko already suspecting him. And she frowned looking at him now with a curious face.
Jin sighed. Before his mind become messing more, why not confessing right now? Maybe if he confess his feeling, he will relieve and all those stupid assumptions will just go away and not disturbing him anymore.
“Ne, Kazuko... please listen to me carefully right now...” Jin held his breath. He didn’t know that confessing could become so hard like this. “Kazuko, would you-”
“Kazuko! Jin!”
-go out with me! Please, go out with meeeee!!! Jin screamed inside his heart.
Who the hell the person that aborting his hard decision to confessing his love? It takes whole of his courage to confess but now all of his intention just disappeared somewhere. Especially when he turned back and found out who the person is.
“Ka... Kame?” Jin said awkwardly. The boy that lately monopolizing his mind smile gently to him before he sit beside Jin. Jin could feel his heart beating faster and a sweat dropped slowly passing his forehead.
“Ohayou Jin!” Kazuya greeted him. He gave a pink bag to Kazuko from his seat and Kazuko grumbled accepting the bag. “You forget your bento,” said Kazuya.
“I hate pink! It so impossible to bring along something pink with me!” she sulked.
“If you don’t want me to bringing something pink for you, prepare it by yourself!” Kazuya replied, sounding so annoyed. He successfully shut Kazuko’s mouth up.
His sister always complaining though he did his best to take care of her. Their parents are so busy and didn’t have much time to pay attention about their children. Kazuya somehow become used to do housework, take care of Kazuko even cooking for his parents when they come at house almost midnight. Kazuya thought that it is his responsibility to be able to do many things including taking care of Kazuko as he is the eldest (though he only born five minutes earlier) from the both of twin. Kazuko also do her best. But more in a negative way, do her best in troubling Kazuya and living as her will. A very my pace girl.
“Alright brother. Just whatever...” she whined. “By the way Jin, what was you want to say?”
“Ah...” Great! Jin was hoped that Kazuko will forget anything that he said before but it seems everything doesn’t goes as he wish. “Ano... I just want to ask... if you know where Kame is...” What a brilliant lie! Jin scolded himself. Why it is so hard to just confessing and why he must said that he looking for Kazuya?
“Me?” Kazuya frowned. But Jin could tell that Kazuya’s mood brighten then. Or it just what he thought?
“It’s okay. You’re here now. I just... ask,” Jin reasoned but his statement sounding hesitate.
Something made Kazuya not satisfied with Jin’s answer but he smiled. He took outside a bento from his bag and gave it to Jin. “I also made it for you,” Kazuya said.
Jin accepted it quietly cause of speechless. He knew his heart not beating normally.
Kazuko frowned watching the scene that exactly similar like those romantic dorama that her friends usually talking about. Funny, she knew that Jin is just a friend and his brother is not a gay. But watching the scene somehow made Kazuko thinking different.
“Guys...” Kazuko interrupted both of Jin and Kazuya which was looking at each other without noticing surrounding. Jin rubbed his head and Kazuya nervously turned back to Kazuko.
“I guess we should attend the class now,” Jin said awkwardly. He walked away leaved the twin behind with a complicated feeling.
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“Cinderella?” Kazuya said.
Segawa Kenta the class leader of 3-3 nodded as the answer. “The committee of The Tokyo Gakuen Annual Drama Show already have the result and we got Cinderella as our theme. The drama will be perform on August 3 so we only have one month left for preparing and practicing. We will decided who’s gonna be the cast and the rest of us which didn’t take any part will helping behind the scene.”
“Akanishi or Kamenashi certainly perfect as the prince!” one of the girl shouted from behind and gathered squeal from almost all of the girls. Except Kazuko of course. She frowned as she thought that all of the girls were insane for giving such a lame idea.
The boys sighed as they realized if they didn’t good enough for compete with Jin neither Kazuya in this kind of thing. The duo is known as the school most popular boys and they know every girls in this school extremely adore both of them. Valentine day is the best day to describing their suffering. Jin and Kazuya will collect most amount of chocolate and they will only watching the duo enviously. So they really know, they already out as the prince candidate.
“We’re okay with Jin or Kame,” Nakamura Hiroki represented the boys and said it broad minded. “But I guess Kame is the best for working behind the scene.”
“I think so,” Kenta agreed. Kazuya is well-known with his capability for doing many works perfectly and satisfyingly. “Jin, the cast is your own. Ganbatte na? Now, who’s gonna be the Cinderella?”
Again, the girls squealed and the class became a real noisy. Every girls want to be a Cinderella, play the main role with Jin as the prince. Jin face palmed seeing all the girls reaction and Kazuko putted her hands on both of her ears as earplug, trying to save her ears from deaf. Kazuya shook his head seeing the girls reaction but smiled.
“Girls, all of you couldn’t be Cinderella!” Kenta complained while waved his hand to gather attention.
The girls silent then but they gave Kenta death glare and huge pouted. If somebody couldn’t give a better idea right now, Kenta will be the pieces as soon as possible.
“How about Kamenashi as Cinderella?” a voice belong to Akimoto Ren commented. Immediately everybody looked back at him with a disbelief expression. Especially Jin which looked very shocked till he almost drop his book.
“You mean... Kame?” Jin asked dumbly. He still in the shocked state.
Then everybody glaring at Jin and gave him “Are you kidding?” expression because of Jin’s question.
“Jin... it’s Kazuko not Kame. What are you thinking, huh? Kame is not a girl. He couldn’t be the Cinderella!” Kenta said.
Jin laughed awkwardly. He said “I mean... yeah, of course Kazuko...” but everybody just narrowed their eyes as Jin’s answer was not convincing at all. Jin scolded himself about his stupidity. He should stop mistaking for identify Kazuko as Kazuya starting from now. He love Kazuko! He LOVE her so much!
“Why you recommended Kazuko, Ren?” Kazuya asked.
“Well... because the only girl in this class who didn’t interested with the role was Kazuko. I think it’s the fair decision.”
“WHATTT?!!” the girls united in protest. They circled around Ren and ready to make him R.I.P if he say another thing that not the same as they want. The only one that sighed relieved was Kenta. He even rubbed his sweat.
“Oi, Akimoto! That’s not fair for us! Why giving the cast for someone that clearly didn’t interested instead for one from us that interested?!” Ogawa Haruka complained. There was flames on her eyes.
“You not ask Kazuko yet!” Ren tried to defend himself but he just picked the worst statement. Kazuko refused it with a brief shook head.
“But I guess, I agree with Ren. Physically too, Kazuko is eligible,” Hiroki said, supported Ren.
Just as the brother, Kazuko is known as the school most popular girl and beside of her not so good behavior, there are many of boys queue to become her boyfriend. She is taller than most of girls in the school, she have a natural beauty, good at sport and though she kinda lazy, her achievement is not bad. The only minus point of Kazuko maybe is her “I don’t care!” attitude.
“And Kazuko joining the drama club...” Kenta added. That’s true. Though Kazuko have the worst manner ever as a girl, she have a talent in acting.
Every boys in 3-3 united in one voice, drove the girls into a corner. The girls were in a pinch and they agreed. The only problem left was with Kazuko, she still insisted that being a Cinderella is the most stupid thing that she ever knew.
“But, in the drama club, you accept every role!”
“Yeah... but that’s for my drama club. Not for 3-3...”
“You don’t want to help us?”
“No...”
Everybody sighed. Kazuko just so stubborn and annoying as hell. All the students almost give up until Kazuya stood in front of Kazuko, glared at her with a serious face that made all the girls gaped and held their breath as they never seen Kazuya in such a serious face before.
“I know Kazuko. We can’t rely on you. Never!” he stared, deeper than before. “Because Cinderella is a girl. And you... out of the list,” Kazuya said, sarcasm.
Automatically, Kazuko stood up and glaring with anger. The atmosphere was so bad, making the others in eerie. Even they could tell that the class suddenly darken with an uneasy aura covered the room.
“You said I’m not a girl?!” Kazuko shouted.
“No. I just said you out of the list,” he said, calmly.
“That’s mean I’m not a girl!” she infuriated, ready for a war.
“Oh... I guess you already understand so I’ll not reemphasize it.”
“What?! Kazuya, you underestimate me!”
Kazuya shrugged. He rolled his eyes and turned back, decided to sit on his chair before Kazuko commanded him to stop and she made paces toward him.
“Oi! I ask you to take back of your words...” she sighed before continue. “... because I’ll take the role, and never say that I’m not a girl and underestimating me with your annoying words! Understand?”
Kazuya smiled. He knew he won. Though her sister is so difficult to handle, he know the best way to weather the storm.
“Okay...” he tapped Kazuko’s back (and resulted a hard slapped on his hand) before he sit on his chair.
The cloudy atmosphere gone somewhere and everybody brighten then. Now, officially the Cinderella problem cleared.
“Kazuko, the cast is your own. Ganbatte na? Now, let’s discuss the supporting casts!”
Jin shocked again, couldn’t believe what was happened. Kazuko just grumbled on her seat.
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“Jin! Kazuko!”
Jin, Kazuko and Kazuya which as usual enjoying their bento together turned back. There was Kenta, running toward them and waving some papers with him.
“Here... your scripts...” he said, not very clear as he said while panting.
Jin and Kazuko accepted it and slightly bowed as gratitude.
“Alright... I’ll see you around,” he said then leaved them.
“That’s quite thick! Ganbatte, ne?” Kazuya commented.
Jin only nodded while observed the script. Several minutes later, he frowned and seems almost dropping his script if he couldn’t managed to quickly held it carefully.
Kazuya noticed a sudden changing in Jin’s expression. He asked worriedly. “What’s wrong Jin?”
“There is... a kissing scene in this drama...” Jin said with a very soft tone that almost unhearable. “Me and Kazuko... kissing... mouth to mouth...”
“Ehhhh???!!!” both of Kazuya and Kazuko were shocked.
A kissing scene?
This drama will be more troublesome than what they thought before.
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Once, I thought to make this as a one-shot but I flooded with some ideas. Yet I don’t want to make this as multichapter, so here is the first part from the three.
I know, Kazuko in this story is so different with the sweet Kazuko in Shounen Club. Jin still in a confusion with his own feeling toward the twin. But soon he will realize for whom his love goes. Not so much about Kazuya, the next part will telling more.