A/N: Old fanfic that's been rewritten. I deleted the story from my account a couple years ago due to some anoymonous flamers who kept on harassing my story. I doubt anyone remembers this story anymore, though I don't really care either way. I just hope that my OC character doesn't seem Mary-sue, she's not supposed to be at all. This chapter is just a introductory chapter for the OC character, all regular Tenipuri characters will begin appearing next chapter. And don't worry, the OC will not be paired up with anyone. (Because I seriously dislike OC character pairings.)
Warnings: Shounen-ai, boy love. Pairings include--TezuRyo, Golden Pair, TakaFuji, InuiKai, BeKami and many others that are hinted at.
And now, to the story.
Ashiora was bored.
No, scratch that.
She was bored out of her mind. Even her boredom had gotten so boring that she was sure she was going to die from her own boredom's boredom.
…She wondered if that had made any sense at all.
'This is all Kuni's fault,' Ashiora thought accusingly as she crossed her arms in annoyance and lowered her head so that her sweatshirt hood shaded her eyes.
She let herself lean back against a wall as she glanced down at her wristwatch.
Twelve-forty seven p.m.
If there had been any swear words in Chinese, Ashiora would have already let out a string of them. Sadly, since there weren't any (or simply because she hadn't learned any), she had to stick with mentally stringing out Japanese curses instead.
'Damn it. I've been waiting for over an hour now!' fumed Ashiora. 'If no one comes to pick me up in the next two minutes, I'm boarding the next plane back to Kunming,'
"Ashi-chan, there you are!"
Ashiora looked up, a (obviously) bored expression on her face to see Tezuka Ayana, her mother running up towards her.
Ashiora blinked, noticing that her mother was the only one there to pick her up.
"Mom, where's everyone else? More importantly, where's Kuni?"
Ayana let out a tired sigh. "Did you forget Ashi-chan? It's a Friday so Kunimitsu still has school today. He also has tennis practice after school so you'll have to wait a bit at home before seeing him again."
Ashiora's left eyebrow arched up. "Kuni's still into tennis?"
Ayana nodded, "That's right. What's even better, he's the captain of the tennis club. That's great, isn't it Ashi-chan?"
Ashiora shrugged, turning away. "Whatever. He must have improved quite a lot if he's managed to stop tripping after the ball every time he served."
"Ashi-chan!" reprimanded her mother. "You shouldn't say such things, especially about your own brother!"
Ashiora let out an annoyed huff. "I'm just telling the truth mom. The last time I played against him, he could barely return any of the balls I served to him. And he's supposed to be the one that specializes in sports in the family!"
Ayana could only shake her head at Ashiora, too exhausted to scold her. "Many things have changed during the years you were in China Ashi-chan. Especially with Kunimitsu. I'm sure you'll be able to see the difference yourself when you meet him again."
"I just hope he hasn't gone blind from all that midnight reading he used to do," muttered Ashiora, pulling her sweatshirt hood down to run a hand through some tangled locks of her light cinnamon-colored hair.
"Well he does wear glasses now," admitted Ayana. "Though the prescriptions aren't that high."
"I just hope he doesn't look like a nerd. He hasn't been getting beat up, has he?"
"Ashi!"
"Alright, alright, I won't ask anymore," relented Ashiora as she followed her mother out the airport.
Her mood, crabbier than usual, darkened even more when she saw they were going home in a taxi. However, her mother refused to allow her to walk home ("You don't even know your way around the neighborhood Ashi-chan, you'll get lost! Or worse, kidnapped!") and insisted the ride would be short enough so that she would not get carsick.
'I'm blaming this all on Kuni,' Ashiora thought, slowly getting into the taxi as she felt her stomach lurch and her head lighten. 'It's because of him that I threw up twice on the airplane. Oh well, I guess a reunion will probably do a bit of good. I might even find out who Kuni's crush is.' Ashiora smirked then, feeling slightly better at the thought. 'It's gonna be fun playing matchmaker.'
Ayana noticed. the smirk on her daughter's face. "Ashi-chan? What are you thinking about?"
"Nothing," Ashiora replied innocently as she looked out the cab window, the smirk still there. "Kuni will probably want to throttle me during the whole process. But I'm sure he'll forgive me after he gets his results."
Now Ayana was clueless. She sighed.
Children were just so strange sometimes.
A/N: I sincerely hope no one flames. Reviews constructive criticism are both welcomed though. And as I said at the beginning of the chapter, regular Tenipuri characters will begin appearing in the next chapter. Please be patient until then.
Edited: 2/20/08
Second edit: 2/22/08