Welcome to the story! Hope you enjoy!

Don't own YYH characters, just Sophie and Claire, and any other random people...

The Difference of Normal

October 28th

Sophie watched the rain hit the window as she drummed her fingers along the desk, running the events of the past few days through her mind.

No one would have believed her if she'd told them. No one would have thought it possible. No one would have understood what she was going through…

But that didn't really matter, because it had happened--was happening.

It had been a few days ago when it'd started. Sophie and Claire had come home from school as normal, had just gotten out of the car and--BANG--there they were, standing in front of Sophie's mothers inn, as if by magic. No portals. No breaking TV's. No strange spells. Just...nothing...and there they were.

Things had progressed rather strangely after that. Intros had been made, and booking set. Everyone had been shocked to hear that they came from an anime, shocked that there were no monsters in this world for them to fight. In turn, Sophie had been shocked to hear that they had no idea how they'd gotten there, to the "real" world…

But that was all behind them now. They had met, knew each others names. They were staying under the same roof. Everything.

It was like some fanfiction story, in which the heroin meets all of the characters she's obsessed over for so long. A fangirls dream. Paradise…

And yet, Sophie couldn't help but hating it. Who would have thought that her dream would turn into a nightmare. Who would have thought that she would wish that things would just go back to normal, instead of having her favorite characters stay at her house?

She wouldn't have guessed. Never.

Sophie sighed as the rain continued to pelt the window closest to her, a face popping up in front of her desk.

"Hi, Yusuke," she said, bored. "What do you want?"

Yusuke was all grins. "Hey, Soph," he greeted, using her hastily earned nickname. "What's up?"

Sophie raised an eyebrow at the question, knowing it wasn't as innocent as it seemed. "'What's up'?" she repeated. "Are you seriously trying to use that one on me? What is it you want?"

Yusuke tried to play innocent, but it just wasn't in him. He grinned at her as he stood to his full heigh, leaning against the front desk. "I was wondering," he said. "Is this whole place a boring shack, or is it just my room?"

Sophie glared at the question, knowing it wasn't the first time he'd asked it.

Yusuke and his group--Kuwabara, Kurama, Hiei, Koenma, Botan and Keiko--had been staying at her mothers inn since they'd landed in the "real world", obviously not having any other place to go. Since then she'd heard so many complaints about her new "friends" rooms, she could have built a bridge to the moon with them.

Yusuke had a point, though. Her mothers inn wasn't exactly exciting. In fact, it was probably one of the most boring places on earth. There was no TV, they didn't have a game room, and the only internet connection was slow-paced and barely working--and the only reason they had that was so she could attempt to work on her schoolwork.

Sophie sighed as she looked at Yusuke. "Sorry," she said, hopping from her seat. "There's nothing, and I have schoolwork to do," she saw Yusuke gape at her as she exited the room. "Your on your own for now."

Sophie felt herself sigh as she made her way up the inn's creaking stairs, her shoulders feeling heavy.

Yes, no would have believed her if she'd told them what she was going through, because, honestly, she didn't know herself. She had everything she'd ever wished for at her fingertips--right there, so close--and yet, she didn't seem to want it anymore.

Sorry this chap was so short. Just trying to set the mood.

Reviews are loved, and criticism is fine, just please be nice. ^__^ See you next chap!