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Title: Tsunderella
Chapter: 7 - Not Quite Extraordinary
Characters: NEWS members, Tackey
Fandom: Johnny's Entertainment
Rating: PG15
Summary: The things in life that seemed to be so simple and ordinary. Is such thing possible for his reach... or is it something that he could only dream to have?
A/N: I thought I gonna have another chapter after this one before putting in that already done chapter. But it seemed there was no need for that. So prepare yourself for the ride. Chapter 8 is coming... right after this.
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Ryo shut himself inside his room as he sat on the floor beside his bed.
It bothered him. It still did. It was already been two days, yet to him... it felt as if it had only been yesterday he had met Tegonyan and the others. Too bad that the day had ended like that, he wondered if they were still mad at him.
It was not like he did not want to spend the day with them. Actually, he was really happy. It had been so long since he had any friends... he used to think that his old friends had forgotten about him. But that day, Tegonyan...
When they mentioned about coming to his house, a sudden sense of fear clung onto the core of his heart. His stepmother had never liked seeing him happy. And he remembered about that old lady who used to come visit him. Lately, he rarely got to see her passing by the house. He had been concerned about that and later overheard that the old lady had accidentally tripped during her walk in the park nearby. That was understandable. The old lady’s relatives might have insisted to have rest in the house until she gets better.
What worried him though, was that the accident happened a few days after the old lady had inquired about his injuries. He only recently found that out but it scared him. What if the accident was his stepmother’s doing? She after all had been going out so often lately...
He could bear with the abuse and hurts if it was just him. He could not if others were also dragged into it because of him.
Ryo sighed as he took out Shige’s old guitar under his bed. Pi’s and Jin’s words to him that day came back to him almost at once as he idly strummed the strings of the guitar. The sound that came out of the guitar was not of any melody that he had heard before, just something that he idly made up. It was not such a bad sound, in fact... it probably just as nice as those other melodies that he had heard people play.
Could he be gifted with composing music? Nah, couldn’t be.
He wondered if he could even explain it to them, if he ever got the chance to do so. It was complicated. If it was possible, he wanted to also live a more normal life. A life where he would be loved. But still, he did not want to later become someone else’s burden. Because he thought that might possibly be the reason. Having him around might have been a burden to his stepmother for so long. She might have possibly hated him because of that—but that wouldn’t explain that part where his stepmother used to want to love him specially...
Ryo snickered. Why on earth did he want to justify his stepmother’s actions towards himself?
He played again on the guitar as another strings of melodies came about. Tegoshi... Pi... those four new friends that he had met that day, they seemed to be having fun and enjoying each other’s company. Something... that he thought he could only dream about for so long. Somehow now, he started to become more and more afraid. Not of himself... but of others. Back then he could still be defiant of his stepmother because he thought he only had himself to care about. But knowing that he had so many people who had cared about him... somehow it struck fear onto his heart. What if... one day his stepmother would hurt those people that he cared about.
It was not unlikely... but she could, right?
Even if they were his own sons...
Ryo sighed again as he continued playing. He started humming some words... random things that he had been thinking about at the time.
“The usual words I never thought could exist in my own dreams. The frequently heard all around... that one melody...”
He snickered to himself. What kind of cheesy lines that he had thought of...
“How nice if it reached... you, only you. How nice if you’d hear...me, only you. If it could reach you... If you could hear me...”
“That’s a nice verse you’re singing, Ryo.”
Ryo jumped as he looked up towards Keiichiro. Keii smiled before he sat beside him.
“So I’ve heard that you’ve made some new friends. Met some old ones as well,” he smiled again as Ryo looked at him in confusion. “Shige told me. Your cute friends had rounded him out to ask about you. Why did you never tell about this?”
Ryo stared at the guitar.
“It didn’t matter. Not like it was important any more.”
“Who said? Here... Shige was waiting outside. Your friends were waiting for you tonight, you should go have fun. I’ll handle mum so she wouldn’t find out about this.”
“But—“ Keii placed a finger on Ryo’s lips as he whispered.
“Trust me.”
xxx
So that was it had been. Keii had sneaked Ryo inside his room where he had opened one of his windows and showed him where the fire escape ladder had been. Ryo had never notice this before so he never knew about this. So Ryo had climbed down to the backyard where he had quietly sneaked pass the back door where Shige had been waiting. Several meters away from his house, he was suddenly jumped by Tegoshi who suddenly insisted that he changed his clothes—what the fuck? In the streets?—as somehow... after much pressing, Ryo did changed. But not in the streets where people might see but there was a nearby restaurant...
Both Shige and Tegonyan took him towards the nearby city complex where Pi and the others had been waiting. They said that some night they did this, perform by themselves in the streets just for fun. They insisted that Ryo joined them, at which Ryo at first tried to refuse. Since they not only asked him to play—that time when they first taught him the guitar, they had already noticed it. Ryo’s playing was a bit rough but he had a good sense of melody—but also to sing. Ryo was a bit flustered, doing that inside his room was not that bad. Finding out Keii-nii had been eavesdropping on his playing was not bad either. But doing it in public? Honestly... what kind of craziness—?
But somehow the others managed to convince him otherwise. He only managed to squeak out something initially, mostly because he was still too embarrassed to sing in public; but Pi and the others had joined him and before he realised it, he had been having such fun. Even Shige liked his performance.
Kinda embarrassing though to hear many of the passers-by stop by to compliment him—mostly about how cute he looked, how good his voice were... how sweet was his melody. Ryo was not very good at that, and he often had froze and stuttered whenever that happened. Shige and the others had laughed at him about it but it was not like he could stop feeling shy. It had been fun while it lasted. And Tegonyan and the others escorted him again back home to ensure his safety as well as Shige’s.
It seemed to be such a good night.
Until they climbed back into Keii’s room to see one of his eyes bruised and his lips cut. Both of them had started to worry as Keii told them it was okay. Ryo’s stepmother had not yet found out that the siblings had helped him, just that she was angry to find Ryo nowhere inside the house. She had blamed Keii for not noticing this and hit him, but the damage was not so bad. The woman had sworn to punish Ryo heavily about this later but Keii had hastily intervened and said that he would be the one to do that. There should be no need for her to be concerned about it, he had reasoned.
All in all, Ryo was still worried. It was lucky that the stepmother did not know of other things Keii and Shige had done for him, he’d imagined that Keii would have had worse punishment if she knew.
xxx
It made him very aware about his own situation. He had thought about cutting off ties to Tegonyan, Pi and the others—despite the fun they had together—but Keii and Shige would not accept it. So much later... they had discussed for a better way for them to spent time together away from the house without having his stepmother find out about it and hurt anyone else involved with it. For the next few weeks, it had turned out fine... and no one had been hurt.
Sometimes on some nights, even Keii-nii had joined them in their gigs. It had been fun. Ryo never thought he would have any chance to experience happy times like this ever in his whole life.
At one point, he almost even forget about his stepmother. Or the things that she done towards him.
Little did he know that there are other worse things that his stepmother could be capable of doing...
Chapter: 7 - Not Quite Extraordinary
Characters: NEWS members, Tackey
Fandom: Johnny's Entertainment
Rating: PG15
Summary: The things in life that seemed to be so simple and ordinary. Is such thing possible for his reach... or is it something that he could only dream to have?
A/N: I thought I gonna have another chapter after this one before putting in that already done chapter. But it seemed there was no need for that. So prepare yourself for the ride. Chapter 8 is coming... right after this.
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Ryo shut himself inside his room as he sat on the floor beside his bed.
It bothered him. It still did. It was already been two days, yet to him... it felt as if it had only been yesterday he had met Tegonyan and the others. Too bad that the day had ended like that, he wondered if they were still mad at him.
It was not like he did not want to spend the day with them. Actually, he was really happy. It had been so long since he had any friends... he used to think that his old friends had forgotten about him. But that day, Tegonyan...
When they mentioned about coming to his house, a sudden sense of fear clung onto the core of his heart. His stepmother had never liked seeing him happy. And he remembered about that old lady who used to come visit him. Lately, he rarely got to see her passing by the house. He had been concerned about that and later overheard that the old lady had accidentally tripped during her walk in the park nearby. That was understandable. The old lady’s relatives might have insisted to have rest in the house until she gets better.
What worried him though, was that the accident happened a few days after the old lady had inquired about his injuries. He only recently found that out but it scared him. What if the accident was his stepmother’s doing? She after all had been going out so often lately...
He could bear with the abuse and hurts if it was just him. He could not if others were also dragged into it because of him.
Ryo sighed as he took out Shige’s old guitar under his bed. Pi’s and Jin’s words to him that day came back to him almost at once as he idly strummed the strings of the guitar. The sound that came out of the guitar was not of any melody that he had heard before, just something that he idly made up. It was not such a bad sound, in fact... it probably just as nice as those other melodies that he had heard people play.
Could he be gifted with composing music? Nah, couldn’t be.
He wondered if he could even explain it to them, if he ever got the chance to do so. It was complicated. If it was possible, he wanted to also live a more normal life. A life where he would be loved. But still, he did not want to later become someone else’s burden. Because he thought that might possibly be the reason. Having him around might have been a burden to his stepmother for so long. She might have possibly hated him because of that—but that wouldn’t explain that part where his stepmother used to want to love him specially...
Ryo snickered. Why on earth did he want to justify his stepmother’s actions towards himself?
He played again on the guitar as another strings of melodies came about. Tegoshi... Pi... those four new friends that he had met that day, they seemed to be having fun and enjoying each other’s company. Something... that he thought he could only dream about for so long. Somehow now, he started to become more and more afraid. Not of himself... but of others. Back then he could still be defiant of his stepmother because he thought he only had himself to care about. But knowing that he had so many people who had cared about him... somehow it struck fear onto his heart. What if... one day his stepmother would hurt those people that he cared about.
It was not unlikely... but she could, right?
Even if they were his own sons...
Ryo sighed again as he continued playing. He started humming some words... random things that he had been thinking about at the time.
“The usual words I never thought could exist in my own dreams. The frequently heard all around... that one melody...”
He snickered to himself. What kind of cheesy lines that he had thought of...
“How nice if it reached... you, only you. How nice if you’d hear...me, only you. If it could reach you... If you could hear me...”
“That’s a nice verse you’re singing, Ryo.”
Ryo jumped as he looked up towards Keiichiro. Keii smiled before he sat beside him.
“So I’ve heard that you’ve made some new friends. Met some old ones as well,” he smiled again as Ryo looked at him in confusion. “Shige told me. Your cute friends had rounded him out to ask about you. Why did you never tell about this?”
Ryo stared at the guitar.
“It didn’t matter. Not like it was important any more.”
“Who said? Here... Shige was waiting outside. Your friends were waiting for you tonight, you should go have fun. I’ll handle mum so she wouldn’t find out about this.”
“But—“ Keii placed a finger on Ryo’s lips as he whispered.
“Trust me.”
xxx
So that was it had been. Keii had sneaked Ryo inside his room where he had opened one of his windows and showed him where the fire escape ladder had been. Ryo had never notice this before so he never knew about this. So Ryo had climbed down to the backyard where he had quietly sneaked pass the back door where Shige had been waiting. Several meters away from his house, he was suddenly jumped by Tegoshi who suddenly insisted that he changed his clothes—what the fuck? In the streets?—as somehow... after much pressing, Ryo did changed. But not in the streets where people might see but there was a nearby restaurant...
Both Shige and Tegonyan took him towards the nearby city complex where Pi and the others had been waiting. They said that some night they did this, perform by themselves in the streets just for fun. They insisted that Ryo joined them, at which Ryo at first tried to refuse. Since they not only asked him to play—that time when they first taught him the guitar, they had already noticed it. Ryo’s playing was a bit rough but he had a good sense of melody—but also to sing. Ryo was a bit flustered, doing that inside his room was not that bad. Finding out Keii-nii had been eavesdropping on his playing was not bad either. But doing it in public? Honestly... what kind of craziness—?
But somehow the others managed to convince him otherwise. He only managed to squeak out something initially, mostly because he was still too embarrassed to sing in public; but Pi and the others had joined him and before he realised it, he had been having such fun. Even Shige liked his performance.
Kinda embarrassing though to hear many of the passers-by stop by to compliment him—mostly about how cute he looked, how good his voice were... how sweet was his melody. Ryo was not very good at that, and he often had froze and stuttered whenever that happened. Shige and the others had laughed at him about it but it was not like he could stop feeling shy. It had been fun while it lasted. And Tegonyan and the others escorted him again back home to ensure his safety as well as Shige’s.
It seemed to be such a good night.
Until they climbed back into Keii’s room to see one of his eyes bruised and his lips cut. Both of them had started to worry as Keii told them it was okay. Ryo’s stepmother had not yet found out that the siblings had helped him, just that she was angry to find Ryo nowhere inside the house. She had blamed Keii for not noticing this and hit him, but the damage was not so bad. The woman had sworn to punish Ryo heavily about this later but Keii had hastily intervened and said that he would be the one to do that. There should be no need for her to be concerned about it, he had reasoned.
All in all, Ryo was still worried. It was lucky that the stepmother did not know of other things Keii and Shige had done for him, he’d imagined that Keii would have had worse punishment if she knew.
xxx
It made him very aware about his own situation. He had thought about cutting off ties to Tegonyan, Pi and the others—despite the fun they had together—but Keii and Shige would not accept it. So much later... they had discussed for a better way for them to spent time together away from the house without having his stepmother find out about it and hurt anyone else involved with it. For the next few weeks, it had turned out fine... and no one had been hurt.
Sometimes on some nights, even Keii-nii had joined them in their gigs. It had been fun. Ryo never thought he would have any chance to experience happy times like this ever in his whole life.
At one point, he almost even forget about his stepmother. Or the things that she done towards him.
Little did he know that there are other worse things that his stepmother could be capable of doing...
