One day Shuichi was in the park with his best friend, hiro. His meeting with the Aizawa's did not go very well.
"I'm telling you Hiro, that Taki kid is making my life miserable!" he said. It had already been a month since he met his father's girlfriend and her son and they were treating him with absolutely no respect. They would always make him do all of the cleaning, all of the cooking, even though he didn't know how to cook. Everything that Ayumi was supposed to do Shuichi ended up doing. They constantly called him names like "Slut" or "Faggot", sometimes they went as far as to tell him that he wasn't worth the dirt he walked on and that he should just lay down and die. Slowly but surely Ayumi and her son were breaking the boy down.
"Just ignore them, Shu." Hiro said trying to ease his angered friend. "They're just going to be around until your dad sees the truth. When he does, both of them are out the door."
"I don't know." He said. Then he lied down on the blanket that he took from his father one day. He needed something of his to remind him that he was still the teen that he was before they came into his life. He felt like since the Aizawas came into his life, he couldn't talk to anyone, not even his father. At least he still had Hiro.
"I want to believe that dad will see the truth but he seems to really like this woman. I'm worried that if I tell him what she's doing to me that he'll hold it against me."
As much as he hated Ayumi and Taki, he wanted his dad to be happy. Even if that meant putting up with those two for maybe the rest of his life. But Hiro was not about to let his friend end up in another funk. Not about his new stepfamily.
"You have to tell your dad that they're treating you like crap. If he really is trying to keep the family together, he'll kick them out and take them to court."
Shuichi then thought about a lot of things about his father. He knew that he would slit his own wrists before he let anyone abuse his children. Mr. Shindou has always been protective of his children but especially when it came to other people associating with them. If anyone didn't treat his boys' right, they were out the door in an instant. But something seemed different. It looked like his father cared more about Ayumi than he did about him.
"I really hope that that's still true." Shuichi said to himself.
~ three days later~
Shuichi had just finished all of his chores after he did his homework. And now he had to cook dinner. And everyone including his father knew that he couldn't cook to save his life. He knew it, too. That's why he never tried but this time he had no choice. Mr. Shindou was working late and he had to do the best he could not to kill them. But that is what he wanted to do.
He was supposed to be baking a turkey, which he had absolutely no idea how to do. He ended up stuffing the turkey with vegetables and putting ramen on it and then put it in the microwave and pressed the "Chicken" button. And watched it cook. if Shuichi had any idea how to cook a turkey, he would know that one, turkey should be cooked in an oven. Two, never cook it frozen or it would explode.
When the microwave went off, he took the turkey out and saw that it was still white. He didn't know what to do. He had to think of something. He found a can of meat browner. It was supposed to artificially color any white meat to make it look like it was cooked. His mother often used it when the stove burned out. But the rest of the family wasn't able to tell the difference until his late twin one day discovered the can on the counter. Shuichi carefully sprayed it all over the turkey and made it look golden brown. Then after that he called his future stepfamily to the dinner table.
"Ms. Aizawa, Taki, dinners ready!" Everything else was bought from stores and put on the platters to make it look like he cooked it. The undercooked turkey was on the largest platter covered. They all dug in to the rice balls vegetables and other side order's first. When they took the top off of the chicken everything looked in order. When Ayumi went to cut the chicken something much unexpected happened.
Bam! The turkey splattered al over the kitchen and all over all three of them. They were all covered with pink meat. Both Taki and his mother were surprised to see the dead meat explode. The pink haired boy couldn't help but laugh at what just happened. Even though he didn't mean for it to happen he felt that they deserved it. He continued to laugh at the Aizawas. His laughter sparked a wave of anger in Ayumi. She rose from her seat and walked toward the boy and struck his face with her hand. Shuichi was shocked at her action. Shocked and really pissed. He stood up and began to confront his father's girlfriend about it.
"What the hell was that for?" Shuichi asked in a harsh tone.
"what kind of joke was that supposed to be?" she shouted. "How dare you ruin my beautiful outfit with your prank. Just wait until your father gets home! No, I don't need to wait because you are GROUNDED!"
"You can't ground me!" he snapped. "You are not my mother!" Taki was livid about what the pink haired boy just said to his mother. He stepped to him as if he were going to kill him.
"Don't you dare talk to my mother that way!" he said. Then he picked up some of the remaining turkey and threw it at him. Shuichi threw some of the vegetables back at both of them. He was not one to go down without a fight. Then he had finally had it with them and gave the woman a piece of his mind.
"Listen here you obnoxious slut, you may think that you have my dad under your thumb but you don't know a god damned thing about him. He would never let anyone treat me the way you're treating me and when he finds out about what happened tonight, you and your son are out of here!" he declared.
"And how do you know that he'll believe you huh?" Taki teased.
"I have never lied to my father about anything and I wouldn't lie about this! You and your mom are out of here tomorrow!" he shouted again.
Ayumi gave an evil smirk and gently touched Shuichi's face.
"you are very confident in your father. But how do you know he won't ground you for that prank you pulled?"
"It wasn't a prank." Shuichi said defensively. "I didn't know how to cook the turkey, that's why it exploded. I don't need to defend myself around you guys, I'm going to bed." Then he went upstairs and went to bed. He wasn't sure what would happen the next day. 'I really hate that woman.' Shuichi thought. 'Him ,too.'
~the next day~
Shuichi was on his way to school when he ran into his old nemesis, Taki. This time he was joined by some friends. He looked like he was going to vomit after seeing them.
"What do you want?" he asked.
"What do you mean what do I want?" Taki responded. "I go to this school now. Got a problem with that?" then he walked into the building. Shuichi couldn't believe it. Not only would he have to deal with taki at home but now he has to put up with the abuse at school, too.
~somewhere in Tokyo~
"Why you little brat!" a man shouted at a blond teen with a huge fit of rage.
"What?" the boy said. "All I said was that I was moving out. I'm so sick of having to put up with your constant yelling. I'm through."
"You are so damn ungrateful!" the man shouted back. "you will regret this one day Eiri."
The blond boy continued to pack his bags and decided to leave before any more harsh words were exchanged. "maybe, but right now, I have my own life." Then he left.
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