With his father and new stepmother now on their honeymoon, it looked as if Shuichi's life was as good as over. But he was not ready to give up just yet. It would take a lot more than a wicked stepfamily to keep him down. He thought of everything possible to get even with Ayumi and Taki. But at the same time he began to think about something else. Or was it someone else? Ever since the day he ran into the coldhearted but handsome Eiri Yuki, he seemed to want to see him again more. Even if they did just bump into each other. Even so, something about that man was drawing young Shuichi to him. But he didn't have time to worry about some guy he didn't even know, he had to find a way to deal with his new stepfamily but how?
He figured that if his new "mother" was so disgusted by the turkey exploding a while back, she would really hate it if there were a whole flock of birds flying around her. And as for Taki, he figured a few bugs wouldn't hurt anyone, unless they were a swarm of Fire ants.
~one week later~
Since his father was away, the pink haired teen took a part time job at a coffee shop. He figured if his plans were going to work, he needed some extra money and what better way to get it than to serve adults the legal drug known as coffee? Right next to the coffee shop was also a Pocky shop.
"Welcome to the coffee shop. How can I help you?" he said to every costumer that walked in. they would give their orders and he would go and tell the brewer in the back to fill the orders. He seemed to like working in the coffee shop. Unlike his mean stepbrother and his newly gone stepmother, his boss didn't give him hell. In fact, his boss was rather nice to him. He got paid every week and often got 15 minute rest breaks and a 45 minute lunch break. Things seemed to be going well and then a certain blond college student dropped in later that morning.
Shuichi tried his best not to let his curiosity get the better of him while he was on the clock. He acted as professional has he could without sounding fake.
"Welcome to the coffee shop. May I take your order." He said nervously. Yuki then gave the pink haired teen a long glare. He thought that maybe he had seen him somewhere before. But instead he made his order. He would deal with the boy when he was off work.
"Give me a cup of black coffee. No sugar, no cream." He said.
Ugh, what kind of guy would drink coffee like that? He thought to after that his eyes were distracted by the handsomeness that stood in front of him. Then he was caught off guard by his costumer's rude remark.
"Are you gonna take my order or just stand there staring in my face. I don't have all day." He said. Then the younger boy snapped himself out of his thoughts and went to fill the order. "Sure, right away sir." He that was done he went to the bathroom and wondered why he got so caught up like that. Sure it wasn't like he hadn't had a crush before but this time it was different. He was falling for a boy. He never thought he would end up liking another boy and he figured he had to stop thinking about it now.
"I don't get it. He's such a jerk to me and yet I just stood there looking at him like a piece of meat. What the hell is wrong with me? I can't like men." Young Shuichi ranted. Soon the bathroom was surrounded by his fellow employees. They began to listen to his nonsensical rambling about how he didn't like guys. A few of the other guys chuckled as they listened to him.
"I do not like men. I do not like men! I DO NOT LIKE MEN! AND I ESPECIALLY DON'T LIKE THAT MAN!" He shouted. Then he heard everyone outside of the bathroom laughing. The poor teen couldn't help but feel embarrassed. He quickly ran out of the shop and ran home to take the rest of the day off.
Just what I need at this point of my life, He thought. Another reason for Taki and Ayumi to treat me like less than nobody. And now because of that, the costumer's at that coffee shop will never let me live it down. I might as well quit while I'm ahead. Not that I am ahead.
~One more week later~
"Shuichi, Taki, we're home!" A loud deep voice shouted throughout the house. Shuichi walked down the stairs and saw his father and his new stepmother were back from their honey moon. He was not at all pleased to see them. As quickly as he walked down the stairs he walked back up to his room. saw that his son was hurting more than ever. He went upstairs after his only son and tried to straighten things out. It turned out that task would be a lot easier said than done. And it wasn't very easy to begin with.
"Shuichi, open this door!" he demanded.
"No!" Shuichi shouted over the other side of the door. "I don't wanna talk to you or anyone else!"
Then he pounded on the door again, this time harder than the last. He was determined to get his son to talk to him one way or another. Even if he had to brek down the door and drag the teenager out of his own room.
"God dammit Shuichi open this door right now and Let your old man talk to you!" he said with a harsher tone. The response he got would be even more shocking.
"Why don't you go talk to you WHORE? You love more than you ever loved me or mom right? So why bother talking to me? You have that goldigger, talk to her." He said harshly. This time Mr. Shindou had finally had It. He was going to talk to Shuichi whether he liked it or not. He took a battery ram and knocked the door down. He then saw the boy with his face buried under his pillow. He sat down on the bed and tugged on his son's arm, forcefully pulling him up.
"What do you want, Dad?" he asked rudely only to have a fist get dropped on his head.
"You're gonna speak to me like you have some respect, understand?" he said.
Shuichi grudgingly nodded his head. He may have to respect his father but that didn't change how he felt about the decisions that he made. That was when he finally decided to listen to what his dad had to say. Not that it would make much of a difference.
"Shuichi, I know that over the past few months you haven't exactly gotten along with Ayumi or her son." He began.
Tell me something I don't know. He thought. Then his father continued his speech.
"And I do love her. But I don't ever want you to think that she has replaced you or anything like that. You are my son and that will never change. It's just that we have a new family now and it's going to take some adjusting to, that's all. You just have to get used to them."
That was when Shuichi decided to finally be mature for once and talk to his dad about his feelings.
"I know that you just wanted to start over and everything but you didn't even ask me about any of this." He started. "you just went on the internet and started going out with her. And you didn't even think about how I would feel. I felt like you just ignored me and did what you wanted."
"I was only doing what I thought was best for this family!" his father said defensively.
"No, you did what you thought was best for you. All of this was what you wanted. Dad, Ayumi and Taki hate my guts. As long as you're married to her, I can't accept her because she won't accept me."
"I'll talk to her." Mr. Shindou simply said. Then he handed Shuichi a box. "Maybe when I talk to her you two can learn to get along. Until then here's a snack. Good night son."
Then he left the room with the door still clean off. The pink haired boy then took a bite of what appeared to be some strawberry pocky.
I just hope that dad can talk to her. He thought. If he's not enough to get through to her, then he might as well get a divorce. I just hope he got her to sign a pre-nub.
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