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[fryn]

(for Ar again)

Dare readily took the Umeboshi, having had one at Taki's home with Lace. "I like these, please tell your mother that her cooking pleases me greatly," he said hoping that was a polite thing to say in Japan. I will text Mike too so we have the phone things done before I forget," he said before swallowing the sweet/sour plum wrapped in sticky rice. It took him a little longer for Dare to work out his message to Mike so it wouldn't seem like he was rushing him.


"Oh Taki, my dad will be in town on Saturday and he said it was fine if we wanted to practice. I thought I might make dinner so that you and Evan could get to know him if you wanted. He could probably give us some good advice," Dare invited his friend.


"I would be proud to be your Otoko, I have always wanted one and instead ended up with an insane sister.She's not really that bad, but the first day she arrived, I was ready to throw both of us out a window," he said with a slight smile.

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"Your father will be home? Sugoi! I am so excited to finally meet him! I would love to come over on Saturday but playing in front of him will be... ah... I don't really know the word. When you feel all..." Takumi shivered to try anddescribe what he was trying to say. "Not afraid but when you are worried you will look like baka. Stupid." He was already looking forward to Saturday, despite that anxiety. "I will bring my new bass," he stated. "I only got it a few days ago. It is V shape. Black with white dots all over it."

(pic of the guitar he now owns i192.photobucket.com/albums/z178/Fryn_album/taki30.jpg )

He smiled happily and nodded a couple of times when Dare said he liked being called otoko. "But Dare-kun," he said. "I found your sister to be most friendly. I like her a lot and hope she will also be at your home on Saturday. I cannot call her 'Syn' though... It doesn't feel right. Hai is better. When I see her I have to say 'hai Hai' then!" he added with a laugh. "I would like to talk to her about the music she likes, though, as she sang Malice Mizer well and got most words correct in Nihongo. What is it she does that you don't like? I get on well with my brother but I suppose even he can be annoying sometimes!"

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(Ar's bit):

"She is okay, she just teases me and I find it uncomfortable. She is a lot more comfortable with her sexuality and she knows it is easy to get to me in that manner. The first day she arrived, I had no idea that she was coming. I walked in on her in the bathroom. She has called me perve boy ever since even though she knows I don't like girls.


Dad is good about listening, he is not overly critical and he will help with stuff he has learned throughout the year. He is also easy to talk to. He didn't freak out at all when I told him I am gay even though I know he is not real happy about it."

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(my bit):

"Teasing," Takumi said with a grin. "Isn't that what brothers and sisters are meant to do? My sister is always doing that but..." Takumi shrugged slightly. "I always give it back in far more quantity! I remember when she first found out I had a girlfriend... She kept on and on about it and so much so that I have yet to take Izzy back home to meet my family. I am afraid of what Mayuki might do... or say!" Takumi knew deep down that his younger sister would play nicely and that she'd love Izzy and want to keep her for herself. Mayuki always wanted to have an older sister and instead had two brothers.

Takumi nodded when Dare told him more about his father. "Then I am sure I won't feel..." He shivered again to repeat his earlier action and added a laugh for good measure. "And I will teach you some Nihongo so that you can also sing some Japanese rock songs. Then you will also know what I'm saying when Iforget the words in English!" he added, winking at his friend. "It's good, though, that your father accepts you being gay. It would be difficult had he felt otherwise but as for Hai... I am betting she calls you... what was it? - perve boy? - out of affection."

Takumi frowned.

"I have one question, though."

Dare glanced at Taki. "Ask away."

"What is a perve?"

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(for Ar):

It took Dare a few open-mouthed moments to prepare himself for that question. Luckily Taki wasn't the kind of person to point out he looked like a fish out of water. "A perve is someone who can't get off without some sort of sexual deviation. For a long time people considered gays to be peverts," he said glad that wasn't the case anymore.

"I didn't meet your brother's and sisters, maybe that is good, May might think I was a girl want to play. I don't know how to play really." he doubted that he would enjoy it.

Coming to having a sister late has left me defenceless. They should have teasing lessons for people like me," Dare complained as he finished his half of the sandwich. He waved to Kian who crossed the quad, obviously looking for Connor.

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"Kian! Hai!" Takumi shouted as he waved a hand wildly above his head. He'd only met him briefly at Dare's home but then again a little more better at the bowling alley. He knew enough to feel sure he and Dare were friends and that, in turn, made hima friend of Takumi's.

"Ah so," he said as he returned his attention to Dare. "Sexual devi... what was that again? It means someone who likes their own gender? But that is stupid. Why would anyone like that be called names?" He frowned, not sure he liked that aspect of American life. It probably also happened back in Osaka... Just he'd never encountered it there. It was hard to tell what a person's preferences weere when boys dressed as might girls... just like Takumi tended to do from time to time. Not that he saw his overskirts and Hello Kitty t-shirts in that light. It was just how he liked to dress.

"But Mayuki would love you, Dare-kun," Takumi went on with a grin. "She would torment you as she played with your hair and tied it with ribbons. Such colour hair isn't known as natural back in Japan and she would love playing with it! Fumihiro.. he is my older brother... isn't at home much. He studies at university to become a doctor. Mayuki just wants to find someone and get married." Takumi laughed. "She is only 11..!"

Taki followed Kian as he wandered across the quad. "Isn't he friends with Mike? Perhaps he could help in finding out what's going on...?"

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(Ar):

"No they don't consider gays deviants any more. More serious stuff now. Like people who prefer children or have an obsession with feet or like to watch and become peeping toms. My dad had a roadie in his group, he could only get off if he thought the girl was dead. He used to pay prostitutes to take an ice bath and then just lie there. It was pretty weird. They finally let him go because it grossed everyone out. We should google it to find more if you want, I really am not an expert even if Dani thinks I am. Dani is what my dad calls her cause her middle name is Danielle."

"I think the only one who knows what's going on with Mike is Mike at the moment. I am hoping he will text me as soon as he knows. I really don't think he would be cruel enough to keep me hanging."

Kian walked over and gave them each a half slap and half hug that was his form of greeting in public. "Hey guys, how's it doing? Have you seen Connor lately? I can't remember if we were meeting or he was going to hang with Julia," he admitted, thinking she was awfully demanding for a best friend, but then he was new on the scene and shouldn't kvetch.

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(me):

Takumi shovered at the thought of people liking kids. It made his stomach churn. Far worse than just liking feet. "In my culture women's feet are deemed the most intimate part of their body by the older generations but for myself I can't understand that. But a dead girl? That man was surely..." He tapped the side of his head with the heel of his palm. "I don't think I would like to know more, Dare-kun," he quickly added.

He glanced up as Kian joined them, returning his hug of greeting. It wasn't the same sort of hug Dare always gave him but then he and Dare were closer friends. "Connor? No. I haven't seen him all day," he replied. Takumi hadn't a clue who Julia was, though, and so left that part for Dare to answer.

"Would you like to sit with us? I am trying to lead Dare along a path of ruin and damnation," he confided. "We are to strike terror into the Boardwalk later... We just need to think of a way to do that!" he finished on a laugh. "Do you have any tips?"

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(Ar)

Kian was struck funny by the transformation of Dare into a Demon in his mind from his normal angelic appearance. This made him begin to giggle and soon evolved into great gulping hiccups. "Tell Connor I loved him and my last thoughts were of his beautiful body,"he said just barely substituting body for boner which tended to center in his thoughts at any given time. Kian had a higher than normal sex drive which tended to send his mother to church to light candles for him quite often.


"Well letting me and Evan loose on wheels is pretty much guaranteed to send people fleeing. I've always wanted to carry a full pinata on a fishing pole around the beach and let the kids go after it," He knew Evan would make that terrifying. "We could youtube it.


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A pinata?

Takumi would look that word up on google.jp later and for now he nodded and smiled, as if agreeing that would be great fun. It probably would be, too!

"You are welcome to join us, Kian... and Connor," Takumi said. "The more, the happier, hai?"

"Merrier," Dare corrected with a small laugh.

"Ah, I see. The more, the merrier." Takumi threw Dare a wink as thanks.

The end of lunch time bell sounded and Takumi frowned. The time had gone so fast and already the afternoon lessons were due to begin. Still, after school promised to be fun!

His phone chirped to tell him he'd received a text and he quickly read...

'Grate cant wait sounds good see you their dinner is good to'

"It is from Thad..." Takumi re-read the message. It was hard to understand it as it was all in the same sentence and so he handed his phone to Dare. "Grate? I don't know what that means but I think he says he can come... right?" Thad had a language all of his own but that's what made him otouto-san.

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(Ar)

Kian frowned at the belll. "oh I can't, i have fencing today, but thanks for asking. It does sound like fun. We used to play frisbee softball on the beach. just like softball but you play with a frisbee and welcome mats for bases.It was a lot of fun.Or soccer is great too. Especially if no one is afraid of getting wet. You can usually get players at the beach too.


Dare thought they all sounded great and would definitely keep his mind off of Mike and his decision.


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(me)

"A shame you are busy this afternoon, Kian. It is good, though, that you are helping build a fence. At home or someone else's house?"

The second bell rang and interrupted any reply and Takumi jumped to his feet, grabbing his bento box as he did so. "We will meet at the gate after school, otoko. And between us and Thad we will have a fun time. I am happy to get wet so perhaps the soccer would be good." His mother wouldn't be quite so amused when he went home drenched but she wouldn't be angry for long.

He started to head off, turning to bow his head slightly to first Kian and then Dare. "It will all work out," he said to the latter. "And if it isn't the way you wish for then I will play... ah... match-maker!" He paused. "That's the right word... yes?" Takumi grinned, waved and jogged towards the entrance back into the main building. He hoped for Dare's sake Mike saw sense but love worked in many and mysterious ways. Talking of which... He dug out his phone and sent another text. After all, he hadn't seen Izzy at all today and he had to find out if all was well...

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(Ar):

Kian looked stunned and a lot confused. When he realised where the misconception lay, he wasn't sure it was worth correcting it. "Oh Taki, I am not building a fence. On Mondays I have sword fighting lessons after school. I would probably break my hand with a hammer," Kian said with a rueful laugh. He had only ever worked on drama sets before and he had gone to the emergency room many times during set building.

Dare winced at the thought of smashing his hands with a hammer. He gathered the bags and stuff to throw in the trash on the way in. "Okay see you at the gate after the bell," he promised Taki, patted Kian on the shoulder and gave a warm smile to a girl he knew fairly well. He had Music History next so he was okay going back to work. They were doing Asia so he was going to offer to bring his Neena in, which was a close relative of the Sitar.


(wrapped!)