THE TRUE CONFESSION OF TERACHI SHINYA

by Kurara

+part 2+

When Shinya went on the deck, he gripped the railing and stared out
over the expanse of the glittery ocean. He sighed and breathed in
the air, already feeling better. The sun was just starting to hit
the horizon and Shinya sighed, thinking of the red color of the
sunset. //Like that guy's hair...// Shinya frowned. "That jerk is
more like it! The nerve of that guy!"

"What jerk?"

Shinya gasped and looked next to himself where Toshiya was
standing. "Ah... uh... anou..."

Toshiya smiled. "An ex-boyfriend?"

"No." Shinya responded.

"Then who?"

"Die."

Toshiya giggled. "What did he do this time?"

"He made fun of me because I'm scared of a mouse." Shinya narrowed
his eyes.

Toshiya patted Shinya's back. "That's just Die for you. He's really
nice, but he just likes to tease alot."

Shinya sulked. "And we're on this ship for four months together?"

Toshiya nodded. "Yep! Don't worry, Die's a good friend." He played
with Shinya's hair. "Who knows, maybe you might like him." He
grinned. "He and Yoshiki are the only single guys on this ship."

Shinya snorted. "Yeah, right."

Toshiya poked Shinya's nose. "You never know."

The sun had completely set by this point and Shinya turned to
Toshiya. "Can you take me to the Captain's quarters? I'm supposed
to go there now."

Toshiya nodded. "Okay." Toshiya took Shinya's arm in his own and
they walked to the upper level. Toshiya knocked on the door.

Yoshiki opened it shortly and Toshiya left. Yoshiki took Shinya's
hand and led him in the room. He motioned to a couch near a coffee
table. "Please, sit down."

Shinya nodded and sat down. "Oh! This is soft!" Shinya rubbed his
hand over the couch's material.

Yoshiki smiled and handed Shinya a tea cup full of tea before sitting
next to him. "IT's nice, isn't it?" Shinya nodded and blew on his
tea. "I'm terribly sorry that you're all alone. If you ever feel
lonely, come here anytime."

Shinya smiled brightly at YOshiki. "Arigato."

They sat and chatted for a while before Yoshiki got up and took out a
book, going to sit down again. He flipped through until he got to a
round symbol with signatures on it. "Do you know what this is,
Shinya?"

"No..."

"This is called a Round Robin. It's a symbol of mutany."

"Really?" Shinya stared at the symbo.l.

"Yes. If you ever see anything like this, tell me, okay? Otherwise
there'll be trouble." He looked sternly to Shinya's face. "You will
inform me, right, Shinya?"

Shinya nodded. "Hai, Yoshiki-san!"

Yoshiki smiled.

***

Shinya sat on his bed with his legs crossed after thouroghly checking
his room for mice. He took out Miyabi's leter and read it out loud.

"Dear Shinya, I suppose you're now enjoying your tiem on the ship. I
also guess that since you're reading this I confessed already. Don't
worry, I won't kill myself or anything because I was prepared and I
knew you wouldn't want me to do it. I hope your trip is safe and
promise me you'll write. Love, Miyabi."

Shinya folded the letter again and smiled before going to sleep.

***

Shinya woke up to a strange tickling feeling on his hand. He blinked
his eyes open and looked down before screaming. He squeezed his eyes
shut and started to cry as he couldn't even move. His door opened
again and he felt the tickling go away. "Shinya, it's Mouse-san
again." He heard Die sigh.

Shinya curled up into a ball and started crying. "Take it away." He
sobbed.

"No."

Shinya lifted up his head to look to Die. "Why not?" He whined.

Die went to one of the closets (mouse still in hand) and pulled out a
cage. He put it on the dresser and put the mouse inside. "He's
going to be your pet."

Shinya's eyes went wide. "PET?!"

Die nodded. "I'll tell Toshiya to get you food for him. NOw, Mouse-
san won't bug you, but you have to take care of him."

"But, I don't want to!" He rubbed at his eyes. "Why can't you take
him?"

Die smiled "Because Mouse-san seems to like you."

"WHy?" Shinya pouted.

Die sat down next to Shinya and looked at him. "Well, maybe because
you're so cute." He grinned.

SHinya blushed and turned away. "No, I'm not."

"Yes, you are. Anyway, be sure to feed him everyday and pet him and
give him water. Every week we'll need to clean out his cage."

"WHAT?! Why?! I never wanted him!"

"Responsibility. Don't worry. Soon, you'll love Mouse-san and
you'll never be scared about mice again."

Shinya got up and looked down at Die. "I dont' want him! Get him
out of my room now!"

"Nope. You'll take care of him, or you'll have dead Mouse-san."

"I don't care if he dies!" Shinya sat down again and crossed his
arms, sitting on his bed, not noticing that his shirt now clearly
showed his chest. "You can't make me!"

Die stared for a moment at Shinya's chest. "Ah... anou..."

Shinya blinked and looked down. "Eep!" He covered himself up and
hurried to close his door. He sat back down next to Die, trying to
calm his heart down. //This is just like when Miyabi figured it
out...// "Die..."

"You're a guy?"

Shinya nodded. "But don't tell anyone!" He took Die's
hands. "Onegai?" He pleaded.

Die smiled softly and pulled some hair of Shinya's to tuck behind his
ear. "Shinya... Toshiya does this too... no one will care."

"Toshiya's a girl?"

"No no.. Toshiya dresses like one when we're on shore!" Die
smiled. "You don't have to worry. I won't say anything, but no one
has to be kept in the dark." He laughed. "But now even more you
need to make friends with Mouse-san. Boys, no matter how they dress,
shouldn't be afraid of mice."

Shinya nodded. "Fine, I'll keep the damn mouse, but you'd better
help me take care of him."

Die nodded. "Sure thing." A horn sounded and Die looked up. "Looks
like I have to go up for morning chores." He stood up and turned to
smile at Shinya slightly before walking out the door.

***

Well, that's all for this part ne...
What do you think? Hehe... I love this book... I changed ALOT
though... hehehheehhehe
oh well... I must go now!
C/C onegai!
ja!
~kurara

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