Remember my Switcharoo AU? I was thinking about it again and wondered who would switch with who. I think I've got it:
Ichimatsu and Karamatsu switches
Osomatsu switches with Choromatsu. Choromatsu switches with Osomatsu?
Jyushimatsu and Todomatsu switches places.
I tried to pick which switch could result in their current personality: Ichi and Kara is obv because Ichi would want to be alone, but tries to play it off as "taking one for the team" because he's "totally not tired of being popular."
Kara is also a member of the drama club and while Ichi hates being on stage, it teaches him about adopting a mask.
Karamatsu would end up love being in the center of attention and make Ichi even more popular.
I wanted Oso to switch with Choro because I just wanted Oso to be like, "that little shit lied to me. He's not an honor student! He's an idiot!" and then ruin his rep.
Choro I wanted switched with Oso because I needed someone that he would keep his "responsible brother" trait with, and Oso being the eldest is obvious. It's also a call back to the -kun strip where Choro became the eldest after Oso was adopted by a rich family.
Jyushi and Totty were leftovers and kinda hard to image. I guess Jyushi pretending to be the innocent baby of the family would help him ease up on his anger, and let him express his happy side more.
Totty would have trouble blending in, but I think I'll have an event where Totty gets beat up by some rival deliquents who mistake him for Jyushi. Totty runs to his two brothers for comfort, but they're both busy with their new lives and kinda neglect Totty. This results in Totty learning to fend for himself, to not rely on his brothers so much, and slowly become the dry monster that he is.
Whenever you were at school, the hands on the clock seemed to purposely take forever to reach the final minutes of the day.
You tapped your finger impatiently against your cheek, staring blankly outside the window beside you. The droning voice of your teacher at the front of the class went through one ear and out the other, making the lesson just that little bit more boring.
You had other things to think about besides some useless math equations, anyway.
Looking up towards the clear, blue spring sky, your thoughts were drawn back to exactly that: blue. Or, more specifically, to the person you associated with the colour blue;
Karamatsu Matsuno.
One of the infamous sextuplets that attended your highschool. With his bowl cut brown hair, large round eyes and slightly red cheeks due to small blemishes, he was the definition of cute in your books.
You were lucky you were able to talk to him, too, seeing as you weren't exactly a social butterfly. He was in most of your classes, and as if it were fate, your teachers almost always paired the both of you up (although, that may have been to prevent him from sticking with his brothers, which would have led to no work being done).
So of course, the both of you were practically forced to communicate with each other. And on top of that, you were both walking home with each other nowadays, as you both were headed in the same direction. That, and the fact that he didn't really walk with his brothers anymore, which you actually found to be quite the shame.
They were so lively together, and their bond seemed so strong... What happened?
You sighed softly, eyeing the birds that flew swiftly over the school campus. You knew exactly what happened. People in your school were quick to judge them all for the things that the Matsuno's did together as brothers - as family - and to make themselves fit in, they slowly drifted apart. They don't even acknowledge each other anymore...
And now, Karamtsu seemed to be falling back into his shell of shyness. Without the support of his brothers, he didn't know what to do with himself. Slowly but surely, he became meek again, and struggled talking to others.
Including you.
Especially today, for some reason. It seemed as if he was trying to make an effort to speak, but every time you asked what was wrong, his cheeks flushed a deep red, and he stammered an excuse that you couldn't understand before running away. That had happened three times today. Did you do something wrong?
You did try asking Ichimatsu, as he seemed to be the easiest to talk to, but even he had no idea why his brother would act in such a way.
"Maybe he's just getting a little shy again. Who knows?" He had shrugged, giving you a smile before leaving to meet his friends.
At a loss, you could only watch Karamatsu's actions from the side, wondering continuously what was wrong with him. You wanted to help him, as a friend. Since that's probably all you'll ever stay to him, or you might be nothing to him now since he can't talk to you...
Your cheeks turned a light shade of pink as you thought this. Brows furrowed, you let a small pout cross your lips. You really liked Karamtsu. A lot. Over the past year or so since you got to know him, you realised a lot of things about him, and you found your eyes always wandering back to his figure subconsciously.
And you wanted to tell him how you felt so badly, but you were scared of it causing a rift in your friendship, as you were sure he didn't see you the same way. He was just shy, that's why he couldn't talk to you much. He probably only stayed with you because he had to for a project, or he might have felt bad for not walking with you on the way home. He was nice like that.
The bell suddenly rang, snapping you out of your thoughts. Quickly, you packed up your things and decided to head home straight away. It was the end of the week, and all you wanted was to stay as far away from school as possible until Monday.
Leaving the classroom, you went down the few flights of stairs to the main entrance, changing out of your school shoes to your comfortable pair of white and blue sneakers; a colour combo you chose without even realising because you were too busy thinking about Karamatsu whilst out shopping-
You groaned internally, begging yourself to stop acting like those girls in your class who just acted so love struck over every guy they've ever met. You were better than this! You're 18, for goodness sake, get a grip girl!
Despite thinking this, you took one small glance back over your shoulder to see if a familiar worried face was coming towards you as usual to accompany you home...
But nobody came.
Dejectedly, you dragged your feet away from the school gates. You knew it. He was just sick of you now. That's what he was going to tell you, wasn't he? But he was just too nice for his own good to get it out, so he left you instead.
Looking up, your eyes locked onto the countless Sakura trees lined against the empty sidewalk, hundreds of pink petals twirling in the air and dancing around you in the breeze. Ah, Sakura trees... A sad reminder of just how short beautiful things can last.
Just like your friendship with Karamatsu...
"[Y/N]!"
Wow. You were imagining his voice now? That's pathetic.
"[Y/N], wait!"
...Is that coming from behind you?
Turning on your heel, your eyes widened as a figure ran closer towards you, eyebrows creased in worry and panting heavily from having to catch up to you.
"Kara...matsu?" You mumbled confusedly, watching as he stopped in front of you, leaning his palms on his knees to catch his breath. It was silent for a few moments before the boy looked up at you slowly, cheeks flushed red again. Seriously, did he have a fever?
"I-I.. uhm..." he started quietly, straightening himself out. His mouth opened and closed a few times, hands making small gestures as he tried to speak, but nothing came out. Feeling slightly awkward, and worried for Karamatsu, you spoke first.
"Karamatsu," you began. He immediately froze up, eyes focused solely on you. You fidgeted slightly under his gaze, but took a small breath.
"Take a deep breath first. Then tell me what's wrong, okay?" Even though you knew what he wanted to say, you still gave him a small smile, encouraging him to speak.
Taking your advice, he sucked in a deep breath, loosening his joints so that they weren't as tense. Then, he raised a hand and rummaged through his pockets, pulling out a pile of notecards. You could only stare with a slightly raised brow, curious as to what he was doing.
"Uh, hey... so.. uhh.." he looked down at his notecards. "Did you, Uh- did... you fall out of heaven because, um-" due to the shakiness of his hands (and voice) he ended up dropping his cards all over the floor.
In a panic, he fell to the ground too, scrabbling to pick up the pieces of paper and sorting them back into their original order.
"Shit, fuck oh god fuck I'm so sorry you're- you're just s-so pretty I'm sorry-"
He continued rambling like that, his face looking like a cherry as he sweated profusely out of nerves, entire body shaking and words continuously pouring out of his mouth, making no sense to you.
However, your face was cherry red too as you processed what just happened.
He... he used a pick-up line on you? To confess? Is that what was going on?
...Your heart throbbed painfully, reminding you just how in love you were with this complete dork in front of you.
As Karamastu stood back up, still mumbling, only one thought was going through your head. And it slipped out.
"Kiss me, Karamtsu."
Time seemed to stop, and this was the only time you were grateful for that.
Blushing furiously, Karamatsu's brown orbs were blown wide, darting from your face to his cards, looking through them desperately.
"I um... don't have a card for... this," he replied, his voice higher than usual. You breathed out a giggle, stepping closer to him as you took advantage of this small piece of confidence you suddenly picked up.
"That's okay. I don't think we need it."
With that, you stood up on your tiptoes and pressed your lips against his. They were soft and slightly plump, fitting against yours like a missing puzzle piece.
Karamatsu froze up again, eyes squeezed shut as he dared not move, scared that he would ruin the moment if he did anything. Even so, he melted into you, pushing back against your lips in hopes that he was conveying his feelings like he wanted to.
Breaking away from each other, breathless, you spoke softly for only him to hear.
"I think you're really cute, too, Karamatsu."
The boy could only stare at you, face red, unable too tear his gaze away. He was floating up in the clouds right now, not entirely believing that this was real.
Smiling gently, you held out a hand towards Karamatsu.
"Shall we head home? Together?" You added. Glancing at your hand, a soft and sheepish smile worked it's way onto his face, cheeks flushing cutely. Slowly, he placed his larger hand into yours, squeezing gently.
I haven't picked up my tablet in seven months and the first thing I draw is some 18!Matsus in unrestrained summer fun attire. (Yes Karamatsu's tank top is bedazzled.)
It's been so long since I've drawn, I really tried. (。・∀・)ノ
