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Arc V Speculation: Rayra

Something I’ve noticed, but Rayra has been reacting very often to the negative feelings of those around him. And the 131 preview has him conveying Ray’s words. Its a bit of a stretch, but Rayra... 

Is he an empath? 

I always assumed Rayra was quiet and standoffish in the beginning because of his upbringing (Edit: Akaba Himika is a horrible mom. I remembered that little detail.), and only opened up to a few people. But if he was an empath, it would explain this a little more. He’s able to feel all the emotions of those around him, and to prevent himself from getting hurt by them, he distances himself from the outside world (Edit: Of course, it could be because of Akaba Himika, but what if he had been withdrawn willingly at the beginning of everything?). This lack of interaction with his fellows leaves him not knowing how to be social, and thus comes off as cold in the early episodes. 

Now, why do I say Rayra is able to sense the emotions of those around him? Well... remember he ran away from his fight in the Synchro Dimension? Yeah. Try being an empath in a crowd of spectators who are unknowingly projecting their emotions onto you. It would have overwhelmed Rayra’s senses and caused him to panic. 

There’s also the fact that he was able to sense Zarc’s rage when Yuya was rooms away from him. The way Rayra reacted to the rage was terrifying for the kid, and he could tell that they were angry. How? Well, if he’s an empath, it would explain things again. And the 131 preview actually cements it a little, because how the hell is he able to understand Ray’s feelings unless she’s emitting the emotion from her other selves??? WHO ARE CRYING!!! AND THIS IS NOT VISIBLE TO ANY OF THEM!

The lack of supernatural abilities this season was actually a bit of a surprise really. At least until the whole counterpart thing, and Yuzu’s bracelet, but those were not really what I was looking for. Then it was revealed that they were going back to their roots of ‘Duel Monsters are real’ shtick, and duelists who could speak to duel spirits. What if Rayra’s empathy was an offshoot of the ability to speak with duel spirits??? Seeing that golden silhouette of Ray there, I could say that Ray is a spirit, and Rayra can actually hear her. But really. Rayra might be an empath.  

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About Title in First Love Series

I just realized that every stories in this series with Reira's POV have "Day" in it's title and Sora's have "Something" in it's title. Well then, I will continue this to every stories in the series then.

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First Love Series: Until That Day Come

By: Gia-XY Requested By: Aira Aura on fanfiction.net Summary: Truth had to be revealed. But, sometimes it’s just hard to … accept the truth …. Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V © Takahashi Kazuki, Yoshida Shin Rated: T Genre(s): Family, Hurt/Comfort, Friendship, Romance Warning(s): AU, OOC, shounen-ai, some Japanese terms, some non-formal language, some grammar mistakes, DLDR, etc.

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It was that scene again ….

A really small child with hoodie on his head sat alone in a dark alley. He trembled and hugged something in his arms.

It’s raining, but I somehow sure he’s not trembling because the coldness of the rain water. He’s scared ….

“Papa …. Mama ….”

I was right in front of him, but I couldn’t do anything. I couldn’t even touch him ….

“… will be a good boy ….”

He kept talking to himself. Both his eyes closed in fear.

The rain kept pouring down, didn’t know that a human child was suffering from fear of being alone.

“… won’t make Papa and Mama mad again …. Take … home ….”

He had a small voice, made my ears couldn’t really catch what he mumbled.

“… Reira won’t be a burden …. So, please take Reira home ….”

My eyes widen when I heard him saying his own name.

… Rei … ra …? He said … Reira? His name is … Reira? But, wasn’t Reira …

… me …?

Then, the scene was gone. All black, I didn’t know what happened after that.

~XxX~

“Reira …. Reira …! Reira!”

I gasped when heard Nii-sama’s voice called me. I looked up, and found Nii-sama looked at me with worried face.

… Looked like I just spaced out ….

“Are you okay, Reira? If you feel sick, we can just go back and tell Yuuya you’re not coming today.”

I smiled a little, and then shook my head.

“I’m okay, Nii-sama.” I said, tried to assure Nii-sama.

Like what we always did all these months, Nii-sama and I were going to visit Sakaki Yuuya’s house together. It’s our routine in once a month because Nii-sama always busy with his work. So, I tried to make him agreeing to play with me and Yuuya once a month.

Because it’s just once a month, I didn’t want to ruin our moment together. After all, I have already thought of Yuuya as my own brother.

Nii-sama sighed, then smiled and patted my head.

“I will let it go this time. But, please tell me if there’s something wrong.”

I nodded, silently told Nii-sama that I would obey his words. Then, I looked down again.

There’s no way I would tell Nii-sama about the dream I had sometimes when I slept. It just … too weird …. Too weird that I felt concerned about it ….

Must I ask Nii-sama if … if I maybe ever … dumped once …?

No! No! I couldn’t let Nii-sama know about that dream!

That … that was a thing I had to keep to myself …!

~XxX~

“Why are you here?”

A sweet smile was seen on his face. No, not Nii-sama. Nii-sama’s not smiling. When everyone might be think Nii-sama wore a poker face, he was looked annoyed enough for me. Who I meant wearing a sweet smile was ….

“Eeh~? I can’t~? But, this not your house, and Onee-san also don’t mind I come to visit for a while~!”

… I mean … him, … Shiun’in Sora ….

Uh, than a sweet smile, I had to say that it was a threatening smile ….

“Nah, Reiji, I also don’t know Sora would come too ….” Yuuya said as he served some orange juice for me and Nii-sama.

I thought Nii-sama still annoyed, but he could control it so his expression still normal—in Akaba Reiji category I meant.

I smiled a little in silent. I knew Nii-sama was annoyed, but I couldn’t help but be happy to see Sora that day.

“Oh, and if Sora’s here, then he can play with Reira too!”

Nii-sama nodded in agreement when he heard Yuuya’s statement, and then smiled.

“That’s right—“

“No if you will go seduce Yuuya when I babysit your brother!” Sora shouted in upset tone.

I smiled when I saw Sora’s reaction. He’s really care about Yuuya, right? Somehow, I envied Yuuya when Sora gave him more attention. Besides, Sora just saw me as a child younger than him. If there’s rank for people Sora’s cared about, maybe Yuuya was in the first place and I get lower position than Yuuya.

No, no, no! They’re just friends! I shouldn’t think like that!

“—ra …? Reira?”

I gasped when suddenly my ears caught Sora’s voice, and then I looked up.

“You okay? You look like want to kill someone.”

I blinked. Sora’s face just in front of mine looked confused.

… I … want to kill someone? Uh, I ought to be overthought ….

I smiled a little, then looked down a little because I embarrassed with Sora’s face right in front of me. He bowed and his face just some centimetres in front of me ….

“I’m alright …. Uh ….”

I looked around us, and then blinked. Nii-Sama and Yuuya ….

“If you’re searching for that two, they go to Yuuya’s bedroom when you’re busy thinking by yourself. Your brother, … he’s really a wolf, huh?” Sora said as he straightened his body and looked lazily at the door.

Nii-sama and Yuuya? When? Didn’t they just quarrel with Sora a moment ago? What were they doing in Yuuya’s room? Searching for something?

“Seriously, Reira.” I gasped when hear Sora’s voice just in one of my ears and his breath tickled my ear. I immediately looked beside me and found Sora looked at me with annoyed face. “You must learn to focus when you’re with another person. Not all of people kind like me and want to understand your attitude. It’s rude actually—when you’re ignoring another people I mean.”

I blinked. Rude? But, I didn’t mean too ….

I sighed my breath. He’s right actually …. Just because Nii-sama, Yuuya, and Sora understand, it didn’t mean other people understand ….

So, it’s bad if I kept busy with my own thoughts when there were another people with me …. I must note it ….

“Well, actually, I understand you didn’t mean to ignore my existence.” Sora sat beside me and looked up with uninterested expression. “Even if you really meant it, I won’t care actually. But, I know that you’re too anxious to do that.”

I smiled. Sora’s really blunt. I didn’t hate that. I knew that he didn’t mean something bad. In spite of that, I was happy to know that Sora actually knew my personality.

“I won’t do that again if I with you. I don’t want you to think that I ignore you.” I said as I smiled at Sora happily—something that I could do sincerely with him since … I didn’t remember when ….

Sora looked away from me.

“I-I said that I don’t care if you ignore me!”

I laughed. Sora’s really cute when he’s not honest.

We sat in silent for some minutes as Sora didn’t want to look at me. I thought he’s still shy from my words earlier, made me thought that it’s better if I didn’t say that. It’s kind of embarrassing actually.

Felt the awkward atmosphere between us, I stood up. Sora looked at me with confused face.

“I-I will search for Nii-sama!”

“Eh? Wha—Reira! Wait!”

I run away from the living room with flushed face, didn’t care that Sora called me. It’s too embarrassing to look at him at that moment ….

I thought Sora didn’t follow me, because I only heard my steps sound. I kind of disappointed, but also relieved. It’s better if I calmed myself first and searched for Nii-sama and Yuuya.

I smiled when I found the door of Yuuya’s room.

“—tell him?!”

I blinked when I heard Yuuya’s voice. Was he talking with Nii-sama?

I was walking faster to Yuuya’s room, wanted to hear what they talking about. The door was closed, but I could hear Yuuya’s voice clearly because he’s half shouting.

“You can’t keep this forever from him, Reiji. He needed to know this!”

I heard Nii-sama voice talked back to Yuuya, but I didn’t know what he talking about.

What were they talking about?

“Reira won’t like it! Don’t you understand?! His trauma’s still there! He’s scared and will always keep his fright from anyone if you don’t explain the real situation to him! It might be take some time for him to understand, but it better than nothing!”

I gasped when I heard my name called by Yuuya. I wouldn’t like what …? And, my trauma …?

“YES! YOU BASTARD! REIRA NEED TO KNOW THAT HE’S NOT AKABA BEFORE! DON’T YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEAN?!”

I startled on where I stood. My eyes widened as I didn’t believe what I just heard.

… What …? I … I wasn’t Akaba before …?  Was that mean … I wasn’t Nii-sama’s brother …?

No! No! No! It’s not like that! There ought to be something wrong! Maybe Yuuya was wrong …. Or … it was just some … misunderstanding …?

Or … Did I mishear what Yuuya said …?

Then, that scene played on my head—the scene that I always saw in my dreams ….

The cold small alley …. The child who cried silently there …. The child who actually was … me …? He’s really … me …?

I gripped my head as I felt it started to spin.

… No …. No …. NO! HE’S NOT ME! HE’S NOT ME! He’s not …!

I didn’t feel my body anymore. I didn’t even remember where I before.

“… ra …! Reira …!”

No …, that child was …

… me ….

~XxX~

I tried to open my eyes as I felt something on my hand. No, it wasn’t “something on my hands”. It’s “someone held my hand”.

As I kept trying to open my eyes, I looked to my side.

I just wanted to scream when I realized someone beside me, but I held my scream because I realized that person was sleeping. No, not just “someone” or “that person” …. It’s … Sora …!

“Oh, Reira. You’re awake?”

Still in the middle of shock, I looked to the room’s door.

“How are you feeling?” Yuuya who called my name earlier walked to where I lied—on the only bed in the room.

Hurriedly, I sat on the bed.

… What just … happened? Wasn’t this Yuuya’s bed? Why was I lying in Yuuya’s bed? Why was Sora who usually didn’t really care about me lying beside the bed I’m lying on? And he’s holding my hand?

“Your brother is downstairs. You can meet him whenever you ready and he promise he will answer all your questions ….” Yuuya said as he smiled … and his smile as if he felt guilty about something ….

I looked into the sleeping Sora again, then thought hard.

… Wasn’t I with Sora before this …?

… No …? Ah, right, I went to search for Nii-sama and Yuuya to Yuuya’s room …. Then ….

“Sora found you fainted near my room when I was with Reiji. When Sora screamed your name, we immediately come out from the room and helped to bring you in.”

As Yuuya’s smile faded, I remembered.

… Right …. I heard it …. I searched for Yuuya and Nii-sama … and then I heard the fact … about I wasn’t … Nii-sama’s brother ….

Yuuya’s looked more and more felt guilty.

“… You shocked, right …? Sorry, it’s my fault. Maybe Reiji’s right …. This topic should be holded until you’re older—“

“No! It’s not Yuuya’s fault! I—“

“—Reira …?”

I stopped when I heard a small voice called my name. Then I felt the hand that held my hand moved a little.

“Sora …?” I called my hand’s holder name as I looked to him.

Sora’s eyes half opened. He blinked some times, and then smiled happily.

“You’re finally awake?” Sora asked with sleepy voice.

“Finally” …?

Then, I realized that Yuuya’s room have already lighted by a lamp on the room’s ceiling.

… It’s night already?

“It’s already night, I think it better if Reira—“

“—go home with meee~!” Sora cut Yuuya’s words while he was raising his hand happily, still looked half asleep for me.

“Don’t play around when I and Reiji still confused Sora. You know you can’t take Reira home in a condition like this, right?” Yuuya asked in annoyed voice.

Actually, I knew Sora might talk randomly because he just awake, but I couldn’t but being happy when he said that I better go home with him.

“Eeeh? Isn’t it worse if Reira go home with that wolf right now? I think Reira need some times to calm himself and Yuuya won’t be any help.” Sora said cheerfully with his usual cute large smile.

Yuuya gave Sora a flat annoyed face as he heard that he won’t be any help for me.

… Well, I should admit that Sora was true though …. I felt not worthy to be at Nii-sama’s side this time …. I need some times to think about the fact that I just heard from Yuuya’s mouth before this …. And I didn’t want Yuuya to be uncomfortable by my presence at his house ….

… But, was it okay to come with Sora? Would I be a bother for him?

“I see. Shiun’in Sora is right.”

I jerked when I heard a very familiar voice. Once I turned my head to the door direction, I saw Nii-sama stand there.

“Reiji ….”

… Nii-sama …? Since when …?

“Nah, I think you two still need some time to talk. So, since The President has already given permission, I will take Reira go home with me for now!”

When I realized, Sora have already pulled my hand until I out from the bed. Ah, right …. Our hand still linked together ….

“Bye bye~! Will visit again if Reira felt better~!”

Without looking at Nii-sama, Sora pulled me out of the room.

“Wait, So—“

Yuuya stopped his words when Nii-sama said something, but I couldn’t really hear what he said. On the other side, Sora’s still pulling me without said anything.

I wanted to look back at Nii-sama but I didn’t get any brave ….

… Is this really okay …?

~XxX~

“You can sleep in this room. Maybe it’s small, but I think it’s enough for you to sleep. If you need something, I’m on the other room.”

I just stared at Sora when he explained about his apartment room to me. The opposite from before, the cheerful sleepy Sora from before became the usual Sora who careless when we out from Yuuya’s house.

… As I thought, my way to make Sora falling in love with me was still too long ….

But, as I thought, it’s not the right time to think about made Sora falling in love with me even if I got the chance right on that time.

… Was I really … not Nii-sama’s brother …?

“… Reira, are you alright?”

I looked to Sora when he asked to me. Sora was asking me, but he gave his back to me.

… Did he … worry about me …?

“I think you need your bear to release your stress, but you don’t bring it to Yuuya’s house today and it’s no way we go back to your brother. So …,” Sora looked to me with a little redden check, “i-if you want … you can use my stuffed animal instead …. Ju-just if you want to, okay?!”

I was speechless in where I stood, amazed and didn’t believe what I just saw. Sora was blushing … in front of me …?

… Somehow … I couldn’t help myself to say, “Sora, you’re cute ….”

Sora looked at me in panic as I laughed a little and said that.

“Wh-who are you called cute?! You’re stressed out, Reira! You need to sleep … now!” Sora shouted in panic.

Then, he hurriedly went outside the room, still in a strange way because he panicked.

I still laughed. Sora was really cute.

Then, I stopped my laugh.

… Strange …. How could I laugh in a situation like that? I just discovered that I wasn’t my brother’s blood-tied family. Even everyone knew I couldn’t be calm about that.

“… Is it because of Sora …?” I mumbled to myself.

Right …. Maybe Sora was the one who made me calmed down ….

I startled when suddenly a voice of opened door got through my ears. Hurriedly, I looked to the room’s door and get startled again because someone peeped from there.

“Wh-what with that reaction?!” That person—who I recognized as Sora after that—shouted in protest.

I bowed in panic as I didn’t want Sora to get mad at me.

“So-sorry! I just shocked!”

Sora sighed as I kept bowing to him. Then, he threw something to me.

I caught the thing Sora threw in reflex, then realized that it’s a stuffed animal—a cute pink bear that bigger than my bear.

“I have many stuffed animals in my room, so … you can use that I think ….” Sora said with a little blush on his face, made me want to giggle as I thought that he’s really cute.

“Um, Reira ….” I blinked, and then looked at Sora who called me. “You can stay here as long if you want. I know that … this isn’t easy for you and you just … need time to adjust with the fact that you just heard ….”

I looked down. Sora’s really worry about me …. Should I … be happy?

I was in the middle of a problem and my … maybe, friend … was worrying me. Should I be happy that he worried? If he worried, wasn’t it bad? Wasn’t it bad because I made a problem for him to think?

… I didn’t know anymore ….

“Hey, Reira.”

Sora peeped more into the room. His face was looked serious.

“You don’t really have to think about this problem I think—of course I don’t mean it in a bad way. I mean … isn’t it doesn’t matter even if you’re not Akaba by blood and flesh? I think how your brother’s think of you as his brother and that won’t be changed.”

I stayed silent when I saw Sora smiled a little. Somehow … he’s looked a little sad …. I wonder why ….

And about what Sora just said …. It’s kind of hard to think about it …. Was I really worthy to be Nii-sama’s brother? I wasn’t related to him by blood and I wasn’t a genius like him. What made me worthy to be his brother?

Then, I heard Sora’s sigh.

“That’s why I said that you don’t have to think about it!” Sora pouted a little. “Let me tell you something, Reira. Everything doesn’t always work as what we think. I know that your brother looks really cold, but can’t you see that he does really love you as his brother?”

“Eh?” I was shocked when I listen to Sora’s explanation.

… Nii-sama …? He loves me as his brother …?

… Right, Nii-sama always worry about me if I scared or go somewhere without him …. Even if I go with Yuuya, sometimes he still worried to mu—he’s worry too much? But, I wasn’t his brother …. Why …?

… Was it because he really loves me as his brother? Like what Sora said?

“See?” I looked to Sora again, and he smiled genuinely this time. “I think you’ve already realizes that he really loves you more than you always think.”

I silenced. Sora’s so confident with his words. As long I knew Sora, he never lied.

“It’s okay if you still can’t accept the truth. But, I think your brother is waiting for you in worry right now. So—“

“Sora, did you experience something like this before?” I asked bluntly as Sora’s talking and made his move to left my room.

Sora startled a little when he heard my question. Then, he looked back at me with indescribable face. Was he shocked that I asked something like that?

“… I ….”

“I-it’s okay! It just slipped from my mouth, so … you don’t need to answer—“

“I’ll answer that if you meet your brother again.”

I closed my eyes, thinking that Sora got mad with me. But, then, I stared and Sora and blinking in confusion.

“You’ll … answer?”

Sora nodded happily, and then smiled.

“Well, just if you have already known the detail about yourself later.”

I just stared at Sora, didn’t know what I should say.

“Then, good night, Reira.”

I nodded and said with a little voice, “Good night, Sora ….”

Then, Sora closed the door, left me alone in the room without his company.

I hugged Sora’s pink bear tightly.

I had a feeling that Sora could read my mind. Like what I asked him earlier, was it because he experienced the same thing as me? I never knew about Sora family and he even lived alone in the apartment room where I stayed.

… I wondered … if it was true … then … what kind of reaction did Sora make before?

No, no. I couldn’t say for sure that he had a same experience as me.

Ah, I forgot to ask if he knew I wasn’t an Akaba from the start …. Well, I thought he wouldn’t answer me until I met Nii-sama though ….

… Sora was right …. Nii-sama should wait for me at home …. He might be worried about me …. It’s true that I frightened to know the truth—to know that I wasn’t Nii-sama’s biological brother, not the truth that I might be dumped by my real family—but … if I keep frightened … Nii-sama would worry about me ….

… It’s okay …. Even if I wasn’t an Akaba biologically … Nii-sama was still Nii-sama …. He’s my brother …. He loved me as his brother all this time even if I wasn’t his blood-tied family, it wouldn’t change for sure ….

I smiled a little, remembering Nii-sama’s face, then Yuuya, and then ….

… Sora ….

Yeah, I should tell him tomorrow that I would meet Nii-sama … in this mean time ….

No, I had to ready. I had to. I couldn’t keep everyone worrying. And I couldn’t keep troubling Sora ….

… This is the time to try and take the first step to be brave ….

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Side Note(s): Nii-sama: A way to call big brother in more respectful way in Japanese. Onee-san: Means big sister in Japanese.

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A/N: So, this story was requested by Aira Aura from ffn. Thanks for requesting! It’s hard. Really, it’s hard to write Reira’s reaction about the truth that he’s not Akaba by DNA. Because this is series about Reira and Sora, I think Sora must have a role here. And … I think I’m too focused on ReiraSora …. Nah, what happened is happened. I will explain about Reira here because I won’t make the scene where Reiji and Reira talk about this problem. You can’t read if you want. So, Reira was dumped by his real father and mother because they have economic problem. They told Reira to wait for them at an alley and then they left him. Of course Reiji’s the one who found Reira. Himika actually don’t really like it when Reiji said he want to adopt Reira as his brother, but Himika just can’t reject his son’s wish. Reiou don’t really care about Reira as long as Reira don’t disturb him. Let’s say that Reiou is a workaholic. Reira always think that he’s Reiji’s real brother and forgot about his real family because of shock. But he’s still has some kind of trauma that make him scared to be dumped by people. That’s why he’s unconsciously hard to believe in people. Nah, please relate them by yourself because I couldn’t really explain it well in English. In conclusion, his dreams are the results of his trauma. Sooo, I still have one more ReiraSora’s request left to do. I will do it, just hope it’s done before September because I’ve already start my class as college student that time. Actually, I’m kind of shocked that I could make an English fanfiction this long despite of the quality …. Well, sorry I made many mistakes up there, my grammar still that bad I think …. Thank you for reading! ><

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First Love Series: That Day

By: Gia-XY Summary: Maybe … Sora wasn’t as scary as I thought he was …. Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V © Takahashi Kazuki & Naohito Miyoshi Rating: T Genre: Friendship, Hurt/Comfort Warning(s): AU, OOC, shounen-ai, some non-formal language, cursing, some grammar mistakes, DLDR, etc.

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I thought … that day would be a horrible day ….

"Reira, it's okay. Sora isn't going to bite you."

I gripped on Yuuya's cloth, standing behind The Sakakis only child. I couldn't see anything in front of us when stood behind Yuuya's back. What I knew from there was Yuuya want me to meet someone.

"Meet" and "someone". Those two words successfully made me trembling all time.

It's not like Sakaki Yuuya—the one who Nii-sama trust and also has gained my trust too—didn't know about my fear to meet new people. He knew, but he still insisted me to meet his friend.

In the end, when Yuuya's friend really came to meet us at Maiami Park, I just hid myself behind Yuuya.

"Ha? So, you absent from duel school all these days just to babysitting this boy—who can’t even look me at my eyes?"

I was shocked when listened to the voice I didn't familiar with. It's not just the voice which made me shocked, but … of course, the words too ….

"That's rude, Sora. Reira is a fine kid."

I felt a little happy when Yuuya tried to help me. But, even he said something good like that, the fact that I was a coward wouldn't change.

A little scared of Yuuya's friend, I ended up closed my eyes tightly, didn't want to see his face.

"Oi, little kid," I startled when Yuuya's friend called my name, "you're an Akaba?"

I peeped a little from Yuuya's back with head looked down, the nodded.

"As expected. This must be his work. That Glasses Demon …." Yuuya's friend—if I'm not remember wrongly, his name must be Sora—mumbled with hatred in his voice, made me and—surprisingly—Yuuya trembled.

"So-Sora, it's not like what you think! Reiji or Reira wasn't--"

"Shut up, can you?!" Sora scolded, made me and Yuuya startled. "When I worried about you all this week, you're actually just innocently playing with a family member of the guy who trying to seduce you?! Without even tried to tell me?! What—"

"I-I'm sorry …! I’m sorry!"

"Reira!"

I ran. Ran. Ran away from them ….

I didn't even know where am I heading to after out from that park.

I just ran because I scared to face the truth that a boy I just met today blamed me for something that I didn't really understand.

Then, I fell back to the ground.

… Did I … just bump into something hard before fell …? Or … was it just my feeling?

"Oi, Little boy!"

I startled. Then, I trembled and curled into a ball, hugged my foot.

That voice …. It's scary ….

"Do you hear me?!"

I nodded my head a little without looking to the one in front of me.

"Face me, you idiot! Now, apologize for bumped into me!"

Without even looking, I knew he must be older than me but not an adult. His voice and words told me everything. He even has bass voice. Maybe … he had a big body …. What … what must I--

"OI! I SAID, “FACE ME,” YOU LITTLE BAS—"

DUGH!

"UAAAAH!!"

I blinked. There’s something ….

Was it … a wind …? Or … someone came to … rescue me … maybe …?

"WHAT ARE YO—UAKH!"

Braved myself, I tried to peep what happened in front of me.

"I-I'M SORRY! I'M SORRY! SPARE—"

BUAKH!

I blinked again. There’s nothing in front of me. Then, I tried to look to my right and left side.

"AAAAAAH!!"

When I found the owner of that voice, he was running. I could see some dirt on his white t-shirt.

I tried to stand up, still blinked unbelievably. Then, I looked to my left side.

There he was, a boy with tied up aqua hair and a little taller than me. Maybe … he's my savior …. But, who was he? Why did he help me?

"Pathetic."

My sapphire gems widen when heard his voice.

"I can't believe you had the same family name with that Shitty Glasses Demon."

That voice ….

"So-Sora …?" My mouth called his name in shock.

"Oh, so, you remember name. Good."

He glanced at me, and then I startled a little.

"Are you okay?" He asked as he walked to me.

Awkwardly, I nodded a little.

I … didn't expect he would ask about my condition ….

When noticed he stopped just some centimeters in front of me, I walked back a little.

Saw my reaction, he snorted unhappily.

"Okay, okay, so you scared of me. Fine."

Then, Sora walked through me. Thought that he would leave me alone in that alley—actually, I just realized that we're in a small alley that I didn’t familiar with—I ran and followed him from behind on reflex.

Sora looked back at me for some seconds, and then he looked straightly to the way we walked on again.

Looked like … he didn't mind I followed him ….

"I said to Yuuya that I will take you home, so don't get separated from me." He said as he kept walk straight.

He didn’t look back when said it, but I knew he really mean it. I would be a big trouble if I went away by myself again. Everyone would worry and would say that Sora’s the one who at fault.

If I brought my teddy bear that time, maybe I would gripped to him …. But, Yuuya told me that I must try to do everything without my teddy bear sometimes, so I tried.

“Just for you information,” I looked up to Sora when heard him might be talk to me, “I never like Akaba.”

My bloods ran cold when he said that.

“I mean, Reiji. Not the family.”

I blinked. Nii-sama? But, why? Nii-sama was kind ….

“Well, I don’t really mind your other family. I just don’t like how Reiji try to monopolize Yuuya.”

Listened what he said, I kind of undesrstood what Sora wanted to say. Somehow, I didn’t like it. But, I didn’t really understand the reason.

“You can say that I’m a bad guy and hate me back for disliking your brother.”

My sapphire eyes widen. Then, I saw Sora’s shoulder stiffen.

“I just want to warn you. If you act on Reiji’s order to seperate Yuuya from me, I—“

“Yo-you’re not a bad guy!” I screamed a little without heard what he’s saying before I screamed.

Sora’s steps’ were slowing, then he looked back at me with some undescribed glares.

“What do you mean?” He asked as he tried to walk beside me.

I looked down, tried to choose the word to talk back.

“I-I mean … you just don’t want to seperated from your friend, so you’re not a … bad guy ….”

Sora looked at me as if I was saying something weird. Was it weird to talk something good about … a person who hate your brother …? Was I doing something wrong …?

“And, you’ve saved me back then …. It means you—“

“Stupid! I saved you because I told Yuuya that I would bring you back savely to your house! It’s not like I care about you!”

I just looked at Sora with curious exression. Somehow, I wasn’t really scared even Sora screamed like he’s really mad that time. I mean …

… his face red … and kind of confused …. Was he really mad?

“… Sora is kind ….” I said as I smiled a little.

Sora looked away from me after that, made me a little dissapointed.

“Don’t say something rilicudious ….”

… But, it’s not …, is what I want to say. In the end, I just said it in my mind. I had some feeling that Sora wouldn’t talk back to me again that day even if I ended up said it.

Sora was kind, and I really mean it. I felt it. He’s not honest when he said that he saved me just because he promised Yuuya or he didn’t care about me.

For me, it’s like Sora didn’t want to say that he just couldn’t saw people bullied.

Maybe I wasn’t really sure about what I assumed about why  did he saved me, but I was sure that he was kinder more than what he said about himself.

Maybe … Sora wasn’t as scary as I thought he was ….

In our way to my home, I secretly looked at Sora. Somehow, he looked lonely … just like me …. I remembered how that big boy run after Sora came. He’s bigger than Sora, but he looked like scared of Sora. Maybe …, Sora has done something before I looked …. Was it because he always by himself?

… I wanted to do something for him …. Like, pro-protect him … if I could …. So, he didn’t have to fight alone for himself ….

Then, I realized something.

He’s lonely with me. He walked like he just walked alone, not with someone—me. Although, we talked before went silence, he seemed like he didn’t aware of my existance beside him. He haven’t accept my existance as someone who can stand beside him.

… If I did something for him …, would he looked directly into my eyes without any manancing glares …?

That day, when i got home, I asked Nii-sama to teach me karate ….

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Side Note: Nii-sama: A way to call older brother in more respect form.

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A/N: Actually, I have already post this on ffn. There is someone on ffn said I must make story of how Reira fall for Sora. So, here it is. From here, Reira will slowly realize that he start to fell something different for Sora. The reviewer said I should make a series about this ReiraSora story. Actually, I want to, but I don't really confident in my English skill. But, if I have any idea and mood, I will add something in this series in different one-shots. By the way, whoever the reviewer, thank you for your suggestion! I really appreciate it! Aaah …. I really want study how to make story in English …. Sorry if there are any mistakes in my story. I really appriciate all reader who read this story. Thanks for reading. :D

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First Love Series: Something Unexpected

By: Gia-XY Summary: Reira wasn’t as shy as I thought he was. Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V © Takahashi Kazuki & Naohito Miyoshi Rating: T Genre(s): Friendship, Romance Warning(S): AU, OOC, Shounen-ai, Some non-formal language, cursing, Vocabulary Crisis, Author has a bad English, Maybe some typo(s), DLDR, etc.

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That kid, I never get him. Why was he always looked like scared of everything?

Ah, right, his name was Akaba Reira, foster brother of Yuuya’s friend—some rich senior who I actually didn’t really care about—named Akaba Reiji. Reira was younger than me. The first time I met him, he always clinged to Yuuya like some koala.

Annoying kid, he took my teacher, was what I thought about him that time.

It’s not my fault that I thought he intended to did something like what his brother, Reiji, always tried to do. Reiji was into Yuuya and he always interrupted my study session with Yuuya. He said he just wanted to help my study with Yuuya. Bullshit! Like I would believe that lie! I knew Reiji just possessive of who wasn’t his!

Fortunately, Reira wasn’t like what I thought.

After some month I always saw him follow Yuuya everywhere, I knew there’s a reason Reira always clinged to Yuuya.

He’s scared of the world he lived in.

Reira was a victim—victim of adults’ egos. He’s dumped by his parents since very small and had no place to live in—until Akaba Family took him in.

Beacuse of shock, Reira forgotten about his biological family. It even took some time for him to open up with Akaba Reiji—though, he still scared of his foster mother.

It wasn’t easy for Reira to trust people. As far as I saw, Reiji and Yuuya were two people who Reira trusted—and finally it made sense why Reira always followed Yuuya when Reiji wasn’t around.

I didn’t mind anymore about Reira always followed Yuuya like I always did—sometimes, I just annoyed because Yuuya noticed of Reira more than me, though it’s not a big problem. But, I didn’t like it when I saw how Reira acted.

Reira always showed his fears to everyone around him.

I admitted that Reira had some similarities with me. We’re technically orphan and victim of adults’ egos. Yes, I also dumped since I was small and has been taken care by Tenjou Family. I was also scared of this world, more scared than what people thought. But, I never showed my fears.

When people knew what we fears, they would look down of us. I hated the way everyone looked down on me. Sorry, I experienced it once, and I didn’t want to experience it again.

It’s not like I cared about Reira, but … imagined that anyone else acted as fool as my past self, … it’s annoyed me.

“You’re pathetic.”

Finally, I said it. I said it to Reira. We’re sat alone in the park, so I was sure no one else heard me.

Reira looked at me with shocked expression. Oh, I was really curious. Would he said something to oppose my words?

Then, I noticed Reira avoided eye contact with me. I said without felt I did something wrong, “Ah, you’re trembling. Why? Am I scary?”

Reira stayed silent. I thought that he didn’t want to—or he just couldn’t—answer me.

I stared at him, tried to make him more nervous and made him felt intimidated. But, suddenly, he said something.

“Is it funny for you to make fun of me …?”

I stared blankly while he faced me with his curious scared face. Did he … tried to counter my words …? Or he just tried to ask me …?

“It’s—”

“Or … you just don’t want me to act naturally in front of you …?”

I furrowed my eyebrows. What …? Why was he thinking like that?!

His reaction was really out of my expectation. I never imagined that he would think like that! And, what was he mean by natural?! As far as I knew, if it was about Reira, acted naturally was when he clinged to Yuuya or Reiji. So, I didn’t really get what did he mean by acted naturally and what connection that question had with my words before?

“Sora?”

“W-what?!” I answered in shock when he called me beacuse I didn’t pay attention to him.

“If I act like what you want …, will you talk to me like when you talk to Shun …?”

When I heard Kurasaki Shun’s name in his sentences, my mood worsen.

“Don’t say that scum name!”

Reira got surprised by my sudden yell. He looked down, then mumbled, “I’m sorry ….”

Kurosaki Shun. He’s in the same class as Reiji and he’s Yuuya’s twin brother’s friend. From the first time we met, we just didn’t match each other. Maybe that’s why I always got in fight with Shun.

I snorted, then said, “If you want to be my enemy, just said so—”

“N-no! I mean, you always looked like talk freely and don’t hold yourself when you’re with Kurosaki—”

“And you think I get along with him?” I asked, then Reira nodded—made me really didn’t get what Reira thought anymore.

I never got along with Shun and would never be! How could he said something that impossible?!

“Listen, Reira. If I have to choose, I will choose to be followed by you everywhere like whay you did with Yuuya than saw that bastard coincidentally!” I screamed in frustration as I remembered when I ALWAYS saw Kurosaki Shun everywhere.

“Re—Really …?”

“Yes!”

“You choose me over Kurosa—”

“Yes, Reira! Yes! Shit! How can you don’t get it already?! Am I need to tell everyone about it?!”

Reira shooked his head and smiled. He stared at me happily.

Why did he look at me like that? Did I say something that made him that happy?

… Wait …. Was it because I said I would chose him over Kurosaki Shun …? But, why? It’s not something that would make him happy or touched, right?

“Then, is it okay if I made you my bride when I get older?”

… Oh, I thought I was right …. He—eh …. Wait …. BRIDE?!

“I feel weird feelings since we first met. Nii-sama said I’m in love with you at first sight and I must marry the one who I love.”

… Love in first sight …. Marry …. Nii-sama ….

I KNEW IT. IT MUST BE HIM! BASTARD! How could he lied to his innocent brother?! Why didn’t he tell Reira that men couldn’t marry?! As I thought, I COULDN’T TRUST ADULT! He used his little broter to seperate me from Yuuya indirectly, huh? I WOULDN’T LET HIM TOOK YUUYA!

“Don’t trust him, Reira! He’s a fox!”

Reira tilted his head in confusion.

“Fox?”

“Yes! And fox can’t be trusted!”

“But, I’m sure Nii-sama is hu—”

“If I said he’s not human, then he’s not one!”

Reira seemed really confused. Well, beacuse I was kind hearted enough, I would make him followed the right path. And for me, Akaba Reiji wasn’t a right path for child like Reira.

“But, I have a feelings Nii-sama is right ….” Reira mumbled.

I stared Reira in horror. He doubted me and trusted that fox?! Oh, no, no. It’s not good. I knew he really trusted Reiji, but I would make him believed in me just in that one time!

“Explain, how can your big brother right? I would prove that he’s wrong!”

Reira looked nervous as I gripped to his shoulders and forced him to explain. I thought, he tried to say something.

“… Then, will you let me follow you every day and let I decide myself which is true in that time …?”

I tilted my head in confusion. Followed me everyday? Why? He mean, like what he always did with Yuuya? I never thought he wanted to do that. After all, he just followed the people he tru—wait …. Since when we alone with just two of us in this park without Reiji or Yuuya …?

“I don’t mind if I’m alone with you. I’m nervous when I’m with you, but I’m not scared. I can talk this much when I’m with you. Are those not enough?”

… Oh, right …. I just realized it …. I never thought that he can replied others words properly ….

So, what did he mean by “not enough”? I mean, “not enough” for what?

“I think, I’m in love with Sora ….”

I stayed in silent with blank face. He’s in love? With who? Me? He’s kidding.

“Reira, did your head hit something?”

When I thought he would be offended by my words, he just smiled—and I shocked he could smile that sincere.

“No, I just realized that I want to know more about you, then I tried to talk. Without realized it, I could talk properly to you.” He explained.

He’s sick …. How could he in love with me and not Yuuya?

“If you don'te believe me, let me proof it. I’m going to try more than talk. Even if I’m not sure I can do it, I’ll try!”

… And then he looked really enthusiast. Was I dreaming …? The Reira I knew wasn’t this aggressive and optimist. Reiji …. I was sure that was Reiji’s doing.

Back then, I didn’t understand about Reira’s fright. But ….

“I may be younger than you, but I will prove that I can do better than Kurosaki!”

… I more didn’t understand why he could be like this after that ….

Ah, and he even claimed that he better than Kurosaki Shun. If that scum heard Reira, he would been mad.

“I can dominate you!”

HE SAID HE COULD DOMINATE ME?! WHAT?!

“I—If you want, I can challange Kurosaki too!”

AND, STOP BROUGHT THAT SCUM NAME, SHIT!

Reira kept convinced me to let him chased me. Couldn’t stand Reira any longer, I stood up and then run away from the park.

“Eh?! So—Sora?!”

That time, I really relivied that Reira couldn’t run faster than me, so he couldn’t chase me.

As I run, I covered my mouth in disbelief. I still didn’t believe what I just saw. That side of Reira …. Didn’t he know what shame is?!

… I really hated it … when someone forced their will on me …. But …

… Why am I not hate him when he did that …?

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A/N: As I thought, it’s really hard to write story in English …. :’)

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