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An Entire Galaxy, And I Chose You
Rated Teen: Coarse Language and Sexual Themes
Narita had spent most of his youth on Earth, where he lived a quiet, peaceful existence with his family. Because of his easy-going nature, he was always able to make friends and excelled at both school and work once he graduated. But after a while, he felt an insatiable desire to do something extraordinary, possibly even insane. His parents begged him to reconsider, to remain in a safe and predictable life at a desk job on their home planet, but Narita was determined for once in his life to do something unpredictable.
He signed onto the Karasuno, a run-of-the-mill merchant ship that made regular round trips between Earth and several colonies on Venus, Mars, and Jupiter and their individual moons. There were colonies spread out over the furthest planets as well, but the humans who dwelled there tended to be a bit on the rough side and never had much to offer for trade.
Narita experienced a rude awakening when he joined the crew of the Karasuno. What he thought was a regular merchant ship was a barely functioning ship that threatened to burst in the vacuum of space from the chaotic energy of the crewmembers brawling inside. The captain, Sawamura Daichi, was a good man and reliable as their leader, but his anger could escalate to terrifying proportions whenever the crew got out of hand. His second-in-command, Sugawara Koushi, did what he could to subtly instigate most of the chaos for his own entertainment, pasting on an innocent smile whenever anyone looked his way.
As a merchant ship, they did require weapons and ammunition to be stored on the ship as well, and the head of the armory was Azumane Asahi. Set a torpedo gun on his shoulder and any renegade in the galaxy would wet his pants at the intimidating sight. He wasn’t just an expert shot, either; he was skilled at most forms of martial arts and spent much of his time on the Karasuno in the workout room, keeping his body fit and healthy. As long as none of their enemies knew of Asahi’s frequent anxieties, the Karasuno could handle pretty much any situation with him on board.
The rest of the crew filled in a variety of roles, but there were two crewmembers Narita found himself drawn to immediately. Ennoshita and Kinoshita quickly became his best friends, finding solace in each other’s company when they needed a little peace or to laugh about the crazy antics of their other crewmates. It was through their friendship in particular that Narita finally felt like he belonged there.
After a year of being on the ship, the dynamic between the three began to change. Ennoshita was taking on more of a leadership role as Daichi relied on him to keep Tanaka and Nishinoya in line. Narita and Kinoshita could see flickers of uncertainty in Ennoshita’s eyes when he was suddenly given important responsibilities, and they gladly took it upon themselves to support their friend and boost his confidence, sometimes with a little playful teasing.
With Ennoshita away most of the time, the bond between Narita and Kinoshita deepened even further. It helped that their duties were directly tied with one another, Narita handling most of the internal engineering of the ship and Kinoshita dealing with everything on the outside. Every day they found new ways of entertaining each other through their mundane duties, occasionally throwing in a prank or two.
One day Narita was minding his own business, doing a maintenance check in the decompression chamber when Kinoshita popped up in the small circular window of the hatch. Narita screamed and fell back, landing hard on his ass. He couldn’t hear Kinoshita’s laughter since he was outside of the ship and in his space suit, but he could just barely see his eyes squeezed shut and his mouth open wide with unheard chortles. Narita was a nice boy, from a nice family that never really gave any thought to revenge. After being subjected to a friendship with a little shit like Kinoshita, however, he tossed out his nice guy rulebook and retaliated with full force.
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