What's Wrong With Me?
Ok ok ok! I know a few of you are mad at me for starting a new story when my others haven't been touched… MEH!! Blame this story for the insomnia I had until about 5:30 this morning -- I had enough time before I had gone to sleep to think threw most if not all of this story… so its gonna be short. XD
Summary: Johan starts to spend more time with Jim and has become distant from Judai. Judai is left utterly confused as to why his best friend is suddenly acting this way. When Judai goes to investigate, he sees something that he wishes he hadn't. Will Johan be able to fix the damage that is done? Or will he loose everything he had with Judai?
Disclaimer: If I owned GX all hell would break loose and it would still be running.
Chapter 1: Noticing
Something was off. He could tell that much. He may have been dense to most things non-duel related, but he wasn't dense when it came to this.
I mean, how could he?
Judai sighed for what seemed like the billionth time that day. He was sitting on the rooftop of DA, where he and Johan had met. But said bluenette was missing. The bluenette hadn't been up to the rooftop for a while now.
Well, at least not with Judai.
"D-did I do something to anger him…?" Judai asked himself. "I mean… things were going great! And then he just started to hang out with Jim a lot more instead of me…" Judai rubbed his eyes viciously. Trying to stop the tears before they could even fall.
You see, it wasn't just Judai's imagination. Johan had just started to hang out with Jim more than with the brunette without so much as a small explanation as to why. At first Judai had just thought that he was being paranoid. But as the days went by, Johan had even started to avoid the poor boy. And had left Judai to wonder what he had done to Johan to make him act that way.
"It just doesn't make any sense…" he said to himself again. "This isn't like Johan at all! Maybe… maybe I did do something to make him hate me…" Judai didn't even bother to hold back the silent tears that fell from his eyes. "Maybe…" Judai then shook his head hard back and forth, wiping the tears away with his sleeve. "I'm just thinking too much! I'm gonna go see the others!" he then stood up and raced down the stairs and back towards the red dorm.
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When Judai had reached his dorm, he saw all of his friends there. Even Manjoume was there. He looked all about the room to see Jim and Johan sitting next to each other. They were sitting with Manjoume and Asuka. So there was no room for him. Judai sighed and went to sit over with Sho and Kenzen.
"Hey Aniki!" Sho and Kenzen shouted as they saw Judai walking over to there table. Once they realized they had said the same thing they started to glare at each other. "Hey! Who you calling Aniki?! Stop saying what I'm saying! Gr…" Judai chuckled and took a seat across from the arguing pair.
After a few minutes of their arguing Judai let out another sigh. He had to think of a way to stop their bickering…
"So what's for dinner today guys?" Judai asked. They both looked up at him, fight all but forgotten. They both smiled.
"Its you're favorite Aniki-sarus! Fried Shrimp!" Kenzen said. Judai's face lit up.
"Really?!" he asked happily. Sho nodded and Judai was at Dorothy in zero seconds flat. He grabbed a plate full of shrimp and was back to sitting with his two roommates. "Yay! Shrimp!" he shouted happily and he started to inhale his food. In only a few seconds, his plate was empty and he let out a sigh of content. "That was good!" Sho and Kenzen stared in amassment.
"Wow Aniki… how do you do that every meal?" Sho asked. Judai shrugged.
"I just do. Nothing really to it." Judai answered. Sho and Kenzen shrugged too and went back to finishing their dinners.
Just then Judai heard some chairs move and he shifted his head to see that Jim and Johan were leaving. And it was just those too. Judai quickly fixed his gaze so that he was staring at his empty plate, making it seem like he was wishing it would fill up again. He waited till Jim and Johan passed by their table, not even letting Judai know that they knew that he had arrived, to look up at them again. He almost glared at Jim and looked at Johan with a slight longing in his eyes.
"Maybe it was something I did to make Johan made at me…" Judai thought miserably. He then blinked and noticed a hand in front of his face. He looked over to see that it was Sho's hand.
"You ok Aniki? You seem a little out of it today?" he asked in a very worried tone. Judai shook his head and offered the little duelist his trademark grin. However, unbeknownst to the others, it was fake.
"Fine Sho!" he answered, grin still on his face. "I guess I'm just a little tired. I think I'm gonna head up to bed now!"
"Are you ok Aniki?! Are you getting sick?! Do you want me to go get Fonda-Sensai?!" Sho said going into full panic mode. Judai chuckled and waved the panic attack with his hand.
"Hai hai! I'm fine! I'm not sick! Just tired! No need to worry Sho!" he replied.
"You sure Aniki-don? You do look kinda pale…" Kenzen started. Judai waved it off again.
"I'm fine! I just need some sleep!" Judai then stood up. Sho made a motion to stand up too. "You can stay here Sho! I'm fine! Really!" and with that Judai left the cafeteria and went up to his, Sho's and Kenzen's room. He got in his pajama's and flopped down on his bed.
Kuri…? Cooed the little fuzzball as it appeared in front of Judai.
"Hm? Oh hey buddy." Judai said with a weak smile.
Kuri!
"What do you mean I sound depressed? I'm fine!"
Kuri! Kurii! Kuri!!
"'You're not fine! And you know it!'?! I am fine! And you know it!"
Kuri…Kuri…?
"'Are you trying to convince me… or yourself…?'" Judai repeated his partner's words slowly. Judai looked off to the side, a distant look on his face. "…I'm trying to convince… me…" he finally admitted. "Who am I kidding?! I'm worried I lost my best friend and I don't know what I did wrong!" Judai turned over on his side and pulled the covers up over his head. "Night buddy!" Judai said to Kuriboh. The little ball of fuzz just looked on in worry and sadness for his partner.
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"Do you think I'm doing the right thing Jim?" Johan asked the taller boy as they made their way back to the Obelisk dorms.
"Well what do you think mate?" Jim asked back.
"I don't know that's why I'm asking!" Johan snapped back slightly irritated. He took a deep breath. "Gomen… its just I don't know if this is hurting Judai or not…"
"Knowing Judai, the bloke probably hasn't even noticed yet." Jim said with a slight chuckle.
"And if he has noticed…?"
"Then its hard to say mate. This is Judai we're talking about after all."
"That's true…" Johan said trailing off. "Argh! This whole this is just very confusing!" he said as he rubbed his hands over his head aggressively. Once he was done with that, he sighed again. "Oh well… too late to turn back now… right?"
"Yup, we're already at your room!" Jim said with a chuckle as they stopped in front of the nicely decorated door. Johan smacked him in the arm.
"I'm being serious!" he said angrily. Jim kept chuckling and rubbed his arm.
"Alright! Alright! No need to get violent! And to answer your question… ya I think it is too late to go back..." Johan sighed again.
"I was hopping you wouldn't say that. Oh well. Night Jim."
"Night mate!" and with that Johan went into his room and Jim kept walking to his.
Johan just took off his boots and just lied down on the bed. Another sigh escaped his lips as Ruby appeared on his shoulders.
Rubi. Rubi!
"You say that now Ruby…" Johan said leaving his sentence hanging. He then closed his eyes.
Rubi!
"I know! I know! Its just… this doesn't feel right to me…"Johan then stood up and looked back and the red dorm. He saw Kenzen and Sho walking up to their room. "Judai went to bed before them? That's new…" he said to himself, slightly surprised. "Must be tired or something…" and with a shrug, Johan lied down on his bed again and was almost instantly asleep.
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GAH!! Half of this thing did NOT want to get written! And yes I know its kinda short but bare with me for a bit! And I would like to know if people like it, hate it, want me to hit it with a baseball bat and throw it into a pit of fire. Tell me in reviews!
CYA SOON! -Angel