Prolouge-

“God, I hate men!” Akai started fiercely, and I could just see her gritting her teeth and rolling her eyes.
“Me too,” I replied, “you know why? Because they’re men.” I said the word as if it were a disease, “so anyway,” I went on a lighter note, “what happened with you?”
She sighed, “Oi, you know how it is. Namida’s just being an ass. Again.”
I sighed and switched the phone to my other ear, “What else is new?” I asked boredly. I hid it, but it made me mad that he’d hurt my buddy, Akai. I wanted to punch him---hard. But couldn’t: I’m a pacifest, and...I’m a total wimp.
“Why do nice guys like bitches?!” I spat out, suddenly thinking of my own rotten day, “I mean...WHY?!” I didn’t even know how to say what I wanted to say. But it didn’t matter. Akai wouldn’t care. She would listen to me anyway, “it’s not like I’m in love with Shurui or anything---hah, I’m never falling in love with a guy for my life---but it still hurts when he flirts with Riruko, and it makes me mad because I know what a bitch she is and he’s so dense, he never sees it...guys are SO dense!!” I knew I was babbling, but I was angry. I meant everything I’d said. I was just about ready to give up on guys. It seemed like I was making a mountain out of a moehill about Shurui because it was just a simple crush, but it wasn’t nessicarily about Shurui. It was just...guys. They were so awful and...cruel.
“I know I’ve said this a billion times, but why can’t real guys be like anime guys?” Akai spoke of a wish we’d both dreamed of a million times. Of course, we were mainly talking about Fushigi Yuugi guys, who were just so sweet and romantic, you looked at them and then the real guy-pigs we were stuck with and it just made you want to cry.
I let out a frustrated sigh, “It’s not fair! Why should we be stuck with the assholes?!”
“Yeah,” she agreed wearily, “life can be so cruel, “she sniffed melodramtically.
I glanced at my digital clock, shining a bright blue 11:49. “Oh, hey, Akai? It’s almost midnight. We should probably get some sleep. I’m gonna fall asleep right here on the phone. You’ll hear me snoring soon,” I demonstrated, emmiting a loud snore.
“You sound like Tasuki!” she exclaimed, followed by lots of laughter.
I laughed and replied, “You wish. You so wish.”
I could almost see her grinning, “You’re right, I do.”
“Ah, ah, ah! That’s not fair. I get to turn into a guy¹ and go out with you? Dream on. I get Amiboshi, no matter what.” I grinned triumphantly.
There was a satasfied silence, both of us thinking we’d won, I’m sure.
“Well, tomorrow, I guess, is Spring Break!” I broke in happily.
“Really? Awsome!” she sighed with satasfaction.
I was about to reply, when I felt something was wrong. I couldn’t quite place it, but as I all of a sudden felt nothing under me and hit the floor roughly, I realized I’d fallen off of my chair.
“Yeah. All right, now I know we have to go to bed, I just fell off my chair,” I smiled lightly, “goodnight, Akai.”
“Goodnight, Nishiko. Bye.”
“Bye,” I finished, hanging up the phone. I wearily got off the floor and walked to my window to shut it. I stopped and stared out into the night sky, my mind on love and guys.
I wish Amiboshi was a real person, I thought, sighing loudly.
As if all of a sudden, I felt a strange, tingly feeling in my stomach, and it spread all through my body, a weird, jittery feeling, but warm and comforting at the same time. Shaking the feeling off nervously, I climbed into bed and closed my eyes. Within minutes. I was asleep.

¹ This is a HUGE joke between Inomi and I (maybe a couple other friends) that someday I’m gonna wake up and have changed into Koji. She says I act like him, so I’m gonna turn into him and she’s gonna glomp me (oh, dear God...). Someday, we’ll have ta write a fic about it. And recently, she’s been saying I’m turning into Inu-Yasha too, another one of her favs. Suzaku help me!!

Prolouge	Chapter One	Chapter Two
Chapter Three	Chapter Four	Chapter Five
Chapter Six	Chapter Seven	Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine	Chapter Ten	Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve