Subject: [Teaser] [Greenwood] Appearances
From: Benjamin Franz
Date: 1/12/1998, 9:55 AM
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"Appearances"

A story based on Yukie Nasu's manga series 
"Koko wa Greenwood" (Here is Greenwood).

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"Hasukawa-kun. Hasukawa-kun. You asleep?"

The high pitched whisper from the lower bunk reached 
his ears without any trouble.

"Not really."

There was a few moments of quiet, punctuated by the noise of someone
walling down the hall outside the door, and again the voice,
"Was today ok?"

Hasukawa thought back over the day....

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He took a deep breath and walked into the community toilet room. Shun was
standing at a urinal stall, finishing up business. Hasukawa reddened.

"You're going to have Mitsuru-sempai help you study, aren't you?"
Shun asked this while zipping up and washing.

"Yah."

"Me too. See you there, ok?"

Shun exited and began sauntering back towards the stairs going up to the
second floor smiling.

The door from the toilet room slammed outward and Hasukawa exploded into
the hallway.

A loud angry shout of "You! Let's see that again!" from Hasukawa, a
"Ooops!" from Shun and a high speed chase down the hallway began. The dorm
resident gallery comments of "What's today?", "Wow! He's fast!", "Day
three." and so on punctuated the chase - which lasted a remarkably short
time (less than twelve seconds), considering Shun's lead and full barrel
run. 

"Owwww!!!"

Caught by the long hair and swung again a wall Shun faced an angry
Hasukawa, who had a fistful of the heavy sweat shirt Shun was wearing, 
in his grip.

Shun yelled, "Quit it! Pervert!"

If anything this seemed to make Hasukawa even angrier. Shun quickly
changed tactics.

"Forgive me! I was only doing what Mitsuru-sempai and Shinobu-sempai told
me to do. Really!!!"

This set Hasukawa back a second.

"Mitsuru--"
   
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Mitsuru rubbed his jaw where Hasukawa had hit him.
"Why didn't he punch you? You helped plan it too,"
he complained to Shinobu.

"Natural good fortune."

The mark was already fading from Mitsuru's face.

"He does have a good punch."

   
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Hasukawa stared at the dark ceiling above his bunk for a while before
answering the question, "I think so."

A relieved "Good", came back from the lower bunk.

A few moments later there was a "Goodnight" and silence decended on
the room again.

In the lower bunk, Shun turned over and curled into the bedding. Her last
thought before sinking into sleep was, "I'm glad."

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This fragment borrowed heavily on the manga with the real story being the
opening and closing. It was necessary to establish the scene without
giving away the ending (at least I hope I didn't give away the ending). 
This is only a part of a longer continuity with Shun as the primary
protaganist rather than Hasukawa and follows the manga continuity rather
than the anime. This is probably part of a middle section of the story
(chapter 2 or 3 or even later) rather than the start as in the original
series. It's primary inspiration is Mitsuru's comment on the lines of "its
a long story" when failing to fill Hasukawa in on _why_ the apparently
female Shun had to graduate from the school as a boy. Why indeed.... 

Comments? Suggestions? Flames?

-- Benjamin Franz "Ok - so I only seem to write new stories in January."