sophrosyne | gureshin

chapter 1

· | I decided to check out some owari no seraph fanfics today, and the tag's pretty decked out I gotta admit (and boy mikayuu for days)

but you know what the ons tag was lacking?

gureshin.

so I decided to contribute to this ship.

also contains mild swearing, because Guren Ichinose isn't Guren Ichinose without it.|·

· second year of highschool ·

When Shinya Hiragi first met Guren Ichinose, he was 16 years old.

They were in the same school, same year, and same class when he had first appeared.

He's late, 12 minutes overdue the original 8 o'clock sharp, hair still mussed and tie half-heartedly done. The girls immediately fell in love with him.

"Hello there, I assume you're Guren Ichinose, right?" the teacher asks.

"Yeah." his voice is smooth and deep- Shinya looks to his left. Mahiru's smitten. Mito nearly fell off her seat.

He sighs.

The teacher continues, "Alright then, what's your excuse for this tardiness?"

Ichinose has crimson eyes, and raven hair. It suits his personality so far.

"I assume you have a good reason for this." the teacher tells him, "or do you?"

The whole room goes quiet. That tone of voice means danger. It means dire consequences, detention, or even the cost of being expelled-

"Nah."

Who was this guy really? He seemed so carefree, was he even aware of the presence of the other people around him? This is a prestigious school after all, surely he didn't get in just by pure luck.

Mrs Kayano didn't usually let students go so easily, so it surprised everyone when she started laughing.

"Alright then, Mr Ichinose, I expect great things from you if you're that confident. Have a seat."

He took a seat and immediately started dozing off, hushed whispers around him.

·|·|·

"So how'd you think about the new student, Shin-kun?"

That would be Mahiru, his sort-of-sister and partner in crime. She's a friend, obviously, and she doesn't love him romantically but Shinya does.

"I'd say he's a 50/50," He replies half-heartedly, taking a sip from his milk carton.

Mahiru raises her eyebrows, but says nothing else.

·|·|·

The next day, during lunch, Mahiru invites Guren over to their table.

"So, where are you from, Guren-sama?"

He was so gonna kill him.

"Somewhere over the rainbow, why? And please, it's just Guren." He replies dryly, and wow that sandwich was huge.

Mahiru laughs heartily. "Okay, just Guren."

Shinya coughed. It was just then that she actually noticed his presence.

"Oh, Guren this is my friend, Shinya." She points at him, "Shinya, Guren."

Guren raises his brows. It reminds Shinya of Mahiru the other day. They had so much similarities that he felt like he couldn't stand a chance.