Secret Forty-One: Tamako Arai

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Her name is Tamako Arai. Her best friend is Miwa Yamamura. They both go to Black Hearts Academy, Rank Twos. Tamako has bangs and long black hair, which she usually wears in pig-tails. Of the two, she is the smarter one, but she isn't good enough to be Rank One.

But she has a problem.

A big problem.

She swears it isn't true and will continue to swear it isn't that way, but deep down she knows the truth.

Tamako is a fujoshi.

Fujoshi (腐女子 ?, lit. "rotten girl") is a self-mockingly pejorative Japanese term for female fans of manga and novels that feature romantic relationships between men.

As much as she would love to refute the idea, it simply is the truth. It is hard to ignore such a thing when the school's number one student, is dating a guy. Everywhere she turns there is a new ship, a new pairing to combine. Her friend doesn't really know, for she couldn't keep the thing a secret.

Tamako silently curses the anime she watches, silently rejects the fandoms she is in. As much as she hates it, she loves it too but still can't come to terms with what she is.

Her art teacher, Seishuu Handa (whom everyone just calls 'Sensei' since he is Japanese) is her most formidable foe, for one of the students in her class, Hiroshi Kido, gets really friendly with him. It is the perfect fanservice, despite what she hopes to deny.

Speaking of which, right now, Hiroshi had his arm wrapped around the teacher, trying to get some information out of him about what their test would be on. He was trying to take a hit for the team, to be the one to get some info, but for Tamako, it was just torturing her. 

Her glasses glimmered in the light, and she broke her pencil in half, "the gods are testing me," she whispered to herself.

The class ended (thankfully) and she gathered her things. Miwa went her separate way and she went to the battle field. Right at this time, everyday. Ciel, the number one student, would meet with Sebastian, the worst student. The two would chat, smile, but each day, without fail, Sebastian would do something to Ciel. Each day, without fail, her body would rebel against her wishes, she would subconsciously grab her phone and snap a picture. Tamako had tried many times to delete them, but she couldn't. Instead, she transformed them into anime characters and wrote fanfiction about them. 

One of her faithful followers, BootyShortsKing, would send her some juicy material for the fics. Even though she had no knowledge of who BootyShortsKing was or how they knew her 'characters' were real people, she thanked the gods everyday for such a person.

Tamako walked behind her shipping in the hallway, watching over them as they flirted. She noticed the blush on Ciel's face whenever Sebastian touched him. The two were making steady progress, she loved it, she hated it. The death-trap known as BL would forever haunt her soul.

The girl blinked, shocked she stood still in the hallway. People ran into her, telling her to get out of the way, but she took out her phone and took pictures. Blood poured from her nose as she stared at them.

They kissed.

In public.

In school.

Tamako swore there was some tongue in there, if there wasn't she would add it in herself. She laughed, like a psychopath, while standing there. She looked up to the gods who she had previously prayed to today, and thanked them for their generous gift.

The girl made her way to the next class, the teacher asking if she was okay, if she needed to go to the nurse. She refused, and simply sat down at her desk, holding a giant wad of tissues to her nose as she replayed the scene in her head, trying to capture the true essence of it, to add it to her story later.

This was class was a study hall, she sat, with her phone, scrolling through tumblr like she always did. But today was different, today there was live evidence of another ship she had.

 But today was different, today there was live evidence of another ship she had

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She didn't know how the picture came to be, but she thanked whoever took it. She imagined how these two people, from her favorite band, got into such a pose. Pandora's Butler was such an amazing group, the manager probably leaked this picture for them. 

Oz and Gilbert. 

They seriously needed to get married.

Tamako sighed, thankful again for this lovely BL day. Even though she was a closet pervert she was finding it more and more difficult to contain this joy. Slowly forgetting that she ever had a problem with it in the first place, the day continued.

The girl giggled to herself, like the psycho she was, she had been blessed two times today and was expecting a third heavenly gift. There was another ship in the school, that was probably canon as well. 

Mr. Spears and Mr. Sutcliff.

This one wasn't as certain as Sebastian and Ciel, but it was close enough to be. The two had lunch together everyday, much to Mr. Spears's dismay. Tamko grinned, creepily, as she walked past Mr. Spear's room. The two were at the desk, eating their lunch, Mr. Sutcliff hanging all over Mr. Spears. Tamako smiled, her body again rebelling against her and snapping pictures.

Tonight would be a wonderful night, fully of joyous new chapters. 

Tamako continued through her day, smiling, happy, wishing the day would end, so she could write to her heart's content. 

Realizing that she was being sucked into the world of BL, Tamako stopped in the hallway and hit her head against the wall repeatedly. She tried to purge these thoughts, to no avail. People passed her, questioning her sanity.

No, she was certainly insane.

She continued to hit her head, until blood flowed. She sobbed silently, sinking to the floor.

Sighing, she muttered, "I really am a rotten girl."

A/N: Okay, so, lemme 'xplain.

*does dogeza* I'm so sorry for waiting this long to update. I thought for sure I had more time but then it is almost midnight and i still didn't update.

I was so worried i wouldn't update before midnight and break my good record of daily updates.

i'msosorry *continues to do dogeza*

BUT I DID IT GUYS. I DID IT. YOU GOT AN UPDATE.

(eventhoughitwasreallyrandomandodd)

BUT YOU GOT AN UPDATE!

I actually wrote this because a few weeks back I started forcing my dad against his will to watch Barakamon. I love Tama and had to include her in this fic of random characters from different anime.

i had to

there was no choice

(alsoIhopeyouareasexcitedasIamaboutPandora'sButler,I'msohappytousethisstupidideaagainyoudon'tevenunderstand)

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