You'll Be Just Fine (BxB Budo x Taro Next Gen Main Ship)

Chapter 2 - First Day of School

-Thursday Morning, April 1st, 2029; 8 am, Partly Cloudy-

Nine years later, Ryukon was walking to school on his own for the first time this morning. He didn't have many friends, at least those that were male. Most of the boys came from rather rough backgrounds, family wise. Ryukon was a rather feminine boy, but was an excellent fighter like his father. Other boys at school either avoided or made fun of Ryukon for his "sheltered" nature, but Budo had no shame in his son. Despite his appearance making the idea unbelievable, he was able to fight like his father.

Ryukon made it to school and was immediately noticed by the other students, mostly girls he talked to. One girl threw a flower in his face.

"Hello Ryu-Chan!" One girl said, adoringly.

"Morning..." Ryukon said back, tiredly.

The tallest girl poked his left cheek. Most of the girls were looking down at him since he was a bit shorter. There was only one girl that was shorter than him. He was adopted by extroverts at this school. The girls dragged him down the hall giggling. He was like a baby to them.

The boys looked away from him, annoyed by all the attention he constantly gets. Ryukon had made peace with the idea that this year could be similar to last year, and the year before. He was being taken away with an empty look in his eyes.

The boy only had friends because they came to him and wouldn't leave him alone. He only had one real friend, and that was Ameko Miyu.

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-Lunch Time; Partly Cloudy-

Ryukon was sitting down in front of his lunchbox, looking at his phone. The girls around him were either placing different animal and fruit shaped clips in his hair, or showing him blogs they look at on their phones. Mostly memes and cute animals. A blue haired girl with twin drill ponytails spotted her friend's sparkly red phone case and walked up to his table. She sent a small blue electric pulse his way with a snap that poked his hand.

"You look annoyed..." Ameko said, "what's wrong?"

Ryukon didn't respond. The other girls frowned and all latched onto Ryukon, with the tallest one patting his head. Ryukon made a gurgling sound. Ameko rolled her eyes and removed all of their arms. She took Ryukon by the hood and dragged him outside of the room. They were now standing alone in the hall.

"You look sad..."

"I know... I'm just not excited for the year is all..."

Ameko glared at him and took a big step closer. He started fiddling with his sleeves.

"I don't feel good around anyone here... They're nice, but I don't know if I...really like them..." Ryukon admitted.

"What do you mean?" Ameko asked.

"It's like everyone is okay, but..." Ryukon tried to word it properly, "I can't trust anyone."

He winced from pulling out one of his hair clips. Ameko crossed her arms.

Ryukon fiddled with the clip in his hand, "no matter how many people I talk to, I feel like you're my only actual friend..."

"Well, it's because you're like a stone," Ameko said, "a shy stone if that makes sense."

Ryukon's eyes shot open, "well, I don't want to say all that... That's pretty strong don't you think?... I don't see me being a cold person..."

"You don't like anything," she responded, "you're shy, but it just makes people like you more, so you just doom yourself. You like mean people!" she snickered. Ryukon scowled and crossed his arms with her.