Chapter 1
(Jae and Andrew in pictures)
Disclaimer: I live in England but around 4 hours away from London and I've only been a couple of times. Ive never been to London comic-con or kings cross, please don't bash me :)
Jae's POV
"Fuck, fuck, oh shit!" I exclaimed as my alarm went off. My bedroom door slammed open and my best friend, Andrew strode it.
"Rise and shine, mother fucker! We are going to London! To London comic-con no less!" He yelled. He had two duffle bags, one full of his cosplay stuff and the other full of his clothes for the weekend. I looked over at my bags on the floor, checking that they were still there. They were. My handbag was packed to bursting with my laptop, Chargers and solar powered electrical socket. I'm prepared. I got up and grabbed my clothes and changes, not caring about the fact that Andrew was still here, helping me gather my stuff and shove it into corresponding bags. He is gay, so my naked-ness isn't a problem.
Half an hour later, we were ready to leave and I ran downstairs, my three bags in hand. Andrew grabbed his hand luggage from the sofa and followed me to the kitchen where my mum had made breakfast and lunch for the train. There were also two thermos's of coffee waiting, along with a tub of brownies. I quickly grabbed the food and stuffed it into my bag. Then, I grabbed my house keys, wrote a note to my parents saying that I had gone and left to the train station.
"Damnit, I'm so excited!" Squealed Andrew in the taxi.
"I know right!" I replied, pulling out two weekend priority tickets.
"How the fuck did you get these?" Yelled Andrew.
"I endured three all-nighters"
"Jesus, I thought the plan was to show up one day and hope that they have some tickets left"
"I hate to think if there weren't any tickets so I planned ahead. You've payed for the hotel and it was bloody expensive so I should think that this'd pay you back."
"I owe you big time, you crazy bitch" Andrew said, hi-fiving me.
Soon, the taxi arrived at the train station and we found our platform.
"Which station are we arriving at?" I asked as andrew had booked.
"Kings cross"
"Ooh! Can we visit platform 9/3:4 please?" I squealed excitedly.
"Why else would we be going to kings cross?"
We pulled into kings cross and went to see platform 9/3:4. Then, we hailed a taxi and went to the hotel to prepare for the weekend ahead.
The hotel was nice, with one twin room between us. We had an en-suite and mini kitchen area, along with a tiny lounge and TV.
We unpacked and showered, then went to bed.
The next morning, we got up early and got our full cosplay gear on, Andrew as Sebastian and me as Ciel from black butler. We looked pretty great, after hours of makeup and quick fixes. I took my emergency bag and we left for the comic-con.
We walked in and multiple people gasped. I saw so many people, cosplaying as a wide variety of characters. There were other anime characters, storm troupers and Harry Potter characters, anyone else you could possibly dream of.
"Andrew, do you even see this?" I whispered in awe.
"Yeah, I know! Let's see if we can find a ship"
So we walked around, exploring, for hours. Then, I spotted something out of the corner of my eye. Eren and Levi were holding hands. I cried out in excitement, making Andrew jump.
"What is it you crazy fuck?" He asked.
"Eren and Levi, over there..." I whispered, pointing through the crowd.
"Let's stalk them" Andrew whispered back. We ran towards eren and Levi, hiding between people and inanimate objects such as bins, stalls and poles. After an hour of this, Levi turned and kissed eren. I leaped out from behind the bin I was using as a base and snapped a picture with my awesome camera. Then, I sprinted off so I couldn't be caught.
Andrew caught up with me, laughing and panting.
"Did you get it?" He asked after a while.
"Of course!" I said, showing him the camera screen. He clapped in excitement, making many people look at us.
"Damn, I'm starving. Let's go and buy some food" I mentioned, gesturing to a vegan food stand.
"Really? Vegetarian?" Andrew asked sceptically.
"Do you trust the meat around here? And plus, vegetarians always have the best chips"
"You, my friend, have a very good point. Let's go!"
So, I pulled out my purse and bought two portions of chips and some grilled hallumi to share.
"Y'know, I've never had hallumi before" Andrew said, sitting down on a bench, me following him.
"Really? It's only the best thing ever!" I exclaimed, taking a piece of the tasty cheese.
"You forget that you are a posh fuck when it comes to food taste"
"Am not!"
"Really? You prefer Assam over earl grey because, and I quote, it tastes sweeter and has no need for sweeteners. Your taste in tea is truly impeccable."
"Why, thank you! Besides, I am Ciel phantomhive"
"Very true, my Lord" Andrew replied, rubbing his chest. He has a tattoo of a seal that i drew, similar to Sebastian and ciel's. I have a matching one on my lower back. We found each other at a support group for recovering self-harmers and suicide survivors. We were united by our love for anime and soon, we were best friends. The tattoos symbolise that we will always be there for each other and will keep the other safe.
It also explains why we are so silly all the time, it used to be a facade and still is, we are naturally calm and collected people who get pissed off easily.
"Hey, Andrew, are you ok? You touched your tattoo. You only do that when..." I trailed off. Andrews face saddened and he looked like he was about to cry.
"Hey, do you want to go back to the hotel?" I asked. He nodded slowly and I grabbed my bag. I held his hand and we walked back to the hotel, going up to our room and getting clean and back into our normal clothes.
"Wanna tell me what that was about?" I asked finally.
"I-I remembered that this is all fake and that I'm weak and I couldn't save him and my parents will hate me and it isn't fair" Andrew said, his voice cracking and tears rolling down his cheeks.
"I know. We don't have to pretend here, we are away from our family. You couldn't have saved Dan. He was miserable and couldn't handle it. I know that your parents are homophobic, that's why we have the plan, remember? The plan to move to Japan and become animators?"
"I remember" Andrew said. I wrapped my arms around him, tucking his head into my neck.
"And that's why we are spending all our time at work or uni"
"I know. How close are we to moving again?"
"Well, we've nearly got enough money and our courses end in two months so I'd say around six months and we'll be in Japan."
"Then we can be free"
"Yep! Totally free, like we are this weekend!" I exclaimed, pulling away. "Now, what do you want to do?"
"Well, it's 2pm, I'd say, let's make comic strips!" Andrew cried, wiping his tears.
"Nice, let's go. Something for the other person. Nothing too deep. Go!" I shouted, pulling out my pencils and sketch pad. I set to work, drawing and shading until it was perfect. Two hours later, there were multiple sketches of characters, many failed attempts and two perfected comic strips.
We exchanged them and read each other's comic. I had drawn a manga about a boy who gets sucked into an anime and meets the characters of free! Iwatobi swim club. Andrew had drawn about two girls who were together and one cheated and said horrible things to the other when she confronted her. The Girl who didn't cheat went to jump off a bridge, only to be saved by a boy who was about to do the same thing. They saved each other and became friends.
I cried while reading it. It struck close to home.
"I said nothing-nothing too deep" I cried.
"Yeah but I liked the end. It's the same as us"
"Yeah but I wouldn't attempt suicide just because my girlfriend cheated. I had proper reasons"
"I know. I couldn't put them in a story though."
"We're both seriously messed up..."
"We're messed up together"
"Let's get room service! I want seaweed" I exclaimed.
"Oh my god yes, seaweed sounds so good right now!"
So, we ordered seaweed and sat and ate it while watching anime. Then passed out.
It was three in the morning and there was a noise coming from my bag. I ran over and opened it, to see my copy of black butler on dvd. It was glowing and shaking so I dropped it on the floor.
"Andrew, Andrew" I whispered, trying to wake him.
"Ungnya" he replied. I threw a shoe at him. "What? I'm up!"
"Look at this, bone-head" I said.
He walked over and picked up the DVD case. His hand slipped through, making it invisible.
"Well, go through! I'll be right there, hold my hand" I said.
He slid his body through the DVDs case and I followed.
There was wind flying through my hair. I was still holding hands with Andrew so I let go. Then I opened my eyes. We were hurtling towards the earth, right above the grounds of a mansion. Andrew was screaming next to me. Then, we slammed into the ground.
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