#ShorterWong

[lixin428]

Chapter2

"Banana Fish...What an unique name."

Sienna flipped through the pages as she sat down thinking. War is a scary thing, isn't it? It could even cause a man to be so disconnected from the world around him, even his dear wife. She then turned around to look at the man in the wheelchair whose pair of jade green eyes that was just like Ash's, just that they were staring emptily on the ground. Did this thing did it to you? For what purpose?

"Are you hungry, Griffin? I will make you something." She got up and made her way towards the kitchen, ( it was barely a kitchen because there was only a stove and some other basic cooking stuff). She started by chopping the onions, sauteing them before cooking the bacon and adding some more other ingredients. She ensured that extra cheese was added since Skip, the young boy who was also involved with Ash's gang, love it when extra cheese was served. While waiting for the soup to be cooked, Sienna took the last remaining pills and began crushing them for Griffin to swallow better. She must make sure to tell Ash to to replenish the medicine.

Ash had gone to see Dino Golzine, the mafia don that 'owns' them and at the same time, a fat greedy creature who was good-for-nothing.Honestly speaking, why was he even alive? Sienna hoped that the meeting went well, after all, this thing called Banana Fish might be the key to her and Ash's freedom; a way to escape from Dino for good.

Suddenly, the unlocking of the door could be heard. Sienna took out her gun and hid right behind the door, ready to strike. To her relief, it was Skip.

"You are back, Skip. Food's ready I think." Sienna smiled as she kept her gun.

" Hi Sienna! Are you making potato soup? It smells great!" Skip said excitedly as he hung his jacket, "your cooking always taste good."

Sienna looked at Skip fondly, " thanks, Skip...can you help me get some bowls?"

"Sure thing! Anything for you, Sienna." Skip replied with a bright grin before going away with quicken steps.

Sienna was always happy to see the kid due to the fact that he was adding some innocence to the gang which was why Sienna treated him like one of her little brothers back home.

Home... She paused at the thought as she stirred the soup.

The memory of her home was vague but Sienna did remember her siblings. Her bestie older brother Angelo, her younger reliable sister Gina, the jokester fraternal twins Luca and Lucia and lastly, her youngest brother Santino. How are they? She wondered. Maybe Angelo got a nice girlfriend? With his looks, a lot of girls must have been swooned by him. Had Gina finally got the puppy she wanted? She used to cry for a puppy back then. Did the twins manage to invent the toffee yet? They once mentioned that they wanted to invent some sort of toffee that could cause people to fart immediately when consumed. I wonder if Santino is playing baseball? He had a strong grip so he must have a talent...

Memories flooded her mind one by one. Back then, she was very innocent and happy, probably a bit rough on occasions like Skip. Sienna chuckled, " I do hope that they forget about me though..."

" I will definitely not forget about you, Sienna!"

Snapped back to reality, Sienna jumped back in shock as she caught the ladle just in time before it fell on the floor. "Fucking hell, Skip! You scared the hell out of me!" Sienna yelped while Skip reacted by looking at her weirdly. He then took a breath before speaking, " There is no way in hell I will forget about you, Sienna. Without you, I would have starved to death!" Skip emphasised by exclaiming at the 'death' part. In return, Sienna gave a faint smile as she pinched his cheeks, " silly, don't talk about death while you are in the gang. You will jinx yourself."

Skip just pouted in reply, "I am already twelve years old, mom..."

Hearing this, Sienna slapped Skip's head in pretended anger. "Dude, I am too young to be a mom of a twelve year old so don't 'mom' me!"

"Yeah yeah, sis. I am hungry."

Sienna shrugged her shoulders, " go and get the portion you want. I will be feeding Griffin."

Happiness swelled in her heart as Sienna saw Skip's eyes brightening while scooping some soup into his bowl. She just needs to live in the moment...

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Putting down the half empty bowl, Sienna sighed in dismay. Griffin's condition was not getting better and was eating less and less. If this go like this...

"Sienna?"

With her train of thoughts coming to a halt, Sienna turned around, seeing Ash who just came back.

"How is Griff?" He asked with a concerning tone as he took off his jacket before walking towards her.

"Same as always, nothing new...where is Skip?"

"He left just now." Ash replied. " Are you alright? You seem troubled."

Surprised, Sienna gave Ash a look with him smiling in return. " I known you for a long time, I can feel it when you are troubled with something."

"Nothing much, just about Arthur. He has been causing quite a stir." Sienna emphasised, remembering  the scene when Arthur was in the room with Dino, together with the fact that Arthur was till on about his grudge with Ash about both his territory and fingers."We should do something it. He is power hungry and vindictive."

Ash hummed in return while taking out something from his pocket, "Yup. I heard from Skip. I need to settle with him one of these days."

Sienna nodded as her eyes landed on the pendant Ash was holding. It was what the man had given them before he died.

" Want to have a look?"

Sensing a nod, Ash gave the pendant to Sienna whom the later began to analyse it. Sienna thought, it looks like an ordinary pendant...wait, there seems to be something inside! She started to fiddle with it with her fingers and soon realised that she was able to open it.

"Found anything?" Ash moved nearer to Sienna to have a better view of the unknown object. " A locket..." He straightened and reached out, earning a nod from Sienna as she returned the locket back to the blonde.

" What type of powder is that? " Sienna questioned, her mind racing around. It is clearly not heroin.

"I wonder..." Ash murmured before moving towards Griffin and knelt down. Sienna watched silently as he put his hands on his knees and begged, " did this banana fish did this to you? Please tell us Griffin."

It was hopeless. Both of them knew. Ash stood up and sighed, " I need to go to Dr Meredith to get some more meds." Just as Ash was about to leave, Sienna grabbed his arms to stop him.

"We need to send Skip to school, Ash." Her eyes wavered. "He needs a proper education...not getting involve with all the fightings...not getting involve with Golzine...but getting a degree and mix with boys his age. Just doing what normal kids do. I don't want him to end up like us." She finished nervously as silence enveloped the room. While waiting for Ash's reaction, she held her trembling hand. It was her job to take care of Skip since he was a runaway orphan so she needed to take in great consideration of the boy's future. Skip was a brave and bright boy, it would be a waste for him to mix with thugs. Though both Sienna and Ash were properly educated in basic academics, nothing beats school where it can provide a better future for Skip.

To her relief, Ash nodded his head and a smile flickered across his handsome face as he put his hand on Sienna's which was a bit too intimate to be that of friends. " That's a good idea, Sienna.  He needs to have a better childhood which we were not provided with."

Sienna's smiled back, her smile was like a sudden beam of light illuminating the darkest corners of the room. " Then how does St Andrew's Elementary School sound? It is within the area. Skip would like it there."

"There should do, he would like it there." Ash commented, excitement were hinted in his words." I will make some arrangements."

Happy with the outcome, Sienna waved, " have a safe trip!"

"I will, bye." Ash waved back and the door was shut.

A/N: Sienna found Skip in the streets when she was 15 years old while Skip was about 9 or 10. Apparently, Skip's father was an abusive man and his mother was very timid so he ran away from home. Sienna took him in out of pity to help her care for Griffin in case something happen to her and Ash.

Note: The St Andrew's school thing was made up after a high school in my country so it does not exist unless due to some coincidences. Plus credits go to Akemi Yoshida.

[veerapii]

Read My Ash Lynx x Reader on Wattpad!

[amyakapeach]

I'm crying 😭💔

[vagarygoya]

Day 12: College

[r3ap33rr]

I RECENTLY GOT INTO BANANA FISH AND NOW I CANT STOP WATCHING

ALSO HAVE THIS CUTE PIC OF SHORTER HES BABY-❤️❤️

[modern-oedipus]

ARE YOU A PERFECTIONIST LIKE ME? 🙌🏻 Great. Listen, this mindset is actually holding us back, so every day I am taking small steps to get over it. Earlier this morning I saw an encouraging quote that said, “Trace that art if you want, you don’t need to be perfect at it to enjoy what you are doing.” so I ended up tracing one of my favorite characters during one of my study breaks. Result? I felt refreshed, enjoying the PROCESS and just having fun! Drawing itself is not the challenge for me, though. Challenge is to look at it with it’s imperfections and still share it! I’ve never been someone who cares about what other people think of me to a strong extend, so me sharing an “imperfect art” would be unpleasant to my own eyes rather than others (no one is obligated to follow me, after all). That’s exactly what I’m trying to overcome right now: The need for things to be perfect. I should remind this to myself: I am enough even when I’m not “enough”. So, anyway! I don’t make many instagram posts but since I’d like to memorize this rather cute attempt, here it is on my profile! P.S. I actually like how he turned out. He’s cute, I’m hanging this on my wall! #anime #manga #drawing #art #mentalhealth #perfectionism #perfectionismrecovery #mindset #tracing #bananafish #shorterwong #shorterwongdeservedbetter2020 #shorterwongdeservedbetter #shorterwongedit #paperart #motivation #selfcare https://www.instagram.com/p/CEX7nzXgs7-/?igshid=r23ql5ghp1z2

[hannibalcatharsis-zero]

Part 1 / part 2 aka bloopers

old video but I like it, and the reason why everything is basically revolving around bubblegum is because I actually hate bubblegum and only chewed it after 10 years to try to be in character

Myself as Shorter Wong and my beautiful Ash Lynx from Banana Fish on Iberanime Opo 2019

[zaidenchan]

Some FrankenShorter for the soul 💀

I cosplayed him and never really posted about it since it’s after Halloween but it was too good not to share uwu

Big shoutout to @incorrectbananafish for featuring my Shorter Cosplay in one of their posts I nearly shat myself I was so happy 😂

Feel free to use my content however, just make sure to tag me! (Of course not for nsfw reasons unless you ask me ty)

Instagram: @zaidenchan

[dreamc0llecti0n]

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Y’all it’s been like 20 years since Rina and I collabed ... this is basically illegal not happening again 😤 💕 AnYways enjoy I ugly cried while editing this for a number of reasons 😭 🤧 。 Anime: #bananafish Song: Later 。 Intro+Part 1: @kagayakv (QUEEN 👑) Part 2: Me (@0takuverse 💩) 。 Ac: @bluemacs Cc: Mine on my part anyways- Dt: Tagged <3 Ib: @shzyo 。 #bananafishedit #bananafishanime #ashlynx #ashlynxedit #shorterwong #shorterwongedit #anime #animeedits #amv #amvs #animeamvs #edit #edits #omgpageedit #omganime #omganimeedit #0takuverseedits (at Banana＊Fish) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8chkiQjMbB/?igshid=c1yx08iwfvbt

[kittycatsrawk]

It's been a long while since I've uploaded a drawing. A lot has happened these past few months, but I'm hoping to get back into the swing of things starting with this beautiful boy, #ShorterWong from #BananaFish! @rapturous_rach and I weep! 😭 • • • THE TAGS & THINGS #art #artist #artwork #artistsofinstagram #drawing #pencil #ink #pencildrawing #sketch #sketchbook #anime #animeart #animegirl #manga #mangaart #mangagirl #pencilsketch #inkstagram #instaart #instasketch #artistsofig #doodle #artlovers #artcollective https://www.instagram.com/p/B55wyB5FqH8/?igshid=q46z4nj9keol

[nerdyandabsurdy]

"I'm sorry, Ibe, but believe me when I say this: I'll die before I let them lay a finger on Eiji." I was going to post HOB but I’m too upset about the series being postponed indefinitely, so please accept this sunshine boy of a gang leader instead. Photo - @hakuryuu_sad_boy #cosplay #cosplaygirl #womenofcosplay #cosplayer #cosplayers #cosplayersofinstagram #cosplayersofig #ohiocosplayer #ohiocosplayers #cosplayerofinstagram #cosplayerofig #cosplayinstagram #plussizecosplay #cosplaymodel #shorter #shorterwong #shortercosplay #shorterwongcosplay #bananafish #bananafishcosplay #bananafishcosplayer (at Colossalcon East) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3DSEC0nPQL/?igshid=1sf48k3qfsv1n

[amyakapeach]

Shorter: I wanna tell you that...I've always loved you...Ash...

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Bonus~

[tuudles]

I still can’t get over the ending ... :( 

[cybercoughsyrup]

Banana fish doodle contribution. Pls read this manga.

[macoto17]

Translation For Preview Of Banana Fish Ep 4

Hey guys, for those who are following me, I'm sorry I haven’t been active and haven’t continue translating BF previews as I promised. I had to take a break from Tumblr early of this year coz I did had a lot on my plate, January was packed with translating freelance jobs, and also my classes have started and had to finish my assignments.

I hope everyone is well and doing great.

So here are Arthur and Shorter. 

English

Arthur: Yo Shorter! That hairdo of yours is looking like of a chicken/ chicken-like as ever. Do you always wake up at 5 o’ clock every morning? Looks like you’re steadily joining in the geezers huh.

Shorter: But still can’t beat your onion-looking “all back”(hairstyle) man. Should I buy you some onion rings while I’m at it?

(Wow first thing early in the morning is “getting in each other’s hair” huh)

Arthur: Rather/I mean, why the heck you dyed your hair purple man? Aren’t your sense of style getting worst?

Shorter: Why you say? Last time/Before/Once when I dyed it green, a kid that happens to pass by calls out that I look like a pineapple DO YOU EVEN GET/UNDERSTAND MY FEELINGS MAN??!

(HOLY SHIT IS THAT KID RACIST?? WTF LOLOLOL But that kid ain’t wrong with the color scheme though lol)

Arthur: I don’t. Next time on Banana Fish, “This Side of Paradise.”

Shorter: Hmm I wonder what color should I go with next? ♪

(Banana Fam lets vote.)

日本語

オーサー：よぉ、ショーター、相変わらずニワトリみたいな髪形だなぁ。毎朝５時にお目覚めか？すっかりジジィの仲間入りだなぁ。

ショーター：てめぇの玉ねぎみてぇなオールバックにはかなわねぇぜ。オニオンリングでも買ってきてやろうかぁ？

オーサー：つーか、なんで髪色紫なんだよ。趣味悪すぎんだろうが。

ショーター：なんでだと……？ 前、一回緑にした時、通りすがりの子供に「わぁパイナップル！」って言われた俺の気持ちがお前にわかるか？！

オーサー：……わからねぇ。次回バナナフィッシュ「楽園のこちら側」

ショーター：次は何色にしよっかなー♪

@coba-banana2さんこれでいいでしょうか?

Changes may be made for satisfaction.

@silverquillsideas See Im still doing it lol

Updated - Corrections are made.

更新しました - 変更ができました。