A Little (Lot Of) Backstory For You All.

I really do hate being without my laptop, I actually had to borrow my friend's for this because my phone hates my entire existence and my iPod is apparently very temperamental.... It kind of really sucks... Like a lot...
Anyhoo, I think a little bit of a backstory to how Jay and Gerard met is in order, no?
When Jay first moved to America from Japan, he placed ads in the local newspaper offering tutoring services in math, sciences, and history. Gerard's father, Jeremy decided that Gerard (who was 15 at the time and Jay was only 19) needed help in math and hired Jay. They got along very well so Jeremy would sometimes ask Jay to watch Gerard when he and Matti (spouse) were out of town (or country) for work.
Gerard wanted to move out almost immediately after high school (mostly because his parents are a bit too "loving" of each other, haha.) but he didn't have enough money saved for an apartment, so Jay offered to let Gerard stay for a while until he had the money, but he just never left...

Now perhaps some info on the characters (and we may see others eventually)

Gerard Von Stratden; 20 years old, born in Frankfurt, Germany. His biological parents are Jeremy Von Stratden and Anastasia Von Stratden (maiden name Faust), raised by Jeremy and his second spouse, Matti Bey. Currently unemployed and freeloading off of Jay. He likes horror movies and old cartoons, he loves the colour blue, and is five foot six (the same height as me!!) He enjoys reading as is very needy, but won't admit it to anyone. He is afraid of thunderstorms.

Jay Onodera; 24 year old cartoonist from Osaka, Japan. He is not in contact with any of his family asides from his identical twin brother, Haruhi. Currently putting up with Gerard's freeloading. He prefers comedies or dramas for movies, but would rather read comics or look at new anime merchandise. His favourite colour is red, he loves peach tea (or any kind of tea, really) He won't admit it, but Gerard's neediness and bad habits are major inspirations for designing some of his characters. He is afraid of talking to people he doesn't know well, and small, dark spaces.

I may decide to introduce Gerard's parents to the comic because they have such a funny relationship, they're very sarcastic and obviously Gerard has picked up some habits from them. They don't actually speak much English, mostly German (sometimes Swedish, because Matti is from Sweden.) but for the sake of this comic, they will (mostly, unless for comedic purposes) speak English. So yeah, that was a really long post... Sorry. I'll log off now, Oyasumi Nasai, everyone :3

~ Love Shigeru (The Cat Lord)