It was on Nifty and and a couple of other places but I can't find it because I forgot who wrote it. Gay Authors rings a bell.
He had asperger's syndrome, he studied in Japan for a few months but was American. Carolinas is where I think he ended up. He practiced heavily with karate. The person he was with was big into art, making it mainly. Junior or senior in highschool.
Help a brother out.