Disclaimer: All rights to the name "Lucky Star" belong solely to Kagami Yoshimizu. I do not profit from the writing of this story whatsoever.
Author's Note: Just trying something new. Hope you all enjoy.
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After graduating from Kokugakuin University at the top five percent of his class, Hiiragi Tadao was full of optimism. He had fulfilled his duty towards his father, Hiiragi Tenchi and to his father before him, Hiiragi Taka. He was to inherit the Washimiya Shrine from his ancestors and care for it. It was like a dream come true.
As it was, he also had a second major in business as most Shinto Priests still needed to have day jobs to compliment their profession. After acquiring the house from his father, (who had decided to travel the world with his wife as they were happily retired) he got a job with a major business company that exported many household items (their main attraction being blenders) as well as various T-Shirts written in kanji that oh so appealed to foreigners.
As such, Hiiragi Tadao was as happy as he could be. He made the equivalent of about sixty thousand dollars a year in salary, had many benefits and also had weekends off, giving him the time to care and maintain the shrine.
Even so, Tadao felt as if this were not enough. The large house that could accommodate a family of ten felt utterly empty and cheerless with just him living there.
At work, he made several acquaintances and fiddled with the idea that he could hook up with one of the several attractive female co-workers.
Unfortunately, the man was utterly hopeless with women and could not get a date of the calender if his life depended on it.
Sure he was not the worst looking guy out there, but the fact of the matter was that he was just plain looking. An average man, with an average build, with average hair and average eyes. There was nothing there that could appeal to people or to make him stand out.
Fortunately though, Fate would be kind to him as he would soon find out.
He was on his way towards the train station so that he could get home. Tadao was lost in thought, and he was not looking where he was going and he soon felt something collide with him harshly. His vision went black for a second as he felt himself fall to the cement below on the sidewalk.
He came to immediately and found the most beautiful woman he had ever seen before him, she who had also was in a similar predicament as he was.
Immediately he got up and started to apologize.
"I-I'm so sorry about that. Here, let me help you up." said Tadao as he held his hand out.
The woman looked back at him. She had long lavender hair with blue eyes. In front of him, Tadao could not help but blush at the sight of her. She looked so cute and helpless! Despite that, she was also a woman who apparently developed very well.
"Oh no, it was all my fault. If I were not so lost in thought, I wouldn't have bumped into to you." replied the woman with a smile which caused Tadao to blush immensly.
She took his hand and soon, he was able to get her to her feet.
My gosh she is beautiful. I just wish I was not so plain looking. Bet she has some rich hustler as her boyfriend or something. Best that do not try and just leave.
"W-Well, I best be going now. I have to catch my train before it leaves me behind." said Tadao nervously, knowing full well that he stood no chance in asking her out.
It was then that Tadao saw the woman smile cheerfully before she spoke once more.
"You're taking the train as well? What a coincidence! I am making my way over to the station as well. I was just going back to the pharmacy to get something for my father but it seems that it is probably closed right now. How about we go together?" she asked.
Hiiragi Tadao's heart was pumping so hard it felt as if it were going to burst through his chest. He cold not believe that such a beautiful woman would accompany him to the train station. It looked as if his lucky star was shining on him today.
"S-Sure, if you are not opposed to it." answered Tadao nervously once more, not really letting himself believe that this woman would willingly walk with him.
"If I had opposed it, I wouldn't have asked to go with you then silly!" replied the woman cheerfully.
Wow she is pretty straight forward. Barely met her for a minute and she feels that she is at liberty to call me silly. Not a bad thing I suppose.
"O-Okay then. It's settled." answered Tadao as he then escorted his new acquaintance to the train station.
On the way there, they started to talk with each other. He found out that her name was Yoshida Miki and that she lived alone with her father since her mother had died giving birth to her and that the man, loving his wife so dearly, decided to never marry again and so far, he had kept to his promise.
As they got to the train station, Tadao soon learned that she was making for the same destination that he was (that is, in Washimiya, Saitama) and enjoyed the fact that he would spend more time with her.
So they continued speaking and Tadao was amazed at how easy it was to talk to her. Normally, he would fumble over his words or start to stutter when talking to a beautiful woman and even if he did gain his composure, he often had to grope for subjects to talk about and as such,most of his encounters with women were filled with boring, hum drum conversation with periods of awkward silence in between.
Yet this woman could not stop talking to him and he, in turn, could not stop as well. They shared so much in common and by the time they got to their destination, Tadao felt his jaw hurt a bit from the amount of talking that he had with this woman.
Feeling confident about his success, Tadao decided to man up and as the both of them exited the train, he came forward to declare his intentions.
"Yoshida-san, may I have the honor in escorting you to your residence?" asked Tadao in the most confident voice that he could muster.
"The honor is all mine, Hiiragi-san." replied Yoshida Miki and soon, both of them were together once more as they made the treck over the Miki's residence.
Thankfully for Tadao, she lived only a about five blocks away from the shrine but even so, it was till a journey of at least a mile in walking from the train station to her house.
Not that Tadao minded. The longer he was with her, the better.
Yet all too soon, they reached their destination. Both of them were weary from the long journey and their talking and yet, they STILL lingered at the door and it was a good fifteen minutes before they could get themselves to part ways.
But Tadao was not going to let her off easy. Completely embolded by his success, he went over to make his intentions known.
"Yoshida-san, this has been one of the best evenings I have ever had. Maybe we could do this sometime again, perhaps get some tea or watch a movie." said Tadao.
"I would love to, Hiiragi-san." answered Miki and soon, both of them exchanged numbers before they parted ways, both of them completely unaware that they had just found their soul-mate.
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