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A girl with aquamarine hair was sitting in a cafe with a middle-aged woman by her side.
"This is the last call for Flight 102 to America, I repeat, this is the last call for Flight 102 to America."
"Michi-chan, I think that's your call." The elder woman said to her daughter.
"Oka-san… I'll miss you…" Her daughter embraced her tightly.
"I'll miss you too, Michi-chan…" She gave her a kiss on her forehead. "You got to go now, the plane won't wait for you, you know?" She patted Michiru's head lightly and shoved her to the gate.
"Sigh… Ja, sayonara, oka-san…" She faked a smile and walked into her plane.
"Bye, sweety, take care…" She waved to her daughter who was boarding the plane.
"Wake up, Haruka-san! You have tuition at two, it's already one thirty!" The blonde's best friend shook her hard, trying to wake her up.
"Go away, five more m-minutes!" She groaned groggily, turning her body, her back facing the other.
"Wake up!!" The 'intruder' with short, spiky orange hair purposely yelled into her ear.
"All right, all right!" She pounced up with her eyes half opened. "K-Kousuke?! How did you get into my room?!" She lifted an eyebrow as she rubbed the back of her neck.
"Well… Everyone sort of disappeared into thin air and Aunt Rei went out a few minutes ago." He explained thoroughly.
Aunt Rei was the person in charge of their safety. So to say she took care of them; she was responsible for them; she was the person who opened the boarding house they were staying in.
"Aunt Rei's out? For real?!" She stood up.
"Yep, that means…"
"PARTY TIME!" Haruka yelled as she ran out of the room.
They always enjoyed their time without the old-nagging Aunt Rei. All she was good in doing was nag and nag and nag… Almost everyone was tired of her, especially Haruka. Eversince she moved in there, she had been picking on her about her studies and attitude, not that Haruka was bad or anything, she was the best of the best, but… Actually, the reason behind all this was still unclear.
"No, you have tuition!" Kousuke grabbed her by her collar.
"Hey, you're just like Aunt Rei!"
"You have the biggest test of your life in a week, get yourself together!" He shook her.
"Okay, okay! I'll go get something from my car, then I'll go wait for the teacher in the basement!" She said, running her hand through her messy, dirty blonde hair.
"By the way, I heard that there's a new student from your country coming in later in the day."
"Another 'victim'? Wow, Aunt Rei really outdid herself this time, considering the newbie as the 4th one in the week. Anyway, I don't have any interest in newbies."
"Really? I heard that she's hot!"
"Not interested!!! I'll be going now."
"Sumimasen, are you Kaiou Michiru?" A lady came up to her right after she disembarked the plane, a lady with shoulder length, curly brown hair.
Wow, it really brings out the aunty fashion in her! Michiru giggled to herself with that thought.
"Ne, are you Kaiou-san?" The lady asked again.
"H-Hai!" She blushed for being so impolite and giving such a bad impression. "You're Hiroshi Rei, right?"
"Yes, nice to meet you, you can call me Aunt Rei. Can you speak English well?" She was glad to receive a nod from the other girl. "Good, now let's not waste any time. I'm sure the students at the boarding house are eager to meet you." Aunt Rei changed her speaking language to English and helped her with her luggages.
"Erm… Aunt Rei, you drive a convertible?" She asked as she admired the yellow Ferrari before her eyes. It was truly amazing that an old-fashion aunt like her can be so chic in her taste of cars.
"Actually, this baby belongs to a student of mine from the boarding house. I didn't manage to ask her for her permission, she was still asleep so… I hope she doesn't mind." She explained as she got into the drivers seat.
"Still asleep? At this hour of the day? Well, I would really love to meet this student of yours, Aunt Rei." She giggled a little.
"Both of you would get along quite well, considering you both came from the same country and coincidentally the same age." Michiru got in the passenger seat after putting all her luggages in the back seat.
"Hontou?" She asked surprisingly.
"English, Kaiou-san, English."
"S-Sorry…" She turned her attention to the front with a red face.
"Hey, babe! Your loving master has come to see you!" Haruka shouted to her car as she walked down the stairs to the car porch.
"What the?! Kousuke!" Now was really a good time for her to panic. She spent millions on that car of hers.
"What?! Did something big happened?" Haruka noticed the stain on the others shirt. Obviously she had called him at a bad timing and made him spill his coffee on himself.
"Did you see my car?"
"What car?"
"The big, yellow thingy with a moveable top, you moron!" She tried to describe her car as best as she could.
"You mean your babe?!"
"YES! That's the one I'm talking about!"
"I think I just saw a curly, brown haired old lady drove off with it an hour ago."
"Why didn't you stop HER?! I'm so gonna kill her!" Haruka stomped out of the car porch to see a familiar car coming towards her, with two people in it. "AUNT REI! GET DOWN FROM MY CAR, NOW!"
Aunt Rei stepped out of the car, gesturing the aquamarine hair girl to join her.
"Aunt Rei, is that the new student?" Kousuke pointed at the shorter figure.
"Yes, this is Kaiou Michiru. Michiru, this is Miru Kousuke and that is Tennou Haruka."
"Haruka? That's a nice name. This convertible must be yours, it's a real beauty." She smiled lightly and extended her hand.
"Back off, I'm not in the mood. Hiroshi Rei, you better park my car in the exact place or else…" She narrowed her emerald eyes.
"Oh, Haruka-san, that's not a good first impression…" Kousuke whispered into Haruka's ears.
"Whatever, I'll pass today's tuition. Kousuke-san, tell my teacher, will ya?" She didn't wait for an answer and stomped back into her room.
"Don't mind her, Kaiou-san, she's doesn't like it when other people, especially Aunt Rei to touch her vehicles." He informed the new student.
"I heard that, young man!" Aunt Rei stated behind them.
Haruka, that's her name… She's quite cute when she's angry, hee… W-What am I thinking? She's a girl. Stop thinking about her, Michiru. Maybe she's my roommate… Hey, stop that, Michi! Michiru shook the thought out of her head.
"Come on, Kaiou-san, I'll show you to your new room. Kousuke-kun, I know you're kind enough to help Kaiou-san with her luggages, am I right?"
"Yep!" He saluted to Aunt Rei.
"Thank you, Kousuke-kun." She gave him a warm smile.
Aw… She's so cute! I could melt in those eyes of hers… Kousuke blushed and carried the luggages.
"Oh, my violin." Michiru walked back to the car and took the violin case in her arms.
"Michiru-san, you've met your roommate just now." Aunt Rei said as she led her to her room on the 2nd floor of the bungalow.
"You mean Haruka?" She was hoping that it would be her, but one part of her told her to shake that thought off.
"Yes. Here's your room. Please, if you need anything just ask me or the maid, k'?" She opened the door for Michiru and Kousuke, who was carrying all three luggages in one go. Then, she left them to do some urgent business with the other customers.
"Wow… This room is so beautiful… Look at these posters…" Michiru touched one of the posters which were on put on the wall. They were all posters of different race cars.
"Michiru-san, where would you like me to put these lug- W-Whoa!" He tripped over the carpeted floor and landed on the ground with three opened luggages and clothes scattered everywhere. "I-I'm so sorry, Kaiou-san."
Michiru quickly put her violin case on the empty bed and kneeled down to pick up her things. "It's okay, Kousuke-kun."
"H-Here, let me help you." Kousuke looked directly into the other's eyes.
"Oh, there's no need for you to help me, Kousuke-kun. I'm fine on my own." She replied, blushing a little.
Suddenly a voice brought the both of them back to reality. "What's all this noise about?" A tall blonde came out from the bathroom with a towel around her neck. She had just taken a bath.
"H-Haruka-san!" Kousuke quickly stood up. "I-I think I'll be going now, Kaiou-san, see you later." He went out, closing the door as he left.
"Kaiou-san? What are you doing here?!" She asked angrily.
"I-I'm your new roommate, Tennou-san." She looked up at the blonde as she packed her things.
"Great, I have a new roommate!" She muttered to herself as she lay on her bed and started flipping one of her sports magazine, leaving Michiru on her own.
It's nice meeting you too, Tennou-san. Michiru thought to herself, frowning as she put her clothing into her closet.
Michiru was writing her diary into her computer when she heard a knock on the door. She took a glance at Haruka, who was neither or less, playing her computer game. "Just a minute!" She said a few seconds before she opened the door. "Kousuke-kun?"
"Yo, Kaiou-san. Time for dinner! Haruka-san, coming?" He peeked into the nicely decorated room and got nothing but silent treatment from the blonde. "Maybe she'll eat on her own later. Come on, Kaiou-san. After dinner, I'll show you around."
"Sounds great!" She followed the other downstairs.
"Kaiou Michiru… What a strange girl…" Haruka looked blankly at her laptop screen after she overheard their conversation. Suddenly, a strange sound coming from her game caught her attention. "Nani yo?! Game Over?!" She said aloud. This was the first time in years that she lost a race to the computer. "That newbie's a jinx!" She grumbled like a small kid.
"Down, Ruff. Good dog." Kousuke patted the King Charles Spaniel's head.
"They rear dogs here?" Michiru asked in surprise as she played with the puppy.
"Yeah, Aunt Rei let us rear pets, cool, huh?" He asked.
"Yeah! Is Ruff yours? He's kinda cute!"
"Well… Not exactly… He pretty much belongs to Haruka." Kousuke turned on the tap and washed his hands.
"Haruka rare dogs?! That's really a surprise!" Michiru giggled.
"Yeah…"
"Oh, by the way, Kousuke-kun, why are you afraid of Haruka so much?"
"Me? Afraid of that blonde? No way!" He chuckled nervously.
"Kousuke-kun, I can see that through your actions."
"Well… Because she saved me from my death a few years ago, I just respect her, that's all." He explained, feeling rather embarrassed in telling his past to someone he just met.
"How was that?!" She was curious.
"The old boarding house was on fire 6 years ago…" He began his story.
"FIRE! GET OUT OF THE HOUSE!" Someone yelled from the outside.
The fire was spreading very fast. From the top of the building onwards. Everyone was rushing out, trying to save their own lives. Haruka and Kousuke were barely 11 at that time. Suddenly, the house started to fall apart, flames billowing fiercely, swarming with burnt cinders and ashes.
"Is everyone here?" Aunt Rei asked as she counted the numbers of students who were with her.
"Aunt Rei, Kousuke-kun is still in there!" A young blonde tugged onto her blouse.
"Kousuke? That couldn't be, Haruka-chan!"
"He's right there!" Haruka pointed into the raging waves of fire. Aunt Rei didn't bother listening to the blonde. Without a secind thought, she decided to run in there to save him by herself.
"H-Help me, H-Haruka-san! I-I can't b-breathe…" He was trapped under a broken piece of wood from the ceiling.
"Stay with me, Kousuke-kun, hey!" Haruka took out her wet handkerchief and put it over the other's mouth. "I'll get you out of here!" She tried to push the log away. "It's so stubborn!" She shouted. The fire was starting to get to them. Haruka's jacket caught fire without her realization.
"H-Haruka-san, your j-jacket…" Kousuke managed to speak out.
"Argh! There goes my favourite jacket!" Haruka quickly took off her jacket and threw it into the fire. It was then she found a thick rope on the floor. Without hesitating, she took it and tied it around the log and threw the other side of the rope over the non-affected part of the ceiling.
1, 2, 3, pull!! She thought as she pulled it with all her might. "YES! Come on, I'll carry you out!" She carried the weak body onto her back and rushed out of their death path.
"That's why I respect her so much, you see…" Kousuke finished explaining.
"Wow… H-Haruka's amazing!" She said thoughtfully.
"Kaiou-san, I'd like you to meet some students!" They heard Aunt Rei's voice.
"Looks like she's calling on you again." The taller figure pointed to the door.
"I'll be going then, see you tomorrow, Kousuke-kun." She ran into the dining hall.
Kaiou Michiru… Hontoni kawaii…
"Kaiou-san, this is Edward Hikari and Edward Ryu. They are the oldest students here so if you have any questions, you can go ahead and ask them."
"You must be the new student the entire boarding house is talking about, nice to meet you, Michiru." The one with long pink hair shook her hand politely.
"Huh?"
"Oh, Kaiou-san, don't mind her calling you by your first name. She's from England." Aunt Rei explained after noticing Michiru's reaction.
"Oh… Nice to meet you too, Hikari." She smiled back.
"Wow… You're even more beautiful than Aunt Rei described." The other one with pure black hair kissed her hand in a gentleman manner only to receive a soft giggle form Michiru.
"You're quite handsome too, Ryu." She flirted a little.
Haruka was walking down the stairs, heading for the television when she saw that Michiru was getting along quite well, she was even starting to flirt. You're quite handsome too, Ryu… She put on an annoying look when the words replayed in her mind.
"Haruka! Haruka!" She was surprised to see a young girl with bright yellow hair rushing towards her.
"What, Stephanie?"
The girl's shouting caused Michiru to look over Aunt Rei's shoulder. She saw Stephanie playing innocence with Haruka and she smiled to herself. Typical teenagers…
Stephanie was from France. She had been staying at the boarding house for 4 years now and that's how long she had been trying to get Haruka's attention. Every Valentine's Day, Haruka would surely get a box of home-made chocolate from her, which tasted very bad. Her mother was one of Haruka's father's boss and she didn't want to be the reason her father lose his job so she always acted as if she's interested whenever they were around.
"Can I come sleep in your room tonight?" She gave her the puppy look.
"Why?" She was acting very cold towards her, as usual.
"I just heard a ghost story about Bed-night-monsters from Ginger and I'm terrified to sleep with her." She moved closer to the blonde, trying to emphasize how scared she was.
"You do know that the other bed in my room is taken, right?" Haruka pushed her further from her.
"Yes… So I was wondering whether you can let me share your bed with you or not…" She looked disappointed.
"No, Stephanie. I'm not in a good mood today so stop pestering me or I'll have to use the pesticide on you!" Haruka purposely said this loudly so everyone could hear her. The whole living room was filled with laughter right after they heard it.
Stephanie gave her a hurt look. "My mum's not gonna like this, Haruka!" She looked up at her with narrowed eyes.
Using her mum to threaten me again! Haruka had never liked it whenever she used this threat on her, and this always led Stephanie to get what she wanted. Apparently, there was still no difference this time. "Okay…" She breathed out a heavy sigh.
Stephanie's a real jerk! Michiru thought as she excused herself from the conversation she was having with Aunt Rei and the seniors.
Haruka and Michiru were doing their own things in their room and not a single word has yet been shared between them. It was almost nine at that moment. Michiru could hear the wind rustling outside, a sign that it's going to rain heavily. "Tennou-san, aren't you going to let your dog in? The rain might get to him." She turned to look at the blonde.
"You mean Ruff? He'll do fine on his own." Was the reply she got so she decided to bring him in herself.
"I don't even know why you want to rear the dog if you aren't taking a proper care of it." She said it more like a statement than a question as she went out of the room.
"Really, a strange girl…" Haruka whispered under her breath.
"Come on Ruff, I'll bring you to the room to keep warm." Michiru carried the puppy in her arms and brought it back to her room.
Once she let Ruff down, he ran towards Haruka and pounced on her. "Ugh! Get away from me, Ruff!" Ruff didn't obey his master. He kept on licking her thoroughly on her face. Haruka tried hard to push him away only to receive a soft giggle from her roommate.
"I think he misses you, Tennou-san." She couldn't help it but giggled more.
"You want him? He's yours." Haruka finally managed to control Ruff's licking and she handed him to Michiru. "Consider this your welcome gift." She looked away, trying to hide her sticky and damp face.
"Hontou- I mean, really? Thanks, Tennou-san!" She hugged the puppy tightly.
"Whatever." She trailed off as she rushed into the washroom.
"Oh, Ruff I'm your new owner!!" Michiru squealed as she kissed the puppy on his nose. She was not only happy that she received a welcome gift but most importantly, because Haruka was talking to her and somehow, the blonde's voice flattered her.
"Kaiou-san! Get back to reality and get the door, will ya?!" She heard Haruka's voice from the washroom.
Michiru was so engrossed in her own thoughts that she almost drifted off into her 'wonderland', leaving the reality behind. Slowly, she turned the silver knob. Her cheerful attitude faded when she saw the figure standing before her. Stephanie?!
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