Warning- There is a chance that Kanou may turn out a bit OOC here. I just wanted to portray his character as someone a bit more comfortable around girls, but still having the memories of his father. If you are uncomfortable having him act this way, then please PM me. Well, this is Fanfiction in my defense. xD
I hope you enjoy!
Kanou was never too fond of girls. In fact, he was afraid of them. He never wanted to hurt anyone, due to the teachings of his father. His father had described women as weak, and fragile. Ever since that day, Kanou thought that they really were weak and fragile.
He lived the rest of his elementary and middle school days thinking like that. He avoided the female population entirely as much as he could. However, when he hit the days of high school, things started to get a bit weird. Kanou overheard the conversation of Ayuzawa Misaki, the student council president. In other words, the Demon Prez. She wanted to increase the population of the females in the school.
Kanou didn't want that to happen. He wanted them gone. If he were surrounded by them from morning and afternoon, he was bound to hurt someone. They were weak and fragile. Something you never wanted to mess with.
When he started to interfere with the Prez's plans, things started to change drastically. He tried hypnotizing the girl. His plan went downhill when the perfect guy named Usui Takumi found her. When that plan didn't work, he tried hypnotizing the man. Of course, that never worked either. He didn't trust him. So, he tried it with Misaki again.
It was pretty effective. The Prez was already tired, and the supplements Yukimura got her even more drowsy. He was happy with the outcome. Five minutes before time was up, Kanou thought she fell asleep. Too bad he celebrated early.
His punishment was unbearable. So much, that he didn't want to think about it anymore.
Kanou shook his head quickly, erasing the memories that were flooding his head. He walked along the dull sidewalk slowly and cautiously along the way home. He didn't want to run into any trouble, especially with any girls. Sure, the Prez showed his that all girls weren't as fragile as he thought, but the memories of his father would still linger in his mind, never to be erased. It was like it was drilled into his brain.
He glanced across the street to see a few girls walking and laughing. Kanou shivered, and walked faster. He just wanted to go home and seek comfort from his room. All he did was stay confined in his room until morning. That was just how he did things.
He continued walking until a girl came in sight, right in front of him. She was crouched down on the floor and was wearing Seika's uniform. Her facial features weren't seen, but her reddish-black hair shimmered in the sun. The girl seemed to be dusting herself off. Kanou assumed she had fallen down. When Kanou was about to back away, he saw her gather up her things, and run. Well, not everything.
Nothing was left but a brown, scratched up sketchbook.
After the scene, Kanou tried walking past it, as if nothing ever happened. Once he stood next to it, he glanced at the item. It was just an ordinary sketchbook, but it felt as if something was living in it. A soul.
Kanou hesitated before he bent down pick up the beaten item quickly. He opened it up to the first page to see a beautiful sketch. Circles of black chalk took up the whole page. It seemed like nothing was special, but he could feel that there was a whole story behind the it all. He turned it to the next page, and there was a black sun. Again, it felt like there was a big story behind it.
Kanou knew that snooping around other people's possessions was bad, especially since it was a girl. But he felt himself turning to the next page anyways.
When he turned to the next page, it was blank. Strange, he thought, this looks like a very old sketchbook, but there are only two pages with drawings. Curiosity got the best of him as he looked through the content.
This was strangely out of character of him, that was for sure. But something screamed out to him. A force that was pulling him into a deep abyss. He couldn't help it.
Nothing else was found throughout the whole book. The rest were just blank and had no soul. However, when Kanou turned to the back cover of it, he saw small stitches of writing. He rubbed his thumb over the writings and saw the message.
To my dearest daughter, Kimiko.
-Happy Birthday. I'm sorry for not being there for you. I wish I could.
Love, your mom.
Just by reading this, Kanou knew that the mother was long gone. There were stains surrounding the stitches. They were tears. The tears the girl had shed when she read the message.
He closed the book shut, and sighed. "What am I going to do with this now?" He asked himself. Suddenly, a silhouette of a girl appeared in front of Kanou, running towards his direction. When he looked more closely, he saw that it was the same girl who had dropped the sketchbook. Kanou was able to decipher her facial features.
She was a tall, lean girl, with large black eyes. Her straight hair tossed side to side as she ran. She was heavily panting. Despite her tiredness from the running, she started to shout, "Hey! You found my sketchbook!" When Kanou heard that, he glanced at the item he had just found and looked through. She finally stopped in front of him.
Kanou saw how short she was now. From far away, she looked as is she was way taller then him, but it was the exact opposite. She was a head below him.
She put her hands on her knees, and took a breather. "So...," she finally spoke, "You found my sketchbook. May I have it back? I seemed to have left it when I fell down." She reached behind her head awkwardly. Kanou was intimidated.
He was never really in contact to girls, other then the Prez and her friends. When she noticed that he was afraid of her presence, she smiled. "Dude, you don't have to be afraid. It's not like I'll eat you or anything!" She chuckled. "Ah, I make myself laugh."
Kanou shook his head, and nodded, "Y-you could have it back." He held out the item to her. "I-I'm sorry, I looked through it a bit." She grabbed the book from his hands, and stared at him. "You looked through it...?"
He was scared. Scared beyond belief. His worst nightmare had become true. He had just broken a girl- one that he had never met before. His father's teachings were correct. Girls were weak and fragile. Kanou just broke the girl.
He was expecting the girl to cry, or to at least hurt or slap him. He wanted to apologize. But that never happened. Instead, she laughed it off, pulled her front hair back, and smiled. "That's alright. You don't have to apologize. It's my fault for being so clumsy."
Kanou didn't say anything. He was at a loss for words. She was okay with all of this? She was okay with someone she never met looking through her personal belongings? This was the first time that this had happened to him. Nothing was going as he had predicted. When he tried hypnotizing the Prez, he was punished for all the ruckus he had created. But this? She just brushed it off as if it was nothing.
"Well, see you later I guess?" She turned around, and started to walk away.
"Um, you draw very well!" Kanou spilled out. He covered his mouth and blushed before he turned away to hide it. She turned around at the cowering boy with wide eyes. "...Really?" He heard her whisper.
He slightly nodded, and covered his head in embarrassment.
She looked down, and smiled. When Kanou didn't hear her anymore, he turned around to see her still there. She slowly lifted her head up to meet her eyes with his. "That's the first time anyone has said that to me. Thank you."
"May I ask for your name?" She asked Kanou. "Ah, I'm Murasaki Kimiko. Nice to meet you!"
"S-Soutarou Kanou." He said in a barley audible whisper, but she heard it clearly. She smiled brightly, "So it's Soutarou-san, huh?" Kimiko laughed, and turned around. She lifted her hand up, "See you at school, Soutarou-san."
And she was gone.
Kanou replayed the images that happened in his head. He had talked to a girl for the first time, one that was not related to the Prez and her friends. He had complimented her and her drawing skills. He had been the first to give her that compliment. He had blushed in front of her. He had given her his name. These were things that he would never do during middle school and elementary. He had changed.
He blushed just thinking about it. Suddenly, he heard Yukimura's voice. "Hey! Kanou-kun, I was looking for you! You left early!" Kanou felt Yukimura's presence next to him. "Hey, Kanou-kun, why if your face red? Is something wrong? Do you need some medicine?! Don't worry, I have something that'll help you right away!" His head started to steam.
Kanou shook his head, and turned around. "You don't need to do that, let's just go."
"Huh? Then why are you still red? Did something happen?" Yukimura persisted.
He didn't make any gestures, and only mumbled, "Girls are weird."
Kanou trudged down the hallway, and sighed. There, he met Yukimura and the Prez chatting away about Student Council responsibilities. He was never involved with the school. He just wanted to avoid people, and get through it.
Yukimura noticed the blueberry head slowly walking towards them. "Ah! Kanou-kun! There you are. Are you ready to go?" Kanou nodded. "Yeah." He glanced at Misaki, saying that he noticed her presence. "Prez."
"Kanou. So, how are you doing? You're not avoiding girls, right? You're not hypnotizing anyone, right?" Misaki said, a demonic aura releasing, and surrounding her body. He sweatdropped. "...No?"
Suddenly, all the aura was gone, and was replaced with a happy and peachy one. "Good! Nice to see that you are improving!" She nodded her head in approval. "Good job!"
Someone tapped on Misaki's shoulder. Feeling the contact, she turned around to be met with a girl. At first, Kanou didn't pay much mind to the visitor. He assumed that it was just Usui bothering her again. But when Misaki said the name, "Kimiko-chan", he panicked. He looked up to see the same girl he had met with the day before. The same one he opened up to when they had only known each other for about five minutes.
Kanou's eyes widened, and slowly started to hide behind Yukimura. The shorter boy seemed to noticed and questioned him. "Kanou-kun, what's wrong?" Kimiko's ears perked up when she heard that name.
"Kanou-kun?" She repeated. He shivered. He was in trouble.
Misaki turned her attention towards Kanou and Kimiko. "Oh, so you know Kanou?" She asked.
Kimiko laughed, "Nah, we met each other yesterday, after school."
"Oh, I see." Misaki chuckled, and smiled. "You got something going on, huh, Kanou?" He blushed when she said that. Kanou didn't want the attention. Kimiko noticed his uncomfortableness, and spoke up. "So, nice to see you again!" She patted Misaki's back. "See you later, Prez!"
Kanou knew that he was going to get questioned, so when all eyes were still on Kimiko's farewell, he ran away. He did not want to face the wrath of embarrassment he would get from those two. He ran out the building, and into the courtyard.
He looked around to see nobody. Just a few kids walking and talking around. He sighed in relief.
"Oh, you again!" Kimiko said.
Kanou nearly jumped when he heard her voice. "O-oh, yeah."
"You know the Prez too, huh?" She started up a conversation. He nodded. Kanou didn't meet her eyes. If he would, then he'd for sure be embarrassed.
And the bell rang.
"Oh, break is over already? That was fast!" She smiled, and glanced at Kanou. "Which class are you in?"
"2-B." He answered quietly. Kimiko's eyes brightened. "Really?! I'm in 2-A! Let's go there together, now that we're already here and all."
Kanou merely nodded, and followed the girl into the building.
I feel like I'm going way too fast here, is it just me? xD I'm making Kanou slowly open himself up to Kimiko, so that's why they're meeting each other so much. So, yeah... Sorry if he's SUPER OOC.
If you have any questions, or problems with anything, please PM me! I'll be sure to reply for sure.
The next update won't be until next week or something like that. Just don't expect regular updates. Some may be uneven or infrequent. xD