I sigh lightly as I start wiping the tables of the classroom, tucking some strands of my sleek long black hair behind my ears and brushing my side-swept bangs away from my eyes. It was the last day of the week and some of my classmates and myself were on cleaning duty. Soon I would be able to go home and hopefully relax a bit before I'm dragged off to work again. It's hard to combine school with work as I'm not such a quick study like some of my peers.
A small smile escapes me as a classmate named Kira puts on some music to lighten the mood. He even starts to dance around on the beat with a broom as his dance partner. Always the joker that guy… It seems his mood is catchy as Hikari starts to hum as she wipes the blackboard and Hinoki, as always, jumps at the chance to show off her pretty voice and bursts out in full blown song. It doesn't take long before the noise attracts attention from the next class over where they were also cleaning.
A brunette boy with a wide grin peeks his head inside our classroom. "I'm insulted. How can you throw a party and not invite me Kira?", he asks, his grin not disappearing. "Hey Hachiro!", His friends calls happily, not interrupting his dance. "Kira, you will never charm a girl with your moves if you insist on dancing with inactive objects. Let me show you how it's done.", Hachiro says making Kira chuckle. 'Oh no.', I can't help but think as the boy rushes over to me. Looks like I've just became his prey. Hachiro is nice and all, but such a flirt.
He bows politely, holding out his hand. "Madam…" I smile politely at him, "I'm sorry. I'm not really much of a dancer." He stands up straight, his smile not faltering. "How can you say that Rosa? You certainly have the physique of one, I'm sure you and I could dance the stars from the sky.", he says dramatically. I just stare at him, a sweat drop on the back of my head. "Er… I should really finish this.", I eventually say going back to my chore. He shrugs. "If you're worried about that, I'm sure there is a way to combine the two. It works for Kira.", he says moving closer to me. As he is about to grab onto my waist from behind I simply sling the wet cloth I was holding into his face, making my classmates laugh loudly.
"Don't be disrespectful Hachiro.", Kira scolds him jokingly. "Being pushy is no way to court a lady." Hachiro pulls a face before smiling apologetically. "Sorry Rosa." I smile lightly. I know he didn't mean anything by it. "It's fine." "Hachiro!", shouts an angry voice from the doorway. Standing there is an angry looking girl. "Don't run off before finishing your chores. We are not doing it for you.", she scolds. "Coming!", he shouts back, going for the door. "See you guys. And Kira, don't forget our appointment on the tracks.", he says before returning to his own classroom. Kira shakes his head, quickly finishing up. I finish right after the girls do.
I take their cleaning supplies from them, to put them away. "Thank you Rosa. We'll see you next Monday." Hinoki says before they all leave. "See you.", I reply before making my way over to the janitors' closet. I neatly put everything back in their proper place. "Oh, hello Rosa.", a voice greats from the doorway. I glance over to see Shuichi, his hands also full of cleaning supplies. "Hey Shuichi.", I reply to the red head as I scoot over to make some room for him. I don't really know him all that well since we're not in the same class, but everyone knows he's really smart and not bad on the eyes, but that's nothing I concern myself with. I have better things to do after all.
"Do you have anything fun planned for this weekend?", Shuichi asks casually in a attempt to make small talk. "Not really, I still have a lot to catch up to before the end of the school year.", I reply. "That's too bad. I must admit that thanks to the biology paper, I'm falling back as well." "It is a big assignment, isn't it?", I say catching his drift. He nods in agreement before stepping out of the closet as he finished putting everything away. I follow him out and lock the door. I was about to take the key to its proper place when my phone rang a familiar tune. Shuichi looked over curious as I couldn't help but groan in annoyance.
I answered turning away from him with an apologetic smile. "Rosa! Why aren't you answering you're communicator?!", a voice booms from the other side. "I..", I couldn't say more before the voice continues. "Never mind, just come over immediately. Something urgent came up.", is all I hear before the line went dead. I stare at my phone, pursing my lips. I believe my free weekend just went out the window. "Would you like me to return the key?", Shuichi asks politely. I turn to him, seeing him give me a sympathetic smile. I'm sure he heard that conversation. "Please.", I say handing over the key before slinging my bag over my shoulder. "Well, duty calls. Have a nice weekend Shuichi.", I tell him before taking my leave. "You as well regardless.", he responds before walking the other way.
I'm glad my boss didn't say anything suspicious over the phone. With Shuichi able to overhear the one sided conversation, I could have gotten in trouble. Shaking it off, I quickly make my way over, wondering what could be going on now.
