Nomi: Hello Minna-sama! My first fic in a long time… For the past several months I've been working mainly on my original story, Sekai no Yami. Visit my homepage to read it. But now I think I'll give another shot at writing a fic, and especially one about my favorite manga in the world, Kodomo no Omocha! If you haven't read it please do so, but you probably wouldn't be in the Kodocha section if you haven't even read the manga (or seen the anime) :D So enjoy the story, and please review! I am accepting rude criticism (flames TTTT) but please don't bash my story like a piece of crap. Thank you, and enjoy the chapter!
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Chapter 1: First Day
By Nomi-sama
Kurata Sana slowly opened her eyes. Sunlight glowed faintly through her closed curtains into the room. It was definitely a bright day.
Sana turned to her nightstand, sitting right beside her bed with a black digital clock on it to check the time. Apparently she woke up half an hour before her alarm clock was set to ring. Sana knew why; today was her first day of high school, and it was hard to keep asleep in such anxiety.
Sana rose out of bed and walked to her window. She opened the curtains and window to let in some fresh air. Winter had decided to linger a bit longer than usual this year, but spring was definitely in the air. Sana deeply inhaled the clean air. The sun was high up, and the breeze cool and fresh. Today would be a warm day.
She felt like making everything about today perfect, so she went and made her bed as neatly as she could, making sure the sheets and pillows were arranged perfectly straight. Usually she just let Shimura-san make it for her after she left for school.
After going to the bathroom to brush her teeth and wash up, Sana removed her new high school uniform from its hanger in the closet and began changing into it.
The uniform consisted of a pale, gray-white skirt with new, crisp pleats and a button and zipper on the side. The skirt was a few inches shorter than the skirt of her middle school uniform. She also wore a thin white collared short sleeved shirt that buttoned up, with a loose red bow at the neck. Over her shirt, she put on her navy blue blazer and buttoned all three buttons.
Sana sat on her bed while quickly shoving navy knee socks over her feet. Then, after spending quite a while on putting her red-brown hair into light curls and making sure her bangs were perfect, she finally went downstairs.
"Ohaiyo!" Sana called happily to her mom, Rei, and Shimura-san.
They replied with their own "good mornings" and told her that breakfast was waiting for her in the kitchen. Sana felt a little too excited right now to eat anything, but she took a few bites of the egg and drank half the bowl of soup anyway.
"How are you feeling, Sana?" Mama asked.
"Really excited," Sana said enthusiastically.
"High school is a big step from junior high," Mama told her. "But don't stress yourself. You'll be fine."
"Okay!" Sana replied.
Right before she and Rei left for school, Sana checked to make sure her hair and uniform were perfect. Then she slipped on her brown-black school shoes and hopped in Rei's car outside.
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"Take care!" Rei said to Sana as he dropped her off at the school.
"I will," Sana said, stepping out of the car and slamming the door shut. "Bye Rei-kun!"
"Bye," Rei said and began to drive away. "Sana-chan is finally in high school," he said with a wide stream of tears running down his face from under his sunglasses. "Stay my little girl, Sana-chan!"
High school would be in a brand new building this year. Sana walked a bit further into the campus, while many elementary and middle-schoolers scurried to their own destinations at the same time.
Sana felt older all of a sudden. She used to be one of those junior high students on their way to class. She felt much older, now that she was in high school.
Sana suddenly spotted a familiar girl in the same navy and gray high school uniform. "Fuuka-chan!" Sana shouted. Finally she had found one of her friends.
Matsui Fuuka, the pretty brown-haired girl from Osaka, who had been Sana's best friend for three years now, turned and waved at Sana. "Sana-chan!" she said, running over to her.
"How've you been?" Sana asked. "It's been a while."
"Yeah, I haven't actually seen you since graduation," Fuuka said. "You know, I went to Osaka for a couple weeks to visit Takaishi-kun."
Fuuka and Takaishi started going out again at the end of their first year at junior high. Since then they still remained boyfriend and girlfriend.
"So, have you seen Aki or Tsuyoshi-kun and Aya-chan?" Fuuka asked.
"No, not yet," Sana replied, scanning the crowd. "I've been looking for them."
"Well for now we should just go ahead and find out our classes before opening ceremony," Fuuka said. "The others will show up eventually."
Inside the front doors of the high school, a mass of students crowded around a bulletin board with class lists. Sana and Fuuka walked up to the bulletin board and scanned the first year section.
"I'm in class 1-3 with Arashi-sensei as my homeroom teacher," Sana read from the board. "Hey, Fuuka-chan! We're in the same class!"
"Yeah, you're right!" Fuuka exclaimed. Suddenly they both heard a loud moan. They turned right to see Tsuyoshi's upset face several feet away.
"Tsuyoshi-kun!" Sana said, rushing over to him. Aya was standing with him, looking quite upset too. Fuuka followed.
"What's wrong?" Fuuka asked urgently.
Tsuyoshi turned and looked at Fuuka and Sana. "Oh, hello Fuuka-chan, Sana-chan…" Aya greeted them the same way.
"What's wrong?" Fuuka asked again.
"Look," Tsuyoshi said, pointing wearily up at the class lists.
"Class 1-4 with Irumi-sensei," Sana read. "What's wrong with that? Is Irumi-sensei an evil teacher?" Tsuyoshi gestured her to read the next class list. "Class 1-5 with Kimura-sensei -" she scanned down the list off students – "Oh, Aya-chan is in this class!"
"Yes, and I'm in class 1-4," Tsuyoshi moaned. "We're separated!"
"Oh, don't whine about it," Fuuka said. Then she patted him on the back. "Don't worry, it's not like you'll never see her during the day at all."
"Yeah, Hayama and I were in different classes most of junior high," Sana said. "And speaking of Hayama, I wonder what class he's in?"
"Class 1-1," said a deep, soft voice. Sana turned to see her boyfriend, who she hadn't seen for a week, walking towards her. He was in his navy blue blazer and pants.
"Hayama!" Sana said smiling. "So, we're in different classes again?"
"There's nothing for you to worry about," Tsuyoshi complained. "I've never been in a different class than Aya-chan!"
"Well, too bad," Hayama said. "No one said you'd get everything you want in high school."
"We go to the gymnasium now," Fuuka said. "The opening ceremony should be starting soon."
The group of five proceeded to the gymnasium, where the opening ceremony was held. They took seats in the fifth to front row, near the front where first year students were supposed to sit. They stared at the plump, elderly man on stage wearing a dark gray suit.
"Man, that guy looks so much like our old principal," Hayama said.
"Don't tell me they have another older brother," said Sana.
A few minutes later, the gymnasium was filled with students, teachers, and a small group of parents.
The principal walked up to the microphone, cleared his throat, and began speaking. "Hello, and welcome to Jinbo High School. I am the father of the elementary and junior high principals, and I have been principal at this school for many, many years now…"
"Wow, our old principals' father," Sana said quietly.
About ten minutes later, Hayama's head began to droop slightly. His eyes were closed and he was silent. Sana had lost attention quickly from the principal's speech and looked over at Hayama. "Hayama," she whispered, nudging him softly. "Wake up. Don't sleep in here." Hayama gave no response to Sana at all, and Sana continued staring at him. She smiled to herself as she noticed his calm, relaxed face. She decided to let him sleep on. The principal's speech was boring anyway.
About twenty minutes later, the principal said his closing words. "And lastly, welcome again to another year at Jinbo High School, and a brand new year for our first year students. Enjoy school and study hard!"
Students began filing out of their rows and out of the gymnasium. Sana got up and pulled Hayama up by the arm. He opened his eyes sleepily and yawned. "It's over already?" he said. "That was a short nap."
Sana frowned. "Come on, take this first day of school more seriously!"
"That's the last thing I expected someone as 'genki' as you to say," Hayama commented.
"Well, it's just that I want today to be absolutely perfect…"
"Whatever."
They walked to the first year hall together with Fuuka, Tsuyoshi, and Aya until they had to go to their own separate classes. "See you at lunch, Hayama," Sana said cheerfully.
"Bye," Hayama said in his low voice and kissed her swiftly on the cheek. He departed for his classroom, leaving Sana with rosy cheeks, smiling like the san. She never got tired of Hayama kissing her, even if it was only a peck on the cheek.
Tsuyoshi and Aya left for their own classrooms, and Sana and Fuuka entered classroom 1-3 together, taking a seat next to each other by the windows. Outside they could see the school's track field and tennis courts two floors down.
"Arashi-sensei is really pretty," Sana whispered to Fuuka. Fuuka nodded back.
Arashi-sensei wrote her name in chalk on the board and began introducing herself. Sana rested her chin on her hand leisurely and looked up at her teacher's young, pretty face while she thought of nothing except Hayama.
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"So, what did you think of Irumi-sensei?" Fuuka asked Sana, Tsuyoshi, and Aya as they walked to the cafeteria together for lunch.
"Mm, he was kind of boring," Sana replied. She looked over at Tsuyoshi and Aya, who were sulking because of their class separation.
"Yeah, he could at least show some expression on his face, especially on the first day of school," Fuuka said. "Oh you two, stop sulking," she said to Tsuyoshi and Aya. "A little separation in classes isn't going to ruin your relationship."
"Yeah, you two will probably never ever break up," Sana said as the four of them laughed.
They turned left down the hallway and found themselves walking into a great vast, but crowded room. There were at least ten long lunch tables and a long line of students waiting for their lunches.
"Where's Hayama?" Aya asked, looking around the room.
"Hm, I dunno," Tsuyoshi said thoughtfully.
By the window at the end of the cafeteria stood a loud second year boy looking outside. "Look!" he shouted, pointing outside excitedly. "Two freshmen kids are in a fight!"
"A fight?" Sana said clueless. She and her friends walked swiftly across the room over to the window to see this so-called fight.
"It's Hayama!" Aya said loudly.
"It is!" Fuuka said, "And he's fighting with a girl!"
Sana moaned. "Why does this feel so familiar?"
"Didn't Hayama get into a fight with someone on the first day of junior high?" Tsuyoshi asked.
"Yeah, the nosebleed guy," Sana replied frowning. "Now what's he doing, getting into another fight on the first day of school?"
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Nomi: w00tness! My first chappie done :D I hope you enjoyed reading it, please review and look forward to my next chapter!
P.S. I AM IN LOVE WITH HAYAMA!