It's Friday February 14th Valentine's Day. Though for Tomoko Kuroki, it could hardly be called a holiday. It's a bright morning, the sun is shining bright. For most this would be a day of high, and hopeful spirits hoping to receive chocolates from there admirers , or for the more daring, giving chocolates to those they love.
As Tomoko steps out of her front door with a slightly depressed "I'm off" she begins her commute to school. Walking with an unmotivated pace she begins thinking to herself "I'm only five steps away from my house, and I already want to turn around, and go home." *sighing* "well I don't want to go to school any day, but today I really don't want to got to school, Valentine's Day is stupid it's just a scheme to get stupid people to buy overly expensive chocolate, just because you'll get the cold shoulder or something if you don't"
Just as she finishes her mental monologue, she spots two girls heading to school as well. One of them is holding a handmade pink decorative baggy in her hand, fiddling with the baggy, and blushing deeply, as the girl next to her seems to be teasing her. Tomoko rolls her eyes in annoyance "of course there's gonna be someone giving chocolates, good thing she's not in my class, or I wouldn't hear the end of it!" She begins to imagine if the girl were in her home room. "Oh, who are you giving chocolates to!" "Oh.. Um...I..I don't know." "Come on tell us already!" "well.. alright..."
Her cliche thoughts are cut short when she realizes that, she's been going in the wrong direction for a couple of minutes. Stopped in the middle of the street, not recognizing any houses, and not exactly knowing where she is, she begins to worry. Her worries are ceased, as she begins to rationalize her situation. "Oh, well this isn't bad, I'll just wait here, there's most likely someone who goes to my school who takes this route. I'll just hide, and follow them from a far distance until I arrive at school to school." Tomoko still standing in the middle of the road inwardly smiles at her own cleverness. Suddenly she hears someone calling her name. Her first reaction is a visible flinch, as she turns around looking for the source of the voice she immediately freezes in shock. "Oh god why, anybody but her."
Megumi Imae, the student council president. As Tomoko confirms that Megumi is indeed calling her name, she begins to panic. "I can't talk to her, let alone even make eye contact, not after what happened the last time I spoke with her, I saw her panties... Okay, calm down I've got to get away!" Just as Tomoko begins to run, The student council president is right beside her, greeting her good morning. "Good morning, Kuroki-san!" Tomoko begins to panic again. "Damn, how long had I been spaced out, I'm out of options!" Megumi stands smiling, waiting for a response from her kouhai.
Gripping the leather straps of her backpack, she timidly lets out a barely audible response. "g... go...good morning s..sempai... At this, Megumi smiles even more. "It's such a beautiful morning today, wouldn't you agree Kuroki-san?" Tomoko still being tense replies. "I... I guess..."
Megumi's expression changes to curiosity. "I don't think I've ever seen you walk this way to school before?" Tomoko's begins to stutter "I.. I.. Was.. I..got.. Lost.." Tomoko realizes what she just said. "no no no you dumbass, now she thinks I'm an idiot, on top of that, and the underwear thing, but a perverted idiot!" Giggling softly Megumi responds. "that's okay, it's happened to me before, besides now we can walk to school together! What a great morning this turned out to be, huh, Kuroki-san?!" "..y..yeah." Replies Tomoko as she walks with her sempai down the street.
As they walk Tomoko's thoughts began to trail off. "For once... For once I'm not walking to school alone." At the thought of this, Tomoko's cheeks turned a shade of red, which did not go unnoticed by her sempai, as she lessened the distance between the two of them, her arm brushing slightly against Tomoko's shoulder, causing her cheeks to burn an even deeper shade of red. At this Megumi giggles slightly, uttering something nearly inaudible.
"What a wonderful morning..."