Always with You
Pairing: Sojiro x Kanata
Genre: Drama
Disclaimer: I do not own Lucky Star or any of its characters.
Author's Note: Hello, everyone. Recently, after watching episode 22 and reading some of the fanfics of this pairing, I feel that I need to write my first fanfic with these two. Despite the stories I've read, this is my version of how Sojiro and Kanata got together. So, without further ado, enjoy the story! :)
Chapter 1
They Meet
"So-kun! Are you ready to go?"
"Yes, Mom! I'll see you after school!"
"Bye!"
With that, 12-year-old, Sojiro Isumi, exits the house and runs off to catch the bus. He lives alone with his parents and is often in his room, either doing homework, or stare at the window to observe the neighborhood. HIs life isn't as great as the other families in his neighborhood. His father is still finding a job, Sojiro and his mother are working non-stop to keep the house neat and clean and more importantly, he doesn't have any friends. He hasn't made one since he was in kindergarden. The kids would always bully him just because his family is poor. Sometimes, Sojiro would get fed up with it and wish he were never born with this horrible life.
But now, he has to live with it for however long it will be. Once he enters school, the kids look at him and just laugh while pelting him with crumpled up paper. Sojiro tries to ignore them, but can feel anger building up inside him. He did not like it. Not one bit. Why can't someone accept him just for once? He takes all of this torture until he arrives in class and sits at his desk.
"Hey look!" one boy says, pointing at him. "It's Sojiro, the Loser!"
Everone bursts out laughing.
Another boy walks up to him and smirks. "So, has your family gotten any poorer, yet?"
Sojiro looks up, showing no signs of irritation. "My family is just fine. They can get by soon."
Everyone laughs again.
"Like that will ever happen!" the boy scoffs. "Let's leave him alone, everyone. He's too poor to be around anyway."
Anger keeps on rising in Sojiro, but tries to keep calm as much as possible. It has always been the same thing. Everyone always making fun of him because his poor family life and how he doesn't have any friends. He keeps on praying that someday, someone might accept him and maybe become his friend. With that in mind, he looks up to notice a small girl with long light blue hair and green eyes, staring shyly at him, but quickly turns away. Sojiro can't help but be curious about this girl. He had never seen her before since school started and it's only been a couple weeks. He wanted to talk to her, but is also shy about it. He doesn't know if she would accept him either since everyone else seems to avoid him. But he keeps on staring at her, like he had just seen a new toy at a toy store. The light blue haired girl glances at him again, then quickly turns away shyly. Sojiro smiles at her. She does seem to catch his interest. He should definitely find an opportunity to talk to her sometime.
All throughout school, Sojiro can't stop thinking about the girl. Every time he would have a free moment, he would steal glances at her while she's taking notes. At recess, he would just sit on the bench and observe her cute looks and that wonderful hair that flows gracefully with the light, gentle breeze blowing past her. Sojiro sighs happily as he slumps down on the bench. Yes, this girl is something. He finally decides to talk to her tomorrow!
"Hi, Mom! I'm home!"
His mother slightly turns her head to the right to see her son enter the door. "Oh, hi So-kun." She turns her head back to the dishes she's washing. "So, how was school?"
"It was awesome!" Sojiro says excitedly. "I just met a new girl at school today!"
"Really?" The mother immediately stops what she's doing, takes off her gloves and excitedly runs over to him. "You made a new friend? What's her name?"
"Actually, I haven't really talked to her yet," Sojiro says, truthfully. "She seemed a little shy when both of us looked at each other. I was . . . also a little shy to talk to her as well."
His mom nods in understanding. "I see. Well, if you do talk to her, let me know. I want to meet her, too, and I'm sure your father will as well."
"I will! Thanks, Mom!" He hugs his mother and then happily runs upstairs.
In his room, he closes the door and sighs. He walks over to the window and stares at the neighborhood outside. From there, he would only think about the girl he saw at school. He can't get her out of his head. She seems so shy, yet gentle and kind. He could tell just by looking at her. Back at school, he could've sworn she smiled at him once when they first had eyes on each other. He wonders why other people wouldn't talk to her either. Maybe she's too shy? Either way, Sojiro is determined to be the first person to talk with her. And so, for the rest of the night, the image of the girl keeps playing in his head, even after he's gone to bed.
The next day, Sojiro rushes to the classroom to see if the girl is here today. He looks around to notice she's not there. Could she be late coming to class? He's hoping she might, so he just proceeds to his desk and waits for her to come in. In about a minute before the bell rings, the same, light blue haired girl rushes in the classroom, panting so hard from all the running. To Sojiro, she looks like she is in a lot of pain, like she can't breathe very well after she ran all the way to the classroom. His eyes show a bit of concern for her as the girl summons all her strength to lean back up, walk over and take her seat. He glances at her worriedly as the bell rings for class to begin. What could've caused her to breathe like that? Does she have asthma and that's why she has a hard time breathing? Many questions fill his mind as the teacher is giving the lesson.
When lunch/recess starts, everyone scrambles out of their seats except for Sojiro and the light blue haired girl. He looks over at her, who is having a sad look on her face. See her sad like this makes him sad. He suddenly remembers that he now has a chance to speak with her. He is about to approach her when she suddenly stands up and walks off. Sojiro is left standing here, his eyes full of concern for her. Is there something wrong? He just shakes his head and heads down to the cafeteria to eat his lunch.
After eating, he immediately heads to the playground and sits on his usual bench. He looks around for the girl to see if she is even here. He catches her bouncing a red ball alone with a lonely look in her eyes. Seeing her like that takes him back to the times when he was alone like this. He can't believe he would see someone who has the same problem as him. Now he would have to talk to her. With eyes filled with determination, he bravely approaches her.
"Um . . . excuse me," he says.
The little girl turns and her eyes widen. "Oh! Um . . . hi." Despite her high voice, it sounds very angelic to Sojiro.
"Hello," he says. "How are you?"
"Not good. How about you?"
"The same. You looked very lonely out there."
"Yes," the girl says. "No one wants to play with me because I'm too shy to talk to them. And I'm new here."
"Well," Sojiro says, fidgeting with his fingers. "If you want to . . . you can . . . play with me. I'm all alone as well."
The girl brightens. "Really!? Oh, thank you very much!" She happily approaches him while jumping up and down.
"No problem. Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Sojiiro Izumi."
The light blue haired girl shyly looks down while speaking quietly, "A-and my name is . . . Kanata Misaki."
"Nice to meet you, Misaki-san," Sojiro greets.
"U-um . . . you can call me Kanata. It's fine."
"Alright then. Kanata it is." He holds out his hand. "Then, you can call me Sojiro."
"O-okay." Kanata gently grips it while still shyly looking away and blushing.
From then on, the two start playing with each other. They went on the playground, played tag and even sat on the bench together to observe the other kids playing. This is the first time the two ever had fun together. Sojiro looks at Kanata, in which she does the same and both of them smile at each other.
"So," Sojiro says while nervously rubbing the back of his head. "I heard that you were we here. Are you still getting used to this school?"
Kanata shakes her head. "Not really. All of the kids doesn't want to play with me or even want to talk to me."
"Why not?"
"People say that I'm too shy."
Sojiro gives her a reassuring smile. "Come on, it's not that bad a when you get into a new school. Everyone is nervous like that. Maybe after a while you will make new friends."
"You think so?"
"Absolutely."
Kanata finally smiles at him. "Thank you, Sojiro."
The blue haired boy smiles back. "No problem. Say, want to play together again tomorrow?"
"Eh? You want to play with me tomorrow!?" Her eyes is filled with excitement.
"Mm-hmm."
"Then yes! I do want to play with you tomorrow!"
Both of them laugh happily as they stand up from the bench and hear the bell ring for recess to end. With that, Sojiro offers to lead Kanata back to the classroom, in which she accepts and the two good friends walk toward the school building.
A/N: I know it's a short chapter, but this is only the beginning. I'll probably try to expand the flashbacks from episode 22 later on, if I'm able to understand them since they're fragments of them. I'll also try to add in characters of my own later in the story as well.
Anyways feel free to give out any suggestions, questions or concerns and don't forget to review! ;