Chapter 1: The Diary
Kaori slumped over in her desk blocking out Miss Yukari's voice. She was complaining, again, about her how miserable her life is. Nobody in the class was listening to what she was saying except Chiyo. Every once in a while a few boys might perk up when she mentioned the gym teacher, Nyamo. Kaori could care less, though. The only thing she wanted to focus on was the tall, mysterious girl by the window, Sakaki. For the longest time Kaori has had a crush on her, but she could never find the courage to talk to her about it. She was too shy, besides what were the chances that Sakaki would be attracted to girls.
Over and over again, in her head, Kaori played out the conversation she wanted to engage in with Sakaki. She imagined that after school ended she catch Sakaki when she was alone and ask to walk home with her. She would gladly accept and then they would start talking as they strolled. Kaori would then let the conversation smoothly drift to the topic of relationships. Then she would shyly admit her feelings for Sakaki. Sakaki would then reassure her that she has always had feelings for her, too. Then Sakaki would slowly lean over and invite Kaori's lips to share in their first kiss as a couple.
Kaori always blushed when the thought entered her mind. She wondered if she would ever have that talk with Sakaki. Part of knew it would never happen, but she still kept the thought alive.
After class Kaori saw Sakaki join her friends in the hall. Tomo, Yomi, Chiyo, Kagura and Osaka, they seemed pretty close. They were always together; occasionally Kaori would join them, but she could rarely work up the nerve to do so. She decided just passed by them in the hall, trying not to grab their attention.
At the end of the day Kaori debated with herself whether or not she would approach Sakaki and ask to walk home with her. She never chose to do so, why would today be any different? Kaori ended up walking home alone. When she arrived home she opened the front door only to enter into an empty house, her parents were busy at work. She walked upstairs into her room and dropped her school bag on the floor. She then sat on her bed. Next to her bed was her nightstand with two drawers. She slid open the top drawer. Inside was a little brown book that was buttoned shut; she grabbed the book along with a pen. Kaori unbuttoned the book, flipped to a blank page and began writing a new entry inside her diary. Her diary held all of her memories and secrets; it was mostly now filled with her feelings for Sakaki. She had never shown it to anyone before and was not planning to.
After she finished her entry she sat the book on her desk. She figured she should start on her homework, so she grabbed her bag and pulled out her books and paper to begin. Her homework was not hard, but it took long to do because she daydreamed often. She couldn't get Sakaki out of her mind. Eventually, she finished her work a few hours later. She hastily packed up her papers and books, but in unknowingly packed in her diary, too.
The next morning, outside the school she noticed Tomo and Chiyo talking. She smiled and waved as she passed by them. As she waved her shoe hit a rock on the ground and she tripped. All of her books flopped out onto the ground. Chiyo rushed over to help, but Tomo hesitated hoping that Chiyo would do the job. Kaori thanked Chiyo for the help and continued walking on her way to class. Chiyo walked back over to Tomo, but stopped when she noticed a brown book she left behind. Chiyo picked up the book and looked around for Kaori, but she seemed to have disappeared. She figured she would give back in class.
"What's that you have Chiyo?" Tomo asked.
"Oh, Kaorin forgot this book. I guess I'll give it to her later." Chiyo replied.
"Lemme see it. This doesn't look like a school book." Tomo grabbed the book out of Chiyo's little hands. She then unbuttoned it and flipped it open to a random page. Tomo's eyes widened at the content in the book.
"Tomo, what kind of book is it? Is it a story or something?" Chiyo wondered.
Tomo didn't know what to say. She read passages written by Kaori, except they were about her love for Sakaki. "Umm…yeah Chiyo it is a story. Except it is too mature for you, sorry." Tomo tried to cover up what she was reading, but she couldn't think very straight. She always knew that Kaori admired Sakaki, but just not in this way.
"Tomo, make sure you give the book to Kaorin, Ok? I am gonna go ahead to class." Chiyo spoke.
Tomo slammed the book shut and replied, "Heh…don't worry. I'll make sure to talk to Kaorin about her book. You can go on ahead." Tomo stayed behind to read more entries until the bell rang. She planned to talk to Kaori after class.