Kodomo No Omocha is property of Miho Obana.

A/N: This is an alternate universe kind of thing. If I get a review I'll go on. Because I cannot predict whether or not I will get a review I will not write this in Oneshot format but rather as though I were writing a regular story. Thank you.

Sana's POV

I yawned as I awoke, as usual, the crack of dawn. I knew I wouldn't be able to get back to sleep so I got dressed. There was no "Child's Toy" today so I had all day with my friends. I brushed my teeth and hair and sat back down on my bed, not wanting to wake any of the others in the house. I stared glumly at my piano, wanting nothing more than to begin playing and sing at the top of my lungs. "Stupid time, go faster." I muttered to myself. I got up and paced, that having not quenched my thirst for excitement I skipped around. As usual, I got carried away and in no time I was dancing around my room. "IT'S MORNING! IT'S BORING! I'M WAITING FOR THE DAY TO START! IT'S MORNING!" The last note was the tiniest bit sharp and Rei came stumbling into my room.

"Sana! Are you alright?! It sounded like you were being attacked!" He cried out. I put my hands on my hips and glared at him.

"That's not nice to say about someone's singing!" I huffed. "But thank you for your concern Rei!" I laughed, finding it hard to stay mad at him. I prepared breakfast for my family, regardless of the fact that it was all burnt, even the cereal.

"So Sana…" Mama began, picking at her literally fried eggs, "what do you have planned for today?"

I thought this over for a moment. "I wanna be a pirate!"

"No, Sana, save your pirating for next week. You have a pirate theme 'The Anti-Drug' commercial coming up." Rei told me.

"Oh… hm… I guess I'm just regular old Sana today. Maybe I'll go on a picnic. Yeah! I'll invite all my friends and some of the 'Child's Toy' cast! No, it'll be a barbecue! Rei, can we fit that in?" He flipped through his day planner.

"Yes, that sounds reasonable." He muttered.

"Good luck with your party, Sana." Mama stood, leaving the kitchen.

"How about we get off to school, eh, Sana?" Rei suggested.

"Yeah, let's." I leapt into the passenger seat of our bright red car. I rolled down the window and let the spring air blow through my hair. "Ah, that feels nice." I sighed. I spotted my friends, Aya, Hisae and Rumi. "Hiiii, guys!" I screamed, jumping out of the car.

"Hey, Sana! The car was still moving!" Rei shouted in alarm.

"Sorry, Rei!" I waved goodbye to him and caught up with the three girls. "Guess what?" I dared them.

"I dunno, what?" Hisae replied.

"Aw, you're no fun." I punched her playfully in the arm. "Tonight I'm having a barbecue and I'm inviting some of my 'celebrity' friends! Wanna come?" The girls were thrown into a screaming/giggling fit after this comment, as I predicted.

"I'd love to come!"

"You're a great friend, Sana!"

"You're so cool!" They praised.

"Aw, shucks, guys, you flatter me." I laughed.

"Can I bring my sister?" I twirled around to face Tsuyoshi. I wasn't exactly expecting him, I generally repel guys.

"Uh, sure, if you want." I shrugged.

"Thank you so much, I'm honoured!" He threw his arms around me then ran away. "Hey, Akito, guess what?!" He called.

"What was that all about?" I mumbled, slightly flustered.

"Ooh, Sana! You have an admirer!" Hisae cooed. I waved my hand carelessly, her direction.

"Naw, he's just excited is all." I glanced at him over my shoulder. He was talking to some boy with dishevelled light brown hair. Suddenly he looked at me with unfeeling amber eyes. All of my instincts pointed out the piercing edge of his glare but my core melted with the realisation of how gorgeous his eyes were. They were golden and deep like pools of molten butterscotch. I was paralysed. I stood casually but firmly in place.

"Sana…?" Aya whimpered, flinching away from the boy's stare.

"Wow… his eyes…" I whispered.

"Akito, what're you lookin' at?" Tsuyoshi tugged on the boy's sleeve. He redirected his attention to Tsuyoshi.

"Come on, Sana, let's go inside." Rumi and Hisae dragged me inside and Aya followed close behind.

"So that's Akito?" I asked as the three of us entered the classroom. I took off my purse and set it below my chair.

"Uh huh. He doesn't say much but he's got a chilling glare. Some kids say that he's apart of a gang!" Rumi explained.

"It's weird, I've never seen him give someone that look before!" Hisae explained.

"What look? He was just glaring." I laughed.

"Nuh uh! He was looking right at you, like, you two had eye contact and it was so long! If I were you I would've ran away!" Aya exclaimed.

"You guys are getting worked up over nothing." I assured them.

"I dunno, Sana, he had an evil look in his eye." Hisae warned.

I shook my head in disbelief. "No, I really just think he was curious. I didn't see an evil anything and I was staring right into his eyes much longer than you guys."

They shrugged having given up. That day we had language arts homework. Write a three hundred-word essay on the most interesting thing that's happened to us in the past month.

That night Rei and Mrs. Shimura set up for a barbecue in the back yard while I got dressed. I wore a pink tank and light blue denim short shorts. I put on some flip flops and looked all around for my favourite pair of Babbit earings. "Oh no!" I cried, "I left my purse and earings at school!" I ran down stairs. "I'm going to school, I love you Mama, bye!" I hollered, running out the door and slamming it behind me. I ran as fast as I could down the street. "Ugh! I'm so stupid! The guests are going arrive any minute now! Why am such an idiot?!" I threw open the doors and sprinted up the stairs nearly falling three times. I finally reached homeroom. My shoulders relaxed when I saw my pink sequened bag underneath my chair. I dashed over and unzipped it, putting on my earings. "Oh thank goodness." I murmured.

"A bit late for a little girl like you to be out and about." I cried out with surprise. I spun around to face Akito in the door. It was funny, he seemed so much more sinister in the dark, leaning in the doorway like that. Still, as I stared into those deep eyes of his, I couldn't suppress the wave of calm that came over me.

A/N: Well, there you have it. If I get a review, I'll update, otherwise, I'll probably just pull this off and write the rest on my own time.