Disclaimer: I do not own Kodocha.
Chapter 1: What's up With Naozumi?
"Sana, wake up! I'm not going to call you again. If want to focus on your school work so much, then you can't be late!" Rei screamed. He was still getting used to the fact that Sana had decided to quit acting. Sana was still getting used to waking up every morning.
"Okay, I'll be ready in five minutes!" Sana yelled back. She dressed quickly and ran to Rei. "I need a ride!" she said frantically, "I'm going to be late!"
"Now you realize," Rei thought.
As Sana sprinted down the hallway towards Class 8, she bumped into someone who was on their way to Class 1. "Sorry," she mumbled before even looking up. Once she did, she recognized the boy she had bumped into was her boyfriend, Akito Hayama. "Hi, Akito!" she exclaimed, forgetting everything just by looking at him. Just then, the late bell rang and the scurrying footsteps of the nervous first year kids could be heard down the hall.
"Hey, Sana," Akito mumbled. Then he ran off to his class. Remembering where she was, Sana rushed down the hallway to her class, as well.
Once in her classroom, beyond all the normal chaos, Sana saw her best friend Fuka sitting alone at her desk, studying. "Hey, Fuka! What's up, girl?" Sana yelled as she bumped fists with her friend.
"Nothin' much, girl! How you doin'?" Fuka replied with her usual Osaka accent.
"I'm doing great! Hey, isn't Takashi in town? How have things been going with you two?" Sana asked, curious about her friend's personal life, as usual.
"Things are goin' great! How are you and, um, Akito...?" Fuka asked tentatively in reply.
"I can tell she was a bit uncomfortable asking me that," Sana thought. Fuka was never going to really be over Akito. But Sana didn't want to continue thinking about that issue right now. This was her time to have a normal conversation with her best friend. A conversation that anyone else should be able to have with their best friend. No tension involved.
"Oh, things are good. Hey, Akito and I were going to the park for lunch after school. Do ya wanna bring Takashi along?" Sana asked Fuka, trying to make amends for the awkwardness earlier.
"Yeah, that'd be great! We haven't done anythin' together for a while. It's like we only see each other at school and then have completely separate lives later. It's no fun!!" Fuka said, really meaning it. She wanted things to be normal between her and Sana, too.
"Yeah, you're right, Fuka!! We should be having more fun! We're young, we're restless, we don't have jobs! Our lives should be exciting and dangerous!! Let's make a movie about it! We can be super-heroes!" Sana exclaimed enthusiastically.
"Um, Sana... How did you end up on top of my desk? And where did that super-hero cape come from?!" Fuka said, laughing.
"Heh, heh..." ;;;
Later that day at the park, Sana was walking with Akito, Fuka, and Takashi when she saw Naozumi walking by himself. Sana hid behind Akito, obviously avoiding him. "What're you doing?" Akito asked, annoyed. "Aren't you guys friends?"
Sana peeked at Naozumi from over Akito's shoulder, quickly ducking back down after a couple of seconds. "I'm still mad at him for making me go out to lunch with that weirdo, freak fan last week," she whispered into Akito's back. "He never even apologized!!" Of course, Sana wasn't truly angry, but she wanted to be dramatic, as usual.
Unfortunately, Takashi was a huge fan of Naozumi's, so he excitedly ran over to him to say hello and ask for an autograph. Naozumi looked up from what he was signing spotted Sana, but he didn't go over to her. Instead, he awkwardly averted his eyes and began animatedly talking to Takashi like they were old friends.
"Hmmm. . .That was weird," Sana said to Akito.
"What was weird?" He replied, obviously not paying any attention to his enemy, Naozumi.
"He didn't even come over here when he saw me. And, I didn't even try to make it clear to him that I was angry. Why would he do that? Why, why, why, why, why..." Sana said, echoing herself.
Akito ignored the echo-- it was usual Sana-- and said, "Well, maybe he's finally over you. It's not like you haven't turned him down enough." He snickered to himself.
"I think you're still jealous of him!" Sana said, trying to get on her boyfriend's nerves. Having a serious conversation with Akito about Naozumi was almost impossible.
"I was never jealous of that loser! What's there to be jealous of anyway?" Akito yelled in disgust.
"That he loves me," Sana said, "But don't worry, Akito, you're the only one for me!" Akito blushed and pushed Sana away, forcing her to stop pinching his cheeks. "Shy pervert! Shy pervert!" Sana exclaimed jokingly.
Then, suddenly, Akito grabbed her and kissed her. As an apology for what she had said, Sana returned the kiss. When they broke apart, Akito said, "If I was so shy, would I have done that?" Sana was left speechless.
When Sana got home from the park, it was already late. She and her friends at spent the rest of the day there, having fun. Sana sprawled out on her bed and grabbed her journal from the night stand. "Today was a good day," she wrote. "I feel kind of bad for Akito, though. Naozumi is always trying to compete with him. But not today. That was so weird. I wasn't expecting that reaction from Nao at all. I wish I knew why he acted so strange. Oh, well. Tomorrow's a new day." Then Sana rolled over in her bed, and went to sleep still thinking about her love, Akito.