Near You
Summary:
Atsushi Otani is the coolest guy at his school despite his apathetic manner and small height. One day, Risa's house was set on fire and a few things were saved. Luckily, one of her neighbors offered her family to stay with them and what shocked Risa the most is that her neighbor's son whom she stayed with is the coolest guy at her school who is Otani.
Chapter 1: A Tragic Start
Risa's POV
I was sitting at our school's bench quietly as I glanced to the falling cherry blossoms, which I find so very elegant. The surrounding is very calm and I heard the birds singing beautifully at the tree's branch resting in its nest.
But, this calmness broke when I heard squeaking girls running through the school's main door trying to attract the coolest guy in our school. Sometimes I wonder why he became so famous, well because he has a small height but I can say that he is a "small but terrible guy". He is very good at playing basketball and he even became the school's basketball captain, his name is Atsushi Otani. He exits through the school's hallway with a lot of girls around him; the girls are squeezing like sardines just to get a picture of him and to seduce him. He was walking towards me and my heart is beating furiously and my cheeks began to blush but this changed with anger when he passed by me and called me an "Amazon". I was filled with resentment as I marched to our house.
A few minutes later, I arrived at our home and greeted my parents. I rushed to my room to dress up and decided that I'll not eat my supper today but I confess that I have a big stomach. Today, I am just not in the mood for eating instead I laid down on my bed thinking about what happened a while ago.
"Hmp, who is he calling an Amazon I may be tall but at least I am not a dwarf like he is!" I thought to myself and stared at the ceiling.
Then, something strikes me I smell something odd and smoke were coming in my room. I checked downstairs if there is something wrong and I heard the fire alarm. I went to our kitchen and I can see flames engulfing some of our stuff. Luckily, the fire men came just in time before the flame widely spread and I got out safely.
I was standing in front of our house watching the flames danced as the winds gushed through it. I was able to save a few of my things which are my school uniform, school materials and a teddy bear given to me by my boy childhood friend but I can't remember his name and his looks anymore and someday I wish I could see him.