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Chapter One

"What's wrong?" asked a green-eyed girl with huge glasses as she looked up from her book.

"Nothing," answered the boy the girl was talking with.

"What do you mean nothing? It certainly looks like something," inquired the girl.

The boy, who was chubby with jet-black unruly hair, suddenly stood up. He looked very much aggravated. "Look," he started "I don't want you pitying me, 'Tomi-chan."

The girl looked confused. What did he mean pitying him? Did she do something wrong to make him upset?

"Va- ," she started but she was stopped as the boy started speaking again.

"I know you pity me, 'Tomi-chan. There's no need to pretend. You can stay away if you like… there's no use trying to hang out with a loser like me."

The girl felt upset and confused all at the same time. How come he thinks she's pretending to be friends with him? That she wants to stay away from him? As the boy started to walk away, she stood up and shouted at him.

"I don't get you! I just want to be friends with you. Why do you push me away! I just want to be with you." With that the girl ran to him and hugged him tight, tears falling down her cheeks, blurring her glasses.

"Why? I thought, I thought-" and every other word the girl was to say was gone. Replaced by whimpering, sobbing and hiccupping. The boy's expression softened.

"I'm sorry, 'Tomi-chan. I just have to go."

With those words, the boy left the green-eyed girl, 'Tomi-chan, tears streaming down both their faces. The boy never looked back.

'I'll wait for you. Until you return and become my friend.'

Ten Years Later.

Ding-dong. Students started to get out of the building, but, girl with honey brown hair stayed behind. She was doing something and she was looking very anxious as if someone was out to kill her. Then…

"Oi, nerd girl. You done with my homework for tomorrow?" asked a blonde haired girl, who was together with two other people: one a girl with red hair chewing gum, the other a blond hair boy who seemed to be interested with his hair.

"Uh, well, you see… I had to do yours, Allen and Yukari's homework… really. I'm half way thr-" stuttered the brunette.

"Half-way! That's it HALF WAY?" yelled the blonde to the girl's face.

"I- I'm sorry… I'll finish it ri-" The girl was interrupted when the blonde suddenly grabbed the papers she had in her hands.

"I guess this will be suffice. But you will still pay." The blonde took her glasses and stepped on them.

"Now, that's enough payment. Really, Kanzaki-nerd you should get new glasses." With that, the blonde girl and her 'cronies' left the poor girl, who had already broken eyeglasses.

The honey-brown haired girl ran from school as fast as she could. Before the other kids start to pick on her and she had to fetch some groceries for her mother too. The girl finally stopped running when she arrived at the local convenient store. There, a funny looking man welcomed her.

"Ah, isn't it little Hitomi?" remarked the old man.

"Mister Mole…" said Hitomi.

"Tee-hee. I know Hitomi. Well are you here for your mother's orders?

"Yeah."

Mister Mole started looking around the store. Checking through all sorts of plastic bags. But he noticed that Hitomi wasn't wearing her glasses and was squinting to read a magazine, which was by the rack beside her.

"Hitomi, what happened to your glasses?"

"Uh. You see, Mister Mole, I kinda fell on my face while I was getting here. So the bridge of the frame kinda snapped into half," said Hitomi with a smile.

'I hope he takes the lie.'

"Uh-hum," said Mister Mole "You oughta be careful next time around. You might not only break your glasses next time. Well, here you go. Tell your mother I said 'Hi'."

"Sure Mister Mole. Well, see you!"

On the way home, Hitomi noticed that there were a few moving trucks by the newly furnished house a few blocks away from her own home.

'That's where the Fanels used to live! I wonder…'

She dismissed her thoughts. Her friend did abandon her but she still held her hopes high. Lost in her thoughts, she never noticed the raven-haired teen looking at her.

"Mama, I'm home"

"Hitomi, welcome back," greeted a familiar woman. She had straw colored hair and she was standing by the counter in the kitchen, chopping.

"I have the stuff you asked me to get for you," Hitomi said as she placed the plastic bags on the table.

"That's good, dear," her mother turned to look at her. Hitomi was anxious. She didn't want her mother to…

"Where are your glasses, dearie?" There. The dread question that Hitomi was scared of. This wasn't the first time that Hitomi broke her glasses. That was the third one this year.

"I… I… I'm sorry, Mama," she spoke face down.

"Tell me… who did it, Hitomi?"

Hitomi looked away. She refused to meet her mother's gaze. She can't tell her about what Millerna did to her! She knew her mother would report the bullying to the school authorities. She couldn't have that. Millerna was an influential person. She practically OWNED the school. Should Millerna be reported to the authorities, Hitomi was sure to be expelled.

"I can't…"

"Why not?" her mother raised her brow.

"Because… they're dangerous."

Her mother sighed. It was no use trying to get information from her daughter. She was too stubborn for her own good. She shook her head; her daughter must've known that she had another set of glasses for her. She knew that this was coming.

Hitomi was climbing when she called out…

"It's in the bed side table… third drawer."

Hitomi smiled. "Thanks Ma!"

'Kids these days…'

Then she resumed chopping their dinner.

Little Notes From Little People

Hello there!

This is the first chapter of Come Back. It has been edited by the wonderful Hotari-chan! Please do excuse me if the story is a tad bit cliché. If you liked the story please do review, I would be very happy if you do so. Criticisms and comments are whole-heartedly welcome! Thank you very much for spending time with reading this story!

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