BEAUTY AND THE FATTY

Disclaimer: I do not own CCS or any of its characters, but this storyline and additional characters are mine. :)

Author's Note: This is my first stint at writing fanfics. For years, I have been making little stories in my head but I never had the courage to write them nor publish them. But as what my favorite author once said, you do not learn how to play the piano by reading books on how to play the piano. So here I am, summoning the courage to try my hand at writing. Bear with me if I have some wrong grammars or some faulty lines. Hope you like this story. :))

Chapter 1: I'm Wide Awake

~I'm wide awake… I'm wide awake…I'm wide awake…

Yeah, I was in the dark

I was falling hard,

With an open heart

I'm wide wake

How did I read the stars so wrong?

I'm wide wake

And now it's clear to me

That everything you see ain't always what it seems

I'm wide awake

Yeah I was dreaming for so long…~

Sakura heard the first few lines of her alarm clock ringtone. It was a song entitled Wide Awake by Katy Perry, which she deemed a clever idea to use as an alarm tone in getting up in the morning. The irony was not lost to her that the lyrics says "I'm wide awake," while she was there "Wide a-snore." But who cares, sleep is a good thing.

She struggled to reach for her waking mechanism to turn it off or more specifically, push that snooze button knowing fully that after 30 minutes, it would ring again. After finally getting hold of the clock, which read 5:30am, she hit the snooze button and went back to sleep. It has become her routine to set the alarm early but then pushing that snooze button to steal some more time to sleep.

The plan was to wake up early so she could have time to exercise early in the morning. Maybe jog a little before getting ready for school (which she always push back as a reserve idea since first, she doesn't have anyone to jog with, and second, it would look really funny to see a fat lady jog. With all those belly fat jingling when you run. So, jogging became more of a contingency plan if all else fail. She was just psyching up her brain in case the impulse of really going for a jog came, she could say that she actually went according to her plans.)

Sakura wasn't always chubby. When she was in elementary, she was actually really fit. She was very active in sports and other games. Who wouldn't be when you grow up with boys? She was always with her brother, Touya, and his circle of friends. But when high school came, that's when she got heavier. That's the result of being a home-buddy, too focused on studies, eyes either on the tv or reading a book, and of course, eating. In short, she got less active with sports and games. It's not that she lost interest in them; it's just there were no one to play with anymore. When you hit puberty, it's improper to see a young lady running around with boys. Girls her age were more into girly stuffs while she was still in denial of growing up. Why can't she stay as a kid and play all day long all she wants with whom she wants? Maybe then, she would not have gained this fat in her belly and arms. Sad reality of life. So there she was, snoring and making excuses for herself about sleeping in.

~I'm wide awake..I'm wide awake..," there goes the alarm again. But this time, Sakura had already enough guilt to open her eyes, sit-up and turn-off the alarm clock to finally get ready for school. But instead of 6:00am, it was already 6:30am on the clock. She must have snored her way through 6:00 and finally heard the alarm thirty minutes after that.

"Arggggggghhhh…so much for exercising before taking a shower and eating breakfast," she murmured to herself and frowned. "I'll just really do it tomorrow!" she continued not knowing if it was to convince herself or just to justify her procrastination in exercising. Sakura has always been the great procrastinator.

It was forty-five minutes past seven when she got set on going to school. Good thing the school is just a 15-minute ride away from their house. Being on time was not one of her greatest asset and she wants to change that too. What she can't change though is the traffic on Monday mornings. So there she is now, running for her life in going to her classroom, which was on the 4th floor of their school. She got the exercise she wanted after all. Running would have been a piece of cake for her, but when you're a little bit on the chubby side, stamina is your enemy. She was already in the 3rd floor lobby when she was unable to stop her momentum and bump into a guy who suddenly appeared on the corner leading to the fourth floor staircase.

"Gomenasai! I'm really, really sorry," Sakura said while bowing into the guy she bumped into. "I'm…ruh..nning late for…mah-my class," she panted, bowed again and continued her run to her classroom. But even on a hurry, she didn't miss the piercing amber eyes the guy had and his messy chestnut hair. "That guy was cute. But nah, he would never like a fat girl like me. But you'll never know, he might see the beauty inside before the outside. What are you thinking Sakura Kinomoto? This is no time for daydreaming and arguing about a guy who might and might not like you if he gets to know you! This is the time to run for your life and get into class before you get into more trouble," she hastily told herself.

"Ohayou!" she greeted and paused to catch her breath on the doorway of their classroom. Their class was supposed to start at 8am in the morning but here she is again, 15 minutes late due to traffic. Thankfully, the teacher too is not yet around.

She proceeded to her seat and put down her things. Five minutes later, their teacher walked inside the room together with the boy with piercing amber eyes and messy chestnut hair.

A/N: That's it for this Chapter. How'd you find it? Your reviews and comments would really mean a lot to me. :)

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