700 Days of Summer Ch 1 1/23/12
Sorry it took so long to get started on this I have been really busy! But oh man I have a lot of ideas for this one. Now as I said this is a high school story but I am going use a lot of my own elements to write it. I am going to avoid as many clichés or cartoony things like you would see on a nickelodeon sitcom or MTV. Hope you enjoy. Special thanks to Scooby82101 for looking over this.
The morning sun shined through the windows and upon my eyelids. I just rolled over and shoved my face into the pillow. I did not want to wake up, not yet. However eventually I gave in, realizing what day it was. I looked at a clock and jumped out of bed and proceeded to get dressed. After putting on my uniform which consisted of a red wine colored blazer and a black skirt with a grey stripe running through it I looked into the mirror. I looked like a complete and utter mess after my struggle to fight against fatigue from earlier. I started to brush my erratic hair and made it flow ever so elegantly. My hair, which was a burgundy color, flowed like wine being poured out of the top with a luscious look to it. I used a metallic hair piece that curled up the front and contracted back my bangs.
I looked in the mirror. I did not see myself. I see a woman. Not a girl, but a woman. I had begun to truly grow up. This is not like freshman or sophomore years where high school was cute, fun or crap like that. No… I was almost an adult.
"Aki! Are you almost ready?" Shouted a booming voice.
"Coming Papa!" I say with a sweet honey coated voice. I picked up my school bag and rushed downstairs. I ran into the table, the smell of egg and buttermilk was thick the air around me with a sizzle of bacon in there as well. It smelled delicious and it continued to tempt me with its aroma.
"I see someone's ready for her junior year?" My father questioned happily as he read the morning newspaper while eating some toast. My father has always been a kind man though still relatively uptight. He was always looking out for me, always trying to make sure I'm happy with my surroundings. However, I felt he sometimes went overboard with this as I can take care of myself.
"Yep I got all my stuff prepared and Mikage says she will meet me at the train station. Oooh! Pancakes!" I started to feast on the pancakes, hey when I see an opportunity I go for it.
"I made them for your first day. Now remember that the new butler will be here when you get back from school so please be kind to him." My mother said. My mother was the same as my father although not as protective. She instead taught me some tricks to defend myself and then I learned from there by myself.
By that point I finished my meal. "No problem. I'm curious to see what he is like. Oh Crap! Gotta go, sorry!" I cried as I ran off. I leapt out of the door, with the familiar sun now shining down on me with colossal energy in me in an attempt to get to the station before the bus comes.
My name is Aki Izayoi. That was my first morning of being a junior. I was halfway to becoming an adult. When you reach the halfway point in your way to adulthood you start to notice things differently and the environment around you can change as well. I was about to learn that in ways I could never imagine.
At last I reached the bus stop where a petite blue haired girl with short hair was waiting. I decided to play a joke on her and crept up behind quietly to her. When the girl looked back I catapulted at her and glomped her.
"Mikage!" I shouted out in joy. Mikage just stammered in confusion. "Aki, p-please don't do that."
"Sorry I'm just so excited! I'm pumped, I had a great breakfast and I am ready for anything!"
"I'm happy for you, but couldn't you use words to say that?" Mikage smiled at my excitement before we both sat down on a bench and looked down on the ground.
"Hey, what do you want to change the most?" Mikage looked over to me in confusion at the question.
"W-what do you mean by that?" I smiled as I moved over a bit, so I sat closer to her.
"I mean is there something you want to happen? Do you want to fall in love; do you want to raise your grades? What do you want to happen?" Mikage looked down on the ground and her expression looked grim.
"I just want the both of us to do well and maybe things will be better for you than the previous years." I smiled once again and put my arm around Mikage's shoulders trying to comfort her.
"Hey don't worry about me, I can make it. Besides we know the truth and it does not bother me when they bring it up. I think this year people will just get tired of talking about it." Mikage smiled, she thought I was one of the bravest people she ever met and that I could get through a lot.
"What do you want to change?" I looked surprised and Mikage looked excited, wanting to desperately know the answer.
"I guess I want to fall in love." Mikage smiled warmly at this revelation. She found out her tough friend had a soft spot for romance.
"What?" I asked nervously as she continued her smile.
"Nothing I just find it so cute that you want to find love." I just giggled and sat back further.
"Yeah well I want to find out what is so amazing about it. I hear a lot about it though a lot of the romances I see at school are usually fake to begin with and break up so quickly. I want to find true love; I want to know what it's like. I want to know the true pleasure and the pain of falling in love." We both smiled simultaneously, I just told the truth and it satisfied Mikage's curiosity. There was nothing more for us to say. But she decided to continue the conversation.
"I think you will find it Aki, I'm sure of it."
"And who's to say you won't fall in love? I mean look at you! You are adorable!" When you took a look at Mikage, it's obvious why I said that. She had a small though still cute stature, her hair was soft and flowing like mine. She was also very kind and patient towards everyone although this usually meant people take advantage of her at times. However, usually when you describe her like this out loud to her she gets embarrassed.
This was one of those occasions.
Mikage blushed immensely from my comment and tried to hide her face. I always found it cute when she blushed so I decided to glomp her again. I hope this year she can stand her ground, I didn't say this; just wished for it.
"Awwww! You're so cute!" Mikage tried to wrestle out of my grasp, but we both had to stop when the train had arrived. We both got on eagerly and headed off to our destination. The place where although it may seem familiar as with the previous two years, this year things were going to change. And not just for us or the school.
But for everyone around us.
When we finally arrived at the school, it was as busy as it had been last year. Students covered the grounds around; you could barely make out a word that they or even what you were saying. It was one of the tamest forms of chaos we had ever seen. So we just made our way to our advisory class, trying to get through the masses. Eventually though after climbing up two flights of stairs, running through the halls looking for room 356, we finally made it. We opened the door and we saw everyone in the class chatting endlessly. However, when we entered, some of the class looked at us in silence. Mikage felt uncomfortable about it but I whispered to her that everything's going to be fine. Since no empty seats were right next to each other we sat separately. I sat near the front, next to a black and spiky haired boy with gold highlights. When I took a closer look at him I realized it was Yusei Fudo.
I have had little contact with Yusei over the years. I had the occasional class with him or the occasional partnership in some activities but really, I did not know a lot about him. Plus, unlike the other classmates who looked at me in silence, Yusei just took one look and then went back to a book he was reading. However, I thought to myself that this year, I am going to learn more about him.
"Umm hey." I said to him. He turns towards me, putting his book down.
"Hello." A one sentence answer. I could not even tell whether he was happy or upset because I had interrupted his reading.
"You remember me right? Aki Izayoi." He then smiled surprisingly.
"Of course I still remember, we had several classes together in the past. This year I can tell we are going to know each other very well though." He offered his hand out and I shook it. He seems a lot kinder than I expected. But before I could get to know him better, the teacher came in and everyone stopped talking.
"Sorry I'm late class; my car was not running this morning so I had to take a bus. But anyhow, welcome my name is Mr. Divine. I will be your homeroom teacher this year, which means I'll be completely useless." The class giggled at his joke. Though, in all seriousness, Mr. Divine was actually a pretty nice guy. I knew this beforehand as he used to be a neighbor of mine and would often visit. Heck, as a little kid I kind of had a crush on him but I since grew out of it. He was still a nice guy though, making good jokes and seemed to care a lot about us. Eventually though the bell rang and I went to my next class.
Resource seminar was next and I am glad I got that after advisory because in those two periods I could finish homework I forgot to do or do extra studying. However when I took a look at the class I saw that Yusei was in it as well. I thought it was a nice coincidence and just ignored it.
History:
He was there again! It's starting to get a little weird. Our history teacher, Mr. Yanagi, was a strange guy though also very fun. However, I could not pay that much attention to him as I was still focused on Yusei being there.
Algebra:
I finally got a class with Mikage in it, but, again, so was Yusei! I sat in between them and I was still surprised I got another class with him. Even when I was chatting with Mikage, I still wondered why I had so many classes with Yusei?
Double Biology:
Yusei is here again! Even though our teacher Mr. Akutsu Zigzix was one of the most bizarre people I ever met, he was not the focus of my attention. Although I did notice the most popular girl in school, Misty Lola, was sitting next to me. When she turned to introduce herself I was amazed at how beautiful she was. She had an amazing flow of black hair, clear blue eyes, pristine skin, she was amazing.
English:
Guess who was in it? If you answered Yusei, no shit! He was in every class and I have no idea how or why. One other thing I noticed was a small, orange haired boy with hair that looked like a volcano erupting was writing something on a sheet of paper. When I took a look I saw that he was writing a song. He introduced himself as Crow Hogan and he seemed like an energetic but relatively nice guy.
Lunch:
There were so many people in the lunch room, I did not bother to look for Yusei. I did find Mikage however and we sat down at a table where we were alone, until one person came up and asked if we could eat there. YUSEI! How is he in every class? Honestly! I did not ask him though as I did not want to come off as rude towards him, especially since I barely know him.
Intro to business:
Yusei was there, nothing else interesting.
Gym:
Yusei was there, end f story. I should not say that actually as Misty was there too, along with Mikage and Crow plus a childhood friend of Mikage, Jack. I have met Jack before and really sometimes he comes off as an asshole. He really seems like he is a jerk for no reason and whenever I asked him about it he always said "Mind your own business." Hopefully I could find out this year. Misty seemed to be chatting with a blue haired boy with a silly grin on his face, a very pretty blond haired girl with a French accent, a white haired boy who did not talk that much, and Crow. Later a girl with big glasses and green hair showed up and started chatting along with them. Though later the gym teacher, Mr. Saiga, came and he introduced himself.
At the end of the day Mikage and I headed home. I asked if she wanted to come over to my house, but she said she had something to attend to. We took the train back and we parted ways. I got to my house and opened the door. When I entered inside though I saw my dad talking to YUSEI!
"Ahh Aki, you are finally home. This is our new butler, Yusei Fudo."
How am I doing so far? Please review and let me know! Now a lot of the characters mentioned will play a bigger role later so be prepared. Once again, please review!