Title: Love is Like Mochi Part 01

Fandom: Koukou Debut

Rating: G (Is this rating same as the movies?)

Disclaimer: Koukou Debut, the characters, in short its entirety, belong to their respective owner/s. I do not make profit off this fan fiction.

Summary: Haruna gets herself a persistent admirer. What will Yoh do?!

Type: Uh…how do you fill this?

Haruna was on her way to school. Looking around, it was certain she's looking for someone.

"Good morning!"

Haruna's expression brightened up suddenly upon hearing the greeting from behind. Quickly, she turned around with a huge grin ready to greet back.

"Yo…h!...?"

Haruna was startled to see a tall guy in their school uniform with bleached hair and mildly tanned skin smiling instead of Yoh with his 'I don't have time to even bother' expression in the morning.

"Eh." Haruna looked around her immediately, thinking she might have mistaken.

"Waa…is he talking to me?" Haruna thought as she looked at him.

His eyes were still fixed at her. He would not even budge; he was just smiling at Haruna without a word.

He was cool in Haruna's opinion. Rather flashy and overflowing with attitude even though he was doing nothing.

Haruna, still in confusion, found herself bowing subconsciously as a polite greeting when she heard a familiar voice.

"Haruna!"

Mami-chan came running from not afar. Haruna noticed her right away and took a last glimpse at the guy before running to Mami-chan.

"We have Physical education today. Good thing the weather is nice." Mami-chan said after Haruna caught up with her.

"Yeah. Did you see the match last…"

SCHOOL GROUNDS: PHYSICAL EDUCATION

"TIME OUT!"

The sound of the teacher's whistle followed. The students scattered as the teacher gathered the other students playing.

Haruna stood there for a moment as she wiped her sweat. Looking at the wrist band Yoh gave her which she received a long way back, she realized that it's been really long since they've got together.

"I still wonder whether I'm dreaming!" Haruna accidentally said out loud with her hands in the air.

"Nagashima! Go fill this with water from the wash area." The teacher passed her a couple of plastic bottles as he assisted the students who stumbled over some rock.

"Oh, okay."

Haruna skipped on her way to the wash area thinking about what she just realized earlier – completely oblivious of what happened earlier.

"Lunch is next! Oh, I have katsudon today!" Haruna put the bottles down and started removing the caps. "I should have added more for Yoh."

"Hey have you seen the new student? Cool isn't he?" One female student said to another.

"The one with the tan and bleached hair? Ha ha, too bad he's younger than you."

The two then walked off.

Haruna overheard them and wondered where she might've seen someone fitting the description. She promptly recalled what happened earlier.

"He must be a new student! Maybe he wanted to ask me something earlier like directions or…" Haruna's eyes almost popped out.

"SPLASSSHH!!"

The faucet jerked, splashing Haruna with water.

Haruna came back with all the bottles cradled on her arms – of course she was soaking wet. The teacher noticed her right away and so did the others including Mami-chan.

"What happened? Why are you soaking wet?" The teacher asked as he took the bottles.

Haruna scratched her head with a silly grin. "Ha ha…the faucet was broken but I did not see the sign. I have a shirt under though!"

"You should change. Takahashi go with her."

Mami-chan ran towards her immediately, "Yes, sir."

GIRL'S LOCKER ROOM

Mami-chan and Haruna walked out of the locker room. Haruna felt her hair and commented, "it's like I just took a shower."

"You should be more careful Haruna." Mami-chan shared her concern as he folded Haruna's wet shirt.

"I was but I heard some seniors talking about a new student…"

"CRASH!"

Mami-chan rushed to Haruna after she bumped to someone.

"Ow…Sorry." Haruna looked up. She was surprised to see the same guy she saw on her way to school.

There he was again smiling as ever. "Don't worry. I was not looking either but you weren't looking too so it's okay. Sorry." There was a sarcastic air about him but it seemed only Mami-chan noticed it.

"Ting…ting….ting..ting.." There went the school bell.

"Oh, lunch time! Haruna smiled before running to Mami-chan (Again XD)

CAFETERIA: LUNCH BREAK

Haruna and Mami-chan saw Asami right away as she stood out well in the crowd. "Asami!" She waved at her.

"It's Haruna." Asami waved back.

Haruna was excited. She had been looking forward to lunch and she had so many things to tell Yoh. But then, she immediately noticed the absence of Yoh; she was obviously upset.

"He was called by the teacher." Asaoka said without losing the sweet smile on his face.

"You looked like a lost child Haruna." He chuckled after in a taunting manner.

"Eh, I did?" Haruna still obviously disappointed sat down and started unpacking her bento.

"I was looking forward to lunch." She told herself as she took her chopstick, ready to eat her packed lunch which was katsudon.

"Itadakimasu!" Her expression quickly brightened up upon seeing the katsudon.

"So that's why! I did not add more because he wouldn't be at lunch!" Her eyes glittered undeniably as she thought, "That's right! According to the magazine I read, lovers are connected in some way! Does that mean I'm not dreaming? Waa…we're really a couple now! Nothing can take us apart!"

She was blushing with her hands against her cheeks. She couldn't contain her happiness and everyone did not fail to notice it either.

"What are you doing Haruna?" Asami asked.

"No...Nothing." haruna just grinned at her and continued eating with the contented expression on her face.

"Fumi-kun, I have a new classmate." Asami cuddled Fumi-kun as she ate.

"Eh really?" Fumi-kun as innocent as ever replied.

"He's pretty popular too you know… but I don't like him. He's tanned."

"Tanned…tanned…tanned" It kept ringing in Haruna's head. She's starting to feel awkward already; are her eyes playing tricks on her? She gulped as she realized they weren't.

There he was, the same guy he bumped into several times already that day- he was sitting from the table in front theirs and he's facing Haruna with his usual smile.

He was smiling at her again intently. "So it was not my imagination. He was really smiling at me." Haruna smiled back as their eyes met and she bowed once again without her even noticing it.

"Wham!"

Haruna hit her head on the table. The sound was so loud that everyone near them stopped what they were doing to look. Haruna idly looked up rubbing her forehead in pain.

"Are you okay Haruna?" Mami-chan asked her. Haruna looked around, seeing the blank expressions of everyone.

"It's freaky." Asami commented, cuddling Fumi tighter.

"Is it because Yoh isn't here? You don't have to worry about him. He wasn't called because he did something wrong." Asaoka tried to make Haruna feel better as he smiled at her.

SCHOOL GATE: DISMISSAL

"I was acting really weird today! Good thing Yoh was not there or he'll think I'm a freak!"

Haruna walked off swaying from left to right as if she has no more energy. "Is it all because I haven't seen Yoh? Has he become my daily equivalent of energy drinks?!"

Just when Haruna was about to be drowned into the sea of depression, Yoh appeared in front of her. Haruna knew it was Yoh and just like what she thought, she was suddenly overflowing with positive energy!

"Yoh! I thought I'd never see you!"

"I was about to message you but I saw someone creepy walking towards me." Yoh then walked beside Haruna towards the school gate.

"Eh, it's just that all of my energy was drained! But I was recharged when I saw you!" Haruna was evidently happy. Now that she thought about the connection between lovers, she felt closer to Yoh more than ever.

"I heard you were acting weird from Asaoka. I was busy because I had to run errands so you don't have to worry." Yoh's concern was heartfelt for Haruna. She looked at him with her glimmering eyes with her sweetest smile.

Haruna suddenly remembered that she had something to tell Yoh earlier at lunch but he wasn't there. Yoh must understand the situation better than her so he could as well be able to make things clearer for her.

"Oh right. Yoh, you know there was someo…"

"KOMIYAMA SEMPAI!"

Haruna's jaw dropped down with her eyes almost falling out in shock. There was the guy she was about to talk about. It was certainly him; striking bleached hair and tanned skin. There he was standing between them.

Yoh noticed it immediately and asked, "Have you two met each other before?"

"What?" The tanned guy looked at Haruna closely, as a matter of fact, really close! Haruna was surprised and did not move a muscle.

After a while of scrutinizing, the tanned guy grinned, "Hmm…No."

"HE'S LYING!!" Haruna yelled out inside her. She wanted to shout it out loud but tried her best not to.

Yoh had an indifferent look on his face; he does not want to spend more time with the company of the tanned guy. It's definite because of the quick and short introduction he made to introduce them to each other.

"This is Kawamura. He was my classmate in middle school but he was held back by a year. He's Asami's classmate now."

"Ha..ha…your classmate…haha…ha" She was acting weird again. Due to the shock, she can't respond well.

"This is Nagashima Haruna. She's my girlfriend." Yoh grabbed her wrist and moved aside.

"Oh, she is?!" kawamura replied with a huge grin.

"We're going now." Turning to Haruna, "Let's go." He then went away with Haruna who was still laughing uncontrollably in a freakishly odd way.

DOWNTOWN

"Why would he lie? But then…maybe he really did forget." Haruna was still thinking about it. She couldn't seem to shake it off.

Yoh suddenly slowed down. He knew something was wrong; Haruna was unusually quiet the whole time after meeting Kawamura, Yoh's old classmate.

"What's wrong?" Yoh stopped walking and pulled Haruna who was obviously not herself today.

"Ha? What?…Nothing..ha..ha"

"Nothing? You were acting weird the whole time." It was true that Yoh was concerned but he sounded harsh. It's just like him to hide his true intentions using callous words.

"I…was? Ah. Ha..ha…" Haruna covered her mouth and was obviously surprised. She looked downwards as it finally came to her. "Oh no, it's happening again! Just like the winter break!" She thought.

She knew it annoyed Yoh when she acted strangely but she couldn't accuse his old classmate of being a liar could she?

As she was left in deep thought, Yoh held her hand causing her to look up to him suddenly. "Whatever you do, keep away from him."

Author's loooong Note:

This is my first fan fic ever so please don't bash me. I thought about trying my hands on fan fiction when I found myself bored to

death, waiting for chapter 40 of koukou Debut. I originally wrote original stories before but I thought maybe I should give this a shot

since I need to satisfy the inner fangirl inside of me XD. I think I shouldn't have added a new character but then...is it taboo in fan

fiction? If it is, then please forgive me for messing up with Koukou Debut T T (sob)