Warning: If you see the name Ami, dont get confused! That is Airi Irino, Akio's sister. I tried to take it out but if you find that mistake, tell me!
If you end up reading this fanfic i hope you all like this because this is my first fanfic ever i put a lot of effort in this and hope you like this so i can make more. ENJOY THE STORY!
CHAPTER 1 : Mei's Past
Tachibana Mei was a quiet girl who didn't get involved with others but that all changed after she met Yamato Kurasawa. ( I am going to put a change in Mei's past a little my first fanfic) However, no one knew that way before she had met Yamato, she had a different life; one in which she wasn't quiet and wasn't looked down upon.
Mei is a 16 year old girl attending Azabu High but 2 years ago she didn't attend that school. Back then, she had a lot; a boyfriend and a group of loyal friends that stood up for her but all of that changed when she moved to another part of japan. The reason to which only her and her family knew about. After the move, she never wanted to talk to people and never cared about what people said about her.
Mei was four years old and was super exited. She sat down next to a shy little boy who was hiding his face in his arms so she asked, ''Are you OK? You seem sad, whats your name?''. The boy looked up at her and responded, ''My name is Akio Irino, I just don't want to be here is all." The boy, now known as Akio looked in Mei's brown orbs and felt like he could trust her immediately.
''Oh'' Mei responded pouting her lips. ''Well Akio, My name is Tachibana Mei nice to meet you! Do you want to be friends!?'' asked Mei feeling hopeful and excited at the thought of having a new friend. '' S-s-sure.'' said Akio who was a little confused because he was met someone who actually wanted to be his friend (they normally teased him through out his childhood).
''OK then! Lets make a promise, OK ?'' Mei said with so much excitement that made Akio feel the tiniest bit uncomfortable.
'' Why is she being so nice to me? And why do i feel like i can trust her.'' he thought. ''Ahem. Akio are you all right?'' Mei said with worry and annoyance.
''Huh? Oh what did you say, I was just thinking'' he said '' I asked you if you want to make a promise?'' responded Mei again this time with a serious yet happy tone.
'' Oh, OK. But what is the promise?" said Akio tilting his head to the side with a curious tone.
'' The promise is that we will be friends forever and ever and that we will try to help each other when we need help, okay?'' she said and her face expression changed to now show a hopeful one. '' OK , but do you know when class starts?'' he asked and Mei just shrugged her arms.
'' I don't know but after this we can play! i have a lot of things to show you!'' she said trying trying hard to make him talk to her like if they had been friends since diaper days.
''OK! I'll ask my mom when school ends I guess'' he said actually building up his courage. ''All right!'' she said glad that he had said yes and also that she had succeeded in making him talk loud and clear.
Later in the year, Akio starts getting out of his shell and is more out going. He later introduced his sister to Mei and all three were friends ever since.
Four years pass by and Mei is in third grade making new friends with a group of four new girls. These four new "friends" of her and Mei go by the class rabbit's cage and feed it inappropriate things that ended in the death of the beloved class rabbit named Fluffy. When asked who the culprit was, all the girls turned to look at Mei and pointed at her in accusation; having no care in the world that Mei wasn't even involved. Mei was hated by all in her class except for the special few who stayed by her side which included Akio and his sister, Airi.
Some time goes by and Mei eventually starts hanging around other people again and continues being the outgoing type of person she originally was.
Even as the years passed Mei and Akio never broke the promise even when they had gotten older and had each made a few new friends, the reason? They were basically like siblings that would never fight or argue with each other, or at least that is what they thought.
When Mei had grown into a teenager, she had long hair up to the middle of her back, she was asked out by a lot of guys in middle school in the 6th grade by 1st and 2nd year guys but she would refuse. Her friends would always encourage her to date but she always responded with ''What for?".
Akio also had the same situation with girls but he would never give in.
In the middle of the year in 7th grade, a new guy came to their class and he was pretty good looking. The new guy had blonde hair, blue eyes, flawless skin, and a personality that made the girls fall in love with him at first sight.
After the teacher had introduced him, the sensei asked who wanted to give him a tour of the school and every girl but Mei raised their hands.
The other girls put their hands yelling '' ME,ME,ME,ME!''. But Mei rolled her eyes and looked at Akio's direction, who was behind her and chuckled when she saw the surprised look on his face.
The teacher chose Mei and told her to stand up to let him know who she was. She groaned because she wanted to have lunch with her friends instead of showing him around but she listened to the teachers orders.
The new guy was called Daiki Kamiki and once he saw her, he noticed that she had showed no interest in him like the other girls had and decided that she was an interesting person. He wanted to know all about her, and was determined to make her his girlfriend.
When class ended she walked up to the front of the classroom to wait for Daiki so she could show him around. The teacher told Mei and Daiki to wait in the class to talk to them.
''OK, this is Tachibana Mei, she will show you all the places you need to know alright? Alright then, I'm on my lunch break now so you may leave, you guys can eat now too and do the tour right after or you can do the tour first and then ea. Its up to you. Thank you Mei for showing your new classmate around"
''No problem.'' she murmured in slight annoyance. After the teacher left, Daiki tells Mei that she was pretty. Mei thanks him quietly while staring at him as if he was an alien. '' Is he hitting on me?!'' she thought
"I don't know if you're hitting on me or not but I'm not interested!" she blurts out on accident.
'' Alright? But can I ask who is this person you like, I mean it's written on your face that you like someone.''
''it is none of your business!'' she says out annoyance clearly in her voice.
''Alright, alright.'' he says putting his hands up in defense knowing that she had gotten mad.
''Lets go then.'' says Mei now having calmed down.
They go to the cafeteria, library, garden, his classes, club places, sport fields, gymnasium, auditorium and the main office.
Then Mei felt uncomfortable being in Daiki's presence and just gets her lunch practically running to the cafeteria to meet her friends. Daiki heads out fo the cafeteria with intentions of sitting next to Mei. He finds said girls sitting next to 3 girls , and 4 boys with every girl in her table sitting next a guy. He saw Mei talking to one guy, he looks around the table looking for a seat and sees a perfectly empty chair next to his target. Just as he is making his way to the small girls table, someone pulls him and hi is faced by a girl face caked in makeup looking up at him. She tells him to sit next to them but he rejects their offer.
He pulled away and walked over to Mei and and sat down. Mei looked over to him and ignored him and kept talking to Akio. He feels neglected and just tapped her on the shoulder ''Hey is that you know who?''
''This is Akio one of my friends, and why are you even here?!'' she responds. ''Ouch.'' he said in a playful tone.
"If you want to know so badly, I am here because you are the only one i know." Daiki said
''Then you should go make other friends.'' was her answer.
''All right, if you say so Mei.'' he said and then turned to the girl sitting next to him and started a conversation.
'' I meant, that you should go somewhere else other than this table.'' she murmured
''Daiki felt that he was not needed and left for the bathroom while leaving his lunch there, then one of her friends told her that if she wasn't already dating that she would date him. Her boyfriend who was part of their group of friends said ''what is that supposed to mean?!" Kiyoko, the girl that made the earlier comment just laughed and hugged Hisao, her boyfriend.
She had whispered that she was only trying to get her to date other people, all of the girls in the group except Mei were already dating the guys in the group. The only guy that didn't have a girlfriend was Akio and the only reason was that he secretly had feelings for Mei and didn't want to tell her of his feelings because he was afraid that she would not feel the same way. Though he was wrong because she did like him and wanted him to ask her out.
About two minutes pass and Daiki comes back taking his seat next Mei.
Akio sees the way that Daiki looks at his Mei and and notices that he could lose her if he didn't act soon so he finally built up his courage and decided to ask her out.
''Mei can I talk to you in private?'' he said nervously fearing for what her answer was going to be. He pulls Mei along with him to the roof and begins to talk. '' uh... you know we've known each other for a long time right?" At this Mei's heart flairs up and she starts anticipating what would come out of her best friend's mouth. "Uh-huh" She responds a few seconds later.
" Well I was think and i wanted to ask you something. Well here goes. Do you... want... to... you know... be my girlfriend...?" he said completely nervous
'' uh...'' she was stunned; she had wanted this for a while and couldn't believe that this was actually happening to her.
'' oh... i should have known'' he said. His heart broke in two thinking that she does not feel the same way he does.
'' You should have known what?'' she said confused. She didn't expect him to say those words and that surprised her.
'' That you would say no'' he said crestfallen. He was hanging his head down, facing the floor because he couldn't bare looking at his best friend's face.
''What do you mean. I would have said yes if you had given me the time to speak and had not just jumped to conclusions. '' she said silently while blushing like mad, punching him lightly for his foolishness.
'' Really!? I never knew you would say yes!'' he said happily. He could finally rest knowing that Mei was finally his girlfriend.
Hello dear readers! How was the first chapter? I tried my best to make it as good as I can at three in the morning (I can't sleep. Insomnia.) anyway I hope this is a much better improvement over the first version of this story. I changed a few things because I wasn't happy at all with what I wrote so I hope you like this. I'm glad that over 4,000 people have read my first draft of this story! I feel bad that they read the bad version^^,.