Haru Haru
Chapter 1 Haruka
Haruka ran down the stairs of her front porch and past the gate to meet up with the blue haired girl who stood impatiently.
"Haruka! This is our first day!" the girl said with a frown, her blue eyes questioning the girl.
"Sorry Hikari, I sort of over slept." Haruka responded with a goofy smile. Hikari sighed and rolled her eyes.
"You never change Haruka." She said as she led her friend down the road by the hand. "Come on, if we wana make it on time, we have to catch the train at least." The two girls ran towards the train platform just in time to make into the packed cart. The morning commute consisted of both students and adults all heading off to start their day in the redundant routine they had become accustomed to.
"Can you imagine it, soon we will be regulars on this train, like everyone else, heading off to school to start our days." Hikari said with a smile and a gleam in her eyes.
"Um sure, Hikari." Haruka said with a strange look.
Soon the girls reached their destination and got off the train, and began walking. It wasn't a great distance, but the school was a walk from the train station.
"Let's see, ah, this should be our classroom." Hikari said as she stopped in front of one of the classrooms, with Haruka bumping into her from behind.
"Sorry, I was so absorbed with everything that I didn't notice." Haruka apologized.
"No worries, lets go in." Hikari said as she and her friend walked into their classroom.
The classroom was a normal sized room with desks and seats for about twenty five students, a teacher's desk at the corner by the window and a podium in the center of the classroom for the teacher. Haruka and Hikari sat down in one of the seats and began to converse with themselves.
"I'm so glad we're in the same class." Haruka commented noting all the new faces around her.
"Well ya, we were after all the only ones from our middle school that I know of that decided to come here." Hikari responded.
"Really, I feel like I heard someone else say they wanted to come here, but I forgot who." Haruka said as she wondered.
"Well-" Hikari began before she stopped herself noticing that all the murmuring had stopped, making her voice sound a lot louder. The two girls looked at each other and then around the room to see what was happening. They soon took notice of the figures at the entrance by the door.
"Oh, wow, it's Shu." "Yea, I can't believe we are so lucky enough to be in the same class as him." "This is like a dream come true."
Hikari and Haruka heard some of the whispering from the girls. The person of topic was a young boy with emerald eyes and green locks that matched. His face was handsome with a mix of soft and sharp features that complimented one another.
"Shu! Over here!" came a voice in all the stillness. Everyone turned to stare at the person who had spoken just then. The green haired boy walked over to a boy with straight brown hair the framed his face and dark brown eyes.
"Hey, Ryu." He said to the brunette boy. Behind Shu came a girl with salmon colored hair that was tied up into two pigtails held together by purple bows and came down in one tight curl. The girl had a pale complexion and sharp red eyes.
"Hey Urara," the brown haired boy addressed the girl with a soft smile.
"Hi Ryu." She replied. Everyone in the class was still silent, merely watching as the three people conversed with one another, regarding them as people way beyond ordinary. It seemed as if the girl had taken noticed because her brows furrowed together and she turned to address the class.
"It's quite rude to blatantly eavesdrop on other people's conversations and to stare at them." She said in a dignified manner as if to keep herself separate from all others in the room. The students looked down embarrassed before they awkwardly restarted their previous conversations, slyly peeking a look over at the three people every now and then. Satisfied with the result, the girl turned back to her two companions.
"Wow, " Hikari commented as she turned back to look at Haruka.
"Yea, pretty intense for the first day." Haruka responded while still staring at the green haired boy. For some reason it was hard to look away from him, he had completely captured her attention. Was it because he was so good looking or because of the air around him and the way he carried himself, perhaps it was all of it.
"So that's the famous Shu I've heard about." Hikari noted seeing her friends stare.
"I've never heard of him." Haruka said finally forcing her stare away from the boy.
"Ya, well knowing you Haruka, I'm not too surprised. You never are interested in much unless it has to do with food." Hikari said with a sigh. Haruka gave a slightly embarrassed smile. "Well any way, they say that not only is he good looking, but also he's really smart and athletic, as well as filthy rich. They say he's a business prodigy at such a young age and even handles some of the business aspects of his fathers company for him from time to time." Hikari said recalling the information she had on the green haired boy.
"Wow, that's amazing that a fifteen year old boy has so much accomplishments." Haruka said, more in awe with the boy.
"Yea, well it's not just him, the kid with the brown hair, he's one of the top kendo fighters in the country. He is the youngest regional champ and has been holding the title since he was thirteen." Hikari continued, as Haruka sat, listening in amazement.
"And the girl? She's very pretty." Haruka commented.
"Yea, well that's what you would expect from a top European model." Hikari said.
"What? REALLY? She doesn't look foreign though." Haruka said in disbelief.
"Well she isn't, she just debuted in the European industry since she had grown up there for most of her life. I mean she has been modeling since the age of ten, and recently came back here."
"Wow, so what are such extraordinary people like that doing here, I mean this is a good school and all, but it's not so amazing as to have such talented people here." Haruka said glancing at the group with a new found awe.
Hikari shrugged, "Beats me, but there's also another member to the group, I think his name is Shinji, he too is apparently some sort of business genius. Not much is known about him, they say he's pretty quiet and keeps to himself." Hikari finished.
"Wow, you sure know a lot." Haruka said
"Well, duh, unlike you gossip is my business, I take pride in gathering all this intel." Hikari boasted as Haruka smiled at her. The conversations all soon stopped as a woman with straight long black hair that reached her knees walked into the room carry stacks of books and folders. She placed them on her desk and adjusted her glasses before peering at the students with her deep purple eyes. She had side bangs which was clipped off to the side with a purple flower hair pin and wore a light pink dress.
"Hello everyone, my name is Makomo sensei, and I will be your teacher for this year." She said with a sweet smile. She then proceeded to place the students in assigned seats that she had previously chosen. Shu had gotten the last seat in the first row, right next to the window and Hikari right in front of him. Haruka was placed in the last seat in the second row, making her right next to Shu with Ryu in front of her and Urara in the third row next to Ryu. The day went by pretty fast, starting with introductions and then going into review of previous materials. Haruka had noticed that whenever she glanced over at Shu he would simply be staring out the window, seeming bored. Before they realized it, the day was over and Haruka and Hikari were headed home.
"Oh wait, I wanna stop by the soccer field before we go." Haruka commented as she walked toward the back of the school, Hikari looked at her quizzically.
"Why?" she asked as she followed behind.
"Well I figured we might as well say hi to Satoshi before we go." Haruka said as they continued. Satoshi was Haruka's neighbor and childhood friend, he was two years older than the girls and in his last year of high school.
"They have soccer practice today? It's only the first day." Hikari noted.
"Yea, but they've been practicing since the summer, for the members that have already been on the team. And besides, he's captain now." Haruka commented.
"When did that happen, I thought Shigeru was the captain and him the co captain." Hikari said wanting to know more.
"Yea, well Shigeru left, went to America to study, and left the team to Satoshi." Haruka said, "I think Satoshi was a bit heartbroken for a while, he had always competed with Shigeru since they were little, but he knew that Shigeru lost his passion for soccer and found something he really liked and went to pursue it so it was easier to accept." Haruka finished explaining.
"Hmm? What did Shigeru pursue?" Hikari questioned.
"Oh I'm not too sure, something academic, research or something." Haruka said unsure as they reached the soccer field. When they spotted Satoshi they waved, and noticing the two girls, Satoshi blew the whistle to let the team rest as he went over to the girls. Satoshi was a tall boy with a lean built and messy black hair and obsidian eyes, his skin was tanned from all the time outside practicing in the son.
"Hey you two, how was first day?" Satoshi asked as he approached the girls.
"Hey Satoshi," Hikari greeted.
"Hey Hikari,"
"Oh first day started off a bit intense, right Hikari?" Haruka said thinking back on the commotion with Shu.
"Yea, this kid named Shu is in our class and he's really popular." Hikari said explaining.
"Shu, eh? The rich kid? I've heard of him, the captain from the basketball team wanted to recruit him really badly." Satoshi said.
"Wow, he must be really good if they're pursuing him." Hikari commented. Satoshi shrugged.
"Probably," he said. The three conversed some more before Satoshi went back to practice and the girls headed home.