Frozen Tear
Chapter 1: The first day
Disclaimer: I don't own POT.
"Oh no! Where in the world is my I.D? I'm gonna be late!" she let out a shriek that was heard all through out the whole building.
She's Ryuzaki Sakuno, 18 at the moment. Currently living in her own apartment which is half paid by her part-time job and the other by her oh-so-generous parents. She lives alone in this not-so-great-yet-it-is-still-wonderful-because-I-own-it-partly apartment to prove and solidify her "independence and responsible woman persona". Aaand she is running late for the first day of school, so much for being ab independent and responsible woman.
She reached the school in record time and still has the decency to greet them a good morning despite her out of breath condition.
"So, Sakuno, How's your winter?" Tomo,one of her best friends asked.
"It was the same like last year... snowboarding, hot coffee, gifts for Christmas and a LOT of television." Sakuno answered. " dear Sakuno. How can you be so naive at this age and day.I'm talking about your love life. And the last time I saw you, you had a bunch of suitors lurking around." Tomo teased.
"They are...uhm,gone?" was Sakuno's simple reply to her dramatic friend. "Gone?" Yui and Kuyu,another friends of her which by the way are twins, said at the same time. "Yeah, gone." Sakuno said and abruptly wondered if all twins speak at exactly the same time. "Sakuno, don't tell me you did that again?" Lia,and another friend comes in, asked a bit concerned. "Yeah, the last time you did something like that all of them are gone faster than you can say 'Abacadabra'..." Aya-yep,another friend, added while the twins giggle.
"Guys,Relax.I just told them that I'm engaged and soon to be married with some British-American guy blah blah...oh and I might have said something about six-or was it nine?-kids that I MUST conceive as ordered by my great grandfather, no big deal. " Sakuno said which caused an burst of laughter among the ladies.
Sakuno is one of the most beautiful girls in the campus yet uncharacteristically, she refuses to be in any kind of intimate and romantic relationship,so she do all the ways to keep her suitors away,and in crazy ways she did. But rumor has it that she was in a relationship before, but no one, not even her friends can confirm this. Some say that her ex-boyfriend is really handsome and they did had a great relationship. And because Sakuno don't want to either confirm or deny the issue, they claimed that her ex-boyfriend is the reason of her not wanting to enter any much as possible' her friends don't want to go in that topic because the last time they did Sakuno stopped talking to them.
"Good morning" Their Home room teacher, who finally arrived greeted. "Good morning, sensei." The class replied. "Listen today there will be no classes all you can catch up on your friends but behave ok?" he said that made everyone jump in joy. "Yes sensei." the class answered.
"Then what's the point of telling us to go to school?" Tomo muttered. Sakuno giggled and said,"Lighten up, Tomo."
"Hey! Did you hear about the new edition of men's magazine?" Aya asked suddenly.
"Oh, the one with the 10 most handsome actors in the world?" Kuyu asked enthusiastically.
"Yeah!" Aya said. "I heard that it contains the list of the hottest guys in the showbiz industry." Lia added.
"So, who's on the number one spot?" Tomo asked. "Its-" before Aya and Kuyu finished. Yui suddenly appeared at their side. "YUI! Don't do that ever again! We almost had a heart attack!" Tomo, Kuyu and Aya scolded her while Lia and Sakuno giggled.
Sakuno excused herself to catch up on some , she is a bookworm and she is damn proud of it so you can go ahead and sue her. Anyway, her other five friends continued on chatting loudly yet she didn't mind because she developed a sense of immunity with their noise.
"Its just cause I got very excited! Look what I've got!" Yui said,more like shouted and show them a magazine.
"That's the men's magazine, new edition!" They all chorused in a very loud voice that made Sakuno flinch.
"Yes it is! And it's the last copy!" Yui proudly said, a smirk of victory painted on her face.
"Open it! Let's check it out!" Aya ordered in a overly excited voice.
They started scanning the magazine and every once and a while stop at a certain picture and voice out their comments, some they agreed and others they do not. But when it came to top two spot they all gone nuts.
"Oh God! It's... its Echizen Ryoma!" Aya shouted.
Sakuno stopped and had to do an overlook when she heard that name "Echizen...Ryoma.."No,that couldn't be him? Right? But what if...Nah,its impossible. Or so she says, as she keep on convincing herself with the non-happening of the inevitable.
"Oh he is the only Japanese that is in the cool.I heard he is really a promising model-actor." Lia said. "Sure is! Look he's really cute-no more like HOT." Tomo said.
"Oh! Why is he only in the top two?" Kuyu and Yui whined.
"It's because he's just a new actor-" Aya explained but was cut-off by Lia's voice.
Lia noticed Sakuno and said,"Sakuno,you alright?". But Sakuno was still not in control of her body that is frozen with the information she had absorbed. She couldn't utter a coherent reply, not even a simple nod.
"Sakuno...Sakuno...Sakuno!" Lia shouted. "Huh? What's that?" Sakuno snapped in her state and asked in confusion.
"Sakuno, what's the matter? Is something wrong? Lia keeps on calling you but you didn't respond," Tomo said. "Are you alright?" Aya asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Don't worry. Maybe a nap in the clinic will do the trick." Sakuno said to lighten up the worried-filled atmosphere. "We'll accompany you." Kuyu and Yui said.
"No, its ok. I can manage. Catch you guys later." refused Sakuno hurriedly and off she goes.
Her feet did not led her to the infirmary but instead she found herself at the entrance of the gym. Might as well go in, she dimly thought. When she stepped on the gym all of her defenses broke down and so were her eyes that held tears that she keep for too long.
"Darn. It's already over. Why does he affect me now?" she whispers. She chooses to stay there until dismissal.
End of Chapter