You sit up in your bed. Damn that was one weird ass dream. Just what were you doing with Nagisa, one of your high school's swimmers that involved being naked? Why did you feel that way anyways? Besides Nagisa was to innocent to have been doing what logically you think they could have been doing what you think you were doing. Besides why would you have been doing it in a pool? It had to have just been skinny dipping. Nagisa was also probably just being Nagisa and trying to get you to play some stupid game. That would explain it.
You look over to the picture next to your bed. A small tear rolls down your cheek. It's a picture of you and your beloed dog who had passed away just alast night. You had cried yourself to sleep last night anyways. You look over to your alarm clock. 4:30, great and there was no point in trying to get back to sleep. You had to get up for school in thirty minutes anyways. You drag yourself out of bed. You shower and eat your breakfest in a solem scilence. It was definantly not the same without your dog there. He normally would try to distract you or get you to drop him some breakfest to him. You chuckle imagining his rough tounge flicking your fingers when you finished.
"Hey _." Your mom says as she passes. "How are you fairing last night? I know it's been hard on you since (insert name of your dog) died. I noticed you cry yourself to sleep last night. Are you sure you can go to school today? I could lie and say you have a fever if your not up to it."
You shake your head. "No mom, I'm fine. Besides dad would kill me if he found out I cut school. We both know howhe is, expecially since he is kind enough to let me go to Iwatobi high school which is off the base."
Your father is a officer in the US Navy. Currently he is staitoned here in Japan. You had moved here in middle school. That was the first time you met Nagisa. He was kind to you, and paitent with you trying to learn Japanese. You were fast friends. Besides, you enjoyed making friends iternationally. Before it was here you were in Italy. It was harder to make friends there. It being a catholic country and all and your parents being devoted christian's, you not so much.
When your done eating you grab your backpack for school. When you head out you grab a quick amount of yen just enough to get lunch for today. You get on the special bus that the highschool sends down to the base everyday. You sit alone like normal. Your main companions are girls who obses over cute animals and hot guys. You sometimes join the talk about hotguys, being gay and all, but you never tell your parents. You know they'd kick you out if they found out. Today however, you're just kind of zoned out. You just don't want to talk, you want to keep to yourself. Not many of these girls would understand your conection with your pet. Besides, you'd feel more comfortable talking about it to your mom, or another guy. Once the bus stops, you get off and head to first period.
In class, you only copy the notes as the teacher instructs. You ignore any of questions that you could ask. Your more focused on keeping your writing left to right instead of right to left. You try to keep things the true Japanese way of doing things. Besides, the other half of your attention is on your dead dog. How could you focus like this? It just wasn't the way you wanted things to go, but it was easiest to do it this way. After all why should you ask things when you feel like shit? When the bell rings you leave class like your supposed to.
During second period, you stay sort of the same. You speak only when spoken to by the teacher. Rei who sits next to you, trys to get you to talk about what has you down but to no avaial. After a fe minutes he just resumes his normal activities while in class. You just kind of drift off when you finish the day's the next bell rings you go to third period.
There it's not much better. Nagisa is sitting a few rows in front of you. Good he won't be able to worry about you yet. Though you'll have to face him and the rest of the swim club he is on at lunch. After all, they were some of your only friends here at Iwatobi high school. The others were all on base. You knew of Rin but hadn't spoken to him yet. You definantly felt even worse now. Maybe you should have taken mom's offer, what dad din't know couldn't have hurt him right? The bell finally rings and you are released to lunch.
You go and get in line. The line moves fast compared to the schools back in Italy and the US so you actually have time to eat. You know that you can always sit near Nagisa and his friends so you make your wave over to their table. You sit down on the same side as Nagisa and Rei. While evryone else talks, laughs, and eats, you just pick at your food in silnce. Nagisa notices about five minutes into lunch.
"What's wrong _ chan?" He is concerned, you normally don't act like this. He had known you longer than anyone else here. The others had met you when Nagisa dragged you to them on the first day of school.
"Well..." You start sort of looking down. This definantly wasn't your idea of a cup of tea, but they did want to help you out and who were you to deny them of that. "You remember (insert your dog's name here) right Nagisa?" You had him over at your house on the base at onepoint. He had been a little shocked at first that you had a dog, but he adjusted quickly.
He nods. "Your dog? Yeah I remember why?" He looks a bit confused. He had seen just how close a bond you had with the animal, it had made him smile. He wondered what could be wrong.
"Well...he/she died last night..." Tears are filling your eyes again. You had tried promising yourself you wouldn't cry at school, but that promise was going down the drain. You knew this was going to be a hard conversation. Though you knew you had to have it.
Nagisa's face fell. "oh." His face falls. "I'm so sorry to hear that. I know how close you two were." He wraps his arms around you in a hug. "It's ok to cry. You'll feel better." He promises as you burry your face in his shoulder and let the tears fall. "It's alright, we're her for you." He whispers gentaly.
Haru nods. "We'll do what we can to help you feel better."
Rei is still processing this. "Oh gosh, you're fresh in the griefing process..."
Makoto has a sympathetic expression on his face. "I can't imagine how that mustb feel. I'm sorry I don't know of how much help I could be..." he then starts thinking things over.
Nagisa shakes his head. "We can't cancel swim practice. Maybe we could do something with him this weekened to help him cher up?" nagisa sugjested. He knew it might be a long shot, but he wanted to help you. He didn't think you deserved to suffer like this.
"I got it!" Makoto exclaims. "We'll take him out for ice cream and some shopping then we'll have dinner at a sushi joint! Will that help _?" He looks at you currious.
"Y-Y-Y-Yeah that soundd great." You manage before hunger takes over and you speed eat to finish your lunch. This sounded like fun, something you could really look forward to.
"OKi then we'll see you this Saturday."Makoto says before everyone gets up and leaves.
The rest of the day goes by fast, and when you get home you tell your mom that you've been invited to go hang with your friends from off base this saturday, she only says "have fun hun."