My name is Arianna Abandonato but people just call me Ari for short. I'm an average girl but with a certain exception; I'm in a wheelchair. Now many might be wondering why, and it's because I have an incurable disease. Everyone takes pity but I actually don't mind it. I have long dark brown hair with eyes that are a calming color of light green. My parents were very loving but are barely home. They say that their job is making them stay overseas. Being lonely is sad but I've gotten used to it.
Today was nerve reeking since I was going to my new school called Namimori. I wonder if everyone will make fun of me because I'm in a wheelchair. "This is going to be awkward." I sighed as I rolled down the ramp. I was careful not to fall or anything of that nature. On the way to school, many students were staring at me. They probably pitied me. But surprisingly enough, I can do everything a normal teenage girl can do; I can even cook.
I used the ramp that the school thankfully had. Since the school consisted of stairs, I had to use to elevator. The teacher caught up to me and smiled. "Good morning Ari-chan. The principle requested you." The teacher said with a giant smile. He gratefully brought me there where the principal was there with my things. The teacher brought me back and told me to stay there. After a little bit of waiting I heard: "Come in Ari-chan." I opened the door and wheeled in.
Many students gasped as they saw me. "Everyone, this is Arianna Abandonato. She's our new student so please treat her with respect. Does anyone have any questions?" Many hands flew up. "Why are you in a wheelchair?" One asked. The teacher was about to yell till I answered him. "I have an incurable disease." Everyone's hands went down slowly as many people frowned. The teacher told me to go sit in the back so I rolled to the back and replaced the chair with myself.
After class ended a girl with orange hair came up to me. "Hello Arianna-chan, I'm Kyoko Sasagawa." "Nice to me you." I replied. "Would you like to have lunch with my friend and I?" "I'd love to." She motioned her friend over. "My name is Hana. Are you sure you're alright with being in a wheelchair all of the time?" "Hana!" "It's okay. It's only natural for a person to question what they don't know of. And to answer your question, I like being in a wheelchair. I can do anything a normal teenager can do." I said with a smile.
Kyoko and Hana sat down and started to eat. I took out my lunch out and they looked surprised. "Your lunch looks really good." Kyoko mentioned. "Did your mother make it for you?" Hana asked. "No, I made this last night." "You can cook?" Hana asked. "Of course I can. My parents are too busy working overseas that they're never home so I had to learn how to take care of myself." They looked at me saddened again. "Don't be sad! I've grown accustomed to it so I'm not bothered." They had a slight smile.
After lunch, class started up again. Class was fun since I got to learn many things. Oh yeah, I'm also a bookworm and have top grades. Kyoko looked behind towards me and smiled. After school, she came up to me again. "Ari-chan, would you like to hang out with us on the weekend?" "I'd love to!" I said as if I was a child. We parted and I made my way outside. "Alright, let's head home." I started to wheel my way home till I was knocked over by a rock in the school yard.
"Oh great, first day here and I already managed to knock myself to the ground." I grumbled as I reached my chair and slowly brought myself up onto the chair. A few of the prefects that people called them watched on. Once I got up on the chair, I wheeled home. Once I entered my house, I ate and went to bed. "Everything is so stressful…why can't you come back for a visit?"
The next morning, I had the same routine and went to school. Kyoko met me outside of the gate. "Good morning Ari-chan." "Good morning Kyoko-chan." I was going to bring myself into school till Kyoko started to push me. "You don't have to do that Kyoko-chan." "Nonsense, you shouldn't be tiring your arms out." I didn't protest as she pushed me to class.
When class started, I was too distracted by the sky that I didn't even hear the teacher's lecture. "Ari-chan, you've been staring at the sky the whole time." Kyoko teased. I blushed and smiled. "S-sorry, it's just really pretty and I couldn't help what it would be like to be a bird." Kyoko smiled. "You're adorable. Let me introduce you to some of my friends." She said as she motioned over some guys from our class.
"This is Arianna Abandonato." She said to them. "I-I'm Tsunayoshi Sawada, nice to meet you." A guy with light brown hair said. "Gokudera Hayato." A guy with silver like hair grumbled. He was probably forced to do this. "Yo, I'm Yamamoto Takashi." "I'm Ryohei Sasagawa!" A guy yelled. "That's my brother, Ari-chan." Kyoko reassured me.
"Why are you in a wheelchair?" Yamamoto asked. Everyone turned to him and gapped. "You don't ask questions like that, baseball nut!" Gokudera yelled at him. "It's alright, really. I'm comfortable about my situation. I actually have an incurable disease." They all looked saddened. "Yet you're still smiling…" Gokudera said under his breath but I let that slide. "Do any of you have questions about me?" I asked them. "How do you get around everywhere? I mean, isn't it hard to move with a wheelchair?" I shook my head. "My house is modified so I can move everywhere. Plus being this way is something that teaches you a lot of discipline of the mind and body." I smiled.
We all ate lunch together and talked some more. Everyone was very interesting. Gokudera was very protecting of Tsuna and called him Jyuudaime. I wanted to ask why Gokudera called Tsuna that but I didn't want to pry on personal information. Ryohei was very loud and to the extreme. Sometimes I wished that I could run and do physical activities like Ryohei but sadly I couldn't. Yamamoto was very kind but was very oblivious to everything around him. Everyone was a book that I could read. It was an unsettling feeling.
After school, Kyoko brought me home with Tsuna and Gokudera. It was quiet on the way home. Kyoko opened the door and wheeled me in. "You're house is so pretty." "Thank you. Would you three like to have some tea?" They all nodded their heads and walked in. I went to the kitchen and put water on to boil. "Are you sure you don't need any help?" Tsuna asked. "I told you that I'm fine. You're the guest and I'm the host." He smiled and went back to sit down with Gokudera. Kyoko came in.
"Ari-chan, would you like for me to get some snacks out?" "Sure. There's a cake in there that you can cut for us." She pulled out the cake and sliced the pieces. "Did you make this Ari-chan?" "Yes I did. I usually like to make my own food instead of having it made for me." She giggled and brought out the cake as I brought the tea. I poured the tea as Kyoko distributed the cake to everyone. Tsuna and Gokudera took a bite of the cake. "This is really good." Tsuna said happily. Gokudera nodded. "I'm glad. I made this using my grandmother's recipe." The two were surprised. "Don't be so surprised." After having tea and cake, the three left with happy faces. I closed the door and looked at my family picture.
It was a sunny day when it was taken. My mother had long brown hair like me but she had blue eyes. My father had black hair with black eyes. "I wonder how I got the light green eyes if my mothers were blue while my father's eyes were black…" I smiled and went to bed.
Kyoko was waiting outside for me as I rolled down the ramp the next morning. Kyoko pushed me across town for most of the day. "Ah, Kyoko-chan, what are you doing today?" A woman with short brown hair asked. "I'm here with my friend Arianna-chan." Kyoko said. She looked to me and smiled. "You're so adorable. Would the two of you like to come for lunch?" "What do you think Ari-chan?" Kyoko asked. "I'd love to go." I said with a smile.
We got groceries and went back to Nana's house. Sadly, there wasn't a ramp for me to get in the house. This became a big problem. Tsuna came down from and saw us. "Ah! What are you two doing here?" "We're here for lunch." Kyoko said. "But we're having trouble…" I said. Tsuna looked then realized. "That's right…" Tsuna said as a man with blonde hair came in from the living room. "Is there a problem?" He asked. "I invited some of Tsu-kun's friends but one of them can't make it in." Nana said.
"Why not?" He asked. "I'm in a wheelchair." I said. He came closer to me and was shocked. A man that had a black suit was there in the same room. Dino looked to me and smiled. "I can bring you in." He said as he picked me up bridal style. I held onto his shirt for dear life as the guy with the suit got my wheelchair in the house. Dino looked to me and smiled as he set me on the wheelchair. "Are you alright Ari-chan?" Tsuna asked me. "Just…a little shocked and startled." I said. Dino patted my head and went upstairs with Tsuna.
As the two were working on lunch, I was at the table watching them. I wanted to help and at least do something. Nana turned to me. "Would you like to help?" I nodded my head vigorously. "You should make your cake, Ari-chan!" Kyoko said. I nodded as Nana and Kyoko let me work on the cake. As I was mixing the ingredients, the two came down from upstairs. When I put the cake in the oven, I started to make the frosting. Once the cake was done, I let the cake to cool down as the frosting was in the fridge. From the corner of my eye, I saw everyone smiling at me.
Once everything was done cooling, I assembled the cake. Tsuna and Dino sat down at the table as they watched me. When I was done, I set it aside in the fridge till after lunch. "The cake it all done. Now all we need to do is have lunch." I said as I turned towards them. Nana got plates out and told us to go into the living room while she made the rest of our lunch.
Upon entering, there were two children running around. I smiled but felt sad on the inside. I wish that I could run again. The two children stopped and stared at me. "Who are you?" The cow like child asked. "My name is Arianna. Who might you two be?" "I'm the best hitman in the whole world, Lambo!" "My name is I-pin." The two were defiantly different in their manners. They started to run again. "I'm sorry about them." Tsuna said. "Don't worry about them. Let them run around." I told him. Two more people entered. A woman with purple hair and a baby wearing a fedora. "Who's this?" She asked.
"This is Arianna. Ari-chan, this is Bianchi and Reborn." Kyoko introduced. "Nice to meet you two." I said bowing my best. She looked to me and smiled. "You don't have to bow child." She said patting my head. "Why are you in a wheelchair? Was it from an accident?" Reborn asked as he jumped down on my lap. "Reborn!" Tsuna yelled in my ear. "It's not from an accident. Actually, I have an incurable disease." Dino, Reborn, and Bianchi looked down. Nana came in and told us to come in for lunch. Bianchi pushed me to the kitchen.
When we were eating, my eyes lit. "This is so good." I said. Everyone smiled towards me. "I'm glad you like it." Nana said. After my seconds, everyone was done. I pulled the cake out from the fridge out and set it on the table. Nana sliced the cake and gave a piece to everyone. Lambo was cheering for cake so he got his first. Everyone took a bite and was surprised. "This is delicious!" Dino said. "You have to give me the recipe for this." Bianchi said. "I'd love to but it's a secret recipe." I said. The children loved the cake and wanted more. "Just one more slice, okay?" They nodded and I gave them another thin slice of cake.
Nana had me stay over for dinner. While we were waiting for dinner, everyone went into the living room. Kyoko had to go home because of her brother leaving me with everyone else. "So Ari-chan, tell us more about yourself." Bianchi said. "Well, I'm 15 and I'm a bookworm. There's nothing else about me really…" "What do you do for fun?" She asked. "I read books… and that's about it." She smiled. "What are things you hate?" "I hate it when people pity me for being how I am. Just because I'm in a wheelchair doesn't mean that I'm not a normal person. I can do things everyone else can do except for fighting, running, walking…anything involving my legs." I said.
"What are your parents like?" "They're the best in the world. Even though I never see them a lot, they work day and night overseas making money to support me and my medical bills." "Will you ever be able to stand?" Reborn asked. "I'm not sure but I hope I do. But I'll be happy even if I don't get to stand again." I smiled.
During dinner, it was hectic. Lambo was taking everyone's food while I-pin was scolding him. Tsuna kept yelling at Lambo and Dino couldn't use chopsticks to save his life. I kept quiet and smiled. Everyone had a piece of my cake while I had tea. It had gotten pretty late, so I decided to go home. Dino picked me up again, causing another heart attack. "There's no need to be afraid." He set me in my wheelchair outside. My grip on his shirt lessened. "Thank you." I said and wheeled myself home.
The next few days went by like a flash. Everyone in town was accustomed to me and everyone at school was more open than before. Even the mean prefects were kind to me. I had to skip school today for a checkup at the doctors. "Good morning Arianna-chan, how are you?" My doctor asked. "I'm doing well." She smiled. "How is your new school? Did you make any friends?" "I love my school and yes, I made quite a bit of friends." She smiled again. "That's wonderful. Let's check on how your legs are doing." I climbed onto the bed from my wheelchair and lay down as she examined me.
After an hour she called someone on her phone. "Ari-chan, I'm going to have my college look at your condition." I nodded and we waited till a man came in. "You must be Arianna. I'm Shamal." "Nice to meet you." His hand touched my legs, examining them. His face turned solemn. Shamal then took my doctor to the next room and talked. They came back in with mixed emotions on their face. "Well, Ari-chan, there is good and bad news…" Shamal said.
"What is it?"
"The good news is that your disease might be treatable. But the bad news is that your disease is traveling faster up your body and will eventually kill you…"