Chapter 1-Kisshu, friend, boyfriend…or am I just paranoid? Nya?
"Bye mom, I'm off for school!" I spoke in a huff as I ran down the second floor stairs, to the first floor of my house.
"Isabella, remember to come straight home after school today, because I need your help in the café!" Mom called from the kitchen.
"'Kay mom, see you soon!" I replied hastily.
I slowly close the front door behind me, before I quickly rush down the sidewalk towards school.
Hi, my name is Isabella Jones; and, I recently turned fourteen.
I'm you're average teenage girl, from my medium-length, straight, blonde hair-with ocean blue eyes-to my pale skin. (Although, to tell you the truth, I like to keep my hair up with two blue, ribbons at either side of my head, which causes my long bangs to part in every different direction.) (I just thought you would want to know that…)
As for my mom, she has medium-length, straight, red hair-with brown eyes-and pale skin.
My mom and I recently moved here to Tokyo, Japan; and, everything seems normal so far, but it could get worse since Tokyo is a super busy city.
"Isabella, come on, we're almost late for school!" A girl-with short, wavy, blonde hair, short bangs, golden eyes, and pale skin-spoke anxiously to my right.
This girl is Ami Richard, she is one of my best friends; and, she is a total genius, because she is good at anything "school related", as long as it isn't Gym…
"Yeah, if you didn't sleep in all the time we wouldn't be late!" Another girl-with shoulder-length, curly, blue hair, long bangs, light green eyes, and lightly tan skin-responded in a huff to my left.
This girl is my other best friend, Mitsuki Domino; and, she's really bossy sometimes… Occasionally, I think she acts just like my mom, but don't tell her I said that!
By the way, I met both Ami and Mitsuki on my first day of school, because they had showed me around; and, we've been best friends ever since.
"Sorry I'm late, my alarm clock didn't go off this morning. And, I don't always sleep in, Mitsuki! " I replied, gasping for breath from all the running.
"Sure you don't, Isabella…" Mitsuki whispered with a sly grin.
"It's alright, Isabella, I know how troublesome your alarm clock is, but we better hurry!" Ami responded as she glanced at her wrist watch.
All three of us turn, on our heels, to hurry through the school gates before the last bell rings; and, once we get to our Science classroom, I hear the teacher say someone's name.
"Everyone, please make Kisshu feel at home here. Let's see, where to put you…" The teacher trailed off.
I'm the one who walks in first, so I see all the girls smiling at the new student.
"Ah, Isabella so good of you to finally join us." The teacher spoke with a smirk.
Almost all the students laugh at that, my face goes red in the process, and then they suddenly fall silent when Kisshu flashes a devilish smirk in their direction.
I watch my friends walk casually over to sit in their seats-without anything being said to them from either the teacher or my classmates-: Ami sits near the door and Mitsuki sits somewhere in the middle; and, so I sigh heavily before I find my window seat in the back of the room.
Kisshu will probably sit next to me, since there is an empty seat next to mine. (Probably one of the only seats left… Unless, he wants to sit somewhere near those crazy girls…which, I seriously doubt that he will.)
"Kisshu, why don't you sit next to Isabella?" The teacher commented absently.
I hear snickers and gasps, from the other girls, as Kisshu makes his way down the aisle, so he can sit down next to me.
I expect him to start talking to me right away, but instead he stays silent as the teacher begins her lesson.
"Alright class, today we are going to watch a movie on twins." The teacher began as she turned the lights off and she played the movie on the portable TV set.
Instead of watching the movie-because I saw the same movie at my last school-, I just glance out the window; and, when I look outside, there are crows everywhere!
The crows are on the trees or on the nearby building's roofs…
It's strange how they just sit there, watching…too strange if you ask me.
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Just as the bell for second period rings, and I go to gather my belongings, my elbow knocks one of my books on the ground.
I sigh heavily. (Today just isn't my day… First, I'm almost late to school… Now, I'm knocking down my stuff!)
As I'm about to reach down, to pick my book up, Kisshu's hand appears over mine; and, he grabs the book before I even let out a breath.
"Did you drop this, Isabella?" He asked sweetly as he held my book out towards me.
"Um, yeah I did… T-Thanks…" I stammered nervously.
I take the book, from his hands, and I place it inside my white messenger bag.
As I get up to leave, I take in Kisshu's features: he has short, green hair-which ends just below his ears, covering them completely-and his long bangs hang just above his strange yellow eyes, which reminds me of a cat's eyes. (How strange, do normal people have yellowish, cat-like eyes? Maybe, I'm just not used to Tokyo yet…)
Kisshu is also wearing the guy's school uniform: a short-sleeve, white shirt, a light green tie, and dark-green pants with black shoes.
I also notice that Kisshu's skin is deathly pale…worse than mine or Ami's combined! (And, that's saying something…)
I suddenly realize I'm staring at Kisshu for far too long, so I instantly blush; and, I hurry out of the room before he can say anything else.
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Ugh, second period is Gym…
Now, don't get me wrong…I don't hate Gym, it's just I'm not that coordinated at anything!
Luckily for me, I have Ami and Mitsuki to help me out! (Since we all have the same second period class, too…)
We're all changing, in the locker rooms, into our gym clothes: short-sleeve, white T-shirts, dark-green track shorts, and white socks with white sneakers; and, then-after I tie my hair up with my two blue ribbons-we all head back into the gym.
I'm in shock to find Kisshu standing in my coach's area of the gym; and, so I just assume that he's in all of my classes as well.
I sigh heavily as I walk over to my squad line though. (I don't know why, but I feel nervous around him…)
"Hey Isabella, over here!" Mike called from his squad line in the first row.
I suddenly turn away from my squad line, to walk over to him, and I smile warmly. (I'm actually glad for the distraction… At least now, I don't have to worry about seeing Kisshu first!)
Mike Leon is my next door neighbor; although, his real name is Michael, he doesn't let just anybody call him that… (Only real close friends or his girlfriend can call him that. And,-even though I've known him, since I've moved here-he still won't let me call him that!)
Mike is also my mom's most valued customer.
He has medium-length, brown hair-his long bangs hang over the same color brown eyes-and his skin is slightly tan just like Mitsuki's; and, the only thing that makes him stand out from a crowd is: his enthusiastic personality. And, that he can eat a lot of food without gaining any weight…
Sometimes, watching him eating is scary…!
"What's up, Mike?" I asked curiously.
"Are you going over to your mom's café today?" Mike asked eagerly.
"Yep, she wants me to help her after school." I answered confidently.
Mike nods to himself, before he speaks, "Then, can I walk you over there after school? I-I've always wanted to try one of your mom's famous, double-chocolate, pound cakes!"
By the time Mike finishes talking, he is already rubbing his stomach, which growls back at him.
"Sure, I don't mind." I responded absently as I think about him eating.
Just then the coach comes over to take roll, so I walk back to my squad line; and, after she took roll, we all go outside to play flag football.
Thank goodness, though, the coach allows us to choose what we want to do…so, I choose to walk the track.
As I'm walking around the track, I can feel eyes watching me, so I quickly turn around; and, sure enough, Kisshu is standing there expectantly.
Kisshu looks kind of scary as the sun casts a dark shadow over his face.
"Why were you talking to that 'Mike' guy?"
"Uh…he wanted to know where I was going after school." I answered nervously.
"Is that all he said to you?" Kisshu asked with a scowl.
"Y-Yeah…" I responded worriedly.
Kisshu's face softens as he suddenly becomes the sweet guy I saw in first period.
"That's good, then…" Kisshu whispered to himself as he relaxes a little.
Suddenly, Kisshu walks over to the field to play flag football with all the other guys, and some girls, in our class.
(Wow, that was intense! I thought he was going to go medieval on me or something… I mean, why in the world, did he want to know what Mike and I were talking about? I better not get on his bad side…)
I turn back towards the track and I continue to walk along the track's edge.
Ami and Mitsuki are playing soccer-in a small corner of the field-so they don't want to walk with me, which makes me a little scared since I'm alone.
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After a few long hours, the coach blows the whistle and we all flee back to the sanctuary of the gym.
Once inside the locker room again, all the girls change back into their school uniforms: a short-sleeve, white shirt, a sleeveless, light-green vest, a knee-length, dark-green plaid skirt, and white socks with black shoes.
(I know what you're thinking… Well, it's actually autumn here in Tokyo, so it's relatively warm outside…)
After we all finish changing, and we leave the locker rooms, we all go sit back on the bleachers before the bell rings.
I'm sitting far away from everyone, near the top of the bleachers, and I'm drawing random things in one of my notebooks like: crows, pastries, and a football.
A shadow falls over me as I realize someone is staring at my doodles.
I glance up to see Kisshu smiling at me.
Kisshu suddenly sits down next to me and he takes the notebook from my hands to study the doodles more carefully.
"Isabella, these are really good." Kisshu spoke encouragingly as he handed the notebook back to me.
"Thanks, but they aren't that good…" I whispered pessimistically as I placed the notebook away in my white messenger bag.
"You should keep drawing, I'm sure you'll get better. Although, you're already good now…" Kisshu replied softly and with a smirk.
Suddenly, I feel myself blushing from his compliment and from him being too close to me.
I let my imagination get the better of me, because I keep day-dreaming that he will kiss me…
Kisshu suddenly chuckles because he can still see the red on my face; and,-since I'm distracted by his attention-when the bell finally rings, I nearly jump out of my skin.
"Well, I'll see you soon, Isabella." Kisshu whispered casually as he got up to leave.
I sigh deeply as I wait until the others pour out of the gym, along with Kisshu; and, when my breathing slows down, I finally get up to leave.
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I didn't expect Kisshu to wait for me-after I walked out of the gym-, but there he stands with a smirk on his face.
(Does soon really mean that soon? I just don't get it at all…)
As I pass by Kisshu, he even walks with me to our next class, he is so nice…!
Once we reach our third period classroom, I turn to part ways with him-so I can go inside the classroom-when I suddenly notice his smile.
Kisshu's smile is so warm that it reaches his eyes as well; and, my heart nearly jumps out of my chest and I almost stop breathing…
(What is this…?)
(What's going on?!)
(Why do I feel this way all of a sudden…?)
(I think you're exaggerating things, again…)
(W-What are you talking about…?)
(You automatically assume that he's nice just because he's walking next to you!)
(So, what's your point?)
(My point is: he's only going to same class as you! Stop making such a big deal out of it!)
(I thought you disappeared during my childhood! What are you doing back here?)
(Things are changing, I can feel it. Now's my chance to turn things in my favor!)
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~To Be Continued~