[Dango No Naku Koro Ni]

"The 'Old' newcomer"

In the June of 1984, the sky was filled with clouds.

"Man…what did I do to deserve this?" Okazaki Tomoya speaks while staring out the window at the cloudy sky. "Hmm…it looks like it's going to rain." The bus takes a stop in town called Hinamizawa.

"Let me tell you one thing before you get off this bus okay. Stay cautious of Oyashiro-sama's curse" The bus driver glances behind at Tomoya. "This is your stop, now get off"

Taken by surprise, Tomoya's eyes widen in shock from the word 'curse'. "Wait. What do you mean by 'curse'?"

"I believe I said get off my bus." The driver spoke, his words showing no sympathy towards the new guest of Hinamizawa.

Tomoya stands from his seat, after stretching his arms, and back from the long ride. He walks towards the door, but stops at the doorway. "I just have one question…who is involved in this 'curse'?"

After hearing enough the bus driver stands from his seat, looks down at Tomoya then shouts. "I said get off my damn bus!"

Without hesitation Tomoya steps off the bus, he looks behind as the door shut. The bus speeds off splashing through a puddle sending water to the side. Following the water with his gaze he notices the water soak a girl, and out of his kind nature he runs to the soaking wet girl. "Hey are you alright? You got pretty wet." Tomoya speaks as he takes off his coat putting it around the girl.

"Yeah i'm fine. Why did he speed away like that?" She turned to face Tomoya, and while she turned Tomoya notices her kind eyes, and a faint blush spreads across his face. "Thank you for the coat. I'm Ryuugu Rena"

He barely hears what Rena just said because he is focusing on her eyes "U…uh, it was no problem at all. I'm Okazaki Tomoya, and I just transferred here." Tomoya smiles at Rena hoping that she wouldn't get a bad impression of him. "Why did he speed away? I…uh…I kinda made him mad so i guess he just wanted to get away from me quickly"

Rena smiles at Tomoya, then she giggles at his response "Hehehe, Well than I guess your stuck here with me now huh?" Rena tells Tomoya in a teasing tone

"W…well its not like I think that thats a bad thing." Tomoya scratches his cheek nervously at what he just said to the pretty girl in front of him, her brown hair reminding him of his old crush Nagisa Furukawa.

Rena grabs her hat, she then begins to wring out the water. "Hey do you want to go to the Junkyard with me!?" Her excitement rises as she thinks of all the cute things she may find today.

Tomoya raises an eyebrow at the word 'junkyard'. "But why would you wanna go to a junkyard? Isn't it just filled with trash nobody wants?"

"You see trash, but all I see are mountains of treasure!" Rena claps her hands together as she goes into a 'trance' like state.

Tomoya opens his mouth to speak, but no words fall out. 'This girl can't be serious. Well maybe i should just go with her to make sure she's safe.' as his mind wandered, he never realized that Rena had been walking away. "Wait! Yes i'll go with you! Even though it's going to be a major pain."

Rena smiles at him, she stops to wait for Tomoya to catch up. "Hey Tomoya…where do you, and your parents live?"

Tomoya stops in place looking down at the ground, and a shadow from his hair covers his eyes. The thoughts of his father flood into his mind. Tomoya then clenches his fists tightly.

Rena looks back at Tomoya in slight shock seeing his action. "Tomoya, is everything alright? Was it something I said?"

Tomoya looks up at Rena with sorrow, and pain in his eyes. "Yeah i'm fine. I don't live with my parents…my mother died when I was young, and my father…" his words are left hanging while he slams the back of his fist into a tree next to him. "I hope that bastard rots in hell!" Tomoya's eyes shrink for a moment in anger then turn back to normal after realizing his little out break. He looks at Rena seeing that she is slightly scared from his words. "I…i'm sorry Rena…I didn't mean to lose control like that."

Rena takes a small step back. "No need to apologize…we all have something secret we don't like talking about." She attempts to fake smile hoping that he bought into the statement.

Tomoya simply nods, and soon after he yawns. "Man am I beat. Hey Rena do you mind if I call it a day?" He smiles while speaking.

"Go ahead Tomoya, but make sure your awake in time for school tomorrow. I have some friends for you to meet." She smiles while waving goodbye to Tomoya as she keeps walking towards the Junkyard.

"Thanks Rena, and i'll be sure to make it in time." He rolls his eyes, and turns his back to Rena then starts walking to his new house.

"Good luck Tomoya…your going to need it." Rena mumbles under her breath in a tone lower than usual.

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Done with chapter one! I'll be sure to upload chapter two soon!