Chapter One : The Shape Of The Star !

The sky was a cloudless blue , the fresh air blowing in the car . She has been waiting for this day since she left . She was excited and ready to see them again , her friends that she left a 3 months ago . Well , she didn't exactly ' leave ' them , They knew she was going away for a bit . She was in the car with her mother Akia . Akia has brown hair and green eyes , her hair is short and bob styled . She looks nothing like her daughter sakura who has pink hair and white eyes , her hair is long and styled lots of times in twin tails . Sakura is a short , small , tiny and innocent sweet hearted girl with a creepy personality. She's 17 and plans to stay back in her home town for good with all her friends .

Her mother isn't strict , in fact , her mother hardly even notices her nowadays because sakura's so quiet and mainly go offs exploring places new to her . They hardly speak to eachother and have a stable , basic , mother and daughter relationship . Sakura is a very smart , but weak girl . She is a weak swimmer but is very kind hearted and wouldn't and couldn't hurt anyone . It was early in the morning , they had just left the airport and was already halfway home to their small apartment. It wasn't a luxurious , but it was a good enough place . The building was large , had other residents in it too , Its a five story building . The sun is out and bright today like usually . Three months have passed since she left , everything is still the same . Are her friends still the same ? Are they gonna forgive her for leaving ? Maybe .. maybe not . She plans to keep her friends , no matter what . They pulled in the parking lot across from their place. There were few cars parked , the place looked the same , lame , peacefully and ordinary .

Sakura sighed and opened her car door and closed it and headed to the trunk and opened it and retrieved her black suitcase and light green back pack . She had three bags , her mother carried her red bag for her , they headed to their apartment on the 3 floor . They unlocked it and headed inside , akia closed it and placed her bag on the floor and slipped her shoes off as sakura did . Sakura decided to unpack first then go out . She took her bags to her room and put them in her walk in closet and changed out of her pants and shirt into a black capris with gray shorts underneath , black tank top , her sneakers and a red jacket too . She decided to grab an apple that was on the kitchen counter on the way out . " Be home by 10." her mother told her as she grabbed the door and opened it for her . " Kay." sakura bit in the apple and left .

She walked down the steps and made it to the ground , the sidewalk . So far the day was good , it was a good day for a saturday june 5, 2013 . " Sakura ! " The familar voice , the voice she could never forget , yoshiki's voice. She saw him in black pants , a red t-shirt , white shoes and black jacket . His short bleach blonde somewhat spiky hair and grey eyes , yes , it really was yoshiki. " YOSHIKI! " she smiled widely and threw herself on him , hugging him . Her arms wrapped around his waist as she buried her face in his chest . He wrapped his arms around her tightly , hugging her closely . The hug lasted a few minutes before breaking it . " Sakura , it's been awhile." he chuckled smiling with his hands shoved in his pockets of his pants as they faced eahcother . " Yeah , how have you been ? how are the others ? " Sakura was really happy seeing yoshiki , especially first . " Im good , they are good too i guess . After you left , i haven't really talked to them much , only have been missing you alot. " he smirked alittle , his words , his smirk made her blush madly like usually . Yoshiki is only sweet and close to her , they know everything , literally everything about eachother . " I missed you alot too." she smirked back alittle blushing deeper . It was true , she really did miss him , alot more than her other friends . Yoshiki and sakura called eachother everyday , texted everyday she was gone for three months straight. They always talk from morning to night , sometimes they will text for a few days straight to loose some sleep . They hugged again , tightly , romantically without realizing it . " Wanna come over for a bit and catch up ?" he asked as he broke the hug and shoved his hands back in his pockets whle smiling widely at her as they began walking beside eachother happily. " Yes!" she didn't hesitate to answer , yes was always her answer to him. They both headed over to his place , his small apartment that was near by hers . Like close by , just a few blocks away from eachother , so they can walk to school together like thay usually always do .

They walked up the steps after they arrived and headed to his door . He unlocked it and let her in first and walked inside after and closed it too . " I have missed this place so much!" she really did , you think she was kidding ? nope . Yoshiki was her favorite person , the one who was the only important one to her , that means everything to her . " Im glad , " he chuckled as they slipped off their shoes and he took his jacket off and she sat on his bed like she always would. He decided to make tea , hot tea . Both their favorite to drink , pretty much all the time.

" So you found the one yet ?" she joked asking as she leaned back on his bed and starred up at his white celing . " Nope , i will one day , you ?" he chuckled . " Nope , still looking. " she laughed and turned over on his bed facing the tv and curled up snuggiling her head on his pillow. " Oh yoshiki-kun ! I almost forgot , look !" she beamed sitting up on the bed and pulled her Iphone 6 out and scrolled through her pictures . " Hmm ?" he sat on his bed beside her , she showed him a picture of a black fluffy cat with grey eyes . " I named him yosh!" she giggled alittle and scooted beside him smiling . " Yosh huh ? Sounds li-" NO! ITS NOT !" she cut him off blushing madly again . Did she really name the cat yosh ? After yoshiki ? Seems like it . He laughed at her comment making her blush more . " Cool i like it , yosh!" he chuckled and headed back to the kitchen and grabbed two strawberry clear glass cups and poured tea in them equally and turned off his stove . He headed back to her , handing her one as he sat back down on his bed beside her . " Oh , i forgot to say , you look good today , like usually." he smirked alittle as they looked at eahcother. " Thanks yosh!" she laughed and sipped some hot tea while closing her eyes. The tea was hot , steaming hot but really was delicious to have It was his and hers favorite drink ever . " I never get tired of this tea , it's so good. " .

" Yep same here. "

" So how's school been since i left ?"

" Boring as fuck , i couldn't concentrate at all since you left . "

" O-oh .. really ? Sorry yoshiki-kun , but im back now!"

" It's cool and im glad , are you gonna stay for good ?"

'' yup ! It's a promise!"

" Good , im happy to hear that . " He really was happy to it from her . She was the only reason he was even going to school , the only reason for even trying to graduate . Eversince they were little . she changed his mind about school alot and never left his saide not once . She always helped him study all the time , they always hangout and never stop talking or seeing eachother. They are not dating , it's just that they are always together so they seem like a couple all the time by people .

" Oh sakura wanna go catch a movie or dinner sometime ?" He did make it sound like a date , was it ? " L-like a date ? " she asked sounding shy . " Huh ? a date !? m-maybe . If you don't wanna we can just hang out some other time. " he replied . " I would love to yosh! When and where ? " she asked . " Good , when are you free ? Im off wednesday . " he replied smiling as he took a big sip , drinking almost all of his hot tea. " Wednesday is good for me , oh i forgot ! i need to get a job! " she replied . " Ready to work till you drop huh ? " he chuckled . '' very funny!" she playfully hit him laughing alittle too . " Kinda is , but seriously , sakura you work to much , you shouldn't stress yourself like you usually do . " he replied as he narrowed his eyes at her . Not for anger or anything like that , yoshiki never hated her or ever had a reason too . Everytime he narrowed his eyes at her was with a serious look , not a playful look but a real serious filled look. " I know , but i'll be fine yoshiki , i'll just be working part time for a bit. Alright ?" she knew he was really understanding , he always listend to her , like she did him . They were always helping eachother and are always there for eachother. " Alright , if ya ever need me for anything , any reason , don't hestiate to call . I'll always be here for you . " he replied as he layed her head on his chest . " I know , thanks yoshiki-kun . Oh and by the way , your my favorite!" she hugged him tightly as she pushed him back on the bed and was laying on him , somewhat . Her head was on his chest and arms crossed under her chin as she looked at him . " I am huh ? " he smirked with his arms behind his head for a pillow .

" Yup ! you have always been mine and you always will be mine and mine only. !"

He blushed madly at the sudden comment.

"W-wait ! i ment-He busted out laughing in seconds .

" I know whatcha ment . " he messed up her hear as they sat up beside eachother on the bed . She just smiled at him blushind madly . She checked her cellphone for the time . It was 3 in the morning , close to three thirty . She didn't get back home this morning til 12 and it was already 3 ? Damn . She's been with yoshiki for a few hours that went by fast . " I guess i'll get going , i need to find a part time job and i was gonna stop by the other's and see them . Wanna come with me yosh?" She stood up on her feet infront of his and placed her cup on the glass coffee table infront of her that was infront of his tv too .

" Sure i got nothing else to do . "

" Good , come on !" she giggled and grabbed his hand and took off too the door , they slipped there shoes back on and he grabbed his jacket too and stopped her before they left . He grabbed her hand and intwined their fingers smiling down at her , blushing madly.

" Y-yoshiki-kun.. " She was blushing madly and smiled back at him as she wrapped an arm around his . They both left his place hand in hand and walked to there friends house . Satoshi and naomi and seiko lived close by , so did ayumi . So who should she go see ? She was happy already today , actually she was happier than anything . Yoshiki and sakura plan to try their best with eachother . She actually had a feeling he liked her the way she was inlove with him , maybe she was right ? maybe . After all , they basically grew up together so they always are together and know everything about eachother . She knows naomi and satoshi like eachother , maybe they are together now ? They both decided to go to satoshi's first because his house was close by , walking was probally 5 to 10 minutes which wasn't long at all , especially since these two walk fast .

The walk was nice and peaceful , along the way they laughed as they shared jokes with eachother . They arrived at satoshi's , they headed to his front door and knocked a few times. The door opened after a minute or two , satoshi had on a blue shirt and brown pants with white socks on . His hair was still the same , dark brown . " Ah ! Shinozaki! " he was happy to see her. they hugged eachother for atleast a sec and broke away as he allowed them inside and closed the door behind them . They headed to his living room and sat down on the couch .

" Yo satoshi , wassup ?"

" Nothing much , you ? Its good to seeya again shinozaki. "

" yeah , its good to be back."

" Good , oh and shinozaki , ayumi was pretty upset when you left . You should go see her when you wanna . She's been a bitch since you left." he chuckled . " Alright , i'll go see her after we leave here . " She was kinda nervous too see ayumi again . Wait did satoshi just say her first name!? Doesn't he like naomi ? or wait! did something happen? " You called her by her first name , are y'all dating ? i thought you liked naomi." sakura was definitely confused , after all , all her life with these guys she thought he had feelings for naomi. But does he ? " Y-yeah we started dating a few days ago . I did have feelings for naomi but she's dating seiko . " he chuckled. " awwwwwwwwwwww im so happy for you guys! " sakura was really happy for her friends . She knew ayumi has always been inlove with satoshi . " Thanks , oh what about y'all two ? Holding hands huh?" he smirked joking alittle. " Yes , were dating !" i giggled alittle while hugging onto yoshiki ." good , you guys look great. " he replied. " Thanks, " they both said at the same time while both had wide smiles on their faces as they blushed madly . " So how's yuka been , where is she at anyways ? " sakura likes yuka , she was like a little sister to sakura . " Oh she's been doing good, she's at tasuki's house . She's spending the night . " he was happy for yuka , tasuki was kinda her close friend , not her only friend ! but her close friend , she has other friends but is always mainly with tasuki. " awesome." the only word she replied to him , it was true though , it was awesome because she was having fun at a friends house like usually. But what were the girls doing over there exactly ? Are they having fun ? or having '' fun ? '' yuka does somewhat seem to like her like that . But who knows ? "

" Hey im gonna go on to ayumi's , are you gonna stay here ?"

" Maybe , i'll come by . "

" Alright , seeya mochida. "

'' Seeya ."

She closed his front door and walked down the sidewalk and was on her way to ayumi's house. She was nervous and scared for some reason , i mean why ? well , because ayumi and sakura are like family but live in different houses , but thats not the reason why , it's because she left without saying where she was goig exactly . Ayumi was not like a sister too her , more like besties. They were just besties , but are they still ? Sakura only texted and called yoshiki over the three months every chance she got . Why not the others though ? well either she was too busy talking to yoshiki or busy , which the real reason was for talking to yoshiki way to much , but did sakura really care if ayumi got mad over that ? nope , she didn't care . She has a right to talk to him all the time , for however long she wants . Maybe ayumi was mad at her ? was naomi , seiko and mayu mad at her too ? Maybe for missing lots of chances to call them or text them . She wouldn't be mad if they hated her , she knew they might be mad , she was prepared to argue if need . Hopefully she didn't have to , especially with ayumi ...

The walk was maybe 30 minutes from satoshi's . Her place was nice looking like satoshi's , naomi's and seiko's . She's been over their houses alot so she was pretty much familiar with the ways to go to get to their houses. She sighed and headed to her door and knocked nervously . After a minute maybe , ayumi opened it dressed in black pants and a green flowing light pinkish tank top .

" ... "

" H-hey .."

" ... "

" Hey i know i never called you or anything and im sorry."

Ayumi let out a sigh and smiled at her friend alittle . " It's fine , i get it you were either busy or talking to kishinuma the whole time huh?"

'' ... " she couldn't do anything but blush madly , which ayumi knew was a yes just by looking at her deep red friend that stood infront of her . " So wanna come in ? we can talk . My sis is out with my parents at the store ." she knew sakura was telling the truth even if she didn't say anything . " yeah .'' she smiled at ayumi and they headed inside her house.

Her place was a good big house , a two story nfact. The living room was good and clean like the rest of her house was . " Want a glass of water or anything ? " ayumi was a good person . She was nice and was also a good friend . " yes please , thanks."

" No problem ."

" So i heard you and mochida are together ~"

" yup ! im glad i have him. ~!"

" Good , im going out with yoshiki-kun ~"

'' awwwww you guys are so adorable !"

" thanks."

" No problem ."

They were both talking to eachother , like besties again as they sat on the couch . " Seiko and naomi huh ?" ayumi didn't really seem to notice that they loved eachother that way but she wasn't bother at all , in fact , she was really happy for them , and sakura and yoshiki too . All her friends didn't have a problem with gays , infact they love gay people because gays are awesome. So what if they are dating someone of the same sex ? So what if they kiss someone of the same sex ? So what ? It's who they are ! gays have a right to be happy too . Who says that they can't ? They can and do have a right to be happy , and noone can take that from them or anyone! " We should all hangout one day , too all catch up more . " ayumi had good suggestions. Really good fun suggestions , she knows how to make people happy .

" yup , maybe one day this week ? not wednesday though . "

" huh ? why not wednesday ? you got a date ? ''

" Yes ! me and yoshiki-kun are either gonna go out to eat or to a movie or both ."

" Awwwwwwwwe .Okay , what about ... friday ? "

" Sounds good to me . "

" Kay , we can let the others know later , maybe monday .?"

" yeah , maybe."

" Ayumi , do you know any part time jobs ? i plan to get a part time job for a bit so i can start saving money up for when i really need it. " Sakura was always honest , she was a good and responsible person who was always ahead of things . " oh , well yesterday when i was out , i saw in the window of the convient store that they are looking for help , a cashier and someone to restock and some other positions. "

" Thanks ayumi-chan ! I'll text you when i get a chance ! im going on down there!"

'' Good luck. "

Maybe a job as a cashier ? no i hate doing that sorta stuff , but ... ugh ... maybe just whatever i can get .. even if its cashier position , its still a job... Sakura kept thinking along the way to the convient store about it . Like , what would she get ? cashier ? or what ? Anything is better than nothing .. Sakura walked to town , to the store . It took her 15 minutes to get there .

The convient store was right in front of the karaoke place , like it has always been . The karaoke place was sakura's and yoshiki's favorite place . She walked inside the store and saw noone was at the cashier or anything. " hello ? "

" Yes ? are you here for a job ? " a women maybe in here early 30's came from the back room and greeted her . She had red wavy long hair and pink eyes . She seemed sweet , and nice. She had on black pants , black shoes and a green shirt . " yes ma'am. " i really didn't care what position i would get , anything would be fine. " Alright your hired , you can start saturday. I just got back from vacation and i have to go back to visit some people and friends . So friday okay? you will work the cashier , clean and restock if needed . " She did seem nice , maybe alittle too nice... " Yes ma'am thank you."

" Your welcome , uniform is black plants , white or black shoes and a red , blue or green shirt." A colorful uniform huh ? yeppie... Sakura left the store and headed back outside . I think I'll text ayumi-chan now ... I pulled out my cell phone and texted her .

[ To Ayumi From Sakura ]

I got the job ! all of them , cashier , cleaning and restocking . Im so happy ! i can start saturday , the boss seems nice .

[ To Sakura From Ayumi ]

That's great ! so saturday huh ? cool .

[ To Ayumi From Sakura ]

Yup saturday . Well im gonna head over to nakashima's and see her andi think i'll head over to seiko's too . It's only 6:45 .

[ To Sakura From Ayumi ]

K . have fun .

[ To Ayumi From Sakura ]

k .

I think i'll stop by the beach too along the way ... The beach is maybe 45 minutes from here , so i would be getting to naomi's around 8 maybe ? maybe 9 , it depends if i wanna stay long . I sighed and slipped my cellphone back in my pocket and headed off to the beach , walking was gonna be boring , but it would do me some good , especially me . The walk was long , my feet were hurting alittle but didn't bother me much . The beach , the sounds of the waves crashing .. i love it all . The horizon's , the sand , the crabs that crawl on the beach , the fish . It was important to me because it was my favorite thing to do ,well yoshiki comes first.

I walked down the steps to the beach itself , the sand . It was peaceful . Sakura-chan.. " huh ? did someone just call me? " i thought i heard someone say my name , maybe i was just hearing things ? imagining things maybe .. I was the only person on the beach , alone . I was glad alittle too . I sat infront of the water , a good distance to not get soaked by the waves. I had my knees pushed up against my somewhat small flat chest and i had my arms wrapped around my legs as i had my chin on top of my knees . The sky was still a cloudless blue but the sun was starting to set , so it had to be around seven , getting dark . Sakura-chan. " Huh ?" i raised my head up , looking both ways , around me , behind too but didn't see anyone . Who is calling me ? Maybe i'll go for a swim to relax.. I got up to my feet and took off my jacket , tank top and my shoes , socks and slipped off my capri's . I kept on my grey shorts and my black bra . I headed to the water after i placed my cellphone down safely . I got in the water and started swimming for a bit . I was swimming at my own pace , trying to learn how to swim . So far i was having no luck and almost drowned alittle . But that didn't stop me from trying .

I have to face my fears some day , so i'll try today . I was diving and swimming back and forth on the rock area , i can only touch a few places underneath . After i swimmed and got alittle bit farther i dived as i kept my eyes open and saw a yellow star fish , it had eyes ! I lost my breath and went back up to regain it .

I dived up gasping and trying not to freak out . What the fuck was that !? a fucking starfish!? I dived back under and didn't see it anywhere , maybe it was just my imagination ? Maybe .. maybe not ? I dived back up and whipped the water off my face and saw it again .

" AHHHHH!"

" W-who are you ?! What are you !? what do you want from me !? can you speak ?! " I was freaking out , i wanted answers . Was this the thing that was calling me ? Can it speak ? " Hello ? can you speak ? do you know what im saying ? " It blinked and expanded into a star , like it looked more like a star. I mean it already was a star but .. it looked ... different . Maybe it did understand me ? " Whats your name ? do you have a name ?" i tried to find out more stuff about it , about what it is .

" Well , im gonna call you hishimaru!" i smiled at it . It blinked , it's arms and legs spinned like a wheel as is stayed in place . It was smiling so i guess that ment it was happy . Maybe ? right or no ? " Wanna come home with me hishimaru ? Come on ." I giggled and it flipped over facing the water , like a surfboard i guess , the back was flat and like soft textured and kinda bouncy too . " Want me to get on ?" I placed my hands on it and lifted myself on it and stood straight up on its back . It was kinda scary with not holding onto anything but it was kinda fun . It immediately was flying through on the water , water was flying everywhere from both sides. " OH MY GOD ! THIS IS SOOOOOOO FUCKING AWESOME!" it was fun . " SO FUCKING AWESOME!" I was yelling full of happiness as i was having fun with it . It went straight up in the air at full speed . " KIYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! it was going up to fast , it stopped as it brought me to a gate , the gate that was in the water but was really large and tall and wide too . It sat me on the very top and sat beside me . " That was so awesome hishimaru! Your so cool!"