Chapter 01: Love Letter!?
"Winter Days.
No matter how cold it is, I m still happy,
When I see your white breath as you run,
I think how your parted hair really suits you,
But I want to see how you look with your hair down."
That s what the sheet of paper Tainaka Ritsu found on her mailbox that Saturday morning on her mailbox, What the? , not being the answer of a normal high school girl when she reads something that s supposed to be romantic, "No way, No way, somebody just got the address wrong Yeah that must be it, well better get going!".
It was the second to last week before the winter vacation period started, pretty cold if you asked some in the area, the music room wasn t an exception, "C mon everybody lets practice, I m sure where gonna get warmer if whe practice!", said a slightly demanding Azusa, none of the light music club members was paying attension to their underclassmen guitarist, even the Always wanting to practice Mio was murdering her cup of tea, Yui, Tsumugi, Ritsu and Sawako where following the example, it was winter afterall, you needed to keep warm anyway you could, especially with warm tea and cookies.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa buuut itsss coldddd was the only thing to come out of the rest of the band and their supervisor, Azunya~n, come on and have some tea, you know you wanna", said a lazy Yui as she took a bite from her cookie, "That s right Azusa-chan, as your advisor I cant let you practice when were in a band meeting", everybody was a little bit surprised, "A Band Meeting, thats it" said a cheerful Tsumugi, "That s right c mon Azunyan were having a Band Meeting right know, everybody has to be present!", said a revived Yui, "Okay, okay I get it, sheesh", was the only things Azusa could said in her defense, after putting her guitar down she took a place in the table.
Mio only laughed it off as she noticed Ritsu didn t said anything earlier, nor she was full of her usual energy, ramping around, or anything for that matter, the full 30 minutes that had passed since they got to the clubroom, she had been looking at a sheet of paper with a slight but noticeable blush on her face, "Whats up Ritsu?, you have been looking at that paper since we got here" , "That s right Ricchan, now I m really curious", added Yui, "Ah, this?...nah its nothing, found it this morning in my mailbox, I now for sure somebody got the wrong place, but I gotta admit it kinda has a romantic air to it, here take a look!".
As she was about to give the piece of paper to her friends, Sawako snatched it from her hand and read it out loud for the bands pleasure "...hair down.", everybody was awe struck as they heard those words, "Aaaah so romantic! , exclaimed both Yui and Tsumugi with a dreamy look on their face", Meanwhile Azusa and Mio were commenting how it would be a nice song lyric, but nobody could help how the last two lines could somehow resemble Ritsu in some way, "See?, theres no way that could ve been for me, I m not that cute, or cool even, besides...", she was stopped by Sawako, clearly it was her envy the one that was talking, "Besides what?, receiving a love letter means your already liked by someone aah, so Ma- Morichika-kun really did it...aaaahhhh teenage love... ...", after looking back on the mistake she did, "I-I didn t say anything okay" , every looked at their advisor with killing intent, Yui was ready to take the first step to solving the mystery, when a confused Tsumugi couldn t help but guess, "Isn t they re a Morichika in our classroom?".
Now everybody had to know, including our young heroine herself, "Well Sawachan-sensei?" , asked Yui, "Well what?, you didn t hear anything haha", replied a nervous Sawako, "I really think you should explain yourself sensei" added a now curious Azusa, everybody was determined to see who and how this so called Morichika was, "Guess cats out of the bag then sensei huh?, is this all-right with you Ritsu?", told Mio to her childhood friend, of course every forgot about the lady in question, its not used in these times to use something as old fashioned as a love letter, but for high school girls, well... You can say it pumped up the romantic level 50%.
"Y-Yeah 'A love letter?, for me?, its still to much for me, I never really thought I would get one'", said a bright-red blushed Ritsu, "*Sigh*, its no big deal anyway" implied Sawako, Mio looked at Sawako, "What do you mean sensei" , "Well He only asked me for your address, since he knows you re in the Light Music club and knows I m your advisor, he came to me, that s all" , responded Sawako.
"Pretty suspicious" smirked Yui, every turned to her with surprise, "Huh?, why sempai?" , the curious Azusa landed the first hit, "Sawachan-sensei knows him, Mugi-chan says there s a Morichika in our classroom, other than that, Sawachan-sensei is our homeroom teacher, SO SHE MUST KNOW ABOUT HIM, ITS HER DUTY!!!". everyone sat in awe, a "oooo~h" was the only thing that Mio, Tsumugi and Azusa could blurt out.
"And that s all I know, seriously, you girls are too curious for your own good" , said a tea-drinking Sawako, "Well, we should all get going too much gossip for today", she added at the end, "Yeah, sensei s right, besides, this is Ritsu s personal life we've been invading, I guess she wants to be alone for awhile, right?" assisted Childhood friend Mio as she turned to Ritsu, "You re right, I guess we somehow crossed the line Ricchan, forgive us" , said a depressed Yui, "Haha don t worry everyone, I don t mind, I ve just gotta think this over a bit, by tomorrow I ll be at a 100% as always I m sure of it!".
On the way home Ritsu was remembering everything Sawako told them about Morichika:
Name: Morichika Makoto Age: 16
Class: 2-2
Clubs: None
Hobby: Nothing in particular
Lives with his cousin, parents died a year ago in plane accident, he works part time to earn his own money.
Other than that, our young heroine had nothing, but why was she thinking about a guy she didn t even know, because he gave her a "L-L-L-L-Love Letter, I still can t believe it, its too much, way too much" , she finally got home, after dinner she took a bath, finally ready to doze away, she couldn t help but to read the letter, she still was curious to know who was him, its not she didn t had any interest in a particular boy before, but she wanted to enjoy high school life and leave the romance and drama for later, but a chance is a chance, "Aaargh, maybe I can solve this tomorrow", she cried after giving up the thinking, dozing of in her bed.
