So I made this eons ago as a way to focus on writing. Though its not that great its being posted to amuse just about anyone who feels like reading this. Maybe it'll tickle a random person's funny bone.. Heh.. Yeah. I can definitely see it now..So here is a oneshot I wrote back when I didn't know the ropes. Oh and "[-iGetalLtHegIrlS-iGetalLtHegIrlS-iGetalLtHegIrlS-iGetalLtHegIrlS-]" will be my time skip/scene/Pov/Anything line thingy..Just cuz I luff Calvin Harris :B Anyway, on to my writer's junk..
Disclaimer: I don't own anything Mai HiME/Otome related. I still think I have the right to carry a wallet though. WARNING: No beta was in sight :P Have fun
Chance encounters are simply by chance.. right?
Chap 1:Simple
I walked towards the exit, then the automatic doors opened and I stepped of the train. My life was a breeze but it was boring. I just wanted to escape this caged in world. The book bag over my shoulder slid off the said shoulder and I had to readjust it. I usually swing it back over for it to stay on. This time I accidentally hit someone when I felt the bag make contact with something solid. Hn, might as well turn around.. I immediately froze when I met with those eyes. Red orbs looked back at me.
The owner's lips pursed ever so slightly, confusion was clear on her features. I swallowed hard. "Ah, sorry about that." I said. My body was already turning around to lead me to school when she grabbed onto my sweater sleeve.
"That's okay, but can you please help me with something?" When I turned back to face her she put this small paper in my face.
"Uh, what are you showing me here?" I questioned, I then scanned the white sheet with my brows knitted because I thought back at how I had found myself in this situation.
"That's what I need to know, Haruka never could draw well.. Or at all actually." Damn right this Haruka girl couldn't draw. This wouldn't even be considered a drawing. It looked like a doodle type of thing.
What I could make out was a house on fire and some crowned doped up angels. Wait, WTF. "Uh.. Do you even have any idea what the name of this place is?" I asked, kind of irked at the fact that I was probably going to be late to school.. Eh, would it really matter?
The girl rubbed her chin as though she were thinking about the meaning of life. Goddamn.
"If I remember somewhat correctly," she paused though my facial expression motioned for her to keep going. "F-um…Oh, what was it again?.. The Rena Sayers school for academic achievement."
My brows rose in unison and my mouth made a small "o".
I was dealing with a freshman, even though I myself was a grade below that, I was the same age as a freshman. I skipped school many times and got held back for missing out for so long on my studies. I was currently enrolled in Fukka academy.
The grade school, sister school actually, to that place she mentioned. "Garderobe, you mean?" She must have felt a little silly for not remembering its shorter version name.
I smiled widely, "you have no idea where you are going, do you?" The girl's cheeks brightened.
It was funny enough that I had to actually hold myself back from giggling so I raised my arm and used my wrist to cover my current reaction. She just looked at me oddly, I guess I didn't look like the type who would do that. I tucked a loose strand of hair behind my ear while blushing a little. To save myself the embarrassment, I took her hand into mine and led her up the stairs to leave the subway station. She had no trouble keeping up with me.
Even though I was going pretty fast, we dogged traffic, and she was practically sightseeing as we went. Some minutes after our encounter and mini adventure thing, we arrived in front of the building. We only slightly panted, I guess she was about just in as good shape like me.
"Garderobe.." she panted. My stomach had this little fluttering reaction to how she said it. Now that I saw her more clearly, and took the time to do so, I saw that she was pretty good looking. Cute even.. Wait, I won't even go there.
I stared at her eyes for a moment. Flickers of excitement were there. Well this was pretty much a new experience. "Um, I'm sorry, but you never gave me your name." The golden brown hair on her shoulders made me shiver a little when they bounced as she turned her head to me since she was admiring the building.
"Oh, right." She certainly looked surprised.. "I am Shizuru.. Shizuru Fujino." Then this girl gave me a smile and raised her arm as though to shake hands with me.
She wasn't left waiting for long since I took the invitation without much of a problem. "Nice name, I'm Natsuki Kuga." we shook hands and became acquaintances. Shizuru paused for a moment and then said, "well then, shall we go inside?"
I immediately frowned because I couldn't go in and show her, though I was going to apply here for next year. "I don't go here." I quickly explained. "Oh." was all she could muster, she looked quite disappointed. She bit her lower lip and something in me just took over at the sight.
"But I'm enrolling here for next year. You'll see me then." I babbled, then I blushed to some degree and looked away, tucking in a loose strand of hair.
My outburst did not go without a reward of course. She smiled and said, "I'm thankful, though it makes me kind of sad that I'll only know one person at this school."
I quirked a brow, "Who?"
"Me." was the only word that a girl behind me said. I jumped a little at the sudden appearance and stepped away far enough to see the girl clearly. Blonde hair that was kind of curly and high spirited hazel eyes. Her hands were on her hips, "Shizuru, what took you so long? You were like this close," she emphasized with her thumb and index finger, "to missing freshman assembly!"
"Ah, sorry, Haruka-chan!.. I kind of got lost with your creative artistic work."
Shizuru apologized and made funny looking wavy motions with her hands. Heh buddy, that's just the nice way of saying, "Yer piece o' crap of a drawing is the reason that I'm freakin' late! " Ah.. I really crack myself up sometimes… Then the bell thing rang which meant that it was now 8:10. Oh damn it all, I still had to reach my building which was just a few blocks away. If I left now I'd get there in time and still be able to get in five minutes for locker time to pack up my morning books.
"Sh- Shizuru, I have to go now." I said with my finger pointing to my bare wrist as though I were wearing an imaginary watch. "Aww.. See you on the train later, okay?"
Its almost like I had to say yes, just to see her smile. "Yeah, see you then!" And I ran off waving goodbye. A second later right after they faced the school and began the walk towards it, I ran the opposite way right after because I had seemed to have forgotten the direction of my school.
Huh, talk about weird.
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"Shizuru." I called. "Hm?" She went, not really paying attention to me. Her red eyes scanned the page. Her nose was all up in this little thin magazine with a model and some guy on the front cover. I turned myself to look outside the window. Pretty dark tunnel with dim lighting like in some weird movie that I'm not about to start talking about.
I let out a sigh. It had already been a month since our encounter and we had conversed much on our way to school since then. We had gotten to know a little more about each other because even though we took different trains at first, our second train that we transferred to was the same one.
I hadn't even notice that she was even taking the same train as me before on that day we met. We were currently standing on the still train. I had to move from my original spot because there were more and more people who came through those automatic sliding doors cramming in with the rest of the mass of bodies. It was so flippin' crowded at this hour. And at this very moment I started to get pissed at this guy who smelled like old pizza. He played this loud music on a little black boom box that you would not expect such a massive sound to come out of.
No one else rose up to the challenge because the man stank of dead rodents and he looked dangerous. The type that said crap like, "Who the Fuck do you think you talkin' to? You wanna die?" And then proceed beating the crap out of that poor soul. "Oh for the love of.." I was just about to start complaining when Shizuru stopped reading and looked in the direction of the man. I started making my way over very slowly, watching the scene before me intently. He had this big grin on his face staring out the window.
It was quickly wiped off when Shizuru made her presence known to the vulgar smelling guy with a simple yet loudly heard, "AHEM." The man turned his head to face her with a puzzled look. He arched himself to lean in some 'ol thug like way, his own intimidate pose. Shizuru just looked him in the eye and calmly demanded, "Excuse me sir, can you please turn down the volume?" She pointed at the mini boom box, "Its disturbing my ears and does not allow me to read my book." Her "book" was probably rolled up tightly in one of her hands because it was nowhere to be seen.
"Aw 'scuse me.. pretty girl, I dint mean no harm.." He then leaned down to the boom box he had put on the floor and turned the volume down. It was still on though and a song with an overdose of profanity and vulgar music came on. Shizuru's face had disgust visibly shown on the frown she put on. The dark orange corn braided man noticed this and frowned as well. "You don't like them tunes 'o mine, pretty girl?" And just before anything could get any more complicated and possibly serious, I by then had made my way between the two enemies.
I faced the frowning guy with a sheepish smile and said to him in the nicest voice I could possibly muster, "Maybe you should just buy an I pod, buddy." The guy glared at me and sucked his teeth.. Ew.. But even though I was worried for Shizuru, I immediately began worrying about myself. I had put myself in this danger zone and I just stared right back at the guy.
I sweat dropped, that's all we did for a minute before the train came to a stop and a pair of hands grabbed my shoulders and pulled me out. Thankfully the man did not follow us because he probably had a different stop or something. What mattered at the moment was what an idiot I was. "Natsuki.." Shizuru spoke in a tone of voice that I had never heard before. She looked and sounded pretty speechless.
"Thank you.." Was all she could say though.
"For what?" I asked, for cereal, what was so special about what I did? I almost got myself killed! Then she did the unexpected and she gave me a quick hug, "For defending me back there." Well, now that she mentioned it.. I kinda did do the noble thing. Heh.
We actually exchanged AIMs on the way home after that incident and school. I don't really know why she did that though, it wasn't necessary. I guess she was just trying to connect with me, to be my friend in a somewhat better way. That night at my house I walked up the steps of my house to the second floor while drying my hair with a towel.
"Nat.. Is that you?" Called out my younger sibling. From my room nonetheless! "What are you up to in my room brat!" I yelled as I reached my mentioned room.
Well she just didn't answer because she was a little too busy playing runescape. She typed something really fast on my beautiful blue keyboard and then looked at me with a glare. "Did you call me a brat earlier?" I joked around saying, "huh? What?" I cupped my ear as though I couldn't hear her that well, "Oh, sorry, I don't speak brat-ienese"
See? Very simple. :]
