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CHAPTER TWO
Kotoko POV:
The clock is ringing…
I get out of the cushions of my bed and sight. I set the alarm clock on off and look at the hour. It was 8:30… I am late! I run to the closet, brush my teeth, get back to my room wear an outfit and walk down the stairs as fast as I can.
-"Kotoko-chan! Good morning!" said
-"Good morning Mrs Irie!" I applied
-" Wont you stay for breakfast?" she asked with a sad tone
-"I am sorry . I am truly late and have to go, maybe next time, ok ?" I said as closed the door and left the house
Phew… I finally made it in class just in time. I remember now that I didn't see Irie-kun as I left. I wonder how he is doing. It seems that I can never meet him since we started college. As I was daydreaming and my class was over I run downstairs and went somewhere to sit. Then a pain in my forehead interrupted my thoughts.
-"Oww!" I said in pain
-" It serves you right. I was talking to you and you were completely out dazed. Is earth communicating with Kotoko? Satomi asked joking.
-"I am sorry." I apologized
-"What's wrong? You seem a little down these days , well since we started college that is. Is there something wrong with you and Irie ? Jinko asked me
I looked at her and nodded my head in reply.
-"Oh is that so. What happened?" Satomi asked worryingly
-"Actually its like this…" and I started telling them about what was happening these past few days. How Irie-kun and I seemed to never be able to see each other and how terrible I was missing his presence.
-" Well Kotoko this might actually be a good thing. Not seeing him. It might make you see more things then just Irie." Said Jinko.
-" What?" I said speechless
-" I was thinking the same thing maybe you need a little bit of a rehab to Irie. Why don't you try a club for example, a lot of people are joining this time around… Why don't you too? Satomi purposed
-" A club?" I asked
"Yes!" the both said in unison
Maybe joining a club was a good idea. Maybe there was a possibility that Irie-kun has joined a club too. At that thought my face brightened and before I ran off I thanked Satomi and Jinko leaving them alone wandering what happened to their friend all of a sudden.
As I was wandering through the corridors people were giving some leaflets and someone gave me one about the clubs of our college. So I took my chance and started searching the clubs. I was walking from one building to another asking for a member with the name Naoki Irie but no luck. I stopped for a moment and took a break, drank a couple of water and sited in a bench close by. I was thinking how none of the club I visited said that they didn't have Irie-kun in their clubs. Time was passing and I was loosing hope, maybe the great Irie didn't need to join a club and I thought that couldn't see him now in any way.
So then I was starting to pack my things and begin again my search, but I heard voices chatting close to me and they triggered my interest. I saw people close to the tennis courts talking and looking at particular court where a game was in play. I came closer to where they were having the match and noticed the figure that was serving the ball. It was Irie-kun. It was Irie-kun playing with a another guy that had a very noticeable black moustache. As was the game proceeding Irie was winning and the final outcome was announced by the referee.
-" Six to four sets, won by Irie Naoki."
Girls were starting to cheer and giggle which made me quite disturbed since I like him but nothing could make me more upset then what I was seeing right now. A very attractive lady was with my Irie-kun and was helping with a towel to stop the little sweating that he had. As I was observing more closely then before I came to realize that that lady was Reiko Matsumoto a girl from the same school as her with an only difference she was at class A.
The area was cleaning from the crowd and I came closer to the tennis courts. I watched as they were giggling and talking or at least she was and I was becoming jealous. All these time Irie was coming home late because he was a member at the tennis club he was with her. As I was wandering in my own thoughts a voice interrupted me.
-"Well hello there !Who you might be?" a guy asked which I soon recognize to be the guy who Irie-kun had beaten in that match(the moustache was making all the difference).
-"Oh me?" I said hesitantly.
-" Is there anyone else beside you?" he asked
-" No…I am Kotoko" I replied
-" Kotoko, well I am Soudo if you need anything since I am the coach and manager of the tennis club come and tell me ok?" he said while he was about to leave
-" Wait!" I shouted. This was the perfect opportunity!
-" Can I join the tennis club?" I asked
-"Well have you ever played tennis?" he asked me back
-"I, no I haven't but I am really eager to learn, I will do anything to get in so please let me!" I pleaded
-"Well such willingness I haven't see before. Why do you want to join the tennis club so badly?" he asked me
-"Well do I really have to answer this question Sudou-san?" I said with kind like a beggar tone
-"Yes, I can never let someone in my club who has ill intentions! If you cant tell me then I can have you as a member of this club" he said while turning to leave
-"Stop!" I shouted again and he stopped
-" I'll tell you." Like that I started explaining to him my situation with Irie-kun from the begging and as finished he told me
-"So it was like that. Well I seriously know were you are coming from. I like too Matsumoto-san but don't say anything to anyone ok?
-"So you like Reiko-san?" I questioned
-" Yes I do like her like you Irie but since he came my life has become a living hell, no offence, but Matsumoto-san is only pays attention to Naoki from the moment he put he's foot on these tennis courts. I am almost at my breaking point" he stated with desperation
-"Its ok. Now that I am here maybe we can help each other and have back our loved ones!" I said to him with confidence
-"Really?" he said
-"So can I join your club?"
-"Of course you can! Practice starts after classes are over everyday. So I'll see you tomorrow!" he said to me
-" Goodbye, see you!" I said and left for home
When I arrived at home I was so tired…I wanted to go to my room and just sleep for a day or two but I couldn't do that could I ?
-" Kotoko-chan there you are I was getting worried! You don't arrive at home so late." Mrs Irie said and the came closer to whisper to me
-"Onni-chan even came earlier than you"
-"I …" as I was about to speak, but a voice that I hadn't heard for days spoke right behind
-"So you're here… Maybe next time we have lunch and you are going to be late for it you should at least warns us to eat before you. But maybe it is not understandable for someone like you to even follow this kind of simple task." He said messing with me but I am not going that easily down
-"Well, I am sorry for coming late but I didn't plan on it . Also, I will not accept that kind of comment from someone who hasn't come one day since starting college at the proper time for lunch and what's that supposed to mean by someone like me not understanding. What is a person like me huh?" I asked angry
-"First If you need to know I had warned mom that I would be leaving late from college so they don't have to wait for me at lunch and second I don't need to waste my breath explaining to another what kind a person they are. That answers all your questions. I am going to my room." He stated
-" Hey!" I shouted but he ignored me and touched my arm
-"Come now food is ready, you want to eat don't you, you two shouldn't fight like this anyway, how will you make him like you if you do that?" she stared at me
Like that we sat on the table, me, and yuki and started eating. I didn't want to eat, I had lost my appetite after that conversation and I just started playing with it. After a couple of minutes I stood up from my chair and run to my room, leaving downstairs a questioning .
I opened the door of my room I wrapped myself with my sheets and blanket and started crying alone. I wanted to cry so badly from the moment I saw Irie in that tennis court with Reiko Matsumoto until now where Irie and I confronted each other or that's what I think. For him our conversation or argument means nothing. For him it isn't even a conversation it's more like some annoying or even amusing words coming out of a person who thinks he could play with whenever or wherever he seems fit. Thinking about this made me crying myself to sleep.
Normal POV:
Little Kotoko didn't know but from the moment she ran to her room Irie took notice of it because he was studying and was about to make a remark to her ...οnly that when he was about to knock her door he heard her crying. That's when he decided to not do it and went back to his room. Naoki didn't know but for some reason the girl had started to grow on him and he still didn't know why he kissed her the day of the graduation. He had took many occasions in mind were he could find why did he do it, but the one thing he couldn't accept was that he too indeed liked her. It was a possibility that found hard to believe and rejected it every time it came to mind ,but really, did he know if he liked her or not? He stopped over thinking the situation and just turned back to studying. Ignoring his or hers feelings for the moment of being.
