Beginning of a Journey
This melody, it seems familiar. I've heard it somewhere. Is it Mother? No, that's impossible. She isn't here. Who is it then?
I glanced at myself in the mirror once last time before stepping out. I sighed as I locked the door behind me. I made my way down the stairs leading up to my apartment. This was my first time in a school. I could hear my own heartbeat. I was slightly shaking.
I made my way to the room 1-A. I heard laughter and cheers on the other side. Will I ever be able to blend in with the others? The door slid open, revealing a man with glasses.
"Ah, you must the new transfer student. Please wait outside a while longer. I will call for you when it's time," he said, shutting the door once again. I stood there alone in the empty hallway. I heard the bell ring. On the other side of the wall, everything became quiet. A few gasps and whispers later, the teacher opened the door again.
"You can come in now." He moved aside allowing me to pass through. He shut the door behind. No escaping now, besides didn't I wish for this? I begged and plead my father to allow me to attend a normal high school. I wanted to have friends for once in my life, and make my own decisions.
"This is the new transfer student. Please introduce yourself to the class," he announced as he handed to me a piece of chalk. I took it hesitantly. I wrote my name on the board with a shaky hand. I placed the chalk down and took a deep breath. I finally turned around. Everyone was staring at me. Except one person who sat right in front of the teacher. He had silver hair and green eyes.
"Um, my name is Sora Li Walker. I was studying abroad in Italy. Please take of me!" I bowed down. When I raised my eyes, I soon found a pair of green eyes staring at me.
"Walker, you shall be sitting next to Gokudera," he said pointing to a seat right to the silver haired boy. "Gokudera, I trust you will take care of her. Also please sit properly. You are in a classroom, not at home." Gokudera made a 'Tsk' sound as he straightens himself. I heard a lot of whispers, especially coming from the girls. I'm guessing he was popular amongst them.
The lunch bell rang and everyone crowded around my desk, asking me questions of all sorts.
"Can you speak Italian?"
"Is that your real hair color? What about your eyes?"
"Do you have a boyfriend?" Is this school? Does this happen to everyone? Or is it just my luck?
"Everyone, please calm down. She isn't going to leave tomorrow. She will be staying with us for the rest of the year. Let her breath a bit, she just got here," a voice said from the back of the classroom. A rather tall boy with black hair and brown eyes stood up. People instantly stopped asking questions and walked away from me.
"People are rough, aren't they? My name is Yamamoto Takeshi," he added, walking up to me. "It's nice to meet you Walker."
"You can call me Sora. I wasn't raised the Japanese way, so hearing people calling me by my last name is a bit odd." I kept my head down, avoiding his eyes.
"That's right, you were in Italy. Isn't Gokudera from there as well, Tsuna?" he asked someone behind me. He seemed slightly shorter than I was. He had brown chestnut hair and brown gentle eyes.
"Now you mention it, it's true. We've been having a lot of transfer students lately," he replied with a gentle smile on his face. "Ah, I'm Sawada Tsunayoshi." I smiled.
"I'm Sora Li Walker. It's nice to meet you." Those were my two first friends. We spent the rest of the period talking about different. Actually, Sawada and Yamamoto did the talking. I just sat there and laughed.
"Speaking about Gokudera, where is he?" Yamamoto asked. I looked around me.
"Is he the guy I was sitting next to?" I asked.
"Yeah, he was here just a while ago." Sawada looked around himself as well. "Maybe he is on the rooftop."
"Wanna go look for him Sora?" Yamamoto asked, just as he was about to head out the door. "I'll give you a tour while we are at it."
"That's fine. I don't think he likes me very much," I replied. I actually wanted to go with them. I didn't want to be left alone.
"Gokudera is like that around everyone. You just have to get to know him better." Yamamoto came back and started pushing me towards the door.
"No, it's okay! I'll just be a burden."
"Well if you stay here, won't you feel lonely?" I froze. Yamamoto must have felt it as well since he stopped pushing me.
"It's okay. I'm used to being alone. Loneliness isn't an issue for me," I lied. I don't want to be alone. I hated that empty feeling. I hated it, being alone in that big castle. I wanted to have friends.
"Come with us. You won't be lonely then, since we are your friends." I looked up to Yamamoto and Sawada who were smiling at me.
"You are really my friends?" I asked, holding back the tears. They nodded and smiled at me. I felt a tear rolling down my cheek.
"Thank you," I replied, my voice was shaking. Yamamoto and Sawada huddled around me, trying to make me laugh. I smiled.
So this is what it feels like having friends. It's a really warm feeling.