Kozue sat down besides Suzuno. They sat there for an hour, the bell had rang already, but both didn't felt like joining their classes. They both had never missed a lesson but when Kozue saw that Suzuno remained just as lifeless as before after hearing the bell, she had decided to sit next to her friend. There was only one response from the silver-haired girl when Kozue locked their shoulders and that was that she rested her head on Kozue's shoulder and quietly began to cry.
Actually Kozue didn't really knew how the handle a Suzuno crying, it was the very first time Suzuno actually let go of her tears. Of course Kozue had noticed the urge to cry in Suzuno eyes before, but seeing the actual tears streaming down her smooth skin made Kozue feel so much pain.
Suzuno wasn't really the girl that wanted to hear fancy words once she was sad, she never was and wasn't now. Kozue knew that as one of the best, so she decided to let the tears stop them self and just let Suzuno feel her presence, a simply hand or hug will do the work of a million words, that's what Suzuno always told her.
After another few minutes the tears stopped and silence filled the air once again. "Neh Suzuno?" Kozue filled the silence suddenly. "Hm?" Suzuno sobbed.
"I'm going to bring you to the nurse, your throat is all red and swollen."
Suzuno shook her head no. She opened her lips to speak, but the words that came out were so soft and sore to hear. "No, that's exactly what she wants, she wishes to see me as a victim. E-Everything is going well, as long as it remains like this I don't have to see a nurse." She said courageous, but again. It was not only her voice radiating pain, but her face pulled painful glances as well.
Suddenly they heard a nock on the door, it was kinda strange hearing a knock on a public toilet. "Hello? Is Suzuno perhaps in here?" They heard, the voice was easily to identify. Kozue smiled upon hearing those words. "Hello anyone in here?" The heard again.
"You can come in Nagumo-kun, it's just me and her." Kozue replied. She hadn't even finished her line or the door bursted open. An all out worried Nagumo was standing in the doorway. It was obvious that he had been searching for a while, since the sweat dripping down from his forehead. For the first time Suzuno picked herself up, and escaped from her lifeless position. Nagumo was startled as he perceived her reds eyes in tears, but his eyes grew even wider when he saw her red distended neck. He ran toward her and knelt before her. He placed his big warm hand on her pale, but also for the first time warm cheek.
"Suzuno I have been searching you for so long, do you know how worried I was!?" he almost cried to her. It was quite cute to behold, he was angry out of concern. "I entered the auditorium, but it was so restless, so I asked what was going on and they told me you had been fighting and that Kozue had brought you somewhere. Then someone else said that somebody had grabbed you by the throat, I immediately ran off to search for you. But... you were nowhere to be seen."
"I'm sorry.." Suzuno whispered while looking down. "I didn't meant to make you worried."
Nagumo chuckled quietly. "Why are you apologizing, silly." He picked her nose with two fingers and shook her head gently up and down. "I know that it's not your fault." He smiled with that mouthwatering smile of his.
"KAWAIIII!" Kozue screamed sitting next to them, her eyes shining. "Holy carb, Jesus cry! Nagumo-kunnn, that was so romantic and sweet and cute, CONTINUEEE!"
The couple sweat dropped simultaneously on the enthusiasm of Kozue. "Oh Suzuno, you still haven't told me the details about ~you knowwww. Is he always so adorable!?"
"Details?" Nagumo snickered while raising a eyebrow at his girlfriend. Suzuno's face started to get red. "Details about what?" He added curious.
"Y-You know j-just details, right Kozue!" Suzuno stood up, a little nervous. "Hehe, she's entitled to it, it's the girls-code, don't worry, hehe, I won't tell-"
"-Oh she's telling me everything!" Kozue interrupted.
"K-Kozue!" Suzuno hissed at her, not only creating a smirk on Nagumo's face but also one on Kozue's. "Well it seems you grabbed yourself together, are you feeling a bit better?" Kozue asked her.
"Moo! You two were plotting this!" Suzuno pouted. "Remind me to never put you two in the same room again!"
"Hey, but we did cheered you up!" Nagumo smirked. "That's teamwork, neh Kozue!" He gave her a high five. "HAI!" She replied. Suzuno rolled her eyes, but they did were right. They had brightened her mood drastically. She felt loved and surrounded by friends, yes she did. Unless then a few minutes ago when she felt that terrible shame. No. Now she felt really like she was someone!
Nagumo gave his watch a look. "Oh well, we have skipped two classes by now, what about skipping the rest of the day as well?"
"Oh jeez I feel like a real badass!" Kozue commented what made them all laugh. "Kozue doofus!" Suzuno chuckled. "So Nagumo, what were you planning to do then?" She asked her man.
"Well I thought we could could drink in the cafe on the corner. What is quite popular among the students, have you ever been there?"
"No, never." Suzuno answered.
"Well then you guys really should go there, they have the most delicious coffee to make your day again" He winked.
"Sure, let's go!"
AT CAFE: "Carson's Coffee Lounge"
"Where do you two wanna sit? On a table or in the lounge corner. Though I must recommend you the wonderful comfortable beanbags in the lounge." Nagumo joked.
"THEY HAVE BEANBAGS!?" Kozue screamed as if it was the most rare thing on earth. "COME ON THEN!" She grabbed Suzuno's left hand and Nagumo's right as she dragged the two along. The exciting face she pulled didn't seemed to disappear for a while, they had settled down in the huge beanbags and had ordered their caramel coffee's.
"Sugoi, I never wanna leave this place again!" Kozue lay spread out on her orange beanbag. Suzuno giggled, she was sitting together with Nagumo on a green beanbag, His hand around her shoulder both in relax pose. "I said it was good, didn't I?" Nagumo chuckled. Even he was not as active as Kozue, that girl looked like a hyperactive monkey sometimes.
"~Uhm pardon.." They heard, Kozue looked up seeing someone from the shop holding a tray. "Miss, your coffee!" She smiled nicely.
"Eh, gomen!" Kozue went to sit up straight again, a bit ashamed of her childish behavior, she gladly accepted her cup and took sip, but spit it out right after. "H-H-HOOOOT!" She screamed now literally jumping around like a monkey.
Nagumo and Suzuno tried to withhold their laughter however as soon as they gave each other a look they both started laughing like lunatics, their eyes filled with tears from the laughter, as Kozue had by now found a glass of water and drunk it in less then a second.
She plopped back down upon her beanbag and sighed deeply. "This can merely happen to me.." She nagged.
"Well, yes!" Suzuno told while she swept the last little tears off her cheeks.
"Don't worry Kozue, it also makes you a fun friend!" Nagumo told.
"Well, that makes it a little better!" She smiled.
"~WELL HELLO, IF THAT ISN'T NAGUMO!"
They heard again, Suzuno had a bad feeling about this. They turned around, their eyes crashing a beautiful blonde girl, she was tall and skinny, she looked good. "O-Oh hey Miki.." Nagumo said, clearly not so exciting.
The girl called Miki went to sit in front of them, placing down in the pink beanbag. "I've heard you're dating again, is this the girl?" She asked interesting, her gaze pointed at Suzuno, who was feeling a little uncomfortable with those eyes exploring her. "You know you can get better Nagumo.." She told arrogantly.
A vein appeared on both Kozue's and Nagumo's head. "Pf, says the ugly bitch.." Escaped out of Kozue's mouth. Suzuno contrary, did not really have much interest in Miki. No, Actually she wasn't fascinated by the way that girl had to pass remarks on others to feel herself better. So all she did was continuing to sip her coffee in silence, yet her gaze was focused on the blonde girl that was looking at her in detest.
"Well, I was just wondering if you feel like to do something with me soon, Nagumo?" She asked him with a smile.
"Um, you just said yourself that you know that Nagumo has a new relationship, why do you ask him out?" Kozue hissed, she felt a peculiar fury in her chest, something which was clearly intended for that... Miki.
"I don't really feel like to go out with you, because at first I have a relationship and I love this girl very much, more then I've ever loved you and secondly you just made fun of her, luckily she is mature instead of you, I even despise a friendship with you. So excuse me, but I'm going to the bathroom." Nagumo stood up and walked angry away. As soon as he got out of sight Suzuno's pocket started to vibrate, she took her phone out of it and read that Nagumo had send her a message:
"Suzuno this girl is a pro at getting someone down with mean words, don't fall for her trap, she a real pain in the ass! I know you can handle her, otherwise I wouldn't go. But my bladder is about to explode, hehe. I come back soon, just don't try to kill her ;) Oh and I don't think I can get a girl more beautiful then you, just so you know! XX"
Suzuno started to blush a bit after reading those last words, but he didn't had to warn her, she had already found out about her character. And this wasn't going to be a pleasant conversation.
"If I'm wrong correct me, but you are Suzuno Fuusuke, you live together with him in the orphanage, am I right?" Miki started still possessing the bitchy tune.
"Indeed..." Suzuno calmly replied, Kozue just rolled her eyes out of irritation, this girl was boiling the angry inside of her. "Okay!" Miki replied. " I pity you!" She laughed evilly.
"Why?.." Suzuno replied still calm and uninterested.
"You are desiring some love, love that you never had. Obviously you don't know what it's like to have a father and mother who give you that love, or siblings."
Suzuno snickered softly. "Actually the people in th Orphanage are my family. So I do know how it is like.."
"But now you telling me you see the other Orphans as family?" Miki asked a little shocked, she clearly acted it. As if she expected this answer, her face turned evil as she continued speaking. "But if Nagumo is like family to you, then you are actually dating your... ~brother. That's pretty nasty you know!"
Suzuno gazed at the sour girl. The issue was that she actually had a point. Sun Garden was like family to her, only.. the brother/sister bond she had with Nagumo grew out to love. She searched desperately for words to explain this. Then the words suddenly popped into her head, Suzuno grinned and started her tale. "It's true that we're not an ordinary family, but it doesn't matter what it looks like, we are perfect to me.."
"That still doesn't make it less strange that you're dating your brother, besides.. calling strangers family is just as weird."
"We're not strangers, yeah we come from everywhere, but we're as close as close can be.. you can keep on talking, it doesn't really matter to me. We surged for ones to care about us. After surging we did found it here, we found us a home. Yeah the relationships makes us strange, but really they just make us stronger! I wouldn't replace a thing, not my father or brothers nor my sisters or Hitomiko, because we are family in my eyes and you don't replace family. And I can tell you that all of us agree to that.."
"I pity you even more now.." Miki chuckled. "If you really think that those orphans see you as a sister then you have it wrong. And I think you forgot that you got placed in a orphanage to get picked out for a new family. They weren't on planning to keep you all till your old you know. Your so how called father and that Hitomiko would be glad when you got adopted. Because that's kinda why they took you in in the first place."
"Then please explain me why we all cry when someone leaves, and why we still contact and visit them.. why? Because we care about each other, yeah we all linger for a real family, that's how people like you see it. But getting adopted is one of our biggest fears."
"Well, I can't really understand why anyone would adopt you, so I guess you are save from your nightmare!" Miki stood up crossing her arms, with a satisfied smirk on her face.
Suzuno snickered once again and also stood up. "You better get that grin of your face, you haven't won this yet!" Suzuno dared.
"I always win, you can't get the better of me, you slut!"
"Who you call slut!" Nagumo came back, clearly he was watching for quite a time. "You're the one who was cheating on me around the six times, if I'm right. Oh and I can confirm Suzuno's words." He went to stand next to his girl.
"Nagumo what do you see in this ugly living zombie. I swear, she's really nasty, those dull gray eyes, she is fat and her hair is all messed up. Do not forget her cold personality, I really don't understand what you see in her."
It was like being stuck in the heart with a knife. Suzuno really been fighting with those words previously, she always said it to herself, but she then finally overcame her self-disgust. However after all these years, the words that had pursued her all that time suddenly came back and even by the maiden that was attempting to steal her, the reason why she was so happy.
Everything hurted and the words began to haunt her head right away. It lasted only a moment for the tears to leave her eyes. She had to get out of there. She wanted to turn around but Nagumo stopped her, he was not looking at her, no he looked at that monster.
"I see many more in her than I see in you!" He said determined "Her eyes are not dull, they are mysterious and I don't know where you see that so called fat, fortunately she is not as skinny skeleton as you are, she has wonderful curves you always dreamed of having and I love that tousled hair, it makes her cute. Yeah she has a cold personality. Maybe it's just me, but somehow I am able to melt her, because I've seen her soft side." He stopped and smiled satisfied.
Suzuno just stared, the tears rolling down her cheeks were now out of luck and love.
Then Kozue stepped forward and said: "I have another look then you two. You think her eyes are gray and dull and Nagumo thinks they're mysterious, I think that they are actually very kind and considerate, they tell me that I can trust her! Nagumo is right about that so called fat. And her hair just says that she's the same as me, since we both don't give a fuck about how our hair looks and you know that you and other people who Suzuno dislikes are the only ones to see her cold side,as I've seen all her sides. Sometimes she's suddenly shy or ashamed, she can also be angry, you don't want to witness that. She even pouts sometimes. When I look at her I see my best friend, the one I can tell everything and with whom I share my beautiful moments with. Not the ugly zombie you describe because I see that more in you."
"Miki, I think we've won this time! It's better to except your loss and please leave us alone!" Nagumo said.
Miki had made fists of her hands, her eyes were shut and she was shaking with anger. But she knew she was defeated. "I go, but don't think I won't take my revenge on that bitch of yours, Nagumo!" Then she turned around and rushed outside.
There was a silence and then Suzuno sank to the ground, she covered her head with her hands and began to cry quietly. Nagumo and Kozue stared at each other, both of them motioned each other that they had settled it well and they both knew that Suzuno was crying about their words.
They kneeled at once before the weeping girl. "Hey Suzuno." Nagumo whispered. "You don't need to cry darling!" All of a sudden Suzuno hit her arms around them and cuddled the two to death. "I realized something.." She sobbed on their shoulders.
"And that is?" Kozue chuckled.
"That I'm more lucky then I thought, I've got a great family to love, but more important two persons who would die for me and I for them! I love you two more then anything in the world, don't forget that!"
Well, that will be the next chappie, I don't know but I think there will be another chapter, or two, or...three..Hehe I don't know yet! ^-^
Well I hope you all like it c; Please leave a review! :D