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As promised, this is a long chapter! This a challenged for me since I made a new character. I usually write shy and innocent type but this one is different so I had a hard time.
Again, I'm sorry for my grammatical errors and maybe OOC?
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disclaimer: Haikyuu! is not mine.
"Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life." -Omar Khayyan
"Good mo—"
She stopped frozen on her spot when a knife, yes a knife, suddenly and dangerously was thrown at her just nearly three centimetres away on her face. She turned around and saw the knife deeply impaled on the wall.
'Eh?'
"Taira…Orihime."
She jumped hearing her name then hastily twisted herself in a straight position, her eyes widened in fear when the owner of the said voice loomed over her.
"Go-good morning… Grandpa."
A vein popped on his head and Orihime feared her life.
"What's good in this goddamn morning you fucking brat?!" he roared and lifted his large hand to grab her head. "Your mother told me you fucking end up in Class 1 and not in Class 5?! What stupidity did you do to end up on that shit?!"
"Father, lower your voice, the twins might hear you," Orihime's mother said calmly as if what's happening between them is an everyday occurrence. She continued setting the table, letting her daughter and father have their lovely bond.
"Ah, sorry," he nonchalantly said but didn't let go of his hand instead, he gripped it harder making Orihime whined in pain.
"Now answer me brat."
She's going to get killed, she knew it. She could feel it. If she told him the truth, he's going to kill her! She cannot say she got a low score because she fell asleep and end up answering half of the questions. She cannot say that. No. Absolutely no.
"Granddad! Stop hurting Hime-neechan!" Her little sibling, Ken, scolded their grandpa as he holds his twin sister's hand, Tsurugi. Orihime's eyes darted to the twins, ignoring her scary grandpa for a moment then all of a sudden, her face burst red.
The twins gasped dramatically, "Hime-neechan exploded again!" they simultaneously said while pointing their tiny finger at her.
Orihime sputtered nonsense and her grandfather, annoyed, removed his hand and flicked her forehead.
"Ow," she shot her grandpa a small glare. "Stupid Grandpa," Orihime muttered then quickly regretted it when her grandpa grabbed her head again.
Tempted to shout colourful words to his granddaughter, he chose to ruffle her hair and mess it until it sticks everywhere. Satisfied, he huffed and moved his feet to the table.
"You're lucky the twins are here brat," he then pointed the food with his chopstick, "Now eat, leave and make sure those two kids is safe."
Frowning a little, she said, "Of course I will."
"Neechan," Tsurugi called softly as she tugged her skirt. She looked up at her with her sparkling green eyes. "Carry," she simply said and Orihime, obviously weak when it comes to them, immediately complied while internally squealing, seeing her sibling so sweet and adorable. Ken, on the other hand, grabbed her hand and followed her to the table.
Orihime set Tsurugi down on her seat and ruffled her short hair. She then helped Ken situated himself on her left, smiling softly when he grinned at her.
Her siblings are identical twins. They both have the same colour of hair but not the eyes. Like her, Ken has blue eyes like the shade of the sky while Tsurugi have forest green like her mother. They all share the same color of hair, flax. Tsurugi kept her hair short that reaches her shoulder with her bangs tied like an antennae while Ken's hair is always dishevelled.
"You should hurry dear. You will not reach the bus in time if you don't."
Orihime nodded to her mother and choked down her egg. She stood up and quickly went to her room to grab her bag and weapon. She tied a white cloth to her waist and placed her katana, tightening the knot to make sure it won't fall. Checking herself once more on the mirror, she combed her short bangs that ended above her eyes and her side-bangs that reach to her chin which are cut in a Cleopatra manner. She tied her long hair into braid before nodding determinedly to herself and returned back to the kitchen.
Orihime came back just in time to see her mother cleaning the twin's cheeks, "Now my dear angels, make sure to stick with you sister. Ok?" they both nodded and hugged their mother tightly which she returned with love. It was evident in her eyes that she missed them dearly. Her mother was a busy woman like any mothers with jobs so it's no surprise if she came home late. Thus, the sight in front is lovely yet rare.
She went to them and put a hand on her shoulder, "You should get ready too, mother. You still have work. I'll take care of them." she smiled and waved a hand to her still eating grandfather, "We'll be leaving," she bowed and the twins waved at them then left. When the pounding of foot against the wooden floor was no longer audible, Saya, their mother, frowned in worry.
"I hope Orihime will be alright," Saya uttered as she put a hand to her cheek while watching her kids leave their house.
"She'll be fine."
Saya covered her mouth with her hand and laughed lightly, "You are really like a dragon when mad, Father. You are really sticking to your name, Taira Ryuu."
He smirked, placing his chopstick down. Despite his age, he is a man who takes care of his physique appearance. He's still muscular but the wrinkling of his skin betrays his image. As a blacksmith, strength is essentially needed and since no one is going to inherit his job anymore, he had no choice but to keep welding blades.
"I know," he stood up, "I'm going to work. You should do the same and get your ass off here."
"Thank you for bringing them here Taira-san."
Orihime smiled politely, "It's my job as their big sister Hiroshi-sensei."
"Well kids, say goodbye to your big sister."
Orihime gazed softly at her siblings as they wave goodbye to her and was proud when she saw that Ken is fighting back his tears. Yesterday, when she left, the twin's teacher called her and said that Ken won't stop crying and she, worried like hell, had this urge to come back and never left his side. But she reminded herself, as his big sister, it's her job to make him a man so she left them without giving them a glance. Tsurugi, however, when she handed her to her teacher, didn't shed tears but her eyes turned glossy as if she's ready to cry anytime. She stubbornly kept an impassive face while biting her lips.
"Stubborn little kids," she whispered and giggled when Ken sniffed loudly to push back his snot.
She kissed their forehead lovingly and ruffled their hair, "Will you listen to your teacher for me?" they shook their head and Orihime send them her sweetest smile, "Grandpa will fetch you later," she stood up from her kneeling position and bowed, "Thank you sensei and please take care of them for me."
Hiroshi chuckled and patted her shoulder, "I will, I will. Now go, you'll be late."
She nodded and hugged her siblings for the last time then left.
She took out her cellphone as she left the day care and sighed in relief when she saw that she have five minutes left before the bus comes. Dragging her feet to the bus stop, she runs, clutching her katana as she ignored the curious looks of the people she passed by.
Nearing to her destination, she saw the bus coming near and quickened her pace. Luckily for her, she reached the bus in time and entered, slightly out of breath as she scanned her card and made her way to one of the poles.
She let out a sigh of relief when she saw that there are few people inside the bus. Yesterday, it was cramped and she felt like being inside a can of sardines with addition of sweat and smelly perfumes. Though old people throw her nervous gazes especially to her katana, they didn't try anything perverted on her which is a very good thing.
Finally regaining her breath, she adjusted the bag on her back and scanned her surroundings. She noted that there are Karasuno students riding the same bus with her, mostly girls and they seemed to be…blushing? Curious, she take a look to the person they are ogling at and found a tall guy with glasses. He's very tall, maybe 6'2 or 6'3? And admittedly, he is a cool guy with good looks. The headphones dangling on his neck is an addition to his charm. Beside him is a freckled guy with short black hair.
"Ne, Tsukki, the girl with katana is looking at us," Yamaguchi whispered.
Tsukishima shot a girl a quick glance, "Ignore her if you're scared."
Orihime watched them curiously and was surprised when the glasses guy looked her way even just for a second. It was weird, she thought but she's used to it. Losing her interest to him, her eyes flickered to his friend and blinked when she caught the freckled guy's eyes at her, causing him to blush a little. The freckled guy didn't cast his eyes away from her and Orihime took this chance to smile at him, remembering that first impression is important.
She titled her head, amused, when the guy's cheeks turned crimson and hastily looked away.
'The freckled guy is more interesting than glasses guy,' she thought as she leaned her head to the pole. She peeked on the window, 'We're near.'
Stretching her back a little, she placed her palm on the edge of the hilt of her katana and wait for the bus to stop. The bus halted and the students rushed to the exit. Orihime waited patiently for all of them to leave before she let herself out of the bus.
It took her ten minutes to reach the school. She went straight to her shoe locker, change and made her way to her classroom with a fast-pace strut. She slid the door open and all eyes, once again, focused on her but she pay no heed to them this time as her eyes busy scanning the room, looking for a familiar orange head.
"Uwooh! Taira-san! Ohayou!"
Orihime squeaked which she didn't expect would come out of her mouth. She's a woman trained to be a swordsman and for her not to sense this guy who shines the brightest in this room, she was stunned.
She turned around and was met with a grinning Hinata Shouyou.
She blinked her eyes twice, confusion etched on her face. If she heard it correct, he just called her…by her last name.
"Taira-san? You there?"
Returning to her senses, she asked, "You…you know me?"
"Of course!" he grinned. "You're my seatmate, Taira Orihime!"
She stared at him, dumbfounded and in the background, her classmates started to whisper to each other.
The truth is, she didn't expect nor see this coming. She imagined herself initiating the first conversation since she thought Hinata doesn't know her yet. She imagined herself introducing herself to him not him greeting her with a good morning and calling her by her last name. She imagined herself being…being ignored by him. But now...she knows…now that the fact Hinata was there, standing in front of her, blinding her with his smile, there's… nothing to fear anymore.
She bit the insides of her cheek then let out a shaky breath, "I-I apologize for my rudeness. Good-good morning to you too, Hinata-san"
"You can remove the 'san' on my name! Hinata. Call me Hinata!" He beamed, showing his white pearls.
Orihime was breathless.
A smile so honest and pure was something she didn't deserve to see. The warmth it sends inside her heart was something she didn't deserve to feel. What she only wanted was to know him and befriend him but for him to show his wonderful smile so early and fast, it was unexpected.
He gave her the permission to call his name without suffix and it was an honour for her to call someone so friendly. Though deep inside, she thought, she's not worthy to receive this kind of blessing.
But there's nothing wrong if she say it just for once?
"Hinata…" she breathed and for the first time, she felt her heart welled in happiness just because of a name. It was foreign to her tongue…
I want to say it again.
She looked straight into his eyes and she could feel her lips upturned.
His smile is contagious.
She was truly blessed. It was only her second day of her high school but she will forever engrave this moment inside her mind. She will never forget this.
Maybe its fate that she end up in this class, maybe its fate that she end up sitted in the back of the class and maybe its fate that she end up meeting him.
Maybe…just maybe, this is the sign of a new friendship.
I didn't intend to turn it into drama. It just did.
I tried my best not to make it too cliche and I think I failed. The reason why I made her not having a single friend is because I was inspired by Gon and Killua of HunterxHunter. Killua's first friend is Gon and it's the same with him.
Now you know my Character's name! About Tsurugi and Ken, their english name is 'sword' (their name has the same meaning) while Saya is 'scabbard'. Ryuu is a dragon constellation and since Orihime is a 'vega' one of the brightest start, I took a name from one of the constellation. Their last name Taira came from a famous samurai. I forgot his name :3
And about my writing style, I'm quite rusty of it as of now. But I'll make sure to edit this and improved the next chapter.
Reviews are appreciated. I need your suggestions and thoughts. Thank you.