Chapter 02: Meeting new friends.
As the twelve year old stood outside the high school; Mimi ran to her and made sure she stopped so that she didn't knock her girlfriend over. "Hey Sora, are you ready?" Mimi said as Sora turned to Mimi's voice. "Oh, hi Mimi...is it time for class?" Sora asked as Mimi giggled. "No, we've got an hour left. Classes doesn't start until nine thirty...but we're asked to come a bit earlier so that we can relax and get ready...I want you to meet some of my friends Sora." Mimi replied as she took a hold of Sora's hand and guided her to her friends, where they were mostly talking about stuff.
"Hey Mimi, who's this" One boy aged around eleven years old; holding the hand of a five year old, asked as Mimi looked at Sora. "This...This is Sora...She's my um...girlfriend." Mimi said, blushing afterwards. "Wow, you sure make fast progress Mimi!" Another eleven year old boy said...but this time, he was holding a hand of a five year old girl. "Yeah, well...I kinda fell in love with her after bumping into her a few days ago." Mimi replied as Sora smiled. "Sora, I want you to meet Matt Ishida, he's a real nice guy and he protects anybody who he thinks is in trouble...and this little fella here is his younger brother TK." Mimi said as she bent down and ruffled the five year olds hair.
"Mimi!" TK said; complaining as he put his hair back to the way it was and Mimi laughed as Sora bent down to where TK was. "Hello there TK" Sora said as she held her hand out to shake the young boy's hand and TK shook it straight away. "It's nice to meet you Sora." TK replied as Sora smiled...and got back up to shake Matt's hand. "Yeah, it's great to meet ya at last Sora...you're the new transfer student in town...where did you come from?" Matt asked as Mimi was curious as well. "Oh, I was raised in Tokyo...but my dad got a real big job and mom and me decided to move here after the divorce of my mom and dad." Sora replied as Matt nodded. "So what's it like in Tokyo then...I heard it can get really busy." TK said as Sora laughed. "You're right there TK." She said as Mimi walked over to the other boy.
"Sora, this is Tai...he's the captain of the soccer club...whatever you do; don't say anything bad about his soccer skills...he's really, really good at playing soccer." Mimi said as both Tai and Sora shook hands as Mimi looked down at the five year old girl. "This is Kari, Tai's sister...she's very much like Tai, she's really good at sports...but she's got a weak immune system...so she gets ill quite quicker than us." Mimi said as Kari shook Sora's hand and Sora felt sorry for Kari as she could die if she caught something contagious. "It's nice to meet you Sora." Kari said as she turned her head to sneeze. "Bless you." Sora said as she smiled. "It's nice to meet you too Kari." Sora said as she finished and got back up with the help of Mimi.
"And finally, here is our resident computer expert – Izzy. He's good at fixing things...so if there are anything that you need fixing like a laptop, he'll fix it for you within a few hours...that's how good he is!" Mimi said as Izzy didn't look up, but held a hand up for Sora to shake it...but Sora could tell where he was because he was pressing the keys quite fast so she could hear that. "It's so nice to finally meet you Izzy." Sora said as Izzy kept his eyes on the computer. "IZZY!" Mimi screamed at him. "Ah...Don't do that to me Mimi...you know I've got a heart murmur that needs to be fixed sometime soon!" Izzy said as he looked up at Sora. "Sorry Sora...I didn't mean to shout there." Izzy said as Sora nodded. "Hey, it's no problem Izzy." Sora replied as Izzy took his attention away from his laptop for a moment. "It's great that I've got to meet you Sora...I've heard that you're a bit of a wiz on the computers!" He said as Sora shook her head. "I can't use a computer." Sora said as Tai and the others looked on. "Why not?" Tai asked and Sora turned to his voice. "Because...I'm blind" Sora replied as they all gasped...except for Mimi. "Oh my gosh...I am so sorry! I didn't realise that you were blind Sora." Tai said apologetically.
"It's no problem...I was born blind from being born a month premature...It's frustrating that I cannot do most things...but I'm getting used to it." Sora said as the bell went to signal the start of lessons. "Okay my angel, I've got your hand and I'll guide you in." Mimi said as most kids were looking. "She's blind...can't see!" Mimi mouthed and they understood. In fact; every student didn't look at Sora like she was some freak...no, they respected her and treated her like she could see...that was the best thing that her mom was going to hear after school...that, and that Sora had made new friends. "Okay, we're going to go up some steps now...and there we go Sora." Mimi said as they navigated the steps and got into their classroom where Mimi helped Sora sit down. "Okay...you're okay Sora..." Mimi said as Sora nearly landed hard on her backside on the cold floor instead of the chair. "That's alright...it's bound to happen sooner or later." Mimi said as she finally helped Sora into her chair. "Is she okay Miss Tachikawa?" The teacher said as Mimi nodded, "Yes sir...she's blind and can't see that's all." Mimi replied as the teacher nodded, then took the register.
Once he did that; Sora had a relatively easy time in class since she couldn't write or anything...she just read what was being used in Braille...and Sora didn't mind that. As the bell went for lunch, Sora and Mimi made their way down to the cafeteria, where Sora was having a bit of a hard time. "What is there...it all smells lovely!" Sora said as Mimi smiled and told her what there was...Sora was surprised by the fact that Mimi wanted to help her, taking her lunch to the table where Mimi sat with Tai and the others...and Kari and TK led her to the table, and helped her sit down...to which a lone tear once again hit her tee. Sora managed to eat her dinner by herself; which amazed everyone because they didn't think that she would be able to do that. "Wow...that was amazing...I don't think in my life of being in three different schools; and eating in three different cafeterias, that this one was the best!!" Sora said as they cleared up the table and then went outside to their spot under the tree, where Sora just collapsed against the tree and just had a good time with Tai and the others including spending some time with Mimi.
The rest of the lessons were boring, but went fast...but there were three that Sora wanted to do and that was Dance class, Music class and Drama class. Sora knew that she could dance whether she was blind or not...and she proved that by doing some dance moves to one song of her choice and everyone stood in awe, not only in that class...but in the music and drama class as well. As the bell rang to signal the end of the day, Tai and the others helped Sora to her mom's car and as she got finished, Mrs Takenouchi looked at them. "Who are these people Sora?" She asked as Sora turned. "They're my friend's mom. I'll see you tomorrow guys. Mimi, I love you." Sora said as she planted a quick kiss on her girlfriend's cheek, then Mrs Takenouchi drove off. "So you made some new friends eh...good one honey, I didn't think it would take long for you to make new friends...and get a girlfriend in that matter." She said as Sora laughed as they turned away from the school. As they drove back to their house; Sora could tell that having new friends was nice...and they didn't laugh at her for being blind either...not after what happened at lunch, Kari and TK were both really wanting to escort Sora to her seat and Sora cried happy tears because of that.
Sora settled down for the rest of the night because she was tired from dancing, playing music in class and doing some lines in drama class. Sora knew that she was the luckiest girl in the entire world...and Odiba. She's got a girlfriend and new friends were made on her second day at school and as she fell asleep, she smiled. Mrs Takenouchi came in to check on her daughter and saw that she was asleep, so Mrs Takenouchi smiled, then pulled the covers over and left her daughter to sleep, knowing that she would wake up bright and early, ready for school and get a quick shower before venturing off to school.