"I'm Asakura Chizuru, thank you for hearing me out yesterday!"
The girl immediately said and bowed when she saw the man standing behind her.
"It's not really a big deal." The man replied.
She gathered her courage and asked, "And you are?"
"Umm, I can't really tell you my name..."
He turned and walked to the bench.
"What, why!?"
She whined and followed.
"Hmm, you seem different from yesterday...you're more, cheerful?"
He tried to change the topic as they sat down.
"Really!? Well I'm always like this, really emotional, hehehe..."
She put her hand at the back of her head, laughing.
'It succeeded?' The man thought.
"Oi! Don't change the topic!"
She suddenly realized where the topic is heading and yelled at the older man.
'Nope...' The man sighed inside.
"I really can't tell you my name."
He said with a slight sad tone.
"Awwww~~~"
She pouted.
"Isn't it too early for you to go to school at this time?"
He asked as he saw her wearing her school uniform.
"Oh, no, I always come here early, then I'll just go to school afterwards. I tend to stay here whenever I pass by. Hehe, I'm weird huh...hehe..."
She got embarrassed by her own words. He just nodded. They both fell into silence.
"You remind me of someone."
The bored girl said as she can't stand the silence. The man frowned.
"See! That frowning face! Yes! That's what reminds me of that guy!"
She suddenly got really excited which made the man lock his frown.
"What?"
He said with an irritated tone.
"Ah, sorry...but it really makes me think of that guy."
"Who?"
"You'll laugh if I tell you..."
The man frowned again.
"Okay, okay. He's name is...Hijikata Toshizou...an anime cha..."
"HIJIKATA...Toshizou...?"
He cutted her while being shock of the name.
"You don't need to shout his family name...and yes, I'm pathetic to say a real person looks like an anime character..." She sighed, "Hakuouki..."
She mumbled the anime name.
"Hakuouki...Kazama..."
He reminded himself.
"Eh!? You know him? That oni with a deep voice, my friend likes him, she..."
"Did you just say anime character!? Hijikata is an anime character!?"
He remembered the previous words and cutted her because he was starting to get confused.
"Not actually, he's a real person."
"Real person?"
"Yes, it's written in the history book about the shinsengumi and stuff, the oni and rasetsu are fake though, it's only in the anime."
"Who told you it's fake?"
He glared.
"Umm, the textbook...?"
She got nervous at the glare.
"I, Hijikata Toshizou...ah..."
He stopped as he knew he said something he shouldn't have. The girl looked at him in shock.
"WHAT! You're...Hijikata-san...WHAT!?...oh..oh...OH MY GOD!"
She started shouting and walking around.
"Ah, this is a pain in the ass..." He growled, "look! Don't you dare tell anyone about this, or else 'll kill you!" He glared at her.
She stop walking around and thought about the matter.
"Yes, okay!"
She nodded and smiled.
His eyes widened as the face of the girl he loved pass by his thoughts, although she fainted the first time he said 'or else I'll kill you' to her, but then she always smiles replying with those words.
"Hijikata-san? Are you okay?"
She waved her hand in front of the man's face. The man looked at her as he came back from his thoughts.
"Oh yeah, can I call you Toshi-san? I can't really call you Hijikata-san, it's weird for me...since it makes me think of Chizuru-chan...who has the
same name as me...which is the name I hate..."
She started mumbling after asking the question.
"The name you hate?"
Although she was mumbling, the man still heard it.
"Ah yeah, Asakura Chizuru...I hate this name...I don't know why...I just hate it..." She started mumbling again, and suddenly came back to the point, "oh yeah! You can call me Achi, which is my nickname...by combining the A from Asakura and Chi from Chizuru...quite weird but at least it works..."She started talking to herself.
"I'll just call you Asakura."
He deadpanned.
"What? oh come on~ please, just call me Achi~"
She pouted cutely.
"Go to school quickly, you're about to be late."
He gazed at her watch and reported.
"What, there's no way I'll be late, I came here really early and now it's just...7:16am..."
She laughed at him as she looked at her watch, not realizing she was going to be late for school.
"And school starts at?"
He tried to remind her.
"SEVEN THIRTY!"
She yelled and started running, but then she stopped and turned to the man, the man frowned.
"See you tomorrow, Toshi-san!"
She shouted to him while waving her hand. The man slightly nodded and a little smile appeared on his face.
Chapter 2 updated! It's longer than the first chapter...and I can't believe I updated in one week...(I don't really update my stories that fast...)
Was so happy when I got my first review and subscriber!
This chapter shows that how she knew about him...
Next chapter, Asakura will meet Kondou-san! And how will Hijikata react when he sees him!?