Chapter 2: The Fateful Encounter With The Bike Girl
"Sissy, will you drop this off at the post office for me?"
"Another postcard?" Ayuzawa Misaki, a sixteen year old girl mounted on her bike.
"Yeah, this for a calligraphy event. If I win, we get free ink." Suzuna said with an emotionless voice.
"Alright, I'll be back before five to make dinner." Misaki assured her sister as she took the postcard from her. She threw the postcard in her leather messenger bag and began to pedal to do the groceries. Yes, I am two hours early so I can at least get my hands on 15% off eggs and 30% beef. We can finally have some protein in out meals.
She parked her bike in front of the Cindy's fast food restaurant and locked it. She quickly walked in and exchanged greetings with the workers. She dashed into the employee changing rooms and changed into her waitress uniform. Life was tough with Suzuna and her. She had to have multiple part time jobs to raised both Suzuna and her ever since Minako, their mother died, they have been left alone.
It was always tough, even when Minako was alive. Minako had work and they still lacked money. That was why, as the eldest, Misaki had to take up the role of the "adult" when Minako was gone. Suzuna, age thirteen, was still too young to be working and stayed at home. Normally, Misaki would end school at four thirty, and take the afternoon tea through dinner shift at Cindy's which ended at nine. Then she would have ten minutes to rush to the Central Gas Station to work for a two hour night shift. Finally, she would be helping at her Minako's friend's ramen shop for another two hours. If she was early, she would be home by one thirty, AM.
The rent price for the apartment, taxes, and other daily fees were going up too. It was only reasonable for Misaki to work so many jobs just to pay for the financial needs. And don't forget the time for her homework and study time for exams. You would occasionally see a girl walking around on the sidewalk with a book in her hand, trying to get the most study time possible.
During the summer, Misaki has been working extra hard on her part time jobs since their was no school. She did all four shifts (breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, and dinner) in Cindy's, a clerk at Seveneleven, Central Gas Station, and at Suki's Ramen shop. It was hard, however, the manager of Cindy's has always liked her very much and can easily let her off the hook, knowing her family problems. Sometime on the weekends, when the shifts sometimes change, she could manage do some discount grocery shopping.
Misaki had just finished her shift at Seveneleven and walked out of the automatic slide doors as she stretched a bit before pedaling on her bike, again. She was pretty tired already, however, if she didn't get there early, most of the shopping-crazy-for-discount-items-housewives would wipe out all the discounted groceries. And with that, off she pedaled.
Misaki smiled. She was able to get some eggs and beef for Suzuna and her, which was very rare. She was already thinking of making beef stew with the awesome hard work she earned. After two hours of waiting in line and fighting with the crazy moms, she was able to get something good.
But all her thoughts were shaken when… BOOM! She dramatically flew off her bike and hit the hard pavement. She scratched her elbow and forehead, which was now bleeding and bruised. Ouch! What kind of idiot drives blindly in the street and hitting a girl with a defenseless bike?!
She froze when she looked up. Her eggs were all cracked, liquid yellow yolks flowing out along with the white onto some cheap celery she had also purchased. The beef was torn open from the wrappers and container and splattered on a wicked looking black Ferrari. She stopped and swore under her breath angrily, a scary aura obviously starting to form. She whipped her head around and her amber orbs locked contact with a pair of green eyes. A pair of deep emerald green eyes.