Disclaimer: I don't know the characters (most of them) and a big part of the plot is based on a tv series I've seen. I'm terribly sorry I can't remember the name! But it wasn't a yuri (unfortunately).
Once again, most characters are out of characters (especially Mizuno Ami).
Premeditation
chapter one
- Trust -
''Oh you're home. How was school, dear?'' Usagi's mother asked when she noticed her daughter walk into the living room. ''I just finished dinner, we'll be eating in a few minutes. Why don't you tell me how your first day went until then?''
The blonde girl gazed at her cheerful mother. She couldn't possibly tell her mother what happened at school. Instead she just told her about Ami and how she forgot her books. Her mother laughed upon hearing that last part. ''Sounds like my Usagi,'' She paused for a moment and rested a hand on her daughter's head. ''I'm glad to hear you're already making friends.''
''Yeah, me too.'' Usagi faked a smile and watched her mother pull back. ''I'm not so hungry actually, is it okay if I skip dinner and just go to my room. I'm tired. It was a long day.''
''Ofcourse. I'll leave you something in the fridge.'' Her mother smiled and turned around to walk towards the kitchen. Usagi just sat there smiling until her mother was out of sight. Finally she let out a deep breath and stood up from the couch. Reality finally set in. Tomorrow she would have to go back to that terrible place where everyone hated her.
Slowly she got up and walked into the hallway where she took off her jacket and threw it on the ground next to a couple of shoes. She knew her mother would complain about it later but she didn't really care. She just wanted to lock herself up in her room and cry. She'd been holding back tears almost all day. Atleast that Rei girl had been kind to her. Ofcourse Ami had been too but a girl like her was probably nice to everyone. Usagi wasn't so sure about Rei though, she was kind of insulting and mean but nice at the same time. Maybe she was testing Usagi.
Or maybe she was going to pretend to be friends just to hurt her later on. 'Great,' Usagi thought as she walked up the stairs to her room. 'Now I'm getting paranoid thoughts too.'
''Oh! Usagi!'' She suddenly heard her mother yell from down the stairs. The blonde girl wondered if her mother was going to make her come down again to pick up her coat. ''Before I forget, I have some great news to tell you.''
This caught Usagi's attention. Maybe they were moving again! But when she thought about it, her mother would probably not considering moving 'great news'. ''What's it?''
''Remember Tenoh Haruka,'' Her mother said, not even bothering to make it sound like a question. She knew very well Usagi would still know who Haruka was. ''I met her parents at the mall today. What's it been, five years now?''
Usagi ran down the stairs again to face her mother. ''What were they doing here? Is Haruka in town?''
''Actually,'' Her mother smiled happily. ''She goes to your school.''
''R-really?'' Usagi could feel her heart break. What if Haruka had heard those rumors about her?
''Isn't that great. Ask her to visit us sometimes. She can have dinner here if she's likes. She was such a nice girl.'' Ikuko's smile suddenly disappeared. ''Now, dear... Pick up your coat.''
''Yes ma'am.''
The next day Usagi had overslept on purpose. She figured it would be much better coming late to school than to have to face those students again. Luckily when she entered the class room the teacher hadn't arrived yet. She let out a relieved sigh and headed for her table next to Ami. ''Good morning.''
''Good morning.'' Ami smiled friendly and eyed Usagi's bag. ''You forgot your books again?''
''What, no...'' Usagi opened her bag to get her books but to her horror Ami had been right indeed, she'd forgotten them again! With a loud groan she hit her head against the table and burried her face in her arms. This days started off like a bad day already.
Last night she hadn't been able to get sleep at all. Tenoh Haruka had been on her mind the whole time. She wanted to find out which class she was in today and what she looked like. But every time she thought about finding Haruka the fear of the other students crept up her back. What if Haruka believed those lies about her parents?
''Is everything alright, you seem upset.'' Ami whispered so the other students wouldn't hear. She put her hand on Usagi's back. ''Did something bad happen?''
Ami's touch made Usagi want to cry out and tell the blue haired girl everything that had happened. The only thing stopping her was the fact they were in the middle of the classroom full of students who couldn't wait to use it against her. Everyone would call her 'cry baby' or some other fitting nickname. She'd already seen the brunette Sae she had met yesterday in the bathroom. She wasn't really happy having that girl in the same class as her. But there was nothing she could do about it.
''Nah, it's nothing. Just tired.'' Usagi finally replied. It wasn't really a lie after all.
Ami just nodded and pulled back her hand when the green haired teacher walked in. ''Sorry I'm late class,'' The woman spoke and put her briefcase on her desk. ''I see everyone is here today so we'll just skip the absence list.'' She was now looking over at Usagi who still had her head hidden behind her arms. ''And sit straight Usagi. This isn't a bedroom.''
Usagi could feel Sae's eyes on her. She blushed and quickly sat up straight.
The rest of the hour went by quickly. Ami once again shared her books with Usagi and the teacher, who seemed to sincerely dislike Usagi, asked the blonde girl all the hard questions while other students had to answer questions even a monkey could answer. Yes, school sucked if your name was Tsukino Usagi.
Finally the bell rang and everyone got up. Usagi on the other hand stayed seated for a few extra seconds just to make sure Sae and her lapdog friends were out of sight. She was pretty sure they wouldn't be waiting for her. When she was about to get up she noticed the teacher, Meioh Setsuna, closed the door. ''Uhm,'' she started but didn't get the chance to finish.
''How do you like this school?'' Setsuna wanted to know. Her voice sounded demanding.
''Fine.'' The blonde replied.
''And is everyone being nice to you?'' The teacher went on.
''It's high school ma'am. Not everyone is nice to everyone. But I'm not having any difficulty fitting in.'' Usagi lied. She was starting to feel nervous. Did Setsuna know about the incident yesterday? Sae had threatened to tell the teachers about Usagi pushing her after all.
''Are you sure? Because I've had a couple of complaints about you attacking other students.'' Setsuna raised an eyebrow, obviously not accepting any lies.
''Nothing happened. It must've been a mistake. Who told you I attack someone. I'd like to set things straight with them. I don't want enemies.'' Usagi wanted to know although she could already figure out who the little rat had been. Sae. ''And I'm sure that if I attacked someone they deserved it.''
''Fine. If you say so. I can't give you names because they asked me to keep their names a secret. But Usagi, if I hear anything like this again we're going to have a serious talk. I know it's hard to be the new kid but you never accomplish anything by fighting.''
''B-but I didn't sta...'' Usagi quickly closed her mouth again. It was better she just kept quiet about Sae and those girls. If she told Setsuna about the rumors those girls were spreading the school would probably call her parents. She really didn't want them to get involved in all of this. She knew how much it would hurt her parents. ''Yes ma'am. It won't happen again. I'm sorry.''
''Good. You can leave now.'' Setsuna said. She'd been leaning against her desk before but now moved away from it to open the door again.
Outside of the classroom waited Ami who was holding a bar of chocolate. ''I bought it to cheer you up. What did Setsuna want with you?'' Usagi greatfully took the bar of chocolate from her friend. She didn't have any breakfast this morning and she had skipped dinner the previous night as well. Not the most healthy way to go. ''You didn't get in trouble because you forgot your books, right?''
''Ah no,'' Usagi took a bite off the chocolate and looked down at the ground unwilling to face the blue haired girl. ''Yesterday I kind of got into a fight with some girls. Setsuna wanted to know what happened I guess.''
''You fought?'' Ami sounded worried all of a sudden. ''What happened?''
''They were saying bad things about me and my family so I pushed one of them. It wasn't like I pushed really hard but she just fell. I guess she told the teacher about it. Nothing serious. I just got a warning.''
''A warning?''
Usagi nodded. ''If I do it again I'll get in trouble.''
''That's bad.'' Ami said and placed a hand on the blonde's shoulder. ''Did you tell Setsuna that they started it?''
''No. But don't worry. It won't happen again. They're not worth it anyway.'' Finally Usagi looked up at her friend and smiled. ''Thanks Ami. You're the only one who's being nice to me.''
''They were mean to me at first too,'' Ami said with a sad smile. ''They're like this with all new students. But eventually they'll stop bothering you and start being nice. Just look at me. I know how it can hurt. People our age can be so mean.''
''Really?'' The blonde couldn't help it but she shocked upon hearing this. Everyone was so nice to Ami after all. And the blue haired girl was so incredibly pretty and nice, no one had a reason to be mean to her. ''I had no idea.''
''But we're friends, right?'' Ami asked.
Usagi quickly nodded in reply and took another bite from the chocolate bar. ''Oh, I wanted to ask you something. Do you know Tenoh Haruka?''
''You mean that guy from class E?'' The blue haired girl raised an eyebrow, obviously curious to know why Usagi was interested in Haruka. ''Sure, why?''
'Guy?' Ami's words echoed in Usagi's head. Tenoh Haruka wasn't a guy, she was a girl. Sure Haruka was tall and kind of a tomboy but it was not like you could mistake her for the opposite gender. Usagi could still remember how she envied Haruka's straight long blonde hair. ''Is there another Tenoh Haruka at this school?''
''No, just one Tenoh Haruka, silly.'' Ami giggled. ''Why are you so interested in him?''
''Oh no, it's not like that. I thought this was a different Haruka. There was this girl I used to play with when I was little. We practically grew up together. But then she moved away and I thought she,''
Ami cut the blonde off. ''Sorry but this Haruka is a guy. I'm pretty sure since he flirts with almost every pretty girl in school.''
''That doesn't sound like my Haruka.'' Usagi blushed. She couldn't imagine Haruka flirting with girls shamelessly.
''My Haruka?'' Ami repeated. ''Don't tell me you're into girls!''
''No. No! Nothing like that. I just meant, since our conversation was about two different Haruka's... eh,'' Her blush grew deeper.
Ami giggled. ''Don't worry. I got it.'' There was a moment of silence between the girls as they walked towards the school yard. They still had half an hour until the next class. Apparently their maths teacher had caught a bad cold and wasn't able to come to school. Usagi didn't want to tell Ami that she was actually a bit upset by this news. It meant she had another thirty minutes without a teacher around. She was afraid Sae would sent someone after her.
On the other hand she did feel safe with Ami around. No one seemed to bother her when the blue haired girl was around. ''So Usagi, tell me,'' Ami started as she sat down in the grass next to a big tree that provided enough shadow from the sun. ''Is there anyone you like?''
''This is just my second day of school.'' Usagi replied although for some reason Rei's face popped up in her head when she heard that question. ''I mean I've seen some cute guys but they would never talk to me. I'm not pretty enough.''
''Don't be silly!'' Ami put her hands in front of her mouth and shook her head. ''You're really pretty Usagi. I'm sure most guys already noticed you.''
''You think?''
The blue haired girl nodded in reply. ''Ok, let's play a game. Look around the school yard and point out the guy you would totally want to go out with.''
Usagi blushed. She hadn't figured Ami to be a girl who liked doing stuff like talking about guys and stuff. Ami struck her like a girl who was too busy with learning and studying. ''I don't know.''
''Come on!'' Ami sounded enthusiastic about the idea. ''I'll start,'' And with that said she pointed at a black haired guy who wasn't sitting too far from them. He was surrounded by a couple of girls and two other guys. He was obviously pretty popular.
Usagi couldn't help it but envy those girl who stood there, talking shamelessly to guys and laughing about silly things. She knew she probably would never be like that even if the situation at this school had been different. She was too shy to talk to guys. She'd always been like that. That's why everyone had thought it was such a miracle she started dating Mamoru.
Ofcourse people didn't know how long it took for Usagi to finally kiss him without getting as red as a tomato. ''Your turn.'' She heard Ami say. Usagi took a deep breath and scanned the area for boys. None of them actually struck her as remarkably stunning. Except for maybe that black haired guy Ami had pointed out earlier. ''I don't know, I guess...''
Usagi's eyed landed on a tall blonde guy who was talking to a girl with a strange greenish and blue hair color. His smile seemed somewhat familiar but Usagi was sure she had never seen him before. ''Him.'' She finally said and pointed at the blonde guy.
''You have a good taste.'' Ami said. She almost sounded proud of Usagi. ''But it's weird you point out him of all people.''
''Why is that weird?'' The other wanted to know curiously. Was there something wrong with him?
Ami smiled and explained. ''That's Tenoh Haruka.''
To Be Continued...
Well, I guess this update cost a little more time than expected. First of all, thanks a lot for reviewing and reading.
This chapter is dedicated to TruePrime for encouraging me to update.