Disclaimer: I don't own Yowamushi Pedal at all except my ocs.
Edited: 5/7/16
Earlier today I crashed into another first year, who turned out to be the flashy Naruko Shoukichi, quite well-known for his red hair around the school by now. I can't believe the teacher didn't believe him when he said his hair was naturally red.
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Although I'm beginning to wonder if Naruko's hair color truly is red. I mean not many people have red hair from birth, unless it's in their genes. After class ended, I decided to look for my cousin, who was banging his head against the door of a classroom? From the way he's acting, it looked as if it was the end of the world to him.
"Saka-nii." I called to Sakamichi out of worry. This wasn't the first time he had such an expression, it reminded me of the times he missed an episode of one of his favorite anime shows or didn't have enough money to spend for anime merchandise. Though the minute he jerked his head over to me, an unsettling feeling struck me as Sakamichi lunged forward to hug me. Sakamichi wore a disappointed expression muttering the same words over and over again, "The...The anime and manga club."
"Huh?" Weakly, Sakamichi pointed at the door of the supposed meeting place for the anime club. A sign left on the door stating these words:
Due of the lack of members the club activities has been suspended. If you would like to reopen the club, then please gather at least five members and contact the adviser.
"Oh...I see." I closed my eyes. Finally it had arrived to the point where Sakamichi had to search for friends in high school in order to discuss about anime and mangas. 'Poor Saka-nii, but in the end the world decided to give him retribution for not being so talkative to others in his middle school days.'
"What is that?" Turning my head slightly, I noticed two girls standing across from us. Sakamichi continued to despair by the door, once he let go of grasping tightly onto my arm.
"The anime club's room?" One of the girl noted the sign written atop of the club room door whereas the other girl opened the school club activities handbook to point out, "Oh...it's in the club activities handbook, but I heard it's been closed down."
Without hesitation, my cousin dashed over to the two girls babbling, "Do you guys want to join too?! It's such a shame, right?! Let's gather more members together and reopen the club!"
However Sakamichi froze midpoint in his inconsistent begging, the two girls seemed a little on edge by Sakamichi's words. I decided to step in this time to prevent my cousin from being embarrassed anymore, "I'm sorry, for my cousin hassling you two."
But, maybe they would be willing enough to join the club? I added on,"However, are you two interested in joining the anime club?"
The first girl bearing long dark brown hair stepped forward to answer, "Sorry. She's joining the tennis club, while I'm joining the bicycle racing club."
"What...?" Sakamichi's face darkened. I grimaced upon taking notice of his reaction to the girl's response.
'Without a doubt, Saka-nii is totally thinking about his despise in Athletic clubs.' All of a sudden he jolted in realization as if he remembered something.
"What?" The light brown-haired girl seemed a bit angry by my cousin's way of speaking. Well at least he managed to talk to these two girls.
"Is something wrong?" The dark brown-haired girl questioned my cousin's worry, a look of curiosity shone in her eyes as she watched Sakamichi twitch under her gaze.
"I'm going to Akiba now."
'That's right. Saka-nii wanted to go to Akiba this afternoon.'
"Sorry." Sakamichi apologized immediately before gathering his stuff. Proceeding to leave in a haste.
'Be careful when riding to Akiba!' I was going to warn to my cousin until the dark brown hair girl informed Saka-nii, "You better hurry. You'll miss the bus from school. After 2:30 there's the one at 3:00!"
'Ah, but…' I raised my hand trying to gain the girl's attention. "Actually, my cousin doesn't ride the bus." I tried to correct the girl until my cousin loudly proclaimed interrupting my words, his face pink in embarrassment, "T-That's okay! I have a bike!"
"A bike?" The light brown-haired girl muttered as the boy marched forward, heading straight for the rear entrance of the school.
"That's right." The two girls face me this time as I waved a goodbye to my cousin, "Saka-nii always rides his bike to Akiba each week."
"Really?! With what kind of bike?!" The dark brown-haired girl was soon all up on my face. Her eyes seemed to spark in enthusiasm.
"U-Um..." I muttered out kind of feeling a bit surprised by her actions, "You're a bit too close."
"Miki." The light brown-haired girl pulled the girl in front of me back giving me more room to breathe, "I'm sorry for my friend. She happens to be a bike lover."
"It's not a problem. After all I have my anime and manga loving cousin." I sympathized before introducing myself properly,"My name is Onoda Chiaki. A first year. You two?"
"Kanzaki Miki." The dark brown-haired girl answered as she continued to introduce her friend's name,"Her name is Tachibana Aya. We're both first years as well."
"Nice to meet you, Kanzaki-san and Tachibana-san." I greeted the two girls with a smile. Tachibana leaned forward, staring directly at me for a few seconds.
"What's wrong?" I tilted my head in wonderment as to why she was looking at me funny. Answering my response, Tachibana decided to question me, "Hm...are you really related to that glasses guy?"
I nodded,"Yes. We're blood related cousins by our dads."
"No way." She had a gag-like expression, unable to believe the truth. I giggled at her reaction. That was the same reaction Sakamichi's old friends from primary school had said. I nearly forgotten that it was already getting late and I needed to help Aunt Hanae, Sakamichi's mother and my aunt, for tonight's dinner by buying the missing ingredients.
"Well I have to get going now, I'll see you two tomorrow?" As I waved them a goodbye, I started walking toward the shoe lockers. Although before I left I stopped in my tracks, turning a full one eighty I decided to answer Kanzaki's earlier question, "Oh and my cousin uses a utility bike to get to Akihabara!"
"A utility bike…?!" I heard Kanzaki gasped in surprise. I think she was trying to call me for more questions about Sakamichi using a bike to get to Akiba, however I'm in a rush and I don't want to make Aunt Hanae wait too long.
Later that evening, Sakamichi announced while shutting the door behind him,"I'm back."
"Welcome back, Saka-nii." I welcomed him as I folded my apron away,"How was the ride to Akiba?"
His face soon became saddened, making me worried. In response I asked him,"What's wrong?"
"The chain on my bike broke when I got back." Nodding my head in understanding, I responded feeling the worry lift away from my shoulders. I placed a hand against Sakamichi's shoulder to reassure him, "Well at least you're fine. That's better than returning home covered in scratches like last time."
"T-That's true, but...that's not all." I perked in interest to what my cousin had to say. "There was this guy who was riding a bike...a different bike from mines before I left the school. He seemed surprised when he saw me riding my bike down the rear entrance to Akiba."
I pondered a bit upon Sakamichi inquiry and added on about a particular club I saw while skimming through the handbook of clubs during lunch break, "Maybe he's aiming to be a part of the bicycle racing club?"
"Bicycle racing club?" Sakamichi's eyes lit up in surprise of hearing the same club from me, "The same one that girl from earlier was talking about?"
"I think so." I contemplated on the thought. 'I didn't know that there were other people aiming to join the bicycle racing club like Naruko-san.'
"Athletic clubs."Glancing back up, I deadpanned seeing my cousin frown upon hearing what I just said.
Sending him a disapproved expression, I pointed out to Sakamichi. "You know, you really gotta stop doing that when you mention athletic clubs."
The next day at school, while I was walking down the hallway, some guy called out to me in the midst of heading to my classroom, "Onoda Sakamichi."
"...! Excuse me?" I shifted my gaze toward the guy. He was really tall, plus the way he stared down at me scared the nerves in my body.
'Did this guy mistaken me for my cousin? Anyway, how in the world does my cousin know someone like this?'
"! Sorry." The guy flinched as he apologized after realizing that he was talking to me and not my cousin, "You resembled this one person I'm looking for."
"...You're talking about my cousin, right?" This time I formerly face the guy.
'Is this guy the same one my cousin was talking about?'
Out of the corner of my eyes, I began to notice a few girl students staring in awe at him, or rather in my case they're glaring at me. Whispering something about someone by the name of Imaizumi Shunsuke? Famous for winning many bicycle races during his middle school days. 'Wow. My cousin seemed to have caught the attention of another person going into an athletic club.' I'm beginning to wonder whether Sakamichi has hidden charismatic abilities that attracted athletic club members in which I didn't even know about.
"Yeah. Do you know where he went?"
"He's probably pinning flyers up at the bulletin board." I explained while pointing over the direction he went down, "And to not confuse me with my cousin again, I'll remind you my name."
"My name is Onoda Chiaki. A first year, and you?"
"Imaizumi Shunsuke. A first year also." Imazumi reluctantly answered my question before trailing off to find my cousin, "Well goodbye."
'...And the girls like him? He's quite rude...Wait a minute if he is the same guy that Saka-nii met. Is it possible that Kanzaki-san knows him? Although, why would a nice girl like her be friends with somebody like that? I doubt they even know each other except for the fact that she is going to be in the position of manager for the bicycle racing club.'
"Can you believe it, Imaizumi Shunsuke was talking to that girl!" I froze hearing some random girl's words. Ugh, I hated gaining unnecessary attention by fangirls especially. Apparently a bunch of people here seem to know him quite well. Which is troublesome in my perspective.
'That's it, I'm finding Naruko-san. Imazumi-san seems to attract unnatural causes for a girl.'
Just in the nick of time, Naruko returned holding a small carton of milk.
"Yo, Chiaki." Naruko called to me, "What are you doing all zoned out here?"
"I'm not zoned out." I slightly pushed Naruko for teasing me, but glad that he relieved the unnerving tension I'm receiving from the girls around here, "Someone just mistaken me for my cousin."
"You have a cousin that goes to this school?" I nodded answering Naruko's question,"And you know what, I'm beginning to think that people are going to start seeing us as twins and not cousins."