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Chapter 1: Unexpected
[Mikan's POV]
If I were a boy… I would go all out and try every sport in the freaking world. Or one.
[General POV, 9:46PM]
A girl with hazel orbs bounced around in her chair. Fiddling with her auburn locks, she tried not to disturb her friend who was busily tapping away at her laptop. Sighing, the auburn locked girl decided to ask a question. "Ne, Hotaru. What do you think is the greatest thing about life?"
Hotaru peered at her over the laptop with an expressionless face. "Money." Bending her head so that her short raven hair covered her amethyst eyes, she resumed typing. Choosing to speak again, she said, "Speaking of money, Mikan, you owe me 1400 yen."
Laughing nervously, the brunette averted hazel orbs from her raven haired friend. Fidgeting, Mikan squirmed in her seat. "Well, what if, say… A girl really loved volleyball, and she wanted to attend a certain boarding school just for the excellent volleyball program?"
"I'd say that she had better have the money and the smarts to get in. I highly doubt that any boarding school would take an idiot in as a student, and the fees would be pretty high."
Mikan puffed angrily and stood up. "I am NOT an idiot! I ranked second in our middle school, after you! How rude! As for the money… I-I don't know."
Hotaru stopped typing and glanced at Mikan with her blank expression. "You better hope for a miracle. Moreover, are you okay?"
[Mikan's POV]
I noticed that she had chose to ignore the last thing of what I said.
Hotaru had stopped typing and glanced in my direction. "You better hope for a miracle", she said. Her next words took me by surprise. "Moreover, are you okay?"
Of course, I knew exactly what she meant by that last line. Despite her expressionless face, her eyes said it all. The concern written in them made me want to cry sooo bad. You see, my grandfather died three weeks ago, and it was right at the end of school. He was the only family I had left, since my parents were in a plane accident when I was four.
I slipped into the confines of my mind, thinking about my memories of the past month.
I wondered why I did not see him during the graduation ceremony, but immediately afterwards, my neighbor had rushed up saying that I should get to the hospital. Grandfather had been found collapsed on the front porch of our house, with a low pulse.
Overhearing what the neighbor had told me, Hotaru had pulled me to her older brother's car, demanding to be taken to the hospital.
He looked so frail and pale. I couldn't do anything except close my eyes and repeat "Jii-chan" over and over, like a chant. Hotaru had to shoot me with her baka gun to get me to realize that Jii-chan had his eyes opened.
Smiling weakly at me, he held my hand and said, "Congratulations on graduating junior high, Mikan. All that is left is to follow your heart. I'm sure… Your parents would be happy with whatever decisions you make, and so would I…"
"No! Stop talking like you're going to leave me alone! You can't go, Jii-chan… Don't go!" No matter how much I pleaded, his eyelids started to close, and with a whispered "I love you", they had closed completely.
Subaru Imai, Hotaru's older brother, stepped forward and checked grandfather's pulse. With a frown, he stepped back and squeezed my shoulder. I knew that couldn't be a good sign. Hotaru's brother had never shown any concern to me before. I slumped to the floor, still holding Jii-chan's hand. Subaru decided to step out of the room to get a nurse.
Hotaru had come up to me and gently pried my fingers from Jii-chan's hand. She pulled me into a hug to comfort me, but I felt too numb to hug back. The nurses came in and gasped, and immediately started their murmurs of sympathy. That's when I started wailing. In the end, they had to sedate me, and send me to Hotaru's house for the meantime.
It took a few days, but I was finally able to calm down for the funeral. Each person that showed up expressed their love for my grandfather, and it meant a lot to me. After that, I stopped talking and smiling, up until a few days ago. Hotaru couldn't stand my gloominess anymore and had shot me multiple times with her baka gun; she even resorted to screaming at me just to get me back to my usual self. Typical Hotaru… What would I do without her.
I felt eyes on me, and realized I had not answered Hotaru's question. Looking straight at her, I smiled brightly and said, "Thanks to you, I'm better." To my surprise, she smiled back with relief (although a small one).
[Next Day, 11:05AM]
[Mikan's POV]
I awoke to a light knocking on the door to Hotaru's room. Her mother came in and beckoned to me saying that I had a visitor. Who would want to see me? Without delay, I got out of bed and grabbed things to take to the bathroom so I could at least look somewhat decent.
When I arrived downstairs, I immediately spotted a man with light blonde hair. Sensing my presence, he turned around. He looked young, but the air surrounding him told me that he was older than he seemed to be. Maybe it was just the suit he had on.
I saw shock in his blue eyes, which he quickly smothered. The man stared at me for a minute or two. Nodding at me in greeting, he brought out his right hand and stretched it towards me. Huh? What does he wan- Oh. Handshake!
After staring for a couple of seconds, I brought out my own hand and shook his.
"…"
The man released my hand and asked, "Mikan Sakura?" I nodded and he continued to speak so he could introduce himself. "I am Kazumi Yukihira, Director of Alice Academy; a boarding school."
I twitched. Isn't that my f-?
"Your father was my little brother," he continued.
"I… I see." I looked up at him only to notice that he was staring at me again. Feeling my face go warm, I turned my gaze to the floor. He has nice shoes. I was so absorbed with his shoes that I did not realize he had started speaking again. Hotaru's mother nudged me lightly with her elbow. "I-I'm sorry, you were saying?"
I felt him smile a bit. "I said, that I received a call from a private investigator that your grandfather -sorry- had passed away quite recently. Since I am your uncle, I thought that I would come see you myself and ask if you would want to enroll at Alice Academy. You would be exempted from school fees, and I will pay for all of the things you need throughout your stay. Although, there would be certain… conditions."
He had me investigated?
That was when Hotaru decided to step in. She looked at Yukihira with her usual cold expression, nodded with acknowledgement, then moved to stand next to me. I assumed that she had analyzed him and found him to her liking. "If Mikan listens to your conditions and accepts, then I feel that I must put in a condition of my own… Depending on the circumstances."
Yukihira glanced at the raven haired girl with mild curiosity, and simply nodded. With a slight sigh, he mumbled, "Then let us discuss this matter right away."
Was that okay for a first chapter? I know it was a bit short .
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