Ai wasn't happy. Not at all. She was also angry, mostly with herself. Up until yesterday she had seen her decorative bento lunch box. It was given to her by her late grandmother and she missed it dearly. It was her favorite one and most precious one and now it was gone. And on top of that it was raining cats and dogs on her way to school. She hated rain. It made her feel sad.
Ai let yesterday replay in her head over and over. When did she see it last?
I was having lunch but when it was time to leave the door didn't open. So to try to open it properly I-That's right I put it against the wall!
Ai smiled to herself. All she had to do was go to the roof and get it. She nodded to herself. And she had to make sure she turned the doorknob to get back out. But she had to hurry. Class was going to start soon. Ai saw the gates to school appear in her view and her pace quickened.
Ai stared out of her window seat in class. At least the weather had gotten better. She wasn't in the mood to learn today. Her mood was gone south with she had went to the roof for her lunch box and it wasn't up there. It was gone. She had her hopes up and everything. She anticipated the moment she would pick it up and be in relief the moment it was in her sites.
Imagine the disappointment when she arrived back to class empty-handed. She had asked around. She asked teachers, students, although they were more surprised that she was talking, and the janitor. No one had seen her lunch box. Ai waited for class to end slowly and dreadful. She would have to go without it from now one.
Once Ai registered the bell had rung she moved to open her backpack and take her spare lunchbox out. Although she was hungry she wasn't in any mood to eat. She repacked the bento and left the classroom, pushing past the busy students.
As she made her way down the hallway she began to head to the roof. She wondered maybe if she went to check again that it might appear. She climbed the stairs of the school and opened the rooftop door. Her eyes took a moment to adjust to the sudden sunlight and that's when she noticed the boy from yesterday.
He was standing there with his back turned to the door but this time he didn't have the yellow bird on the top of his head. Ai blinked at his unmoving figure. Subconsciously she called out to him.
"Excuse me!" the boy stood there but moments later of empty wind flowing between them he turned his head slightly to see her. Maybe he found her lunch box. He was up here right after her anyways. Ai made her way to him but before she could even ask or do anything he had turned around to face and walked up to her. In his hands was a decorative bento that she knew was hers. And by the way he handed it to her she knew he knew as well.
"Littering on Namimori Middle property is punishable by the leader of the disciplinary committee. Don't let it happen again herbivore."
Ai took the lunch box out from his hands with a look of confusion on her face. She had gotten it back. Although she didn't understand what he meant she smiled at him, her smile full of pure gratitude and happiness.
"Thank you so much!" she beamed. Although she wasn't surprised when he just continued to stare at her with that same bored expression on his face. Ai thought of a way to show her gratitude but nothing came to her. Maybe...
"Here," she said placing her replacement lunchbox in his hands, "You can have this as to show my gratitude and you can keep it ok? Thank you! You have no idea how worried I was." She hugged the returned bento to her chest and turned to head back to class. Her day had just gotten better. The weather was perfect and her grandmother's lunch box was returned to her. Nothing could change her mood now.
And as Ai ran back to class she left while a pair of gray eyes watching her.
