Author's note:
YoW! Minna-san! hehe thanks for reading my first chapter. I'm really sorry if the last scene was a bit rough around the edges. I am after all a complete beginner for drama themed stuff... Anyway, I hope you enjoy the next chapter! :D warning: may contain ooc-ness.. haha
Len's POV (note: Schubert's Ave Maria playing on the background)
Where am I?
A field of sunflowers... that was where I was at that moment...rows and rows of sunflowers everywhere. Nothing else... No one else was there either. I could feel a gentle breeze brush up against my being. The air scent overwhelmed me... it made me want to close my eyes and allow myself to be engulfed into this feeling.
Then I heard a pleasant sound. I was entranced. I can't explain the feeling I had then. The sound was like wine, and I was the drunkard... it was... in it's way... addicting...
Ave Maria... huh? Such a lovely sound... lovely... like...
Tsukimori-kun!
Hino?
Len-kun!
Haha... now I'm pretty sure I'm in heaven...
Hino wouldn't possibly, call me by my name if I was alive... would she?
Before long... a bright light had enveloped around me...and then...
...
I somehow came back to reality... a reality to which I found a slightly frantic Hino Kahoko in front of me.
"Len! You're awake! I'm so glad!" she said as gave me warming smile.
"H-hino-san..." I sounded weak... not that I'm trying to... but I must be, I thought I heard a child's voice that time... weird. After checking my surroundings, I found myself in my room. But... was it just me, or did it just seem bigger than usual?
I tried getting up, but then she stopped me.
"Stop Tsukimori-kun... you need to rest more... you're not better yet..." Hino told me as she held me back down on the bed.
"I need to use the toilet..." I excused.
I noticed her expression that time. She looked hesitant for some reason...
Sighing I reassured her, "I won't die from using the bathroom, Hino."
"Ah! No... no... that's not what I meant!" she told me with a wave of her hand. She then shifted her gaze away from me. That hesitant expression, now hinted with worry still apparent. "It's that... you changed alot...I don't think you'd like to know."
Changed? What does she mean by change?
"What? I haven't changed. Just cause I saved you...and even comforted you..."I muttered that last part. "That doesn't mean I've changed."
Hino looked at me with the same expression earlier.
"Len..."
Did she just call me by my first name?
I could feel a slight blush creeping on my cheeks. Hey, don't be surprised, it's only normal to blush in front the girl you li-
What the heck? What was I about to say? Do I really...
"You changed... physically... look at yourself now..." she breathed out.
Physically?
Slowly, raising my hand, I turned to look at it. I could feel my eyes pop out that time and even felt light-headed. My hands were smaller. Almost like a child's.
WHAT THE HECK?
I double checked with my other hand, and even my legs. They were shorter than I remembered!
"What the!" I quickly ran to the nearest mirror in the room. And you wouldn't believe what I saw in my reflection, a ten-year old me!
I held my face and body all over. Even going as far as to pinch myself. Ouch... Okay! I was panicking! So unlike me, but anyone who would experience this would be like this.
Falling on my knees, right against the mirror... the only thing I could say was...
NOOOOOOO!
Normal POV
Hino immediately ran to his side as Len continued to sulk in front of the mirror.
"H-how did this happen?" Len uttered under his breath, but it was audible enough for Hino to hear.
"I'm not really sure, but, I bet it was that dart thing that hit your arm last night." Hino answered.
'Last night? Huh?' Len placed a hand on the mirror's surface and allowed to let his gaze wander. Len's eyes suddenly grew.
"Hino! Are you alright now?" he abruptly turned to her.
Kahoko gave him a reassuring smile. "Don't worry, Tsukimori-kun. I'm alright now." Her smile faded. "But, what about you? We don't even know if it's temporary or permanent."
Surprised, Len quietly answered in his now younger voice. "Hai... I'll get through this somehow..."
"Does my mother know?"
Hino shook her head. "Your parents aren't home at the moment. But the maids let me in when they saw your state at that time."
"You mean, they saw me as a child?"
"No... you started morphing the minute we were in your room."
'sigh' "That's good..." he stood up and proceeded towards his closet. Leaving Hino by the mirror.
Kahoko's POV
Len...
Ah! No, no... I shook my head. I don't think I have the right to call him that yet. Not to mention thinking bout his name. Mah! Don't be careless kaho! I mentally scolded.
"Hino, you left your violin bow at the roof yesterday. It's over there in my bag." He pointed out while he rummaged through his clothes.
"Ah! Arigatou... and also, thanks for saving me yesterday... if it wasn't for you, I would've..." I started... I could feel my eyes well up. 'but then, you wouldn't have turned into this...'
"Don't worry about it..." he interrupted. his eyes appeared to be looking far away. "it was fortunate that I was able to keep up with your running..."
"EH? You mean you followed me?" I replied, obviously surprised.
"Apparently... I was going to return your bow... I'm not a stalker, if that's what you're thinking." He bluntly stated.
"Ah! n-no! That's not..." my face started heating up from his comment. ' I knew that..meanie.'
I shifted by gaze, but slowly found myself to be looking at him again.
So this is how he looked like when he was young...
Not much of his features were different than before. Basically, his height decreased, and obviously he looked younger. More of a 10 year-old kid. But, right now, his eyes were rounder that it had complimented the golden cesspools in them. But his usual stoic look was still noticeable.
His cheeks were rosier and slightly plump. Just like a kid. (well, he did turn into one) his hair and skin hadn't changed though.
Currently, Len was looking for some clothes in his closet. His usual clothes obviously wouldn't fit him in that state. The pajamas he currently wore were quite oversized. The sleeves were drooping down so much, he folded them up, same as his pants. But still, the shirt was long enough to reach his knees.
He hopped up and down in an attempt to reach something on the upper shelf. "darn this height!" he cursed. As he tried again.
If I could find a word to express how he looked...
"Kawaii..."
Normal POV
Len turned to her immediately. "what did you say?"
"what! Oh ah uh—ah-!" she gasped as she animatedly fell from the bed.
"Ah! n-nevermind! Ahaha!" Hino now beet red nervously laughed as she stood up abruptly. 'Did I say that out loud! Baka kaho...don't forget that he's still Len.' She mentally hit herself.
Len looked at her strangely, and then shrugged it off.
'sigh' "These clothes will do for now." he said as he put on the outfit.
He was wearing a deep blue parker, and khaki shorts that matched. He was able to find a pair of blue basketball shoes and he was even wearing a white bonnet. (think of the ones most skater dudes are wearing or the ones people usually wear on winter)
'Wah! He's soo adorable!' Hino mused. "Wah! Tsukimori-kun! You look so cute!"
"tsk... would you cut that out?" he glared. 'huh?'
Hino suddenly looked serious... a solemn aura seemed to surround them.
Len felt nervous for some reason. "H-hino...?" he held out a hand...
...
One...
Two...
Three...
...
"WAH! I can't take it anymore!" she glomped on him. "You're just soo cute! The added glare made you even more adorable! Kyaa~! I wish you were my little brother!" Hino exclaimed as she squeezed him in her "moe moe mode".
"Argh! Let me go! I can't breathe!" Len struggled out of her grasp. 'What is it with this woman?'
Finally free, Len sighed in exhaustion.
"ahehe... Gomenasai, Tsukimori-kun. I'm a sucker for cute kids..." Hino gave a small laugh.
Len, finally composed replied... "Whatever... now... what am I going to do about this? I can't possibly stay a kid for long."
"I suppose you're right..." Hino pouted as she crossed her arms. Then out of nowhere something hit her.
"Lili!"
~end of chapter 2~
Author's note:
'sigh'... finally, chapter 2's done.. hehe... I hope that some of you liked it. Hehe. As of now, there wasn't much comedy... I know, but I can assure that it would be more enjoyable in the next one. Promise! (I hope)
:D
