Takeru
I woke up. What day was it? I don't know…I
think…Tuesday? Whatever.
6:00 AM. I hadn't been up this early
all summer. But my alarm clock went off at six, playing 'Hands' Hikari's
favorite song. I don't really like it.
See, Hikari bought me an alarm clock for my tenth
birthday, it was supposed to play 'Fill Me In' which is my favorite. We are
both into stuff in English. Anyway, she bought the 'Hands' one for herself, but
she accidentally gave it to me.
I guess I'll go back to sleep.
I was just drifting off, when my mom
came in. "Takeru! Wake up! It's time for school!"
"School…?" I said sleepily. "Today?"
"Yeah. Keep track of the days."
"Oh great…"
I got up, and took out some clothes.
Mom went into the kitchen, and started talking on the phone. She's probably
talking to Blossom Kido, her best friend.
As soon as I got my clothes on I
walked into the kitchen. "Mom?"
"Honey, I'm on the phone." She
looked at me, and turned back to her conversation. "So, Yamato, you're coming
for breakfast?"
Yamato? He's coming? Well, I guess
she wasn't talking to Blossom.
About ten minutes later, Yamato was
there. "Hey kid." He said.
"Hi." I looked at him. "How ya
doing?"
"Good."
Mom put down bowls of cereal. "Here you
go guys."
Yamato didn't eat anything. I
devoured it.
"Yamato?" Mom asked. "Would you and
your brother walk to school together?"
"Can't we take the bus?"
"The bus doesn't stop anywhere near
here." She checked her watch. "Plus, it's rush hour. You'll walk."
"Ug…alright…"
I hugged Mom goodbye, and Yamato and
I walked out the door.
"Can't wait to see Hikari. She's always
doing something else in the summer." I sighed.
I looked at my brother. He looked
very unhappy.
"Whats wrong?"
"Taichi's going to a different high school."
"I thought you guys were going to
try to be together."
"We tried, but his mom thinks
Odaiba High's a bad school. She made him go someplace else."
"I'm sorry…"
We reached school. I let Patamon out of my backpack
and put him in a tree. "I'll see you later." Yamato said.
He walked towards the highschool, and I walked
towards the middle school.
I looked at my schedule. I had Mrs.
Alita for a homeroom teacher.
"I have to get to class." Hikari said,
smiling. "See you later."
I walked into Alita's class. She was
really hot. But she was a Mrs., and my teacher to boot.
She talked about the new school year
and some junk that didn't really matter much.
I looked around for Hikari, hoping
she'd be in my class.
She wasn't.
I walked to math class, and listened
to Mr. Futter blab on and on. Mr. Futter is a new teacher. I know cuz he said so,
and besides, Yamato and everyone else had Mr. Bell. Mr. Bell kinda sorta died.
So Mr. Futter replaced him.
This teacher is about 400 lbs, and
has the most annoying voice I've ever heard.
I took a few notes, but mostly I
thought about Hikari. I really loved her, as much as my brother loves her
brother.
The next class was the random thing.
Yamato hates the random thing. He got Home Ec last year, he was the only
boy.
I had painting. I walked to class.
"Hello, everyone." The teacher said.
She handed us pieces of paper, and watercolors. "This is just to start out."
Naturally, I painted Hikari. It wasn't
the best picture. In it, she was holding Gatomon, and her cat Meko. Hikari is
crazy about cats.
"Hey." This guy poked me. "Is that
your girlfriend?"
"No. She's my friend, that's all."
"Oh, alright."
The next two classes went through
pretty quick. It was lunchtime now. Maybe I'd see Hikari.
But she wasn't there. Ken was at my
table so I asked him if he'd seen her.
"No. She's probably having lunch in
the other cafeteria."
"What other cafeteria?"
"Didn't you hear? They built a new
cafeteria, not everyone could fit into just one."
"Oh. I didn't know. This really
sucks, I haven't seen her all day."
"That's to bad."
Daisuke walked up. "Hey Ken!" He
smiled. "How are ya?"
"Good." Ken smiled at Daisuke.
Daisuke looked at me, like 'what the
hell are you doing here.' "Oh, hi Takeru."
"Hi."
Finally, lunch ended.
I went to sixth period. It was
English class. I sat through it, my thoughts completely on Hikari.
But then they turned a new corner.
It was still sort of about Hikari though.
I was really not liking having no
one to talk to all day. I miss Hikari like crazy, but even if it wasn't Hikari,
I just want someone, anyone. Nobody is in my class.
A tear escaped from my eye. I tried
to stop, but soon I was crying.
Mostly people ignored me.
The next two classes were really
boring. I was still real depressed about lack of Hikari, and my being just a
little lonely.
It was the end of the day, and I was
just about to leave, when this boy walked up next to me. "Hi. Whats your name?"
"Takeru. Yours?"
"Vei."
"Hi Vei."
"Want to be friends?"
I stared at Vei. I had never met
anyone who just walked up to you and said lets be friends. This was amazing.
And I couldn't refuse him. "Sure."