I'm sorry that the chapter is in second point of view, I hope you know I posted this on Quizzila and posted carelessly here. And I'm sorry for the childish writing this seems to be going on about, I'll make the next chapter more serious.
So you sat down by the boy with the black hair and green eyes, (Kyo: This is not Megumi people.) "Okay class, now that you're settled we shall continue our lesson, more about art" the teacher drone on as you sat down and looked at the teacher. The boy beside you gave a toothless smile with his eyes closed. Why does he smile so much? You looked in the back to see a group of girls glaring at you like an angry cat.
You looked forward, not wanting to cause anymore people to hate you. The teacher talked a bit more before having everyone draw the way they wanted. You looked down at the sketch paper in front of you and grabbed a pencil. You studied the size of the paper before lightly adding in the features.
You filled in everything as you kept to work. The boy with the green eyes was smiling while he was drawing, glancing at you every now and then. You were curious, wanting to know what he was drawing. But being the person you are, kept to your own work till he allowed you to look at his work. Class went on for an hour and a half as you just finished adding in the red. You smiled slightly awed at your work. The boy beside you seemed to finish in the exact same time as he looked up and smiled at you. Lifting up his drawing. It showed a pic of you.
You looked at it in awe. Everything looked so beautiful, standing on water under the full moon. The dress looked nice. You gave him a smile. "I'm Souji Hirikatu" he introduced, giving a little peace sign with his fingers. You smiled, that's all you could do. Frowning a bit, you looked at him tilting your head. "Can you talk?" he asked softly. You frowned slightly, shaking your head no. Giving you a sympathetic look, then he smiled and handed his drawing out to you. You looked surprised then tried to give it back to him and shaking your head. "It's okay, I could always make another" he said, smiling a bit more. You sighed softly and accepted the picture. You had to admit. You loved the drawing. You looked at your drawing. It looked too depressing to give away. But once you caught Souji looking at it in awe, you smiled. You handed your drawing over to him with a small smile. Now he looked at you in awe and definitely accepted. "Arigatou" he said politely, childish grin not leaving his face. The bell rang as you walked out of class with Souji by your side. Your next class was math, oh so fun. You sighed, you were good at math but you hated it to the fullest.
Souji had the same classes as you so you were fine. The thought of Kisa struck you, now you were wondering how she was doing. Hiro must be glad that you're out of the way of his love for Kisa. Now he his competition to Kisa's attention has been narrowed down.
Other then that, Hiro gave you respect. Respect for not talking, but more so respect for not trying to be energetic and try to talk. You weren't like that, although you were sly sometimes but other then that he found you alright. You skillfully avoided coming in contact with people in the hallways. The part you hate is crowded hallways. It's annoying and it feels like you would want to get something to make the crowd smaller, such as a machine gun or something. You shook your head at that thought and walked about half a foot width from him. Down the halls, Souji never ceased his smile. You wondering now, was he always this happy or was he forcing it. Giving off a mental shrug you entered the classroom, which had a few students so you got to choose your seat. You sat in the back. A row away from the window, Souji sat in front of you.
Class went by as you listened to the teacher go on every now and then as you did your work. You knew this stuff since you usually had to study books and stuff under Akito's orders. Usually you were kept inside, by his weak figure while reading word after word for hours. All you could do was read while Akito slept or rested by the window with his bird. Akito rarely every set harm upon you, though he has his tantrums. Ever since the arrival of Tohru he has been going off and on more often. Hatori, worried for your safety, spoke to Akito into letting you stay at Shigure's. Akito only glared, asking upon his pet to move with someone else disturbed him and caused him to think more. Though to everyone's surprise, he agreed. You were happy, now you were able to go out and have some fun. Away from Akito. Away from jumbles of words. Now you were able to live with your favourite relatives. Once you arrived, Tohru never ceased to amaze you. You looked up to her from time to time, something about her. Something that might just lift the Sohma curse. You smiled a lot more, more then you have with Akito. Now you had an overprotective cat and rat to look after you.
Much to Yuki's dismay, Ayame came by every now and then with little dresses and skirts. Kyo's annoyance went up and started to yell at the snake. Ayame, being Ayame, chuckled it away as he pampers me with so many materials and what to try on and what to adjust. Ayame had to get some more measurements since the outfits he brought were what you can say, baggy. They fit just fine for Kisa when she tried on the dresses Ayame brought over. Usually Shigure would watch in amusement as he sat there with a toothless smile, while sipping his tea or inhaling smoke.
"Hah, Hika-kun. You can try my new creation" Ayame said with an innocent look.
Shigure was twinkling along with Ayame as they looked through the outfits Ayame made. You had a sweatdrop on your face while Yuki had a TT look, while Kyo had his usual glare.
Ayame had his fancy background that sparkles when he shows the pride of his work. "There are only a few of the finished samples!" he said, swooshing the dresses around. I looked at the pink one, shook your head no then looked at the white one. You looked spaced out as the two members of the Mabudachi trio remained caught up in their little fantasies. Kyo's anger rose up, as fire seemed to burn for eternity in his eyes. "Shut up!" he yelled, slamming his fists down on both of their heads. "Kyo's being mean" Shigure said, childly with tears falling. Ayame just stopped for a second then continued to laugh again. Yuki sighed then grabbed your wrist so he can bring you away from the fighting crowd. Kyo looked over and looked pissed. "What are you doing with her?" he yelled. Yuki glared at him, "Away from the two perverts and you, you dumb cat," he said, calmly. "What do you mean, stupid rat?" Kyo yelled as fire emitted around him.
Those fights were in the past as you zoomed back to the present to hear tapping. You were looking at the ground and fount a pair of shoes tapping on the floor. You looked up to see the teacher, Mr. Hirikari glaring down at you with the look of disapproval. As he sneered down upon you, you looked up at him innocently.
From the corner of your eye, Souji gave you the sympathetic look. You looked around the class to see most of them snickering and some of them giving you the look of pity. Mr. Hirikari sighed then ran his hand through his dark brown hair. "Ms. Sohma, this is your first day. But I'm going to have to give you a detention" he said, walking back to the board. The girls that were glaring at you burst in a fit of fake giggles. They were jealous of you sitting beside a boy. Why would they be jealous, sure it's a boy but what does that have to do with anything, (Kyo: You're not exactly inline with the term love ;.) You looked up at the problems on the board. Studied it then set yourself to work. As time went by the bell for the next class rang. You sighed; you really wanted to do something fun. You looked at your schedule to find something worth doing. Time for P.E. looks like the lesson was on soccer, nothing you haven't done. You went into the girls change room and into a changing stall, also known as a shower. You changed into shorts and a gray t-shirt. Though it was supposed to be a white shirt and red shorts. Once you walked out of the change room, both P.E teachers looked down at you. Hand on your elbow, you looked down. Your class was joined in Tohru's, Kyo's, and Yuki's class.
You looked over at them to see Tohru waving. You gave her a glance then looked up at the two teachers who sighed. You walked off quietly, not wanting to hear them complain about your outfit. You walked over to Tohru, Kyo, and Yuki. Yuki gave one of his usual kind smiles as Tohru's was bursting with joy. Kyo was tilting his head to the side, facing the ground with his eyes closed. "Ah, Hikaru-chan. Are you ready to run?" she asked with a smile that never seems to die down, or lose it's warm touch. You gave a nod as the whistle was blown and you were ordered to start at the lines. You lined up with the other girls and boys from your class. You got ready, all calm while some of them looked a little too determined while the others looked nervous. "Eat my dust Hikaru" one of the girls, said. You looked at her without blinking. After seeing that, she was a little creeped out.
Yuki and Kyo sweatdropped, "I think she's being visiting Haru too much" Yuki said, studying your facial expressions that didn't seem to make a dent of any emotion. "Hikaru will do it, that's he look when she knows she'll win. Get what she wants. Once that look's on, nothing can stop her," Kyo said, also checking your facial expressions.
The whistle was blown once again as you took off at an even pace, keeping in line with the boys. You glanced around to find Souji. You were shocked as he looked over and smiled. You didn't smile back though. The only thing on your mind was winning the race, even if you had no one there with you. You picked up the pace just slightly, keeping your breathing under control. Souji opened his eyes and gave you a smile that made his green eyes twinkle. You rose an eyebrow before looking ahead, not allowing anyone to get advantage of your little pause there. So you just kept running and zoned everyone out. Tohru looked amazed as Yuki and kyo just watched. You were half way done when you looked down at the stream that ran along the way. There was a little slant like hill going down to the banks and you seen the flash of white and black. You looked behind to see no one there then went a bit closer to see Haru. It looked like he was waiting for something. You shrugged then kept on running to finish the race, then come back and see what he's planning on doing.
You started to run, waiting for the last quarter of the race to use all you can give. You ran till your hearts content, feeling the beats it gave off. You coughed a bit before running till you reached the finish line. There it was. The yellow ribbon. You were almost there until you sensed someone behind you. Looking back you seen Souji there, eyes open this time. You were shocked slightly, how did he manage to catch up with you? Just more competition.
Giving off more power as you ran the pace of a fox who caught its prey. You ran then came neck in neck with Souji. The suspense was on as adrenaline rushed into your blood, commanding you to go faster. You did, muscles almost about to strain you gave off a little more power then skidded to the finish line. You made it with Souji one second behind. The teacher with the stopwatch had his hand on the button, mouth wide open. You were sweating, dripping down your face. Breathing deeply, you walked over to a water bottle and a towel Tohru gave you. "Hikaru-kun, congratulations" Tohru said, happiness glittering in her eyes. You just stood there, looking up at her eyes. The way she was looking at you, no one ever looked at you like that. For that, you gave a real smile. Yuki and Kyo were shocked. Yuki smiled, Kyo crossed his arms, turned his head away but looked at you from the corner of his eye.
You breathed in a couple of times, deeply, before standing up to stretch your aching muscles. The acid in them trying to harden and make them hurt more. As you stretched a couple of times, the teachers came over. After you were done, you looked up to see the girls' P.E teacher. On her face was a grin, can tell this woman is one of those sporty types of people when they were younger. "Well done kid, I'll let this pass and let you wear whatever you want for P.E now that you earned my respect," she said, still grinning. The boy's P.E teacher rolled his eyes. "You're being too easy on her, she's new for crying out loud. Push her to the max; make her more physical then any of the other weaker girls out there. She's like a machine" he grunted out. You frowned at that. Being a machine. Is that what you seemed to be? One that couldn't talk at all. Now you were left in the sudden thoughts as the two teachers continued to ramble on about you. Tohru looked down at you, blinking in question. Yuki looked concerned while Kyo glared at the two teachers. Both of them were apparently getting on his nerves.
You looked quickly back to where you came through. You forgot about Haru. "I wonder if he's still there" you thought, walking away without being noticed. The three were still busy with the two rambling teachers. Now was your chance to leave. You walked casually, just quiet enough for a dog to hear.
You followed through the place you came through. If you got lost, you weren't able to ask anyone anything. So you stuck to your memory and eventually traced your steps back to where you found Haru. Once you got there, you were relieved you found him, still lying there. The sun was shining down on his pale like face, though he did have the hint of a peach color edged in. You have a bad memory, though this time you got lucky. With the bad memory, you were just like Haru with his untraceable directions. You plopped yourself beside him, quietly. If he didn't always have that look of monotone, then he'd jump up like Kyo and start swearing a little. Glancing at you then back at the stream, he sat up and turned to you with his gray eyes (Kyo: Onyx O.o;) "I knew you would win," he said, lying back down.
If you were like other people, you would've done the casual anime fall. You only blinked before looking back into the stream. There it was, fish. You were bored so you just watched, as they seemed to swim around. Flies were around the water, soon to get engulfed by the hungry fish. Watching in interest, you just sat there. Not doing anything, neither for Haru to talk. Ears perking, you heard the sound of a whistle being blown. You looked over to the place it was coming from, most likely the seniors were doing their track time. What was that sound? It sounded like some kind of stampede made of two men. You sighed then looked up to see Haru tying up a wire like string across the path. You stood up in curiosity as he made you hold the loose end. Once that was made, you looked off to the path to see a dust cloud lift up. You sweatdropped slightly. Haru grabbed the other end, wrapped an arm around your waist causing you to hang there limp in confusion. Carrying you off to the slanted like area/hill, he put you down and stayed there as well. Here it comes, Kyo and Yuki, head to head in the dust cloud. Yuki, seeing the shine slowed down and watched as Kyo face planted onto the ground.
Haru made that TT face in the process. You were beside him, looking at Kyo curiously. Yuki looked over to see Haru. "You did it again," he said. Tohru had the look of concern as she ran over to Kyo. "Kyo-kun, are you okay?" she asked, worriedly now. Kyo pulled himself off the ground and snapped his over to Haru. "You did that again!" he yelled, then looked over at you. Kyo growled, anime vein appearing. "You even got her to help!" Kyo yelled, even more furious.
"Shut up you stupid cat" Yuki said giving off the same look Haru gave. Kyo started to yell more as you looked at them innocently. Tohru came over, grabbed a Kleenex and started to wipe away the dirt marks on your face. Kyo and Yuki stopped and watched Tohru mother you. You were shocked, not because you were surprised there was even dirt on your face, but the fact this is the first time someone did this to you. Usually you got ordered to clean, or stay clean for Akito's sake, but never this. Your eyes twinkled slightly with the sign of respect. Kyo calmed down, forgetting about his whole ordeal with Yuki and just stood there amazed. Haru smiled very slightly. Yuki, as always, had a warm smile. Though this time...has some meaning into it.
Hikaru-kun, maybe you'd be able to open up and get better. Now that you met Tohru, maybe, just maybe you'd be able to talk again. We'd all be able to hear your sweet little voice after so many years. Maybe we'd be able to hear about your pain, get it all out...sing again Yuki thought, looking down at you in a brotherly way.