Chapter 3

A question

Aki Izayoi: From everything she had just told me I could tell right away that she was similar to me in some ways. She was having family problems also but it was a bit different for her since her parents were divorced. Then right away having to transfer to a new school and doing everything in your power to stop it and in the end only failing. Here I thought I was the only one going through that. "Color me idiot." I said to myself. I was beginning to think that she and I might become good friends.

"So where do you move from?" I asked trying to start a conversation and break the awkward silence that was there again.

"We moved from America." She replied.

"You said that your parents are divorce. Sorry to hear that." I said next.

"Don't worry about it. "Things like that just happen, and there's nothing you can do about it." She said, but I could tell that she was just holding back what she was really feeling. "So how did you end up here in Neo domino city anyway?" I asked.

She replied by saying. "My mom grew up here back when it was just know as Domino Cit and she felt that we should have a new beginning and so she decided that the best way was to get back to her roots. So she looked and found this place. So that's how we ended up here."

"It must be tough having to leave all your friends like that." I said. "Kind of." She started off. "I didn't really have many friends on the account I was considered weird."

I was a little surprised by that. "How so?" I asked.

"Well." She began. "You know what...I really don't know. People just tell me I'm strange so often. I don't know what makes them think I'm weird."

"Interesting" I thought to myself. I was just going to have to wait and see for myself to see what make her weird.

I asked to see her schedule and notice that we had second hour, lunch and last hour together. That's when I heard growling noises. Turns out it was Aki's stomach. Her face then turned into a huge shade of red. I smiled a little and said. "Hungry I take it?"

"I was too nervous to eat breakfast this morning." She said.

"Come on I'll take you back that way." I said.

We were about to enter when Aki asked. "Yusei I was wondering if I could ask you one more question before we go in."

"Sure" I answered. "What is it?"

Aki was about to ask, bit then she began to look a little nervous. "Um on second thought maybe I shouldn't have said anything." She said.

"Don't worry." I told her. "Go ahead and ask."

"Okay." She said. "My question is about your eyes."

It was a bit surprising that that was her question. "What about my eyes?" I asked.

"Well I was just wondering why is it that you try to make them look lively even though they actually look so sad and empty."

I just stood there, with my "Empty Eyes", wide open. "How did she notice that?" I said to myself. I made sure not even Jack and Crow would ever notice, and they know about my problems. All I could keep thinking after that was "Who is this girl?" She just stood there waiting for me to answer but I couldn't think of one. Then finally one, that I hope was good enough to convince her for now at least, came.

"Oh no there not sad they just look like that because I'm a little exhausted, didn't get much sleep last night." I lied.

Aki just stood there unconvinced. I know pathetic answer but it was the best I could come up with, usually I have an answer to any question people ask me but for the first time it was hard to find one. But lucky for me in the end Aki said. "Oh okay sorry."

"Don't worry about it." I said.

I managed to avoid that landmine but I knew that it wasn't the end I knew she would bring up the subject again and next time I might not have an answer.

Aki Izayoi a girl who was in some ways just like me, a girl who I felt I would become good friends with, a girl who was the first to ever notice how I really felt.