"Welcome back" Miu heard from beside her ears, the back of her head was in pain, it hurt to move but Miu still turned her head towards the voice
"Welcome back" Miu heard from beside her ears, the back of her head was in pain, it hurt to move but Miu still turned her head towards the voice.
Kinami Katsuragi, with her hair flowing down the side of her face, dressed in a simple white dress sat on a small wooden stool just beside her bed.
The events piror came rushing back to her, she could feel the heat spread on her face, and wondered why Kinami-sempai was beside her after such an appalling introduction.
Kinami said gently "I've never met anyone who actually fainted when I smiled at them."
"I…I'm sorry" Miu croaked, the words stuck in her throat. Kinami's lips almost broke into a smile but she managed to keep a straight face.
"I was honoured…."
Miu watched in anticipation as Kinami lowered herself so that her lips were just inches away from Miu's face.
"…and deeply touched. Thank you."
With those words Kinami lowered her lips to Miu's cheek and lay a light kiss, Miu looked at her, her mouth agape, her heart racing. Tears started falling from her eyes, first one, and then another, Miu's bottom lip started to shake and finally she turned her head into the wall and started balling her eyes out.
"Now what did you do Kinami?" said an unknown voice, the voice was coming from behind her, it was deep but was still feminine, a voice of authority, like something a head matron would have.
"Poor thing, Kinami jumped you didn't see?" This voice was quite different from the first, sweet, clear and extremely feminine, that type of voice one would equate to a hime-sama.
Only the rustling of a third dress as the other two occupants sat down did Miu realised there was one other person in the room that has yet to spoke.
"I don't know what you mean by that and I don't want to know either. Its hard enough trying to make wind of your daily barbs." Kinami said in an almost angry voice, but it was obvious she was on good terms with the two older girls.
"All I did was giving her a thank you kiss, not anything perverted you may of thought of Hiro-sempai." Kinami ended matter-of–fact-ly tone.
Miu cringed at the term, something inside of her hurt a bit and a hatred for the so call Hiro person welled up. Miu turned and sat up right, the four other occupants gasp in shock.
"You gave us a fright there. Thought you might have died or something."
Miu looked at the person who just talked, she was a tall girl with long hair, and it was dyed to be of a light ash blond colour. It was hard to tell if she was a Japanese girl or not, her features where oddly European for a Japanese girl.
The 'girl' she thought would very likely be that Hiro person that her Kinami-sempai was talking to. She felt sure of it.
The room basked in silence; it was as if no one else knew what to say. The Hiro person was the first to break the silence.
"The names Hiro Takami. Yes, I know it's a boy's name. No, I'm not a guy in secret. And what's your name?"
Hiro seemed to be a very jolly person, but jolly people are the ones that hold secrets and steal girlfriends from other friends, Miu concluded. Her dislike for the person grew steadily.
The second girl was an average height girl, although still taller then Miu by a head, she had shorter black hair and crystal clear eyes. Its hard to miss her eyes when looking at her, she was a pretty girl by standard but her eyes gave her face a livelihood that was seldom seen in other people.
"You do understand it's rude to not answer a sempai when spoken directly too?"
The authority's voice. Miu quickly scrambled out of bed; standing up straight she bowed as she made her introductions.
"Miu Matsumoto, 1st year, Todou High. Happy to make your acquaintance."
"Todou High?" the other three said in unison.
It was the first time Miu heard the fourth person talk, looking over she gasp in shock, she knows this girl, well, know off this girl. She was a young model, well known for her refine looks, and was named the most popular and successful young model in history. Kaze Saoto. Miu was not a fan but her classmates were, pictures of this girl were posted on a lot of lockers, it was hard to miss who she was.
Offcourse, pictures of her Kinami-sempai graced more lockers then Kaze Saoto, Miu thought, but it was only the fan girl in her that was talking.
The girl in question was a Miu's height, thinly built with very fine features, an extremely beautiful girl by popular standards. She bowed slightly to Miu as if to say hello, but did not openly say so.
Miu could not remember the sound of her voice, she recalled it was of a lower tone but that was all. The authority was the first to recover from the shock.
"I apologise for our rudeness, it was a shock to us. You see, we all attend Todou High."
The words were left unsaid, but it was obvious to Miu that they found it odd that they do not recognise her, since Kaze Saoto has also just recently joined Todou High as a first year. The welcoming ceremony was held just three days ago, as a tradition, each student had been individually called to the stage to be 'housed' into the six houses. It was unlikely that all four of the Todou students would not remember Miu.
"I didn't attend the welcoming ceremony." Miu stated silently, hoping they wouldn't ask her why, but somewhere in heaven and grumpy old man decided he wasn't going to let her off.
"Why ever not?" the authority demanded, she was so in character like she was a character in a story, Miu almost laugh at the thought; the authority is properly also the school president.
Sighing slightly, in a small voice she looked away as she answered "I was waiting for an audition."
Miu counted to five before she saw them make the connection, again silence filled the room, and Hiro broke the silence.
"Do you like acting?"
"I've never tried." Miu answered honestly. Confusion clouded their features, only Kinami seemed to be unperturbed by Miu's action.
"What made the audition so important that you would for go your welcoming ceremony at Todou?"
Before Miu could answer, the door to the room opened, a tall girl entered, she had medium length hair which were either light brown or a darker blond, Miu could not be shore, but she had a tall forehead.
The girl walked in a plotted herself on the bed next to where Miu was standing, the rest of the occupants looked at her with mixed feelings. It was again the authority who spoke.
"Please do not set a bad example for our kohai's Shikuko."
Shikuko looked at Miu oddly then turned to look at Kinami; she seemed to want to say something then stopped. Standing up she bowed slightly to the two girls then sat back down. This time it was Hiro who spoke.
"What happened to you?"
"A cat crossed my path."
"How did you get away?" Hiro seemed to be shocked at the news, as if it was impossible to get rid of this cat.
"We ran into a mouse."
Miu didn't understand the meaning but it was obvious the others did as the subject was dropped. The authority looked at her as if asking her for an answer to the question piror to the interruption.
"What happening here?" Shikuko asked, it was Kaze who answered her, this was the second time the girl spoke, and Miu thought her voice fitted her somehow.
Kaze's voice was low, but it was high enough to be feminine, it sounded very smooth, Miu wondered if she was going to branch into singing too.
"Hiro-sama was asking Miu-san why she would for go her welcoming ceremony in Todou to attend the audition for this movie when she has never acted before." Miu thought it was a mouthful, since Kaze didn't seem to take a breath at all, but Kaze was fine, she didn't seem out of breath all anything.
Shikuko looked at her and frowned, then looked at Kinami, Kinami didn't meet her eyes, and Shikuko smiled gently then patted Miu on the head, as if Miu's full height meant nothing to the seated girl.
"It was for Kinami wasn't it?"
The other four girls didn't seem at all shocked, as if the thought had already crossed their mind, all they needed was confirmation.
"There's only one more thing I don't get, why did you cry when Kinami kiss you?" it was again the Hiro person who spoke, Miu notice a trend going on between these people.
The authority is the leader, she is the one that ask the serious question, that Hiro person is the crazy one, who makes jokes and ask the probing questions, Kaze seems to be related to Hiro somehow as she stood behind Hiro for the whole duration.
Kinami perked up in her seat, it seemed she also wanted to know why. Miu felt her eyes started to water again, it was hard enough trying to forget the memory.
How could she not cry? After years of yearning for a meeting, for a kiss, when she finally received it she was wearing plain clothing, lying on a plain bed after a humiliating experience. All her practice went to waste.
The five girls seemed uncomfortable when seeing her in distress.
"Gomei, I won't pry anymore." Hiro apologised with a gentle voice.
"Honestly Hiro, you do worry me sometimes." The authority gently reprimanded, Hiro poked out her tongue at her with a wink. Kaze smiled at her, it was the first time Miu see the girl warm up, and a light went on in her head, why she had felt Kaze's voice so befitting of her. (Kaze means cold in Japanese).
And the matter was dropped. There seemed to be an understanding between the groups, as if each word or gesture made by one person could be understood by all, that only a single word could be uttered but the whole story was told.
"My name is Akita Takeuchi; I am Todou High's school president."
'As if I didn't see that coming' Miu thought.
"Hiro has already introduced herself, behind her is Kaze Saoto, she's in the same year as you. Kinami you already know, and the one on the bed is Shikuko Kato. We have another two members that you are not here yet…"
"I'm here Akita-sama." a very tall girl walked in, she had boy cut hair and masculine features, Miu recalled a character from the Marimite series with the same features. The girl greeted Miu with a gentle smile; she was by far the most feminine of the group to Miu's eyes.
Offcourse, her Kinami-sempai is much more feminine.
Followed closely behind by a younger girl, her stride was strong and forceful, she was also thinly built, with large round eyes and very delicate features, and she looked like one of those girls that would faint at the slightest thing.
"Nyanko Otaka, at your service." the new girl stated, though she kept her eyes trained on the taller girl beside her.
"Nezumi Jujitsu." The tall girl bowed slightly, she turned to the three older girls and bowed "good morning, Shikuko-onee-sama, Akita-sama, Hiro-sama. I apologise for my lateness."
"Couldn't be helped, you were chased by a cat I was told." Hiro laughed merrily, as the others tried to stifle their laughter. It seemed to be unladylike to laugh.
Nezumi apologise under her breath and seated herself next to Shikuko on the bed. Nyanko stood beside her.
The others looked a Miu expectedly, she didn't understand why, looking at Shikuko, then Nezumi then Nyanko, she felt there was something there she didn't understand.
Shikuko, Miu remembered was a type of dog only breed in Japan.
Nezumi is a mouse.
Nyanko…is…is…
Miu gasped in comprehension. Pointing at Nyanko she burst out "CAT!!"
The room broke into a loud roar as Nyanko looked at Miu evilly.