Sorry for ubeeeeer late update. I decided to chop chop everything. I realized my story is kind of rushed sooo I murdered them chos! Haha! My problem is, I don't know how I would piece everything together so yaaaa. Slow. Haha! Anyway, Enjoy!


Chapter 4: The Big News


I woke up to the sound of my alarm clock ringing. I sat up lazily and checked the time, 6:55 am. So early, I still wanna sleep! Wait- 6:55? WAAAA! I'm going to be late... again!

I quickly rose from my bed and went towards the bathroom. How the heck can I possibly finish preparing with just 5 minutes? I don't have any powers to speed everything up. I'm just a human, dammit!

Eh- sorry , sorry! Stupid mouth of mine, so bad early in the morning. I took a quick shower then quickly put on my clothes for today. I'll just fix my hair on the way. I grabbed my bag and hurried downstairs. I bid grandpa goodbye before storming out of the house but not before hearing grandpa's complaints about not eating breakfast. Hehe.

I ran all the way to school and while I'm at it, I tied my hair in the usual pigtails hairstyle. I don't know how it looks like but it seems fine. I ran and ran and ran and eventually reached the classroom. I checked the time, 7:15.

Oh no! Today's first class is... Math! Aaaaaah! I'm late and Jin-jin's the teacher which means... I am in so much trouble! No use thinking about it anymore, I'm still late and he's still gonna embarrass me in front of the whole class anyway. I'll just have to face it. I looked at the time and panicked again.

"Ack!" It took me 5 minutes to stand here and panic? Before I get anymore late, I opened the back door quietly so I won't get notice. I crawled behind my classmates who is busy doing something.

"Sakura, what do you think you are doing!" I stopped. Busted. Oh no, here it comes! I stand abruptly and grinned.

"Nothing, sensei!"

Jin-jin pointed his stick at me, "You got some nerve to be 20 minutes late, Sakura!"

"Ahe-he-he sorry." was all I could say.

I could see Jin-jin controlling his temper and I also heard some students snickering. Suddenly, Jin-jin pointed his stick at the direction of my chair. "Sit!"

I saluted before rushing to my seat. "Ha-hai, Sensei!"

"Don't you ever dare to be late again or I'll definitely kick you out!" Knowing Jin-jin, he would definitely do it.

"Good Morning Hotaru, Natsume, Ruka-pyon!" I greeted. Hotaru is working on her invention's as usual, Ruka-pyon is writing something and Natsume is, as usual, sleeping with a manga covering his face.

"Good Morning, Mikan." Ruka-pyon raised his head to look at me and replied with a kind smile while Natsume didn't say anything and didn't even move. This jerk!

"Disaster." Hotaru said while still working with her inventions.

"Huh?"

"You look like a disaster." She suddenly pulled out a hand mirror out of nowhere. I looked at the mirror and saw a... monster.

"Eeek!" I'm a mess! My hair has an unrecognizable hairstyle and it's tangled, my clothes are a mess, my glasses are tilted. For short, everything's a mess! No wonder there are some students laughing earlier. This is so embarrasing!

I quickly tried to fix myself.

"Tch, Idiot." A cold voice said from beside me.

"I'm not an idiot!" I exclaimed.

"Sakura! Annoy me one more time and you're out!" Jinno yelled.

"Oops!" Talk about a bad morning.


Ring ring ring

"Sakura, fix your things and go to the faculty room. Narumi and I have something to discuss with you. Don't be late." He emphasized the last three words. What are we going to discuss about? It's been awhile since they called me.

"Hai!" I replied then turned to the three.

"You guys go ahead. I have to go. Bye, see ya later." I said and went out of the classroom. I rushed to the faculty room since I already angered Jin-jin earlier with my tardiness. I don't wanna do it again coz I'm a good kid. Haha!

I reached the faculty room and slowly opened the door. I peeked inside hoping to find my two teachers. When I did find them, I let myself in and went to where they are sitting.

"Oh good you're here!" Narumi-sensei greeted me cheerfully as he clasped his hands together.

I bowed respectfully to them. "Um, yes?"

Jin-jin ignored my presence and continued reading the book he's holding. Narumi-sensei smiled at me and gestured me to sit down which I accepted. "Mikan-chan, we're planning on holding a program here inside the school which would showcase our students talents and abilities."

"Program? What kind of program?" I asked.

"A contest." He answered.

"And... what is going to be my part in all this?" Narumi-sensei laughed at my question while I just gave him a confused look.

"Let me ask you first a question." he continued after calming himself down.

"What is it, sensei?"

He looked at me seriously. "Are you interested in joining?"

"What? No!" was my immediate answer.

He pouted. "Pleeeeaaase~?"

"I don't want to."

He was about to pout even more— if that was even possible— but Jin-jin stopped him. "Stop that. You look stupid. And stop this nonsense, Narumi." He said, finally putting his book down.

"Okay okay. Fine." He then turned to me. "Actually, what we really be doing is even bigger than a contest. Well, there will still be a contest but what we really intend on holding is a festival. This would be a great chance to show everyone the talents and abilities of our students just like what I told you earlier." He explained to me.

I remained silent.

"We would like you to perform at the opening. Just one performance." He dropped the bomb. This time for real.

"No! I can't. I don't have any talents. I don't know what I would do there." I argued. Seriously, I can't. I really can't. I don't know what I would do on stage. I get so nervous in front of so many people and I will suddenly freeze. I might mess everything up and I might embarrass not only myself but the whole school!

"No buts, Sakura. As a VIP grant, you are required. If you will not do it then it will greatly affect your grades in all subjects." Jin-jin sternly said before standing up and leaving. What? I never heard of such a requirement before! I never hated being a VIP this much!

"But... I'm not the only VIP here, right? There's Natsume, Ruka-pyon and Hotaru." I told Narumi-sensei.

"Ruka-pyon? They already have their own part in this festival."

"Huh? They have?"

Narumi-sensei nodded. "Hotaru would be assisting me in organizing the festival and Ruka would be helping Jinno-sensei."

"How about Natsume? What is he going to do?" I asked since he didn't mention Natsume.

Narumi-sensei chuckled, "Oh, Mikan-chan. He would never participate."

He does have a point. That Natsume will never take part in the festival even if you threaten him with his grades. Unlike me, he doesn't care one bit about his grades.

"So it's settled then." He said when I remained silent.

I looked at Narumi-sensei pleadingly. "Please noooo!"

"Sorry, Mikan-chan no can do. I'm looking forward to your performance~!" He stood up, grabbed his things and left. Before he went out of the door, he turned to me and smiled. "Why don't you sing, dance or play an instrument? I know you can do it." He grinned and left, leaving me sulking.

What the heck am I gonna do?


End of Chapter 4


OK! Done. Sorry short. Anyone think it's still fast?