Junpei couldn't walk to school with her today. He had to be there early for a meeting with the basketball coach to discuss their upcoming events and tournaments. Haruka didn't really care. She'll still get out of bed as usual, put on her uniform, grab a piece of toast and be on her way….. Just as usual.
Haruka decided to add a little something to her morning routine. As she puts a piece of break in the toaster, she turns on the TV on to the channel that is playing the Oha Asa daily horoscope readings. After everything that happened yesterday, she is convinced that this show is going to change her life from a boring one to one that's full of interesting events.
"Today's lucky item is a cell phone… and make sure to stay away from Geminis…. Didn't my reading say something about Geminis yesterday too? Hmmmm interesting…." Jun is a Taurus so it's fine….. Kuroko-kun and Riko-sempai is an Aquarius, Kagami-kun is a Leo, and with Moka being a Cancer, my social circle is clear.
"I have my lucky item which is conveniently always with me, now I just have to get through today huh…. I think I sort of understand why Shintaro-kun is so devoted to this stuff…" Haruka smiled as she remembers the green haired Tsudere boy who religiously follow Oha Asa and swears to not become like him as she leaves for school.
"Strange….." Haruka feels very uncomfortable for some reason on her way to school. "Why do I feel like….. people keep on looking at me?"
Haruka is not one that like to be in the spotlight. The feeling that she's constantly being watch by someone just doesn't sit well with her. She looks around her: People casting glances at her then proceed to whisper to their companion, girls giving her dirty looks, girls who would take one look at her and burst into tears….. She really didn't understand what in the world is happening.
Just as she was about to sigh in relieve for reaching school safely, the minute she stepped through the school gate, everyone around her turned to look at her.
"…. Seriously why does everything feel so wrong right now."
As she stands there, confused, two girls who look like they're her sempais walked over to her, and what they said brought more confusion.
"A-ano, Shibasaki Haruka-san… C-congratulations!"
"P-please be happy!"
Before Haruka could utter a word the two sempais ran away, leaving a very confused Haruka in the middle of the crowd. At this point, Haruka id seriously debating going home since this day will only get weirder. All of a sudden…
"haaarUUUkAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
the familiar voice of her bubbly seatmate brought her back to reality; but before she can say anything she was dragged into the school by the said girl, up the stairs, and finally to the rooftop. As confused as Haruka is, she whispered a thank you to the girl who saved her from more weird remarks from strangers.
"M-moka….. t-thanks…."
"NEVERMIND THAT, YOU HAVE SOME SERIOUS EXPLANING TO DO RIGHT NOW….. WHAT ISTHIS?!"
The bubbly girl whipped out her phone and Haruka sees a very familiar image on the screen…. A picture of a tall blonde man hugging a girl with long black hair. "This….. I saw it on TV just yesterday in the convenience store…. What about it?"
"DON'T AVOID THE TOPIC HARU-CHAN TELL ME WHY AE YOU BEING EMBRACED SO PASSIONATELY BY RYOUTA-SAMA?!"
Now this really caught Haruka's attention. Me…? Embraced by who? Who's Ryouta-sama?
"Moka-chan….. breathe. What do you mean by me being hugged…. And who the hell is Ryouta-sama?"
"y-you are so unbelievable… you were hugged by him how can you say you don't know who he is?!"
"I have no idea what you're talking about…. I was never hugged by some Ryouta-sama I was with the Seirin basketball team since school ended last night and I walked home with my neighbour, I was never hugged by anyone, let along this Ryouta-sama that you're talking about!"
"Wha-"
"Ever since I left the apartment this morning I've been getting weird looks and people were congratulating me and telling me to be happy… is it because of THIS?!"
The usually calm and collected façade finally slipped from Haruka as she frustratingly vented about everything that's happened to her since she left her apartment this morning, and Tomoka is finally convinced that there's something wrong with the picture. Tomoka immediate opened her phone to the picture again. After taking a closer look, they both realised: the girl in the picture is NOT Haruka, but someone who looks exactly like her from the back.
"Haru-chan you're right…..that's not you! The girl in the picture it too short to be you! And your hair is not a long as hers and you have some waves where as her hair is dead straight!"
"sigh…why would I lie about something like this Moka, you of all people should know!"
"sorry! Really! It's just that….. when it comes to Ryouta-sama I really can't sit still hehe~"
"Again with this Ryouta-sama….. who IS he?"
"sigh…. You seriously need to go out more often….. He's been appearing on almost every single magazine out there you know? Kise Ryouta. Also a first year, but he's a very popular and good looking model that models for Zunon Boys and is getting more and more recognition! He goes to Kaijo High School in Kanagawa and he's also part of their basketball team! He's good at everything he does too! He looks so cool when he plays basketball—"
"Okay Moka, I can tell you're a really big fan of his but let's focus on the problem right now…. The world thinks I'M his girlfriend!"
"R-right….. what are we going to do? He's got a lot of fans everywhere….. there's no telling how they'll react to the news….. what if you get targeted?!"
"…..anyways… it'll probably die down when everyone realises it's just a false rumor… things should go back to normal pretty soon…. Right?"
"Well let's hope you're right…"
"Well then let's go to class. We're already late. I'll just be careful for now. I'll text Jun about the situation and try to get him to help me for now. Hiding will just make the situation more believable."
"Haru-chan you're so cool~~~"
"hai hai."
The two headed down the stairs, prepared to be swarmed with questions about the picture. Haruka has never been nervous walking into her classroom before, not even when she suddenly transferred to the school in America, but right now she can tell her palms are sweating from clenching her fists. Her breathing is abnormally fast and deep, and she really have this urge to just go home. Just breathe, Haruka. Everything will be fine soon…
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Or not.
As soon as she opened the door to the classroom, all eyes turned towards her, she can hear whispers about her and the model, along with the hostile gazes of some girls and jealous looks from other people. When she finally sat down, she can feel the worrying gazes of Kuroko and Kagami, she turned to her and gave them a reassuring smile and a look that said she'll explain everything later.
Class has never felt so long before. Haruka spent most of class time researching on the model who apparently is her boyfriend.
Kise Ryouta, first year at Kaijo High, a model for Zunon Boys, plays basketball… is a part of….the Generation of Miracles?! He must've joined after I left….. seriously, what are the odds I become involved with another miracle….. birthday is in June…. June 18th…wait a second….
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That makes him….. a gemini…
Haruka sighed and head butts her desk, as if she's given up on everything. Oha Asa is frighteningly accurate…..
As soon as the bells sounded signalling the end of class, she was immediately surrounded by her classmates.
"Shibasaki-san, is it true?! That picture…"
"Are you really dating Kise Ryouta?!"
"You're so lucky~~"
"Treat him nicely okay? He's our precious Ryouta-sama afterall~~"
"I don't approve of this! Waaaaaah why can't it be me?!"
"c'mon now, don't cry….. they probably won't last long anyways!"
Kagami's had enough. Seeing Haruka's strained smile at the start of class he can already tell she's having a hard time. She doesn't need to be more stressed like this..! He turned to Kuroko, who, however, is no longer at his seat. Guess I'll just do it by myself…!
He walked over to the poor girl who's surrounded by people. He wasted no time in grabbing her wrist and dragging her out of the classroom.
"K-kagami-kun! Where are we going…!"
"Away from everyone obviously! You look like you're ready to kill yourself or something!"
As Kagami turned the corner, he was met with his Captain who was brought here by none other than Kuroko.
"Kagami and Haruka….. I have no idea what's going on but for now let's head to the gym. Coach told me no one should be using it for now. We can talk once we get there."
The four headed for the gym, which, as Riko had said, was empty during lunch time. The four took a seat on the stage behind the curtains in case anyone comes in. Haruka immediately texted Moka for her to meet them here. As soon as Moka arrived, Kagami asked the question.
"So…. What the hell is happening?" Moka sighed.
"Knowing you, who has nothing but basketball in your head, you probably have no idea what's happening to our poor Haru-chan…"
"H-hey!"
"Hachiro-san. Do you know what's happening with Haruka-san?"
"waaah! Kuroko-san! You're here too?!"
"I've been here since the beginning."
"Anyways Moka… let me explain and you can fill in anything I missed….. " Haruka took out her phone and found the picture that everyone's talking about. "This was taken yesterday, they're saying this girl is the girlfriend of Kise Ryouta the model, the one who's doing the hugging in this picture. For some reason, maybe because I happen to look exactly like her from the back, someone claimed that it was me in the picture and I ended up being the 'girlfriend' of Kise Ryouta, who also happen to be a part of the Generation of Miracles which I went to middle school with."
Moka added, "but the thing is, Haru-chan didn't know about this until I dragged her to the roof this morning, which explains why people were congratulating her and keep looking at her. I mean people do look at Haru-chan all the time because she's so pretty, but this time I mean there are girls looking at her with hostility and her locker is being spammed with notes as we speak telling her to break up with Ryouta-sama or to go die. She's now the most targeted female in Japan,"
The two girls observed the three boys who sat in silent, trying to process everything they just heard. Kagami was the first to speak.
"ne Kuroko…. Is your lack of presence transferrable?"
"Kagami-kun…why would you ask such a stupid question? You know that's impossible."
"W-well Shibasaki's going to need to hide from literally all of Japan's female population for a while…. She might as well be you for a week."
Junpei was the next to speak up. "Kagami is right in a way…. Haruka maybe you should avoid going out for a while…. Maybe until the rumor die down."
Moka disagreed. "But if she hides it will just prove to everyone that it's true!" Kuroko nodded in agreement with Moka.
"Hachiro-san also has a point….. but if Haruka keeps attending school who knows what those jealous fangirls will do to her?"
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"You guys speak as though I'm not even here already, so I think I'll be fine."
"Sorry Haruka you've been so quiet we actually forgot you were here…"
"See? Then I should be fine, as long as I keep to myself for a while and be very careful. Moka will be with me, and I'm in the same class as Kuroko-kun and Kagami-kun."
"But…"
"Jun, don't worry. I can handle myself. Plus it probably won't be long until this dies down. In the meantime… I'll be watching Oha Asa every day since that show basically predicted everything that happened today….. I'll just act accordingly then I should be fine."
"…..Haru-chan…"
"I get what you're saying in the beginning but I seriously don't get that last part…"
"Haruka-san, don't turn into Midorima-kun."
"Sorry I was just trying to lighten up the mood around here."
The 5 concluded that Haruka should keep on attending school and be careful until the rumors die down. However, a week later, Haruka still finds threatening notes in her locker along with pins inside her shoes. Haruka sighed. She's noticed that she's been sighing a lot lately. Things certainly became more interesting, but definitely not in a good way. She's starting to get tired of all the attention.
That night, she wrote a song. Song writing always calmed her, and singing always put her in a better mood. After she uploads the newly recorded song on a website she created, her eyes lands on her phone. As soon as she flipped it open she sees the picture that caused her so much stress for the pass week and she sighed, again.
"Maybe it's time I pay this flamboyant model a visit."
Chapter 4 is up! She's finally going to meet Kise for the first time in the next chapter!
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