Chapter 7: Normal
As class went on Dan found his guilty conscious taking hold of him. He didn't mean to actually harm anyone, but it to be the reason he act as such was because his lack of human relationships. Being in a coma and waking up with severe amnesia did have its side effects. He looked out the window for a fleeting moment wondering what kind of person he had been before it.
He was knocked back into reality by a small paper wad hitting his cheek. It was from Keith and as the blonde gestured, he unwedded it and read it.
'Don't worry about Mira and the others getting all feisty. Mira's just having a week. Mylene is probably next.' It said.
"Ew." Dan whispered to himself looking at Keith who flashed him a smile and held back a chuckle, "I didn't need to know that."
After that Dan paid more attention to his lessons and come lunch time everyone was friends again.
"Hey Dan you should come over to my place after school." Keith suggested earning Dan's interest, "I got some firecrackers we can mess around with."
"Really? Awesome!" Dan said taking a sip of his water bottle.
"Seriously Keith?" Mira asked sternly.
"What Mira? We're only going to take them apart and mess around with the compounds." Keith defended.
"You two are so weird." Mylene said with a smirk.
"As are you." Keith shot back with a sneer and gave Dan a high five.
Dan just laughed he couldn't help it. It felt so good to be a part of a group since he had been so scared of coming to a new school with a fresh start and having to relearn friendship practically. Keith had been the first to make friends with him and then his sister as well as her friends. Dan was friends with everyone in the class, but Keith was by far his best friend.
"You look a little glum, bud." Keith said as they were now outside heading towards the blonde and Mira's house.
Dan looked up from his handlebars and smiled, "Ah I was just thinking is all."
"Well it must've been something sad because you looked like you were going to cry." Keith stated putting his hands on the back of his head and rested it there.
Dan sighed, "I was just thinking about how nice everyone is to each other here."
"Heh." Keith murmured as they turned a corner, "So Dan, I've got to askā¦.Are you into my sister?"
"Huh?" Dan murmured himself as Keith stopped right in front of him and turned around with a sly look on his face, "No, I just think she's nice is all. Well at times."
Keith snickered and returned to strutting on ahead, "Gotcha!"
"Oh that was another one of your jokes and I fell for it." Dan mused picking up his pace.
Keith laughed once more, "Yes you did."
Just then a moving truck whizzed past them and stopped at the house adjacent from Keith's.
"Hey looks like you're getting a new neighbor." Dan said as they stopped in front of the Clay residence.
"Yeah, hope it's a girl. One smarter than my sister." Keith commented before opening his mailbox and fishing out the mail.
Dan was still staring at the moving truck as several men gathered to pull its contents out. Keith had to tug the brunette away from the scene and into his house.
"C'mon park your bike and let's find those firecrackers." Keith said finally catching the other boy's full attention.
"Yeah." Dan said with a smirk and the two went in.
The next day things would change and a new path of development would appear for Dan. The day started as a normal day for Dan until the start of class.
"Please everyone kindly welcome your new classmate, from Wardington, as of today." The homeroom teacher said to the class before ushering to the person standing out in the hallway, "This is Runo Misaki and as of today she'll be your new classmate."
