Hakuna Matata
Kaoru burst out of class and ran with all her strength to the benches. 'History essay' and 'Kenshin' was all that was there in her head. She hopped up and down in front of the bench where Kenshin said he would meet her with the information. Except…there was no Kenshin with the information.
"KAORU!" yelled Kenshin, running to her with a pile of papers. Kaoru could have hugged him but this wasn't the time or place. She snatched the information, gave Kenshin a quick, grateful smile and sat down quickly on the bench.
"I'll see you then," Kenshin said as he ran off, waving.
"Thanks!" Kaoru called after him.
She looked down at the pile of papers. What would she have done without Kenshin? She started writing and then realized that she was completely and totally lost. How was she supposed to begin? What topic was she supposed to begin with? She could've cried. Sure, it was on the Struggle Of Vietnam but that was about how much she knew.
She slapped her hand to her forehead. This sure was a great way to start off her first year.
"What's up?" came a voice from above her. She looked up.
"Midori?"
Midori blinked, "How come you know my name?"
"Um, I heard a girl in biology call you," Kaoru laughed nervously. Midori blinked again but then shrugged, "Alright! Anyway, I was just wondering why you were in a state of chaos!"
"Is it that bad?" Kaoru laughed.
Midori grinned, "Well, yeah." She read the heading on Kaoru's paper, "Struggle of Vietnam?"
"Yeah…I don't know crap about history and in an hour and a half I have history. I don't even know why I went and took up the bloody subject!"
Midori smiled, "You need to calm down," she grinned, "Not meaning to boast or anything, but History is one of my stronger subjects! You can guess what I'm trying to say and I'm guessing that you need all the help you can get!"
Kaoru smiled broadly, "How can I repay-"
"By staying calm," Midori grinned and sat down next to her, "Wait a second. I didn't even catch your name!"
"Kaoru Kamiya," Kaoru smiled. Becoming friends with Midori hadn't been so hard after all! On the other hand, Midori was the one who had started the conversation.
"Alright," Midori said, getting serious as she looked through the papers, "I'll dictate. You write. Deal?"
"Deal! Deal!" Kaoru said, desperately.
Kenshin glanced at the clock. 1:58 pm. He bit his lip, wondering if Kaoru had got anywhere. He drummed his fingers against the table in exasperation as he waited for the second hand of the annoyingly slow clock move past 12 twice.
When the professor finally dismissed them, he shot out of the class and ran to the grounds and to the bench where he had left a terrified Kaoru. What he saw amazed him. Kaoru and Midori were laughing cheerfully over something Midori had said. He raised his eyebrows and started walking over. Kaoru was practically in tears due to all the laughter as she looked up at Kenshin. "Kenshin!" she smiled happily.
"I'm guessing you finished the essay?" Kenshin said, glancing at Midori.
"Yeah, all thanks to Midori!" Kaoru grinned.
"No biggie," Midori said modestly. She looked at Kenshin, "Is it 2 already?" she looked surprised.
"Yeah," he smiled, "I guess your pretty damn good at History huh?"
Midori smiled feebly, "Well, um…" she grimaced, "I really can't answer questions like that!" She laughed. Someone yelled her name out. She signaled to her friend that she would be coming in a bit. When she looked back, Kaoru was hugging Kenshin.
"I didn't thank you properly for the information!" Kaoru said, letting go of him. Kenshin laughed, "That was more of a thanks than anything!"
"Oh!" Midori smiled, "I didn't know you two were together!"
"Pretty recent really," Kenshin said, scratching the back of his head.
"Ah. Well, I have to go. I'll see you Kaoru! We should meet up sometime and have a, what do they call it? Oh yeah, a 'girl' day." She snorted.
Kaoru grinned, "Sure. Except we'll play basketball and pig out on burgers."
Midori smirked, "Yeah I guess that would do it! Kaoru?"
"Yeah?"
"You have a history class to get to."
Kaoru slapped her forehead, grabbed her bag and ran off, waving at them.
Kenshin groaned.
"What happened?" Midori asked as she picked up her backpack. She glanced at the bench and laughed.
Kenshin rolled his eyes, "I'll go. I can't believe she forgot her essay after all that!"
"Misao?" Aoshi tapped Misao's shoulder.
"Yeah?" Misao said, turning around.
"Aren't you supposed to be meeting Kaoru right now?"
"Oh crap!" Misao yelped and grabbed her sling bag. "See you then!" She dashed towards the lobby, wildly looking around for Kaoru. Finally she spotted her talking with some girl.
"Kaoru!" she yelled. Kaoru looked up and smirked, "Well look who decided to show up!"
Misao laughed nervously, "Sorry?"
"Apology accepted only because I'm in a good mood."
Misao looked relieved. Kaoru glanced at the girl next to her then looked at Misao, "Misao this is Midori. Midori, Misao."
Midori smiled at Misao, who happened to be a lot shorter than her, considering Midori was pretty tall herself.
"Hey," Misao grinned, "So both of you are in History class together?"
Midori shook her head, "No. I dropped out of History a while back. We're in biology together."
'So this must be Kaoru's new friend or something. Well I better become friends with her too!' Misao thought indignantly. Then she said out loud, "So are you walking back with Kaoru and me?"
"Um…" Midori looked doubtful.
"Why don't you?" Kaoru said brightly.
"Yeah, come on!" Misao insisted.
Midori shrugged, "Why not?" Misao grinned at Kaoru, "We sure are good at persisting matters!"
Kaoru grinned as she and Misao high-fived.
"Anyway, shall we leave?"
"Sure," Midori grinned.
"Yeah yeah!" Misao said enthusiastically as the trio walked to Kaoru's apartment, "Have you played need for speed?"
"Are you kidding me?" Midori replied happily, "Of course I have! Who hasn't?"
Kaoru was laughing, "Look at you two. You're like little kids or something!"
"Yes well, at least we play computer games!" Midori huffed.
"Yeah, that's right!" Misao said, agreeing.
Kaoru rolled her eyes, stuck out her palm and said, "Whattevvver."
"Yes, ok, Heather," Misao smirked.
Kaoru looked happy at that comment, "You realized I was imitating her? I'm doing a better job!" Midori looked lost. Misao explained who Heather was, imitating her in the process. Midori was cracking up at the end of it, "What a bitch!"
"I swear," Kaoru nodded. They had reached Kaoru's apartment. She looked at Midori, "Well, do you want to come in?"
Midori looked at her watch, "Wish I could. But I kind of have this thing to go for."
"Thing?" Misao asked, curiously.
"Yeah, I'm part of a theatre group. We're doing this play later. Auditions are being held from now until next Sunday. And I'm one of the people who chooses who can enter and stuff..."
"A play?" Kaoru wondered out loud.
"Yeah! I'm in it too!" Midori said, happily. Misao looked at Kaoru, "You should-"
"I don't know."
"Wha?" Midori was yet again lost.
"Kaoru's always wanted to be in a play!" Misao said quickly before Kaoru could say anything.
Kaoru sighed and whacked Misao upside her head, "Idiot."
"You should audition!" Midori said, her eyes sparkling with excitement.
"I don't know…" Kaoru bit her lower lip.
"Well, think about it. You have until next Sunday," Midori smiled. She waved at the two of them as she yelled "You have my number if you're interested!"
When Misao and Kaoru had entered the flat, Misao looked at Kaoru, raising her eyebrows.
"Give me sometime will you?" Kaoru said grumpily. Misao backed away, her hands in mock surrender, "Didn't say anything."
Later in the evening, Midori picked up the phone, "Hello?"
"Hi, Midori?" came a voice from the other end.
"Yeah? That you, Kaoru?"
"Yep. Um…"
"Let me guess," Midori smiled into the phone, "You want me to sign you up don't you?"
"Yeah…" Kaoru's voice was small.
"I'm there for you, no worries. Hakuna Matata!"
Kaoru sighed into the phone, "Right…Hakuna Matata."
A/N: Was that really boring? Or…I'm going to ask the usual so never mind. Anyway, sorry I didn't update for a while. My computer got screwed up and had to be repaired and everything. But now I'm back. Ehe. Review please! Every single one of you who reads it! My chapters are getting uneventful aren't they? Sigh...I swear (and I mean it this time) that the next chapter will be SO much nicer! I'm so sorry...
