Lucky Future
Chapter 10: Miyuki's Past
Yutaka noticed the change in Miyuki's face as she began to speak about the biggest secret of her life, the time when she felt something special for Konata and began to date Minami. Yutaka remained silent to give Miyuki enough time to calm down and tell her the story correctly without hesitation, she could tell it was a sensitive part of Miyuki that she's held in for a long time.
"The story begins back when I started my first year with Konata in high school." Miyuki began.
A younger Miyuki walked up to the front of the shadowing building that read " Saitama High School." Her first emotion was one of fear and anxiety, she wasn't popular in her old school due to the envious attitudes of her classmates. Luckily, she had Kagami to defend her during those times but now…
"I hope Kagami has the same classes as me…I don't know what would happen if she didn't." Miyuki prayed. Her temporary serenity was disturbed as she jumped in fear when two students walked by her. She was beginning to realize she was scared of even the random bypassing student.
"I don't know if I can handle this…" she though to herself. Her qualms took hold and she began to pace back and forth, her intelligent mind failing to come up with a solution.
"Hey, Miyuki!" Kagami greeted. Miyuki snapped out of her muddled state by the voice and happily hugged Kagami whose very presence was a sign of salvation to her.
"Good morning Kagami!" she excitedly cheered. "What are you doing here?"
"Uh…I go to this school. It's the first day in case you forgot. Come on, let's check our classes." Kagami suggested, running off with Miyuki's hand covered by hers. They quickly made their way to the boards where they separated to check for their names. Miyuki couldn't help but to constantly look over at Kagami to check her facial expression.
If she looked saddened they were in different classes, if she smiled they were in the same classes. Kagami did very little, leaving Miyuki with a sense of ambiguity as Kagami walked over to her at a casual pace.
"Umm…are we in the same class?" Miyuki nervously asked.
"No…oh well. At least we can see each other at lunch right?" Kagami smiled.
Miyuki reluctantly nodded, trying her best to keep her melancholy dormant at the unfortunate news. She kept her head down as she walked the path to Kuroi-sensei's room, her new first class of the day. She opened the door quietly as to not draw attention to herself.
Finding any seat was enough for her it didn't matter where as long as it wasn't wanted by someone else so she wouldn't bother anyone. She chose a seat in the middle so no one would make a fuss about it and quietly sat there, hoping the bell would ring before anyone came to make fun of her.
"Wow!! Those things are big!" a voice yelled out.
Miyuki turned around to see a curly grin on the face of the blue hair student sitting behind her. Miyuki's bashfulness took over as she covered her chest from Konata's peeking eyes.
"Oh no, I don't mean those. I mean your glasses. Do you know how moe you look in that?" Konata asked, knowing she wouldn't have a clue.
Miyuki remained silent, she didn't want to stimulate any aggressive behavior.
"Can I see you without your glasses?" Konata nicely asked.
"Um…I…I…" Miyuki stuttered but Konata took the liberty of removing the lenses herself.
"Wow! You look beautiful!" Konata stated, her eyes seemingly attracted to Miyuki's face which began to furiously blush.
"P-p-please give me back my gl-gla-glasses." Miyuki begged.
Konata smiled and placed them back on gently, leaving no personal space between her and Miyuki as her arms swiped the side of Miyuki's cheeks and her eyes stared into hers while the glasses lightly settled back on top of Miyuki's ears.
"You should get contacts," Konata recommended.
"They hurt my eyes unfortunately." Miyuki stated.
"Oh, that's a shame." Konata muttered.
The bell rung and the teacher finally made her entrance, introducing herself and beginning instantly with the lesson. Miyuki pulled out her notebook and began to take notes but her hand didn't seem to move quite the way she wanted it to. That is when she realized she was shivering. Her cheeks also felt a little warm.
She placed her hand onto her cheeks to feel the comforting warmth that soothed her nerves and cleared her of her previous anxiety. She tried to explain their origin only to realize that she was called beautiful just a minute ago by a complete stranger.
After the bell rang she began to pack her items and noticed that the girl behind her had fallen asleep. She gently nudged her to wake her up.
"Um…excuse me. Class is over." She politely said.
Konata lifted her head, instantly recovering from her state of drowsiness.
"My name's Konata by the way." Konata introduced.
"I-I-I-I'm Miyuki." She replied.
"Why do you stutter so much? Are you scared of me? I'm so small." Konata said.
"Well I…..it's just that…"
"Oh, do you have the notes for today? I played videogames all night and fell asleep in class so I got nothing." Konata asked.
"Y-yes. Here they are. Please return them tomorrow." Miyuki pleaded.
"Thanks! Whoa, you took all very little notes at all!" Konata declared.
"I only write down what I don't know." Miyuki informed.
"Then you must be very smart."
The unexpected compliment made her blush wildly, she never thought someone would praise her for her intelligence. She watched as Konata waved farewell and walked out of the classroom smiling and thanking her again for the notes.
"I've never met anyone like her before." Miyuki whispered.
When lunch time arrived she sat down in her seat, pulling out the lunch she brought from home, planning to spend the first day alone. Konata suddenly busted the door open and found her, sitting across from her.
"Hello Miyuki!" Konata yelped.
"O-oh, good afternoon Konata," Miyuki nervously said.
"You know, you speak very properly. You don't say any slang at all or speak quickly like I do." Konata noticed.
"Oh no…she's going to make fun of me now!" Miyuki panicked.
"You must be really smart!" Konata complimented, eating her chocolate cornet soon afterwards. Her remark left Miyuki speechless as the time slowly passed by.
"Um…Konata…do you really think I'm…beautiful?" Miyuki asked.
"Yeah, and to add to it all, look at that chest! It's so large!" Konata teased.
"O-o-o-o-oh my! I-I-I...well, I-"
"You massage them all the time right? To make them so big?" Konata asked.
"Oh n-n-n-n-o…They're just…I" Miyuki's face was beginning to drown in its own red color as she trembled and tried to look somewhere but at Konata. Her feet began to tap the ground and she covered her chest as best she could so others wouldn't stare at her.
"Miyuki? Are you alright?" Konata asked. "I'm sorry if I said something bad."
Miyuki began to calm down with the apology, she hoped that Konata didn't like her anymore because she made her want to apologize.
"I'm s-sorry. I shouldn't have panicked like that…its just that…"
"It's alright Miyuki. My fault." Konata countered. "Sometimes I bother people with my comments."
Miyuki watched her as she went back to eating again, how calm she was, how she smiled after apologizing, how sincere she looked. Miyuki began to feel her heart beat faster and faster. The next day went the same, her heart beat faster every time she saw or talked to Konata. After school she quickly walked home and shut the door. She had to figure out what was wrong.
"I can't be in love can I?" Miyuki asked herself. "It's a girl…I can't fall in love with a girl…but…I really like Konata…she's my first friend at that school."
As her thoughts swirled in her head she began to feel her heart beat again like it did earlier.
"Oh no, I really do…maybe this is just a phase or something…maybe I just need to release all of this energy," Miyuki theorized. She ran downstairs and pulled out her jump rope.
Opening the front door, she looked around until she found the perfect place to exercise in the shade. She ran over to the tree in her front yard and began to leap as her hands swung the jump rope.
She stopped when she was tired but her she felt the same as before. She felt a warm feeling whenever a thought of Konata popped into her head.
"No, no, no…I can't be like this…." She weakly told herself. A voice suddenly called out to her. She looked up to see Minami calling her from the gate. Miyuki lifted herself up and ran over to the gate.
"Good afternoon Minami. How was school?" Miyuki asked, knowing her friend just entered her the next-to-last year of middle school.
"It was the same as last year. We didn't do anything." Minami coolly stated. "Um…can I come in? I have to talk to you about something."
Miyuki agreed and opened the gate so Minami could enter. They both walked into the house where Miyuki offered to sit in the living room but Minami said she preferred to tell her the problem in private.
Miyuki took her to her room where Minami sat on the bed. Miyuki took her place next to her and prepared herself to listen to whatever little problem Minami had.
"So what's wrong?" Miyuki asked.
Minami tried to resist but a tear fell to the ground, a tear Miyuki saw.
"What happened Minami?!" Miyuki asked with concern.
"I…I…have a crush on a girl at my school." Minami confessed.
Miyuki didn't know what to say.