Heya people! I know I haven't updated now for about…one and a half weeks I think.
FYI: To tell you the truth, I'm already done writing down the story, as I said so before. If this chapter seems a little too fast-forward or a little confusing in the beginning, it's the fact that I just added this one in after I already finished writing the whole story. I thought that my story was a little short so I decided to make up two more field trip chapters for your enjoyment…plus, here's more info on Kazuko.
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Likes: Being alone unless she's having fun, stealing, getting attention, doing something.
Dislikes: Getting caught by the police, annoying people, being bored, thinking too much.
More Info: Kazuko is the kind of person who keeps stuff to her self most of the time, but when it comes to feelings, she doesn't look for the right time to tell them. She just tells them if she's certain that she feels that way because she doesn't care what people say about her.
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Chapter 11: Another Field Trip
After talking for a while, Genjo brought up a question,
"Why don't you live with me now? Now that you found out that I'm your brother"
"That's rather short notice. It's not that I don't trust you or anything, but I just need to know you more."
"I understand…here, I'll give you my phone number in case you ever want to talk again."
"Okay, thanks."
"It's getting late, I still have a lot of stuff to do. So, I'll see you whenever."
"You work a lot don't you Genjo?"
"I need to. I have nothing better to do, except talk to you."
"Well then…what have you been doing for the past 14 years if you hadn't talked to me all those years?
"Hanging out with my friends, but we always do the same thing.
"…How old are you exactly?"
"Now that you asked…27."
"You're 27 and you're not married?"
"Kazuko…why are you asking? It's my life."
"So?"
"Kazuko…"
"Alright, alright. Okay, I'll let you get back to what you were going to do. Let me walk you to the door."
Genjo walked to the door and Kazuko closed it when he walked out. She went back to her bed and lied down on it. She sighed and tuned on her side.
"A lot has happened this week. I've been living here for about five months now…I have a bad feeling that something's going to happen soon, and it doesn't look too good."
After two more days, it was Monday and she went to school.
"Hello Kazuko," Daisuke said to Kazuko as she walked into the school.
"Daisuke?" she said confusingly.
"Uh…is there something wrong with me saying 'hi'?
"No…you seemed kinda concerned for me, from the way that you said it. Is it because of Saturday?"
"Yeah…I didn't know…about your past that is."
"Of course you didn't. Daisuke, I've said to you before to not feel sorry for me. I don't need anybody's pity. I like the way I am and I well not change myself."
"S-"
Kazuko looked at Daisuke and put her hand up for him to stop. He was about to say sorry again for almost saying sorry until Kazuko put her hand up once again.
"Okay, okay!" Daisuke said.
"Good, now let's get to class."
Once they walked in, Kazuko said hi to Satoshi and then hugged him just because, and to fool the girls still.
Everything was going the way it was for about a month now and nothing bad was happening in the school. Kazuko and Satoshi were still pretending to go out and Daisuke and Riku were with each other frequently now. On one day, the teacher said that they were going on another field trip to an island to see the view.
"Hmph…another field trip?" Kazuko thought, "Well, it has been about a month since out last one. Probably this time, I can actually calm down."
Unlike the other field trip, this one is only for three days. All of the class filled in their permission slips and went to the field trip. They got to pick whom they wanted to sit with so Daisuke sat with Riku, Kazuko sat with Satoshi, and Risa was sitting next to Ritsuko; they were taking a ferryboat to the island.
"This is the second field trip this year, isn't it?" Kazuko asked.
"I guess so. I'm not keeping track."
"Hopefully, nothing bad will happen while we're here. I don't want the same thing happening with the girls."
"I know…"
Kazuko looked at Satoshi, "Is there something bothering you, Satoshi? You seem…out of it today."
"No…nothing's wrong."
"Um…okay then. You know what, I thought that we aren't really acting like a couple like before. I'm not really trying to stress it, I'm just saying how I see it at the moment."
"Does it matter?"
"I guess not."
"…I need to take a nap."
"Are you really that sleepy?"
"…Yes."
"Okay then, you can come and lie your head on my lap."
Satoshi shrugged his shoulders and did what Kazuko said. The girls who were watching them were getting very jealous on what Satoshi was doing. Riku looked over at Kazuko and Satoshi and she giggled and sat back down.
"Hey Riku, what's so funny?"
"It's just funny to watch these girls get jealous when Kazuko's not really going out with Satoshi."
"Yeah, I guess it is."
As Satoshi was sleeping on Kazuko's lap, Kazuko started to feel a little sleepy as well. She fell asleep a while after with her head leaning on the headrest. After about another two hours, they reached the docks of the island that they were going to. At first glance, the island is a beautiful place to begin with. There aren't a lot of buildings around and the island is fairly small. It would take you about 3 hours to just walk around the entire edge of the island. There are only a few buildings scattered around the place and it looks like the only way to get lost is if you don't follow the paths in the forest. On the right side from the ferry, you can see a sandy beach, and the land was roughly elevated. There were a lot of cliffs everywhere and there were paths to lead to each one. Satoshi woke up a while after and when he looked up, he saw Kazuko still sleeping. He sat up and lightly shook her; Kazuko opened her eyes and rubbed them.
"Hey Kazuko, we're here."
"…Oh…okay. Let me go back to sleep," she said as she was closing her eyes again.
Riku and Daisuke were behind them and Riku slapped Kazuko on the back of her head.
"Ow!" Kazuko yelled while rubbing the back of her head, "What'ya do that for Riku?!"
"You just took a nap, didn't you Kazuko, you're so lazy sometimes! I mean it's only a little after lunch."
"I'm just kinda sleepy now. I haven't gotten a lot of sleep lately."
"Oh? What have you been doing then?"
"…Nothing really, I just can't sleep."
"Well being sleep deprived won't help you on this trip. I wanted to go out walking after we put our stuff in the hotel, and I wanted you to come."
"…Alright, fine. But only if Daisuke comes, and you too Satoshi!"
"Hey why did you yell at me for?" Satoshi asked.
"Because you're usually by yourself, you need to get out more! Just come with us!"
"…Alright then."
"Good, what about you Daisuke?"
"Yeah, it's fine for me."
After they brought all their things to their hotel rooms, Kazuko and Satoshi closed their room and Kazuko looked down the hallway and saw someone's back that she thought looked familiar. Kazuko looked confused and Satoshi looked where Kazuko's eyes were.
"What are you looking at, Kazuko?" Satoshi asked.
"…"
Satoshi waved his hand in front of her face.
"Huh?" she asked.
"I asked you what you were looking at."
"Um…call me if I'm crazy but…it looked like I saw…Genjo down the hallway."
"Genjo?"
"…I think it might've been him."
"Well, there's no use thinking about it now. Let's go meet Daisuke and Riku in the lobby,"
The hotel was only three-floors high so they walked down the stairs and towards Daisuke and Riku who where sitting on a couch.
"Okay, ready to go?" Riku asked.
"Yeah…come on let's go now," Kazuko replied.
"So, where should we go then?"
"The cliff looks like a good spot, but I doubt that there's things to do there. I really want to go there, but I'll go on my own time."
"If you want to go, why don't we?"
"It's okay, the reason I want to go there is because I like the wind brushing against my face and just seeing the sky."
"Well okay then, I want to see the different stores they have here."
"Alright then, let's go do that instead."
They walked out of the hotel and walked around the island. When it was about 5 'o' clock, they went to eat out in one of the restaurants. Risa saw them once when they were walking down one street.
"Riku has been hanging around Daisuke later,"
"Haven't you heard already? They like each other," Ritsuko said.
"Well, I guess I should be happy for her, I always thought that Riku could never get a man. I already have one, we just need to start going out already and then I'll be better than Riku!"
Risa was in her own little world at the moment.
When Daisuke, Riku, Kazuko, and Satoshi were eating outside, Kazuko was looking at the cliff that she wanted to walk to.
"When we just came out of our room, I seriously thought that that person who I saw was Genjo. Well, I can't really think of it now, besides, some people look the same when you're looking at their backs," Kazuko thought.
"Is something the matter?" Daisuke asked Kazuko.
"Um…nothing's wrong. I just thought I saw Genjo earlier today."
"Do you mean that you saw him here, on this island?"
"Yeah, but I don't know if it's him or not, I only saw the person's back."
"Hm…that's funny and weird. Why would Genjo be here on this island?"
"That's what I was thinking to myself, too."
"Where did you see him?"
"…In the hotel, on the same floor where me and Satoshi are staying."
"I see…"
"Well, then what should we do now?"
"We have two more days here, and I don't want to do all of it today, so I guess we're done for the day," Riku said.
"Okay then," Kazuko said getting up, "I need to do something right now so I'll see you guys later."
"Are you going to the cliff?"
Kazuko turned around, "How do you know?"
"It's not that hard once you said that you wanted to do that in your own time."
"Hmph…Well, you're right Satoshi. See ya."
Kazuko walked away from them to go to the paths that were leading to the cliffs. Satoshi got up from the table and said,
"I'll leave you two alone, I'm going back to my room."
"Okay then, see you tomorrow," Daisuke replied.
"Damn it, I can't get that out of my mind! Was that Genjo or now? Damn it again! I said I would clear my mind once I got here. Ow…My marking is slightly burning. Well, I guess I was getting a little pissed off there. (Talking out loud) Sigh…at least I'll have my time up here."
She closed her eyes as she was walking up because she was a little tired. Once she got up to the cliff, she slowly opened her eyes and saw that somebody was already there. There were mostly shadows covering this person's face. When the person turned around, she still couldn't see his face. Kazuko could point out that he had a jacket on and some jeans and his hair was a little long.
"Oh sorry, I didn't know someone else was up here, I'll leave now," she said as she was turning around and walking down.
"…Kazuko…" he said.
She stopped in her tracks and turned around. He stood up and walked onto a patch of light.
"Don't tell me that you didn't recognize me," he said.
"Well, I didn't see your face since it was in the shadows!"
"Hmph…that's a nice was to greet someone."
"Fine then…it's good to see you again, Genjo."
"You too, Kazuko."
"Why are you up here?"
"Enjoying the view of course."
"No, I didn't mean that. I mean, what are you doing here on this island?"
"Oh…my friends said that I was working too much so we all came here. What about you?"
"School field trip."
"Oh, I see then."
He turned back and sat back down. Kazuko walked over to him and sat next to him.
"You know, you look better in this outfit tan the one that you had before."
"You mean you don't like my sweater and shorts?"
"Not much…this is the first time I've seen you wear some pants and a jacket."
"Well, I usually wear these on weekends or on vacations."
"If you said that you wear these on weekends, why didn't you wear it when you took me to our parent's house?"
"I said 'usually,' that doesn't mean that I wear this all the time. Besides, this is a weird conversation, Let's go talk about something else."
"Yeah…you're right."
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End of Chapter 11
Sorry it took so long.