Cordelia's point of view
I wake up the next day and leap out of bed. I'm really excited about this missing boy case. Who would have thought? Not me, that's for sure, but I still wanted to help Haru. It was a great idea to drag Erick along. He made a rather boring search into a really exciting fun experience. But I'd rather never go mute, then let him find that out.
Anyway, after school, Haru, Erick and myself meet up at the front gate and head towards the site on the map. Haru (remember! Only 1 year younger than Erick and myself) kept wanting to lead the way, but his map reading skills were so bad, me and Erick teamed up to take the map and lead the way ourselves after the third attempt Haru tried. It went a little something like this:
'Ok! It's this way' says Haru pointing left.
Half an hour later…
'Ummmm, Haru? I don't think there's a scrap garage on the map.' I start
'uuhh yeah…. I think we went the wrong way' Erick adds.
'oh, OH! Oops, sorry! My bad, wrong way. It's this way! I'm sure!' says Haru
'You mean sure as in 100% sure way, or as in a I-don't-really-know-but-I-feel-it-in-my-bones kind of sure?' I ask, a little worried.
Haru had already left. Erick and I share a worried look, then both shrug and run after him.
2 hours later…
Sooooo, after 2 hours, you can kind of imagine how I was beginning to feel and Erick had sensed it so he was doing his best to prevent the ticking bomb that I was becoming.
Haru turns around and scratches his head.
'ummm, sorry guys, it looks like we went the wrong way again' He says
Erick slowly turns his head to look at me and his eyes immediately grow wide. He knew I had snapped and that someone's soul was going to go flying off to the spirit world. Erick starts to slowly creep backwards as far away from me as he can while I slowly walk towards Haru.
I stand just in front of Haru and pause. Then I snatch the map from his hands turn around and start to walk away. Haru then starts to whine and scurries after me. Erick, who had momentarily disappeared, appears from behind a tree and grabs Haru into a bind. Then Erick picks Haru up, throws him over his shoulder and follows me.
We arrive at our destination in 10 minutes.
Haru's friend was supposed to be staking a farmer's field which had the typical 'crop circles' known to alien fanatics worldwide.
I walk into the tall wheat grass first, then Erick follows with a now limp Haru still dangling from his shoulder. I then arrive at a blank patch of the wheat. My brain then goes into scientific mode and I begin to observe my surroundings. Erick puts Haru down and goes back into detective mode. I was in a mode of my own, so I kind of tuned him out. I then hear Erick say: 'Guys, I found something!'
Haru and I run towards him.
'What is it?' asks Haru
'It's a rear brake.' I answer.
'ooooooh!' Haru responds.
Then a moment of silence.
'What?' He asks again
I roll my eyes.
'It's a rear brake of a bicycle' I respond again
'Oooooh!' Haru exclaimes.
Erick facepalms and I roll my eyes again.
'I got it!' Erick suddenly exclaims shocking both me and Haru.
I raise my eyebrow at him and he laughs.
'Ok Mr Detective, what did you realise?' I put my hands on my hips.
'There's a bicycle repair shop just near here! He probably went there.'
'Of course! Good work Detective Erick' I punch him on the shoulder, hard.
He winks at me and I blush bright red. I immediately turn towards the bicycle shop and start to speed walk.
'ummm, Cordelia, it's in the other direction…..' Erick calls after me
I immediately turn around and head in the other direction.
A few minutes later, we arrive at shop.
The little bell on the door rings as we enter the shop.
Erick walks up to the shop owner and asks him if he had seen a boy our age.
I saw a back door in the shop and snuck into it while Erick was keeping the owner occupied.
I entered a dark room and turned on the light. I t was a large room and there were many large shelves. I slowly explored my surroundings and then I saw a light in the corner of the room, I headed towards it.
I saw a boy wielding at a workstation.
'Hi!' I said to the boy, he turned around and looked at me.
'Do you know a boy named Haru?' I asked him
Haru then came up from behind me and exclaimed: 'Michiru!'
'I turned towards Haru and asked him if he knew this boy, and he said he was the guy we were looking for.'
Haru ran up to the boy and hugged him.
'Looks like a job well done.' Erick suddenly says behind my shoulder, startling me.
Erick laughs.
I scowl at him. But then smile myself.
A job well done indeed.
…
'Come on guys! Just one more shot and then we win!'
Erick and I were playing basketball, only, we were on opposite teams and we were playing a match against each other.
We were currently tied. And there were 3 minutes left on the clock.
'5 . 4 . 3 . 2 . 1…..'
I threw the ball and… just missed the net as the timer stopped.
'It's a tie!' someone calls.
I collapse onto the floor completely exhausted.
Erick comes up to me and sits next to my heaving copse.
'Nice work there. I'm impressed you managed to hold your ground.'
I laugh, but it comes out like a wheeze.
'You're not so bad yourself'
He smiles and winks at me.
I laugh again.
It's official. I am falling in love with this infuriating, yet handsome midget. HELP!