A/N: Minasan Konichiwa! I'm back (finally)!
"K...Kazuhiko?"
"Narumi." Ochiai crossed his arms.
"W...wha--"
"When are you planning on asking Koshiba-san out?"
Narumi opened his mouth to talk but nothing seemed to come out.
Narumi paused for a while. Silence.
"Narumi!"
"..." Narumi didn't know what to say, except... "I..I..."
"?...Narumi, you are rather confusing me..."
"Kazuhiko."
"Wha--"
"Shut up."
"...W-w-wha!? Narumi!"
"--WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY IS--..." Narumi cut him off. He had thought about his answer good and well. In other words, he pondered about it for a while. "...I...don't think I wanna ask out Mussy Head just yet..."
"...What??" Ochiai asked, agressively.
"I mean...I want to see how she feels about me --or you or anyone else for that matter-- first. Plus, it looks like things are complicated enough, and I don't want to make it worse." Narumi took a deep breath as he lay his head down in embarrassment, thinking of the foolish thing he had just said. He clutched his fist next to his chest.
"Narumi...you're a man with bold words." Ochiai chuckled.
"H...Huh?" Narumi looked up.
"May the best man win." Ochiai smiled and walked away. Narumi just empty-mindedly stared into space, scratching his stupid little head xD.
(30 minutes later, About 3:00 pm)
"Okay, Ryokufuu! Remember when I said we have many surprises today? Well, how's about your final, and perhaps the best surprise OF. THE. WEEK!?" Prez. Umi Kajiwara threw his hands up into the air. The students have done it. They finally went mad. Suddenly, Naka came upon the stage. "N-N-Naka!?"
"I..." Kaburagi Naka blushed. "I-I like...I l-l-like...like y...like you, U-Um..." Her words were cut off. Without a hesitation, he grabbed her face cheeks and kissed her passionately (A/N: The word 'passionately' was so embarrassing to type! I hate girly-girls!). Students cooed and cheered.
'Awww!'
'It's about time!'
'Naka, you're too cute!'
'Kajiwara is, like, sooo hot!'
And then those two ran off somewhere. So instead, angrily, V.P. Oshimura took the mic.
"Okay, alright! Settle the hell down! Looks like they (stupidly) ran off somewhere! Anyway, I guess I will do the honors of announcing your final surprise of the week! Drum roll, please!" The drumline went off the whole, entire P.A. system. "Your reward, Ryokufuu Academy...is..." Dut-dut-dut-dut-dut... "...your next period is a surprise festival! Candy apples, cinnamon sticks, takoyaki stand, games, paper birds, origami booth, and...GUEST STARS, SOREAL CRU!" Everyone at school went crazy and wild-like. Once they got out of the ceremony room (auditorium), they rushed forth at the bleachers.
Narumi was waiting until everyone got out. Finally, he tried to make his way toward the takoyaki stand. Until, he saw a group of girls and boys crowding around something. Something that didn't look like a booth, nor Soreal Cru or Kaba Modern. It looked...rather a lot like... (Narumi shoved his way to the front) ...that girl!?
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(The next monday)
(White team has no homework. Or was it red team? Am I getting old!?)
"Surprise, surprise! Ryokufuu! Last surprise of the semester! You know you're whole Field Week?" Oshimura announced. "It was all filmed and will be shown on T.V. LIVE in a reality show, premiering next Thursday!!" People were so confused and somewhat excited at once.
'OMG! I'M SO SCARED!'
'Are we being punked? WHERE'S ASHTON!?'
'Is this some kind of joke!?'
'I hope not! I love my face on camera!'
"And blah blah blah blah blah. That is all." The P.A. System turned off. (A/N: Gah, I'm too lazy. Like how sometimes I only read iCarly Seddie one-shots because I'm such a lazygirl to read the looooong chaptered ones -.-")
"Whoa. Now that's a surprise!!" Kei muched on a cinnamon stick with a candy apple sticking out on the top.
"Ew. Kei, that's gross!! Stop it!!" Narumi screamed as Kei jokingly put the apple to Narumi's right face cheek.
"Okay, class. Settle down." Matsumoto-sensei hushed. "Listen up, we will be having a new student joining our class. She's come here all the way from Korea." A familiar face walked into class 3-C. Narumi widened his eyes. He didn't notice that Ochiai was just as surprised as he was. 'It's that girl.' The beautiful girl with the long black hair, kanji painted upon her face, and her sweet milk-and-honey textured skin looked ever so innocent against her jeweled ruby red lips that hadn't even curved into a smile. "Please welcome our newest student...CHA Di-Eum."
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"YOU'RE GOING OUT!?" Billy asked rather loudly.
"W-w-w-well...u-u-uhm..." Kanako stuttered and her face went all red.
"Yeah, we are." Taro-tard said, smiling.
"..." Kiri slurped her juice box.
"...This...is kinda awkward..." Iori bashed.
Hooray & cheers to KanaTaro!!
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"CHA Di-Eum-san, please take that seat next to Narumi-kun, in front of Ochiai-kun." Matsumoto-sensei smiled. Di-Eum fake smiled.
"Yes, thank you." She glided through the aisles and sat in her assigned seating arrangement.
"...Diem!?" Ochiai shouted, looking at her confused, and straight in the eye. Di-Eum replied.
"...Yes, Kazu-kun."
(Half-hour break, after lunch, S.P. Room)
"Hello." Ochiai greeted everyone as he walked into the clubroom.
"Hello, Ouschin!!" Iori waved.
"HI-HI, OCCHI!" Kei yelled.
Suddenly, everyone's eyes were headed at the door, in which someone unrecognizable walked through.
"U-u-u-uhmmm..." was all that Iori could manage to say. Kiri looked at her curiously. Taro-tard was gawking at her, and Kanako turned red and full of jealousy. But Billy...idk!?
"Guys...this is...CHA Di-Eum." Ochiai confessed. "Diem, this is the S.P., our club."
"Hi." Di-Eum said. Still no smile.
"H-hey!" Narumi finally got a word in. "NO ONE BESIDES AN S.P. MEMBER IS ALLOWED IN HERE!!"
"Cool it, Narumi. She's new here. And she hasn't been in Japan for a long time. Besides..." Everyone looked at Ochiai. "...we know each other..." His face turned red, then all of sudden he turned away and walked towards the door. "I'll be back," Leaving Di-Eum standing at the doorway.
"..."
Awkward.
"(Gasp!) Oh, unbelievable! Me finally remembers you from middle school! Oh, Diemmy-chan!!" Iori bursted out. He went over and huggled her to death.
"Mrf!" It was a little difficult for Di-Eum to breathe. 'Hm...the weird one.'
Then Kei went over and high-fived her.
"Nice meeting you, Cha-chan! I'm Minami Kei!" Kei went over and huggled her less intentively then Iori. 'Hm...the cute one.'
"Why hello, Cha-san! I'm Komatsu! Nice to meet you! And by the way, the way you fixed up your uniform is awesome!" Taro-tard shook her hand. 'Hm...the loud one.'
"Thank you." She bowed.
"W-welcome, Ch-Cha-san! You may c-call me Aoyama-san o-or Kanako-san." Kanako shook Di-Eum's other hand nervously. Then, Kiri got off her seat and walked over to her. 'Hm...the shy one.'
"Yes." Kiri took her hand and shook it. "Welcome, Cha-san. I'm Koshiba." Di-Eum wasn't stupid. Like Ochiai, she was very knowledgable.
'Gasp! This person...' Di-Eum looked right into Kiri's eyes. Kiri didn't smile, but Di-Eum knew she was a good girl. '...is the girl Kazu-kun likes.' Di-Eum smiled. 'Man! She's so cute! Dammit!'
"Please...you may all just call me Di-Eum, or 'Diem' for short." Kiri walked back to her seat. Ochiai walked back into the room.
"Diem! Come here for a sec! I wanna talk to you!" Ochiai pulled the nonchalant girl out of the S.P. club room.
...
"Hey wait!" Taro-tard said. "Billy didn't get to introduce himself!" A quick Billy raced out of the room and back to his homeroom class, leaving a room full of confused people.
(Outside the hall)
"Diem..." Ochiai looked at her in the eye. "...why are you here?"
"I moved back." She said, as monotonely as Kiri.
"Why!?" He rushed.
"What the hell is your problem, Kazu-kun?" Di-Eum looked at Ochiai with her big, angry dark eyes. Ochiai's mad expression changed, and turned into a worried, sad look.
"I...Diem..." His arms trapped both sides of her head against the wall. This surprised Di-Eum. He looked down at the ground. "I'm...sorry Diem. About...what happened before..."
"Huh? What are you talking about!? Dummy!" She tried to escape his clutch, but Ochiai stopped her.
"You know...back when in elementary. When we were...friends..." He said, gloomily. Di-Eum had the same look upon her face.
"F...Friends?"
--IMPORTANT PART OF STORY--
(-flashback-)
CENTRAL TAGATOME PUBLIC ELEMENTARY: Grade 4, First Semester, Age 9
Di-Eum pulled Ochiai into a warm hug.
"H-hey!" He gently pushed her off and looked at her in the eye. "What are you doing, Diem?"
"I-I..." Diem stared deeply into Ochiai's glasses shine. Through it, she saw his pretty, almond-shaped, black eyes. "I love you, Kazu-kun..." A blushed creeped upon her cheeks. Ochiai's went bulging. "I...want to be a fashion designer...so when Kazu-kun does make-up on models..." She stepped closer to him. "...I can be with Kazu-kun..."
Ochiai's face was getting hot. He took a step back.
"D-D-Diem! B-but...we've been best friends forever!..."
"Yes...best..." She stepped closer forward, only for Ochiai to take another step back.
"N...No, Diem!" He lightly tapped her shoulder, thus pushing her backward. Di-Eum gasped.
"K...Kazu-kun..."
"No, Diem." He hid of what was the worst feeling ever. "We're just friends." What Ochiai was about to say would hurt Di-Eum a lot, but not as much as it would hurt himself. "We can only be friends." Di-Eum stepped back. A sad expression appeared upon her face. She turned around.
"Goodbye, Kazu-kun." Di-Eum slowly walked away into her family's Lamborghini, leaving little Ochiai with guilt he wouldn't even expect coming.
(-end flashback-)
"Yes, best friends! And...I'm..." Ochiai's voice was very faintly. "...sorry...I didn't tell, you before..." A light went off in Di-Eum's head.
"So..." Di-Eum understood. "...Kazu-kun also liked me." Ochiai looked up at her face, his own completely red.
"Yes! But...I..." That guilty ring of his voice was back, as it was 9 years ago.
"You like Koshiba-san now, don't you?" Di-Eum guessed. No, actually, she knew.
"How did you..."
"I'm not stupid, Ochiai Kazuhiko." Ochiai finally put his arms down. He softly smiled.
"Can...Diem, can we start over?"
"The beginning's already begun, Kazu-kun." She smiled. This confused Ochiai. "It's been renewed since I moved back to South Korea."
"So...that's why I never saw you again?" Di-Eum nodded.
"Mm-hmm! You see, I wanted to tell you how I felt about you before I moved. Once I got to Seoul, I saw Chiharu-san on vacation, and she told me you had transferred to Ryokufuu Academy. So, that's why you didn't want to get any more close to me than you already were." Ochiai's pride had sunken to the bottom low.
"Diem. Are you still upset?"
"Of course not, Kazu-kun." Di-Eum began walking on. "We're just friends." She looked back at him, smiling. He looked shocked, surprised, puzzled, confound, distraught. Okay, maybe not distraught, but anything an 18-year-old boy could feel about a girl.
Meanwhile...
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A/N: Okay, so I don't really like OC's but I had to get the story rolling. Because Narumi doesn't really deserve anyone but Kiri. But so far, you may not, but I really love Di-Eum. Just to let you know, she's not the type of girl to wreck relationships. So she won't disturb anyone (hopefully). Think of, like, another Kiri (oh, god). Nah, just...don't hate on her. That's all.
5 reviews please! Arigato Gozaimasu. Aza aza fighting!