Kodocha: Middle School bk. 4
Chapter Two Being Truthful
"Are you just not going to tell Sana??" Tsuyoshi wiped his glasses with the bottom of his shirt during his and Akito's study hall class.
"Shut up! Gosh! Tsuyoshi, stop bugging me about that!" Akito snapped as his best friend was getting on his nerves.
"Well, SO-RRY then!" Tsuyoshi forcefully opened his binder and began to start his work.
"Hmph," Akito muttered and started to write with a pencil on his homework.
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Fuka and Sana during gym class
"So, how was Takaishi-kun doing?" Sana asked, looking concerned.
"He looked better than when I saw him on Saturday," Fuka responded with a sad smile.
"Well, he's recovering, at least, right?" Sana asked while she jumped up on a huge balance beam.
"True," Fuka smiled as Sana did a perfect flip. "I think he'll be back by like next week though. We should triple date…me and Takaishi-kun, you and Naozumi-kun, and Tsuyoshi and Aya-chan!" Fuka brightened up at the idea.
"That sounds sweet! I heard a great little café in Harajuku opened up just last week, we can go there," Sana jumped off the balance beam and onto the plush red mat, which was under the beam.
"Good idea," Fuka agreed and the two girls high-fived each other.
"Hey! Fuka! Sana! Do you guys want to play volleyball with Hisae, Shima, Kyoko, and me?" Mami asked from the other half of the gym that was doing volleyball. "We can play three-on-three." Mami added, tossing the white volleyball with her hands.
"Sounds fun! How about it, Sana-chan?" Fuka turned to Sana.
"Awesome! Let's do it!" Sana smiled with a nod.
The two girls walked over to join Mami, Hisae, Shima, and Kyoko. Sana was picked to serve first. As she threw up the ball, her other hand slipped and her middle and index fingers were jammed into the ball quite harshly.
"OW!" Sana squealed out in pain. The ball fell to the floor with a loud thud as did Sana.
"SANA-CHAN! Are you okay?!" All the girls asked in unison, concern filling their tones. Sana squeezed her fingers.
"Come on, Sana, I'll take you to the clinic," Fuka offered, helping her best friend from the floor.
"Thanks," Sana didn't dare cry but, her cheeks turned pink. When Sana got to the nurse, the nurse put a gaze band-aid on her fingers.
"My stomach hurts a little; do you think I can rest for awhile?" Sana asked, not really wanting to go back to gym class.
"Sure," the nurse responded. "Just don't be too long. I don't want you skipping class." Sana nodded and pulled the thin, almost tangible white curtain to reveal a bed. She noticed the silhouette of another person sleeping in the bed next to her that was covered by the same type of white curtain.
'I better not wake…' Sana thought but, it was too late. She had woken the person that was next to her. Sana watched intently as a hand reached to pull at the curtain until it was fully pulled back.
"Akito!" Sana said, wide eyed and surprised.
"Sana!" Akito shot back like he was mimicking her.
"W-What are you doing here?" Sana played with the hem of the white sheets.
"I fell asleep during Sensei's lecture and he told me to come here," Akito explained and swung his legs so that they were dangling over the bed side.
"Sana, I need to tell you something," Akito added, which, at the time, sounded a little sudden and random. "I-I'm going out with that girl you met once…Airi Kimitsu."
"Airi-chan? From the Spring Festival, right?" Sana asked in what looked like a daze. 'Is she confused?' Akito thought to himself.
"Yeah, her," Akito answered, his eyes searching Sana's face for something even he was unsure of.
"You…You both make the perfect couple!" Sana smiled cheerfully.
"Ah," Akito didn't really know what else to say. Perfect couple, huh?
"I…I'm feeling better now," Sana got up and waved with the hand that she hurt her fingers on.
"Here's your medicine," the nurse handed her the bottle as she left.
"Thank you very much," Sana bowed before leaving the room.
"See you," Akito mumbled quietly so, Sana didn't even say anything after. After closing the door quietly, Sana turned to see Fuka standing in front of her.
"Hey girl! You were taking awhile so, I came to see what was up," Fuka said with a smile on her face. "What with the face? Something upsetting you?" Sana shuddered for a second.
"No, I'm okay. Um…Airi-san, that girl you knew before…," Sana stopped talking.
"Airi-chan? What about her?" Fuka gave Sana a confused look.
"She's Akito's girl friend," Sana flatly said. Fuka softened, 'Is Sana really over Akito yet?' She asked herself.
"I see. Are you upset?" Fuka gently asked.
"Huh?" Sana mumbled and shook off her saddened feelings. "No, of course not. Why would I be?"
"I don't know. You looked upset for a second," Fuka shrugged. "Well, the bell's about to ring. So, let's go change and we can walk to sixth period together."
"Sure, sounds good," Sana put on a 'fake' smile and the two took off down the hallway.
"You don't feel anything towards me…do you?" Akito asked himself as he exited the clinic. It had just so happened that he had heard the whole conversation between Fuka and Sana. 'You stupid, girl. How fucking manipulative of you,' Akito angrily thought but, sighed. 'It's so like you to do that.' He slipped his school blazer on and walked down the hallway.
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Sana's conflicting emotions
Naozumi and Sana held hands as they left school that afternoon. The spring breeze blew into Sana's long brown hair and rustled her bangs as well as Naozumi's blue-sliver ones.
"How was your day, Sana?" Naozumi smiled to his girl friend.
"It was good but, I hurt my fingers during gym class," Sana held up her hand with the gaze bandage wrapped around two fingers. After, she slipped that hand back into Naozumi's.
"Oh, ouch. Are you okay?" Naozumi sweetly asked.
"Yeah, I'm good now," Sana mentioned reassuringly. "So, are you still doing acting?" Sana curiously asked.
"Well, I did one commercial but, nothing else. I'm not too into it that much," he shrugged. "Is Fuka-san's boy friend, Takaishi, still out with the flu?"
"Yeah but, Fuka thinks he'll be okay for our triple-date on Saturday," Sana excitedly said.
"Triple date? What exactly do you mean?" Naozumi and Sana turned left after exiting the school gate.
"You're kidding?" Sana looked shocked. "I didn't tell you! Damn." Sana hissed under her breath.
"That's quite all right. You can tell me now," Naozumi said, sounding as nice as ever.
"Oh, well, on Saturday, Fuka and Takaishi, you and me, and Aya and Tsuyoshi are all going to this new café that opened up recently for a group date," Sana told him.
"Wow, all of us? That sounds like fun!" Naozumi smiled. "So, for our date now…let's go walk around the city in Shinjuku!"
"Oh, a cute new boutique opened up there, that sounds good," Sana mentioned and Naozumi nodded with a smile in agreement. The two had gotten tickets for the next train leaving to the city and boarded the train at 3:40pm.
"Ah-here we go!" Sana slumped into her seat, most likely wiped out from the boring school day.
"Yeah," Naozumi sat down next to her. And, Sana stared out the window for a bit, watching the trees run behind her as the train began to move after a jolt.
'Naozumi-kun, I sure do love him, don't I?' Sana conflicted her emotions in her mind. 'He's nice and sweet. Not cold hearted and rude like Akito-chan! Wait, what the hell? Why the heck am I comparing Naozumi-kun to Akito-kun? Jeez!' Sana whammed the palm of her hand against her forehead.
"Everything all right, Sana?" Naozumi asked, concerned.
"Huh?" Sana spaced out in confusion. "Um!" She focused back to reality. "Yes, I'm fine. Thanks and you?"
"I'm good too. You looked really sick for a second. So, I got worried," Naozumi gently told her.
"Oh, no, no! I'm fine, honestly," Sana put on a reassuring smile.
"Okay, I trust you," Naozumi said sweetly.
'And, now I'm worrying my boy friend! Jeez, how weird can I get??' Sana thought to herself once more.
I'm safely able to say, that Sana Kurata can get pretty weird.
A/N – finally done with the latest installment of Kodocha: Middle School. Sorry it took so long, I was having the worst writers block ever! I'll be gone from Thursday-Saturday. But, I'll try to update as soon as I can. Wait for me! Thanks! I love you all. R&R.