Hello, welcome back to another chapter of Dreams of Life. I honestly didn't expect lots of read on this as it really is just a side hobby of mine. I still couldn't have this story updated regularly though, so I'm really sorry for this. I decided to focus on Rainbow Drops when I started it, so yeah..

Even so, I still would try to keep this updated. At the very least, you won't see this updated once a month. I can guarantee that this story will be updated at least once a week. No promises though, really. Oh, and reviews are very much appreciated. It honestly reminds me that I need to update, and will most likely did. It'll be straight into the email after all.

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Pairings : Undecided

Warnings : Teikō Middle School Days.

Disclaimer : I own only the OCs.


Chapter 2 - Eyes are Windows of The Soul


Few months ago, Kyoto

"You want to go to Tokyo?"

"Yes. I know it's selfish of me to leave you two here, but.."

"...Now, dear. Why would you think so..?"

"...Eh..?"

"Your grandma and I know your reason. We understand."

"..Yes. You can go, Yume. Just remember to be home every holidays.. You hear me, young lady?"

"..Yes..! I understand Oba-chan, Ojiichan..! Thank you very much..!"

"Of course. Remember we will always be here for you. Good luck there, Yume."

"Mm..!"


That was a few months ago. When she told her grandparents that she had applied for Teikō Junior High in Tokyo.

'...I wonder..how is Spring in Kyoto this year..?'

Yume gazed past the window, her arm supporting her head as she folded her other arm.

She's currently sitting in her classroom, on the very back seat, next to the window. It's not the most suitable seat for a studious geek, but it will do for Yume.

Class 1-B is pretty much deserted if not for Yume. It's still 20 minutes before class after all. Students won't flock in until 5 to 10 minutes before class.

Yume is enjoying the gentle spring breeze with cherry blossom's fragrance, the serene and peaceful ambience of an empty classroom.

If you're one of the early birds in your classroom, then you'd know the feels.

"Yuu-chan! You're early!"

Yume turned to the door and she smiles when she sees who's standing there.

"Sat-chan. Good morning." Yume smiled as Momoi walked to the seat next to her, setting her school bag, and settled in her seat.

"Good morning, Yuu-chan." Momoi returned the smile before she lit up.

"Oh, yeah! Yuu-chan! Are you really a Special Academic Excellence Scholarship Student?" Momoi peachpink orbs sparkled as she gushed excitedly.

I guess news does spreads.. Yume then nodded hesitantly, she doesn't wants to come off as prideful.

Momoi is awed, and her expressions show it. "Woah! Then, is it true that you have privileges, like to skip after school club activities or unlimited access to the school library?"

"..Mm.." Yume nodded meekly.

"That's amazing!" Momoi glomped Yume in her excitements and happiness.

Yume is taken aback. She never thought that someone she had just met a day ago could be this happy for her.

'..Sat-chan is so nice..'

Yume wrapped her arms around Momoi's waist, returning the gesture. "Thank you, Sat-chan."

Momoi smiles before letting go. "Your welcome, Yuu-chan."

"Oh, right! Yuu-chan, does the Special Academic Excellence Scholarship Student has some kind of rules? Like obligations or something?" Momoi asked, her eyes wide with curiosity.

Yume nodded in confirmation. "Yes. I have to maintain my grades above 90% and also to remain in the top 3 in the year."

Of course nothing comes easy.

"Right. But if it's Yuu-chan, I'm sure you could do it!" Momoi hold Yume's hands as she encouraged her, prompting a smile from Yume.

"Though.. Are you really not interested in after school club activities, Yuu-chan?" Momoi pouted as she huffed. "I would have loved it if you'd join the basketball club with me.."

Yume creased her brows as she smiled apologetically. "I'm sorry, Sat-chan. I don't even understand basketball." Yume paused. "..And I don't really like loud and crowded place.."

Momoi is disappointed. But she knows when to give up and to let go.

"Too bad.." Momoi sighed before she tilted her head with a smile. "That reminds me, do you know anyone here in Teikō? I only know my childhood friend."

Yume smiled sheepishly as she shook her head. "Me neither.."

"My primary school is in Kyoto, you see.." Yume confessed.

"I only know you, Sat-chan." Yume admitted shyly.

Momoi squealed as her cheeks flushed pink. "Don't worry! You're my bestfriend, Yuu-chan!" Momoi declared as she giggles, inviting Yume to join in the giggling.

'Sat-chan is really nice.. I wonder if she'd really be my friend this time..?' Yume can't help but wonder.

To be honest, it's not that Yume never had a friend before. It's just...how to say..? They don't really feel like a friend..

She doesn't know how to put it into words, but it just feel out of place somehow.

Not long after, students started to flock in. Their homeroom teacher, Yoshimura Takashi, who the students affectionately called Yoshi-sensei, then came in and took the roll call.

Classes started for every Teikō students and like one would expect from a Special Academic Excellence Scholarship Student, Yume diligently took notes of every lessons and write them out neatly. Complete with little marks on each section to show her understanding on the matters.

Yume knows her responsibilities as a Special Academic Excellence Scholarship Student, and she wouldn't shirk it. She was given the chance out of all the applicants there, and it's only right if she tried her best in the place who failed. Yume also needs this chance. She couldn't lose it.

Even when she's a normal Teikō student, Momoi still took notes as she listens intently. Momoi also took her studies seriously. You can say that her world revolves around her studies and basketball, though now Yume is added into the equation.

Truth to be told, Momoi doesn't really has a real close girlfriend before. Her childhood friend had her hands full and she just can't left him (along with the troubles that just seem to trail after him). Yume is her first girlfriend and Momoi really wanted to be bestfriends with her.

Of course, the girls keep their own thoughts to themselves. They didn't know they both feel the same.


After a few hours went by, finally the lunch bell rings to the relief of all students.

Especially, if you are one of those students who declared that the best time of school is lunch time.

Some students just fled right away after the bell rings, while some others took their time to tidy up their desk before leaving the classroom.

Momoi and Yume are part of those who stayed behind to tidy their desk before going off for lunch.

"Ne, Yuu-chan. Wanna go to the canteen with me?" Momoi smiled as she invited Yume, standing next to Yume's table.

Momoi then recalled that Yume said she dislikes loud and crowded place this morning.

"Oops. I forgot." Momoi laughed shakily.

"Do you want me to buy you a bread so we can eat somewhere else?" Momoi offered kindly.

Teikō Junior High is an elite school providing only the best for their students who have met the strict criteria just to apply. Few managed to shave by because their talents lies somewhere else that Teikō also values.

Befitting their brilliant reputation, Teikō established a school canteen offering the necessary nutritions for all students, with a wide range of food choices. Even cakes and sweets.

To maintain their spotless clean school buildings, Teikō had prohibited students to consume any kind of food in the corridors and the classrooms. Drinks are exceptions. Canteen is the suggested place, but other than the mentioned two, anywhere else on the school ground is allowed.

"There's no need for that, Sat-chan." Yume politely rejected Momoi's offer as she rummaged through her school bag, before pulling out a medium-sized lightbrown pouch.

"I brought my bento." Yume smiled. "You can go have your lunch in the canteen, Sat-chan. I'll just eat somewhere."

Momoi doesn't want to leave her new bestfriend to eat by herself. But she had normally ate with her childhood friend in the canteen. Momoi felt like pulling her hair out. Her childhood friend always seems to stand in her way and her other friends.

It's not hard to notice Momoi's perplexed expression, and Yume knows she had to say something to ease Momoi's dilemma.

"I'll be fine, Sat-chan." Yume smiled reassuringly. "We can have lunch together next time."

Momoi lit up at Yume's suggestion as she nods eagerly. "That's a promise, okay?" Momoi leaned closer to Yume, who smiles.

"Yipee!" Momoi cheered joyfully. "I'll make a bento tomorrow and we can have lunch together!"

Yume nodded as she smiled at Momoi's enthusiasm. Yume honestly thinks that girls like Momoi is cute. Bright, cheerful and bubbly, aren't girls like that just lovable?

"I'll see you after lunch then, Yuu-chan~!" Momoi waved as she walked to the door.

Yume smiles just watching Momoi's cheery personality. It somehow affects her and lifts her mood.

Just a few steps past the door and a voice along with a thud sound could be heard just outside the classroom.

"Oomph!"

Yume blinked. 'That's Sat-chan's voice.. Did she bump into someone again..?'

"Satsuki! I told you to see in front, you baka (idiot)."

"What's that, Dai-chan..!"

Yume inwardly felt relieved as she heard the two's conversations. From their chatters, Yume could tell that the two know each other, which means the one Momoi bumped into is undoubtedly her childhood friend.

Yume waited for a few moments after the pair left, before she got up from her seat and left the classroom, heading to her hidden sanctuary she found the day of the entrance ceremony.


The walk to her sanctuary is pretty quiet. The students are mostly having their lunches, so the school ground she walked past is quite desolated.

"Oomph!"

"Ah! I'm sorry!"

Yume fell on her butt just a few meters away from her destination. This time, instead of being bumped, she bumped into someone.

The one she bumped into help lift Yume back on her feet. Yume didn't look up, but from his hand, Yume could tell it's a boy. All the more reason not to look up.

"The fault's mine. I'm sorry and thank you." Yume spoke as she dusted herself off. She bowed politely before walking away.

The boy she bumped into looks confused as he watched her leave. Would people normally left just like that? Oh well. The boy then turned, about to walk away when he notices something lying on the ground.


"Mm.." Yume hummed as she inhaled a breath of fresh air.

Yume then plopped down as she leaned against the cherry blossom's bark, enjoying herself.

'..Should I bring Sat-chan here tomorrow..?'

Yume remembered her promise with Momoi earlier. There's not many place where they could have lunch without no one else's company, and Yume only knows this one.

Yume sighed, putting her thoughts to the side as she unravelled her pouch and pulled out a yellow-green lunch box.

"Eh?" Yume rummaged her pouch for more.

"It's not here.."

Yume realised a small pouch where she keeps her chopsticks is not in her larger pouch. She dropped it somewhere.

Yuki grimaced at her misfortune. She's sure she had packed it, and she'd always double-checked it. It must dropped when she bumped into the boy earlier.

'..I could only look for it..' Yume set aside her lunch box as she stood up.

She needs to go back to the place where the crash happened.

*Rustle* *Rustle*

Yume quickly turns to the sounds, only to see a boy in his uniform, holding her missing pouch in his hand.

"Eh.. I'm sorry to disturb you.." He apologised weakly.

"But you dropped this when you bumped into me." He lifted the yellow-green pouch with a panda embroidery stitched on the bottom end.

Yume walked over and the man handed it back to her hands. "Thank you." Yume bowed curtly.

She's thankful he's kind enough to return her dropped belongings, but she's more worried that someone discovered her sanctuary.

It's only the first day of school, too! (Officially. The day before is just entrance ceremony.)

"It's a nice place here." The boy commented as he took in the surroundings.

Yume jerked.

'Eh?' The boy noticed Yume's sudden movements. '..Is this her secret place or something?'

The boy awkwardly scratched the back of his head. "I won't tell anyone about this place..." He paused.

"It's all yours."

Yume finally looked up from the ground then, her soft limegreen orbs meeting the bright golden-yellow orbs for the first time since they met.

"I really appreciate that." Yume bowed as she thanked the boy for his statement.

The boy smiles as he waved it off. "It's okay." He then take a step to turn. "I'll be off then."

Yume watched the boy leave, and by now she could see his golden-yellow locks, shimmering and glowing under the sun.

After she made sure the boy is no longer in the vicinity, Yume settle her back against the tree.

Yume sighed as she finally ate her lunch that had went through so many ordeals just to get it eaten.

'..Maybe I shouldn't bring Sat-chan here after all...'

Yume frowned as she decided that she want this place all to herself just for a little longer. The lunch date with Momoi can be done somewhere else.


"Hello." Yume greeted the student-on-duty with a smile as she handed her Student ID Card.

The girl-on-duty then smiled as she scanned Yume's Student ID Card before giving it back to her.

Yume pocketed her Student ID Card before she walked away to the bookshelf with 'School' written on the sides, indicating their sections.

She's currently browsing in the school library. She finished her lunch early and it's still 30 minutes away to class, so Yume decided to frequent the library after she tucked away her bento box in class.

Yume picked up a few books related to the classes she studied earlier in class and checked them out.

She then carried them to a seat in the corner with a small table attached to it. Yume set the books on the table as she started reading her books one by one. She failed to notice that a seat in front of her is occupied by another student, a fellow book-lover.

The clock ticked by and Yume is on her last book, a few pages left to the other's end. She's too engrossed in her book that when the school bell rings (signalling there's 5 minutes left to class), she quickly stood up and stumbled into the student that was sitting in front of her.

"I'm sorry..!" Yume whispered her apology as both students scurried to gather the books they dropped.

"It's fine. I'm also to blame." The student replied as they both stood up, cradling their books close to their chests.

Only then, does Yume realises that the student she bumped (2nd time of the day) into had the exact same babyblue locks from the entrance ceremony.

"No, it's entirely my fault. I bumped into you." Yume bowed politely, tightening her hold on her books so it wouldn't fall.

"I am hard to notice in the first place." He explained his side of reason but then quickly said another. "We should hurry up."

Yume nodded at that as they both exited the library with their books in tow, they had them checked out so at least an overnight stay would be allowed. Yume can had it for weeks though, a Special Academic Excellence Scholarship Student's privilege.

The two ended up walking together, side-by-side. The silence is not suffocating even though they're practically strangers to each other.

Yume then recalled the boy saying something about his lack of presence and his implication on why it was his fault.

'It's not true though.. It really is my fault.. He was already standing when I haven't..'

Yume hesitated to tell the boy her thoughts on the matter, she never exactly conversed with boys. They just had different interests, so they just don't match.

'He seems mild, though...and it is my fault...'

Yume made up her mind. She took a breath before finally voicing her thoughts.

"Uh.. Before, at the library.." Yume began as the boy quietly turned to her.

"It really is my fault for being in a rush and that's why I didn't notice you standing there.." Yume twiddled with her fingers nervously.

Yume's gaze is on anywhere but the boy as she continued. "It's not that you're hard to notice or something... I was just too engrossed in my reading.."

The boy blinked, showing a hint of surprise. He doesn't seems to expect that being the reasons of her apology. People would normally just accepted and agreed when he said he's hard to notice.

"I really am usually unnoticed." He spoke with a flat tone. "Even my homeroom teacher forgot me on the first day of school."

Yume couldn't help but be bewildered at his confession as she finally looked to the boy, who had his gaze to the front. She did note that the boy doesn't really stand out, but he's not exactly forgettable? After all...

"..You've got such a beautiful babyblue locks..."

The boy's babyblue orbs then widen as he turned to his side, meeting Yume's own widened orbs, who was actually even more surprised. It seems she didn't plan to blurt it out.

"I-I'm sorry..!" Yume squeaked her apology as she bowed curtly before running off to her class, which is a few classes away.

Yume is mortified as she quickened her paces away from the boy. She can't believe she said that to a total stranger.

Thinking it is fine, but saying it is just stupid. Yume sincerely hopes she wouldn't have to see the boy again. She'd be too embarrassed had it had to happen.

The boy who was left stricken on the spot blinked his bewilderments away. As he recalled the surprised look the girl had when their gazes met, he also couldn't help but notice.

"...You, too...had a pair of gentle green orbs..."


Author's note :

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