Utagaibukai
Peach Girl Fanfiction by Yohko.

Chapter Three: The Mind Never Sleeps

"Thank you for walking her home, Kairi." Momo's mom walked Kairi to the front door of their home. A beautiful woman looking very much like an older Momo. The only noticeable difference besides the signs of age were her blue eyes. Momo had brown eyes.
"Oh, that's okay Mrs. Adachi." Kairi smiled to her and grabbed his backpack off the floor.
"I can't imagine why she would be like this all of a sudden. I mean, I got calls from the school saying her had skipped and I couldn't understand it." Momo's mom spoke worriedly.
"Oh, I'm sure its nothing that bad, Mrs. Adachi." Kairi tried to assure her, when really he was feeling equally worried.
Never the less, she smiled to him and opened the door, "Thank you Kairi. Are you sure you don't want a ride home?"
Kairi smiled, "I'm sure, thanks," Kairi took off the slippers and put on his shoes at the door, "May I see Momo tomorrow after school?" he asked politely.
Momo's mother thought for a moment and then smiled back and nodded. Kairi bowed his head in thanks and made his way out the door. Momo's mother watched him walk down the street until he was out of view.
'Too quiet' Was the only thing Momo could get through her mind. She lay under the covers of her big, puffy and comfortable bed starring at the ceiling. Her mind was a bundle of thoughts all crammed in too quickly. A major headache now surfacing.
'Toji asked Chi to the dance.'
'Its like I wasn't even alive'
'his eyes were shinning'
'why was he being so nice to her?'
'Toji asked me, damn it!'
'If it wasn't for Kairi I'd be planning out what the wear to the dance right now'
'dances are stupid'
'and she said yes!'
'Toji doesn't care about me'
Momo sighed in frustration, "Shut Up!" she yelled aloud to quiet her mind. Reaching to the side table, Momo grabbed as Advil and a glass of water. She swallowed it and finished the water. Lying down again, she tried to make sense of why she had behaved the way she did. That wasn't the Momo that she knew and loved. 'It was shock' she finalized, 'I never could handle shock and stress very well.'
Her thoughts continued as her eyelids slowly became heavier and heavier. Until she eventually went to sleep.
Momo slept soundly as the world passed her by. A dreamless sleep. Her mind was so filled that she could not piece together an actual dream. Twice her mother had checked on her. Both times seeing Momo sleeping. Night came and Mrs. Adachi stopped visiting Momo in her room and went to bed herself. All the more worried for Momo.
One thing had focused in Momo's mind. The thing she was going to to think long and hard about. This was going to be the great debate:

'Why do I even like Toji?'