Chapter Two
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"And your homeroom teacher will be Ri-sensei…" an
old woman sitting behind a desk droned on.
Miaka covered her mouth and tried to stifle a yawn. She had woken up late and was forced to dash
to school.
'It's all
that stupid dream's fault I couldn't wake up,' Miaka thought. Miaka closed her eyes and remembered the
rows of delicious sweets that Miaka had 'ate' in her dream. Of course thinking of food sent Miaka off
into a daydream where hamburgers and ice cream cones lined up in rows and
started to do the can-can….
"And
of course will have another student show you around for a few days while you
get settled," a voice cut through Miaka's dream rudely awakening her.
"KKKKKKYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAA!!!!!!" Miaka shot up into the air. (At least she didn't hit the lady over the
head with a desk ^^) Coming back down
to her chair, Miaka took several deep, steadying breaths. The secretary just looked up once in mild
concern and then refocused on the computer where she was trying to find the
student in Miaka's class to show her around.
While she was waiting and trying to calm her heart, Miaka looked around
at the office. Adults took phone calls
and checked students in and out, while some students with a free period
volunteered to run passes and messages and organized papers. One girl with short blond hair seemed to be
doing mathematical equations while stuffing papers into envelopes.
"Ah,"
the secretary seemed to finally come to a conclusion, "Hongou-san please
come here." The girl with short
blond hair looked up and approached the desk.
"Ah yes," the secretary began once the girl had reached her
destination, "Hongou-san, you have the same homeroom as Yuuki-san. Would you be willing to escort Yuuki-san
around the school until she is better acquainted with it?"
"Hai,"
the girl agreed. Turning to Miaka she
introduced herself. "Ohayou
gozaimasu. My name is Hongou Yui. I'm glad to meet you." Miaka smiled, she liked Yui already and
hoped they would be good friends.
"Ohayou! Yuuki Miaka desu." Yui smiled and picked up Miaka's schedule.
"You'll
like Ri-sensei. I'll take you to
homeroom now, okay?"
"Hai,"
Miaka agreed with a smile, "You would know best!" Together the two girls set out down the hall
to class.
"Oh
Yuuki-san," the secretary called out.
The girls turned around with a questioning look. The secretary smiled, "Welcome to
Konan."