My very first Lain fanfic... and if you wonder why
the style of writing is very different with Konaka-
sama... then, my first defense is: I could never be
like him! Second, this fic is not seen from Lain's
POV. So, I think the style must be different too.
Disclaimer: serial experiments Lain and all related
things are properties of many, many people and sadly
I'm not one of them... :( The story itself is mine.

CLASS: I
by Silver Wind
lain@suiko.net
Ginga - http://suiko.net/lain/


She has changed. Truly, she has.
She used to be very quiet, even introverted. She still
is... but not as much as she used to be.

I really love to tease her. Not because I hate her or
anything. I like her. She's my friend!

I don't know... I just love to see her expressionless
face softens or tenses when I tease her. Then I feel
some kind of a satisfaction when I know I've succeeded
in getting a reaction from her.

I know, I'm naughty. Although she herself never
complains, but Arisu always scolds me and Juri if we
are getting too far.

One moment I love the most was when we managed to
dress and made her up. She looked very, very pretty!
Her petite form compliments her look a lot.

Her eyes maintain their distant and closed look,
however. Sometimes I wonder, what lies behind those
deep windows?

She often looks dazed too, even among a crowd and
with us, her friends, near her.

But now she has changed a bit. She smiles, though
not very often. She laughs and runs. And she even
teased me back when I asked her about her friends
on the Wired. Maybe finally Arisu, Juri and I can
rub our behaviors on to her a little? Or maybe it's
because of the Wired?

Oh, that's another thing. The Wired... she seems
quite obsessed with it. I often feel that she wants
to go home quickly and get connected. I may look
like a bitch on the outside, and I do act like one
too, sometimes. But that doesn't mean I don't notice
important things around me. I know she's very special.
And she's very powerful. I'm not a some kind of
psychic who can see aura and stuffs. But I feel a
strength from her. And not just an ordinary strength.
It feels warm... amazing and soothing, mysterious
too. Yes, she's very special indeed.

Many strange things happened in the city lately.
From the suicide of our schoolmate... to a strange
apparition in the sky. And the weirdest thing was...
that apparition looked like her! I wasn't the only
one who realized it. I heard Arisu gasping... and
beside Arisu, she fixed her eyes on it. I doubt Juri
realized it, though. That girl can be very dense
sometimes...

She and Arisu have a very close relationship. Arisu
seems to think of her as a little sister. And she's
closer to Arisu more than anyone else. I notice that
too. I'm not blind!

Mou... I really have to stop thinking of my friends
in class like this. Or the next thing I know, I'll
start to have a crush on one of them later...

Oh-oh, sensei is looking this way... man, I haven't
paid any attention to him...

Huh? Why is Arisu blushing anyway?


THE END


The fic is seen from Yamamoto Reika's POV, if you
haven't noticed that already.
I will try to write one from Lain if I can make it.