Love Hina

Life as a Student

By: Belldandy'sKeiichi

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Keitaro Urashima made a promise to a little girl a long time ago at the Hinata House. The promise was that they will go to Tokyo U together. Keitaro studied, aimed, and took the exam for Tokyo U three times and failed all of them. While studying, he meets up with Naru, his study partner also aiming for Tokyo U, and Mutsumi, who has a memory about the promise that Keitaro made. Now, Keitaro and the gang finally got into Tokyo U. Thinking that his luck has finally change, disaster struck and he broke his leg, making him miss the whole school year. With no class credits, he couldn't move on with Naru and Mutsumi. In the finally attempt to reach happiness, Keitaro takes the placement exam for incoming sophomores and actually passes.

The first day class has started and Keitaro wanted to make a good first impression. In fact, his first impression was so good that everyone thought (mostly the girls) that he was a smart, handsome, incoming student that was applying. Unfortunately this bothered Naru, thinking that Keitaro's just messing around with them.

A couple of days have passed and in the whole sophomore class, Naru and Keitaro are the top students. They started to compete with each other, trying to get a better grade while trying to hide that they actually study and live together. This all comes crashing down when Ari, Naru's best friend, goes over to the Hinata House to study with Keitaro.

Now we'll continue on where we left off and the story continues...

Chapter 3: A secret among friends

Ari just sat there...looking at Keitaro, then back at Naru, then again back at Keitaro, trying to figure out if what she is seeing is true.

"Ari..." Keitaro said.

"Um...I..." Ari started but it seems that she couldn't get the words out of her mouth.

"Ari...let me explain...um, this isn't what it really looks like." Naru said to her.

"But you are....and he is right there...and you're..." Ari said, fumbling with the words.

Keitaro got up and started to walk towards Ari. [O no...She's in complete shock...there is no way this situation could get any worst...] Keitaro thought to himself. But it did.

"HIYO KEITARO!" Su screamed, kicking him in the face. Keitaro flew in the air and landed on Naru.

"O w ow ow! Su...we have company over..." Naru started, but realizing that Keitaro's hand was on one of her breast.

"Ow...huh? Ack! I-I didn't mean..." He started but was punched threw the wall.

"You jerk! Take that you pervert!" She screamed. Naru suddenly came back to reality and saw the look on Ari's face. Suddenly, Ari fainted.

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"Alright...looks like we have a lot of explaining to do..." Naru said to Ari, who regained conciseness. Naru and Keitaro were sitting on one side of the dinner table and Ari was sitting on the other side. Ari sat there silently.

"Alright...the truth is that...we live together. Me and Keitaro helped each other at night studying for exams and projects." Naru started.

"But we aren't together!" Keitaro added. "Me and her are friends. She was there for me and I've been there for her...although sometimes we might not have been cooperating with each other."

Ari just sat there silently, absorbing everything.

"I am the landlord of this girl's dormitory, along with my aunt. The truth about me is that I'm not the brightest person in the world. I'm clumsy, unlucky, and I tend to do get into a lot of trouble." Keitaro told her.

"I'm one of the boarders in this dorm." Naru started. "Although I'm nice and perfect at school...I'm, well..."

"You're stubborn, inconsiderate, you don't listen to the other side of someone's stories, you're hot-headed, you're very violent...." Keitaro said, continuing the sentence.

"Do you mind! I'm speaking here! ...But he's right, all those things...they are true. I'm sorry Ari if we gave you the wrong impressions..."

They were looking at her, waiting for her to get up and leave, but instead...she laughed.

"Wow, who would have thought you guys were like that...And have interesting lives. Hey, I don't really care if you were trying to put up a front...but the lease you could have told me is that you two sleep together under the same roof."

"We're not a couple!" They both yelled.

"Oh? So will all the things you were hiding, that one is true?" Ari asked.

"Yup, there is nothing between us. We're perfect strangers!" Naru proclaimed.

"Naru! How can you be so cruel! We talk to each other, help each other, how can you say there is nothing between us!" Keitaro asked.

"Because it's true!" Naru told him.

Keitaro and Naru went off to an argument while Ari sat back, laughing.

"Well...tomorrow's a Sunday...how about we all go out together! It'll be fun and I'll get to learn more about you guys!" Ari suggested.

"Um...sure"

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"Hey you guys!" Ari called, waving at Keitaro and Naru.

"Hi Ari...so where are we going?" Keitaro asked.

"Nowhere in particular...just a walk around the park or so..." Ari told them.

"Sure thing, let's go." Naru said, starting to walk.

So they headed to the park. It was a breezy day with clouds all over the sky. Autumn was sure coming. Some of the trees were still green but most of them have orange, yellow, and brown leaves with some have no leaves at all.

"So tell me about you're adventures you guys." Ari said to them.

"Well...nothing really to tell..." Naru said. "We went to Okinawa, we went on some un-charted isle, and mostly we went to a beach...nothing special..."

"Well, unless you call being stranded on that isle, being shipwrecked on Okinawa and being abandoned on a small isle near the beach an adventure...then yeah." Keitaro told her.

"So how long have you known each other?" Ari asked.

"About 2 years now... almost 3 years..." Keitaro told her.

"How did you meet?"

"Well...it's something that I don't want to re-live let me tell you that..." Keitaro said.

"What the hell do you mean! You do it everyday! You claim that you slipped and accidentally fall into the hot spring or some kind of lame excuse like that." Naru yelled at him.

"But it is an accident!" Keitaro yelled back.

"What happened?" Ari asked.

"Grr...stupid Keitaro was 'lost' so he takes a bath in the girl's hot spring..."

"Hey! I didn't know by then!"

"But you know now and you still do it!"

"Um...I think I should move on..." Ari said to herself as Keitaro and Naru were yelling at each other. "But you know what they say, the more two people yell at each other, the more they love each other..."

Keitaro and Naru looked at her and blushed.

"Y-Yeah right!" Naru said, pushing Keitaro into a tree. "Don't make jokes like that!"

"Heh, sorry, couldn't help it...say Naru, can I ask you something...um, alone?" Ari asked her.

"Sure..." She said, walking away from Keitaro.

They were a good distance away from Keitaro now. Away that it was impossible for him to hear.

"So Naru...tell me, do you like Keitaro?" Ari asked.

"Er...Um...no! Of course not! Why would I like some perverted troll?" She shot back at her.

"Well, you know, you tend to make a place for people that spend a lot of time with you. Judging by the time that you and Keitaro spend, I'd say that you two are feeling some type of love for each other." Ari lectured

"...when did you become an expert about love...anyways, I don't love that freak at all..."

"Ok...whatever you say, but you know, if you keep denying you might just see Keitaro taken away from you." Ari said, looking out at the sky.

"Well...I really don't want that to happen...now that you mentioned it...I guess...I..." Naru started.

As soon as Naru finished her sentence, Ari's eyes were open wide, but then returned back to normal. Then, after hearing what Naru said, Ari smiled back at her.

End of Chapter 3

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The ice has been broken between Ari, Keitaro, and Naru now that she's one with the group. But there has been an awkward atmosphere whenever Ari sees Keitaro. Until new time...