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Author's note: Hi, me again. I /was/ going to wait until I got three reviews before writing a new chapter but that one review motivated me a lot more than I thought it would have. (Thank you _______) So here's the second chapter to Poem on Friendship.
PS. I might change the name and place of this fic so anyone have any ideas where I could place this fic besides general? And a new name? Put it in a review please. Thanks again.
Crystle
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Hatsuharu was waiting for her when she exited the school; he did this sometimes, and although it always seemed to surprise her, she was glad when he did come. It was always nice to know that someone was waiting for you.
"So, how was it?" He asked, as they began the walk towards home.
Kisa nodded slightly, it had been okay. Okay.
"That's good." Haru's gaze shifted from the tigress to the sky, and his eyes glazed over a little, they always did when he was thinking.
Kisa merely looked at the ground, today had been okay, but maybe she only thought that because she was so used to her life already. Maybe some other girl in her place would have said that today had been horrible. Maybe.
She remembered her poem, how she had written it so fast, hardly any work at all. She really should have labored harder at it, but it had just seemed right the way it was, it seemed like it didn't need to be changed. So, maybe it had been okay.
The other girls in her school didn't like her. She knew that, people never liked people who were different from themselves. They could be: Prettier, Smarter, Stupider, or of a different ethnic group, it didn't matter. As long as they were different, they were hated. And she was defiantly different.
She was the tiger.
It wasn't something she had chosen to be, it wasn't something she wanted to be, and it wasn't something she could change. But they didn't care about those things. No, they just cared that you weren't like them, so you were classified as weird.
Kisa Souma-Weird
Kisa knew that the other Jyuunishi liked her, they always told her that, and she was grateful that they did. Somehow, though, that wasn't enough. Kisa wanted someone to understand. About her, about how she felt, about everything. And she didn't want it to be a cursed Souma member. It had to be someone else.
She thought back to her poem.
***
You're...
My friend, My companion,
Through good times and bad,
My friend,
My buddy,
Through happy and sad,
Beside me you stand,
Beside me you walk,
You're there to listen,
You're there to talk,
With happiness, with smiles, With pain and tears, I know you'll be with me, Throughout the years.
***
It had started out as simply an assignment for class, but now.....but in those last few stanzas it had been a pathway for the pain in her heart. All of that had poured into those words, and this she didn't know. But that had made those words come alive.
"We're here."
The little tiger stopped her train of thoughts to look up; before them towered the stately buildings of the Souma compounds. All the Soumas lived here, well, except for Shigure-ojichan, and Yuki. They lived a little off in a small house in the woods, but she had never visited before so Kisa didn't know what it looked like.
"Do you want me to walk you to your house?"
She shook her head. She could do it.
"Okay. Tomorrow?"
Nod.
*******
Kisa placed her book bag on her chair and sat down. A note on the counter had read:
-Kisa
I went to the market to buy groceries. Be back in an hour or so, if you're hungry you can warm something, okay? Or just start dinner without me if you want.
-Mom-
2:26
So she knew that she would be alone for the next hour. That was okay with Kisa. Being alone didn't bother her much anymore, she was used to it at school.
Ding......Ding.....
The tigress sat up quickly, stopping from nodding off in her arms. Her mom? Home already? But she would have keys......
Stifling a small yawn, Kisa got up from her position on her bed and walked over to the door. It really couldn't be someone she didn't know, since she was related to everyone in this compound. She turned the door knob and a smiling face greeted her outside.
"Konichiwa, Kisa-chan!"
Momiji stood in her doorway, then he was inside. A look around and-
"Where's your mom?"
She showed him the note.
"Oh! I just came to see how you were! Can I come in?"
Kisa nodded and the boy smile brightened and he stepped into the room.
"Do you have a lot of homework today? I did, but I finished it all already. Oh, but since you just got home you probably haven't gotten started yet. Do you need any help?"
"You don't? Okay, then."
Momiji had successfully succeeded in dizzying the little girl, but not in a bad way. It was just as if Kisa were surrounded in a blurry of happiness and delight. And colors too, not just from the boy's hair but his clothes as well. It all seemed quite cheerful.
He stayed a while, then ,left, saying that he was going to visit some of the other members of the Souma, and she had let him out the door, filled with a kind of sense of bubbly-ness. Momiji always did that to her. And she liked it because it was a happy kind of feeling and she didn't feel that kind of thing very often. It was nice.
And she thought to herself:
::I....I....I...wish......that I could feel this......more often.....::
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Yay. I got the second chapter up. And I do know that Momji could /not/ have gotten out of school that much earlier than Kisa.....but you know. Story thing.
Anyway, please, please review? And remember the PS for the Author's note. (I know /I/ always forget those things by the end of a good story. Even if this isn't good, you still may have forgotten it) And once again, please review. Thank you so much for reading.
Crystle.
Author's note: Hi, me again. I /was/ going to wait until I got three reviews before writing a new chapter but that one review motivated me a lot more than I thought it would have. (Thank you _______) So here's the second chapter to Poem on Friendship.
PS. I might change the name and place of this fic so anyone have any ideas where I could place this fic besides general? And a new name? Put it in a review please. Thanks again.
Crystle
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Hatsuharu was waiting for her when she exited the school; he did this sometimes, and although it always seemed to surprise her, she was glad when he did come. It was always nice to know that someone was waiting for you.
"So, how was it?" He asked, as they began the walk towards home.
Kisa nodded slightly, it had been okay. Okay.
"That's good." Haru's gaze shifted from the tigress to the sky, and his eyes glazed over a little, they always did when he was thinking.
Kisa merely looked at the ground, today had been okay, but maybe she only thought that because she was so used to her life already. Maybe some other girl in her place would have said that today had been horrible. Maybe.
She remembered her poem, how she had written it so fast, hardly any work at all. She really should have labored harder at it, but it had just seemed right the way it was, it seemed like it didn't need to be changed. So, maybe it had been okay.
The other girls in her school didn't like her. She knew that, people never liked people who were different from themselves. They could be: Prettier, Smarter, Stupider, or of a different ethnic group, it didn't matter. As long as they were different, they were hated. And she was defiantly different.
She was the tiger.
It wasn't something she had chosen to be, it wasn't something she wanted to be, and it wasn't something she could change. But they didn't care about those things. No, they just cared that you weren't like them, so you were classified as weird.
Kisa Souma-Weird
Kisa knew that the other Jyuunishi liked her, they always told her that, and she was grateful that they did. Somehow, though, that wasn't enough. Kisa wanted someone to understand. About her, about how she felt, about everything. And she didn't want it to be a cursed Souma member. It had to be someone else.
She thought back to her poem.
***
You're...
My friend, My companion,
Through good times and bad,
My friend,
My buddy,
Through happy and sad,
Beside me you stand,
Beside me you walk,
You're there to listen,
You're there to talk,
With happiness, with smiles, With pain and tears, I know you'll be with me, Throughout the years.
***
It had started out as simply an assignment for class, but now.....but in those last few stanzas it had been a pathway for the pain in her heart. All of that had poured into those words, and this she didn't know. But that had made those words come alive.
"We're here."
The little tiger stopped her train of thoughts to look up; before them towered the stately buildings of the Souma compounds. All the Soumas lived here, well, except for Shigure-ojichan, and Yuki. They lived a little off in a small house in the woods, but she had never visited before so Kisa didn't know what it looked like.
"Do you want me to walk you to your house?"
She shook her head. She could do it.
"Okay. Tomorrow?"
Nod.
*******
Kisa placed her book bag on her chair and sat down. A note on the counter had read:
-Kisa
I went to the market to buy groceries. Be back in an hour or so, if you're hungry you can warm something, okay? Or just start dinner without me if you want.
-Mom-
2:26
So she knew that she would be alone for the next hour. That was okay with Kisa. Being alone didn't bother her much anymore, she was used to it at school.
Ding......Ding.....
The tigress sat up quickly, stopping from nodding off in her arms. Her mom? Home already? But she would have keys......
Stifling a small yawn, Kisa got up from her position on her bed and walked over to the door. It really couldn't be someone she didn't know, since she was related to everyone in this compound. She turned the door knob and a smiling face greeted her outside.
"Konichiwa, Kisa-chan!"
Momiji stood in her doorway, then he was inside. A look around and-
"Where's your mom?"
She showed him the note.
"Oh! I just came to see how you were! Can I come in?"
Kisa nodded and the boy smile brightened and he stepped into the room.
"Do you have a lot of homework today? I did, but I finished it all already. Oh, but since you just got home you probably haven't gotten started yet. Do you need any help?"
"You don't? Okay, then."
Momiji had successfully succeeded in dizzying the little girl, but not in a bad way. It was just as if Kisa were surrounded in a blurry of happiness and delight. And colors too, not just from the boy's hair but his clothes as well. It all seemed quite cheerful.
He stayed a while, then ,left, saying that he was going to visit some of the other members of the Souma, and she had let him out the door, filled with a kind of sense of bubbly-ness. Momiji always did that to her. And she liked it because it was a happy kind of feeling and she didn't feel that kind of thing very often. It was nice.
And she thought to herself:
::I....I....I...wish......that I could feel this......more often.....::
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Yay. I got the second chapter up. And I do know that Momji could /not/ have gotten out of school that much earlier than Kisa.....but you know. Story thing.
Anyway, please, please review? And remember the PS for the Author's note. (I know /I/ always forget those things by the end of a good story. Even if this isn't good, you still may have forgotten it) And once again, please review. Thank you so much for reading.
Crystle.