Book Four: Spring Festival
Chapter One: Goodbye Seniors!!!
It was a cool brisk afternoon the day the seniors finally departed Kawaii High. Yuki and the council were so busy preparing for the new school year, which was just two weeks after the seniors graduated. Matoko Minagawa walked the halls with her head bent down.
"Final day" she thought somberly, "It is the last day that I will gaze upon his angelic face. The last day I will ever see him smile. Oh how tragic. How cruel fate has been?"
She was so busy wondering all these things that she bumped into somebody. They both fell to the floor. The other person stood up and gazed down at her.
"I'm so sorry. Are you okay?"
Matoko raised her eyes and was surprised to see Tohru Honda staring right back at her.
"Can I help you up?" Tohru asked.
Matoko allowed her to take her hand and Tohru gently pulled her to her feet.
"Thank you" Matoko replied coolly, "Now if you'll excuse me."
She brushed past Tohru and began to walk down the hall.
"By the way! Congratulations!" Tohru called out.
Matoko stopped in her tracks. She turned around and looked at her stunned.
"What?" she said.
"I said congratulations. For graduating" Tohru replied with a smile, "You must be so excited?"
"Yes" Matoko nodded, "That is one of many feelings that I feel."
"I imagine, you're also a little scared."
"What?"
"A little scared to go out into the world. But I know you'll be okay."
"Why are you being so nice to me?" Matoko asked, "I've been nothing but cruel and unkind to you."
"Yes" Tohru nodded, "But I also know that you and I have something in common."
"What's that?"
"We both care about Yuki" Tohru answered.
"Yuki" Matoko replied slowly, "Tell me. How did you do it? How did you make him like you?"
"I didn't make him. Yuki just became my friend."
"Friend?"
"Mhm. We've always been friends. Were good friends in fact."
"You're friends?"
Tohru nodded with a smile.
"I see. Listen I don't want this to get around but would you do something for me, something that none of the fan club girls can do?"
"Sure. Anything."
"Will you look after him, when they can't?" she asked, "I know now I've been a fool. A jealous, mean, spiteful person" Matoko thought, "This girl. She touched Yuki in a place I know I can never reach. And I am happy, even if it isn't me who makes him smile, because the fact that he is able to smile at all is so precious to me."
"Matoko" Tohru replied.
"Hmm?" Matoko looked up.
"I'll look after him. As long as I can. For you and for anyone else who cares about him."
"Thank you Tohru Honda" Matoko smiled tears forming in her eyes, "I'm going to miss this place" she sighed, "But I will be at peace knowing there are so many people here who can watch over him when I can't."
"Huh?"
"Good luck to you as well" Matoko replied putting out her hand.
Tohru took her hand gently and they shook. Then Matoko turned around and headed for the room where the Prince Yuki Fan Club met. Hana and Uo spotted her as they walked over to Tohru.
"Hey Tohru" Uo asked, "You okay?"
"Yes. I just made a new friend" Tohru replied with a smile.
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When Matoko arrived in the room Minami, Miho, and Mai were there with party hats on. The rest of the club was there as well.
"President Matoko you have finally arrived" Minami replied.
"Yes I'm here. And I have something to say. The Prince Yuki Fan Club will go on without me here. It will stay strong and it will continue to protect him. As I depart I will leave you all with these final words. I am proud to be the founding member of this club and I will always remember the friends I made here. And so I step down as your president" Matoko replied taking off her pin, "And appoint as the new president of the Prince Yuki Fan Club Mai Goto."
Minami and Miho's mouths dropped open as Mai was pinned by Matoko.
"President are you sure?" Mai asked stunned.
"Yes you have earned it number two, of course I can't call you that any more. I must leave now" Matoko replied joining Rika Aida, another senior member at the door.
"Goodbye President Matoko!" all the girls cheered.
"Thank you" Matoko waved dramatically, "Thank you all!"
"So President Mai" Minami walked behind her, "Who gets to be your vice-president?"
"I don't know" Mai replied with a finger to her lips, "I haven't really thought about it yet."
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In the student council office a similar party was happening for President Takei. Yuki and Kakeru had put up some balloons and had chipped in to buy a cake.
"I don't know what to say" Makoto Takei replied, "It has been three wonderful years, and I know in Yuki's capable hands that the school will always have the Campus Defense Force."
Yuki rolled his eyes slightly while Kakeru grinned widely at the nickname.
"And so Yuki" Takei placed a hand on his shoulder, "Good luck. I would have loved to been under you as President. I would have served you to the end."
"Thank you. I think" Yuki replied.
"Farewell all!" Takei said with his hand in the air as he left the room.
"Farewell Mr. President!" Kimi called waving.
"Well Yun Yun" Kakeru replied leaning his arm on Yuki's shoulder, "Looks like we're in charge now."
"Looks like it" Yuki nodded solemnly.
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Authors Note: Hey everyone. I know I was supposed to be back next week. But I missed writing and I wanted to come back! Any way here's the first installment of Book Four.
Next Chapter: The Announcement
Momiji's got another big surprise!
Chapter One: Goodbye Seniors!!!
It was a cool brisk afternoon the day the seniors finally departed Kawaii High. Yuki and the council were so busy preparing for the new school year, which was just two weeks after the seniors graduated. Matoko Minagawa walked the halls with her head bent down.
"Final day" she thought somberly, "It is the last day that I will gaze upon his angelic face. The last day I will ever see him smile. Oh how tragic. How cruel fate has been?"
She was so busy wondering all these things that she bumped into somebody. They both fell to the floor. The other person stood up and gazed down at her.
"I'm so sorry. Are you okay?"
Matoko raised her eyes and was surprised to see Tohru Honda staring right back at her.
"Can I help you up?" Tohru asked.
Matoko allowed her to take her hand and Tohru gently pulled her to her feet.
"Thank you" Matoko replied coolly, "Now if you'll excuse me."
She brushed past Tohru and began to walk down the hall.
"By the way! Congratulations!" Tohru called out.
Matoko stopped in her tracks. She turned around and looked at her stunned.
"What?" she said.
"I said congratulations. For graduating" Tohru replied with a smile, "You must be so excited?"
"Yes" Matoko nodded, "That is one of many feelings that I feel."
"I imagine, you're also a little scared."
"What?"
"A little scared to go out into the world. But I know you'll be okay."
"Why are you being so nice to me?" Matoko asked, "I've been nothing but cruel and unkind to you."
"Yes" Tohru nodded, "But I also know that you and I have something in common."
"What's that?"
"We both care about Yuki" Tohru answered.
"Yuki" Matoko replied slowly, "Tell me. How did you do it? How did you make him like you?"
"I didn't make him. Yuki just became my friend."
"Friend?"
"Mhm. We've always been friends. Were good friends in fact."
"You're friends?"
Tohru nodded with a smile.
"I see. Listen I don't want this to get around but would you do something for me, something that none of the fan club girls can do?"
"Sure. Anything."
"Will you look after him, when they can't?" she asked, "I know now I've been a fool. A jealous, mean, spiteful person" Matoko thought, "This girl. She touched Yuki in a place I know I can never reach. And I am happy, even if it isn't me who makes him smile, because the fact that he is able to smile at all is so precious to me."
"Matoko" Tohru replied.
"Hmm?" Matoko looked up.
"I'll look after him. As long as I can. For you and for anyone else who cares about him."
"Thank you Tohru Honda" Matoko smiled tears forming in her eyes, "I'm going to miss this place" she sighed, "But I will be at peace knowing there are so many people here who can watch over him when I can't."
"Huh?"
"Good luck to you as well" Matoko replied putting out her hand.
Tohru took her hand gently and they shook. Then Matoko turned around and headed for the room where the Prince Yuki Fan Club met. Hana and Uo spotted her as they walked over to Tohru.
"Hey Tohru" Uo asked, "You okay?"
"Yes. I just made a new friend" Tohru replied with a smile.
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When Matoko arrived in the room Minami, Miho, and Mai were there with party hats on. The rest of the club was there as well.
"President Matoko you have finally arrived" Minami replied.
"Yes I'm here. And I have something to say. The Prince Yuki Fan Club will go on without me here. It will stay strong and it will continue to protect him. As I depart I will leave you all with these final words. I am proud to be the founding member of this club and I will always remember the friends I made here. And so I step down as your president" Matoko replied taking off her pin, "And appoint as the new president of the Prince Yuki Fan Club Mai Goto."
Minami and Miho's mouths dropped open as Mai was pinned by Matoko.
"President are you sure?" Mai asked stunned.
"Yes you have earned it number two, of course I can't call you that any more. I must leave now" Matoko replied joining Rika Aida, another senior member at the door.
"Goodbye President Matoko!" all the girls cheered.
"Thank you" Matoko waved dramatically, "Thank you all!"
"So President Mai" Minami walked behind her, "Who gets to be your vice-president?"
"I don't know" Mai replied with a finger to her lips, "I haven't really thought about it yet."
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In the student council office a similar party was happening for President Takei. Yuki and Kakeru had put up some balloons and had chipped in to buy a cake.
"I don't know what to say" Makoto Takei replied, "It has been three wonderful years, and I know in Yuki's capable hands that the school will always have the Campus Defense Force."
Yuki rolled his eyes slightly while Kakeru grinned widely at the nickname.
"And so Yuki" Takei placed a hand on his shoulder, "Good luck. I would have loved to been under you as President. I would have served you to the end."
"Thank you. I think" Yuki replied.
"Farewell all!" Takei said with his hand in the air as he left the room.
"Farewell Mr. President!" Kimi called waving.
"Well Yun Yun" Kakeru replied leaning his arm on Yuki's shoulder, "Looks like we're in charge now."
"Looks like it" Yuki nodded solemnly.
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Authors Note: Hey everyone. I know I was supposed to be back next week. But I missed writing and I wanted to come back! Any way here's the first installment of Book Four.
Next Chapter: The Announcement
Momiji's got another big surprise!