Author's note: [I'M T3H SORRY!!! xD yeah, I typed out that other story when I was sleepy, lol! Anywho, even I admit it was fast xD I just read it over, I was like wtf? Hahahahahaha Anywho, I just thought I should hurry up wid da fluffys cuz ppl like fluffys nyarharharhar xD
Anywho, let's take this all slowly, I made this chapter into a kind of Yamato's day before he met Tai, pretty short, some of you already kinda sorta read this part, but oh well! nyaaaahahahaha xD alright then, on wid da (remade) story!!! ]
Yamato woke to the sound of the alarm clock. It kept ringing while he groggily tried to sit up in his pathetically small bed, making his ears hurt. He always thought about getting rid of that alarm clock and get a new one someday...once he finds a decent job that allows minors to work, that is.
He slowly looked over at the clock, and saw that it was 5:00pm. He grumbled to himself...he slept through the whole day??? This is a record, even for him...
Yamato actually set the alarm clock to ring at 10:00am, but the batteries are running low of power in the clock, and it's slowly starting to slow down...he cursed at it, and turned it off. He sighed and got off the bed. By looking out the window, he could tell that it had been a beautiful day, what with the clear blue sky and all...
'Clear blue sky...I can make a song out of tha—no...my singing days are over...' Yamato thought grimly.
He watched the quiet, peaceful neighborhood. After 30 more minutes of just sitting there and looking out the window, he finally got bored and turned to leave, when he heard the faint sound of laughter. Usually kids didn't come out to play on a weekday, so Yamato was curious to see who it was...
He continued looking out the window, until he finally spotted two people walking down the sidewalk, towards his house. One of them he recognized as Sora Takenouchi...but who was the other kid? Never saw him around this neighborhood before...
Yamato eyed them talking together, like they were having the time of their lives. Needless to say, he was kind of envious to how they seemed to have so much fun by just talking and walking...he contended myself to just watch them smile and talk, but his eyes mostly strayed to the new kid. He's pretty tall...was he taller than him? Can't tell from this distance...Yamato could tell that he was a real good looking kid, though. Was he older?
Then suddenly the messy haired kid pointed to Yamato's house. His eyebrows raised in surprise as they talked to each other a bit again, that Sora girl looking pretty down now as she looked over at his lone house. Ok, so his house looks a bit bad, and the windows are so dirty they looked tinted...but does she have to make a face like THAT at it?
Yamato wished he can hear what they're talking about...he betted they can't see him because of his "tinted" windows...they were showing no signs of noticing him watching them intensely. Yamato guessed that she was talking about him...damn Takenouchi; she just HAS to blab about him to the new kid...now he had one more person that's going to talk to him as if he's going to burst into tears if he says just one thing wrong...
As IF...
Well, not like Yamato really cared. Whatever she's telling that guy is all false. The usual stories students tell new kids that come to S High School was that Yamato was really secluded because he's "mourning for his father". Yeah...right. Why the hell would he mourn for that drunk-ass freak? He was actually HAPPY that his father died...just not about HOW he died...no one knows the truth about how his father REALLY died...
No one knows the truth...
The REAL reason as to why he won't talk to anyone...
It's just that, he doesn't want anyone to get too close to him...or else they might find out about the truth, and hate him for it. After that, their going to blab his secret to the whole world, THEN where will he be...? Yamato almost let someone into his life....almost...but it was a good thing he pushed her away before any real damage was done...turns out all she cared about was to know what was really wrong with him and what happened that day...
Damn, it's girls like Mimi Tachikawa that makes people like him to not trust people around even more. What did he see in her before anyways? Probably just her bright, happy smile...at the time, Yamato always thought her smile was brighter then the sun itself...
'Oh wow...how poetic...maybe I should pick up poetry and not just song writing...' Yamato snorted.
Putting sarcastic thoughts aside.........he saw Sora and the new kid turn to leave. He just watched them walk away silently. He really was jealous...he'd like to make some new friends too...but...just can't. He dug himself in some deep shit, and he's now buried alive by it and it was slowly, slowly suffocating him until he dies...
Yamato decided to just stay awake the whole night till morning until school started. He couldn't go to sleep anyways; he never was good at sleeping, though once he starts to sleep it's really hard to get him up again...
At least he got to see the sunrise...
Yamato heaves a huge sigh as he faced the school. He watched all the kids walking in, and guessed that the school bell has already rung. He slowly walked up to the massive building, and walked in.
The hallways were getting less and less crowded as the minutes of their passing period slowly ticked by. Yamato didn't really care if he was late or not, because the teacher didn't really care either. His teachers always excused him for being tardy, because one: he went through a "terrible ordeal", and is "curing" from it, and two: He was pretty much a genius. Yamato didn't really have a need to come to school since it seemed as if he knew everything, because since he had nothing to do at his house, all he ever did was look out the window, or look through his school books.
The only reason Yamato went to school was to just graduate, try to get a decent job, and try to make enough money to go to college. After that...who knows what else? Yamato now noticed that his life was pretty meaningless....perhaps he should just...end it? He thought about this many times, but never had a real good reason for it...but now that he thought about it...who the hell cares? No one will care if he dropped dead right now or not—
"Umm...hey, uuuh...dude...err...blondie!"
Yamato heard a boy's voice. He wondered if he was referring to him, he was blonde and all...then again, his tips were black, so maybe it wasn't him...should he look up? Ah, why the hell not....
Yamato slowly lifted his head, and his eyes met two bright, brown ones. Looking the boy over a bit more, he saw that it was the new kid that Takenouchi was talking to. Why the hell would the new kid be talking to him? He glanced behind him to see if there were any other blondes around, but saw none. Yamato's heart skipped a beat a bit...it's been a while since anyone ever called out to him...he turned to look over at the new kid again.
Was the messy haired kid checking him out? Geez...stop staring so much already...
"Yeah...I'm talking to you! Umm...do you think you can show me where room 407 is...?" he said as he walked up to Yamato.
Duh, of course Yamato knew where it was...the real question was, was he gonna help him? Why couldn't this guy ask someone else? Tch, as if he'll show him around like some tour guide...
Yamato felt himself nod.
.....Ok...uncalled for...Yamato mentally slapped himself. Why the hell did he just agree to help the guy when he just agreed with his mind that he won't?!! Yamato sighed inwardly. The damage was done, might as well show him the classroom...it's the same class as his anyways...Yamato just hoped that no one was around to see this guy follow him around, or else his rep might get deluded.
Yamato signaled him to follow.
"Ah, thanks a lot!" the brown-haired boy said, smiling.
Yamato started walking. Once in a while he looked over at the new kid, just to make sure he was still following. At one point he looked at his watch, and looked over at him with a weird kind of look, something like confusion. Yamato liked watching him...he had lots of expressions, and looked really nice—no...Yamato can't be too trusting anymore...
"So...uh, what's your name?"
Yamato looked over at him. 'Great...it always starts like this...person tries to get to know me just a little bit, then bring up the "incident" from the past...' Yamato thought dully. He thought the best way to avoid that happening was to just ignore the question.
He felt the new kid's stare on him for a bit, until he finally turned to look away. There was an awkward silence, until...
"Well, if you won't talk, guess I will! Heheheh, you don't have to talk back or nothing...if you're not listening, I'll just pretend I'm talking to myself," the new kid said happily.
Yamato looked over at him. This guy was nuts...Yamato just completely gave him the cold shoulder, and he was still willing to talk to him?
"Yeah...I moved all the way from America, have you ever been there? Ha- ha...great place, but it's kind of hard to make friends and stuff. To be popular, you have to have REAL skills, hahahahaha! Well, now that I'm here, it's like paradise! All the girls are practically flocking over to me. Don't you get that a lot? Yeah, you probably do. Well, what do you like to do—oh yeah, you're not gonna talk back, ha-ha...well, I like soccer, it's really fun! You run around a lot though...basketball and those other sports a Ok...but I don't like them as much as soccer! Heheh, this one time in soccer training..."
Yamato just continued to listen silently. Man...does this guy talk a lot...but Yamato found himself not really minding hearing the new kid's voice. It had a real nice tone to it, like the voice of someone you can fully trust...
But can HE trust him?
So far, this guy hasn't said a word or even hinted that he wanted to know Yamato's past...which was a mild surprise. Didn't the new kid know about him? Didn't Takenouchi tell him? All he was doing was doing friendly talk...
They finally reached the door to the classroom. The new kid stopped talking abruptly as he stared at the door. Was the kid nervous? Yamato laughed inwardly. Since the guy was nice enough to talk with him like a normal guy instead of some freak show, Yamato decided to be at least a little nice to him as well. He opened the door for him, and motioned for him to go in first.
As he passed with a small thank you, Yamato thought about the question that the new kid asked him...about his name...did that mean....he really DIDN'T know who he was? So...Takenouchi didn't describe his looks to him...
"...My name is Yamato," Yamato heard himself say. Wow...when did his voice get to sound so weak? Guess that's what he gets for not talking for over 3 months or so...
'Oh well...he'll probably find out sooner or later anyhow...wonder how long it'll take for him to treat me like a piece of glass...' Yamato thought bitterly.
Yamato caught the new kid smile at him warmly, and walked into the classroom. He felt his heart jump a bit, and quickly tried to ignore the sudden jump by closing the door behind him.
Right when they walked in, Yamato noticed that the classroom turned really silent. For a split second he was afraid their attentions were on him, but no...it was on the new kid...
Yamato breathed a silent sigh of relief, and quickly [but not too quickly] walked over to his usual seat in the far corner of the room. He sat down, and instantly turned his head to look out the window. There was no need for him to listen in class since he already had an A in the class. Though his face was towards the window, his ears were listening to the new kid and teacher's conversation. Yamato overheard the new kid's name.
Taichi Yagami, huh...
Wonder where he will be sitting? From the looks of it so far, he was turning out to be a pretty popular guy...just as he said before while he was talking to Yamato, the girls just come flocking to him...Yamato guessed that he'll sit by a pretty girl or something, maybe next to the girl with the long, sleek black hair in the front of the class—
Yamato heard a small noise next to him, and saw Taichi sitting there. He felt his heart stop. Wha...why the hell, out of all the seats...? The brown haired teen just smiled at him, and waved. He turned, and started to unpack his backpack. All Yamato could do was just look at him dumbly.
"Hey, you're the only one in this class I know at least a little, so I decided to sit next to yah. That alright with you...?" Taichi said.
Yamato couldn't believe this guy...they barely talked to each other for around 3 minutes or so during passing period...he silently nodded, and felt a blush coming to his face. Oh crud...Yamato quickly turned to look out the window to avoid looking at Taichi, and to hide the smile that was fighting to come to his face. Why the hell was he acting so stupid?
It was probably just the fact that this guy...Taichi...was so far the only person that ever talked to him without any signs of pity, or any signs of wanting to know about his stupid, stupid past. He was also the only person that ever talked to him normally...it was as if Taichi was talking to him like he was a friend of his or something...
Yamato decided that he really liked this Taichi guy...for now. He still believed that Taichi will bring up the topic sooner or later...so until then, Taichi was on his good list. But the next thing that happened totally blew him off course.
Taichi wrote a note to him...god, how childish...? Yamato took it in bewilderment, and looked at Taichi, who was practically jumping in his seat, egging him on to open it. Yamato felt the weird feeling in his stomach again. He slowly opened the note...
Yamato was slowly walking towards his 2nd period, thoughts of his 1st period still floating around his mind. Why the HELL did he agree to go to Taichi's party...? Yamato really felt like slapping himself. After he received the note from Taichi, it was as if his hands just scribbled all those replies themselves. Yamato guessed that memories of his social life from long ago still lingered in his mind, just buried really deep down. Taichi just dug them out.
Then he remembered that they were going to hang out at lunch too. 'Damn...oh well, this will just be a little test run...see if he really wants to be my friend or not...and see if he's really trustworthy enough to not ask about my...my past...'
Yamato thought about it, and finally agreed with himself that that was a good enough reason to want to be Taichi's friend. All it was is just a test run...nothing too big...
But he couldn't help but feel himself actually looking forward to lunchtime...
Author's Note – [Sorry it was so short xD but you know, one person's POV chapters are never loooong xD eheeeheeeheee...xD so yahz, next chapter shall be when they chat at lunch xD
So, people who read the former version, how's the new version? xD im totally awake now...I think this chapter was decent...o0;; hee hee xD;;;]