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Chapter 8: At the End of the School DayI wonder if Mishima is enjoying playing in the orchestra. It definitely would be nice if she does decide to join my club, but, of course, I don't know what she's planning to do.
"Aya?" I come out of my daze to notice that my friend Soujirou is looking at me.
"Oh, yeah, Soujirou?"
"It's time to go, are you done with your sketch?" I look at it, and notice I haven't been very productive.
"Hmm, well it's good enough, for now, I guess." He gets up, comes over, and takes a look.
"I'm surprised you didn't finish, but it looks good, Aya."
"Thanks, Soujirou." We both put away our materials and pick up our briefcases. We say good bye as we head different directions after we leave the art room. I step outside, and notice Mamoru already waiting at the front gate.
"Ayato!" Mamoru says. I quicken my pace and stop when I reach the gate.
"Hi, Mamoru. Where's Asahina?" I look around, surprised that she's not with him, they usually are together. I notice that Mamoru is smirking and give him a questioning look.
"She's on clean up duty today,
so she'll be a little longer."
"Mamoru, you should have helped!"
"It's more fun to argue with her about it afterwards."
I can't help but sigh, knowing what the outcome of this will be. Mamoru laughs and smirks knowingly.
"So, where's your girlfriend?"
"Girlfriend?! Mishima and I aren't going out!"
"Yeah, whatever. I've seen how much you've been together, and you even convinced her to join your club!"
"The four of us are usually all
together, and she hasn't decided yet which club she's going to join!"
"Uh, huh."
That Mamoru, he can get on my nerves sometimes. I glare at him, but he simply laughs in response.
"Kamina-kun, Torigai-kun!" I look up and notice that Mishima is quickly approaching us.
"Hello, Mishima." I say as she stops in front of Mamoru and me.
"Hey, Mishima." I decide not to let Mamoru's comments bother me, and instead to ask Mishima about her experience in the club.
"Mishima, how was practice?"
"Oh, it was great, Kamina-kun! We did some classical, jazz, even some musicals! I also made a few friends, too, the people in the club are so nice! Thanks for telling me about the club and for the tour."
I blush and stammer a reply. "Uhh, no, no problem. Do you think that you might like to join the club?"
She looks at me with a smile and says, "Oh, definitely, Kamina-kun!"
Happily surprised by her comment, I say "I'm …"
"Torigai!!!" All three of us turn around to see a very angry Asahina stomping up the hill. She stops in front of Mamoru, and I can tell she's not done yelling.
"Torigai!!! Why didn't you help me clean up? I had to do it all by myself! Kamina-kun, Kamina-kun, isn't he cruel?!" She says as she grabs my sleeve, looking at me with sad eyes. I internally sigh, realizing that I've lost the opportunity to tell Mishima how glad I am about her decision, I have to deal with this instead right now. I look at Asahina and say, "Asahina, it wasn't very nice, but I know that you can handle it on your own." I am surprised because her expression looks hurt, what did I say wrong? She lets go of my sleeve and turns away, crossing her arms and pouting.
"Even Kamina-kun doesn't understand my feelings!"
"Hiroko!"
Here they go again.
"Everyone, shall we be going?"
Mamoru and Torigai look up in synch and agree. Mishima says nothing but follows me as I lead the way to the train station. When our train arrives, we enter, and Mamoru and Asahina start fighting again about practice.
Asahina and Mamoru are here, so I'm not sure if I should bring the topic up, but I realize there's something else I wanted to talk with Mishima about.
"Mishima?"
"Yes?"
"That song today, what was it called again…"
"Katun no Sadame."
"Yeah, I really liked it, and I was wondering if you have it stored on your player?"
"Yep, would you like me to transfer it to yours?"
"Yeah, I'd appreciate that."
"I'm glad that you like it so much, I hoped that you would."
"Sorry, Mishima, I couldn't make out everything you just said."
"Oh, it was nothing! Here, give me your player."
She connects the two and scans hers for the song, and then transfers it before disconnecting mine and giving it back to me.
"There you go, Kamina-kun."
"Thanks, Mishima. I have another favor to ask though, if you don't mind."
"Sure."
"Can I have your cell phone number?"
"Actually, I don't really like cell phones, so I don't have one."
"Really? Neither do I." We both laugh for a moment.
"Well, can I have your home phone number then?"
"Sure. I'll give it to you to put into your PDA."
"Ok. Thanks."
"But, only if…"
"Only if?"
"You give me your number for mine."
"Of course, Mishima!" We take turns reciting our phone numbers and putting them in our PDAs.
After we're finished, I say, "Great, thanks, Mishima."
She smiles and responds, "Thank you, too."
"Mishima, we're just about at your stop."
Mishima looks up at Mamoru and Asahina.
"Oh, thanks, Torigai-kun."
"I'll see you in school tomorrow
then, Kamina-kun?"
"Oh, wait Mishima, there's something else.
I, I wanted to say I'm very glad that you decided to join the club, I
think it will be fun being together."
She smiles and responds, "I think so too, Kamina-kun."
I watch as she exits the train, waving good bye to me as she makes her way for home. After the train doors close, I turn around to talk with Mamoru and Asahina for the rest of the trip, looking forward to seeing Mishima again tomorrow, on my 13th birthday.
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