Hello! I'm back again! Thank you very much for your reviews, and I'm glad you enjoyed the first chapter. Review responses are at the end of the chapter. This is an IchigoXMasaya one-shot, which was requested by Chibisaturn39 on the CMM forums.
President's Daughter
Just keep smiling, don't look anyone in the eyes, Ichigo repeated to herself, running through the instructions her father's campaign manager had given her. If asked a question, give a simple, polite answer. Above all, make your father look good. You are the daughter of the new President.
She spared a brief glance at her father, reporters swarming around him like hungry sharks. The results of the Presidential election had been announced yesterday, and her father had come out the victor. Soon she would be moving into the White House, and would be leaving everyone from her old neighborhood behind. She'd be starting at a private school tomorrow, and would have to make new friends. In one day Ichigo had gone from Ichigo Momomiya, a normal middle school girl, to the President's daughter. She'd have to live up to all the expectations that came with her new life, as well as being constantly surrounded by reporters or agents.
Her mother seemed to have sensed Ichigo's anxiety, because she squeezed her daughter's hand gently and gave her a comforting smile.
"It'll be over soon," she mouthed. "Would you like to go by your new school once we're done here?"
The reporters left within several minutes, having apparently asked enough questions to satisfy themselves, and Ichigo and her parents climbed into the back of the limousine they had rented shortly after it had been announced that her father would be running for President.
The soon arrived at Ichigo's school, Shannon Middle, a large wooden building that had only recently been converted from a church. Several students gathered around the classroom windows at their arrival, and even though she couldn't hear what they were saying, she could imagine. One boy in particular caught her attention; he wasn't whispering or pointing, but merely gave Ichigo a shy smile as their eyes briefly met.
"Well, shall we go in?" Sakura questioned, resting a hand on her daughter's shoulder. "Since you'll be starting here tomorrow, you might as well meet your teachers first."
"I guess so."
Ichigo slowly stepped into the building, followed by her mother. It had been decided that her father, despite his tearful protests of wanting to make sure it would be a suitable environment for Ichigo, would stay in the car.
"Look at her," a girl remarked snidely as she watched the two passing down the hall on their way to the principle's office. "She's the new President's daughter, but she doesn't look like much to me.
"She probably thinks she's better than us, just because her dad won the election," another snickered.
Ichigo shuddered, wondering if that was how people actually saw her. Just because her dad was famous now, until just a little while ago he was hardly know by anyone.
"Just ignore them," Sakura whispered. "They don't know what they're saying."
Ichigo nodded reluctantly as a signal that she understood, but her mother's words did little to comfort her. She wasn't snobby, right? Did she appear that way to others?
They reached the office at the end of the hall, and Sakura swung the door inwards, stepping backwards to let her daughter through.
"After all, the president's daughter must be treated with respect, right?"
"What do you want?" the secretary inquired dully, more focused on the stack of papers she was currently flipping through than the guests.
"We'd like to look around, if that wouldn't be too much trouble. My daughter's going to start here tomorrow."
The secretary looked up, her emerald eyes jumping from Sakura, to Ichigo, then back to Sakura.
"Oh! W-we weren't expecting you!" she stammered, now twirling a thin strand of auburn hair around her fingers nervously. "Of course! We'll get the student council president to show you around. He should be here soon anyways!"
Sakura winked at Ichigo as she said, "I'll wait for you in the car. You'd much rather be shown around your new school without your mom tagging along, wouldn't you?"
Placing a hand over her mouth in order to suppress a giggle, the red-head nodded.
"Thanks, mom. I'll be done soon."
"Don't worry about it; take your time!"
Soon after Sakura left, the office door swung open, revealing the boy that Ichigo had spotted in the window earlier. The secretary, having returned to her work, momentarily set her stack of papers down, though she continued to skim the sheet on the top.
"Aoyama, I'd like you to give Mrs. Momomiya a tour of the school. She'll be starting here tomorrow, and I trust that you'll make her feel welcome."
"Yes ma'am."
A faint blush spread across Ichigo's face as the boy took her hand in his, and lead her out into the hallway.
"I'm sure you'll like it here!" he assured cheerfully as they walked. "People here are really friendly."
"Yeah, friendly…"
The boy halted abruptly, turning around to face his new friend.
"I guess I forgot to introduce myself, didn't I?" he said. "I'm Masaya Aoyama."
"It's nice to meet you. I guess I don't need to introduce myself since you already know me, do I?"
A nervous giggle escaped the girl's mouth, her cheeks turning an even brighter shade of pink as she realized that she was still clutching Masaya's hand.
"Oh…I-I'm sorry!" she stuttered, quickly pulling away.
Why am I suddenly feeling so nervous around him? I only just met him, but he's the first person outside of my friends and family who really seemed to like me, not because of my status.
"Ichigo?"
"Yes?"
Coming back to reality, Ichigo looked at Masaya, surprised to find his face just as flushed as hers.
"If you're able to…that is…this weekend, would you like to go to a movie?"
Laughing, not from embarrassment this time, Ichigo nodded, once again, taking her friend's hand.
The End nya!
I hope you enjoyed it, and that I didn't make anyone too out of character. Why is it that I have trouble writing one-shots about these two, even though they're my favorite couple? And now, on to review responses!
MewBlueberry55: Thank you very much! I hope that you liked this chapter also!
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KishIchigoForever: I'm glad you enjoyed it, although I don't write KishXIchigo fics, since I support IchigoXMasaya. Arigatou for your review!
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