Chapter 4
Five o' clock came and went. Ruru was sitting in the dining room of Gochiso, waiting for her tenants to return. "Taidama, Ba-chan," a voice called from the hall.
"O-kaeri nasai kiddo," Ruru replied as Amawa came through the sliding door, positively beaming. "I assume everything went well at the interview?"
"That it did, Ba-chan, that it did. You are now looking at the new physical education kyoshi of Seitow Sannomiya Private School, and thankfully I didn't have to dress up this time. They still made hold a mock class, but," his hand moved towards his back pocket and produced an envelope, "they gave me an advance on my salary this time."
Ba-chan looked like she was about to have a heart attack, "How did you manage to pull that off?"
"Simple, I asked. That and the new vice-principal practically made the principal give it to me."
Ruru chuckled at the last pronouncement. "I should have known. Vice-principal Tokugawa was forcibly placed upon that old fossil by the Director to make sure she stayed in line. Even if you hadn't asked for an advance, he'd have made sure you got one."
So, Hibiki mused to himself, I guess that makes me the first willingly hired male kyoshi in over twenty years.
Hibiki was brought out of his musings when a vaguely familiar feminine voice called from the hallway, "Taidama Ba-chan."
"You never told me you took another tenant, let alone a female one," Hibiki said under his breath.
"You never asked, now did ya kiddo?" Ruru shot back, playful gleam back in her old eyes. "Konban-wa Kuzuha-san," Ruru directed this greeting to the new figure in the sliding doorway.
"Hai, konban-wa Ba-cha…" Fuko stopped in the doorway of the living room, her voice trailing as she saw Amawa. Silence pervaded the room for a few seconds before she fainted, crumpling to the floor…
Kuzuha awoke to the sound of indiscernible muttering from the far side of the room. She tried to get up to get a slightly better look at her surroundings when a sharp pain raced through the back of her skull. She laid back on her futon heavily. "At last," came a wizened voice from the by the window, "our sleeping beauty awakes."
"How long was I out for?" Kuzuha asked to no one in particular.
"Let's see," this new voice sounded closer and sent chills down her spine. She hoped that it wasn't his voice, but merely a doppelganger's, "You were out for nearly four hours, not too much to worry about." The owner of the voice looked down from above her after saying this, revealing the features of one Amawa Hibiki back-lighted by the ceiling lamp. He smiled at her, that same smile that made her heart melt those ten years ago every time she saw it.
"Sensei?" Kuzuha asked, becoming a bit overwhelmed in this situation.
"Yes Kuzuha?"
"I missed you," was all she managed before falling back into a dreamless sleep…
Yes, yes, I know, this is probably the shortest chap. to date, but I wanted the meeting to be the focus of this chapter, so I couldn't really do much else. Still, I hope you enjoyed it anyway. I promise that chap. 5 will be out soon! Again, please R&R!