little talk
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--disclaimer is on the1st chapter.
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KEY
Italics are Tamao's thoughts
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Moving In
Chapter 7
Rain splattered all over the ground, another storm was coming. It was dark outside, the moon already in the sky.
Up the wooden stairways, and floors, Tamao finally reached Hao's room.
"Hao, are you awake?" Tamao asked as she held his dinner with one hand, and knocked on his bedroom door with the other. She didn't hear a sound, so she opened the door.
Hao's room was quite empty, only necessary items where present: a bed, desk, wardrobe, and a few lights. Hao was soundly asleep on his bed. Tamao noticed that the window was open. She set Hao's dinner on his desk, which was next to the door, and used the hallway light to manage her way to the window.
It was stuck. Tamao used all her force but the window wouldn't close.
I bet this is one of the poorer rooms here. I know some guest rooms are not in great condition. The only good rooms are the ones that have been used by Yoh's friends...
I remember a few months ago Sensei came here, that's when Anna had everything in the Inn prepared. Every room was supposed to have some sort of quality condition...but I guess this guest room was too far off, nobody would ever see this.
The rain came pouring down fast, and with all her might, Tamao couldn't close the window. Instead, she got a few extra bed sheets to cover the floor area where the rain might fall, and land.
Maybe Anna will have this window fixed soon...or no. I guess there is a reason that Anna asked me to keep an eye on Hao.
I remember last time we saw Hao, he tried to kiss Anna since Yoh wasn't there. It didn't work out, of course, it wasn't a 'happy ending'. So maybe Anna won't help him...she really hates him. Poor guy.
Maybe I should help him...
Tamao covered Hao with a blanket, and started to leave the room when suddenly, something got a hold of her wrist. Not wanting to scream, Tamao closed her eyes shut, and ran. She bumped into Hao's desk which made the dinner tray fall. Pieces of broken plates spread around the desk with food spilled onto the floor.
Even though there was a mess, Tamao manage to be in the hallway, where she saw Hao within the mess.
"You get scared easily, don't you?" he asked. Tamao nodded. Hao started to get on his knees when he felt the sharp pain of broken ceramics in him.
"Are you okay?" Tamao asked as she watched Hao cringe.
"I'll be fine," he said, "just get me a first aid kit."
Tamao quickly left, and when down the stairs to get the kit when she ran into Yoh.
"Oh, good night, Tamao." he said with a dazed look in his eyes.
"Excuse me," Tamao said, and shoved him out of the way since he wasn't moving.
Tamao promptly got what she needed, and headed back to Hao's room.
"Here," she said, handing the kit to Hao.
"Thanks, but what's with the broom, and mop?"
Tamao held the broom in her hand, and started sweeping the floor.
"You don't want to get hurt from these being on the ground again, do you?" Tamao swept the floor, and put all of the collected items in the trash can.
"I guess so," Hao said as he took out the pieces of ceramic out of his arm, and placed on sterilizing alcohol. "Hey," he said, "I'll mop the floor."
"Alright..." Tamao left reluctantly, and let him do so.
Tamao went back to her room -- listening to the uneven footsteps Hao was making.
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"Oh my...," Tamao commented at the large crowd of girls who surrounded a bulletin board at the front of the school.
"Wonder what's up." Yoh glanced, walking alongside Anna.
"Let's go." Anna said, walking away with her back to the crowd.
"Hey, Tamao, go check it out for me, okay?" Yoh asked.
"Mm." Tamao nodded, and walked over to the board, "Um...excuse me," Tamao weakly said.
Great, how am I supposed to know anything if these girls won't move away? I hope they'd part by the time we are dismissed from school. I can't let Yoh down....
Tamao took a different path on the way to her classroom, not wanting to meet Yoh too soon. Incase if he was going to ask her about it. Tamao tilted her head towards the floor as she walked since she didn't really want to meet eye to eye with any upper-class men. Tamao stiffly walked down the hall until she knocked into someone.
"Oh, sorry...Tamao?"
Tamao looked up to find Haru Toshihito.
"Good morning, Haru." Tamao bowed slightly, and Toshihito did the same.
"Tamao, could you...meet me during lunch time? At the picnic table on the North side of the school?"
"Um...which way is North?" Tamao asked, blushing from embarrassment.
The tardy bell began to ring.
"Back side of the school, near the fence, under a tree!" Toshihito quickly said, waved, and ran off to class.
"Um--" Tamao was cut off by Toshithio's abrupt departure. She watch him go to his class, an upper-class men room.
Haru's...an upper-class man? But he was in my class a few years ago...only for Japanese Literature class though. I'll ask him later.
Tamao rushed off to class, luckily the teacher wasn't there yet.
"Tamao!" Yoh waved. Tamao walked over to an open seat near him, Anna, and Horo-Horo, "Did you find out about the thing on the board?" he asked.
"Sorry, I couldn't see it." Tamao bent over her desk in despondency.
"That's fine. I'll go see it later."
"Everyone...QUIET!" the teacher shouted as he entered the room. Obviously having a bad day in the morning, sure to last for the rest of the day.
The teacher took up a piece of chalk, and started writing down the day's schedule.
"Everyone!," the teacher announced, "get out a sheet of paper. We're going to have a pop quiz over Chapter 5, Chemistry, from last night's reading, your homework."
All the students groaned, and took out a sheet of paper. More clicking on the chalkboard for the ten questions to be answered.
"You have 10 minutes." the teacher said.
I don't get this...why does Haru need me? I don't want to abandon Anna, or anything...I mean, sometimes she sits with Yoh, and his friends...but then...she isn't really friends with anybody else....
What?!? What kind of question is that? I don't quite remember reading anything like this...oh...this one is easy..."Au" is gold....
I can't concentrate. I hate pop quizzes.
"Put your pencils down, and pass your sheets up."
Everyone obeyed the teacher.
"Now, take out your textbook, and read Chapter 6."
Tamao leaned over, and searched her book bag for the textbook. It wasn't there.
Where'd it go? I'm sure it's here...wait...this is my History book. What's going on? I knew I put in my Chemistry book when I left from my locker! Well...I suppose I'll just have to fake it. I'll just study a little history...
Tamao opened her history book, and began reading. She looked around herself, Anna was reading, of course. Tamao looked to her left, it was that girl, Ruki, who always hung around Haru...like a stalker.
"Tamao," the teacher called, "come here."
Tamao got up from here seat, and walked over to the teacher's desk.
"This is far past unacceptable," the teacher said, pointing at Tamao's score, fifty percent, "Go get your textbook. I'll explain some things to you."
Tamao bowed slightly, and trembled slightly on her way back to her desk.
"Anna." Tamao whispered. Anna looked up at her.
"Tamao, please don't disrupt any students." the teacher spoke plainly.
Tamao went back to teacher's desk. "I don't have my textbook, Sensei." Tamao boldly said.
"That's fine. You can make up this wasted time during lunch detention."
Tamao nodded, and went back to her seat. She felt burdened, she never had detention before. Tamao walked back to her seat, and sat down. She placed the history book back into her book bag. Tamao embraced herself, and laid over her desk with her head in her arms, falling asleep. She was still quite tired from helping Hao last night.
All because of a missing book.
Ruki bent over her desk to retrieve a book. She leaned over to her right, and placed the Chemistry book she had into Tamao's bag. Then she took the History book back into her own bag. Ruki smiled, then she took out what really was her Chemistry textbook.
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-that last paragraph might've been a little confusing....
-Hao POV isn't on yet.... -sigh- I love HaoxTamao...Horo seems too wild for her.
-also, if anybody noticed, sorry for the conversation between Toshihito, and Tamao. I don't know Tamao's last name, so it's just Tamao, and Haru. (--) is this making sense?
-also...for those actually, anybody who wants a picture like of Toshihito Haru...I don't know if I already put this here... Haru is a bit like Kouji, or Kouichi from Digimon I don't own Digimon! other than that...it's just your imagination (.)
-you may be wondering, 'where's Hao?' in this chapter, since this is a Hao-Tamao fic...it'll be explained in the next chapter. Actually...you already know why.