The day of the trip arrived and everyone was on the bus ready to go. Haruka sat alone while being bugged by girls asking if she ever gets lonely, she knows who to call. Obviously they did not realise that Haruka was a girl, and if they did, they just didn't really care. But, Haruka, trying to be as nice and cool as she can be, shot them down one by one.
When they finally arrived, all the students gathered around in front of the bus, with all of their bags. They were then told that it'd be a 20-min. hike down to their cabins, which caused many groans in return. The teacher reminded them that she warned them that there would be a long hike ahead of them. So they gathered all of their belongings and started heading down. As each group was showed to there cabin, Haruka was showed to her's last as it was the furthest away from everyone else's, which Haruka didn't mind at all. It was nice and cosy. Michiru and the others later then appeared by her side and told her how lucky she was in getting the whole room to herself for one whole week. As soon as everyone was finished unpacking, they were happy to know that there first day didn't consist of any lessons but to explore the campsite they are in, so that they are better situated. So, really it was more of an intro to where everything was. The lake, the dining hall, the woods area, where they will be conducting their research, the restrooms, and the main area, where they are told to meet up every morning.
Later that night, Haruka washed her face and walked back quietly to her cabin, while carefully avoiding girls, who always seem to catch up to her wherever she went. As soon as she walked into her cabin she headed straight to bed with one leg up and the other laid down. Her hands over head. She put on her earphones, and started listening to her ipod that she thankfully brought to relax herself. As soon as she pressed the 'play' button, she heard a light knock on her door. She opened the door, expecting to see one of those crazed girls from before, but instead found Michiru standing there in front of her, in her PJ's. Michiru giggled and asked if she could come in. Haruka finally registering what she asked quickly motioned her inside, silently kicking herself for acting like an oggling idiot. Michiru looked around and smiled. "What's up?" "I couldn't sleep, so I thought I come by and talk to you? If you don't mind?" "Of…of course not," replied Haruka. She motioned her towards the bed as she took the chair near the door. "So, what did you wanna talk about?" "Just stuff…" she smiled again. But Haruka didn't seem to care, she was happy that her best friend decided to come visit her. They talked for hours until Michiru patted the spot next to her on the bed, as she saw how uncomfortable Haruka felt sitting in the chair. Haruka hesitated at first, but later obliged to the offer. Looking over at the clock, Michiru realised that it was getting late, as she was about to get up and leave, Haruka surprised herself even more when she told Michiru that she could stay. "I mean it's already late, and your cabin is like a pretty far walk and who knows what could be awaiting you in the dark forest," she said the last part jokingly. Michiru just smiled and greatly accepted. As they climbed into bed, she felt the other girls presence and legs brushing up against hers. She could feel the other girls breath behind her neck and cursed herself for not realising sooner that the bed was a single bed, not really made for two people. What was she thinking? "You weren't, you idiot!" she silently scolded herself. "Sleep well," she silently told Michiru. She got no reply back and turned around to look and was surprised to see that her friend had already fallen asleep. Smirking she turned back around and started to fall asleep herself.