I know that I normally only write one chapter for this fic a week but well... what can I say I was inspired. Anyway I hope you enjoy it!
Also Kai... hmmm... Gomen, I would e-mail you but I'm afraid I don't have your e-mail address or anyway to find it. Please feel free to just grab my e- mail address from my profile page though. I don't mind at all.
Author's Note
Sensei – title given to a teacher it literally means "one who came before"
Chapter 7: A Technicolor Schoolyard
"I found Narumi-chan. I found Narumi-chan!"
"Sakuma-san." The principal interjected sternly. "Would you please conduct yourself as a responsible adult. They're children present."
Ryuichi looked up at all the gawking children, and gave them a big grin. When he waved at them with his pink paw gloves, Narumi took the opportunity to get disentangled. She was surprised to find the blond man politely offering his hand to help her up.
"Isn't that Seguchi Tohma?"
"He's one of the keyboarder players for Nittle Grasper!"
"Ryu-chan and Tohma-san here!!!"
"Shirokawa-sensei knows them?"
"Be quite!" The principal demanded. "Shirokawa-sensei I would like to speak to you at once!"
She watched as the principal stormed out of the classroom. She was surprised that the young man, whom her students had called Tohma-san, was still offering his hand out to her.
"Thank you."
As she got back to her feet she noticed how Ryuichi had already began to play with some of her students. They all seemed a bit in awe of him. She remembered that they had all called out his name like he was somebody important. Who was he?
"Shirokawa-san? We had better follow the principal or she might be rather upset with us."
"Excuse but you are?"
He gave her his warmest most charming smile. "I'm sorry. I should have introduced myself sooner. My name is Segushi Tohma. It's a pleasure to meet you. Also thank you for taking care of Ryuichi-kun. How you helped Ryuichi-kun, meant a lot to him. We should go. It's regrettable that such a scene was made. I hope you won't be inconvenienced unnecessarily by it. "
She excused herself from her class but she was pretty sure none of them heard they were all mobbing Ryuichi and asking him various questions.
She smiled thinking about their curiosity about this man. Well he was extremely nice, and very childlike in a lot of ways, but the way they acted around him was more in adoration. Normally her class was quite but this... this was completely unexpected.
"What do you think of Ryuichi-kun?" Tohma inquired as they walked down the hallway towards the principal's office.
"Well," She began. "He's... well... I don't really know. He seems to be really nice, but I've only known him for two days really. Most of the time he was sick, so I... I don't know." She hesitated, trying to decide if she wanted to continue or just leave it at that, in the end she continued. "He's lonely though, very lonely. I don't know anything about his past but I'm sure it's been hard for him. I do know that much."
Tohma watched her in silence. He still hadn't decided on how exactly he was going to handle the situation. He was worried that it might be a little sticky and her on the target observations only proved that if it wasn't already it was likely to become that way and quickly. His mind raced over all the possible implications this could have to the bands career, and he wondered what exactly would be better.
"Still, for anyone to have suffered and come out so cheerful and strong, they must be a pretty amazing person."
She was thinking about her home and her family. Tohma was thinking about Yuki.
"It doesn't matter if you're happy. What matters is that you're not sad."
"I don't know." She countered, "I think it is wonderful. It takes a lot of strength to smile when you only want to cry. It's easy to cry after all. It's dealing with that moving on and making other people smile that takes true strength."
Something about what she said really grated on Tohma's nerves. What did she know about pain and suffering anyway! She had probably never had anything bad happen to her. Her life had probably been uneventful and easy. People like that should just shut up.
Tohma did his best to keep from lashing out at her. After all they were talking about Ryuichi-kun and not Yuki or him, but it still managed to irritate him. That was what decided his course of action.
"This is the office. If you'll excuse me."
"Actually, it would be better if I joined you. If you don't mind, of course."
He smoothly stepped in between her and the door, knocked quickly and entered in front of her.
"Please." Tohma was politely holding the door open for her and giving her one of his most diplomatic smiles. It reminded her of a cat playing with a mouse for some reason.
"Shirokawa-sensei, if you don't mind I have a few questions that need answering. Seguchi-san?" The principal was startled to see him in the room with them.
"I'm very sorry for all the trouble that Nittle Grasper has caused you this morning."
"Oh not at all!" She reassured him. "It was just such a surprise to have such well known artists such as yourself and Sakuma-san here. Of course we are delighted that Nittle Grasper would want to have a concert held here for our students, and..."
"Excuse me." Narumi interrupted. "I'm sorry but I'm afraid I don't understand what is going on? What exactly is' Nittle Grasper', and what do you mean by a concert being held here?"
The room was very silent as they absorbed the fact that she didn't know who Nittle Grasper was. Tohma found it highly amusing, but the principal had a completely different reaction.
"What! You don't know who Nittle Grasper is and your boyfriend is the lead singer for the group!"
Boyfriend...?
"You're wrong!"
Tohma sat chuckling inside as he watched the fireworks going off in the two woman's voices.
"He's your live-in boyfriend, and you don't even know what his profession is?"
"He's not! Really! I haven't even known him long enough to..."
"You should be ashamed of yourself. What kind of instructor would allow a man to move into her home and not know such important things?"
"But he hasn't..."
"It's quite all right." Tohma was smiling like the cat that had cornered its mouse. "My dear Principal Shirokawa-san and Ryuichi haven't been living very long together."
They weren't living together at all! That's what she wanted to scream. Sure he was staying at her home for a little while but what they were saying it had such a ring of finality to it that it made her more than a little nervous. He was only staying with her until he could get his back on his feet. For heaven's sake she had only known him for 2 days! What kind of person did they take her for!
"Though it is true that they have slept together once already..."
"What!" Both women stared dumbfounded at him.
"Is this true Shirokawa-sensei? I mean, I don't... well I... every young unmarried woman has their own relationships of course but..."
Narumi's face went bright crimson. She knew exactly what the older woman was thinking but considering the fact that the two of them had fallen asleep in a single bed made it impossible for her to completely deny the fact. Even though it was a huge misunderstanding.
"But."
"At least since she doesn't know that Nittle Grasper is an extremely popular band. I believe that Ryuichi will be quite safe living in the same home as Shirokawa-san. Now that this is settled, if you'll excuse me, I have to see about the arrangements for the concert."
"Oh I had better show you where everything is then." The Principal gave Narumi one last look of disbelief before she followed Tohma out into the hallway.
Narumi slid down into a chair and covered her mortified face with the palms of her hands.
Why won't anyone ever listen to me?
Chapter 8
Also Kai... hmmm... Gomen, I would e-mail you but I'm afraid I don't have your e-mail address or anyway to find it. Please feel free to just grab my e- mail address from my profile page though. I don't mind at all.
Author's Note
Sensei – title given to a teacher it literally means "one who came before"
Chapter 7: A Technicolor Schoolyard
"I found Narumi-chan. I found Narumi-chan!"
"Sakuma-san." The principal interjected sternly. "Would you please conduct yourself as a responsible adult. They're children present."
Ryuichi looked up at all the gawking children, and gave them a big grin. When he waved at them with his pink paw gloves, Narumi took the opportunity to get disentangled. She was surprised to find the blond man politely offering his hand to help her up.
"Isn't that Seguchi Tohma?"
"He's one of the keyboarder players for Nittle Grasper!"
"Ryu-chan and Tohma-san here!!!"
"Shirokawa-sensei knows them?"
"Be quite!" The principal demanded. "Shirokawa-sensei I would like to speak to you at once!"
She watched as the principal stormed out of the classroom. She was surprised that the young man, whom her students had called Tohma-san, was still offering his hand out to her.
"Thank you."
As she got back to her feet she noticed how Ryuichi had already began to play with some of her students. They all seemed a bit in awe of him. She remembered that they had all called out his name like he was somebody important. Who was he?
"Shirokawa-san? We had better follow the principal or she might be rather upset with us."
"Excuse but you are?"
He gave her his warmest most charming smile. "I'm sorry. I should have introduced myself sooner. My name is Segushi Tohma. It's a pleasure to meet you. Also thank you for taking care of Ryuichi-kun. How you helped Ryuichi-kun, meant a lot to him. We should go. It's regrettable that such a scene was made. I hope you won't be inconvenienced unnecessarily by it. "
She excused herself from her class but she was pretty sure none of them heard they were all mobbing Ryuichi and asking him various questions.
She smiled thinking about their curiosity about this man. Well he was extremely nice, and very childlike in a lot of ways, but the way they acted around him was more in adoration. Normally her class was quite but this... this was completely unexpected.
"What do you think of Ryuichi-kun?" Tohma inquired as they walked down the hallway towards the principal's office.
"Well," She began. "He's... well... I don't really know. He seems to be really nice, but I've only known him for two days really. Most of the time he was sick, so I... I don't know." She hesitated, trying to decide if she wanted to continue or just leave it at that, in the end she continued. "He's lonely though, very lonely. I don't know anything about his past but I'm sure it's been hard for him. I do know that much."
Tohma watched her in silence. He still hadn't decided on how exactly he was going to handle the situation. He was worried that it might be a little sticky and her on the target observations only proved that if it wasn't already it was likely to become that way and quickly. His mind raced over all the possible implications this could have to the bands career, and he wondered what exactly would be better.
"Still, for anyone to have suffered and come out so cheerful and strong, they must be a pretty amazing person."
She was thinking about her home and her family. Tohma was thinking about Yuki.
"It doesn't matter if you're happy. What matters is that you're not sad."
"I don't know." She countered, "I think it is wonderful. It takes a lot of strength to smile when you only want to cry. It's easy to cry after all. It's dealing with that moving on and making other people smile that takes true strength."
Something about what she said really grated on Tohma's nerves. What did she know about pain and suffering anyway! She had probably never had anything bad happen to her. Her life had probably been uneventful and easy. People like that should just shut up.
Tohma did his best to keep from lashing out at her. After all they were talking about Ryuichi-kun and not Yuki or him, but it still managed to irritate him. That was what decided his course of action.
"This is the office. If you'll excuse me."
"Actually, it would be better if I joined you. If you don't mind, of course."
He smoothly stepped in between her and the door, knocked quickly and entered in front of her.
"Please." Tohma was politely holding the door open for her and giving her one of his most diplomatic smiles. It reminded her of a cat playing with a mouse for some reason.
"Shirokawa-sensei, if you don't mind I have a few questions that need answering. Seguchi-san?" The principal was startled to see him in the room with them.
"I'm very sorry for all the trouble that Nittle Grasper has caused you this morning."
"Oh not at all!" She reassured him. "It was just such a surprise to have such well known artists such as yourself and Sakuma-san here. Of course we are delighted that Nittle Grasper would want to have a concert held here for our students, and..."
"Excuse me." Narumi interrupted. "I'm sorry but I'm afraid I don't understand what is going on? What exactly is' Nittle Grasper', and what do you mean by a concert being held here?"
The room was very silent as they absorbed the fact that she didn't know who Nittle Grasper was. Tohma found it highly amusing, but the principal had a completely different reaction.
"What! You don't know who Nittle Grasper is and your boyfriend is the lead singer for the group!"
Boyfriend...?
"You're wrong!"
Tohma sat chuckling inside as he watched the fireworks going off in the two woman's voices.
"He's your live-in boyfriend, and you don't even know what his profession is?"
"He's not! Really! I haven't even known him long enough to..."
"You should be ashamed of yourself. What kind of instructor would allow a man to move into her home and not know such important things?"
"But he hasn't..."
"It's quite all right." Tohma was smiling like the cat that had cornered its mouse. "My dear Principal Shirokawa-san and Ryuichi haven't been living very long together."
They weren't living together at all! That's what she wanted to scream. Sure he was staying at her home for a little while but what they were saying it had such a ring of finality to it that it made her more than a little nervous. He was only staying with her until he could get his back on his feet. For heaven's sake she had only known him for 2 days! What kind of person did they take her for!
"Though it is true that they have slept together once already..."
"What!" Both women stared dumbfounded at him.
"Is this true Shirokawa-sensei? I mean, I don't... well I... every young unmarried woman has their own relationships of course but..."
Narumi's face went bright crimson. She knew exactly what the older woman was thinking but considering the fact that the two of them had fallen asleep in a single bed made it impossible for her to completely deny the fact. Even though it was a huge misunderstanding.
"But."
"At least since she doesn't know that Nittle Grasper is an extremely popular band. I believe that Ryuichi will be quite safe living in the same home as Shirokawa-san. Now that this is settled, if you'll excuse me, I have to see about the arrangements for the concert."
"Oh I had better show you where everything is then." The Principal gave Narumi one last look of disbelief before she followed Tohma out into the hallway.
Narumi slid down into a chair and covered her mortified face with the palms of her hands.
Why won't anyone ever listen to me?
Chapter 8