Memories
An Azumanga Daioh fanfic
By:
Chison
Walking under the dim city lights, and the moon, Bironu walked with his hands in his pockets, just watching the people pass by, conversing with each other, and laughing, wandering around the block, he found a path leading into a small park. Walking along the path, which was lit up by the lamp posts that dotted the way, with giant trees growing tall around him as he walked. "I wonder what's with Sakaki… I'm sure she likes cats…" Bironu thought to himself as more people pass by him, he found a bench to sit down, and he held his gaze to the sky, "I wonder what would happen if anyone saw what was under this hat…" His mind was taken back to when he was a little kid.
It was preschool, a small room full of crayons and paper and finger painting, and many other children. However, he would always shy away from the rest of them, leaving himself out of the things the rest of the children were doing, playing together, laughing. This changed one day, when a little girl noticed that he was all-alone in the corner; she invited him to play the games with them, and he would have had a good time; however his hat fell off while playing duck-duck-goose. All the children screamed at the sight, and ran toward the teacher, who was startled at the sudden explosion of noise, Bironu simply grabbed his hat and ran out of the classroom, holding his hat tight against his head, leaving a trail of tears out of the school.
Rubbing his hands against his arms, he felt a chill go through his body, he got up from the bench, and started to wander back to his home, looking at his watch it read 10:55. He quickened his pace, dodging people trying to get back to the house; he finally came to the steps of the house, and pulled out his keys and fumbled with the lock, and the door opened with a groan, he quietly shut the door behind him, and hung his coat on the back of the door, and climbed the stairs up to his room, however he noticed a light was shining from his mother's room.
Bironu stopped, and knocked on the doorframe, letting his mother know that he was home, she looked up from her book, saying "how was your walk?" He hung his head low and said, "I remember what happened when I was little again…" A sad smile came to her face, "Its all right…remember its in the past now…we are much more careful now." He nodded and started to walk down the hall to his room, he noticed that Norton had made himself comfortable on Bironu's bed. He picked up Norton, saying "Come on Norton, its late and I need to get up for school tomorrow…" He put him on the ground, and undressed, putting his hat on a little nightstand that was beside his bed, and turned out the lights, and gently drifted off into sleep.
The alarm clock buzzed exactly at 7:00AM, trying to wake up Bironu, but he slammed his hand on the clock, and slowly got up from his bed, and rubbed his eyes, looking around for his shower towel, he wandered down the hall toward the bathroom, and showered, returned to his room and got dressed in his school uniform, and put his hat on and almost took a tumble down the stairs because Norton had curled up on the first step. Looking up at the cat, he sighed and made his way to the kitchen, and poured a bowl of cereal, and took his time, but noticed the clock in the kitchen read: 7:45!
"Oh no! I'm gonna be late!" With that, he ran upstairs, grabbed his book bag and ran down stairs, and slipped on his shoes and shut the door behind him and started to run down the street; however he came back to the door to lock it, and then took off again.
Ok...I know alot of people have been looking foreward for more to this story...sorry it took forver...but I had alot of time to develop the story behind the main character...I hope you will like it!
