I'm Late!
A Azumanga Daioh fanfic
By:
Chison
Bironu stopped two steps from his door, and put a hand onto his head, telling him that he had forgotten his hat! Rushing back to the door, he fumbled with his keys, and after a few moments, he was back inside, looking frantically for his hat. "Where did I put that hat?" He wondered aloud as he ran through his house, desperate to find it, and he quickly dashed up the flight of stairs and looked into his room; it was sitting on the nightstand were he had left it the night before. Putting on his hat, he rushed from the house, "Bye Norton, take care of the house!" Bironu shouted as he slammed the door behind him and almost dashed away; but the turned to lock the door, and then dashed down the street.
Running down swiftly down the street, keeping a constant eye on the watch, which told him that he was already eleven minutes late for his first class. Bironu passed through the crowds of people like water, trying to make his way to the school, he turned down into a shortcut; through an alley. Coming through the other side, he almost ran into the street, but saw the truck that had just barreled through, warning him with a blast from the horn; Bironu raised a fist to protest, but he looked at the watch again, telling him he was late, and when the coast was clear, he dashed across the street and passed through the school gates. Slowing from a run to a fast walk, Bironu hoped that he would not draw attention to himself, he opened the doors and quietly started walking to his class, but he heard another set of footsteps and instantly froze.
"Bironu…what are you doing in the hall?" At first, he didn't recognize the voice but as he turned around he saw Chiyo-Chan, holding a massive stack of books in her arms. She looked like she would topple over at any moment, "Oh no! What should I say to Chiyo?" Questions ran through his head, but he saw that Chiyo was falling over due to the weight of the books. Without thinking, Bironu ran to catch the books, and then transferred the weight from Chiyo to himself, and saved Chiyo-Chan from a fall. "that was a close one Chiyo…are you all right?" Bironu asked, checking to see if she was all right, she straightened herself, and vigorously nodded her head, making her pigtails bounce in rhythm. "Thanks Bironu, those books were really heavy…" Shifting the books, he looked at Chiyo and asked, "What were you doing with all of these anyway?" She smiled, "Well Ms. Yukari said we would be needing them today, so I went to get them…" They continued making small talk, when they arrived at the door to the class room.
Chiyo-Chan slid the door open, revealing a classroom that still had students talking to each other, and wandering around, waiting for Ms. Yukari, but she was not in the room. "Chiyo…where is Ms. Yukari?" Bironu looked at her in shock, but she simply shook her head, "I don't know…Sometimes Ms. Yukari is just sometimes late…" Bironu couldn't believe his luck, setting the books on the teacher's desk, he wandered to his own desk, and looked at the clock; which said that he was a half hour late, but he didn't mind, since he was not getting punished. Just as Bironu was reaching for his book bag, the door slid open with a slam, revealing a storming, angry Ms. Yukari, she held herself against the door frame and muttered something about a bike chain and slowly made her way to her desk. "All right…enough with the chit-chat, open your books to where we left off…" she slumped down into her chair, and was still muttering about the bike chain…
The rest of the class period was uneventful, and few afterwards were the same, and finally the lunch bell rang, Bironu licked his lips upon hearing the bell, and grabbed his book bag and rummaged through it, finding his prize: his lunch box. Opening it up, inside was a heaping serving of rice, with a little piece of calamari sitting on top of the rice, he went through his book bag again, and found his chop sticks and would have begun to eat. However a shadow had loomed over him; Bironu swallowed the lump in his throat, "I hope its not Yukari…" he thought to himself, being almost too afraid to turn to see who it was…
Yes...I realize this is WAY, EXTREMELY AND PAINFULLY OVERDUE. Im sorry for neglecting all of you people who are interested in this story. I will make it up to you all! Fear not! More updates are comming your way!
