Okay, Chapter 4 is FINALLY up... sorry for the wait... is it just me or is it the BEST when it rains?...heh...please, enjoy!
The weekend went by very quickly. Before they knew it, it was Monday and Chokuro and Daisuke were walking to school. They left earlier than normal so Chokuro could sit behind Daisuke and no one would notice. Daisuke and Chokuro were the first ones there, except for Satoshi, so Daisuke took his seat and Chokuro sat behind him. Slowly, the class started to fill with its students.
"Umm, Daisuke?" Chokuro whispered tapping redhead's shoulder.
"Yea?" He said turning to face her.
"The teacher isn't gunna announce I'm here…is she?"
"Ummm, I don't know."
Chokuro didn't want to bring any attention to herself. She hated being noticed. She didn't like being new, people always stared. Chokuro waited anxiously as the teacher situated herself in the front of the room.
"Okay, class."
Everyone turned and faced the teacher.
"We have a new student."
Oh Crap!
Chokuro just shrunk in her chair noticing the male population of the class gawking at her. For one, she was new. Two, she had on the boys uniform. Three, she was very beautiful, even if she didn't know it. Daisuke sat with a look of concern towards her.
"Her name is Chokuro Niwa."
"Daisuke!" A black-haired boy with a press patch on his arm yelled to him. "Is she related to you?"
"Umm, yea... Kinda" Daisuke answered the boy. While all this was going on, Chokuro just sat in her chair, covering her face.
"Chokuro." The teacher started. "Why don't you come up here and tell us a little about yourself?"
Chokuro froze. She didn't want to go to the front of the class.
"Umm, I'd rather not."
The teacher sat there with a bewildered look on her face towards Chokuro, until finally inquiring, "Why not?"
"Because I don't want to." Realizing that what she said made her sound stuck up, she quickly added, "Umm, what I mean is …" Luckily for Chokuro, a blue-haired boy near her, spoke up.
"Sensei, shouldn't we be continuing our lesson?"
"Oh! Yes, yes, we will."
The class went by quickly; by the time Chokuro looked at the clock, there was only 15 minutes until lunch break. The bell rang for lunch and Chokuro sighed deeply. Although, it was in vain, most of the males in the room came running up to her asking for a date. She had a look of fright on her face and 'help' in her eyes as she sunk lower into her chair.
-What the hell do they think they're doing!
-Dark? You're… up?
-Yes. But that's beside the point. Daisuke, help her!
-What can I do!
-I don't know! Find some- -
Riku managed topush her way through the herd of boys to aid Chokuro.
"Hey! Can't you tell, she's NOT interested?" The dark-haired girl said very hostilely.
Chokuro looked up at the girl standing in front of her and the boys backing off and gave an even more intense sigh. "Thank you sooo much!"
"Oh!" She turned to face Chokuro. "You're welcome! That must've been horrible! By the way, I'm Riku." She stuck out a hand and Chokuro accepted. "I'm Chokuro."
Class finally let out and Chokuro stayed in her seat until only her and Daisuke were left.
"Phew…Daisuke?"
"Yea?"
"Are all the days gunna be like today?"
-Gawd I hope not!
"I don't think they will."
"O-Okay. Can we go home now?"
"Yea."
Upon entering their home, they were greeted by a very cheery Emiko.
"Dai! You're home!" She gave her son a hug then turned to Chokuro, "How was your first day?"
"Uhhh…interesting."
Emiko looked at Chokuro with curiosity flowing through her. "How come?"
"Um, it was just I was a little … freaked out by the guys."
"Why?"
"Not too sure, but I think hormones have A LOT to do with it."
"Okay. Well, I think it was to be expected. You are pretty you know."
Chokuro blushed slightly until asking, "Umm, do you know what's for dinner?"
"Well, Dai-chan told me that you're a good cook. So why don't you make something. If you want to of course."
"Oh! I'd LOVE to!" Chokuro strolled into the kitchen to make dinner for the three of them. Chokuro placed the food on the table while Daisuke and Emiko sat down.
"Wow! Daisuke was right." Emiko stated when she ate some of her food.
"Thanks! I do love to cook. My mom would always let me help. That's where I learned." Chokuro had an enchanting smile on her face. She looked very content when she talked about her mother. "Heh. Yeah, um, sorry."
"Oh no. It's perfectly fine." Emiko said with a smile.
"Mom?" Daisuke looked at his mom.
"Yes sweetie?"
"How come I haven't had any jobs lately?"
"Well, you have been very tired, so I decided to give you a rest. And since Chokuro is here."
"'Kay."
They finished their meal talking about everyone's day and anything else that anything that might have popped into someone's head.
"Well, Daisuke, Emiko…I'm going to bed."
"Okay, good night." Emiko cheerily said.
"Good night Chokuro."
"Night Daisuke." Chokuro yawned on her way to her bedroom. Chokuro tiredly put her pajamas on and crawled into bed. It didn't seem too long until it was morning and her and Daisuke were off to school once again.
