Quick Author's note:
This fanfic will be based on the anime as well as manga. And even though both are not that different, there will not be any major changes with the anime episodes except a few facts here and there.
And there will also be some deviation in the plot due to my original characters' presence! The deviation can be from very minor changes to some very drastic ones! Canon characters will end up having some major character development otherwise not mentioned in the manga/anime due to my OC's influence- so be prepared!
"Fartin'! Fartin'! Fartin'! Brap! Brap! Brap!- Brap!" Sang the little band of two years olds as they went through the halls of the Morinomiya Academy.
Priya really couldn't help but silently fangirl- not only were those kids utterly adorable, but they could sing so well! (Even though it wasn't technically a song, but who cares!)
She was really really glad that she decided to wander through the academy today, rather than just sitting and socializing in her class- she had already done that for the entirety of the day today, and if anything, she wanted to check out the clubs this academy had to offer.
But now that she saw this little parade of cuteness- she really couldn't help but wish she could join them as well.
'Maybe they are a club as well...?' She wondered silently, as she watched them disappear as they entered into what she guessed was the drama club room. (She had checked it out too, but unfortunately it didn't suit her well- that much make up was definitely not her thing.)
'But...' she started walking towards the board completely covered with all the club posters, 'I don't think I saw any poster for a daycare club...' And indeed, there wasn't.
'Oh...' She visibly deflated, 'It was idiotic of me to think there would even be a club about it...'
She sighed and looked over the board once more- maybe she could join some other club? 'But... are middleschoolers even allowed to join clubs?' She mused as she read over the cooking club's poster.
Being new in this school, she was more than just oblivious- but if anything, she was determined to familiarize herself with this academy before the summer vacations started.
And that included talking to all her classmates (that she had already started working on) and joining in clubs to socialize with the students of other sections and seniors (which she was yet to do.)
'Maybe...' She turned back to the way her class was. "...I could ask my classmates?" She finished out loud, absentmindedly.
"Ah, yes! We sure can join clubs!" The pixie-cut brunette replied to her new friend, "It's just that, middleschoolers (most of us) normally don't."
"Ah, why so?" Priya tilted her head in curiosity.
"Students just don't! We instead join in one as soon as we start our highschool though. Till then, we focus on our studies so that our grades don't interfere when we join a club."
"Ah... that makes sense." Priya nodded solemnly and smiled at her friend, "Thank you, Jõka-san."
"Aw... just call me Miki-chan! No need for formalities with me!"
"Hai, Miki-chan." Priya grinned as her friend gave her a blinding smile. She was glad she found some really good companions in this school, as opposed to her last one.
"Ah! I forgot to ask- so which club are you thinking of joining?"
"Mm, I was thinking about either cooking club, or the literature club- though, I'm leaning more towards the literature club right now."
"Oh? You cook?" Miki asked with a starry eyed expression. Priya almost wanted to laugh and pull her friend's cheeks, but refrained from doing so.
"Of course, I do. But I have to come clean- I don't exactly cook that good... I'm rather good at baking instead."
"Ooh, will you bake me some cookies next time you cook? Please...!"
"Of course! I always bake more than required too, so I'll definitely bring you some!" Priya gave her friend a close eyes smile as the brunette squealed and pumped her fist in the air with a loud 'Yay!'
"Whoa, whoa, what's up? Did you finally got to the highest level of that game you were playing?" Priya and Miki turned to their mutual friend, (and the 'third musketeer' of their group) Kinomiya Masato, who occupying the desk next to Priya's.
"Well, not yet." Miki sheepishly shrugged and continued, "It's just that Priya promised me that she'll bring me cookies the next time she bakes!"
"You bake?"
"Indeed, that I do."
"Then you really should meet my sister. She absolutely loves baking and would love to share recipes with you."
"Your elder sis-"
"Already planning to make her meet your family, eh?" Miki interrupted Priya mid-sentence to tease Masato, seeing him turn slightly red- which only people who knew him for a long time could notice.
"It's not like you haven't met my family either, you dumbass. I don't marry every girl who knows my family." Masato retorted back, keeping the cool he usual seems to have.
"When did I mention anything about marriage? And it's not like anyone will like to marry a robot like you either. Let it be a woman or a man." Miki blew him off, making Priya chuckle at the glare Masato directed at Miki and then, her.
"Anyway!" Miki called out, "Are you going to join the cooking club then, Pri-chan~?"
"Hm, maybe? Though I really want to join the literature club too..."
"You can join two clubs at once." Masato informed the ravenette, "And the literature club is a good one too, actually. The cooking club though, is filled with highschoolers. So, you'll only find seniors there."
"Ah... thank you for the info, Kinomiya-san."
"Wait, how do you know about those clubs?" Miki asked her childhood best friend suspiciously.
"I am in the baseball club, baka. And many of them are my seniors and in more than one club- of course I'll hear them talk."
"Oh... So, you're in a club as well, Kinomiya-san?"
"Yep. I love sports- baseball and basketball being my favourite. I'm thinking of joining both the clubs officially next year though."
"Ah, are you... uh, sure two clubs won't be too much...?" Priya asked, as her raven haired friend shifted so that his chair was facing Miki and her.
"Nah. As I said- many of my seniors are in more than one club. The best baseball player in our team, Kamitani-senpai, is in baseball as well as the babysitter club and is still in time for all the meetings and has good grades too."
"Babysitter... club?"
"Yeah. Unique, right?" Miki grinned at her friend's widened eyes. "Our academy is known for its diverse clubs and activities!"
"Wait, wait, wait- you mean to tell me that there's a babysitter club and I can join that?"
Miki and Masato exchanged a look- it was the first time they saw their new friend being so lively.
"Yes...?" Masato answered, a bit unsure of how to answer her. "Why, are you interested in joining?"
"Yes!" Priya almost yelled, making others look at her- but she could care less about that right now. "I saw them parading through the hallway today and it was so kawaii!"
"I agree!" Miki chirped, "They are really really adorable and so full of energy!"
"But..." Priya hesitated, wondering if she should ask it or not. "Aren't they from the daycare for teacher's children? Would they, uh, you know-"
"Nah, teachers here aren't like that." He blew off Priya's worries, "They won't discriminate against you just because you handle their kid or scold them or anything like that. Also, it's not just our teacher's kids but Kashima-senpai's brother too."
"...what?"
"Ah... you don't know. Actually, Kashima-senpai's parents expired last year in a plane accident."
"Oh my...!"
"Mmhm," Miki continued for him. "The Chairman's son and daughter-in-law also passed away in the same accident. She was generous enough to take Kashima-senpai and his younger brother in as they didn't had any living relatives."
"That's so tragic..." Priya whispered woefully, making her friends give her reassuring smiles.
"Don't worry, they are doing fine now. Senpai's brother now stays most of the day in the daycare and plays with other kids there. That's why Senpai joined that club in the first place- well, he literally was the first one to 'join' though." Masato reassured his pale eyed friend.
"Ah..." Priya looked at her hands and sighed, "Do you think I would be able to join them...?"
"Why not?" Takashi shrugged as Miki joined in, "There are only two members! Of course they won't mind you joining them, Pri-chan!"
"Though," Masato started, making Priya look at him. "If you are joining them right now, then don't join in another club until highschool. It may become troublesome for you, especially since you are very new here."
"Hai, Kinomiya-san!" She gave the raven-haired male a closed eye smile.
"Why do you call this baka by her first name but not me, again?"
"Who are you calling baka, baka?!"
"Wow, what an amazing retort, aho!"
And thus began the age-old tradition of her two friend's quarrelling, making Priya chuckle at their child-like antics.