Werewolf-kun Says Hello

Au: This has parts of the original plot without Okamura's interactions, so I will paraphrase it. I do this because I feel like it's kind of cheating to use the original dialogue to increase a fanfiction's word count. Also, as a separate note, in one of the next portions, I'll need to use Japanese honorifics that I don't usually use as some humor will be missed. If you don't understand honorifics, then just ignore that part.

Okamura saw a girl with cyan hair. She was sitting alone, quietly eating her bento. That was Kusakabe Yukki. He hadn't considered himself very social with people he didn't know, but decided to talk to her anyways. They both were very recently taken to the nurse's office because of overheating in gym, so they knew each others' plight.

He walked up to her and said, "Um... You're Kusakabe Yukki, right?"

"Y-yes," she nervously said. She didn't intend on being greeted, but also didn't want to be rude. "You're Minato Okamura?"

Her response made Okamura a bit calmed. "Yeah. So, uh... Can I sit next to you?"

"S-sure."

"We both fainted because it was too hot that day, right?"

"Right."

A sudden realization came over Okamura. He wasn't such a great conversationalist. And it seemed like neither was she.

Think! Come on, what do people normally talk about when meeting new people...? Maybe ask her about her life? Too personal? Screw it. "So, Kusakabe... How's life treating you?"

"Um..." Isn't that a bit vague? "Okay, I guess."

"Uh, er, I mean, where did you live before here? I don't think you were here last year." Good! Nice thinking. Okay, I've got to stop this.

"Where I used to live?" She looked off in the distance, remembering. "It was nice and cold, unlike here. It snowed often. I don't remember a time where it didn't. I had some friends there, but I had to leave them to go here."

"Snowed? That seems like a nice place for a yuki onna."

She blushed, hearing those words. Yuki Onna. She'd hope to drop that when she moved.

As if reading her mind, Okamura asked, "Kusakabe. How do you feel about being a yuki onna?"

She looked down, ashamed. There was silence for a few seconds.

Okamura didn't wait for a response. "Sorry about that." He closed his bento box laid his head down on the desk. "If you don't wanna talk about it, that's fine."

He sighed and smiled. "You know, I had a friend just like you. I mean, she looked nothing like you, but I can tell you two feel just the same. She had a secret, and told no one. It ate away at her. She had no one to vent. She didn't trust any of her friends, me included. One day, she just... Couldn't handle it. One day, I had to leave her along with the rest of my friends. My parents got a job near here when I was in my 8th year."

Okamura looked at her. "I think I'd like to save somebody if I possibly could. I'm a demi too. I know things that only us demis know. I know the pain of being separated from your old friends. Kusakabe, I won't expect you to trust me right away, not from this one interaction, but I hope that eventually, you could, and we could be friends."

She looked back to him, right into his eyes. "Thank you, Okamura."

"No problem."

~Days later...~

"Hmm, I don't see Yukki." Hikari said.

"Maybe she already went home?" Machi suggested.

"Oh, wait, Okamura's coming!"

They were peering into Yukki and Okamura's homeroom class. He happened to notice them after packing up, so he went to talk to them.

"You guys looking for Yukki?"

"Takanashi! Machi! Okamura!" Yukki just sped down the hallway, looking for those three. "I'm so glad you're still here!"

"Why are you rushing?" Machi asked.

"Oh, that." She paused and smiled at them. "Let's all go out for ice cream!"

The four went off to get their ice cream. The park with an ice cream vendor wasn't far from school and was also close to their home routes. They had a small, relaxing walk, talking about what just happened with Yukki and Takahashi. She'd come to realize, with his help, that her traits as a yuki onna were very minute compared to what she expected.

And so the high school students arrived and got their delicious treats. Ice cream was a predicament for Okamura. For whatever reason, he hated when people saw his tongue. He doesn't get it, everything else about his werewolf-ness was somewhere between not caring and feeling pretty cool about it except that.

Ice cream, my old enemy, we meet again... Do I lick it or not? This is normal, using your tongue to lick ice cream. People won't mind if I do that. Hikari's probably gonna do that. Ulgh, but I can't bring myself to do it. Actually, I think Machi said she was going to get a cup. Maybe I should get mine in one as well. Wait, no! I've got to do this, I need to break this bad habit.

When it got to his turn to order, he was still having his little predicament. He hadn't realized it was his turn until a few seconds after the lady asked. "Oh, uh, Rocky Road!" He just shouted a flavor he remembered from his time in America, and surprisingly, they had it.

"Cone or cup?" she asked.

"Cone, please."

"Size and number of scoops?"

"Two large."

After they'd ordered their ice creams, they sat down on a nearby bench, in the order of Okamura, Machi, Hikari, and then Yukki. They sat eating, mostly silence on Yukki's end. Okamura was complaining to them about not wanting to lick his food (he ended up biting it instead), and Machi was talking about her classes. It was a nice hangout for them.

Eventually, Yukki offered some of her ice cream to Hikari, and they had an awkward exchange. They had a nice and sentimental talk, with Okamura and Machi silently listening. Somehow, it led to Hikari biting Yukki's shoulder.

"Sorry, Yukki, but can I bite you a little?" Hikari asked.

"H-huh? You'll suck out my blood though-"

"N-no! No! I just, sometimes I get this itch in my teeth, so I want to nibble on someone..."

"Nibble...?"

"Just a bit, through your shirt!"

"Oh, that's fine."

"Really!? Thanks, Yukki!" She made little "nomming" sounds while biting her.

"Wait, she gets to bite you?!" Okamura exclaimed, standing up.

"Wha? D-do you want to too?"

His eyes got all sparkly. "Yes," he whispered.

"Sure." She hesitated a bit.

"Yay! If I bite too hard, yell out 'apples'."

"Too hard? Wait!" But it was too late, he was already one her. He bit about as hard as a puppy biting, if not a bit softer.

Yukki burst out laughing. "H-hey wait, that tickles! Okay, guys, guys, stop! Apples! Apples!" Then, she noticed Machi staring at them with a blank expression.

Then, after a bit, the scene ended up being Yukki holding Machi's head, Okamura and Hikari sitting next to them. "You know, I've wanted to be friends with you for a while, Kusakabe." Machi said. They both blushed a little. "So, I'm really glad we are now."

Yukki smiled at her. "Machi..."

Then, Hikari and Okamura broke the mood. "So then!" Hikari said as she continued her session.

"Wait, you can't start without me!" He, too, resumed.

She laughed a bit. "Come on, you two are doing this again?"

Machi was just enjoying her head being held. "Kusakabe, you're hands feel so nice and cool."

"You too, Machi?"

The quartet had a nice time overall, eating their ice cream, and (to a lesser extent) biting...

~The next day~

The demis were out on the rooftop during lunch.

Yukki asked Okamura and Hikari, "So when you want to bite, what do you two usually do?"

"I ask Himari." Hikari answered. In her mind, she was having a mental flashback of her vaguely asking Himari and her knowing exactly what she meant, then Himari having Hikari turn the pages of the book she was reading.

"Really? Then, what about you Okamura?" He flinched. "What do you do when you need to bite something?"

"Eh, well, that's, um..." He lightly coughed. He whispered, "It's a bit embarrassing..."

"What? I already said my reason, so you need to say yours!" Hikari shouted. "It's only fair." She kept poking him and saying "C'mon!" over and over.

Okamura just moaned and said, "Alright, alright!" He took in a deep breath and sighed, mumbling something.

"What? Say it louder!" Hikari complained.

"You don't have to say it, Okamura, if you feel it's that embarrassing," Kyouko said.

With a look of determination, he said, "No! I can do this!"

He got up from his seat, facing the three girls. "When I need to chew something... I... Buy squeaky dog toys..."

Machi and Yukki were looking at him with a surprised expression. He looked at them and said, "D-Don't look at me like that! And you!" He pointed at Hikari. Her face had a very devious look. "You'd better not tell anyone!"

She slowly got up, placing her bento box on the bench. Then... she booked it.

A moment later, Takahashi poked his head out at them from the staircase. "Eating lunch... together?" He knew the four were eating lunch on the rooftop, but the first thing he saw was Machi and Yukki on the bench staring at Okamura chasing Hikari.

"Hey, Sensei!" Hikari shouted while being chased. Okamura was faster than her, but she could make turns easier, so every time she ran over to one of the walls and turned, he just ran right into them. However, he was persistent. No matter how many times he crashed, the chase still continued.

"Oh, Sensei! I gotta tell you about this great thing Okamura just told us!"

"AH! Hikari, please! Pleeease don't tell him! I'll die if you do!"

"You have to catch me if you don't want me to! she said in a playful voice.

Takahashi and the two remaining demi girls had a conversation, albeit a very short one, until Okamura could finally catch Hikari, and it wasn't until later that she gave up after making him crash at least a couple more times.

"Hikari, try not to make people chase around for you." Takahashi said.

"But it was real funny," she responded.

"No it wasn't..." Okamura said with salt.

"Hey, Takahashi-sensei, why do you only use Hikari's given name?" The two looked at each other and then back at Yukki.

"Oh, because Himari-chan." Takahashi said.

"Yep, yep."

Kusakabe looked amused. "You just used -chan for Himari-chan."

"Ahem." Takahashi looked as serious as he could, and in his most serious voice, he said, "Good morning, Takanashi."

"G-good morning, Sensei" she said bleakly.

"Awkward."

In a playful voice, he said, "Hikari-chan!"

"Heyyy!" she said, equally as playful.

"That reaction seems annoying to do."

"Hikari," he said in his normal voice.

"What's up?"

Then, the two stared at Yukki. "O-okay, I think I get the idea now."

"Oh, wait..." Takahashi said.

"What is it?" Okamura asked.

"How do you call them, Okamura? You know, being a guy."

"Machi, Yukki, and Hikari you mean?"

"Yeah. But why use Machi for her but not Kusakabe or Takanashi for them? I don't think you know Himari."

"I just got used to calling Machi, Machi. Hikari and Yukki just let me call them that."

"Hey, Takahashi-sensei, why couldn't you use Kyouko's given name, too?" Yukki asked.

They looked at Machi, who flinched. "Huh?"

"Well, I wouldn't mind that, Kyouko."

His voice echoed in her mind, getting more sensual which each echo. Her neck flames shot up in a frenzy.

"A-actually, you can just call me Machi."

"Really?"

"Ha! She shot you down!" Hikari stood back up and ran away.

"Hey, wait!" He chased after her. It seems like she really likes getting chased.

Back with Machi, Yukki, and Okamura, Yukki asked, "Are you sure?"

"Yeah, it's a little embarrassing... Besides, my family name kind of sounds like a given one, so I'm happy to be called that.

"For starters.." Takahashi said, holding Hikari.

"Wha-? How did you catch her so fast?" Okamura was astonished. It took him at least five times that amount of time, if not more.

"Aw, he caught me..." Hikari mused.

"If you're going to talk about others with given names, start with her." He put her back down. "'Yukki' and 'Machi' are one thing, but Hikari."

"Yeah?"

"What about Katou-sensei, the Japanese teacher?"

"Katou-sensei."

"And Yachigusa-sensei, the school nurse?"

"Yachigusa-sensei."

"See? You address all the others properly, so why only call me Sensei? You can't just call me Takahashi-sensei?"

"Huh? But you seem like just a 'Sensei'." she said with a lax face.

Hmm. That was an interesting thought to Okamura. Maybe he should call Takahashi-sensei just Sensei as well?

"What does that mean?" he asked.

"I get it."

"I totally get it."

"Makes sense, doesn't it?"

"By the way, what do you call Satou-sensei?"

"Sakki."

"Sakki?! Is she your friend now?" The three background demis laughed at the comment.

A slightly unimportant yet reappearing side character walked by the windowed doors to the rooftops. "Was Kusakabe always that cheerful?"

"No idea." his friend said. They both walked off.

"Oh, Hikari-chan. Fifth period is P.E." Machi said.

"Right, we need to change!"

"See you, Yukki-chan."

"Bye!" Hikari said.

"I think I'm gonna go wait for our next class... It's getting a bit hot and I'm gonna start to smell. See ya," Okamura said, waving goodbye.

He was about half way to their class, but then he remember he needed to ask Yukki about their plans. So, he walked back to her. He ran into her while she was walking back to class as well. She seemed to have been inviting another boy to go with them. He jumped into the air with a loud holler.

"Hey, Yukki, did you just invite Satake to join us?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Um, did you not just see or hear that? That was pretty unsleuth."

"Well, he seems pretty happy, doesn't he?"

"Meh."

After school, the group, Yukki, Hikari, Himari, Machi, Okamura, and two other girls who would reappear later were together waiting for Satake. After he got their, he realized that the group only had one other guy.

"Hm? You're the only other boy than Okamura? Satake, is something wrong?

Au: Sorry there isn't any character writing to you guys here. Also, I must apologize for the lack of updates. When I started this, it was spring break, so I had more time to write. But now, it's the weekend after, so I can actually get this done. However, the content will most likely be released drastically slower, like once a week, and I might not be able to do it even then. Bye now!