Kitchen
A/N: I'm cutting down the chapters, but that just means it will be longer! Please enjoy the story and review! (-) I'm sort of taking my time…Oh; let's just pretend that Reena has been introduced to Karupin (Ryoma's cat) already…Alternate title: The chapter that decided to never end. Kidding…
THANKS A LOT AMBER! (-)
Thoughts or emphasis!
"Flashbacks"
Emphasis in thoughts/flashbacks
Chapter 3: School: Part 1
It was 5:30am when I woke up the next day…
"How come I seem to be waking earlier then usual these days?" I mumbled. I looked around my room again…I better have a shower and get changed for school, I thought. I wonder if I brought my towel…Wondering my eyes around the room, I noticed there was a, seemingly, clean towel. I grabbed it, laid out my school uniform on the bed and went towards the bathroom.
Turning on the shower head, I stepped in…I thought of how nice it would to be water, just flowing on and then every once in a while turn to ice then melt back into place. What a nice thought.
"If that could happen, I would the happiest person in this world…" I mumbled, sighing. "Emphasis on the 'if'…"
"Reena! You know that you're too deep, you know that?" That voice, one of kindness and innocence but at the same time arrogance, asked.
"Hmm? It's your fault if you don't understand!" I said.
"Meanie…" The owner of the voice pouted…
"What is it with me and flashbacks? They're such a pain sometimes…" I mumbled, in the middle of my shower. It's about 5:45am; I think…better get out of this shower but it's so warm! I managed to force myself into the cold (not really, just out of the shower) and hurried back to the room and started changing. The Seishun Senior High School (Seigaku, Senior High) uniform wasn't as bad as the middle school uniform; it had the same colour scheme to that of the Seigaku Tennis Regulars uniform (both Junior high and Senior high wore the same outfit, just that the type of blue on the uniform was different). It had a knee-long pleated light-blue skirt, a white blouse with a light-blue (in colour) sailor-style collar and a red bow on the front of the blouse.
"I'm going to need to get ready for school…hmm…" I packed a mini Japanese-English dictionary, my chequered light blue and white pencil case, the key for my locker, school diary, math books and some other things that I stuff my bag with like some band-aid's, random manga books, etc.
I really do have a habit of bringing too much…oh well, old habits die hard.
"I guess it's time to get cooking…" I mumbled, for the 4th time today in 45 minutes. I sure do mumble a lot…
Walking to the kitchen, I washed the rice and cooked it in the rice cooker. "I guess I'll make some steamed fish and fried eggs for breakfast…And I'll make a boxed lunch so we can it later…" There I started mumbling what I could make.
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In my boxed lunch I made some octopus-shaped wieners, sweet egg omelette, fried chicken, sweet and sour pork, a rice ball filled with chocolate spread, fried rice and a small insulated jar full of green tea with loads of sugar and milk (I wasn't a fan of bitter things).
In the Echizen's I made it a 'tennis' theme. Half the lunch was made to look like tennis court with a layer of rice seasoned with soy sauce on the bottom then a layer of a fried egg, hidden by two layers of seaweed; the lines were made by rice. I even made a net by weaving some squid that I had to slice to make it even, it was supported by toothpicks. The other half supported steamed vegetables and fried chicken mixed in with white sauce and each had a rice ball that covered a quarter of the box.
For Ryoga, I made a tennis ball and used food colouring to make it green. For Nanjiroh I made another tennis ball because the thought of trying to make an underwear-shaped rice ball was creepy. And for Ryoma, I made him a Himalayan-cat-head-shaped rice ball.
Ryoga's had some 'orange ponta', Nanjiroh had some 'coffee' and I gave Ryoma some 'grape ponta'.
I steamed the fish while I made the box lunches and it Nanjiroh had cooked the rice for me so it was easily prepared. When I finished making our lunch I prepared breakfast. I made some sweet chicken and corn soup, fried eggs and some dumplings to accompany the steamed fish.
By the time I finished all this it was 7:10am and so I asked Nanjiroh to wake Ryoga up and asked where Ryoma's room was located in this house so I could wake him up. Before he told me where Ryoma's he sniggered at me and said "What a lucky boy…if only he focused on other things beside tennis."
BANG!!
"Just tell me where his room is and you won't experience more pain, Got it?" I said threatening him with a frying pan from no where.
"Hai…hai…" he said, rubbing his sore head (it's a wonder he didn't get any brain damage). "It's at top, the end on the right…"
"Thank you." I said before going to those said directions.
I knocked on his door, just to see if he was already awake, and since there was no answer, I opened the door and went inside. There on the bed was Ryoma…with 'innocent' plastered on his facial expression, along with Karupin, I think, I'd swear he looked exactly like a little kid…I stared at him for about a few minutes before realising that I had to wake him up.
I firmly placed my hand on his shoulders and began to shake him a little.
"Hey, wake up!"
The only reply I got was a grunt.
"I SAID, WAKE UP ALREADY, DAMN IT!!" I shouted, in his ear but just loud enough to wake him and not Karupin.
That clearly woke him up and he had an expression simular to this: (0.0) and he groggily sat up. Although my efforts of trying not wake Karupin up, Ryoma destroyed it completely by getting up abruptly.
"Wha-"
"Just get ready for school," I started, closing my eyes as I turned around. "You do have tennis practice, right?" If it weren't for the fact that I was closing my eyes, I would've rolled them.
"Aa…"
"Then hurry, breakfast is ready and your lunch is on the table."
"Do I have to wake up early?" Ryoma whined.
"Yes." It was a simple reply but it was very firm. I walked out of the room but the way he said that question…it reminded me of something or should I say, someone.
"Do I have to?"
"Yes."
"Your mean Reena!"
"Aha…"
I really am having too many flashbacks…damn it! I hate this I don't need to-
Slam!
Because I was thinking and not watching where I was going, I ended up crashing into Ryoma from behind (because he wasn't looking at where he was going as well, it is kind of hard when your eyes are closed…) me.
"Sorry…I…" Looking at how we landed…let's just say it wasn't too comfortable, with him on top of me and his arms holding mine into place…
I must be blushing new shades of red by now…oh crap!
3…
2…
1…
"I never knew…so you are interested in girls…he he…"
"HAHAHA! YOU'RE SUCH THE PLAYBOY SEISHOUNEN!"
"How…when the hell did you get here?" I was amazing because my 'you' sounded more like 'pervert', or somewhere on those lines.
"Che…" Was all Ryoma said before got off of me.
Hastily I got up and went down the stairs to the dining room to eat my breakfast. "Come on! You're going to be late if you don't eat now!"
"Ah…"
"(Snickers) Hai…"
"Yeah…"
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Breakfast was a bit quiet, meaning it was full of half the people there laughing, snickering or doing the former while rolling on the floor…
"WILL YOU STOP THAT! DO YOU WANT TO GET HIT WITH A FRYING PAN?!"
"(Laughs) I…no that's ok…"
"Good."
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At School the Gates…
Just to make sure that no one would guess to where I stayed last night (cough Echizen Residence cough) so we both went to different entrances to the school, we also had to go different for the convenience of them (Ryoma went to the east side entrance, where the courts are located, and I went to the north side entrance, which was near my locker).
Walking up the stairs towards my locker, I put on my 'ice-cold' personality charade. I had a habit of not wanting to get close to people one, I don't like the thought of attending their funeral if they died before and two, I never had experience in the 'comforting' department. But I somehow managed to get a best friend who was eccentric at times but loyal, thus I was loyal to her.
Opening my locker, I glanced at my schedule…
(Monday)
8:30am: Form, Room 102, Mr Waddell
Period 1: 8:40am: Computer Tech, Room 111, Mr Tenkawa
10 Minute break
Period 2: 9:40am: Mathematics, Room G03, Mr Tanabe
10 Minute break
Period 3: 10:40am: Mathematics, Room G03, Mr Tanabe
10 Minute Break
Period 4: 11:40 am: Physical Education, Racquet Sports, Basketball Courts, Ms Jounouchi
Period 5: 12:40pm: Physical Education, Racquet Sports, Basketball Courts, Ms Jounouchi
Lunch 1:30pm-2pm
Period 6: 2:05pm: Elective, Yr 10 Art, Room G24, Mrs Sakurai
10 Minute Break
Period 7: 3:05pm: CORE (It's like a 'homeroom' class), English (Spelling and Vocabulary), Room 127, Mr Mototsuwa
3:10pm: Form, Room 102, Mr Waddell
3:20 End of day
(Club Activity: N/A)
"Good morning, Reena."
Turning around, I saw my friend, Yuzuki Akatsuki, greeting me. Yuzuki had chalk light blue hair and chalky violet eyes. Yuzuki (as I have mentioned earlier) was eccentric…and sometimes just random…It's a wonder why I put up with her, but I do.
"Good morning, Yuzuki." I said, looking at her. It seemed ready for class as she had her books with her.
"So…are you really living with Ryoma?"
"Still morning and you're interrogating me…You catch on quite quickly, Yuzuki.
"It runs in the family, Reena. So tell me every single detail!"
"Sure but there's nothing to tell…Alright it started…"
Then I told her every detail. I trusted her as a friend and she is the type of person you can trust but never tell her if you had a crush on someone, she will tell it a year later to other classmates and ultimately embarrass you. She is also a master in computer programs, hacking and gaming, despite the way she acts. Her grades are average and her strengths lie within sports and computing. It's weird because those subjects are total opposites…
"So he's a stalker? I wouldn't to be in your shoes…"
"What is it with you and the word 'stalker'?!"
"Meh…"
"Geez…why do I put up with you again?" I asked while organising my books.
"I don't know."
"That wasn't the answer I was hoping to hear."
"Meh…"
"Aha."
"I know! How about his family history! You know, he might have seen you in one of your concerts! I'll do a full-scale search!"
"I never asked to for you to do anyth-"
"FULL-SCALE search!"
"Yeah, yeah…Come on; let's go to form already…"
"Yes, yes Miss I-don't-care-as-long-as-it's-done-properly." Yuzuki muttered but that still couldn't hide the happiness in her voice because of the smile plastered on her face…it could rival that of Gin Ichimaru from Bleach…
There I go again with the anime reference! I really got to stop doing that and soon!
"I'm leaving…"
'If I tell her off, I'm bound to get a huge headache…' I told myself.
Taking my books, I locked my locker and walked to form with Yuzuki trailing behind me, as she's in my form.
Ring!
"Alright, let's start the day. Good morning, everyone." Mr Waddell said. "Okay, everyone sit down. Anderson, sitting down means sitting on a chair, not the desk." Mr Waddell scolded Anderson, another high school freshmen (Yr 10), I didn't know him well but he was sort of a school-drop out. Which makes me wonder if he should be here at all, considering his grades and how did he pass the exams?
"Alright, let's see who's here…Yuzuki Akatsuki…"
"Here!"
"Anderson Brown…is here…"
"…Alright I think everyone is here. The bell is going to rin-"
Ring!
"Alright go to your classes!"
"Hai. See you in the afternoon, Mr Waddell." Everyone chorused and left for their classes.
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A/N: Part 1 of this is now done! Time to do the next one! Review please! (-)/)"