Silently,
her green orbs watched as the rain droplets trailed down the clear
glass window. A small smile played upon her delicate face as she
watched the thunderstorm outside occur.
The sweet lullaby that the wind sang as it hit the establishment made her idly relaxed in her own little world.
Akane quietly sat in her seat, with her left hand supporting her tilted
head and her auburn hair swaying back and forth to the beat of the rain
as it fell.
Tapping her black metallic led pencil along with the rhythm, Akane
closed her eyes; drowing out the lesson her chemistry teacher was
trying to pound in her mind and entering her own fantasy.
In a few moments, the school bell rang; screaming out bloody hell and
alarming the sleepy girl. Quickly and without a thought, she shot up
only to make the metal chair behind her crash onto the cold ground.
Yuudai glanced over to his frightened childhood friend as he began to
pack up. The lesson was done but he was sure Akane had been off
sleeping or daydreaming to care about the exam next period.
"Are you coming or what?"
He shouted over to the now calmed girl. She only shook her head in
reply to his question while he sighed deeply in. Maybe it wouldn't be a
good idea to tell her about the chemistry exam they were going to have
tomorrow or even about the exam next period. She would panick and he
knew it would be best not to make the timid girl anymore alarmed.
Quickly,
the chocolate coloured haired girl stuffed her backpack; not caring if
the papers that hung out of her folders were getting crushed in the
process. She was in a hurry and was in no mood to organize things out.
It was one of those hazy days that she hated to be interrupted when she was off day-dreaming of the impossible.
Letting out a sigh, Akane began walking with Yuudai only to part ways with him after coming to the end of the grand hallway. Her shadow obediently followed her through the crowded hallways with students chatting to their friends near their lockers.
She occasionally picked up conversations about boys, dates and who dated who but got dumped because so and so caught so and so cheating on them. These things never really interested the teenage girl. She hated drama the most and didn't quite understand why it was so interesting as to be called gossip. To her, gossip was about music and what was happening in the world. For this reason, Akane was often teased in her younger years and even presently, about acting like a 30 years old woman. That may be true but at least it meant she was wise. Right?
Perhaps
it was due to her ignorance to pay attention or maybe her lacking sense
of direction, but Akane soon found herself lost within the
preposterously huge school.
She smacked herself on the forehead while mentally cursing at herself
for not having any sense at a time like this. Her mother really screwed
her over when she didn't give that trait to Akane. You would be
surprise as to how many times she would get lost; even in familiar
places.
Turning heel, Akane made her way back, her black school shoes
clicking against the solid polished floor as she walked. The empty
sound echoing silently throughout the blaring hallways that was filled
with airheaded girls and testosterone fueled boys.
Before
she knew it, she had all together stopped in front of a rose coloured
window; one of thousands in the whole entire school.
She quietly muttered to herself as if in a question form as to why she
always stopped in front of a window; especially one of such a grand
size as this.
Maybe it was a habit; her mother always seem to stare out of windows too on such days as this.
Or perhaps it was her own mind's desire to unconsciously tell her she wanted to commit suicide.
Perhaps...Perhaps not...
Whatever the case may be, Akane soon shook the comfortless thoughts out of her head and began again, on her search for her destination.
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"How could you get here 10 minutes late?"
Yuudai whispered discreetly to the bored girl. He promptly sat upright
in his seat when their english teacher turned away from the blackboard.
"I had to go to the bathroom. Geez Okaa-san"
Akane replied; stretching out the last word to Yuudai. In response, he shot her a death glare only to have Akane stick out her tongue at him. Yuudai sat back in his seat, mentally counting to ten in his head to calm himself down. Oh ho, if it wasn't for the many students present in the room with them, he could have sworn his childhood friend wouldn't be breathing at the very moment.
"Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,
By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,
Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,' I said, art sure no craven.
Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the nightly shore -
Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!'
Quoth the raven, Nevermore.'"
Yuudai
leisurely looked over to Akane as the words still out pour from his
english teacher's mouth. A small chuckle escaped from his lips as he
watched his friend recite the famous poem of Edgar Allen Poe.
A stiffen laugh almost found its way out of him when their teacher caught Akane reciting the poem -- in mute form.
"Do you have a comment, Asahina-san?"
The 27 years old filipino man said as he loomed over Akane. His shadow
seem to engulf her entire body as she turned to face him. It was a bit
hard to believe he had just turn twenty seven and was just three years
short from being thirty. To Akane, he looked much older, but then
again, who said she had a say in those kinds of things?
"Iie Sensei! I just like the poem is all."
"Then you wouldn't mind writing a three page essay on the analysis of 'The Raven' would you?"
"N-no problem at all...Sensei..."
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"I think Yadao-sensei hates me.."
Akane said wearily to Yuudai. He only blinked in response as he
ate.
Akane slumped back more into her plastic seat as she watched her
gluttonous friend stuff himself. It was like watching the animal
channel and seeing the poor deer -- the nigiris -- being eaten by the
lion -- Yuudai.
Akane almost found herself wanting to throw up at the sight.
"It's because you were being a smart-ass Aki-chan. Let out your anger--"
At that moment, Akane slammed the head of her right foot into Yuudai's shin causing the teenage boy to spit out his food onto the wooden table. He only grovel in pity at his spoiled food.
"You're right! I DO feel better! Thanks Yuu-chan!"
She yelled out blithefully while knocking down the rest of Yuudai's
food in the process. But of course, knowing Akane, it was on purpose
and Yuudai knew this well.
"I'll get you back Aki-chan...Don't you worry...!"
He sparsely said in a quiet deadly tone only to look up to see that the brunette had already disappeared...
Yuudai could only sigh to himself as the bell soon rang. He was off
to his next class and was now prepare for mostly anything his hellish
gym teacher could throw at him -- literally...
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"You're late"
Kyouya said as the teenage girl pulled back the yellow curtain. She
had just changed into the boys' uniform and was now fixing the collar.
The afterschool bell soon rang as it signaled all the students that it
was now offically the end of the day and they were free to go wherever
it was they wished to go.
Her hazy gaze was fixed on the polished ground until she felt like
someone burning their eyes into her. Sure enough, when she looked up,
Akane saw her senpais staring at her. She only gave a dumbfounded look
back at them until Tamaki violently pushed her into his arms while
swinging her around yelling out:
"Akane! Kawaii! Papa's proud of you!"
Haruhi could only watch in pity as Akane began to pass out from either
spinning too much or losing oxygen. Either way, she was as good as
gone.
"You know...I thought you guys were kidding when you said I was going to become a dog..."
"Demo, Aki-chan's the year of the horse ne?"
"That's not what I meant Honey-senpai..."
She replied back effortlessly at her youthful looking senpai only to
have him make the puppy dog eyes look at her. Thus making her regret
the comment in which she had just spoken of.
"Would you like to be the dog Akane? I thought you would serve more of a purpose as a host"
Kyouya said monotonously while pushing his glasses down to meet her
jaded gaze. Akane could have sworn she felt a chill go down the spine
at that very moment when their eyes met.
"I-Iie...Kyouya-senpai.."
"Demo ne, what type is Kane-kun?"
Both
the Hitachiin brothers said in unison as they wrapped their arms around
Akane's slim waist. After that saying, the grandfather clock chimed;
resonating the eerie sound through the almost empty room.
Pushing up his glasses and turning his gaze away from his clipboard to the huge wooden doors, Kyouya responded:
"We'll find out right now, won't we?"
Akane silently began to fear for her own life as the doors creaked open and various girls began to rush in. It almost reminded her of the supermarket when they had sales of food. She quietly cursed herself for having bad luck soon afterward.
"Ne Kane-kun, when did you join the Host Club?"
Asked one of the many girls that had just surround Akane.
Apparently, she had became a host and was now known as Akasuki
Kane. Of course with the boys' uniform on and the short wig, no one
could really tell she was a girl. Then again, it was easy for her to
look like a boy due to her small-- or no-- chest size. Akane could only
sit there and reply back with fake answers.
"Kane-chan's my cousin!"
Honey said out of nowhere while popping into Akane's lap. He
sweetly wrapped his arms around her neck while snuggling against her.
Akane couldn't help but pat him on the head while the awes were made
from the girls around them.
"Honto ni?! No wonder they look alike!"
She thought bitterly. Thankfully though, Honey and Mori stayed with her throughout the whole time. Her first day on the job and if she were to murder some of those airheaded girls, then that wouldn't have been a good sign.
Her mind had lost track of time and had slipped into boredom due to the nonstop talking and questioning of her "clients", but when the time came, Akane faintly let out a long deserving sigh after closing for the day. She was tired and drowsy from the day's events and was now set to go home and write her 3 page analysis. Of course anything was better than sitting and hearing those preppy girls talk about complete and utter nonsense.
She thought to herself grimly as her hands began clenching into fists. Her mind was so clouded with the thoughts of how she was going to murder her sensei that she didn't notice her razr cellphone ringing.
"There you are Ojou-sama! My goodness! I was worry when you didn't come home from school!"
Turning
to face the wooden door, Akane caught the sight of Albert waiting
outside in the hallways for her. The elder man had shut off his
cellphone causing her black razr cellphone to stop ringing also. She
thought she had told him that she had after school but the older man
seem not to get the notion and was now ushering the young girl out of
the room, lecturing her on how important it was to be home on time and
not to make people worry.
Quickly, Akane turned her head to catch a quick scene of the others
waving goodbye to her. A small smile appeared on her face as she began
descending down the eminent staircase and outside into reality.
She mentally thought to herself; the words just simply injecting itself with ease into her mind as the white car began to pull away from the school's drive way. From the clear glossed window, Haruhi glanced at the last sight of her friend with a small smile on her face. Her brown eyes trailing the minuscule car as it seemingly got smaller coming closer to the tangerine horizon...