CHAPTER 6:
A FRIEND INDEED.The next day:
"That'll do for today right?" Arwen got up from her seat by Hori's side at the computer at the lab.
"I guess. I'll just look up a few more things. You go ahead."
"Thanks a bunch Hori. I really don't want to miss class again."
"I understand. Totally." He smiled as he got up.
"You're such a doll. Thanks. Bye!" she reached up and gave him a small kiss on his cheek, which made him blush.
"I love it when you're all shy." She grinned opening her book.
"Yeah, Well. With you I can expect the unexpected." He rubbed his cheek as he walked with her to the door.
"See you honey." She stepped out but totally immersed in her book.
He watched her leave; amused at the things they laughed and joked about.
"Arwen Watch-" he began calling out, as she was about to turn round the corner.
Before he could finish that line, Arwen crashed into someone who turned around to this corner. This person was like her too it seemed, her nose between a book as well.
Both of them crashed to the floor completely surprised and breathless.
"Out." Hori finished as he watched the two girls sit there completely astonished.
He nodded even more amused and began to walk to them.
"I'm sorry!" both the girls said at once as they got up.
"No I'm sorry. I should have seen where I was going." Arwen objected.
'No I'm sorry. If I hadn't been reading when I turned the corner I would have seen you." The other girl objected.
"Well I guess it was both our faults." Arwen smiled as they got down to pick up their books.
She eyed the girl from head to foot with a smile of liking as she watched her pick up her books.
She was simple. She had brown hair and brown eyes just like her but just a little darker, she was as fair and as pink as Arwen herself, but what she liked though was that, her eyes shined even from behind and small the thin black framed glasses. She wore a loose white shirt with high collars and loose sleeves and a calf length baby pink leg hugging skirt with slits. Slits! She noticed. "Oh."
"Is something wrong?" she asked Arwen.
"Hi. I'm Arwen. Arwen Matthews." She held out her hand forgetting what she wanted to say seeing her Guru Stephen Hawking' s book in her hand. A Physics student.
"I'm Anya, Anya Hayden." She shook Arwen's hand wearing a pleasant smile, which Arwen liked a lot.
"Oh. Yeah. Anya, Your slit just ripped a little more than it should."
"What!" she looked down at once. "Oh no! How will I walk?"
"Listen. Hold my hand and walk with the torn slit to my side. I'll fix it for you in the bathrooms."
"You don't have to trouble-"
"It's the least I could do." She cut Anya off.
"Ok we-" she stopped shocked seeing a guy walk up to them.
She was very drawn to his looks, yes. Who wouldn't, seeing this guy with perfect face, brown hair, golden eyes 6foot high, in black pants and a cream shirt walking to you rolling up his sleeves wearing a gentle smile.
But she couldn't be seen with a torn dress.
"I told you not to walk with your nose in a book so many times Arwen." He stopped in front of them. "This isn't the first time you've fallen like this. That's how you met me remember?" he turned to Anya. " And you should know better too."
Anya was in awe with the way his eyes twinkled with amusement.
Hori himself seemed to be in trance looking at Anya's face unblinkingly.
"Hori! Hori! Earth to Hori, come in Hori!" he felt himself being shaken.
"Houston. We have a problem."
He laughed out. "Good god. I thought you were asleep on your feet. With your eyes open!" she laughed hugging his hand.
Anya was somehow a little disappointed seeing her this close to him.
"I didn't want to say this but I told you so." He grinned down at Arwen.
"I know. Hori. I want you to meet my newest friend. Anya Hayden. She's a physics student too, I think." Anya nodded.
"But I haven't seen her in class, have you?" he looked down at Arwen then turned to Anya. Arwen shook her head.
"I've just transferred here. I have to come only a few days later. I'm having extra lesson's before I start to catch up to class." Anya replied.
"Anya, This is Hotohori Seishuku, he's one of my best friends, a wonderful boy friend and not to mention my lab and project partner." She smiled up at him.
Boy friend. Anya smiled at him sadly, but he was in a daze looking at her again.
"Hori! Be a nice boyfriend and go finish up work na? Before you shoot back out of this atmosphere looking at my beautiful friend here." She shook him again and he snapped out of his senses blushing again.
He nodded. "Anya and I have something to do, bye." She took Anya's hand and turned.
Anya and Hotohori nodded to each other as Arwen glued Anya to her side and began to walk.
Before she turned around the corner, Anya leant back hopefully to get a small glimpse of Hori, but he had begun going back.
She smiled amused as she knew that this was certainly the first time she had looked at a boy and liked him too much by just talking to him for just two minutes.
She looked down at Arwen chattering away, making conversation with her as she stitched her torn slit in the changing rooms.
She liked this girl right from her brown hair, brown eyes and pleasant smile, to her white shirt with rolled up sleeves, black vest with satin lining, to nicely fitting black pants, even down to her black slightly block healed clog boots.
She knew she would want her as her best friend all her life right then.
She could only hope.
What was even more exciting about being friends was…
"Will I meet him again?"