Orphan Flower
"Takuya Kanbara!" yelled a group of voices
"Uh oh, I have a bad feeling" he thought as he turned around to face three certain girls.
Mimi put her hands on her hips "Was that Izumi that you were just helping?"
He rolled his eyes "Yes, it is, unless if there's another Izumi you're referring to"
"We're serious, Takuya" Sora began
"Look, I don't really see anything wrong with her." he explained and as he walked past them and announced "Besides, what has she done to you?" leaving the girls speechless
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The Next Day
Izumi sighed as she sat down in her seat that morning. "Life just gets boring everyday doesn't it?" she thought
When the bell rang and school started, a girl came in late and sat in her seat. Izumi became surprised that it was one of her friends Hikari, and waved to her as she smiled back.
She leaned over to her "Wow, it's been a while since you came to school Kari"
She nodded "I have something to tell you guys, but I'll have to tell you later" she explained
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Lunch
"So Kari, what did you want to tell us?" asked Rika as she sat down along with the others outside.
Kari looked down not sure of how to say it, and began "Well…..I found out, over the weekend…..I'm no longer going to be an orphan…."
"WHAT?!" everyone cried in unison
She winced at their loud voices "It's not like I'm moving, I'm still going to be here"
"Who are you going to live with?" Izumi quickly asked
She became quiet again "It's ……….Tai"
Everyone looked at her with awkward silence.
Kouichi looked away "Um….so why his family?"
"Because…from the very beginning…..since birth, I'm actually his sister"
Rika looked away "I see…"
Izumi looked at everyone worriedly "Um, it's not like anything will happen between us anyways!" she laughed nervously trying to cheer them up
Kari smiled and nodded "That's true…."
When it was time to go back to class, Rika was walking past Izumi and out of nowhere she said "I wouldn't trust Kari anymore Izumi"
She looked at her in disbelief "What do you mean?"
"She's not going to be the same…"
She watched her go down the hallway and began to think "I don't Kari, is that kind of person…….is she?" she thought beginning to feel nervous
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After a few days, Izumi began to notice that her friend….Kari, was avoiding them, hanging out with "them". "Why?" she thought "This isn't the Kari I know…… she hated Mimi, Sora, and Miyako….so why is she acting like she's best friends with them?" she thought angrily
"I told you it wasn't going to be the same" mumbled Rika who was sitting beside her
She looked down "You're right" she sighed
Afterschool, Izumi walked outside feeling depressed. Too busy in thought, she dropped her school papers again. "Why did I just drop them?" she thought as she gathered them up "I'm so clumsy" she accidentally announced
"Well you kind of are, this is the second time" joked a familiar voice that handed her some of her school papers.
She looked up "Ah, it's you" she muttered and walked away.
Surprised he stopped her "Hey wait!" he began
Turning around she looked "What is it?" in a bored tone
"This isn't turning out the way I thought it would be" he thought nervously "Don't I at least get a thank you? and what's with the attitude lately?"
"Thanks……and I don't see why someone like you should care about me. Hasn't anyone warned you about me? especially my friends?"
He nodded "So? I don't have to believe in rumors"
"Either way, don't waste your time on people like us." as she walked down the sidewalk
He caught up with her walking beside her "What makes you say that?"
She stopped "People here don't like us, or should I say "orphans" all we do is cause trouble. So get it in your head…… you guys don't understand what we go…..through" as tears were starting to fall
He was about to say something but before he did, she quickly wiped her tears away and muttered "I have to go home now" and ran down the street so that he wouldn't follow her. "I'm such an idiot to cry…." she scolded herself
He watched her worriedly as she ran off, not knowing what to do. "I do understand Izumi…." he repeated in his head as he walked away "Because……I'm….an orphan too…."