Title – A Summer Romance

All summer romances are romantic. I never had one but I have read a whole lot about them. Here is my dream summer romance with none other than ruka-pyon and me! Will ours come to an end like others or will it have a happy ever after? Read more to find out. Enjoy and please R&R!


Points –

a. 'thoughts'

b. "dialogue"

c. singing or background music

d. scene change


End Of School

"Yay its summer time!" I screamed as I got out of school. "No more long exams or silly tests or silly cheerleaders troubling me!"

"And we all know what summer means…" Mikan said.

"What?"

"Teaching kids, writing more songs for my band and long study sessions with you-know-who!"

Mikan chan has her own band and we perform at the café just down the street from my house. I'm their song writer. I sing too. But only sometimes and in the shower. I think I'll freak if someone heard me singing.

"Who?"

"You know what Hikari, for someone who has a ninety five plus average you are dense!"

"No seriously, who?"

"Ruka-kun! Who else?" mikan almost screamed.

"Shh! It's a secret!!! Do you want everyone to find out?" I asked.

The deal was that Ruka-kun was one of those really popular guys. The kind who, you know, played football, went to parties, went on dates with pretty cheerleaders and so on and so forth. I wouldn't really know as I wasn't popular. I was one of those shy bookworms who sat in a corner and studied, got good grades, did some charity by teaching kids in their dad's summer camps and never and by principle NEVER made social contact with really popular people like Ruka-kun and his rumored girlfriend Hotaru.

I guess that was the whole reason he didn't want people to know he was secretly tutored by me. I know his snob of a friend Natsume would disapprove. He had come along on a study session once and was nodding at me dissatisfied all the time. That was three summers back. Now he rarely visited. Once or twice occasionally, after dark or so.

I don't mind really. It's not like I really like Ruka-kun. Sure you would say that no girl in their right minds would tell anyone that they had no interest in Ruka-kun, the god from junior high. Obviously, three summers ago I would have considered them nuts too. But I guess people change and we eventually learn to move on from the past. Time can heal almost anything when you give yourself some time.

"You must be in deep thought, huh?" mikan asked.

"No. I'm not. Why would you say that?" I asked.

"Oh no reason. You were exceptionally quite all the way from the school exit to the parking lot. I can tell the difference anyways. You are always so hyper when we decide to go for ice cream when school is over"

"Ice-cream?" my head shot up. Ice cream is the first love of my life. "When did we decide that?" I asked excitedly, getting in the car. I didn't care actually. Anytime is good for deciding to have ice cream. Especially when you know you have nine whole weeks of fun in front of you. Better still if you have your friend there with you.

"Just now. I decided it. So let's go!"

We both jumped into Mikan's car and drove to my favorite ice cream store – Purple Teddy! I would be driving my own car if say certain someone aka I hadn't gotten into an accident with it because of her completely useless driving skills. I was a pretty good mechanic but a hopeless driver. So my punishment was to fix it on my own. I did that, but I did it too quickly and I got extended punishment of no driving till I learnt from a professional.

Well, mop up these sad thoughts. Its ice cream time and summer time.


xxx—flashback---xxx

I think it was about a week ago.

I was sitting in a silent corner of the library, reading a book on advanced chemistry for my project. That's when Ruka had come to talk to me.

"Tenshi –san, can I ask you something?" he whispered.

It was a library you know…

"Yeah. What's up Nogi - san?" I asked.

"Well, you got into the Tokyo University through the entrance exam last month, didn't you?"

"Yes."

"Well. I was going to take the entrance exam they hold in mid summer. I was wondering if you could tutor me…"

"I would like to. But, I work for my dad's summer camp in the morning and have to work with mikan chan at the summer café at evenings, so I will only be able to tutor you in the afternoon. Can I ask you something?"

"Thank you and yes."

"Why didn't you ask imai-san?" I asked. Hotaru was way smarter than me.

"Well, the truth is that no one knows that I want to give study in Tokyo University. So I couldn't tell anyone else. Can you please keep this a secret?"

"Yes. But only on a condition. You should call me Hikari and not Tenshi-san. It feels weird as everyone calls my mom Tenshi-san. Deal?"

"Deal. but you have to call me Ruka then too."

"Okay"

xxx---end of flashback ---xxx


Author's note – My name in the story is Hikari Tenshi (in American style). Also this is a Ruka x Me fan fiction. So sorry to all the RuRu supporters!