Chapter 3
Heloooo :D Here's the third chapter Enjoy!
Mizuki sighed, relaxing in the chair as the school bell announced the beginning of lunch. She put down her pencil and stretched, wincing at her hands' sores. All around her, people stood up and went over to their friends, talking about the answers to the latest test they just had. Many others were already leaving, complaining about how hard it was. Mizuki had to agree. It was difficult. She stood up and grabbed her bag, leaving the classroom alone as she went down the stairs to eat lunch.
Unlike others, Mizuki had come to Seika High School at the beginning of the second term, when everyone else has already made friends. Worse yet, in the middle of the term, when she was finally getting to communicate with others, Sano had come to pick her up, and the obvious relationship between the two was revealed. From that day onwards she was isolated, but fortunately, not bullied. It doesn't matter, she thought. I'd prefer to see Sano pick me up every day than have some fashion-obsessed friends.
It was true. Since this was a difficult school to get into, and also very expensive, everyone here tended to be from a fancy family. One was the CEO of Takuma's Electronics' daughter. She was, of course, held in the highest respect. However, Mizuki's simple stature and her average brains isolated her from the rest of the group. This only added to her loneliness that she carried in her heart.
She jogged down the stairs, carrying her lunch as she headed out to the backyard of the school, where the sakura blossoms would be blooming at this time of year. Mizuki smiled peacefully. The sakura blossoms were her favourite trees. It was unique and beautiful to watch. Every petal seemed like a little piece of heaven floating down to her, soothing her loneliness. She soon arrived at the field and sat down, leaning against the sweet-smelling tree trunk. Nobody came here, so it was always quiet and peaceful. She happily unpacked her home-made lunch and ate, enjoying the taste of the octopus sausages she had made for Sano's lunch. Of course, these were the leftovers.
After taking a bite, she took out a magazine that starred several pictures of Sano and flipped through it slowly. The elegant form was taken beautifully, annunciating his gracefulness. But despite everything, every time she looked at his picture, she felt farther away than ever. She swallowed her food unpleasantly, no longer noticing its delicious taste as she packed it away, having lost her appetite. She sighed and left her things there as she started to walk around the garden, placing her hand on each and every tree trunk. Suddenly she heard voices on the other side. Voices? Plural? She thought. Strange. But it's no my business so I should go.
Just as she was about to reluctantly turn around and go back, the same girl voice, surprisingly close, spoke, her angry voice echoing over the hills. "What do you mean you found a replacement?!" She darted behind a tree, mentally yelling at herself for taking so long to make her decision.
"I'm sorry babe, but business is business, and you should know that." A snotty boy's voice replied casually. Mizuki's anger piqued. Calculating jerk.
"What business? I knew you weren't serious from the beginning, but I really fell for you!" her voice turned to pleading. "Please, Take-san!" Take…? Thought Mizuki. That playboy from Class C that always talks about being a popular idol?
"I told you, business is business. You don't have any more relations, I have no use for you." At that point, Mizuki also recognized the other voice. Iiyama-san from Class B, daughter of the COO of Tokyo TV Productions company. She gritted her teeth. He has no talent whatsoever, getting through this way. Having had enough of this, she stood up and, ignoring the fact that she had clearly shown her presence, stalked back to her lunch and books, grabbing it and going back to class.
Sano stretched, warming up for another full day of training. But his mind was completely somewhere else. Absent-mindedly, he stood up and stayed in the same position for a few minutes, thinking. What on earth does Akimitsu want with Mizuki? How does she even know him?!
Shin, who was on the other side, stared at his brother in surprise, almost fear. His brother was never the kind that let his mind wander during practice, and this has been dragging for over three minutes now. He broke out in cold sweat. What could be so important that Sano's not concentrating on his training?
"Onii-chan" Shin called out, jogging over to him and ignoring his coach's growls. "What are you thinking about?" Sano started and smiled at his little brother.
"Nothing much" Shin raised his eyebrow, which Sano ignored. "Just a few things."
"Mizuki-chan?" Sano blinked, surprised. Shin noticed this. "I'm not that stupid."
He snorted. "It's probably the only thing you could be that worried about." Sano stared for a second, then grinned and ruffled his hair.
"You're a hundred years to young to understand." He waved and walked off, enjoying Shin's glare on his back. But he sobered up immediately as he walked towards the starting point. Shaking his head to clear his mind, he focused no the high jump, darting forward with the single purpose and jumping, smiling as he watched the sky. He fell back down with a soft 'whumph'. His coach nodded, pleased with his jump. Sano stood up, his mind clear once more. He went back to the starting point to continue his training.
"Ashiya-san?" the girl from the sakura trees stood above her, her face a stiff, unsmiling mask. Mizuki, who was daydreaming out of boredom, started and smiled nervously.
"Hai?"
"I need to speak with you." There were whispers echoing in all four corners of the classroom, making Mizuki even more nervous than before.
"O-okay." She followed Iiyama-san outside, doing her best to appear nonchalant to the stares. She wasn't successful. They continued for a while, walking up the stairs and onto the roof. Mizuki turned to look behind her, staring at the doorway as she walked forward, longing to dash through there and back to her safe desk. Suddenly, Iiyama-san stopped, and Mizuki, who did not notice this, hit into her back. "Oh! I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention."
Iiyama-san was silent. Mizuki started to break out in cold sweat. Did she offend her? By bumping into her? But, when Iiyama turned around, she looked incredibly vunerable, her face no longer stiff and emotionless, but sad and somehow, still managing to keep her cool aura around her stable. Mizuki stared, getting even more scared than before.
"I-Iiyama-san? Are you-"
"I'm just here to say 'thank you'," she said, stiffly blushing. "For standing up when you did." At that, she turned around and headed back down, elegantly walking with the air of a recovered lady. Mizuki stared after her. And stared. And stared. Then slid down to the ground, shocked to the core. What was that? D-Did Iiyama-san…THE Iiyama-san talk with me? A smile stretched across her face. Iiyama-san said thank you to me! Giggling to herself, she bounded down the stairs, a lot happier than she was before. I can't wait to tell Sano!
"The number you dialing is unavailable. Please leave a message after the beep…" Nakatsu sighed. He's been trying to call Mizuki's cell phone for so long now, he could barely keep from darting off the court and towards Seika High School to meet her and ask her why she hadn't turned on her phone or returned any of his calls. "Oi! Nakatsu! Ano Boke!" One of his friends from the J-league planted his arm around his shoulders. "You're supposed to be playing! Now put down that phone and get in there or you're paying for Okanoyami tonight!"
Nakatsu sighed and pushed all thoughts of Mizuki out of his head. "Urusai! There's no way I'm paying!" he yelled as he threw down his phone and ran into the court.
"Akimitsu-san? Somebody's looking for you." Takuto looked up at his assistant manager. "It's Amamiya Kiri. Do you want to meet her?" He thought for a moment. My faithful little follower, huh?
Smirking, he replied. "Sure. Let her in." Two minutes later, a girl with silky black hair and big, puppy dog eyes came in and bounded towards him.
"Takuto-kun!" she trilled in her high, cute voice. "I missed you so much! I wanted to see you, but I was soooo busy with my photo shoots. I'm so sorry," she threw her arms around his neck, snuggling into his neck.
"You're choking me," he said calmly, ignoring her completely.
"Awww, don't be so cold. You know you love me," she cooed, using her neatly manicured finger to turn his head towards her. He let her kiss him for a second before turning back to what he was looking a before as Kiri jumped around, screaming that he had kissed her. He rolled his eyes.
"Oi. Don't be so loud. Come back here," he winked, allowing her to scream about it for a second before patting down on the seat next to him. She flopped down on it excitedly, leaning onto his shoulder. He turned back to the pamphlet and flipped the page. Amamiya Kiri looked up at his serious face and onto the pamphlet.
"Seika High School? That prodigious school? Why are you looking at that?"
Takuto's smirk grew. "There's a little something there that interests me: I want to check it out.
YAY! Chapter 3 done xD
Chapter 4 should come next week or the one after, coz I'm have a pile of homework to do Anyways, look forward to it! xP
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