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Author`s notes: I`m really sorry for any errors. Oh and another thing, does Sena own a cat?
Concerning my updates, sorry, if it`s too short.
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Sena was now a 3rd year middle school student. And that didn't mean anything good for her, for some unknown reason she would attract the attention of most of the male population in her school.
But this wasn't the confusing part, the fact that they didn't want her as a gopher surprised her. At first, she thought that they wanted to be her friends, but Ichiro and some of her female classmates said otherwise. Still, even though it was like that, some people still used her as a servant.
"Eh? Are you serious, Kiritani-san asked you to go karaoke with him?!" One of the girls in his class asked as they were both doing their cleaning duty.
"Yes, ummm, is anything wrong?" Sena replied timidly, she wasn't causing anyone inconvenience right?
"Sena-san, be careful around him, I heard some pretty bad stuff about him. It seems that he does ecchi things with all the girls he goes out with, without their consent! But they can't really complain since his dad is the leader of the Akiyama, a really powerful yakuza group." The girl warned her as she held Sena's hands really tightly.
"Eh? Ah, thank you for warning me! But I refused him anyway, so I guess its fine." The brunette thanked.
"Ah, which reminds me of which, I haven't really properly introduced myself right? I'm Yoshizawa Aki, but please do call me Aki instead okay?" Aki introduced herself as she grinned at Sena.
"I am Kobayakawa Sena, I hope to get along well with you from now on, Yoshizawa -san." Sena introduced herself as she bowed.
"Interesting, for someone to have good manners in this day and age is sure something! You're parents raised you well. But call me Aki, Yoshizawa-san is too stiff and formal, we're friends right?"
Sena thanked her again and blushed slightly as Aki patted her head in response. Yoshiza-- Aki-san was really kind and thoughtful. Now that she looked back, it was always Aki who would try to help her when it came to certain things. She glanced at Aki and saw how pretty she was; she had waist-length wavy strawberry blonde hair decorated with various hairpins of different colors and sizes. She wore black stockings that covered up her long legs and had her school blazer open wearing a necktie instead of the usual ribbon that was designated for the girls. To top it off, she had bright blue eyes that reminded Sena of the sky. The blonde wasn't anything like a typical girl; she would often threaten the guys in her class and punch them in the gut if it wasn't enough.
'So..So cool! I want to be as courageous as her, but I can't drag her in my problems.'
"Yoshi--, I mean, Aki-san, you're really pretty, as much as I would like to accept your friendship, I can't. If you talk to me, Odette-san will surely taint your name."
"I don't care."
"Eh?"
"That Odette person, clearly, she's been bullying you! I can't just stand at the side and watch you while doing nothing. I mean, look at you, she always throws your bag away and hides your outdoor shoes!" The blonde stated as she worriedly shook Sena.
"How -- did you--"
"Everyone knows, but all of them were just too scared to stand up for you, her father is an important donor to this school, so don't expect the teachers to help you." Aki cut her as she quickly drew her hands away from Sena and looked away.
"So, I want to be your friend, I want to help you." She continued.
What Sena felt that moment couldn't be described in words, a friend, she made a new one? Gradually, she was starting to make proper bonds with real people. Happiness. That was the only thing she could think of that time to describe it. Maybe, it won't be bad as she thought it would be.
Maybe, she could even face Odette and not run away anymore, like what her Ichiro-niichan told her to do.
Maybe.
Sena walked home that day in high spirits.
"A new friend, it somehow makes me feel so happy!" She giggled to herself.
Crap. Sena forgot what today was, it was Thursday. And Thursdays at the Kobayakawa household meant shopping. This was not good, more restricting stuff to apply onto her face and to wear. It was actually a big step for her mom to be able to force her to wear the female school uniform for 4 consecutive months, straight. She had a habit of occasionally wearing the male uniform during her first two years in middle school. And another one, that whenever it was gym class, and they needed to change, she would forget the presence of the guys around her and would begin stripping down to her shorts to change.
But as the young brunette was deep in thought, she accidentally bumped someone and fell to the ground.
"Itai!"
"Oh, I'm sorry; I was thinking too much, that I accidentally bumped into you." The man said as he helped her up and smiled apologetically.
"Ah, no, it was my fault, I'm really sorry and thank--" Sena thanked the man, but was cut off when she noticed that he was from the prestigious school- Oujou Gakuen.
'Ichiro-niichan goes there, so maybe he knows him, ah! and now that I look at it, he's really tall!'
'And he has blonde hair kind of like Aki-san's'
'Maybe he's nice like Ichiro-niichan!'
'If I'm lucky, he might be my friend.'
"Umm, would you pleasestayhereandwaitformeuntilIcomeback?"The shorter girl blushed.
'Uwaaaahhhh, how embarrassing, I sound like someone who's suspicious' she thought.
"Um, excuse me?"
"Wait here!" Sena turned beet red as she pointed to the river bank.
And without waiting for a response, Sena rushed to the nearest vending machine. She ran in her full speed perfectly evading the people and things. As she finally, reached her destination, she bought two cans of iced coffee and made a dash for the river bank.
"Um, here, I'm really sorry about earlier!" Sena gave the taller blond man one of the cans and took a seat beside him.
"Oh, thanks." He smiled apologetically.
"But you really shouldn't have, it was my fault anyway." He continued.
"Ah! No, I--I insist." She finished weakly as she opened her iced coffee.
Silence suddenly enveloped the two as they began drinking. Well, it couldn't be helped right? They just met, so the guy was probably alarmed by her presence. But still, this guy looked strangely familiar to her. She's sure that she's seen him before, but where?
"You look really familiar, have we met somewhere before?" Sena asked. Then suddenly realized that sounded really wrong.
"Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to, I just suddenly said what was in my mind!" The shorter teen frantically waved her hands around as she blushed.
'Oh great, what a way to slip up.'
"No, its fine, it's kind of inevitable since I do work for Jari Pro."The taller teen chuckled lightly.
'Ah! it's him, the guy I saw at TV the other day!'
"Sakuraba Neku?!?" She pointed at the taller blonde in bewilderment.
"Uh, no, I'm Sakuraba Haruto"
"Ah, sorry, it seems that I've called you the name of one of my favourite game characters, I sort of got confused since you were a Sakuraba." Sena apologized.
Way to go Sena! What a wonderful way to apologize yourself, now the popular pop idol Sakuraba Haruto probably thinks you're a loser otaku.
"No, its fine, but you do look quite energetic for a girl." Sakuraba laughed.
Sakuraba felt kind of relieved that Sena wasn't one of his crazy fan girls. It actually kind of surprised him that a girl didn't know who he was and wasn't going all flirty on him. It was refreshing to see someone like that.
"Thank you"
"Oh sorry, I forgot to introduce mysef, I'm Kobayakawa Sena!" She blushed as she introduced herself. She was making a big mess out of herself for the past few days.
"You're really tall, do you play any sport?" Sena complimented him.
"Yeah, I'm in the American football club, I play as the ---"
"Wide receiver?" Sena finished Sakuraba's sentence.
"Yeah, how did you know?"
"Well, you're tall, plus with your personality, I don't think you'd be a lineman."
Sakuraba nodded at this bewildered. This Kobayakawa Sena had good eyes.
"I knew it! Ichiro-niichan and you would make a good combination!"
"Ichiro-niichan, you mean Takami-senpai?"
"Yup! Because of a certain leg injury, he can't be the best quarterback, but with a good wide receiver, I'm sure they'd do well!" She optimistically said.
Sakuraba smiled warmly at the younger girl, she was a nice person. He remembered Takami-senpai's occasional stories about a certain young girl who he took in as his imouto. And if ever they should meet her, they must not make her cry, if they do, they face hell.
The blond shuddered at the last thought; Takami-senpai could be really protective when he wanted to.
"If that's the case then, I wouldn't mind you calling me Haruto-niichan." He patted Sena's head.
"From now on, I'll be your onichan too."
"Uwaah, then... Haru-niichan?" Sena smiled as she was a little red in the cheeks.
'How cute, no wonder Takami-senpai's really overprotective, this girl has an air of innocence that makes you want to protect her.' The taller teen thought as he blushed lightly.
"Then, is it fine if I call you Sena-chan?"
"Sure!"
Sakuraba and Sena talked for a while about amefuto and other random things before the pair decided that it was too late for both of them to be staying out.
"Are you sure you don't want me to walk you?" Sakuraba asked her with concern.
If his memory hasn't failed him, he vaguely remembers Takami-senpai complaining that Sena was really cute yet unlucky since she attracted perverts, stalkers and loli-cons. And so her mother would always get Takami or someone to walk her home.
"Yes, I'm fine, plus Haru-niichan, aren't your fangirls going to chase you?" She re-assured him.
"About that..."
Sena giggled, Haru-niichan was really a passive person.
"Kyaaa!!! Look its Sakuraba Haruto!" One girl squealed in delight.
"Gah! Crap, sorry Sena-chan, but I need to go!" Sakuraba ran as fast as he could.
'I kind of feel sorry for him.'
"S-E-N-A!!!"
Mihae rubbed her temples as she took a rest from scolding Sena; seriously, she went home past her curfew! And not only that, she didn't even walk with anyone home that day. Seriously, being stalked thrice wasn't enough to serve as a lesson for her? What if she got kidnapped even before she reached their house?!
"Sorry" The brunette muttered as she looked at the ground.
"But seriously, Sena, what were you doing out this late?" She sighed.
"Well, I met Ichiro-niichan's teammate; Sakuraba Haru-niichan!" Sena cheerfully reminisced.
"And I was having fun with him, so I kind of lost track of time, sorry, oka-san." She continued.
Sakuraba Haru?! That Sakuraba Haruto? Well, Sena was in good hands anyway, so it was probably fine.
"I seem to have made two new friends today, oka-san, I think getting a cell phone would be good!"
Well, that was a first, Sena who used to be a sort of recluse without any friends but Mamori and Takami, wanted a cell phone! Her baby was now slowly growing up, it somehow brought her to tears.
"Oh and oka-san? I think wearing a bra is still really quite troublesome" Her daughter informed her sheepishly as she was going up the stairs.
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