Chapter IX. First Day High
Lae can see eyes staring at her, she thought it was because she was with Sendoh. Hikoichi came running to them.
"Good morning Lae-san, Sendoh-san. Lae-san. I forgot to tell you, I asked the principal for your record and we're classmates!" Hikoichi saluted at them.
"Oh. Hikoichi. Ohaio. That's good, at least I have a known classmate." Lae pretended to be glad.
"And Tagokeshi-san too. Year 1 Class 3."
"Tagokeshi? Sendoh-kun who is he?" Lae raised her brows and imagined what the guy looked like.
"Didn't I introduce him to you? You know blond hair?"
"Haven't heard at all."
"Later Sendoh-san, Lae-san!" Hikoichi beckoned his good bye.
"Bye bye Hikoichi" said the two in unison.
"So, it's gonna be tough Sendoh-kun. I'm scared of the people staring at me."
"I'm here. Come on hold on to brother's hand." He held his hands and Lae caught it.
They both entered the buildings of Ryonan High hand in hand. Ryonan has tiled hallways and white colored lockers looked so big and freaky. Lae can hear her heart beat so fast. Sendoh was flashing his smile on his fans while his fans glare badly at Lae.
"Eeek. Sendoh-kun, why are they staring at me? I can't have people staring at me." Lae was trembling in fear.
"It's okay princess they won't do you harm." Sendoh comforted Lae.
They climbed on a marbleized staircase which led to the 2nd floor of the building. That's where Lae's room was located. The teacher saw Lae and he was quite furious. He was tapping his feet when he saw a new student about to enter his classroom.
"Young lady where have you been? It was supposed to be your first day in class yesterday." He said waving his stick.
"Sensai I'm sorry, she went to watch our game. We won." Sendoh smirked to his teacher.
"Oh. Sendoh-kun. Well, then, thanks to Sendoh you're saved." The sensaii was glad that Sendoh flashed a big grin to him. His eyes then, turned into hearts. Who is this girl and she is too young to be Sendoh's girl friend. Huh. I want to be his girl friend. Ooh. Heehee.
"Looks like our teacher is crushing on you," said Lae teasing Sendoh.
"Oh come on. Hurry up and take your seat. See you at lunch." He hit Lae slowly on the head.
"Wait." She pinched Sendoh's nose and everyone in class saw what she did, "Bye, thanks."
"Okay. Bye guys." Sendoh bid goodbye to his fans in Lae's room.
Her classmates stared at her as she found herself a seat at the back of the room. She saw a familiar blond haired guy. But she didn't know who he was. Hikoichi called up to her as he was seated in front of the teacher's table.
"So tall...not your average kind of girl..." said one of the students in amazement.
"Lae-san! It's me! Hikoichi." Hikoichi gestured.
"Shut up Hikoichi." Said the teacher as he pinched Hikoichi's ear.
"Oi! Hello." waved back Lae.
"Who is this girl anyway? Why is she with Sendoh?" asked a few students.
"Please, let us welcome our new student. Come here child, introduce yourself."
"Um. Mina-I'm Salae Nimawan. I'm 15 years old. I transferred here from Tokyo. Nice to meet you all."
"Question Sir! I have a question for Lae!" said a girl on pig tails.
"What are you and Sendoh?" she asked and everyone gossiped again.
"Okay class let's not open up her personal life. She and Sendoh are probably cousins." The teacher predicted.
"Oh no sensai he's a child hood friend. He's like a brother to me." Lae was taken aback.
All the girls who had a crush on Sendoh sighed and was thankful that she was not Sendoh's girl friend. She went back to her seat when Yuki called out to her.
"Hey! Come and sit here with me! My name is Yuki." yelled Yuki.
"Huh? Oh. Um. Okay. Just call me Lae." Lae was delighted to have found a girl friend.
"So, tell me, what's Sendoh like?" Yuki asked as she rester her chin upon her palm.
"More than what you guys expected--worse! Why?"
"Oh this is good! I like you! Haha everyone here is like going crazy about Sendoh…I swear sometimes I wish the world was just mute." Yuki's eyes widened.
"You don't like him?"
"Neh. The guy is great, but I mean, I rarely find friends who share the same passion as me except going crazy over that basketball jock."
"Passion? What is it?"
"I love basketball! Haha. Once the teacher got mad at me because I escaped class just to watch matches! But I couldn't get away with it."
"So it looks like we're on the same boat. Your passion? Is mine too. I would like to be a reporter of this school where do I sign up?"
"Well, you came to the right place. I'm the editor-in-chief of the Freshmen's club."
"Really?! Oh my gosh." Lae was happily smiling.
"Really. No need for auditions and interviews. I like you…so you're in!" Yuki gave her a thumbs up.
"Oh my gosh really!? Thank you! Sendoh's gonna be so proud of me." Lae visualized Sendoh praising her.
"So, you and Sendoh are like what?!"
"Sshh. Sensai is getting angry at you. You're too noisy." whisphered the guy at the back of Lae.
"What?..." Oh. This blond guy I've actually seen him before. Tagokeshi. Right. "Hi, Tagokeshi-kun, so, you're a classmate of mine."
"Just shut up."
"How rude. I'm tellin' Sendoh."
"I'm sorry it's just that it's my first day and I don't want to make a mess."
"Oh. Sumang." apologized Lae.
It was Lae's first day and she already made a great impression to the teacher and to her classmates. She was almost good in everything. Lae being so forgetful eventually disregarded to recruit members for her upcoming game on Saturday with Haruko. Lae was not used to the limelight. She was always timid and humble. With Sendoh by her side she knows she can do things more than she could've ever imagined.
It was lunch time and Sendoh got Lae to come with him to lunch. She was with the whole basketball team. This was her chance to humiliate Sendoh…for a long time. Sendoh bought food from the cafeteria so; the team asked her some questions.
