Mystic Messenger High School AU

Chapter 2: Strawberry Drizzle and Chocolate Flakes! Make No Mistakes!

I chomped on my piece of toast in the kitchen of my home, while my older brother, Satoshi, cooked at the stove. He has short light brown hair and yellow eyes, currently wearing the pink bear apron I bought for him.

"Better hop to it or you'll be late, squirt!"

He sang across the room.

With my toast still shoved in my mouth I whined, 'Am ghompinhg!' Which made Satoshi blink and turn to me, "You're what?"

I groaned and swallowed, trudging over to the door to grab my bag, "I'm going, I'm going! Come on Mushi!" I smiled down at her as she meowed in response and walked after me.

Satoshi laughed and called,'Have a good day!' as I closed the door behind me. I didn't get far to see Saeyoung standing in my driveway, pouting and his hands deep in his pockets.

I all but growled as I stalked over to him, bag once again at the ready as I spat, "Didn't I tell you to lay off creeping on poor Mushi and me where are your manners?!-" I swung my bag when Saeyoung yelped, hands in the air and crying, "Stop, stop, stop! I come in peace!"

I stared at him in disbelief before narrowing my eyes at him, to see if he was telling the truth. Then I sighed and lowered my arm and grumbling, "Then why are you here?"

Saeyoung gulped and looked down, "Your friends found out what happened and...taught me a lesson," Saeyoung rubbed his head and shivered, I could only assume he was recalling the trauma dealt by Tsukiku and Michiko, "They told me if I want to make it up to you I should walk you to school and back since they can't for awhile...Is that okay?"

I smiled wryly and nodded giving him a quick 'Let's go.' Before walking- a little faster than usual- forcing Saeyoung to keep up.

~8~

Tsukiku, Michiko and I were walking back to their classroom for lunch later that day, when they noticed Zen in the midst of a larger crowd of girls than usual. It was at that moment I recalled something, "Oh! I forgot it was Valentine's Day!" Michiko and Tsukiku looked at me as if I grew two heads and I blushed in embarrassment.

Michiko stared for awhile longer and pointed out, "Hey, he's not accepting them? I wonder why?" We all looked closer and indeed, Zen looked sheepish and even a little guilty as he denied the girls' chocolates. Some girls got angry, others cried or shrugged, but eventually the crowd of fangirls thinned and dissipated. We walked up to see him sigh in relief.

At first Zen jumped at the sight of us before sobering, "Oh, Michiko, Tsukiku and Sora! Is there something you need?" Michiko tilted her head in response, "Hey Zen, we noticed you were denying your fans chocolates when you usually accept them. Is something up?"

Zen rubbed his neck sheepishly, "Oh that? Uh...It's just I have so much chocolate at home already, I can't accept anymore! I guess it's only natural for me, haha!" What was suppose to be an easy going chuckle came out more of a squeak, and Zen seemed to be dreading any of us noticing it.

"...You like someone?" Tsukiku was the first to speak with a small smile on her face, luckily for him since she could say all our thoughts while giving him the least trouble. Since no doubt Michiko would subject him to an intense interrogation. I turned to Michiko to she her huff and her jaw shut, clearly 'How could you get so many early morning~?' Had been on the tip of her tongue.

To our surprise Zen began to stutter and blush, quickly negating the topic and making a swift getaway. We had mostly done it to tease him, but for once the popular kid liked someone in their school, what a twist.

~8~

We returned to their classroom, moving past the disheveled chairs and tables to their desks at the back. And another surprise awaited us at our desks. Two boxes lay there, one blue neatly wrapped in a yellow ribbon, the other poorly wrapped in red paper and a haphazard yellow bow, covered in visible tape, the difference in wrapping was almost comical.

We went over and investigated the boxes, seeing they were addressed to Tsukiku and I, we took our respective presents. I personally was surprised I had gotten anything, I never got a gift on Valentine's Day before.

"Ooh! Open yours first Tsukiku and read it out loud than Sora! Haha this is so cute! My little girls growing up!" This made me roll my eyes, though I hoped Michiko wasn't upset she didn't get one. Whatever these were it was obvious the people behind the gifts did this together, so It didn't mean no one liked Michiko by any means.

Tsukiku opened her gift and inside were white chocolate bon-bons sprinkled in chocolate flakes, "My favorite chocolate..?" Tsukiku murmured in surprise before she took the card inside and read it, "Dear Tsukiku, a lot of people say you're violent and you're apart of a shady gang but I know you're not! You're really sweet and pretty and you help out a lot, thank you for all you do! Happy Valentine's Day! Sincerely, your secret admirer. Hm…" Tsukiku stared at it for a moment before her signature small smile spread on her face and she gently took out a bon-bon between her index finger and thumb before eating it contently.

"Huh? That's it? No heart-reaching confessions or dramatic explanations of love?!" Michiko sighed and flopped into her seat, "What's the point of making Valentine's chocolate when you don't ask the person to be your Valentine! Jeez, that boy…"

Tsukiku and I blinked at her in surprise, Tsukiku was still chewing so I spoke, "That boy...do you-?" Tsukiku interrupted with a nervous laugh, "Hahah! I just meant the person must be a boy! U-unless it's a girl I guess- Anyway! You, Sora! Open yours!" Michiko stared and me nervously and drummed her fingers on the back of the chair that she was kneeling on. I sighed and opened mine without preamble.

Looking down I saw my favorite flavor as well, brownies of dark chocolate drizzled in strawberry syrup. I blinked before I noticed another note tucked in the side, so I took it and read it out loud, "Sora, sorry for making you uncomfortable. I noticed while I followed you, you are very considerate of your friends and really cute. I hope these brownies will help me make it up to you. ...Saeyoung."

I felt my cheeks steadily be set alight, which made Michiko smile and squeal, "Aw~! Sora is embarrassed! How cute!" Still blushing I grumble and took a chocolate much like Tsukiku had and chewed it, trying to critique the chocolate to shave my embarrassment. Though the squares weren't perfect and were lumpy, they had a bitter and slightly sweet taste to them, complimented by the strawberry. "They're really good…" I mumbled before taking more.

It was then we all jumped when we heard a muffled whooping beyond the classroom door, a smack, then a whine. Soon I realized who it was and yelled angrily, "Saeyoung I told you to stop stalking me!Now get lost!"

On the other side there was some scrambling before it faded and I sighed. That guy was really pushing his luck.

Though...it was really sweet of him to make chocolates for me. Maybe he's not so bad.

But he's still a weirdo.

~8~

A/N: That's chapter 2! Yay! Thank you to those who took the time to comment! It is fun for me to make this series and I have a lot of plans I'm excited to do as you can see from the many mysteries in this chapter~ I was planning to make it longer but it may be better making these chapters roughly 1,200 words each or so. Short and sweet but I kinda go with the flow when it comes to writing so they may get longer or shorter. As for the questions other than the obvious who sent Tsukiku those chocolates, (it may be obvious who did tho lol) why was Zen flustered? :o And Who IS the evil space giraffe? … That's about it lol. Tell me who you think it is who dear Zenny has the hots for! And thank you for reading~! (Sorry for the kinda long A/N)