Haru looked at Akira as she came out of the dressing room for the hundreth time. He liked everything she wore, because no matter what it was she could carry herself well in it. However this time was different. She came out in loose blue jeans, tan boots, a black undershirt and a red crop top. She looked hot. The red and black went well with her extreme black hair. "Is this okay?" She asked slowly turning.
Haru quickly snapped out of his gaze. "Yes that is one of the best ones you tried on. I would go with that one. How much is it?" She went into the dressing room and came back out in her original clothes.
"It's 40 bucks." She said with a snicker.
"What may I ask is so funny?" He asked with a confused look on his face.
"A buck is a male deer." She said laughing.
"And…" Haru tried to get her to talk.
"Nevermind… I'll tell you later…. Or rather I'll let you figure it out." They checked out and she changed into her new clothes. They walked to the subway and sat down.
"How long will we be on here?" Haru asked.
"Um about an hour and a half. Then we'll walk some more."
"Oh."
They stayed in silence for about 3 minutes.
"I just thought of something." Akira blurted out.
"What is it?" Haru asked in a relaxed position.
"I should tell you about the friend we are going to meet. Her name is Sakura. We've been friends since I was 7. We're the same age but when she was 14 she got into a fight. She was expelled and even after that year she couldn't come back. You can't tell her I told you any of this. Do you understand?"
"Yup, we're covered. I would like to know a little about you though."
"What do you want to know?" Akira said both confused and concerned, "And why?"
"Well the latter one is easy. I think your pretty cool. And I want to get to know you. I kinda want to know about your past. Just so I know what I'm deeling with." Haru said with a grin.
"Well my past is very complicated. I don't remember anything past being 5. I heard Hatori could tell you the part I don't remember. Any way I lived with Mika and Toni. If I was caught calling them mom or dad I was in big trouble. We did everything together. Then one New Years Eve at the Sohma estate, they let me go. I was sitting by myself. Toni came up to me and kneeled so he was eye level with me. He put his hand on my leg and he told me something I can never forget…" Akira started to get tears in her eyes. As she was telling her story they ran down her face, "He said, 'I know your only seven but you should now Mika and I are not your parents. We are your aunt and uncle.' He pointed to the corner where a boy my age sat. He had orange hair and seemed to think something on his shoe was interesting. 'That is your brother. We bought you a room at a year round boarding school. You can't take much with you. Here is a list of things you can not take. You have a week until the plane leaves so go get packing. Oh and when you leave don't come back.' He stood back up and walked away. I sat there crying. I heard a sniffel. I looked up to see a teenage boy crying, it looked like he was crying for me. I got up and left with a determined look. I was going to make the best out of it. I had nothing to loose. I looked at the list. Most everything I had was on it. I only packed enough clothes to get me there because they would issue new ones. I found out the night before I left that the primary reason for letting me go was because Mika was to have a child and they didn't want me to interfere." Akira paused to see Haru's face. His face showed nothing but pity and concern.
"Please continue." Was all he could say. She continued with her story.
"When I got to the school there were a lot of rules to abide by. The first one I was very thankful for, No Hugging. The boys wore shorts or pants, leather shoes, a fancy jacket and a dress shirt. The girls wore mini skirts, a dress shirt, fancy jacket, and black high heels. I hated it. I was put in the same room as Sakura. We quickly became friends. We complained about the teachers together, read the same books, and even liked the same TV shows. Then she got into a fight and had to leave the school. I was by myself since no one wanted to room with me. On summer breaks Sakura's mom and dad let me stay at their house. Even though Mika and Toni paid for full year services I didn't stay there the whole time. Then when I was 16 my time at school was over. I had to leave since I couldn't afford it myself. I stayed at Sakura's for a while then I thought I was getting in their hair too much so I found the hide out. You know the rest." Akira looked up. "It's almost time to get off."