Chapter 3 is here YAY!
I'm really busy with school so I'm truly sorry if you don't like it, but i'm really happy that you have read my stories and reviewed them, I want to thank everyone, so... THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
And also I don't own any of the characters BUT I DO OWN:
This story, Chiaru, Takushi and Sota.
"Meroko wake up!" Yelled Mitsuki, running towards the sleeping pink haired girl.
Getting annoyed by all the fuss, Meroko pulled her bedcover over her head, "Just five more minutes..." she murmured sleepily, her words were half muffled because of the cover over her head.
"Your five minutes are 3 hours!" Mitsuki grabbed it and threw the cover across the room, far from Merokos hands to reach it.
"But it's only 7:15..." Meroko held the pillow over her head.
"It is quite a distant to school you know"
"But still-"
"No buts Meroko! Now get up or I'll make sure that you won't get any sweets for a week!" she threatened.
"I get it, I get it! I'm up! Happy now, mom?!" she grumbled as she left the warm, comfortable bed. Mitsuki rolled her eyes as she left the room with her bag around her shoulder.
"H-hey! Wait for me!" Meroko quickly changed and skipped breakfast to catch up with Mitsuki.
The two friends hurried to school, though they still had a half hour left. Mitsuki who ended up staying over at Meroko's place and had spent lots of hours at TeenNight, was still spirited as if she had slept early. But she actually is trying to shake the incident off her head.
Flash back
"Wait up Mero-"
"Hey, isn't it Mitsuki?" a boy asked rudely.
Mitsuki turned her head and eyed three boys at her age. The one in the middle, who seemed to be the leader of the gang was two or three inches taller than her.
"Y-yes, that's me"
The brown haired 'leader' grinned "I've heard a lot of things about you, how your life used to be before you moved here to Tokyo"
Mitsuki's eyes widened and let out a quiet gasp. The brown headed boy's grin widened. He seemed to be enjoying himself... No, he was enjoying himself.
'What? No he can't, impossible! I have never told anyone about my past life' Mitsuki yelled in her mind. Her eyes remained wide, filled with shock, her mind was blank. But soon recovered, she is stronger than that, she won't allow herself to fall for something so small.
"Huuuh... So the rumors are true then" He continued, his voice had a hint of disappointment but it obviously was fake.
Relief washed over Mitsuki face 'Its only rumors, thank god! But still... What if...' she couldn't help but to frown at the thoughts.
Suddenly the 'leader'' grabbed Mitsuki's wrist roughly. She flinched at the sudden pain. She tried to struggle free but that only caused a harder grip on the wrist, being the weak girl she was at the moment; stopped trying to break free.
"I-Itai! Yamette kurasai!" Mitsuki winced (Translation: It hurts! Stop it!).
"Ehhh? Are you not supposed to be the 'strongest' student at school? Where's the cool act?" the boy to the right who's name was Sota messed around. Mitsuki recognized him because he goes in the same class as her.
"Nah, she looks so weak! There's no way that would be true!" the boy to the left, Takushi, explained. Takushi who is well known in school for causing trouble, even a newly transferred student would have heard of him after a day.
"What are you talking about?" Mitsuki asked in confusion.
"Don't play dumb!" The frowning 'leader' tightened his grip on her wrist, making her yelp in pain.
"Hey stop it Chiaru!" Meroko pushed the "leader" so called Chiaru, away from Mitsuki.
"Great! The bodyguard is here" Sota muttered.
Chiaru smirked evilly "I guess we let you go for this time" with that the gang of three walked away.
When the boys were out of sight Meroko dragged her outside, waking away from the building of teens. The two friends kept quiet, not even facing each other, only the sound of night and crickets could be heard with the moon lightening up the path along with some night lamps. The wind sent a chill and passed the cold air of an autumn's night along with some loose leafs flying around. They both wanted to say something to each other but no words were said.
"I'll be heading home then" Mitsuki said once they reached the pink haired's house.
"No, you're staying here. It's very late and dangerous at this hour"
"But I don't want to cause trouble or-"
"Nonsense! You sound like an old lady who wants to be polite ya know. Are you really 14?" Meroko cut her off.
"Fine! You win"
End of back flash
"Mitsuki, please! Can't we *yawn* skip school today?" Meroko asked and yawn once again.
"No way! If my grades drop who knows what my aunt or obaa-san would do" Mitsuki told her, even the slightest thought would make her shiver.
"Fine!" she pouted.
"No need to be mad, we're already here" Mitsuki told her when they reached the school ground.
"Oi! Mitsuki, Meroko!" someone called.
The two friend turned around, Mitsuki smiled at the person who appeared.
"Good morning Takuto" She smiled brightly.
"Morning..." the sleepy Meroko yawned.
"Someone is sleepwalking" a deep yet young voice was heard (annoying yet teasingly tone, according to Meroko).
That voice was enough to wake her up as an anger mark appeared on her head.
"Ah, Good morning Izumi-kun" the smiling Mitsuki greeted him.
"G'morning, Mi-ki, Tak-kun... And Me-chan" he greeted back, but said Me-chan playfully, expecting some kind of fight to begin.
"Grrr, Come on Mitsuki!" She grabbed her arm and speed walked to the building.
Once they were half way to the entrance Meroko slowed down into a normal waking rhythm and released her best friends arm.
"So, are you going to attend the music club? They start tomorrow for this term if you want to go" She changed the subject and she was calming down bit by bit.
Unaware of Izumi and Takuto had caught up to them, the conversation went on.
"Yes, I should do that!"
"I wish I could join in, but I'm too busy spending time at arcades" Meroko playfully hit her head as she stuck out her tongue, like a silly kid.
"Are you kidding me Me-chan?"
"Oh boy, here we go again" Takuto muttered under his breath.
"Really, singing? It's gonna be hell there!" Izumi teased waiting for some kind of show to begin, this time for sure.
That was it. He had just added oil on fire. Meroko was now red of anger, a fired up atmosphere was built. She punched him, hoping that would calm her down.
"Didn't feel a flick…" he softly replied, acting like he didn't even notice the hit, though it actually hurt. Meroko glared at him, giving him another punch.
Mitsuki and Takuto sweat-dropped at the scene in front of them
"Are they always like that?" Mitsuki asked him.
He nodded "Yeah, the first minute they fight then the other they act as if the fight never happened!"
"Sounds like Meroko. She has not changed one bit during the last three years, has she?" Mitsuki admit as Takuto nodded in agreement.
Another punch from Meroko finally made Izumi grunt in pain. The pink-haired girl humphed, satisfied with the punishment he went through.
"Why won't he just confess already?" Takuto sighed.
'That guy just keeps on hurting himself' he thought sighing heavily as he shook his head.
"Dunno..." Mitsuki agreed.
Two or three seconds went by until "Wait, w-what!? Confession as in love confession!?" Mitsuki exclaimed when realization hit her.
"Y-yeah, it's obvious with the way they act" He explained.
"I see, I didn't know"
Izumi and Meroko gave the two teens a cold glare, Izumi gave the coldest one. The atmosphere became tense, anyone near them would be able to feel chills down their spines.
"What kind of information are you filling Mitsuki's head with, Takuto!?" Meroko pushed him away from her friend as she hugged her protectively.
"Who would actually fall in love with an uncute, idiotic, tomboy like her?" Izumi 'agreed'.
"Excuse ME!?"
"Ano... we really need to get going, save the conversation till later, okay?" Mitsuki reminded them.
The three friends nodded in agreement and entered the house of education.
Meroko and Izumi, who were in another class than Takuto and Mitsuki had to split with them by taking the opposite hallway. Before they left Meroko gave Takuto a cold glare when Mitsuki didn't see, that said 'Tell her 'fake stuff' or touching her, you'll be dead'.
The young boy chuckled and nodded. She gave him a suspicious look but then Takuto put an arm around Mitsuki's waist, pulling her close to his well-built chest.
"What are you doing, Takuto?" Mitsuki asked confused, clueless about their pose (and it's meaning), which was not the most common one among friends. Being the girl who never had male friends before blushed out of nervousness, she was definitely not used to be so close to a boy. Her heart speeded up, while her cheeks heated up, she could even smell his scent. She tried not to think about it too much and try to keep cool.
"Oh nothing" he replied with a smirk. "Right Meroko?" Takuto looked at the pink haired girl.
He left the angry Meroko behind with Mitsuki still in his arm. "Takuto! That's exactly what I told you not to do!" she was about to follow them and 'stop' him, but Izumi dragged her to their own class.
"Let me go Izumi! I need to save Mitsuki from that evil demon!" She yelled.
"Stop being over dramatic, if I know Tak-kun he'll take care of her just fine." that was enough to shut her mouth.
With Mitsuki and Takuto
Mitsuki's pov
Glares...
Glares...
Even more glares...
Whispers were heard here and there. A boy was throwing pieces of paper at me that was scrambled together, forming it to a ball.
The math teacher is sick so we have a whole hour off.
I think I'm beginning to hate breaks. People are staring, not that it's something new, but now they're throwing stuff at me!
Agh! I can't take it anymore! I'm so pissed off, I better get out of here fast and calm myself.
I stood up from my seat with my hands slammed on the desk by accident. I didn't mean to show my anger, I looked up to see Takuto and the others (who were already starring at me) look at me with a shocked expression.
Great! Was it really necessary to do that?
"M-Mitsuki? Is everything alright?" Takuto asked, probably surprised by my stupid act.
"Y-yes... I'm fine"
"She is so faaake... she just uses people to kill time" one whispered.
"I've heard that she just moved here alone. She probably is a spoiled-"
My eyes opened wide and a weak gasp escaped my mouth.
H-how do they know that? Where did they hear that from?
No!... No! I-it's not fair. They aren't supposed to know that I'm alone here. Ugh! Pull yourself together Mitsuki! It's probably another rumor, yes, like the one from yesterday.
"I heard she uses hot guys by acting innocent" a girl said. "And she is cheating on her boyfriend" she added.
I wanted to run and I could do it if I wanted to, but I couldn't. Something's holding me back, I can't run no matter how much I want to.
Just then I felt Takuto grab my hand and run out of the room with me.
Takuto's pov
I felt myself frown at this. Both the glares and the not-so-visible pieces of paper I saw through the corner of my eye. It made me madder the way they acted.
I don't understand! Why are they being so mean towards her?
The noise from a chair rub on the floor and hands slammed on the desk was heard.
The sudden sound and behavior surprised me quite a lot, I did not expect that at all. "M-Mitsuki? Is everything alright?" I regretted asking that when the words left my mouth.
Of course not! Why did I ask something so obviously stupid? How can she be fine the way everyone treats her?!
It's probably hard to deal with all this. If I were in her shoes I would have probably react the same, maybe worst. I wish I could help her in any ways.
"Y-yes... I'm fine" she answered after a moment, seemed a bit distracted and hesitating. She was obviously not fine.
"She is so faaake... she just uses people to kill time" one whispered.
"I've heard that she just moved here alone. She probably is a spoiled and selfish kid and because of that she was sent here all alone" another one whispered.
"I heard that she uses hot guys" a girl said loud and clearly. "And she is cheating on her boyfriend" She added.
What? Is that really true?... I took a glance at Mitsuki from the corner of my eye, when I saw her terrified face I knew that they were only rumors and that it was stupid of me to even think they were true. I grabbed her hand and ran out of the room. I don't care what the others think or say, but I couldn't stay there any longer.
Normal pov
"T-Takuto! What are you doing?" Mitsuki asked.
He continued to run in silence, still holding her hand tightly. A minute passed and he stopped all of a sudden, causing Mitsuki to almost bump onto his back.
"What's wrong Takuto?" she asked, her eyes held concern. She didn't know what's gotten into him. She couldn't read his expression at all. Takuto's eyes were shadowed with his bangs, Mitsuki wasn't sure if he was breathing or not. Why was he acting like this? Is he mad at her? Did he believe the rumors?
Takuto slowly dropped her hand, not facing her once, he was just standing there quite. Suddenly his fist slammed against the nearby wall, causing Mitsuki to jump.
See you all in chap. 4
Japanese words:
"Obaa-san" means grandmother in this case, but it can mean old lady (in a polite way)
"Ano" literally means 'Um' or 'Uhh'