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Well nothing interesting happened during most of the weekdays, except for today, which was Friday.
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"So class, today's homework assignment will be to write one haiku. Mashiro-san, can you please tell us what is a haiku?" Nikaidou-sensei asked.
"Isn't that a three line poem with five syllables in the first and third line while the second line has seven?" I answered.
"Precisely! Thank you Mashiro-san. Now all the sixth graders will take part in this assignment. This will be due on Monday. We don't want to rush you so you have plenty of time to get those creative juices flowing!" Creative juices? Yeah right. A kid raised up his hand.
"What does it have to be about?"
"A haiku is normally about nature but in this assignment you can make it about anything. You could write about nature, a hobby, or a special person or dream," Joy.
The bell rang and we all quickly got out of our seats. "So Rima, do you know what are you going to write about?" Amu asked me.
"Write something about sports!" Ran cheered.
"No! Write something about music," Miki cried.
"Writing about cleaning or cooking will make your haiku unique!" Suu piped.
Her charas argued among themselves.
"I don't know Amu, maybe something about comedy," I said absent mindedly. I wasn't really thinking of anything except for the culture festival for the moment. I was so psyched! I've been practicing endlessly on my comedy sketch all week.
"Come on," Nagihiko gently tugged my arm. "my mother wanted us to go early today."
"Eh? Rima's on another date with Nagi?" that loud mouth Yaya asked. Ugh, she might as well scream it to the world with those lungs.
"NO YAYA," I growled. "he's giving me a ride to the culture festival."
"Oh sure thing," Yaya smiled. She was annoying me a lot right now. Before anyone could say another word I quickly walked out with Kusukusu behind me.
"Bye Rima! Bye Nagi!" Amu called. "Tell us all about it on Monday!"
"Kay," I replied.
-----Culture Festival-----
"Remember to come back at 6:30 to watch Nagihiko," Chunge said.
"I don't think you'll have to worry Mashiro-san," Mrs. Fujisaki smiled. "You're going to be doing a comedy sketch right?"
"Oh yes. How did you know?" I didn't remember telling Nagihiko's mom about this.
"Chunge told me about the incident last week," Go figure. "We'll be watching you do your best!" What a cliche saying.
Chunge grinned. "Oh, no pressure!" I inwardly groaned. Saying that creates the exact opposite effect.
"Of course," I blurted. "I better get going now," I nodded in the direction of the comedy stage. "I'll see you later," I smiled and quickly walked to my destination.
"Ahh, you're very much early! I like punctual people," Karasuke shishou grinned. Then that nasty Saito poked his big head from behind.
"You ready to lose?" he said smugly.
"In your dreams," I said boredly.
"Yeah!" Kusukusu cried. "Rima will never lose to you!" Too bad Saito couldn't hear her.
"Quiet down young ones, you two should go work on your sketches now."
---Showtime---
Saito just finished his act. The crowd clapped loudly. As he passed me he condescendingly grinned. "Beat that Mashiro!"
I was nervous and sweating. So this is what stage fright feels like. "Ready Kusukusu?" I asked.
"Always ready for comedy Rima!" she grinned.
The host of the comedy show gave me my cue. "And next comedian up is a fresh young face. Please welcome Rima Mashiro, the Goddess of Comedy!"
Rima Mashiro, the Goddess of comedy. I liked the ring of that. "Chara change!"
I walked up to the stage and grabbed the mic fron its stand. It kinda aggravated me since stupid Saito purposely put the mic up a lot higher than me. I heard several snickers from the crowd. I'll bet Purplehead was one of them. I put on my 'happy voice'. "Today," I began. I scanned the crowd for the Fujisakis. "I'd like to talk about stereotypes." The crowd grew silent. "I don't like being labeled. One stereotype I've heard of was the crazy Asian drivers."
Moderate laughter.
"I heard that it's because we have "small eyes". That's crazy!" (a/n if you think about the way anime eyes are drawn, you'd know. xD)"
*Laughter*
Then -ha! I found Nagihiko, Chunge, and Mrs. Fujisaki somewhere in the center row "Who needs ginormous eyes when it comes to driving?" I continued. "We have something on our cars called rear view mirrors."
"You're doing great kiddo!" I heard someone backstage whisper to me. I have to say, I got pretty good audience feedback.
-----Later-----
I was just about done with my sketch. "Thank you!" I bowed. Then for a finish:
"Bala Balance!" I struck my signature pose. They loved it! My audience went wild. I felt so free. Then I made an exit.
Backstage, everyone was congratulating me. "Great job!" I heard comments thrown at me. "Are you sure you're a first timer?" Some of the crew even asked me for autographs!
I smiled at them and quickly signed in a messy hand. "I have to go," I told them.
"Okay! Take care! We hope to see you perform comedy again!"
I spotted Saito. His mouth was hanging open. "Take that," I smirked. He turned to the wall in shame. I walked away to leave him in his misery.
"Thank you Rima! " Karasuke shishou called.
"Your welcome!" I waved. Then I ran to see the kabuki performance.
"We did great Rima!" Kusukusu flipped in midair. I nodded. "Rima, let's go see Nagi do his best now!"
----Kabuki Performance---
I sat in the same spot as last week when I was watching him practice. I wanted to be there just in case he would mess up again. I wanted to cher him on if that happened. To my surprise, Mrs. Fujisaki sat down next to me.
"Mrs. Fujisaki, what are you doing here?" I asked.
"I'm not part of the show so I decided to watch my son." She explained.
"Oh," We sat in silence for a bit. It was werid since Nagi wasn't there. She broke the silence. " Thank you, by the way."
I was confused. "Um, your welcome. What did I do?"
"For the last week, Nagihiko's been practicing harder at dancing ever than before. I think it's because of you. This week I was feeling so guilty for dragging him back into dancing. He's been practicing with his sister since forever," Forever? There wasn't really a better way to word that. "but his hard work will pay off. Also, does he show an interest in anything at school?"
"I don't see Nagihiko like a hobby in particular. He's just a regular boy I guess," I felt like that was a lie, but deep inside him it was true. "I guess he seems to like sports and all that,"
Mrs. Fujisaki smiled. "I'm glad to know that." We didn't speak anymore since the show was starting. Thank God this time he didn't mess up. It was a perfect performance. I think he even winked at me near the end. I blushed. Please tell me his mom didn't see that!
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-----------Monday------------
At lunch I walked to find Amu.
"Mashiro-san," Tadase called.
"Yo ho, Rima-tan!" Yaya waved.
Kusukusu waved back. "Hi Yaya! Hi Tadase!"
"Is there anything wrong?"
"Um, no. I just wanted to ask you what you got on your haikus." Oh yeah! I almost totally forgot about it. I pulled out the paper.
"Ooh! You guys are reading haikus! Yaya wants to see! She even wrote one like all the other six graders!"
Pepe mumbled. "Well, it's not really much of a haiku Yaya,"
"Who cares?! Let's trade!" We all switched papers.
===Tadase's haiku===
Bow down to your King,
I will rule the world one day!
Muhahahaha!
He got a B on it. I stared at him like he was crazy. He nervously scratched his head.
"Well you see, I ran out of ideas and Kiseki helped me out. Unfortunately, Nikaidou-sensei told me the muahaha part at the end didn't count for syllables."
"How dare that commoner give you a B for this great haiku!" Kiseki fumed.
===Yaya's Haiku===
I love candy!
Chocolate and lollipops!
I could eat all day!
"That's not a haiku Yaya," I criticized.
"What! Why?"
Tadase pointed it out for me. "The first line has only four syllables, not five."
"You guys are so mean! So there's one missing syllable, what's the diff?" she stuck out her tongue. Then Yaya changed the subject. "Hey, where's Amu and Nagi?"
"I'll go find them," I volunteered.
"Kusukusu too!"
We walked around for a few seconds before we stumbled upon them. Amu and Nagihiko had their backs turned from Kusukusu and me.
"Come on Nagi! I showed you my haiku!"
"Oh no, not this face again..."
"Please!?" I saw Nagi grumble and reluctantly hand the small slip of paper to her. Amu read it. " Oh my gosh! You got an A on this too? Hmm... who's this about?"
Nagihiko wrote his haiku about someone?
"Well..."
"No way!" she playfully elbowed him. "So who's the lucky girl?" Nagihiko wrote about a girl? I suddenly began to feel heat rising in my face. Was this j-jealousy? Gulp. "You don't have to tell me if it makes you feel uncomfortable," Amu quickly added. However, she wanted at least some eensy detail about the mystery girl. "But tell me, is she smart or cute or something?"
Nagihiko laughed. "Oh that girl's really cute, and she's funny too." Cute and funny, he couldn't be talking about me could he? "I think she's also really nice,"
There was a pang in my heart. That was probably not me. In the way I treat him, there would be no way he could think that I'm nice. I felt saddness welling inside me.
"Ooh, she sounds like a keeper."
"Can you keep this just between us? I don't think I'd want anyone to be bugging me about this,"
"Sure thing Nagi!"
"Eventually Amu will find out who she is right?" Miki asked.
Nagihiko sweatdropped. "Who knows? Maybe,"
"Of course! Do your best Amu-chan!"
"So mysterious desu!~"
I suddenly remembered why I was here. "Hey Amu," Amu and Nagihiko spun around in surprise. Especially Nagi, did I see a small blush on his face? "Come on," I said. "Tadase and Yaya are waiting for us."
"Oh gomenasai Rima! Let's go!" Amu clapped her hands.
While we were walking I timidly asked, "What grade did you get on your haiku?" She stopped dead in her tracks.
"Amu-chan got an A desu!~" Suu chirped.
"Thanks to Miki!" Ran pointed out. Miki and Amu both blushed. Miki opened her mouth to say something, but no words came out.
"Can I see it?"
"No no! It's not that good anyways!"
"Then why'd you get an A on it?"
"Everyone gets an A if the format is correct!"
I wasn't gonna give up. Curiousity had its grip on me. "Please Amu?" I gave her those puppy eyes.
Nagi giggled. "Oh it's that face again," If I wasn't so busy trying to pursuade Amu with my puppy eyes then I would've given him my trademark glare.
"Oh fine!" Amu groaned. "But only if you let me read yours too," Ugh. Nice catch. We swapped papers.
===Amu's Haiku===
A handsome brave King
A mysterious blue cat
How can I decide?
No comment, really. O.o Did Nikaidou-sensei have the same expression I'm wearing while he was reading this?! "It's nice," I said flatly. Hey, I didn't want to be rude or anything.
Amu smiled."Thanks! I like yours too!" Really? I didn't think it was special or anything. I mean, it's a haiku. Aren't they supposed to be short and plain?
"Rima did this all by herself!" Kusukusu piped.
"Did she really?" Amu replied going all teacher-like.
"What did you write about Rima?" Nagihiko asked.
I blushed at that question and looked away. "Nothing,"
"Come on!" Amu cried. "Can he read it? I think it really describes your personality,"
"Please Rima?" her charas, including Kusukusu, chorused.
"It's okay, she doesn't have to if she doesn't want to show me her haiku," Nagi gave a gentle smile.
"But I think it's great! Can he?" Amu kept pleading.
I paused to think about it. Why did I feel shy about letting him read my haiku? It wasn't like there was anything embarrassing about it like Amu's. Reluctantly, I shrugged my shoulders. "Fine," I murmured. I looked away as he was reading it. I didn't want to really see the expression on his face.
===Rima's Haiku===
Laughter fills the room
I strike my signature pose
Bala-balance!
Naghiko giggled.
"What's so funny?" My face turned into a scowl.
"How dare you laugh at Rima's haiku! Bala-balance is funny!" Kusukusu scolded.
"I wasn't laughing at it. I just think it's really cute," he grinned. My heart fluttered for a moment. Really? Maybe it wasn't as terrible as I thought. "Say, why'd you get an B plus on this?" He inspected my grade in fine red ink.
"Nikaidou-sensei couldn't decide whether it was four or five syllables. I told him you were supposed to stress the -ce part in Bala-balance," I explained. Go figure. We were at Tadase and Yaya now.
"Amu-chi!" Yaya sang. "Can I read your haiku? We can read everyone's. I even wrote my own!" I snickered. Amu's gonna get it now for writing something so personal.
"What? N-no Yaya!"
"So I can't read it ethier?"
"Not this one Tadase-kun!" The three were busy fighting.
"I forgot, I didn't read yours yet," I looked at Nagihiko.
"What? Oh mine?" he tried to sound casual about it. "I don't really feel comfortable letting anyone read it,"
"You let Amu read it," I persisted. I tried my puppy-dog eyes on him.
"Well she gave me that face and-"
"So I can't read it just because I can't make a cute face like Amu's?"
He sweatdropped. "No no! It's not like that," Tears started welling up in my eyes. Then he smirked.
"Oh I see," he said. "those fake tears can get you nowhere with me." Shoot.
"Come on Amu! Unless there are very personal feelings you wrote in your haiku..." Yaya giggled.
"No Yaya!"
Blah blah. And the rest of lunch went something like that with Amu stuttering and trying to avoid the subject of her haiku.
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oh well that was fast. sorry bout the quality here. xD lately I've been finding time loops while i'm planning this out so sorry if this is gonna rush a bit for the next few chaps. I actually was working on the next chapter more than I've spent on this one. (err.. chronological order much? -__-" ) Warning: the next chapter might be a bit harsh for die-hard Nagihiko fans.
and im sorry, i told you guys id go to updating weekly. my excuse? I was working on the chapter after this then i went back to this one. xD chronological order much? :p but of course if that's so then the next one will be out soon :]
toodles til next time :]
~RnR! desu~!