• 3 years ago •

Today was the third day of the school term. Kirana's classes had been mildly boring and she rarely ever got the chance to read. It had been quite a shock to her teacher and classmates when they discovered she was mute. Kirana was sure that the teacher would've already been informed, but it seems that he wasn't and the small girl had to write a whole paragraph to explain. Now everyone who knew her treated her like a precious glass sculpture that would shatter under the slightest touch. It annoyed Kirana but she didn't bother trying to tell them that she wasn't as fragile as they though, they could think whatever they wanted to think, it wasn't such a big deal.

The lunch bell had just rung and Kirana quickly walked out of the class. She decided to find a quiet place to sit and eat.

Teiko was quite big and it was easy to get lost which is exactly what Kirana did.

After discovering a nice shaded spot against the wall of one of the school buildings, the coffee coloured hair girl realised she had no idea how to get to class.

In about 5 minutes her class would start and she would be berated if she were late and her hand would be sore after writing out her explanation.

Kirana was almost running around the school, there was no one around now since they had all gone to class and she was the only one who wasn't sitting at a cramped up desk. Well she thought she was. As Kirana turned at corner she crashed into what seemed like a solid wall. Her books tumbled out of her hands and onto the floor with the rest of her body as she fell from the impact.

"Uh, sorry? I guess...You alright there?"

Kirana was supporting herself with one arm, the other was clutching her head and she briefly remembered that something like this had happened before. She glanced up and was almost nose-to-nose with a navy blue-haired boy. Immediately, she scrambled backwards and hastily got to her feet.

"Woah there, I didn't mean to scare you." The boy put his hands up and took a step back. Kirana slowly bent down and picked up her books before facing the blue-haired boy whom she realised was also wearing the Teiko uniform. She grabbed her pen and began writing on her notebook, 'Sorry for crashing into you, I was in a rush. My name is Kirana Sayumi.'

The boy took the notebook she offered and stared at her, wondering why she was writing. He read it quickly and nodded, understanding the situation she was in. "The name's Aomine Daiki, uh why are you writing?" He replied and handed the book back to her.

Kirana gave him a half-smile and started writing again before handing him the book, 'I'm a mute.'

Aomine paled slightly as he read her note, "S-sorry, I didn't mean to be rude."

Kirana scribbled down her response, 'It's okay, I wasn't offended.' She showed him her reply and the started writing something else, 'Do you know where class 1-B is?'

The tanned boy grinned at her, "Yup, sure do." He pointed to a building about 20 metres away from where they were currently standing, "It's right there, top floor."

'Thank you Aomine-kun!' Kirana wrote quickly and showed it to him before running off while waving.

"Uh, yeah, your welcome, um, Kirana?" He replied a little uncertainly as he waved back. He saw her nod as she began to climb the stairs and took that as a yes. Aomine made his way to his own class shortly after, plopping down in his seat 15 minutes after class had officially started.

"Sorry I'm late, I had to help someone with directions." He announced as he walked in.

The teacher frowned at him but said nothing and the tanned basketball junkie sat near the window, thinking about the strange and rather short girl with no sense of direction.