The World Only God Knows / 神のみぞ知るセカイ
By Tamiki Wakaki
I don't own TWGOK
The Memory of My First Love
A Fanfiction Story by Takagi based on TWGOK
A/N: This story is brought to you from Chihiro's point of view.
Words in bold are Chihiro's fragments of her unusual dream.
Day 8: Katsuragi Keima
It's Monday, which means it is the start of our school's field trip week! Yaaaaaay! Mizuki village was located on the northern of Maijima city up in the Valley of Kurata Mountain. We'll travel by bus, so it's going to be 1 day to travel from Maijima to the village and vice-versa, which means we will stay there for 3 days, 3 nights. We were obligated to study on the first 2 days, but we will be given our free time on the third day.
Chihiro, are you going for a one-week trip? Don't forget to bring your own toothbrush, comb, towel, spare clothes, and….
Hey! Don't disturb my train of thoughts, Demeter!
Ah, I'm sorry. I just can't help it, you see.
If you wished to help, you should've done that yesterday instead! I've got things all pack-up in my travel bag now. In fact, we're already on the bus! It is way too late! Look! We're leaving Maijima High already!
Eeh? Really? Oh, my God. I'm really sorry for not helping you, Chihiro.
… You are the god. Now why you no go to sleep again, or do other things so I can have my peace mind back?
Well, I'm sleepy anyways! Zzzzzz…
That goddess can really be annoying sometimes. Sigh.
Anyways, I've been there with my family once before, when I was a young girl. I forgot what did we do there at the village but I still remember that it was beautiful although it was pretty cold there. The vast fields, the comforting trees, the beautifully crafted villas, pollution-free air, but that is not all! There's also this secret place that my band mates and I planned to visit during the free time!
The teachers said that we would be arrived late at night. It's gonna be a very tiring journey. I wished there would be a break time. There should be a break time, at least once. I mean, when the bus run out of gas, they must visit a gas station at a rest area to refill it, right? I can step out for a minute to breath and to stretch my back!
Since it's going to be a long journey, it is important to take a rest, especially because we departed in the morning. I'd love to, but I can't. Sleeping would be a helpful for me, who could not sleep well last night. However, I can't lower my guard because right now, I'm sitting with the most dangerous guy at school.
Katsuragi Keima!
I didn't wish to sit with him, but no can do. The moment I realized that I was the last person got into the bus, I knew that I'd be sitting next to him because NO ONE would want to volunteer. Elly, his sister who should be the only person whom I thought is willing to sit with this alien without hard feeling was sitting with Ayumi and Miyako instead. Why? Why do you do this to me, Elly? People can misunderstand us! They'd think I'm going out with him! My heart is not ready for that! Being teased by everyone during a field trip will be the worst thing ever happened to human!
"What? Is there something on my face?"
"A—are you stupid? You are talking as if I'm staring at you!"
"You don't?"
"What's with that self-confident!? I was looking at that side!"
I almost hit Katsuragi's nose with my right arm when I swung it to point at Ayumi's seat, which was a line in front of us, but on a different row. I could see them laughing happily, joking about something together. I envy them!
"I see."
Wait… Something was wrong. I rubbed my eyes, but still see the same thing.
"What now?"
"Katsuragi, am I hallucinating right now? Because I don't see your game console in your hand."
"You asked me not to bring my consoles again, remember?"
He pointed out simply. Yeah, I did, but wasn't it already days ago when he escorted me home from his house because her mother asked him to? I thought he's just going to forget that request, yet…
So he is serious about it after all, huh? Well… I don't know why but this has made my lips curled into a smile and eventually into a small chuckle.
"Why do you look so happy about this you psycho? It's going to be lonely without my PFP, you know!"
Now that he mentioned it. He barely has any friends in this school. It is going to be a tough week for him.
"I-In that case…"
"Hm?"
Wait, wh—what am I doing?
"—If you feel alone, just stay with me."
My heartbeat was unstable, my blood was boiled, and I can feel my cheeks burning. I've just spoken such silly invitation! Oh my, God. What should I do to relieve this embarrassment!? I know! I'll just break this window with the emergency hammer and jumped out from the bus then dived into the deep-sea! If I'm lucky, I'll be living as a mermaid and befriended all animals in the sea-
"Well... Thanks, Chihiro. I really appreciate it," said him with a gentle smile on his face.
"It's nothing…"
W—well, it is just wrong if there's a student who's neglected during a field trip. What would we do if he went missing or being left by the bus? Yeah. That's it! That's why I said those things. He kept his promise too, so he deserved it! What is so odd about staying with him? I mean, we even had already gone on a date and all… What's the big deal of staying with him?
IT IS INDEED ONE AWFULLY HUGE OF A PROBLEM.
…
Yesterday, after I finished our band's practice, Ayumi suddenly appeared out of nowhere and halted me. I could see that her white T-shirt soaked in her sweat. She must be running to find me. I also noticed that her expression was showing the sign of worry. She said that she just remembered that she had to buy something at the supermarket, which was a block away from here. But I find it quite suspicious. Why did she have to run? Well, I know that she loves running, but really! She could just walk, right? Also, it was Sunday, so the street was pretty crowded. It's bad if she bumped people around right?
I was wondering what really happened, but my tummy was growling of hunger at that time. I thought that it would be better if I asked her to have a lunch with me. "I'm going to have lunch at that ramen house. Do you wanna eat with me before you go to the supermarket?"
Ayumi didn't answer my question but quickly shoot up a shocking question at me instead.
"Hey Chihiro, how was your date with Katsuragi yesterday?"
"Eeerg, Why do you ask?" I reacted. Now it's getting more suspicious.
*GROOOOWL*
There was a silent moment. Ayumi looked rather surprised. It was understandable though. Even I did not see that coming. Ayumi spoke again, this time, she was the one who initiated to eat, "Alright, let's go to the ramen house."
"I'm sorry… Hehe."
Thus, we crossed the street carefully and made our way to the shop. The employee greeted us and found us a seat. She then politely asked us the order, "What's your order Miss?"
"Ayumi, what are you ordering?"
"Ramen."
"Then, 2 ramen please."
"Alright, I'll be back in minutes. Please wait, Miss."
The employee was really back in a flash. She's already serving us the ramen we ordered.
"Here, 2 ramen."
"Thanks! Let's eat, Ayumi!"
I was really hungry that my brain could not think of anything other than putting the food in front of me into my mouth to swallow it. Unlike me, Ayumi seemed to be impatient to get her question answered so she ate the ramen as quick as her usual running speed.
Why did she ask such question? Then her smile behind Katsuragi's back in the class the day before, came up into my mind. She set my date with that dweeb, right? Thinking about that made my heart relieved a bit. At least it was not her jealousy or whatsoever…
Well, that was what I thought until I saw her response to my answer.
As I guessed, she asked me again the same question quickly after I finished my ramen. At first, I was quite hesitant to answer it but my estimation about her trying to match me with Katsuragi faltered me. I finally told her everything; about that time I found Katsuragi sitting on my bed, about our lunch, about him and I playing at the arcade, about the movie we watched, until the evening when he took me home.
Ayumi was smiling, a bittersweet one, when hearing my whole story. I was afraid that I had just done the wrong thing, but it was already in the past so it couldn't be undone.
"Is that so? Sounds like you're having fun."
"Well, yeah… Thanks to you."
"So what do you think of him now, Chihiro?"
I felt like being struck by a bullet through my heart when she asked me that question.
"He was surprisingly a good guy," answered I while averting my sight off of her.
Thus, I saw her face, which had changed my mind about her setting us up. Her eyes were slightly teary but her bitter smile was still on display. I knew I've got to say something to reject all what I said that time, but she spoke first.
"Good for you then, Chihiro!"
"Eh?"
"Ah, it's time to go to the supermarket. I should go fast before the eggs run out. See ya."
"A—alright. Don't forget to prepare for the field trip!"
Without saying anything, she left me her money to pay the ramen before she warped into the exit door. I sat for a while on the seat, thinking about what I had just done to my best best friend and about what should I do when I meet her next day, which means today. Should I beg for her forgiveness? Or should I pretend to miss everything drawn in her face yesterday?
...
I haven't found the answer until now. Luckily, she and I haven't met each other this morning. That's why it might be a trouble to stay with Katsuragi. Although she hasn't told me anything about him and her, I have a hunch that she will feel uneasy watching me with Katsuragi. It had happened twice now, as far as I remember; yesterday at the ramen house and that time when she found Katsuragi and I having lunch together at the infirmary.
She undoubtedly has something for him and that is certainly not hate. Once Ayumi likes something, she's won't let it go. She's that kind of girl. If my estimation is true, then I'd be a villain for her. But if she does like him, why did she try to set us our date? This is very confusing.
On another note, what about me? How do I feel towards him? Our friendship is closer than ever at the moment and is progressing nicely. With him, I've lost count on how many times I've said embarassing things I never spoken to anyone else. He had shown that he could be a gentleman during our date, though he could be a jerk when it comes to games because he's just unrealistically unbeatable.
His well-known strength is his excellent grades although the only thing he does in life is playing games while his ultimate weakness is only his physical ability. His body is weak! Weaker than mine, perhaps! I once saw him during the P.E. class and he always ran out of breath during the marathon. This might be the reason he rarely shows up during P.E. class.
Physically, He's not bad-looking. The only thing that is bugging me from his appearance was that bed hair, which somehow always stands out; other than that, everything is fine.
Yeah, he's actually pretty handsome and can be cool sometimes too...
"That's not [love]!"
Wha—
"A heroine's love is heavier than that; immediately forgetting it and changing? That is not love!"
Ah, another piece of [that dream] huh? Last night this dream reappeared once again in fragments as usual. Although my vision on [that person] was still blurry, I could see the surrounding in a better quality, which also helped me to find that [that person] is a guy all along. If I have to use an analogy, then it's like watching in 240p, unlike the usual 144p. There must be something that improves my consciousness in [that dream], but I don't know what it is.
[That dream] was about me who confessed to every guy I'm interested in because they are handsome. One day, I was broken-hearted after having my confession rejected by a boy at our school. I forgot about it in a flash and changed my target to the next guy. The time I did so, [that person] made his intro and we had some serious bicker. I defeated him for good and then he disappeared along with the surrounding, which was my class.
The next puzzle fragment was about him and I, cleaning the class together after school. I think this is a big clue to determine who was [that person] because I reckoned that the students of this school, no, any students, would never want to clean a class other than their own class, which means [that person] was from my class!
Suddenly, I was sitting on a seat in 2-B's classroom, gazing upon [that person] speaking on the podium like a teacher. Hmm… I'm pretty sure I had never been having this one. I'm quite confident about my memory regarding this matter.
Yeah, I must be sleeping now. Hence this visual of [that dream].
"So, I'll be fully supporting your hopeless romance." He said.
Fully support me? So my presumption on all this was correct? About [him] helping me confess, probably to the next target, which I'd failed to do so hence [he] comforted me afterwards?
"I'm your god of conquest."
G—god?
"Show me some respect."
What kind of human who would deem himself as a god? He's definitely out of his mind! Is he the pharaoh or something? Wait… So he should be a student of 2-B with a high-hearted attitude and weird statements.
N—no way. So I was right from the get-go.
The only one who match this characteristic in my class is…
Katsuragi Keima!
…
I opened my eyes as wide as possible then raised my spine from the soft seat's back. Uugh, this entire unusual dream thing always has made my head dizzy with ears buzz after awaking up. I need a moment to calm myself.
How long have I slept? Although it feels like a decade, it appears that I'm still in the moving bus, sitting on this blue colored comfortable seat near the window. I turned my head to the right and saw the same ol' Katsuragi, sleeping. The moment I realize that, I'm blushing like a tomato and frantically hugged my own body. He didn't do anything weird to me, did he? Well, he's already in a deep sleep. I guess he's at least sleeping at the same time with me.
It's the first time I see him in this state. His sleeping is majestic, it's as if he's a royal king or something. He doesn't snore and still looks as composed as he's awake. He crossed his arms in his chest and leaned his back to the seat.
"Geez…" I sighed when I noticed that he still has his glasses on.
Is Katsuragi really [that person] in [that dream]? Who helped me with the confession to a guy? I never thought that we were ever that close. If we were, we would have spent time together more frequently. Well, that's just what close friends do right?
"Chihiro. Y—your face is too close."
"Huh?"
Suddenly I saw a pair of light brown eyes right in front of mine. He—he's awakened!
"Ah!" I almost screamed but managed to cover my mouth with my hands while moving my body away from him. I can feel my blood rushing to my head. W—what an embarrassing situation! I did not realize that I was sucked into his face.
I could see him blushing too. We were both are silent to cool down our head until I broke the ice.
"Katsuragi. Thank you."
"For what?"
"For helping me with my confession…"
"Your conquest, to be exact. Your conquest on a guy."
"Co-conquest? So it really happened? Well, whatever. I just want to thank you for helping me…"
Wow. [That dream] was really happened! It was not just my imagination or just an illusion!
He turned at me with a more serious look, "Are you sure you had confessed?"
"Huh? Well, because I'm not going out with anyone at the moment, I guess I am rejected? You comforted me afterwards right?"
"Do you remember about the ending?"
"Ending?"
I don't know about that, it always comes in irregular fragments. But from the looks of it, the most possible scene for the ending was that time when Katsuragi comforted me after being rejected by my target, right?
"You mean when you comforted me under the rain?"
"And what happen after that?"
"After... that? But I thought that was the endi..."
The sounds of the bus' engine and the students' chattering were depleted to complete silence. Everything was moving slowly along with my tears that trickling down all of a sudden as I finally grasp the whole story of [that dream]. My mind had just brought me back to 7 days ago in a flashback, when Katsuragi and I were punished for being late and found that my answer to his question was horribly wrong.
So it was true that...
"You... kissed me?"
to be continued
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