The Drabble Diaries
by Tomoyo-chan
Disclaimer: I dont own.
Confusing - June 18, 2012
Neku was used to being alone. So it was confusing to suddenly inexplicably find himself surrounded by people who all seemed to know him and whom he all seemed to morning he had had the sudden urge to head into Shibuya, to the Hachiko statue. When he eventually wandered over, there had been a small group of people, several girls and a guy laughing at one of the benches. There had been a sudden moment of recollection and when the little blond one glanced over she stopped mid-laugh with a shocked look on her face that he figured mirrored his own.
He somehow found himself joining them. Shiki, Beat, names seemed familiar somehow. Shiki was quiet, and kept messing with her glasses. Rhyme was all smiles. Beat seemed a little awkward. Messing with the bandages half hidden under his cap and pushing his skateboard back and forth with his foot.
"What with the bandages?" It was the first thing he had said in ten minutes, but the others seemed fairly comfortable with his silences.
Beat pulled his cap lower. It was Rhyme who replied. "Beat and I were almost hit by a car 3 weeks ago. It missed but we hit the sidewalk pretty hard." She lifted up her shirt to show a large bruise. "Beat's annoyed he's not allowed to skateboard until his ankle heals."
Beat blushed and looked away. Neku looked back and forth between them. Rhyme looked a little young for him but who was he to judge.
Rhyme caught the look and laughed. "He's my big brother."
"Oh." Neku glanced to the side and he hunched subtly into his collar.
Shiki giggled and reached around her stuffed pig ('it's a cat' some part of him seemed to say) for her glasses again. It was almost as if she kept forgetting she had them and they kept slipping down her nose.
"Hey, you want to head over to Ramen-Don? I hear they have this new dish called the Biggest Catch. Want to try it?"
Neku wrinkled his nose but agreed anyway. Somehow, he knew he would like this dish. As they left Hachiko statue behind however, he caught himself glancing back, as though he was forgetting something.
...? He wasn't, right?
You may have noticed that there is a sudden number of chapters being published all at once. I figured, since its been nearly a year since I started writing all of these, I should probably work on publishing them. Plus it's summer now, so I have more time to write all these up. So expect a lot more over the next couple weeks.
~Tomoyo-chan