Hyaaaaaaaaa! I haven't updated in a while! Dx I wanted to type this out but all the versions I tried didn't seem right...(and I got distracted, hahaha...) Yep. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this update!
Seven, Ovals.
One Sawada Tsunayoshi cannot help but stare at his new classmate, who is currently sitting on the opposite side of him of the wide class desk. His orange crayon lays in his limp grasp as his eyebrows meet in curiosity. His said classmate seems to have noticed his intense stare and looks up at the boy with a inquiring look, one those things on his forehead rising.
"What?" Comes the blunt questioned the person in question continues to stare. The victim of his intense stare frowns and puts down the two purple crayons he has in his pudgy hands. "Stop staring, it's rude."
However, the brunet does not relent. With a soft grumble, the other picks up a lime green stick of crayon and aims for Tsunayoshi's head, his pink tongue sticking out from his efforts as he flings the crayon. It is a perfect hit on the forehead. Tsunayoshi finally snaps out of his intense staring and blushes a bright crimson. He looks away and begins colouring his picture of a roaring lion messily with the orange crayon. Genkishi rolls his eyes before returning to focus on his drawing.
It doesn't take long before Genkishi feels the intense stare on his face, specifically his forehead, once more. Glancing upwards without moving his head too much, he observes as the brunet in front of him continues to stare at him before his caramel eyes flick to the other students in the classroom. What an oddball, Genkishi thinks to himself as he returns to colouring his samurai clad in fashionable armour.
As the raven-haired boy colours in the finishing touches on the two, very purple, swords of his samurai, the bell rings loudly from the other side of the class doors. Ah, it's recess, Genkishi sighs in relief. He can finally get away from the intense stare of the brunet boy sitting in front of him. With today being Genkishi's, and every other elementary student's first day of school, he has yet to remember and get to know his fellow rowdy classmates.
"Aiya, Tsuna-kun!" A shrill exclamation from his sensei causes the boy, who had packed up his stationeries and is currently pulling his bento box out from his cramped backpack, to jump a mile into the air. "Why are you not done colouring your...worm yet?"
"G-gomenasai, s-sensei..!" The boy in question squeaks out, his small hands clutching the orange crayon for dear life. Small droplets of tears can be seem hanging over the edge of his wide eyes, threatening to start free falling down his chubby cheeks. "A-and...that's a-a...lion!"
The other children file out of the room, chattering quietly with one another with small bento boxes in their hands, as other teachers lead them to the playground. Genkishi watches as Yoshi-sensei pulls a soft, weary smile on her face before squatting down to petite Tsunayoshi's level. Holding the picture of the 'lion' in her left hand, she reaches out and ruffles the boy's unruly hair. "Sure it's a lion, Tsuna-kun. I'm sorry for calling Mr. Lion a worm!"
"Grrrr... This sensei is so silly, how dare you call me a worm!" Yoshi-sensei lifts the drawing over her face, covering her mouth as she mimics a gruff voice for the lion. Tsunayoshi stares at his sensei and the drawing in amazement. "I'll eat Yoshi-sensei for calling me a worm! Roar roar!"
"HIIIIIIEEE!" Tsunayoshi shrieks, causing both Yoshi-sensei and Genkishi to wince at the high pitch. "D-don't eat Yo-Yoshi-sensei, Mr. Lion! I-I'm sure sensei didn't m-mean to call y-you a worm..!"
"Yes, I'm very sorry for calling you a worm, Mr. Lion," Yoshi-sensei brings the drawing away from her face and pouts at it. Then, she picks up a red crayon from a nearby desk, "How about some flowers for you? Will that make you happy? What do you think, Tsuna-kun?"
Tsunayoshi nods and Yoshi-sensei chuckles at the young boy before doodling some simple red flowers beside the 'lion'. She hands the drawing back to its rightful owner, watching as the boy squeals in happiness.
"Remember to not dawdle with your work next time, okay?" Yoshi-sensei advises while ruffling the unruly locks once more. "Go on and join Gen-kun for recess, ne?"
Genkishi jumps slightly at the mention of his nickname. "Un!" Tsunayoshi replies before running to slip his prized drawing into his backpack and pulling out a bright orange bento box. "Konnichiwa...u-um..."
"Genkishi."
"O-oh, Gen-Genkishi-kun!" Tsunayoshi stumbles on the foreign name.
"'Gen-kun' is fine, Tsunayoshi," Genkishi murmurs softly before walking out of the classroom with his dark purple bento box. Tsunayoshi is left to run after the quick-paced boy, stumbling on his two feet and tripping just before the entrance. Yoshi-sensei sighs. This year's going to be rather eventful with Tsunayoshi around, she thinks to herself.
xx
"Stop following me."
Genkishi is growing rather annoyed by Tsunayoshi who has stuck himself close to the other, invading his personal bubble. The raven-haired boy has stopped at various hideouts he'd found earlier that morning before the class sessions started, but Tsunayoshi doesn't seem to have a problem with keeping up with his lithe and quick movements despite his rather...dame appearance. Through the confusing maze of colourful tunnels, up in the tree house, on the bench behind the school, up on a sakura tree; it didn't matter where he hid, Tsunayoshi would still be able to seek him out.
"B-but...sensei s-said..!"
"Forget what Yoshi-sensei said. I want to have my lunch alone." Genkishi's tone is final as he sprints away from the brunet.
However, from the sounds of the extra steps and loud crunching of the other's shoes, Tsunayoshi isn't leaving him anytime soon. Halting abruptly and spinning around to tell the boy off with his sharp tongue, he finds himself on the grass within seconds with a mass of brown shoved in his face.
"Get off of me this instant, Tsunayoshi," Genkishi growls and the latter scrambles to get off of the boy. The former stands up and brushes bits of dirt and grass off of his uniform. "What do you want from me?"
"E-eto... What a-are those?" With a pudgy finger directed at his face, Genkishi cannot tell what he is pointing at and shoots the brunet a deadpanned look.
"What?"
"Those," Tsunayoshi brings his hands up to his forehead, his index finger meeting his thumb in an oval shape, on his eyebrows. Genkishi flushes in both embarrassment and slight anger towards the fact that his eyebrows are being mocked by a kid like Tsunayoshi.
"They're my eyebrows, baka!" Genkishi growls at the boy and said boy gasps at Genkishi for saying a rude word, before the former storms away.
xx
That evening, as school lets out for the day, Lal is already waiting at the entrance. She watches as the children run out of the classrooms to their parents. How lucky, she thinks to herself. She herself has never been greeted or accompanied at, during or after school (or any other time at all during her nonexistent childhood), so she can't help but envy the other children. Deep in her thoughts, she nearly doesn't notice her silent charge, Tsunayoshi walking towards her.
"Yo, kid. How's the first day of school?"
Tsunayoshi doesn't answer her verbally but instead, looks up at the woman with tear-glazed eyes. Lal bites her bottom lip at the red, tearful face of the boy, awaiting the explosion of waterworks.
"Uu-uwaaahh!" Tsunayoshi wails, hiccups surfacing through his tears. "Ge-Gen-kun doesn't l-like me..! Uu-uwaaahh!"
The military-oriented woman sighs and picks the boy up by the armpits, resting the petite boy on her left arm while he sobs into her shoulder. It was a good thing that she had picked her khaki, sleeved shirt instead of her regular navy blue tank top, lest she receive a shoulder full of snot and tears. Lal rocks him gently in her arms as she begins walking down the street.
"Did you do something silly to him, Tsunayoshi?"
"N-no..? I o-only asked a que-question," the boy replies miserably.
"What did you ask about?" Lal has a feeling that it's a rather silly thing that he'd asked of this 'Gen-kun'.
"H-he had weird black t-things like small e-eggs on his head... O-over here!" Tsunayoshi, who seems to have somewhat calmed down, mimics the motion he'd shown Gen-kun to Lal. "I o-only wanted to kn-know what they were..!"
"Tsunayoshi, oh, Tsunayoshi..." Lal sighs. "You've still got a long way to go."
Ah, yeah... I don't really understand Genkishi much, but I'm pretty much obsessed with his round eyebrows, hahaha! They're...cute, I guess! I'm sorry if anyone seems rather OOC (though Lal is rather OOC for being parental, ne?)...
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