"Saa skip turn skip turn ashioto wa." I sang as I played my violin to the tune of the song.
I'm good at singing…really I am it's just that…in front of a lot of people I get the tendency to uh…what's the word? Choke. For example…in the 3rd grade play I was a sheep…one line real simple. 'Baa' that was it. So what did I do when It was my turn? I just blushed and froze in my spot. I stuttered the 'B' but never got to it. Thankfully my best friend Éclair was there and she said my line for me. I haven't seen Éclair in years. She moved back to France about 2 years ago and I miss her.
"Skip turn skip turn hibiite ame ni hajikete kimi wo yurashite." I continued. "Ame no PUURU fun de SUTEPPU wo. " I faded out. "Okujou wa otenki ame. Kangen no SUTAKAATO wa manete. Gasshou no KURESSHENDO wo manete. Okujou wa otenki ame…" I trailed as I finished the song.
I looked down at my violin, that had been fixed yesterday, happily as I put it back in it's case. I then heard the bell ring. I quickly gathered my stuff and rushed towards my next class which was Japanese [I think it explains itself] Class taught by Shirabuki. Shirabuki has silver shoulder length hair pulled back in a pony tail with only a few stands of hair in her face and her bangs to cover her butterscotch eyes. She's actually 25 years old. I entered the class to see it was empty. I smiled softly and took a seat in the far right corner that had a great view of the school. I always sat there in this class. As I sat down I placed my things on the left side of the desk that was the closest to the wall so nobody would trip on my bag and violin case. I took out a book entitled 'Alice Au Pays Des Merveilles' [French for Alice In Wonderland]. You see…I'm fluent in Japanese and French. The reason? Well I studied music and played soccer in French so I lived with my cousin Elizabeth for about 2 years there. It took a while [more like half a year] before I actually was able to speak in sentences and know most of what people where saying. I heard the door open and some footsteps but I didn't move my head from my book. I heard the footsteps stop and a shadow loom over me. I looked up to see non other than Ryoma Echizen himself.
"Your reading a French book yet you can't even learn English?" Ryoma inquired amused as a smirk tugged his lips.
I scoffed.
"English is too difficult with all the different words and placing of the words. French is easier. Besides I lived in France for 2 years." I informed him as I got back to my book. "Besides how do you know it's a French book?"
"It looks it." was his simple reply as he sat at the desk to my right.
"Don't mean to sound rude or anything but…" I trailed as I read my favorite part of the book 'nous sommes tous fous ici' [Translation: We're all mad here.]
"But…" Ryoma repeated boredly as he looked at me.
"Why are you talking to me…and yesterday…I don't get it. Why'd you ask me what I was doing?" I asked as I glanced at him before returning to my book.
"Because. Your different." he stated as I rolled my eyes.
"Tell me something I don't know." I muttered under my breath as I continued to read.
I don't know why but Ryoma was starting to get on my nerves. Soon I could hear more students coming in and taking their seats. The noise in the room elevated as friends chatted away and it escalated up above the Himalayas once Tomo and her fan girls arrived. Worse part? Ryoma is sitting next to me. Remember? Soon the bell rang and everyone moved to their seats as the door opened revealing Shirabuki-Sensai in a white casual dress with elbow length sleeves. The dress flowed to her pale knees and she wore white flats.
"Ok class settle down." Shirabuki said as she raised both her hands and moved the up and down a bit signaling the class to be quiet.
I put away my book and propped the side of my head on my knuckles as my elbow rested on my desk.
"We'll be starting a project today." Shirabuki announced as a few groans could be heard throughout the class. "Now, now don't fret you'll each have a partner." the class seemed happy. "But I'll be assigning them." this got the class down. "There will be 13 groups of 2. Each group will have their own book and they will have to read it, together write one book report on the book and then a poster with major points of the book and basically giving the class a summary of the book. All books are works of Shakespeare. I'll assign each group a book. When I call your name come up and I'll give you your designated book. All work will be done in class." she instructed as I looked down at my notebook which I had unconsciously doodled in musical notes and hearts.
Shirabuki was saying aloud names and a few girls groaned that they wouldn't be paired with Ryoma along with a few boys grumbling something about loosing an easy 'A'. Was Ryoma all people at this school think about? I wasn't really paying attention till I heard my name.
"Hoshi Tezuka and Ryoma Echizen." Shirabuki announced as I received glares from Ryoma's fan club.
I'm to young to die! I stood up along with Ryoma and walked up to Shirabuki.
"Rome and Juliet. How romantic. And a classic." Shirabuki winked as she held two black paperback books that where and ok size.
I plucked the book from Shirabuki's hand [nicely] and walked back to my seat as I glanced at the back of the book.
"Eep!" I squealed as I fell flat on my face while the class erupted in laughter.
I looked behind me to see a girl's foot outstretched in the little space between each desk. I looked up to see a girl with orange hair in two high ponytails and a smug look on her face as her blue eyes gazed at me. Riona Ninjukiwa. She was Vice President of Ryoma's fan club. She was one of the ones that made fun of me. My face probably matched the blood stain on my old soccer socks after I slid on the wet grass and into a patch of rocks and glass on the side of the field [some guy just passed by and threw a beer bottle on the ground {A/N: Happened to me once T.T. sorry for interruption}]. I sighed as I stood up and dusted off my skirt. I picked up my book and walked back to my seat, my sanctuary for now. I slouched in my seat and folded my arms over my desk and rested the right side of my head on my arms so I was looking out the window. Shirabuki continued to pass out books and call up groups much to my thanks. After she finished passing out books there was only 2 minutes left of class [she had trouble finding a few books] so she just let us talk. Nothing special.
"If your eyesight is so great, then why don't you see me when I'm standing right in front of you?"
RIIIIIIIIIIING!!!
I packed my stuff at a moderate pace so I wouldn't stumble with anything.
"Read chapter 19 for homework!" the history teacher shouted as the students rushed out of class.
I walked to the girls' changing room and changed into my soccer uniform and headed towards the fields to see only the Regulars. The other members of the Girls' Soccer Team would come later.
"Hey Hoshi heard about what happened to you at the Regular's practice! Poor Regulars. Never had a chance." Zora said sympathetically as she placed her left arm around my shoulder.
"Yeah we all know I suck at tennis can we just drop the subject?" I asked as I pouted at my teammates who just grinned.
"Everyone 5 laps around the fields [they're huge man T.T]!" Temari shouted as we all said 'Hai' and started our laps.
"Run. Run. Run. That's all we do now a days. Run."
"BYE HOSHI! SEE YOU TOMORROW!" Zora screamed as she ran home.
"Bye Zora!" I shouted as I waved goodbye to her.
I walked to the tennis courts to see the Regulars wrap up practice. Kunimitsu then dismissed everyone so I opened the gate to the tennis course and walked in.
"Hey it's Star-Chan [Hoshi means Star in Japanese]!" Eiji shouted as I waved a 'hi' to the Regulars and walked up to Kunimitsu .
"Onii-San [Hoshi is goanna start addressing Kunimitsu as Onii-San when she talks to him and Aniki when she's talking about him now since I keep switching from Onii-San to Aniki]." I said causing him to look down at me [since he's so tall and I'm small being at only 148cm while he's like 179cm tall].
"Yes Hoshi?" Kunimitsu asked as I grinned.
"You still owe me ice cream." I informed him as he nodded.
"Very well. Let's go once I change back into my uniform." Kunimitsu said as I nodded my head with a smile.
Once Kunimitsu finished changing we went to the ice cream shop. I got a strawberry ice cream cone with rainbow sprinkles while Kunimitsu got a vanilla ice cream cone. We sat down at a park bench and watched people walk by and the sakura trees start to bloom {A/N: I'm not sure whether the sakura trees start to bloom in the fall season but they're goanna bloom in the fall and spring for this story.} as we both enjoyed out ice cream [Kunimitsu's expression didn't change but I could tell that he enjoyed it since he likes vanilla].
"Onii-San what are you doing next Friday?" I asked as I looked up at him.
"There is a tennis tournament. It's not important, just a fundraiser, but it is still important to win." he told me as my face saddened and I looked at my ice cream.
"Oh, ok." I mumbled as I licked my ice cream.
"Don't worry. I'll try to make it to your recital." Kunimitsu assured me as he ruffled my hair a bit.
His expression never changing while mine became happier.
"Arigatou Onii-San. Even if you only make it to see then ending and don't get to see me perform I'll still be happy that you came." I told him sincerely as I smiled up at him.
"Come on. Let's go home." Kunimitsu said as we headed home.
"HEY WATCH OUT!!!" A voice screamed as I got hit in the back of the head with a tennis ball.
"Sorry…" A small voice apologized as I sighed.
"It's ok…" I assured the two six year olds as they went back to play.
Tennis isn't my thing.