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ミ コ ト • Mikoto
Chapter 2: The New Transfer Student
Previously:
Step...Step...
Toshiro's eyes widened, in shock. It can't be...!
The slim girl with brown eyes and dark hair, smiled warmly at the class.
"My name is Momo Hinamori."
"It's nice to meet you all!" she beamed.
"Hinamori-San, please take a seat next to Kira-Kun." Ukitake nodded at Izuru's direction.
Hitsugaya watched Momo walk calmly to the empty chair diagonally in front of him, on the right.
"I'm Izuru Kira. Pleasure to meet you." greeted the blonde boy.
"Nice to meet you too!"
Class started and Toshiro couldn't help but keep staring at Momo.
~Toshiro's POV~
Why is she back? Why only now? It can't be a coincidence that she's in the same class with me...can it?
~Momo's POV~
Izuru seems like a nice person, I guess. Well he's not exactly bad...maybe I could be friends with him. And for some strange reason I can't help but feel that someone is watching me.
~Izuru's POV~
Momo looks like a good person. But I wonder why Toshiro Hitsugaya keeps staring at her.
•
At Interval/Break time...
Tons of people crowded around Momo's desk, wanting to know nearly everything about her. She was surprisingly popular among the boys and girls. In fact, some boys already had crushes on her. Toshiro could hear them saying things like: 'Hinamori-San's smile is like an angel's!' and stuff like that.
"So, Hinamori-San, where are you from?" a boy asked.
"Hinamori-San lets be friends! Is it alright if I call you Momo-Chan?" asked a group of girls.
"Hinamori-San wanna eat with me?" asked another boy, who liked her.
"You're quite popular aren't you, Hinamori-San?" Izuru chuckled.
"Ah! It appears to be so, Kira-Kun."
"Please, just call me Izuru." He smiled.
"Okay, then. You can call me Momo!" Momo replied, cheerily.
"I think I'll just call you Momo-San."
She continued chatting with all the students, answering their questions, asking more questions and not noticing Toshiro.
"M-Momo..." her name escaped from Hitsugaya's lips.
She turned to see who it was that called out to her, especially since they didn't call her surname or add any suffix at the end. Momo was very surprised to see who it was.
"Lil' Shiro!" she raised from her chair.
Everyone was shocked that they both knew each other, precisely because it WAS Toshiro Hitsugaya, the guy who always kept a scowl on his face.
"NANI? YOU TWO KNOW EACH OTHER?"
"How? When? Where?"
"Oh? Didn't I tell you? I must've forgotten!" Momo replied.
"..." Toshiro stayed silent. Not many people in this class liked him.
"We're childhood friends!" Hinamori explained, happily.
"Friends?" The whole class said in unison. They couldn't believe their ears. And they were all thinking the same thing: THIS GUY HAS FRIENDS?
•
Interval ended and everyone started to return to their seats.
"Lil' Shiro we'll talk more at lunch!"
"Tch. I keep telling you to stop calling me that ridiculous name!" Especially since I'm in high school now! He thought.
Momo laughed at his reaction. "Still the same as always." And she went back to her seat.
•
"...Tsugaya-Kun!"
"Hn...?" Who's calling my name? Wondered Toshiro.
"Hitsugaya-Kun! Hitsugaya-Kun, wake up!" Yelled Jushiro Ukitake.
Toshiro snapped his eyes open. "Huh?" ...Did I fall asleep?
The kind-hearted teacher sighed. "See me after class..."
"Fine..." he replied, sleepily.
"Now answer the next question."
"...You can't be serious." I was just sleeping, how am I supposed to know the answer?
The whole class stayed silent. "Hitsugaya-Kun...that's not exactly the correct answer." Ukitake was still smiling at him, though his eyebrow was slightly twitching.
Toshiro sighed. What should I do? He asked himself.
His turquoise eyes caught on something new on his desk. What's this? A piece of paper?
Hitsugaya decided to examine it. The paper read:
'Lil' Shiro, here are the answers from the textbook! I knew that you would fall asleep during class, so I copied these out for you.'
And it showed all the answers on that paper in Momo's handwriting. He made sure to cover it up; he didn't want the teacher to find out.
"Uh...Sensei, what number is the question?"
"Number 47."
Toshiro snuck a quick peek at the paper. "The answer is... 168."
"Correct. By the way, even if you did answer the question right, you still have to see me at the start of lunch." The long haired teacher gave a small smile at Toshiro before walking back to the writing board.
Hitsugaya gave a thankful look at Momo; she gave him a small 'thumbs up' and a 'You're welcome' smile.
•
The school bell rang, signalling lunchtime.
Toshiro was waiting outside the teacher's office door. He sighed and knocked, lazily.
"Ah, Hitsugaya-Kun please come in." replied Jushiro. He walked into the room and stood in front of the teacher.
"Tell me, is there something troubling you that makes you feel the need to sleep in my class?" the teacher said with concern on his face.
"No, not really." He said, flatly.
"Okay...I just want to know why you fell asleep. I know that a lot of students think class is boring but at least you actually learn something."
"Honestly, Sensei? I wasn't concentrating. So I got bored, and before I knew it, I was fast asleep." Answered Toshiro, bluntly.
"...Anything else?"
"I don't think so."
Ukitake sighed. "Well, if that's it...then you may go."
"Sensei, can I ask you a question?"
"Hm? Yes, what is it?" Ukitake blinked a few times, he wasn't really expecting a question from him.
"It seemed as if you were expecting something else than a 'I wasn't concentrating' answer. And I think I'm dead right. My question is: What type of answer were you expecting from me?"
Ukitake looked at him in the eye. "To tell you the truth, I don't really know myself. I was kind of expecting something like...a personal answer? I guess."
"Oh. Well, I'll be leaving now." And with that being said, Toshiro walked out of the room, feeling like he would fall asleep any moment.
When he reached the classroom, Hinamori was waiting outside in the corridor for him.
"Welcome back, Lil' Shiro!"
"Thanks and what's with all the people peeking at us through the doorway?" he glared at some students watching them. When they noticed that he was looking right at them, they immediately ran back into the classroom, pretending they didn't see anything.
Momo laughed a bit. "Maybe they want to know what our relationship is between the two of us."
"Pfft, I thought you already told them that we were childhood friends."
"Maybe they were confirming things?"
"Hn. Whatever, I don't really care."
"Shall we eat lunch together, Lil' Shiro?"
"Sure." They started heading towards the rooftop.
Whispers started to conjure up in the classroom as soon as they left.
"Did you hear that? Hinamori-San called the 'Cold' Hitsugaya 'Lil' Shiro'!"
"They almost sound like lovers!" squealed a girl.
"NOOO! DOES THAT MEAN MY BEAUTIFUL MOMO IS NOT AVAILABLE ANYMORE?" cried a fan boy.
"YOUR beautiful Momo? She's not yours!"
"That's not the point! Hinamori-San gave that guy a nickname! And we all know how cruel that guy is! How can a Cold as Ice Demon like him, be friends with a Warm-Hearted Princess like her?"
It hit all the students like a rock. "Could he be forcing her to be his friend?"
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A refreshing breeze blew by. Momo and Toshiro were sitting on a bench next to each other, on the rooftop of the school. Momo opened up the pale pink bento box, While Toshiro unwrapped his onigiri.
"Itadakimasu!" they both said in unison and began eating.
"Lil' Shiro, is that all you have? Just a rice ball for lunch?"
"Yeah..."
"Do you want some of my bento?" offered Hinamori.
"W-What?" stuttered Hitsugaya.
She smiled at him. "Do you want to share my bento with me? It'd be exactly like the old times!"
"...No thanks."
"What? Why not?" questioned Momo.
Toshiro finished the last bits of his onigiri and looked at Momo. "I'm not a little kid anymore, so I don't need to be fed."
"Really? Oh! I just realised that you've grown taller!" she patted his head. "Congratulations Lil' Shiro!"
"Tch! Of course I've grown taller!"
Momo continued eating her bento and Toshiro watched her, he looked down at her bento and examined her lunchbox.
Rice, salmon, vegetables, meat and...Is that? He didn't realise that he was staring.
Momo chuckled at his reaction. "Want some now, Lil' Shiro? It's one of your favourites...homemade omelette with grated daikon!"
...Damn, Momo's omelettes always taste good...especially with oroshi...
"M-Maybe just a little..." he blushed, slightly.
After sharing the bento, Hitsugaya couldn't help but ask the question that's been bugging him for so long.
"Momo...why did you leave?"
"Hm? What are you talking about, Lil' Shiro?"
"All those years ago...where did you go? And why didn't you come back until now?"
Will Momo reveal the truth behind her disappearance or will she never tell?
To Be Continued...
Japanese Translations:
Sensei- Teacher
Nani- What
Bento- A Traditional Japanese Lunchbox
Onigiri- Rice Ball, a common snack in Japan. Normally, it's just rice shaped in a triangle with some fillings in it.
Itadakimasu- You say this before you eat and its meaning is something like 'Thanks for the Food'
Oroshi- Grated Daikon, it's kind of like a seasoning to go with food. One of Hitsugaya's favourites!
Hey there its Mikoto here! I'm actually really glad and quite surprised that people are actually reading this FanFic! And I wasn't expecting to have favs and reviews so fast as well o.o XD
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ミ コ ト • Mikoto
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