The Start of a Friendship

A/N: Hello, I'm back with a new chapter to my fan fiction. That bold and italicized words are Miyuki's thoughts. I've already started thinking of ideas on how to start the next chapter, so look forward to that. Please go to my bio page for any updates that I have on various websites such as this one and Deviant Art. I'm going to give you a little sneak peak at what the third chapter will be about. I will be introducing another oc that Miyuki looks up to as an important figure in her life. He is going to be very important for the next chapters to come and it explains some things about her. Don't worry I have not forgotten Emiko. She just isn't important right now in the story line. I hope you enjoy this second chapter and I look forward to your views on the next ones to come ;)

But...When I met you...I began to change my mind about the world around me.

Syo-kun and Miyuki walked over to the gray toned, stone bench in front of the enormous water fountain. The water fountain was made to look like two microphones on a stage surrounded by water that would come in the spring. As Miyuki sat down she gasped. "What?" Syo-kun looked over to Miyuki who was grimacing.

"It's freaking cold!"

"Oh," Syo-kun laughed "I'm fine"

"Well that's because you're wearing pants." Miyuki stuck her tongue out at Syo-kun. Syo-kun pulled down the bottom lid of his right eye and did the same. They both busted into laughter. I never thought I could feel so light and joyful again, Miyuki thought.

"So, you want to be an idol huh?" Miyuki asked after an hour or so. She was looking at her split ends on the strands of her hair. No matter how well she took care of her hair she could never get rid of the split ends. That's why she was slowly giving up. She didn't have enough money for it to be touched by professional hands. When Syo-kun didn't answer Miyuki looked up to see him attempting to do a headstand while holding his journal up with his feet. When he made eye contact with Miyuki he failed - Epicly. Miyuki pointed and laughed at him. She laughed so hard that she fell to the ground and curled up into a little ball on the brink of begging for mercy.

"Shut-up!" Syo-kun rubbed his head where a hot bump was forming.

"No! You deserve to be laughed at for doing something so stupid like that!" Miyuki picked up the tan fedora that flew off of Syo-kun's head when he had fallen and she put it back on his head to cover up his bump. She winked at him to show that she was just messing with him.

"I meant to do that." Syo-kun sat back down on the bench and covered his face with his notebook that now seemed to have something extremely interesting in it. Miyuki pulled his journal away from his face and raised her eyebrows.

"Oh, I'm sure." She smile sarcastically.

"Shut-up." Syo-kun grinned a little bit. "Get back to work we're burning daylight." Miyuki sat on the ground in front of the bench and rested her back on the cold stone taking in the scenery.

"You're singing the song right?" Miyuki asked. She was thinking up a melody, but not getting anywhere. It felt like her brain had jumped out of her mind and ran away because it was afraid of thinking.

"Yeah. Why?" Syo-kun looked down at Miyuki. He had one eyebrow raised.

"No reason." Miyuki replied quickly.

"Do you want to sing it?"

"Hell no. I just thought up some good lyrics. I'm not too sure about the melody though."

"Oh take my job why don't cha?"

"I didn't mean it like that. I just thought they were good."

"I'm joking," Syo-kun patted Miyuki's head. "I suck at writing lyrics anyway."

"Do you think you can help me with the melody? I'm writing a blank." Syo-kun slid down to the ground next to her. Miyuki was sitting criss cross applesauce holding her journal. Her hair had fallen down in her face and she was in the process of putting it up with the handy dandy ponytail holder she always had with her. On the journal was nothing but scribbled out chicken scratch and tiny doodles. Syo-kun scooted closer to her, barely brushing her shoulder.

"What have you been doing for the past 3 hours?" Syo-kun looked at the paper that was supposed to have the melody on it.

"Well you shee." Miyuki made a clicking noise with her tongue. "I've been looking at this beautiful scenery shee."

"Uh, yea that's not helping us get anything done." Syo-kun responded looking at Miyuki with a face that said "What the hell?"

"Hey, hey, hey don't give me that look. Look at the sketch I drew. It wasn't a complete waste of time." Miyuki pulled out her large sketch book from her book bag and handed it to him. "It's on the last page."

"We aren't here to draw stu- Holy crap this is good!" The pencil sketch showed the garden from their point of view. It was precise with everything from the shading of the stone fountain to the proportion of the flowers and the trees as they grew distant. "Damn..." Syo-kun trailed off.

"Anyway," Miyuki was trying to not get far off topic even though it was very tempting. "Where were we? I think I have an idea for the intro to the melody."

"Oh really? Can you hum it for me?"

"Uh, no." Miyuki's voice was muffled by her scarf that she held up over her mouth.

"Why not?"

"Because I'll mess up and it'll be embarrassing." Miyuki pulled her legs up to her chest and she hid her face behind her pale knees. Syo-kun looked at her with worried eyes.

"Satsuki-san, it's just me. It's not like the whole class is staring you down. You can't do anything that is as embarrassing as trying to do a headstand and to have a girl laugh at my perfect failure." Miyuki's shoulders started shaking. "I don't think it is something to cry about. I just asked you to hum a short melody. I'm not daring you to skydive naked. Well actually-" Syo-kun thought of that actually happening. Miyuki elbowed him in the stomach. She wasn't crying, she was laughing.

"You perv." Miyuki's smile lit up her face. "Fine, but don't laugh if my voice cracks."

"Why? Are you going through puberty?" Syo-kun smiled mischieviously. Miyuki shoved him playfully and began to sing. The sound of her voice was as rusty as door nails. Wait, what? No, just kidding (that would be funny though). It sounded like the softness of an angel's wings. It seemed like she was trying to sing soprano, but she was out of practice. Her voice did crack in the first four measures, but she just started over in a range she could sing comfortably. When she was done Syo-kun applauded for her. "See? Now, that wasn't so bad."

"Yea, I guess. Do you think that's something you would sing?"

"Not really. Here why don't we add a little more pop to it." Syo-kun took Miyuki's pen out of her hand and flipped to a clean page. He wrote down the same melody that she had just sang, but with a few personal touches. "There we go."

"Cool beans." It was getting late and it seemed like the sun had just set because it felt like the air had dropped a few degrees. Miyuki's teeth started chattering.

"You think we missed lunch?" Syo-kun whined.

"It would seem so. I think we should head back to our dorms for today." Miyuki checked Syo-kun's watch since she didn't have one of her own. "it's six thirty now. We can probably still make it to dinner."

"Alright!" Syo-kun stood up with burning passion, "We are off! To the cafeteria!"

Syo-kun basically jogged the whole way to the dining room while Miyuki dragged behind. She was determined to walk the whole way. When she reached the double doors to the cafeteria a huge draft of warm air blew into her cold burning face. Ahhh that feels good, Miyuki thought to herself. The dining room was overwhelming. There were a few hundred fancy, long tables in the dining section and there were only 10 food lines open. The lines for each didn't even look like lines. It just looked like a blob of people that took over half of the cafeteria. Miyuki looked around to find her partner in crime. It was impossible. Everybody looked the same to her and there were several pairs of eyes boring into her skull. She felt uncomfortable and awkward. She stood out for some reason and she didn't like it. Miyuki walked into the far corner of the cafeteria and sat down. She wasn't feeling hungry anymore. Instead she felt nausea. To keep her from thinking about her stomach, she started on the chorus of the melody using the same techniques Syo-kun had used in the intro. The chorus sounded good. It had the same hip-hop feel that Syo-kun wanted. Then Miyuki was in the shade. She looked up to see Syo-kun looking down at her.

"Why are you sitting on the floor over here?"

"I thought I would grow mushrooms in this here corner to eat for dinner." Miyuki picked up a mushroom and bit into it. Then she spit it out. "Rotten mushroom." Syo-kun put his hand to his forehead and laughed lightly.

"Come on I'll introduce you to my friends."

"U-uh okay." Syo-kun put out his hand and Miyuki hesitated to take it. Syo-kun lifted her up to her feet and they found their way through the crowd to his table of friends.

Syo-kun had saved her a seat beside him. There were four guys and a girl, including Natsuki-chan which she met in class that morning at the table. Miyuki was nervous. What happens if they don't like me? I might say something wrong and they won't want to talk to me ever again. I'll just be an embarrassment to Syo-kun. These were the things that went through her head as she sat down in a swarm of panic.

The boy in front of her had long orange hair that went to his shoulders. His eyes were a soft blue color and he was staring straight at her with curiosity. "Why, hello little lady. Nice of you to join us this evening. Can we be honored with you name?"

Miyuki looked from Syo-kun to the charming boy sitting in front of her, licking her lips nervously. She couldn't even let out another word before he said, "Excuse me for my rudeness. I never introduced myself. My name is Jinguji Ren. I can tell that you have already met Chibi-chan."

"Chibi," Syo-kun muttered in disbelief, "My name is not Chibi-chan! It's Kurusu Syo!" Syo-kun became blistering red in the face.

Miyuki laughed nervously, "M-my name is Satsuki Miyuki." Jinguji-san stopped teasing Syo-kun and looked at Miyuki in dismay and then to the blue, clean cut boy who was sitting to his right. They both had the unmistakable look of shock in their eyes as they met. The redhead looked up from his tray of food and the girl who had curly pink hair like Miyuki's and had beautiful purple eyes, nearly choked on her milk. The only ones not surprised were Syo-kun and Natsuki-chan.

Oh god, oh god. Now I've done it. That was all Miyuki could hear in her head. The fuzziness that had been in her brain all morning finally took over and at that moment the world around her decided to spin. Miyuki stood up urgently, swaying back and forth. She almost lost her balance. The next thing she knew she was meandering at a fast pace towards the nearest bathroom. She finally neared the door to the girls bathroom and she thought she had made it, until everything went dark. The last thing she heard was a crack against the hard, glossy tile floors.