-HIII, anyways I forgot last weeks chapter since I was busy and then my band trip got rescheduled to today, we went to Schlitterbahn, so I'm sunburnt to high hell - During these summer months if you are like me and are paper white; please I beg of you, put on sunscreen every 2-3 hours or less since you will BURN. I'm just looking out for y'all, also what ever you do DO NOT scream while in the wave pool (Lazy river with currents and waves) since you will literally inhale the chlorinated water and trust me, it isn't fun.
ALSO I know no-one asked, but I made the A-B honor role for my grades 😎
Anyways enough about me, I'm giving you guys an extra long chapter this week!
-This chapter is told in Kuro's P.O.V and is about 1-2 years in the past-
-It was a lovely spring day, all the cherry blossom trees had already bloomed, sadly. But at least there were many pretty flowers and such still about. It is the month of May, right in between the seasons of spring and summer, so the weather has been acting strange as of late, first, it's cold and rainy then 5 seconds later it will be boiling hot outside and the sun is so bright that it feels like it is going to burn out your eyes.
But I can't change the weather, so the most I can do is change my outfit depending on the weather. I stood up walking over to my dresser, since my friend since practically the day I was born; Murasakino, asked me f I wanted to go into the woods with her I said yes, who wouldn't turn up such a great opportunity? Now I just had to sneak past my parents, they are always like 'Oh Kuro, don't go into the woods.' it's annoying, especially for my dad, he is the most overprotective person to ever exist.
Anyways enough will my mumbling, it's probably getting annoying by now. But oh well I decided to wear a cute pink and green kimono with a red obi for today since it's been collecting dust in my wardrobe. I decided to wear a cute pink hydrangea hairclip with a single leaf on it, the leaf had a blue glass bead on it that looked like a dewdrop. I knew very well that I was very spoiled in fact, sometimes however I do feel a bit bad for Aka since I keep getting a lot of things, but I'm not complaining am I?
Now it was time for the hard part, sneaking past my parents to go into the woods, first up I have to meet with Murasakino, luckily her room was a few doors down and it isn't considered that suspicious since we hang out with each other almost every day, now it is suspicious when Aka goes to her room. Recently he has been getting a little too close to my best friend. It's just a little bit too unsettling for me, he can do what he wants, but it just doesn't feel right to me.
Anyways, I peeped my head out of my doorways, I looked to the left and then to the right, but no one was there, I made a run for it but still being slow enough that no one would even know I was running down the hallway. I made it to my destination... almost, once I had reached her door, someone shocking walked out of her room; Aka, well I mean it was only a little bit surprising but usually, he visits her in the afternoon hours, but today it seems that he visited her in the morning.
Honestly, it was shocking since he was running out of the room, very suspicious indeed. When I walked in Murasakino was in front of her vanity that I got her for her last birthday using my money that I got from helping my mom with running her restaurant last fall. I even painted it in her favorite light pink color. I think it is the nicest thing that I've done in a while. She was wearing a lilac-colored kimono with a lavender-colored obi, she was wearing some cherry blossom flower earrings on her ear, she was wearing a minimal amount of make-up if any.
"Ah Kuro, you've finally arrived. I've been waiting for a bit now, did you oversleep you silly"? It was weird, she was able to maintain eye contact with me for that whole sentence, something that I can't do, but I guess that's what happens when you are a waitress I guess.
"Ahahaha, I did oversleep just a little bit I guess, well uhmm shall we get going, we have to be sneaky since I'm not allowed to go into the woods". I genuinely tried to make eye contact with her for that whole sentence but within 2 seconds I had to look away.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you, silly me, I brought this up with your mom and dad, they said you can go as long as you don't cause trouble, it was very difficult to talk to them, specifically your dad since he is very strict and essentially my boss." Murasakino is just too nice to me, she is always doing things for me out of her way. But anyways it was time to get going into the woods, and by woods I mean the bamboo grove, but it's just easier to say the 'woods'.
"Hey, Murasakino I never did get to ask why you were holding that basket, what's that for"? Murasakino looked at me fed up with all of the questions that I was asking her 24/7. "Well, it's for a picnic, I told you this yesterday and you didn't listen apparently, also why else would I bring a basket up the mountain, Kuro you are very stupid aren't you"? All I could do was lightly laugh at Murasakino's scolding, in all honestly, she scolds me just as much as my mother does, it's very embarrassing when I have both of them making fun of my stupidity sometimes.
"Anyways, let's go I know the perfect spot that we could go, it's a nice open flower field towards the center of the bamboo grove."! - "Oh wow, you do put a lot of thought into what you do, right?" - "Well, of course, I thought that it would be a fun little thing, plus I needed something to do, and I do know that your mother Aoi has been giving you some extra chores due to Aka having to cover some extra shifts". - "Yeah I know, he has barely any time to spend time with his very loving family, but he apparently has time to spend up in your room in between shifts". - We finally made it up to the place Murasakino told me about, it was very beautiful, we set up next to a river. - I continued my sentence - "Hmm, I wonder what you two could be doing up there, hmmm, could it be? My best friend it secretly da-". Before I could finish my sentence, Murasakino pushed me over, almost pushing me into the river.
I was stunned, the way she pushed me over could mean two things, but the flustered look on her face told it all. "OooHHhhh, but don't worry I won't tell, remember you are my friend and what are friends for? Keeping secrets of course, honestly, you can have him"! Murasakino quickly turned her head away, then back around to me, she grabbed one of the sandwiches that she most likely learned how to make from my mom and stuffed it into my mouth, I was shocked, but I didn't care that much since the sandwich was very delicious, it was a turkey sandwich with some homemade mayo and it also had lettuce, tomato, and an assortment of cheese.
We had fun in the field, eating a bunch of foods that Murasakino had just learned to make from my mother. It was so much fun, maybe the most fun I've had in years, we had stayed out in the little spot off to the edge of the bamboo woods for hours, and we even played around a bit in the river, it was about 6:00 PM when I had noticed how late it was. "Ah, I think that it may be time to head back, it looks pretty late and I know that you have that meeting tomorrow, plus I'm sleepy". - "Ahaha, I guess you are right, plus I do have that meeting, wow, you actually listened for once you little dummy". Murasakino just loved making fun of me, but it was acceptable since I knew that it was out of friendship and not out of envy or rage.
By the time we had walked out of the woods and got up to where our rooms are, I noticed that Aka was already up there by Murasakino's room. So I let them be while I prepared myself to go to sleep for the night.
