Kukuku. Remember, Haru speaks softly so it's as if she's really tired and drawling everything.
Oh yes, on the case of OCs. If you have problems imagining what they look like— since my descriptions are very brief and well, awful, I will have a link up soon; going to www (dot) deviantart (dot) com, where I will post up my drawings of the OCs. My scanner's a little whack, and my drawing skills have become rusty, so do forgive. Feel free to comment if you have an account there.
Yup, it won't be up very soon, but you will expect it in a few weeks or so. I'll put it up in my profile, so when it's out, I'll announce it in one of the chapters or something… Yeah, and maybe I'll draw a few scenes here and there out... I'm a visual person so it's hard for me to write rather than drawing. A picture's worth a thousand words after all! Well anyway, on with the story! 8D
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A week later, in class 2-6 yet again
"Mamushi, get out of my way!"
"You get out of my way, idiot!"
"Who are you calling an idiot? Are you trying to pick a fight with me?!" Kaidoh and Momoshiro were at each other's throat yet again and poor Haru was sitting in between the two boys, who happened to walk into each other in that aisle. Haru had a blank expression on her face and she was playing with a pencil.
"Shut up, monkey!"
"MAMUSHI!"
"STOP IT DAMNIT!" The two stopped to see they're class president glaring at them. He looked really pissed. "Not only are you at each other's throats early in the morning, which is inconsiderate since you're really loud, the two of you are suffocating Katakura! She looks like she's going to die."
"Well… actually, I'm pretty okay Harada-kun. They are a bit loud though…"
"Sorry Kata," Momo apologised
"Sorry," Kaidoh mumbled. Harada sighed and walked away.
"I'm tired," Haru mumbled. Kaidoh looked at her, "You're always tired."
"Not all the time! I just look tired but I don't feel tired."
A green haired guy stopped next to them and laced his index finger and thumb around Haru's wrist, "Look at her wrists they're so tiny! You haven't been eating much, have you Kata?"
"I have been eating! I just have a high metabolic rate, so it's hard for me to gain weight! Plus, I just have small wrists, everything else is fine!" Haru defended and snatched her wrist back. She was right though, even though her height was slightly below average, and her frame was small, and her wrists were small too, that was it. She was normal otherwise. (A/N: Doesn't sound right… haha. XD)
"I'm a little annoyed by everyone's constant nagging about my diet and what not… I mean I know you're concerned but seriously, I'm fine," Haru said firmly. Momoshiro laughed. Their teacher walked in and the usual thing happened with the quieting down and the bowing, until their teacher furrowed her eyebrows in concerned and asked, "Katakura-chan, are you okay today?"
Haru dropped her head into her palm with a dull 'thud' while Momo snickered.
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Momo, Kaidoh and Haru walked out of the main school building together. Haru was heading home while Momoshiro and Kaidoh were heading to the tennis court.
"So what was our homework?" Momo asked again. Haru sighed, "Math, Chemistry, English and Art."
"Although you don't have to hand Math in tomorrow," Kaidoh mumbled. Momo made a mental note.
"I'm going to go back now… see you tomorrow," Haru bid good bye and walked off. Momo shouted, "Bye Kata! Mamushi; say good bye."
"Katakura, you're going to be by yourself again today, aren't you?"
"Mm. I'll be fine," Haru replied, her back still face to the boys, "I think Akito will come over… Ja ne!"
"Naa… she's sort of proud when you look at it this way… she pretends she's alright even though she's pretty lonely," Momo sighed. Kaidoh shrugged and walked towards the tennis court.
"You're late."
That was the first thing Tezuka said when he saw the two. He was previously talking to Eiji who was now being ignored. Kaidoh looked at a nearby clock.
"Buchou, we still have 5 minutes."
"We're early! You should be happy tha—"
"Tezuka! You have to believe me, she's really small and pale and she looks like she's going to die!" Eiji yelled, "Momo, are sure she's not suffering from some chronic illness?"
"Who?" Momo asked, clueless. Ryoma came over, "He's been trying to describe Haru-senpai to Tezuka-buchou for a while now. He just suddenly remembered her and told Tezuka about her, since he was the only one who hasn't seen her. Eiji-senpai thinks she's going to die and Buchou doesn't believe that there could be a 16 year old whose half the size of Eiji-senpai."
"I wouldn't believe that either. She's about your height though," Momo murmured, looking at Ryoma, "Eiji-senpai, she's not dying."
"She looks so frail… and really pale! And you guys saw how she was like a rag doll when Momo carried her!" Eiji looked at Fuji and Oishi.
"Saa… I guess. But she did just beat up bunch of people so I it'd be normal if she was, and looked, tired. I'm sure she's fine."
"She probably didn't drink enough milk when she was younger," Oishi laughed lightly, trying to calm Eiji down.
"I didn't drink a lot of milk when I was younger, but I'm fine! She's so tiny!"
"She's not that small Eiji," Kawamura stated, "She's about… Echizen's height or so…"
"But ochibi is still short!"
The chibi glared. However in their ruckus, they failed to notice Haru walking past them, slowly even. Haru lifted up a thick book and plopped it lightly on Momo's head. The loud knock made them stop though.
"Kata, what is this?"
"Chemistry textbook. I forgot to return it to you," Haru replied. She slouched and shifted her bag, stifling a yawn, "Okay… I'm going to go now…" Haru slowly walked toward the exit until Eiji ran over, picked her up with ease and put her back down in front of Tezuka.
"LOOK! She's so small… and fragile! And pale — look at her wrists!" Eiji took her hand and showed it to Tezuka. "They're so tiny!" He started to flail her hand. Haru looked a little shocked but she just stood there, waiting for Eiji to be done.
Ryoma walked over and stared at her, and then he turned back to Momo and Kawamura, "She's shorter than me."
Inui stared… and stared… and then scribbled like a mad man.
"Saa, Eiji… you have to stop…" Fuji said quietly.
"Neh… Eiji, yameru! (1)You're hurting her!" Oishi shouted over Eiji's shouting. Kaidoh exhaled.
"LETHARGIC AND TINY AND— huh?" Eiji stopped and stared at Haru who stared back. She opened her mouth, "Can I go now?"
"I'm sorry!" Eiji apologised loudly and let go off her hand. Haru smiled, her eyes closed, "Mm… It's okay. I'm going to go back home now…" Haru walked out slowly, she stumbled a little, making everyone flinch, and she continued to walk.
"We have a small chemistry test tomorrow," Kaidoh informed, pointing to the textbook in Momo's hand. Momo groaned, "Ugh. Only Takashina-sensei's insane enough to give us a test on the second week."
"She's small," Tezuka commented quietly, "Practice." Tezuka looked like his usual stiff self and walked away. (A/N: He had his grumpy face on. XD)
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A group of friends were inside a dormitory room laughing loudly. Out of one was a tall guy with messy dark brown hair and deep blue eyes. His name was Katakura Akito.
"AKITO, LISTEN!" The guy who shouted had dirty blond hair sticking up weirdly and brown eyes; his name was Yagami Kanata.
"Hai… hai."
"I'm telling you, he's so distracted all the time, it'd be a miracle if he remembered all of our names!" a brown-haired male laughed. His eyes were green and his hair had a tint of orange to it. He was Himura Yamato.
"I do know your names!"
"Is that so, Akito-kun?"The person who said that smiled lightly. He had dark red, wavy hair and blue eyes. His name was Hanasaki Shinta.
"Show us Kata!" The black-haired male laughed. His hair was messy and has a patch of red over his dark hair, and his eyes were a greyish-blue. He was Saeki Takeru.
Akito laughed, "Himura, Yagami, Saeki and Hanasaki."
"IT'S A MIRACLE!" Himura yelled then everyone laughed. The group of five went back to their conversation.
"Okay, it's a Monday afternoon and none of the teachers decided to give us any work," Ishida started, "What should we do?"
"Let's head over to Katakura's house!" Yagami suggested brightly and everyone looked to the former, who laughed, "Aa… well I guess it's alright. Although we might be disturb, Haru."
"Ah yes, Haru," Hanasaki murmured, "You two are so close; always looking out for each other. Anyway, how is she? I heard she won a local competition of sort."
"Yeah, she did. It was last year's work but they delayed the announcement of the positions for god knows what reason. She's been doing really well, she's received another award recently on last year's work again," Akito responded proudly.
"She reminds me of a not-so-squishy teddy bear," Yagami said randomly, "Since she's sort of thin."
"Like a skinny teddy bear then?" Himura mumbled, "Yes, she does remind you of a skinny teddy bear."
"Then Akito-kun will be a big teddy bear!" Saeki laughed.
"Haru should paint Haru," Hanasaki mumbled, staring out the window of a fraternity room in the campus of The University of Tokyo.
"Mm," Akito agreed quietly.
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Akito fiddled with the keys in his pocket, searching for the right one. Akito cursed, "Where is the damned thing!"
Finally taking out the right one, he slotted it into the keyhole, unlocked the door and went in. "Tadaima!"
It was quiet.
"Eh? Haru's not home yet?" Akito furrowed his eyebrows, "Saa… okay, Mom and Dad left yesterday for… somewhere. And today's a Monday, but that would mean Haru should've been back hours ago…"
"Nii-chan, what are you doing back here?"
Akito turned back to see Haru taking her shoes off. Akito smiled, "Ah… well no work was given today, so I thought about dropping by. They guys wanted to come over too but I said we'd make too much noise and disturb you."
"It's fine by me if you guys come over... I don't have any work today but I have to study for Chemistry," Haru replied, dragging her bag up the stairs and yawning widely.
"You're actually going to study? I'm baffled!" Aki teased, grinning like an idiot. Haru glared lightly, and smiled despite herself, "I'm not that bad… I study once in a while!"
"Yes, once in a while. Once in a blue moon…" Haru huffed and entered her room. Akito looked at the clock; 6.13.
"Why'd you come home so late?" Akito asked loudly. Haru shouted a reply from upstairs, "I went to Natsu's house for a while!"
Akito sighed and looked around. There was nothing to do even though he was back at home. He plopped onto the sofa and put his arms behind his head for support as he leant back.
"Haru's not cute and naive enough anymore to poke fun at…"
"Yo, Akito-san!"
"Eh?" Aki sat up and looked behind to see Momoshiro. He smiled, "Ah… Momo, what are you here for?"
"I've got Haru's English textbook," Momo replied grinning, lifting up the said book. Akito nodded and asked, "How'd you come in anyway?"
"The front door was unlocked." Akito sweat-dropped. They both looked up when they heard someone calling Momoshiro.
"Momo, hurry up! Buchou is treating us today!"
"Wait, who said I was?"
"Be nice to your kouhais, Tezuka! Ochibi is very hungry!"
"I didn't say anything, Eiji-senpai…"
Momoshiro laughed and handed the book to Akito, "Bye! And remember to lock the door this time!" Akito groaned as Momo closed the door. Akito sat there for a while, unmoving. Then he suddenly made a decision and jumped out of his seat to called his friends over.
40 minutes later.
"HEELLLO, KATAKURAS!!" Himura and Yagami shouted upon entering the Katakura household. The group of four took of their shoes and headed directly to the living room where Aki was. Aki rolled his eyes and greeted them, "Hello noisy."
"Don't be so mean, Kata," Himura smiled, "We're only here because you asked us to come here. And Yagami and I can't help bringing noise wherever we go!"
"Well, Haru has a chemistry test tomorrow so—"
"Ugh," Yagami shuddered, "I hate chemistry. Stupid Taka-sensei; ruined everything for me in high school." Hanasaki nodded, "Takashina-sensei was quite strict and unreasonable at times…"
Akito laughed, "Yeah… stupid guy gave us such a hard time. He's Haru's teacher this year too." The three laughed while Himura and Saeki sat down on the sofa. Saeki smiled, "Don't you feel left out when they talk about things like this, Himura?"
Saeki was from Chiba while Himura was from Kanagawa. Both of them only came to Tokyo to attend the University, so they sometime felt left out when the other three talked about thing that happened in Tokyo before they came. And the three of them were all from Seigaku high.
Himura grinned then faked a sad face, "I know… they make me feel so hurt… SNIFF."
"You are so fake," Haru laughed as she came down the stairs and sat next to Himura. The guys laughed, "Hi Haru (Hanasaki: mi)!"
"Harumi-chan, Akito-kun said you had a chemistry test tomorrow, weren't you studying?"Hanasaki asked. Haru smiled, "I finished studying. Besides, if I wanted to study any further I wouldn't be able to. You guys are too noisy."
They guys looked at Akito sheepishly. Akito shrugged, "It doesn't matter. She doesn't care about her studies anyway."
"Hey!" Haru protested while the others laughed. Akito picked up a book from the table next to him and tossed it to Haru, saying, "Momo dropped by just now, apparently he had your textbook."
"Ohh… so that's why I couldn't find it…" Haru mumbled. Yagami smiled slyly, "Ohh, is this Momo guy your boyfriend?"
"What, Momo? No!" The Katakura gushed. Yagami blinked, "Well if it's the both of you denying it, it's definitely true."
"If any bastard wants to be Haru's boyfriend, they have to get through me first," Akito proclaimed loudly and eerily.
"It's so sad; Haru's going to be 17 and she can't have any boyfriends because of her overprotective brother," Himura sighed jokingly. Saeki laughed, but rolled his eyes, "What's more sad is Koji. He's almost 18, doesn't have anyone stopping him and he doesn't bother getting a girlfriend; 'just have dates' he says." (A/N: I'm making Saeki from Rokkaku have a brother, yo.)
"Kojirou is less open I guess," Hanasaki mumbled, "He probably thinks dating isn't as important as… what ever he thinks is important."
Saeki rolled his eyes again and grumbled, "That kid is a nice guy, we all know that. He's good-looking too I suppose since he has a fan club in school. I don't understand why he doesn't want to make a move."
"Takeru, Kojirou is probably just afraid of making a move. And maybe because his dates aren't good enough," Akito reasoned. Saeki Takeru had recently broken up with his girlfriend whom he had been going out with for 2 years so he was still somewhat bitter.
"Koji told me that Take has been bugging him about his relationships ever since a week he broke up," Himura whispered to Haru who smiled sadly, 'Poor Takeru-nii.'
"Let's go out to eat yakiniku," Hanasaki suggested, changing the subject. Yagami stood up and grinned, "Alright, but you're paying since you suggested it."
Saeki and Himura nodded their heads while Haru laughed. Akito grinned, "Well, it's decided then! Saki, you're paying." Everyone stood up and walked out, leaving Hanasaki who stood there defenceless.
"Everyone's so mean…"
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This chapter is really just pointless except for introducing Akito and his friends. And I also wanted to highlight on Momo and Haru's relationship. And maybe some things with the class too, but I think I'll leave that to the next chapter. Just some background information about Haru-chan.
Also, I apologise because I didn't really have the heart to put much effort into this chapter. My exams are coming in 2 weeks so I'm a little tired. Math homework has been surprisingly easy however! Aha… gomen, minna-san… I really apologise!
Thank you for reading! :)