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Thoughts
Last time on High School Days
After a few minutes ride from school, I reached the house. It seemed quite cosy. Once I got through the gate, I knocked the door.
"Coming." A familiar voice said. I know that voice! Once the door opened, I had the shock of my life. Standing before me, was Kurosaki Ichigo!
Chapter 2, Tuesday: My new home
I was shocked stiff. In front of me was the Fire Prince, Kurosaki Ichigo, and he's in the house I'm living in.
"Hey you're Haruno Kurara, the new student. What're doing here?" Ichigo asked, finally breaking the awkward silence. He was wearing a black jacket over a white shirt and brown pants. I wanted to say something, but I was still trying to get over the shock.
"Kurosaki! What are you doing there?!" another familiar voice sounded out. Then came the Ice Prince, Hitsugaya Toshiro. He was wearing a blue, white stripped polo shirt with beige jeans. My eyes widened even more! What's he doing here?! "Hey, you're the girl from this morning." Hitsugaya remembered.
"You know her Toshiro?" Ichigo asked the short white haired boy.
"I sort of bumped into her on the way to class. And it's Hitsugaya to you!" Hitsugaya replied sternly. "Anyway, what are you doing here? And with that luggage." He asked me. I flinched, I couldn't take this anymore.
"Oh I was just passing by and for some strange reason I decided to knock on this door." I sarcastically replied, followed by a small laugh. Ichigo and Hitsugaya looked at me, not persuaded by my answer. I sweat dropped. "Well then, it's getting late and I have to be going. See ya!" I quickly said and moved backwards quickly, before I bumped into something in my way. I turned around and when I saw what stopped me, I so wished I hadn't turned. It was the Sakura Prince, Kuchiki Byakuya! What in the world is he doing here?!
"Oh Byakuya, welcome back." Ichigo said to Kuchiki sensei.
"How many times do I have to tell you to call me formerly as Kuchiki sensei, Kurosaki. And why are the two of you leaving our guest here out of the house?" Kuchiki sensei asked. Guest?!
"Wait, you don't mean she's the person living here?" Hitsugaya asked, pointing at me.
"Ah, I totally forgot about it!" Ichigo exclaimed, smacking his forehead. Wait! You mean they were expecting me?! I'm not in the wrong house?!
"Anyway, please come in Miss Haruno." Kuchiki gestured to the door. I slowly walked towards it. Inside of the house was as cosy as it was outside. (This is inside Ichigo's house) "Please make yourself comfortable." Kuchiki said as he headed for the kitchen after putting his briefcase down on the dining chair. How can he expect me to make myself comfortable?! I'm in a random house with three boys who I totally made a fool out of in front of?!
"So you're that new scholar student everyone in school keeps talking about." Hitsugaya remarked.
"Yeah, her name's Haruno Kurara. She's in the same class as me. I never thought you were the one who was gonna live with us." Ichigo said. The two of them were sitting on couches at the living area.
"And now you know. Please have some water, you must have had a long journey." Kuchiki sensei said as he handed me a glass of water. I nodded my head in thanks and drank a bit. "Anyway I'm sure by your reaction, Principal Yamamoto did not tell you about the people who you were living with." Kuchiki said. I shook my head. The hell he didn't! "There's no need for you to be shy. After all, we will all be living together for the next couple of years." Kuchiki sensei remarked. Living with the three princes. Boy the whole female school population would be out for my head if they heard about it. "Kurosaki, please bring Miss Haruno to her room. It's quite late so we all should get some rest." Kuxhiki sensei said. Ichigo nodded and walked towards me.
"Come on, it's this way." Ichigo said as he guided me up the stairs. We soon came to a corridor with four doors and Ichigo led me to the one near the stairs. "This one's yours." He said and opened the door. It was quite normal with a bed with beige sheets with a small table next to it, a large desk, a large wooden wardrobe and a window out near the bed. "Well make yourself comfortable. Oh yeah, me and Toshiro will be heading out at seven sharp so get ready by then. Good night." Ichigo said before he shut the door, giving me some privacy. I was quite relieved that drama was over and can finally get some rest. I got out my laptop and study materials on to the desk, hung all my clothes in the wardrobe and changes to my sleeping attire. Just how am I gonna survive with all these trauma here. I just have to wait and see.
The next day (Tuesday):
I was awoken by the morning sun ray coming out from my curtains. Then I turned to my alarm.
"AAAAHHHH! I'm overslept!" I screamed as I rushed to get ready. How could I not have set the alarm! Stupid me and on the first day! I quickly brushed my teeth, did my hair and got changed to my uniform before dashing downstairs. There I saw Ichigo and Hitsugaya eating their toast and jam calmly.
"Ah good morning Kurara. Thanks for waking us up with that scream of yours." Ichigo joked. I blushed with embarrassment.
"I'm sorry, I overslept." I apologised. Suddenly I was faced with a glass of milk.
"You didn't oversleep so it's alright. Here drink up and take some toast if you need. We're leaving in ten minutes time." Hitsugaya said as he handed me the glass and went up to his room. As I slowly drank my milk, I realised someone was missing.
"Uh, where's Kuchiki sensei?" I asked.
"He left early. He's a teacher after all." Ichigo answered, finishing his toast. Oh yeah, I forgot I was stuck with a teacher. Soon Hitsugaya came down with his brown briefcase. "Well looks like the two of us are ready. Why don't you get your bag, we'll meet you outside." Ichigo said, grabbing his bag next to his chair. I nodded and quickly ran upstairs to my room to grab my things, then ran down to meet the boys. The walk to school was quite ok, chatting about my life back at Karakura. In a few minutes time, we arrived at the school gates. Suddenly a whole group of girls came in to greet Ichigo and Hitsugaya and as you can imagine, I was taken out of that circle. Man are they popular.
"Good morning Kurara!" I turned around and saw Rangiku and Rukia walking towards me.
"Morning guys." I greeted back. Once they reached me, Rangiku moved her focus towards the gang of girls around the boys.
"Ah I see the greeting ritual being done." Rangiku remarked and then she saw my confused face. "It's something I called since these girls always greet the princes every single morning. There is no such morning where you won't find them greeting the princes." She explained. Yup, they're popular! "Come on, let's leave this joint and get to class!" Rangiku said as the three of us walked to our classroom. Suddenly, Rukia came up to my ear.
"Heard from my brother you found a place in his home. You're quite a lucky duck!" Rukia whispered, I blushed. Yeah, living with the three hottest guys in school. Yeah that's lucky.
Physical Fitness (Field)
Physical fitness was our first class and all of us got changed to our required uniforms, white shirts with a blue crescent on the top for the boys and a red star on the same position for the girls, white shorts and sneakers. My class as well as Hitsugaya's class, Class S which was the top class in our level were about to take a test to see our fitness. Great, second day I come here and I have a test.
"Aright you lazy bumps! Time to see you all in action! Get over here so I can see how much leg muscles you have!" our coach, Kenpachi Zaraki said. He was a giant with spiky black hair which had a bell on each tip, an eye patch on his right eye and many scars on his body. (What you want him to wear, you decide) Right now he wanted us to see how far we could jump and I had to admit, my legs are long but ain't powerful. "First let's have Haruno." Oh what joy! I got onto the platform and prepared for the jump. Soon I leapt forward and crossed a good 180cm. "Not bad, could be worse." Zaraki Sensei muttered as he recorded my score. Could be worse! Just what did that guy expect from me! Soon all the students followed up. Rukia scored 178cm, Hitsugaya scored 185cm and Rangiku scored 160cm, due to her brea… well you know what. "Lastly Kurosaki." For some reason, all the students were looking intensely at him, then Ichigo took the jump. He jumped a shocking and practically impossible 217cm! I stood there shocked while all of Ichigo's fan girls squealed with the utmost delight.
"He scored off the charts!" I exclaimed.
"Well he isn't called the most athletic for nothing." Rangiku replied, putting her hands against her hip proudly. Suddenly Ichigo came towards us and high fived Rangiku. "Great job Ichigo!" she praised.
"Thanks but man, I was so close in beating my old record." Ichigo murmured. I looked at him, disbelieving what he just said.
"I'm sorry but what was your old record?" I asked.
"Just 225cm." Ichigo said calmly. JUST! This guy's nuts!
Literature (Classroom)
After we changed out to our usual uniforms, we had literature and guess who was teaching us. Kuchiki Sensei! I had to say, he was really good at teaching. Usually I would have slept through this kind of period but now I'm wide awake, everyone is. Especially the girls but you can tell they were only paying attention to Kuchiki Sensei's looks with that 'ga ga' faces they all have. I suddenly felt something fly past my arm, I looked down and saw a small note neatly folded up. I opened the note and read it in my mind. 'Hey Kurara, wanna hang out. Meet me at outside class for lunch break. I'll take you somewhere nice. –Ichigo'. I blushed, Kurosaki Ichigo was technically asking me out. I turned around to his desk where I saw him gicing a wink and thumbs up. I smiled and turned back. Soon the bell rang for lunch and I left to find Ichigo in the crowd.
"Good to see you can make it." Ichigo remarked once we got out of class. "Come on, it's this way." He grabbed my hand and took me away through the hall. My heart was pounding hard, his hand had a tight grip, yet it was had a warm feeling flowed through me. Soon I was led to the roof. It was amazing! The clear blue sky with white puffy clouds and the view of the whole school campus.
"This is amazing!" I exclaimed, taking in a fresh breath.
"Glad you like it. I always come here when I need to be alone. Just to refresh my memory and let loose." Ichigo replied. When I looked at his face, it indeed was refreshed, it looked good on him. "Well let's eat before classes start again." We both sat on the ground eating our bento and enjoying the scenery.
"Hey Ichigo I've been wondering, why are you living with Hitsugaya and Kuchiki Sensei? Are you guys related or something?" I asked out of the blue.
"Well we sort of just found each other. How we did, I can't tell, it's sort of personal." Ichigo answered. His eyes looked worried for a moment there, wonder why. We continued to eat our food for a few more seconds before another question came out.
"So is it fun living with those two?" I asked again.
"Well yeah, once you get to know them. Sometimes we have it rough but we usually make up. If not, we just lock ourselves in our rooms." Ichigo joked, giving a small laugh. I had an awkward feeling of hearing many doors slamming shut during my stay here. Locking themselves in their rooms. Sounds like bad tempered children if you ask me. Suddenly the bell rang and Ichigo shot up. "Well we better get back to class. I'll see you there." Ichigo said before he rushed off. For some reason, he seemed different from his cheerful self once I asked him those questions. Wonder why.
Home
"What do you guys want for dinner?" I asked. Since they kindly allowed me to stay with them, it was the least I could do for them.
"It doesn't matter to me as long as it's edible, unlike that incident when Kurosaki had to make dinner." Hitsugaya remarked. Ichigo flinched.
"Look, I just put something a bit too excess to the dish. Wasn't that bad!" Ichigo said in an exasperated voice. Tick marks formed on Hitsugaya's head.
"Wasn't that bad?! That excess caused me and Kuchiki too almost get stomach flu. Thank goodness the test was two days after that." Hitsugaya retorted. I giggled.
"Don't worry. My cooking is quite safe so no need to worry!" I said in my most cheerful voice.
"We'll see. Call us when you're done." Hitsugaya replied before the two of them went upstairs. Soon I turned to the kitchen to start on dinner, then a thought came up to my head. I'm cooking dinner for the three princes! Oh boy. I shook that thought off my head and started making dinner before I really put something in excess. In a few minutes time, I was done with my katsu dons and miso soups and I had to say it was a pretty good job. Thanks mom! Just then Ichigo came down.
"I didn't even call for you guys."
"I was too obsessed with the great smell that I had to come in. I have to say, this looks delicious! Best dinner I've ever seen." Ichigo remarked.
"Really, don't you guys cook too?"
"Oh thrust me, we do. Let's just say that Byakuya is the best cook among us and even his curry rice seemed to be a bit black." I shuddered at the thought of black curry. "Hey Toshiro! Time for dinner!" Ichigo cried out. Soon Hitsugaya came down.
"How many times do I have to tell you to address me as Hitsugaya!" he muttered before looking at the food on the table. "Well this certainly beat my expectations."
"Whatever, come let's eat!" Ichigo exclaimed as he and Hitsugaya took their seats.
"Wait! What about Kuchiki sensei?" I asked, not wanting to leave him out of our family dinner. Did I just say family? Man now I'm hallucinating!
"He'll come later, he always does." Hitsugaya answered, reaching for his chopsticks. Wow, must be tough being a teacher. I took my seat opposite Ichigo and Hitsugaya and we took our first bite.
"Man! This is good stuff!" Ichigo praised, stuffing his face with more rice and pork.
"Really you don't think it's too blend" I asked, wanting some feedback.
"No it's really good. Better than what we usually take." Hitsugaya remarked. I sighed a sigh of relief. Soon dinner was finished and I went to wash the dishes. I also left Kuchiki sensei's share on the dining table with a note next to it with the words 'please reheat before you eat' written on it. Hey, a rhyme! As I walked up the stairs, I felt like this calm feeling, this warm feeling. This feeling saying 'I am home'. I never imagined that I could already be comfortable with this in only two days. It was quite amazing. I guess this is my new home. And I love it.
How was it? Know the ending is a little bad, sorry. But anyways, continue to send me reviews and on what 'I' should do in the days to come. Thanks!