The bell rang the majority of the students immediately departed, but Apollon and Yui asked the 'real' students to remain to discuss afterschool clubs. Many of the students had interests in the clubs, some even made up their own, and there were a couple who refused to participate in clubs. After a while of Yui trying to convince them to join something, she gave up, but then she spotted someone else.
"Carrie, are there any clubs you might want to join" She asked energetically, with a little desperation seeping through.
"I was thinking about joining the sewing club" Carrie answered, her eyes looking away.
"Really, I didn't know you could sew. I hope you enjoy it"
"Hey" Takeru intervened slamming his fist on his desk, his eyes nothing but glare. "Are we all set here, some of us don't want to be here and especially don't want to join clubs" Before Yui could convince him to stay, he was already out the door. Several followed him, but most were just going to participate in their clubs.
Carrie entered the room used by the sewing club, small and quaint with fabric draped over various furniture. There were a couple other students there, but none of them real making Carrie feel fairly comfortable. She zeroed in a particular fabric as soon as she entered the room, a soft cotton the vibrant color of dodger blue. She loved the texture and sway of the fabric.
Carrie set her belongings aside her worktable, and placed the fabric at the center of the desk. Grabbing a piece of paper and pen she began sketching a design for the fabric. Over and over again she rubbed the paper with her eraser, then sketching, followed by more erasing. By the time she was satisfied with her sketch night had already descended upon the school.
"I guess I'll have to start it tomorrow" She said with a disappointed sigh and begun packing up her things, taking the sketch with her but leaving the cloth behind for the next day. Walking down the hall Carrie heard a rumble, at first she had no clue what it was and it even frightened her, the second time it came she realized it was her stomach.
"Maybe I should grab something to eat, and bring some back to Chloe" She audibly pondered before making her way to the cafeteria. Upon first seeing the darkened room she assumed it to be closed for the evening, but as she was turning to leave the lights flickered on. When she turned back she saw the room filled with scent and steam of freshly made food.
"Incredible" She murmured wandering through, admiring all the different foods. Carrie stopped in front of helping of spaghetti and wanted that for dinner, she also thought Chloe might appreciate it. While looking around for something to carry the food in she was disappointed to find nothing but plates, but upon a second glance found styrofoam to-go boxes.
'This really is an academy for Gods' She thought as she grabbed two boxes and began stuffing food inside them. A little spaghetti, some chicken, salad, and a small dessert for Chloe.
Just as she was about to leave, Carrie found a small white rabbit beside her feet. The small creature gazed up in curiosity with its big yellow eyes, a rope tied around its neck with a golden bell served as its collar. Carrie smiled at the small creature before reaching over for a bowl and filling it with a handful of baby carrots. She bent down and placed the food in front of the rabbit, who didn't hesitate it eating it, with a scratch of his head she picked up her things and left the cafeteria. The rabbit watching as she left.
Carrie woke up early the next morning, eager to start working with the fabric she found yesterday. She dressed quickly and threw away the empty Styrofoam containers, which Chloe was very grateful for. Closing the door as quietly as possible, so Chloe wouldn't wake up, before she walked to school, the skip in her step obvious.
Once inside the room of the sewing club, Carrie threw her belongings on the desk. The cloth still remained on the desk, waiting for her. She pulled out the sketch from her bag and tapped it to a corner of the desk, securing it there and easy for her to see while working. She opened a draw from the desk and pulled out some pins, a measuring tape, and a pair of scissors.
Then she went to town chopping that fabric up, pieces flew from her hands like a maniac. With the pieces she had she pinned them in place before sewing them together, the machine spit the pieces out like they were fire. It didn't take long for Carrie to have the skirt finished; she held it against her own hips to test it when the bell rang. What apparently felt like little over half an hour was quite clearly more. Carrie let out a frustrated sigh as she begun picking her materials.
"I'll just have to finish it tonight" She said walking out the door, shutting it tightly behind her.
Once again classes came and went, during the entire day Carrie was just so eager to finish her work with the fabric. Sure she paid attention to Master Thoth during his lectures, but always in her mind was her project. So when the bell rang ending class, a few were surprised to see her nearly run out of the room. Carrie soon returned to the room and just dropped her school stuff on the ground to hurry back to her worktable. She would not stop working until it had been finished, regardless of how long it took.
Takeru lay down at the center of the stone courtyard, watching the stars shine against the night sky. Alone to himself, while everyone else went stargazing out in the fields. Even his own brother had gone with them. His mind went blank as he just focused on the sky, but from the corner of his eye he saw a flash of white. Takeru turned his head to see a familiar white rabbit hopping past him toward the school.
"Usamaro" He shouted as he proceeded to chase the white fluff ball. The rabbit led him back inside the school, through the corridors, and past the classrooms. No matter how hard he sprinted, the rabbit always remained ahead of him. Finally when Takeru had stopped to catch his breathe, he noticed that Usamaro had hopped inside a classroom. He grinned at the prospect of cornering the rabbit, but just before he stepped inside he noticed someone else was there as well. Immediately he leaped back into the hall, but kept close to the door.
Inside he saw the figure, their back turned to him preventing his from identifying them. Usamaro hopped up to them and they knelt down to pat his head, it was then he realized who. It was Carrie. She got back on her feet, but this time Takeru was able to her reflection in the mirror she was standing in front of. She wore a vibrant blue dress, off the shoulder and the last couple of inches of the skirt had a punched out lace pattern. Her hair tucked behind her ear to admire her work, once again revealing her face.
Usamaro hopped away from her feet and a bit toward Takeru, who tried to coax the rabbit to come to him. The rabbit stayed beside a desk staring at the man in the doorway. Frustrated Takeru inched away from the door before hurling himself at the rabbit, catching it and tucking themselves under the desk. Carrie was to focused on her dress to notice what had occurred behind her and continued to admire it.
'What am I doing hiding from a girl, I haven't done anything wrong' He thought to himself as he begun to crawl out from beneath the desk, it was at the same time Carrie started to take the dress off. Before she could notice, he tucked himself back under the table and looked away from the sight. Usamaro, however, used his long ears trying to tickle his chin and while pushing them away he saw her.
The dress had been removed and folded away; her could only see her back. Just before he could look away he noticed, the large scar on the back of her shoulder. As though she sensed him looking at it, her fingertips grazed the area sending shivers down her body as her face went blank remembering the wound. With a sigh she withdrew her hand and got dressed, picked up her things and left the room. After a couple minutes, Takeru left as well.
