Pisti and Spartos walked into the school hand in hand. They were greeted with approving looks and gazes of surprise. Both of them red faced and trying their hardest to keep their composure, yet failing at it, as their faces were tight with embarrassed smiles.
"Well would you look at that," Sharrkan said coolly, his hands in his pockets. "I can't say I didn't see that coming."
"Oh please," Yamuraiha elbowed him. "You were worried more than me- and that's saying something."
Sharrkan smiled. "Well, you got me there," he nudged her back. "Oh- they're waving at us," he waved at Spartos and Pisti. "So, is there anything you want to tell us Spartos?"
Spartos became the same shade of Crimson as his hair. "Well- uh," he stammered. "I mean, I never knew Pisti liked me and uhm, 'this' just happened," he lifted their intertwined hands for show as he said 'this'.
Pisti was silenced. She hid her mouth behind her oversized light pink sweater sleeves. Her smile could be seen through her eyes.
"Well, congratulations you guys are very cute together," Yamuraiha said. She patted Pisti on her shoulder.
Pisti lowered her hand away from her mouth. "Thank you," she mouthed to Yamuraiha.
It was unlike her to be shy, it suited her perfectly. Just a tiny model as she stood meekly, concealing her giggles and twirling her ankles every now and then. She really was one of the cutest people Yamuraiha had ever seen and her different behaviours highlighted that.
Yamuraiha winked at her.
"Well me and Pisti are going up to class together," Spartos said. "Thanks for your approval guys, we haven't told Sinbad or Jafar yet."
"Oh, I'm sure they'll be on board,"
"We know they'll be on board Sharr, what we don't know is that whether they'll throw a big party to celebrate this," Spartos said. "Anyways, let's all have a dinner this Friday at Priscilla's, we can get together."
"Sounds great to me," Sharrkan replied.
"Me too," Yamuraiha answered. "As long as it's after 4, that's when practise ends."
"Great, see you there," Spartos said.
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School went by much faster than it did yesterday for Yamuraiha. She had gotten into the routine of going to her classes and only got lost on the way to biology, which considering that this was second day was an achievement all on its own.
She had gotten out of her comfort zone and attempted to talk to the others in her class. It was easier to do than what she had imagined.
She had even met the boy that was cast as Hamlet in her biology class. He was one of those cute nerdy guys that a lot of girls gushed over. He was red haired and short for a boy, but there was a sort of gentle essence around him that made her feel comfortable around him instantly. Yet, he made her feel too comfortable. Maybe, it was because he was boring.
Now, of course Yamuraiha knew she wasn't one to judge as just a few months before she would have had the same flat personality and ask the new person in the class questions such as 'oh was it nice where you lived," and 'I do hope the weather gets better'. These were basic conversation killers. A code to tell the other person that they literally can't find anything important to talk about or that they're too exhausted to hold an engaging conversation.
Nonetheless, he was kind. And that outshined his bland personality.
Yamuraiha anticipated drama class. She found herself becoming excited at the thought of sitting next to her friends. Which was something that she had never experienced before as her old friends weren't that close with her to begin with.
She had fast walked all the way downstairs to the drama room and was pleased to find out she had gotten there before Sharrkan had.
"How was your day?" Yamuraiha chimed as she sat down next to Pisti.
"How do you think?"
"Fantastic."
Pisti nodded. "I want to thank you for doing this for me, really Yamuraiha,"
"Anytime,"
"You know when I first met you again I didn't know whether or not we'd get along,"
"Why is that?"
"Well," Pisti paused and readjusted herself in her seat, "I've never had many girl friends before. A lot of girls don't seem to like me and it's hard for me to make friends- what I'm saying is that I'm glad you're the way you are."
"Truthfully speaking, we didn't really have the best first meeting though, I was really sour that night." Yamuraiha referred to the midnight dinner run.
"Ah it's fine," Pisti shook her comment off.
"But I still feel bad though, after all you were the one that convinced everyone to come right?"
She gave her a blank stare. "No that was Sharrkan. He really wanted you to meet everyone."
Yamuraiha blinked. She didn't believe the words that had just left Pisti's mouth. He set everything up- well, it was obvious he was involved in some of the planning. She assumed that he at least told the others about her, but she didn't think that he himself would go out of his way.
"Wow," she said in a hushed tone, "that was really nice of him," Yamuraiha stared up at the ceiling. She felt guilty for not giving him enough credit time and time again. So much for becoming more open, she thought.
Sharrkan walked into the room confidently a second after the bell rung, almost boasting that he made it.
"I thought you were going to get another late slip, I guess you did keep your promise of coming in on time." Pisti said with a cheeky smile.
"What can I say I don't want another phone call home."
"Eh, but you were on time yesterday," Yamuraiha tapped him on the arm as he sat down next to her.
Sharrkan shrugged. "I'm not always late to the same class, I try to mix it up a bit so the same teacher doesn't keep making complaints."
"How innovative," Yamuraiha rolled her eyes.
"You should try it sometime." he suggested.
"Hey when it's warmer we should skip school to go to an amusement park," Pisti added.
"Why can't we go on a regular weekend day?" Yamuraiha questioned.
"Duh, too many people." she answered her.
"That is a good idea," Sharrkan stroked his chin. "But wait would this be before or after spring break?"
"Definitely after." Pisti sighed. "We need something to make us happy after we leave the paradise that is Sinbad and Jafar's summer villa and go back to school." She turned to Yamuraiha, "have you asked your dad if you could come with us yet? It'll be two weeks, and about a day to drive there and back. We'll be driving in Sinbad's R.V., trust me the drive there is great-"
Yamuraiha bit her lip. "I mean, I want to ask him, but he's usually super strict on this kind of stuff,"
"Jafar will be there supervising us, so will Sinbad." Sharrkan stated.
"Yeah, but-"
Yamuraiha was cut off by Mr Amon who yelled across the room: "is everyone finished with their conversations or will this just be another sharing period that's continued by an essay of all the important topics which you have discussed today?!"
The class became silent. He seemed to be angrier than yesterday, Yamuraiha thought. Though it was to be expected as he was probably trying to get their attention for the past five minutes.
The rest of class went by regularly. They continued doing tableaus and the teacher went on to talk about how to create more expressive gestures with their hands- an important skill for anyone going into theatre.
After class ended Yamuraiha and Sharrkan made their way to the theatre classroom. Which was a larger classroom with seats lined up much like in a real theatre. The drama class would sometimes go there to practise if there was something that required more space than a regular classroom.
Today's 'practise' had been cut short due to Miss Vinea spraining her ankle whilst explaining the importance of knowing your surroundings on stage.
They didn't have a chance to introduce themselves to one another, yet while Miss Vinea was waiting on her husband to take her to the doctors she told them to pick up the script and be on their way.
"You know you could always lie to your dad and tell him you're going to a space camp," he said nonchalantly.
"Or I could tell him the truth,"
"You really don't want to go do you?" His face screwed into irritation.
"What?" She pretended to be caught off guard. Really she did want to go, yet there was something holding her back. It was the same something that held her back from many things in life. "I have no idea what you're talking about," she said in a ditzy voice.
He let out an exasperated sigh. "You can lie to me, but really lying to yourself is just sad."
"Fine, so I'm scared, it's natural to be afraid of new things." She crossed her arms. "I'm sure you're scared of things too."
"I'll at least try," he smirked. "If you're going to be afraid your whole life then what're you going to have to show by the end of it- a boring ass job with a boring ass relationship and boring ass children who whine everyday about how boring you are. If you don't take risks you're going to regret it later on. You won't ever grow."
"Wow thanks for the motivational speech, captain- uhm, uh- Motivational?" she paused, "yeah thanks for that captain Motivational," she said, more confidence in her tone this time.
He laughed. "Seriously, you're horrid at insults. It's like a five year old is conversing with me."
"Then why don't you teach me some?" she asked, her tone uncharacteristically sweet.
"Only if you pay me ten dollars," he opened up his palm encouraging her to throw money into it. "Come on, for the low price I asked you get my expert insulting techniques."
She slapped her hand into his open palm. "How about a high five instead?" She giggled at her joke. "I'll make it two high fives to match your price."
"I really can't win with you can I?"
"Maybe one day you will."
Finally time for the cool parts to take place. Focusing on Yamuraiha and Sharrkan's relationship fully more in the next few chapters. Cool stuff will happen. Also trying to develop Yamuraiha more, I find it difficult to write her, but nonetheless I try. Review what you want to see or not