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"Chapter 7"
I got up early the next morning and yawned. Looking over at Nagumo, I smiled slightly before scuttling out of bed and changing my clothes. Going downstairs, all the while humming to myself. Today was a splendid day! Entering the kitchen, I nearly avoided crashing into Reina Yagami, a blunette who, with all her cheery smiles, was a demon. She merely glanced at me and continued along her way, pointedly looking around her, no doubt in search of her friend Fumiko. I went and sat on the table where Hitomi-chan set a plate of pancakes infront of me before giving me a sharp look.
"Okay, I know today is the day you two get out of being grounded but remember-do this again and we won't be so lenient." I nodded, barely managing to hide my grin. Just at that moment, Nagumo entered the room, rubbing his eyes sleepily.
"Mornin' sleepy head!" I chirped. The response was immediate-he gave me a scowl and sat down, stealing some of my breakfast. Steadfastly ignoring Hitomi-chan, he mumbled out a half-greeating-half-yawn at me. Hitomi-chan glared at him. I just hope she served him food because a hungry Nagumo was an irked Nagumo. She put a bowl of cereal infront of him and some milk. I nearly rolled my eyes. Pancakes for me and cereal for him? Never. I shoved my leftovers in his direction-he accepted without batting an eye. I took his cereal instead and scooped a large portion into my mouth all the while watching Hitomi-chan-who at this point looked really tensed. I recalled the conversation I had with her previously the day before.
"Suzuno, I want you to stop hanging out with Nagumo."
"Why?" had been my obvious and sharp response. Hitomi-chan crouched down until she was at eye level with me.
"Because he's bad. And people who do bad things are punished. I just think that he's a bad influence on yo-"
"I think I know who's good and who's bad Hitomi-chan." I said, all the while narrowing my eyes at her. I didn't like where this conversation was going. For one, bashing my best friend behind his back was not my ideal situation. Two, I think I would prefer Nagumo over Hiroto because that tattle tale was sometimes just asking for a black eye-two most of the times. Nagumo would rather his arms cut off before betraying his friends. And I respected him for that-even if I was only 7 and knew virtually nothing about respect. Hitomi-chan grabbed my shoulders and shook me a little as if trying to clear my head.
"I can't believe this is what you mother wanted you to do-she's probably not happy right n-"
"All the more reason to stay friends with him." I said icily. My mother was a touchy topic and everyone knew I hated her for leaving me-or at least, I thought everyone knew. I yanked myself out of her grasps and walked away.
"SUZUNO!" she yelled after me but I didn't look back. I didn't need to because all I needed was waiting for me in my room-my one and only family. No one was going to come in the way of my friendship with Nagumo-not even my mother.
Of course, I had gone and told Nagumo everything. The results had been expected...
"That evil hag!" he watched the redhead growl in frustration. I just sat on my bed, not making a sound, just observing him pace the room. To be honest, I was glad he was furious at her. I wanted him to be furious-because I didn't want him to even think about leaving me.
"How could she talk-talk-talk about that thing with you!" I gave him a quizzical look. What thing? "She had no right to mention your mother infront of you!" I nearly fell over the bed. Part of me wanted to go and hug him tight and the other part of me just wanted to punch Hiroto-for no reason. I settled for the former.
"Hey Nagumo?" I asked after releasing him. "Can I ask you something?"
"Go ahead." he said, falling back onto his bed. I hesitated.
"Promise me that you and I will always be together-friends forever." I said, sticking out my pinkie finger. "Swear on it." The older boy stared at the pinkie before raising his own solemnly.
"Promise." he said before hooking our pinkies together. "I will always look out for you." I smiled. Going back to bed, I got underneath the covers and began to drift away to dream world. In my hazy state, I nearly managed to miss his last words.
"I won't lose you too." I blinked and looked at the golden eyed boy who seemed as if he hadn't spoken so I just shrugged and went to sleep. It was a great day tomorrow and I couldn't wait.
"Well, I'll be going out for a bit to the park." Nagumo announced. I looked up surprised but agreed to go with him. It was right down the block so the kids in the orphanage were allowed to go there. Quickly, I got dressed appropriately and followed Nagumo until we reached the entrance to the park. I waited for Nagumo to go in but he stopped and shoved his hands in his pocket, not really looking at me in the eye.
"Listen, I need to pick something up from a shop which is a little further down the street. How about you stay here and I go get it?" I narrowed my eyes, frowning. Before I could say anything or accuse him of trying to abandon me, he shoved something in my hands. "You keep this for safe keeping till then okay?" I stared at the gold chain in awe. It was running through a ring, and I knew it belonged to Nagumo's mother. The ring was made of gold having little red gems in it. I slipped it around my neck, and nodded at the other boy knowing he would come back.
"Bye Nagumo!" I waved as we parted ways. Just as I was about to go to the swing set, a voice behind me stopped me in my tracks.
"Suzuno...is that really you?" I turned around in complete shock. Never in a million years had I expected to meet Mr. Kawashima here.
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