"Ikuto! Hold on! Where the heck are we going?!" I shouted at the speed walking blunette that had his music in his ears. I grabbed a hold of the lock around my neck. Man… Sometimes I wish this thing made my wishes come true, like how I wish I was more confident. Maybe then Ikuto would listen to me better. I let go of my lock and started running after him. "Ikuto!" I yelled as I passed the sports field.
"Look out!" Someone shouted. I turned to see a soccer ball high up in the air, heading straight towards me. I took a step or two to the side and prayed that all those action movies paid off. I jumped high into the air and kicked the ball towards the person with the gloves. Crap! How do I land? I fell back towards the earth with my eyes closed. I felt something underneath my knees and around my waist. Shouldn't have I hit the earth? I opened my eyes. Ikuto was holding me while glaring out to the field. "Sorry about that man! She just came out of no where!" I looked over to the boy. He was the ginger in homeroom with Ikuto and me. He had a mega watt grin on his face. Ikuto's grip tightened on me. Is there something going on that I don't know about? The ginger turned towards me. "You're Hinamori, right? I'm Souma Kukai, you can call me Kukai. That was awesome! You made it to the goal all the way over here!" He kept rambling. "What team did you belong to before coming here?" He asked.
"I've never played a sport before." I replied. Kukai's eyes widen so much that I thought that his eyes were going to pop out. I turned towards Ikuto. "You can put me down now." I said. Wait a second; when did I put my arms around his neck? Ikuto's hold on me tightened again. "Well, that's a no." I pouted.
"You've never played a sport before?!" Kukai shouted, making everyone's eye widen like Kukai's are.
"That's highly improbable, the way you made it into the goal. You had to have had a lot of practice." Some green haired kid with glass stated. That was the goal? I looked over to the kid with the gloves. He was standing in front of this net cave thingy. That was seriously the goal? I was aiming for the kid…
"If Kairi doesn't believe you then neither does Yaya!" The girl with orange hair in pigtails yelled like Ami usually does.
"What reason would Amu have to lie like that?" Rima asked. Since when did this become a huge discussion about me?
"Hinamori is telling you the truth. I went to the same school as her before we came here. She avoided everyone like they had the plague. There was no way Hinamori could have played a sport." That dude with long purple hair from homeroom said. Now that he mentions it… I remember that he used to dress us as a girl because his family made him but other then that, nothing.
"Great, Not only is everyone arguing about me but now I got a stalker." I mumbled under my breath. I looked back to Ikuto. "I don't want to be here. Can we leave now?" I asked him. He chuckled a bit before turning to leave everyone talking. I looked back towards them; they haven't even noticed that we were leaving. Soooo… Why the heck was Ikuto still holding me? I waited for Ikuto to turn a corner. I could still hear everyone arguing about me. I let out a deep breath as I could finally relax. "One of these days, I'm going to understand what's going through your thick head." I said loud enough for him to hear. He chuckled at that. Great, he still isn't putting me down. "Are you going to end up carrying me all the way there?" I asked. Ikuto had hunted me down when the lunch bell rung. My class, for some stupid reason, had class outside of the school grounds. It's a good thing Ikuto came to get me, I was just about to run away. My stupid class wanted to go a restaurant on a very busy street. That was a major 'No-no!' I felt Ikuto nod his head. I guess since he saw me right when I was starting to run away, that he was afraid that I wouldn't go with him. Did he forget that I was just chasing him a minute ago? "Fine but you have to tell my why you had to risk a broken back to carry me." I pouted again. Ikuto dug one finger into my knee. I glared up at him. He glared back down at me. Great, we were going to having another pointless argument.
I let out a deep breath before leaning on Ikuto's shoulder. I was getting a headache from all this. Why do I have the feeling were being watched? I looked behind me. It was that blonde kid that I rejected in front of everyone. What was his name again? Aaa, my brain hurts. I don't feel like thinking. His pink eyes were different but weird and his hands were soft like his were. Forget about that. Why the heck was he watching us? I looked back over to him. He looked mad too. I looked back at Ikuto. Ikuto looked kind of mad too. I wonder if he saw him. Ikuto opened the door to the school. "We're going to the roof again?" I asked. He nodded once again but that angered look on his face didn't let up. I leaned back against Ikuto. I wonder why I'm not freaking out like I should? Why do I feel so safe in his arms? Is it because he saved me from falling on my butt in front of everyone? Then again, I've felt safe around his since day one. It's obvious that he's hurting on the inside, like I am. Is it because of that, that I feel safe around him? I really don't understand this. I closed my eyes. Ikuto is colder then I remember humans being. He wasn't dead cold but he was colder than normal. I felt Ikuto shaking my head with his shoulder. I opened my eyes and saw that we were already on the roof. He slowly placed my feet on the ground. Man, I was about to fall asleep too. Ikuto walked passed me and sat in our usual spot. I followed right behind him and sat next to him. Ikuto was already digging through his bag for the notebook that he carried around now to talk to me, with the sandwich and strawberries already in his lap. It didn't take me long to get our bento out either. This might be our usual lunch be I could never get tired of it. Ikuto tapped his finger on my shoulder since he couldn't tap his foot while sitting down on the ground. I looked and saw Ikuto handing over the notebook. We ended up passing notes up here now too.
Don't call yourself fat.
I rolled my eyes at that. I grabbed my pink pen.
If you were talking about that comment earlier, I was just trying to lighten things up a bit. I didn't mean to make you mad, even if I do weigh more than I should.
You barely weigh anything. How the heck do you weigh more than you should?
Maybe you're stronger than the average person to notice? I don't know. I don't have the answers to everything. Oh, and did you notice that blonde hair kid glaring at us before we came in the school?
What kid?
Blonde hair, pink eyes, looked extremely mad. I told him to leave me alone on the first day of school.
That's just Hotori. He's the student body president or something like that. You told him to leave you alone?
My eyes paused on the name. He had the same name as him. They had the same soft hand too. That couldn't mean something, could it? I pushed the thought away before Ikuto could get too worried about it. I couldn't lose one of the only two friends I got.
Yeah. I don't remember why he was trying to get my attention, I probably wasn't listening. He touched my shoulder and I smacked his hand away. I probably smarted him off. I don't remember that much. I do remember that his hands were really soft. It was creepy.
Hotori was creepy or his soft hands?
Both.
Ikuto snickered at that. I was considering if I should be relieved that he didn't find that extremely rude or just relieved that he didn't judge me because of it. All I knew was that I was relieved. The door opened as Rima stormed up on the roof. She's been hanging out with us since the incident.
"You two left me down there with those morons." She growled at us. She was most diffidently mad. "Especially that purple haired woman; thinks he knows Amu better than me." She was grumbling. I heard Ikuto getting out another piece of paper. He passed the paper over to Rima. "Yeah, he said that he used to go to Amu's old school."
"Oh, the stalker." I whispered under my breath. "He did go to my old school. I remember all the kids picking on him all the time because his grandmother dressed him up like a girl since she wanted a granddaughter. Other then that I don't know him." I explained.
"Didn't his parents do anything about it?" Rima asked.
"I think that his parents are dead. I'm not a hundred percent sure though." I shrugged. It wasn't any of my business. Rima looked like she just got punched in the stomach. "What's wrong?" I asked her.
"Maybe I shouldn't have called him a woman." She whispered loud enough for us to hear. Ikuto handed her the piece of paper. She just smiled and mouthed the word thanks. Rima might act cold all the time but she never liked crossing the line unless the person absolutely deserves it. I handed Ikuto the rest of the bento as he handed me the strawberries. "You two should be married." She grumbled again but this time crossed her arms.
"Why do you say that?" I asked. Hmmm~! Strawberries~!
"The way you two share your lunch." She replied coldly this time. "It's like watching an older couple eat! Why can't you just pack another bento for Ikuto!" She shouted. She already knew why Ikuto never brought a descent lunch. He can't cook.
"Free strawberries." I stated simply. Rima slapped her own forehead as Ikuto started chuckling again. It almost sounded like he was trying not to laugh. Rima just sighed as she pulled out her own lunch and a gag manga.
"Just tell me what you two were talking about before I got here." She grumbled under her breath. I knew she just didn't want to start another argument with me and strawberries again. Last time, we ended up having a food fight and the three of us had to stay after school to clean it up. Ikuto passed Rima our notebook and showed her where to start reading. I popped another strawberry in my mouth as I waited for her to read. "Hotori Tadase? Why would he be glaring at you two?" She asked.
"You know him better out of the three of us. You are in the student council, right?" I shrugged. Rima just rolled her eyes at me.
"It's not like I talk to anyone more than I should." She sassed. The door opened again but this time, it was everyone that was arguing about me earlier came in.
"More like they don't talk to you, you do tend to scare everyone away." Kukai said with a grin. Rima just glared at him.
"What are you all doing up here?" She growled. I heard the leaves shaking. I looked over at the tree the cat usually came up on. Maybe ignoring everyone will help me stay calm. I watched as the cat jumped unto the roof carrying a dead bird in its mouth. Well, I hope its dead. I'll probably freak out if it isn't. The cat just ignored everyone else as it came over and sat in my lap and started eating the dead bird.
"Kitty is eating a dead birdie on Amu-chii!" Yaya yelled. "Ewww!"
"Amu-chii?" I asked. The cat was purring already. I guess raw bird tasted good. Yaya seemed to already forget about the cat eating the dead bird in my lap and turned to face me with a big smile on her face.
"Yaya thought it was rude that Yaya came to judge Amu-chii without getting to know Amu-chii! Yaya came to ask for Amu-chii's forgiveness and hopes that Yaya and Amu-chii can become friends!" Yaya shouted. I blinked at her. Maybe she'd have a baby mini person. Yes, I'm still thinking about those. For some reason that thought had me fascinated.
"Actually, we all came up here for that." The boy Yaya had called Kairi said as he pushed his eye wear up his nose. They were like complete opposites. Yaya was fun loving like a kid while Kairi was serious like a warrior. Everyone up here just stared at me.
"I don't care what you all think of me. You don't need any forgiveness." I stated. Rima was glaring at me now.
"Just forgive them so they can go away."
"No way! I want to get to know Amu! Right guys!" Kukai said as used my head as an arm rest. They all nodded their heads firmly. Oh great, there goes my head ache.
"If you don't mind I would also like to befriend you all too." I turned to look at the new voice. Hotori was standing there with the same fake smile on his face as he did. This is officially a lot worse than math. I grabbed a hold of Ikuto's sleeve. From the glare on his face, he didn't like Hotori either. I felt Kukai move his arm from my head, probably to look at me better. I just closed my eyes and started taking deep breaths. I'm on the school roof. Even if it's full of people, no one can kidnap me on school property without someone noticing. I'm sitting next to Ikuto and Rima is sitting across from me. They'll make sure nothing bad happens to me. I'm perfectly safe. I opened my eyes and saw that everyone was still staring at me.
"Just because I said that you didn't need any forgiveness doesn't mean that I trust anyone here besides Ikuto and Rima." I stated kind of coldly. The purple haired boy stepped forwards.
"Then let us get to know you." He suggested with great confidence. I raised a brow at him.
"Why would you want to get to know the school slut." I asked. I knew that only he knew what I meant. He raised a brow back at me.
"Like a cross-dresser as any room to judge." He replied. I smirked at him. Rima and Ikuto suddenly looked like they understood what the heck we were talking about before looking at me in worry. Everyone seemed confused.
"You're a girl?" Kukai asked him. His shocked face made Rima start snickering while I just smirked at her. She froze before looking away from me and pouting. That made Ikuto and me start snickering. Rima started glaring at us again. Everyone around us looked confused.
"No, I'm a male." The purple headed dude answered. Kukai looked even more confused.
"Then are you gay?" He asked. The purple haired dude looked like he died right then and there. Rima busted out laughing, causing some of the others to laugh.
"Cross-dressers are usually heterosexual." I stated as I popped another strawberry into my mouth.
"Yaya wants a strawberry!" Yaya yelled. I motioned her to open her mouth.
"Hetero-what?" Kukai asked. Yaya opened her mouth. I easily tossed a strawberry in her mouth. I did that a lot with Ami. She always thought it was funny.
"Straight." Kairi said. Kukai was finally starting to understand. Ikuto tapped on my shoulder. I looked at him. He looked down at his sleeve before back at me. Before I could say anything, he handed me our notebook.
Are they scaring you or something?
A little bit. I had a very bad experience around crowds.
We can leave if you want.
As much as I would love to, no, I need to get over my fear of people.
You're scared of people?
Not scared. Terrified.
Why did I just tell him that? My grip on his sleeve tighten. I noticed that Hotori was glaring at my hand that was gripping Ikuto's shirt. Nothing was making any sense anymore.
"Yaya wants to know if Tsukiyomi can't talk or just doesn't like too!" Yaya told.
"Yaya, don't say stuff like that. It's considered rude." Kairi scolded her. I looked over at Ikuto. He didn't seem offended at all. He looked at me and signaled me that I could tell them. I nodded my head once.
"Ikuto can talk, he just doesn't like too." I told.
"How can you and Ikuto communicate like that?" Kukai asked. I shrugged at him. I really didn't understand it either.
"They're almost always together. I'd be surprised if they couldn't communicate like that." Rima sassed again. Hotori looked mad again. What was that dude's problem.
"I'm sure that it's not like that." The purple haired dude tried to reason. He'd probably be the mediator in the group. The bell had rung. The cat got up from my lap as I finally let go of Ikuto to pack up. Ikuto and I was quick when packing our things. When we finished, Ikuto stayed closer to me than normal. I was thankful for that. Ikuto kept me calm during all of this. Hotori seemed a bit angrier. I'm going to have to discuss this with Rima and Ikuto. It's a good thing they technically live with me now.