First thing first, I'm really sorry I can't update this at all, so many things happened, broken laptop, broken hard disk, national exam, college preparations and many other things. In the end, I can only update now, after ONE YEAR HIATUS. Please, please forgive me. Happy reading
Chapter II
School, Isn't That Bad, Is It?
Monday, 7th April 2014
Today is the first day of the school. And I don't want to go there at all. After that pickpocket incident, all of the people in the town or at least the neighborhood have known about me. The boy that caught an armed thief, even though it's only a knife, by himself. And with the victim being one of my school's teacher I afraid that the news will also have spread to the school.
About the school, Kaguya said to me that there's no uniform so we may wear anything as long as it is still proper, that's a good thing I guess. That explain why I don't have any uniform in the suitcase, I thought I lost it when I have the accident.
About the woman, the teacher, Kisaragi Seina, Kaguya said that she lives with her only daughter, her husband is a singer it seems, so he often gone. Her daughter, Kisaragi Midori, Kaguya told me her name, is sick often so she's homeschooled at her home by her mother. Well, being a teacher has its own perks, I guess.
Alright, return to me. As you've known I don't like many attentions very much, I don't know, maybe that's something that I carry over from my previous personality. But I guess that doesn't stop a certain energetic girl to flip me from my bed.
"Ouch, Hakuran-san, what are you doing here?" asked me, holding my head that hit the floor. Kaguya just standing there pouting with her hands on his hips. "What am I doing? This is your first day at school, Kurogane-kun. You should come earlier to greet everyone," said her. "Tch, how about if I don't want to greet anyone? I don't like many attentions and with that accident I have, my pyhsical condition and that thief incident, I would receive too many attentions, you know," said me. "So what? That's not a reason to evade school," said her. "But-," said me, that just got cut by her. "No buts, you've to go to school. If not I will paint all of your clothes white with bleach," threatened her. Seeing that she's may be serious and afraid that all of my clothes will be colored white, I relent. "Hah, fine. I'll go. Wait me at the front room," said me. Hearing me, she smiles and says, "Alright, I'll wait for you. Be hurry, okay?" "Yeah, yeah, whatever" replied me. Then she get out of the room. 'Hah, what've I done to receive something like this, actually?' thought me. But I still prepare anymay.
Few minutes later, I arrive at the front room. "Ready?" asked Kaguya, she's wearing the same clothes that she wore a week ago, during that thief incident, I also wear the same clothes as a week ago too though. "No," replied me. "Aw, come on. I'm sure it will be fun. Now, come on, follow me," said Kaguya, pulling my hand. "H-hey, not so fast," said me while go outside.
So far, it seems that no one notice me, which is good. But then, my luck run out as we enter the school's outer courtyard. Now, I don't want to tell every detail about the school, that'll be a drag. But generally, it's just the same as your typical big school with outer and inner courtyard which also has many facilities on the outer courtyard, the difference is, maybe it's just a lot bigger than the usual.
Returning to my bad luck, the same time I put my foot inside the courtyard, all of the students' eyes go towards us. After that they start to whisper among themselves. "Hey, who is that guy who comes with Hakuran-san? Is he his boyfriend or something?" "No, that's impossible. Look at his appearance, all black clothes and long white hair. He must be an emo. It's impossible that Hakuran-san will like someone like that." "But, it's still possible. All kind of boys in our school has approached her and all of them failed. The only kind that haven't approach her is his kind which we don't have." "Hey, don't worry, maybe he's just her friends from other region or something like that. We all know that Hakuran-san has many friends easily with her attitude. And with our school only open for gifted or rich children, it's impossible for an emo like him to enter here." "Yeah, you're probably right. Hah, the only thing he can do is probably just playing games. And that skill is useless here, except that you're really skilled and one of the top of the world, like me." "Tch, shut up, you're still only the 5th place." "And you still the 10th place." "H-hey, but Kisaragi sensei told me that during that thief incident he's the one who caught the thief, alone." "W-what did you say? Do you imply that he can use martial arts?" "I think." "Well, we'll know soon enough. I heard that we'll receive a new guy today, meybe he is the one." "Yeah, probably."
"A-are you okay, Kurogane-kun?" asked Kaguya, worried. "Don't worry, I'm fine," replied me, unfazed by the students' whispers. 'Well, this must be a part of my past's habit,' thought me. "Hey, c'mon, let's go to the faculty office first," said Kaguya. "Oh, sure. Show the way," said me. After we walk through some hallways on the ground floor, we stop in front of what I guess to be the office. Kaguya knocks the door and say, "Excuse me." "Come in," said a voice from inside. Then, Kaguya opens the door. Inside the office there's a woman that seems familiar reading through some papers. "Eh, Kisaragi-sensei, are you the one who is going to be Kurogane-kun's homeroom teacher?" asked Kaguya surprised. "Ah, Kaguya-chan. It's a surprise, isn't it? I too haven't realized until I reviewed the class schedule. But it isn't only him, you also being taught by me, after all you're in the same class together," said Kisaragi-sensei. "W-what did you say?" asked Kaguya surprised. "I said you're in the same class. Isn't that good Kaguya-chan? After all you can be together with your boyfriend," said Kisaragi-sensei. "W-what? He is not my boyfriend," stated Kaguya. "Is it true, Shini-kun?" asked Kisaragi-sensei, now directing his question towards me. "Hm, oh no, of course not," I said normally. "Ah, I see. Hm, well, look at the time, we should go to the class now. Come, I'll show you your class," said Kisaragi-sensei while getting up from her chair, motioning us to follow her.
After some walk through some hallways and staircases, we finally arrive at the class. The second grade's class located on the second floor while the first is on the ground floor and the third on the third floor. 'My class is 2-D, huh,' thought me. "Now, are you ready?" asked Kisaragi-sensei. "Yes," replied me. "Alright, here we go," said Kisaragi-sensei as she opens the door. "Hakuran-san, Kisaragi-sensei, I think you should go in first," said me. "Oh, alright," said Kaguya. Then she and Kisaragi-sensei go into the class. Inside the class, I can hear Kisaragi says, "Class, nice to meet all of you again this year. To open this year, we have a new student in this class. Kurogane-kun, you can come in." Hearing that, I step into the class. As I enter the class, I can some students mutter on the backside of the class. "Hey, isn't that the guy we saw at the courtyard?" "So, he really is a new student here." "Moreover, he goes to our class, now we can know for sure why Hakuran-san went to school together with him." "But still, I wonder, what kind of parents who have a son like that." "But he does look like someone who is from that category, with that white hair and those black clothes." "But he does look hot in those, maybe that's why Hakuran-san went out with him," said one of the girls. "Well, when you mentioned that, I can't help but agree," said another girl. "Stop whispering, all of you! If you want to know about him, ask him directly. Now, Kurogane-kun, please introduce yourself," said Kisaragi-sensei. So, I introduce myself. "My name is Kurogane Shini. Nice to meet all of you," said me. "Now, Kurogane-kun, please take a seat. Um, you can sit there, beside Hakuran-san, two desks from the windows," said Kisaragi-sensei. "W-what? Just the first day and he already sit beside Hakuran-san." "Ha-Hakuran-san, are you alright with that?" asked one of the students. "Oh, I'm alright with that. Kurogane-kun, you can sit here," said Kaguya. "Alright," said me while walking to sit beside Kaguya. After I sit on my chair, I hear Kaguya says, "See, I told you that it'll be alright." "Heh, yeah, I guess you're right," replied me. After that we continue to read the first chapter of the handbook about the Japanese Literature, it's quite fun with sometimes Kisaragi-sensei make a joke or adding something to the literature.
At break, Kaguya pulls me to the rooftop. "H-hey, what are you doing?" asked me, pulling my wrist back. "Just come, alright. I'll show you something while we're eating," said Kaguya, continuing to pull me. "But I don't bring anything to eat," lied me. "Don't lie to me, I saw you're cooking something at the morning before you return to your room. Just come with me, alright," said Kaguya. "Hah, alright, alright, I'll come," said me, finally admitting defeat and follow her to the rooftop. At the roof top, I'm amazed by what I see. Instead of ceramic tiles, there're grass fields on the roof making it looks like a small park. "Awesome, isn't it? Now let's sit somewhere," said Kaguya, still pulling me. We sit at a corner on the grass fields.
"So what did you make? I don't know that you can cook," said Kaguya. "Hah, just see it for yourself," said me as I open my lunchbox's lid. The inside isn't that great, it's just rice with beef teriyaki, no vegetables or anything else. "So, how is it? Isn't that great, right?" said me. "Um, may I try it first?" asked Kaguya. "Oh, um, sure, go ahead," said me. "Alright," said her as she picks one of the beef teriyaki with her chopsticks and put it to her lunchbox, which I can see now is filled with a complete bento. "And who make that? You?" asked me. "Ah, um, yes. But I still not well enough at cooking," said her. "Where do you learn to cook?" asked her. "Well, actually, I don't know, I just woke up and thought, 'I have to make breakfast', and I'd done I suddenly remembered that it isn't my old home again and with that thief incident I might have caused some unnecessary attention, so I decided to sleep again, and you know the rest. I think maybe my mother who taught me on how to cook, but I don't know for sure," said me. "Oh, I see. Alright, before we eat, let's pray first," said her.
After we prayed, we start to eat. "Wow, Kurogane-kun, your cooking is so good. The beef is perfect. I'm sure your mother will be proud of you," said Kaguya after she tried my beef teriyaki. "Oh, thank you for your compliment," said me, smiling a little. "There you go, Kurogane-kun. Smile. You always look like you're brooding and unhappy with something. Smile more, it's more healthy, you know," said Kaguya. "Sure, I guess," said me, whispering the last part. There's just something inside of me, I'm not sure, that making me reluctant to smile. 'Well, I guess that's just because I'm amnesiac.' While we're eating, I see some of the students are watching us while hiding behind the door to the rooftop. 'Hm, want to investigate me, huh. Alright, let's make this more fun,' thought me.
"Hakuran-san, can you tell me about the class? After all, I'm new and don't know the class that well," asked me. "Oh, is it? Um, well, I don't know much about the class, how about if I tell you some of the more known student in class, alright?" said Kaguya. "Sure, do tell," said me. "Um, well, there is Kirizuchi Kira-kun, he's a member of the kendo club and he's also really good at it, there's also Kisaragi Midori-san, Kisaragi-sensei's daughter, remember? I'm actually quite close to her, but since she gets sick often, I also rarely meet her at school. Um, I guess that's all I know about the more known students in our class. There's also some in other classes, but since they're on different classes, I guess I'll just tell you when we see them, alright, Kurogane-kun?" said Kaguya.
"Sure, I don't mind," said me. 'Now, the reaction,' thought me. "What the? Hakuran-san actually doesn't know us that well, why?" "Ugh, and the one that she mentioned is only that Yakuza boy and sickly girl. What is the meaning of this? She doesn't know me." "Hey, not only you, she also doesn't know me, you know. Why, why, Hakuran-sama?" whispered the boys angrily to each other. 'Stupid boys. I know Kaguya is popular, but looks like that's an understatement. Yakuza kid, huh? It must means that Kirizuchi, I have to take note of it. Alright, now for the next step,' thought me.
"Hakuran-san, do we still have to do anything after school ends?" asked me. "After school? Um, I think not. So I guess we can just go home then," said Kaguya. "I see, by the way, who's the one doing the chores? I don't think Father Kaihaku is the type of man that actually does all chores," said me. Meanwhile, in somewhere else, a priest suddenly sneezes, even though not because of the cold. "Chores? Well, Father usually just sweeps the floor, I'm the one who do the rest of the chores. Oh, now that you mention it, I guess now you also have to take part in it, Kurogane-kun," said Kaguya. "Eh, but what can I do?" asked me. "Well, seeing that you can cook this well, I guess you should be the one to cook now, Kurogane-kun," said Kaguya. "What? How about you?" asked me. "It's fine, I'll still cook once in a while, but I think you should cook too. Seeing that we live together, it'll be a waste if me and Father don't at least try your cooking, won't it?" said Kaguya. "Um, well, fine, I'll do it," said me.
'Now, for the effect,' thought me, looking to the boys. "W-what? Live together! What the hell is this?!" whispered the boys among themselves. A look of panic and despair start to appear on their face. "So that's why they come together to school? Ugh, how can we stand a chance to that? L-living t-together!" whispered them while stuttering. "Alright, alright, guys, I think all of you should just stop this before you hurt yourself further," said another voice from behind the door. "Ugh, Kirizuchi, fine," with that the door opened, revealing the male students that eavesdropped on us behind it. "Don't you think this ends now, Kurogane!" said them before stomping away angrily.
The boy from before then goes to the rooftop. 'So this is that Kirizuchi," thought me. He has messy blonde neck-length hair, blue eyes and lean body because of his exercises, but probably still shorter than me. Looking at his looks, I think, 'Is he a foreign?" "Ah, you must be the new guy, Kurogane-kun. I'm Kira, Kirizuchi Kira, nice to meet you," said Kira. "Huh, uh, I'm Shini, Kurogane Shini, nice to meet you too," said me. After that, the bell rings. "Aw man, why the bell must rings now. Alright, see you later, Kurogane-kun," said Kira as he goes back to class. After he gone, Kaguya asked me, "So, school isn't that bad, is it, Kurogane-kun?" "Yeah, I think you're right. School isn't that bad," replied me.
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