2005: Four months at Jujutsu High
Satoru and Suguru are walking back with me after class. We've grown pretty close in the recent months. I've never had friends before, but I'm pretty sure this is what it's like. Satoru is still annoying, but less so now that I know he can be an idiot sometimes. In fact, he's very fun to be around.
Suguru has always made me feel like family. His warm and inviting demeanor has helped me come out of my shell a lot actually. That, and the help of them having movie night every week has strengthened our bond more and more.
As far as training goes well, I still need a lot of work. But I have improved by leagues with the help of them both. Suguru teaches me patience and Satoru pushes me to teach me strength and endurance. On top of that, I've been going to the gym almost every day to lift weights to increase my physical strength and endurance, which has improved tons also. I can almost see my biceps without trying. Almost.
We arrive at my door and I open it to take my shoes off before entering. I turn around and motion for them to follow. My room is still very barren. It has more schoolwork and books on the shelves, but not much else.
"Whoa, looks like prison in here. Where's all your stuff?" Satoru says.
"Well, this is it." I tell him.
"What?! This is all you have?!" He says astounded.
"Why didn't you tell us Naomi? We could have taken you shopping." Suguru says.
I shrug, "I don't know. I didn't want to be a bother to you guys."
Suguru and Satoru exchange an annoyed look to each other.
"Get into some street clothes. We're taking you out punk." Satoru says as him and Suguru leave.
"Yeah, meet you back here in ten." Suguru says.
I roll my eyes and smile as they close the door. They can be thoughtful sometimes.
I change into a mint green sweatshirt and some black joggers and black vans. I re-do my bun and put some product in the undercut part to make it smell good. I brush my teeth quickly and throw some perfume on before they get back.
They return and immediately throw my keys and wallet at me and Satoru grabs me by the shoulders and guides me out the door. We catch and taxi and head into Tokyo for some shopping.
We pass a lot of clothing stores, but it's all too girly for me. I'm much more of a relaxed skater type girl. None of that frilly stuff. We stop at some decor shops and I pick up a few posters of some of the movies I've watched with Satoru snd Suguru. I think Satoru flipped his lid when I picked up a digimon and bought it.
"You've never seen a movie but you know what digimon is?" He asks astounded.
"Well yeah, I had one when I was younger but another kid at the orphanage broke it." I tell him.
"Well how much do you know? Man do we got to talk!" He says excitedly.
We continue down the street as Satoru fills me in on everything Digimon. I don't mind listening to him though. He's kind of cute when he's passionate. No, don't think of him that way. He's just a friend.
Finally we arrive at a clothing store I want to go into. It has some dresses and skirts, but they're more my style. Not that pink and girly stuff, but blacks and grey. I look and find some vans and element shirts that I like along with a few beanies and joggers. I grab a pair of socks and I stop at a skate board I like.
"You want that?" Satoru asks.
I sigh, "i'd like it but it's too much money. I'll just save up for it."
I walk away leaving him behind for a second before catching up with Suguru in the mens section. Not far from us is the dresses I saw earlier and Satoru grabs one and looks at Suguru.
"This would look great on you buddy." He says with a goofy smile.
Suguru looks back and laughs a bit, "sure it wouldn't look great on you?"
"Nah, I'm already perfect as it is." He says arrogantly.
I walk over to the dress laughing and taking the soft fabric in my hands. It's a more conservative type dress. It has a rose design above the heart and is black in color. No ruffles in the bottom or anything, just fitted in the waist and kinda loose below that and would go about half way down my thighs. It isn't anything super revealing, but on me would be more revealing than I'm used to. But honestly, I kind of like it.
"Why don't you try it on?" Satoru asks.
"What? No, no way." I say shaking my head and smiling.
"Why not Naomi? I think it'd look good on you." Suguru says walking over.
"C'mon Naomi, just have a little fun for once." Satoru says playfully.
I chuckle, "alright alright, but only because you guys asked nicely."
I walk to the dressing room and blush thinking about Satoru seeing me in this dress. I almost want to walk out of this dressing room and leave the store. I know I won't look good in this dress. I'm not attractive. Like the other kids said years ago, i'm a freak. A monster. I figured, at the very least, it'd get a laugh out of the both of them. Like Satoru said, I have to have a little fun every once in a while, even if it's just me making fun of myself. Besides, I wouldn't mind hearing Satoru laugh. Over the last few months, he's grown on me, even if he's still a pain in the ass.
I slip the dress on quickly and slip my Vans back on. I can't look at myself in the mirror. I know i'll just take the dress off. So I take a deep breath and walk out of the dressing room. Suguru and Satoru are waiting for me on the bench across. When I walk out, both of their jaws practically drop. Satoru's blue eyes looking me up and down, analyzing every part of the outfit, lingering on my hips a little longer than the rest. I blush and look down at my shoes.
"Yeah, this dress makes me look so lame. I don't like it all that much." I say. They're about to make fun of me, I know it.
"Oh hey guys, what's up?" I hear Shoko say walking up.
Shoko got introduced to me a month or so ago. She was my sparring partner one day and slowly, we became really good friends. She started to come to our movie nights and we've all gotten really close.
"Whoa, Naomi! You look hot!" She says also dropping her jaw.
"What, no way dude I mean just look at me. I look dumb." I tell her.
Satoru gives me a strange look, but I can't quite tell what he's thinking.
"Oh shut up already, no you don't. You look great! Guys, tell her she's wrong." She says looking to Suguru and Satoru.
It looks like Suguru picked his jaw up off the floor and he lightly slaps Satoru on the shoulder.
"Naomi you look- ." Suguru starts before Satoru interrupts him.
"Incredible." Satoru says.
"Yeah right. Now I know you guys are messing with me." I say, "c'mon bring it on. Where's the jokes at?"
"Naomi, are you kidding? You're stunning. Get that dress! And don't tell me no." Shoko says.
"Ugh, do I have to? I mean c'mon, i'm not really a dress type of girl." I say almost whining.
"Oh no, you aren't getting out of this one. You look great, really. I vote yes on the dress." Suguru says.
"Satoru?" I ask.
"Oh c'mon, get over yourself already. You look good. Get the dress" He says smirking.
I roll my eyes, "alright alright. I guess i'll get it. But don't expect me to wear it much."
"Awe c'mon, not even for me?" Satoru says jokingly.
I chuckle, "maybe if you ask nicely."
I go back into the dressing room and change back into my clothes. I grab all my things and go check out. Once I pay for everything, we head back out onto the streets.
Shoko joins us and we all walk around looking at more shops. We all talk about hitting one more shop before getting dinner and heading back to Jujutsu High. Suguru and Shoko both see some shop they want to hit, but Satoru seems less than interested.
"Ugh, that place is so lame. I'm gonna hit up this sweets shop. Naomi? You in?" He asks turning to me.
"Why not." I say.
"Catch up with you guys later!" Shoko says dragging Suguru away.
Satoru drags me to the sweets shop excitedly. We walk in and am smacked int he face by the smell. I've never smelled anything so amazing.
"Wow." I say smiling, "this smells amazing."
"What? You've never had sweets before?" Satoru asks jokingly.
"No actually." I tell him.
"Huh?! No way! You've got to try some then." He says putting a hand on my back guiding me to the counter. A heat flashes to my face as his strong hand touches my back. No, I can't do this with him. He would never like me like that. Best to not let myself get hurt like that.
Satoru orders pretty much one of everything. His eyes light up and he smiles wide as we get our order and head to a table. He spreads everything out for me and puts a piece of everything on my plate.
"Alright, now try these." He says.
I look at my plate, overwhelmed at the amount he bought, "geez Satoru, I can't eat all of your sweets. I bet this cost you a fortune. And besides, I have no idea where to start."
"Don't sweat it dork, just try them. Maybe start with the cheesecake. Pleeaase? For me?" He says widening his eyes and pouting.
"Ugh, you can be unbearable sometimes. Alright. One bite." I say.
I take a bite of the creamy dessert and my eyes widen. Never in my life have I ever had anything so delicious. The perfect amount of sweetness.
"Holy crap Satoru, this is amazing!" I say with my mouth full as I eat the rest quickly.
"That's what I'm talking about. I'm never wrong!" He says as he begins to dig in himself.
It doesn't take long for us to clear our plates. But at the end, my stomach is killing me. I feel more bloated than ever.
"Ugh, it was soooo good but I couldn't eat another bite." I say.
"Man, you're telling me. I'm stuffed." He says.
"Wanna just head back?" I ask.
"Yeah, I couldn't eat another bite even if I wanted to." He tells me. We get up lazily and head over to the shop Suguru and Shoko were in. Suguru seems annoyed, but shoko is still deep in the clothes looking for stuff.
"You guys are still here?" Satoru says.
Suguru groans, "yeah, princess here 'isn't done until she's done'. Meanwhile i've been done for about twenty minutes."
"Shut up nerd, you wanted to come here too." Shoko says.
"Yeah well I didn't think we'd be spending hours in here." He says.
"Ugh, sounds boring. I think Naomi and I will head back." Satoru says.
"What? No dinner?" Suguru asks confused.
"Nah, Naomi here has never had sweets. So naturally, I ordered one of everything." Satoru says proud of himself.
Suguru smirks and shakes his head, "alright well, I think we're going to grab dinner whenever this one decides she's done."
"You're lucky i'm rushing." Shoko says.
"Huh? This is fast for you?" Suguru says.
"Well, have fun with that. C'mon Naomi." He says putting his arm around my shoulders and dragging me away quickly.
"Good luck!" I yell over my shoulder.
Satoru and I hail a cab and we start heading back to Jujutsu High. On the way there, I grow really tired, probably from the sweets. I begin to doze off and when I wake up, I'm resting my head on his shoulder and he's shaking me awake.
"Hey, we're here." He says gently.
I wake up and sleepily grab my bags and we get out of the taxi. Satoru walks over to me and takes some of the bags from my hands. I look over at him suspiciously.
"What?" He says as we walk inside.
"Why have you been so nice today?" I ask him.
"What, I can't be nice sometimes? Please, you make me sound like a total asshole." He says.
"Well..." I say and he punches my arm playfully. We both laugh as we reach my room.
I open my door and as always take my shoes off and turn to him.
"Thanks for taking me out. My room really needed that." I say.
"Anytime. I know you can't resist hanging out with me." He says slyly.
I chuckle, "goodnight Satoru Gojo." I tell him.
"Goodnight Naomi Suzuki." He replies.
I close the door and put my bags on the chair in the room deciding i'll unpack them tomorrow. I lay in my bed and fall asleep thinking of the look on Satoru's face when I stepped out of the dressing room. Maybe I will wear that dress...