Author Note: With the case of Amanda Todd, I decided to finish this Chapter after leaving the chapter for like a year. It isn't much but its okay netherless. No one should look down at another person for the mistakes they have done.
July 4th 2007, Nishidate High.
Despite recent attempts to reconcile with Yukino, Reina was unable too. In Yukino's point of view, things had to take time for her so she could accept why this was a reality for her. Hatori was still busy with her part time job. There was recent shoving between Yukino and Hirose which wasn't what the attitude was at the start of the year, she didn't know why Hiro would do to harm her. In fact, at the start of the year Hiro was very popular in class way before Manami invited Hiro into her group.
It was lunch, Yukino was sitting on her desk starting at Manami's table. It was an odd feeling seeing the person who she would love to be friends with be a bully to a girl who didn't have any motive at all except to "steal someone's boyfriend". Logically things didn't make sense, why would Ayumu steal Katsumi? Why is the whole class bullying her? According to many newspapers she has read Sucide rates are climbing steadily because of school bullying. Did anyone in this school actually have a heart?
Manami was laughing and eating with her group making Yukino realize that it wasn't that long ago that she wanted to join that group. She regretted ever thinking about that. Manami turned over to Yukino and smiled, Yukino gasped and turned to her desk looking really uncomfortable.
"Kadokura-san. Are you okay?" Manami asked in a fake tone which Yukino didn't find convincing at all. All the girls in the group were looking at Yukino "I hear you and Reina haven't been talking to each other. Do you want to join our group instead?"
There was an akward silence until Hirose gave a compliment "Nice haircut Yukino… it really suits you." Yukino didn't know this was from the heart or not but she nodded in thanks. Midori sniggered under her breath which gave a slight indication that Midori either disagreed with Hirose or that Hirose was faking it, Yukino didn't know what to do. Going outside wasn't her liking so she grabbed a book from under her desk and started reading. She really needed someone to help her, she turned to where Hatori's desk was then to Reina who was eating lunch with another classmate. She was alone.
After school, Yukino went to her after school club activities. She joined the art club which was a club of gradual release for her. The task for the day was for the club members to draw what ever they liked but they should have at least some influence from what occurs or what is in the classroom. Yukino had a splendid idea I'm going to draw a field of sunflowers as I can see the flower pot at the corner of the room right there.
Yukino started to sketch the painting on the canvas.
"So did you hear about the rumours that have been spreading about Anzai's classroom?"
Yukino shaded the grass with green paint.
"Anzai… Anzai… Oh yeah, I heard about it. That girl died didn't she?"
Yukino added another shade of green onto the green grass.
"Yeah she did, that's a shame really. I wonder what drove her to that extent?"
Yukino washed her brush and changed the colour to yellow. It was time for the sunflowers.
"I heard from a student from 1-C that the students were writing mean things on the blackboard about that girl."
Yukino added petals.
"Oh so she was bullied?"
Yukino changed the colour to black for the centre of the sunflowers.
"Apparently because she stole someone's boyfriend."
Yukino placed a few more darker colours to the sunflowers for the shading to look more realistic.
"That doesn't seem right, have a whole class go against her due to an incident like that."
Yukino checked the painting, there's only the sky left.
"Well you know, if you steal someone's boyfriend, you're considered unclean to the community."
Yukino grabbed onto her brush tightly and placed the brush in red. Paint the sky red…anger…anger…
"That's a terrible thing to say Mizuno-kun. I don't even think that girl would steal someone's boyfriend…"
"-But I heard she drove her best friend to suicide by entering this school."
"You're kidding me."
Add black, paint the sky with gloomy colours.
"Kadokura-san… are you alright?"
Yukino turned around, her senior looked completely puzzled with the painting. The painting didn't look like a beautiful sunflower field that Yukino originally imagined but instead it looked more like a sunflower field amongst the apocalypse.
"I do admire that power and anger in the artwork Yukino. It really contrasts the serene nature below… But all of your previous drawings were more serene than dark. What happened?" her senior asked. Yukino didn't look at her in the eye, instead she looked below at the ground.
"I'm sorry senpai." Yukino bowed "It just isn't my day today." She overheard some whispers asking if Yukino was in Anzai's classroom. She ignored them.
After school, she went to Rainbow Café. She needed to tell someone how she felt, even if it was a person whom she just became good friends with.
