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Chapter 01: Dreamer
Chapter 02: Rumours Underneath
Chapter 03: Sister Kaede
Chapter 04: Secret
Friday, October 9, 2009
Chapter 02: Rumours Underneath
第2章: うわさの下に
A group of girls went after Nozomi.
" Hey, Sakurai. Watch where you're stepping. You may not know whether you're stepping on a landmine bomb." one of her classmates said. As Nozomi ignores and walked out of the class and leaving the school.
Knowing Tomoe has been following her since she left the school grounds, she pointed directly at his face as he hid behind the electrical pole.
"Yuhara-san. I do not see the point in you following me the whole day." and nobody replied, she continued walking on home.
Upon reaching home in front of her home gate, Tomoe suddenly appeared and grabbed her arm.
" Sakurai-san, would it help if i did this? " He left a knee on the floor and bowed down like as if he was proposing and took Nozomi's fair smooth hands and kissed it.
In shock, Nozomi quickly retreated her hands with faint blush on her cheeks.
" YUHARA TOMOE! What are you doing?! " As Tomoe's face was left looking on the ground, he grinned. Nozomi left, feeling very angry and slammed the house door.
Never did the two of them expected, 3 of Nozomi's classmates, who badmouthed her, was actually nearby and was spying on them. The 3 of them are always together and from Day 1, bad mouthed her.
" tch. After i told her to watch her limits. She actually demanded my Tomoe to kiss her?! " And that classmate went fuming mad.
Nozomi looked out at her window even at home and she just fell asleep by the window pane.
Not for long, dawn broke out. Taking a piece of bread with her and eating it on the way to school. Suddenly, Nozomi's classmate, the 3 bad girls, one of them riding a bicycle and knocked Nozomi over.
" Oh, my apologies madam, i did not see you there! You were too small to be noticed! hahaha " She exclaimed, along with a evil laughter.
Not for long, 2 of the 3 bad girls went behind Nozomi, stepped on her bread and pulled her collar.
" This is what you get for playing around with my Tomoe, Sakurai Nozomi. The next time i see that happen, it will something worse than this. " Without shedding a bit of tear, they threw her to the ground and left her on the floor with many by passers staring. She picked up her bag, combed her hair a bit and continued walking on to school.
In front of the school gate, Tomoe was leaning against the wall with his eyes half opened. As soon as he took notice of Nozomi's long black shiny hair, he rushed towards her.
" Hey ! what happened to you. You looked like you just woke up from bed! haha! " He tried to talk to her and she ignored as usual.
" Hey, Sakurai. You're late today." her head went low.
" Sakurai-san..? " she stayed completely still in the middle of the courtyard.
She fidgeted and shook a bit.
" Sakurai-san.. Are you all right? Did something happen? " Worrying, he asked. She shook her head and ran up to the classroom, leaving Tomoe yet again, puzzled.
Just as she entered the classroom panting, Mr Takashi the substitute homeroom teacher saw her at the classroom's door.
" Now, Sakurai-san, Yuhara-kun. Why are the both of you late? " Hearing whispers all over the classroom again, and its all about the same.
She took a breather and said, " I had something cropped up at home. " Nozomi said softly and she walked back towards her seat. While walking towards her seat, the mean girls left their legs out on purpose and tripped Nozomi. Making her fall onto the classroom floor with a loud thud. Having gone through such embarrassment, she picked herself up almost immediately, neaten up her skirt and went to her seat.
Day by day, the same scenario happens, being bullied by the same group of girls, being stalked almost everyday. She was sick of it.
And one day, having the classroom empty. There was only Nozomi in the class and Tomoe outside.
" YUHARA TOMOE. I demand you to stop following me from today onwards. You're being such a pain. You caused me a lot of trouble and many rumours about both of us dating came up. You made such a mess in my life. " she exclaimed with tears forming in her eyes. " We should just keep a distance. Ok?"
Feeling arrogant, Tomoe still continued to follow her after school. Only halfway though.
Over the weekend, the mean girls appeared again. This time, in front of her house.
" Sakurai Sakurai Sakurai Nozomi ! What a bad girl you are." awakened by the commotion outside her house, she went to the front door. The girls barged into Nozomi's garden, pulled her hair and pushed her to the ground.
" Hah. Sakurai. You never learn your lesson do you? "
Another, took a lighter in front of her face, " We told you what would happen if you did it again. "
One of the stronger girls went ahead and punched her on the face, kicked her using Dojo martial arts, as if Nozomi was a punching bag. Her face and body were all bruised badly as she landed on the floor with her face low.
" Will you want to do such a notorious thing again? Sakurai. Apologise."
" You can hit me, distort my face, harm me, but i will never apologise to people who are unworthy of my words. " Nozomi said. Having stunned the 3 of them, they went on to lit the lighter.
The lighter was lit just a few inches away from Nozomi's face. Showing no fear to the girls nor expression, she just closed her eyes and simply accepted the fate she had. At that split second, Tomoe appeared and grabbed the girl's wrist who was holding onto the lighter. He gave her an ominous stare and said.
" If any one of you lay a finger on her ever again, i swear, you will quit Mizue High. " with a very stern voice. Nozomi just kept completely quiet and still, feeling shocked. The 3 mean girls ran away after understanding what Tomoe said.
Tomoe grabbed her hand, pulled her up and brought her into the house.
" You should be glad i continued following you. " his voice started to shake. " Why did you not react? Why did you continue to let them bully you? Why!? " Using his two hands gripping onto Nozomi's Shoulders.
" It was not necessary to inform you. " She looked aside, taking his hands away from her shoulders." However, I would like to thank you for helping me out earlier on... If you were not there, i don't know what could have happened to me. I was afraid, because i had no back up. "
" Sakurai-san. You don't have to thank me. I'm a friend after all, and I'm your back up." Tomoe said, having a glistering shine in his eyes as he said it.
"Friend...?" Nozomi whispered.
There was an akward silence following on..
And a soft thank you was heard.
" If you ever need me, I'm always here. Here's my cell phone number. " He then passes her a slip of paper. " The last time, you told me that i was pathetic, that love was not like this. I hope you won't crush this poor paper too." he laughed.
" Okay. " She received the paper Tomoe gave her, a gentle soft smile was seen on her face.
She went to Oishi Supermart not long after, to get food for dinner. Once she reached home, Nozomi then applied ointment onto her bruises and bandages to her scars.
The slip of paper Tomoe gave her slipped out of her pocket.
" Friend. Thank you. " and a drop of tear was shed. " I have a friend now, mama. "
She sat beside the window, smiling, feeling happier than usual, with the only thing in her mind, "Friend" as she fell asleep on the window pane, smiling.
Nozomi went to school the next day, sitting by the window looking out again.
" Sakurai-san, do you want to join me for lunch? " Tomoe asked.
" No thank you, i have mine with me. " She smiled softly.
Tomoe then left the classroom and headed downstairs to buy his An-pan (A Japanese sweet bun filled with red bean paste.) While Nozomi has the chance of "escaping" his sight during this time of break everyday. She left to the school's rooftop. Nozomi liked to be away from the commotion and prefered to be away from the busy buzz and loud noises.
She frequently visits the rooftop and just sits on the bench eating her food. But on that very day, she saw a girl, with reddish-brown hair, short curls, short hair and a small tail at the back, whom looked familiar to her. She was crying very badly, and it was the first time Nozomi seen someone else other than herself being up at the rooftop. She tried her best to talk to that girl.
" Hey.. Uhm.. Did someone bully you? " She reluctantly asked. That girl shook her head left and right.
" Uhm.. Is there a problem? " Nozomi asked again.
" I WAS IN THE SWIMMING TEAM!! " that girl exclaimed, jumping out of her seat, with her right arm pointing up North. " I GOT IN ! " Nozomi felt like she had just been like a blind mice, fooled by the man whom she thought he could see.
Nozomi just sat down, still feeling stunned with her hand on the air which was about to calm that girl down before she jumped up in joy.
That girl stood up with eyes shining like jewels.
That is the start of a new friendship.
End of Chapter 02 . Stay tuned for
Chapter 03: Sister Kaede
第3章: 妹楓
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