The day starts with Ichiro opening his eyes, waking up. He gets up and rubs his eyes. He looks at his dresser, trying to find his glasses, since he usually keeps them there.
"I swear I had put my glasses here… It was probably mom again… " He sighed, with a tired, cold expression. He began to walk towards the kitchen, where his mom is cooking
"Mom," Ichiro sighed, with a blunt expression "where did you put my glasses? Again. "
"They're inside your dresser, Honey." Kazumi replied, not looking at him because she is focusing on cooking "You didn't check there right? Gosh you never change!" She laughs.
Ichiro gave her an inexpressive look, blinking his eyes "I didn't check cause they weren't supposed to be there."
"Don't talk to me like that! I swear I'll beat your ass out!" Ichiro sighed "Yeah Yeah and I'm batman" he replied
"Haha, very funny! But I swear I will!" she tried to look intimidating, However, she was holding back laughter because of these little moments.
"I'm cooking, do you want tamagoyaki? I heard eggs are good for the training and stuff"
Kazumi asked.
A/N: Tamagoyaki is a traditional Japanese dish consisting of a grilled omelet rolled into small rolls, It can be eaten at any time of day.
"Sure, tamagoyaki sounds good right now."
Ichiro replied.
"Ok then… I will give that to you once I'm done" She gave a slight smile and turned around again to finish cooking.
While Kazumi came back to cooking Ichiro stood up from his chair and decided to walk towards his room to get his glasses "Here they are…" *He muttered, reaching out to grab them, and place them on his face.
Once he does that, his expression changes from a cold, nonchalant, to a more soft expression, his eyes open more and his eyes now have bright.
"👓 - Jeez, do I look good enough to go to school… What if I go like this and people make fun of me…?" He thought dramatically to himself, imagining a scenario of people making fun of him, so he quickly walks towards his mirror to check himself
"👓 - Gosh… I really look ugly…" He adjusts his hair "Perfect now!"
He smiled, and looked more times to make sure if he was looking good, then, he walked back to the kitchen, surprising his mom because of the expression
Kazumi raised an eyebrow. "You're smiling? No way! Am I dreaming right now or is my son smiling?" she shouted dramatically
"👓 - What do you mean? I'm normal." He giggled slightly
Her eyes softened. "Normal? You have that quick personality change! First you're a cold heart then you are an innocent boy haha!" She laughs, then softens her expressions to a more relaxed one, looking down "Sometimes I do miss the old you… you used to smile more often… sometimes I do think It's my fault." Her expression was more like a guilt with eyes closed expression, which Ichiro noticed and stood up, walking towards her
"👓 - It's not your fault, trust me, you always did your best to take care of me. So many things happened to make me the way I am today and none of them is your fault."
"Really…? Oh God… you are such a good son… Thank you" She giggles and wipes a tear, hugging him "I love you, son, I hope you know that."
Ichiro answers kindly "👓 - I love you too mom…"
The hug extended for longer than Ichiro expected, which he quickly became nervous because he needed to rush for the school bus "👓 - H-hey mom" He muttered, gaging "What?" She asked
"👓 - I really need to hurry up for school…" He said that almost silently, trying to not make it seem like he is being harsh, which Kazumi quickly realizes he is right and unhugs him.
"Oh, you're right, school!" She grabs his lunch-bag and gives it to him "Here, your lunch-bag"
"👓 - Thanks mom, I appreciate it!" He grabs it and puts it inside his school bag, smiling at her.
"👓 - Well, I gotta go mom" Said Ichiro
"Okay, son, see you later, have fun at school! And don't forget, call me once you are out of school so I can start making dinner!" She shouted as he started walking away
"👓 - Okay! Okay! I'll do that!" He shouted back, giggling, before leaving the house, closing the door behind him
Ichiro puts on his earphones and chooses one music, then putting his phone inside his pants pocket, beginning to walk towards the bus station
"👓 - Today's morning is really nice…" He thought to himself, observing the sky that has some clouds, a calm wind hitting him. When he finally reached the bus stop, he reached the bus stop bench but, he sees a girl, with a pretty long and curly dark blue hair and glowing yellow eyes sitting there
"👓 - There is a girl sitting there…? Should I sit there…? I don't like to sit when other people are already sitting on the bench but I wanna sit…. What do I do…?!" He thinks to himself, worried
The girl looked up and noticed him "H-hey! Sorry, I didn't notice you! You can sit here!" She moved aside, giving him space.
"👓 - N-no need to apologize! I-I Should have asked first…." He gagged nervously while sitting "👓 - A-and thanks for letting me sit next to you." He said nervously
"N-no! No need to thank me! Really! It 's okay!" She said it nervously, but trying to make him understand that he didn't need to thank her
The atmosphere stayed silent for a long time, they were not looking at each other, both were nervous
"👓 - D-did I really talk to a girl…?! What should I say now… 'Oh what's your name?' no… that is too basic! I need to do something! This situation is terrible!" Ichiro thought to himself, looking at the ground with a nervous expression
"I-I talked to a guy?! Did I mess up?! Hm… 'You can sit here' Maybe I was too direct? Gosh I am too bad at this, what should I do…?" She thought to herself, with an equally nervous expression, looking at the ground
They both decided to talk at the same time
"Sorry I-" They shut up immediately, blushing
"👓 - S-sorry! You can Talk first!" He gags nervously
"N-no! It 's okay! Really! You can talk first!" She speaks nervously
Ichiro He took a deep breath before speaking.
"👓 - Okay… My name is Ichiro, and your's?..." He said it more relaxed
"My name is Yuri… Y-your name is good by the way…" She said it calmly but looking away, embarrassed
"👓 - T-thanks… your's is very nice too!" He said it equally calm, also looking away to avoid more embarrassment
The atmosphere stays like this for a bit more longer, until the bus arrived
"👓 - Finally" He spoke "I'll go in, see you in another da-"
He cuts out his speech once he sees her also getting up to enter the bus
"👓 - Wait… does this mean… We are sharing the same school?! This situation couldn't be worse!" He thinks to himself as he enters the school bus with her, both of them sit on seats far away, to avoid more embarrassment
"👓 - I should… Try to avoid this girl to not cause more embarrassment… And maybe this was just a coecidence…"
He mutters to himself, putting his earphones on, and choosing a song, looking at the window and admiring the horizon, as the bus drives away.
"👓 - The sky… is really beautiful today." He thought to himself
The rest of the journey continued like that, until the bus finally arrived at the school.
"👓 - Finally school… " He thinks to himself, walking out of the bus
"👓 - I wonder what class she belongs to… Wait… why am I thinking about her?!"
He shouts to himself mentally, he quickly shakes his head and walked straight into the school, as he enters, he walks into his new locker and uses the code given by the school to open it
"👓- So… 5…3..7..5.." He mutters the code to himself "👓 - It opened! So…" He picked up his school schedule to look at the first class "👓 - Oh… math, I hope this year isn't boring much."
He put the rest of the books he won't need for now, including his lunch-bag, and closed the locker heading towards the class door, but standing next to it, waiting, since it's still five minutes until class starts
"👓- Well, I gotta wait… Oh, I have to clean my glasses" Ichiro removes his glasses, once he does that, his eyes began to close again into a nonchalant look, losing the brightness in his eyes too
"School sucks… I hope this isn't a waste of time…" He mutters while cleaning his glasses when suddenly, he hears a loud noise, he looks up, and puts the glasses in his pocket. He sees a group of people crowding a boy , beating him, next to them is a girl, with vibrant red eyes and a stunning black hair
"Can't these people be lower with it? Damn… I hate noises." He muttered to himself, he stood there for a while until he could not take it anymore "Fuck it." He said, walking towards the group, slowly
"Hey, Be quiet." He demanded, putting his hands on his pocket, looking serious
All of the group looked surprised and one of the guys spoke
"Excuse me?! Who do you think you are to shut us up?" He said that, walking to Ichiro, but the girl with red eyes and black hair spokes
"Stop, I'll deal with this one" She said
"But miss Zumi I-" She cuts the guy "I said you I'll deal with him, are you deaf or what?" she gives him a death stare, which he quickly understands and goes away, giving Zumi space to walk towards Ichiro
"Are you their owner or something?" He spokes, looking at her
"Something like that" She says, giving him a sarcastic smile "I'm gonna ask you… who do you think you are to shut me up…?" She changes her expression to a threatening look, which Ichiro doesn't like and his eyes flinch.
"I just told you to shut the fuck up because you are being loud. So just listen up and shut the hell out of your mouth." He warned her, with wide eyes and a cold, threatening look
"Haha! You got me there! I almost got scared for a second, really!"
She mocks him, beginning to laugh even more which Ichiro doesn't like at all, his eyes flinch and, He grabs her by the shirt, pulling her close, which surprises her, he looks straight into her eyes, with an even more intimidating and threatening expression
"Mock me again and I swear I will beat the way out of your fucking ass. I'm just gonna say this again… Shut the fuck up and get the fuck out."
Zumi looks really scared for a second but her expression changes, and pushes him away "Okay! okay! I'll go! But don't think this is over! I promise I will get you later!" She spoke angrily "Let's go boys, this is a waste of time."
They left there, the boy they were bullying, on the ground, he looked at Ichiro with admiration, and thought to himself "No one… no one has ever tried to face Zumi like that… Is he even… human?"
Ichiro doesn't notice him, he just turns around and begins to walk towards his class, slowly, looking up and thinking
"Another stone out of my way… I guess I can have peace for the rest of the day…"
He picks up his glasses from his pocket again, putting them on his face, making his expression change again
"👓 - Jeez…Why does The other me have to be like that… I hate fights…"
He mutters to himself, beginning to enter class, as he enters, he goes to his chair and sits.
Everyone at the class started to present theirselves, until it reached the time Ichiro had to present himself, so he stands up and talks
"👓 - H-hi my name is Ichiro, I am 17 and I like to play video-games, studying and reading manga! I-I hope I make friends here!" He shouts nervously, beginning to sit.
After all the presentations the teacher spoke
"Alright class, let's start, today we are not gonna do many things since it's our first day but we are starting with some exercises" He speaks louder to the class "Open on page five!
Like everyone, Ichiro began to open his book and started to do the exercises, time passed, Ichiro was paying attention and writing everything he needed "👓 - So… the value of x is…" He thought to himself but, the bell rang
"Alright class, it's over for today! You can book your things away for today. See you guys tomorrow." The teacher shouted as he begins to pack his things while everyone leaves, including Ichiro
"👓 - The class was long… but the questions were good not gonna lie…" He thinks to himself as he heads to the locker, but, accidentally he shocks someone, and falls, the person fell with him. "S-sorry! It was an accident!" The person said, to avoid problems
When Ichiro looks, he notices that it's Yuri
"👓 - N-no problem!" He stands up quickly, which she does. She also notices that Ichiro is the person she bumped into
"So…" She said awkwardly, avoiding eye contact "I-I needed to talk to you" She said it muttering but then regretting "Why did I say that?! Fuck! Fuck!" She thinks to herself
"👓 - T-talk to me? A-about what?" He asked nervously "👓 - She needs to talk with… me?! How?!" He thinks to himself
"I really have some issues with the homework teacher gave me to do today… Do you have time to help me? O-only if you want of course!" She muttered
"👓 - H-hm I-I I wouldn't mind… r-really, but but schedule is kinda full" He says it regrettingly
"O-oh… I see…" She has a sad expression but, suddenly she has an Idea "What if I go to your house after school…? Do you mind?"
"👓 - M-my house?! H-huh I mean, It's fine for me!" He says it while smiling and giggling nervously to not show he is embarrassed
"C-cool…"
Ichiro grabs a paper and writes his household "👓 - Here" He gives it to her
"T-thank you" She says, and the bell proceeds to ring again, meaning the start of class
"W-well I gotta go to another class…" She spoke nervously
"👓 - M-me too!" He also spoke nervously
As they both started walking away they started having mental conflictings
"👓 - A girl just asked me to go to my house?! And I accepted?! Why?! What did I just do to myself?!" He shouts nervously in his thoughts, his face is red from embarrassment
"Did I just ask a guy to go to his house?! Am I crazy? Does he think I'm weird?! He must think 'Ew this girl is weird, I'll accept her invitation to not look like a bad person' Why would I do this??!!" She shouts to herself, equally nervous and her face red from embarrassment
After all of that, the pov goes back Ichiroz walking towards the class
"👓 - Maybe I should have been more direct and less… nervous… less me… she probably thinks I'm weird and only invited me out by pity… I need to be better than this…" Ichiro thinks to himself, as he enters the class
The day passed, Ichiro studied a lot, wrote a lot, and finally came the end of the last class
"Alright class… Over for today, grab your things and go home, see you tomorrow!" The teacher started booking her things as all the students start leaving the class
"👓 - Finally… home…"
Ichiro goes towards the locker to grab all his things "👓 - All done…"
He closes his locker, then he grabs his earphones and chooses a song, then he puts his phone on his pocket and heads towards the school entry, to leave
"👓 - The sky looks even better now…" He thinks to himself, remembering how the sky was when he was heading to school at morning
He began to walk, listening to the song and admiring the sky
"👓 - I think I'll go this way insted…" He goes for a shortcut
Someone is following him from afar, but Ichiro doesn't notice, time passes, and when Ichiro is walking, distracted, he bumps into someone, falling and making his glasses fall.
"I told you it wasn't over," the person said.
Chapter continues in: Pain in the Ass