- One day, just one day it´ll be different... i hope so...
Itsuki wakes up, stares at the ceiling for a while, and then, finally gets up from his bed, takes off his pajamas, and puts on his simplistic school uniform
A yell can be heard from downstairs
- ITSUKI! COME DOWN TO EAT!
- COMING! - Exclaims Itsuki -
As he gets downstairs, he sits down, ready to start eating
His mother, then says:
- You woke up late again, Itsuki.
- Sorry mom. - Says Itsuki with a tired face - I forgot to set the alarm.
His mother then stares at him, with a relaxed expression
- Alright, just, finish your food, okay?
- Okay. - He says, already grabbing the fork to start eating his food -
His mom would ruffle his hair as she passed by, going to the living room
Itsuki would then finish eating, put his dishes on the sink, grab his backpack, and head out the door
Then, he walks towards the subway station and enters his metro, which takes him directly to the station beside his school
As time passed and the metro moved, Itsuki would start thinking, as he looked down at the metro´s floor
- Yet another day of school - Sigh - i really need to pay more attention in my math class, i don´t understand anything about it.
He´d lean his head on the window behind him, as he waits for the metro to arrive at his station
- Man, atleast today i have something planned...
The metro would arrive, and he´d keep walking towards his school, but would come to a stop and enter a nearby bakery to grab something to eat in class
- Good morning, Ms. Katakura. - He says, followed up by an anwser: -
- Good morning, Itsuki! Same as always?
He nods
- Okay.
Ms. Katakura starts grabbing Itsuki´s usual order, a katsu sando.
She then hands it to him
- Here, Itsuki!
- Thank you, Ms. Katakura. - He says, as he stuffs the bag in his backpack -
He walks out of the bakery, and enters his school.
As he enters, 2 of his friends approach him, Kenta Sato and Ryo Suzuki
- What took you so long? - Says Sato -
- Oh, i had to pass by the bakery to get my lunch, nothing that special to be honest. - Says Itsuki, anwsering Sato -
- He definitely forgot to set his alarm again... - Says Suzuki, accusing Itsuki -
Itsuki takes a deep breath and starts walking through the hallway, heading to his classroom:
- Let´s just head to class, we´re pretty late.
- Alright. - Says Sato, following beside him -
- HEY! WAIT UP! YOU´RE THE LATE ONE AND I GET LEFT BEHIND?! - Yells Suzuki, sprinting towards them -
They enter their class, glancing at a nearby classroom while entering theirs
- Their classroom is so much better than ours in so many aspects, it´s almost unbelievable. - Says Suzuki -
Sato adds:
- Yeah, it´s a shame they hate us.
They´d get in class and sit down, with Itsuki sitting in front of Sato, and Suzuki beside Itsuki
The class begins, and their teacher would enter their classroom
- Good morning, class.
As the class proceeded, Itsuki would keep catching himself sleeping or not paying attention at all, but would keep trying progressively harder to focus
- Come on, focus, it can´t be that hard! - He´d think to himself -
As the class would end, they´d walk out of the classroom, and steal glances directly at the other classroom, which didn´t even look at them
- Hm... they hate us because they´re the school´s best... - Says Itsuki -
Sato looks directly at him, and adds:
- Or maybe because we are the school´s worst class too.
- Come on, that doesn´t mean anything, Sato, they´re just... composed. - Says Suzuki -
Sato looks at him in disbelief:
- Composed? I´ve never met a single person from that class, not even a boy, they´re not composed, they don´t like us.
Itsuki looks at them, and says:
- So what? I don´t care if they hate us because we are... uhh... a little less than average in academic stuff, if they don´t want to like us, they won´t, we don´t need them to like us either... do we?
He waits an anwser
- No we don´t. - Says Sato, agreeing with Itsuki -
- Yeah! - Says Suzuki - we don´t care about what they think!
They´d walk out of the school, and head to a karaoke, with their 2 other friends waiting there.
As they walked, Sato would bring something up:
- Hey, Itsuki.
Itsuki would look at him:
- What´s up?
- I, uh, hope you started singing better, because when you sung that day... - He´d chuckle -
Suzuki would join in:
- One of the worst things i´ve ever heard, to be brutally honest.
Both would laugh together, and Itsuki would try to brush it off:
- Come on guys, it couldn´t be that funny...
They´d get to the Karaoke, and enter, meeting their 2 friends, Kei Watanabe and Daichi Takahashi
Watanabe would approach them:
- Why the hell did you guys take so long? You left me with him for 30 minutes.
He´d point over at Takahashi
- He told me about weather and some other stuff, mathematical equations.
The five friends would sit down on the sofa
- I was helping you, Watanabe, but, sometimes certain people don´t want to be helped.
Says Takahashi, reading a book
Sato would try to step down the small discussion:
- Let´s just start, who´s first?
All of them would look around, then, Suzuki and Sato would smile at each other
- Actually, me first, me and Suzuki.
Says Sato, standing up from their sofa
- Alright, let´s do this.
Suzuki follows behind him, and, as the song starts and they start singing, Itsuki zones off
All of them would sing a song, excluding Itsuki, after they were finished, they left the Karaoke, said their goodbyes and headed home
Itsuki walks towards the station, and starts thinking to himself:
- Today was fun, i saw them sing their songs, and, it was pretty funny actually...
Itsuki would reach the station, and enter his metro
- Watanabe seemed a bit off, tho, he´s always a hotheaded guy, but today he was, different, something must´ve happened.
He leans against the window again, after a while, the train arrives to his station
He enters his house and has dinner with his family
- So, Itsuki, how was the karaoke?
Says Itsuki´s mom
- It was fun, pretty fun.
Itsuki anwsers, his mom´s face morphing into a satisfied smile:
- Also, leave the door unlocked, your dad will work overtime today.
- Okay, Ma.
He´d wash his dishes, and unlock the door, then, he would head upstairs, take a bath, put on his pajamas, and lay down, deep down, Itsuki was tired of the same routine over and over, but it was what he had in stock, before falling asleep, he says something, in a soft voice.
- One day, just one day it´ll be different... i hope so...
He´d turn to his side on the bed, and close his eyes, thinking about the other classroom
- Well... they hate us because they see us as stupid animals... im pretty sure. If so, i don´t care if it stays like that.
He´d fall asleep