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I walked into the classroom just before the bell rang and sat in my desk next to Yuri-Chan. I tried to keep what I was feeling inside of me. I never knew you could feel so many things all at once- happy yet sad, empty, and angry. When a girl gets her first kiss she should have all the joy in the world, right?
Why? Why would he kiss me and then never want to see me again? I guess I understand what he’s thinking. Maybe, deep down inside he does care about me. I often wandered off in my thoughts, thinking about him. Even when I knew I should be concentrating on schoolwork.
“Ms. Kazama!” I nearly jumped out of my seat. Ms. Imamura was angry. I could tell by the way her vein was nearly popping out of her head.
“Ms. Kazama, this is the tenth time I have had to come by your desk! You have participated in class less and less these past few weeks. What is going on?” I didn’t know what to say. What would I tell her? That I was worrying about a boy? The whole class was waiting for me to answer. I suddenly thought of something, “ Please forgive me, Imamura-sensei. My father has been in the hospital for a while and I can’t stop worrying about him.” It was obviously a lie, but everyone fell for it all the same. I looked out of the corner of my eye and could see Yuri giving me a disappointed look. I looked back at Yuri and gave her an innocent smile and a little shrug. What would she have done if she were in my situation?
“Well, Ms. Kazama I am very sorry to hear that, but please try harder to pay attention in class.”
The bell rang and I walked out of the classroom and through the hallways, being greeted with a, “I’m sorry about your dad. Hope he’s all right. Are you going to be okay?” by many people. I gave every one of them a reassuring smile and could see Yuri giving me that disappointed look again.
We met up with Asano and Mariko-Chan and made our way to the roof to eat our lunches. We walked through the courtyard and I saw Reiji and Koji. Haru was nowhere in sight. I hadn’t seen him at school for at least three weeks.
“I’ll meet you guys on the roof in a little bit. I forgot I left something back in the classroom.” Asano and Mariko started walking, but Yuri stayed where she was. I think she could tell what I was up to. She gave me the look again and I just smiled at her as if to say I was up to nothing. I turned around and walked back to the courtyard. Yuri took hold of my arm, stopping me in my tracks.
“Asano-Chan, Mariko-Chan, I’ll go with Sakura. We’ll meet up with you later!” Asano and Mariko looked at each other with confused looks. I looked at Yuri, wondering what she was thinking. Asano and Mariko walked up the steps and when they were out of sight, Yuri and I walked to the courtyard.
“Sakura-Chan, what happened earlier? You wouldn’t lie to the teacher like that. Did something happen with you and Haru?” What am I supposed to tell her? She was right. If I stayed with a Takei I would eventually end up hurt in some way or another. I told her what happened and she was silent. Then she hugged me, tears in her eyes. That’s Yuri for you. She always had an understanding for a person’s feelings. Ever since we first met in the first grade.
“Yuri-Chan, please don’t cry! I’m all right; you don’t have to cry. Okay, stop it already! Reiji and Koji are going to see you!”
“Sakura-Chan, if you won’t cry, then I’ll cry for you! Tears-tears are like medicine that can wash away the pain!” My body froze when I heard her say those words. I could feel a lump in my throat and it was hard for me to swallow. No words could come out of my mouth. She was wrong.
I felt a tap on my shoulder.
“Hey, what happened here?” I turned around and Reiji and Koji were looking at Yuri and me with puzzled faces.
“Um, it’s nothing. We wanted to talk to you. Do you know where Haru is?” I hoped they didn’t think I was desperate or anything. Reiji ignored my question and was flirting with Yuri. I could see him wiping away the tears off of Yuri’s face. Koji turned to me and kissed my hand. What was he doing!? Yuri and I slapped them until we had no strength left.
“All right, all right! You didn’t have to hit us that hard! Who knew that girls could slap like that!” Reiji and Koji were rubbing their faces and Yuri and I stood there waiting for them to answer the question.
“Haru’s probably with his new girl-.” Koji slapped Reiji on the back of the head and clamped his hand over his mouth. I noticed that Reiji had dyed his hair red and Koji, his natural hair color-light brown. Their hair had that same familiar shine.
“Um, Haru’s just not coming to school, t-that’s all. He’s probably got better things to do. Like us. See you!” They both took off and I heard Koji yelling at Reiji, “Why’d you go and say that for! Now what are they going to think!? Way to go, idiot!”
“Hey, I was just trying to have a little fun, and besides Haru told us to Sakura something-anything, right?”
“Well you could have told them something else! You ruined everything for Haru, now! Sato’s not going to be happy with this.”
Yuri and I just stood there with much confusion. What did they mean?
Haru has a new girlfriend? Haru told Reiji and Koji to say that? I wonder if Yuri understood what they were talking about. Her brother did hang out with them all the time.
We both walked to the roof as slowly as we could to let what we heard sink in. So that’s the kind of guy Haru is, just like his brothers. He finds a girl he likes, gets tired of her and then looks for another girl. I really thought he was different than his brothers. And what he said-not to judge him by his brothers-was that a lie? I’m beginning to wonder if he lied about wanting to help me study too. I swear that if I ever see Haru Takei again I’m going to give him a piece of my mind.
 Chifuni · Thu May 31, 2007 @ 08:11pm · 2 Comments |
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