Chapter 67: Board Of Education.
"What happened?" Chen asked as he rubbed his eyes. Haru smiled. "It's probably for the best that you don't know. And also for the best that nobody finds out about the little bird you just met." Haru stood up.
"Wait how did you?" Chen asked. But Haru shouted out to Mrs Jiand and Suyin. "Chen is awake now!" A few seconds went by before running footprints made their way downstairs as Suyin ran into the living room.
She ran over and hugged him lifting him into the air. "Don't scare me like that again." She said before Mrs Jiang came running in. Suyin let go of him.
Chen and his mom looked at each other for a few seconds. "I'm so sorry..." A drop of water hit the floor as Chen looked at his mom. He was so scared before. He just wanted her to tell him it was okay. He ran over to her and hugged her.
"It's okay sweetie nothing can hurt you here." She said to him and then hugged him back. Haru and Suyin took the opportunity to leave and go back to her room. Suyin had some paperwork to do regarding her job application.
She wanted to go into the music field. Haru knew she was always a good singer but was even more surprised when she sang one of her original songs for him one day. He encouraged her to go for her dream job and then spoke to his uncle about helping her out.
Zen had no problem helping her reach out to a few of the local record labels. She had had the contract sitting in her room for a year already. They couldn't sign her unless she was eighteen. Her birthday was in the middle of their exams so she didn't have time to sign it.
Now that she had left school she had nothing but time. Her dad's lawyer read it for a few days and had sent it back ready to sign. All she had to do was put pen to paper and write her name. She took a deep breath. "I guess I'm signing my life away." She said as she wrote.
She looked at Haru nervously as she finished. Haru leaned forward and kissed her. "You will do great." He smiled as he pulled away from her. "You really think so?" She asked.
"I know so. Your songs managed to blow me away. Imagine what the world will think when they hear them. I see it now. Your name in shining lights and your face on billboards." He laughed.
"Oh no! Not my face!" Suyin said and then covered her face with her hands. "Why not your face? You are beautiful and everyone will soon see that!" He smiled at her and then lay back on her bed.
"Or when they see you they will just laugh. Or maybe run away in fear? I wonder?" He looked up at the ceiling as soft hit his face with quite a bit of force. "Hey, That's not nice!" Suyin threw a pillow at his head and then jumped on top of him pinning him to the bed.
"Oh yeah? Well, do something about it then..." Haru said before flipping the script. He lifted his hips and then turned around whilst holding her by her waist. She landed with her back down on the bed.
"Hey, Suyin. Your mother wanted you." The door slowly opened and Mr Jiang stood in the opening in shock. "You! Why are you always here!? You know what. Forget it..." He slammed the door behind him and walked away.
Haru ended up going home soon after an embarrassing conversation with both of Suyin's parents this time. He arrived back at around five o'clock just as his mom made dinner for everyone. Four days past like a flash. Haru spent time with his family and friends joking around until one morning.
Haru was in bed sleeping when his bedroom door came flying open. "Haru. Wake up! A letter just arrived for you!" Jake burst into the room in a panicked state. "What's so important? I'm trying to sleep here." Haru was still drowsy. This was the first time he had slept for a few weeks so he was always a bit grumpy in the mornings.
"Just hurry up and come down. It's from the board of education." Jake shouted once again before he made his way over to Haru's bed and pulled the sheets off him. "Okay, okay I've got it. Just give me a few minutes to get ready. I will be down in a minute." He said before sitting up at the edge of the bed.
He needed some time to adjust. Catching up on a months worth of sleep in one night was exhausting. Jake began rummaging throughout Haru's drawers looking for clothes. He took out shorts and a Tshirt. "Jake, I'm not five. I can dress myself, just go downstairs and wait a few minutes." Jake looked at Haru for a moment.
"Fine, But don't be long. Your mom is being impatient." He left and walked back downstairs as Haru had asked of him. "Okay, whatever. Haru stood up and put on some clothes. They weren't anything fancy but they were extremely comfortable.
He didn't need any more hints. There was only one letter Haru was waiting on and that was his results from his exams. And the letter being from the board of education basically told him what it was. His chest throbbed when he got to the top of the stairs.
"Wait, Am I nervous about this?" He asked himself but then played it off as nothing happened. He walked downstairs into the hallway as light flooded in through the glass on the door. "Come one. Hurry up." He heard his dad call out from the kitchen.
"When are you guys going home? I swear I can't get any peace with you here." Haru complained as he walked into the kitchen to find everyone including Zen stood around the table. And in the centre of the table, there was a manilla envelope with a small logo int the right hand corner.
"Zen, Shouldn't you be at work?" Haru asked as he spotted him. "It can wait till later. I wanted to be here when you got your results." He said and then looked back down at the envelope. "Aren't you going to open it?" Krista asked.
"Actually I was thinking about making you all stare at a piece of paper for a few more hours." Haru laughed and then walked over to the table. "Fine, I will open it." He reached down and picked it up. He read the small logo printed. Sure enough, it was the board of education.
As he picked it up he felt everyone's eyes on him like he had just found treasure. "Stop staring so much. It's just a letter." He told them all but not one of them listened. He sighed and then ripped the top of it open and pulled out a white sheet of paper that was folded neatly in half.
He held it close to his chest to make sure none of them could peak and then opened it knowing that he was the only one who could see. "Oh, Come on. Don't be shy. You can't have done that bad right. Let me see." Luke said. Krista stopped him as he was about to step forward by grabbing his hand.
She shook her head when he looked at her telling him no. Haru looked at the paper for a few minutes and then sighed. Krista looked at him with sympathy. "It's okay. There's no need to be upset. You can always retake them." She reassured him.
"No that's not it." He said as he dropped the paper onto the table for them all to take a look at. For every single one of his subjects, he had gotten one hundred percent. Even after trying to deduct points on purpose. He must have accidentally written the right answers when not paying attention.
"What!? How!?" Luke freaked out when he saw the results. "Are you some kind of genius?" Jake asked in surprise. Krista just smiled at him. "Don't you dare try to trick me like that again?" She walked over to Haru and hugged him whilst trying to kiss him on the head a few times. "I'm so proud of you."
She said whilst Zen picked up the paper. "Wait. Did you read this?" He asked pointing to a line at the bottom of the paper. "Dear Haru Kitagawa. We would like to personally congratulate you on receiving the highest score ever recorded and passing with one hundred percent. To show our appreciation the board of education has decided to offer you a scholarship to any of our universities. This can be received by calling the number below. We wish you all the best. Kind regards. Secretary of admissions."
The personal note was followed by a phone number. "Oh my god. That's amazing Haru! Congratulations!" Zen shouted as he saw the surprised look on Haru's face.