Next day at school. After the last class in this week.
-Yurika POV
I was enjoying my loneliness reading one of my best books of 'Haruki Murakami' while sitting on a bunch behind the gym where boys were training for their next game with one from the near high schools.
''Ri-chan.. hah.. hah..Ri-chan ..Ooh! my Ri-chan there you are...'' it was Nana-chan searching for me , and panting hard from running.
''Today's weather is good so i wanted to enjoy it here while reading, I thought you went home, what's going on?''
''I looked for you in every spot in this school, i never thought it's all this big...anyway, i have some news to tell you ''she said happily, so i waited for the good news.
''1st i forgot to tell you about our plan for tomorrow, girls day must be spend from the early morning until the late evening, we will do a lot of activities you are my 1st best friend here so i will reward you just wait for my surprise hehe''she winked and grinned from ear to ear.
''okay then i'm excited to spend our girls day together, thank you for being my friend i'm really happy to have you beside me Nana-chan '' i was so emotional.
''Ewww, my Ri-chan don't make that face, i'm really happy to have you too, actually i wasn't allowed to make friends overseas because of my family wealth and business, so you are my 1st friend, i'm grateful for that'' she surprised me with a hug, and squeezed my cheeks
''Oh, i almost forgot the important news.. look look'' and she showed me a letter in her hand, it seems it's a love letter but a little different from the other ones that she got from her 1st day here till today, she's so beautiful and from a wealthy family, so i guess i'm lucky to have a popular friend like her.
''Why showing me this letter? i thought you throw them in trash''
'' Yes i do throw them, But look ..this one is different it shows no name, only 3 lines of a love poem of my favorite poet 'Takahama Kyoshi' '' and she showed me what it's written.His handwriting is beautiful and under the 3 lines there's a signature ' Your guardian angel'
'The rainbow stands
As if you are here
In a moment'
''But what this is supposed to mean? i'm not into poetry'' i was confused.
''The feeling when the rainbow appears nearby, it resembles what the lover comes up, Ewww, don't you find it so romantic, how he got to know about my favorite poet? And also, the guardian angel part, does he want to say he's protecting me from afar, Ewwww!!''She started jumping like a crazy girl while hugging the letter.
''Ahem… where did you find it?'' She suddenly stopped and grinned.
''This is the strangest part, i think he's from our class. I found it into my bag, and it wasn't there before this morning '' she tilted her head like if she was suspecting something.
''So, do you plan to investigate it or wait for another letter from him?'' she smiled a creepy smile.
''You're very clever honey, i plan to catch him red handed... hehehe'' i shivered from her smile.
''Oh! ..let's plan for that tomorrow when we go to the cafe, see you later'' her phone rang, it seems an urgent call she started running after waving at me.
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I put my glasses and my book beside me and start enjoying the peace. Drowned into my thoughts while staring blankly at the beautiful sky, suddenly a figure appeared in front of me hiding the rays of sun.
'' Pooo!.. hahaha you have to look to your face in a mirror hahaha'' He was Hiro i didn't notice him when he wore my glasses. His face was too close, i felt embarrassed. He was trying to scare me.
'' How childish.. Did you plan to give me a heart attack!! what were you planning to do??..and why you still here?'' I pouted to him, then start wondering why he's here.
''Calm down ..i was trying to discover what your eyes look like inside , i wanted to check if it works by looking at them using glasses hehehe ''How stupid from him, then he shrugged his shoulders.
''And hello we had a training !!our game is next week do you remember? now it's time to go home and rest. I saw you gazing at sky, i called you but it seems you were lost in thoughts'' He said while playing with my glasses.
''Give them back, you will break them'' I reached for my glasses
''I know that you have a game but i thought you already went home''i tilted my head and he start mumbling something i didn't hear it.
'' anyway, don't you have work today?''
''oh!! i'll be late let's go''i checked time on my phone and start running.
''hey wait for me.. why you're so heartless.. i'm starving and have no energy to run anymore'' He starts complaining behind me but i have no time to argue with him.
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''what are you doing? won't you go back home?'' I asked him when we reached the restaurant and he started following me inside.
'' i think i already told you i'm starving and as you know this is a restaurant, what's happening to your IQ ?! ''he started mocking me.
''eumf.. i won't argue with you'' i pouted and went to change my clothes.
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''euh.. he must be tired from training...H.. Hiro-kun.. Hiro-kun wake up'' He opened his eyes.'' Go home and take rest, you'll catch cold sleeping here''
I found Hiro laying on the table in a deep sleep, he even was snoring, it seems he finished his plat and fell asleep without realizing, i started shaking him slowly to wake him up, i'm still not used to call him by his first name.
'' Waaah.. euuh.. have you finished your shift?.. oh it's dark outside, for how long i slept?'' He yawned and stretched his arms then looked outside from windows.
'Was he waiting for me to finish my shift ', i have to stop overthinking, he was training for hours and fell asleep because of tiredness.
''I still have to work for another half an hour, i think you were sleeping for one hour, you should go home and take a warm shower before sleeping to relax, it's good after training'' He yawned again.
''Waaaah... then i guess i'll go.. take care on your way back home, call me if something happened, good night '' He stand up and gestured to me to make him a call if it's needed then he went away.
I stand there gazing at his back vanishing slowly as he walked further. I like this considerate side of him, he looks cool and it's hard to resist his affection.
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It's Saturday 9:00 O'Clock in the morning, it's time for our girls day to start. I waited for Nana-chan at the address she sent me last night. I tried my best to wear a cute dress as this is my 1st time having fun with my friend outside, i wanted to be lighter than the usual me.
''Ri-chan.. Thank you for waiting, i was stuck in traffic jam'' She comes running towards me, she was so beautiful with her curled hair as usual.
''So, this is the cafe, our day starts from here, i'm excited thank you for inviting me Nana-chan'' I said within my jumps of excitement, and we headed inside.
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After finishing our cakes and tea, we went to a nearby park to plan for the investigation as she said, she was totally obsessed with the letter and wanted so eagerly to find out who's her knight in the shining armor.
'' Okay i have some plans but i need your help to catch this Mr. guardian angel ..Ewww, i like the way he calls himself'' she started bouncing like a little girl who ate sweet candy. I'm happy she's smiling happily.
''So do we have any clues? what about the time he put it in your bag?'' She smiled devilishly.
''Emm.. He's surely one from our classmates''
'' What makes you think of that?''
'' As you know yesterday the 3rd year classes were attending a conference made by the old students who came from university. So there still we, the other 2nd year and 1st year classes'' She starts to talk like a detective.
''So, it could be from 1st year students or anyone from our grade''
''Nope, 1st year classes were having a trip to Osaka for a historical project and that was at the early morning yesterday, that means before we even came to hour morning class''
''Woah! how did you get to know all this, you must be the president of investigation club, you have talent hahaha'' I looked at her mouth wide open, i was really shocked.
''You're embarrassing me.. i'm not that good, i just asked my older sister to make a call to someone in the teacher office to get information about other classes schedules hehe, thank god she didn't ask me why or i would have to lie to her'' she starts blushing and being proud of herself, i was wondering if this is a normal thing to do in her family, how can her sister do that without even asking the reason?
''Anyway, yesterday there were just 4 classes from our grade having classes at school, the 1st class were dismissed because of their teacher's sickness, So it still ours and the 3 other classes, the 2nd class had a cooking class so they weren't supposed to leave their classroom until afternoon, they were preparing something for the conference ''
''That's right... and yesterday we had a common sports class with the 5th class, and as i remember everyone from their class was there after the teacher's checks it... then what about the 4th class?''
''This is my clever Ri-chan.., the 4th class, they were having an experiment in the chemistry lab, they also weren't allowed to leave until late at afternoon, i even heard they weren't allowed to take lunch so their teacher brings them take out after they finish to reward them for their patience''
''But this leave us without any clues how you seem so sure that he is one of our classmates'' i tilted my head annoyed by the fact.
''Hehe don't you remember that not all our class students were there in the gym''
''Oooh! yeah yeah that makes sense''
''yeah, everyone was there except our class president and the ones from the basketball and swimming teams, that leave us with 5 suspects ''She clapped and start mumbling their names.
''So, what do you think? Do you have any idea who was your secret guardian''
''Emm.. there are two players from the basketball team and the other from swimming team''
''you forgot 1, our class president?''
'' I don't suspect him, he must be the most one suspected because he's into literature but i heard he already have a girlfriend and their relationship is good, so we have 4 guys left''
'' Do you really think one of them could be our target, they are more into sports''
''I'm a little disappointed, but who knows maybe one of those sports guys is also into literature, don't judge a book by its cover''
suddenly i remembered, Hiro is one of the suspects he's in the basketball team, but i'm sure he's not the one , because of his illness he can't approach a girl, but i can't tell her about his secret.
''Emm… actually we are left with 3 suspects, Sakaki-kun can't be the one who send it''
'' why you can be so sure?'' She looked at me with suspicious eyes.
'' Don't look at me that way i can explain it, we actually are friends and he once told me he's not into history subjects so he wouldn't be the one and if it's the case, i'm sure he would just say it to you frankly''
''emm that makes sense, i think i saw him sleeping during history and literature classes, So that left us with 3 suspects, emm.. then you will help me observe them, 'Matsuda-kun', 'Kenji-kun' and 'sakaba-kun' ''She said happily as she stands up
suddenly my phone rang it was Hiro, talk of the devil.
''i need to answer this call'' she nodded at me
'' Hello, how are you?''
''Fine, Hey do you have time tomorrow?''
'' emm.. i think so , why asking?''
'' I need to take you somewhere ,where you can have some clues about my illness. Did you forget? you were the one who offered to help and who wants also a date hahaha''
'' Stop teasing..okay see you tomorrow then, good bye''
''wait why you're hanging up?''
''I'm hanging out with Nana-chan what do you want? is there something else?''
'' nothing just want to be the one hanging up hahaha don't forget our date ..bye'' he teased me and hanged up how childish from him, he makes me angry.
Nana-chan noticed my change of temper and waited for me to explain.
''emm.. don't worry it's nothing it's just Hiro-kun..i mean.. sakaki-kun teases me and asked for something ''
''ahaa! it doesn't seem the case for me as someone was blushing and looked nervous talking to him..but wait did you just said his first name ?!...no,no,no you must explain yourself Miss''
she got me and started interrogating me while giggling .
''Okay i'll tell you, Sakaki -kun is also a transferred student he came just two days before you came, and we bumped into each other the next day, then after classes ended he saved me from those who were bullying me, that was the start of our friendship, after that i discovered that we are living near from each other, and from that day we're good friends''She started grinning like a crazy one.
''Eww...How romantic hehe.. you two can be a perfect match, as you're very beautiful and he's so handsome , i'll support you, anyway it seems that your relation isn't bad hehe '' i start shaking my head saying a big No.
''Don't jump to conclusions we are just friends and he doesn't look at me that way, he called me now because he needs to meet me for something tomorrow''
''Eww.. A date hehehe.. Okay then our next direction is to get you some dresses and make you a beautiful haircut, don't worry i like your long hair i will tell them not to cut it and make it straight for you, you have to stop hiding your beautiful face with your messy hair''
She was totally having fun helping changing my appearance, and she also told me that she'll come to my house early in the morning to make my make-up and choose my dress. I think i can't escape from this.
We had a lot of fun today, i'm really grateful for god. He granted my wish and gave me this good friend.