"I promise to protect you no matter what happen... I will do my best to protect you... Sakura...." a man with a baritone voice said. He was covered with blood fierce by a shadow, and the moon turns to red, cherry blossoms fell out of the trees as the man stops to breathe.
"Hah! Who was that..? What a dream... And his voice... His voice is so familiar..." Sakura rushed down to prepare herself going to school, it's 7:30 am already and she still needs to drive for 2 hours and 31 minutes from Biei to Hokkaido University in Sapporo. Sakura is a consistent top notch in their class and a gold medalist gymnast since grade school, no wonder why everyone adores her and of course many of them also envy her. Beyond her achievements, she remains humble and kind, and with her beauty that every guy dreamed of, a real package as they say.
She was driving off to school when she saw a man crossing at the pedestrian, "Huh? He looks like the guy I was looking for a month ago... Or maybe not..." She was referring to the waiter she bumped-in on her 16th birthday. She continues driving until she reached her school, and as expected, she was late for her first class. Actually, she missed her first class!
Ms. Yuri: "Oh, there you are Ms. Sakura Megumi! Too early?" sarcastically said.
Sakura: "I'm sorry ma'am, it won't happen again." she apologized.
Ms. Yuri: "It shouldn't be. Go to your seat."
Sakura: "Thank you, ma'am."
"Hey! Sakura, you're an hour late. Prof. Shiro left us with something to research, here!" It's Akari, her best friend since grade school, they're both from the town of Biei but her parents allowed her to stay at her aunt's house since it's only a 30 minutes away from Hokkaido.
Sakura: "Thank you, Akari! I just overslept, I had this weird dream and it felt so real!" she exaggeratedly said.
Akari: "How does he look like? Is he cute?" excited as she over reacts.
Sakura: "I wasn't able to see his face, all I can remember is his baritone voice." she described.
Akari: "Well, I bet he's really handsome... Woah! I wish I could have a dream like that too!! And then? Tell me more about your dream!"
Ms. Yuri: "Yeah, tell us about your dream, Sakura!" not noticing that their teacher was standing in front of them. "Akari, move to that chair in the corner! You're distracting our class!" Ms. Yuri is an old maid who has a deep admiration to Prof. Shiro, but Prof. Shiro doesn't show any interest in her.
The whole class laughed at what happened, it's like they're watching a comedy show except for the guy who is seated at the other corner who seems like he doesn't mind at all. He was so focused reading his book. Sakura glanced at him, but the guy just continues reading. "Hmm..."
The bell rang, which means class dismissed. Everyone has their own plans, others went to canteen, some of their classmates just gathered at the other side of their classroom chatting, but she didn't notice that the guy went outside.
Akari: "Sakura, I'm going to the library and go check our research, would you like to come?"
Sakura: "Yeah! Sure!"
They were walking at the corridor going to the library, but Sakura seems really curious about that guy sitting in the corner in their class.
Akari: "Hey, Sakura are you okay? Is there something bothering you?"
Sakura: "Hmm... Nothing, it's just that... Oh well, do you know who's that guy sitting at the other corner in our class earlier? He looks so mysterious, or should I say snob."
Akari: "Guy? aaah.. That guy! He's Totsuo Himari, he's an exchange student from Hokkai-Gakuen University. Why? Don't tell me you like him, you like him, do you?" exaggeratedly said with giggles.
Sakura: "No! Of course not! I was just curious..."
Akari: "Aw, c'mon! Tell me the truth, I won't tell anyone I'm your best friend!" teasing her.
Sakura: "W-what? No! Hahahaha! You're delusional again Akari! Hahaha!"
Meanwhile, at the library.
Sakura: "I wonder why Prof. Shiro gets interested and a master's in Mythology, it's full of hidden wonders that actually didn't or probably just a coincidence there is" while reading a few books on the shelves.
Akari: "How I wish I was a reincarnated Princess or Goddess..." saying it while day dreaming.
Sakura: "Or a maid! Hahaha!" teasing her best friend Akari.
Akari: "Yeah! A maid in disguise which happened to be a Princess!" she laughed.
Sakari: "Silly! Hahaha!"
Akari: "Oh! I badly need to go to the powder room, I'll be right back okay?"
Sakari: "Don't worry, I'll read few more books that relate to our research. I'll be fine."
She was looking every title of the books on the shelve "Oh! Found it!" she said. She was about to pull the book from the shelve when suddenly someone got it first before she touches it. "Hey! I saw it first!" she irritatedly said. But the guy seems not to hear anything and continue to walk away from the shelve. Sakura felt pissed and she grabs his arm to hold him back, the guy turned and looked at her. Their eyes met and to her surprise, she wasn't able to say a word, she just stared at him like she was being enchanted. "Oh my gosh!" her heart beats faster and faster just like beating the drum in a marathon. "His eyes are so deep... His nose... Jaws... And his lips...." The guy just smiled at her, maybe he finds her cute on her gesture. Then he turned back to walk away. Sakura was left standing and still mesmerized with what she saw, "Is that....."
Akari: "Sakura! Hey! Were you shocked? What happened? Did you find the book?" tapping the Sakura's shoulder.
Sakura: "Hah? W-what? What book? Oh yeah! The book! Where is it?"
Akari: "Sakura, I was supposed to ask you that! Did you find the book?"
Sakari: "Ah... The book! Yes-yes I did!"
Akari: "So, where is it then?" looking at the shelves.
Sakura: "The guy took it first... Yes, that... That handsome I mean bastard! He took it where I was supposed to pull it out the shelve! Grrrr!"
Akari: "A guy?! Where....? Where...?" excitedly looking around. "OMG! What does he look like?" asking her with giggles.
Sakura: "It's the exchange student from Hokkai-Gakuen University."
Akari: "What?! You mean Totsuo Himari?! Oh my!!"
Sakura: "Yeah! That bastard... Snob... Stubborn...."
Akari: "Handsome..."
Sakura: "Handsome... Wait! What? No he's not!"
Akari: "Oh, c'mon! I heard you say he's handsome..." laughing and teasing her.
Sakura: "Stop it! Let's just find another book!" irritated, but felt curious on how she acted in front of him earlier.
Akari: "Fine! Let's go have some milk tea and cookies at the cafeteria, I felt a bit hungry."
Sakura: "Yeah! Me too, Let's just visit a bookstore later, probably they still have a copy of that book."
Akari: "How about we just ask Totsuo to share the book with us? Yes?" teasing her again.
Sakura: "Shut up!"
And they went out the library. Meanwhile, Totsuo was about to bring back the book on the shelve when he heard the girls (Sakura and Akari) talking about him. He decided to stand on the other side of the shelve enough to hear everything they said, He smiled then suddenly become serious face again. "Sakura..."