My name is Kyoku Boukyaku. I am a first year in highschool. People say that your teen years are the most colorful times of your life but unfortunately for me I can hardly say that there is any color in my life. My life is just empty. I am but a husk of my old self.
People say that everyone has a purpose in life and they need to find it, I see that that's far from the truth because I have been searching for my purpose for so long yet I haven't found a single clue to what my purpose in life really is. Maybe my old self had a purpose but I can no longer remember what that was.
"Kyokuuuuu!"
As I opened the door of my house and stepped out to head to school I heard a familiar voice yelling my name from behind me, and before even trying to look behind me to see who was yelling my name I knew that the one yelling was none other than my best friend Akira Kojima.
"Hi Akira"
"Did you watch the Yakuza band's concert yesterday, it was breathtaking!"
"No I didn't"
"Why not ? there music is incredible"
"I am not really interested in music"
"You are really odd Kyoku I don't think that there is anyone in our grade that doesn't like any type of music"
"What is so odd abo-"
"Akiraaaa!"
The voice of a girl yelling Akira's name stopped me in the middle of my sentence, she was Ami Kinoshita from class 1-B. She is in Akira's class and she is also Akira's girlfriend. I don't think that I could call her a friend. She is more of an acquaintance.
"Hi Ami"
"Akira it's been way too long"
"Ami it has hardly been a day since the last time we saw each other"
"One day is a day too long"
Ami's name is actually quite an interesting name, I had read recently that it comes from french origin and that it means friend in french, wait since when did I become interested in etymology.
"Oh I didn't see there, hi Boukyaku"
It is more like you didn't pay attention to me but that is okay I don't really care
"Yeah sure hi"
"So Akira are you free this Saturday"
"What's that? Are you asking Akira out on a date, Ami ?"
Another one of their friends showed up, her name was Chika Tamura and she was in class 1-B with Akira and Kinoshita , but she seems to be having a blast teasing Kinoshita.
"I am Sorry but I actually have plans this Saturday"
"Really ? With who?"
"I am actually going to a karaoke place with Kyoku"
What ? Since when ?
"Can I come? please"
"Can I come too?"
"What about Kyoku, do you mind them coming?"
Why is he taking my permission? Either way I don't care.
"Sure they can come"
"Thanks"
"Thanks a lot Boukyaku"
Why are they both thanking me? It's not like I could have said no even if I wanted to, I would have looked like a jerk if I did that, not that I care about people's perception of me.
As we were nearing school Akira started walking beside me and he approached me and whispered something into my ear "Kyoku you better study up on some songs".
So that was his plan from the beginning. It isn't actually a bad plan and it would've worked if he was dealing with someone other than me. Unfortunately for him I don't plan on wasting a second of my time memorising songs. I'll just tell them that I can't go, problem solved.
As we finally reached school Ami Kinoshita asked "So guys does anyone of you know why this highschool was named Sakura Highschool"
"No"
"I actually never thought about that"
What kind of question is that why would anyone waste their time on a subject as stupid as this, it's not like it matters to me I am practically a stranger standing with a group of friends I don't think that I could exactly say that I am included in this stupid conversation.
"Boukyaku, do you know the answer to my question ? I bet you do"
"No I don't know the answer"
"Really ? but you look so smart"
I hate people who make prejudiced assumptions that are not based on any kind of fact or logical factor.
"Yeah Kyoku is actually really smart!"
Akira could you please stop giving them the wrong idea about me, you know that I am not that smart.
"Boukyaku could you please try and guess the answer"
I really don't want to waste my time on a matter as trivial as this.
"I really don't know the answer to your question"
"Please just try and guess"
It doesn't seem that she'll be satisfied with I don't know the answer; she'll just keep asking me. This is such a pain, I'll just have to guess the answer. What could be a logical answer for this question ? Maybe there's sakura in the school's name because the person who built it liked sakura's or maybe it's the name of someone important. No, all of these answers aren't based on any logical factor.
As I raised my head up to look at the sky I saw the pedals of a sakura flying in the air, they looked so beautiful, and suddenly I knew the answer to her question.
"Could it be that there's sakura in the name of this school because the Nara prefecture has a lot of sakuras"
"That's a really good guess Boukyaku, I am impressed"
"So Ami what's the right answer" Akira asked
"Huh! I don't know"
What ? She asked a question that she didn't know the answer for. What kind of idiot does that ?
"Hahahaha!"
In a normal situation stupidity would be faced with judgment and criticization but in Modern society if a cute girl says something stupid it's faced with laughter and humor, this is truely stupid.
Finally I've reached my destination after such an exhausting start to my day. I'm very glad that I will be able to sit at my desk at the back of the class and enjoy some relaxing time before that class starts.