( Haru's POV )
When I entered the mansion the only thing that could be heard was the echo of my footsteps, after running through the school I wanted to take a shower to freshen up and then I would prepare something to eat, I had never liked being in this big house by myself but that wasn't bothering me as much right now.
I went into my old room and everything was the same as the last time I was here, I took out the plastic model and put it on my work table and I threw my backpack on my bed.
I've always been good with my hands and building plastic models was one of my favorite hobbies after videogames of course, but I didn't have the necessary tools at home and that's why I had to come here, to my parents' house, Before I start I take another look at the Gundam plastic model.
Haru: Gundam Barbatos.
I'm not a super fan of Gundam, but I had seen some of the anime and put together some Gunpla before because who doesn't love giant robots? and even so, I didn't recognize this one, it's probably a new model, as this was a gift from my parents it must be.
I sit at my work table, take a deep breath, and fully concentrate on putting together the Gunpla, I am extremely detailed and careful in each part, and before assembling it, it was necessary to give it my personal touch, the paint job, a black frame with blue details and red fingers and when I finished I was quite proud of my work, that Gunpla was mainly a close combat one and its mobility was incredible, it only had two long-range weapons, a smoothbore cannon, and an arm-mounted autocannon, the other weapons he had were a maze with an integrated pile-bunker, a longsword, and another mallet that opened like a wrench with an integrated saw ' wrench maze ',
When I finished it was already quite late, without realizing it I had spent hours building that Gunpla.
Haru: I should go to sleep, Roka will be upset if I wake up late again.
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On the way to school, Roka was waiting for me outside her house and luckily when I looked at her nothing weird like yesterday happened again, We walked to school together, I gave her a side glance and thought about how it had become natural for me to walk next to her, on the way she asks me why I woke up a bit late and I showed her the Gunpla that I built.
Roka: ooh, how cute.
Roka is weird at times, but I think that's what draws me to her.
Haru: It's not supposed to be cute, it's supposed to be cool and menacing.
Roka: You should give it a tail, some wings, maybe even a raven's head, and a cape.
Roka snatched my Gunpla from me and started giving strange suggestions but that didn't bother me, she was treating it very carefully as if it were her own.
Haru: Leaving the tail and wings aside, why would I put a raven's head on it?
Roka: it's painted black.
Haru: That's not a good reason.
Roka: what about the cape?
Haru: That's a maybe.
I took my Gunpla back and we got to school and headed to our classrooms, when the first class started I felt a bit sore and I fell asleep through it.
???: Handa are you alright?
It is not the first time that I fell asleep during a class but if someone had to notice that today was different it had to be her, my classmate Rini.
Rini is a cute girl about Roka's height, with ash silver hair with crimson eyes, I don't know why but she's the only one who tries to talk to me for some reason.
Haru: It's nothing, I fell down some stairs, I'll be fine after I get some more sleep.
Rini: that doesn't sound like nothing! Maybe you should go to the infirmary.
I wonder why she cares so much about me, but I guess she's right, infirmary beds are better for taking a break.
Haru: you are absolutely right, I will go there right now, thanks, Rini.
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I spent almost all classes in the infirmary and only came back for the last class, since there were no club activities today I immediately left school and after taking a train I arrived at my destination, a small Gunpla battle arena, today there is a Gunpla battle royal event open to the public.
When I entered the building I immediately went to the reception desk where a nice receptionist was in charge of the registrations for the event.
Receptionist: Hello, you have come to participate in the battle royale.
Haru: I sure am.
Receptionist: ok, can you show me your GP base.
The GP base is a small device that contains information about the Gunpla and the pilot that uses it and is necessary to enter any Gunpla battle, there was one included in the gift that my parents sent me, I give my GP base to the receptionist and she signs me up for the competition.
Receptionist: Please go to the battle system in the next room, the event will start in a few moments.
Haru: thanks.
The battle system is a hexagonal machine that generates plavsky particles that create the field and give life to the Gunpla to be able to fight as if they were real, or that is what I have read.
Just like the receptionist said the competition didn't take long to start, As I watched the battle system more people kept entering the room until there were 60 in total, between them, two caught my attention, one because she was wearing the Fujou academy uniform and the other because she was wearing a somewhat revealing outfit, I focused a bit on her for no particular reason and I noticed that her eyes had the same feel as Roka's.
I took out my Gunpla from my backpack and started to smile, I could feel that something good was about to happen.
Haru: My luck has increased by leaps and bounds these days.