It was the first day of school. Summer break just ended. Yuzu was currently waiting outside Kurou's house.
Yuzu:
[Strange, he's usually not this late. Kurou! Are you there?]
???:
[It's so early, why are you shouting?]
Yuzu:
[Ah, I'm sorry man. I'm just waiting for my friend...wait, Kurou!!?]
Kurou:
[Zup, long time no see. Well not that long I guess.]
Yuzu:
[W-what the heck happened to you?! Did you go under a knife or something!?]
Kurou:
(Under a knife? Does he mean hospital?)
[Huh...I guess you could say that]
Yuzu:
[Dang man! It must've been expensive! Although you're still small but I didn't expect this much change in your physique. You look a lot more ...normal now...]
Kurou:
["Normal" what do you mean by that?]
Yuzu:
[I mean your body bro! You can't just achieve something like this in a course of few weeks. You must've gone through some surgeries or something.]
Kurou:
[Actually, no I did not. I just trained.]
Yuzu:
[Trained? Pffft, hahahahaha! Nice joke!]
Kurou:
[Sigh, we're getting late. Let's go man]
Kurou patted Yuzu's back.
Yuzu:
[Ouch! Yow! What's with the slap!]
Kurou:
[I didn't. You're being a bit overdramatic. Let's go.]
Yuzu:
[...Just what did you do this summer break?]
Kurou:
[Nothing special.]
At the school campus.
Ena:
[Sigh...]
(I'm so nervous. I might say something rude to him when we meet. I've never been this nervous in my entire life...but I have to do this...I NEED to do this-)
Ena suddenly bumped into someone.
Ena:
[Ah, I'm sorry. I wasn't paying attention to my surroundings.]
Kazuto:
[No, I apologize. Wait, Harumi-san?]
Ena:
[Kazuto senpai...I didn't realize it was you.]
Kazuto:
[M-me too...B-by the way. It's nice to see you.]
Ena:
[Y-yeah...ahaha]
Awkward silence filled the air.
Ena:
(Ugh! Why did I bumped into him first!? I mean what are the chances!? There are so many people I could bump into and I manage to get this dude.)
Kazuto:
(Oh man! I managed to greet her first! That's a plus for me!)
[A-anyways, shall we head together? The opening ceremony is about to start-]
Ena:
[No thanks. People will misunderstood. Although I appreciate the offer.]
After that, Ena left Kazuto.
Class started after the opening ceremony. Ena heads towards her class hoping to see Kurou.
Ena:
(Where is he? Is he late again?)
Fuyuki:
[Ena!!!]
Ena:
[F-Fuyuki? I see, we're in the same class again.]
Fuyuki:
[That's right! But it's kinda sad that Hana's not here.]
Ena:
[Is that so...]
(He's not here yet...)
Fuyuki:
[Hm? He's not in this class you know?]
Ena:
[Eh!? W-what are you talking about?]
Fuyuki:
[I heard from Kazuki (Yuzu's last name) that they're in the same class as Hana.]
Ena:
[Oh...]
Fuyuki:
[Oh?~ Someone's a bit disheartened~]
Ena:
[S-stop it]
Back at Kurou's classroom.
???:
[Hey, who's that guy? I've never seen him before.]
???:
[I don't know. Although he looks a lot like that fat guy.]
???:
[Meh, who cares.]
???:
[Is he a transfer student?]
???:
[I don't know]
Yuzu:
[Man, people are talking about you a lot.]
Kurou:
[Did I really changed that much? I still think I'm pretty much the same.]
Yuzu:
[Pretty much the same!? Sigh, look dude. You've change a LOT! It's even absurd to think that you can change this much in an instant. That's not normal.]
Kurou:
[I-is that so... we'll I did do a lot of training after I came back from the hospital]
Yuzu:
[Hospital!? Training!? Just what the heck did you do this summer break!?]
Kurou:
[You see, I-]
Suddenly, the class teacher came into the room.
Teacher:
[Okay class, settle down. This is the first day of class...]
Yuzu whispered to Kurou's ear.
Yuzu:
[You have to explain to me everything that happened to you]
Meanwhile
Hana:
(Huh? Yukitou's not here yet. Is he late? He's usually always glued to Kazuki. But Kazuki is with that guy this time. A friend of his?)
Teacher:
[Now before I relay the morning announcements. We have a new student joining us. Come in.]
A girl slowly walks in. She held her notebook close to her face.
Teacher:
[This is Yuki Mikane. You see, she has a speech disorder so be friendly with her. Mikane, you can write your greetings on the board if you like.]
Kurou:
[!!!]
Mikane approached the board in a timid manner as she started to write.
"Greetings, My name is Yuki Mikane. I wish to get along with you all."
Mikane then put her notebook down as she bowed in front of the class.
The class started whispering.
???:
[Uwah, she's so cute...]
???:
[I wanna talk to her after school...]
Yuzu:
[Oh man, She's incredibly cute. Bro, she might even rival Harumi san. Nah, I think she's way better. Definitely on my top 3.]
Kurou suddenly held Yuzu's collar. He looked at Yuzu with dead eyes. Yuzu instantly felt fear. He felt like he was being gazed by a predator.
Yuzu:
[K-Kurou... can't... breathe...]
Teacher:
[Yukitou and Kazuki! What are you doing back there!?]
Kurou:
[Ah... sorry sensei.]
Kurou let's go of Yuzu's collar.
Yuzu:
[*Pant* jeez man...I was just kidding.]
???:
[Did he just say Yukitou!?]
???:
[Is that really him!?]
???:
[No way...]
???:
[Looking at him closer. I think it's really him you know!?]
Hana:
(Yukitou!!! That guy is Kurou!!? Seriously!!?)
[What the heck?...]
Teacher:
[Silence everyone! Now, Mikane you can sit at that vacant chair at the back.]
Mikane walks towards the back as she sits right beside Kurou. She then looked at Kurou as she smiles.
Teacher:
[You two there at the back. Don't do anything stupid. Now, let's move on to the morning announcements.]
Mikane wrote something at her notebook.
"I'm glad I'm in the same class as you!"
Kurou replied by writing in a piece of paper.
"Me too, but I'm surprised you decided to transfer here."
"I'm a bit surprised too. I didn't think I would go back to this city."
"...what made you change your mind?"
Mikane blushed for a bit.
"...I just wanted to see my friend"
Kurou:
(Friend huh)
"Friend? Is that so? I would like to meet that person someday. She might be cool since you transfered all the way here just to see her"
Mikane suddenly pouts.
"Was that a joke?"
"Joke? What do you mean?"
"Yukitou, you dummy"
"Huh?"
Mikane then ignored Kurou.
Kurou:
(Wait what? What did I do wrong!?)
Teacher:
[Yukitou! Please pay attention!]
Kurou:
[S-sorry teacher!]