It was a windy day where pink and white petals are swirling and dancing with its breeze, an image can be seen from the window of the school. The chitchatting of student, underclassmen and even upperclassmen, field the hallway as people gathered and walking through it. Welcoming the new students of the school who were wearing a tag "New Student" in their vest talking while gathering attention. If there's someone who's getting too much, it will be Tendo Hyouka. Wearing her big wide smile and waving her hands to the guys out there. She is known as one of the cutest faces in their former school, acting like she's gonna hold those title once again, or so it seems.
But those delusions immediately disappeared, as soon as a new student like her, passed in front of her. That person is much cuter then Tendo Hyouka.
Mizuki, by that time, is already in her room while sketching some new faces in her pad. She's in the fifth row near the window, the seat that designated to her in their class seating arrangement, not minding the noise of the other people who knew each other and having a reunion.
She stopped what she's doing as a girl, with two funny ponies, who's slightly sitting on the floor and resting its chin on her desk. Looking at the sketches of her in the pad, specifically on its own portrait, Mizuki sketched earlier.
"You draw well." The girl gave her thumbs up, that almost hit her nose, and smiles at her widely. After that, she stands and bends a little when she's trying to stretch her arm to Mizuki. "Suzuki Hirose," she introduced. "Please take care of me."
But above of that, Mizuki's reaction is needed the most. But, she just nodded making Hirose to snort. Mizuki is completely clueless and looking straightly at those hands that are stretching for her to reach.
As if it's a déjà vu. But she just disregard it, she doesn't need someone to accompany her in this year or even for the next 2 years. If Shiota didn't just transfer to an All Boys School, maybe she could have someone whom she can rely on.
"I'm sorry," Hirose sighed while smiling awkwardly and leave her alone; a good thing for Mizuki. She heaved a sigh as a guilty feeling raised deep inside her. It's been like that these past few days.
She's insensitive about what she is saying but become sensitive after receiving a sad expression to which she's talking to. She just rolled her eyes and snort as she glances to those trees with pink and white petals, nearly bald. But got distracted as the Homeroom teacher arrives and introduce him.
"I am Yamamoto Haruto; I'll be your Homeroom Teacher and PE Teacher for this school year." Mizuki just stared at him as she realized the resemblance of his face. Maybe, he is associated by that guy.
*
"Have you heard about Yamamoto-sensei?"
"Kinda, he's the one who dated a high school student 3 years ago right?"
"I heard, they just got married this spring."
"Is he? What a bad luck, he is totally my type."
"Why does students meddling with teacher's lives?" Natsume hissed before taking a bite to her strawberry mochi. Playing at teacher's den is a treatment to her.
Natsume is the president of Literature Club where Ayaka-sensei is the Club teacher. Well, the teacher doesn't mind her presence since it's been like that for two years.
"Basically, they are just pinpointing the people they can flirt with." Ayaka answered after sipping her cola and rest her back in the seat. Her table is full of paper works even if the class just already started. She needs to settle the files of the new students especially that principal insisted her.
"Literature Club does only have 5 members..." Natsume started as she closed the book that she's been reading whilst eating.
"Then do something about it," Ayaka said coolly while taking a sip on her coffee. She doesn't have classes for the next hours but instead of taking a nap, her paper works is a kind of hindrance to it.
Natsume growled after hearing the bell rang, indicating that the lunch time has ended. Ayaka just laughed at her reaction but fades after minding her work. The door closed after the 'goodbye' from her student and yet, she felt more stressed. She stopped typing at her laptop and rest her back from her seat. She needs a nap, she guesses.
Why do she need to be the one who's gonna work for all of the paper craps? She's not even a first-year teacher. Sighed and sighs.
She looked through her window but the shadow from the trees blocking the view of the pathway below the building. It's kind of dark. If she could just let Yamamoto-kun to...
Ah, she remembered. They broke up already.
*
The blinding lights of the stage set off an annoyed expression for Mizuki. They were instructed to go to the gymnasium after today's classes. But, it's just a club orientation. Not just the event annoys her, but even the stage where the clubs introduced themselves.
Well, she hates stages. She hates performance. It makes her remember things that shouldn't.
"Yamada Mizuki?" A voice from behind made her looked at it, seeing Yamada-sensei on sight. He smiled at her but she didn't give an expression as greetings, or she should be?
The teacher walks until he's already beside her. Some of the students are busy on the club that having a performance on stage but some of the students are looking at them, specially when Yamamoto-sensei is giving off an atmosphere that he shouldn't. 'What's wrong with this guy's face?' Mizuki hissed at herself when she took a step away from their PE Teacher.
Yamamoto-sensei only laughed at her reaction, reminding her of someone she thought earlier when he saw him in their classroom. Placing her hand on her vest's pocket and look at him was the only thing she can do, as long they are in school's premises.
"Sensei, please mind those gaze." I murmured and pointed those student's whos watching them when he's beside her again. She heard him sigh, though; she doesn't want to realize more his presence beside her. Her eyes stared back at the person's back that is in front of her to stop her from gazing neither to the stage nor to the person who's been clinging to her like a dog. Certainly, its a dog.
Those gazes make her flinch and when she's almost at her limits, she left the gymnasium. It is not like someone will mad at her for not attending the club orientation; she doesn't want to join either.
Upon the things happened, she heaved a sigh after exiting that place; her breaths is like she lost some oxygen a while ago and met some upon leaving that building. Though, she'll be an eyesore to those teachers who announced that they should be in the gymnasium, she wouldn't care at least.
After a minute of walk, she met a vending machine on the process and decided to buy a strawberry milk to calm her but it would be better if she had some companion.
"Please go back to the gymnasium please," a whisper that is directly spoken thru her ears! She thought that Yamamoto-sensei wouldn't even think of leaving the club orientation but he did!
The liquid almost spilled from the carton drink but its just luck that she nearly emptied it before that weird teacher show himself to her. Her gaze look at her shoulder and saw the teacher with the serene smile, staring at her.
She doesn't know what was that guy's plan and he's been following her. But, she doesn't like the idea of it even if she knows nothing. She avoided him by just seating to the bleachers that has been facing the vending machine. She heard some laughs from the passerby's to distract herself though it wasn't enough to not hear the footsteps of her annoying teacher.
"You don't really like the idea of coming back to world of showbiz?" He didn't sat beside her, she sighed 'cause she doesn't want to make an effort to avoid him.
'He should, atleast, knows where to stop.' She stared at her drink while processing those words. It's not like she doesn't want to enter showbiz, rather, she's afraid of something might happen if she did.
Yamada Mizuki is just an old folklore of showbiz, only the people who's veteran in showbiz knows who's that person. The newcomers doesn't recognize that image at all. It's not like she could have a big name if she debut as a model.
"School forbids it, it's on of the rules and regulation. Students must not be involved in the showbiz. You're a teacher here, you should know that," she said bluntly. He heaved a sigh, like somewhat realize what she said.
Ah. Her eyes widen because of confirmation but that emotion faded after. So, they knew each other all along? Looking at their surname and the sudden question, it confirms her assumption that they are, maybe, blood-related.
She stands up and faced him coolly.
"Congrats on your rumored wedding," she teased that resulted a weird expression on that guy's face.
She heard it when her classmates talked about him after their classroom orientation. But seeing that kind of expression from him makes her wonder if she said something wrong.
She glanced at his hands, finding where does his wedding ring go. Or, does he have it in the first place? She stared at Haruto's faced in shock when she realized that he's not wearing one. His eyes are now red and almost crying, he's been gritting his teeth since she spat those words.
"Oh well," he avoided her gaze while laughing awkwardly. He swiftly brushed his hands on his face and looked at her.
"...please also congratulate my almost wife too," and left her. Wait, did she stepped on a landmine?
