Chapter 2

Ahh…It’s happening again. In my dreams, I always find myself sitting on the dining table, talking to people I don’t know. There is a woman, preparing something in the kitchen. I look around and find a man reading a newspaper in the living room right beside the kitchen and an unknown girl right beside me sitting on the table, having a chat with the fore mentioned people. But I can’t hear nothing but faint murmurs nor can I interact with them. I always try to see their faces but the figure I see are nothing but a blurred silhouette. But I do know something for sure, the fact that I am enjoying their company as my heart always warms up when I look at this scene. The memories stored in my brain might have faded but the memories of my heart must linger within me in the shape of my dreams. I am sure of it.

*alarm rings*

Uwahh…I feel so sleepy. Haven’t been up so early in like a month or so. But with all the extra stuff done for good, I can now go on with my regular workout schedule. Well, a whole year in rehabilitation can get pretty boring so I made up for it by delving into various hobbies like reading and watching manga and anime, playing videogames and of course exercising my body. Well, it was tough at first with recuperating injuries but as time went on, I got better at it and became pretty fit. It was also suggested by my doc. Apparently, it helps with keeping the mind calm and focused. So, I start my day off with jogging around 10 kms around 4:30 in the morning and end it with static stretching, pushups and sit ups. At the hospital, I just circled round the building but as I was new to the area, I decided to just jog my way to school.

I looked through the window to look at the sky but it was pitch black and covered with dark clouds. I was kinda gloomed up not with the fact that I won’t be able to jog today but with knowing how shitty my luck could be to be raining on my first day of school. Ahh…I should have bought an umbrella yesterday.

I finished my workout and had a cold bath. I started to prepare my breakfast which was bread and milk and as expected it started to pour hard outside. I shuffled my cardboxes in hope to find an umbrella but with no result. I remembered seeing a convenient store on the way to school when I went there for my transfer papers. But still, it was little to far not be drenched in this rain. As I was contemplating, my brother sent me a message telling me to come an hour and a half early in order to finalize the transfer papers. It couldn’t have been the worst timing as I couldn’t even wait out the rain now. So, as a last ditch effort, I wore a jacket over my uniform and steeled myself. As I was about to dash, I saw the door next to me opening and thought to myself that maybe my luck wasn’t garbage after all.

I called the person to ask for a spare umbrella. It seems like it was a woman coming out of the house but I couldn’t see her properly with her umbrella covering her face. When she turned around to respond to my call, I was taken aback by how stunning she was. She was a knockout babe, with black hair and a model like body. I awkwardly rubbed my head and started to get nervous as any typical teenager would do but her actions weren’t. She just stood there and blankly stared me for a good 10 seconds before responding. I was obviously confused but disregarded that and asked her for an umbrella. She smiled at me and dashed into her house to get one. She came over in front of my house had handed it to me. With a closer look, I realized that she was wearing the same uniform as me. She wore a blue ribbon on her chest indicating that she was a second year, my senpai.

“Thank you for lending me the umbrella. You saved me from getting drenched.”

“Its not a big deal. Its my first time seeing someone come out of that house. So, you moved here?”

“Yeah, I did just yesterday so I haven’t had time to get the necessities. Not to mention, an umbrella. It would be pretty bad to get drenched in my first day of school, wouldn’t it?”

“Hmm…it’s a pretty weird time to transfer schools, isn’t it? It’s June already. Most schools start by April.”

“Yeah…I had some problems to deal with so haven’t had time to fill out my transfer papers. I did it as soon as I finished my assignments.”

“Well…can’t ignore the problems, can we? Looks like someone is excited to go to school…to prep up this early.”

“Its not like that at all. My teacher called me early to fill out some form, that’s all. It’s could be said about you as well, Senpai.”

“Ahh, it could be said the same for me. I had some work with my club so had to go early…wait? Did you just call me senpai? Are you a freshman?”

“Yeah, I am. Is there something weird about it? Ahh, you couldn’t see my tie cause I was wearing a jacket. See the tie? Its green.”

“N-no, Its n-nothing. I just look older, that’s all. Yep, juts older. Don’t mind it. Let’s go to school or we’ll be late.”

Ehh~…Do I look that old? I pondered as we walked to school.

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We didn’t talk much after our first confrontation. We just walked silently on our way to school. Well, its not like we were friends or anything but she gave off an impression of a nice girl. She was pretty friendly to a stranger who randomly popped up asking help. She was already a knockout babe at fight sight but with a closer look, I couldn’t help but admire her beauty. Her long black hair paired but up dark brown eyes. A pretty tall frame for a girl with plum chest and a thin waste. She looked like a model. I was sneaking peeks at her when suddenly our eyes meet. I abruptly turned my eyes away in embarrassment. Ahh…she definitely thought I was looking at her dirty. I wanna die.

As I was deep into my negative delusions, she called out to me…

“What wrong? Is there something interesting on my face?”

“Ahh…its n-nothing. Don’t worry about it.” I said as I rubbed my head in embarrassment.

“Haha…You are pretty weird.” She answered as she smiled at me.

And the end of the conversation. I felt kinda awkward after that bout and was nervous about her reaction but to my surprise, she was calm. She looked oddly happy for some reason. But it may just be my imagination.

“Ah…now that I think about it, I never actually introduced myself, did I? It was rude of me. I am Eiji Seijuiro. Nice to meet you.”

She looked confused at first but she then suddenly answered…

“Oh yeah, introductions. I completely forgot about it myself. I am Seira Uyehara. Same to you.”

So, she chatted with me for this long and helped me just out of her good will. What a nice girl.

We reached school and was about to go our separate ways she called out to me…

“Hey…you see…if you don’t mind, can we go home together as well? We are neighbors after all, no?”

She asked while squirming and with slightly red cheeks. Woah, she is super cute.

“Sure, I don’t mind at all.” Came out of my mouth without even realizing it.

“Really! It’s a promise then. See ya”

And off she went. To think that I would make a promise without a second thought…cuteness, what a frightening power. But to think that I would be able to meet such a nice girl in my first day…maybe my luck isn’t bad after all. Now as she was gone, all my nerves started flooding back and I was in a cold sweat. As I came early accompanied by rain, there was nobody except a few in the school premises which made me a little calm. I rushed to the staff room where my brother waiting at the door.

“You are finally here. Hurry up and fill up the form. The Principal is waiting for it.”

“I am really sorry. The rain delayed me. Also, what’s that paper you have in your hand beside my transfer form?”

“Oh, I forgot to mention you. Its your club application form. Well, it is compulsory to entry a club in our school and the higher ups are anal about it. Just be a member of some random small clubs just for filling out the form.”

“Huh…ok will do just that. Can you name me some random clubs where participation is not necessary?”

“I believe there was one…oh yeah! The literature club. It’s a club where participation is not necessary. I believe there was only one member left in that club. A pretty good situation for you if you ask me. There is still some time before the homeroom, so let’s go get some coffee at the café and then we can go to the classroom”

“Ok…lets go then.”

Just as we finished coffee and were about to enter the classroom, the first chime hit starting our homeroom session. Conveniently, this man right beside me was my homeroom teacher so I had no trouble roaming around the school with him. I glanced inside the classroom and it was filled with students. He invited me inside the classroom and introduced me to the class.

“Uh…It’s a little sudden but we have a transfer student from Chiyoda, Eiji Seijuiro. He is also my little brother. Please be nice to him.”

“Umm…I am Eiji Seijuiro. As he said…he’s my brother. Nice to meet you all.”

“Ok Eiji, sit at the corner right, right beside the window. That sit’s empty.”

“Ok Sensei.”

As I was walking to my seat, I heard someone say So freaking tall, which made me paranoid cause I have a complexity about my height. Yes, I am 185cm tall which is pretty tall for Japanese standards. Everyone in the hospital had the same reaction when they first saw me. Apparently, people admire tall people but for a guy who hates standing out, it’s a hassle.

The class began. I sat down to my seat and opened my textbook but studies were the last thing on my mind. I felt gazes at me for reasons I didn’t know. I tried to ignore the gazes by focusing on my textbook but to no avail. The gazes made me feel extremely uncomfortable and nervous. Maybe they thought the introduction was lame and dumb and are probably laughing inside. As my thoughts began to spiral out of control, the anxiety and paranoia made breathing difficult. My hand started shaking and I was sweating bullets. As I was on the verge of breakdown, I heard someone calling me out…

“Hey you, whatever you may be thinking is nothing but a misunderstanding on your part. Don’t worry and just calm down.”

The voice came from the seat next to me. It was the voice of a girl and a beautiful one in fact. She had silver short hair, purple eyes and a nice body. She was in the shorter end in term of height and had a umm…how do I say it…’Not so modest chest.’ (She has huge oppai)

Huh? What was that just now? Did she try to console me? Whatever it may be, she understood me. She saw my nervousness and the reason of it and tried to help me. Her tone was monotonous and sounded like she didn’t care, the very fact that she understood me made me feel warm inside. I felt like I found something special. Without me realizing it, my hands had stop shaking and breathing was in control. It was all thanks to her. I tried to call her out to thank her but my teacher had other plans. He threw me one of the meanest glare and I stopped my horses. I am sure I will have my chances to thank her.

But I was wrong. In every short break, I tried to approach her but she always went out of the classroom, the moment the bell rang. I tried to talk to her during the class sessions but was always interrupted by my teachers. So, with every method exhausted out of my bag, I decided to leave this problem to the tomorrow me. As last chime rang, I packed up my stuff and left for home. I was just about to leave the classroom but I saw some sort of a crowd forming at the school gate. Maybe some of commotion I thought but didn’t care that much because it was unrelated to me. Again, I was wrong.

As I got closer to the school gate, I kinda had a little hunch of the reason of the commotion but disregarded it, thinking it was absurd. But when I saw the person they were crowded around, I just had to accept it. It was Uyehara senpai waiting for me at the gate. I was lowkey thinking of ignoring her but couldn’t bring myself to do that. So, I accepted my fate, approached her and went home together. We didn’t talk much on our way to home but the silence was somehow soothing. I didn’t feel comfortable around strangers but maybe it was her friendly personality or what but I felt some sort of easiness being around her. Something like meeting an aunt you are pretty familiar with or such. A very comforting feeling. We bid our goodbyes and went our own ways.

This was how I spent my first day of school…encountering two extreme beauties…But I had no idea how important these encounters will be for me in my life at that time…

End