The Calm To My Storm

Clumsy Kyo

I woke up to my brother knocking on my door, I sighed heavily and sat up, throwing the covers off me. " Come in," I say yawning. My brother walked in and looked at me with wide eyes " Why are you not reading MJ?!" he said loudly and i groaned " You don't have to shout, it'll take me two seconds to get ready, relax" I said getting out of bed, my brother laughed and walked back out of my room. I walked over to my closet and pulled out my uniform, putting it on I grabbed my bag and walked out of the room.

" Im guessing J-" I was cut off by my best friend shouting up the stairs for me " MJ MJ lets go" she said as i walked down the stairs, I smiled at her and she threw my shoes at me, I put them on and shook my head at her " I haven't even eaten yet" I said and she laughed " you never eat at home anyway" she said and I sighed, she was right. " Come on you two" Aiden said to us as we walked out the house, I locked the door behind me and walked to the car.

My little family was chaotic, every morning and every night. My brother was captain of the basketball team and my best friend was his biggest supporter, she went to all of his games and all of his practices, she loved the sport. My brother basically raised us both, our parents were around but they worked a lot, so growing up we were left alone a lot in the care of my brother. We were all close, we all loved each other and it showed it more ways then just saying it. 

Although I didn't go to practice with them, they dragged me with them, just so they knew I was okay and safe, they did that a lot, make sure I was always safe, always okay. I used to figure skate, I was really good at it. I was at nationals when my whole life flashed before my eyes. Its hard to remember but i remember hitting the ice, the sound of it beneath my head, the blood and the screams. 

I was shook out of my memories by the car door slamming shut. I smiled at my brother who sat next to me in the drivers seat, he gave me a caring smile, like always. 

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Once we got to school J and Aiden tried to beg me to go to practice with them " I don't even know why you guys bring me, I never go to your basketball practice" I whine and J huffs and lets go of my arm " Fine, I'll go support your brother, you go read" she says in a teasing way and Aiden laughs " See you at lunch sis" he says and i smile and wave to them as I walk off towards the school.

I usually sat in the library to read but it was closed on Monday's, so I walked to where my first class is and sat down on the floor. I pulled out my book and began to read it. After what seemed like 30 minutes or so someone had tripped over me. " Ow- watch it" the boy said in a harsh tone, he glared at me and I smirked at him " you are telling me to watch it? The one that's sitting, you were the one-" He cut me off with a low growl, i laughed at that, his face looking so serious, I looked at his hair, thought it looked cool, before I could speak again he spoke up. " whatever- sorry" he mumbled out the last word so i could barely hear it.

He looked familiar, it clicked once my eyes met his " You sit behind me in class, why are you here so early?" I asked closing my book and placing it next to me, he was rubbing his knee where he fell. " I have practice, yeah you are the annoying girl that always blocks the board" he spat out and I shook my head, laughing

" Lynn - It's Lynn, not annoying girl" I said and he just blinked at me. " This is where you tell me your name, or I could just call you the clumsy boy" I said and he glared at me again. " kyōtani" he muttered out and stood back up, he looked down at me. " Alright clumsy Kyo, go to practice".

" Dont call me-" he groaned " whatever" he said before angrily walking off. He looked back at me for a second, a more soft look in his eyes but his face was still serious and scrunched up.

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Once people started flooding the halls going to their classes I stood up and grabbed my bag, throwing it over my shoulder as I smiled at the passing people. I wasn't the most popular person but i was friendly to everyone who spoke to me or smiled at me in the halls. I kept a small circle of friends, my anxiety got bad around big groups.

"Thanks for waiting" I heard a soft but excited voice say to me, I turned around and smiled at my best friend " Hey J, how was practice?"I asked her as she jumped happily, grabbing onto my hands " It was amazing, they're so tall - ugh and cute" she said and I laughed " Careful, my brother is on that time - and that's gross" I said and watched as my brother walked up behind me, leaning his arm on my shoulder.

" She supports me more then you sis" he said in a joking tone, I shoved his arm off " Supporting you doesn't mean i have to watch you play every morning and night Aiden, plus after my accident, watching sports doesn't really interest me, makes me miss it" I said sighing and J and Aiden looked at eachother and shook their heads.

They always pushed me to get back out there after I got hurt, to get back out there on the ice and enjoy myself but I couldn't. They both gave me empathetic looks and I pushed away from them and walked into class " Stop looking at me like that - and go to class" I said the last part looking at Aiden, he smiled and said something to J before walking back off again.

I walked to my usual seat, second from the back, closet to the windows. I often spent class looking out the windows, watching the clouds, the birds, anything to keep me from falling asleep. I placed my books down on my desk and slid into my chair, resting my chin in my palm as I waited for class to start.

Once I saw him walk in, I looked up at him as he grumbled past me and sat behind me, I laughed to myself a bit and leaned more to the side, so my ' annoying head' wouldn't block the board all class.

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" Alright class, take the rest of class to go over your notes, we have a test tomorrow so be prepared" I heard the teacher say, it broke me out of my thoughts. I sighed and leaned back in my chair, I heard low mumbling behind me, I turned around in my chair and looked at Kyo - he was angrily writing and erasing in his notebook. I took a second to admire him, he wore eyeliner, it suited him actually.

" What are you staring at?!" I heard him say and I shook my head and nervously rubbed the back of my head, smiling at him " nothing - I heard you mumbling so i turned around - do you want help?" I said and if he pressed any harder on his pen it would snap.

" Why would you want to help me?" he asked slowly, now looking back down at his notebook. I grabbed my notebook and slid it into his desk with a smile " Why wouldn't I?" I said and his eyes slowly met mine, then went down to my notes.

The way he looked was sad, like it was the first time someone was nice to him, it made me tilt my head to watch him for a moment. " Hey-" I was cut off by hands slamming on my desk, I jumped and Kyo reacted by slightly standing up, his eyes wide and looking at me.

I turned around and sighed " J - Jesus you could have given me a heart attack" I said and she just looked at the boy behind me as he sat back down, mumbling to himself and shoving my notebook back at me. " Who's your friend?" J asked me, her intentions normal but the way she said it must of set Kyo off because he groaned loudly " I'm not her friend" he spit out, shoving his things into his bag and standing up.

" Wait- " I said to him as I stood up, but J stopped me, " leave him be, clearly he doesn't want to be friends' ' she said and I sighed and sat back down at my desk.

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When I got home I just let J and Aiden do whatever they wanted, they usually just talked about basketball for hours anyway, I was tired and just wanted to lay down, these early mornings and not eating enough was draining. I groaned and opened the door to my room, dropping my bag down next to my bed as I flopped down on it.

Why did he think I wouldn't want to help him?

Why was someone offering to help such a shock to him.

I sighed and sat back up, looking at my bag, my notebook sticking out, I walked over and took it, opening it up.

I smiled once i reached the pages from today's class, in messy handwriting was a small message in the corner " thanks i guess"

" You're welcome Kyo" I said to myself as I smiled.

I'll show you I'm your friend.