Diamond no Ace: Laugh, Love and Live

The Transfer Student

Dear Mom and Dad,

This is Megumi. I hope you're not mad at me for going to Tokyo all by myself. When you read this letter, I probably arrived there by now. Sorry for not bringing up this matter to you personally. I just can't when you're so against me pursuing my dreams to be able to play baseball and help uncle at the same time. Please don't try to send someone to fetch me here. There's only a year and a half for me before I finish high school anyway. So once I graduated, I'll be sure to come back there in Nagoya. Also, don't worry about where I'll stay because I'll be living in the dorms.

Your loving daughter,
Megumi

P.S: I'm serious about not sending someone to fetch me here. I'll go back there in my free will, so please don't force me.

P.P.S: That would be all. I'll make sure to send you a text or call you next time. Thanks, Mom and Dad!

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"That girl... What is she thinking, going to Tokyo all by herself?!" A man in his mid-thirties clenched his fist tight, which was holding the paper containing the letter written by his runaway daughter. It was unheard of. To run away from home is absolutely unforgivable!

He has shiny, jet black hair that's parted to the left side and hazel brown eyes which seemed to be burning with anger. The man wore a suit, which made it obvious that he's an office worker. In his other hand was his suit case, containing necessary files for his job.

"Calm down, dear. Let's just wait for Megumi to contact us later. If she doesn't, then I'll be the one to contact her. I'm sure she's with her uncle by now. At least, we know that she's safe, Takehiro." A woman in her mid-thirties sighed before pursing her rosy, pink lips anxiously.

Her appearance was obviously beautiful when she was in her prime, but it didn't mean that it was any less now. Her chestnut-brown hair was tied in a neat bun. Her dark brown orbs glistened with worry in the morning sun that seeped through the windows of their home in Nagoya. Still, she tried to reassure her husband.

"I'll contact Tesshin later," Mayumi nodded at her husband who gently laid his hand on her shoulder. He was sure that his wife was bound to worry unnecessarily about their daughter who ran away from home because of a trifling reason; to play baseball.

"I'll be heading to the office now, Mayumi. Be sure to check on Megumi later, hm?" The said woman of the Fujimoto house just nodded her head. Her eyebrows were still slightly furrowed. A sign that she would not worry less for her daughter's well-being, no matter how much she was reassured by someone.

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Fujimoto Megumi, a junior student – and the runaway daughter – who transferred to Seidou High School, stood in front of the gates, taking a good look of her surroundings. Some students who were entering the campus grounds were looking at her a bit incredulously as they passed by her.

The girl was quite attractive, with hazel brown eyes and chestnut colored hair that was past her shoulders and gathered in a high ponytail with her fringe parted to the left side. She was about 167cm – quite tall for a high school girl. She clearly has a slim, yet toned figure underneath her uniform. Her complexion was slightly tanned, a sign that she is an outdoors-type of person.

Checking the time on her wristwatch, her eyes immediately widened when she saw that it was nearly time for her homeroom class. She sprinted as fast as she could to her classroom, located at the second floor, after changing her shoes into indoor ones.

As soon as she stopped, Megumi wiped the sweat that was starting to form on her forehead, with the back of her hand. Knocking three times on the door, it soon slid open, revealing a woman in her mid-twenties with a kind, yet curious expression.