-Present-
"Ne, Haru-chan.. How are you doing right now..?" Rina asked as she slowly sipped her mocha frappuccino with a straw.
"I'm doing fine, Rina-chan.. How about you? Are you fine without me there?" Haruna asked as she placed her hand onto Rina's left shoulder and rested her chin on the other shoulder.
"Not too fine.. I want you here, Haru-chan.." Rina answered.
"It's okay, Rina. One day, you'll be with me. I'll be waiting for you, only you... Ahh, I still remember the first time I met the most beautiful girl in the world, Rina." Haruna replied as she recalled the first time they met each other.
"Yeah, I still remember that moment, too, Haru-chan.."
-3 years ago-
Year 2008
"Ah! I'm running late again!" Rina rushed herself towards the school's main gate.
"Gahh! It's almost time! The gates might close any second!" said the girl who was also rushing herself towards the school gate.
Both students runned as fast as they could, but suddenly, Rina accidentally tripped herself against the ground.
"Itte!" Rina screamed in pain as she saw her wounded knee.
"Ah!" the student turned to Rina's direction and helped her. Rina eyed the student who reached out her hand for her. She gazed deep through her eyes for a while and held her helping hand.
****
"Ah, a-arigatou.." Rina thanked the student who helped her made her way inside.
"Anytime."
"What's your name anyway?" Rina asked with curiousity.
"Ono, Ono Haruna. Nice to meet you. And, what's your name?" Haruna also asked with a bit of curiousity.
"Suzuki Rina."
"Ah, that's one cute name you got there, Rina. C'mon, let's get you to the nurse's office." said Haruna as she helped Rina to walk through the silent hallways.
****
"Excuse me, Ms. Ayuzawa. My friend right here accidentally tripped herself against the ground and wounded her knee moments ago." Haruna explained as she pointed out my wounded knee and showed it to the nurse.
"That looks a bit bad." the nurse complimented Rina's slight wound, "I-it's not that bad, really." Rina interrupted as she tried to hide the pain in her wound, it may be slight, but it hurts like hell already! I guess, Rina hasn't been wounded for a long time already.
"Oh, okay. Let me get you some bandages, Suzuki." said the nurse as she searched the cabinet for bandages, but turns out they ran out of bandages, "Ah, we ran out of bandages, Suzuki. Let me go out for a bit, okay? Ono, you stay with Suzuki while I'm out, okay?"
"Hai, hai~" Haruna agreed.
Soon, the nurse left both of them inside the nurse's office while the nurse is out to buy some bandages. Rina just gazed at Haruna's eyes again, she didn't bother Haruna noticing about it.
"Err.. W-why are you staring at me like that..?" stuttered Haruna while Rina was busy gazing at her, "O-oh, your eyes are sparkly, that's all! Hahaha, did it bother you?" she hesitantly asked as she eyed the girl as if she was gonna attack her. Haruna kinda creeped out for a little while and avoided having eye-to-eye contact with her.
"Y-yeah, a little.." Haruna stuttered while dramatically scratching the back of her head.
"Oh, I'm sorry~ Oh! Is there anything I can do for you today? I mean, you helped me walk all the way here today.. and.. I wanna do something for you in return."
"Oh, no need. How about we hang out a little more? You seem like a good person from my point of view and I wanna know you better."
"Ah, that'd be good, too!"
"And, how about we go eat at the rooftop this lunch time? What do you say?" Haruna suggested as she clapped her hands with excitement.
"I like that suggestion. Okay, count me in! I'll meet you up there, okay?"
"Oh sure, sure."
Haruna and Rina then continued to chat with each other until the nurse finally arrived with a box of bandages, "Ah, finally, I brought your bandages here, Suzuki. So, how's your wound doing?" the nurse asked, waiting for Rina's answer, "Not too bad" she added, "But it doesn't hurt anymore, so it's fine."
"Oh, good thing the pain is gone already! But you still have to wash that wound, Suzuki. You don't want bacteria infesting your wound, right?" Rina's eyes widened when the nurse tried to scare her about bacteria infesting her wound. She jumped off the bed she was sitting and went to the nearby comfort room to wash her slight wound, Haruna came along with her.
Soon after that, Rina went back to the nurse's office and placed the badages on her knee and went to class.
****
Ah, it's lunch time already. I never forgot about the meet up with Haruna up on the rooftop. I prepared my bento and chopsticks then slowly made my way to the rooftop. I was a bit excited about seeing her again. I couldn't help, but smile at that very moment. I shook it off and focused on meeting Haruna.
****
I'm on the rooftop already. I could the feel the calm breeze running against my skin. I saw Haruna sitting by a nearby bench I saw, I rushed myself towards her and greeted her with a smile.
"Ah, Rina! I knew you'd come! How's your wound doing?"
"Of course, I would! My wound's fine, don't worry. And, why would I leave you here alone? It's so quiet here! You might end up talking to yourself!" Rina threw Haruna a joke. They both made a laugh to each other. Rina then sat down and opened her bento her mom prepared for her. She had Makunouchi bento for lunch.
"That looks delicious! Mind if I take a little?"
"Sure, eat anything you'd like. There's enough to share, right?"
Haruna then tasted the different dishes in her bento. Haruna gave Rina the chance to taste her dish as well, so Rina took the chance. They chatted with each other until the bell rang. They had to part ways to their classrooms.
****
Class was dismissed already, I quickly packed up my stuff and searched for Haruna, but the problem is.. I have no idea what class she's in, so I ended up waiting for her on the school's main gate.
After sometime, I saw her walking alone, so I waved at her. She noticed and waved back then walked faster towards me.
"Where you heading, Rina?" Haruna asked as she took out her phone from her bag receiving a text message to someone she knew. "Home. How about you?" Rina eyed Haruna who was busy texting, she waited for her to finish and finally gave a response, "Ah, I'm going home, too."
"I'll walk with you." said Rina as she gave Haruna a warm smile. She nodded and started walking while Rina followed her. We chatted again until we reached her house.
"You can leave me here now, Rina. Thanks." Haruna thanked as she gave Rina an unexpected goodbye hug in return. Rina could smell the scent Haruna was wearing, Haruna smelled really good. Rina wanted to hug a little longer, but that would be a little weird, right? Soon, Rina watched Haruna enter her house then Rina went home afterwards.
****
I went home and quickly ran towards my room and jumped onto my bed then hugged a pillow as tight as I could. I couldn't believe I was fangirling over Haruna! I keep squealing onto my pillow and smiled like an idiot that moment. And, I knew what this feeling was.
I was already in love with Haruna that time.
To be continued..
