Dare to Dream

Chapter One: The Dreamless Boy

As a child, you have many dreams, whether they were unrealistic or goals for your future. A boy by the name of Shuichi Saihara used to be a dreamer as a child, but as he grew up, he stopped dreaming. He told himself that he should focus on reality, not desires. Shuichi was extremely unhappy, but he would have to deal with it. He made his way to school, and it was just a regular day. But the person Shuichi was going to meet would change his perspective on everything, and would challenge Shuichi to do unthinkable things. He arrived in class, and noticed a new desk beside his own. That could only mean one thing; there was going to be a new student. "Ok class, we were supposed to have a new student, but it seems they're running late-" just then, the teacher was interrupted by the door opening and a short boy dramatically running into the room. "MADE IT!" The boy said all proud of himself, while still trying to catch his breath. The teacher simply laughed, and all eyes fell on the boy. He was short for his age, you wouldn't think that he's in high school at first glance. "Well, what dramatic entrance you made, care to introduce yourself?" The boy walked up to the front and began to speak, "The name's Kokichi Ouma! Now that I'm here, you'll never be able to get rid of me!" The childish personality and his height made Shuichi think that this was some sort of joke, and that there was no way he could be in the right class. "Alright Kokichi, your desk is next to Shuichi, Shuichi, could you please raise your hand?" Shuichi did as he was told and Kokichi took his seat. The rest of class went by normally, and they were given free time for the last 15 minutes that remained of it. People instantly swarmed around Kokichi to ask as many questions as possible, Shuichi chose to stay away from that. The tall boy decided that he'd probably never be friends with this short and immature male, and that they'd never be anything beyond classmates, right? Finally, the bell rang it's time for lunch. Shuichi preferred to sit at a table with less people, and so he did. Until someone invited himself to sit with Shuichi... "Hey! Your Shuichi right? I sit next to you!" Slightly startled, Shuichi just stares at the boy sitting with him. Out of all the people to sit with during lunch, why did he have to sit with him? "Helloooo? Anybody there?" Shuichi had zoned out and Kokichi was frantically waving his hand in front of his face to try and grab his attention. "Ah, sorry, yeah, I'm Shuichi," "Oh cool! Hey what's with the emo hat?" Shuichi was loosing patience with this boy, and simply adjusted his hat to cover his face hoping that Kokichi would just leave, but he didn't. Suddenly, Kokichi got the idea to take Shuichi's hat off his head and run off with it. Of course, Shuichi chased him, he really liked that hat whether it made him emo or not. "Give it back!" Shuichi was angry, and had wished he had never met Kokichi. Kokichi turned around and stuck his tongue out at Shuichi and continued to run down the hall. Finally, Kokichi met a dead end, but that didn't mean Shuichi was going to get his hat back. "Give up yet?" Kokichi smiled, Shuichi was frustrated and decided it wasn't worth it. He could already tell that the shorter boy was trouble, and decided that he should try to avoid him as much as possible, but Kokichi would not allow that to happen.