mottainai | h. sakura

二

Haruna couldn't sleep that night. Her mind running at full speed, thinking of the same two tone haired boy she had seen earlier today. Although laying down in bed, her hands rested on top of her stomach and eyes wide open, staring into the darkness. Synonymous, it is her last night of the school break and tomorrow would be her high school ceremony at Sacred Heart. The night was quiet, with the exception of the wind blowing against her window, the sound of rustling trees could be heard, and a faint light peeking through the blinds.

Whenever she attempts to sleep, she would see his grinning face in her closed eyes. Tossing and turning around in her bed, not a single spot seems to be the perfect one for her to sleep on. Her mind was completely blank, with her brain only focusing on his image. She could feel her heart racing, the sweat accumulating on her forehead and her chest pounding. This was the first time Haruna has ever felt this way.

To feel something this way for a person she doesn't know feels very foreign to her, not even knowing how to express herself when what she feels for him comes from the inside. All she knows is that this boy made her heart race earlier and she wanted to see him again. Haruna didn't want to forget him, she would at least want to know his name, whisper it and let the wind sweep his name into the atmosphere. As the wee hours would pass her by, her face would flush with her cheeks burning, not realizing how she is falling for him already. She didn't even know him, nor had a single interaction with him, but just his presence made her feel like this.

Sometime around three in the morning did sleep finally consume her; the pink haired girl drifting off into a dreamless sleep.

The following day, the sun had risen and a new day was born, as if nothing had happened yesterday. With the morning breeze passing by the blinds, the rays of the sun would peek through the slits, illuminating the dark room, and the birds chirping, greeting the residents of Makochi. It is already ten in the morning and Haruna continues to sleep peacefully in one of the private rooms just above Cafe Pothos; already two hours late for her first day ceremony. Downstairs is her older sister Kotoha, meticulously preparing her lunch box. Just as she has finished closing the lid of the bento box and wrap a cloth around it in a secure fashion, she hears the chimes of the cafe doors ringing.

"What?" Kotoha quizzes, turning her head towards the door. "Sakura, what's wrong? Do you have a tummy ache?"

"Hurry and get the hell off of me! You've sure got guts to use me as your damn horse!"

Much to Kotoha's surprise, it is Sakura carrying an elderly woman behind his back. But it wasn't any elderly woman, it is-

"Granny Sato!" Kotoha gasps.

Granny Sato beams, waving her hand at the older girl. "Good morning, Kotoha!" She greets her, her facial expression turning into a confused one, her eyes drifting from left to right. "Oh? Is Haruna not awake yet? Growing girls like her surely needs a lot of rest!" She adds, diverting her attention back to Sakura.

"And are you telling an old lady to jump off your back from this height? Be more considerate of your elders, boy."

"I'll crush your rusted bones, granny!" 

Granny Sato leaps off from Sakura's back without any warning, immediately standing back up on her feet as she draws closer towards Kotoha's side. "Goodness. You're so inconsiderate..." She laments at him. 

"Hah?! Didn't you say your hips were hurting so much, you can't stand?!" Sakura snaps at her, his hands clenched into fists and his teeth bared.

The elderly lady then takes a small glance at him from her shoulder. "Did I say something like that? Gosh, I don't remember..." She spoke, earning herself a giggle from Kotoha, all the while Sakura continues to snap at her.