HEARTBEAT - HIGHSCHOOL

chapter -2 - Initiation

Sakura finally sits of the bench beside Haruki...

She instantly goes ahead with her cheerful persona and introduces herself in her best attempt to befriend him -

Hi mr... happy to meet you!
As you can see i am completely brand new to this place and you don't seem to be having much companionship around here;
I mean, don't get me wrong! ...
I don't spy on you or anything to know who you might be hanging out with or not,
but...I don't know how to exactly pin point it but you seem like someone who prefers hanging out with themselves more ...
Which btw is completely fine , I mean there's nothing wrong with prioritising your own company over that of others but since we are sitting together in the same Bench for the whole year, why don't we just befriend each other, would'nt that really help us getting comfortable in each other's company, what do you say...sounds like a great idea right?

Haruki (still looking very grave and almost annoyed) after listening to every word of the girl minorly adjusts his glasses after which he finally replies with...

Well, as you just stated, I don't particularly enjoy company. Specially from someone like you!
and I would prefer it being that way. I would appreciate it very much if you don't bother me with any of your chaotic activities , any handpicked suggestions or random conversation starters like this one...it's bothering and frankly annoys the heck out of me. I would prefer it if we not talk at any moment during the day and about being friends... well, you should provide that offer to someone who has an interest... because I surely don't have any...
Go give your overly outgoing aura to someone who needs it!

Hearing this Sakura stops smiling aggressively like before. She simply nodds and says...

'Well, as you wish! So, be it'

She feels hurt by his brutal tone and his words. More than that she feels angry for the way he talked down to her in this way.
She begins thinking to herself,

"what jerk of a human being is he huh?
Does he not have manners or something, he seemed utterly lonely, I was just trying to help him, I didn't even do anything to cause him any disturbance yet...Gosh, how much quantity of Ego can a human body store at once?... unbelievable... seriously!!!
Jerk...stupid... And the dumbest human I ever came across!!!"

She curses Haruki a tons inside her head while sitting silent with a grave expression resembling that of Haruki...but after 10 to 15 mins of mindless cursing, she looks around and realises that she is surrounded by a busy bustling atmosphere of all bright and unique individuals...
And then she remembered the quote she heard from one of her childhood friend 'there's always plenty of fish in the sea'...
She laughs a little on herself thinking how she didn't realise this only because she was sitting next to Haruki and the negative expirience with him. just like how in life we don't notice all the good that surrounds us because we are too busy noticing that one bad detail that took place.

With this in mind she again gets back to being her bright and cheery self, excited of what all the future looks for her in this brand new classroom filled with all sorts of students...

In the recess, she finds a group of students eagerly sharing their water Colour paintings with each others...
Looking at them Sakura remembers she has her art book with her today...she had packed it in for an opportunity as such...
She quickly took it out and joined there group where she showcased her art ...
Everyone was amazed and she got numerous praises for her work...it was a huge group so everyone could hear those good compliments ...
Including Haruki: the only one didn't seem too happy about it.
His jealousy and annoyance was on peak and totally visible on his face. As if he his expression screamed 'how dare she?' it was merely the fact that no one noticed this since most people were accustomed to not noticing him either ways...one could say he was basically invisible in this classroom, maybe because of his demeanor or maybe he didn't wish for anyone to ever notice him ever...or maybe he secretly did...who knows?
Nevertheless, after recess the periods went calmly and Sakura never got to know about Haruki being jealous of her.
She was simply too busy getting happy about the fact that got so many compliments and she got to meet so many new people and got to witness there artistic streak!

As after 12:30 the final bell rang and it was the end of today's classes...
Everyone headed back to there homes.