Marionette

Skies, Chapter Six - Ame [雨]

Amaya didn't remember much about the rest of Thursday night - After the stress of flying back across the oceans to get back to the Classroom after the movie ended, she'd practically crumpled into a nervous mess on the ground, and everything else was lost to her. She vaguely recalled being dragged to her feet, but then nothing else.

She awoke back at home on Friday morning with Yuta grinning down at her, asking how the movie was. He was in a particularly good mood, but Amaya wasn't game enough to ask them why. Reiko however was in a far more subdued mood, almost mirroring Amayas own. Of course, Amaya knew why this was, so she didn't bother to ask.

Eventually, Amaya decided to email Nagisa to ask him what happened after they'd gotten back to the Classroom.

He'd sent her a rather simple response back - After deeming that she wasn't going to cope walking home after flying back to Japan, Karma just carried her home instead. She'd passed out before they'd gotten half way down the mountain, apparently.

She'd stewed on that response the whole way to the classroom, undisturbed.

She was running late, and it was raining, so there wasn't really anyone around.

The rain didn't exactly bother her like large bodies of water would, but it brought her spirits down in a similar way that it did for Reiko.

Though for Reiko, her dislike of the rain had been affected, increased if for no other way to word it. It wasn't that she didn't like being wet anymore, but rather she disliked rain altogether.

Yuta was the only one out of the three that didn't have any aversion to particular weather conditions or anything at all, really.

He didn't have a particular fear or phobia, nor did anything put him at unease if one were to disclude inconsequential, trivial day-to-day things that would trigger his nagging personality.

In fact, he was unaffected by almost anything one could throw at him.

That might be the reason why he was so clued in to the way that his two sisters worked in a logical sense, even if he couldn't understand the reasons behind why the girls acted the way they did.

Reiko on the other hand was excruciatingly empathic, to the point that she acted childish on puropse to distract herself and others. Often, she'd act childish when something would come up and start ruffling her feathers, for lack of a better term.

It was a rouse to distract from pushing a point.

It was entirely to distract from something she didn't want brought into the light.

But everyone was like that in their own way - Reiko was just more proficient at it.

Finally, the classroom came to Amayas notice through the fog and rain, causing her to let out a relieved breath as she picked up the pace just a little. It looked like everyone was already inside too - Was she running even later than she'd thought?

'Oh Amaya-san! Good of you to join us.' Koro-sensei greeted her as she'd opened the door of the classroom, though for some strange reason, it sounded like he had a horrible cold.

She found out why as soon as she'd looked over at him.

His head was swollen, so bad that he looked like one of those balloons that had been over-inflated beyond its intended size - His face was small in comparison to the rest of his head. What made matters even more bizarre was the fact that he was wringing what looked like water out of his face like it was a wash-cloth.

'U-uhh ... what the--?' Amaya had uttered out, too shocked to really know what was going on.

'Don't ask.' Terasaka muttered from his seat, entirely disinterested with the situation right now.