Spirited Away : Our New Life

6

Chapter 6: Misunderstanding

It's still early in the morning and something surprising is happening in the house. With eyes slightly wider than usual, Haku stands in front of Chihiro's door, which is open to let him see what is inside.

"Chihiro, why are you awake?" Haku asks as he looks at Chihiro who is already in her uniform and is now tying her hair with the hair band from Zeniba.

In the other hand, Haku had just bathed and is not even in his uniform yet. Haku mumbles to himself afterwards, "Unbelievable. Usually she is still in dreamland at this time of the morning."

"I should be awake right? We have school!" Chihiro answers, thinking that Haku is asking a weird question.

"I mean..." Haku tries to explain himself, "Why are you awake at this time? It's unusual."

Haku can hear Chihiro laugh softly before saying, "I just feel like it! Perhaps it's because I'm somehow excited for school!" Chihiro has the urge to see if she can defend herself whenever some of those crazy fan girls will throw her mean words. She is just feeling curious about it so she had woke up earlier than she usually does.

Haku still finds things weird but decides to just let it be. He has a feeling things will go back to normal tomorrow. After all, he knows Chihiro well enough to be sure of that.

Chihiro is humming a song Haku doesn't know as he cycles towards school. Chihiro seems happy today, making Haku curious on what is actually going on. When they are walking towards their classroom, Akio is also there, greeting the two of them with his usual smile, "Hey there, you two!"

Chihiro greets back with her happy tone, "Hey there, Akio!"

"You look happy today, Chihiro. Anything special going on?" Akio asks, although he knows very well what is going on right now.

"Nothing really special." Chihiro answers as she opens the door, but laugh softly at Akio before doing so.

Haku frowns after seeing that, having a feeling that something is going on between Chihiro and Akio. He is not very upset or angry, but he just doesn't like the idea of having something going on between the two of them.

During recess, three of Haku's fan girls in Chihiro's class purposely sit near her as they make some nasty comments since both Haku and Akio aren't around.

The tallest girl among the three who has long and curly brown hair, whose name is Natsuyo Ogawa, is the first to speak, "You know what, some girls really don't understand where they should belong. They should know that if they're ugly, stupid and boring, they shouldn't be with the school's most good-looking, smart and talented boy. Don't you think so, girls?"

The other two laughs as they nod and the three of them are definitely waiting for a respond from Chihiro. They expect her to run away and ignore them, just like how she usually does, but Chihiro is doing almost the complete opposite.

Chihiro stands from her seat and the three girls think she is going to walk away from them, so they are laughing at Chihiro. They are so busy laughing that they don't pay attention to Chihiro who is walking towards their way.

They only realize Chihiro's presence in front of them when Chihiro starts talking, "Excuse me, it's really rude to gossip about others, you know? Especially if you purposely let her hear you. It just makes you ugly and stupid." Natsuyo is about to argue back but Chihiro continues talking, "Also, if you keep on doing things like this, people will end up finding you boring."

Chihiro's tone makes the three girls really angry. Natsuyo stands up and takes a step towards Chihiro, face showing how angry she is as she says, "Aren't you brave to talk back? I expect you to run away like how you usually do. You impress me, a little."