Wisteria

Chapter 2(unedited)

Deeply sorry for not updated in absolutely ages (again).

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I didn't want to upset her more by telling her she was fake crying. She screamed as loud as she could, my ears hurt. Classmates of hers and mines started piling up looking at the horrific crime I've done. The started swearing at me, I felt miserable and embarrassed. That made my reputation minus negative. It was at 10+, now that I made the school's most popular female student mad at me, everyone was mad at me.

"How dare you!" One boy shouted. The girl was crying.

"Apologize to Asuna-chan!" One girl screamed.

I heard the crowd murmuring, "What happened to Midori-san?!"

I thought to myself, "Ah, her name is Midori Asuna, I guess."

Everybody left, and I was all alone. Like I was in middle school. The day ended, I went home, I ran as fast as I could, I felt like a cheetah. When I reached home, I could smell a fragrant smell, it was very familiar. It had a rosy touch to it, the smell of the cooking was cinnamony, and I could see the steam rise out from the chimney. I could already guess, it was Granny that was making a magical treat, or as I call it. It was apple pie.

As I went inside, I asked Granny, "Are you making apple pie, Granny?"

"Of course, it's your favorite, Atsuko dear."

"Hah, hah! How'd you know?!" I said surprised.

"I always know what you like." Granny said.

"I was scared of Granny, how does she know everything?!" I thought.

"Are you talking about me in your head?!" Granny yelled.

"Gulp! H-how'd you know?!" I jumped.

"Ha, ha. Now I know." Granny smirked.

I looked shocked, I was furious, "G-granny." I tried to hold my temper in. "N-nevermind."

Granny sliced a piece of pie and gave it to me. It smelled so good! I could see the beautiful steam come out of it, and the cinnamony smell. The whipped cream was nicely placed, and it was very soft. was it was fresh out of the oven!

"Wow! Thanks, Granny!" I happily said.

At school, there are the popular ones, the "stylish" ones, the cute geniuses, and some are all the above. I fit in none of the beauty categories, unfortunately. Sorry Mom and Dad. And as I was saying, I'm not one to blend into the crowd like everyone else. Oh, and did I mention, I can talk to animals.

"Oh my gosh, Asuna! Did you see what happened in class yesterday?,"whispered the girl near the windows.

"What is it, Hinami?," questioned the other girl.

"There was the creep from your class. She came over to our class to announce stuff like supporting this school. Isn't our school already wealthy enough?"

"Well yeah. And besides, even if this place goes into ruins, I bet she'd be the only one to actually care anyway."

"She should just do everything herself. Am I right, Asuna?"

"I know right? Everyone at this school is either wealthy or smart, but she is neither those and doesn't deserve to even be here."

"Why did the principal even allow someone like her, to even be here in the first place?"

Their talking about me again. It's been this way since I had came here and on my first day here, I was like any other student till I spilled a can of juice on Asuna. It was only an accident, more like she shoved me on purpose. Oh and here's also another thing about me, I'm also kind of afraid of gorgeous and "stylish" and popular people since I was in middle school.

I just seemed to form this barrier between me and everyone else to protect me. Whenever I seem to even make contact with them, I just get so nervous and afraid and go someplace else or try to toughen up and act more like a tomboy. And since there are a lot of people like them, I'm just lucky to be alive right now. And now the only thing that can calm me down right now is a book or a place to be alone, and at the moment, I'm gardening. Which is great because not many people come here so it's perfect to sit and read or fix up the place a bit.

"Hey, Himami." the boy says.

Then, as the boys walks over to the girls, he bumps into me.

"Ooff." while he turns and looks down. "Hey! Watch where you're going! OH!" the boy said in shock and quickly ran off to the girls. "Hey, Asuna and Hinami."

"Um, I'm sorry." I whispered.

"Oh, hey Hai-kun!"shouted the girls.

I honestly don't mind the criticism, but they always stay with me, like a sign on my back to insult me and I don't notice. But the "stylish" and popular ones petrify me.

I went onto weeding the library plots and it actually looked pretty nice, for the most part, and I headed back to the classroom to get my things. As cautiously as I could, I quietly headed towards the classroom, taking gentle steps and hiding behind walls, when I spotted Kazuo along with his friends, behind me.

"Why now!" I furiously thought. "He's one of the last people I'd like to see right now."

Now here's the thing about Kazuo, Aki. He's is one of the popular ones. He might be one of the most perfect people in this world. He has good looks, is good with academics, amazing at sports, can do absolutely do anything perfectly.

I decided to head in the other direction, but when I kept looking back, I'd always manage to see him right behind me. So I decided to head towards the girl's bathroom and hid and locked one of the stalls. Then I heard some other girls come in and talk about me.

"So you've heard of the rumors about Atsuko, right Aya?"

"Yeah I have. And they sound awful. They don't even know her very much and they go ahead and say such things like that."

"Hey. Don't be deceived by her. She spilled juice over Asuna."

"Yeah, but it's only juice. You could easily clean that up, no big deal."

"Finally! Someone who understands me!" I shouted in my head.

"Yes that is true, but we're talking about Asuna, here!"

"Oh really? Have you ever met her or even tried talking to her?"

"Well, since everybody seems to think she is mean, I kinda think she is weird, I guess."

"Then I'm going to go and change your mind by making you talk to her, someday. I'm sure she isn't what she seems to be."Those were the only things I could make out before they left.

"I am so glad that they are going to talk to me, well I hope so. Wait, what if they were one of the "stylish"? Oh no. Please don't make a fool out of yourself, me." I thought

After I washed my hands, I quietly headed to the classroom. I'm trying to avoid anyone to prevent any other haters. Still trying not to bump into anyone. And when I came close to the classroom door, listened if anyone was there, which I heard no one. And when I walked into the classroom, there wasn't anyone there.

"Thank goodness!" I whispered. And I grabbed my things and just when I was about to leave, Aki appeared in the door.

"Is anyone here?" he spoke.

"Ah!" I said, which were the only words I could say.

"Oh, sorry about that." sympathetically at me.

"Holy crud, I have to leave as soon as possible!" my conscience said."Um, please excuse me." and I ran to the library. "Why did I even do that? That was really dumb."

I instantly headed for the classics and fairy tale section. In the library I love checking out tales and fantasy stories. They are just so adventurous and have wonders of curiosity. I quite regularly borrow many of these. As I scan the shelves, I notice one I haven't seen or borrowed yet called "The Tales of Wisteria" and skim through the first page.

"I haven't seen this one. This seems interesting." I thought and went ahead to check it out.