Dear Mr. Camui

Chapter 9

I woke up, the morning light piercing through the window. I groaned a little. "Morning, May." I heard from the couch. "Morning." I replied, taking the blanket off and standing up. "I gotta go change for school." "Your uniform's on the edge of the sink in the bathroom. I put it there." "Thanks, Abeoji." I replied, half jogging to the bathroom. I opened the door and turned the lights on in the bathroom. My uniform, neatly folded, was on the edge of the sink, just like Abeoji said. I took off my pajama shirt and folded it, then put my uniform shirt on, and tied the tie. I took my pants off and put my skirt on. I folded my pants, and put them with my shirt. I put on my tights and skirt. I found the shoes right underneath my clothes and put them on. I ran my fingers through my hair to get at least some tangles out. I sighed and picked up my clothes. I walked out of the bathroom, turning the lights off behind me. I walked back to put my clothes by the chair. I heard a voice that sounded all too familiar, Kimi's. I saw Kimi, talking with Abeoji about God knows what. "Hi, May!" Kimi chimed. "Kimi, did you let yourself in?" Kimi nodded excitedly. I facepalmed. "No, May, I let her in." I looked up. "You sure about that?" I asked. Abeoji nodded. "You ready to go to school, May?" Kimi asked. "Yes, Kimi." I replied, tiredly. "Ok! Let's go!" I picked my slightly heavy backpack up off the ground. Kimi ran outside and waited for me. "I made you lunch for today." "Oh yeah, what is it?" I asked. "Rice." Abeoji replied.

"Alright then. Bye. Have a good day. Love you." I said, walking out the door. Love you? May, have your standards dropped? God! I thought. My phone vibrated. I took it out of my pocket and looked. The text read: 'Love you too.' I smiled slightly. "What are you smiling about?" Kimi asked. "Abeoji texted me." "Oh. That's nice." Kimi and I began to walk down the street. "I would take my bike, but it's too nice to take out just yet." Kimi chimed. "What color is it?" "Pink!" Kimi began to bounce happily. We kept walking, making sure I knew where I was going. "What class do we have first today?" "Social Studies! With Ms. Amano!" Kimi replied, happily. "I like Ms. Amano. She's really nice." Kimi nodded in agreement. I stopped at a sign. "What does it say, Kimi?" "It says stop!" We both waited to cross. Kimi began to cross, grabbing my hand. Kimi turned around a corner. I could see the school getting closer as we walked. I sighed, getting ready for the lecture I was going to receive. As we kept walking, the school got closer and closer. We soon arrived at the front of the school. "Ready, May?" Kimi asked. I nodded. We walked up the front steps of the school. "Morning, May! Morning, Kimi!" Amano-sensei chimed. "Morning, Amano-sensei!" I replied. Ms. Amano smiled. I walked into the school with Kimi. Ms. Amano held the door for us. "Thank you!" Kimi chimed. "You're welcome! See you in class!" Ms. Amano said, running to her class. "Bye-bye!" Kimi replied. I began to walk to class with Kimi trailing behind. Ms. Watanabe was standing in the hall, talking to Ms. Hatanaka, our science teacher. Kimi and I ran into the classroom, quickly taking our seats. I sat in my seat, smoothing my skirt. Ms. Watanabe entered. "Stand!" Gakuko yelled. We all stood. "Ohayogozaimasu, Watanabe-sensei!" We all shouted. "Please be seated." Ms. Watanabe said in her charming voice. We all started sitting. Baru stood up from his seat and skipped over to Ms. Watanabe, while she did attendance. "Mama, hugs." "Not now, honey, go back to your seat." Ms. Watanabe replied. Baru nodded and headed back to his seat. The bell rang. "Ok, Amano-sensei shall be here momentarily." Ms. Watanabe said, standing up from her chair and heading across the hall. Ms. Amano rushed in, clutching her books. "Ok, good morning everyone." "Morning, Amano-sensei!" We all cheered. "You guys ready to learn some Social Studies stuff?" "Yeah!" We cheered. "Alright!" Ms. Amano replied. Everyone started pulling out their work. I looked around, hoping either Gakuko or Kaicho could give me their work. I looked around more frantically. Ms. Amano noticed and walked quickly over to me. "May, what's wrong?" I looked up. "I don't have my papers, ma'am." "May, calm down. I understand your situation fully. Wanna see me after school? I'll give you your papers." I nodded. "Ok. You have Kimi tell you the answers." I nodded.