Catching a Fallen Angel [YohaRiko]

[7] The Realization

Then I woke up.
Goddammit.
I knew it was too good to be true.
Yoshiko would never date a normal girl like me.
I sighed in defeat.
"Time for another boring day of school," I told myself.
I fed Prelude and headed out the door.
"Woof!"
I'll take that as a compliment.
I locked the door behind me and slipped the key into the pocket of my coat.
I saw Chika walking ahead of me, but I thought it best not to talk to her.
It looks like she's busy trying to do last nights homework while walking.
Good luck with that.
After about ten minutes, Chika noticed me.
"Oh! Hi Riko chan!"
"Hey Chika."
I looked down at her homework.
The lines were scribbled awkwardly across the page.
"Hey Riko can I copy your-"
"No."
"Aw man."
She looked at me defeatedly and we walked together.
She shoved her papers back in her bad and looked sadly at the ground as she walked.
She stopped and looked up at me with puppy dog eyes.
"Fine. But just this once! Don't get used to it."
"Yay!"
She gave me a hug.
I pulled my homework out of my bag and gave the papers to her.
Chika tried to write them down while walking.
It was surprisingly affective.
As we walked together I spotted Maru messing around with the feather poking out of Yoshiko's hair.
I sighed to myself as I looked at them playing without me.
"What's wrong Riko?"
"N-N-Nothing! Don't worry about it!"
I awkwardly smiled at her.
"If you say so.."
We kept walking until we reached the front entrance.
The sign read "Ura High".
I always wondered why they didn't write out the full name.
Low budget maybe?
We walked in together and saw Mari with her face shoved into Kanan's boobs.
She pushed her away angrily.
Mari started teasing her and she turned red and said something I couldn't make out.
Better leave them alone.
I walked to my locker and started the day... Almost.
You walked up to me with a smile.
"Yousoro!"
She saluted me.
"You..soro?" I replied confusedly.
She laughed.
"It's something my dad taught me. He's a sailor you know?"
"You've mentioned that."
"..Oh. Haha! I forgot."
You really likes her dad and all things nautical.
We were in the same class so we walked to home room together.
The school bell rang.
Now I can start the day for real.