Polaris

Chapter 3: Makino Ichijou's Arc

"Everyone pack up, training is over!" A mid length brown haired girl yelled. "HAI!" The boys yelled. Everyone started packing up while the girl started picking up the balls scattered on the floor. "Let me help you senpai. A tall first year boy told her as he started picking up the other balls. "Ah! Let me do this go and take a rest you had a rough training for today." She told him.

"I don't care, I want to help you senpai."

"But, but..."

"Just let me do this, Makino-senpai." He smiled.

Makino got no choice and allowed the first year student to help her. After cleaning everything up, she closed the gym and left the school. "Time to go home and do some work." She told herself. She head home via bus and when she reached her bus stop she went out of the bus and walked to her home, on her way she was surprised to see one of her housemates, Sara. "Sara-san!" She exclaimed.

"Ah Makino-san! Are you on your way home?" She asked.

"Yeah, are you also?"

"Yeah, my internship ended a bit late. How about you?"

"Club activities at school."

"Heh- that is so nice, I remember when I was still in high school I was playing tennis."

"Hahaha you sound like an old man Sara-san."

"I know right?! The strain is already taking toll on my body." She chuckled softly.

"Looks like it, must be hard being a medical student."

"Yeah, it really is. How about you Makino-san, how are you doing at school?"

"Well I'm doing fine, just busy both in school and at home."

"Oh yeah you're a mangaka right? How is it going?"

"I'm doomed." 

"Why is that?"

"I haven't found anything that will peak the interest of my readers. Honestly I'm stuck up."

"Why don't you ask for an advice to Akatsuki-san, I mean he is a writer, maybe he can help you."

"I haven't think about that! Thanks for your advice!" She thanked her.

When they finished talking they already reached home, "Well then I'll go to my room, see you around Makino-san." Sara said as she head straight to her room. Meanwhile Makino went to her own room and changed into her comfortable clothes and started drawing her on-progress manga. Every time she started drawing she kept on remembering the first year guy who keeps on pestering her every practice time and because of that she never finish anything she started and it is aggravating her much. "Ugh why do I always remember that guy, so annoying." She told herself. She stretched out her arms and yawned, "I cannot sleep not until I make some progress." She convinced herself, hours went by and it was 6 in the morning already. "You've got to be kidding me." She told herself when she realized it was already in the morning. She head to the bathroom and quickly had a shower. 

Half an hour later she rushed to go to her school. "I made it." She exhaled deeply. "Are you okay?" A classmate of her asked.  "Yeah I'm good, all good." She replied. She went to her desk and rested her head on. "I didn't do any progress in my story and I'm sleepy, what on earth will I do." She asked herself. Classes started and Makino kept herself awake, struggling to be awake. Hour after hour Makino's eyes are starting to close, "Shoot I'm sleepy." She said to herself, she raised her hand and called her teacher's attention, "Yes, Ichijou-san?" The teacher said,"Sensei, I'm not feeling well may I go to the infirmary?" She asked permission, the teacher allowed her to go, while she rushed to the infirmary and sleep. As soon as she got there, the nurse on duty wasn't around, she decided to go to bed and rest for awhile.