ひまわりと冒険

Long Day

Chapter Four:

"Oh my god," a girl breathes next to me. We all turn our heads to the voice who said it. Naozumi. Kaisho glances at me and we watch as Akihiko walks over to him and tells Naozumi to walk with him. Naozumi turns to smile at me and then he continues to walk with Principal Akihiko. It is silence for a long time. Kira comes and sits next to me. The beaty eyed boy is taken to the nurses office.

Lunch drags on for the longest. It feels like a year before the bell rings and we all start to file out of the cafeteria. Kira pulls me to the side as people walk around us.

"Why did you do that? You could be expelled." He whispered. I stare at him.

"Cause no one is gonna bully my brother." I snapped. He sighs and shakes his head.

"It doesn't matter, whoever that kid was isn't gonna cover for you, you should make matters right and tell the principal that it was you." He says. I sigh and watch as he heads into the sea of students.

I think about what Kira said as I make my way to gym class. The gymuism is huge. It smells like fresh wax and basketballs. I head to the locker room and change into my gym uniform. All the girls wear red short shorts and a white t shirt with white socks and red shoes. I undo my braid and put it into a high ponytail. I go out and stand with my classmates. Hansuke is standing by himself and when he sees me, he starts to walk towards me.

"Hey there, everyone is talking about you." He says. I lean against the wall.

"Is that so, anything good?" I asked. He laughs.

"A little bit of yin and yang." He teases. I smirk and sigh. "Everyone wants to know why Naozumi did that. Do you know why?" I shrugged my shoulders.

"I don't even know this guy. Last time I saw him, I insulted Aina for fangirling over him." Hansuke smiles and I stare at him. He's about five nine. He has bright red hair and golden eyes behind his black rimmed glasses. He's wearing red shorts and a white t-shirt and white socks with red shoes. We all match. It's too much red honestly.

"Hm, are you gonna thank him?" I shake my head.

"I didn't ask to be save." He chuckles and leans his head against the wall. "My name is Himawari Fujimoto. Nice to formally meet you."

"Hansuke Matsuoka, nice to formally meet you too."

We head outside and play basketball and take jogs. Hansuke tells me more about him. He tells me about how he lost his parents in a terrible plane crash and how he lives with his aunt and uncle with his sister. He explains how skateboarding and cooking keeps his mind off things. He's clinically depressed. I like the way his voice is soft but deep. We slow to a walk as we approach the next lap.

"What about you? I know you have some secrets." He says. I shrug my shoulders.

"There's not much about me. I live with both my parents and my younger brother who is like a super genius. I came from America. I miss it a lot."

"Yeah, I remember you saying that in math class. Why did you come back here?"

"My mother said it was time, and I need to be more in touch with my roots. Whatever that means." Hansuke smiles and stops walking. I stop too and he looks at me.

"I hope we can be friends this school year." He says. I feel my face getting hot. I nod quickly.

"Sure, I wouldn't mind that at all." I say. He smiles and starts jogging in place.

"I'll race you around the track." He says. I gasp and chase after him.

"No fair!" I shout.

After gym class we are required to shower. I take a quick five minute shower and head out of gym class. Hansuke waves at me and I wave back. So far, I have met two twins, a popular cunt, a nerdy dork, and an annoying chick. Looks like this school can be a tad like American school.

After art class and music class it's time to end the day. I find Kira waiting for me at the tree I was standing at and he walks over to me quickly and starts pulling me along.

"Whoa there, what's your problem?" I ask as he drags me off school property.

"That guy is looking for you, and I don't want him to attack us on our walk home. Can we please just avoid him?" I scoff.

"I am not afraid of him. If he wants to tango, he can go at it with me." I reply. Kira groans and I head back towards school property. Naozumi is standing near the school steps. He runs towards me. I stop.

"Hey, there's the girl that I took the fall for. How are you?" He asked. I look at him. He has shiny white hair and red eyes. He smirks at me.

"Why did you do that? I didn't ask for you to do that. I could have taken the wrath."

"Yeah, I suppose you could have, but even if you told Principal Akihiko. He wouldn't believe you."

"Oh yeah? And why is that?" I asked.

"Principal Akihiko doesn't believe that girls fight. And the way you punched Lee, he really wouldn't believe you." I roll my eyes. Kira appeared by my side. He bowed in front of Naozumi.

"Thank you for protecting my sister." He says. I groan and Naozumi smiles.

"No problem, it's no big deal." Kira smiles at him and I roll my eyes. Naozumi yawns and stretches.

"Does Senpai believe that you punched Lee?" I asked. Naozumi smirked.

"How about you don't worry your pretty little head about that?" He offered.

"Oh Naozumi-kun!" Some girls shout. Naozumi turns and smiles at them. They all scream. I roll my eyes.

"I see you have fangirls to attend to. See you tomorrow." He nods and Kira and I walk off as the girls surround Naozumi and giggle at every little thing he says.

"Mom, Dad? We are home!" I call.

"Himawari punched a boy today!" Kira shouts. I glare at him and he heads into the kitchen. I follow after him and he hands me a note. "Looks like mother and father are out, buying groceices. What do you want to do?" I shrug my shoulder. I open the fridge and grab the chocolate milk.

"We should probably attend to our studies and then maybe we can go to the park or something." I suggested. Kira smiles and heads to the dining room to start his homework.

We sit across from each other and start on out studies. I work on the math quiz I got from Professor Ichi.

After an hour of homework Kira is bored and wanting some attention. We leave a note for our parents and I grab my iPod and cell phone to take along with me.

We arrive at the park and Kira runs off, playing with other children and I sit down on a bench, watching him play. My iPod is on shuffle and right now it's playing a song called Satellites by Sleeping with Sirens. I notice a little girl runs over to Kira and starts talking to him. He blushes madly. I smile. Awe, my brother is all shy.

"Hey, fancy running into you here." Hansuke says. I nearly jump out my skin.

"Oh my god, holy fuck, you scared the living shit out of me." Hansuke sits next to me and laughs.

"Sssh, there are children here." I laugh and he smiles.

"They look cute together, don't you agree?" I ask. He nods.

"Although my sister is ten, they still look cute together." I smile and look at his sister. She's short and tiny. She has the same skin complexion like her brother. Her eyes are golden and she has long black hair unlike her brothers who is red. It's braided into two braids and she's wearing a pair of purple shorts and a white t-shirt with flower prints on it. She's wearing purple sandals.

"Is your hair naturally red?" I asked. Hansuke chuckles.

"No, it's black, like Natsuki's but I wanted to dye my hair, so I dyed it red."

"I bet your natural color is better." He smiles and glances at my iPod.

"You like music?"

"I love music," He grabs my iPod and looks at the song playing.

"Oh, haha. Lady Gaga?" He teased. I giggle and he sits closer to me. "So, can I take you out in a date?" I gasped.

"Wait, what?" I asked.