Gokusen 3 Remake

Episode Five

Episode Five

It was finally here. The day I was going to have my first date, ever. I admit I was excited and nervous, but I wasn't being all girly about it. I kept my cool through school. My heart started beating faster as Yankumi's math lesson came to an end.

"Because today and tomorrow we have parent-teacher conferences in the afternoon, we'll end the lesson here," Yankumi announced.

We cheered.

"What should we do," Honjo asked, "any suggestions Sai-chan?"

I turned to the gang, "sorry, I have a date today."

They all looked at me in shock, except Yamato, "nani?!"

I smiled, "yeah with that guy, Takahashi, Akio, remember?"

"Hey Chiaki, let's go play some darts after lunch," Yamato suggested before the guys could say anything.

That got them off the subject of my date quickly. I narrowed my eyes at Yamato. He avoided my eyes.

Honjo shot up cheering.

"Honjo, Kuraki, Saitou," Yankumi called getting our attention, "your conferences are today, aren't they?"

"Ah, I forgot...," Honjo whined.

"Ain't it just my mom," Kura asked.

"No, it ain't," we groaned, "I told you all, didn't I? This time it's a parent-student-teacher conference. We're going to be focusing on your future. Have you thought about it?"

"Our future is still a long way off," a guy lazily said.

Yankumi nodded, "of course there's no need to decide now. Whether it's college or work, it's not a decision to take lightly. You need to think about it ahead of time."

"I've decided," one of the guys up front called out.

"Huh," Yankumi walked up to him, "is there something that you want to do?"

"I want to be a 'freeter'."

"A freeter can be various things," Yankumi smiled, "first off, what sort of part-time job?"

"Part-time job," he asked confused, "a freeter is a man who can live freely. Right?"

Honjo busted out laughing, "what an idiot! It's to breed dogs."

We turned to him.

Yankumi's smile dropped completely, "Honjo...That's a 'Breeder'."

He rubbed the back of his head laughing at his mistake. We laughed at him and turned back to the front. As soon as class was over, Honjo, Kura and I stood outside the classroom. There were a few others waiting with us. Soon their mothers came to wait too. I sadly watched the others interact with their mothers, and then, walk in and out of the classroom together. I was the last one to be called. I walked in and sat down. I glance over at the empty chair beside me as Yankumi sat down across from me. I looked up at her.

She smiled, "we can talk while we wait for your guardian."

I rolled my eyes, "no one's coming."

Yankumi sighed, "you didn't remember to tell your guardian?"

"No, I don't have a guardian," I stated plainly, "you can write that I haven't decided what I want to do with my life yet."

I got up to leave, but Yankumi stopped me from walking out.

"Saitou, if you ever want to talk, I'll listen."

Holding tears back, I walked out of the classroom then out of the school. I kept walking until I found myself in the park. I went over to a bench and sat. I watched kids playing with their parents thinking about how lucky they were to have each other.