Bonds are created like so

Backside of the TV pt. 1

Wednesday 4/13/2011

You walk alongside your brother to school. You're rambling on about this manga you've been reading not even noticing if Yu was listening or not. 

That boy from yesterday zooms by on his bike. You know, the kid who had his balls destroyed not once, but twice in the same day. Yeah, that one. 

Yet again, he manages to crash. Maybe he really didn't know how to ride a bike. It was almost comical how he ended up in the trash. literally.

You giggle under your breath. Yu hears you and sweatdrops. 

The two of you walk closer and you can hear him calling for help. You try to tell Yu to forget about him but he stops walking, head turning towards the boy stuck in the garbage can. 

Yu manages to pull him out. The ball suffering boy seems pleased. 

"You saved me, thanks. umm..." His words falter. "Oh, yeah. that's right. You're that new transfer student. Yu Narukami." 

' What am I? Chopped liver? '

"I'm Yosuke Hanamura. Nice to meet ya." 

"Are you okay?" Yu asks. Great, he's gonna engage in conversation. You take this as your cue to ditch your brother and head to class. You don't wanna be late.

Early morning >> Morning

You sit in class, bored out of your mind. Your homeroom teacher was going on about something you already knew. You were already taught this. Last year. When you were already in your third year. Maybe being held back wasn't such a bad thing. Gave you a chance to zone out when you already knew this stuff.

And zoning out you did. 

You gaze out the window at the gloomy scenery. Despite it being cloudy out, you knew is wasn't going to rain unfortunately. 

You're snapped out of your thought when you hear your teacher call your name. you quickly turn your head away from the window. 

Your teacher asks you a question pertaining to the topic and you give the answer you think is correct. Your teacher is pleased when you give the correct answer, thinking that you were in fact listening to the lecture. You can feel your knowledge increase slightly.

When classes for the day have ended, you leave to go meet up with your brother in his own class. you spot him seated at his desk, putting his books in his bag. 

"How was class?" you ask as you approach him. 

"Good. you?" He asks in return.

"Boring."

Suddenly that Yosuke guy come up to the two of you. 

"So, you guys getting used to this place yet?" he asks, arms crossed. 

"Kind of." you admit.

"Yeah." Yu adds in.

"wow, that was fast. There isn't much to do here compared to the big city, but there is that certain... something you can't quite get anywhere else. The air's clean, the food's great... Oh, you guys know about the local delicacy?" 

"no." Both you and Yu say in unison. 

"it's grilled steak! Like that's anything special, huh?" 

"Er-- right..." you deadpan. 

"I know a place where you can get it cheap. wanna come? You helped me out this morning so it's on me." Yosuke says with a grin.

For some reason, you feel dejected. Like the offer wasn't directed to the both of you. Just him.