Hiya I am just wallowing over my poor report grades 😭.Anyway geuss we are not getting that drawing pad....HOLY CRAP I FORGOT ABOUT MY TEA!!!!!Ok I have my tea hehe.Sorry its been a little while since my last chapter I have been binge reading webtoons for the past few days and OH MY GOSH true beauty is so good that romance just making me want a Japanese or Korean guy but I live in London and all the guys at my school are gross sorry.Anywayyyyyy lets stop my waffling and get on with this chapter.
Shouko pov
Holy crap I did that.I called Amelia Yen and I ...thats so unlike me I....
"HEY!Earth to Sakura,"Sato kun said waving a hand in my face.
"Oops sorry I just have alot on mind right now" I say smilling up at him its currently Friday so its been a whole school week since I have met Sato but the events of Tuesday will not leave my head.Sato is walking me to my house and there is an awkward silence in the air.Ugh I cant take this!
"Soooooo I cant be the only friend you have!"I blurt randomly looking up at him since he is so tall.
He looks at me and smiles.
"I do have one other friend but she got suspened for a month,"he says chuckling to himself.
Its a she ???Does this guys not have any guy friends?And she got suspened!I didnt take Sato to be the type to befriend troublemakers, but I just called Amelia Yen a...ugh whatever what does that make me?!
"Hey Sakura san is there something wrong its like your mind is in another place today,"he says looking at me with a worried expresion.
His face is so close...OMFG HIS FACE IS SO CLOSE!!!!!I could feel my face heat up as I give him a reasuring smile.
"Yeah I am fine,"I say.
We finally get to the apartment block and I wave him away as he leaves.
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Its been about an hour since I got home.I am just lying on the sofa watching anime when mum comes through the doors looking flustered.I get up to help her with her bags and stuff.
"HEY Oka san(mother) welcome home!"I say smilling taking her two bags from her and placing them on the table.She thanks me but then turns serious her eyebrows creasing.
"Shouko we need to talk,"she says.
We sit down either end of the dinner table both of us with a tea in hand.
"Shouko honey,your a second year now and I know you want to go to university,"she pauses as she takes a sip of her tea"However with the job I have at the moment I am afraid I wont be able to pay the tuition fee especialy not with your..."she trails of and I know what she means.My dad who has only visited me three times in my 17 year old life.The last time me and mum saw him was when I was 14 he and mum had an argument about funds and he stormed out and disappeared from my life completely.Ever since mum has been struggling to keep us both supported and even though I am 18 mum never gave me permission to work.
"However I have a solution,I have been offered a nurses postition by a famous doctor in America."
I take a sharp breath in.
"America!Thats...thats halfway across the world!!!!"I exclaim.
There are now tears in her eyes.
"Shouko!I want whats best for you!"she yells while liquid runs down her face."I dont have a choice I can hardly pay the rent or bills while still being able to buy uniforms and food to sustain us!Do you know how hard this has been for me!I am trying so hard!If I dont take this job you will end up in the same situation as me when your older and I dont want that to happen!We wont be able to have a house with this job and having to take care of you is stressing me out!I need a place where I can take a break but also make sure you have a fututre I know its harsh its all I can do after your brother died!"
That last part shocks me and I stumble back knoking over my chair.We are both crying and panting on our feet staring at eachother.I am being selfish mum...mum has had so many things happen to her and I am standing here an 17 year old girl holding her back because I want my mum.
She clears her throat and speaks softly."Every month I will pay for rent and home bills your are free to get a job to buy yourselves things like clothes or food or whatever,I leave tommorow."she says looking at me.
"O-okay "I mumble quietly.
I walk past her and out of the door and onto the street the evening wind chilling my bare legs and arms.I dont know what to do I need to call someone I dont know why but a certain someone comes to mind.I pull out my phone and start texting
Me :Hey I know its late but I need someone to talk to can you meet me outside my house
Sato kun:sure no prob I live close I will be there in five minutes
I shut my phone and sigh as I slip it back into the pocket of my shirt.I slump onto the pavement and rest my head on my knees.I start to cry silently letting all my emotions and stress run free.
"Sakura san?"a soft and gentle voice calls.
I lift my head up to see him in his pj's and a black cardigan over his shirt.His black overgrown hair is messy and uncombed his green eyes glistening in the moonlight.I get up giving him a weak smile through my tear stained face and slowly start to walk towards him.I am inches away from him when I let my head come down into his shoulder.
"Sa-Shouko are you ok ?"he asks.
I lift my face up to look at him and our eyes meet.
"Shouko?"I question.
"I know we have only known eachother for about a week but I feel so comfortable around you, you don't mind do you?"he asks scratching the back of his neck embarrassed.
I smile "Of course not Alex,"I say.
He smirks and we stay like that for a few minutes until he breaks away.
"Shouko what happened?"he asks wearily.
I look down my eyes once again filling with tears .
"M-my mom she she is going to move to America so she can sustain us better but I lcan't let her go I know, it's stuipid."I say ferociously wiping away tears.
"No nothing is stupid,"he says patting my head.
"I wish I could just forget my problems for one night"I breath looking distantly into the stars with glazed eyes.
"We can always try alcohol?"he chucked grinning.
I step back shocked.
"B-But we are underaged!!We still have to wait a few years!"I say.
" Well I used to be a little bit of a trouble maker at the start of high school and went drinking with that friend I told you about,"he says slightly embarrassed scratching his head"However we could probably get some I don't wanna get you drunk but just enough to make you feel better ,"
I contemplate for a moment.
"Fine but you have to let me stay at yours for the night or my mum will kill me if she finds out!"
He nods and I take that as a go ahead to text my mum.
With him I leave to for the first time ever to drink away my problems.
Hiya guys so I actually had this chapter finished last night but I had to proof read so that's why it's coming to you in the morning.I am really happy that this story is getting more views so I have been active on updating this.For any of you who reads my fan fiction I am hoping to start today but no guarantees when the chapter will be out! Thank you to those who have been reading and please share this story with your friends so it can gain more popularity.
"If you believe your life so far has been a mistake , then maybe now is your chance to mend it,I know it isn't easy but I know several people who face their pasts in the same way"
-Erza Scarlet (Fairy tail)
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-Neko chan
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Romance17 year old Shouko joins a new school hoping to escape the scared past of her childhood. She is hoping for a happy and safe school life but she is mistaken, The top girl Amelia doesn't want anyone new on her turf especially one who befriends Alex h...
