Paopu High Year 1: Dreams and Promises

Week 1 : Friday, May 24

Week 1 : Summer Promises & Sweet Dreams
Friday, May 24: Our Adventure Starts Today!

I've been having these weird thoughts lately... Sora's mind wandered as he lost himself in the sky right outside his window. "Alright class, outside! Time for recess!" These words made Sora snap his head towards the homeroom door. He quickly got to his feet and dashed out the door, followed by his classmates. His pace slowed upon reaching the playground, his hand now above his eyes, blocking the glaring sun.
"Sora! Over here!" A girl's voice called for him. It was Kairi, waving her hands at the swing sets. She and Riku managed to save two swings for the trio, as she did every day. No one ever actually swung. They'd just sit there talking, and occasionally switch between the seats. Sora ran to the side of his friends, a giant grin plastered on his face. "Guys! Can you believe it's already the last day?" Kairi questioned her two friends. "I know right?" The brunet answered, "I kinda don't want it to be over though..."
"Why? We finally get to be high schoolers!"
"Yeah, and it sounds hard," Sora grimaced at the thought of high school, but yet he was ecstatic to go. Maybe it was the thought of all the homework he was going to have to do? He had also heard some rumors that the teachers in high school were crueler than the ones he had now. Then, for the first time since the trio sat down at the swings, Riku piped up. "I also heard that high school is where tons of students ask out their crushes," he said chuckling. He leaned against a pole holding up the swings and crossed his arms. A sly grin plastered on his face. Sora knew exactly what Riku was doing. Both of them did like Kairi after all. Kairi's feet prodded at the dirt beneath her swing. "Yeah, I heard about that. But don't a lot of them get rejected?"
"I don't know. You'll have to ask your crush to find that out," Riku added.

Kairi then leapt to her feet, grabbing Sora's wrist and pulling him as well. He was flustered enough about the whole 'crush' talk, and now Kairi's basically holding his hand! "It's time to go! The bell just rang!" She yelled at Riku, while practically dragging Sora across the playground. The silver-haired boy calmly followed his friends back to the building, which was already surrounded by a vast majority of children, all from several different classes.
He sat there at his desk, tapping his pencil, a quirk he only showed when he was frustrated about something. It was homeroom, and Sora had been staring at a math sheet for half an hour and hadn't marked a single answer down. He really didn't have many close friends in his homeroom except Selphie. They weren't exactly 'best friends,' but any friend of one of Sora's friends was bound to like him eventually. "Um, Selphie? Can you help me a bit?"
"Sure Sora. With what?"
"With this math problem. It's hard to understand." He usually had Kairi to help him if he was struggling with his math after school, but the paper was due before they left school grounds. It's not like Sora could just walk off in the middle of class to ask her for help.
Selphie sat next to him and turned towards him. With how small and close the desks were to each other, their legs couldn't help but touch. "Ok. So you move the three here and add seven..." His head fell on top of his crossed arms, as he let out a groan of confusion. "Ughh..." Concerned, Selphie slightly nudges him, attempting to get Sora to look at her. "Hey... Sora? I know you want to, so, why don't you go get Kairi's help?"
"Huh!?" The brunet jolted upright in his seat from the sudden question, "No, no! I'm fine! Honest!" He paused, glancing in the direction of the teacher's desk. "And I don't think Mr. M will let us leave this time..."
Selphie pushed herself out of her chair and walked over to her teacher's desk, causing him to look up from the book he held in his hand. They exchanged a few words, and she walked back to Sora. "He said we could go," she proclaimed with an outstretched hand.
"Really?"  He said, ecstatically, taking her hand in his. He hoisted himself up and started for the hallway, the curly haired brunette following close behind with the math paper. The hallways were silent as they walked. The only audible thing being their school shoes clacking against the worn-down wood floors. Sora suddenly stopped in front of a classroom, standing still as if he'd gotten caught walking around skipping class. Selphie looked up at the classroom sign, which read ' 2-a.' "This is her classroom, right? So what are you waiting for?"
The boy slowly backed up, turned on his heel, and started walking back to class. "Let's go."
"Huh? But— we just got here!" Sora put his arms behind his head and turned to Selphie, a bright grin on his face. "She might be doing something important."  Selphie looked in the classroom and wondered what had gotten him so worked up. There Kairi was. Her smile surely did brighten up a room, but... Riku was right there next to her, laughing just as hard. She realized instantly. Sora was jealous. Selphie grinned to herself as she trailed Sora back to the classroom.