Quantum Leap - Vol. 2 Exile Island (formerly Till Death Do Us Part)

C006 Excursion

I love being in a Japanese school right now, everything was so orderly except the incident at the toilet earlier on of course. Hahahaha...! How could one forget that easily, am I right?!

After around 25 to 30 minutes later, everyone had completed performing their individual tasks and had left the classroom. I noticed that a group of juvenile students were sent to scrub and wash the toilet as I finally understand that there were no janitors assigned to the school or schools throughout Japan as well...! Trying to save cost, His Excellency Shinzo Abe.

People may find it weird but it's the truth! Japanese students clean the whole school inside out all by themselves and the schools benefit by not hiring extra help for maintenance except for gardening, educators and security that were handled by the experts. Hahaha.

So much for the education part in Japanese culture.

I waited for Kagome at the main gate of the school. There weren't any scooters or mopeds around to ride so I assume that the students either commute to school by walking, riding their bicycles, using their kick scooters or being sent by their parents or guardians in their Nissan, Honda or Toyota.

A group of teachers was also at the main gate acting as traffic wardens in an elementary school as students make their way out. It was customary in any Japanese school to practice that and all students bowed their heads and thanked their Senseis before leaving with their awaiting parents or guardians or on their own.

A group of my earlier classmates which I recognized them as Aki short for Akitoshi, Chika short for Chikashi, Ein short for Einsuke, Genji and Itaru walked towards me, each of them was walking abreast with their arms on each other shoulders.

"Hey Kenzo, want to join us for some Pachinko games after this? We could have a barbecue later and some drinks and sing karaoke afterwards before heading home... You are not working today, right? Or... You have some other plans later?" one of the guys in the group asked since they saw me leaning against the pillar of the main gate of the school, presumably waiting for someone none other than Kagome.

"Well, I kind of promised Kagome to go and get some groceries afterwards and as a man, you should know what we are destined to help carry that awfully heavy bags of groceries for the ladies. I don't think a girl like her would be strong enough to carry those bags of groceries home herself, don't you think so?" I explained myself at the same time finding an excuse to hang around Kagome and to discover about myself in more detail. I am sure I do have the guys' contacts and made a mental note to repay their invitation after work on a Saturday or Sunday instead.

"No problem Kenzo, my boy. it's alright for you to hang out with the apple of your eye. Hahaha... We won't be disturbing you two lovebirds, alright. But next time we would not forgive you at all if you do not hang around with us." one of them made a sign of a pistol with his hands and then made a shooting gesture at me jokingly and pointed to Kagome, who had just exited the school building with her group of friends namely Ayumi, Chiya, Emiko, Hideko and Megumi. All the girls had different hair colours and types such as Pink, Blonde, Green, Purple and Cyan while Blue stands out the most as it belonged to Kagome.

The group of boys bowed together at the teachers just before they leave the premise and left the school ground, while the girls separated themselves as Kagome stood right beside me and bowed to her friends and teachers. We walked our separate ways amidst the wolf whistles and cheers from both the boys and the girls' group as we walked together and started heading down the street.

I can't help myself by glancing at this girl who was walking beside me, clutching her satchel bag with two hands and placing it in front of her chest. "Hey, Kagome. Your bag has a strap and you should be strapping them on your shoulders instead...! This is sure an awkward way of walking if you ask me but in an anime, it's definitely quite typical, I guess. As for me, I was strapped my satchel bag across over my shoulder on my left side, while walking with my hands deep in the pockets.

I didn't notice a small pebble that was on the placed on the ground with a purpose by Mr Director here as I accidentally stepped on it and somehow lost my balance. I tried to regain my balance but with one hand in my pocket, while the other was holding my satchel bag, I stumbled sideways and swerved in the direction towards Kagome!

"Eeeeekkkk...!" she screamed out loud as if I was a large cockroach as the momentum suddenly made us knocked into each other as both of us sprawled onto the ground, me being on my butt while she was somewhat in an awkward position right on top of me. Her skirt was upturned upwards exposing her fleshy and springy cheek butts that I had ever seen and a pair of white lacy panties that was barely covering it.

Japanese girls all loved to wear short skirts like that and it would be an embarrassing affair for them if they were all in Kagome's position.

My face turned a bit hot at the magnificent sight that was spread before me while hers turned pale and red afterwards as she picked herself and found that her cheek butts were exposed nearly directly at my face. I could even smell a slight lingering sweet scent from her panties which was right in front of my nose. If only I could nip at her butt and I am sure she would be screaming as if its the end of the world. Hahaha...!

"Offpphh..." I muttered out loud as she swung and hit my face with her satchel bag when I was still on the ground. "What is there to see? Was there anything to see? What did you see?" she asked flabbergasted as I was rubbing my face and I wished I had taken that nip that I was thinking about earlier.

"Not my face again..." I thought and rubbed at its slight soreness. "Well, Kagome...I looked forward and down and all I could see was heaven...!"

"YOU...!" Kagome shrieked as she raised a hand as if to strike down on me...

"Pervert..." I finished the sentence before Kagome had managed to finish her's while she slowly lowered her arm down. I was closing my eyes tight as I expected a slap to descend on my face but instead, she poked her finger at my forehead.

"Toing... Toing... Toing..." well, I supposed that was how it would have sounded in the anime world or rather "Thud... Thud... Thud...!" if its in the real world. Nevertheless, let's decide on the former sounds alright, as Kagome stabbed her right forefinger on my forehead while standing bent with her left hands on her hips; at the same time pouting her lips...

"I didn't say that OK, but you were the one who finished up my unfinished sentence. And you didn't reply anything that I had asked you before..." she stood up straight with both arms across her ample breasts, making it jut out a little bit more with that kind of posture.

"No, don't be mad, alright. I swear I didn't see anything except for a flash of white that was blinding my eyes and make me squint real hard just now...! Really, I didn't see anything... How would I and how could I have seen anything if I had kept my eyes closed during that time." 

I smirked at her and stood up, brushing off some invisible dust off from my butt. I carried my satchel bag and walked off in front of her. I stopped a few steps ahead and looked back and found that she was walking slowly and looking down at her feet as if she was counting her steps as she walked.

She ended up beside me eventually and I held out my right hand to her. "Eh...? What is this for?" she blushingly asked me. "Just hold my hands in case either one would trip and fall just like earlier. At least if you trip I could still able to avoid you from falling. Likewise for me too. Who knows the Director may have planted a pebble right at my foot again so that I would lose my balance once more and made me knock into you unintentionally." I explained while still extending my hand to her. I knew that the instance I held her hand out to me, she was basically not acquainted in holding my hands before.

She inadvertently took my hand in hers and walked back. Her grip was subtle like as if she was just using her fingers to hold my hand. No entwining of fingers, no fully contact with both palms... Just a light feeling of her fingers within me that's all.

I changed the subject and asked her about what she gonna shop at the grocery store afterwards. We walked over to Fukutoku Food Akiba Store and entered the butcher shop. After picking a few packets of different cuts of meat, she paid for the items at the counter and headed to another store.

Next, we walked over to a Yakiniku Restaurant named Gyuan and bought three packets of Ramen with separate gravy. One for the each of us so we could reheat them in the microwave to consume them later for dinner.

Soon right after, we sauntered over to "Maxvalu Shimizu Yasaka Shop" which was a rather large single storey supermarket. I was wondering why we were walking in circles instead of heading to this place first, then to the meat shop and then to the Yakiniku Restaurant. Maybe this is how the Director wants us to walk in order to waste time and accumulate word count as well as spend more time bonding with the Kenzo character with Kagome. Hahaha. You little devil you...!

Upon reaching the Maxvalu Shimizu Yasaka Shop, we surrendered our purchases that were made earlier to the baggage counter along with our satchels as Kagome gestured me to fetch a wheeled trolley and followed her trail behind with it. We picked out the items from the list that Kagome's mother had prepared earlier and I can't help to view all the niceties that the store held especially befitting for a schoolgirl like Kagome. 

I am sure that an anime like girl such as Kagome would like those cute little accessories that would be a great addition to her set of school stuff like her writing materials and such. A cute little diary would also compliment her as well.

I pushed the trolley into the novelty items section and found that Kagome began to hold certain items in her hand and then placing it back on the shelves. In psychological terms, she had a desire to own those items that she held for more than 10 seconds and before inspecting the price, quality and such and returning it back to the shelf. 

"Why don't you pick the ones that you like, Kagome?" I asked while I was looking at the item that she had just held in her hands initially. "I don't want you to treat me like an" Osanai Musume" or "little girl, alright?" " She shyly replied before she walked away and heads over to the other aisle.

"Obviously, she really does want to be treated like a small girl after all. I mean not as a little girl but as someone being pampered with." I thought to myself and smiled at her at the same time making a rather comical face. She laughed at me and turned her face to hide her embarrassment. We strolled along the departmental stores and made fun with each other as if the whole department store belonged to us alone.

We paid up eventually for all the remaining groceries and retrieve our earlier purchased goods and our satchel bags. Since my bag had a long strap attached, I slipped the strap across my forehead and carried most of the heavy grocery bags by both hands while Kagome carried those lighter ones which were the 3 packets of Ramen and the mixed meat cuts from the butcher. How unfair...! Fortunately, this Kenzo boy had worked in a sports store so carrying bulky and heavy items was quite normal after all.

We made our way slowly walking back as we passed our schoolyard and towards "House no.8, 1-Chome-5-Ote, Shimizu Ku" where she lived as the landlord while me being the tenant. We reached our home around 15mins time as passerby greeted Kagome along the way that was recognized as the tenants that were staying at house no. 8.

We entered the main entrance and greeted "Tadaima!" which literally means "We are home". "Okaeri!" a cheerful lady's voice replied inside the kitchen, welcoming us home. Upon entering the house, I first noticed that we entered through the side. There were stairs leading to the second level and 2 partitions separating a common living room, then two bedrooms, a dining room and then the kitchen. These 2 partitions were mobile and portable so it can be closed off to prevent guests or tenants from coming through the restricted access.

We exchanged our school shoes into slippers that were neatly arranged outside on a shoe rack while replacing our school shoes at the main front entrance. A large retractable shade fixed on an awning overhead could be retracted and extended automatically, thanks to its electronic sensor in case of rain so the shoes outside would not get wet and the tenants can also enter the house without dripping wet. There was an umbrella stand as well outside the entrance near the shoe rack and it was labelled accordingly to the unit numbers.

I noticed that there was a label on every slot of the shoe rack too, indicating whose shoes should belong to which slot and unit. So this means that no more than 2 pair of shoes that should be placed outside while our slippers had our names embroidered on them. How cute... Japanese hospitality at its max!

We then brought all the groceries past the bedroom entrance which was also separated with a sliding partition and walked past the dining hall where there was a stack of four dainty stools on a collapsible table attached to the wall. Minimalistic living!

I entered the kitchen and it was large as compared to the dining hall. There were two sinks, one for washing and another for rinsing. There were overhanging cabinets on top of the sink to keep various kinds of condiments and such. A majestic 4 door silver-coloured  Panasonic smart refrigerator stood at the end of the sink counter.