Live Your Life

New School

Yuki faintly heard the sound around her. The sound of creaking iron wheels. The sound of people walking around it. The sound of people talking, crying, whimpering. The sound of iron meets iron. Huh? Suddenly her mind went blank. Where am I? Yuki wrinkled her eyes slowly before finally opening it and finding it in a familiar place. Hey, is this dejavu? The familiar feeling attacked her. I'm not back to the past right?

"Yuki-san, thank God you're awake. Your day is amazing, you have to go to the emergency department twice in less than six hours?"

Ah! Yuki knows this voice and face. Haha ... did I faint again? Yuki tried to remember and today's events revolved like flashbacks. Ugh ... yes, my day was incredible. Yuki snorted while trying to get up from her sleep.

"Are you OK? I tried to find your guardian's contact, but your cellphone was locked. How do I contact them?" the nurse asked.

"Ah, hospital fees huh? I'll do it"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes ... there really isn't anyone after all"

***

Yuki just flung herself on the sofa. The surrounding room is quite dim. Yuki turned to the wall clock to her left. 6.37 PM. The sun will set soon. Ah, first day of school. And I did not show up at school. What will happen tomorrow? Yuki still tried to imagine tomorrow when her stomach rang. Ah! I haven't eaten all day? Haha ... Yuki got up, turned on the lights of her apartment, took the food box in the fridge and put it in the microwave.

She walked to the window and saw the brightly lit of Tokyo at night. The colors of these lights always make her shudder. Beautiful and terrible at once for her, because Yuki knew that there was darkness trying to hide behind the glitter. The sound of the microwave diverted all of her thoughts. I hope everything is fine.

***

The large field immediately welcomed Yuki when she entered her new school. A five-storey and U-shaped building surrounds the field. There are some cherry trees in the corners. The wind blows Yuki's hair which she let loose today. Yuki walked to the administration room on the first floor. Then she was directed to the teacher's office.

"Takahashi Yuki? You should have been in yesterday, right?" Ask a woman in her late 30s. Yuki saw a sign on his desk, Watanabe Ryu.

"Sorry. Yesterday I experienced a number of things that I had to go to the hospital." Yuki tried to answer as honest as she can but deliberately did not explain it further.

"Are you sick?" Ryu-sensei asked with a worried expression.

"I'm fine right now"

"Alright. I am the homeroom teacher from class 10-1. Olay, now you will enter class with me" then Yuki followed Ryu-sensei to the third floor where the entire 10th class was. Class 10-1 is located right next to the stairs. Ryu-sensei opened the door, and the class that had sounded noisy even from outside, suddenly became quiet. Yuki followed Ryu-sensei to stand in front of the class.

"Kiritsu" someone gave a signal. All students stand up. "Rei" all students bowed 90 degrees "Ohayo gozaimasu ..." then got up and sat down again. Wow, a sight I haven't seen for a long time.

"Ohayo gozaimasu, minasan. Today you have a new friend. Yuki-san, please introduce yourself"

"Ohayo gozaimasu" Yuki bowed and saluted and continued, "Watashi wa Takahashi Yuki desu."

"Alright, Yuki-san can sit next to Hita-san." Ryu-sensei pointed to the penultimate chair right next to the window. Yuki immediately placed herself and Ryu-sensei started the lesson.

***

"Wow, Yuki-chan has been living in England for a long time? But your Japanese is very good" Hita-chan paused for a while.

"I still have to speak Japanese at home." Yuki sat down with Hita, Momo, and Hitomi. They get along pretty quickly and start exchanging stories. This time Yuki had to tell a little about her who moved schools in the middle of the semester. Her grandfather returned to Japan after a long stay in England since his retirement from the Japanese Embassy to the UK. But because he already felt unwell because his age not so young anymore, he wanted to die peacefully in his country, so he returned to his hometown in Okinawa prefecture, Japan. But Yuki decided to go to school in Tokyo. So now she lives alone.

Hita and the others still continued the story when Yuki felt like someone was watching her. She looked around but could not find it. Ah, just a feeling.

***

"Hita-chan, I want to go to the toilet first, you guys can go to the class first" Yuki parted outside the cafeteria, Hita and others continued their steps back to class while she headed to the toilet on the first floor right next to the cafeteria.

After leaving the toilet, Yuki immediately climbed the stairs in a hurry until finally accidentally bumping into someone right at the top of the second floor stairs.

"Ouch ..." someone groaned.

"Sumimasen. Are you alright?" Yuki apologize.

"Daijobudesu" she answered slowly and immediately descended the stairs quickly. Yuki didn't get to see her face because she looked down and her face covered with hair. Hm, who is she? Yuki tilted her head trying to think while slowly continuing her steps up the stairs to the third floor. She came from there, meaning from one of the 11th grade rooms. Hm? Yuki was sensing something wrong by the incident. I'm not mistaken, right? Is she crying? Yuki shook her head trying to ward off the thoughts that attacked her.

"Yuki-chan ..." Hita called from the classroom. The class door that opened allowed him to see Hita sitting with Momo and Hitomi. Yuki immediately approached them.

***

The school bell has stopped ringing, it should be a while before sensei will enter the classroom. But suddenly the atmosphere became boisterous. Yuki looked around with a confused expression. What is wrong?

"There is a senpai who sank in the school pool"

DEG!

Again? Yuki felt her entire body is cool. Ugh, this feeling. Can it stop now. It's not funny if I have to be a loyal customer of a clinic or hospital here. Yuki tried to calm herself. The whole class is boisterous. Some tried to look towards the gymnasium on the right wing of the school building through the window. Some wondered who the senpai meant. Yuki can't hear the surroundings well.

"Hey, daijobudesuka?" someone patted Yuki's shoulder slowly. Bringing back her consciousness. 

Yuki looked to the right and saw someone standing next to her, she raised his head, Ugh, he was quite tall, Yuki found a gentle face that looked at her. Yuki could not explain the expression on the face, then traced slightly to the bottom of his face towards the right chest of his black uniform. Nakamura Shin.