L I M E R E N C E

R E U N i O N W I T H H A R U

Kai and I were able to sleep through the night after what happened with the Unknown. But as soon as I sat up from my slumberous position, his smile still haunts me, releasing shivers crawling through my spine to my cervical.

I woke up from my sleep, took a peek of Kai still sleeping with his little rabbit plushy embraced tightly in his arms. I laughed at the sight and gently shook him since today is the first day of school.

“Wake up Kai. It’s time to wake up.” I softly said to him only to cause him to wiggle, “Onee-chan, still sleepy.”

“I know Kai, but today is the first day of school. You need to prepare yourself for it or you’ll be late. We have two hours until we leave.”

“I don’t want to go...” Again, I pulled out my secret weapon, “I am cooking hotcakes for breakfast, with lots of maple syrup along with milk~” I hummed. In an instant, Kai widens his eyes away from slumber and gave out an innocent smile and chuckled, “Hotcake! Hotcake!”

“First we have to wash ourselves, I’ll wash you up first. I got the uniforms Mom sent us two days ago.” Kai unfolds his arms from his rabbit plushy and rushes to the bathroom while he strips off his pajamas.

The moment he jumps into the bathtub, I fish out the shampoo sitting in the corner of the tub and squeezed out the specific amount upon my hand.

Bubbles produced from its liquid and washed out the oils gradually from Kai’s scalp.

After a few minutes, it’s finally my turn to take a wash. So I strip out of my pajamas and stepped myself into the tub filled with warm water.

Fifteen minutes passed, and the uniform was already attached to my skin, coloring my figure with the shade of navy and silver trims, along with a wood-gray skirt and black stockings, while Kai, on the other hand, wears a shade of azure with bumblebee trims and pattern shorts.

It wasn’t long before our buttoms were placed upon our seats while our hands are occupied by a fork holding onto a piece of hotcake.

Kai chews on the sweet and fluffy texture and turns to me with his mouth that's yet to swallow the hotcake, “Onee-chan, do I really have to wear this? ”

I answered, “Yes Kai. This is our new home, meaning that you are going to a new school for education.”

“But I like my previous uniform, it’s comfortable and cute.”

“I know you miss it, me too. But we have no choice but to accept it. Besides, it was Mom and Dad who suddenly called us out of our school for no reason. Unless it’s for business.”

“I wonder why they put us here?” I answer to his question with my head upon my palm, “Beats me, I wasn’t able to get in contact with them, which I find strange.”

“What if they are tired of us? Is that why they never come back?” Kai said in a sad time.

I brought my figure over to his side and caress his head, bringing his head against my chest, “It’s okay Kai, knowing them, there must be a reason. Finish your breakfast and get your stuff ready for school.”

He gives a slight nod, “Mm...”

After breakfast, Kai and I got ourselves ready for departure by slipping our feet into the cave of our shoes. Walking hand in hand, we exited out of the entrance door and locked the knob with a twist of a key.

It wasn’t long until we’ve finally reached to the range of Kai’s school. We’ve arrive at the school square and watch as countless students run pass the school gate.

Passing the school gate and greeted their school principle who is standing beside the gate with a morning smile. We walked near the gate, then appears a kind old man, who appears to be the principal of the private school.

“Well good morning~ You must be the new transfer student, (L/n) Kai, correct?”

We both nodded to his gentle attempt, “Yes sir,” Kai clenches his tiny fingers around my leg to express his timidity, only to reveal half of his face.

“Kai, greet your new principal,” I said to Kai, pushing his back away from my leg gently giving him encouragement.

“Good m-morning Principal,” Kai greeted.

“Hohoho, there is nothing to be afraid of, my child. My name is Hideyoshi Daichi, the principal of the Himawari Private School. Good to have you. I’ll ensure you that you’ll have a great time here!”

“It’s a pleasure to meet you in person Hideyoshi Sensei. I am his sister (L/n)(F/n) and I hope you will take good care of him while I’m in my studies”, I politely greeted with a bow.

“Oh what a beautiful young lady. And don’t worry, I’ll take good care of your little brother, just leave it all to me!” The principal wraps his kind and gentle hands over Kai’s shoulder and lay his eyes upon my figure slowly minimizing from his view.

“Dad suddenly calling out of nowhere and telling me about the transfer to Tokyo, not answering his goddamn phone and not telling me what Academy I was attending to! And this map’s definitely not helping me at all!” I commented while holding the map in different directions. It wasn’t long until my shoulders made impact with another without looking at where I’m heading.

“Watch where you’re going.”

“Mizuki-san...Good to see you again?”

Mizuki turns his head, and so his body. I place the map down and found him wearing the same uniform as mine.

“Oh it’s you. What are you doing here?”

“Well, about that. I am a bit lost since it’s my first time. Can you help me?” I asked. Mizuki furrows his brows and sighs heavily, “You know that I’m in a hurry. I have to get to class by 7:45, I only have twenty minutes.” Mizuki said impatiently looking at his watch, “I’ll help you, but it’ll be quick.”

Is his school that far?

“I also have to go to the academy today, but I have no idea where it’s located. My parents didn’t specifically tell me the name of it, so I am stuck on the edge. All I have is this map circling the location.” In detail, Mizuki squints his eyes to scan the map.

“Eh? This location, it’s the same direction I am heading to. I’ll take you there.

“I am sorry for being a bother. Thank you though.”

After Mizuki decided to accept my request, I began following his footsteps.

“W-what?...What?!” Screaming with shock and might, it’s impossible. After a long walk from Kai’s private school, I thought to myself how I’ll be able to adapt the environment. I recite encouragement mentally and as soon as I open my eyes, now I realize that things are not gonna go as smooth as planned.

Because I am attending a famous All Boys Academy. An academy known for its students born from wealthy families and foreign states.

My jaws dropped, my bag slipped through my fingertips and my knees collapsed to the concrete ground.

An average girl living in a common life, with common friends and family, is now a student of an All Boys Academy...

Damn it...

The view of good-looking male students laughing their way through the school gates, not even a single female student to be found within the crowd.

“You’re the student transferring to our academy?” Mizuki stutter surprised to the situation.

“There must be some kind of mistake. Maybe the academy is around the corner. Mizuki-san, are you sure this is the spot?...Wait, no. This is the only academy occupying this area. My parents would never set me up to this place.” I muttered continuously, producing an aura of disappointment.

“Hey, there’s a girl there.”

“Might be someone’s girlfriend.”

“She looks cute.”

“But look at her uniform, it’s the same as ours.”

“i***t, there’s no way a female student would attend to this academy. But it’ll be awesome to have a girl in our school.”

At that moment, rumours began to spread while I’m still on the ground kneeling and muttering.

“Come on, get up and come with me to the office.” Mizuki ordered with a straight face.

Faintly laughing to what I’ve got myself into, I stood from my position and walked with my head nodding down not giving the intention to make any eye contact.

As I arrive at the principle office, Mizuki opens the doors and appears a young male sitting patiently on his chair with a figure standing beside in which opened to be his assistant.

“My, my, my, I didn’t expect the message to be true. We actually have a girl attending to my academy.”

“This is the principal of the All Boys Academy, Kokugawa Taichi,” Mizuki introduced with great manner.

Wow, the principal looks so young. He looks somewhere to be in his twenties.

The young principal glowing with elegance. His medium lengthed hair gleaming its chestnut coloration beneath the illuminating sun and his beautiful amber owned eyes staring into mines.

“I-It’s a pleasure to meet you Kokugawa-san. My name is (L/n)(F/n).” I greeted with trembling attempt. My fingers fidgeting in circular motions and my lips going dry. Kokugawa finally speaks.

“Hmm~” He hummed, “Is something the matter?”

“I wonder why (L/n)-chan choose to attend my academy. How strange the society has become. Are you here because of us good-looking men? I’ll admit that this place is filled with sexy males, even I fell for them.”

I snapped to his words and began to attempt to argue back with my tone raised.

“Funny, I was just about to discuss about this mistakened transfer and ask how to cancel it. Besides, I’m not the one who decided to come here in the first place. Suddenly getting a call from my previous school and telling me about my transfer here in Tokyo. Desperately trying to call my parents to ask why they wanted me to transfer to an academy when we literally decided to graduate from that school and they didn’t even tend to answer at the moment. My goodness Kokugawa-san, you don’t know what I’ve been through to get here.” Without taking a break, my voice evidently generating the coloration of rage in my voice.

“Mind your manners (L/n)!” Mizuki scolded in which isn’t effective in my current mood.

“Wow, looks like we’ve gotten ourselves an energetic one. Right, Kuro-chan?” He looks over to his assistant with a flirty smile.

“Indeed, and please don’t call me ‘Kuro-chan’ It’s Kuroki,” A man with short black silky hair and glasses name Takagawa Kuroki corrected.

The emotion of anger still flows in my veins, clenching my fists and my grinding my teeth.

“I was joking, can’t you take a joke?... Now to leave that aside, back to business.” Kokugawa snaps his fingers giving the cue for a figure to approach from the other side of the door.

As he snaps his fingers, a male teacher approached with short short purple heather colored-hair and bangs covering his right eye along with a small and obvious beard.

Entering into the office smoking on his cigarette and wearing a long white lab coat while under lays normal clothing.

“Yo...” Informally, he greeted. “(L/n)-chan, let me introduce you to your teacher, Tatsuya Hibiki.”

“Kokugawa-san, about what we talked about. Is there still a way for you to cancel-”

“Hmm? So this is the rumoured one that all kids were talking about? Looks like an another i***t in have to take care. Well whatever...”

“Please Kokugawa-san! Please at least-”

“Sorry (L/n)-chan, in our academy ‘When there’s a will, there’s a way’ doesn’t exist in our textbook. Once your in, you can’t get out of it, sorry~”

“W-what?... So I’m stuck here?”

“Yep! Enjoy your time here until graduation! Good luck and be careful~”

It all came into reality. I am now stuck in this hellhole. An academy filled with handsome students and being the only girl in history.

It was when it’s finally time for class to commence. Hibiki who’s now my teacher until graduation escorts me through the spacious hallways filled with nothing but silence and beauty from the coloration of both marble and navy. No students present which immediately clicks in my head that the students are now in class waiting for the bell to ring it’s commencement, but they won’t be expecting a female student transferring in.

“Umm... Tatsuya-Sensei.” He scoffed out of nowhere, “I don’t like people using formality, just call me by my first name.”

“But you’re my teacher.”

“Well then as your teacher, your first homework will be calling me by my first name until graduation.”

“A-ah... Okay then.”

Damn it... It would’ve been better if Mizuki was in my class. He’s the only guy I know! And for him to leave me like that!

As I arrived in front of the classroom, Hibiki enters into the classroom and announces the whole class the unexpected.

“Shut up kids and listen. This may sound a bit sudden, but today we’ll be having an unusual transfer student attending our class today. So behave and be gentle with her.” He said with his arms crossed leaving his students confused.

“Her?” The classroom questions.

Then as he turns his head towards the door, he gives out a cue telling me to enter. I slide the door open, took one step and walked inside at natural pace with my (H/c) hair flowing from side to side.

The eyes of students widens as they soon come to realize that they’ll be walking their academic life with me. They didn’t scream, they didn’t say a word, their minds hit the mine and exploded.

“M-my name is (L/n)(F/n), from now on, I... Hope we can get along with each other.”

“EH?!” The volume of their voices escalated so quickly the class from the other side heard it loud and clear.

“We actually have a girl!”

“It’s a girl YAS!”

“I don’t have to hang out with a bunch of weirdos!”

“I’m gay!”

I stood next to Hibiki and immediately heard the sound of a breathe being inhaled and exhaling out a loud tone engaging rage ordering the whole class to be silent.

“Shut the f**k up TWERPS!” Hibiki yells in rage while I, on the other hand, stood there looking blank.

Is he suppose to behave this way in front of his students? The hell’s wrong with this academy?

The class instantly went silent.

“As I was saying. Behave yourselves and take care of (L/n)... Mm~ Nakamura!”

One male student stood on his feet away from his desk and responds to Hibiki’s call.

“Yes.”

“For today, your duty is to tour this young lady around the academy after class. I’ll leave her to you.” Nakamura stood with a smile and replies, “Understood.”

After the introduction, I took the chance to walk over to the black-haired student and greet him with a kind attempt. Pulling out my and asking for a handshake and he responded back the same. We both smiled and strangely enough that my gut is telling me that there’s something about this man in front of me.

I didn’t care, so I placed myself onto my seat next to him.

The sound of the bell echoes throughout the whole academy signaling all the students to leave class and head to lunch. The loud steps like stampede stomps through the halls and the voices chattering my way to the classroom, surrounding my figure and starting asking countless questions. But that event was immediately ceased by Nakamura using his gentle tone and atmosphere to convince the crowd to create personal space for me. Well that was nice of him.

What’s funny was that the crowd were instantly convinced and backed themselves away from my space. At that moment, I thought to myself.

He must be popular here considering the expression on the student’s face.

Their reaction to his aura and walked away just like that. It’s not that they hated him, but it seems like they knew if his words didn’t result action, they’ll get it. Like he’s important to this academy.

“Deeply apologize for the sudden action, must’ve felt uncomfortable.” He said in a kind and worried manner.

“Well being surrounded by a bunch of guys, yes I do feel uncomfortable because of being the only girl in this academy. Thank you for showing concern,” Honestly, I said.

“Well now you’re with me, they won’t come near us. Come, I’ll show you around.

Through the whole hour of lunch, Nakamura showed me around the academy. The rooms spacious than any other normal classrooms, a building as a library and extra buildings for multiple educational reasons. It was rather difficult to breathe in after scanning the academy square. It’s just that this place is too rich for a normal girl such as myself.

“And next is the roof upstairs. They say that the roof is the best spot to enjoy the gentle breeze and view,” Out of nowhere, Nakamura takes my hand and curves his lips into a gentle yet nostalgic smile.

“Ah Nakamura-san? Why are you holding my hand all of the sudden?” He didn’t tend to lend an ear, so he continues to walk me up the stairs until we reach to the final step, “Nakamura-san, is something the matter?” As we arrived to the roof, Nakamura pulls me from the dark cave to reveal the most beautiful sight.

The second I was about to let words escape, Nakamura quickly turns himself around and wraps his arms around my neck placing his face upon my shoulders and says.

“(F/n)!” My eyes brightens, “Heh?! Ah-Ah N-Nakamura-san, what are you doing?!” I panicked, pushing my strength against his chest.

He continues, “I missed you so much! It’s been tens years since we last seen each other!” He then grabs both my shoulders and displays an adorable expression on his face. His eyes sparkling, cheeks flaming into pink and smiling.

“It’s me! The gloomy seaweed! Remember? The one you saved from the bullies in elementary school?”

A minute went by and memories began to jab into my mind, finally remembering his identity. I remember him. We were little kids, and I was that one kid who saved Nakamura from a group of bullies.

Tears began to form in my eyes, I tried holding them back in, but it was soon too late to prevent them from flowing. I covered half of my face and bawled softly.

“Haru? Is it really you?...HARU! Oh my goodness, I can’t believe you’re here in front of me!” I bawled as I jump into Haru’s nostalgic embrace, “It’s been so long. I missed you so much! But damn! You even cut your hair, and look at you! You’ve grown into a built man...Even taller than me.” I commented happily.

“Stop that (F/n), its embarrassing. But I never thought the transfer would be you. I was surprised. But now that you’re here, we can be together again!”

“How are your parents doing?” I asked, “They are healthy, as always they’re just chilling around.”

After a few moments of silence, Haru hugs me again and cries softly in my arms. As he celebrates the reunion, I hugged him back and ruffled his hair into a mess.

“I remember doing this to your hair when we’re little. Your hair was so soft I can just ruffle them forever.”

“And I do remember you having the most beautiful fragrance of lavender. I see that you’re still wearing it.”

“You and your sharp nose. Still love flowers?” With our arms still wrapped with each other, “Yes, I enjoy staring into their beauty. That’s why I joined the Garden Club.”

“I see! I think I should join in as well. I want you teaching me about flowers like the old days.” Haru smiles, “Sure, I’ll gladly take you in.”

Then the bell rings ending the lunch period. As the tone echoes through the academy square, Haru looks into my eyes lovingly, pulls me into his arms and places a small kiss upon my forehead leaving me surprised. A kiss that left me fluttered on the spot. I closed my eyes and let the nostalgic warmth from years ago flow into me.

In that situation, I know too well what it means.

“I’m so glad to be with you again (F/n).