Ichigo Sakura Academy

Hikaru:

I sat on the train and my phone along with Hito-cchin's but I didn't notice it until Hito-cchin pointed it out to me. I read it:

From Kaoru: I'm here @ Boston!

I stared at it with a blank space and Hito-cchin took my hands and texted back:

Really? It looks pretty there! I hope I see you again soon! xoxo

I looked at it and screamed, "Hito-cchin!!! ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND!?"
Everyone looked at me and I lowered my voice, "Umm.. Why did you do that!?"

Kaoru:

When me, Mom, and Dad left the airport, I texted Hikaru and Hitomi. I got a text from Hitomi first and then I got Hikaru's text.
I smiled at Hitmo's text but when I saw Hikaru's, I almost choked on my own breathe.
So, she's not angry, huh?
My mom assured, "Are you okay?"
I nodded and blushed really hard.

Hikaru:

Trying to cheer me up, she said she was going to flirtily text Takashi.
I would LOVE to see that.
I nodded yes and she started to blush really hard.
She texted him and right when she hit the 'send' button, the intercom started to speak:

Ichigo Sakura Academy, stop. If you need to stop here, go now. I repeat, Ichigo Sakura Academy, stop.

We both left the train thankful that me nor Hito-cchin were disturbed by someone's hands.
Me and Hito-cchin passed the gates and I clasped my hands together breathing in the new Ichigo Sakura High scent.

Kaoru:

School must be starting now.. at least for Hikaru and them are. Goodness, I think about her way too much.
We almost got onto the train when Dad got a phone call, "Kaoru, we're moving back to Japan, what a waste of money," Dad started to say, "at least we didn't pay for the trip."
My eyes brightened and I texted Takashi, Hikaru, and Hitomi in a group chat:

You guys! I'm coming back! WOOHOO! I'll be able to see you again! I'll see you guys tomorrow!

Hikaru:

I got a text right when I was about to go into the classroom:

You guys! I'm coming back! WOOHOO! I'll be able to see you again! I'll see you guys tomorrow!

I just stared at it blank-faced again while inside I was smiling bright, I was the sun (OOC: Hikaru means bright, brilliant, sun, etc. Haha, I'm punny. xD).
Takashi came in, "Yo!! Hikaru and Hitomi! I haven't seen you in awhile!"
I walked in passing him glancing at Hitomi.
She's blushing just a slight bit, adorable.
I looked at the seating chart and I had the window seat, Yes!!, the seat next to me was empty, and the seat behind me was empty too! But Hito-cchin was in front of me.

Kaoru:

I was smiling a lot and happy that I get to see Hikaru soon. We walked back on the plane, again, girls were staring at me and giggling.
I sternly walked to our seats and I was on the outside seat.
Great, girls can stare at me more now..

Hikaru:

I looked over who was next to Hitomi and my eyes widened, it was Takashi.
Takashi Nakano..
Kami-sama has been working his butt off if he made Hitomi and Takashi sit together. Hat off to you..
The teacher came in and introduced herself as Kamisa Aika.
She was super friendly, most of us called her Kamisa-chan. I was one of them. The respectful students called her Aika-sensei. They ended up calling her Aika-chan later on in the day.
I can't wait for Kaoru to come and see this amazing new school!
I took out my sketchpad and started to draw the scenery out from my window to show my parents.
Kamisa-chan went on about clubs and even shared stories of her own life about her and clubs.
We were required an extra curricular and obviously, me and Hito-cchin picked art.
She showed us where the clubs were and this school was MASSIVE. There were so many clubs! Music club, anime club, sports were considered as a club also, manga club, foreign club, drama club, art club, beta club, even the going-home club. It was amazing.
Kamisa-chan was the teacher for art so whoever chose art followed her. Only 2 people were there, Me and Hito-cchin, I guess more people will be coming in.
We had to take some sort of exam and I was so surprised at first but the test was only 10 questions long. They were all about art, art utensils, some famous artists too! It was strangely not that difficult. Of course me and Hito-cchin got in like our amazing selves.

Kaoru:

According to my calculations, I should get there at night.. I'll just nap the whole time until we get there. It's only 8 hours left I should be able to sleep through it.
Hikaru, I'm coming.. don't forget..

Hikaru:

Background Story

I was only 4 at the time when this whole friendship happened.
I was alone the whole entire kindergarten until someone changed my life. I think it's safe to say that he even turned it around.
He lent out his hand and asked, "You wanna play together? You seem alone all the time!"
I looked at him with this eye of amazement and slowly nodded my head.
We always played a type of "lovers" cosplay. Such as Romeo and Juliet. We even pretended we got married and played "marriage".
He put a ring on my left hand weaved out of small flowers that grew on the grass outside, I put one on him that I wove also. I keep the ring compressed so it doesn't die and I turned it into a key chain. I have it on my cellphone. I didn't know about love back then and I was oblivious of it. So I couldn't count that as my first love.
We hung out with each other a lot and, one day, he was gone out of my class.
He never told me his name and I never told him mine, when he left, I cried on and on. I really missed him. I still do.
So I guess he is just a guy that went into my life, and left. I still can't remember what he looked like although, I do know one thing, he had a niche for computer techno-stuff although we were only 4 back then.
He'd always been telling me about the computer and how it works. That's how I know a bit about computers as well.
Hopefully, he'll come back into my life.
That time when I was crying because he left, there was this girl's voice I've never heard of saying, "Are you okay? Do you need help getting up?" She held her hand out with 2 boys behind her.
"My name's Hitomi Akiyama! This is Kaoru Mitsuru and this is Takashi Nakano," She said pointing at Kaoru and Takashi.
They waved at me with a kind smile on their faces and I wiped away my tears. I sniffled and took Hitomi's hand and we all 4 got closer.
In 1st grade, we were in all of each other's classes and I watched my very first anime.
The heroine called her best friend with a suffix -cchin so I then started calling Hitomi, Hito-cchin the next day!
In 2nd grade, we were in each other's classes again and we all bet that we were going to be in each other's classes next year also.
Guess what? We were.
We were actually in all of each other's classes for the next years of our life.
Kaoru was always there talking to me and I fell in love with him in 7th grade.
I was being bullied by some girls because I hung out with Kaoru and Takashi, they were apparently the cutest guys in school, and Kaoru came out of no where.
"You girls, doing stuff like this won't attract me or Takashi so you can go now," Kaoru took my arm and took off to the cantine to get some juice.
He looked really handsome and gorgeous suddenly and my heart started to beat rapidly.
I have a heart disease, I'll go to the doctor today..
It wasn't a heart disease, and then, I realized, I fell in love.
In 8th and 9th grade, all 4 of us were in the same classes like usual but things were different. I realized I fell in love and I didn't know back then but Hito-cchin fell in love with Takashi too.
I was shy around him and I still loved him with my sincere feelings but in 10th grade, he left. It was deja vu all over again and I cried until I was dried up. Apparently, he liked me since 6th grade and I regretted not telling him my feelings.
But, look at my life now, he's coming back and I'm happy! We are all friends, even now, still and I think we will be for awhile now.

OOC: This one was short too, whoops. xD

Hikaru:

"Alright!" Kamisa-chan started, "Let's vote on why or why not shading is important in art! Go!"

Me and Hito-cchin were thinking and I had an AHA! moment.
"Oooh! I know!" I shouted, "Shading makes the art object look more realistic! Therefore, shading is an important element in art!"
I finished my parting sentence and motioned my hands into an 'okay' sign.

OOC: Omg I laughed when I saw your statement. xD

Hikaru:

I looked over at Hito-cchin but all she had was a crazy piece of paper scribbled out.
"Hito-cchin, do you need help?" I asked her.
She looked like as if she was thinking really hard.
I stared at her and she had this slight frown she was scratching her chin.

Hikaru:

BRINGGG! The bell rang.
Kamisa-chan stated, "Alright, we'll pick this up from tomorrow, wait no! We're going to start drawing tomorrow! So get your pencils and also get your erasers ready!"
"Yes, thank you for your hard work!" We both thanked synchronized.
Clubs last 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. and we get out at 3:10 p.m. in case some of us want to get to our lockers.
I went to Hito-cchin's locker and asked, "Hey, Hito-cchin! Wanna sleepover at my house tonight? My parents can make our favorite onigiri!"
Her eyes lit up a lot and she was putting her hands together, "Yes!! Thank youuu! I've been wanting some of that onigiri!"
We both walked out of the gates of school and I was thinking about how Kaoru comes to school tomorrow! Kyahhhh~~~

Kaoru:

I woke up and it was night-time; and we got off the plane. I stretched out my arms and took a selfie to text to the group:

[selfie picture] You guys! I'm back here! Wanna welcome me with hugs?

I was so excited because I got to see Hikaru and them tomorrow!
I wonder who I'm gonna sit next to in class..

OOC: It's night over at Kaoru's side. It's still afternoon right now. We tell the story before he texts us. XD

Hikaru:

Hito-cchin took out a lollipop and started to munch on it while we were walking to my house.
My dad owns a restaurant/bakery and our house is connected to it so we kind of live inside of the restaurant/bakery I guess.
"So how do you feel?" I asked, "Kaoru is coming back tonight!"
We both got excited and started talking about old memories with all of us 4. When we were in 4th grade, Kaoru took my cupcake and I ignored him for a full 2 weeks. He actually bought me 2 cupcakes to gain back my forgiveness.
We were all really cute back then and it was really fun!

Hikaru:

The walk was long but it didn't feel as long as it would've been if we didn't talk about past memories.
We were then right outside the restaurant!
I put my hands together and welcomed Hito-cchin, "Come inside!"
"Ah, Hikaru, Hitomi," Dad greeted.
"Welcome!" Mom friendly welcomed.
"Shall I make your favorite dishes?" Dad asked, "Hikaru, I'll make your favorite sushi too!"
I nodded, "Thank you!"
Hito-cchin jumped, "Yay! Thanks!"
My mom smiled, "Hahaha, you're lively as always."
"Hey, Mom, Kaoru's coming back tonight!" I shouted.
"I'll make a celebratory cake!" Dad cried.
We all laughed and smiled, it wasn't like that for awhile. We talked about back then when we both were always together.
One time, my parents had to number our foreheads to keep track of who we were. Apparently, we were very similar and wore very similar things!

Dad brought out the food and we started to laugh really hard, some of us may have even choked.