Here's the long awaited first chapter of the previous character preview. I hope you all will like it, not much is happening though because unlike the other stories, the start will be normal and calm for now. Also, this story will actually have two versions to it. One that I've originally planned and the other that I felt would make the story flow more smoothly. The one I will finish first is the version that will make the story flow smoothly. I hope you're all okay with that and now, enjoy!
Synopsis: Jurina is a freshman at Sakura Girls Academy and it's time for the first day of Jurina's high school life. Along with her friends, who had arrived with her, they arrive at the school safely. At first, they were all going to give Jurina a tour of the school, but their responsibilities get in the way and they ended up leaving Jurina all alone on her first day. Luckily, Jurina met someone at the entrance of the school who will be keeping her company, they began as strangers, but will they turn into something more.
When the Flowers Bloom Chapter 1: The First Day
“Ojou-sama, it’s time to get up.” A knock on Jurina’s door woke her up, the door opened and she saw her personal maid, Hiramatsu Kanako. “Good morning, Jurina-san.”
“Good morning, Kanako.” She sat up from her bed and stretched.
“I hope you a good night sleep, you mustn’t be late for your first day of school.” Kanako reminded her master as she opened the curtains and allowed the sunlight to enter the room. “I’ve already prepared the bath for you.
“Yes, I know.” Jurina got off the bed and left the room; she began to head the bathroom and entered when she arrived. After arriving Kaneko arrived as well and
began set down Jurina’s clothes before assisting her in the bath.
After fifteen minutes, Jurina finished bathing and they head towards the dining room. Jurina was greeted with her maid staff and her parents, who greeted her.
“Good morning, princess.” Her father, Matsui Hideko, greeted her with a smile.
“Good morning dear, did you sleep well?” Her mother, Matsui Yumiko, greeted her as well.
“Good morning, Ojou-sama.” The staff bowed as they greeted her.
“Good morning everyone, yes I did sleep well mother.” Jurina took her seat.
“I’m glad to hear that.” A new voice said and before Jurina could turn to see who it was, her eyes were covered. “Guess who?” She could hear some of the people chuckling.
“Hm, I don’t know… I need a hint.” Jurina said teasingly, despite knowing who it was.
“Really, here’s a hint.” Without the hands from her eyes, the person behind her managed to give her a peck on the cheek.
“Isn’t too early for things like that Yukirin?” Jurina joked with her as she removed the hands covering her eyes, seeing she was correct.
“Eh, but wasn’t it you who was asking for it?” Yuki moved her hands and just gave Jurina a hug from behind.
“That’s not really what I meant by giving me a hint though.” Jurina said as she held the hands that were hugging her.
“Well, isn’t this an adorable scene and so early in the morning too?” Hideko teased, mostly towards Yuki, as he was beginning to stand. “Your mother and I have some business to take care of, so we’ll be leaving first.”
“Yuki, are you going to accompany Jurina to school?” Yumiko asked.
“Yes I am, Mii-chan should also be arriving along with the others.”
“Oh, good thing the chef prepared a lot of food this morning. Okay, goodbye princess, have a good day. ” Hideko gave his daughter a hug and so did Yumiko, who also gave her a kiss on the cheek before they left.
“I didn’t know the others we’re coming here?” Jurina said as she let go of Yuki’s hands as Yuki began to sit down in the chair a maid pulled for her.
“Well, it was a last minute thing. I told them I would go to school with you and then they told me they wanted to go as well.” She began to scoot the chair closer to Jurina.
“So it was because you then?”
“No, I never told them to join us.” In Yuki’s thought,
After all, they’re only going to ruin our moment.“Well, they should arrive sooner, so that way we can all finish eating.”
“That’s right, so you should start now. Here, say “ah”.” Yuki picked up a spoonful of rice with a piece of egg and put it near Jurina’s mouth.
“Ah-” before Jurina could bite the spoonful of food, someone beat her to it.
“Mii-chan!” Yuki was surprised at the intruder.
“Thanks Yukirin, I was getting hungry.” Mii-chan said with a mischievous smile.
“That wasn’t for you.” Yuki was getting a little too hyped up from Mii-chan’s action.
“Calm down, Yukirin. Don’t you think you’re overreacting?” Mariko said as she showed up right next to Jurina.
“Mari-chan!” Jurina hugged Mariko from her seat and Mariko hugged her back. Yuki thought once again as she rolled her eyes,
There goes our moment. “It’s Yuki after all Mariko, it’s to be expected.” Minami said as she and Atsuko arrived side by side.
“But still, you’d think she’d tone it down a bit this early in the day.” Yuko joked as she Haruna also arrived.
“By the way, the others are already at school. They had to show up early for some reason.” Atsuko informed the others.
“We should head out soon as well.” Haruna added.
“Yeah, but we should all eat first before we leave.” Jurina told everyone.
“Okay then, let’s eat!” Mii-chan sat down in one of the chairs and began to eat and so did the others shortly after Mii-chan.
“I know being late is bad Mii-chan, but you don’t have to eat so quickly.” Mariko told her.
“Just leave her Mariko, she’s always like that anyways.” Minami joked.
“Hey,” Mii-chan protested after swallowing what was in her mouth. The group continued to make jokes to pass the time, once they were all done eating, they all headed outside.
There was one car able to fit all of them and they all went inside the car. After properly being seated, they left the Matsui residence. It didn’t take long for them to arrive to their school, Sakura Girls Academy. Once they arrived at the entrance, Jurina’s butler opened the door for her and one-by-one they all got down besides Yuko, Haruna, and Mariko.
“Have a fun today, Juri-chan. Hope your first day of high school goes well.” Mariko told her before they all waved to them before the car drove off.
“Alright, most importantly now that you’re a student here Jurina, you need to know your way around the school. Don’t worry, I’ll give you a tour.” Yuki grabbed
Jurina’s hand and was about to lead her inside the school when someone called out to her.
“Jurina-chan, Yuki-chan, minna!” A voice that called out to them made Yuki stop from leaving, the voice got closer and they saw it was Rino and Kumi.
Rino is a second year in Sakura Academy and a member of the student council. Her family is a producer of many things involved in the entertainment industry, whether it’s idols, movies, dramas, etc. This is also part of the reason why Rino loves idols and many other things.
Kumi is also second year in Sakura Academy and she is a member of student council, while also being part of the discipline committee. Her grandfather is the founder and owner of the school, which is the reason why their entire group is and was a student of Sakura Girls Academy.
“What is it you two?” Minami asked the two when they finally made their way towards them.
“The student council needs you guys to show up.” Kumi told them.
“We need the president, treasurer, and secretary to show up so we can prepare for the opening ceremony.” Rino reminded Minami, Yuki, and Atsuko of their responsibilities.
“That’s right, we needed to finish some things before the ceremony. Come one Atsuko, Yuki, we need to head over there.” Minami told Atsuko, who willingly followed her, and Yuki, who needed to be dragged by her and Rino.
“But I need to-” Yuki was cut off by Atsuko.
“You don’t need to do anything besides handle your responsibilities for the moment, let Mii-chan take care of Jurina.” Yuki only grumbled in response which made them all laugh as they entered the building.
“Well, I guess it’s just you and me Jurina. Shall we begin the school tour?” Mii-chan asked.
“Sure, let’s-” Once again, a voice interrupted them.
“Mii-chan, Jurina-chan!” This time it was Masana, who was running towards at first, but seemed to have gotten tired and started walking to them instead.
Masana was a third year in Sakura Academy and her family is like Mii-chan’s family, only that it focuses only on Japanese cuisines unlike Mii-chan’s family that serves pretty much anything. She is the vice-president of the food research club and is not actually that good of a cook, but she is a very good critic. The club’s experimental dish will be tasted and critiqued by her.
“Masana, what is it?”
“Clubs need to gather their members to showcase after the ceremony ends. We need to head over to the food research club right now!” Masana began to pull Mii-chan. “Sorry Jurina-chan, we’ll meet with you later. By the way, Churi is also busy!”
“I’m sorry Jurina, I guess you’ll have to go around by yourself.”
“O-okay…” Jurina now stood alone at the entrance of the school. She looked around and it seemed like students were still getting dropped off. She was about to start looking around the school when she had a feeling she should turn around, which she did.
Jurina turned around and saw a car pull up and the butler opening it, a manly looking lady got off first and then she saw a cute looking girl get off after. The girl caught her looking and just looked away blushing after she saw Jurina smile at her.
The other girl seemed to have gotten a phone call that ended after a few minutes and bowed to excuse herself. Jurina’s eyes followed the retreating figure before she
looked back at the cute girl, the girl was slowly walking towards her direction.
Jurina still had a smile on her face, though it seemed like she was avoiding Jurina’s eyes, she was actually walking towards Jurina. The girl stopped right in front of her.
“Um, do you go here?” The girl asked shyly.
“Uh, yes. That’s why I’m here.”
“Oh, I should’ve known that, or else why would be here, hehe…” The girl looked embarrassed after asking her question and Jurina chuckled at her reaction.
“But I’m new so I’m not familiar with the place yet, are you a new student too?” A part of Jurina was wondering how she was able to talk to a stranger so easily, but at the same time, she was glad that she was able hold down a conversation with someone new.
“Uh, yes, I’m a first year.”
“Really, so am I. Maybe we’ll have the same class.”
“I hope so, I mean- not that I want to be in the same class as you, although I wouldn’t mind…” The girl finally what she was saying and just covered her face with the notebook she’s been holding, Jurina was chuckling at the girl’s adorable reaction.
“Well, why don’t we check and while we’re at it, why don’t we tour the school a bit while we still have time?”
“O-okay, I’d like that.” The girl finally managed to give Jurina a smile, which her smile in return.
“I’m Matsui Jurina, by the way.” Jurina held out her hand to the girl in front of her. The girl shyly reached out to Jurina’s hand and shook it.
“I-I’m Watanabe Mayu.”
“It’s nice to meet you Watanabe-san, I hope we can meet again after today.”
“I feel the same way Matsui-san.” The two managed to look in to each other’s eyes while smiling, after a minute or so, they finally began walking towards the school.
To be continued….
Hey guys, I hope you liked this first chapter and the other stuff is also on its way. Tell me what you guys think and what will happen next, for now it’ll be mild stuff. Only character developments, introductions, and a bunch of other stuff, but it will have interesting scenes happening every now and then with the characters. See you till the next update!