Since starting today, I'll be writing two long-termed stories, I deleted the 'Oneshot' on the Subject Title. Lol xD I do hope you're all okay with that. Since like I said, lots of ideas keeps on popping out on my head whenever I try to make a continuation of something.
As an apology for this, I'll try to update everyday. Even though I already am, lol.
I thank you all for your support~!
The random oneshot coming up next will be the srsbznz KojiYuu I promised for Arakawa, or the current 4th placer in the poll. (Which, I think is TomoTomo) If you're wondering why the 4th and not the top, well, it's because for the top placer, I'll be digging my brain for a really, really, heart breaking one-shot. So prepare yourselves, okay~?
Oh, and for those people who MIGHT mock me for the grammatical errors in here; please, spare me. I'm only a 15 years-young kid (I'm not calling myself 'old').
Now then, onto the story!
P.S... I just noticed that this is already my Seventh shot... I accidentally wrote Fourth Shot twice, so I've been thinking all this time that this would be my sixth..
P.S.S... Ikemen Kasai is love <3 Refer to my current picture. xD
Rappapa Part ITaking one last glance behind me, I let out a sigh and dropped down on one of the benches inside the park in relief. My feet were already tired from running too much, and my vision was slowly becoming blurry. This must be my twelfth time running away from the hospital. I hated being locked in there. They said it was so I could become better, but what’s the use of defying nature? God made me as a weak girl, and so, I will live with it without having to use things such as operations.
That’s what I swore to myself when I knew about my illness…
My mother was too persistent though. She thought that the reason why I turned into such a rebellious girl was because of this stupid illness of mine. And with that in her mind, she forcibly locked me into a hospital. She didn’t even ask me why I decided to go to a school for delinquent… Nor did she know that she was the reason why my life was in such a wreck.
I could almost see my breath as I continued on panting heavily. Small dots of snow were falling from the sky down to me. It made my body feel heavier than it was before, not to mention how I was now shaking from the coldness thanks to my rather thin clothes. But I can’t stop here now. I have to stand up. I have to go somewhere, to the place where I felt like I was at home, to the place which never treats anyone more special than the others just because they were ill… Back to Majijo Jo-gakuen.
One might think that it’s quite reckless for a mere first year student to walk under this cold weather just to go see a certain school, seeing as how it is already late at night- Obviously, nobody would be there anymore. Still, I wanted to see it. I wanted to know how the school would look like if it’s covered with the light shade of the snow. I wanted to see how it would be when it’s deserted. I wanted to see it once again.
Since I hurriedly left the hospital without thinking of any plans beforehand, my clothes were light. I only had a mere jacket and long pants as my clothes. Thankfully, I had my rubber shoes with me. At least I didn’t have to step onto the snow on my bare feet. Still, the night’s coldness was beginning to get into me. My head was beginning to spin more and more on each step I take. It felt like I was having the worst headache of the year.
I must be suicidal…
That’s that I thought at the moment as I made my way to the school. I knew that it would be dangerous for me to leave the hospital all of the sudden, especially under this cold weather since my body, as how everyone puts it, is fragile. But still I continued on dragging my feet forward, until I finally reached the school’s gate.
As expected, unlike the normal school days, it was filled with the color of white. Nobody bothered to at least make a way towards the school’s front door from the gate, making it harder for me to go inside.
When I finally set foot in the school, everything around me was dark. Every light around were turned off. It was nothing but silence. Is this the feeling of being dead, I wonder? Seeing nothing but the darkness, hearing nothing except your own thoughts, and feeling nothing around you but the cold wind caressing onto your skin. Like falling into a slumber. A deep one.
After making a few more steps inside the building, I heard a feint sniffle from afar. Whether it was my imagination or it was a ghost, I couldn’t actually care less. Hearing ghosts became a daily basis for me, after all. Just as I was about to walk inside the room where the sound came from, I heard it again. This time, it was clear that it came from someone; someone behind the door before me, someone who may or may not be a normal living being.
Even though I was already used with facing ghosts, my heart was still beating hurriedly, with my hand reluctantly reaching out to the door knob. As soon as I made a small opening on it, the sniffling stopped, so I pulled the door (sideways) more, and there, I saw her.
I saw a girl with a short hair coated with the shade of brown. She sat on a table right beside a broken window with her back faced towards me. As though she had finally noticed my presence, she turned her head to my direction. With our positions remaining in its place for a few more minutes, we stared at each other.
“Say…” She croaked out sadly before turning her head outside the window again. For some reason, the sound of her voice made my heart ache. Was she crying? That seems like it. “I may not know who you are, or why you’re here late in the night but… Is it alright if I ask you a question?”
Without saying anything, I closed the door behind me after taking a step inside, slowly walking down beside her as I sat down on the table not far from her.
“Is it true that… I’m weird? That I’m better off alone…?”
Her question made me turn my head to her. Tears were running down from her eyes, making my heart ache more. “I don’t know about your situation but why would you care about other people’s thoughts? You’re living your own life, so ignore them. Just move on and live your life to the fullest. A life where you would follow every people’s words… you can’t seriously call that ‘living’. Or at least that’s what I think.”
She let out a chuckle, “You’re a MajiJo student too, yes? You should know how I am he-”
“I may be a student here, but I have never tried staying in the school for more than a week.”
“Ah…” She sounded unsure of what to say at first. But I couldn’t blame her. “Why? Are you one of those students who are in house arrest?” Fully turning to my direction, she looked at me with a surprised look on her face. But that expression of her slowly left from her features as soon as I shook my head sideways, and instead, her right brow rose up. “Then why? If you don’t mind me asking, that is.”
I gave her a small smile as I placed my feet up on the table, my arms slowly wrapping around it as I held it closer to me. The snow’s coldness was beginning to get into me more, and my situation right now isn’t really helping me. Though talking with the stranger beside me was somewhat enjoyable. Better than being alone, at the very least. “Well, you see…” I trailed off as I pursed my lips tightly. How am I supposed to tell her this?
“I’ve been staying in the hospital all this time, you see. My body’s weaker than an average human’s, so the doctors suggested for me to stay there instead so they could monitor me, even though I hate being locked in there.” My eyes rolled as the images of the doctors convincing me to stay in the hospital flashed on my mind. Those scum; I know that they’re only after our money. Not my health.
Instead of giving me one of those sympathetic lines a normal person would say after hearing such a story, the girl beside me simply let out an ‘Eh…’ as her response. “I bet you ran away from the hospital, didn’t you? Judging from your clothes, you’re wearing ones that aren’t really fit under this kind of weather.” I gave her a small nod as my reply. “You sure are a weird one.” She continued on before taking off her odd furry jacket and dropping it on my head. “Wear it for now. I would feel bad if you get a cold because of your idiocy.”
Her offer didn’t seem like it was out of sympathy, so I happily took it and wrapped it around my body. The jacket and its furs actually worked. Well, at least it warmed me up a little. “Me? Weird? I’m supposed to be the one saying that to you. You were crying just awhile ago and now you’re teasing me. That sure is a quick mood swing you have there.” I grinned at her.
She clicked her tongue and scoffed, her eyes shifting to the side as though she was embarrassed. “Say…” She trailed off once again, grabbing my attention one more time as I turned my head to her direction. This time, though, she was looking back at me. “I’ve been meaning to ask you this but… Why run away from the hospital and come here late at night?”
After hearing her question, a light smirk slowly crept up on my face. “Because I love MajiJo.”
“Hoo…” She smirked back, “If you really love it that much, then why don’t you try being its top?”
To be its top…?
I blinked repeatedly, my brows slowly lifting up in the air. “You mean… Me… take over Rappapa, the school’s top group?” I pointed at myself as I stare at her, dumbfounded. Her smirk grew size as she nodded her head, making me furrow my brows down. And then, after a few moment, I beamed out my billion watt grin. “That’s a nice idea!”
“Eh- Wai- I was only joking, you know.”
“Well I’m not. And you, you’re going to help me since this idea came from you. Got it?” I grinned even more. This was the best idea that has ever crossed on my mind yet. Meeting her must have been fate. And since I believe that it is indeed fate, I’m not letting her go.
I held my hand out to her eagerly as I continued on grinning out. “Before I forget, the name’s Yuko. Yuko Oshima. And you?”
She stared down at my hand for a minute or two before reluctantly taking it, giving it a light shake before giving me her answer. “I go by the name Sado… But since you told me your real name, I suppose I should tell you mine as well… It’s Mariko Shinoda. I’d appreciate it more if you’ll call me Sado instead though.”
Breaking our handshake, I turned my head out to the window and nodded to myself. The feeling of excitement was beginning to fill me inside, and I, for one, failed to keep it in me with this grin of mine plastered on my face. “Since you shook my hand, that means we’ve made a contract. Sado, you’re not allowed to leave my side until the very end of this goal of ours, okay?”
I heard her sigh, “Would you please stop deciding for things by your self? What about me and my thoughts, hm?” Even though she said that as though she was beginning to grow tired of me, she still sounded calm.
“Pshaw~” I shook my hand on the air dismissively. “You and your needs. Oh, look! There’s another MajiJo student standing by the gate. She looks kind of… Weird and dark but who cares? Want to recruit her too? Rappapa’s a club, right? As far as I know, a club has to at least have five members in it.”
As I continued on staring down at the said girl by the gate, she slowly turned her head up to our direction as though she just felt my stare, sending the chills within me. She turned her head down again not long after though. And as soon as she did, she disappeared out of my sight. Out of surprise, I hurriedly opened the window before me and looked around the school’s entrance.
“Sh-She disappeared! A ghost?! Sado, you just saw that, right?” I turned around after taking one last glance around the entrance- Only to see the girl in black now standing by the room’s front door. “Oh, there she is… Wait, what floor are we in, Sado?”
“Third floor.”
My eyes widened in an instant, “She got here that fast?!” I instinctively took a step back, with my eyes still locked onto the mysterious girl.
She stared back at me in silence as she stood there by the front door. And then, slowly, she took a few steps inside the room before closing the door behind her. She looked at me with her dagger-like sharp eyes. And just like that, continued on staring at each other without even exchanging a word or two. And as for Sado, well… She simply stood beside me with an uninterested expression plastered on her face.
Slowly raising her right hand up, the girl wrapped her hand around the cross on her necklace, and with a quiet tone of voice, she said the following to me…
“Those who falter immediately after a mere glimpse… Will surely fail in the near future.”
Sado stared at her with a puzzled look on her face.
As for me, a mischievous smirk slowly arched up from my lips.
Another odd girl spotted…
Perfect.