Walking to school with Yuka, we stopped by a near by convenience store to buy some snack for us.
"Chiharuuuu~" Yuka said while shaking my arm.
"Yuka?"
"Can we buy ice cream instead? I mean it's pretty hot today..." She was totally melting.
"Yeah sure, hmmm... Satoshi likes pistachio right?"
"Yeaaah... Honestly, I never tried it, I wanna get one too!" Pfft, knowing her, she probably won't like it.
"Sure sure..." I said while rolling my eyes.
When we got there, Satoshi was taking a nap on his table, while Yuka started approaching him to wake him up.
"Sa-To-Shi!" She said before slapping his back.
"Yuka!" He jumped, scared.
"Don't just...wake me up like that.. I thought I was going to die.."
"Alright alright you two, don't speak too loud, there's other people here." I said in annoyance.
"Ah, right, we got some ice cream since the weather is hot today, we got you pistachio!"
Laughing, I took a bite of my ice cream.
"HA!? Chiharun!" Yuka screamed in disbelief.
"Hm? Yeah?" I was rather.. confused.
"How can you...bite ice cream!? That's like a crime!"
"Pfft, come on, it isn't bad to bite ice cream."
Yuka is always so expressive, it makes me laugh even more.
She looked at me with an eyebrow raised, while licking her ice cream.
As soon as she tasted it, she made a funny weird looking face.
"Agh! This tastes like plastic"
Satoshi looked at her with an annoyed face.
"It's not like 'plastic' come on..."
Going to fight over flavors? That's common of them.
"Pistachio doesn't taste like plastic honestly..." said an unfamiliar voice.
"Oh! You are the new student right? Nice to meet you, I'm Date Yuka, what's your name?" Yuka said with excitement.
"Ah right, sorry for interrupting your...argument? My name is Azuma Emiko..." the short girl said nervously.
She has pretty dark brown hair, dropping to her chest, her eyes were...like deep blue.
She was shorter than me, looks like she is...150 centimeters tall...
"Right! This guy right here is Okura Satoshi, and the one next to you is Hora Chiharu"
"If you want, you can hang out with us, if you don't want to, I wont pressure you." I said to the girl, in a comforting way.
"Ah, no, I mean yeah, I want hang out with you all..." She is nervous, she starts playing with her nails...
Smiling at her, Yuka grabs her by the arm and makes her sit besides her.
She is like... socially awkward... I have to be careful with her to not make her uncomfortable, I hope she enjoys spending time with us, it would be nice.
"Soooo... Why did you transfer?" Said Yuka, interested.
"Ah! Well uh... It's closer to where I live and...there's people that I know here.. but they are in other grades..." Said the girl, with a shy expression.
"Oh really!! Who are they~"
"Uh... Miyako-chan and...Koji-chan..."
"Wait... As in Suzuki Miyako?!"
"Yeah..." Emiko was confused.
"Ah, Emiko, Miyako is Yuka's cousin, that's why, don't worry" Satoshi said in a calm way.
Emiko nodded while smiling, a sincere smile.
"Wellll~ let's hang out more, the five of us! Me, Satoshi, Chiharu, Miyako and you!" Yuka said smiling.
She always loves to make others feel welcome, it's like she doesn't wants anyone to be excluded.
"Ah, sure!" Emiko said happily.
As the bell rang, everyone went to their seats, Emiko sat besides me.
"Azuma Emiko... Would it be alright if I call you Mi-chi?"
"Ah! Yeah sure!" She yelps, really surprised.
"If anything, you can ask me for help." I say as I smile at her.
We have math class.
Atleast we don't have the same teacher as before...
I don't even want to remember.
If only...if only I wasn't alive.
Too caught up on the past, Emiko taps my shoulder.
"Chiharu...uhm...Haru...are you alright? I mean... You are sweating..." She says worried, with a troubled expression on her face.
I didn't even notice that I was sweating already, it was just... a sudden thought that passed by, that's it.
"Ah yeah, I'm alright, don't worry." I tell her while trying to look steady and normal.
She looks at me with a doubtful expression, before going back to her textbook.
Worry...
Ah...
I should just forget about everything that happened in the past.
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As soon as we got out of class, Yuka rushed us to her cousin's classroom.
"Come on, come on!" Yuka says while guiding us to the youngest.
"Huh? Yuka? Emiko-chan?" Said the girl.
Suzuki Miyako, Yuka's cousin, she kinda looks like Yuka, except her hair was just a little shorter and she has dark brown hair, plus, she is shorter.
"Hm? Did something happen?" It was someone we didn't know.
"Ah, right this is my friend, Miura Koji." Said the girl as soon as she saw our confused expression.
"Huh?! EMIKO?!?!" The boy ran to hug Emiko.
"It's great to see you, Koji-chan"
The boy was a little bit taller than Miyako, like 5 centimeters taller, his eyes are as black as his hair.
"Well! This girl with the short hair is Chiharu, and the guy next to her is Satoshi!" Yuka said while pointing at us.
"Nice to meet both of you, since I'm younger, how should I call you?" The boy says, obviously shy.
"Uh...whatever you want, I'm alright with everything." Said Satoshi, fidgeting his fingers nervously.
"Hmmm... What about you?"
"Well, I get called Chiharun often, but it's fine if you call me something else."
"Let's see... Horu-chan! And... Okushi-kun!"
As soon as the boy says this, Yuka starts giggling.
"Glad to see all of you getting along! Mind if we share contact info?" Yuka said to Koji and Emiko.
Ah, I know what this means.
She wants to form a friend group...
This is... nice...
I feel happy, joyful.
The world stops for me at that moment, I couldn't feel anything else other than warmt and happiness.
It's... wonderful. Life can be amazing, it's great to be alive.
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Ugh...
Chemistry class... I like our teacher but I don't like chemistry at all... I barely understand it.
Well, atleast we have P.E after...
Minutes go by and we see no sight of our teacher.
"Haru-chi... Do you think the teacher is absent?"
"Haru-chi? Pfft.. that's cute, hmm maybe she is late..."
Looking back at Emiko, I see that she is embarrassed.
It feels nice to have more friends.
We kept waiting and waiting, yet there was still no sight of our chemistry teacher.
Huh... Looks like she is absent today...
Looking back at Emiko, I hear the door slide open.
"Sorry to announce but Miss Yumi is absent today for health reasons, she caught a fever yesterday out of a sudden, she apologizes for not announcing this sooner, even though it's not her fault." A woman said, I couldn't recognize her.
"Ah! Miss Hideko!!! How are you doing?"
"Oh? Hello Yuka-chan, I've been great, thanks for asking" Huh? Yuka knows her?
"Hehe! That's great!" She said joyfully.
"Woah, Miss, your hair looks way healthier!"
"Right?! What's the product!!"
Ah, looks like they know her too, she must be a teacher they had before.
She keeps chatting with the other students, looks like I can just take this as an opportunity for a nap.
Before my head hits the table, I get a message from my phone.
Huh?
Looks like Yuka did make a group chat.
It has the six of us in it...
Looking at this, I let out a little laugh.
Pfft...
What would younger me feel like?
It's the first time I've ever had friends like this, little me would be giggling away.
Things are going great this year, I hope it continues like this.