Chapter Two: A New Look I
MAMORU'S HOUSE
Mamoru entered his old and rickety house which was obviously very old and unkept no matter how many times his mum wanted to keep it.
He walked up to his room, changed and headed to the kitchen where his mum was.
"Is that you Mamoru?" Mrs. Ayaka Kawasaki his mum called out.
She was in her 40s but still looked beautiful with a hint of old age with her fit body.
"Yes mum," replied Mamoru
"I've cooked bacon and eggs, wanna eat?" She asked
"No thank you,"
"Any problem son?" she asked walking up to him placing one hand one his cheeks
"Is this about being fat? Don't worry about them, I love you the way you are. You don't need to change yourself for me, anyone or anything,"
"I know but, I have to change for myself," he said
Suddenly the land line rang and Mrs. Kawasaki went to pick it.
"Hello you are speaking to Mrs. Kawasaki, who is this?" she inquired.
"This is your husband dear, Daichi," he replied
"Oh Daichi, what made you call through the landline?"
"Yeah about that,"
"What happened honey? Is there any problem?" she asked nervously as Mamoru watched
"Yh, honey I'm sorry I have to say this but, I...I want a divorce,"
The house went dead quiet, Mrs. Kawasaki's eyes filled with tears, she fell to her knees hearing the words of Mr. Kawasaki, her husband.
"This marriage was a mistake, I want you to be free, it's not you, it's me. I'm really sorry, I love you honey but, you have to continue this journey on your own. Mamoru has brought so much shame to our family with his fatness and I don't think this is gonna continue well. I'm sorry, I'm in love with another person , we are getting married soon and I don't want to ruin anyone's life. I'll send enough money for you to take care of yourself and mamoru's school stuff. You won't have to worry at all about finances. You'll receive Ten Million dollars transfer in the next one minute, good bye....forever," he hung up the call leaving her on the floor in tears
Mamoru walked up to her hastily;
"Mom, what's wrong," he called out almost in tears.
"Y-y-your father…..he's leaving me, he's leaving us alone. He sent money as if money is enough to make one happy," she said holding her chest in pain.
"Mom, Mom what's wrong? Mom," Mamoru called out noticing she was in pain.
"Haaaa!" She screamed still holding her chest before passing out
Mamoru quickly called the ambulance and they rushed her to the hospital.
"Mom you'll be alright, please be alright," Mamoru muttered to his unconscious mom in the hospital ward.
A doctor walked in with a sad expression on his face.
"Mr. Mamoru Kawasaki?" He called out
"Yh? Doctor, wil she be alright? Wil my mom be okay?"
The doctor sighed and then spoke;
"She….. she has gone into a coma and we just hope she will be alright,"
Mamoru stumbled back a little with tears in his eyes.
"Don't worry son, all will be well as long as you pay the bills son,"
The doctor went out leaving him there with her.
FIVE MINUTES LATER
Mamoru walked out of the hospital on the way home and sighted a gym, then a thought came across his mind. Then he decided to sign up for a gym membership.
Weeks and months of tough and hard exercise took a big toll on Mamoru's energy and visible difference on his body, he was no longer fat Mamoru but fit Mamoru.
Yh he failed at some points but he got the hang of it.
He was now fit, slim but visibly muscular, eight abs with a nice body shape that made every head that saw him to turn.
"Woah, I look goooooood,"
"Yh you do, wanna hang out sometime?" a female gym member uttered with a flirty look and weird touch to his chest that looked weird for Mamoru.
He headed home with a wicked grin on his face.
"You guys called me fatso, I'll show you all, this….is...Mamoru's payback, and from now on, my name is...…Kawasaki Moon.
I'm coming for you Rika, moon is coming," he uttered going home.
MONTHS LATER
Months later, the students of Hoshino Gakuen all arrived at school after the term's holiday. Sunbirds sang beautifully, chatters of holiday time spent filed the air, students shared new things and ideas done.
Rika, the school's hottest girl was already in school with Sayo and Yui waiting for Mamoru to walk in.
"It seems like the fat kid isn't going to show up today," Sayo uttered
"Rika didn't even reply, she waited for him to come so as to apologize to him.
Suddenly, silence filled the school ground as a what seemed to be a new boy came in, the edge of his uniform jacket stood with elegance due to proper ironing, the gators on his trousers got attention, his face was like the moonlight in the night sky, so handsome and cool.
He walked in with swag and humble pride all the way to the stairs.
"Who's that? Is he a transfer student? He looks cool," whispered some of the students
"Oh my goodness, so much attention. I mean I used to get this kind of attention but, it feels different. They are not laughing or feeling disgust, they are.....shocked. I'm not sure they know me or who I am yet," Mamoru thought in him
"Well then, let them see a new version of moon. Rika, what out, I'm coming for you,"
Rika and her friends watched with awe and a little admiration.
Quickly, Rika walked up to him as he walked in.
"Hi, my name is Rika Fujimoto, you are welcome to Hoshino Gakuen, what's your name?" she asked stretching forth a hand with her face filled with happiness.
Mamoru looked at her hand and then passed her by like no one was there.
Rika's eyes widened at his action and started contemplating.
"He looks familiar, like someone I've seen before, but...who?"
"Even I think he looks familiar," Sayo added.
Everyone waited eagerly for Kawasaki Mamoru, the fat boy they knew to come in but he never showed up.
People thought Mamoru would walk into the principal's office for class assignment but he just walked straight into the class and sat on his regular sit. This was when the three bullies and some others realized that it was Mamoru.
"No—," Yui uttered
"—Way," Sayo interrupted.
They seemed visibly shocked but not as much as Rika.
"He's...different. Now handsome and hot," she uttered almost falling on Yui.
"Woah, calm your nerves lover girl," said Yui
"L-lover girl? Oh please, he might have changed but he's still Mamoru, I might have done him wrong but I can never accept him even if he's different now,"
"Okay Rika, whatever you say," Sayo responded.
Class Period
Mr. Junpei walked in and the greeting exchange were done.
Mr. Junpei spotted Mamoru, immediately recognized him and smiled a bit confusing the students.
"Today we have two good news," he started leaving the classto murmur a little
"We have two new student, one is an old but reformed one while the other is a foreign exchange student, she was born in Japan like us but grew up abroad and she currently lives with her aunt. Please welcome firstly...…..Kawasaki Moon," he said pointing at Mamoru (now moon)
The class filled with murmursand surprise
"Moon? He changed his name," Rika murmured to Yui and Sayo
"Yh, new body, new term, new name," said Yui
"Checks out," added Sayo
"Now Mamoru who is now Moon will get up and introduce himself again—," Mr. Junpei added
Mamoru didn't even stand, he just sat staring outside the window where he sat
"—or maybe not. Now, the next person is a girl," Mr. Junpei added with pizzaz, he was always a jovial teacher who loved his job and whatever he does in the staff room during lunch time.
Boys and girls, welcome Mio Shirasaki.
Com one in Mio,"
She walked into the class with a little shy look and ten bowed respectfullyto everyone.
"Pfft, show off," Rika uttered.
"Okay now, with introduction put aside, let's start today's class, Mio, sit...…," His eyes scanned the whole class forgetting that there was no extra seat left. Then he saw Mamoru's seat, he was sitting all alone and was usually occupying it all.
"Sit beside Moon," he said pointing at Moon (formerly Mamoru, now moon)
She walked up to the seat where Moon sat and sat with him. She noticed that everyone's eyes were locked on her and her pink hair, especially Rika who sat in the middle of the class.
"Wow, she's beautiful," someone whispered
"Yh, I think her and Mamo—i mean Moon will get along fast," another added
The teaching began but Moon didn't even care, he always studied at home, even the topics that weren't even thought, he studied them all.
Mio glanced at him and glanced back at her book.
"Oh my gosh, this boy is soooooo hot and cool at the same time. No wonder they all started at me when I sat beside him, I hope we can be friends soon enough since he's a newbie too," thought Mio thinking Moon was a newbie.
Suddenly, Mio's pen fell to the floor and she tried to pick it up but was having some issues with it.
"Wait," she heard a voice thick but yet pleasant, she looked up and saw Moon looking at her.
"I'll get it for you," Moon picked up the pen and handed it over to her.
"Thank you, so much," she whispered
Moon didn't even reply back, he looked away staring at the board this time.
Then, Mr. Junpei started asking questions and called Moon to answer.
"Moon? What is the answer to number fifteen in your textboo—," before he could finish, Moon answered him
"Fifty four x divided by five equals ten," he said recognizing it as one of the topics he rigorously studied.
"That is correct!" Mr. Junpei yelled shocking the whole class.
"He didn't just change on the outside but on the inside," Rika muttered
For a second, their eyes met, Rika's eyes were filled with shock and awe but Moon's was filled with hatred and resentment. He then looked away like he never saw her.
She was surprised at this again.
"Is he behaving like this to me because of the way I treated him? Well he can't ignore me forever, he'll have to talk to me at some point," she thought in her.
"Mio, what is the answer to number twenty?" Mr. Junpei added her
She stood up, a little tense, voice and body shaking. Moon saw this, rolled his eyes and wrote the answer on his book tugging her to see.
She looked and has tingly said the answer.
"That's correct, it looks like we have a new smart student added to the crew," the teacher replied while everyone watched with boredom and shock.
Shinji, Sayo's brother saw Moon when he gave her the answer and was also surprised to see his transformed self.
"He might be a different guy on the outside but on the inside, he's still nice—maybe,"
Class ended minutes after the questions and the students all headed to the cafeteria for lunch except Moon. He plugged in his newly bought ear buds and blasted those music from his also newly bought phone. He never had any before.
Mio looked at him as she about to go to the cafeteria.
She touched his shoulder and spoke;
"Won't you come for lunch?,"
"Nah, I'm…..good, it's just food anyway. I'll have something later," he responded.
"Okay, I just wanted to thank you for the help in class. Thanks for showing me the answer, math can really be a hassle sometimes," she replied only to be shocked to see that he had put back the ear buds and didn't hear a thing she said.
"Seriously? Ugh, what's my business? Let me leave him in peace,"
She left him there all alone heading towards the cafeteria.