Haruka, who just witnessed his parents lying dead on the floor. Even though the good memories he had with them were just a little, they still existed. After all, they were his parents. He right now realised he is an orphan and has no body... except Jack. He went back to Jack's house with Jack. Haruka enters the house, and Jack shows him his new room.
Jack: "Haruka... Don't be sad... I know you have been through a lot. This will be your new room. You see this whole house? Think of it as yours."
Haruka: (His tone was soft and broken) "Thanks..."
Jack leaves with a nod as he understands his pain. Even though his parents were fighting most of the time, they still were Haruka's parents.
Haruka, in the room, all alone, was thinking about how unlucky he is. It is as if luck will never touch him. He was lying on the bed staring at the ceiling, just wondering why on earth it was always him suffering. Why can't it be someone else?... As he thought, he slowly fell asleep. A dreamless sleep. A sleep that was just darkness and nothing else.
The time flew quickly. A lot happened. Haruka is 16 years old, and he is in his second year of senior high school. Haruka was brushing his teeth as Jack was preparing breakfast. Haruka grew quite tall; he was 5'9 right now. He goes in front of the mirror to wash his face, and after cleaning his face and mouth, he stares at the scar on his forehead. He got that scar a few days ago when he went to school, and a few bullies were bullying him. It was the bullies who caused that scar. They hit his forehead with a bat, which is why he has a scar over his forehead. That said, because of that scar, the bullies bully him more. Though they kind of stopped bullying after Jack reported the bullies to the Headmaster.
This is just another day of him going to school. He brushes his teeth, cleans his face, has breakfast, and then he leaves for school. He went to school early. He wasn't the best student, nor the worst. He was weak in maths, but he liked science. He was good at English but bad at History. Though he came up with decent grades every semester.
He caught the bus. Inside the bus, it was crowded. He took a seat in the back and looked outside. He was enjoying the scenario.
After the bus stopped, he got down and then he walked towards his school. It was a well-known school. He went inside the gate as the guard of the school's gate recognized him. Haruka was now a teen... quite an introverted teen. He barely has any friends; it's as if he has a cross mark on everyone's face. He was climbing the stairs and went to his class. He sat in the back corner of the class beside the window.
The teacher came, and the students stood up and greeted the teacher. It was math class now, the class that Haruka hates the most. Though he tries his best, of course... The winner takes it all, and the loser has to fall. He tries his best, but he doesn't manage to get to the top. Such a pain.
During the whole class, he was sleepy; he had not gotten any sleep for some reason during the night. After the English class, there was lunch time... He has a few people whom he knows. Aurel, Yume, Marcus, Saito, Fuyuki, and Naoki.
Among them, Yume was someone who lived in Haruka's head without rent. She failed for 2 years and stayed in the second year of senior high school.
Haruka's Heart skips a beat whenever he sees Yume. He forgets what he thinks whenever he sees Yume. Talking with her makes him feel like he is lost. Which indeed gets lost whenever he speaks with her.
He loves how Yume's hair smells...He loves how her hair is styled. He loves how Yume talks. He loves how Yume blinks... Each act done by her, starting from the smallest to the largest act, has deep meaning for Haruka. Haruka loves how Yume's eyes glitter like broken heaven's smithereens. He thinks that he is out of her league.
His friends came near him just to cheer him up, but he seemed down as always. Aurel was cheerful, Saito was a deep thinker just like Haruka and Naoki, Fuyuki was funny, and Marcus was short-tempered. While they were coming, suddenly they saw that the usual bullies came to Haruka. One of them catches Haruka's Collar and the other starts to say something loudly...
"For YOU brat!...only for you! our parents were ashamed by the Headmaster...You know you have to pay for that right now...that scar? We will make sure you get more of these."
Yume steps in. When Yume entered, Aurel and others did too. Seeing them, the two bullies left...knowing they were outnumbered. Yume was laughing as she saw them chicken out so easily.
Yume: "Pfft!!! hahahahaha! I thought they would cause a scene...Oh God...well, isn't it only their fault that their parents were ashamed by the headmaster???"
Aurel and others nod and agree. They turn to Haruka and check if he was fine or not. Yume's eyes suddenly widen as he gets reminded of something...She immediately checked her backpack and pulled out a forehead band that she made.
Yume: Oh, Haruka...I made this for you...(She hands that over to Haruka)
Haruka: (blushing) T-thanks, Yume...
There was a smile on his face as he wore the forehead band. His smiling was rare.