| Fan Fiction |
by Ifah_chan
I looked at my watch. I ran quickly to the lab. I was late and I was totally in mess. As soon as I reached the door, the door was widely opened. Prof. Funaki was standing at the corner of the blackboard while crossing his arms, was simply staring at me. He pointed out at his watch.
"Horikita-san!! You're 30 minutes late!!! What are your reason this time?" He asked me.
I pressed my lips tightly. I bowed down. "Gomen nasai!"
He sighed tiringly. He then flopped down on the chair. "I don't know what to do with you anymore, Horikita-san... But, you should be thankful to this young man. He had made a cover for you just now..."
I was startled. Slowly, I looked up. My eyes widened and my jaw dropped. "To-Tomo-kun?" I murmured. It was Tomo-kun. He smiled at me.
"Horikita-san.... make sure it will be your last time..." Prof. Funaki wailed. "By the way, this is Yamashita Tomohisa-kun. He will be my part-time assistant. So, be sure to cooperate with him in future..."
Quickly, I nodded. "Hait!" Then, I turned to him. He just smiled at me.
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"Why? How? I thought you're in another university?" I asked him.
Tomo-kun snorted. "Well, I come here because I was assigned for my attachment assignment. My professor in-charged sent me here for my make-up points. So that's why, I've become Prof. Funaki's assistant." He crossed his arms while resting his back againts the chair.
I pouted. "Is that so? So, how long are you going to be here?" I looked at him in his eyes.
He shrugged his shoulders. "I wonder.. Well, I don't know. It depends...."
I nodded. I took a bite on my lunch. Then, I looked at him... He was looking away at the field, watching other students playing soccer. And again, I gazed at him for quite sometime... That expression of him hadn't change at all. The cool and steady expression had always been his main personality. He smiled slightly. I used to love that smile... The more I remembered our past, the more I was getting pain in my heart. I couldn't have putting any hopes on him again. I had moved on.... I just had to.... But, I don't know why... even though I tried to forget everything, but my heart kept telling me to remember it every now and then. It was just felt like I was running away... Maybe I was... I was running away from the truth.
"Horikita..." He suddenly called me. I was snapped from my gaze and startled. He then turned to me. "You wanna play catch ball with me?" He asked me.
"Ehh?? Catch ball...?" I pressed my lips. Then, I looked up at him. "Ok then..."
We stood up and went to the other field. There was no one there except us... He then took out the ball and gloves. He walked towards me and gave me the gloves. I put down all of my things and tkk the glove. He then threw the ball at me. I smiled and caught it into my glove. Then, I threw back at him... We were like that for quite sometime. We were having fun just like that even though it was just playing catch ball. Suddenly, he broke our silence.
"Horikita, I know it's late to say this... But, you're sparkled...." He smiled.
I waggled my eyes in surprise. I snorted. "Sparkled...? What are you talking about?"
"Well, you weren't like this during our high school days... It seems that you've grown happier than it would used to be. And I'm glad that happened to you..." He threw the ball back to me. "And maybe that's your true self..."
I looked up at him. I smiled bitterly. "No... There's nothing different between now me and then.. I'm just me..."
"You know what, I've finally understand what you said to me back then at the museum... When you said, you wasn't being yourself. I'm pretty dissapointed about that... I mean, I thought I've seen your true self." He chuckled. I bit my lips and slipped the ball from my glove. My lips trembled, but I forced myself to smile. "But... I've never regret by meeting you though.... Thanks for being my friend during those times..."
He smiled. I looked at him sadly. "Gomen...."
He chuckled. "Why? Why are you making that face? There's no need for you to apologize..." He then took the ball and grabbed it hard. He looked at the ball deeply and pondered. I looked at him curiously. He didn't say anything. Just looked at the ball. "Actually... I just feel regret for letting you go..." He mumbled.
My eyes widened. I thought I heard that clearly. "Ehh?"
He looked up at me and shook his head. "Nope... Nothing...." He smiled. He took the ball away and kept it in his bag. "Anyway, I'm just glad that you met my cousin, Ohno-chan. He's a good guy. I'm very positive that he will never make you cry..." He looked at me.
I didn't know what to say. He gazed at me like that and then he turned away from me. I didn't know why I had this guilt in my heart... It was so heavy and painful. I looked even sadder as I looked at him. Even though he didn't show it, but I just knew he was hurt enough. I closed my eyes and turned away from him....
"I can't have this guilt in me..." I bit my lips. I shook my head and slightly pinched my cheeks. "Come on, Maki... You can't just have this guilt. You have already made that decision..." I mumbled to myself. And then, I turned to him again. His head was facing the sky with his eyes closed. He took a deep breath and blew it off. It was a while, when he did that.... I didn't even turned away from that beautiful gesture of him. Suddenly, he opened his eyes. He smiled.
"It's beautiful, isn't it? The sky...?" He asked me.
I smiled and nodded. "Yes... It is..." Then, I looked up at the sky.
We went quiet but suddenly he mumbled again. "You're the reason I love this sky... Everywhere I go, I never missed to look at it..." He dazed away. And again, for a second time, I was surprised. He was mumbling again. Slowly, I turned to him. He then turned down his head and turned to me. He smiled widely. "Let's go... You've a date with Ohno-chan, right?" He snorted and bent down to take his bag. I wasn't able to do anything. I was still stunned. And again, he looked at me. "Horikita.. Let's go... You're going to be late... Ohno-chan is waiting."
I startled. I nodded. "Y-Yes..." I took my bag and followed him.
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It had been two days, I had became like this... Dazing away, pondered and even suddenly weak. I sighed heavily almost every day. I couldn't do anything right. From the beginning till the end. I was lost in any courses of my school works and even my part-time job. "What's wrong with me?" I mumbled alone in desperation. "Why can't I do anything right?" I messed up my hair.
Aya, who sat beside me, sighed. "Oi, what's wrong with you...?"
"Aya, what's wrong with me? I've been like this for these two whole days...." I pouted. "I hate being like this...."
"Baka!! As if I know it...." Aya wailed.
I bit my lips and rested my chin on my palm. "But... it's been a long time since I have this kind of feelings." I looked at Aya. She looked at me sadly. "Ne, Aya.... Tomo-kun is such a pity. He showed me that face... I felt guilty for making him like that... It's my fault."
"Baka..!! It's not your fault at all... Besides, it's his fault anyway. He's the one who made this mess..." Aya wailed. She then stood up and moved all the boxes and placed them into the storage. She then ignored Maki and went to the toilet.
Maki sighed heavily. "But... It's not sympathy feelings... It's...maybe..." She looked herself at the mirror. "Love... isn't it?"
The next day, Maki set off to her university. And again, she was left behind Aya as she had always late. She took a bus and amazingly she reached her university earlier than usual. She smiled. "This time, I'm not late... So, Funaki-sensei would make such noisy sound again..." She grinned.
As she walked along the corridor, suddenly she bumped at Funaki-sensei. "Ahh... Horikita-san! You're early today..." He smiled sarcastically.
I snorted. "Of course...! I've made my new resolution. I don't want to be late anymore...."
"Well, it's good..." He patted her shoulder. "And today, you will go.."
Maki looked at him confusingly. "Go? Go where?" she asked.
"Today, actually I have a public lecture at the Tokyo Auditorium for all high school students. So, I need your help to give a briefing talk about the Human's Relation and Cultural."
My eyes widened. "Ehh??!! Why me?!!"
"Of course...!! This is your punishment for being late...."
"But I'm not late today...." Maki pouted.
"That's why I need your help... This will bring you a good points. This is going to be your private marks from me..." He smiled.
I pouted. "That's not fair, Sensei....!"
He grinned. "Well, it had been decided then..." And again, he patted my shoulder happily. "But, today I can't make it... So, I had asked Yamashita-kun to be the main lecturer during this public lecture and I wanted you to assist him..."
"EEhh??!!!"
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I walked in the corridor and knocked the door. Then, I opened it. Tomo-kun turned to me. He was surprised. "Horikita, what's wrong? You wanted something?" he asked.
I shook my head. "No.. Funaki-sensei asked me to meet you..." I bit my lips.
"Ehh??!! Meet me? For what?" He asked me shockingly.
"He wanted me to assist you for the public lecture today...." I said innocently. "And he said he had something important to attend..."
Tomo-kun sighed heavily. "It's not something important but he wanted to avoid it as possible.." He then sat on the chair and rested his chin on the palm. "Well, it can't be helped... Yurushiku onegaishimasu...." He smiled.
As soon as I saw his smile like that, my heart skipped fast. I nodded and looked away from him. My hands all trembled. My heart was skipping too fast that I could hardly breathe. I didn't know what to do now. It was too surprisingly happened. I avoided his eyes all the way we talked. He seemed to notice it but he didn't say anything.
He just did everything as usual. He was being very professional.... As planned, we headed to the Tokyo Auditorium. We then prepared all the things and presentations stuffs. After a while, the students entered the hall one by one. They were immediately sat down on the chair. And there was also a chirping and whispering sounds around the seats. They were cheekily looked at Tomo-kun and waved innocently. I smiled as I looked at them. It reminded me during our school days. Girls were happy and enjoyed themselves when they saw handsome and cute guys. Giggling cheekily and talked happily about them... I turned to Tomo-kun. He was smiling as the students waving at him. He waved back. It made the hall were full of the girls's cheeky sounds. I chuckled. Tomo-kun was really attractive and handsome guy. He had his own sweetness as he smiled. Then, he suddenly turned to me.
"Why are you chuckling about?" he asked.
"Well, I still can't believe that you still popular around girls...." I chuckled again.
He then snorted. "I wonder...." He then bent down to take the papers. "But, during those days... You're just like one of these girls..."
I pouted. "What are you talking about? I'm not like that though..."
He chuckled then he turned away from me. I smiled and helped him out. After half and hour later, we started our lecture. I was just a stand by lecturer so I was only doing my stuffs like, arranging the power point and passed out the pamplets. I looked at him. He was so good at these... I couldn't have ever expected this. He, who was used to be quiet and solemn, had turned into a great lecturer. I smiled even more when I looked at him. Sometimes, he would turn to me and smiled at me. I loved his smile... Suddenly, I was startled. Why? Why do I have this feeling again? I thought I had made this clear that I wouldn't coming back for this... But instead, it appeared again. What should I do? What should I do? I can't betray Ohno-senpai's feelings.... I loved him, yes I did... But, my feelings for Tomo-kun was reappeared again. And this time, it was sronger that before....
"What should I do? Ohno-senpai.... Help me..." I bit my lips. I clenched my hands tightly. "Because my feelings for you has become a big distance....between us..."
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