“My toes still hurt!” Daichi banged his fist in front of Tanya. “Maybe next time you will be gentle with a girl’s feelings,” Zoa brought out the tip of her tongue to mock Daichi.Daichi snared at Zoa. He dragged out a chair for himself, dropping into it. “What is wrong with you? And you? All of you. Well, except you.” He dismissed Kakashi’s feelings.Kakashi scoffed in response. “Do I look like something is wrong with me?” Zoa put up a bold front.“Great, one less person to worry about then. So you,” Daichi turned his body to face Tanya, “What is wrong with you? And before you think of saying you are fine; I know you are not fine. I can see that you are not fine. If I didn’t know you better, I would have said you are jealous, because you do look like you are angry at something, not really what someone has done to you.” Daichi tilted his head to see her evading face.Zoa’s interest piqued. She lifted her face off the table, widening her eyes at the thought of her friend, Tanya, being
The morning was filled with so much vibrancy. The students were out in numbers, walking around leisurely as they had a break from the tedious training in recent weeks.Master Yonda has been frequently changing his whereabouts, a behavior quite uncharacteristic of him. Since his return to the academy, he has exhibited a heightened sense of security awareness and an unusually exuberant demeanor."He has been warned a couple of times in my presence and even by me that the decision is not exactly the best at hand, "Jiro observed the master's confident stride, his hands casually tucked behind his back as his head inclined slightly forward, leading the way."How did you even become so close with him to be able to have those sort of conversations?" Kakashi inquired from Jiro with a heightened sense of keen interest etched on his face."The commander died in their travel to find Oz. I may be on the next platform to attaining that status, but I do not have the intention to take up that mantle.
Doctor Haishi gasped back to life, coughing up dry air."Give him space, move, move, move." Suke waved the students that crowded around Doctor Haishi, away.Zoa and Daichi ran to the front of the congregated students, Tanya walking behind them.Zoa's eyes darted around, catching sight of Kakashi at a corner. She marched up to him in an instant, "Hey.""Hi," Kakashi shuffled his eyes around in search of Jiro."Are you okay? You seem agitated," Zoa's hand rested on the shoulder of Kakashi trying to bring his focus on her face."Yeah, yeah." Kakashi couldn't make out Jiro's face in the crowd."Why are you stretching like that?"Kakashi cut the spring in his toes, falling back to his normal height. He cleared his throat, his face close to Zoa's face.The hall was crowded with voices but no faces. Their eyes locked for a minute longer, a lump forming in their throat of Kakashi. His eyes danced with heart-shaped emojis, and his heart leaped with the springs he had in his legs. "What happen
"There is an important announcement. Get your uniforms on and come outside to the Arena.""There is an important announcement. Get your uniforms on and come outside to the Arena."With each announcement, there was a loud bang on every door."Oh my…" Kakashi was awoken by the same words that pierced his ears from different angles.His face was groggy and his head felt too heavy. He rubbed his sleepy eyes with the back of his hands."I see you were disturbed by the announcement," Jay went to his wardrobe to get his belt. "They seem to have something new for us every time, eh?" Jay buckled his belt, throwing Kakashi's jacket on the floor."There is an import-""We know!" Kakashi shouted back at the announcer. Their door was spared the scar of a heavy bang."Get prepped, let's go." Jay turned around to complete his uniform, he picked his glasses gently from the top of his bedside table.Kakashi sighed still feeling his head aching slightly. He stretched out his hand in the direction of hi
"Why are you suddenly friends with someone you barely know? You both just met… what? Less than a week ago? What do you think you are doing?"Jiro came to a sudden halt, causing Kakashi's lengthy strides to cease as well. He turned around to face Kakashi, a gentle chuckle escaping his lips, a reaction Kakashi hadn't anticipated from his words."Why do you care who I am friends with? I didn't stop you from walking around with the stranger, did I?" Jiro flicked his golden hair."Stranger? Walk? What are you talking about? You were the one who encouraged me to accept his proposal as my tutor. It has nothing to do with friendship." Kakashi's arms were outstretched, pleading their innocence.As Kakashi stood there, his words echoed in the hallway, emphasizing the confusion that enveloped the situation. Kakashi's outstretched arms symbolized his sincerity, a representation of his confusion and need to be understood. "It is not just training now, is it? I saw you and Jay talking about me the
“Why did you tell me not to inform anyone about what happened here?” Kakashi looked around like he was in a dream world. His hand found the back of his head; his head was under trial for a crime worthy of being cut off, why else would he feel so much hammering?“Hey, are you all right?” Tanya moved closer to Kakashi who looked like an alien who just found himself in another world. Kakashi looked at Tanya once, trying to fight the fog that covered his vision. “What happened?”“You were asking about the Annual Globe and then… that was it, you fell into an excruciating pain? What happened? It was sudden.” Tanya stooped her head lower to read Kakashi’s face.“Ouch,” Kakashi winced as he raised his back from direct contact with the floor.“Careful,” Tanya held him with caution as he sat beside her on the platform. The dust expertly disguised inside the orange hair of Kakashi. The unwanted particles settling among the millions of strands on his head. Unfortunately for them, Kakashi’s han
Yes. It felt really different now. He would happily erase his mind off every thing he had just witnessed. He took a deep breath. The spaces were crowded, the rooms must have been flushed out with some information. Students were never always so willing to be outside. Although he was thankful for the dissipation of the cold he felt, he worried over the things that may happen around with no knowledge he has of.The scattered groups that saturated his path made it harder for his eyes to sight the whereabouts of his friends. His eyes listened and brought into focus Jiro, “Not him.” He sneered. He engaged his eyes in continuous search, advancing forwards with his head higher than it should be. “Sorry,” Kakashi bumped into one of the students from behind.“YOU!” “What?” His lips left a gap, his pupils dilated. His head shuffled the same faces in a quickfire scan.“REMEMBER ME?” Their voices spoke at once in an echo, their feet crashing loudly at him like the marching of an army to war.
The evening went unpredictably turbulent. Kakashi’s mind reeling back to the conversation he had with Jiro. It wasn’t an apology still, but he was okay with coming to a truce. He already told the secret out to Tanya and he was almost at breaking point with a stranger. Well, technically. Jiro was not the best person out there and while that’s true for him, same can be said for everyone. Jiro isn’t perfect, Daichi definitely isn’t perfect. Jay has his down times, and Zoa, mm, Zoa. Brings his mind back to that, Zoa. ‘How am I going to do this with Tanya not being aggrieve? Why don’t I just act like nothing happened? You fool! Women don’t like that. But then what do I do? Wait, how do you even know about what women like or don’t like?’“Why are you smiling?” Zoa appeared out of nowhere.“Wait--what? Wh--um, smile? I wasn’t smiling. You are the one… how did you even get here? What are you doing here? I mean, I want you to be here, but…” Kakashi blew out air, resigning to his embarrassme