It was graduation day, the sun's ray going through the tall windows of our classroom. my best friend came walking towards me telling me to go and chase her, she was about to leave the school, not wanting any regrets I decided to run, so I can finally ask if...
IT was morning, I was running while the sun seeps through my skin like water, while my body sweats so much that it can fill one cup. I didn't usually run just to went to school, but on these specific day, my alarm clock broked, now I'm here running, to make things even worse, I crashed with one of my classmate earlier.
I was about to past the corner earlier, but then bam!, I crashed with her with a force that would definitely hurt someone.
"Oww!" she screamed, while holding her forehead like a child.
I went to my knees, then leaned to her, "are you ok!?"
"Yes I'm fine" she replied while still holding her forehead.
After that interaction, she left while looking pretty emberresed.
running through the streets, I finally made it to school, run through the halls, till I finally reach my classroom door, while I breath heavily because of exhaustion, but before I could grab the door handle, someone else grabbed it, and it was mio the classmate that I bumped into earlier.
"Oh taro!, I guess your also late huh?, HaHaHahaha.... Uh ok I guess ill enter now."
"Um wait!" I said to her
Tilting her head towards me, she asks, "What is it?"
"I'm sorry about earlier." I replied
She keeped shaking her hand, giving me the sign that it was fine.
"Oh it's ok it didn't even hurt" she says while looking like she was lying.
"Really you screamed earlier are you sure your really fine?" I asked While tilting my head to the side looking like a curious kid, that just found something interesting but doesn't know what it is.
With a worried smile she answered "Ye-yes I'm fine"
"Ok...." I muttered.
Ending the conversation. Mio entered the Classroom while I followed after.
The classroom buzzed with so much voice, coming from every direction a typical sound for a classroom. I then walked forward to my desk, lying my bag on the floor, I then sit on my chair staring at the blackboard while I wait for the teacher to arrive, meanwhile at the distance Mio started walking towards her chair, till she finally reached it.
The door suddenly opened, it was our teacher a thought then struck my mind:
("I guess our teacher is also late")
After such a random thought I started to bring out my book to write some notes, until Someone taps my shoulder I tilted my head towards that direction, it was mio Giving me a paper with the same thing that I just thinked about written on it.
...
The Last teacher before lunch started to pack her items, getting ready to leave and with a gentle smile she said goodbye to us. One by one my classmate started to leave to get lunch until everyone was gone except for someone who always refuse to leave. A sound of Bento opening can be heard near me. Mio was opening her bento. Watching her open her bento I started to also open mine.
At the start of junior high, Mio suddenly started to decline her friends invite to eat at lunch, some of them showed concern while some was fine with it since then she started eating alone at lunch and till this day I still don't know the reason behind it.
then suddenly A sound of desk being scraped across the floor filled the classroom, I turned my head towards it. Mio was pushing her desk and chair towards me, afterwards she sank at her chair.
I tried to act like I didn't care, but with a big smile she offered me a piece of egg roll I denied the offer but after a few seconds she called my name, i turned my head towards her, with a swift move she succesfully feed me the egg roll. my face slowly turned red feeling the chopsticks she just putted in her mouth.
....
The day ended, I left the school a sudden burst of wind flowing by near me as I watched the student slowly losing numbers every second, I decided to also leave, but when I reached the school gates Mio was standing firmly near the wall, I stared at her for a while, she then gazes towards me and waves at me smiling I wave back at her and instantly turn away and with a grin on my face, I started to walk but before I could even take a few steps she grabs my shirt.
She actually just wanted to invite me to eat at an ice cream shop.
As we entered the shop, a cold breeze of wind hits me while Mio started to order at the counter.
After finding an open sit, I called Mio.
"Um so about this"
With a confident smile she asks.
"Was the egg roll earlier good?"
"Uh ye-yea" I replied neourvously
She cheerfully raised her hand.
"Yess!! it was actually my first time cooking my own lunch"
"Eh so your parents usually cooks for you?" I ask curiously while also thinking how lucky she is.
With a faint smile she clenches her fist.
"Well more like my grandma my mom is working far away from here while my dad is...."
"sorry for asking!!"
"Wait no! it's fine I just remembered something that's why I got quiet a-anyway! kiraShi starting tomorrow I'm going to cook my own lunch!! s-so I'll use you as a taster if it's good we are starting tomorrow ok?"
"Eh why not your freinds or your best friend?" I asks
"I am making my best friend try it but I also want you to try my cooking wa-wait I mean i-"
I stoped her yapping with a question.
"Why do you want me to try your cooking?"
"It's because I'm interested in you" she says while her face turns red
"Heh?"
interested? a word that's been stuck on my mind for hours now. I honestly wanna know what she meant about that.
The next day....
I looked at the time as I woke up it was pretty early I then bathe,cook, and said goodbye to my mom. as I leave the house a gentle wind hits my skin as the trees move with it. I then started walking looking around there's only a few students it's honestly one of the earliest time I tried to go to school. As I was nearing the corner where I crashed with Mio I thought something would happen but surprisingly nothing.
After walking for about a few minutes I reached my school in the distance. I can only see a few students, after looking around trying to see the difference, I walk through the halls and then I made it to my classroom, I opened the door and at the window I saw Mio staring outside, the sound of the door opening swayed her attention to me, I looked at her and there i saw one of the most beautiful thing I have met my eyes on, with the wind moving her hair, while the sun lights her up like her bright smile, I couldn't even move, it's like my body was stopping me from moving, a feeling of not wanting to miss anything.... in that moment I fell in love with her.
...
It was one of my greatest memory that I even wrote it on my diary and remembering it now it felt so much time has pass since.
"Oy takeshi!!! The freind group is almost set get here already!!" My best freind screamed at me.
"Yea yea I'm coming just wait." I replied with a confident smile.
.....
At taro's desk a diary can be seen with a photo attach to it with a special note written on it. "My friends that changed my life"