Breaking planks!!

YAAY!! I'm so happy that my strength has for once somewhat come in use.. I mean it has always helped me beating my friends but now it ACTUALLY helps!!

Yeah as the title suggests I was chosen to break planks for the demonstration... I mean I haven't broken them as yet, but the karate sir is practicing us to break planks first by trying to hit the sparring board to the floor while sir and the black belters hold it...

The demonstration will be held in January (I.A)... I hope the month would just be here soon *arghh!!*

Oh ya and I just got my karate uniform last week, so looking forward to wearing that as well for the next karate class...YAY!! : )

An unbelievable guy!

WOW!! I looked so different. I looked at myself in the mirror smiling brightly, satisfied by the difference I had been able to make. I had changed my hair style today after so many months hoping that Kurosaki would admit defeat.

I rushed to school and waved brightly as I saw Kurosaki, his eyes widened and seemed stunned. Was he really going to admit I looked pretty? I thought.

"You look..." he paused,"weird..."

I knew it...I punched him only to relieve my stress and walked away.

"Remove that lame thing off your hair!" he yelled after me but I simply walked away turning a deaf ear to him.

What a jerk! I thought.

School continued as usual but I avoided Kurosaki as much as I could. The bell rang after the last period and I rushed to my locker unusually late after my cleaning duties where I saw a group of guys.

"How cute Mizuki's got a new hairstyle," one of them commented as another touched it.

"Excuse me but I'd like to leave," I replied really annoyed, when one of them grabbed my hand and I kicked him, he lost his balance and fell to the ground.

"Hey what the hell are you doing!" another guy grabbed my hand and something detached from it, falling to the ground, it was the bracelet Kurosaki had given me.

I pushed the guy holding me and bent down to pick the bracelet when one of them trampled it, the beads split apart. my hand shivered as I clenched them in anger, I wanted to beat them up so badly, but my eyes were feeling uneasy due to my tears, when I heard Kurosaki's voice.

"You guys chose the wrong girl to pick on...she'll rip you apart so its best you move it fast or do you want me to help her send you guys away?" Kurosaki said as his eyes narrowed.

They rushed out of school. He moved towards  me and pulled me up telling me I shouldn't worry about petty things like a bracelet.

"Its the first thing you gave me,you jerk!" I yelled as I rushed out of school.

But I didn't want to leave not until I got the beads all collected. I returned a few  minutes later and found found kurosaki picking them up. On asked what he was doing he replied," I'm going to try asking the art club to fix it or I think I'll-" he paused as he looked at me in surprise. I smiled brightly when he stood up, looking away embarrassed.

"Thanks..." I said grinning,"And I'm sorry for yelling at you."

"Idiot!" he remarked as he put his hand on my head and messed up my hair.

He's just embarrassed...I thought,what an unbelievable guy! 

Her tears...

I turned to leave when I heard mai gently saying,"mum". I sat down next to her and to my astonishment I found tears creeping down her cheeks. It was clearly surprising to see her crying for I had been going out with her for almost two years and though we had had quarrels she had never shown me her crying face but now here she was showing it, defenseless.

"Ren!"she said surprised,"I'm sorry, I've been sleeping really late these days...any way let's get going"

With this she sat up and smiled. But was that real...her smile...it seemed somewhat unreal...

But I recalled my presence in her house, having to deal with all her assignments she hadn't spent much time with me, but today she had specially set it aside for the two of us. But why was she hiding the fact that she had cried? I thought, I didn't like it at all, it seemed to create a great distance between the two of us.

But I followed her as she pulled me forward to the places she wanted to go, they varied from cafes to parks but was she really having fun?

I couldn't help but feel her changing destinations... at last we stopped at the riverside and looked at the sun set, now she seemed somewhat relaxed and I wanted to know...no matter what...what she had dreamed of...

"Mai why are we so distant?" I asked. She seemed surprised with my question and kept quiet expecting me to continue so I did.

"You cried today didn't you?"

She hesitated and then tried denying it but i moved forward and hugged her.

"It's alright to cry...I'm no stranger to you am I?"

It triggered her tears...though I couldn't see her face I was convinced that she was crying for her body quivered and she spoke...but it was barely audible...

"I had a dream of mum..." she paused,"It was the same events in my dream just as it had happened when mum was murdered...mum covered in blood...everything just as-"

Now she shook greater and I tightened my grip around her.

"It keeps repeating everyday for the past few days the same dream...its like mum's trying to tell me something...like its all my fault..."

"That's not true is it? Her death had nothing to do with you...its probably because you're tired and its been just a few months since her death..."

"But-' she said looking up at me with a defeated look.

"This isn't like you at all...do you believe that your mum would blame you for her death? Do you not trust her?"

And her lips forced a weak smile as I messed up her hair and smiled back.

I knew my words weren't enough to comfort her for the loss of her mother but this was the most I could do and I knew she'd accept it...

The Idiot

"I'm sorry," Mayumi replied,"I won't be able to. Sorry, Satoshi."

"I'm fine but-" I paused when I heard her cough harshly several times but she immediately cut me off telling me that she had to leave.

Why was she coughing and making up excuses for not being able to make it to tomorrow's date? Is she okay? Somehow it all seems so weird...

I stood in front of her house after a few minutes later. I obviously couldn't let her be when I knew something was definitely wrong. Am I just thinking too mush? Then I rang the doorbell, but but there was no reply. Where was she?

When there was a sudden noise of the unlocking of the door and there she stood, but she looked pale and she was standing resting her palm on the wall.

"Satoshi..." She called my name gently as she almost fell but I grabbed hold of her. Her body was so warm. So she was sick...she was having a fever.

I carried her to her room and placed her on her bed, covering her in a blanket after having helped her take aspirin.

Why didn't she tell me that she was sick? It bothered me, why was she distancing herself from me? But I soon understood as I stepped into the kitchen. There laying on the table was a cake. As moved forward, I could read the words on the cake,"Happy Birthday satoshi!", but they were written with trembling hands, it was clearly visible. That idiot! Why was she exerting herself so much for a simple reason!! Just to surprise me for my birthday...

I rushed to her room to find her sleeping peacefully, moving closer I sat next to her.

Why do I feel like a pathetic guy?I thought.

The next day I opened my eyes, I found Mayumi smiling at me brightly, the paleness on her face had disappeared and she said,"Happy birthday!"

"Why didn't you tell me?" I asked her when she looked sheepishly replying that it was a simple fever and didn't want me to worry over it. She then smiled again telling that she was alright.

"Then let's go...to the beach like you wanted to" I replied and she nodded excitedly.

She's always thinking about others so much but what about herself? I thought, but I suppose its alright because I'll be there to take care of her, the idiot I love so much!