Hurraay, for my longest chapterr! I spent a while on adding more words, it was originally supposed to be shorter. xD I'm sorry for the long wait everyone, if anyone is still interested in this story. I am one lazy 8th grader. xD! I reached my deadline though! I think. it was October 24, and I set it last week. xD Okay, okay, I'll stop rambliiiinnngg.
Wait, one more note! xD I figured out how the story will end, so don't think I've given up on the story. I just needa.. you know.. get the words together. In a sentence..
I don't own any characters. D:
The man pushed her against the fence and leaned in towards her face. Hikari squinted her eyes, knowing she could do nothing. Suddenly, she heard a loud grunt, and the feeling of the man's presence was gone.
Hikari slowly opened her eyes, and saw that the man was on the ground. She immediately turned and looked to her right, and saw Shinji.
"Sh-Shinji..! Wh-what are you doing here..?"
Shinji looked back at her, "I told you it would look bad if I came home by myself."
The stranger on the ground quickly got up, unknowingly showing the new bruise that he just got on his right cheek.
"Why you.." he balled his hand into a fist and got into a fighting stance. He lunged at the boy, but Shinji was faster, and stopped his punch by grabbing his arm.
The man backed away, and tried to pull his arm back, but Shinji's grip was too strong. The man tugged harder, but his strength was no where near Shinji's. "L-Let go!"
Shinji glared directly at the man's eyes. The man flinched and stepped back, and shivered under Shinji's cold stare. "Sexual speech and action or any other method to harass an opposite sex can be fined up to six thousand dollars."
"I wasn't.."
"Mister, you are not young anymore." Shinji let go of the mans arm, and searched for Hikari's wrist and held it. "Hikari. Let's go."
He threw one last glance at the man, and the man flinched. Hikari silently followed Shinji as he dragged her along with him.
Hikari blushed madly while staring at Shinji's hand that was holding onto her wrist. Her heart was beating so hard and loudly that she felt it might pop out of her chest.
"U-uhm.. you can.. let go now.. o-of my.."
Shinji blushed a bit, forgetting that he had been holding her wrist, and let go. "Sorry.."
"N-no! Th-thank you so much!" Hikari lowered her voice, and looked away. She played with her skirt, for what seemed like the millionth time since she began living with him. "I-I don't know what would have happened if you weren't there.. S-so.. thank you.. Sh-Shinji.."
He turned away, trying to hide any signs that showed he cared, "It's no big deal."
He continued to walk, and Hikari smiled to herself while watching his back, then ran to catch up with him.
"Hikari-chan! Shinji! Where in the world have you been? I was so worried!" Rina threw her arms around the two of them, hugging them.
"G-gomen auntie.. I.. e-eto.."
"Some things happened, that's all." Shinji got out of his mother's embrace and headed towards the stairs.
Rina put her hands on her hips and frowned, "Can't a mother worry? Ne ne, Hikari-chan, dinner is soon, so be ready, okay?"
Hikari nodded, "O-okay!"
She hurried up the stairs, and went straight to her room. She pulled out the pink diary that was under her bed, and flipped to the next empty page and began writing.
Dear Diary,
So many things happened today, I don't know where to start writing! Uhm.. This morning I told Nozomi about me living with Shinji's family. She freaked out and almost got both of us in trouble. She promised not to tell anybody, Shinji warned me this morning. I'm absolutely sure that Nozomi wouldn't tell, but I hope no one finds out.
Then after school, I took my time packing my things. When I finished, I found out that Shinji was waiting outside. I felt so guilty, and I still do. If I knew he had been there, I would have hurried to get my things together faster.
Today I had planned on visiting mom's grave. I got flowers and left them there, and when I came out of the cemetary, there was this scary stranger there. I was so scared, but luckily, Shinji came to my rescue. I feel almost like a princess in a fairy tale. Only without the true love, I guess. Shinji said he came because it would look bad if he went home by himself. I kind of understand that. I wonder if I picked a good day to go to the cemetery or not.. It was really scary, having to see that stranger, but I learned something new about Shinji! He's not really mean! I think he's just lonely, that's all. He needs a really good friend to help him open up. Yup! Definitely picked a good day!
Hikari ended her sentence, put her pencil down, then closed her diary. She put it away, then yawned and stretched. She jumped when she heard a knock on her door,
"Ne, Hikari-chan, dinner is ready."
"O-oh, I'm coming, gomen."
How was it? xD I think I'm getting better at writing, sorta.. Thanks Ms. Maguire! Your strictness has paid off! For me anywaay. xD