Hikaru x Tsukiko smile chp 1

hikaru x tsukiko - smile

chapter 1 - smile like you mean it





Once apon a time... *cough* lame! we all know a true fairytale wont begin like that.. always wanted to say that though...
Ahem well lets start.

Its only another day here in my somewhat average life, I say somewhat because before today it was just like an average joe's day,
go to school or work, come home, chores and then bed. But when I saw HIM, he changed everything.
I just took a shortcut to school because I slept through my alarm, again.
And sitting on a bench in the middle of winter, with no shirt on, was the most handsome man ever! He looked towards me and I
looked away, afraid what he would do if he caught me staring at him. How could you not be wearing a shirt? I wanted to ask.
And as if he read my mind he said in a soft voice; "Because I am me, that's why" and he got up and his stawberry blonde hair fell infront of his eyes.
His hair was more close to white than blonde but if I called him old he might beat me up or something.
He chuckled and walked by me.
I turned around. "Hey, I uh... that's not a real reason for not having a shirt, what are you poor or something?"
His eyes were fierce, "No" he replied, "It was taken from me after a fight" he looked up at the grey morning sky.
Taken? why? To humiliate him? Did he lose the fight?
"No" he said aloud
Again with the mind reading!
It then dawned on me that I was later than usual and I dashed off forgetting the handsome man in the cold and only of the morning bell and if I was late again
the lectures that would replace my classes, so I just ran but as I did I felt an icy cold stare down my neck. Jeez! Its winter already I dont need this too!

Made it in time, but just barely.
History, the one class I can sleep in because most students are put to sleep by our balding history teacher, moonlighting as a therapist with his one and only
question :"How does it make you feel?"
He knew we would sleep but he didn't care too much, unless you snore.
Hector, out teacher cleared his throat and walked over to the door. "Listen up we have a new student transferring from
America so he is new to the customs here in Shinjuku, so please be nice to him. You can come in now ... that's odd, he was here a moment ago."
Hector came back to his desk and read a note aloud "Hikaru, Kuro. will be arraiving at the school by 10 am sharp, hmm thats what it says but he isn't here"
Another voice came from the open window.
What are you people crazy?! Close that window its freezing! Oh, no...
It was the handsome man from this morning. He looked over to me surprised and climbed inside. Some studnents laughed and called him wierd.
I muttered under my breath.
"Why didn't you come through the door like a normal person, do all americans act this way?" Hector asked slightly irritated.
"Sorry gramps, but doors as you know, are for those with no imagination"
The class laughed again.
The handsome man now known to me as Hikaru was now standing at the front of the class in a crisp uniform complete with combed hair and a tie!
Even more handsome than before!
He started talking about himself and flirted with all the girls in the front row. "Hey mister I want to sit there" he said pointing to me.
"Next to Tsukiko? Umm well I think you will be fine here at the front mister Kuro-- Hey!" Hikaru ignored him and sat beside me.
"You should have listened to him you know if there is one thing he can teach you its to stay away from me, I might curse you or something" I whispered to him
He chuckled again "I rather doubt it, besides we never finished talking this morining, and if you can curse people you could have done it then"
OH MY GOD he is so annoying, does he has to have the last word?!

History was over and as fate would have it, I was assigned to guide him through the school.
I had my own questions to ask him, "So this morning you had a fight, had your shirt stolen, had enough time to buy a uniform and attend this dump of a school?"
He said nothing, engrossed in his surroundings like a puppy on its first walk, he had to look at everything that I found boring and uninteresting.
"Hmmm? Did you say something miss...?"
What a jerk! he wasn't even listening!?
"Tsukiko" I said in a irritated voice
"So can I ask you something?" Hikaru asked me his crimson eyes mirrored mine.
Like I have a choice?
"I guess" I replied uninterested, he did ask to ask me something, never mentioned I had to answer him.
"I would like an answer by the way" he said matter-of-factly
Damn him!
"Fine, whatever." I said through gritted teeth.
"Why are you so different from the other girls here?, I mean you have crimson eyes and silver hair, got an explination for it?" He said almost teasing
"Im from the moon" I said sarcasticly.
He looked at me expression blank and for a moment I thought the cold got to him and that he had froze on the spot.
Then he burst into a fit of laughter and it surprised me. He fell to the snow covered ground and was rolling around like the same naiieve puppy.
"Gah, get up your making a scene" I said slmost having to yell over his laughter.
He slowly got up and had snow in his light hair, I actually wanted to know what color it was, blonde or white?
The snow fell off his bangs as he sat in the snow, he looked so childlike compared to this morning, he seemed older and more mature.
Which leads me to believe I'm a bad judge of character as he clearly was not, mature.
He got up and looked at me in the eyes again, I was still staring and he looked like another fit was about to start.
"Man, what a sense of humor, you got Tsuki"
Tsuki? TSUKI?!? What was that all about?
"Yoo Hoo, hey hey Tsuki" he said waving a hand infront of my eyes.
"WHAT?!" I snapped back and he stepped back slightly.
He put his hands behind his head and said "Maaaaan, I was just kidding ya' know, no need to snap at me, I mean we are not even married yet" and he turned and smiled at me.

I was taken aback, not by his stupid comment about marriage but his smile, so bright and warm and comforting, the kind of smile to make you want to smile with him, no matter what the reason.
And I couldn't help it, I smiled back and even giggled abit.
Hikaru came up to me
I didn't move
"C'mon, smile like you mean it Tsuki" and he smiled that wonderful smile again and walked on ahead leaving me in the snow in a daze.

to be continued  . . .