Chapter 2

Hiroto was still worried. He wondered why she let her thoughts get to her. Hana started having her lapses at 7 years old. The doctors told their grandmother and Hiroto that it wouldn't bother her since she was still little. It didn't bother her a lot until she turned 9 years old. She was at the stage where everyone was always talking or bragging about their parents making her always remember the incident. Her lapses came back, she was hospitalized for a year before their grandmother's death. Hiroto took care of Hana since she was 5.

Their father was a burden, always drinking never caring for them. He drank himself to sleep one day and did not wake up. Hana was very sad, a 7-year-old child who did not understand why things like this were happening to her. Hiroto was angry at his father; he despised his father for leaving him and his sister alone.

When Hiroto was a child, he was abandoned in a dumpster. He was a mistake that wasn't supposed to be created. An old lady found him on her way and being a kind person, she brought him home. She couldn't just leave a baby who couldn't even walk alone in the dumpster. She named him Hiroto and cared for him for a few weeks before taking him to an adoption home. 3yrs before the birth of Hana, their parent couldn't produce a baby, Hana's mom was depressed, so her husband told her the idea of adopting a baby as their own.

Hiroto was adopted by Hana's parent. 3 years later, after a lot of prayer, Hana was born. They were grateful and happy and thanked God for answering their calls to him. They cherished both of them very much.

Hiroto went to bed with rest, and he still had his sister in his life as his one true family.

"Give it back" Mio pulled.

"No! It is mine" Mei pulled back.

"You guys are at it again this early morning, don't fight girls. Now, go upstairs and let Himari prepare you for school" Tomoko Sensei said.

Mio and Mei are twins who love disagreeing over everything all the time. It was 7:00 am and everyone was preparing to go to school.

Hana was all better. She had taken her bather an hour before Tomoko Sensei woke everyone up. Hana had very pretty brown hair which she loved styling. Her hair and face were her pride, she had a face card that got her anything she wanted aside from the fact she had a brother willing to do anything for her. She styled her hair into her favourite twin braids, with her bangs covering her head, and she wore her cute cat bow. She loved cats and was always insisting Tomoko Sensei on getting one. Tomoko Sensei was not ready for a new family member, she already had enough on her platter, and a cat would be too much.

Hana was homeschooled due to her physical condition, but she had always dreamt of going to a real school and wearing a uniform. She loved uniforms, she found them cute, especially with the little skirts and the knee-length socks, it was going to be her first time attending a school and wearing a school uniform.

She was feeling in a very happy mood. She brought out the uniform her brother got for her; it was policy that students who wanted to join the school had to have their uniforms before entrance exams.

She wore the shirt, slowly buttoned it up staring at the mirror smiling brightly. She wore the miniskirt which just reached a bit below her knee. She tucked the shirt into the skirt. She sat down on her dresser and wore her socks. She put on her shoes and carried her bag, she was ready.

It was going to be her first day attending a normal school, though her brother didn't want her to go because he was afraid of her getting her triggers in school, but he knew he couldn't keep her sheltered forever, she had to go out and see what the real world was like. Tomoko Sensei also was persistent on her continuing homeschooling. But after some reasoning with Hiroto, she agreed.

At 8:00, everyone was set. Tomoko Sensei gave everyone their lunches, The menu for the day was sushi, curry rice, chocolate milk and castella, a very normal Japanese lunch. The van was waiting for them, OrochiーSan was the driver appointed by the orphanage to drop off and pick up all the children. It was going to be Hana's first time taking the van to school. She was so excited and happy.

When Hiroto saw his sister in her uniform, he almost fainted. She looked so cute like a doll or Japanese idol, "Hana-Chan is so cute. Are you my sister. Your uniform looks so cute on you" he teased but was still in awe of how cute she looked. He was a big sis com (major sister complex; loves his sister so much) though Hiroto still had doubts about letting her go to school.

"What if she has her triggers or she gets bullied, but she is so cute, who would want to bully her."

" What if they do bully her because she is just so cute? Argh." he thought to himself.

Seeing her brother look so worried she told him that she was going to be fine and he could check on her from time to time when he was free. OrochiーSan told everyone to get in the van.

"We are running late guys".

Hiroto sat beside his sister; the drive was 30 min. Hana fell asleep on her brother's shoulder. He patted her gently as she slept and gave her a warm smile.

"We are here, everyone gets down, be careful," OrochiーSan said.

Hiroto gave Hana a small nudge to wake her up, he told her they had arrived at school. Hana gave a bright smile,

"Today is going to be an amazing day, I know it will be" she assured herself.

They got off the bus. In front of her was a big building called Yokosuka Junior and Senior High. She followed her brother to the entrance of the school, in her view the school looked so fancy and cool, she couldn't be blamed, it was her first time at a school. Hiroto took Hana to the principal's office to take her entrance exam. The exam was to determine which class she was going to be in.

Standing in front of the door, he knocked, a voice said

"I am coming",

it was probably the secretary. She opened the door and asked what he needed. It was rare for Hiroto to come over to the principal's office. Hiroto had to explain that his sister is a new student and she would like to write her entrance exam the principal talked to him about. The secretary nodded, she rang the telephone and informed the principals that he had arrived with his sister. Mayumi-San, the secretary's name as her badge read, told them to wait for a few minutes. They sat down on the first bench row directly facing the principal's office. 10 min later, Mayumi-San opened the door to let them into the principal's office.

"Good morning," Hiroto and Hana said coordinating.

"How are you Hiroto, hmm… so this is Hana--Chan that everyone says you talk about".

"Yes sir, this is Sano Hana, she is 15 years old and is ready to take the entrance exam for class 11," Hiroto said.

"Aah, yes. The exam. Mayumi—San will bring it in soon"

The principal DaikiーSan gave a warm smile. A few minutes later, Mayumi-San came in with the exam questions. There were sets of tables and chairs on a side of the principal's office.

"Hana, I would like you to sit over there, under the table is a pencil and eraser for writing the exam" DaikiーSan said.

"Okay sir," Hana said as she walked over to the table and chair in the corner.

She got seated, and Mayumi-San placed the questions on her table and escorted Hiroto to the waiting room.

"You can do it; I believe in you" he yelled as Mayumi-San escorted him out.

Hana gave her all in the test. In the waiting room, Hiroto saw some other kids but with their parents. He felt a twist in his stomach, maybe a hint of jealousy, but he ignored it and waited patiently for his sister. An hour later, Hana was done with the exam. She submitted the papers on DaikiーSan's table and told him goodbye before leaving his office. Hearing the door open, Hiroto stood up, he ran over and saw his sister looking as proud as ever.

"I did it" she squealed and gave her brother a big hug.

"I am so proud of you; I knew you could do it," he said.

Mayumi—San called Hiroto into the office, Daiki—San told him his sister's result would come out in an hour but she could start classes when Mayumi—San gives her result.

"Go to class Hiroto, Mayumi—San will give Hana the result in an hour".

Hiroto nodded and left the office. Hiroto had to leave because his classes were starting very soon. He told Hana that he had to go and she should wait for the results. He hugged her and left for class.

Hana sat back on the chair, looking at her phone which she had removed from the bag she used to keep her seat before the exam. She stared at the screen and then took a picture of herself, she stared at the picture intensely and then zoomed in a bit into her eyes.

She blushed at the fact that she was in love with her hazel-coloured eyes. She sometimes wished she could hold her own eyes and stare at it, but it wasn't possible. She posted the picture on her status with the caption "I am so obsessed". She soon got bored with her phone, everyone was offline, focusing on class. She kept her phone back in her bag and took a nap. 

"Hana—Chan, please wake up" Mayumi―San called out.

Hana aware of her surroundings woke up immediately to the sound of her name. She stood up and went over to her table. Mayumi-San handed the results to her along with her books, a key for her locker and her locker card number in case she forgot the number.

"Please follow me, let's get your stuff in your locker first," Mayumi-San said.

Her locker was in a baby pink colour, she opened it with the key. Inside the locker was a timetable for the term. She looked at it and picked out the books she was having today, she kept the remaining books in the locker and closed it.

She put the books inside her bag. Her locker number is A27. She followed Mayumi-San to her classroom. She was going to be in class 11. Mayumi-San knocked on the door, and a man came out of the class to attend to her, they got into a conversation about how this was Hana and everything. He looked at Hana with a smile and told her to come to the class.

This is where Hana parted with Mayumi―San, she thanked her for everything and waved her bye. The man told Hana that his name was Takari Natsu. She called him NatsuーSensei, though that was the name everyone called him. Natsu—Sensei told her to come in and introduce herself.

Hana stood in front of the class as she looked at the many eyes staring at her. One thing Hana had after PTSD was the fright of talking in front of many people even if it was a minimum of 10 people.

"Go on Hana-Chan, no need to be shy, everyone is nice" NatsuーSensei whispered.

She gathered her little courage and gave the heartfelt introduction she had practised earlier in the morning.

"Hello my name is Sano Hana; I am 15 years old. I love to eat, especially ramen, I have an elder brother, Sano Hiroto. I am from an orphanage; I hope we can all be good classmates or friends".

Everyone was too stunned to say anything, they were all busy looking at how pretty she was, but not to seem rude, Natsu—Sensei coughed and everyone came back to class and gave her a big round of applause. Hana's eyes went back to the floor. NatsuーSensei asked her to sit beside the girl with curly black hair.

Hana adjusted her backpack on her chair and sat beside the girl. She brought out her books, pencils, pens, erasers, ruler, calculator and other writing materials and placed them under her table. NatsuーSensei is both their homeroom and math teacher. He was explaining a concept to the class before Hana's introduction, so he had to re-explain it so she wouldn't be lost.

Afterwards, NatsuーSensei left to teach another class. Jenny, the girl with a bit of tan and curly hair kept staring at Hana. She probably thought could maybe be friends with her. They had a few minutes before their history class. Jenny took a deep breath before asking the one question that had been bothering her when she saw Hana.

"Oh my god, how can you be so pretty and cute, Hi I am Soo Jenny. I am mixed Korean; it is quite complicated to explain but that is why my skin is a bit darker than yours and I have curly hair. Nice to meet you" Jenny was quite eccentric.

Hana stared at the girl who had just told her information she never needed; she wondered if that was how people strike up conversations. It was also the first time someone started their conversation by telling her how cute she was. Not wanting to seem rude and mean she gave her reply.

"Hi I am Sano Hana…. urm I already said that I'm only Japanese. Nice to meet you too" she chuckled.

Jenny also laughed, they laughed together and smiled. The history teacher came in the class before they could continue anything, they both had to pay attention to the class.