《Happiness!》 Prologue 「My new life begins」 Author''s note: I''m not native speaker, so there could be some grammar mistakes, tell me if you find ones. It my first book, so please don''t be too harsh, but some criticism is appreciated. The prologue will be shorter compared to normal chapters due for reasons, enjoy! _________________________________ "Be careful! If you meet one of them, tell it to your parents straight away!" they told us. "Don''t kill, treaten or do anything bad to people you might not get along with" they kept repeating us, when we were only kids. "Don''t listen to them" But, who the hell are "them"? Our parents, teachers and even friends, are just trying to scare me. You and your fucking bullshit! I''m not scared. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The alarm clock rang at 7am, it was a beautiful day. The sun was shining, the cherry blossoms were colorful like never before and the birds were singing, the perfect day to start high school! Komine Haru woke up with a big smile on her face, she was the happiest person in the world in that exact moment. She never had a lot of friends, no, almost no one, but this time, she was sure she could have realized her dream, making a lot of friends. Yes, this was her dream, it wasn''t the typical "I want to be popular" or stuff like that, she just wanted to make some friends. After 30 minutes, she was ready to leave home and go to school "Bye bye Mom" "Be careful and do your best at school!" "Yeeees~" She started running, she wanted to arrive as soon as possible. Well, after 1 minute, Haru stopped running because she got out of breath and felt a bit sick. "Maybe I should''t run so much eheh" Haru kept walking in the cement jungle she lived, moreover that day was really hot, so hot that she could have passed out. Stolen novel; please report.Because of the harsh sunlight she couldn''t completely see where she was heading to, so, Haru fell. She beat her head. The forehead was bleeding. Haru was scared, she might have died! Lucky~ "Kyaa--" something licked the drop of blood on Haru''s nose. Haru couldn''t clearly see what was licking her, but she tried to open her eyes as wide as she could! Haru laughed, laughed a lot. "So it was you who was licking my blood! Haha" it was a cat, a black cat. That black cat was being held by a young guy. He was thin, brown eyes, and had a weird hair''s color, Haru kept staring at them, in a good way, she was amazed, a skyblue color. It was the first time for Haru! "My name is Kenji Makoto, I see you wear my school''s uniform, nice to meet you!" "Haru-- Komine Haru, nice to meet you" "Komine Haru you have beautiful hair, you know? They are long and golden, no! Even more. They are so bright" "Thank you very much, let''s head to school now, we are late" Oh, Haru forgot to ask it, so she asked. "That cat, where did you find it?" "Oooh him? He is Taiyo. I found him in an abandoned street, I''ve just fed him, I always feed him in the morning" "I see, you''re very kind" Komine Haru and Kenji Makoto arrived to school, they were both very happy. Their smiles were bigger than their face, it was quite a funny scene to watch. There was a small lake near the building, and in it lived some fish, big and small, of all shapes. It was a lively, colorful lake. Haru was like that small golden fish. In that small world, she could have found her happiness. The most important three years of her life were about to begin! Chapter 1「The lake of blood」 "Ah! We are in same classroom, Kenji Makoto-san!" Haru asked to herself if it was perhaps fate, the random meeting, same classroom, but she knows that such thing like "fate" doesn''t exist. It''s you who decide your future, not the fate, "people who believes that everything is connected because of destiny, fate or whatever it is called, are plain stupid" "Haha! It''s as if we were destined to meet! It''s fate! Nice to meet you again! Let''s have a happy year together!" Kenji Makito said while laughing Haru looked at him with cold eyes, but Makoto didn''t know why, it was almost like as if she felt pity for him. No one is perfect, Haru knows that. But-- "Stupid, he is so stupid!" Haru thought. "People like him should just die, they are the ones who are contruibuting to destroy this rotten society. Ignorants, they think everything revolves around them. Whatever." Haru was irritated. But she couldn''t reveal real self to Makoto so she put a mask on her face. "I know, right? Fate is such a mysterious thing! Now, Makoto-kun -- oh, is Makoto-kun fine? Can I call you with your first name?" "Mmmhh, I prefer Kenji-san, if it doesn''t bother you calling me Kenji-san" "It does bother me" Haru said with a cold tone. "Eh?" - Makoto was surprised, he didn''t expect such reaction - "...Makoto-kun is fine then" "Um, thank you, Makoto-kun." Haru''s cheeks becomes always red when she talks, but not too much. They look like Hamster''s cheeks, small but cute. Makoto had noticed that her cheeks became red when Haru was talking before, he thought they were the cutest thing in the world, and yeah, he had also noticed the B cup. "Kenji Makoto-san! Where are you looking at, I thought you lik--" "All students shall head towards the assigned classrooms, thanks" she shouted with the megaphone. It was the president of the student council. "She is popular, intelligent, athletic, rich, she has everything she wants, even a big breast" a girl in the crowd whispered. "No wonder she is the president of the student council then, I''ve heard she had sex with the president of the school or most likely she paid him to be where she is now. Bitch" another student in the laughing crowd replied whispering it. "I think I didn''t hear you well, could you repeat?" Onoya Hana, the president of the student council, had obviously heard. "I-I didn''t say a-anything, I swear!" Onoya Hana was scary, really scary. Her eyes were like bombs ready to explode, while the flames of the explosion would have eaten everyone. Onoya Hana unsheathed the Katana. For mysterious reasons, only her was allowed to bring it to school and to use it if it was necessary. "You useless pig, tell me what you said" - Hana was really angry - "I won''t repeat it!" Stolen content warning: this tale belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences elsewhere. "Pig? Who do you think you are to call me ''pig''?" - The freshman replies irritated - "And what do you think you are doing with that katana?" "I don''t have much time to waste with garbage like you, please, hurry up" Hana used an annoying tone. "...Garbage? You are getting on my nerves, princess" The discussion was getting more and more awkward. The freshman didn''t know what was getting herself into. Onoya Hana is dangerous, she usually doesn''t repeat herself more than one time. She often use violence, but of course, the freshman couldn''t know it. "So...you won''t tell me...I see" Hana was about to use the katana when-- "Okay, I got it." - the freshma took a deep breath - "I said that you were a slut! You have power, money! The only think you don''t have is the verginity! Ha! I pity you, having sex with the president" the freshman looked like a beast - Yes, it felt like it was a fight between wolves to Haru. It was hilarious! She wanted to laugh but she couldn''t - the student kept screaming "You make me feel sick, die! You Bitch" Kill! "Haaaa...you won" Hana said to herself relieved. After that, an awkward silence descended between the freshman and Hana. 20 seconds of silence before Hana decided it was time to take disciplinary actions. "I, Onoya Hana, as the president of the student council, will punish you" it seemed a decleration of battle between a samurai and a normal citizen. Yes, normal, the freshman was a normal, useless and invisible person compared to Onoya Hana. After that, Hana shouted "Prepare youself" and started running towards the girl. "Eh? What do you mean by it? And take that katana down! You are scaring me" - she said with a worried tone. She was confused, and didn''t understand what was going on - "Oioioi! It''s dangerous!" whikle saying that, the girl made a step back, and fell because of a little rock "s-s-s-...STOP IT! I DON''T WANT TO DIE!" "No one will remember you anyway" "I DON''T WANT TO DIE! I DON''T WANT TO DIE! I DON''T WANT TO D--" Hana had just chopped her head off, blood was scattered everywhere, even on the leaves of the trees. From the head, blood started flowing to the lake, it became a lake of blood. "All student shall head towards the assigned classroom, thanks" Hana shouted with the megaphone. "Eh? What were we doing...?" Haru asked confused, she felt like something had just happened. Haru started looking around if something had effectively happened, but nothing, there was nothing strange. At least she wasn''t the only one confused "I don''t know, it''s a strange feeling, well whatever, we are late, let''s go to out new school!" "Um, Makoto-kun!" Haru smiled, a bright and youthful smile. Chapter 2「I can dream」 Entering, Haru analyzed all the students in her classroom. There was the otaku, the bully, the shy girl, etc. but she didn''t like anyone, she knew that they would have created some trouble to her some day, Haru had this feeling. She sat near the door, where she could see the hallway. She had always hoped for something funny or interesting to happen while watching it. Haru took her life in a comedic way, she didn''t care about no one, or at least, almost no one... The door opened. "Please take your seats, I''m your homeroom teacher Hiraoka Kazuki. I''m 26 years old, but despite my age, I take my job very seriously" Haru found someone to care about. It was love at first sight. She wanted him for herself. "Now, let''s start introducing ourselves. Mmmh, let''s see...you, begin you" "Yes!" - A guy stood up. He had short red hair, not a lot of muscles but more than half of the guys in the room - "My name is Sakura Shuu, 16 years old. My hobbies are going to gym, reading books and drawing. And...well, I have a dream, I want to fly in the deep sky with my own wings!" Shut said emphatically. After that, not much time passed until the student started laughing. It wasn''t pleasant to see for Haru. "I...I will fly one day! Not on a plane, or...or on a dirigible! I will fly with just my body! And you will look at me with disbelief, Oooooh if you will see me! I will pity you for not being able to fly. You want to laugh now?!" Shut was extremely determined to accomplish his dream, because he believed in it. Some seconds of silence and...the laughter only got more intense, demons were laughing. Shuu was embarrassed, he was all red. He thought he shouldn''t have continued talking, because they couldn''t understand him. "There is...there is nothing wrong with having a dream" - Haru spoke out while standing up - "I''ll introduce myself. Komine Haru, 16 years old. I never had many friends, and it seems like I won''t have any friends this year as well. I hate people like you, who don''t care about how other people feel inside. Tsk" Haru then sat down and stayed quiet, while the other students kept staring at her, they were surprised. "What''s with her?" "We are in a class of weirdos" "Shut up" Haru thought. "Yeah it looks like so. At least we will get some laughs" "Hahaha! Poor kids, they must have had a difficult infancy" They kept laughing and laughing and laughing. No one could stop them. These were the longest laughs Haru had ever heard. "Shut up! Shut up! SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!" - If it was for Haru, the world could have ended and she didn''t care - "If everyone in the world is like these assholes, crashing other''s dreams like that, I wouldn''t mind killing every and each one of them" She believed in Sakura Shuu, even if it did sound impossible. Everyone has a dream, they are hypocrites. The students continued chattering, they sounded more like little birds. "STOP IT, PLEASE, STOP IT!" - A demon. The girl''s face was one demon face in that moment. Haru couldn''t bear that situation anymore, she felt like it was better if she never talked - "PLEASEEEEEE--" "Ehem! Please let''s continue with the introductions" Hiraoka Kazuki-sensei said, the chatters and laughs shut down, even if deep down, Kazuki was also laughing. ************** After the school bell rang, Haru immediately left the classroom, Makoto followed her. "And you, what do you think about it Makoto-kun?" - Haru asked him with a sad expression - "Was it a stupid decision to speak out?" "I think...I think that there is nothing wrong in having a dream, Haru-san" Makoto was right there to comfort Haru. Then Makoto hugged her, it was a warm hug. What Haru needed was a friend, and she had just found one. But Makoto was so disappointed, he was disappointed by his behavior. He couldn''t do anything, no, he didn''t want to do anything. He was afraid of being ridiculed for defending Shuu as well. The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there. While Makoto was hugging Haru, Shuu came to thank her for everything she had said before - "Thank you very much" Shuu reached out his hand to Haru "Komine Haru was it? Hope we will get along well, Komine-san" he said with a smile. "Don''t touch me!" - Haru refused to touch Shuu - "I''ve just marked myself as a "weirdo", I won''t make any friends this year, and probably the next years too. It was your fault, so now leave and don''t get near me ever again!" as she said that, she went into the classroom, and sat to her seat. Haru actually thought it wasn''t Shuu''s fault, but she didn''t want to get involved with him again. Haru didn''t want problems. "Ehm...I''m sorry, Sakura-san. It must have been harsh for you, and even for Komine-san. Forgive her" Makoto whispered to Shuu. He truly was a kind person. "Um, no problem. There''s no need to forgive her anyway, it wasn''t her fault, I know how she is feeling in this moment. See you later, Kenji-san" Makoto then went to Haru''s seat and asked "Komine-san, no, Haru-san are you ok? Don''t mind those stupid brats who don''t even have a brain" "Yes I am. Don''t worry about me" The pause ended. A lot of teachers introduced themselves, but the only one who impressed Haru was Hiraoka Kazuki-sensei. He didn''t laugh back then like the other students, and he was the one who made the agony end. Haru''s gut told her he was the one. She didn''t care about his age "I mean, it''s just a number!" - she thought - "He''s handsome, I bet he has a girlfriend"-- so many thoughts Haru had in her head, love is love after all, and it was the first time Haru fell for a guy. *********** "The first day of school ended, you can go home now" Kazuki-sensei said tired. "Haru-san, let''s go home together" Makoto was happy for being able to come back home with a friends. He was happy. "Ok" On the way back home Haru and Makoto met the cat "Ooooh, there you are, Kuro-tan eheh, were you waiting for me" "Meow" Makoto was euphoric, and Haru couldn''t help smiling, they were so cute together. Cute yet creepy, that cat kept staring at Haru "Kuro-tan, have you fallen in love for me?" - Haru said with a perverted face - "I''m sure he did. You''re a beautiful girl, your golden hair combined with those blue eyes are the perfection. I have to congratulate with you mother" Makoto replied "Eh? Ehm..thank you very much" - Haru blushed, she was a tomato - "Now I have to go, bye bye, Kuro-tan and Makoto-kun!" Haru walked fast while waving at Makoto. Haru was at home "I''m back mom" Heavy steps could be heard "Haru-chaaaan, how was your first day? Did you make many friends?" - Haru''s mom was both excited and worried for Haru, so she took her hand - "So? So? Are you ok?" "Mom, I''m the one who went to school, calm down" - Haru laughed - "It was a great first day. I made a lot of friends, and the teachers are so kind, especially one" Haru was obviously lying but her Mom didn''t notice "I seeee, I''m so happy for you Haru-chan. Now Mom will prepare dinner!" "Ok, I go to my room" - Haru went up to her room, got into bed and started talking to her penguin peluche - "Why did I lie to my mom Tori-chan, am I a bad girl?" Haru always happy, started crying her eyes out, but in a way that her mom couldn''t hear her. she didn''t want to make her worried. The first day of school wasn''t what Haru had expected. Will she ever find the promised happiness? Chapter 3「Sakura Shuu」 Second day of school. This time, Haru didn''t go to school with Makoto, she didn''t meet him. Haru arrived to school tired, her classroom was on the third floor! She entered into the classroom but Makoto was absent - "Does he have fever?" Haru thought. The lesson was about to begin when Makoto opened the door. "I''m sorry, I was late!" - Makoto said while deeply breathing - "I was eating Sensei" "You are still in time, you can take your seat" - Hiraoka Kazuki said snorting - "Second day of school and already late Kenji Makoto-san? Next time you better be in time" "Yes!" Makoto bowed. "By the way Kenji-san, you have blood on your lips, are you ok?" Kazuki-sensei asked with curiosity. "Oh yes, I fell and bit my lips, but I''m ok" Makoto replied. he didn''t notice the blood at all. Makoto sat, and smiled to Haru - "Good morning Haru-san" "Oh, g-good morning Makoto-kun" It was one of the few times she said ''good morning'' to someone at school, Haru wanted to thank Makoto-kun just for that, but it would have been embarrassing, so she didn''t. Are you happy? "Before beginning the lesson, Sakura-san, Komine-san, I think the class has something to tell you" Kazuki-sensei said "We are sorry!" the class said in unison. Haru and Shuu were both taken by surprise. Shuu''s opinion about the students had suddenly changed, from ''retarded people'' to ''nice people''. "Having a dream in life is important, and I think that they now got they mustn''t make fun of others'' dreams" Kazuki-sensei explained to everyone. Once again, Haru''s love was getting stronger and stronger for her teacher. "Yo-you don''t have to apologize, we are ok, right, Komine-san?" - Shuu said with teary eyes - "Yes, I''m ok" yet Haru didn''t trust them. "They probably wouldn''t have apologized if Kazuki-sensei didn''t tell them to apologize. Aaaah, he is such a nice man, I want him. Give him to me, marry me, choose me, Kazuki-sensei!" Haru had totally fallen in love with Hiraoka Kazuki. She was feeling so hot inside. "Now let''s begin the lesson" Kazuki said. ************ During the pause. "Ehm, Haru...san? I''m glad everything has turned out fine. Can we restart from zero? You seem a nice person to talk to" Shuu was sincere, he was talking from the bottom of his heart - "Um, I''m sorry for yesterday, I didn''t want to be mean, forgive me" -Haru bowed her head - "Forgiven eheh" Shuu had a face of someone who had just gained a friend. "But, Shuu-kun, may I ask you a think, why do you want to fly, with wings?" - Haru asked out of curiosity - "Yeah yeah, I want to know it too" - Makoto appeared behind Shuu - "Hhhiiiii--" Shuu scared, threw himself on Haru''s desk Both Haru and Makoto started laughing "Ahahah I''m sorry, I''m sorry. Didn''t mean to scare you" - Makoto said - "Don''t worry, you didn''t scare me at all" not even Shuu believed to what he just said, he was totally scared. "I will tell you everything, why I have such a weird dream etc" - everything got serious - "We might not know for a long time, well, 2 days, but if it means we will become friends, I will tell you everything" Shuu''s face suddenly changed expression. "When I was a kid, my family was perfect" - Shuu started telling Haru and Makoto his story of when he was a little boy - "My mom was unemployed, and my father worked in a normal company. Despite our economic problems, we were a happy family, they always bought me a lot of things, we used to go where I wanted to, they would have done everything for me. I was happy to be born in a family like mine. This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report.Then my grandmother died. My father became depressed, he didn''t call my mom ''honey'' anymore, started being colder with her and me and sometimes he had even tried to commit suicide. From the happy family we were, everything had gone to shit. At first my mom kept telling me "Everything is ok, your dad is only a bit tired for his harsh job" but how could I believe her? The situation was the worst you could think of. I just wanted my family to be normal. One day, my mom found out my dad was cheating on her, so the day after she tried to talk with my father, they locked me in my door, but I could hear everything, things like "You know nothing about me" or "I kill you". I was scared, and started crying. I was just a kid. After the fight between my parents, no sound could be heard, so I got near the door and I suddenly heard my mom hitting her head against my door, I could tell she was bleeding because blood started flowing under the door - "I was a bad mother Shuu-chan. Forgive me forgive me forgive me forgive me forgive me forgive me forgive me forgive me forgive me forgive me forgive me forgive me..." - she kept saying those words for about 30 seconds until my dad arrived. My mom started screaming in agony, I didn''t know what was going on, but when I smelled smoke, I had got everything, my father was burning my mother to death. My mom leant against the door and told me "Shuu-chan, look at the window, can you see the sky? I''m going there, I will be waiting for you. *sigh* Bye bye, Shuu-chan, *sigh* I love you" - "MOOOOOOOOM" I shouted while crying but it was no use, my mom wouldn''t answer me - "Mom, I will reach you soon, just watch me, I will fly to the sky and will stay with you forever" " "I don''t remember much after that, I only know the firemen rescued me and that my father escaped somewhere" Shuu, started sobbing. "I...I''m sorry for asking" - Haru said, she felt guilty - "Ye-yeah, me too, we are sorry" Makoto felt guilty as well "It''s fine" "Do you want to come with us after school? We wanted to eat an ice-cream, right, Makoto-kun?" "Yes, of course, please come with us" Makoto pandered to Haru. "Thank you very much! I''ve never eaten an ice-cream with friends, so this will be my first time! Eheh" They started laughing. Shuu slowly looked back, and started looking at the sky out of the window. Shuu-kun, fly! "Eh?" Shuu was sure of hearing someone''s voice, and looked around him. "Shuu-san, is something wrong?" - Makoto touched Shuu''s shoulder - "No it''s nothing, I will go out now, don''t mind me" Shuu smiled and went in the hallway, in front of the window. He stayed there for some minutes. Fly! Fly! Haru and Makoto looked at each other confused. "What is he doing? Maybe we shouldn''t have asked him about his past, but I feel so sorry for him" Makoto said worried. "Um, I also think it" Haru replied The school bell rang. "Shuu-saaan, come back, the pause is finished" Makoto shouted "Yeah yeah, I''m coming, sorry. I hoped the weather wouldn''t get worse, since we will go eat an ice-cream later" Shuu said with an adorable voice. **************** "Aaaah, finally it''s over" - Haru said to Shuu and Makoto - "Let''s go eat that ice-cream!" she continued. "Yeah I''m hungry, let''s go" Makoto said. Another school day passed for our three students. What will happen next chapter? Abandoned As the title says, I''m abandoning this project (since no one is following it and I don''t have any intention of continuing it) and will start a new oneThe author''s narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. Thanks