Kindness?

This all started because of her, Isami...

My name is Mariwa Atsuo, Mariwa as in calm and Atsuo as in kindness. People started calling me the kind angel when i reached elementary.

As a kid, i thought it was a good thing that i was able to help people. I was foolish, i let myself get used on and finally get dumped by them.

I had a strict family too. They didn't allow me to go outside with friends nor have something called a relationship. "Mariwa-san, you are soo cute" that was a word i was used to, 'cute' many people called me that and approached me

i had a chubby face which seemed cute to others, and of course i was considered as a person anyone would dream to become. I hated that, i wanted friends who i could actually trust, someone to show my true self.

I regarded myself as selfish, i thought that i was a selfish person who wanted more. This all changed when i reached middle school, thou.

in our class, there were only 11 girls, a very low number indeed. out of them i became close with two, they were Kosirawa Chika and Kiyaki Isami, one was a kind person who gets upset easily while the other was an aggressive person who attacks the moment you touch her.

it didn't matter thou, these two knew each other since childhood, so sometimes i felt left out. After all, Isami was obsessed with Chika.

The first year of middle school was not... very exciting, i had few friends and as usual i had no flings or crush, things changed when Akari joined us, the feeling left out changed, although she was absent most of the time.

Isami and Chika started noticing me more and Akari, i knew her when i was in elementary. She and i were in the same class in 4th, and believe it or not, she always sat next to me. Because of this, we got along just fine.

However, She had to leave for overseas for one month and that one month was when i got lost in the road i usually toke, my life changed because of a rumor, and of course Kiyaki Isami was the one who started it.

Word spread that i was in love with a senior, his name was Takamoto Kenji... I didn't know him, neither did he. With the rumor going around, Everyone in school was sure i was in a relationship with him. Little did they know that i hated him, the rumor did not die.

Akari came back without knowing anything at all, and the festival was near, "i am soo tired" Akari groaned "who told you to escape to the UAE" Isami scoffed while Chika chuckled "Atsuoooo~ help meee" she begged me while grabbing my coat

"oh please, i already completed your math" I said while glancing outside the window, "the festival is gonna come soon" she mentioned while also looking out the window "oh yeah, i remember joining some events" Atsuo sighed, "why did you even join them in the first place" Isami questioned while fixing her hair.

"bruh, obviously cuz my mom kept pestering me" Atsuo stood from the seat and stretched, "well i guess i got no time to waste" she fixed her messed up uniform and opened her bag "oh sh*t" she again sighed "what's wrong" i asked while standing from the bench

"i forgot to take my umbrella" she searched her bag upside down only to get her long-lost pen "why thou, it's not like it's raining" Isami yawned and leaned on Chika's shoulder "look at the clouds and say that again" it was true, the clouds were dark, and it was near to cry

"it wouldn't be much of a problem" i murmured as my house was only 5 minutes away from school "guess i'm gonna get sick again" she complained again while sighing "why not use the bus" isami asked while stretching "there's no way the bus is gonna drop me off home which is only 3 minutes away in car

"Atsuo, what about you" i flinched, i liked being in the background a lot, thus i never spoke much and being invited to a conversation was a drag but now i feel lonely when they left me out of a conversation "am gonna be fine since my house is only 7 minutes away" i was a bit happy, getting attention and being treated like everyone else

i was used to the special treatment i always got, they saw me differently, never joked around with me, and at last viewed me as a flower in the top of a mountain. I hated that, but i never changed myself. Maybe i didn't want to change?

Or i was waiting for someone to change me? It was unclear. "how lucky" Chika said while smiling at me "my house takes 1 hour to reach" Chika and isami lived close to each other, so obviously they went home together and also came to school together.

"right, i wish mine was also close" Akari yawned and leaned on the bench "am gonna take a little nap" she was a lazy person who loved sleeping "seriously" i commented, "by the way Akari, are you gonna be in all those competitions" Isami asked, the School Festival was coming and Akari had joined many of the events "of course, my ma pushed me to it"

Akari's ma loved her getting certificates and trophies so they always pushed her into competitions, because of this Akari became a person who could do many things "good luck with those" i commented,

Now you may be thinking why my story is boring, it is because the actual drama has yet to happen, now then time passed, and the day of the Festival came, at that day i was called into that class, where my life was turned around, like an hourglass

To Be Continued In The Next Chapter....