In the darkness

Have you ever think what will happen to you if you suddenly filled with darkness?

What will you do? And what will you feel?

Scared? Happy? Brave?

Closed your eyes and think for a while…

Disclaimer: I own this story but not the characters… -sigh-

"Ohayou Miyu-chan!"

"Ohayou Aya! Nanami!" Said the blonde girl while put her bag onto her desk.

"You're early today. Something happen?" Asked Nanami.

"Nothing. Today, Kanata got a basketball competition. So, I have to go early or he will be scolded by his team leader."

"But, I thought you're no living in his house anymore right?" Asked Aya while leaning to the nearest wall.

"Yup. But my mum asked him to fetch me up every morning because he has to use the path in front of my house to go to school."

"Is that so? Not because anything else?" Nanami rolled her eyes over Miyu.

"What else?" a question mark appeared on Miyu's head.

"I thought you're in love with him. That's why you always eyeing on him"

Miyu blushed "ME eyeing on that jerk? Never!"

Aya who was in between Nanami and Miyu, nodded her head. "Yup, I realize about this too."

No answer from Miyu.

"Never mind… Miss Mizuno is coming right now. We better take our place now" Said Nanami while walking towards her seat which was two desks in front of Miyu.

::In The Darkness::

Squeak…Squeakk….

"Natsume!! Over here! Quick!"

The dark haired boy made a fake step to the left and passed the ball to one of his team mate in front of him who wasn't guarded properly by the opponent team.

"Nice!" the brunet boy jumped a bit and took the ball. He bounced the ball onto the floor while spreading one of his hands to avoid the opponent took the ball form his grip. He made some split steps to run from his opponent but failed.

'Oh crap…' Muttered Kanata under his breath.

Suddenly, a boy wearing white jersey waved his hand towards Kanata. Kanata nodded. 'Okay its showtime!'

Kanata tossed the ball into the net, hoping for 3 points. Unfortunately, the ball hit the ring and rebound. 'Damn!'

"Jinnai! Take the ball!" Natsume, the team leader shouted.

Jinnai, the tallest person in the team took the ball and rushed to into the crowd and try to shoot for the second time. Unluckily, one of the opponents got the ball and ran towards their goal.

"UP!! Quick!" again, the team leader shouted.

Like a dash of lightning, the brunet rushed to the opponent who was holding the ball and tried his best to took the ball from his hand. Suddenly…

THUD!

Kanata landed flat on the floor. He still felt the pain from his back. Somebody had knocked him down when he was trying to get the ball. He quickly on his feet again and tried to continued the match. But he realized there was something wrong with his vision. He still ran and jumped to take the ball, while trying to neglecting his blurred vision. He felt annoyed with the situation after some time and rubbed his eyes. Unknowingly, he just made it worst.

Kanata raised his hand and made a hand-sign to the referee to change player. The referee nodded. With one eye closed, Kanata went to the bench. A tall man wearing white shirt and a white cap tapped on a boy's shoulder wearing jersey no 11 indicating he had to go and replace Kanata's position before went to Kanata who was sitting on the floor.

"Are you okay?" Said the man, who was the instructor for Kanata's team.

The brunet said nothing at all but slowly opened his eyes.

"This is quite bad…" he turned his back "Midori! Take that aid kit over here! Hurry!"

"O-okay" said the green haired girl, hurriedly passed the aid kit to the instructor.

::In the darkness::

It's recess time. The situation in Miyu's class was uncontrollable. There some of the student gathered at the back of the class, gossiping. Some of them combine their desk together before eating whatever they brought. While others doing nothing at their own place.

Miyu sat on her chair looking outside through the window, admiring the scene.

"MIYU!!!"

Miyu jumped a bit from her seat because of shock. She turned her face to see two grinning face behind her.

"Miyu, lets eat our lunch quick" Said Aya.

"Yeah. Than we can go to the hall to root for Kanata. I heard that there's been a tough competition "

"I don't think so. Moreover, I don't have any interest at all in basketball."

"Come on Miyu. You will like it gradually"

"Yup, and who knows that we can win the competition if you come rooting for Kanata. He's one of our potential players too…" Said Nanami

"So, when he sees you coming rooting for him, he become more energetic, and wins our competition!" exclaimed Aya

"No way. I am nothing to him. Besides, he already got his favourite person"

Suddenly, the class door slide opened. There stood a green haired girl slightly panting.

"Excuse me…" but her words weren't audible enough to make anyone notice her due to the havoc situation in the class. "EXCUSE ME!!" shouted Midori.

The class became silent. Too silence until the ticking sound from the hanging clock echoed. Midori sweat dropped. A slight tint of pink appeared on her cheeks.

"I'm looking for a girl named Kouzuki Miyu."

All eyes focused to the blonde girl. She slowly got up from her seat with some uneasiness. "I'm Miyu." Said the blonde girl before took her steps towards the green haired girl. As she closed the door behind her, the class became its usual behavior again.

"Yes?"

"There's a brunet boy asked me to call you."

Miyu gave a confusing look.

"It's Kanata. The potential boy from our basketball team. He got an accident just now and now he was still in the school clinic."

Miyu gasped.

"He asked me to tell you this. You better go and check his condition." Midori paused and looked to her watch, "I'm off now. There's still a competition in the hall"

"O-okay. Thanks for the info anyway."

::In the darkness::

Huff-puff… Huff-puff

A blonde girl breathing hard, trying to catch her breath while holding her knees. Then, she knocked a door in front of her two times. And a women voice asked her to come in. She slid the door open…

Everything is so white. The blonde girl couldn't see anyone in the white room. But, then she saw caught a pair of leg behind the white curtain. She gasped. A lot of negative thought started to fill in her brain. 'No! It can't be!'

"Kanata!" Miyu exclaimed while parting the white curtain in a brief moment.

There stood a woman in spectacles with a black ponytail hair and white jacket, fixing a boy who was sitting on a bed. The boy was facing the wall and showed his back to Miyu. Finished fixing the boy, the woman took her steps toward her desk.

"Hi! You must be Miyu Kouzuki" Said Miss Sakura.

Miyu nodded and stepped closer to the desk.

"What is your relationship with this boy? Your boyfriend?"

Miyu turned crimson and quickly shook her head. "N-nope. He is–"

"Miyu! Are you here already?" Said the brunet boy and turned his face towards the source of the voice.

Miyu can feel her jaw drop and let her mouth gapped open. Realizing her condition, she quickly close her mouth with both of her hand and rushed to the bed. "Y-your eyes!" Miyu can feel her voice trembling.

"Maybe I can answer that. Believe me, it's not that horrible. There are some sand got into his eyes and he rubbed it over. Thus, his eyes got some bleeding, so I have to cover it up for at least one day to avoid any infection." The doctor paused. "Maybe, if his condition is good, I can open this bandage by tomorrow."

"Thank goodness…" Miyu inhaled deeply.

"You two wait here. I will ask somebody to fetch your school bag while I bring over my car." Miss Sakura grabbed her keys on the desk and went outside.

"Umm… Kanata? Is it hurt? But is must be hard on your own being blind like this."

"Looks like it…"

Silence filled in the air. Both of them seems really awkward to each other. But suddenly..

"Ahh!! Oh no, Kanata!"

"What? What's wrong?"

"Today is Thursday. Uncle Hosho will come back to Japan on Saturday, right?"

Kanata slapped his head. "Yup." He sighed, "And he will not able to come home that fast if I call him now."

The blonde girl thought for a while. "I know! No worries, Kanata. I'm here for your service." Said Miyu, as she place one of her hands to her chest. "Now, What I need to do is to call my mum and tell about this to her. I'm sure she doesn't mind about this. Besides, I only staying at your house"

"No way! I won't let you." Kanata's saying made Miyu stop dialing her mum's number.

"Hah? But why? I'm really sincere to help you out! Please…" Miyu gave a puppy eyes look. But sure enough the boy in front of her couldn't see it through"

"Because I don't want to. You know nothing, Miyu. Maybe you will burden me more."

"What!! How dare you. You're so mean!" Because of anger, Miyu grabbed Kanata's shirt. "I'm also a girl maybe I'm not good enough. But…"

Kanata slowly put his hand on top of hers and held it in. 'Because you're a girl…'

The time seemed to stop. Both of them seemed to hold their breath and hope this will not over. The brunet just sat on the bed with no expression at all that made Miyu felt really uncomfortable. Her cheeks become pink and warm gradually.

"W-what's wrong?" The blonde girl softened her voice.

"Nothing. I just feel quite uncomfortable when I can't see anything."

Miyu smiled. "Ooohh… Looks like the perfect Kanata Saionji also got his weakness. You're afraid of dark, did you?" Slowly, Miyu loosened her grip on Kanata's shirt. "Okay, I still don't want to let you alone with this blindness. So I will ask Akira to take are of you."

"Hah?!"

"Yup. I will ask her to go to your house today. She can take care of you better than me." Miyu paused for a while, "Don't hide it from me. You really like Akira, don't you?"

"I like her… But I do not sure that she can take care of me. But… If Akira looks after me, cooks my meal…" Miyu turned away from the brunet boy, hiding her emotions. "… It's must be great!"

BAMM

A pillow was thrown straight onto Kanata's face.

"Heyy!!!" he quickly took the pillow away. Some angry marks appeared on his head. "How could you treat me like this? Despite my blindness, you attacked me. You're so mean!"

'Who's meaner in this, me or you?' Miyu muttered under her breath. "Just shut up!!" Angrily, Miyu went to the door and slid it open. "I just want to help you but you decline my offer." The blonde girl turned her back. "But, it's okay. I will grant your wishes today because you're sick." Miyu stuck her tongue out.

Kanata sit still, dumbfounded. 'If you are really sincere, why did you do this to me?'

The blonde girl closed the door behind her and leaned to the wall. 'Be strong, Miyu!' Then she slipped her hand on to her pocket and brought out a mobile phone. She began searching the contact number in her list. Then she pressed the 'call' button. After some pulse dialing, somebody answered the telephone.

"Moshi-moshi. Can I speak to Akira, please?"

::End Of Part One::

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Till later okay?!

Jya~