#inspired by kenshi yonezu's eine kleine somehow

[asahina-banana]

A Beautiful Chaos - drabble by yutaka

(This was somewhat inspired by Kenshi Yonezu's Eine Kleine, even though the plot is unrelated to it. Just another stress-relief drabble by me, please enjoy!) -- It was cloudy that day, followed by a ferocious thunderstorm and mild earthquake afterwards. An unexpected outcome for those people indoors, indeed. Well, nobody knew what the weather forecast was for that day. But unfortunately, nobody never did care about it. Everyone felt safe under the protection of the roof they perceived to shelter them with the luxury of ignorance. But of course, like any other main characters of a story-- I was the odd one out. Those people did once offer me what they deem as security and comfort, in which I blatantly refused. I'd rather become liberated and play with the lightning like an actual daredevil. "Hey. Do you want some water?" Those were the first few words before I stepped outside, and entered directly into the storm. She was crouching on the ground while breathing heavily at the time, and silently shook her head without looking at me. "You sure? I'm not sure you can stay hydrated with those tears alone. They'll taste bad, anyways." "...!!" She led out a loud gasp and finally turned her head around at my direction. Her dark, chocolate eyes were completely swollen from crying, and those pale cheeks of hers were somehow smudged in dirt. As the girl with short, ebony hair looked directly at my eyes dumbfoundedly, she asked me, "Are you here to pick on me too?" "No, I'm just here to give you water." I replied with a flat tone, while handing over one bottle of water. "Besides, you'd probably need another bottle to clean that dirt off your face. Here, you can use my share if you want to." Slowly, she got up on her feet and cautiously took the first bottle from my hand. Surprisingly, unlike her smooth complexion, her tiny hands were rough and full of scars--which I'm sure had a story behind it. The girl looked at me once again with hesitant eyes before saying, "Thank you, I'll have this." With a few quick moves, she opened the bottle cap and splashed water all over her face, almost emptying the bottle in one go. She then drank all the remaining liquid, and I could see a furtive upward curl on her lips after she did so. "Thank you again for that, Furuaki-san. How can I repay you for this? Do you need anything, like answers for tomorrow's Japanese history homework, or---ah." Her words came into a sudden halt, and led out a gasp. "I-I'm sorry, I almost forgot that you rank first in last semester's final exams... And the semester before..." The girl apologized, feeling very flustered. "You probably won't need answers from someone like me, don't you... Ahahah..." "You're right, I don't. I finished that homework already." I gave her a short reply, which I could see was creating a discomfort in her face. "I-I'm sorry..." "Hold on, I haven't finished what I wanted to say." I interrupted her right away before continuing, "Instead of answers for that homework, I need answers from you, Tominaga Ranan-san. Answers that only you can give me." "From...me? What do you possibly need?" I sneered at her and replied, "An answer as to whether I am allowed to become your friend or not." There was a blank look on her face, before it started exploding into all sorts of expressions. Feeling somewhat flustered, words then began bursting unonctrollably from her mouth, "E-eh?! A-are you serious, Furuaki-kun? M-me? Why would a top student like you b-be interested in making friends w-with...M-me??" "Because I wanted to go into the eye of the storm." I replied blatantly, without realizing how it bewildered Tominaga even more. To save the day, I decided to resume speaking, "...And I'm quite interested in you. So with that in mind... Mm. Nice to meet you... I guess?" I then offered my hand to her, which she reluctantly shook it with a completely puzzled look still stuck on her face. "W-well... O-okay then. N-nice to meet you too, Furuaki-san..." She replied, before she completely let go of my hand. "R-right, now we should probably go back, Matsuoka-sensei is calling for everyone." "Yeah, you're right. Let's go." I said as I nodded my head. Tominaga then headed off first, and I followed right behind her. From behind, it was quite visible that the petite, 153 cm girl was fidgeting all over the place. She kept looking back at me too, as if I was some weird person trying to follow her around. I only gave her a smile every single time she did that, and somehow it creeped her out even more. Indeed, my first intention of befriending her was just to have a taste of the storm. Just to enjoy a friendship with the most despised girl in the whole year level. What actually caused that seemingly average girl, whose name was written with the kanji from "chaos" and "safe" for her reputation today? However, I did not realize how my actions in that time would cause such a havoc being welcomed into my life. It was unbearable at some point, but I will never regret it. Tominaga Ranan is, and will always be--the most beautiful chaos that happened in my life. I couldn't care less what other people say, I will keep chasing for the storm and never let it escape my sight. -end-