Sean Sweetly Softly 5

Mami and I walked towards Mitakihara. I beamed as I adjusted my backpack. There wasn’t much, but I expect that, by the end of the day, it’ll be filled to the brim with textbooks and notebooks.

“You’re awfully excited.” Mami giggled a bit.

“Yeah! It’s my first day at a new school!” I said.

“I take it you didn’t like your old school?” Mami asked.

“N-no… Just…” I soon frowned as I slowed down. “I never really had any friends there. I was just… left out.” As I said that, Mami held me.

“Ooooh, poor Sean!” My head was shoved right into her chest. As much as I wanted to break out of her hold, I wanted to last just a little longer. “We should get going though.” Mami picked me up and placed me on her back. I didn’t feel embarrassed that I was getting a piggyback ride from my cousin. In fact, I felt okay. I tried hard not to sleep on Mami’s back. I needed to concentrate on seeing the school.

As we arrived by the gates, some of the students looked at Mami and began to murmur. She let me down and I just waved to her.

“I’ll see you after school!” I said to her.

“Okay, Sean.” Mami then looked to the older students as I heard her explain that I was her cousin. A little part of me felt upset. This morning, we were more than that, but I understood why she would leave out the detail.

“If he doesn’t wash his dishes, he is not a man, he is a child!” I stood outside my assigned class, eagerly awaiting the teacher to give me the go ahead to enter. Admittedly, I was frustrated that she was wasting my time or the time of my soon-to-be classmates over something as petty as her dating life. I was tempted to shout “get on with it”, but thankfully, my teacher had some decency to cut her rant short. “You may come in now.” I opened the door and walked in.

My eyes nearly widened as I saw the students all have very colorful hair that set them apart from the white, plain school uniforms we wore. There were varying shades of green, brown, pink, red and…

Blue!?

I saw Miki sitting in the middle row by the window. She looked at me with the same kind of wide eyes. I saw a girl adjacent to her whisper something, only for Miki to whisper back something about meeting me… Oh… She must have asked if she knew me. I cleared my throat.

“Ahem,” the two girls stopped talking and looked at me, “Hi. My name is Sean. I came here from America for…” How do I word the reason I came here, to get away from my parents who were about to send me to a nut house for my Fregoli's? I didn’t want to get too in depth with Mami’s parents as it was a recent event. The school possibly knows by now anyways, especially after I saw the teacher, a rather homely girl with glasses, frown. “Family reasons. I will be here for the time being, so I hope we have a good time.” Slowly but surely, everyone clapped, save for Miki.

“Your seat will be in the front row, next to Nakazawa.” I looked at the boy the teacher pointed to. Nakazawa just gulped as I went over to him.

“It’ll be a pleasure to work alongside you.” I smiled and offered my hand. Nakazawa just sighed and shook my hand.

Class went by rather smoothly as I wrote down every note I could possibly muster from the lessons. Afterwards was lunch, as several students approached me and began to bombard me with questions.

“Is it true that you can do anything you want in America?”

“I heard there’s no cats in America!”

“Your Japanese is really good! Who taught you?” Most of the questions made America out to be this mythical land that no one had ventured to except for me. The only sensible question was from a girl with green, wavy hair that looked almost like seaweed. Her voice was very pretty, as was her overall stature. I think that’s why I picked her question.

“Well, my aunt. She taught me a lot of the language ever since she went there and settled with a patissier.” As I said this, the pain shot into my back. I lost my aunt and uncle in that crash… My cousin only survived by what can be considered a miracle.

“Is… is something wrong?” The green-haired girl asked.

“N-no… I’m fine…” I wiped my tears. “She loved to teach me the language so that I may come over there without needing help.” And yet, the pain still lingered. I needed to get away…

“Um… Excuse me?” As if by coincidence, someone broke up the questioning. I turned to see a girl with fluffy pink hair, tied into pigtails by a pair of red ribbons. I noticed that she was the girl who talked to Miki. “Shane’s said to have experienced some jetlag a while back, so I’m to take him to the nurse’s office.” Her voice was softer than the seaweed girl’s and the way she looked to me as she gave me her hand made my heart skip a beat.

I’m definitely going to the nurse’s office, though it’s because I’m gonna have a diabetic shock from her sweetness. I nodded and got her hand as we walked to where the nurse’s office was.

“T-thank you for bailing me out of there.” I said to my guide.

“It’s no problem, really, wihihi…” She giggled. I just smiled and followed her.

“So… how did you know about the jetlag?” I asked.

“A senior informed the teacher. She said she was your cousin.” She said.

“Yeah. She’s… well, she’s the reason I came.” I said while I hid a frown.

“She must be really important to you then.” Her soft and sweet voice hit me right where it hurts as I blurted out.

“Yeah. She is.” I blushed immediately after. Relax! She probably means that in the sense that she’s my cousin! I sheepishly chuckled.

“That’s good. We should care for our family.” Relief entered my brain as she said that. “Erm… Is your English good?” She asked me.

“Yeah, why?” I asked back.

“W-well, I’m… English isn’t my best topic so… I-if you want… W-would you mind tutoring me?” She asked.

“Sure!” I didn’t know why I instantly answered her question. I barely knew her, and yet…

She looks very pretty and feels kind. Not to mention that her voice is quieting to the ears. So pleasurable that I wouldn’t mind her reading the phone book. However, I had to make things clear.

“Though, we haven’t really introduced ourselves. I’m Sean.” I said.

“Kaname Madoka. I don’t really mind if you call me Madoka though.” There was a bit of a cultural thing where you would refer to people by their last name rather than their first name. It was like how in school, you refer to teachers as “Mr. Surname”. To have someone being so open about being called by her first name in this sort of place felt… off.

“Um… O-okay, Madoka.” I just blushed.

“We’re here!” We finally arrived at the nurse’s office. She put me into the lobby as I sat down. “Do you want me to sit next to you?” She asked me.

“Erm… Y-yes.” I said. She just smiled and hummed as she sat next to me. Fortunately, the wait wasn’t long as the nurse saw me, then went to go grab something. She put it over the counter as I got up to grab it. Reading the label, I quickly noted that these were caffeine pills. “Hey, am I able to take one now?” I asked the nurse. She nodded and got me a cup of water. I unscrewed the cap and took a pill out. As I got the cup, I downed the pill and suddenly, I felt perked up. I smiled and thanked the nurse, on top of thanking Madoka.

“We should get back to class.” As Madoka said that, I just smiled and nodded. She led me back to class, though as she held me by her comfy hands, I couldn’t help but feel great. I had a feeling like I was safe and that everything would be okay. However, I was also concerned. This was the feeling I had felt when I was with Mami last night and when I had met Miki.

Is Japan just full of incredibly cute girls that I can’t help but feel infatuated with?

The rest of the day was uneventful compared to my meeting with what I could best sum up as a goddess. Solve a math problem here, run a lap there, the usual. When the final bell rang, I went to the gate. Sure enough, Mami was there waiting for me. We walked together towards home.

“So how was your day, Sean?” Mami asked.

“Great! I enjoyed it!” I said to her.

“Did you make any new friends?” Mami asked.

“W-well, just one.” I said.

“What’s he like?” Mami asked.

“She.” As I said that, I didn’t see any sort of shift in Mami’s mood. “And… well… she’s nice… friendly… cute… pretty…” I soon began to think about Madoka’s smile, her kindness, her voice... “And I… I think I… I might…” My face flushed red as I tried to find the right words to say. Mami grinned.

“You’re so cute when you’re flustered.” She pinched my cheeks.

“Y-you don’t mind?” I asked her as I tried to not giggle.

“Of course not.” Mami’s smile soon faded. “Sean, sometimes I won’t be able to walk home with you. Other times I might end up needing to leave the house. I don’t want you to be lonely like I am, so… if you do have feelings for this girl, then I don’t mind if you act on them.” As she said that, I leaped to hug her.

“Mami! I still love you!” I blurted. Mami chuckled and patted my back.

“I know. We share a special bond, Sean. But… I might not be able to spend enough time with you, and if that’s the case, then I would want you to spend that time when we’re separated with someone you like.” She said.

“Are… are you sure?” I asked her.

“Positive.” As she said that, I kissed her on the cheek, then looked away.

“I’m not sure if I like her like her or if it’s just a side effect of the caffeine pills…” I muttered.

“You’ll find out soon enough, Sean.” With that, Mami led me home.

Despite what she said, we had a quiet night together as we helped each other with our homework. Finally, when it was time for bed, we cuddled together. Mami slept peacefully, though the mixed feelings for Mami, Miki, and Madoka all swirled in my head and prevented me from sleeping. I smothered the thoughts for now by shoving my head into Mami’s breasts and using them as pillows to sleep on. With a slight moan from Mami, I was able to sleep as I wondered what would be on the agenda tomorrow.