Futago
Medicinal.

"Hotaru ..!, hurry up, or you'll be late on the first day!." Takehara exclaimed at the creature in the bathroom, grumbling.

"It's still early in the morning, not the distance to school is close." Hotaru said walking into the kitchen, her hands busy putting a tie around her neck.

"Sure, as I said yesterday." Takehara replied, stuffing the provisions into Hotaru's bag.

"Do you like your uniform?." Tanya Takehara saw the look on Hotaru's face.

"Sure, since I'm going to school, the thing I haven't gotten for almost nine years." Hotaru's reply made Takehara smile bitterly.

"Eat and leave quickly." Takehara said omitting to the shivering he felt.

His cheerful and friendly young master, why should they get such a life obstacle, the inner Takehara.

"I'm leaving." Hotaru walks out of the house.

"Hm, good luck with your new school!." Shouted Takehara saw Hotaru who had been pedaling his bike out of the courtyard of the house.

"Sure!." The reply is no less exciting.

"It has begun, may ojou chan remain in hiding." Lirih Takehara stared at the spring sunshine.

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Hotaru stood her bike in the parking lot. He stared at the school building and then walked while observing every corner of the school.

His school was in the countryside, of course because he also lived in the village. The close distance that Takehara said was entirely the woman's lie. Hotaru must climb uphill, past the valley.

Hotaru opened her shoe locker, after replacing the shoes with indoor shoes she walked towards the teacher's room. He calmly stepped foot, capitalizing on the floor plan Takehara gave him last night, making it easy for Hotaru to find the room he was looking for.

"Ohayou gozaimasu (Good morning)." Hotaru's greeting to the teachers who were there.

"here!." One of the slightly short and skinny male teachers and the round glasses hanging on his nose waved to Hotaru telling the young man to approach her.

"Ohayou gozaimasu." Sapa Hotaru again after being beside the desk of the teacher who called out to her.

"Port, ohayou." Welcome back to the teacher.

"Hachibara Hotaru, the new boy right." The teacher confirmed.

"Hey. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu (Yes. Please cooperate with him)." Hotaru's polite.

"I'm your homeroom teacher, I'm also your volleyball club's mentor. Yamazaki Takeru." The teacher introduced himself.

Hotaru replied to him with a friendly smile.

"Well let's go to class, one minute the bell rings." Yamazaki.

Hotaru followed the homeroom guardians back, the hallway was quiet, a few seconds ago the bell rang. Hotaru had seen this school when she was a child, at that time her father took Hotaru cycling and passed this school. Hotaru had no idea she was going to school here.

"Hisashiburi, genki?, young master?. (For a long time no see, how are you?)" The voice of the person in front of him shocked Hotaru.

What did he say just now?, inner Hotaru.

"Sensei ..?." Hotaru's voice was shocked.

Yamazaki turned his body, slightly pulling down his round glasses.

"It seems like it's been so long that you don't recognize me anymore." Yamazaki said with a smile.

Hotaru's heart was pounding, she hoped, desperately hoping that her guess was correct.

Yamazaki Takeru, Takeru, Takeru, Hotaru repeated the name in her heart and mind. Hotaru swallowed her coarse salivation, her bright brown bead staring inside the thirty-five-year-old man.

"Takkecchan ...?." Lirih Hotaru was almost like a whisper.

"It's nice to remember sa-." Before he could finish his sentence Hotaru had already lunged at the man, hugging him tightly.

"You're safe, you're safe, thank God..." Hotaru.

"I searched everywhere for you even to the bodies of the guards, where exactly were you that morning?." Yamazaki stroked Hotaru's back.

"I was in the basement that night, and I was locked from the outside. I was locked up for two days there." Yamazaki.

Hotaru took off her embrace, removing something in the corner of her eyes.

"You're crying young master?." Yamazaki LEDS.

"Shush." Lirih Hotaru and they threw each other a look, then the laughter of the two broke.

After a while Yamazaki patted Hotaru's shoulder making the master look at him.

"Okaeri (Welcome back)." Yamazaki.

"Ung, tadaima (i'm home)." Hotaru smiled warmly.

"Many members survived young master, many more than gathered that morning." Yamazaki pulled his hand from Hotaru's shoulder.

Hotaru's memory returned the morning after the attack that night. His grandfather gathered all the survivors inside the hall as well as his home dojo.

"really?." Hotaru held back her tears as hard as she could.

"Ung, it looks like you turned whiny young master." Yamazaki's lead again.

"Hahaha, right. I seem to have turned into a one-year-old baby." Reply Hotaru.

"How lucky is the main family to have a warm-hearted successor like you." Yamazaki.

"Didn't I look weak." Yamazaki shook his head slowly.

"You're so strong, it's the tears you've been sullen with." Hotaru's heart seemed to be healed hearing a short sentence from the person in front of her, as before, before the attack.

"You've always been like this Takkecchan." Hotaru slightly lowered her head then pulled her hair back with her fingers, squeezing it slowly.

Your habit of being ashamed is still the same, young master, inner Yamazaki.

"Effort not to be easily surprised young master." Hotaru was again startled by Yamazaki's sentence.

"He\~?." Lirih Hotaru, take off her fingers from the sidelines of the hair.

"There will be many surprises waiting for you." Say Yamazaki while continuing his steps that had stopped.

To be honest Hotaru wanted to ask what surprise awaited her but Yamazaki had already walked away from her. Hotaru is chasing Yamazaki.

"I thought you'd be a handsome man someday but .., I didn't expect you to grow up to be this handsome young man, young master, you also grow too tall. The world is unfair." Yamazaki grumbled at his last sentence. Hotaru chuckled at the grunts of the man in front of her.

Yamazaki Takehara, the keeper of his household and grandfather's favorite student when he was a scientist. Yamazaki was picked up by his grandfather on the edge of the forest when he made field observations, he was only five years old. Yamazaki was always carried around by grandfather when doing research maybe because it was also his interest in grandfather's research. Grandpa raised him and lived in the main house, they are very compact when it comes to research. Not infrequently also she took care of me and Yuki, two twins who could not stand still, hihi .., Hotaru laughed in her heart to remember those times.

"We've arrived." Hotaru stopped her steps staring at the board hanging above the door. 2-3.

"Remember young master, at school I am your teacher and you are a student." Yamazaki.

Hotaru nodded in understanding.

"We'll see if you don't know this big surprise either." A faintly heard Lirih Yamazaki by Hotaru.

Yamazaki shifted the classroom door, his feet entering the room followed by Hotaru behind him.

Instantly the atmosphere turned silent, two seconds after that, there were rasping sounds from various directions.

One student gave another message to greet Yamazaki. Hotaru circulated her gaze to the entire class, trying to assess the class.

"Well, today there's a new student in our class. Please introduce yourself." Yamazaki looked at Hotaru smiling knot.

"Hachibara Hotaru, yoroshiku (greetings)." Hotaru's voice was short, her heavy and masculine voice bewitched the class population without exception.

"Waaah, you're doing it really cool Hotaru kun." Sounds like a compliment indeed but for Hotaru Yamazaki is mocking him.

"So, did anyone ask?." Tanya Yamazaki circulated a glance.

Silent.

Hotaru caught a pair of eyes glaring at her making Hotaru unable to ignore those eyes.

"No?, alright you can sit back there Hotaru kun." Yamazaki pointed to the back bench right next to the window.

Hotaru bowed politely to Yamazaki then stepped onto his stool. He passed through that pair of eyes that could not be separated from him. Hotaru was sitting right behind the owner of the eye.

Yamazaki started geography lessons in that class. Hotaru felt many pairs of eyes stealing glances towards her, their views were different, not glaring at her.

Until the first break came, the occupants of the bench in front of him immediately stepped away, Hotaru quickly moved to follow him but his steps stopped because suddenly many students and students confronted him.

"Hachibara san, are you a blaster?." Ask a student.

"Hachibara kun, where are you moving from?." Ask other students.

"What made you move here?." Ask the pretty student beside Hotaru.

"What's your favorite food?." The other students don't want to lose.

"Where do you live?." Either the voice of the schoolgirls from where else Hotaru's bead was busy following the owner's eyes.

"Sorry, I'll answer your questions later can I go for a minute?." Hotaru asked calmly. Again his voice bewitched every ear that heard, automatically they gave way to him.

"Arigato." Hotaru said leave immediately.

"Jeez .., his voice is also very handsome." A schoolgirl who is approved by another student.

"Why do I suddenly envy ya with Hachibara san's voice." Said one student.

"Can we be friends with him?." Ask the students who joined the group earlier.

Classes 2-3 are made crowded by those transfer students.

Hotaru circulated a look looking for someone, she was sure the person she was following was leading to the first floor. Still circulating his gaze Hotaru stepped her feet to continue forward.

Meet, Inner Hotaru.

The person he was looking for was buying a drink in an automatic selling machine. Hotaru stepped slowly towards the person.

"Yes." Sapa Hotaru made the man stop his movements that were about to pierce the drink with a straw in his hand.

That person was the same height as Hotaru, he stared at Hotaru waiting for the person who greeted him to open his voice. But Hotaru remained silent.

"Is there anything I need to help you with?." Eventually the man relented opening his voice first.

Hotaru remained silent, again making a silence between them. Suddenly from the opposite direction someone called out the name of the person still standing in front of Hotaru.

"Fumio senpai ..!." The man turned his back on Hotaru, he stepped over to the person who called him.

"Eiji long time no see." Said Hotaru flatly who managed to make the young man's footsteps come to a halt. The young man turned his body slowly staring straight at Hotaru's bright brown bead.

"Yes." Sapa Hotaru again.

Suddenly the young man threw a drink in his hand quickly towards Hotaru's face and took advantage of Hotaru's midlife who was catching the drink to deliver a hard blow to the stomach.

Buk!.

"Fumio senpai !." There was a scream from back there.

"Don't you know, I won't let anyone hurt me or Yuki will cry." Hotaru said as she shifted the drink she caught from her face.

"Fumio senpai!, what happened?, well you! let go of Fumio senpai's hand!." The person who called Fumio pointed at Hotaru.

Hotaru looked at the young man in front of her who returned her gaze. Hotaru smiled wryly as she squeezed the young man's fist.

Sreeett!.

Quickly the young man named Fumio pulled his hand and turned to wrap his muscular arms around Hotaru's neck, locking Hotaru's head.

"Yagh yagh Eiji my neck!.., my neck !!." Shouted Hotaru.

"Fu Fumio senpai, let go. He could die." Junior Fumio panicked.

"Heh!, so you're really Hotaru." Sergey Fumio's tightening the lockdown.

Hotaru who had difficulty breathing elbowed Fumio's stomach quite hard.

"Araa!." Shouted Fumio releasing his lockdown. Hotaru immediately stood facing Fumio. They throw each other in silence.

"Have not quarreled, many students have seen you, later if there is a teacher who came how?." Junior great-grandson Fumio.

Regardless of the students' fears, Hotaru and Fumio both lunged forward.

"Senpai stooopp!." The junior's shriek.

But immediately the junior was made dumbfounded by the two young men in front of him.

Hotaru and Fumio hugged each other tightly, their faces smiling.

"What's going on?." Lirih the junior was confused.

Hotaru and Fumio let go of their embrace and walked away from the scene just like that.

"A pretty good reception." Chirps Hotaru.

"Together." Reply Fumio.

"I'm not grateful to you." Sergey Hotaru.

"certain."

Hotaru finds another automatic selling machine, she pushes a few buttons and waits for the drink to come out.

"Gomen (Sorry), your drink was left in that place." Hotaru said while offering the same drink as the Fumio drink earlier.

"Arigatou (Thank you)."

They stood staring at the vast field in front of them while enjoying a drink from an automatic selling machine.

"If you hadn't glared at me earlier maybe I wouldn't have thought you were my old friend." Said Hotaru drinking.

"When I heard your introduction I thought you were someone else. There's no way my childhood friend turned this handsome." Reply Fumio.

"Hahahaaaa .., Takkeccan didn't expect that either." Hotaru laughs. Fumio smiled at him.

"In addition, no one else has your surname." Fumio stared softly at the bright brown bead belonging to Hotaru.

"When are you back?." Ask Fumio.

"A few days ago." The answer.

Fumio stared inside Hotaru, waiting. Hotaru gave her a smile.

"Yuki's not coming with me." Hotaru knew exactly what her little friend was thinking.

"Did you meet?." Hotaru nodded at a glance.

"Just a few months, after that I left her again." Fumio stared straight ahead, his mind drifting deep into the past.

"Did Yuki keep crying while I was staying?." Ask Hotaru.

"Hm, he's been hit hard. He always had nightmares." Fumio's reply made Hotaru's heart tremble stingingly.

"You're accompanying her to sleep, aren't you?." Hotaru leaned her body against the wall behind.

"Hm, he wouldn't be able to sleep if I wasn't next to him."

"Arigato." Lirih Hotaru's. Fumio glanced back.

"Is he okay?." Ask Fumio.

"Last I left her," Hotaru paused her sentence, recalling the face that had been present in her dream.

"Is it that bad?."

Fumio really knew and understood what Hotaru felt without saying it.

"Pick."

"He won't hate you. He can't hate you." Hotaru smiled at the simple words, her heart was healed again.

It was the people in his past who could heal his heart, he missed, missed them so much.

"I know you've been fighting hard. Sorry." Hotaru glanced at the back of her little friend.

"Because I can't help you." Fumio continued to make Hotaru freeze still.

Hotaru took a deep breath together with Fumio making them stare at each other in disbelief.

"Maha." Both of them laughed out loud.

"Even we are still the same as before." Hotaru.

"It seems like only our bodies have changed." Connect Fumio.

"Yuki would be disappointed to know our height." Hotaru.

"For him, he wants to be a hundred and seventy inches tall." Fumio Imbuh.

"Wait." Suddenly Hotaru stopped laughing, her face turning serious.

"What's up?." Ask Fumio.

"It looks like Yuki can achieve it." Lirih Hotaru's.

"A hundred and seventy inches." Removing Fumio.

"Pick."

"I have to be taller." Fumio Mumbled.

"Huh?."

"A hundred and eighty is still lacking Hotaru." Sergei Fumio.

"Yuki was only a hundred and sixty-five at that time." Hotaru protested, not agreeing if Fumio wanted to raise her body.

"That moment." Fumio.

Sir!.

Hotaru patted Fumio's back hard enough until the young man was pushed forward.

"If dealing with Yuki you're too mushy Eiji." Hotaru said as she walked ahead of Fumio.

"Come, the lesson's about to begin." Hotaru smiled at her little friend.

Fumio ran over Hotaru.