Study Time, Spring Time

One-Shot

Spring, it was the season we call Spring. Spring, the season the last years will take their final exams. Harumi Shinobu was thrilled with excitement. All she had to do to follow her dreams was to graduate, after that the world would be at her feet. She would quite literally jump as high as she could, if it weren't for her social anxiety. No, instead of jumping around excited she had hidden her face in her clothes, slightly blushing. It was just one week until she had to take her finals. She studied more than she had done ever before and is boiling in overconfidence. The same can't be said about her friends however. Even her blood related sister, Shantall Shinobu was anxious about the upcoming finals. Of course, she had been struggling with depressive thoughts for a while which greatly limited her learning potential, but even so. Even so, she still felt disappointed. Disappointed in herself for letting such thought control her. Disappointed for nearly having to redo the entire year. And most of all, disappointed that she let her beloved sister down. And that is why, that is why today she's studying together with not only her sister but also all their friends. But whilst everyone is studying all they can, Syr Formaggio is just reading manga. Her friends were too busy studying, they didn't even notice until it was too late. Sakura Joestar, the American exchange student responded with a ''Geez, take this serious will you!'' with a cute yet menacing smile. A smile powerful enough to make anyone, and I mean anyone, back away in fear. They studied for hours and as Sarah Astolfo, a really nice human being, made everyone tea, Harumi noticed that it was getting quite late. ''H-Hey. G-Guys, It's getting quite late, d-don't you think?'' She hid her face in embarrassment, sometimes even talking out loud can be quite a burden to her. Sarah came flying out of the kitchen. ''Hey, before going home, make sure to drink my homemade tea!'' ''But it's already well past six O'clock.'' Replied Shantall, in quite the depressed tone. However, everyone was having way too much fun; Syr made hilarious jokes, Sakura and Harumi were enjoying their tea whilst Sarah tried to help get Shantall over her negative emotions. And just like that, three hours went over in a heartbeat. Needless to say, the next day all of them overslept. They hurried and they hurried, in the hope of still arriving in time for school. The first lesson was P.E. after all. Since they all lived relatively close by each other, they quickly met up whilst hurrying to school. Sakura even had bread with jam in her mouth, she wasn't even able to finish breakfast in time. Syr checked her watch. ''Hey! It's already 9 O'clock!'' ''WHAT??!'' Everyone replied in union. ''Just kidding!'' She laughed as if she made the funniest joke ever. Her friends however didn't seem to enjoy it, except for Shantall. She smiled as she said ''Thanks guys, I really really REALLY appreciate you for always being there for me!'' ''Same goes to you!'', replied the usual quiet Harumi. Everyone smiled whilst avoiding a truck and continuing to run at full speed. ''We've got five minutes left!'' ''Let's pull all our remaining energy in this!'' And thus they ran with more speed and power they could ever have imagined. It truly is as they say. with the power of friendship anything is possible.

They had but one minute left when all five of the girls opened the school's entry door and entered exhausted but smiling. A teacher walked up to them. ''Hey young ladies, what're you doing here at school so exhausted at a Saturday morning?'' His tone was ever so emotionless, but surely he tries as much as he possibly can to sound nice to others.

''W-wait. W-what did you just say, Kuzuki sensei?''

''Didn't you hear properly? Oh well, I just asked you for what reason you're here on a Saturday morning. Isn't this a universal free day throughout the entire country?''

Speechless. The girls were speechless. They studied so much, had so much fun and above all were in so much hurry that they completely forgot which day it was.

''O-oh. Hey, why don't we hang out at Sarah's for the day, her house is the closest to the school anyway.''

''Yeah let's do that, I bought a new movie yesterday. We could watch it!''

''Yeah, let's do that'' Shantall said.

''Have a nice day'', Kuzuki sensei said as the girls walked away towards a new day full of fun.