𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒂 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚, 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒂 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 | InoAoi

{2} A Friendship Blooms

Aoi Kanzaki immediately dashed over to the seat where Inoko quietly sat at, staring at her desk. At least she had someone to talk to while being in a class with a bunch of student's she didn't know. As Aoi approaches her, Inoko looks up with a surprised expression on her face. She could've sworn she saw those emerald orbs sparkling at her.

"Inoko! I didn't know we had Art together." Aoi exclaimed as she stood over her desk. The black to blue haired girl smiles and nods. Aoi glanced at her desk and noticed she was drawing something. The drawing was scribbled out, as if she hated what she drew. "What were you drawing?"

Inoko took something from out of her pocket. Aoi curiously watches as she pulls out a single daisy from the depths of her pocket, unscathed from being squashed. She pointed to the flower in her palms. She looked in awe and smiled gently.

"Ah, so you're trying to sketch a daisy. Do you like flowers? They're really pretty, especially daisies." Aoi says. The younger girl smiled and her eyes travel to Aoi's butterfly hairclips from her twintails. She pointed at the butterflies clipped into her hair. Aoi noticed her gestured and smiled. "Are you referring to my hairclips?"

Inoko nodded as she looked up in desperation. It seemed like she wanted to hold it. Aoi sighs and smiles gently as she takes out one of her butterfly clips from her hair, and handed it to Inoko. The emerald eyed girl smiles excitedly as she holds the blue butterfly clip into her rough palm. Aoi watched as her new friend was so amused of Aoi's hairclip that she had. Shinobu gave them to her as a gift for her 16th birthday, so they were special to her.

"Butterflies are my favorite creature. They are beautiful and graceful, just like us girls. Their wings are strong and will always keep flying until they can't anymore. They are also a sign of a loved one coming to visit you." Aoi quotes to her new friend. Inoko, who was deeply entranced in Aoi's voice, nodded slowly. Aoi began to wander if her new friend had a favorite animal or creature. "Do you have a favorite animal Inoko?"

Aoi could've sworn she almost saw Inoko's mouth open to speak, but she immediately stayed quiet. Before Aoi could ask again, Inoko unzipped her backpack from under her desk. She rummaged through her bookbag until she finally pulled out a book. The cover on the book depicts of the Animal Kingdom and such. Aoi watched as Inoko opened the book and briskly flipped the pages. She continued flipping until she found the page she was looking for. Once she landed on the page, Inoko pointed her finger at a illustration.  Aoi leans over to glance at the book and saw what she was pointing at.  It was a detailed picture of a boar. Aoi looked at the drawing, then back at her friend.

"You're favorite animal is a boar?" She asked. Inoko excitedly nods. The twintail girl was appalled. She never knew such a beautiful and delicate girl like Inoko would be into such hideous creatures such as a wild boar. It's not like she didn't care what kind of animal her new friend prefers, but it was strange to her.

"That's um, great!" Aoi says with a small smile. The delicate girl smiled back. The rest of the class period transcends swiftly with the two chatting away at each other, with Aoi doing all of the talking of course. The class comes to an end as the bell rings, allowing everyone to exit the classroom. Aoi and Inoko got up from their seats and walked out of the classroom. Before Aoi headed on to her next class, she turned to Inoko.

"It looks like we have to separate now. My next class is science. What do you have next, Inoko?" She asked her friend. Inoko took out her schedule and pointed to her next class which read, "math".

"I'll see you later then! Good luck!" She called out before dashing to her next class. Inoko watched as her new friend disappearing in the crowd. She smiled to herself before proceeding to class.

***

The school bell rings throughout the establishment, alerting the students that school has concluded for the day. Aoi sighed in relief, ready for the day to be over already. She was already exhausted as her bookbag was piled up with homework and textbooks. Luckily, tomorrow was Saturday so she'll be having no school until Monday commences.