Aoi's POV
I woke up bright and early in the morning, I sat up from bed and looked at my right, expecting to see my golden-haired friend, but she wasn't there. 'I almost forgot that she was the Starlight Queen' I thought, I did my usual routine, changed to my uniform and headed out to the Starlight Queen's manor, where she lives. She calls it the Ichigo manor.
I reached the gates of the manor and went inside, I walked to the front door. When I reached my destination I quietly opened it, went inside, and closed the door quietly. I went to the living room (where they were choosing partners for the Partners Cup and where they celebrated when Ichigo came back from America) but she wasn't there, so I went to her bedroom. I went upstairs towards her room, I slowly opened the door to find her in her uniform staring outside her window,
"Ichigo..." I called as I went inside and closed the door, but she didn't move
"Ichigo!" I called out to her for the second time, but she still didn't move
"Ichigo!" I called her a bit more loud, but she still didn't move, that's when I got an idea,
"Ichigo, Suzukawa-sensei is looking for you!" I said as I walked to her, she finally moved and turned to me, but her face was bright red
"He-he's looking for me?" she asked nervously trying to act normal, I giggled
"I only said that to get your attention. No matter how I call your name you still won't move" I said to her
"Was I spacing out?"
"Yup" she had a nervous smile and looked out the window, I went next to her
"You must really like Suzukawa-sensei" I said she nodded
"What type of guy do you like exactly?" I asked
"I~ have no idea!" she said, the both of us giggled
"Come on, let's eat breakfast with Ran"
"Okay" she said as she did a closed-eyed smile, so the both of us went to the cafeteria.
~At the Cafeteria ~
Ichigo's POV
Me and Aoi went inside the cafeteria, we grabbed our food and looked around to find a familiar friend, we were looking for Ran, until we saw her sitting alone at our usual spot. We went to her
"Good morning, Ran!" I greeted she looked at us and smiled
"Good morning Ichigo, Aoi" she greeted back, our sitting arrangement was Ran is facing the window, I sat in front of her, Aoi sat beside me, then we started eating, we talked about work and stuff. When we were finished we went to class, since we don't have morning work or something like that.
~Lunch time~
We went to the cafeteria again to eat lunch, sat at our usual sport, and ate. It was silent until Ran started a conversation with a question
"So what do you think?"
"Think about what?" I asked
"About sensei's age"
"Which sensei?" I asked as I tilted my head, Ran sighed
"Suzukawa-sensei, so what do you think?" I blushed from the name but got over it quickly.
"Hm... Let's see..." I said looking up
"I bet he's 23" Aoi said
"Why 23?" I asked
"Well, he's a teacher, and he looks young. So I think he's 23"
"Okay. What about you Ran?" she was silent, she looked down for a while, then she looked back up at us
"I think he's 24" she said
"Why 24?" I asked
"I'm just guessing" she said, Aoi giggled
"What about you, Ichigo?" Aoi asked
"Hm... I think he's 22" I said, they just looked a me
"Th-that's just what I think!" I said as I sweat dropped, they just giggled
"So? What's the prize with whoever is correct?" Aoi asked
"Why are you starting this?" Ran said with a suspicious look
"It's just for fun! No hard feelings" she said, Ran just shrugged
"I'm not getting in this." I had a thought
"I know! The prize will be 1 free seaweed bento!" I said aloud, Ran turned to me
"That sounds good! What do you think Ran?" Aoi said looking at Ran
"We-well, I don't see anything bad there. So I guess I'm in" Ran stated taking a bite from her lunch
"Yey!" I exclaimed
"Come on now. We should eat now" Ran said, there's still some food on my plate,
"Okay. Let's eat!" I said as I took a bite. We all continued eating, when we were done, we returned the plates to the counter area and went out for a walk.
"I wonder which one of us is correct!" I said
"You're just after the bento" Ran said, we all giggled
"I really wanna know what his age is" I said
"What's this talk about age?" a voice asked, we looked where the voice came from and it was Suzukawa-san, heat crept up to my face
"Suzukawa-sensei..." was all I said
"Were you eavesdropping on our conversation?" Aoi asked
"I can't help but overhear" he said crossing his arms, I felt being pushed towards him, which took me by surprise. I almost hit my head to his chest, but good thing it didn't happen
"Weren't you gonna ask him something, Ichigo?" Aoi smirked
"Yeah, go ask him." Ran said who is also smirking, I can feel my face turning very red
"Go on... Don't worry, we won't interrupt" they said as they took a few steps away from us, I sighed and looked at him.
"Suzukawa-sensei"
"Yes, Hoshimiya?"
"I-I was w-wondering but, h-how old are you?" I asked nervously, he looked a bit shocked from the question, I could see a tint of red on his cheeks, but he went back to his usual look
"Why do you want to know?" he asked in his usual cold tone,
"You see, I-I was j-just curious. I mean you look really young from being a teacher." I stated, covering up the real reason why I wanted to know, the real reason is to check our age gap
"I'm turning 20 this year" he answered
"You're 20?!" Ran and Aoi asked with a surprised face
"I'm turning 20" he corrected them
"Aren't you a bit young to be a teacher? I mean, with that age, shouldn't you be in College now?" Aoi said, Suzukawa-san looked a bit shocked from the question, but went back to his usual look
"I just happened to get accepted to work as a groundskeeper here" we were silent
"Okay, well thank you for that. Let's go guys" Aoi said walking away, Ran followed her
"See you around Sensei!" I said, then I followed them, Aoi squeeled
"KYAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!"
"What's wrong Aoi?" I asked
"Suzukawa-sensei is just four years older than you. This could totally work!" she stated
"Well, that's a good thing" Ran said in agreement, I nodded until my Aikatsu phone (whats it called again?) rang
*ring ring*
I took my phone out of my pocket and looked at the notification, 'Oh no!' I thought
"Oh no! I'm late for work! See you later guys!" I said running to my manor to get my stuff
"Good luck Ichigo!" I heard them from behind.
Ran's POV
Me and Aoi decided to spend the rest of our time in her room. When we were inside, we sat down, Aoi is sitting at her bed while I was sitting in her desk, of course there's a chair. I'm on kirakiratter, reading what the people have to say until a post from Aoi popped up
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@aoi: What do you say when you match two people?
: SHIP!
: The word used is called "ship"
: Say it like "Oh my gosh! I ship it!"
: A boy and a girl likes each other or you matchmake them then you can ship them. If they keep hanging out with each other then the ship is sailing. If they're not hanging out anymore and are fighting, then the ship sank
: It's what you call 'ship'
: I have tons of ships at school
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'Well, they replied quickly' I thought
"So it's official!" I heard Aoi say, I turned to her
"What's official?" I asked, she looked at me with a determined look
"There is a ship in this school. And the ship is Ichigo and Suzukawa-sensei" she stated, then our Aikatsu phone vibrated. We checked it, it was from kirakiratter.
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: You should make a shipping name
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It said, me and Aoi looked at each other then she smiled,
"Let's make a shipping name!" she exclaimed
"Any suggestions?" she asked, I put my hand on my chin
"Well... I don't know. How do you make a shipping name anyways?" I asked, Aoi looked up and then she was typing something on her smart phone, my Aikatsu smart phone made a notification sound. Aoi posted something on kirakiratter again.
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@aoi: How do you make a shipping name?
: Just mash up their names
: I recommend using their first names than their surnames
: Who do you ship Aoi-chan?
: Use the first names
: I have some examples!
Subaru and Yume= SubaYume
Kanata and Ako= KanaKo
Asahi and Koharu= AsaHaru
etc.
: You can use either their surnames or their first names, its up to you!
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'Another quick reply' I thought
"So what do you think, Aoi?" I asked, she was silent until,
"How about 'IchiKawa'?" she said,
"Hm... I don't think so" I said, she was silent again, I sighed
"Isn't Suzukawa-sensei in More-Than-True?"
"Yeah, he is"
"Then why don't you use his stage name?" I suggested, she looked at me
"That's a great idea!" she beamed, she quickly grabbed a big notebook and marker, she flipped a few pages to find a blank page. She was writing something
"Done!" she said, she turned the notebook to show me what she wrote. What was written there was 'IchiNao' with a few hearts around it, and a strawberry.
I smiled and nodded
"Yeah, that's a good name" I said, she was happy, so she stood up and punched the air and said
"Okay! The IchiNao ship is on board. So we'll do our best to make it sail!" 'Well, it can't be helped' I thought. After about 5 seconds she had this look on her face like she realized something.
"What's up?" I asked
"Well, we shouldn't have used his stage name, we can use his first name, since his name is Suzukawa Naoto" she stated
"But the results are still the same" she continued, I just smiled
"You're right"
"Aahh~ I can't wait to see them together!"
Guys! I'm very sorry for not updating fast. I have school on my daily schedule, and we have a lot to do. I mean, is this how it is as a Junior High School first year? I promise to you, I will try my best to update quickly.
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