Ame no Ai   von Toa-chan
                      (Candy, Trouble and beating Hearts)
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                          Kapitel 2: 02. Say my Name
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o woke up in early morning as her brother kicked in the door, made a barrel roll
into her room and threw a stuff animal at her. the young girl almost fell out of
her bed as mumbled. "Just a little more", she said while throwing her blanket
over her head. "Oi, nee-chan, are you still wearing your school uniform?" As no
answer was coming back he sighs the left the room again. "Seems like I won't get
breakfast", he pouted and closed the door. Only after an hour Io woke up again,
her hair standing into every direction as she yawned slightly and sat up.
"hunnn, how late is it?" slowly she took the clock into her hand, a moment of
silence overcoming when she jumped up in the next second. "haaaa! what should I
do, I slept over!"

In the next moment the pink haired girl flew out of her house with a toast in
her mouth, a shoe open and pulling on her jacket while running. Just as she ran
through the park the dark clouds grew bigger and it started to rain. "whaaa,
really?" Of course in all her panic she forgot her umbrella but couldn't just
stop under a tree as she was already late enough. In complete panic she almost
stumbled over the stairs  and just right when the bell to the break run, she
threw the door open and stood there completely soaked in front of the others.
"uruuu! Gomenasai! Gomenasai!", she stuttered while bowing many times to the
teacher that was staring at her completely confused. Even after some seconds no
one said someone as the drops fell to the ground, leaving a small puddle. " Then
Himuro stood up from his chair, walked to her and whispered something into her
ear. The girls turned bright red as she looked down at herself. she didn't
closed her jacket and left her white shirt in the rain. "urruuuuu!" She shouted
and run out of the classroom. "So you saw through iiiitttt?" The classmates were
left with slightly blushing faces. "Say,  did someone thought that io would have
such b-" A book hit him like a shuriken in his head. "Teacher, me and Muukun
will go and look after her", he said after clearing his throat.

Completely embarrassed Io hid  in an empty room of the school as heard a
knocking at the locked door. "Io-chan?" "You can't get in!!", she shouted in
desperation and leaned against the door, wrapping herself up in her wet jacket.
"Oi, Ururu-chin, you can have my shirt.", the lazy voice of Atsushi resounded
and after a few second of hesitation she opened the door slightly as Atsushi
suddenly kicked in it, followed by Himuro. "Kyaaah! What are you doing?! You
can't! Get out!", she shouted at them bright red and tried to shove them out of
the door. Himuro locked the door again before throwing some clothes at her.
"Here, you shouldn't run around in wet clothes." Atsushi nodded while munching
on an crispy bar. "You can have mine, but for that you will make me some more of
your sweets." he looked down at her and gave her a huge shirt. with clothes in
their hands Io stood in front of the guys , Himuro smiling kindly and
Murasakibara staring at her with his bored expression. "Anno...c-could you maybe
turn around?" Io almost whispered to the guys who realized that they were still
looking down at her. "Ah Gomen, Io-chan", Himuro apologized and turned around.
"eeh? why?" without a word Himuro pulled him around. both of them were waiting
till they got the okay. "uruuu. D-Do you think that is okay?" As they turned
around they saw Io in way too big sport short a too huge sport jacket and sport
shirt of Atsushi. "What, what? now you look even smaller Ururu-chin" Io hid her
face behind the hanging sleeves. "uruu, so mean." "kawaii", Himuro mumbled
before smiling again. "Don’t worry, io-chan, at least you won't get ill!"

The small girl hid behind Atsushi as she tried to be unseen by others but as she
couldn't hide forever, he just grabbed her at the shirt collar and carried her
like a dog in front of her. "ah! P-Please let go Murasakibara-san!" he let her
down again and she stared to hit him, which turned out though to be lightly
touches to him. "S-So embarrassing, d-don't do that in front of everybody!", she
looked up at him with teary eyes and blushed face. For a moment he stared at her
when he suddenly popped a chocolate stick into her mouth. "hm?" perplex she
stared up. "Are you able to make those?", Atsushi asked and smiled at her
lazily. Io tasted the Mikado stick and looked at it. "y-yeah. It's pretty easy
actually. You just nee-ah! p-please do not change the topic like that!" She
pouted and tried to hit him again. "That tickles", he muttered while scratching
the back of his head.

The upcoming lessons was sport and so the class moved to the changing rooms. Io
was wondering what might would be different here and soon she realized, that
almost every girl in her class was taller than her. Nervously she looked around
the girls as they were changing clothes. tall, slim and sporty. Only one girl,
named Suzuna, was small and bit more chubby than the others. She patted on her
shoulder. "I know what you think, we can't keep up with those supermodel but we
are strong yourself! Don't forget that Io-chan!"  "eh?" She turned around but
Suzuna was putting on her sport clothes already. Just by now Io realized that
she still wore the sport clothes of her classmates Himuro and Atsushi and
remembered that she doesn't has her own  sport clothes with her, due to the
panic this morning. "Do you want my exchange gym clothes Io-chan?" Suzuna asked
with a little grin on her face and gave them to her. Hastily slipped into them
before walking out. "Were are you going?", Suzuna shouted after her but Io
didn't hear her. When she reached the male changing room she knocked at it
silently. Nothing happened. "maybe they are already in the gym", Io muttered and
just wanted to start to run as the door opened and a guy with exposed chest was
standing in the door. "oh, Io-san!" The pink haired girl almost fainted, holding
her hands in front of her nose as she was afraid of someone seeing her little
nosebleed. In the background she could hear some guys chattering. "Kyah, don't
let her in! so embarrassing", someone acted with a girlish voice, followed by
loud laughter. the door was opened wider and above the classmates head appeared
Atsushis who looked down at her. "m y Shirt", he muttered and reached out his
hand. "Ah! I-I'm sorry for the trouble!" She gave it to him and with this the
door was closed again. the girl ended up to have a major nosebleed, shyly trying
to get rid of it with a tissue.

"ARE YOU READY!?", the loud voice of the gym teacher resounded in the gym hall.
everybody jumped a little at the sudden shout. With little motivation the class
lifted their hands and repeated the sentence of the teacher. "ALRIGHT! ITS RUGBY
TIME!!"  This time a loud shout was going through the boys row while the girls
looked stared to sob or looking angrily at the teacher. "Not again! Can't we
play something where we girls can actually do something too?", one of the female
students complained but the teacher just gave her a wink. "NEXT
TIME!..Nanao-chan." disgusted she turned around. Io was watching the somehow
hilarious scene of the making up of teams. the group in which Atsushi played was
looking at the group without him all fired up. The girls were divided into the
boys group but none of the actually wanted to play this rough sport.  from one
moment on the other Io found herself fat the playground between the two groups
of tall people. She rather stood at the side of the gym so she won't be overrun
but suddenly she was the one holding the ball. A huge troop of wild guys was
running at her . "a-ah! P-please it, sto-ooopppp!" The girl was picked up by
Atsushi who run like a wild best over the group of men with her over his
shoulder. "Go for it!!", Himuro and the other girls shouted However, completely
into the game Atsushi didn't threw only the ball but Io, who flew over the
playground and landed on the mattress which counted as goal. "Uruu, my head
spinning", she stuttered dizzily.

The next thing she saw was the white ceiling of the nurse station of the school.
the face of Atsushi, Himuro and Suzuna went into her blurry field of vision.
"Wow, Io-chan was knocked out! Are you okay?" A wild grin appeared on Suzuna's
face as she eyes her up with her huge curious eyes. "Ururu, where am I?." She
slowly sat up and shook her head, her vision turning more clear now. "Mukkun
accidentally knocked you out", Himuro said gave the giant a  little hit into his
ribs. Atsushi placed a hand on her head. "Gomen, ururu-chin", he said and gave
her his package of chocolate sticks. "They will make you feel better. Ah, also,
the shirt you gave me...it smelled like sweets." Himuro and Suzuna looked at him
before Io smiled brightly. "Thank you Murasakibara-san.", she said happily with
a light blush on her cheeks. "hooo, what do i see, what do I see? Some put a
lovebird free.", Suzuna hummed and giggled like a young schoolgirl. "What love
bird?", Atsushi asked while Io jumped up and forced a hand onto Suzuna mouth,
turning bright red. "What are you doing here?, shouldn't you be in lessons." The
curtains were drawn back and the nurse appeared, looking a bit pissed into the
round.. "you guys, get out of here and go to lessons," she dispraised the three
students and hit lightly with her clipboard onto the bed. "Lessons are boring",
Atsushi said while staring at Io for a while. Io started playfully back at him
as he suddenly felt a little jump of his heart in his chest. Immediately he
looked away, pulling Himuro at his shirt with him. "Let's go Himuchin." Suzuna
waved after Io and wished her to feel better soon.

"So how are you feeling?", the nurse asked and took out a pen. "I'm fine", Io
said happily and looked back at the door. "That good for nothing. You are too
smart for him, Seiya-san." Io looked back at the women who gave her a
professional smile. "eh? f-for whom?" The nurse let out a snorted chuckle before
writing down something and turning around. "Nothing, don't mind me. I think you
are fine now. if you feel dizzy again just come to me and I will check you
again." With those words Io was left behind before she left the nurse office.
The bell rung to the end again and io was standing there without umbrella as
Suzuna stepped beside her. "I would take you with me but I live into the other
direction", she said with an sad undertone. But maybe he can take you with him."
Atsushi appeared by her side, over him a yellow umbrella and he looked down at
her. "need one?", he asked. Blushing she looked at Suzuna who gave her a sneaky
wink. "have fun. Love bird!", she said, waving and running off. "hurry or you
will have to go alone." Atsushi  was standing already in the rain." Hastily Io
jumped under his umbrella and slowly walked home.

On the way, people ran past them, with dogs, with bags or children. It was
silent between the two and Io felt very awkward. "A-anno, Murasakibara-san I-"
"Don't call me like that, its long and so annoying." Io saw up to him at first a
bit shocked but then turned her eyes to the ground with a light blush on her
face. "Say my name", he said suddenly a serious voice. "M-Murasakibara-san!
t-that's your name right?!" the young men pouted and her gave her an angry look.
 "Not that name." Io gulped a bit as she clenched her hands "B....Bara-kun!" The
men stopped still and looked down at her, realizing that he blushed slightly and
putting his hand in front of his lower. "T-that name either!" "F-for me you are
Bara-kun!" "i said not that name!" "Why?" Io looked at him eagerly and serious.
At the same  moment they both stood in front of Ios house. "I will call you like
that Bara-kun, no matter what!", she blushed brightly as she said that before
running to the door. "Ah! T-thank you very much for taking me home! and
tomorrow...I will bring a lot of sweets!" With a deep bow she said good bye,
leaving Atsushi in the rain under the umbrella.

"That name...makes me feel weird. So annoying."

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