Introduction

Introduction

Our Bitter Sweet Love

This is a love story between the prince and the pauper, struggling to find and understanding their feelings towards each other. It is a love and hate relationship between two love virgins. One is a person who is scary, dark like a panther and the other is sweet and innocent like a deer. Together by destiny both entangled with their bitter sweet relationship.

It was such a sunny day, cherry blossoms flowers were in full bloom. Strong winds, petals dancing in the air. I saw him coming over me as I counted from 5 to 1.

5 - His strong strides

4 - His nice build that can make him look good in any suits

3 - His callous hands, must be a hard worker very good

2 - His tall ... guessing 6 foot.

1 - Face? I can't see it! That damn umbrella is blocking me.

“Who are you?”, I asked myself. He came to stop right in front of me. He smirks. Suddenly my vision blinded by lights. “Wait who are you?!”

“Huh! What?”I woke up to the sound of the alarm clock. "Sakura, wake up it's time to go to school!", mom screamed. “Ugh... 5 more minutes  mom\~”. “You better come down this instance young lady or you won't be getting any breakfast for today!” “Hai\~ I’m coming!” Moms, never argue with them in the morning, mumbled. Hello there readers! My name is Kiritani Sakura, 18 years old, 5 ft 4 inches tall, shoulder hair length, round face with dumpling cheeks, round hazel eyes, turn up nose and with a  full lower lips. Typical side character characteristics in a manga.

I finished freshen up myself, uniform check, boogie eyes check, spectacles check and nerdy looks check, appearance?passable check. That’s enough I guess. I’m not the type of girls who cares about her appearance anyway. It’s what the heart counts right? “Oh no, I’m late”. I hurried head downstairs. I quickly drank the milk and snatched the toast on the table and ran out of the house. “Bye mom I’m going now!” “Be careful dear”, said mom. “Oh no, my daughter forgot to bring her lunch box with her”.

I suck in and breath out the morning fresh air, “Ahhh... Lovely weather to start the day”. I saw something shining on the road. “Ah! 50sen how lucky”, I pick it up and insert it in my pocket. What a good way to start the day. Gambatte!.

So today starts the new semester. It’s my final year in high school. The time passed by so fast, I hope this year will be a fun year with a lot of memorable memories to make. And pass the exam with flying colours of course, noted to myself.

Ring!!! The school bell rang. “Thank god I am on time”, I sigh in relief . “Hmm, let’s see, I’m in class 6-A this year”, I thought. “Good morning Sakura!”, someone greeted me. “Good morning Akane!”. This is Minami Akane. My best friend. We’ve been friends a while now. It has been 6 years since we've known each other. We shared a lot of time together and even were in the same class every year. Despite all that, we both are very different in personalities. I’m shy, unsociable, reserved and basically an introvert. While Akane is outgoing, talkative, active, an extroverted. She's fire, I’m water. But we always understand and be for each other. But this year…

“Why!Why! Why! Akane, why do you have to sit far away from me?” I cried. Well it can't be helped unfortunately we were unlucky this year the seat was arranged by drawing lots at random. Akane gets to sit in the front row of the class while I get to sit at the very back corner by the window. “Ahh… breezy air. Hello there Mr. window, we meet again this year”. At least I get to sit beside the window. “There’s no other person but only you that always supposed to sit beside Akane\~”, I make a fake cry face. “Oh don’t be such a baby Sakura, we’re in final year in high school we can’t always be together until college or work in the same office in the future. Soon we will be pursuing our own career and life”, said Akane. “Yes you are right Akane, I need to be more mature and sociable this time”, agreed with her dejectedly . “Good, now sit”, said Akane. “Yes ma’am”.

Laughter can be heard, two figures coming in at the door. It’s the princes of our school, the duo, the prince and the knight. Walk in his glory like an icy prince, Kirigaya Haru, the school heart dropped, smart, athletic, rich and the student council President. Next to him is Takeshi Eiji, the charming knight, equally the same qualities as the prince he is the student council Vice President, the right hand man of the prince. Ah that’s right, like every anime or manga scene when the male leads enters, with their dashing looks, devilish smile, mesmerizing and deep eyes to kill for that can make people melt like a candle instantly and the pheromones all come like a package,  all eyes on them. But a girl like me had no chance to get their attention, Believe me, statement.

I spoke too soon. “Out of all places why does it have to be beside me?”. I don’t mind if it's some other guy. But this is torturing. Why do I have to sit beside the prince out of all places? “Is God punishing me for picking up 50 sen on the road this morning?", huhu, my days start to become gloomier somehow. This is actually the second time I became classmates with the prince and the knight.Eiji-san is  very friendly and easy going person, so it is easy to befriend him. But the prince and I are… how should I say?. Our relationship is not like we're close but not like a friend either. It’s more like an acquaintance, maybe. We barely have any interaction with each other. Just exchanging greetings and nodding.

Unfortunately, this year, out of all places I need to sit next to him. It feels so uncomfortable sitting next to him despite his coldness to his seatmate . Plus a lot of his fan girls are staring, peeking and taking pictures of him by the door. Can’t they just go back to their own classroom already? Talk about privacy. Is this how celebrity life is?  A teacher's screaming voice can be heard by the hallway chasing the students away back to their classes. It seems that the class is starting soon.

“Hei! Sakura-chan we’re in the same class again this year”, said Takeshi. “Ah, y-yes you’re rr-ight Takeshi-san!”, stuttered. “How many times do I have to tell you to call me Eiji, E-I-J-I and him Haru”. We’ve been friends for a while you know, said Takeshi. “Yy-es I’ll try”, I said. If your fan girls didn’t kill me that is, I thought. He smiled. But I did end up call his name, Eiji-san, as for the prince, I’m still calling him by his surname, Kirigaya since we are not that close. Kirigaya-kun just nodded at me as a sign of greeting and sat next to me. I looked at him and tried greeting him but no sound coming out of my mouth. Well that’s embarrassing. I subconsciously slammed my head on the table and startled him at the same time. Before he managed to say something to me the teacher came in. Thank you for saving me, teacher, I thought. “Stand! Good morning teacher!”, all students greet the teacher. “Good morning everyone, I’m Sasaki sensei, I'll be your home room teacher so let's do our best this year okay?!”, Sasaki sensei said. “Yes teacher!”, everyone said. “ So let’s start with an introduction”...blah...blah...blah- the class went on.

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