I woke up in a cold sweat, I didn't have a nightmare mind you but I still nonetheless felt worried, as if something bad had happened, I had just woken up minutes before my alarm clock would have for me, I had to get ready for school and for the rest of the day in general, I needed to do some shopping after school per my mothers request, we were out of eggs and bread.
*****
I arrived at the front gates about 45 minutes before classes started, I pulled out my phone and felt like sending Hana a text. She was walking her way to school right now so I didn't think she would be that preoccupied.
Sato Masaichi : [Ever wonder why our school yard has a non native tree in it?]
As quickly as I sent it, I had put my phone back in my pocket and walked through the front doors of my school, the halls were mostly empty except for the occasional teacher. My home room teacher happened to walk past me when he noticed it was me and turned around to greet me.
"Hey Sato, is that you? Why are you here so early?"
I turned around and locked eyes with Him, it had been a while since me and him talked directly.
"Uh, yeah it is, I'm here early because I had nothing else better to do at home."
"Well I suppose It's better to arrive earlier and than later, anyways I have some work to do, ill see you during 7th period, yeah?"
"Yes sir."
After those words were said he continued down the hallway until eventually he was out of sight.
I, despite not having any notifications, checked my phone to see if Hana had responded to my message, she hadn't.
Usually she would reply to my messages if she wasn't busy or at work, we would always text each other while walking to school, or while waiting for the other person to show up, but this time was different.
"Strange…"
*****
The periods leading up to lunch weren't all that eventful, I wasn't too concerned about Hana's silence but what I was concerned about was the fact that I had not seen her at her locker when the school day was about to start, but I thought she may have just brought her stuff with her from home, I grabbed my bento from my locker and walked to my usual spot, It was the courtyard tree I had sat down at many times before, but this time there was a group of 4 people sitting around it, figures, I would need to find somewhere else to sit.
I wasn't socially awkward mind you, I just didn't find the idea of involving myself with people I haven't met before appealing, plus I didn't want to kill their vibe.
But what was the most strange to me was the fact that Hana, had still not texted me, now I was slightly worried, Hana wasn't the type of person to disappear one day, unless something bad happened.
Did something bad happen to her?
I mean it wasn't too far fetched, however the more I thought about it the more worried I got.
A plethora of bad things could have happened, she could have gotten sick, or just in general hurt herself really badly.
After hastily eating my lunch I went around school asking people in our homeroom if they had seen Hana, to no avail, the best response I got was that someone saw her a week ago, which wasn't helpful in the slightest.
I decided to try texting Hana again.
Sato Masaichi : [Hey Hana, I'm a little worried, I haven't seen you all day.]
Then I found a nearby brick wall to sit against, and ate my lunch.
*****
Haga didn't have the same home room as me, but that didn't stop her from sitting right outside the door . As I walked by her she grabbed my forearm, her tiny frame struggling to stop me in my tracks.
"Wait, Sato."
I quickly pulled my hand away from Haga, I was startled by her sudden touch, and then quickly I calmed down.
"Sorry, what do you need?"
"I haven't seen Yamada at all today, you didn't happen to see her, have you?"
"Oh, well tell me if you do see her, ok?"
"Alright."
As I walked into my homeroom and sat down I felt a sudden urgency to go to her house and check up on her, but that would have to wait until after my homeroom class had ended, as I tried to do my homework without the assistance of Hana, I stopped and looked to her chair, it was empty and that left me with a feeling of, loneliness?
I facepalmed myself, stupid feelings arose from time to time but this one was just weird.
What am I even doing?
Well, I knew the answer to that question.