24 Rehabilitation: Hazy Memories Part 1 (1/2)
”So, Karma,” Katz suddenly said while they were in the car. ”Can you give me the specific details of your condition while we are on our way?
Karma was startled by Katz's sudden question, as he was thinking about Shirohana and admiring the beautiful bracelet that she had given him.
”Wha-? Oh. Um... I don't know much about my condition.” Karma replied. As I said before, it started happening while I was in middle school.”
Karma proceeded to give details of how he came to have this condition.
~7 Years Ago~
”Karma! It's time to get up!” Karma's mom shouted from outside Karma's bedroom while knocking on the door.
”Ugh...” Karma groaned in annoyance. It was the first day of school and he was tired since he was playing video games a bit too much last night. ”... Coming!”
Karma slowly got up. A ray of sunlight shone from the window next to his bed.
He opened the door and entered the bathroom that was across from him. After washing his face and brushing his teeth, he went back to his bedroom to get dressed. He put on his uniform, grabbed his bag, and went downstairs to the kitchen.
As he entered the kitchen, a sweet amora filled the air.
”Mom, that smells so good,” Karma said. ”What are you making?”
”Oh good, you're up,” she replied. ”Since it's the first day of school, I thought we should celebrate a bit. So I made pancakes, eggs, bacon, and French toast.”
Karma was delighted. He quickly sat down at the table. His mom set out the pancakes and flourished them with golden brown syrup. Then came the eggs, the bacon, and French toast. The eggs were cooked sunny side up, just the way Karma liked it, and the bacon looked crispy and delicious.
Karma quickly digged in. The taste was so addicting that Karma finished a bit too quickly. His smotach kind of hurt, but he was happy he got to eat all the food.
When he was done, his mom and him walked to the door. Karma put on his shoes and opened the door.
”Here's your lunch, honey. I made something special for you for your first day,” Karma's mom said, handing Karma a small lunch box.
”Thanks, mom,” Karma said, taking the lunch box.
”Have a nice day at school and stay out of trouble, alright?” Karma's mom said.
”I will!” Karma replied. ”See you latter, mom!” And with that, he was off.
The middle school he is going to is StainFord Middle School. It was just a 15 minute walk from his house.
As he walked, he felt a tap on his left shoulder. He turned around, but saw no one. As he turned back, a face popped into view.
”Boo!”
”Ahh!” Karma blurted, jumping back.
”Haha. Got you, Karma!”
In front of Karma was a young boy the same age as Karma. He had spiky black hair and had a piercing on his left ear. He was grinning at Karma's reaction.
”Oh, Jizu,” Karma said. ”Should have known you would pull something like that.”
”Hehe,” Jizu laughed. Jizu was Karma's best friend since third grade. Although their interests don't quite match, they still got along pretty well.
They chatted as they walked to school. As they neared the school, there was a bunch of students walking, talking amongst each other.
After putting on indoor shoes, Karma and Jizu rushed to where everyone was gathered. There was a big bulletin board with the assignments of classrooms for each student on it.
Karma and Jizu scanned for their name and high fived.
”Yes!” Jizu said, excitedly. ”We are in the same class.”
”That makes it 4 years in a row,” Karma said happily. ”We sure are inseparable.”
”You got that right,” Jizu said. ”Come on, let's go to our class.”
The two walked to classroom 1-C. It was on third classroom on the left hallway of the lockers.
When they entered the classroom, it was already bustling with students.
”Hey, over here!”
Karma and Jizu turned towards the voice.
”Oh! It's Kizuna and Kiki,” Karma said. Kizuna and Kiki are best friends and also were Karma's and Jizu's friends from StainFord Elementary.
”You girls got into the same class too?” Jizu asked as Karma and he walked toward the girls.