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Reluctant Heroes | AmaLee"Dream as if you'll live forever ... But live as if you'll die tomorrow."
"Velonix-senpai, sit by me please!"
"No, Velonix-senpai - sit by me!"
"She doesn't have any choice but to sit by me - I'm the most obvious choice!"
"Velonix-senpai, I'll pour your tea if you sit by me!"
Blushing profusely, Velonix approached her area after lightly patting Hoshizora's head and smiling at her.
"Gentleman, I cannot possibly sit by each of you at once. But we can take turns!" she suggested, dropping daintily down onto one of the couches. She crossed her ankles and smiled at the boys seated around her. Two more appeared behind her on the other side of the couch, and one even dropped down by her feet.
"It's so nice to meet each of you!" she said gently, looking through her lashes at her throng of admirers.
"So, you're from Germany?" one of the young men excitedly asked, leaning forward on his couch. Turning her gaze to him, she smiled.
"Yes, I am! I was born in a small town there. My mother was born to a small farming family in the close-knit town, and grew up helping her Mama and Papa with the fields and her siblings. She met my Papa when he visited her there, and they fell in love at first sight," she smiled, obviously finding the story to be a classic love one. "Then my Papa invited her to move here and be with him, and shortly after she did, they found out that she was pregnant with me. When they went to visit my Grandmama and Grandpapa several months later, she went into labor and I was born there. Since I was so young, they decided it would be best to raise me there. We moved back to Japan when I was thirteen, but I've been learning Japanese and everything about the culture since I was little. I also visited extremely frequently so I could visit my Papa's parents. I never really had time to make friends her, though - I was always confined to the Oasko estates. But when we moved here and I started school, I started meeting more people," she explained, smiling at the young men.
"Were you always this popular growing up?" one asked.
Turning her gaze to him, she smiled once more. "No, of course not. I was actually quite unpopular, and was bullied a lot because of my accent and my Papa's families' professions. People didn't understand my family or me, so they tended not to want to be around me."
Her group went slightly quiet at the confession and the lax with which she said it. Finally, one spoke up.
"How come it's so easy for you to talk about it, Velonix-senpai?"
Turning to face him, she lifted a finger to her chin, clearly thinking over her answer before responding. After a bit of mulling, she smiled again.
"Well, you see ... I don't see the point in focusing on the past as a bad thing. Everything that I've experienced, seen, and been through since I was born ... It's all helped to sculpt me into the individual that I am now. Without all of those experiences, I wouldn't be me. I wouldn't be the person that I am today. Even though some of those instances were negative, the positives throughout my life have far outweighed the negatives. I try to focus on the good instead of the bad, but at times, one has to come to grips with what has happened to them. Until they do that, they'll spend their life so entirely focused on the bad thing that happened that they can't enjoy the here and now."
"Does that make sense?" she asked, quirking her head to the side and smiling at the boy.
Immediately the young men erupted into coos of how adorable and admirable she was, throwing in the random compliment of how brave and hot she was for doing those things.
"You're such a role-model, Velonix-senpai!"
"How do you do it?"
"I love you Velonix-senpai!"
Ducking her head, Velonix blushed a bit and looked at the men through her lashes. "I have the Host Club to thank for who I am today. Without them, I never would have come to grips with everything that I've been through. I would still be sitting in the back of the classrooms with no friends and hiding in my books if it wasn't for Walker. He's
my role-model," she said, flicking a glance in Walker's direction before returning it to her group.