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蛍甘ダンス

Firefly Sweet Dance

Atsushi Murasakibara x Oc

Chapter 1

You are a disgrace. Useless. Worthless...nothing but a tool for me to make money from.

Those words were engraved in my mind ever since I could understand what my mother was saying. I was always blamed for something I really didn't do but I tried my best to please my mother - even if in the end - I wasn't worth much.

Her nerves ate her from the inside as she tried hiding behind her book, trying to ignore the stares that students gave her as she sat by herself and the sleeping male besides her.

Today, their English teacher had decided that the class would have an assignment to do with a partner, making Hotaru Mia hope, hope that if someone would like to work alone they could - but the answer the teacher gave made her stomach drop.

Now she found herself sitting in the corner, finding it was indeed a bad idea, with stares and the whispers all directed towards her and her partner, a complete stranger may she add.

Feeling her palms become sweaty and her throat constricting tighter by the passing minute, she wanted to disappear, to be eaten by her book that was shaking in her grip. Waiting for the bell to ring, but the ticking on the clock for her seemed to go even slower now than ever.

"A-ano…" She whispered softly as she put the book down. Taking a peek through her black bangs, she poked the sleeping male. "E-etto...uh...e-excuse me…" Her whispers became more hoarsely as she tried to wake up the sleeping male. Sure she saw the male as a giant but then she would call herself as giant as well.

The male beside her grunted and made himself once more comfortable, falling into a deeper slumber. Fidgeting in her sit, she sighed and bit her bottom lip as she moved a bang from her face and behind her ear.

"A-ano…can...can you please wake up." She whispered a bit louder, trying not to choke with her own words as she poked the male once more, scared to deal with a stranger.

Lazy purple eyes open and stared at dull green eyes.

The girl jumped slightly as she saw bored eyes stare at her. Bring her hand back to her lap, she looked quickly down at her desk and began to talk.

"E-etto...Sensei t-told me...umm...to tell you...that...that we are partners for….for the project." Mai whispered, trying not to stutter too much.

"Eh...and who are you?" The purple haired male said as his eyes stared at her with boredom.

"E-etto...H-Hotaru M-Mai." She whispered, avoiding his gaze.

"I don't like your voice." He stated before he sat upright and took a bag of chips and began to eat it.

Mai bit her tongue and held in her anxiety to herself as she gripped her skirt tightly in her hand, trying not to cry. As the bell rang, Mai gathered her things, quickly running out of the room and towards her dorm, ignoring the questioning stares, the pointing fingers and secret whispering from people as they watch her run away.

Leaving the purple hair male eating to himself with a very bored expression, not caring that the girl he had spoken a few minutes ago ran away.

The following day, Mai had found herself standing in front of her English teacher along with her so called partner.

Both students stared at the teacher, Mai could guess why she was there but on the other hand, the male seemed to not care why he was there.

"I heard yesterday that you two seemed unwillingly wanting to work together in this project, can I get an explanation?" Sharp eyes stared at the two. Mai rubbed her wrist and looked away from her teacher.

"Hotaru? Murasakibara? I need to hear your reasons." Their teacher continued.

Taking a deep breath, Mai looked at her hands before speaking. "Sensei...etto...i-it seems t-that I...I can't be p-partners with him." She whispered, continued to rub her wrist together.

"And why is that?" The female teacher spoke making Mai wince at her tone. Trying to keep her breath steady she decided to not speak.

Their English teacher sighed and slammed her book shut, making Mai look at the book before her eyes darted towards the teacher and towards her hands once more.

Murasakibara seemed uninterested and wasn't even speaking up.

"Look, you two don't have partners and this project is pretty much a big chunk of your grade." Their teacher began, Mai frowned and Murasakibara seemed to do the same. "So, I suggest you two to get over your reasons and work or else you both will be in trouble with your English grades and Murasakibara, you will be forbidden to play in the Winter Cub even if you are our basketball's ace." She continued as she crossed her arms and stared at the two tall teens.

Both teen reluctantly nodded their heads and accepted that they were partners for the project. Partners for the whole semester.

Mai bit her cheek as she glance out of the corner of her eyes to see the purple haired male glare at the paper the teacher had handed them as she shoo them out of the office and back to the classroom.

Noticing that he was being stared at Murasakibara stopped and looked at the girl properly.

"Who are you?" He asked.

Mai wanted to be for the floor to eat her alive right then and there. Her eyes widen a bit, allowing for a single tear to fall down before she looked down at floor and gripped her wrist tightly, not caring that the paper in her hands crumbled.

"H-Hotaru...H-Hotaru Mai." She whispered hoarsely, trying to keep her breath steady and the tears from falling. That question just made her little self-confidence to crumble slightly but the next words shocked her the most.

"I hate your voice...it makes me want to crush you." The purple haired male stated bluntly before walking past her and headed towards his class, mumbling to himself about getting more sweets.

Mai stood frozen in her spot before letting out a shaggy breath, reminding herself, there was no need to worry about his words, instead, she needed to worry about the assignment but deep down her gut told her she wouldn't last the semester being partners with him.

She knew her confidence wasn't going to last and the little light she had was starting to flicker off.