By Snow Bengal
Akane's Hatred
Akane Kishida slowly walked down the school hallway. Her glossy black hair framed her angelic face. She saw Najika Kazami walk up to Daichi. Stay away from Daichi; she thought fiercely, he's mine! Akane gritted her teeth in fury as she saw Daichi give Najika a heart melting smile. She glared at Najika but Najika didn't notice.
Yuki, her friend, looked at Daichi and Najika talking together. "Kazami is such a loser," she said, looking at Akane.
"I know! What does Daichi-kun see in her? Can't he see that she is just pretending to be nice to him?"
Yuki shrugged." She has him hooked with her food."
Akane pondered why Najika was so stubborn. Akane had already tried to drive Najika off more than once but Najika still stayed at Seika Academy. She entered the large lunchroom and sat down with Yuki and her other friend. She saw Najika enter the lunchroom and saw, with satisfaction, everybody was giving her cold looks. Najika's cheery smile faltered and her large brown eyes looked down. Someone stuck their foot out and Najika tripped, which caused a pink blush to stain her cheeks, while everybody laughed.
Akane glared at Najika while Yuki said with a smirk," That's what you get for being a thief and returning here!"
Akane said frostily while scowling," Why didn't you go back to Hokkaido? You lied!" Why couldn't gone back and left Daichi alone? Why does Daichi like her so much? I hate her! Akane noticed the Seika spoon on Najika's bag. "And you still have this spoon?" Akane reached out to snatch it from the bag and perhaps throw it out the window. She noticed, smugly, that the spoon had a mark where she stamped on it. She was surprised as Najika grabbed it roughly from her hand.
"You're the one who lied! Pretending to be my friend!" Najika was still pink but now she looked furious.
Akane felt the blood drain from her face leaving her pale and trembling with rage. Her anger spilled over." Don't you call me a liar!" she yelled. She raised her hand to slap Najika across her face. How dare she! She wanted to hurt Najika for hurting her heart, for taking Daichi. She saw Najika cringe as her hand started to come down.
Her hand was caught in a strong grip. She saw Daichi and Sora standing behind her. They were both wearing frowns and Daichi was holding her hand firmly. His hand is so warm!
"So this is why Najika-chan wanted to go back to Hokkaido." Sora said
"Stop doing stupid things, Akane." Daichi said angrily while letting go of her hand. Akane felt flustered and struggled to say something.
"It's all because…" Akane floundered for something to use to blame Najika. "No one can understand it…Why is Kazami-san in our class? That's why I…"
Her other friend interceded" Yes! Just because she's a little good at cooking…"
Yuki attacked as well," She doesn't belong here." Akane agreed wholeheartedly with Yuki.
She added," Now if a professional chef was to acknowledge her skills…" she smiled inwardly. Najika couldn't be that good. Akane saw that Sora seemed to be in deep thought.
"Then let's have a cooking contest." Everyone was startled by Sora's sentence. "You can bring a chef from Cantina or whatever." He said to Akane calmly.
Akane hear Najika's incredulous" Senpai?" She gave Najika an evil smile while rejoicing inwardly. Najika wouldn't be able to win against her chef.
She heard Sora say softly," Trust me Najika-chan."
"I see. That's fine. But in that case… if she loses, she has to leave immediately!"
She looked squarely at Najika's frightened face. Yes!