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TWO - Kirashite

He looked shocked when I told him my name. He looked different. Different from all the teachers we've had. He seemed too young. I don't know.

"Aaah.. okay." He finally said. "As I was saying a while ago, you may just call me Shin."

"No, we'll call you Sir Sawada. If we call you Shin it would seem that we already like you. I told you before, we'll still see if we'll like you and I don't know if we will." Sukyuni said to him.

Ouch. I think what Sukyuni said was hurtful. I looked at him but he didn't seem to bother. Probably he was hurt. He just doesn't want us to see. He looks strong. Wait. What do I care if he's hurt? Sukyuni have always insulted and humiliated our teachers and I didn't care.

"No, we'll call him Shin." I blurted. I didn't know why I said that. Why on earth did I disagree with my friends? All of them looked at me, shocked with me 'agreeing' on what our teacher said.

Teacher? It feels weird calling him teacher. I don't know him that well yet but there's something different about him. I don't feel him as our teacher. I don't know.

"Fine." Sukyuni said, confused at what just happened.

I looked at him blankly and he looked back. He smiled. His smile was so… I don't know. It was different. He's different. I just know. I just feel it. I don't know.

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"Kira!"

Someone kept calling me. I can hear her but I just wasn't myself. I kept on staring blankly at the sky.

"Kira!"

"Haha! Yarito! Stop calling her. She's been like that since this morning." Sukyuni said.

"No, she's been like that since she saw… Sawa… I mean… Shin…" Tarune replied.

What?! I've been what since what?

The girls kept laughing. I didn't know how to react.

"What?" I asked. Not for her to repeat what she said but to explain to me what she said because honestly, I myself, don't know.

"I said you've been like that since you saw SHIN." Tarune repeated as the girls giggled.

"I know. I heard you. I mean what do you mean?" I said seriously.

"You know, in the morning a while ago.. when you opened the door and you saw him, you just stared at him. Usually you'll just walk pass him." Tarune explained to me.

"I was just shocked. I thought he's too young to be our teacher. I was expecting someone really old as our adviser this year." I said.

"Eeeew! Shin is way better than any old teacher." Sukyuni said.

"Shin is actually hot." Tarune said as she sighed

"You think our teacher is hot?" Yarito asked looking disgusted with Tarune.

"What? He's young. Just 5 years older than us. What do you think Kira?"

I didn't know what to say. It's not because I think he's hot. Actually he is hot but not in a way that Tarune thinks. I just think he's different. There's something with him. I just kept on thinking of him since our class ended a while ago. What is it? I don't know.

"I don't know." I said

"Eeeeh!" Sukyuni screeched. "So somehow you agree with Tarune?"

"No." I said. But I really do. "I don't think it the same way Taru thinks. I just think he's different from our other teachers. That's all."

Yarito looked at me puzzled with what I just said. I know somehow she knows what I'm really thinking. What am I thinking? I don't know. Maybe Yarito knows. She always does even when I, myself, don't know. I think she knows me better than I know myself.