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Chapter 2 - Stupidity

I learned something over the week: If you learn someone who's pissing you off, the time flies.

The problem is, you have to learn HOW to ignore that certain someone.

Namely, Tsubasa Andou. The entire week, he'd been stabbing me in the back with his stupid pencil, acting like he hadn't done it when I accused him. He played with my shadow, so when I got my books from my locker, I would suddenly start to jump up and down. When I got over that stupid antic, stupid Andou stood right behind me with his stupid arrogant grin on his stupid face! Yeah, it was most definitely that stupid freak who did that to me. Stupid! Stupid!!

Stupid guy. I hate him.

It was because of him that I was so desperately waiting for the weekends. I wanted to go see how Kaname was doing, since he was hospitalized, again. And I wanted to know if Mikan and Natsume were fine, along with all of my elementary buddies.

Friday night couldn't go as slow as it did...

Saturday~~~

I rose like a machine from my bed and got ready to visit. Tsubasa wasn't there, thank God, but it was strange to see that his bed was made. Maybe he'd gone to see Kaname, too. It seemed like most of my division had.

"I'm sorry miss, but Kaname isn't here," the doctor said when I got to the hospital.

"That's fine, I'll talk to him later," I replied. Then I went off to see Mikan.

The way to the Elementary Division was quite stony and roots of trees were always there to trip me up. It was foggy, too.

But the sky was a crisp gray, such a soothing color... and I didn't notice the rock in front of me--

"Kyaaaaa-------"

My fall was suddenly stopped and I was now tilted toward the ground, my face a centimeter away from the stones.

"Nice going, Harada."

I tried to glare at Tsubasa, but I couldn't twist my head around.

"Shut up, Andou."

"Tsk, tsk, that isn't the right way to thank your savior, is it?"

That bastard was smirking. I could tell by the way he said it.

"Stop. Just let me stand up."

"Beg me, and I might."

"I'm not going to, Andou. In your dreams!" I spat at him.

"Touchy, are we?" he teased. There was a pause. I was frantically thinking of a good come back when he let go of my shadow--I was falling! How could he just let me fall?!--and he grabbed my shoulders and pulled me back from the ground, seconds before I'd mashed my face into the earth.

I wrenched my shoulders from under his grip. "Fine," I grumbled. "Thanks."

He was already walking away. I watched him raise his hand casually in acknowledgement as he walked into the misty fog, disappearing.

Oh, what the heck, I was supposed to go see Mikan and them!

I hurried along, and as soon as I entered the Elementary Division's territory, I was on guard. Mikan was known for barrelling into people and hugging the crap out of them. Hotaru was known for shooting people with her baka gun, and Natsume was famous for setting people on fire if he thought that his precious Mikan was in danger.

Alas, Mikan had no clue how much that Hyuuga brat liked her.

"MISAKI-SENPAIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!" shrieked Mikan as soon as I saw her. "Look!" she shouted cheerily. "Tsubasa-sempai is also here!"

What?! Stupid Andou's also here?!! I forced a smile but glared daggers at Shadow freak. Mikan grinned from ear to ear and rushed back to koala-hug Tsubasa. Natsume lit his fire threateningly. Koko muttered, "Overprotective freak."

Natsume glared.

I smiled weakly.

Mikan was now babbling at top speed while Hotaru was clicking her fingernails on her baka gun.

"Yeah, you know, Jin-Jin is really mean! I mean, yeah, yesterday, I think--was it yesterday?--well, he called on me to do a really hard math problem and when I couldn't do it, he was like, 'Sakura, you retarded freak', and he was so so so mean--"

"I couldn't agree more," I muttered.

"So I told on Jin-Jin to Narumi-Sensei! But Narumi-Sensei couldn't do anything about it, so I told Misaki-Sensei, but that didn't work either! Natsume ignored me when I said anything to him--"she pouted--"--And Hotaru banged me with--"

BAKA BAKA BAKA "The question was 66 times 4, baka," Hotaru said stoically. "That's bloody easy."

"Like that, she banged me with her baka gun," Mikan said weakly, seeming totally oblivious to what Hotaru was saying.

Tsubasa chuckled. "You crossed the line, Mikan," he said, fondly.

Womanizer, that guy was. Worse than Megane!

After a few more minutes of this, I couldn't stand it anymore. I stood up. "Hey, I have to go now, ok?"

Mikan immediantly brought on her puppy eyes. "Misaki-sempai!! Please stay! You only get to come down here once in a while!" she pleaded. "Pleaasssssssssssssse?"

I firmly steered my gaze away from her expression. "Sorry, Mikan-chan, I have homework to do."

Yuu's eyes boggled under his glasses. "Misaki-sempai didn't do her homework?!!"

"Hmmm," I said, sliding out of his question. I hoped that my evasion was subtle, but out of the corner of my eye, I saw Tsubasa narrow his eyes at me. I walked away, calling out a goodbye.

A little while later, I heard Tsubasa leave them, too. Footsteps behind me, 7 o' clock. Tsubasa, or Mr. Bear...

"Hey."

Tsubasa.


Well, well, well! This chapter really kinda sucks, doesn't it? Yeah, I know. You can be honest. The first chapter was way better, and now I have a plot, it makes writing so much harder. Darn.

Anyhoo, R&R! I always do it to the stories I read! Or else I add them to my favorites or something! I always leave a mark! :)

Cya!

~Karin