Rei's P.O.V
I walked into the classroom on Monday. The weekend had come and passed. The boys were acting stand offish. It was starting to bug me. Just as I stepped in, I was grabbed and pushed into a chair by Ogata and Kazama. I looked up at them in confusion.
"I heard your conversation the first day. The one with the man named Watanabe. What are you hiding?" Ogata asked and I sighed, I turned and took out my book.
"Thats all? Forget it." I said and then growled in anger when my book was yanked away. I looked up and ignored the fact that Ayumi and Emiko had walked in. I had to teach these boys that I wouldn't cave.
"I said forget it. There are things in this world that no one needs to know, that secret is one of them. Now, unless you want to have a broken arm tomorrow, I would suggest putting my book back where it was." I said and waited. Kazama sighed and went to set the book down, but it was taken away by Ayumi. All the boys turned to look at her.
Ogata's P.O.V
I turned to see another girl. She had long silky black hair, jeans and a nice dress shirt. She was pale, which seemed to be her normal skin color. She was glaring at Rei.
"Hiding what?" she asked and I turned to look at Rei, who was becoming nervous.
"Nothing." she said and the girl raised her eyebrow. She leaned forward and put the book on the desk.
"Your lying. I already know." she said and just like that, Rei was up out of her chair,
"Ayumi, you can't tell anyone, please!" she said and Ayumi looked at her before scoffing,
"Your enemy is going to be like Watanabe. Why are you risking it?" she asked suddenly, and before she could answer, Ayumi had turned and walked back towards the door. She turned,
"Watanabe came to see me. Naturally I had to see if he was telling the truth or not. It didn't take much, just a few phone calls to my sources. Rei, I know how you are. When your unable to handle it, I expect a phone call." she said and then was gone in a swish of black hair. Rei sat down hard, and groaned. She looked up at Emiko, who held her hand up.
"I'm not in this. I know how you two are. And I am the exact opposite. I don't have any pride to speak of." she said and then turned back to the desk that had her papers on it. Rei turned to us and glared,
"I'm not telling you guys anything." she said and then turned around, her back facing us.
Rei's P.O.V
Around the time that I arrived at school, Ren comes running out of the school, he looks angry.
"Oi." I said and he turned to look at me,
"I'm not going back." he said and I scoffed,
"Did I say anything about that?" I asked and he looked confused at me, I smirked, I grabbed his hand and started dragging him away from the school. He fought me until we go to where I was going.
"This is my spot. I don't come here anymore." I said and he looked over as he sat down on the ground next to me.
"Why not?" he asked and I looked over at him for a brief second. The statement that Shin made on my first day came back into my head. He was right, I needed to start trusting people, and Ren seemed like a guy that is trust worthy.
"Because this is right next to my old school. Its not safe for me to even be here." I said and he looked at the building. I looked too, it held so many bad memories, and I wasn't sure I would ever be free of them.
"What happened here?" he asked finally after 30 minutes of just looking at the school. I looked away from the school,
"Something that shouldn't have happened. Look, you know the school name. Do your own research. I can't involve someone. I don't want someone getting hurt because of me." I said as I stood up, he watched me stand.
"This is your spot now. I can't come back here again. Its too close and unsafe." I said and then I turned to look at the school. I was feeling watched. The moment my eyes landed on the school, I saw him. He was on the roof looking out at me. Suddenly my phone started ringing. The moment I answered it, I heard the song he had made. It was him saying that I was running out of time, Ren looked from the phone, to where I was staring.
"Its all because of him isn't it?" he asked and I nodded once. Turned and walked off, ignoring the double set of eyes on my back.
When I arrived at the school the next morning, I was confronted with Ren. He was holding out a paper.
"You know now." I said and he nodded,
"Why didn't you just tell me?" He asked, and I shook my head.
"It wasn't something that I wanted to talk about. You need to stay in school." I said as I saw the papers in his other hand. He was signing himself out. He went to open his mouth, but I stopped him.
"Ren, the situation I was in, I could have died from. I could have lost any chance I had to graduate from High School. It is a over looked thing in life. I am just saying from the point of view of someone who almost lost everything, you can't do wrong by graduating." I said and he nodded. I knew he would think about it.
"Im worried, she can't be doing good working 2 jobs." he said suddenly and I looked over at the others, who were oblivous,
"have you talked to her about this?" I asked and when he shook his head, I sighed,
"Has she ever whined? Ever said that she hated watching out for both of you? That she hated taking care of you?" I asked and when he once again shook his head, I smiled.
"She doesn't mind to do those things. She doesn't mind that you are not working, just as long as you graduate. There are better jobs for those of us that graduate, and your sister knows this." I said and then I turned and sat down at my desk.
When I left school that day, I saw him in front of the director, begging, and bowing. He was begging for his spot back, to not be kicked out. I smiled,
"You did good." said a voice, and I turned to see Yankumi. Behind her was Ayumi and Emiko. Both of them were looking me over, but had said nothing.
"He will stay right? They won't still kick him out?" I asked looking back to Yankumi. She smiled,
"No. I won't allow that to happen. He is my precious student, just like all of you are. Ill always protect you." she said and I felt something odd in my chest. When she walked away, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked down and realized that I had put my hand on my chest.
"Its odd isn't it?" Ayumi asked as she smiled at me.
"Its odd. We don't see it until we are actually her students. But she is different than the rest." Emiko said, it was her way of agreeing.
"Its odd isn't it? That she would take the time to tell you that, that you feel that in your chest." Ayumi said and I suddenly had a bought of anger. I threw her hand off.
"I don't believe in teachers like that. No teacher stuck up for me. No teacher helped me when I needed it." I yelled suddenly, and Ayumi looked at Emiko.
"Im going home." I said suddenly, and then turned and ran.
Ogata's P.O.V
I had been walking out when I heard her outburst. I didn't move again, as Emiko and Ayumi were looking at eachother.
"There is more to what we know. More than what was written down. Yumi, you don't think that she was...?" Emiko started and Ayumi held up her hand,
"Lets not guess in the dark. Call your sources and ill call mine. Somethings telling me that she is on a time limit." Ayumi said and Emiko nodded. She dug her phone out, as she went through her phone she looked up.
"She is going to be so angry that we are prying." she stated calmly.
"She will get over it." Ayumi said and then turned and looked right at me. But instead of calling me out, she sighed,
"Seems she has an admirer just like we did." she said and Emiko chuckled,
"The Ogata boy?" she asked and when Ayumi nodded, she laughed, then turned serious.
"Lets hope that we can get rid of this problem before she decides to not pursue, or before he gets hurt too." Emiko said as she then put her phone up to her ear.
