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Also, I love Gumi to DEATH! But in this story she's gonna be depicted as an ass and a loser. I'm sorry gaiz. :c
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Popping a Bubble
Chapter 3: Texting
"Mm...Neru-chan, what exactly do you do on your phone?" Miki asked, tilting her head to the side. Although it was normal for Neru to constantly be on her phone, nobody ever really knew what she did.
Neru stayed quiet and shut her device, putting it back into the confines of her jacket pocket. "Nothing," she replied, stuffing her mouth with a fairly large piece of her sandwich to avoid talking with her.
The rest of their friends wondered as well, Hatsune Miku nodding along with the redhead, "Yeah, Neru-chan! Do you have a secret boyfriend or something?!"
"Secret boyfriend," Neru scoffed, turning her head away. The rest made a simultaneous, "Whoaaa..." that aggravated her. She sighed and put down her water bottle. "It's not a boy."
"Girl?" Kamui Gakupo inquired, resting his head on his palm. "I'm a-okay with that stuff you know."
Luka stomped on his foot, giving him a side glare. Sitting next to her with their hands entwined, Miku giggled. "You'd better!" the teal-haired girl said cheerfully. "Or else I'd have to kill you."
"Ohh, such a scary threat," Gakupo threw back, getting Miku to stick her tongue out. "Anyway, who do you text all the time? We don't judge."
Neru scrunched up her nose and turned her body away, her back to them. The way the seats in the cafeteria were, it looked like she was about to leave. But then she took out her phone and opened it, sighing a little. When she turned around again there was a bright red blush on her face, growing more intense with how focused they were on the screen in front of them.
"What..." Luka said first, raising an eyebrow.
Miku's lip trembled, which meant she was trying to hold back laughter. "What's Cleverbot?"
"Cleverbot is an AI...or artifical intelligence," Neru started, not losing her blush. "It's like a chat, although you're not talking to a real person, but a computer – hey, wait, what are you doing?!"
Miki reached over and snatched the phone from Neru's hand, her fingers moving just as fast as Neru was scrambling around the table. In a time span of three seconds, Miki was done and threw the device back to the angry blonde. "There!" she giggled, jumping from her seat.
"Idiot," Neru said, biting the inside of her cheek at seeing her screen. Her face was still contorted into one of annoyance and she closed her phone again, stuffing it into her pocket. "I'm leaving."
"Wait!" Miki threw herself over the table and latched onto Neru's arm. The blonde tried pulling it from her surprisingly strong grip. "Text me?"
Luka stayed silent, although she already knew about someone having a crush. It wasn't really her business to butt into other peoples' problems, and this was extremely entertaining to not only her, but Miku as well. The couple usually liked to annoy their friends when they had a crush, but this time they'd let it slide naturally. Neru was just too fun.
The blonde didn't think it was fun nor cute, and looked away from that dreaded puppy dog look. "No. Now let go," she said to the moving clock, already dangerously close to the time she should be walking to class. It was far, and she didn't want to deal with this. "Text somebody else." She got her sleeve back and shoved her hands in her pockets as she left, fists shaking.
Miki plopped back down to her seat with a pout, ignoring the looks her friends gave her. Instead, she opted to taking Gakupo's phone and search through his contacts.
"H-hey, hey!" he yelled, trying to reach for his new phone. He averted his gaze from the girls sitting next to him, feeling a blush coming on. Miki then stopped going through it and gave him a pale look. "Did you...see it?" Gakupo gulped, getting some air into his shirt by using his collar as a fan.
"I won't ask~" Miki sang.
Neru sighed upon opening the door to her Biology class, seeing only one person she didn't really get along with. Gumi was a "stoner", and although she never smelt like one, she sure did act like one. She was unmotivated, distracting, lazy and sometimes (most of the time) never came to class. Neru never liked being paired with her during big projects, and since she was here, Gumi either got busted by truancy officers or was being threatened with something.
"What's up?" the green-haired girl asked, jumping onto Neru's desk like she was her best friend. The golden-eyed girl stared at her blankly, saying nothing. Gumi scoffed, flicking one of Neru's bangs. "Fine, don't say anything. I just wanna ask you something."
Neru scoffed, looking away. Her phone buzzed, and even though she wasn't allowed to take out her phone, it was better getting in trouble than talking to the loser sitting in front of her.
Unknown:
Sent: 12:19
Neru-chan! :D Guess who?! ;3
"Jesus..." the blonde sighed, wanting to bash into her currently occupied desk. She didn't remember ever giving the redhead her number, and now that she had it...she might as well use her.
Neru:
Sent: 12:19
What.
Gumi stole her attention by tapping her bent over forehead with her palm, sending Neru's vision upwards. "Alright, so, you know Furukawa? I know, I know, the dumbass. Well, I think she's pretty cute, even if she's pretty dumb. You're her friend right? Wanna ask her out for me?"
"I'm not a messenger girl."
"Come on! Don't be a bitch," Gumi asked, leaning in closer. Her eyes were a brilliant green, and Neru pondered why someone so pretty would waste her life with something as useless as weed...or other things. "It'll get her to stop being annoying," she added in a persuasive tone. The texting blonde stopped her fingers, and glared up at Gumi.
"I'm not a messenger girl. If you want to ask her out, you should do it yourself, and not be such a coward," she said, going back to looking down at her phone. A small blush appeared on her cheeks for such a bold statement, and she couldn't care less about Gumi's insults she threw at her while going back to her own seat.
Annoying:
Sent: 12:23
Whaattt? Gumi, like...the smoker? xc Ewww! I mean, she is pretty, but...blaaghghgh I can't date people who do drugs. :b Sorry she made you do that though. ):
Golden eyes stayed impassive as she read and replied to the text, but something welled in her chest, an extremely annoying feeling.
Neru:
Sent: 12:24
I don't care. Technically it isn't like all the bad drugs; you know people can legally smoke it for medical reasons?
She didn't know why or how or when, but throughout the class while they were texting, Neru felt her lips growing into a smile, but fought it off by trying to focus on the lesson. But looking at the clock, she noticed there was only twenty minutes of class left, so she got up, made an excuse and left the class, shooting a glaring Gumi a triumphant smirk.
"I'm so dumb," she whispered to herself, throwing her backpack on a bench somewhere on the outside of the second floor. A few silent minutes passed, and Neru threw off her sweater from the heat coming from the sun above. Summer vacation was vastly approaching, and then she'd have true peace, away from certain annoying bubble heads.
A tap on the window across the hall caught her attention, and of course, that same bubble head was standing there with her class, walking someplace. The redhead gave her a big smile and waved, running away to catch up with the others. Neru rolled her eyes (how many times she was going to be doing this, she didn't know), but took out her phone anyway.
Neru:
Sent: 1:16
Where are you going?
ERMAHGERD I left this in my document folder, and school (which I'm now motivated about!) took my focus for the week. But it was done, just not in my mind at the moment. Sorry about that! I like my Neru for some reason...she reminds me of me sometimes. xD