Chapter 3
The next day Ruki rode the bus, he never did get his mp3 back which was greatly disappointing. Today he wore a long sleeved shirt to hide the scrapes. Ruki stared out the window blankly, he was going to actually go to go to his classes, yesterday he didn't want to run into that jock again so he skipped all of them. Soon the bus arrived to school and Ruki stood quickly to get out but bumped into a big mass of body. He huffed and looked to see Reita, who looked pretty surprised and pulled him out into the isle.
"What are you doing at school?" Both him and Aoi who was behind him said in unison. Ruki guessed that Reita filled him in on what happened. Ruki shrugged and jumped off the bus the other two following. Uruha rode a different bus so Ruki would have to catch up with him.
"I asked a question!" Reita shouted, oh damn more yelling. Ruki turned to him and lifted an eyebrow.
"What are you talking about today's a school day." Ruki began making his most innocent voice.
"You're arm is broken!" he yelled and Ruki sighed and ran off getting caught in the crowd, he didn't like how Reita and his friend were acting like they were buds now. Ruki was different from them, too different. Uruha could easily be friends with them but not him. Unfortunately Ruki didn't run into Uruha when he wanted to, he didn't know when he'd see him again. Ruki found that his things from yesterday that would seem to be lost were in his locker, must have been Kai. Although Kai seems strict he's a great president and Ruki really liked him.
Ruki looked through his schedule and realized he had English right now. That was a good subject but Ruki really was good in all of them except for PE and theater which were right by each other on his schedule. Ruki shrugged and head to class, his teacher was surprisingly nice and got him caught up on the day before schedule and told him he was free to sit anywhere. Ruki chose the back.
Ruki sighed and watched the rest of the class pile in, no one wanted to sit near him that is until Reita and Aoi walked in. Ruki could swear he saw the glint of triumph in Reita's eyes as he sped to the back of the class and sat right by him and Aoi sat in front of him.
"Why are you two in this class I thought you were juniors." Ruki questioned and they grinned and nodded. "Failed it?" and they nodded again and Ruki sighed.
"Now spill it why don't you even have a cast?" Reita exclaimed.
"If you shut up I'll tell you." Ruki glared and Reita huffed and pushed his desk closer like he wouldn't be able to hear. "My arm just isn't really broken. Its just bruised so I feel like its broken." Ruki shrugged and the two blinked.
"Are you serious that thing looked really really broken, I've seem broken arms before you know." Reita commented and Ruki nodded.
"I'm smarter than you, I know its not broken." Ruki laid his head in his palm of the arm that was 'broken'. The two seemed satisfied after seeing there was no problem with putting pressure on it. Reita then grabbed his schedule and before Ruki could try and grab it back class started. "Reita give it-" He began.
"Ruki no talking now class has started." the teacher said sternly and Ruki growled lowly at the snickering Reita. Where was Uruha when you needed him? The class went by quickly and painlessly they even had time at the end and the teacher let them talk.
"Now give me my schedule." Ruki demanded and Reita handed it back. "…What are all these check marks?" Ruki stared at the marks by the classes.
"All the classes I have with you." Reita replied and Ruki furrowed his eyebrows and Aoi smiled and pointed at theater and PE.
"I have these two with you." He confirmed and Ruki furrowed his eyebrows. These two really did think they were friends with him.
"Why are you doing this. We aren't friends so stop acting like it." Ruki turned his head away from them to stare at some of the posters on the wall.
"Hey don't be so mean! Maybe you wont have anyone in those classes, and you just want someone to be by so you aren't alone!" Reita pointed out and Ruki huffed.
"I don't hang out with idiots." He said simply and the bell rang. Ruki stood and so did Reita, Aoi just sat there to watch the scene, Reita looked very angry. Ruki then remembered his manners, he did help him yesterday. Ruki looked up at him, "But thank you for yesterday…" with that he walked out looking at his schedule what was next.
"Hey wait a minute!" Reita cried and grabbed his arm and Ruki gasped.
"Let go!" He screamed and all looked never hearing Ruki scream so loud. Reita was astonished and had already let go. Ruki looked back at him biting his lip and then ran off through the astonished people.
"What just happened." Reita furrowed his eyebrows and Aoi came out behind him and looked at his friend.
"I'm not entirely sure if I'm right but I think his arm really is broke…"
Ruki walked into his next class he was pretty sure it was science. Unlike the last teacher this one was pretty mad he didn't show the day before and bluntly told him where his seat was. Ruki sighed, thankfully there was no checkmark next to this class. Ruki was tempted to erase the marks but having those marks would warn him for which classes he would have to avoid Reita. Unfortunately that was most of them…
"Ruki!" Ruki looked up to see a smiling Kai, Kai didn't know a thing about yesterday so he was safe. "So I see Reita didn't destroy you." He said and Ruki nodded.
"Uruha helped me." Kai nodded and went and sat in his spot which was two rows away from me and down a couple of seats. Ruki watched the other kids come in for a second but got bored and decided to look at his schedule and see which ones he had Reita. He just didn't have this one and the next one with him, the rest of the day was Reita hell, great…
"Ruki!" Ruki looked up again and saw Uruha, thank god. Uruha came over and hugged him. "You're okay!" he cried and Ruki nodded.
"Yeah, my arm wasn't really broken just bruised." he told him and Uruha nodded and put his hands on his hips.
"I knew that Reita had it wrong, I shouldn't have had him call it. He's a dumbass you know?" Ruki nodded and then handed Uruha his schedule.
"Mark which classes I have with you." Uruha smiled and nodded but then pouted as the bell rang and went and sat at the other end of the class. Ruki was kind of sad that he sat no where near him. This class went by just as quickly as the last although Ruki didn't like this one as much. Ruki also figured out it was a mix of math and science which explained why his math was missing on his schedule. Uruha pranced back up to him and handed him his schedule.
"I have next period with you!" he cried and I looked at my schedule, he definitely did, it was computer class. Computers were so easy Ruki knew this class would take no effort to pass. Ruki looked at the other classes seeing he had science, computer, and lunch with him, that wasn't very many classes…
"This class is an easy one." Ruki stated and looked at Uruha as they left the room and Uruha nodded happily.
"We can talk more because we can do the work fast!" He grinned and pat his back. Uruha then got a look of realization and winked at Ruki. "Hey I'll meet you there I gotta go do something!" and with that he ran off leaving Ruki confused.
"I'm smart and that made no sense." Ruki saighed and shook it off and hurried to his next class before he ran into any idiots. When he got to the class the teacher smiled, she seemed thankful that he was here today. Nice teachers rocked, unfortunately in this class had assigned seats, she showed him to his seat and told him what he missed which really wasn't anything at al. After the teacher explained everything of the class she went to work at her desk. Ruki sighed and spun in his chair but was then stopped, oh great.
"What do you want." Ruki looked up at the chin face eating jock that shoved him in the locker. The kid was glowering down at him and truthfully Ruki was a bit afraid of him, he didn't necessarily like being locked in there. However he didn't show his fear, he was strong enough to do that much.
"You humiliated me yesterday." He said in a way like Ruki was supposed to apologize or something. Of course that was a laugh and wouldn't happen, he was the one who nearly traumatized him.
"Your face humiliated you." Ruki rolled his eyes knowing his mouth probably just put him in another load of trouble. The jocks face got red and his hands turned into fists, Ruki observed his angry, oh great.
"Mark, why don't you go take your seat." The teacher said also seeing the scene he glanced over to her. It made sense to Ruki now to why this guy was so stupid, he was American, he didn't have a big thing about Americans but this type was just downright idiotic, he'd seen it in movies and read it in books numerous times. Mark had proven they were right.
"Yes ma'am." he said and turned back to Ruki for a moment with a warning glare and returned to his seat. Ruki sighed, this class would be soooo much fun. He turned around and stared at the logged in computer.
"Where's Uruha?" Ruki mumbled to himself and was then hugged from behind his eyes being covered.
"Guess who~" Ruki instantly knew it was Uruha, he sounded really happy though. He pushed his hands off of his face and turned to look at him lifting an eyebrow.
"You're happy what happened?" Ruki questioned tilting his head and Uruha took a seat next to him and grinned widely.
"Well one, my assigned seats right here next to yours," Uruha started and Ruki was silently thankful for that luck, "and I got a boyfriend!" Uruha finished and Ruki's eyes widened. He already knew Uruha's preferences he didn't like girls and that was fine. Ruki was truthfully excited he liked this type of thing, love stories were always so interesting. Whoever it was Ruki wanted every detail of what happened and what would happen in the future of the relationship.
"Oh wow congratulations who is it?" Ruki was really curious as to who, Uruha didn't really like anyone in the school except for Kai and himself but they were just friends of course.
"Its that one guy that hangs out with Reita, Aoi." Uruha said looking love stricken. Ruki paused, it was that idiot? He sort of didn't expect that but at the same time it didn't surprise him they were making gaga eyes for each other in detention. Ruki then realized he hadn't said anything and Uruha was waiting for some sort of vocalization from him.
"Wow, that's amazing. I didn't expect that." Ruki said finally and Uruha smiled.
"Its okay?" Ruki nearly laughed at that, Uruha sounded like he needed his permission to go out with him.
"Of course son." Ruki laughed and patted his head like he was playing the role of the father and Uruha laughed and slapped his hand away and the bell for class finally rang. As Ruki predicted the class was easy that is if his arm didn't kill him every time he tried to move his fingers. Thankfully Uruha didn't notice a thing due to him secretly texting his new boyfriend. At the end of the class his arm hurt like hell but kept his façade.
"I have PE next." Ruki said with a grimace and Uruha smiled sadly at him and patted his back knowing he couldn't be in it with him. Last year Uruha made sure that Ruki barely had to do anything. The two parted ways, he wasn't quite sure which class Uruha had now but he knew he didn't have it with his boyfriend. Ruki then remembered needing to avoid Reita, he remembered Aoi was in this class but he didn't know about Reita so he flipped out his schedule and frowned. He was.
"Oh joy…" Ruki commented and hurried to the locker rooms, maybe he could get in there before them and wouldn't have to worry about it. Fate wasn't so kind. As soon as he walked in the two were in the first row of lockers and instantly looked at him, they must have known he was coming. Ruki bit his lip and looked away and tried to scurry to the back of the locker room unfortunately Reita grabbed him around the waist and pulled him over. "What are you doing." Ruki growled trying to keep his cool.
"There's an extra locker up there." Reita pointed at one of the box sized lockers (they all were like that) at the very top. Ruki glared at the small locker and looked back at Reita, who was shirtless.
"No." He said and turned to walk to the back again but again was pulled back by Aoi this time.
"Awwww why not, stick by us, you don't look that good at sports!" Aoi whined in his ear, what the heck did Uruha see in him? Oh wait Uruha, it all came back to Ruki now. He glanced back at them.
"Did Uruha tell you to do something." he demanded and Aoi let out a sheepish laugh and Reita stared at him blankly.
"No, you're just a weakling and I bet you suck at this. Expecially with a broken arm you know." Reita said completely oblivious to what Uruha had asked Aoi to do. Ruki glared and pulled away from the two again.
"My arm is not broken. You're just idiots, I don't need help." Ruki spat out and turned for the back for the hundredth time and for the hundredth time he got pulled back by the both of them.
"You're not getting away." They said in unison and pointed at the locker, it seemed to be useless, they were right, he wasn't going to get his way here. Ruki shoved them off and sat his gym clothes on the concrete benches that surrounded the rows of stacked lockers and pulled off his pants. Reita and Ruki gave each other a high five and put on the rest of their gym clothes. When Ruki got on the last of his gym clothes, which looked entirely different from his normal clothes he stepped on the bench and to reach the top to his new locker. Reita and Aoi began laughing at him.
"Shut up, you guys are the ones who forced me." he shot at them looking embarrassed and jumped down. Reita just shrugged and took his arm and pulled him to the gym, thankfully it was the arm that wasn't broken. In the gym everyone was doing warm ups, Ruki always skipped them but Reita and Aoi seemed to jump right in. Ruki lifted his eyebrows, they were really active, however he was dreading when the bell rang. Of course like a jinx the bell rang just as he thought that, he groaned and moved himself behind the crowd of people. The gym teacher came in and glared at the class. He looked just as mean as Ruki remembered him last year.
"Alright, I hope you all warmed up because now you're all going to run 15 laps around the gym! Get to it!" He yelled sternly and everyone started running and Ruki groaned inwardly, why did he have to start off with so many? Ruki sighed and started running with everyone else. About 2 and half laps in Ruki was already tired and way behind, he hated running, he hated exercise, he just hated gym. All he wanted to was to just stop and skip this class, that's what he should have done.
"Oi, hurry up!" Ruki was surprised to hear someone beside him, he thought everyone was just crossing him. Ruki furrowed his eyebrows at Reita and just panted, he couldn't really respond to Reita's comment. Although he thought he couldn't, the whole thing of it was if he talked there went a lot of more breathless laps but did Ruki have control over his mouth? Nope.
"Hurry up my ass." He let out breathlessly and glared at him. Reita grinned at him and took his hand and pulled him along to run at Reita's pase which just about killed him. "What…are you…doing?" Ruki practically whined.
"Just keep up with me, he wont know the difference, he wasn't watching you, as long as you finish with me you're good." Reita explained, Ruki was slightly impressed with the smart plan. Although Reita's smart plans only went so far, the question was what lap was he on? Going like this for a couple more laps Ruki would pass out. Just by himself he would do that and now his arm was killing him with it slinging back and forth. Finally Reita stopped and so did Ruki and a couple of others.
"Oh gawd you bastard." Ruki panted out and Reita laughed and paid attention to the PE teacher so did Aoi, Aoi had already long since finished since Reita had come back to help Ruki. Ruki then remembered he was supposed to be avoiding these two not letting them help him in gym. Unnoticeably he slid into the crowd again and bumped into someone.
"Sorry." he quickly mumbled know it was his bad this time and there was no reason to throw any remarks at the person that is until the person squeezed his arm. Ruki did everything in his power to not scream and shot away from the person, it was the face eating jock. Other people glanced at the two but looked back at the teacher afraid to miss anything, Ruki was towards the back now so Reita and Aoi saw nothing. Mark grinned at Ruki knowing he had another weakness for him.
"Nice long sleeves." he commented quietly to him then turned back to the teacher. Ruki bit his lip, it seemed everyone was against him. Suddenly the gym teacher yelled at them to go to line up. Oh great what were they doing? Reita and Mark stood by the teacher and started picking teams. Oh great teams, at least he could stand at the back of the line and watch what everyone else was doing.
"Ruki!" Ruki blinked hearing his name, he was always picked last. Looking up he saw Reita and Aoi grinning at him. Ruki slowly walked to their side, this all was very odd to him. Ruki honestly didn't know what to make of it. Something he had noticed was Mark smirked, he was a little afraid of what the teen was thinking of doing but once again showed nothing. The rest of the kids were picked and they split up and it turned out it was kick ball. They were frist up to bat which made Ruki happy, it wasn't that hard to run to certain spots without getting hit. People usually throw it over his head.
"Good work Ruki!" Aoi patted his back as they changed to the outfield, Ruki had actually scored a couple of home runs, as long as he didn't miss the ball he could get around. Ruki made his way to third base, nothing happened to third base opposed to 2nd base where Reita was now. This was the place he didn't like to be at, he just liked waiting in line. Ruki looked at the fist up, it was the devil himself Mark and he was giving him a dirty look. Aoi was the pitcher and went ahead and threw the ball, fast. Ruki waas glad he wasn't on the other team.
Mark kicked it and it flew right over all their heads and he ran off, Reita ran back quickly, Ruki never saw someone so fast, he didn't have him last year so he never saw him in action. Reita caught the ball causing everyone to grin and cheer, they were lucky to have him on their team.
"Hey you're out!" Someone shouted and Ruki turned to Mark who was closer than he thought and rammed right into him throwing him back right back on his arm. A loud sickening crack filled the gym and Ruki cried out. His arm was in an amazing amount of pain before it became completely numb. Ruki couldn't feel his arm…