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Chapter 4: I'll Repay This Debt!

She looked over the clock. 15 minutes before class starts.

Botan yawned. She didn't get enough sleep yesterday. Thinking about Kurama. She shook her head. She should stop thinking about him! Didn't she hate him? He's always sexually harassing her and mocking her and—

"Bocchan!"

She jumped a few feets away from the ground, surprised. She turned around to see Hanon scowling at her.

"Y-Yes? What is it?" She asked the blue hair girl. Hanon's scowl deepened. "Where were you yesterday?!" She asked, almost shouting. Botan blinked at her. Yesterday? "What are you talking about?" She asked Hanon, confused.

The blue-head gawked at her. She felt irritation rising in her. But she still kept her calm. She counted to ten and heaved a sigh, "You left us on recess!" She shouted at the girl. Okay, that was a failed attempt to keep calm.

"O-Oh…" Botan nodded, understanding. She looked down to her feet and fumbled with her skirt. "U-Um… Well, you see…Uh…" She said nervously. Great! How will she explain this! She prodded her mind for an excuse. Something. Anything that wouldn't make her friend angry. She knew how Hanon is like when she's angry.

"Um…I was watching a swimsuit contest on TV!" She exclaimed nervously. Hanon raised her eyebrow, "Swimsuit contest? And where, pray tell, did you watched this so-called swimsuit contest?" She asked, urging her to answer. Botan scowled. She was trapped again.

Botan prodded her mind again and an idea came to her, "I was helping Mrs. Yukihira grading her papers." She said, haughtily pointing her thumb at herself. She smirked in victory. It's the perfect excuse. The juniors were having exams that week and most teachers were busy grading papers.

The blue hair girl raised her eyebrow, "We don't have a teacher named Yukihira." She said matter-of-factly, grinning at Botan who just realized her mistake. Botan mentally slapped her forehead. Arrgh! She forgot about that! Grrr!

"Um, I…" She said nervously, looking down to her feet again. Her cheeks tint with embarassment. Oh, great! Just great! Way to go, Botan! You had one chance just now and you blew it! You idiot! She cursed herself.

She glanced over Hanon and paled. The girl's scowl had deepened and she was tapping her fingers. Botan gulped down a lump.

There's only one other way to escape and that is…

"Eh, did you hear that?" She asked, putting her hands over her ears. Hanon frowned. "Heard what?" She asked, confused. "My mom's calling for me. Bye!" She said before speeding away from the corridor.

"Wait, Bocc-"but it was too late. Botan was already gone from her sight. She heaved a hopeless sigh, "She managed to escape again…" she mumbled.

~With Botan~

Botan stopped running, bending down and put her hands on her knees. She was panting, obviously out of breath. She looked behind her and heaved a sigh of relief. It's a good thing Hanon didn't follow her.

Botan looked at her surroundings. She was at the baseball court.

She heaved another sigh. Her thoughts drifted back to Kurama. She was falling in love with him and she couldn't stop the feelings. Something about the boy made him look special to her. He was different. Different than other boys. Far different.

A pause.

What's Kurama doing right now? She wondered. Questions about Kurama began to clouded her mind. She was too absorbed in her thoughts to realized the ball that was going to hit her.

"HEY! WATCH OUT!" A voice warned.

Botan snapped out of her thoughts. What? She turned around and was surprised to see the ball speeding towards her. Botan shut her eyes tightly, waiting for it to hit her.

After a few seconds of waiting, she felt nothing. Botan slowly opened her eyes and was surprised to see Kurama, on fours on the ground, holding his wrist. Her eyes widened. His wrist was bruised! He—He just saved her. Twice. Botan knelt next to him, her body quivering. "Kurama, are you okay?" She asked, trying not to break into tears. Kurama was hurt because of HER.

Kurama smiled at her, "Are you okay?" He asked. Botan nodded and said in panic, "We have to take you to the infirmary! Now!"

Kurama chuckled, "Idiot." He said before he fainted. The last thing he heard was Botan calling out for him.

Kurama opened his eyes slowly. His vision was blurry. He could see someone at the end of the bed, but he wasn't sure who. He blinked a few times before his vision became clear again.

Botan.

What was she doing here?

Botan stood up from the chair abrutly.

"Bo—" He was cut off when he felt her hugged him. "I-I'm so glad you're okay!" She sighed in relief, burying her head into his chest.

"Y-Yeah…" He stuttered, blushing as she deepens the hug. His heartbeat increased and he silently hoped she didn't hear it. He coughed slightly, looking away. He have to act calm. Act calm, act calm, act calm, he kept telling himself.

He smirked, "Well aren't we getting aggressive?" He teased, "Now YOU're sexually harassing me." He emohasized his point. A blush found its way to her face. Botan pushed him away, "D-Did you just put a spell on me?! Wait a second. Let me think." After a mid-second, "You did put a spell on me! I can't believe I just did that! This is your fault!" She shouted at him, accusingly pointing her finger at him. Of course, that wasn't true. She knows Kurama's not a wizard or a demon or something. It was just denial. She had to come up with an excuse. It doesn't matter how stupid it sounded.

Kurama stared at her for a few seconds. "What?" She asked her blush deepening.

No response. He just kept staring at her.

"What?"

Staring.

"Kurama, what is it?"

Still staring.

"Kurama, you have ears, don't you? Why don't you use them?"

Still staring.

"Ku—"

He burst into a fit of laughter, pointing at her. Tears were in his eyes and he was holding his stomach. "Spell?! Oh, Botan! You're so funny!" He said between laughs. Botan felt her anger rising.

She felt a vein popped.

Kurama stopped laughing and blinked. He felt a cold shiver ran down his back. Somehow, he could just sense the killing aura infront of him. He averted his gaze to Botan and smiled awkwardly under her glare.

"Botan. You wouldn't do anything to hurt me, right?" He asked, laughing nervously.

Botan smiled creepily and raised her fist.

Oh no.

BONK!

The sound echoed in the school.

"Huh? What was that? Did you hear that?" Hanon asked. Akiko, Mio and Shiko shrugged off their shoulders. "Dunno. But it sounded like it hurts as hell." Akiko replied bluntly.

"I wondered why Botan was in a hurry just now? Did she have an important business?" Mio asked them. Hanon and Shiko fell silent. To be told the truth, they don't really know.

"She's maybe visiting Kurama at the infirmary. I heard from a member from the basketball club that he got injured protecting a girl with azure hair. The only azure hair girl in this school is Botan. She must've felt guilty." Akiko replied.

"Kurama?"

"Yeah. Don't you remember?" She asked.

Mio prodded her mind for a while. Kurama? Who's that? After a few seconds of thinking, she snapped her fingers. She remembered! Kurama was the new kid! "Now I remember! He's Kurama Minamino, right? Kya~! He's so handsome!"

Akiko just rolled her eyes.

"How bad was the injury?" Hanon asked her. Akiko replied, "Pretty bad. The ball hit him on his wrist really hard."

"What's her relationship with Kurama?" Shiko asked.

Akiko shrugged off her shoulders. "Dunno."

~At the infirmary~

Botan fumed. She was worried about him and all he does is laugh! What is wrong with him! She stopped fuming and her face softened. Kurama had saved her a couple of times already and all she could do to repay him was insults, shouting and a punch.

That's right.

She PUNCHED him.

Hard on the face.

She heaved a sigh. She's so selfish. Hurting her savior who was already hurt. She glanced over her shoulder at Kurama who was rubbing his cheek from the impact of the punch. Botan turned around and bowed apologetically, "Sorry. I—" Her sentence was cut short by Kurama who was ramming his lips against her. As quick as it happen, he broke it off.

She blushed a deep shade of red.

Kurama smirked at her and closed his eyes, expecting her to shout at him. A few seconds later. Nothing. Another few second. Still nothing. He opened his eyes to see Botan looking at him with guilt. "I'm sorry, Kurama. It's all my fault. I—" He pressed a finger to her lips to shut her up.

"It's okay." He said, reasurringly.

Silence followed soon after.

Kurama shifted on his bed, waiting for Botan to say something. Her eyes were covered with her bangs and she was biting on her lower lip. After a few minutes of silence, he began to feel more and more uncomfortable.

"Kurama, why? Why did you save me?" She asked, breaking the uncomfortable silence. Kurama blinked. Why he saved her? That's right. Why did he save her? Was it because he felt it was the right thing to do? Or was it just reflects? He smirked, "Because it's my secret entertainment. I save you and I get a kiss as a reward~!" He replied childishly, lying. Botan believed him.

Botan narrowed her eyes at him, "So, you are having fun."

He smiled at her, "I mean, you'd get mad if I told you I was actually worried, right?" He mocked. Botan bit her lip and glared at him. After a few seconds of death glares, her face softened.

"I actually spend days thinking about why you piss me off so much." She said bluntly. Kurama feigned hurt, "That's mean, Botan-chan. I'm hurt."

"It's like, when I'm running with all my might, you're jogging relaxedly a few yards ahead of me." She explained, "And then you start running backwards right in my face, and say annoying things that pisses me off every once in a while. I really can't stand owing someone, so that made me really mad…" She trailed off and turned to him, "…but I was saved this time thanks to you being ahead of me." She continued.

She smirked at him, "Just watch. I'll past you soon and then I'll be the one to worry about you."

Kurama mentally smiled but from the outside he kept his face calm and without any emotions. "I don't really know how to pay my debts to you so why don't you make something up?" She said, grinning ear to ear at him.

His smirk widened. "How about one kiss per day?" He asked childishly. Botan blushed, "I-Idiot! What are you talking about, you perverted bastard!" She shouted at him.

Kurama laughed, "Two kisses per day?" He asked again.

"KURAMA!" She decked him on the head. "Ow." He complained, rubbing his head. Botan laughed. He blinked at her before laughing with her.