Hi guys! Her's the next chap. I updated it much faster since you guys asked for it and to make up for the delay in the previous one. Do enjoy.
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Chapter four
That jerk. Urgh! Why did it have to be my backpack of all the things?!
She kept on glaring at the person in front of her who was now leaning on the wall behind him with his arms crossed. From his expression anyone could tell that he was actually enjoying all this.
"You know, I have the whole day, but you only seem to have another five minutes" he said, lifting one of his eyebrows.
She looked at her backpack again to clarify the fact he had it as a hostage and she saw him tighten his grip around its strap. Urgh! That annoying jerk of a teacher.
She sighed again before saying; "Fine" and bent down to pick up the things on the ground. Why does he have to carry so many books everywhere in the first place?
He too bent down to lend her a hand, which seemed more insulting to her. "Hey, I could pick them up by myself, thank you very much" she hissed.
He ignored her comment and went on collecting the loose papers that were shattered everywhere.
There was one more book to gather, a huge one. She picked it up so fast that she thought she heard it rip. Oh please be okay; she wished. She didn't want to have another punishment for ripping his book.
She turned her head around to check whether he was looking her way, only to see him busily gathering the scattered papers. Phew! That was close. She sighed.
Yet she just had to confirm the fact that the book was doing fine. So she slowly turned a few pages, more carefully this time. For once, fate hadn't been cruel to her. It was okay and unharmed. Just as she was closing the book once again, something caught her eye.
A photograph; of a little girl and a little boy holding hands. They were smiling at each other and they didn't seem to be aware of the fact that someone was capturing them in to a photo. She was just about to take a detailed view in, when someone snatched it away.
"Hey! I'm still not done looking at it!" she whined.
"Well, you don't have permission to look at it anyway" he replied before standing up and leaving her there, dumbstruck.
That was weird, she thought, as she stood up and looked for her backpack.
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She was sweating and panting so badly when she reached her classroom. The good thing was she made it in exactly a few seconds before school started. The bad thing which could also be called as the worst thing of all was that her backpack and all her stuff were still with that BASTARD, the substitute.
Imagine the humiliation she faced, when she had to tell almost half of her class that, she had misplaced her own school bag! What else were there to say when someone asks; "Hey Mikan, where's your backpack and your books?" She couldn't possibly say that, "Hyuuga BASTARD sensei, stole it" It'll sound ridiculous.
After Hotaru narrowed her eyes at her petty excuse for not having any books, Hotaru finally decided to share her text books, which she was thankful of. And thanks to her dearest friend, she survived all the morning lessons without any books at all.
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"So you're saying that, Hyuuga stole your backpack?" Hotaru asked amused.
It was already lunch break and Mikan kept on poking her meal- crabs, that she received courtesy to Hotaru's money. Of course she had to promise that she'd make it up to her with a bonus treatment, even when all of this was happening because of her cousin's actions.
She stabbed the crab that lay on her plate again with her fork as she sighed.
"What did that poor crab ever do to you? Either you eat it or quit stabbing it like that" Hotaru said in-between munching her own share of crabs which by the way contained many more portions than Mikan's.
"Urgh! Even after I picked everything up, he just left with my stuff- that bastard!" she growled.
"Just because you were frowning and scolding him while sitting here wouldn't bring your stuff back" she heard Hotaru say stoically.
"I know that! What else am I supposed to do?!" she sighed while stabbing the crab harder. She smiled apologetically when she saw Hotaru's eyes twitch.
"Go and get it back" Hotaru said as if it was the most obvious thing to do as Mikan looked at her quizzically.
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Now where was the Math teacher's cabin again? She kept on thinking.
It was like she was willingly walking into a lion's cave, but she didn't have a choice. She can't possibly be a burden to Hotaru during the next subjects as well. So she was going to get back her stuff no matter what it took.
He wouldn't have hidden it right? He probably left for lunch so this was her chance to grab it and leave. He wouldn't even know that she was there. It was a simple plan that she was sure would work.
Nothing could go wrong, she kept on thinking a she stood in front of the door that lead to Jinjin's lounge which was temporarily owned by the substitute.
She slowly poked her head inside first to make sure whether the cost was clear and it was. The lounge/cabin looked cleaner than before and quite different. She used to come here frequently to handover her additional assessments to Jinno sensei.
She looked around for her backpack, which unfortunately was nowhere in sight. Not even under the tables, chairs or cupboards. Where could he possibly have kept it? She had to find it and disappear before he came.
"Looking for this?" she heard a familiar voice ask and she didn't even have to turn around to see who that was. She gulped and turned only to see him leaning with one foot on the door frame while he held her stuff.
He walked in before closing the room door and standing beside it with that signature smirk of his.
"Give it back" she said as she crossed her hands in front of her chest with a frown.
"Come and take it, IF YOU ACTUALLY CAN" was he purposely provoking her or did she actually lack in patience because she was really irritated now.
She walked up to him; to the right side of the door and reached for the bag. Of course she wasn't able to even touch it as Hyuuga was so damn tall and she was no match for his height. She was even on her toes yet it was still unreachable.
She was about to step on his foot hard, when the door on their side suddenly opened. If it opened with a huge force they would have been crushed since they were standing behind it.
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She was sure that by now more than five minutes might have passed, but she was unable to neither move nor breathe. How could she, when his palm was covering both her mouth and nose. Even if it was not covered, she doubted if she would actually be able to breathe anyway due to the position she was in.
Her back was pressed against his front and his right hand was covering her mouth and nose while his left was halfway around her waist. She could practically feel him breathe as his chest moved up and down rapidly.
For this little while, her forehead was covered in sweat and her face felt as if it was burning, due to the lack of air probably.
What the hell? ; Was the only thought that circulated her brain as the both of them stood there motionless.
The door was ninety degrees opened and while the both of them hid behind one side, on the other side stood two students waiting for Hyuuga sensei to arrive after his lunch break.
What she still didn't understand was as to why Hyuuga sensei was too, hiding from those girls when they're actually here to meet him. She was capable of hiding by herself yet here they were cramped in a little space without any air to breathe.
"Should we just leave this here and go?" she heard one girl ask.
"You can't. Not after all the effort you put into making that bento for Sensei" the other girl replied.
She couldn't help, but raise an eyebrow. A bento? For a jerk-bastard like him? Unbelievable!
"We should have come earlier" the previous girl replied while sighing.
"Yeah. Should we go inside and wait?" She heard the other girl ask.
INSIDE? Oh, please no! She pleaded in her head. The last thing she wanted was to be seen by someone in this kind of a position.
And the bell rang. She couldn't be happier when she heard it, that she immediately relaxed. There was an awkward silence for a while before she was freed from the tight grip.
After taking a few steps forward, farther away from him she turned around to get herself out of here. For some reason she couldn't even look at him straight.
There was another awkward silence before she cleared her dry throat and said; "I'll be going" and left immediately. Even though she was in a hurry to breathe tensionless fresh air, she didn't fail to notice how his neck had turned pink. At least she wasn't the only one who felt uncomfortable because of the lack of air.
She ran all the way to her classroom and was overjoyed to find that the teacher wasn't there yet. Hotaru raised an eyebrow as she took a seat beside her.
"Where's it?" she heard Hotaru ask.
"Where is what?" she asked surprised all the while trying to catch her breath.
"Your stuff- dummy" she heard her say. Damn! She had really forgotten all about it! She slapped her forehead and asked; "What's the next subject?" only to hear her say; "Math"
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She got her stuff back even without a fight and she wished that she didn't get them back because the way she got them was terrifying. Just imagine- Hyuuga sensei walks into the class for the next subject amidst the squeals from his new fans and say; "Miss Mikan, you've left your bag with me"
Urgh! Half of the class, as in almost the whole female population in the class turned and glared at her.
Go die BASTARD! She screamed in her head.
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The sweet aroma of coffee that was always in the air was one of the main things that she liked about Starbucks. She was seated in front of Hotaru at her usual spot sipping her now cold cappuccino. They normally visited Starbucks on weekends and sometimes Anna and Nonoko would join as well.
Yet, today after her detention with that guy, she decided to treat Hotaru out so she could cool her head off and get rid of her debt to her soon as well.
She squeezed her coffee cup as she recalled that day's events.
That day at class;
After he had caused all the ruckus and left, Permy and her newly formed 'Hyuuga-sensei-FAN CLUB' members had surrounded her table to interrogate her about her detention last Friday. If not for Hotaru's scary face and creepy threat, they would have skinned her alive for PURPOSELY -according to them- leaving her stuff with Hyuuga senssi.
And by the end of the day she was ready to beat him down, but ended up getting stuck in solving more than a hundred of equations. Maybe not that much, but you get the picture right? It's because he had said that, until she solves ALL of them, she'd be stuck with him. She tried to open the door and leave, but after a few minutes of pointless struggling she got to know that only he had the key.
She was glad that he kept the distance during the whole time. She didn't boldly go and beat him because she had nowhere to run afterwards.
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She noticed Hotaru counting something that looked like money after finishing off her own cappuccino.
"What is that?" she asked curiously.
"Some gift vouchers I got from Hyuuga" Hotaru replied with that creepy glint in her eyes.
"Why?" she asked supprised.
"For keeping all his secrets" Hotaru said while smirking.
She was going to ask more about that topic, but was interrupted by someone.
"Mikan-san?" came a monotone from behind.
Hiding your heart is a lot harder than not knowing it.
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