Chapter 4: Clumsy meets Jerk

Lenka's POV

"Rin-chan! Len-kun! Morning!" I called out to the two blondes who were walking ahead of me. Hmm, why are these two together? Coincidence, maybe?

"Good morning, Lenka-chan.", Rin greeted back. Len looked at me as a greeting.

"Hey, why are you two together going to school?" I asked as we walked through the corridors.

The pair had slight pink staining their cheeks. "C-coincidence!" they said in unison. Wow, synchronized speaking! The pink in their faces grew when they spoke at the same time.

I laughed. "If you say so! Haha!"

I was happily chatting and teasing the two when I suddenly bumped someone. It was a hard collision, for me at least, and I resulted into sitting on the floor. My forehead hurts!

"Lenka-chan! Are you alright?" Rin asked. No, not okay.

"Seriously, be more careful." a boy's voice told me.

My head shot up when I realized the owner of the voice. "Rinto-kun! G-gomen!"

He led his hand out to me. I reached for his hand and blushed, thinking he was being a gentleman.

"Don't be a klutz next time, idiot."

Okay. Seriously, I take back what I said about him being a gentleman. That's so mean! I'm not stupid! *tears*

My face got red. No, I'm not blushing, I'm angry! Hmph! He's going to get it from me someday! Just because you're handso- no! I'm never admitting that you're handsome, jerk!

"Lenka-chan, you okay?" Rin asked me, snapping me out of my thoughts.

"That jerk!" I said, small tears forming in my eyes.

"Pfft. It's the first time Lenka-chan was called an idiot. That's why she's like that." Len said, chuckling.

"Oh yeah, I was told Lenka-chan was in your honors list. That's painful, huh?" Rin said chuckling.

"You are so helping, guys." I said sarcastically.

The three of us just laughed and we went on to the classroom.

Classes flew so fast. It was already dismissal time.

I started walking home. On my way, I saw a small kitten on the side of the road, which looked like it was lost.

I went to the kitten and crouched down to pet it.

"Neko-chan~ are you lost?" I carried it to my arms. There was a collar on its neck, tied into a ribbon, and there was a name plate on the cat. It shows the address of the cat.

I started walking to the place of the owner of the kitten.

"Meow..." the cat said. Guessing from its features, it is hungry.

I tried to reach for cookie leftovers in my bag. My grip on the kitten loosened, so when I got the food the kitty suddenly ran. Oh no!

I ran to follow the kitty. It ran fast that I almost lost sight of it. Then, I saw it stop in front of a guy. The guy crouched down and pets the kitten. He had a cookie in hand and fed the kitten. The guy was smiling.

I went closer to the guy who had the kitten.

"Neko-cha- "

Surprise, surprise. It was Rinto-kun.

He picked the kitten up in his arms and stood up.

"Oh, we meet again, Miss Stupid.", he said and smirked. The nerve of this guy! Ugh!

"Hello, Mr. Jerk." I said, totally pissed off. "Could I have the kitten? I'll still return it to the owner."

"Why would I give you MY kitten?" he said.

God. So he was the owner of this kitten? Seriously?

"It was yours?"

"Yes, stupid. It is."

I should've gotten pissed when he called me stupid, but I laughed at something I noticed instead.

"Pff- Ahahahaha!" I burst out to laughter.

"H-hey! What are you laughing at?" he asked in confusion.

"I didn't know the jerk had a soft side to pets! Hahaha!" I laughed.

Rinto's POV

This stupid girl in front of me is laughing at me because of my kitten fetish.

I blushed in embarrassment. "O-oi! Idiot! It's not like that!" I said defensively.

"Ahaha! But you know what..." she stopped laughing and smiled. "That's sort of cute."

I'm blushing again. No, not because of embarrassment.

It's her smile. She was... beautiful. Sounds cliché but true.

"Idiot.", I just said. I'm at a loss for what to say. Yes, Rinto Hagane, the jerk, is actually at a loss for words.

"It's not idiot, Rinto-kun. My name is Lenka." she corrected.

"Lenka. Baka. It rhymes." I said. (TL: Baka = Idiot)

"You jerk!" she said pissed off and she pinched my arm.

I laughed. "Ahahaha! Lenka baka!"

"You are seriously a big jerk, Rinto-kun!" she said and pouted in anger.

I stopped laughing and smiled. I just realized...

This was the first time after two years that I was able to laugh wholeheartedly like this. Seriously, this idiot is rubbing off on me.

Lenka's POV

He smiled. Genuinely.

My heart starts to beat fast. Wait, why am I being like this? I was blushing.

"Hey, thanks for making my cat easier to find, Lenka." he says and smiles.

He called me... by my name. It made my heart beat faster. Why is my heart turning abnormal?

"You're welcome, kitten-loving jerk." I said while looking away. His smile makes my heart abnormal.

"See you tomorrow, stupid girl.", he waved and started walking home.

I walked home blushing, with a small smile on my face.