Chapter 6: Whispers
About three weeks went by and Sana and Akito were getting better at the whole situation. When they arrived at school everyone was staring at Sana. Not in a fascinating way but in a mean way. Like no one liked her. I was really awkward.
"Akito?" Sana said his name and looked up at him.
"I know. It's weird," Akito said looking straight ahead.
Fuka came running toward them with a worried look in her eyes.
"You guys, they know. Everyone knows," Fuka whispered.
"Knows what?" Sana asked but pretty much knew what everyone knows. She just didn't want to believe it.
"That your pregnant," Fuka said more quieter.
Sana's face turned to horror. "Oh gosh, no, they cant. How many people know?" Sana asked.
"Pretty much the whole school," Fuka said.
"How? Who did you tell?" Sana whispered louder.
"No one. I have no idea how anyone found out," Fuka said.
"Aya," Sana said.
Sana, Akito and Fuka walked into the school. Everyone was still looking at Sana really ugly. She tried to ignore the stares but it was really hard.
"Aya!" Sana shouted.
"Hey you guys," Aya said with a smile on her face. Obviously she didn't know about everyone knowing that Sana was pregnant. They all were surprised Sana looked angry and that she was mad at Aya.
"We need to talk…now," Sana said.
"Ok," Aya's smile faded and she noticed everyone was giving ugly stares her way. She thought it was her and wondered why everyone was giving her those nasty looks. All four of them reached a small corner where no one was.
"You told someone about me," Sana said with her arms crossed.
"No I didn't Sana," Aya said.
"Yesterday everyone was normal and today everyone was looking at me really ugly," Sana said to the whole group.
"I left early for a doctor's appointment," Aya said.
"Your right. After you left everyone was still nice, even after school," Sana said.
"So none of you could of told anyone," Sana said confused.
"So how does everyone know?" Akito asked.
"I don't know," Sana said.
The bell rang for everyone to go to class. As they walked in, all eyes were on Sana giving her the same look they gave her when she arrived at school. All Sana did was stare back blankly. She didn't know what else to do. Akito walked her to class like every day.
"If you need anything, I'm in class. Just come and call me out. I'll leave the class ok," Akito said looking into her eyes.
"Ok," Sana said.
Akito kissed her and she went inside the classroom. At the exact same time all eyes were on her as she stepped in. She looked around and all she saw were eyes looking at her disgusted. The teacher just glanced at her and went back to grading papers. Sana walked to her desk and one of her classmates, Nana, the most beautiful cheerleader in school gave her a smirk and turned around. Sana just sat down next to her and waited for school to start. The class was really quiet and Sana didn't feel so good.
"Ok class lets get started," Sana's teacher said after the bell had rung.
Sana didn't really pay attention in class. Whenever the teacher called on Sana the class giggled. She would get embarrassed and stutter making everyone giggle more. As class ended, students would give her one last ugly stare and leave.
"Hey. How was class?" Akito asked.
"Not so good," Sana said looking down.
"Ugly stares?" Akito asked.
"Yup," Sana said.
"I'm sorry you have to go through this," Akito said.
"Its not your fault," Sana replied.
The day dragged and it was really slow. By lunch, Sana was exhausted. Everyone either ignored her or still gave her stares. All she was going to eat was an apple and a banana.
"That's it? Your not going to anything else? You should really consider eating a bit more, I mean you're eating for two now," Nana said in a sarcastic tone, smirked and walked off leaving Sana speechless.
"She burned you, slut," a girl in her math class said as she passed by and again Sana was speechless. All Sana could do was take this all in and just ignore the comments everyone made. This was life and there's nothing she can do about it.
Sana walked to the table and everyone whispered and giggled. The cheerleaders, including Nana, called her whore, slut and hoe as she passed by. This was torture. As she got to her table she sat there and tears ran down her face.
"I'm so sorry Sana," Fuka said and hugged her.
"This is torture. I mean its not like I have sex with every guy in the school," Sana said crying.
"Come on, Sana. You don't need nor deserve this crap from anyone. We're leaving and I'm taking you home," Akito said getting up and Sana followed.
"Akito she cant leave," Fuka said standing up too.
"Yes she can. Don't you see what everyone is doing?! She's crying because of everyone in here," Akito shouted.
"But Akito this is going to be going on for a long time. She cant run away everyday," Fuka pleaded.
"Fuka's right Akito. Sana cant run away forever," Tsuyoshi butted in.
"Yes she can. Look I'm her boyfriend so I have to protect her and if leaving is the only way then so be it," Akito said and took Sana's hand leading her out the door and leaving. The gang watched looking worried.
Sana and Akito walked all the way to Sana's house. She cried and cried her eyes out the whole way.
"Sana I'm so sorry for putting you through all this," Akito apologized.
"Akito, it's not your fault. You didn't tell anybody. None of this is your fault, so don't blame yourself," Sana replied.
"Its just…," Akito started to say but stopped.
"Look your doing your best to protect me and to be there for me. That's all I want, is for you to be there. You're a true boyfriend Akito. I love you," Sana said.
"Well then we better get you inside. I'll deal with everything tomorrow," Akito promised and lead her inside her house.
"Mama I'm home," Sana said.
"Sana?" Misako said confused.
"Yes, Mama. I'm home," Sana said.
"Why so early? You should be at lunch right now," Misako said.
"Akito took me home early," Sana said.
"Excuse me," Misako said.
"People were calling her names and she started crying. It was happening all day," Akito explained.
"Mama don't get mad at Akito. He was protecting me," Sana said.
"Well what about tomorrow. This is going to be happening for a very long time. Are you going to be able to protect and bring her home every day," Misako said.
"No. I was going to handle it tomorrow morning," Akito said.
"Ok I think you should go back to school," Misako said.
"No! Mama, no! Don't make me. I cant go back," Sana said.
"Sana you have to," Misako said.
Sana just looked at her mother about to cry.
"You really are miserable," Misako said. Sana just nodded.
"Ok you can stay but tomorrow your going," Misako said sternly.
"Ok I will," Sana said.
Akito walked toward Sana and hugged her.
"Thanks for protecting me. It means a lot," Sana said.
"You really think I would let bad thing happen to you," Akito said.
"No but thanks anyway," Sana said.
"Your welcome. I'm here for you ok," Akito said.
"Yea I know," Sana replied smiling.
Morning came around and again all eyes were on her. Ugly stares and whispers. Sana tried to ignore them but it was really hard. She had never been hated by her schoolmates before. Sana went into the restroom and looked at her stomach. She already had curves and you could tell she was pregnant. The bell rang and Sana went to class.
"Did you eat enough after you left Sana? You wouldn't want to loose your baby for being anorexic do you," Nana said sarcastically and sat down. Everyone in the class laughed.
"Shut up, Nana," Sana said with attitude. More attitude than she expected.
"Excuse you," Nana said.
"You heard me. Shut up. At least I can get a guy who really loves me instead of a guy who just wants me for my looks," Sana said.
"Says the girl who got pregnant," Nana replied.
"You don't know Akito the way I do. He loves me for me. You think Takumi really likes you. Yea right," Sana said rolling her eyes.
"Take that back," Nana said.
"No," Sana said.
Nana gave her a glare.
"Was that to big of a word for you? I mean your speechless," Sana said sarcastically.
The bell rang for class to start. Nana and Sana sat down and exchanged glares. Throughout class, when Sana was called on Nana would whisper and insult that Sana would ignore.
Class was over and Akito was waiting for Sana outside. He always walked out of his class like a minute early so he could wait for Sana at her classroom.
The day went by pretty fast. She knew what to say when someone put her down.
"At least you eating more," Nana said walking past her at lunch.
"Yea but I think you need it more," Sana said dumping her food all over Nana.
"You whore! Look what you've done! This is my cheerleading uniform!" Nana shouted.
"My bad. You know me. I'm a klutz," Sana said smirking.
Nana just stood there while Sana left. Everyone was laughing and saying burn. Nana was humiliated but Sana didn't care. It was going to be interesting for the rest of the year.