Fight for Love!

7th Fight: Special Club

I sank my teeth into my sandwich and munched happily. I felt so free and relieved because since I had quitted that Taekwondo Club, Natsume, Ruka, Luna and her gang would not bother me after all. Here goes a saying 'out of sight, out of mind'; we would quickly forget one another when we did not see one another regularly. Good point! I desperately wanted back my high school freedom and here it was! No one would harass me, make fun of me and even beat me into a pulp.

Yoichi and Hotaru sat next to me and began tackling me with many questions.

"What club are you joining?" Hotaru asked me curiously.

"I don't know yet. Wait, are you going to quit that horrid club?" I queried.

Hotaru shook her head and replied, "I don't think so. I want to remain as a White Belt forever because I want to slack off for the next two years. I'm clever, don't you think so?"

I blurted, "No..."

After I had said that, Hotaru hit my head hard and my face turned to face Yoichi. Yoichi was chuckling and he stopped when he looked at me.

He suggested, "Do you want to join Fortune Telling Club? Both of us could be together if you do."

"Quit calling her to join that eerie club," Hotaru snorted. "Anyway, no matter how close both of you are, there is no way for her to notice your feelings. She is too dumb."

I interrupted her angrily, "I am not dumb! By the way, what do you mean by not noticing his feelings? I have noticed it a long time ago."

Hotaru raised her eyebrows in awe while Yoichi's face became red. Did I say something wrong again? For the second time of the day, I had this feeling that I had said something ridiculous to them. Seriously, was I thinking a little too much?

"So, what do you know about Yoichi's feelings?" Hotaru snickered.

"I know his feelings for..." I paused and took a deep breath before finishing my sentence, "... Fortune Telling Club!"

I beamed with triumph and finished my last bite of the sandwich. At the corner of my eyes, I saw the two of them looking at me in disbelief. I narrowed my eyes and pouted.

"What? Stop looking at me like that!" I whined. "Oh, I know! Yoichi, I promise that I won't join your club. I am so sorry that I did not notice your passion for that club. I won't steal your freedom!"

Yoichi stammered, "Mi... Mikan, that is not it!"

Hotaru blurted, "See? I told you that she is too dumb to realise your feelings."

"What kind of feelings is that? Yoichi, tell me!" I demanded impatiently.

Yoichi sighed and walked away from us, dragging his feet lazily and tiredly on the ground. Hotaru stuck out her tongue at me playfully and walked away too but towards the opposite direction from Yoichi. Oh, great! I was all alone by myself! Good timing! Anyway, I was getting ready to search for a club.

"Hey flat-chested boxer, how are you doing?"

"I know it's you, Natsume-senpai!" I growled and turned to look at him.

Natsume interjected, "What is your problem again? You don't have to shout at me. I just want to know how your injuries are."

I asked suspiciously, "You are not going to do anything perverted this time?"

"What? Is that how you view me?" Natsume snorted. "By the way, I can be very serious and caring so here I am, trying to comfort you because of your injuries."

I shrugged. "You don't have to. Just leave me alone, Senpai."

There was silence between us for a moment and Natsume continued, "I'm sorry."

"What?"

Why was he apologising to me? Did he do something wrong? Maybe he actually did if he was referring about the harassment in the restroom.

"I should have stopped that Red Belt from starting a duel," he spoke rather softly and he let out a sigh.

I smirked and snickered, "Yes, you should have stopped that duel. You, sadist! I can't believe that I could get sympathy from a devil like you. How ironic!"

Natsume rolled his eyes and retorted, "Well, at least I do have a heart to care for someone whom I like a lot."

"Yeah, I know. It's Ruka-senpai," I teased. "I don't know that you are a gay. If you are really a gay, I think I will forgive you for harassing me because gays don't have that kind of intention to girls, right?"

Natsume raised one eyebrow at me and remained silent. For the third time of the day, I had this feeling again! It seemed as though I had said something wrong again. What was wrong with me? Did I misunderstand something?

Natsume sighed again, "You are just wasting my time, flat-chested boxer. You are the most stupid girl I have ever seen in my life. Forget it. See you in the next training session."

"Next... training session?" I repeated confusingly.

Natsume ignored me and walked away. I guessed Ruka hadn't told him about me quitting the Taekwondo Club. Wait, I thought they were best friend so obviously, Ruka would tell him about me. But why didn't he? Ignoring that thought, I shrugged and walked away too.

I walked towards the bulletin board and scanned again. Should I really join the Art Club? Like what Hotaru had commented about my drawing skills, it was very horrible. My drawing of a stickman could look like a scribble of an ancient symbol. In fact, I could not even tell what I was drawing.

Just then, I heard an anxious voice coming from behind me, "We just need one more person to join the Special Club. Who should we get? Narumi-sensei will not allow us to start a club without having five members in it!"

Another voice said disappointedly, "What should we do then? Murder Narumi-sensei or grab a substitute?"

I coughed at the word 'murder'. I slowly turned my head to steal a glance at the people who were talking anxiously. There were four girls heading towards my direction and they looked disheartened. Ignoring them, I looked back to the bulletin board and murmured to myself about the advantages of joining the Art Club. I was not going to question myself with the disadvantages.

Well, that was just trying to be optimistic.

"Hey Misaki, do you think that girl there is the one who was beaten up by Luna Koizumi-san?"

"I think so but why is she looking at the bulletin board? Don't tell me she is quitting the Taekwondo Club for real!"

"Wait, Shizune! Why don't we recruit her? That will save us."

"Nice idea, Nobara! I want this girl! What do you think, Yuri?"

I shivered. Somehow I had another feeling that these four girls were eyeing on me with goofy looks on their faces. Please spare me, I mentally thought to myself. I had enough of girls picking on me. I wanted my high school freedom! Of course, my prediction was correct when they called out to me.

"Hey brunette girl, what are you doing?" a girl with a slightly lighter brown hair popped in front of me, making me gasp in horror.

"Stop scaring her, Misaki," a slightly taller girl said harshly.

"Are you... Miki Yumiyama?" a girl with a short dark hair asked me.

I quickly corrected her, "It is Mikan Yukihira!"

"Ah, Mikan! I'm Shizune Yamanouchi. Good to see you. We are wondering if you are interested in joining our club. We just need one more member to establish it. Wait, are you still in that Taekwondo Club?" the girl with long hair said as she stuck out her hand right in front of me.

I looked at her hand in a suspicious manner and slowly shook her hand.

I muttered, "I have just quitted that club so currently, I am looking for a new one..."

"That's great, Mikan! Why don't you join Special Club? Oh, by the way, I'm Misaki Harada," the girl who scared me earlier said excitedly.

"What kind of club is that?" I questioned.

"See this," Shizune said as she handed the club application form to me.

I scanned through the paper and finally, without asking any further, I agreed in joining the club. I was not sure if my eyes were playing tricks on me but I was very sure that those girls were looking at me slyly. Maybe I had made a wrong choice by doing so...

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