"Mira-san…?" I said in a state of shock. She did all these? To Gakuto and the others? That's just… But why? Why would she do these things to them? Did they offend her? Why did she attacked them? I don't understand.
"Tezuka Kisaki…" She glared at me and clenched her fist tightly. The both of us stared at each other and the room was completely silent. It was so quiet that even a pin could be heard when it was dropped on the floor. Just then, Atobe step forward and looked at Mira-san. He kept quiet and looked down at her. Mira looked right back him.
"Takahashi-san… Ore-sama wasn't expecting you to be the culprit." Atobe said. She looked at him and looked as if she was about to cry.
"A-Atobe-senpai… I… I…I can explain..."
"Ore-sama don't care what kind of explanation you have... It doesn't change the fact that you hurt Ore-sama's Team and that you pushed Kisaki down the stairs. Even if it is you Takahashi-san… Now… Why did you do it?" Atobe's face changed to a cold expression and shot her a deadly glare which made her flinch and shiver. Her face turned pale completely. And Atobe… I've never seen him so angry before. He must be really angry. He must really love and treasure his teammates a lot.
"Come on speak up!" Gakuto shouted at her.
"I want to know the truth too!" Shishido took a step forward.
"Talk! I want to know why you did these things to us all! What did we do to you to deserve all this!?"
"I wasn't even trying to hurt you all in the first place!" Mira shouted at the top of her lungs and the room went quiet. "I wasn't trying to hurt you… I wasn't.. I wasn't.." Her voice grew softer and softer as she looked down at the ground. Everyone in the room looked at her.
"Then what?" Oshitari spoke as he made his way towards her and stopped beside Atobe. "If you weren't trying to hurt us, why did you do all those things to us?"
"Or rather, why are you targeting Kisaki?" Atobe said that which surprised everyone in the room.
"Atobe, what do you mean by that? Takahashi-san was targeting Kisaki?"
Atobe nodded.
"She wasn't targeting the tennis team in the first place. She was after Kisaki. You guys just got attacked accidentally."
Everyone looked at one another in a confused manner.
"So you're saying, we took all those attacks for Kisaki by accident?"
"Well, that's what ore-sama think. Ore-sama noticed that when you guys told ore-sama that you all met with Kisaki before getting 'attacked'." Atobe turned away from the others and looked at Mira again.
Mira-san was after me? I don't get it. Why would she be after me? I mean, what did I even do to her? We got along quite well in class the last time I spoke to her. I can't just stand here! I need answers. I'm not going to just sit here and let Mr. Narcissist take over when it's my problem! I made my way towards her and stopped a few steps in front of her.
"Mira-san… why? Why did you do it?" I asked. She looked up at me. She kept quiet and said nothing.
"Mira-san.."
"Don't even bother about her Kisaki!" Gakuto came up towards me and grabbed my arm. He pulled me away from there and headed towards the door.
"Wait a second! Gakuto-senpai! Let me go!" I shouted.
"She's not worth your time." Shishido said as he walked away.
"You may have a pretty face but your heart shows your true self. I guess being pretty isn't all that after all if you don't have a beautiful heart." Oshitari stated and he turned around towards the door. The other nodded in agreement and walked towards the door. Atobe stood there and stared at her.
"I'm disappoint in you Takahashi-san. I thought you were different from the girls I knew." He said in a low tone. "Kabaji, lets go." Atobe turned around and walked towards the door following behind us. And then…
"I was only doing it because of Atobe-senpai!" Mira shouted. Everyone turned around to look at her. Her eyes were tightly closed and her hands were clenching her shirt.
"Huh?! What's this got to do with Atobe?! And why attack Kisaki!?" Hiyoshi shouted.
"Because she was in the way!"
What? The whole room went silent again. I was … In the way?
"Because she was in the way… that's why…"
Just then, Gakuto released me and I made my way towards her.
"Mira-san, what do you mean by that?"
She looked up at me with an angry expression.
"I told you, you're just in the way! You can be with Atobe-senpai without even trying, and I hate you for that!" Her eyes started welling up and I could see tears forming in her eyes. "I was positive that I could win as compared to the other girls in the school! I was closer with him than any other girls back in middle school! We talked a lot back then and everyone was saying that we were a great match! When I came to Hyotei high, I heard that Atobe-senpai needs a manager for the tennis team. I thought that this was my chance to get closer to Atobe-senpai. I wanted to be his manager. I wanted to be closer to him. I was about to talk to Atobe-senpai about it…until I found out that he chose you to be his manager!… Why did you have to come to Hyotei high! You ruined everything!"
Okay this is getting on my nerves. What does this got to do with me? Why am I in the way?
"I don't get it. How is this got to do with me? And what do you mean when you said I ruined everything?"
"You're an obstacle, Kisaki-chan !" She screamed at me. "Ever since you came to Hyotei high, Atobe-senpai is always with you! He talks to you in the morning, greets you every morning, invites you to lunch every day and he even asked you to be his personal manager! Whenever I want to talk to Atobe-senpai, you are always with him! I always see the two of you together and it pisses me off! And then one day I saw you coming out of Atobe-senpai's car and I knew that if I don't do something, I was going to lose him!"
Do something? So she did all these?
"So you did all these…?" I asked. Just then, her face changed and she smirked at me.
"That's right… I did them. I was the one that asked the group of girls to confront you. I told them that if we don't do something, we are all going to lose Atobe-senpai. I'm surprised that they fell for it. Idiots. And yes, I was also the one that laid all those traps for you. I wanted to give you a piece of my mind, heh, but it seems like you're too lucky and you avoided it... I never wanted to hurt Atobe-senpai's team. I was targeting you."
"Mira-san…"
"You're impossible!" Gakuto shouted from the sidelines.
"That's dirty…" Shishido said in displeasure.
"Erm guys, we shouldn't-" Chotaro waved his hands in a 'stop' motion when Mira shouted.
"I hate you Kisaki-chan! Why did you have to exist!?"
"Excuse me? That's a little too much. It's not like I was trying to be with him all the time. He's the one-"
"Exactly! You get to be with him without even trying while I have to work so hard in order to be with Atobe-senpai!" She shouted at me. "Why?! Why did you have to show up?! Why did you have to come to Hyotei high! Why did you have to appear in front of Atobe-senpai?! Atobe-senpai had never taken an interest to other girls before! He had never hung around other girls so much and yet, he hangs around you a lot! Everything was fine until you show up! Why?! What's so special about you?! You don't even care about him at all! But I'm different! I'm so much better than you!"
She shouted and her breathe got harder as she closed her eyes.
"Because… because… I'm so much more… so much more…" She covered her face with her sleeve. "So much more… in love with him than you are… I can swear by my life..." Her voice got softer. Everyone in the room gasp and Oshitari pushed his specs up as if he already knew that fact. I'm … shocked. I can't believe she did all these things.
"All these years, I've always been in love with him… Back in middle school, I was popular. Everyone wanted to be my friend. I thought that they wanted to be friends with me for who I am, but I found out that they were only using me because guys hang out around me a lot and they were just using me to be around the guys! Everyone was like this! They used me all the time and forget about me as soon as they don't need my help anymore! But, Atobe-senpai was different. He was the only one that was willing to see me as myself. "
Mira…
"Mira-san, I think that you're a cute and pretty girl, but I think-"
She opened her eyes suddenly and raised her voice.
"I know how pretty I am!" She cut me off before I could say anything. "…But… that doesn't matter at all..." her voice got softer and sharper. "If Atobe-senpai doesn't fall in love with me, what good is it if I'm pretty?!" Tears started flowing down her eyes and she started crying. Everyone stared at her including me. We watched her as she cried. "I know… I know that Atobe-senpai doesn't have his eyes on me… I can tell! Because, I've always been watching him… Why did you have to come…? I hate you…"
Mira just stood there and started crying. I looked at her. I kind of feel sad for her. She must really love him a lot. But, she must know that violence is not the way.
"Mira-san, I-" Before I could continue with what I have to say, Atobe placed one of his hands on my shoulder. I turned around to look at him. He shook his head and made his way towards Mira. Atobe walked towards her and handed her a cloth. Mira saw the cloth and she looked up at him with as the tears rolled down her face.
"S-senpai?" she stuttered.
"Don't cry. You look prettier when you smile." He told her. She blushed instantly as a tear rolled down her face. Tsk, its things like this that make girls fall in love with him! How ignorant can this Baka get? Seriously, doesn't he know that it's the things he say that make girls fall for him? Unbelievable! Mira took the cloth from him and wiped her tears off.
"That's better. You look a lot cuter this way Takahashi-san. A cute and pretty girl like you shouldn't be doing things like this to hurt others for selfish reasons. Ore-sama know you're way better than that. The Takahashi-san that ore-sama know is way better than that. So stop doing things like this and be yourself, because that's what makes you, you." Atobe said and Mira blushed instantly and she looked down on the floor. She held both of her hands together and placed it near her chest.
"I'm sorry…Atobe-senpai. I'm sorry..." She apologized.
"That's better. So, don't do things like this again."
Is he commanding her?! Mira simply nodded.
"You can go now. I'll treat it as if nothing happened. Come on, let's go" Atobe turned around and headed towards the exit.
"Atobe, you're just going to let things be?" The others said. Atobe turned to look at them.
"If ore-sama says nothing happened, nothing happened. So drop it. Can't you see that she's crying?"
Everyone was speechless.
"Well, if Atobe say so…Come on. We have tennis practice." Shishido said.
"Yeah, Atobe's right." Oshitari agreed.
"I guess so… come on guys." Gakuto and Hiyoshi walked away.
"Yawn~ Kisaki-chan, just forget about her, let's go." Jirou came over and grabbed my arms. I took one more look at her before walking away when…
"W-wait! Atobe-senpai!" Mira shouted. We all stopped to look at her. Atobe turned around.
"What is it?"
"Atobe-senpai…are you even the least bit happy when I said that I love you?" she blushed. Atobe kept quiet for a while.
"Yeah. I was happy. Takahashi-san, thanks"
As soon as he said that, her face lit up and she gave a warm look on her face.
"Um…Atobe-senpai…Could you call me by my name just this once? My first name, that is"
Everyone waited and waited. Atobe kept silent and the whole room was back to silence.
"Mira." He called out to her. Mira smiled and she closed her eyes.
"Thank you, Atobe-senpai." She replied and made her way out. Just as she walked passed me, she looked at me. She shot me a glare before leaving the room. What the hell was that for? Sigh, well, I'm glad that's over. In the end, I never got a chance to tell her my thoughts. Well, not if that mattered at all. I took a deep breath and let out a sigh of relief.
"You know Kisaki, why are you always getting into trouble?" I heard Atobe's voice. I looked at him and shot him a glare. Why? WHY?! He's asking me why?!
"It's all because of you, you alien!" I shouted.
"Ore-sama can't help it if people are falling for my looks."
Oh please, kill me.
"So Atobe, I never knew you're someone who would let someone off that easily for causing you trouble." Oshitari asked.
"I agree, I thought you would go all 'throw her into the cell of doom' mode." I said. At least he did that to me. Even though I didn't do anything to him at all! Geez…
"Kisaki, are you being sarcastic?"
"I was being factual. Anyways, you didn't have to butt in when I was talking to her."
"If ore-sama left it in your hands, it would be a disaster and things wouldn't have ended so well." He flipped his hair as if he was a model. I rolled my eyes.
"It only seems to me that you made her fell harder for you.." I scoffed. "You didn't have to say all those sweet things to her. Saying that she was cute , saying that she was pretty when she smile, calling her by her first name!" Why am I raising my voice?! "You'll only give her the wrong impression." What the hell is wrong with this … this … this…! I sighed and I walked towards the window.
"Oh? Are you jealous?" Just as he asked this, I tripped over my shoelace. *Cough cough* HUH?!
"Who's jealous of you!" I shouted at the top of my lungs.
"You? You looked so agitated when you said I called her cute and pretty."
I flinched and my face got hot.
"Look, you're even blushing now. Have you fallen for me as well?" Atobe smirked at me as he folded his arms. I covered my mouth with my hands. Why am I blushing?! No I can't be! There's no one in a million way!
"I'm not blushing! I just got a flu! And besides, why would I fall for someone like you?!" I stormed my way towards the door and just when I was about to leave the room, Atobe grabbed my arm and pulled me back. I turned around to look at him and our face was just inches away from each other.
"Where do you think you're going Kisaki?"
"H-home!" What's up with my voice?!
"Ah, I guess that's normal, you did hurt your ankle. In that case…" Just as he said that, he carried me up princess style. Our face was so close to each other that I could feel his breath. AHHH ! My head's spinning around! What's this weird feeling!
"ATOBE PUT ME DOWN! PUT ME DOWN YOU PERVERTED ALIEN!"
"Kisaki, will you ever stop calling me that? Ore-sama have a gorgeous name. Plus, you're hurt and just so you know, I take good care of my team members and that includes you. I'll take you home."
"I can walk just fine!" I can't believe this!
"Baka, you're going to hurt it more if you move around so much." Atobe stopped to look at me. I stared right into his eyes and my face got hotter. Atobe realized this and he laughed to himself.
"WHAT?!"
"Come on Kisaki, admit it. You're starting to like me right?"
"In hell!"
"You're as stubborn as ever… Won't it be easier if you just admit it? And besides, you're kinda cute when you blush."
I said I'm not blushing! The two of us bickered with one another as Atobe carried me out. Everyone at Atobe's office just stared at us. I can't believe Atobe! Me? In love? With him?! Never gonna happen! I swear over my dead body!
Atobe…
After bringing Kisaki back home, I went back to my mansion and decided to practice tennis a little. After a nice work out, I took a nice warm bath. Back at my study table, I was doing some revision but then I stopped and thought about Kisaki. She's just so stubborn. She obviously blushed when our faces were so closed to each other and she was obviously agitated when I said that Takahashi was cute and pretty. She's obviously fallen for me. But she doesn't admit it. Well, as expected of Tezuka's sister. It would have been too easy if she were to admit it. But then again, she looked kinda cute when she blushed. Just then, there was a knock at the door.
"Come in." I said. One of my maids came in and served me my tea.
"Here's your tea Keigo-sama."
"Thank you." I took a sip of my tea.
"Is it up to your liking Keigo-sama?"
"Ah" I said and I smiled to myself.
"Keigo-sama, you looked really happy recently. Did something pleasant happen at school?"
"Huh? Is that so?" I looked back at the maid. I looked happy?
"Yes sir. You've been smiling a lot recently."
"I see. Well, I met this girl at school."
"How is she like?"
"She's weird. She's the first girl to ever call me obnoxious." I laughed.
"My!"
"I know. She's different than other girls. I've never seen anyone like her before."
"It seems like you've taken a liking to her Keigo-sama. You look really happy ever since you met her." As soon as she said that, the maid bowed and walk out of the room. What she said left me hanging. I took a liking to her? It's true that I've been feeling a lot happier now but, I took a liking to Kisaki?
Kisaki…
The next day at school…
I walked towards the gate in a slow pace. I don't really want to injure my leg any further so I decided to walk slowly. Just as I reached the school gate, I look around for the one person I don't wanna see. Okay, the coast is clear. If I walked to class now, I won't be able to bump into-
"Good morning Kisaki-sama!" Just as I entered the school building, the entire tennis team greeted me. Wha- wha- I was speechless. WHAT IS ALL THIS!? Who- Then again, only one person could have done this. I felt a chill in the air so I turned around. Guess who I saw. You're right.
"Atobe what is all this!?" I made my way towards Atobe. Atobe was standing there with his arms folded and with the other regulars standing behind him.
"My flashy entrance." He smiled
I face palmed myself and threw my head back.
"If you want your entrance, could you do it without 'Kisaki-sama'?"
"What's Atobe-sama without Kisaki-sama?"
"HUH?!" What is this idiot talking about?!
He unfolded his arms and pointed his finger at me.
"Tezuka Kisaki, Ore-sama is going to make you admit that you've fallen for me!"
"EXCUSE ME?!"
"No wait, let me rephrase that. You said that you won't fall in love with me right?"
"That goes without saying! Who'd fall for a narcissist and a perverted alien from space?!" I made my stand.
"Well in that case, my target is clear now." He came over towards me. I took a few steps back but I realized that I was leaning against the lockers. He pinned one of his hands towards the locker and stared right into my eyes with our faces inches away from each other.
"Kisaki…Ore-sama is going to make you fall in love with me."
Alright guys! This is chapter 8 ! So sorry for not updating in like forever! So I'm gonna keep this short. Kisaki realized that she was getting all fidgety around Atobe. Atobe noticed this and he said that she was in love with her in which she denied. Atobe said he was going to make her fall in love with him ! Just what is going to happen? Read to find out! Love you guys ! Thanks so much for the support !
