Chapter 10; Rivalry Keeps on Growing

05/30/09

We stayed like that for a long time, my legs were already falling asleep, as so did Hikaru… we didn't even open the books for my lesson, all we did was make out, fight and fall asleep. 'Oh boy, I hope this isn't what we're gonna do every single day.'
"Hikaru, honey, come on, its time to get to work… You've been procrastinating too much." I said as I patted his head and back
"Aah Kasumi-Chan, come on, just a bit longer…" I couldn't believe what he had just called me that of course proved my point that THERE HAD BEEN SOMETHING BETWEEN THEM! I was sure as hell not gonna stick around to figure out more about… I rapidly stood up, making him fall to the floor. "Ouch, what was that for?" He said as he stood up. "Hey, why… why are you crying?"
"What…?" I touched my face. I couldn't believe I was crying… why?
"Haruhi…?" He said my name with concern in his voice
In between sobs I managed to speak "You… you called me… Kasumi-Chan…" I didn't wait to hear his explanation. I ran out the room, not knowing exactly where I was going. All I knew was that I wanted to get as far away from him as possible.
I suddenly felt two masculine hands pulling me into an empty room and a voice called out my name… "Haruhi-Chan, hey where are you going in such a hurry?"
I looked up to see who it was. "Souh-Kun…"
"Call me Tamaki… hey, hey, why are you crying?!"
I didn't reply as he held me closer to him. He caressed the back of my head, while wrapping me in a protective embrace.

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-Hikaru's P.O.V-

I couldn't believe what I had just done… I couldn't believe I had called her Kasumi 'Idiot!' I thought as I hit the wall. Good thing next to my office was a storage room and not an actual classroom. I fast-walked after Haruhi in order to not cause any questioning if someone were to see, I wanted to run after her, but I knew that it wasn't possible. I finally caught up to her and as I was about to call her name, someone pulled her into the empty room besides her.

'Was that, Souh-Kun?' I thought as I stayed with my arm extended and my mouth opened.

As I finally snapped out of it, I was about to walk towards the room they where in and just take Haruhi with me but unfortunately my problems grew as the cause of this one called my name. "Hikaru-Sensei, I just went to your office and you weren't there. I was gonna go pick up Haruhi since her next class is about to start." Kasumi-Sensei… was she always gonna be there, hunting me? I put on a fake smile as I always did when it came to her.

"Kasumi-Sensei, hi, yeah, I was actually taking her to her class just about now, but since we bump into Souh-Kun I asked him to take her with him instead."

"Oh, it seems you have taken a liking to her…"

"Nah… why should I?" Shoot wrong thing to say, I saw her expression lighting up as if in hopes of something.

"Oh really, well since you were gonna spend lunch break with her and all I thought that…" I was able to cut her off as soon as I came up with something to say in order to get her off my back

"Actually, you're right; I have taken a liking to her. She is just so, interested… really sweet-hearted and fun to be with. That in my book is a plus for any girl, and it's also a good thing since I'll be spending a long time with her." I smiled at her, once again that fake smile I always gave her. "Alright, I need to get back to my office since I need to finish some things I left pending. Please excuse me." It seemed I had left her wordless since she just stood there with no expression on her face.

I reached my office and locked myself in… 'Dammit! Haruhi, I Love You!' I sat on my chair and leaned backwards covering my face with one hand as I thought about what I needed to do to get her to listen to me.

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-Haruhi's P.O.V-

I soon realize in whose embrace I was once I had relaxed myself. I gently pushed Souh-Kun away in order to not cause any harm feelings. "Thanks for letting me cry it all out, Souh-Kun."

"I told you to call me Tamaki, and it's not a problem, when ever you need a shoulder, or in this case a chest to cry on, remember that I'll be here to help." He wrapped his arm around my shoulder as we left the room. "We should get back to class or we'll be in trouble."

"Ah, yea…"

"We have Algebra next, so I doubt that you'll need any help, but just in case you do, I'll be sitting right besides you to help." He said with a warm smile.

"Yeah, I'm actually really good at math… I don't mean to brag, but I am." I returned him the warm smile as we walked into the room.

"Lucky the teacher isn't here yet, come on, let's go take our sits." Tamaki whispered in my ear, causing me to shrug a bit, since it actually tickled.

I walked behind Tamaki-Kun, and as before, a lot of eyes were turned towards me. I guess Tamaki-Kun noticed it too because he calmly said in a whisper "Don't worry about them, they're just jealous."

I smiled in neither agreement or in denial. The teacher walked in a few minutes later… he went over the roster, saw that I was new, handed me a workbook, wrote down on the board the section we were to work on, said that if anyone needed help they could quietly ask they're neighbor, finally sat on his chair and started to read a magazine.

"What a GREAT Teacher." I whispered to Tamaki-Kun. He slightly laughed at my comment and pointed to my workbook, indicating me to get my ass to work. I did as told, and began on my work.

It was so easy, that I finished in a flash… and to my surprise; way before I finished Tamaki-Kun had already finished with his assignment.

"Wow, you're really fast." He said as soon as I placed my mechanical pencil down.

"Me? Look at yourself; you finished way before I did. From now on I should probably call you, Tama-Nerd."

"No, no, don't call me that."

"Of course I won't, it sounds retarded." We both laughed quietly, since everyone in the class was still working.

The teacher walked up to us, said something to Tamaki-Kun in Japanese and took both our workbooks. "What was that about? What did he say?" I questioned Tamaki-Kun once the teacher had already sat down on his chair to grade out workbooks.

"Normal teacher stuff, you know, why were we talking and if we had already finished our work… I said that we had finished and that I was just admiring you for finishing so fast without anyone's help, that's when he took the workbooks in order to check our work."

"You told the teacher you admired me, ah, that is so embarrassing." I covered my face with both my hands, since I knew for a fact that I was blushing, madly.

"Why you blushing, it's the truth." Tamaki-Kun laughed for a bit at my reaction.

A couple of minutes passed and the teacher called both of us over. He examined us both and then the workbooks. "I'm amazed at both of you… showing all your work, getting every single problem correct and finishing in a flash. To top it all of, there was no way that either of you cheated off of each other, since the both of you used different methods in solving each problem. All I can truly say is congratulations for a work well done, a hundred for both of you." He handed back our workbook and signaled us to go back to our sits.

Everyone finally finished at around 10-15 minutes before the end of the class. The teacher allowed us to quietly talk with our classmates as he finished grading all the workbooks and every body did as told.

Tamaki-Kun and I went over to the others Chun-Kun, Nunna-Chan, Kiara-Chan and Taku-Kun.

"Hey, Haru-Chan, after this class its Lunch Break, did you bring a Bento or are you going to buy something at the cafeteria?" Nunna-Chan questioned with a warm smile on her face.

"Oh no, I actually did bring a Bento. It was my first time preparing something as a Bento, so I was really excited in the morning while making it." I said really cheerfully.

"What do you mean it was your first time preparing a Bento? Don't you make Bento's back at home, Haruhi?" Chun-Kun questioned, a bit confused. Everyone just waited for my answer.

"Oh no, back at home you just go to the cafeteria and eat whatever they made. For some students it's free for other its not. Besides, back at home, a Bento would be like a Lunch-box, and it's too childish to take one to High School. People would actually make fun of anyone who took a Lunch-box to school."

"Really, wow, then High School must have been really tough, uh?" Kiara-Chan questioned

"Oh you wouldn't believe it. That's why I wanted to get out of there as soon as possible, and I did. I had already graduated from High School back at home… But please don't ask what I'm doing being here in High School, it's a long and confusing story that I really don't want to talk about."

"Its ok, if you don't want to talk about that, we won't make you tell us." Tamaki-kun assured me.

"Yeah, Tamaki is right, personal businesses are personal. We won't ask about that." Everyone turned to look at the person who had just spoken… I of course looked in shock.

"Did he just speak?" I questioned whom ever as I pointed at Takumi-Kun.

"I can't believe it. He spoke before being spoken to. It's amazing, it's a miracle… Someone please call a Doctor." Chun-Kun said jokingly

"Haha, pretty funny, Chun. Just because I sometimes prefer to just listen doesn't mean that I can't give my opinion towards something. I can think too, you know."

We all laughed at those two arguing, but hey, I was actually happy that Takumi-Kun was actually listening. "Thanks, Taku-Kun." I said with a sweet and cheerful smile, which weirdly made Taku-Kun blush a bit.

"Ah, no… no problem."

"Hey, Takumi, are you blushing?" Chun-Kun teased

"Shut up, man, seriously I don't know what Kiara sees in you, damn you're so annoying."

That comment made both Chun-Kun and Kiara-Chan to blush a crimson color.

"Wait, are you saying that the two of you are a couple?" I questioned in amazed

"Ah well… you see…" Kiara-Chan somewhat started saying

"So?" I questioned once again

"Yeah, they are. They've been together since Junior High." Nunna-Chan finally said for both of them

"Are you for reals? Wow, I'm SO Jealous of you two. MY longest relationship with a guy has only been 3 months; he broke up with me before Valentines Day. I didn't actually care much, since I knew he wasn't the one."

"Yeah, well Ki-Chan and I knew each other since we were kids, I mean our parents are already practically marrying us, but we don't mind because we both feel the same for each other, right Ki-Chan?" Chun-Kun had a serious yet sweet and lovable expression on his face, for me it was kinda weird since my first impression of him was that of a joker. Still it just made me smile and feel happy for both of them

We kept on talking and laughing, joking around and what not until the bell rang. The teacher had already handed the workbooks back and had left the room before everyone else. We also left the room to go eat outside on the grass.

All six of us were walking down the stairs when a sudden person I so didn't want to see at the moment called out my name. "Ms. Fujioka…" We all stopped of course.

"Hitachiin-Sensei, good afternoon." Nunna-Chan said with a sweet smile. Everyone else just smiled, I on the other hand had no expression on my face, and Tama-Kun seemed to have noticed.

"Good afternoon, everyone."

"Hitachiin-Sensei, we were just about to go outside to have lunch so please do tell us, what your business with Haru-Chan is?" Tama-Kun questioned with a serious tone

"Souh-Kun, it is just a Teacher-Student study session, since Ms. Fujioka has not yet learned our original language I need to give her private tutoring as much as I could possibly can." He too said in a serious tone… yet to me their way of speaking to each other sound more like a rivalry.

"I'm sorry Hitachiin-Sensei, but being today my first day of school, I found that it be best to make friends than make fiends. I've learned that you've got quite the fan-club, no more like, I've SEEN your Fan-Club, and truth is, Sensei giving me this much attention, even if its only as a Teacher, will actually bring me a lot of trouble. So if you'll excuse us, I just wan to have a normal school life…" I was cut off by Tama-kun, whom I figured had not finished talking before I spoke up.

"Also, her friends, who are us, will be glad to help her out. WE ARE after all the TOP Students in this Entire School." Everyone gave Hikaru a Good-Bye Smile

As we walked away from him, I couldn't help but look back from over my shoulder and saw him just standing there. I felt bad, but… It still pained in my heart the fact that he had called me 'Kasumi'.

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End of Chapter 10!!

That was chapter 10… and in my opinion, even though I was the one that wrote it, I think it was REALLY Boring, so if you don't like it, I agree… if you do like it, than THANK YOU. Please keep on reading and Comment!! XD