Chapter 9
He Hates Me
A few weeks later, I was already getting worried about the project. The deadline was already coming. It was going to be three weeks from now.
I chanced upon Sakuragi and his gang walking at the school hall.
"Hey Rei-chan! How's the bet?" Takamiya asked me.
"I heard you two are in a bio project together, huh?" Mito asked. He laughed. "Have you fallen in love with Rukawa already?"
I put on my most serious, irritated and crabby tone and face I could ever put on.
But just as I was able to speak, Rukawa passed by. I tried to be more irritated. "Certainly not, Mito. Why will I fall in love with such an annoying little idiot? Besides, who would ever fall for a guy so lethargic he could almost sleep all his life? C'mon, gimme a break." I rolled my eyes.
"Ouch," Sakuragi commented as he looked at Rukawa who was standing nearby.
Rukawa looked upset at what I said that he walked out.
"You angered him. Better run away from him before it gets too late!" Sakuragi pulled the gang away.
I looked at Rukawa walk away. Then I decided to follow him.
He went inside the classroom.
"Rukawa, I-"
"Don't talk to me." He said crossly.
"Why are you mad?" I demanded.
"I'm not mad." He snapped.
"Oh yes you are mad!" I replied angrily.
"Okay, I am mad." He finally said.
"And why are you mad?" I asked.
He wasn't able to answer immediately.
"Goddammit, answer me!" I shouted.
"Why do you have to know everything?" he asked, angry. He stood up and began to leave with his things.
"Where are you going? School hasn't started yet!" I called out.
"I'm leaving. And it's none of your business!" he shouted back. He left.
I slumped down the floor on my knees. I felt tears roll down my cheeks. I covered my face with my hands as I cried silently.
All my classmates gathered around. "Are you okay?" one asked.
"Yes, yes, I'm okay," I said, wiping the tears falling from my eyes.
"You're not okay. Go and follow him. I'm sure he's going home," one classmate said.
"Are you sure?" I asked.
"Yes, I'm sure." She smiled.
"Thanks," I said, got my things and ran out.
I went to his house. As I stepped foot at the gate, I took a deep breath. Then I rang the doorbell.
Rukawa opened the door. When he saw it was me, his face became seriously angry.
"Rukawa. why are you mad?" I asked. I was desperate for an answer.
"You find out for yourself." He said.
"Why don't you tell me now?!?" I shouted. "Don't be such a jerk and tell me right now!"
"Leave me alone. Leave me alone!!!" He roared. With a loud bang, he closed the gate.
I was taken aback by what he said. I cried all the way home and locked myself in my room.
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"Rukawa told you to leave him alone?" Sendoh asked me in disbelief.
"Yes he did. He doesn't wanna talk to me. I don't know why!" I told him on the phone.
"Calm down, calm down." He paused. "See? I told you he wasn't the right one for you." He said.
I couldn't speak. "I know there's something wrong! He's not like that!"
Sendoh sighed. "Do you want to give Rukawa a second chance?"
My eyes lit up. I looked at Sendoh from my bedroom window. He was looking at me too. "Yes, I do."
Sendoh sighed again. "Oh okay. But I swear. I'll really kiss you the next time I prove that he ain't for you, alright?"
"Yes, sure." I smiled.
"Okay. Go to sleep now. Good night." He said.
"Good night."
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A few weeks later, I was already getting worried about the project. The deadline was already coming. It was going to be three weeks from now.
I chanced upon Sakuragi and his gang walking at the school hall.
"Hey Rei-chan! How's the bet?" Takamiya asked me.
"I heard you two are in a bio project together, huh?" Mito asked. He laughed. "Have you fallen in love with Rukawa already?"
I put on my most serious, irritated and crabby tone and face I could ever put on.
But just as I was able to speak, Rukawa passed by. I tried to be more irritated. "Certainly not, Mito. Why will I fall in love with such an annoying little idiot? Besides, who would ever fall for a guy so lethargic he could almost sleep all his life? C'mon, gimme a break." I rolled my eyes.
"Ouch," Sakuragi commented as he looked at Rukawa who was standing nearby.
Rukawa looked upset at what I said that he walked out.
"You angered him. Better run away from him before it gets too late!" Sakuragi pulled the gang away.
I looked at Rukawa walk away. Then I decided to follow him.
He went inside the classroom.
"Rukawa, I-"
"Don't talk to me." He said crossly.
"Why are you mad?" I demanded.
"I'm not mad." He snapped.
"Oh yes you are mad!" I replied angrily.
"Okay, I am mad." He finally said.
"And why are you mad?" I asked.
He wasn't able to answer immediately.
"Goddammit, answer me!" I shouted.
"Why do you have to know everything?" he asked, angry. He stood up and began to leave with his things.
"Where are you going? School hasn't started yet!" I called out.
"I'm leaving. And it's none of your business!" he shouted back. He left.
I slumped down the floor on my knees. I felt tears roll down my cheeks. I covered my face with my hands as I cried silently.
All my classmates gathered around. "Are you okay?" one asked.
"Yes, yes, I'm okay," I said, wiping the tears falling from my eyes.
"You're not okay. Go and follow him. I'm sure he's going home," one classmate said.
"Are you sure?" I asked.
"Yes, I'm sure." She smiled.
"Thanks," I said, got my things and ran out.
I went to his house. As I stepped foot at the gate, I took a deep breath. Then I rang the doorbell.
Rukawa opened the door. When he saw it was me, his face became seriously angry.
"Rukawa. why are you mad?" I asked. I was desperate for an answer.
"You find out for yourself." He said.
"Why don't you tell me now?!?" I shouted. "Don't be such a jerk and tell me right now!"
"Leave me alone. Leave me alone!!!" He roared. With a loud bang, he closed the gate.
I was taken aback by what he said. I cried all the way home and locked myself in my room.
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"Rukawa told you to leave him alone?" Sendoh asked me in disbelief.
"Yes he did. He doesn't wanna talk to me. I don't know why!" I told him on the phone.
"Calm down, calm down." He paused. "See? I told you he wasn't the right one for you." He said.
I couldn't speak. "I know there's something wrong! He's not like that!"
Sendoh sighed. "Do you want to give Rukawa a second chance?"
My eyes lit up. I looked at Sendoh from my bedroom window. He was looking at me too. "Yes, I do."
Sendoh sighed again. "Oh okay. But I swear. I'll really kiss you the next time I prove that he ain't for you, alright?"
"Yes, sure." I smiled.
"Okay. Go to sleep now. Good night." He said.
"Good night."
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