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"Ehhh!" The tears from before or the sad memories of my mother brought up by that baka were currently on pause. Was this man sane? "I'm seriously not in the mood to humour you. Please stop the car so I can leave." I told him.
"Leave and let you go cry somewhere by yourself?" I asked her. I had no plans of stopping until we reached my destination. Whatever was troubling her, I would provide the distraction from the pain. "What kind of boyfriend do you take me for?" I teased her like usual. If I suddenly changed my behaviour, she may not have liked it. She seemed like the type to not like being pited.
"That joke is no longer funny. I do not appreciate people playing with my feelings." I told him. I had accepted the fact that he wasn't going to stop the car anytime soon. "And who said I was crying or planning on crying somewhere alone?" There was no way in hell I was going to make it known that what he said was the truth. After my mother left, I stopped bothering others with my troubles. Kanae was the only one I complained to when times were tough; but I'm sure she will eventually have enough of me if I kept on crying in front of her. I didn't want to be her burden, or anyone's else for that matter. Besides, crying alone was also soothing, comforting and a chance for me to let everything out without the fear of being judged.
"Really? You just happened to be by yourself in a neighbourhood away from your home, crying with plans of seeking comfort?" I sarcastically asked her. "As for playing with your feelings. It may have begun as a past time with you. However, that's no longer the case." I honestly told her. She had gone quiet, I had to turn my head a couple of times to make sure she was in the car and hadn't rolled out during the drive.
"You can't be serious!" I was in disbelief at how blunt, direct and aggressive this man could be.
"Why can't I be?" I turned my attention back to the road.
"You are a -"
"A teacher and you are a student? Yes, but not all the time or forever. Out of school, I am just me and as for you; you will be graduating this year." All true.
"..." I was speechless. I never had a guy openly push to be with me. Is this the right moment to reject his offer? Wait, are we officially dating? So, would this be the right moment to break-up? Surely, I could never date my teacher, let alone this playboy teacher. Could I?
"Oh, I forgot something." I pulled the car to the side and parked. Taking of the sweater I was wearing, I used it to cover her face. "We can't have you know the location can we. After all, this is a kidnapping." I said as I resumed the drive.
"You truly are insane." I muttered, mostly to myself. His light chuckles indicated that he heard my words.
* For someone with so much fight, she was surprisingly obedient as she didn't remove the jumper from her head.
~ Feeling the wind slap me by, I had pulled his sweater closer for warmth. The sweater smelled like him; a sweet smell of strawberries and coffee. His scent and the comfortable silence in the car was soothing. I still didn't understand why I felt so safe in his teasing presence, but now I feared for how he made my heart beat with his every action and word.
"We have arrived!" I happily announced to her.
"The beach? In this weather? Are you trying to freeze me to death?!" I asked him. The weather today was a little cold and windy, however, being at the beach, it was freezing cold.
"Good thing you have my sweater. Put it on." I shyly turned away from her and begun walking towards the water. I really didn't think this through.
"When you start shivering, don't ask for it back." I told him as I caught up to him and his long legs.
Just like in the movies, no sweet gesture goes unnoticed. Kyoko started to realise that something in her was changing. What a better way to get these feelings out of her than have a rival? As the couple walked by the water, Ren pulled Kyoko into the freezing water, causing her to squirm and run. As Kyoko got her revenge and splashed water on Ren, it caused him to run, and therefore, a game of 'tag-you're-it' began.
Unknown to the two, the scene was being viewed by two young pairs, and to them, the couple seemed rather romantic and lovey-dovey. Amamiya Chiori and Ishibashi Hikaru witnessed as the couple stopped playing and sat on the sand. They watched as Kyoko removed her oversized sweater and gave it to the shivering Ren. Followed by Ren, pulling said girl into his arms as she protested.
"That bitch seduced our teacher!" The girl had exclaimed. Shocked at what she saw.
"Don't call her that! For all we know, it could have been the other way around." The boy had defended his long time crush.
"AHHH, I can't believe I was forced to pair up with a wimp like you! Take the damn picture of the sunset already!" Chiori had commanded Hikaru.
"Wimp? You also happen to have a camera, you take it!" Hikaru may have been soft spoken, but a push over was nothing like him.
"Yes, a God damn wimp! Do you know how many times you make goggly eyes at that loner?!" Everyone but Kyoko knew of Hikaru's feelings.
"Why did you even pick art? It's very clear you don't like it?" He had changed the subject. The topic of him and the slow progress with Kyoko was his least favourite.
"I thought it was going to be just drawing some random shapes and lines, and bam! Pass the subject!" She didn't seem so happy that the subject involved other aspects of art aside from drawings. She definitely wasn't going to be pleased when she finds out that the subject also involved investigations and essays. You have to communicate the techniques, materials and other equipment that were used to produce the final art. Writing was definitely essential.
During her complaint, the pair at the shore had drifted to their teacher's parked car and drove off, leaving the young duo in disbelief of what had just occurred before their eyes.
That loner moved so fast. I better do something to make sensei mine! The girl had thought.
I'm sure he is deceiving her, he is probably using her as a play thing. I have to save her! The boy thought.
Just like in the movies, the fundamentals for an epic and dramatic love triangle, love square, whatever you want to call it, had been set in place. Kyoko's mother would be the last thing on her mind during and after the three days and 2 nights boot camp.