This begins chapter 11! We're reaching the home stretch you guys! It's been a great ride so far and I hope you enjoy this chapter! I'm also amazed at how many of you were able to pick up on what that last chapter was about! I won't say who to prevent spoilers, but I'm glad you were able to pick up on them! Also, I'm sorry for taking so long! I had a little bit of writers block!
Thursday – week 2
I had been in my room all night, leaving only to eat and to use the restroom. I've been thinking of ideas that could possibly lead to Kyon finally forgiving me. In doing so, I have come up with one, complete, absolute conclusion.
I've got no idea what to do.
I already told myself yesterday that my old plan was not going to work. Talking to Kyon outside of class is impossible, and whenever I try to talk to him IN class he just ignores me. If I'm going to fix things between us, I need to talk to Kyon. One on one. But that's pretty much impossible at the moment.
I walked into class with my bag in my hand. I soon found my desk and sat down with Kunikida in front of me.
"Good morning Ms. Suzumiya."
Lazily waving, I quickly responded, "Hey." I put my bag to the side and began looking out the window, as if it had some kind of answer for me.
"Um… Ms. Suzumiya, about yesterday."
I looked to him.
"I realize now I shouldn't have tried to get into your business with Kyon, I apologize."
I stared at him for a moment. I was a little confused as to why he decided to apologize to me now of all times, but he was sincere about it so I sighed and lightly smiled, "Don't worry about it." I looked out the window once more and waited for class to begin.
"Thank you." He quickly said, turned around and waited as well.
Looks like class was going to be the same as ever, Kyon's going to ignore me and after class I'll go home and try to come up with a plan for him to forgive me that will ultimately fail. Man, I'm being really negative lately.
Mr. Hiraga walked into the classroom with a smile on his face, "Good morning class!" He set his things onto his desk and quickly looked over us all, "Today we're going to be having a partnered assignment!"
A partnered assignment?! This is great! This is EXACTLY what I need!
The whole class was suddenly abound with activity. Students had turned themselves around to talk to their future partners and some were just excited to work with their friends on a project. The only one who didn't move was Kyon. I guess this means he doesn't have a partner. His other two friends are probably going to work together, so then this is my shot!
"You are going to choose a partner and work together to solve these questions here." He held up a piece of paper, "After I pass these papers out, you may begin choosing your partn—"
"Mr. Hiraga!" I quickly stood up, "I want to work with Kyon!"
The noise in the classroom suddenly stopped and everyone looked to me, excluding Kyon.
"…I'm sorry?" Mr. Hiraga acted as if he didn't hear me.
I put my hand over my chest, "I want to work with Kyon." I stated again.
He looked at me with absolute confusion. If he were a normal teacher, he would have outright refused, considering he knows that Kyon is completely ignoring me. But instead he looked at Kyon, "Kyon, do you have a partner already chosen?"
Kyon sat quietly for a moment and looked up to him, "I think I'm just going to try figuring this out on my own."
That's not good enough.
I moved out of my seat and walked over to Mr. Hiraga, "Please, I don't care if I have to work by myself, just let me work next to him."
Mr. Hiraga looked like he was at odds end. "Ms. Suzumiya, you realize working by yourself will put you at a disadvantage, right?"
I nodded, "I'm begging you, PLEASE put me with Kyon." I bowed to him.
I heard him heavily sigh, "Alright, Ms. Suzumiya." He began to rub his forehead, "But if things start getting out of hand I'm going to separate the both of you. Are we clear?"
I couldn't help but give a huge smile, "Th-Thank you! Thank you!" I snatched two papers from his desk and quickly ran over to Kyon's seat. For a second I was hesitant to sit down but I quickly pushed my hesitation away, placed the two papers on the desk and slid one over to Kyon.
He then acted as if he hadn't seen it. I sat for a moment, waiting for him to start.
"Alright everyone, I'm passing out the papers now." Mr. Hiraga walked around the class, putting the assignment on everyone's desk. Mr. Hiraga soon passed by our desk and as soon as he passed, Kyon began. I can't believe he's going this far to ignore me, acting like he hadn't even got the paper until Mr. Hiraga walked by.
After Mr. Hiraga had finished, students began to pair up, one by one. Kunikida and Kyon's other friend quickly paired up, Kyon's other friend giving Kunikida a pat on the back. I wonder if he really intends to help or is actually just going to copy off Kunikida, I mean, Kunikida seems like a smart guy. On the other hand, I'm here with Kyon who is, as I expected, completely ignoring me.
But that doesn't matter, I've still got the one on one time that I've needed and even though it's to work on an assignment, it still matters.
Kunikida and Kyon's other friend sat behind us and I could hear Kyon's obnoxious friend talking. Well this is going to be interesting…
The assignment given to us was actually very challenging. While I was still able to understand most of it, there were a few questions I had trouble on. I'm sure Kyon's having just as much trouble with it as I am, if not more. But I'm sure if we were working together, we would have no problem finishing this. After an hour of working on this by myself, trying to come up with ideas to talk to Kyon and trying to get his attention, I had finally reached the end of the assignment.
This is where I started having trouble.
There was one last question that needed answering but I was completely stumped. Nothing came to me except for a big fat blank. I looked to Kyon, and then to his paper. It looked the same as mine did, even for the last question.
"Kyon."
Nothing. He still won't respond to me. I can't say I expected him too though.
"Kyon, I know you're having trouble with that last problem, are you really going to go this far?"
Still nothing. We can't turn these in until we finish the last problem! And this is a BIG question! "Kyon, come on! Can't we just work together on this problem?"
I was a little desperate to say the least, I didn't want to get a bad grade on this and at the same time I wanted Kyon to help out, just this once. He still refused to say anything and all he was doing was staring at his paper and tapping his pencil against his head.
I grunted a little, "Kyon! Please! Just this once!"
"Kyon." I heard suddenly.
I turned my head to see Kyon's obnoxious friend stand up, "Why are you just ignoring Suzumiya?"
Kyon looked up to him, "Ignoring who?"
I heard him grunt, "Dude, your joke's funny and all, but it looks like she really needs your help man!"
Kyon rolled his eyes, "I have no idea what you mean, I've been working by myself this entire time." Kyon turned his attention back to the paper.
His friend looked a little upset that his friend was ignoring him, "Kyon… Why are you ignoring Suzumiya?"
Kyon stood up in his seat, "I have NO idea WHO you're talking about!" He slammed his hands onto his desk, "How can I ignore someone I don't know, Taniguchi?!"
Oh, so that's his name.
Taniguchi looked completely surprised, "Calm down man!"
"Kyon!" The three of us turned to see Mr. Hiraga looking at us. "Calm down."
Kyon looked at Mr. Hiraga angrily for a moment but then calmed down. "Sorry about that." He sighed and sat back down. "Look, Taniguchi, I don't know any Suzumiya, so would you please stop acting like I do?"
He was bent on ignoring me. Even if this is all an act, he refuses to acknowledge me. If that's the case then talking to him like this is pointless. "Fine then." I grabbed my paper and scribbled down an answer for the last question. I don't care what it is. I walked over to Mr. Hiraga and slammed the paper onto his desk. "A promise is a promise."
I then walked over and sat back in my desk.
I heard Mr. Hiraga sigh and sit down at his desk; he began to massage his temples, mumbling something as he did so.
I made a promise with Mr. Hiraga; he told me if things got too out of hand, we would separate. Besides, talking with Kyon was impossible. I'm sure he probably copied off me too. I don't want to work with a cheater.
Sighing, I laid my head onto my desk in defeat. It's obvious that no matter what I do, there's no way Kyon's going to talk to me again. I might as well accept my losses and begin my life without him again…
At least that's what I thought I'd do.
I had fallen asleep in class again, even slept through lunch too. That magic number took the clock again and class was over. I had woken up before the bell and was rubbing the sleep from my eyes when the time came to leave.
"Ms. Suzumiya, can you come over here please?" Mr. Hiraga called me.
Sighing, I nodded, stood up and made my way over to his desk. I sat in a chair he had set up and looked at him. "Yes?"
He raised an eyebrow at me, "Don't even pretend to act like you don't know why I called you here."
I rolled my eyes and looked away, "I have no idea what you're talking about."
Mr. Hiraga gave me a dirty look, "Ms. Suzumiya, I want to talk to you about what happened today." He leaned in onto his desk and had a serious look on his face, "I know it's stupid of me to ask this question again but… are you SURE there's nothing going on between you and Kyon?"
This question again… I don't need his help, I KNOW I can fix this on my own, even though I know that, I hesitated to respond.
"Ms. Suzumiya, whatever is going on, you can trust me with it. All I want to do is help you both and I know you and Kyon are supposed to be good friends. If there's anything, anything at all I can help with, I want to do what I can."
I don't need his help, I don't need his help! "N-Nothing is going on between us both. Kyon's just a little stressed is all." I looked away from him. "Everything is f-fine." I don't need it.
Mr. Hiraga sighed, "Alright then Ms. Suzumiya." He stood up.
I clenched my fists in my lap; I don't need his help…
"I'll see you in class tomorrow." He picked up his bag, stood up and began to head for the door.
My hands began to tremble; everything that's been going on this week began to flood my mind. But I don't need his help! I'm fine on my own!
"Have a nice day, Ms. Suzumiya." He waved good bye and opened his door.
I… I… "W-Wait!" I shouted at the top of my lungs.
Mr. Hiraga froze where he stood, "Y-Yes…?" He turned his head, surprised I had called out to him.
"I… do need your help…" I said in a defeated tone.
He turned around and looked completely flabbergasted, "R-Really?!" I simply nodded. He dropped his bag and ran back over to his desk, it's obvious he's a little excited about this. He sat down at his desk and leaned in close, "Thank you for trusting me, Ms. Suzumiya." He smiled at me. "So, what's going on between you two? Why is Kyon ignoring you?"
I looked up at him, half regretting asking him for help. I know I can't do this on my own, but asking for help is not something I do very often. "W-Well…"
I started at the beginning. I told him about Kyon's recent birthday and how I wanted to throw him a party, I told him about how I got us both kicked out of the restaurant on Tuesday, I told him how I continued to screw things up with his parents and what Kyon had said to me on Friday.
I told him what happened on Sunday. I told him about the video, I told him how I told Kyon I hated him even though that wasn't true and I told him what Kyon said and what he's been doing since. I told Mr. Hiraga everything that involved me and Kyon these past two weeks.
"…and that's it." I finished, taking a breather.
Mr. Hiraga looked at me with immense surprise. "Wow." He simply said, "That's a lot to take in…" He leaned back in his chair and put his hand to his forehead, running his fingers through his hair. "I'm stumped. I don't know what to say, Ms. Suzumiya."
In that single moment, I felt absolute despair. That's it? He's stumped? I finally open up to him and he doesn't have anything to say?
He tapped his chin for a moment, "Ms. Suzumiya… Have you apologized to Kyon for all of this yet?"
I froze. "…Apologized…?" I can't believe this.
"You're telling me you haven't even apologized to him yet?!" He turned around in his chair and nearly shouted that.
I put my hands to my cheeks and felt incredibly stupid, "I… It's not my fault! My mind was completely focused on the party! And after that I was so focused on fixing things between me and Kyon! Telling him I was sorry never even crossed my mind!" I stood up and slammed my hands onto the desk, "I would have apologized from the very beginning if I had thought of it!"
Mr. Hiraga groaned, "You're certainly not making this easy for me…"
I sighed and sunk back down into my chair, "Would apologizing to him even change anything?"
Mr. Hiraga shook his head, "I doubt saying I'm sorry now would do much, Suzumiya. But it sure doesn't hurt to start with." He scratched his forehead, "Is there anything else you're not telling me?" He looked back at me.
"…Well the one thing I left out is the detention Kyon got on Wednesday."
Mr. Hiraga raised an eye brow, "What about it?"
I began to twiddle my fingers, "It um… Wasn't his fault." I chuckled nervously.
I heard him sigh, "What do you mean? Wasn't he trying to copy off you?"
Mr. Hiraga had a suspicious look in his eyes, "No, it was actually the other way around. I had fallen asleep during class and woke up not knowing what was going on. I asked to copy his answers because I didn't want to get a bad grade." I looked down, ashamed of myself, "He took the fall so I wouldn't get in trouble."
Mr. Hiraga leaned back again and scratched his chin, "Hmm… did you say that if you were to get some one on one time with Kyon, you may be able to set things straight between the both of you?" He leaned on his desk.
I nodded, "I might be able to, but it's impossible for me to get any time alone with him."
Mr. Hiraga smiled, "Well, it seems I'm going to have to give out some detentions for you and Kyon." He leaned back once more with a smug smile on his face.
"W-What?!" I poor my heart out to him and he gives me a DETENTION?!
"Yup, I'm giving one to you for cheating on that assignment last Wednesday and one to Kyon for lying about it." He chuckled to himself and put his hands behind his head.
I growled and stood up, "What the hell?!"
Mr. Hiraga was silent for a moment, "But wait… I'm going to be busy tomorrow afternoon with so many errands to run…" He tapped his chin, "It seems I'm only going to be able to check on you both every now and then." He looked to me with a smile once more.
It took me a moment, but it clicked. "Oh, I see…" I smiled; he's got a devious mind! I couldn't help but smile at him. "I guess I'll just have to suck it up and come to detention tomorrow." I giggled.
Mr. Hiraga smiled as well, "Well Ms. Suzumiya, I'll inform Kyon of his detention tomorrow. Make sure you're ready for your detention." He laughed. "I'll only be able to keep you both here for about an hour.
"Thank you, Mr. Hiraga." I smiled sweetly to him.
He smiled and scratched the back of his head, "You're welcome" He smiled and stood up. "I'll be leaving now, Ms. Suzumiya. Good luck." He walked over and grabbed his bag, leaving the classroom afterwords.
I'd be lying right now if I said I wasn't excited. Things may not have gone as I had hoped today, but now I've got a chance to finally set things straight with Kyon tomorrow! I'm going to be in a classroom alone with him for an hour and a half! There won't be anyone around and I KNOW I'll be able to get him to finally speak to me.
I was beyond excited. I had cancelled club for today so I quickly left home to prepare for tomorrow. If Kyon is going to forgive me, I need to MAKE him believe me when I apologize to him. I'm going to have to plan for this.
One thing is certain for tomorrow. No matter what happens, the fight between me and Kyon was going to end, whether or not he forgives me.
What a chapter! Am I right? No matter what happens next… IT ALL ENDS IN THE NEXT CHAPTER! I want to thank everyone who's taken part in reading this story and I'm glad everyone's enjoyed it up until this point! It means a lot to know that I've got a lot of dedicated readers for this story and I am just blown away at the reception I continue to get on each chapter. Out of all of the stories I've written so far, this was by far my favorite and most fun idea. Until Chapter 12, see you guys later!
