The nurse had kept me in her office for a few hours, to be sure that I didn't have any serious trauma to my vital organs. Other than being a little sore, I was fine. Sympathy gifts were pouring in by the barrelful. I was no longer invisible. Instead, I was famous for being the scary girl who everyone was once afraid of, but now felt sorry for. No one was scared of me anymore, everyone was sorry they'd misjudged me. Everyone was sorry I didn't fight back. But I left them wondering why I didn't fight back. They were all curious, and I now had several not-so-secret admirers.

Of course, there were several people (mostly friends of Jet) who couldn't stand me, or picked on me because I hadn't lived up to their expectations. I was torn. Part of me regretted not stabbing Jet to death, and the other part was smug that he was expelled, and I was innocent. Throughout the past few hours, several brave people had wandered in to voice their opinions of me. From this, I was able to gather that over 50% of the student population, and 100% of the teacher population were against Jet. Perhaps the most interesting visitor I got was Zero.

"I'll never understand you," he said curiously, handing me a bag of chocolates, "Yuuki asked me to bring you this, by the way."

"Just put it with the other crap," I sighed. Pretty soon I'd have to ask the nurse for some more painkillers. "And good. I don't aim to be understood. I tend to gravitate towards keeping to myself and holding everything inside."

"I've noticed. But answer me this. Why didn't you fight back?" His voice was full of genuine curiosity. He was seriously shocked that I hadn't fought back. I wasn't sure whether to be insulted or flattered.

"What makes you think I could have?" I unwrapped a piece of chocolate and popped it in my mouth, "Just because a lot of people are afraid of me doesn't mean I'm dangerous."

"The way you have trouble controlling your anger sometimes…I would have expected you to at least struggle."

I swallowed the chocolate. "I'm antisocial, alright? That doesn't make me a violent psychopathic moron like Jet. I have enough problems already. And now everyone knows my name. Now everyone feels sorry for me and I hate it. But fighting back would have meant suspension, at least. Fighting back wouldn't have been worth it." But really, I wasn't so sure I could have taken Jet down in a fight. "Now, don't you have some guardian duties to attend to?"

"Yeah. So? Yuuki seems to handle it pretty well."

"Won't she be pissed at you for ditching her again?" I emphasized again.

"I don't care."

"Which reminds me…why did you leave when Jet started attacking me?"

"That isn't important," Zero shook his head.

"I thought your job was to protect the Day Class students. Well I'm a Day Class student," I argued, giving him the hardest time I possibly could.

"Just let it go. I had to leave. Like I have to leave now," Zero got up and left the room.

Well then. I thought it had been a fair question, but clearly mister high and mighty disagreed, and couldn't grace it with a response.

"Can I leave yet?" I asked the nurse impatiently. I was tired of the scenery. Extremely tired of it.

She checked the clock, "Well, I suppose so. But come right back if you feel any dizziness, lightheadedness…"

I didn't hear what she said after that, I was out of that room so fast.

I returned to my room, completely worn out. Well, the Chairman's guest room, anyways. I was prepared to settle down and fall asleep for the rest of the night. But when I opened the door, I didn't see a nice tidy room and big fluffy bed ready for my sleeping comfort. No. Instead I saw a smashed window, clothes strewn about the room, mattress overturned, and bed sheets hanging out the window. And if that wasn't enough? There was a dead rat on my pillow, too.

I stifled a scream, and held back my urge to gag. I wasn't scared of anything, and screaming certainly wasn't my thing either. But I loved animals, big or small, rat or whale. And seeing a dead one really got me upset. I turned away, and raced out the door and down the hallway. I collided with Yuuki.

"Midori? What's the matter?" She asked, managing to stay upright.

"Someone vandalized my room," I said as calmly as possible. "I can only think that it was one of Jet's pals who was upset that Jet got expelled…"

"Don't worry!" Yuuki said, determined, "I'll go get the Chairman, and until your room's cleaned up…well then I guess you'll just have to stay with Yori and me!" Yuuki gave me a wide smile. She clearly pitied me.

"Oh…great," I tried to smile. But it was hard.

WHY? WHY ME?