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Chapter 20: Part 2
There was a slight shake in the bed as Cassie abruptly woke up in her new room. She looked at the clock beside her.
"Oh SHIT!!"
School had started an hour ago.
It had only been a week that she had stayed at Han's and she still wasn't ready for the second semester of school. If only she'd remember to set her clock an hour behind.
She jumped up from her bed and dashed for the bathroom in the hallway with her uniform and shoes in hand.
Damn, they're going to punish me…
"Is everything alright over there?" She could hear Han's worried voice from the kitchen.
"School…started…long time…ago," she sputtered, part of her words muffled as she struggled to hastily to put on her white blazer.
"Huh?"
"I'm late for school dammit!!" Cassie hurriedly buttoned her skirt and put on her Harajuku shoes.
She ran for the kitchen. Han was already there sitting on a stool, eating out of a bowl of cereal. He watched amusingly as she grabbed two pieces of wheat bread and gain an ability to gobble them in thirty seconds.
"You could've woken me up you BASTARD," she fumed as she packed her school supplies.
"I didn't know school was starting today for you. I figured I shouldn't disturb you for no reason…"
She rolled her eyes as she grabbed a small comb to furiously brush her hair. "I told you about it yesterday Han."
"Oh…" He is face was expressionless, but held a deep chuckle about her sudden hurry. "Hey slow down a bit. What's the big deal? You could just stay with me for the day." He got up and tried to hug her.
She pushed him away. "The BIG DEAL is they'll penalize me if I miss anymore days. It's bad enough that I skipped school when I was new." Cassie grabbed her black backpack. "And they were on my back about punctuality."
She stopped to take a breath as she looked up at Han. "Can you get me there in three?"
"Cass stop rushing. I've got it covered."
"You've got it covered…" she mocked under her breath as she bent down to fix her shoe laces. "Let's go NOW."
She lightly pulled his hand but he didn't move an inch. Han just stared her, mouth closed and relaxed.
"WHAT THE HELL HAN?"
He kept staring.
Cassie let go. "Okay fine. I'll just take the fucking train." She headed for the door in huff.
She felt his arm holding her back. Cassie turned around to face him.
"Damn, I was just kidding." He flashed a grin.
"It's not very funny."
"Of course not. You are you. Never able to take a joke." He pulled out his keys. "I'll drive you and have a talk with one of your administrators. I'll make sure they excuse you for being late."
Han decided to surprise her. He pushed his lips onto Cassie's but accidentally bumped her head into the door.
"OW!" She winced at the sudden shocks of pain that ran through her brain.
An apologetic Han immediately held her head, trying to find where she'd been hit. "I'm sorry. Are you okay?"
"No." It was a simple and cold reply but she smiled deviously. "Kiss me."
"Huh?"
She shut him up by pulling his face into hers. Cassie had wanted the touch of his lips more than anything for the past two weeks and she didn't want to hold back that yearning any longer.
An excitement rose in her when he deepened the kiss as if aiming to melt her completely.
God, she wished that he didn't know his touch was her weakness.
She wished that he didn't send her mind to crazy places when he put his strong arms around her waist.
She wished that he wasn't such a good kisser, so that her breath wouldn't quicken as much and her heart wouldn't race as fast.
Most of all, she wished that he wasn't so nice, so attractive, and so unavoidable, forcing her to like him.
Damn this heart of mine.
Cassie frowned as she entered school with Han. It was passing period and all of the students were moving on to their second class. To top it all off, they were staring at her.
Or at least the girls were staring at Han.
What she really frowned at were their whispers in Japanese. It wasn't as if she couldn't understand what they were saying.
"One word for him…HOTTIE."
"Yum."
"He is soooooo cute!"
"He should DITCH that American and do a REAL Japanese girl like me!"
"Is he hers? I sure hope not."
"I think I'm blushing…"
"Is he making eyes with me? I think he is!"
Cassie could have snarled at these girls and told them to back off…but it wasn't worth it. Besides, why should she be jealous? Jealous wasn't even part of her vocabulary.
It was much more entertaining to watch them bask in their own fantasies.
Well, fantasies that would never happen. Ha.
Cassie shook her head at her childishness.
They stopped at the front desk. Cassie could see that even the young secretary was swayed by Han.
He looked the woman and leaned on the counter. She was taken aback and visibly turning pink.
"Do you mind if I speak to the principal?" He asked in Japanese, staring intensely at her.
In her mind, Cassie knew that this effect was just natural, but she couldn't help sense that Han had somehow put an extra effort in it.
Cassie rolled her eyes as the woman stuttered 'yes' back and dashed into the office behind her.
"You should get an Academy Award," she laughed. Han gave her a warning look.
"I don't think so. I'll handle it. Get to class, I'll pick you up at three." He put his hands on her shoulders and gently pushed her off into the crowd of bustling students.
Twinkie's sister headed for her locker to change her shoes. She untied the laces of her sneakers.
"Somebody's late."
Cassie turned around to meet the faces of Neela and Reiko. She smirked mockingly in response.
Reiko daringly put a finger up to her pink lips and eyed Neela. "And with a certain man…"
Neela continued. "That starts with an 'H' and ends in an 'N'…"
Cassie shut her locker. "Okay you guys can quit. I get the message."
"Why so late? Especially with him?" Reiko nudged her with an elbow.
"Well, I'm still getting adjusted." They started to walk off to their classes together.
"Adjusted to what?" Reiko asked.
"His place." Cassie stopped when she realized what she'd just done. Reiko and Neela were the absolutely wrong people to tell.
She watched them slowly turn towards each other, with a glint in Reiko's right eye.
Oh God. What have I just started…?
Reiko started to scream in excitement as she jumped up and down, prompting Neela to join in. The students passing by had eyes that were wide and full of shock.
She covered her ears. "Is this really necessary?"
"HELL YES IT IS!!" Reiko screamed in Japanese while a grinning Neela held Cassie. "YOU ARE LIVING WITH HIM??"
"Uh…just temporarily," Cassie lied. She honestly didn't know how long she'd be staying at his place…at least until she was old enough to get her own place.
"We just KNEW there was something different about you today…" Neela giggled.
"Different how?"
"You were glowing."
Cassie felt her face getting hot. Her mind clicked back to what had happened in the morning, but she doubted she'd ever make that move again.
He just drove her so crazy. Even looking at him made it hard for her knees not to give way.
"I-I don't know what you're talking about." She noted to leave the subject alone whenever it was brought up. Reiko had a tendency to text Toast every little detail of her drama.
Like she was right now, focusing intently on her Samsung Juke. Cassie groaned in annoyance.
"Of course you know what we're digging in…" Reiko trailed off, still distracted by her phone. "I'm pretty sure your brother knows about this..?"
"I don't know."
Before her detail-hungry friends could question further, she immediately stopped at her class.
"Uh, I'll see you guys later."
"You're an idiot Han. I feel like we're switching roles here, and you're being the idiot this time." Renji shook his head at his friend as they both sat on a leather couch at Han's garage, surrounded by Renji's numerous 'lady friends'.
Renji shook his head again, this time using his hands to comb his now loose, scarlet hair back. "I mean, she's living with you?"
Han ignored his question. "Did you have to bring so many damn girls? They're eating all my food." He watched in annoyance as one girl was putting heavy hits on his box of pocky.
"Shit Han, you are blind. What if her parents come looking for her? I've got one word – kidnapping."
"Shut up." Han was getting angry. Maybe he shouldn't have mentioned it to Renji in the first place.
But Renji was being Renji, just poking and poking into his business. He'd wanted an update on Cassie.
"What about Danny boy? Man, you are starting some BEEF."
"Shut up Renji."
"You haven't been this dumb since Mia –"
"SHUT UP RENJI!"
The entire room watched Han after his sudden outburst. No one had ever heard Han raise his voice…he was always known to be calm.
Renji just sighed as Han walked out.
"The guy is steering himself a fucking train wreck."
Cassie was walking through the parking lot with Reiko and Neela after lunch. They were just going to hang outside until last period came up.
"Cassie I really think you should consider going to Renji's party next week..." Neela insisted.
"What the hell for?"
"Come on, these are our last months. We need to party together."
"Just tell Cass-chan that Han will be there and she'll probably go," Reiko teased.
"No I would no-" Cassie was interrupted when a male Japanese student roughly bumped into her. He was bug-eyed, and looked like a frying pan had bashed his nose in at birth.
"Watch where you step whore," he whispered in Japanese. She noticed a pair of boys following him as he continued to walk.
He looked back. "Nice ass by the way," he called out to her, this time in English.
Neela and Reiko noticed a certain spark in Cassie eyes, already hinting her anger.
"Cassie don't," Neela warned. "Just ignore him."
Cassie did just the opposite. "Go screw yourself douche bag!" She screamed after him in Japanese, earning his attention and the students passing by.
The boy started walking back towards her. "What'd you call me bitch?" His eyes were now narrowed, his cheeks puffing in anger.
"Don't ever insult me again. I'll fix that sorry-ass nose of yours." The clusters of surrounding students were 'ooh-ing' at her insult.
"I'll mess up that pretty face, you stupid American." His fists were balled up as a vein in his neck was starting to show.
"Don't talk to me like that. You are never going to touch me." Cassie wasn't going to let anybody make a fool out of her. She'd had enough of that with her family and Takashi.
But she started to walk off, indicating that she would leave the situation. She didn't have time to take on this guy's issues.
"Isn't it true that D.K. used to knock you around a bit? How did it feel to be his bitch?"
Cassie felt everything stop for a moment. It was as if her brain had gone into a slight pause.
How did he know that?
"Heard Han fucked his face up. Wonder why he would do that…" He mockingly drummed his fingers on his chin. "You giving him sex or something to protect you?"
Before he knew it, Twinkie's sister was lunging for him. She scored a right hook across his face. Blood started to flow out of his nose as he hit the ground. The students around them were chanting for her to continue.
She would have hit him again if Earl hadn't showed up and grabbed her away.
"Cassie STOP!!" He was pulling her back and away from the crowd.
"LET ME GO!" Cassie tried to fight him off, ready to lunge at the boy again. "Let me kick his ass!"
"No, calm down. Cassie calm down." He still had a strong hold on her shoulders and refused to let go.
That's when the principal showed up from inside the school. There were teachers following her, yelling at the students to get back to class.
She pointed at Cassie and the boy with the new black eye, screaming in Japanese for both of them to get in her office.
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