Fight for Love!
21st Fight: Me, the Stupid Big-Mouthed Spy
"I'm actually the Chairperson of the Taekwondo Club," the innocent-looking four eyed Yuu said apologetically. "Sorry that I didn't tell you earlier."
I forced a smile, which came out rigid, and assured him, "It's okay. I kind of know it somehow."
That was neither a lie nor the truth. I didn't expect him to be sporty, not mentioning about him carrying the Third Degree Black Belt status. But when everyone in the club keep calling him 'inchou' and wanting to fight him, I suddenly realised one thing...
Yuu Tobita wasn't normal at all.
I looked at his face, then slowly lowered my gaze to have a look at his arm. He was thin and did not have that bodily structure which Tsubasa possessed. Did this guy here really win Tsubasa? It was so unbelievable. Looks are sure deceiving!
Not noticing my stare, Yuu asked, "Putting this aside, so who's your friend here?"
Great. Who? With many eyes staring at me quizzically, I wondered who...
Fine. I mentally admitted that I was cornered by his question and the stares of the other members. Should I surrender myself or just randomly pick a guy among them and pretend that I knew him? Come to think of it, the latter might save me from surrendering myself. Fifty-fifty chance, who knows?
I closed my eyes and randomly pointed at a guy. Here goes nothing, I thought to myself. My fate would depend on that guy's response. No, wait. He would definitely be shocked and say that he didn't know me at all. Then, Yuu would know that I was obviously lying...
Eek! Why didn't I think of that? Why was I so stupid?! Stupid me!
Just when I was about to open my eyes, a loud bang was heard behind me, followed by a familiar voice.
"Yuu Tobita! Where are you?"
I turned around and saw three familiar looking boys standing at the entrance of the indoor sports stadium. My eyes widened in pure shock. What the hell were Tsubasa, Koko and Kitsuneme doing here? I had to hide quickly!
While everyone's attention was on the three boys, I slowly bent my body forward a little to prevent myself from sticking out too much and slowly crept my way further away from everyone, making sure that no one could notice me. I found a small door with a tag written 'Storeroom' hanging on it. With a final glance at the boys to make sure that I still hadn't been seen by them, I gingerly opened the door, entered the dark stuffy storeroom and gently closed the door.
Mission success!
I heaved a sigh of relief as my wobbly legs gave up on the weight of my body and I fell onto the dusty ground with a soft thud. I really felt like a spy. A stupid big-mouthed spy, to be honest.
"What are the three of you doing here?" I heard Yuu's voice.
Tsubasa's voice was heard as well. "I missed all of you. I don't know about the other two..."
"Shut up, Tsubasa Andou. Kitsuneme and I don't really give a damn about potential losers." That voice was definitely Koko's.
Someone... please tell me why Tsubasa, Koko and Kitsuneme were here in Seika Academy?!
"Natsume Hyuuga and Ruka Nogi are going to take part in the tournament."
"What about you, Andou-san?" I could tell immediately that this was Kitsuneme's voice.
"Of course. We will kick your ass, Kitsuneme-san."
"Haha! Don't be so confident, Tsubasa Andou. Beating you, Hyuuga and Nogi is a piece of cake." I could hear Koko's evil laughter echo.
"You're the one talking big, Kokoro Yome."
"I'm called Koko monster for a reason."
"Erm... what are you guys doing here?" Yuu's voice sounded tired and weak.
But, yes! Do something about those guys, Yuu!
"Ohh... Sorry that we've forgotten about you, Tobita-san. Actually..."
Tsubasa's voice lowered. I pressed my ear against the door and listened hard at their conversation.
"We're here to come out a plan with you... to win others and face one another in the semi-finals."
"Ah..." Yuu sounded hesitant for a moment but soon laughed at his statement. "Sure. I don't mind."
Misaki must have known that the boys would be gathering here so that was probably why I was told to come here to spy. For some reason, I had a hunch that one of these four boys was the one I was looking for.
Other than observing their moves, should I record their conversation down as well? I guessed I should. Whatever they would be discussing would definitely be useful for Special Club. I took out my handphone which I thought would be much better to film and record down their conversation than Nobara's camera. As I slowly opened the door and left it slightly ajar, I stuck my handphone in the small gap between the edge of the door and the wall, and held it there. Luckily, no one noticed the storeroom yet.
I smirked. I really felt like a full-fledged spy!
'Beep! Beep! Beep!'
My handphone started vibrating against my palm and the beeping ringtone disturbed the silence in the storeroom. No, even the stadium too! Oh, the horror!
I quickly removed my handphone from the gap and went deeper into the dark storeroom, bumping into several objects and eventually falling onto what I thought was a not-so-soft mattress which was used for high jump. I let out a groan as the back of my head hurt. It seriously hurt a lot! I didn't get why high jumpers loved jumping so high and had the head throbbed with pain from the impact.
The ringtone finally stopped playing. I looked at the caller ID and to my surprise, Hotaru called. Unless it was emergency, Hotaru seldom called me, except that we did exchange text messages every now and then. I began to grow worried. What if something had happened to Hotaru? With those boys outside, how was I going to escape from here? Gosh! I hope everything was all right!
Just when I decided to give Hotaru a call, a text message from Hotaru appeared on the screen. It wrote:
'Mikan, I'm sorry. I'm terribly sorry. -Hotaru'
What? Why was Hotaru saying sorry to me?
"Did someone's handphone just ring in that storeroom?"
"Tsubasa, it's one of my junior's handphone which I... confiscated earlier. I put it in there."
"You put confiscated stuffs inside the storeroom? So disgusting!"
"Wha... What can I do, Kitsuneme?"
"Yuu Tobita is so disgusting."
"Koko!"
"Hey, I want to check out your storeroom. Maybe I can find confiscated porn magazines in there..."
"Sorry, I'm not allowing you guys to enter it."
"Move away, Tobita."
I looked up from my handphone and noticed the door slowly opened. My heart was beating very fast upon the thought of being discovered by the boys. Please, Yuu, stop them!
"I will tell the teachers if you enter the storeroom."
Wow! Was that Yuu's stern voice? Anyway, that was the way, Yuu! I was saved by him again!
"Argh! Fine! I know you are hiding something in there!"
"Porn magazines."
"Girls."
"Lolitas."
"Shoutas."
"Don't make us sound like perverts, guys! Get out! Get out! Yes, you! Get out!"
I could picture Yuu's innocent flustered face as he shouted while Kitsuneme, Koko and Tsubasa were giving him a teasing look as they were being chased out by Yuu. I giggled. The scene would be so funny to watch if I was out there.
"We will look for you again, Yuu! To discuss the plan."
"Not now, fighting freaks. Get lost now!"
I heard heavy footsteps running all over stadium and finally everything became very quiet. I put my handphone in my bag and pushed myself up from the mattress. I tiptoed towards the door and opened it to check if the boys had left the stadium. True enough, the stadium was quite empty, except for the fact that a boy was standing at the entrance with his arm crossed. The boy turned around, showing me a stern and scary look which made me gulp in fear.
"Tobita..." I managed to choke out his name with a weak smile.
Yuu's facial features softened and smiled back at me. "You can come out now, Yukihira-san. My boys have chased them away."
I nodded slightly and walked out of the storeroom. I did not know what to do even when the three boys were gone. Should I stay or leave as well? Although I knew that I had to fulfill my task here as a spy, Hotaru's message worried me a lot. What had she done to make her apologise to me? It wasn't like her at all. Something bad must have indeed happened!
"I'm sorry for the commotion, Yukihira-san. I didn't expect those people to come here," Yuu spoke apologetically. "Oh yeah, and that friend of yours..."
I shook my hands and interrupted, "Ah! It's okay now. Another friend of mine called me earlier so I've to leave now... urgently. I guess I can meet him next time."
Yuu's mouth formed into an oval shape as he gave me a small nod. "See you then. Hope to see you soon."
I bowed to him and quickly ran out the stadium. As soon as I made my way towards the school gates, I fished out my handphone and dialed for Hotaru. I was not sure if time was ticking very slowly or it was just me who was overly worried about Hotaru, but I knew for sure that she wasn't picking up the call!
"Oh my gosh, Hotaru! Please pick up! Pick up!" I spoke softly in a panicky voice.
When I left the school ground, the line was finally picked up and Hotaru's voice was heard, much to my relief.
"Mikan... hello."
"Hotaru! Is there anything wrong?" I asked worriedly as I pressed my handphone harder against my ear.
"Mikan." Hotaru sounded weak and hesitant, which was definitely unlike her. "I'm sorry."
"What are you talking about? Why are you apologising?"
"The culprit behind the photo of you and Nogi-senpai on the Internet... I know who the person is."
I swallowed. "Wh... Who?"
"Me."
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Brief preview of the next chapter:
I was supposed to look for Hotaru but I landed up in the gymnasium and met Natsume again. I greeted Tsubasa as usual but the two guys next to him were looking away from me. It felt awkward. Ruka was definitely bothered by the photograph and I had been troubling him since the week before while Natsume...
The way he averted his eyes from me and found the wall more interesting than greeting me... Argh! I didn't know what he was thinking. No doubt that he was still angry with me for whatever unknown reason.
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