TITLE: B.A.R.F. (School Really Sucks!)
PURPOSE OF WRITING: No purpose at all! HURRAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^O^
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CHAPTER 5: So…what's the plan?
~ Friday: Dismissal Time ~
YURI
HAH! At last…another week in school is over.
The only remaining obstacle for me to finally have a happy and peaceful weekend is my tutoring job…
I suddenly remembered that I have to go over at BARF immediately because I don't want to be late again.
Tardiness means a reduce in my salary, which frankly isn't at the top of my priorities right now.
I glanced at my two so-called 'friends'. They asked me during lunch break to wait for them after classes because they want to ask me something. Sara was still sleeping on her chair while Nayuki was busy arguing with Akari…again.
When will Nayuki stop acting and talking like a guy???
And why does she always fight with Akari?
Maybe…maybe she likes him…
NAH! That's impossible…right?
NAYUKI
This bastard's really getting in my nerves now…
" Oi Akari! How many times do I have to tell you that it's your turn to throw the trash today?!"
" Che! A son of a senator and a school president like me shouldn't do dirty jobs like that. The disgusting smell of trash will just linger on my uniform."
" You're just going to throw it ok? I didn't ask for you to marinate in it!"
" Then why don't YOU do it then?"
" BECAUSE, I'm cleaning the room, see?"
Nayuki began waving the broom and the mop up in the air, which sent little specs of dust on Akari's hair and little drops of water on his uniform. She smirked while Akari just glowered at her.
" Why ME? Why not Mitsui, or one of your pathetic friends, or anybody else out there?"
" BECAUSE, Mitsui didn't attend our afternoon classes, which means he's already gone, and he was the one who threw the trash yesterday; BECAUSE, Yuri's turn to throw the trash will be on Monday and Sara, on the other hand, is too stupid to be let out on the outside world on her own; And BECAUSE, most of our classmates are already gone, in case you haven't noticed it yet. Any more questions?"
" ………………………."
" No answer means ye --"
" So?"
" SO, you're the only one left to do this job!"
" What if I say no?"
" You can't say no."
" And why?
" Because… I'M THE CLASS PRESIDENT! You should follow ME whether you like it or not."
" I'm the SCHOOL president and therefore, I'm far more SUPERIOR than you, ne?"
AAARGH! This guy's beneath my contempt right now…
AKARI
Nayuki glared at me. I glared back at her. We had a glaring contest.
She looks really determined…and that's one thing I like about her. She challenges me in a way no one would even think of. Too bad she acts more manly than the guy population of this school…
I looked away from her. She smiled triumphantly.
I bet she's thinking right now how good she is at glaring…
" Okay, I give up. I've changed my mind."
" GREAT! Does the new one work any better?"
" Ha! Ha! Fine words…I wonder where you stole them…?"
" Shut up. Just throw the trash ok?"
I strode inside the room, grabbed the two black bags, and gave her a very nice and very sweet glare before leaving the room.
NAYUKI
HAH! I won! I'm really good at glaring…
At last! Peace and order's back in our classroom…
" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA……!"
REMAINING PEOPLE INSIDE THE ROOM
Now she's laughing like a maniac…
GREAT.
It's really a wonder why I even vote for her to be the president of our class…
"….¬ . ¬'….." (Haaay…)
SARA
HOHUM..
That was a nice sleep!
I opened my eyes and saw Nayuki laughing her head off while my other classmates were just ignoring her, maybe because they're already accustomed to her 'loud' ways.
" Yuri-sama, what did I miss?"
" Not much…just another showdown between Akari and Nayuki."
" What about?"
" About whose turn it is to throw the trash today."
" Oh…I'm lucky then. I HATE throwing the trash. It's SOO icky and SOO filthy. TOTALLY and MAJORLY revolting."
" What's icky and filthy and revolting?"
I almost screamed when I heard someone talk behind me. When I turned around, I saw Nayuki looking at us curiously.
" Yuri, what were you talking about?"
" About how 'SOO icky and SOO filthy and TOTALLY and MAJORLY revolting' a trash can be."
Yuri-sama did a…nice impression of me. I don't think Nayuki liked it though.
" Anou…Yuri, do me this huge favor ok?
" Sure. What is it?"
" Don't EVER try to use Sara's lingo again. It's creepy when you're the one using them."
Yuri-sama just gaped at her while Nayuki began to fix her things, oblivious of her comment's effect on Yuri-sama.
Honestly, I think Nayuki's bluntness will lead her to danger someday…
" Oi Sara! What are you thinking about?"
" No…nothing."
" I see you're doing your best, as usual. When will you ever improve?"
Why is it always me?!?!
YURI
Nayuki's a fine friend…
She stabs you in the front!
" Nayuki, if you've got anything to tell me, say it now. I've already wasted too much time waiting for you to finish whatever you were doing back there."
" Yare, yare…"
" So?"
" I just want to ask what's your plan for today?"
" Plan? What 'plan' are you talking about?"
" You know…your plan to get back at Mitsui?"
" EH?! Yuri-sama's plotting some kind of revenge on Mitsui-kun?!"
" No. I'm not planning to do anything on him ok?"
" Demo Yuri…what about that long list you did yesterday?"
" EH?! I thought that was Yuri-sama's Christmas list!"
" ……………………………….."
NAYUKI
" WHAT?! Christmas list?! Did you even read it?"
" Yes…I did."
" And?
" I thought the things written there were strange. Now I understand why you want Mitsui-kun to go bungee jumping with the rope tied around his neck…I thought that was the latest fashion in sports…"
NAYUKI and YURI
"…..¬ . ¬'……¬ . ¬'…."
How STUPID can you get?!
YURI
" Well, the list was too long and I couldn't decide which one to pick so I just threw it away. Besides, I can have my revenge some other time, ne?"
I saw Nayuki and Sara look at each other and after a few seconds, they both sighed.
" That was a REALLY good decision, Yuri-sama."
" You're no fun these days Yuri. This just proves that everyone is entitled to have his or her own moments of stupidity. Sara here just abuses the privilege too much…ne Sara?"
" Yeah right…whatever."
Like I said, Nayuki's one FINE friend…
I can't imagine how we'd do without her very inspiring opinions…
" So, I'll just see the two of you on Monday, ok?"
" Okay Yuri-sama…Monday it is. Ja!"
" Yuri, if you ever change your mind, you know where to contact me right?"
" Fine…Ja!"
And then I was off to BARF.
~ Meanwhile: Miuradai Basketball Court ~
MITSUI
Oh crap! It's already two-fifty.
We had just finished our game between Miuradai. Sakuragi was currently bugging and annoying Akagi for teaching a wrong technique. Ayako was busy praising Rukawa. Kogure was busy stopping Akagi and Sakuragi from killing each other. Miyagi was busy staring at Ayako.
To whom can I ask permission to go?!
Yuri will surely never let me here the end of this…
" HO! HO! HO! Something troubling you, Mitsui?"
Of course! Anzai-sensei!
~ BARF: Inside the study carrel ~
YURI
I arrived at BARF at exactly 3 pm. I was inside my study carrel at 3:10 pm.
That'll show him…
Yuriko Ikeda is NEVER late…unless I have a very good reason.
I laid out two precisely sharpened pencils, a thick stack of scratch paper, a calculator, a ruler, and my eraser.
Mitsui wouldn't accuse me of being ill prepared, that's for sure!
Grabbing a piece of paper, I began doodling a flower. Twenty minutes had already passed but there was still no sign of Mitsui. I was just getting ready to shade it in add a smiley face when a large 'thud!' jolted me.
MITSUI
" Hi…"
" You're late."
" At least I came…"
" Where have you been?"
" Can I sit down first?"
" Uh…sure."
She pulled one chair and placed it in front of her desk. I looked thoughtfully at the carrel. It's really too small and warm inside.
" If you wouldn't mind, I think I'd feel more comfortable sitting on the floor."
" Well, okay."
" My back's been bothering me today, and stretching always helps. We do a lot of stretching before basketball practice. And speaking of basketball, our team won against Miuradai. That's the reason why I'm late. We had this match and after winning, we celebrated for a while then --"
" Let's get down to business. Your homework for today?"
Was she even listening to what I'm saying?
Here I was, sharing to her my life story then suddenly, she stopped me…
She's really the most boring person I've ever met…
YURI
I shuffled through some papers, barely glancing at him and listening to whatever he was babbling about. It had been my experience that new students often tried to divert to other topics just to avoid the expected dreaded problem they were to address.
Mitsui brushed away some imaginary dirt on the floor, then handed his notebook to me.
" Here are the problems from pages sixty-eight through seventy. You'd be surprised on how smart I really am."
I quickly skimmed them over. He was right…he got most of the problems correctly.
" Not bad. But it would have been nice if you'd finished ALL of them. You can't just pick and answer what you like you know."
" I did the first ten!"
" Yes, but they are also the easiest."
" No they're not."
" That's how they constructed this exercise. Easy questions first to warm you up then when you feel confident enough, they hit you with the harder ones. Harder problems call for different tactics than easy ones."
" Well, you should have mentioned that to me when you gave me these exercises so basically, it's all your fault."
" 'Errors have been made, others will be blamed'…does that sound familiar to you?"
" Yep! That's my motto in life actually."
Then, to my dismay, he began doing leg lifts.
" What are you doing?"
" Leg lifts. It's good for trimming down your legs. You should try it too."
" No thanks. I already get enough exercise just stretching my patience. And stop that ok? This is a study carrel, not some kind of gym or something."
" This is NOT a study carrel. This is HELL with a fluorescent light."
I can do this…I'm strong!
Twenty more minutes and I'm out of here…
Just a little more…
MITSUI
Hehehehehehe…
It's really fun to see her close her eyes and try to breathe in and out …
Annoying her is a good way of releasing stress…I should remember that.
" Look, if you want to learn, you're going to have to concentrate. And you can't concentrate if you're lying there doing exercises."
" I like to study this way. I do my best work like this."
After saying this, I began doing sit-ups.
YURI
" Fine. If it'll make you learn easier, whatever."
I'd seen my share of rotten study habits but this is definitely the worst.
Going along with him, I went over his assignment. I was surprised to see how much Mitsui really knew. It was pretty obvious that if he'd just put more effort into it, he would have finished his entire assignment correctly.
" Wow…"
We both said as we finished reviewing his work and after about fifty leg lifts, thirty sit-ups, thirty push-ups and twenty arm stretching.
" Kamaro-sensei just went over this whole thing but I didn't understand a word he was talking about. You made it so much clearer! How did you do that?"
" It takes a lot of practice AND patience."
" Two things I hate to do…"
" I know. That's why I'm here right?"
MITSUI
Practice and patience in doing Math problems?!
Yeah right…
I only practice at basketball and I'm only patient at basketball.
" Look, it's time already. Don't you ever wonder how time flies?"
" No. I'm actually glad our session's already over. I would love to go home right now…"
" Yuri? Is that you? You mean, you're really glad that you're finished studying? But that's the only thing you do right?"
" Ha! Ha!"
I stood up and began dusting myself.
" Am I free to go now?"
" Just a minute…"
She walked over to one of the bookshelves and returned with a cluster of work sheets.
" Practice makes perfect."
Her eyes twinkled with the sight of horror on my face as she gave them to me.
" Have them done for Monday."
She gathered her things while I skimmed through the work sheets.
I could just ask Kogure to help me answer these…
" So, happy weekend!"
And then she was gone.
HAPPY WEEKEND?!
She can be really annoying sometimes…
YURI
I hope he enjoys my revenge…
I LOVE THIS JOB!
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~_^ MY! MY!
Yey! I finished this chap in just one sitting…and I'm already getting all drowsy.
Sorry for the late update…sembreak's over so I did not have enough time to continue it. My sked this sem is really late (starts 8:30 and ends at 5:30 pm). And I watched HARRY POTTER and the CHAMBER OF SECRETS (^_^) for three consecutive days so I'm not in the house most of the time.
O-kay…I'm already babbling…sorry! So…
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