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Chapter 8

The next day, Kaiba was in his English class. Not that he needed it. He spoke English as fluently as he spoke Japanese. He had finished his work and had a simple novel (not an erotic) out and was pretending to read it. Note the 'pretending.' Kaiba was actually listening to Chea as she talked about her life. The girl was bored stiff and had jumped for joy when Kaiba had asked her about her home.

{{Well, I have a mom and dad. They're great, really. And a little brother! Nathan.}}

{So that's Nathan.}

{{Yeah. Sorry I accused you of being Nat. He's always playing pranks on me and I'm the one who gets in trouble for it! Mom always says that I should set a good example for him. 'Chea, you're older.' 'Chea, you're in high school.' 'Chea, you're a girl!' It pisses me off! But I would always forget it when I'm on the track field. Running is awesome! I was on the track team…}} Chea trailed off, remembering the feeling of flying along the track as fast as she could.

{Were you any good?}

{{Yeah, I was. Won most of the track meets we were at.}}

{What was it like?}

{{What was what like?}}

{Running.}

{{Oh, running. I… I can't really describe it. Imagine flying across the ground at about twenty to twenty-five miles an hour, both feet barely touching the ground at the same time, sometimes never touching the ground at all!}} Chea sent a mental grin to Kaiba. {{Wind running its fingers through your hair… Pavement passing quickly underneath you… Amazing. I'd run a mile a day to keep fit but not get shin splints. Some of the girls got those and said they really hurt.}}

They had finally started getting along better much to Kaiba's relief.

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