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Oh no. I can't believe this. It sucks. Sucks big time. I can't believe I am actually feeling dizzy... wobbly even. If this is their plan to make me look bad... it's working! To think I didn't give their brains enough credit. If they could come up with such a plan, they are a lot smarter than I thought. Damn! Why am I thinking about such things when I am goddammit gonna faint anytime due to a lack of oxygen?? Argh... their chattering are now nothing but vague sounds I can't make out. Sheesh... where is the knight in shining armor when I need him? Brother... help me get out of here!
I don't really know what happened next but I vaguely remembered thinking that perhaps I was in a land of void. I could see nothing, feel nothing and hear nothing. Then the next thing I know, I was sitting on the floor, leaning against the wall. How did I get there I had no idea. Perhaps I have super powers... hmm... interesting. Shall ponder bout this point when I am in a better state. Taking a deep breath of the magnificent oxygen around me (to think I took oxygen for granted just minutes, or was it hours?, ago) , I tried to figure out where I was. I stood up, grabbed my bag, which was next to me and looked around. I believe I was still in school. Maybe I was being kidnapped by those not-as-stupid-as-I-thought girls. On second thoughts, they WERE as stupid as I thought if they left me alone in a sort of open space when they were supposed to kidnap me. Sheesh! Those girls really are confusing me.
"You fainted."
"Duh. No... I died and came back down cause I missed those squealy maybe- smart-maybe-stupid freak of natures pretending to be girls." I retorted. Then, I realized someone had spoken. I was not alone. And who the hell was it? It certainly didn't sound like any of those ridiculous girls whom I still could not make head or tail of. I turned in the direction of the voice. It was a rather cute looking guy. I remembered from my less than impressive memory that he was from year one too. If I am not wrong, which bears a very small percentage, he always hung out with that guy who belonged to the circus, Sakuragi.
"You saved me? Or are you just guarding till the rukawa brigade takes over? I didn't know the brigade actually has guys in it... but who cares? Perhaps you are hoping rumors may be true and Kaede is gay eh? Sorry to burst your bubble but I seriously doubt so. Not that I know much about his love life. On second thoughts, maybe he is. Since I had never seen him with a girl in my whole not-too-long friendship with him. And in case you ARE from the brigade, I shall repeat. FRIENDSHIP. Nothing more. So you can tell those girls to stop bothering me since nothing is going on! They can stop being jealous even though I have no idea why they should be even if we were together since they aren't Kaede's girlfriends either. If they were anyway, and if I were interested in Kaede, I wouldn't go after Kaede since I am not interested in breaking couples up anyway!" I took a deep breath and waited for his reaction.
To my surprise, he basically just smiled. He does have a nice smile if I do say so myself but still... he has the possibility of being gay. Not that I have anything against gays with nice smiles but... ARGH! You get the idea.
"Do you always have so much to say? By the way, I am not interested in Rukawa and I am totally straight. I am Mito Youhei and I have no connections with the brigade and find them extremely irritating too. I saw them surrounding an unconscious you and carried you away. I must add that I find you less intimidating when you are fainted. However, it is much more less interesting just watching you unconscious than when you started on the ranting." He smiled again.
At his words, I blushed with embarrassment. Here he was saving me and there I was accusing him of being an accomplice, not to mention being interested in Kaede. I felt a little foolish. Did I say a little? Make that a lot... on second thoughts, foolish is too bland a word. Correct that to incredibly stupid as well as totally spasticated. Argh! Now he probably thought he saved a lunatic! Oh yeah! And there goes my theory on having super powers. Sheesh! That's too bad. If I really had super powers, what great changes it would bring! Especially to my status or lack-there-of in school. Sigh! Never mind. Not that I had really believed in my hypothesis even for a moment. Just that... a girl can hope can't she?
"Sorry, Youhei-san. And I believe I haven't thanked you yet. Thanks for helping me." I said in a low voice. I seriously hoped he wasn't going to tell the whole world about my stupidity. It would certainly drag my reputation way way way down. Okay. Who was I kidding? What reputation??
"Let's see... first I risked getting scratched by those catty girls and spent my energy carrying you here, not an easy feat I must add, suffering from lost of dignity with the number of curious glances to my way. Then, I had to punch away several idiots who actually were as nosy as to ask about you and I, risking further detention as well as a possibility of suspension. Next, I wasted an entire morning, when I could have been listening to the reproductive system of frogs, waiting for you to awake. Then let's see... when you finally awoke, my reputation was tarnished by you associating me with a bunch of ugly freaks, and what is left of my reputation is further destroyed by an accusation of being homosexual, especially with that drooling fox. What do I get? A mere sorry and thank by word of mouth." I blushed even further at that.
"What about a lunch with me?" Youhei broke into a wide grin.
I couldn't help but relax at that and smiled tentatively, "Sure."
"Now let's get back to class before we get into detention. You can just say that you didn't feel well and I, well, let's just say the teacher gave up asking months ago."
We walked back to class in silence after that. Just as I was entering the classroom, Youhei said, "Thanks for saving me from a lesson on frogs! But don't forget our date!"
I smiled and entered the classroom. I quickly explained my absence from classes to my geography teacher but she did not seem to take any interest in it. I believe if I didn't turn up, she would have thought I was there all along! It's me after all... whether I had shown up or not she would not have noticed me.
In my class were a couple of girls who belonged to the official Rukawa brigade. The worst fan club he has, judging from the amount of brainless fools in it. The rest of the girls were in their own rendition of fan clubs. Let's just say the whole class worth of girls with the exception of me is hopelessly besotted with Kaede. I would have expected glares from each and every one of them, even cruel pranks. To my surprise, those whom I saw were smiling at me - some welcoming, some apologetic.
As the lesson went on, I grew increasingly bored. And as I grew increasingly bored, my mind began to wonder. Why were they being so nice? I would have thought they would abandon all covers by now and start on the torture. Plus, why did Youhei want to have lunch with me? If he was hoping for a sumptuous 5-course meal for the apology cum thank, he would certainly be disappointed. I don't have so much money with me and we would probably end up washing the dishes for the restaurant unless the restaurant decides to sue. That will sure get me into the limelight.
Another thing is that there is something tugging at the back of my mind. It is like I have forgotten something or another. Yet, as I search my mind for the answer, nothing came to hand. Argh! I just hate that feeling. Just when I have enough thoughts in my brain, this stupid whatever it is thing is haunting every corner of my mind. There must be something I have forgotten. Something rather important. Yet, if it were that important, I wouldn't have forgotten it would I? Great. This is great. I thought my memory was average. Too average. Now I prove to have a memory of a goldfish. In case you are too dense to know this, a goldfish has a memory span of about 15 seconds, so it does not literally die of boredom swimming round the bowl. So after every 15 seconds, it sees the same old thing but thinks, "Hey! This rock is beautiful! It's so special! I've never seen it before!" Okay, so I won't know what a goldfish actually thinks but it is along these lines. Therefore, its pathetic memory actually saves it from early death. It's true. I'm dead serious. But this goldfish memory isn't helping me as it helps the goldfish. Not surprising since I am not a goldfish. Since I am not a goldfish, why would I have a goldfish memory? Fine. Let's just say I am getting senile. Human brain, but senile. Hmm... I am getting old I guess...
I just realized how stupid I must have sounded to you, blabbering on about a goldfish. It's true, but whatever. As I was thinking bout premature aging and goldfish characteristic adaptations, the class ended. I must have looked as if I were in a daze because several of the too-nice-to-be-true girlies came to me and asked each other in a puzzle questions like, "Has she gone mad?", "did her brain temporarily malfunction?" etc. Then, I snapped back to reality. I picked up my books and stood up.
One of the girls, whom I recognized as Yuu, asked me in a sickly sweet tone, "Heard you were sick. Are you fine now? I was so worried! I'm sure your friend Rukawa would be too when he hears it. I'll bring you to him now okay?" erm... okay... now I get the picture. "I wanted to help you when you fainted, you know... but I had simply not enough strength. I went to go for help but but... you were gone by then!" She went on. And on. And on.
"Yuu! Stop lying! You were busy combing your hair and asking Minami what time was Rukawa going to come! I on the other hand, was totally anxious and searched everywhere for a teacher! I couldn't find any because there was a teachers' meeting then. Riko! Don't believe a word she says!"
" Miko! You are the one lying! There was no teachers' meeting! You were searching for Rukawa, hoping that with the absence of the other fans, he will be attracted to you! My foot! You are so ugly he would have to be blind to like you!"
"What the... You...!" Okay. I was so out of here. Without a bye, I scrambled out of the scream fest they were having. I was pretty sure it would soon end up in a full-fledged catfight and I do not wish to witness it. You know what? They did not even notice I had left. And another thing... about the brains I had once suspected they had... I take back my words.
"Ready for lunch?" A now sort of familiar voice interrupted my thoughts. It was Youhei. He had the same super sweet smile on his face. My mood lightened up several notches just because of his expression. It was genuine. Unlike some people I wouldn't mention.
As we were walking out of the school building, I saw Kaede. He was next to his amazingly unbattered bicycle seemingly waiting for someone. By the way, his bicycle is amazing because despite the numerous accounts of crashes on it, it is still in one piece and looking fine. I think he has a 5-year contract with a bicycle repair shop if I am not wrong, and if my speculations are correct, the shop is making a huge lost on this customer. Not that the owner would mind since the owner is a female.
Kaede spotted me and started walking towards us. Youhei looked a little bewildered and I realised he did not know about my friendship with Kaede. After all, why would this ice prince walk towards us? If I didn't know better, I would be rather alarmed too. Kaede finally reached his destination - us. I smiled and said a hi, then waited for his words which I assumed was whether I have seen so and so.
"Happy birthday, Riko."
Ok... sorry for not writing for so long.. actually I wrote earlier than now but I wrote it on a paper (I was in camp) and I sort of lost it. So yah.. sorry again! Yet again, pls review ok? N thx yanling for trying to read my non-existent updates so far.. haha!
Oh no. I can't believe this. It sucks. Sucks big time. I can't believe I am actually feeling dizzy... wobbly even. If this is their plan to make me look bad... it's working! To think I didn't give their brains enough credit. If they could come up with such a plan, they are a lot smarter than I thought. Damn! Why am I thinking about such things when I am goddammit gonna faint anytime due to a lack of oxygen?? Argh... their chattering are now nothing but vague sounds I can't make out. Sheesh... where is the knight in shining armor when I need him? Brother... help me get out of here!
I don't really know what happened next but I vaguely remembered thinking that perhaps I was in a land of void. I could see nothing, feel nothing and hear nothing. Then the next thing I know, I was sitting on the floor, leaning against the wall. How did I get there I had no idea. Perhaps I have super powers... hmm... interesting. Shall ponder bout this point when I am in a better state. Taking a deep breath of the magnificent oxygen around me (to think I took oxygen for granted just minutes, or was it hours?, ago) , I tried to figure out where I was. I stood up, grabbed my bag, which was next to me and looked around. I believe I was still in school. Maybe I was being kidnapped by those not-as-stupid-as-I-thought girls. On second thoughts, they WERE as stupid as I thought if they left me alone in a sort of open space when they were supposed to kidnap me. Sheesh! Those girls really are confusing me.
"You fainted."
"Duh. No... I died and came back down cause I missed those squealy maybe- smart-maybe-stupid freak of natures pretending to be girls." I retorted. Then, I realized someone had spoken. I was not alone. And who the hell was it? It certainly didn't sound like any of those ridiculous girls whom I still could not make head or tail of. I turned in the direction of the voice. It was a rather cute looking guy. I remembered from my less than impressive memory that he was from year one too. If I am not wrong, which bears a very small percentage, he always hung out with that guy who belonged to the circus, Sakuragi.
"You saved me? Or are you just guarding till the rukawa brigade takes over? I didn't know the brigade actually has guys in it... but who cares? Perhaps you are hoping rumors may be true and Kaede is gay eh? Sorry to burst your bubble but I seriously doubt so. Not that I know much about his love life. On second thoughts, maybe he is. Since I had never seen him with a girl in my whole not-too-long friendship with him. And in case you ARE from the brigade, I shall repeat. FRIENDSHIP. Nothing more. So you can tell those girls to stop bothering me since nothing is going on! They can stop being jealous even though I have no idea why they should be even if we were together since they aren't Kaede's girlfriends either. If they were anyway, and if I were interested in Kaede, I wouldn't go after Kaede since I am not interested in breaking couples up anyway!" I took a deep breath and waited for his reaction.
To my surprise, he basically just smiled. He does have a nice smile if I do say so myself but still... he has the possibility of being gay. Not that I have anything against gays with nice smiles but... ARGH! You get the idea.
"Do you always have so much to say? By the way, I am not interested in Rukawa and I am totally straight. I am Mito Youhei and I have no connections with the brigade and find them extremely irritating too. I saw them surrounding an unconscious you and carried you away. I must add that I find you less intimidating when you are fainted. However, it is much more less interesting just watching you unconscious than when you started on the ranting." He smiled again.
At his words, I blushed with embarrassment. Here he was saving me and there I was accusing him of being an accomplice, not to mention being interested in Kaede. I felt a little foolish. Did I say a little? Make that a lot... on second thoughts, foolish is too bland a word. Correct that to incredibly stupid as well as totally spasticated. Argh! Now he probably thought he saved a lunatic! Oh yeah! And there goes my theory on having super powers. Sheesh! That's too bad. If I really had super powers, what great changes it would bring! Especially to my status or lack-there-of in school. Sigh! Never mind. Not that I had really believed in my hypothesis even for a moment. Just that... a girl can hope can't she?
"Sorry, Youhei-san. And I believe I haven't thanked you yet. Thanks for helping me." I said in a low voice. I seriously hoped he wasn't going to tell the whole world about my stupidity. It would certainly drag my reputation way way way down. Okay. Who was I kidding? What reputation??
"Let's see... first I risked getting scratched by those catty girls and spent my energy carrying you here, not an easy feat I must add, suffering from lost of dignity with the number of curious glances to my way. Then, I had to punch away several idiots who actually were as nosy as to ask about you and I, risking further detention as well as a possibility of suspension. Next, I wasted an entire morning, when I could have been listening to the reproductive system of frogs, waiting for you to awake. Then let's see... when you finally awoke, my reputation was tarnished by you associating me with a bunch of ugly freaks, and what is left of my reputation is further destroyed by an accusation of being homosexual, especially with that drooling fox. What do I get? A mere sorry and thank by word of mouth." I blushed even further at that.
"What about a lunch with me?" Youhei broke into a wide grin.
I couldn't help but relax at that and smiled tentatively, "Sure."
"Now let's get back to class before we get into detention. You can just say that you didn't feel well and I, well, let's just say the teacher gave up asking months ago."
We walked back to class in silence after that. Just as I was entering the classroom, Youhei said, "Thanks for saving me from a lesson on frogs! But don't forget our date!"
I smiled and entered the classroom. I quickly explained my absence from classes to my geography teacher but she did not seem to take any interest in it. I believe if I didn't turn up, she would have thought I was there all along! It's me after all... whether I had shown up or not she would not have noticed me.
In my class were a couple of girls who belonged to the official Rukawa brigade. The worst fan club he has, judging from the amount of brainless fools in it. The rest of the girls were in their own rendition of fan clubs. Let's just say the whole class worth of girls with the exception of me is hopelessly besotted with Kaede. I would have expected glares from each and every one of them, even cruel pranks. To my surprise, those whom I saw were smiling at me - some welcoming, some apologetic.
As the lesson went on, I grew increasingly bored. And as I grew increasingly bored, my mind began to wonder. Why were they being so nice? I would have thought they would abandon all covers by now and start on the torture. Plus, why did Youhei want to have lunch with me? If he was hoping for a sumptuous 5-course meal for the apology cum thank, he would certainly be disappointed. I don't have so much money with me and we would probably end up washing the dishes for the restaurant unless the restaurant decides to sue. That will sure get me into the limelight.
Another thing is that there is something tugging at the back of my mind. It is like I have forgotten something or another. Yet, as I search my mind for the answer, nothing came to hand. Argh! I just hate that feeling. Just when I have enough thoughts in my brain, this stupid whatever it is thing is haunting every corner of my mind. There must be something I have forgotten. Something rather important. Yet, if it were that important, I wouldn't have forgotten it would I? Great. This is great. I thought my memory was average. Too average. Now I prove to have a memory of a goldfish. In case you are too dense to know this, a goldfish has a memory span of about 15 seconds, so it does not literally die of boredom swimming round the bowl. So after every 15 seconds, it sees the same old thing but thinks, "Hey! This rock is beautiful! It's so special! I've never seen it before!" Okay, so I won't know what a goldfish actually thinks but it is along these lines. Therefore, its pathetic memory actually saves it from early death. It's true. I'm dead serious. But this goldfish memory isn't helping me as it helps the goldfish. Not surprising since I am not a goldfish. Since I am not a goldfish, why would I have a goldfish memory? Fine. Let's just say I am getting senile. Human brain, but senile. Hmm... I am getting old I guess...
I just realized how stupid I must have sounded to you, blabbering on about a goldfish. It's true, but whatever. As I was thinking bout premature aging and goldfish characteristic adaptations, the class ended. I must have looked as if I were in a daze because several of the too-nice-to-be-true girlies came to me and asked each other in a puzzle questions like, "Has she gone mad?", "did her brain temporarily malfunction?" etc. Then, I snapped back to reality. I picked up my books and stood up.
One of the girls, whom I recognized as Yuu, asked me in a sickly sweet tone, "Heard you were sick. Are you fine now? I was so worried! I'm sure your friend Rukawa would be too when he hears it. I'll bring you to him now okay?" erm... okay... now I get the picture. "I wanted to help you when you fainted, you know... but I had simply not enough strength. I went to go for help but but... you were gone by then!" She went on. And on. And on.
"Yuu! Stop lying! You were busy combing your hair and asking Minami what time was Rukawa going to come! I on the other hand, was totally anxious and searched everywhere for a teacher! I couldn't find any because there was a teachers' meeting then. Riko! Don't believe a word she says!"
" Miko! You are the one lying! There was no teachers' meeting! You were searching for Rukawa, hoping that with the absence of the other fans, he will be attracted to you! My foot! You are so ugly he would have to be blind to like you!"
"What the... You...!" Okay. I was so out of here. Without a bye, I scrambled out of the scream fest they were having. I was pretty sure it would soon end up in a full-fledged catfight and I do not wish to witness it. You know what? They did not even notice I had left. And another thing... about the brains I had once suspected they had... I take back my words.
"Ready for lunch?" A now sort of familiar voice interrupted my thoughts. It was Youhei. He had the same super sweet smile on his face. My mood lightened up several notches just because of his expression. It was genuine. Unlike some people I wouldn't mention.
As we were walking out of the school building, I saw Kaede. He was next to his amazingly unbattered bicycle seemingly waiting for someone. By the way, his bicycle is amazing because despite the numerous accounts of crashes on it, it is still in one piece and looking fine. I think he has a 5-year contract with a bicycle repair shop if I am not wrong, and if my speculations are correct, the shop is making a huge lost on this customer. Not that the owner would mind since the owner is a female.
Kaede spotted me and started walking towards us. Youhei looked a little bewildered and I realised he did not know about my friendship with Kaede. After all, why would this ice prince walk towards us? If I didn't know better, I would be rather alarmed too. Kaede finally reached his destination - us. I smiled and said a hi, then waited for his words which I assumed was whether I have seen so and so.
"Happy birthday, Riko."
Ok... sorry for not writing for so long.. actually I wrote earlier than now but I wrote it on a paper (I was in camp) and I sort of lost it. So yah.. sorry again! Yet again, pls review ok? N thx yanling for trying to read my non-existent updates so far.. haha!