It's just after school and I was putting my things into my bag, getting ready to go home after another long tiring day. After my burst-out that day in class my classmates have been casting me long, curious glances. I think I even spotted some of the girls giving me some crazy, sardonic smiles before turning away and giggling crazily. even some girls that were not from my class did that. They squealed and giggled when they saw me. Shit. I didn't know news could travel so fast in our school. Aizawa had taken to teasing me non-stop; leaving very obvious hints of my obsession with another certain someone. Shit shit.
Izumi Rei. I found my thoughts wondering to him for the umpteenth in this day. I was secretly dying inside, longing for the boy who most probably didn't even know my name. Over the past two years, all I have done, all I have said was all for him. Izumi Rei. I worked hard in my studies, getting the top grades for almost every exam thrown to us, resulting in me getting a place in the first class. I really wanted to do well in sports too since Rei was the captain for the school's soccer team, and he was good at it. But I had asthma since young and was advised not to get involved in any vigorous sports, by the doctor of course. I spent most of Physical Ed time sitting on the bench in the shade, reading a book. I hate the doctor.
"Did you hear..." my ears picked up a whisper a table away from me since I had nothing else to do. I found it a handy (but bad) habit as I picked up a lot of things that were happening in the school. I knew who not to keep out of the way of, when not to provoke (though I don't really provoke but stick to myself). I don't really think it's counted as eavesdropping as I don't do it on purpose but I think it is too. Just pretend you didn't hear it. That was the key.
My attention snapped back to the whispered conversation as I heard a familiar name. "Rei was seen walking home with Uesugi after school!" came an excited whisper. The grip on my bag straps tightened. "What's so weird about that? They walk home together everyday. That's usually what best friends do."
"No, baka. Not Uesugi Tachi. Uesugi Aya! His sister! And they were walking so close together acting so sweet they could have just melted there under the sun."
My head snapped up to the trio beside me. Two of them were absorbed in the new found gossip topic. on e of them was not from our class. However, the lone one looked in my direction, alarmed and aware of my sudden glare burning a hole into her two friends. She nudged them a couple of times only to be shrugged off and ignored. They continues rambling on.
"And I think I saw them holding hands..." the-girl-that-was-not-from-our-class said. I hardly noticed as the rough texture of my bag strap scratched my hands and my fingernails dug in to my palm. The girl watching me noticed though. I glanced at her, registering somewhere in the back of my mind that it was Amori-san. I snapped my gaze back to the two conversing girls. Amori-san knew that this was bad. The only other times she saw that look in my eyes was when something had pissed me off. And when I say pissed me off I mean the you-just-pissed-on-my-head-and-I-think-shitted-too pissed.(A/N: sorry, kinda crude) The last time she saw it was when Aizawa mentioned Rei in front of the whole class a few days ago. I had controlled my temper then and she knew it. She had bee my classmate since kindergarten. She knew I could hurt somebody when I lost control.
I took a step towards her friends and she stepped right into action and right in front of me, separating me from her peers. My glare moved to her and she seemed to shrink under my gaze. Meanwhile the two ignorant girls were starting to talk about what could be happening between Rei and that Uesugi girl and I sure as hell wasn't liking what I was hearing. I knew she was listening to as she whimpered when one of them asked, "Did you see them kiss?" I was losing control fast. My usually pale face was tainted red with anger as the convo got more and more into imaginary details.
"I don't know but I think that they did..." before the other could finish her sentence Amori hada grabbed their arms and practically dragged them out of the classroom. They were about to protest when they spotted me, red-faced and holding onto a chair just to keep my hands of their necks. They gulped and started to run themselves, sprinting pass Amori-san and out of the room. Amori-san turned back and gave an apologetic bow before retreating over the threshold.
A low, deep-throated growl sounded from me as I replayed the recent overheard information in my head.
Rei. Uesugi. Together. KISS!
I picked up my almost-forgotten bag and ran out of the classroom, intent on finding out for myself.