Escape
She reached campus with 10 minutes before her class started, walking quickly towards the building where it was held. "Shiori," shouted a voice. She looked up, seeing her friend Jun.
"Hi Jun," Shiori said, smiling. Jun walked over and hugged her, crushing her in his strong embrace. "What's up, you look kind of rushed," Jun commented.
"Yeah, I'm on my way to class, but maybe I'll stop by and talk later, ok?" Shiori said. "Ok," Jun said, and Shiori waved and headed on to class.
Shiori's day dragged on, seeming to last forever. Finally her classes were done and she desperately tried to extract herself from her lab partner's conversation. She mentioned having to meet someone and glanced at her watch every once in a while, but nothing halted the girl.
"Um, I really have to go now," she insisted edging away. The girl finally stopped and reluctantly said goodbye.
Why can't you just say you have to go and just leave. You let people push you around too much Shiori. You wasted a good hour and a half that you could have spent with Jun hanging out.
She wearily headed towards the library looking around for Jun. She finally found him, sitting with another guy she hadn't met before.
She waved and Jun looked up, waving back. The guy sitting next to Jun looked up casually and looked her up and down, then returned his gaze to his computer screen.
He was kind of cute in a messy, geeky kind of way and Shiori gazed at him surprised. He didn't seem at all interested in talking to her. She wasn't the prettiest girl ever, but she knew she was at least fairly pretty and received a decent amount of attention for a shy girl.
Oh well. He's probably just too shy to talk to girls. Or maybe I'm not his type. Or maybe he's not available. That's probably it. I mean, I'm not that bad am I? Jun says I'm pretty. But he has a girlfriend and he is your friend, so he's probably just trying to make you feel better.
