Animeprincess1452: I'd either jump out a window or hug the poor Aki if he was my teacher. Kyou-chan's rubbing off on me…
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Marasolo: Anytime there's a random dude in our stories, we name him Bob so it's kind of a joke for us too.
GirlWaterShaman: I would probably have the same reaction as you did (sweat drops).
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AllHailSophietheQueen: Well… I continued!
Konie Hime: Not quite that kind of proposition (sweat drops) but for your suspense to end, read on!
Katana: Was it really necessary to review the same thing thirteen times? That's unlucky you know (sweat drops).
Chapter Twenty-Three: School Sucks
(Midori's POV)
"POHLI!!!" I shouted over the heads of other students, and she turned her head around, the biggest smile I had ever seen on her face.
"Pohli-san?!" Yuki gasped in surprise, but like me he was overjoyed to see her.
Shoving her way past the students in between us, Pohli made her way over to us, and opened her mouth to explain when-
"What the hell are you doing here?!" Arisa demanded in a loud shriek while jerking her finger at her cousin. "You were supposed to go back to the states or to Russia or something!!!"
"Well if you'd shut up Arisa and give me a damn moment, I'll explain." Pohli snapped at her cousin. "Yeah, my dad was wanting me to come back to the states earlier than expected but Akito stepped in and talked with him. Aki convinced dad to let me live at the Sohma estate for a while!"
Yuki looked like he didn't think it was a good idea and personally, neither did I…
"Pohli-san, do you think it wise to be staying so close to Akito?" Yuki asked quietly.
"Well I guess you may have a point… just think about it… in a room with one bed, alone… with Akito…" Pohli shuddered.
"What?!" Arisa shrieked.
Pohli growled. "Honestly, I was kidding! What kind of a slut do you take me for, Arisa?"
"What the hell are you guys arguing about?" Kyou interrupted because he felt left out of the argument.
"Butt out!" Arisa and Pohli both snapped at the same time.
I sighed exasperatedly… Arguments were never something I really liked.
Stepping out of the circle of friends (along with enemies) I stood next to the window and looked out at the school courtyard.
There was no longer any snow on the ground and the weather of January was slowly starting to melt into February. And Valentine's Day would be here before we knew it and that means…
"Whatever! You're no family of mine so you can consider yourself disowned!" Arisa spat at Pohli, making me turn back to the argument in surprise.
"I don't need you!" Pohli retorted. "I have friends now who care about me! Which is more than I can say about my family!"
This really pissed off Arisa but she stormed off, leaving Tohru and Saki to tag along behind her to calm down their friend.
"Pohli…?" I inquired gently.
"Forget about it, I'm fine." Pohli grinned at me. "Since when has her opinion of me, bothered me?"
At least once or twice while I've known you…
"I guess it doesn't." I smiled in return.
The bell rang and students shuffled past to get to class and I had to go a separate way than Yuki and Pohli so I waved before entering my classroom.
(Yuki's POV)
Pohli entered the class first and stopped dead in her tracks. Curiously, I looked over her shoulder and felt all the color in my face vanish.
Akito was standing at the front of the class…
"Aki!" Pohli exclaimed happily and leaped over to him.
I, on the other hand, tried to avoid being seen by Akito and sat at the very back of the class. Moments later Kyou, Tohru, Arisa, and Saki filed into the class, all having similar reactions to mine. After a moment of chatting away happily with Akito, Pohli took her seat but never removed her eyes from the head of the Sohma family.
"All right, turn to page one thousand in whatever book you have!" Akito barked.
An innocent student raised their hand and spoke. "But sir we don't-"
"Did I give you permission to speak?!" Akito demanded, harshly.
"N-no, b-but…" They stuttered.
"Then shut up!" He slammed a book onto the podium he was standing at.
Immediately the student shut up but it wasn't long before another raised their hand and when Akito ignored it they started waving it around frantically until Akito could ignore it no longer. "What is it?" The dark haired man demanded.
"Our books don't go up to a thousand pages." The girl responded innocently.
"Are you getting smart with me?" Akito clenched his teeth in an attempt to restrain his anger.
"N-no, I'm not…" She went silent and stared at her lap for a while.
"Anybody else want to go against my authority?" Akito sneered. "None of you can go against me! You have to obey my every order and-"
"Akito…"
Everyone turned to see Akito's twin half-brother, Jack, standing in the doorway of the classroom and looking utterly displeased.
"Jack…" Akito hissed, menacingly. "Get out of my sight, you outcast."
"After you, dumb ass." Jack stated and started walking towards Akito.
"Like hell, you're the dumb ass, Jack. It's even in your name." Akito retorted.
"Damn it, Akito. What do you think you're doing?" Jack sighed and ran a hand through his dark hair.
"Teaching. Now get out, you're disturbing my class." Akito ordered flatly.
"Like hell! This isn't your class! You probably can't even read for all we know!" Jack growled and stepped closer to Akito.
"Hah! You can't order me around." A cocky Akito tilted his head to one side and gave Jack an amused look.
"Shigure and Ayame are wondering just where the hell you are." Jack snapped and grabbed Akito, forcefully dragging him from the classroom.
"Let go of me, you bastard!" Akito fought against his half-brother and Pohli stood up from her seat, moving to follow the two of them out of the classroom.
"Get back in your seat, Pohli." Jack ordered while restraining Akito. When Pohli hesitated he gritted his teeth. "Now…"
She sat down in her chair immediately and for a while after the two of them exited the room, all of the students wondered what we should do now that we were teacher-less.
"PARTY!" Arisa yelled.
(Midori's POV)
I was so glad when the final bell rang that I practically skipped out of the classroom and almost ran right into Yuki.
"Oh… hello Yuki." I smiled cheerfully.
"Midori-san, now that school has dismissed would you like to do something with me and perhaps someone else?" Yuki asked pleasantly.
No. I want to do something with Haru, not you.
"Actually, I'm kind of busy after school today. Maybe another time?" I suggested.
Yuki nodded, understandingly. "I can empathize. You're just getting used to senior high school and you probably have a lot of homework to be doing tonight."
"Yeah." I played along and then turned around to go in search of Hatsuharu.
I found him over by the lockers, putting his outdoor boots on.
"Konnichiwa Hatsuharu-san." I put on my cutest looking smile and approached him.
"Uh… hi." Haru replied, barely looking up.
"I was thinking, if you're not too busy after school maybe we could do something together?" I crossed my fingers behind my back, hoping he would say yes.
"Sorry, but Yuki and I were planning on doing something together after school." Hatsuharu responded.
I nearly fell over!
Stupid Midori! If you had taken Yuki up on his offer you could have spent time with Hot-suharu! Oh well… it's too late to go back on your lie now…
Sadly, I sighed, and trudged away to go back home and spend my entire afternoon… alone… at home… with my family…
TO BE CONTINUED
Umi-chan: I wonder what people will think of Midori as now? Hopefully nothing too bad…