As Long As I'm With You
Chapter 3
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"Umm…this is our library," Toboe pointed out as Sakuya cheerfully followed him around the school, Toboe pointing out important landmarks. "That's where you go to take make-up tests, but watch out because the librarians are really mean."
Sakuya giggled, "You're so funny Toboe-kun!"
'You're so pretty Sakuya-chan,' is what Toboe would have said if he had the guts. It was lunch time, and he and Sakuya were walking to their lockers to retrieve their lunches. "We have a cafeteria," Toboe told her. "But it's way overpriced, I always just make my own lunch."
"Oh…" Sakuya stopped and Toboe looked back.
"Something wrong?"
"At my old school…" Sakuya started, shuffling her feet, "Lunch was always provided for us, free of charge. I only assumed that it was the same here."
"So you don't have any money, or lunch?" Toboe asked her and she shook her head. "Th-that's okay! I'll share mine with you! You can have most of it if you want, I'm not that hungry."
"Toboe-kun, you're so sweet!" Sakuya threw her arms around Toboe's neck and nuzzled against his cheek, making him blush crimson. "I'll pay you back, I swear!"
"No need!" Toboe insisted, "Just eating lunch with a girl like you is enough."
"You flatter me," she smiled.
"N-no, it's true!" Toboe told her, "Really!"
"Shall we go eat then?" Sakuya asked.
"Uh…yeah, it's really nice outside, let's eat out there!"
"Okay!" Sakuya gave another killer smile and took Toboe's hand in hers, making Toboe drool and blush all at the same time as the two walked out of the doors to the outside lunch area.
"I NEED lunch right now," Kiba sighed, taking out his box lunch from his locker, "That sure was embarrassing."
"Remember!" Tsume told him.
"You promised!" Reika finished and the two then walked off, hand in hand, whispers going about the halls as usual.
"How in the world did I get sucked into this…?" Kiba asked in disbelief, shutting his locker.
"Kiba-sempai?"
"Oh hey Cheza…"
"BOO!" Hige, out of nowhere, jumped on Kiba's head, sending Kiba sprawling to the ground. "Kiba-sempai, I need help, can you help me get up?"
"Shut up!" Kiba blushed, pushing him off of him with a swift kick. "What about Blue? 'Oh, I got that necklace for you Blue! It matches your eyes!'"
"I never said that!" Hige snapped, " 'I can help you Cheza! Leave her alone guys!'"
" 'Oh wow Blue, I'm sorry, I love you!'"
" 'I LOVE YOU CHEZA!'"
" 'OH BLUE!'"
"What the hell are you two screaming about?" The two looked up to see none other than Blue standing over them, Cheza behind her back, looking at them with a usual blush on her face. The two blushed cherry red and promptly stood up.
"Nothing," Hige brushed off his shirt, "Just uh…umm…quoting a movie."
"I see…" Blue remarked, her eyes narrowed in his direction, "So, wanna eat lunch together?"
"I…I would be honored if you would join us Kiba-sempai, Hige-kun,"
"Sure," Kiba nodded, smiling lightly at Cheza's request, "We'll meet you near the fountain, okay?"
"See ya," Blue waved as the two girls walked off through the hall toward the opening door. Kiba waved after them as Hige gave him an accusing glare.
"What?" Kiba asked, catching Hige's glare.
"Hige-kun as opposed to Kiba-sempai? I feel second rate…"
"Oh please, grow up, maybe Blue will call you "Hige-sempai"."
"Doubt it."
"Hey Hige!" The two boys turned their heads to see none other than Yuri and Chitose waving to Hige and calling his name. The two ran up and gave him flirtatious smiles. "How's it going?" Yuri asked.
"U-uh…fine…" Hige spoke, a little confused to why they were talking to him.
"Great!" Chitose smiled, "Hey, Manami says she's really sorry for what happened in class yesterday! She wants to make it up to you."
"R-really?" Hige asked, his face brightening a bit. Kiba however just stared the two girls down, not turning his eyes away from theirs for a second as he frowned in their direction. "It's really okay, I don't mind."
"She'll be really relieved to hear that!" Yuri assured him, "She wanted us to give you this…" And from Yuri's back she pulled a velvet box and held it out to Hige. Hige looked at the long velvet case and tentatively took it in his face. As Hige snapped it open, his eyes almost fell out of his head as he look down at a solid gold Rolex watch. "It's from her dad, she had him bring it over."
"Oh my gosh, this must have cost like…a billion yen! I can't take this," Hige started to snap the box shut, only to have Yuri stop his hand.
"She says it's no big deal," she told him, "She was so embarrassed that she couldn't even face you! This is the least she can do."
"She really cares a lot about you Hige," Chitose assured him and Hige blushed crimson. Kiba narrowed his eyes and grabbed Hige's wrist.
"Thanks ladies, but we're in a hurry right now," Kiba snapped and quickly pulled Hige down towards the hall.
"Bye Hige-kun, bye Kiba-san!" they called after him as the two walked steadily down the hall.
"H-hey, wait up here!" Hige snapped his wrist back after Kiba had carried him to the front doors. "What's your problem? They were just being nice."
"I really don't like those two," Kiba told him, "I would be careful of them Hige." As Hige opened the velvet case and took out the watch, "What the heck are you doing?"
"Putting it on," Hige said in a "duh" voice as he snapped the watch on his wrist, "Hey…I think it's time to meet the girls for lunch. After all, I've got a watch now so I'm kind of the prime authority on that, right?" He walked out of the building with a spring in his step, Kiba shook his head and solemnly walked after him.
"Thanks so much for sharing your lunch with me Toboe-kun," Sakuya smiled as she and Toboe ate outside on a blanket that Toboe had spread out on the grass. Eating from his bento box, Sakuya gratefully slurped down the noodles Toboe had prepared. "Are you sure you made his all by yourself? It's so delicious!"
"Yeah, I like to cook," Toboe laughed, scratching his head in embarrassment. "I hope it's okay."
"It's wonderful! You're such a good cook Toboe-kun!" Sakuya complimented and Toboe once again blushed furiously. "I have to try more of this Teppan Chicken!"
But as Sakuya reached down to grab the chicken with her chopsticks, Toboe reached for the dish right next to it, and their chopstick collided. They both blushed and backed off, mumbling "sorry" and "excuse me." Silence partook the blanket for a few minutes as the two silently chewed some white rice.
"So…Sakuya, do you umm…have like…a…a…" Toboe blushed as he started to say.
"A what?" Sakuya asked, glad to be rid of the silence.
"A-a-a boyfriend or something?" Toboe asked, spitting it all out.
Sakuya smiled cheerfully, "No…I don't…"
'YES, YES, YES, YES!' Toboe cheered in his head, "R-really? Me neither! No girlfriend here!"
"I'm surprised!" Sakuya exclaimed, "You're so funny and make really good lunch," she then smiled and moved in close to his face, "And you're really cute!"
Toboe once again blushed and dropped his chopsticks in embarrassment, "N-n-not at all!"
"It's true! I bet loads of girls have crushes on you!" Sakuya laughed.
"B-but I don't like any of them!" Toboe assured her, "I don't like any of the other girls."
"Heh! A loss for women everywhere!" Sakuya joked and Toboe smiled.
"They'll just have to live without me I suppose," he said dramatically and Sakuya laughed again.
"Toboe-kun, what do we have after lunch?" she asked.
"Umm…the Freshmen always have P.E. after lunch," Toboe nodded. "I bet you're really good at sports Sakuya-chan."
"Are you joking! I'm such a klutz!" she laughed. "I was always laughed at, at my old school I mean, because I kept tripping over stuff!"
"Oh, they were just being mean!" Toboe insisted, "Nobody's going to laugh at your while I'm around Sakuya-chan!"
"You're so heroic Toboe-kun," she giggled and Toboe tried his best to drool behind his noodles.
"So, how have your guys' first few days gone so far?" Kiba asked politely as they all ate at the fountain in the center of the school's courtyard.
"Oh! Everyone has been very nice to this one!" Cheza remarked, smiling. "This one cannot believe how kind they all are!"
"There she is…"
"That slut…"
"Flirting with Kiba-kun…"
"Oops," a girl remarked as she and her friends came over and knocked Cheza's lunch off her lap onto the grass. "I'm so sorry! That was an accident!" They took off, sniggering.
"That'll teach her…"
"Oh…this one was still hungry…" Cheza blinked as she looked at her ruined food.
"Here Cheza!" Kiba told her, eyeing the girls with a furrowed brow. 'This'll teach 'em,' he thought. "Have some of my lunch! Say 'ahhh.'"
"Ahhh!" Cheza opened up her mouth as Kiba stuck in some rolled sushi. The girls gritted their teeth.
"That temptress!"
"She can seriously get away with anything!"
"Who does she think she is?"
"Please girls." The group looked behind them to see none other than the Queen Bee and Vice President of the school, Narumi Kanakawa smiling at them. She had short black hair that was held up by a red headband. A senior, she was taller then the other girls, her dark eyes looking down upon them. "You're only embarrassing yourselves. You know you have no chance with Kiba-kun."
"But-but Kanakawa-sempai!" one girl pleaded. "Even if we don't have a chance, it's no fair that she just comes to school and gets the guy that everyone has wanted forever!"
"Look," Narumi shook her head. "Beating around the bush and making her life miserable is going to do no good to anyone." She looked up and her eyes narrowed. "You have to be direct."
"Cheza-chan!" Narumi called to the group, waving politely. "Cheza-chan, I'm Narumi Kanakawa, the School's Student Body Vice President! I'd like to have a word with you! You know," she smiled, "new student to sempai?"
"Umm…all right." Cheza nodded and walked over to Narumi, who then put her arm around Cheza's shoulder.
"All right, here we go! Let's take a walk!" Narumi smiled and led Cheza up the stairs into the school.
"Can we trust Cheza with her?" Kiba asked. "You know girls have been giving her trouble lately."
"Narumi's a senior, why would she want to give Cheza trouble? All the other girls hate her guts because you like her, but someone like Narumi Kanakawa wouldn't be after younger men." Hige shrugged as he gobbled up her lunch.
"By the way Hige…" Blue commented. "Where did you get that expensive looking watch?"
"Oh this?" Hige smirked as he lifted up his sleeve to show off the expensive jewelry. "Yuri and Chitose gave it to me, it's from Manami."
"Manami? That girl who was mean to you yesterday?" she asked, her eyebrow raised. "Did they say anything else?"
"Nope, just said it was from Manami who was too shy to actually come and give it to me," he smiled.
"Oh…I see…" Blue frowned. "Umm…I'll be right back guys, see you soon!" She picked up her lunch, waved, and quickly walked off towards the school.
"What's up with all the girls today? I seriously think someone's spiked the water," Hige commented.
"Oh well," Kiba sighed and shrugged. "I just hope everyone's all right."
End of Chapter 3! Sorry it took so long! Chapter four is one its way!
Next time:
Narumi vs. Cheza! What's the Class Vice President up to?
Reika and Tsume plan again! Could the truth be discovered?
Toboe and Sakuya in P.E.! Run faster Toboe-kun!
What's the real deal? Blue demands an explanation!
All this and more in the next chapter of…
As Long As I'm With You
Until then,
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