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Chapter 3
-Meimi's POV-
Just before Asuka was pounding the door
Meimi was crying, her long, shiny, copper brown locks was wet with tears and her gigantic, favourite, yellow teddy bear was soaked with her tears as well. Suddenly someone was pounding on the door. Go away thought Meimi, leave me alone. The pounding continued but Meimi remained where she was. Until she heard her dad's car driving up the driveway, oh damn dad would be very pissed off at me and tell me off for not answering the door.
Meimi needed an excuse. What about if she pretended she was studying. No a dead giveaway. How about ...AAHHHH! Time was running out!
Then an idea stuck her and she dropped her wet teddy bear and rushed to the window. Opened it and jumped from her window sill, being the daughter of a former magician she had learnt how to jump without making a sound and without leaving a footprint behind. How? Well that's Meimi's secret so it cannot be revealed. After she jumped Meimi crept away silently from her house. Out of earshot of her father, she sprinted the rest of the way to Seira's house, which was only a few streets away.
-Seira's house-
Meimi was out of breath when she got to Seira's door. When Seira opened the door and saw Meimi, Seira asked her friend.
"Meimi, what's the matter?" Seeing Meimi's face was sweaty and wet with tears. Meimi crouched down at Seira's door step crying and telling Seira that she failed her that her mother has breast cancer, driving exam, and how she failed her exam today.
" Oh Meimi, poor you, why don't you meditate you will feel much calmer by doing that," Seira advised her.
"Okay, if you think so," said Meimi say to Seira hesitantly.
"Well, what are you waiting for? Seira demanded, " come inside and have lunch with me". By meditating Meimi felt much better and stayed at Seira's house for the rest of the weekend and telling Seira what was happening. Meimi felt she couldn't talk to her dad yet, althoughshe rang her dad after dinner that she was staying at Seira's and had an Angelic Layer Marathon.
-Monday morning, at the school gate-
"Hey Meimi, did you pass the driver's license test?" Rina asked
"I don't want to talk about it," Meimi stated to Rina, who was looking as if she wanted to cry. Seira ended up telling Rina about Meimi's weekend. When Seira concluded telling Rina, Rina looked very upset.
"Oh, I am sorry, Meimi. Your mother's at America trying find a cure for her cancer, no wonder you wouldn't want to talk to me about your driver's license test. Just then the bell rang to signal the beginning of home class.
-Inside Meimi's home class-
As Meimi walked inside her classroom, she felt Asuka eyes on her as she entered her classroom and walked to her desk. She thought to herself 'what's wrong with that guy?' Doesn't he knows how to spend his time then by staring at her. It's rude to stare as well. Meimi thought to herself. As Asuka kept on staring, Meimi temper was beginning to boil. She easily got angry when she gets her monthly cycle. When Meimi's temper was about to reach its peak, Ms Ikusawa then saved Asuka from Meimi lashing out to him.
"Ohayo Minasan"
"Ohayo Sensei," the class said sleepily, even though it was the morning
"I hope those who are in my drama class have practiced their lines because today's class we will be rehearsing.
The Drama students moaned except Asuka who was the did practice his lines over the holidays. Meimi was the loudest since she stayed at Seira's house for the weekend and didn't had her script with her at that time and hadn't wanted to go home to collect it either. Even now during home class Meimi can feel Asuka eyes boring into her back, she turned around but Asuka had turned away.
-Asuka's POV-
Asuka was wondering if Meimi knew that her father was worried sick, for some reason he kept on staring at Meimi. He wanted to see if Meimi had gone back home. He thought back to Saturday when Asuka had discovered what kind of group personality that Meimi's dad was in.
Flashback:
Where is she? What if she's been abducted? Or she has fainted? Meimi father had muttered but it was loud enough for Asuka to hear him as Mr Haneoka paced in the living room ignoring Asuka.
It was just typical of parents especially fathers think of these things when their daughters could be at a friends house or on a date, thought Asuka. Meimi's distressed father is to Asuka definition of Mr Haneoka is a nice, polite, strict, always distressed about something or someone type of person. Or in other words "too fatherly".
Asuka always, whenever he met people, classified them into groups like what he did with Mr Haneoka. It was sort of an obsession that he would do. He's also obsessed with Elizabeth Barret Browning's Poems (1) or his obsession to read manga, watch anime, playing pranks on a certain girl and eat black ghost-drops (2).
Asuka left Meimi's as soon as he saying that he needed to feed his pet snake. But that was a lie Asuka didn't have a snake in fact he never had a pet before. It was a lie just to go home.
End Flashback
Meimi POV
While Ms Ikusawa called the roll, Meimi let her mind wander back to last Friday's lunch and her conversation with Rina on Asuka, but still feeling Asuka's on her back.
"Asuka's a creep not cute" Meimi responded in her head without thinking at the next moment Meimi thinks back what she had reply to herself.
"Oh my god!" Meimi exclaimed loud enough for Ms Ikusawa to hear.
"Is something wrong Ms Haneoka...with your mouth?" Ikusawa frowned, looking up and seeing Meimi's hand slap over Meimi's mouth. Everyone's attention in the classroom was directed at Meimi. That scene in the classroom was the last thing that Meimi saw.
Everyone was rushing to Meimi's side including Asuka and of course, Ms Ikusawa. However someone else got to Meimi first before she collapsed onto the floor before anyone could react.
Note to all:
Asuka and Meimi may or may not get together in this manga. If you thought they will in the last chapter.
(1)-Elizabeth Barret Browning is a poet who wrote Sonnet 43, Sonnet 32, etc. outside this fiction.
(2)-a type of candy