The alarm clock startles me when it rings. I immediately turn it off and get back to burying my face on the pillow. I still can't get over it. You know about what happened last night, I mean I have not got enough sleep from thinking over and over again about how the jerk mercilessly stole my first kiss.

Aghhhh! I scream in my head. The events from last night keep popping in my head.

To my surprise, he pulls me closer to him and suddenly leans towards my face. Without hesitation, he kisses me... on my lips. I think it lasted for more than five seconds, approximately more than five. (Maybe because it was in a slow-motion mode that's why it lasted over five seconds? Whatever your imagination likes HAHAHA)

"Hey, he kissed her," I hear the blonde moron utters in shock, and that Araya guy claps his hands somewhat like he had seen a live soap opera in front of him, and that only the jerk moves his lips away from mine. I was still in shock. My eyes are wide open. I froze, my mouth is slightly open. I feel like the world stops revolving. All I can see is him, the jerk.

"Okay, okay. As for our agreement, we will leave you alone. Let's go boys," that Araya idiot chuckles, and they leave.

And I was still dumbfounded for a second even after the morons left. The jerk turns to face me. I came back to my senses and suddenly the sound of *plack* echoes in the area. I slap him on his face and I can see how his cheek blushes and he was shocked.

"I hate you!" I shout at him. Tears start to appear in the corners of my eyes and then I run away leaving him alone.

Tears flowing on my cheeks as I run in the streets and suddenly a voice calls out to me.

"Sarada..."

"Mom..." I cry even more upon seeing her. Her face is worried. She cries in relief upon witnessing that I am right in front of her. I hug her tight and she does the same. She sobs and speaks, "I'm so glad that you are safe, honey."

"Mom..." I murmur and sobs continuously. She gently rubs my back to calm me.

"Where are the boys following you?" she asks when I make space from her embrace.

"A-Ah... um... I don't know I manage to escape from them. Maybe they ran away already," I lie. She just nods and calls a cab and we went home.

Then a memory of the jerk's face appears in my mind again.

"I hate him! I hate him! I hate him so much!" I shout while making aggressive movements on the bed and suddenly...

"Aaaack!" I squeak. I fell to the floor. The pillow covers my face. Damn it!

"Sarada, are you okay?" mom knocks on the door maybe she heard the noise from the outside. I throw the pillow back on the bed and respond to her, "Yeah, I'm okay mom." I stand up from the floor and sits on the bed.

"You're late for school," she reminds. I ain't going to school today. I don't feel like facing the jerk. I can't imagine myself looking at him then the memory of my first kiss being stolen by that monkey face jerk suddenly appears and then I will break down right away. I think I'm losing my mind.

"I'm not going to school today. I'm not feeling well mom," I tell her.

"Are you sick?" she asks worriedly and I respond to her without a sign of difficulty so her worries will subside, "I'm fine, just a little headache."

"Are you sure? We will see the doctor if it's necessary," she makes sure I am okay. Sorry for lying, mom. I don't feel bad though it's just that I don't want to see his monkey face.

"Yeah, don't worry about me. You're late for work too," I remind her and she chuckles.

"Okay, I'll leave the food downstairs in case you'll get hungry," she says and her footsteps slowly vanish. I let out a deep sigh.

I grab my phone from the side table and once I opened it five missed calls and ten messages appear on my screen and all of them came from Cho-Cho. I have not responded to her yet since last night. I was preoccupied with all the mess.

I startle when the phone suddenly rings. It is Cho-Cho calling. I pick it up and, "Hey, you're late. Where are you? Why are you not picking up my calls since last night?" she yells from the other line.

"Hey, hey, sorry about that. So many things happened, you know?" I respond and she retaliates right away, "Where the hell are you? You are the early bird type so you can't be late, the bell just—" I cut her off and speaks, "I am not going to school today," she scoffs on the other side.

"What do you mean?" she asks curiously and I think I need to prepare for my explanation later.

"I'll tell you later. Just tell our teachers that I am not feeling well, please?" I tell her and sigh.

"Sure, later..." then she hangs up. I throw my phone on the bed and head straight to the bathroom. Gonna eat breakfast after.

Anywhere I look, all that my mind can perceive is the jerk's monkey face. I shake my head to remove the thought in my mind.

What's going on with me?

I hear the doorbell ring and I head to the doorway to check who is outside, it's Cho-Cho. I immediately opened the gate for her.

"Cho-Cho, come in!" I smile at her and she looks suspicious of me. My brow raises as to why she gestured to me like that.

"I thought you are not feeling well?" she says narrowing her eyes. "So, you were lying to me?" she adds and pouts in front of me.

"Come on, Cho-Cho. I'll explain, okay?" I say pushing her inside the house. She keeps muttering indistinct words while walking inside.

"Go to my room. I'll prepare some snacks first," I say while pointing upstairs.

"Well, we can talk in your kitchen though," she shrugs and gives me a weird look.

"Hmm. We can't because mom will be here anytime soon," I reason out. She furrows her brows curiously.

"If that's not a very important secret..." she murmurs and starts stepping upstairs.

"I'll be there soon just give me a minute," I tell her and immediately went to the kitchen to get us some juice and sandwiches.

"He kissed you?!" she freaks out, as I expected. She cups her mouth with her hands. I nod so embarrassedly.

"I hate him for stealing it. I always wanted Boruto to be my first kiss now it's..." I say in a weak voice.

"Come on, it's not a bad thing at all. He saved the both of you from trouble," she says then sips on her glass.

"Are you serious? Are you siding on him now?" I snap and she seems surprised by my reaction.

"I ain't siding on him nor defending him it's just that you were in trouble and he needs to save the both of you," she explains but still he should have not kissed me.

"He could have smacked them though but he wants to pest on me," I insist. He might do it to annoy me. She just shrugs and takes a bite from her sandwich. She speaks while munching, "Let's go back to the slavery drama now." She swallows the thing inside her mouth to her throat.

"Can you help me deal with that?" I ask for her help now.

"What do you want me to do?" she asks me while narrowing her eyes.

"Be friends with him and ask him to give back the letter?" I say and she pouts.

"You think it's that easy? I don't think he is a fool to fall for that lousy trap," she almost yells at me. He is a jerk yet he had pulled me into this situation. How troublesome.

"Okay, okay! Maybe you have a nicer idea than mine?" I tell her and she looks seriously at me.

"What?" I utter in confusion. She is silent for a while. Calculating the situation?

"I think you'll have to wait until the thirty days come to end," she says then takes another bite from her sandwich.

"Seriously? That's super far from now!" I snarl and scratch my head in disgust.

"Kawaki is very unfriendly and you know that. He will probably refuse to be friends with me since we are best of friends," she sips on her juice and she leaves the glass in half.

"You are right, but these things are driving me crazy," I cup my face with my palms.

"You are an unfortunate girl," she utters and shrugs. Yeah, I'm pathetic and a very unlucky girl. I sigh.

"Absolutely..." I answer faintly. She taps me on my shoulders and smiles gently at me and my heavy chest lightens up a bit.

"Well, good luck in our mock exam. Oh no! I should be telling myself that. I am no genius like you aww," she pouts and I chuckle and then we laugh together.

She says good night to me and leaves. I wait until her back fades and went inside.

Mock Exam Day

"Sarada, are you okay now?" I stun when I hear Boruto's voice. We are in front of the locker to change our shoes.

"Y-Yeah, luckily..." I say almost whispering. I accidentally look at his smiling lips then I unconsciously touch mine and then the view of the jerk's face leaning on me suddenly appears in the picture. I shake my head to ignore the thought.

"S-Sarada, you okay?" Boruto asks again with a confused look on his face. I look so stupid in front of him. I think I heated up.

"Y-Yeah... Sorry about that," I say and turn my back at him.

"Let's walk to the classroom together," my body trembles when I heard it. Did he just offer me a walk with him? I don't know what to say to him so, "I-It's okay. You can go ahead. I'm still changing my shoes." I refuse because I will probably pass out when I walk with him now.

"Okay, see you," he says and waves at me then walks off. I'm just watching him walk away from me.

When I entered the class, the first thing I've seen was the jerk. What bad luck!

He looks at me with his usual cold eyes. I look away when I realized that we are staring at each other. My blood starts to boil with anger again. I poutingly sit at my desk and Cho-Cho notices my sudden change of reaction. She presses me on my side and waves 'What's wrong?' I pout at her and she finally understood what I meant.

Our adviser arrives and places the test papers on the table.

"Is everyone ready?" she smiles and indistinct chatter starts. I look around and I witness different reactions from my classmates.

"Glad that you're finally here, Sarada. Are you feeling okay now?" she asks me and I nod as my reply.

"I have to guess that your tutorial went smoothly isn't that right, Kawaki?" she turns right to see the jerk but he did not respond. So rude. She clears her throat before speaking again.

"All right, let's start your mock exam now," she declares and disseminates the test papers one by one.

We let the day pass by just answering the mock exam. It's the same as the preliminary exam but with a different set of problems this time. If the jerk had paid attention, he will pass the exam.

Monday, 7:32 a.m.

Cho-Cho and I just got in the school and I saw Boruto walking alone in the hallway. I am about to call him when...

"Hey, Boruto..."

It stops me from my tracks. He turns to face the person who calls out to him and he smiles sweetly. His smile that I haven't seen before.

A long-haired girl runs in his direction and to my surprise, she hugs him and Boruto laughs hugging her back. I haven't seen Boruto gently smile at anyone like that nor laughs the way he did just now. Everyone stops to watch a very sad scene in front of us, no, it's only sad for me. I mean they too are surprised. Hello? It is Boruto ladies and gentlemen, so everyone will surely be surprised.

By the way, who is she? Who's the girl hugging my Prince?