Chapter 13: The Admitting
I quickly packed up and left the house. Kanta-kun was used to being home alone now and seemed excited a little bit more everyday. Rushing out the door, I patted Kanta-kun on the head and gave him his bento. "Bye, Kanta-kun! I'll come back!"
'Of course,' he replied matter-of-factly. Shaking my head in disbelief, I hurried off to school. Ever since Kyohei-kun told me I wasn't his friend anymore, I felt a little emptier. I still expected to see him by the gate, waiting for me. He was never there anymore.
"NATSUKI-CHAAN!" I heard behind me. Knowing that voice, I quickly hurried my pace. It was Eido. If he was here to attack, I was in big trouble. Feeling a hand on my shoulder, I took to kicking whatever was behind me. Of course, I thought it was Eido—but it was Kiyo. I bowed and apologized.
"I'm sorry, Kiyo! I thought you were—"
"Me?" Eido finished. I crossly turned to the cocky boy. In a way, he looked like Irvine from Final Fantasy VIII. Hyde stood by his side, with an arrogant grin. I placed my hands on my hips annoyingly and demanded what they wanted with us.
"Oh, I just wanna date," Eido replied plainly. I turned abruptly and stomped away, hearing Eido call after me. Before I knew anything, Hyde stood ahead of me and stared me in the eye.
'You're strange,' he commented. I bopped him on the head before he knew anything was coming. Hyde rubbed his head angrily and returned to Eido's side.
"Sorry, but I've got someone," I told Eido, snottily. Quickly, I ran into the building to find escape. Accidentally, I ran into Kyohei-kun and he was with someone. Getting up, I bowed slightly and said, "I'm sorry, Kyohei-kun."
"You oughta be," a voice replied with a sneer. I looked up and saw one of the girls that had chased me when I had first met Kanta-kun. Feeling conceited, I looked her straight in the eye and laughed. It was a loud high-pitched laugh.
"I wanted to thank you," I said, ending my laugh. Pointing straight at her, I laughed again as if to mock her. "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have met my best friend, Kanta-kun—and Kiyo and Suzy and all of my other great friends! Thank you so much—you fudge brownie!"
Of course, I added that last part in English. If I'd sworn at her, she'd have known. Trust me, they know swear words. She seemed offended and Kyohei-kun glared at me. He stood protectively ahead of her.
"Stop being cruel to my girlfriend!" he screamed at me. My heart stopped. Is that why he left me? He left because she hated me? Gripping my shirt tightly, I stood my ground, but I knew he saw the tears in my eyes. "Natsuki-chan, I—"
"Please, call me Natsuki-san," I told him. "I would rather you call me, Natsuki-san, alright Minza-san?"
That was his last name—Minza Kyohei. He looked hurt but I smiled and walked past the two. Everyone was staring at our little skit, so I couldn't cry. Suzy was quickly at my side and told me it was all right. I blinked my tears away.
"Of course it'll be all right," I replied. "I have my friends."
Rushing to the roof, I decided to chill off that since school wouldn't start for another hour or so. I sat down on the roof and sighed. "I'm so stupid."
"You broke up with that idiot?"
I didn't bother to look up. I knew it was Eido. It wasn't that I broke up with him. It was that I LOST him to some—some… Quickly, I huffed out an angry breath. Eido sat beside me and patted my head.
"It's alright."
"I know that because I have my friends," I replied angrily, turning away. I blinked back more tears and saw Eido and Hyde sitting ahead of me now. "Why are you harassing me?"
"We're not," Eido insisted. Smiling, he pointed at me. "We're trying to cheer up a cute girl."
"Yeah, I'm as cute as a broken rock shattered by a bloody dagger," I snapped, turning away. Eido was beside me again. Slowly, he patted my head again. "Don't touch me!"
My fingertips went to my mouth as I said that word. Matt-kun used to always say that, but he was back in America. Looking at Eido, I said meekly, "I'm fine, just let me cry a little and that'll be that. I forgot to cry about this before."
Eido chuckled a bit and watched, as I turned away and cried silently. Hyde bopped my head and I winced in pain after a few seconds. 'How can you be so protective of your Mamodo and yet, not be able to protect yourself. Humans are so confusing.'
"Why are you all fighting each other to find King? Shouldn't you all find one peacefully instead of having some kids go around and blowing each other to bits?" I replied back, rubbing the sore spot on my head. Hyde scoffed and walked ahead of me.
'Kanta is lucky. He's got an all-right partner. I'm stuck with an idiot who couldn't fight for his life.'
I laughed and watched as Eido started to yell at Hyde angrily. Laughing some more, I noticed the jealous look on Hyde's face. I reached out and pulled him so close, that our noses almost touched. "He's not that useless, ya know. You wouldn't want me as a partner either—I hug Kanta-kun too much."
Hyde's face turned red and I laughed some more. He shoved away from me and told Eido he wanted to leave. The two disappeared and I was left alone on the roof until Kiyo came up with Zatch by his side.
"Hey, I saw before."
"I'm fine," I answered. Getting up, I dusted off my butt and smiled. "I have too many friends to be sad for so long."
End of Chapter 14: The Admitting
Author's Note: OMG, I realized my mistake in the summary. -hurries to go fix it- Anyway, Matt-kun really is my friend! XD He always says that because I tug on his shirt. He's shorter than me too! Hehe! Anyway, this chapter is probably the last you'll see any major things with Kyohei, so yeah... he wasn't that popular anyway. XD
Yellow-bright,
Sammy
