Konnichiwa minna-san! Here is another chapter of Destined!
Authors Note: The Author does not own Lovely Complex. The said story belongs to Aya Nakahara-san.
CHAPTER 14: STEP 3 - INCHING CLOSER..
The noise from the alarm clock made Koizumi Risa literally jumped her out of her bed. Scanning her bedroom, she scratch her head and murmured, "Another weird dream." Dismissing her dream, she yawned and stretched her hands upward. "Yosh! I'll try my best to get closer to Suzuki-kun!" She's all charged up to get what her heart desires.
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"Ohayo, minna!" Koizumi greeted her friends.
"Ohayo, Risa!" Nobu greeted back.
"Ohayo, Risa-chan!" Chiharu greeted silently, shifting her reading glasses.
Risa looked around. The boys are nowhere to be found. She talked with her best friends, until she received a loud smack from her back..
"Ouch!" She turned around and looked down..
"Yo!" Otani greeted them, gesturing a hand upward.
"Ohayo, minna! Ohayo, dar~ling!" Nakao greeted, then he turned sweetly to his girlfriend, and she greeted him with the same tone.
Letting go the smack she received from Otani, Koizumi greeted the boys. From behind, she saw Suzuki-kun and fell silent. Otani looked at Koizumi and raised a brow, sending her a mental conversation, "Let the mission begin!" Koizumi looked at him, replying, "Yeah! Let's start!" And both of them started to talk with their crushes, until the bell rang.
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Koizumi's Point of View
Lunch came, and we decided to each lunch together at the canteen. I sat beside Suzuki-kun, while Otani sat beside Chiharu-chan. I don't know why, but despite of my talkative nature, I become speechless, or I talk less with Suzuki-kun. Maybe because he is a silent type, and we barely have common interest, like.. Otani. I instinctively looked at him, who seem to be quieter as well. But no! This must not stop me from getting Suzuki-kun!
"Uh. Koizumi-san?" Suzuki-kun initially started the conversation for the first time.
"Ah! Yes?"
"You are shaking your head. Are you okay?" He asked, his concern was evident.
"Ah! Yes! Yes! I'm fine!" I swatted my left hand sideways. "Anyways," I changed the topic and looked at his plate, "You don't like green peppers?"
"Ah, yes. Ever since I was child," he simply replied, placing the green peppers on the side of his plate.
"You and Takato are the same, he also doesn't like green peppers."
"You mean, your younger brother?"
"Ah yes! How did you know he is my younger brother?" I don't mention about him to Suzuki-kun.
"I heard you talk about him with the girls."
"Oh, really. You're quite a listener, Suzuki-kun."
"I am more of a listener than a talker.. You see.." And we started to have a decent conversation. This is nice.
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Otani's Point of View
I looked at Koizumi, who is talking with Suzuki-kun. Good for you, Koizumi. And here I am! I can't start even a word with Chiharu!
"Uh. Otani-kun?" Chiharu-chan asked.
I lighted up. "Yes, Chiharu-chan?"
"You are sighing. Are you okay?"
"Ah, yes. I just got frustrated…" I said, unable to finish my words.
"Oh? Because of the upcoming test?"
"What? What test?" I asked, surprised.
"Next week," she replied, "All high schools in Osaka will be having an evaluation test. Each schools will be assessed based on the performances of the students."
"Oh, really?" That added to my frustration.
"Don't worry, Otani-kun. One week is enough to study right? Besides it is just basics," she comforted.
"I'm unlike you, Chiharu-chan. I don't like studying." I ruffled my hair out of frustration.
"Don't worry Otani-kun. We will help each other. We can study together!"
"Really? Arigato. You are a big help." I smiled. "Studying is easier if you have a company."
"What studying?" Nobu-chan butted in. "Oh, the evaluation test?" She remembered.
"Wha- What? Evaluation Test?" Koizumi asked, surprised.
"That's what you get when you are spacing out during classes," Nobu said in serious tone, "Are you really a class rep?!" Ouch. And Nobu gave the details with scolding in between.
"I planned to study with everybody, if that is okay." Chiharu-chan suggested.
"That's a good idea! Chiharu-chan. I'll join!" Koizumi said happily,
"Heh. So you can have the drive to study, since you are too lazy to study by yourself." Nobu-chan inserted. Ouch, that's the second blow.
"Hee hee," Koizumi laughed sheepishly.
"So that's settled then!" Nakao concluded. "Let's have a group study!"
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"Faster, Otani. Is that what you're short legs got?"
"Shut up, amazon. I do not have a long legs like you!" Otani retorted. They were heading to the library, where they'd decided to have their group study.
"Argh. I really don't like libraries. It is creepily quiet in there." Koizumi said, changing the topic.
"Plus," Otani supplemented, "we had bad terms with the librarian. I'm not wondering if she'll stop us at the door."
They safely entered the room, with prayers on their heads that goes like 'Please may the librarian forgot us. Oh please, let us get through the gateway..' and alas! They succeeded!
"Sorry," Koizumi apologized upon approaching her friends, "Mr. Kong gave us a hard time."
"No probs, just take your seats," Nobu said.
The comedy duo looked at the vacant seats. Darn, they won't be seated beside them. Koizumi gave a worried face, while Otani replied a disappointed look. Resigned, no other choice, no other way to be seated beside them, they occupied the vacant seats. I'm sitting with Koizumi/Otani again, they both thought. Suzuki is seated beside Chiharu; on Chiharu's left is Nobu; while Nakao is seated beside Nobu; the comedy duo is on the other end of the table. Mr. Kong is the carrier of misfortune!
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"Okay. So the formula for volume of triangle is.." and Koizumi started scribbling the equation. It was quite alright at first, but as the problems were getting more complicated, the more her brain is pressured to burst!
Otani on the other hand, was on the verge of cracking his head out yet he can't still translate even a simple English sentence. We learned this when I was in middle school.
"Argh!" they both silently cried, and knowing them, silent isn't really silence. Students, distracted from reading, pointed their heads at them.
"Risa, Otani-kun!" Nobu faced them menacingly. "I don't want to be kicked out in the library, for goodness sake!" She tried to contain her temper and voice.
"Sorry!" They both said, covering their mouth.
Nobu gave them a final glare.
"It's because," Koizumi started, "this math is really difficult! What's the purpose of knowing the surface are of a cube? Or the Pythagorean Theorem? The shadow casted by the flagpole? Can this solve the corruption? Or poverty?" she started to become irrational.
"You're speaking nonsense. Suzuki-kun, kindly help this big idiot. I heard you are quiet good in Math." Nobu suggested as she rubbed her forehead. Suzuki nodded and moved beside Koizumi. 'You're a cupid, Nobu-chan!', Risa mentally said. "And you," Nobu pointed at Otani, "Chiharu will teach you on that English sentence." She commanded, like there are no complains, or I will kill you, Otani. Otani on the other hand was silently happy. He moved his chair to Chiharu. Otani and Koizumi looked at each other before talking to their tutors, Mission is on the right track.
But after some time, the two idiots were brain dead. They sluggishly wrote their notes, then yawned, until their eyes got heavy and they fell asleep. Their tutors had sweat-dropped and decided to let them rest for a while.. that ended to whole period.
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"Arigato minna!" Koizumi said as they met at the gate, heading home.
"Why thanking us? All Otani and you do is to sleep!" Nobu harshly responded.
The duo got guilty look on their faces and laughed nervously. Their tutors just sweat-dropped. "Anyways, we got the whole week, so you must try to study harder, even darling and I are having a hard time, you know."
"We are not used in studying too," Nakao added, "but we tried our best.."
"We are not used with studying, but we will try." Otani replied.
They stopped at the crossing.
"I'll be going to darling house.." Nobu informed.
"We are going this way," Otani and Koizumi both said. They learned that their houses are in the same direction way back on their dinner with their family.
"Ah!" Chiharu said, "Suzuki-kun and I are heading to the same direction." That made Koizumi looked alarmed.
"Sayonara minna!" Nobu and Nakao bade.
"Sayonara minna, take care!" Chiharu said before bowing down. And she and Suzuki started to walk away.
Koizumi is staring off to the. "Is she going to be okay?"
"Don't worry, Suzuki-kun isn't a bad guy. Even Chiharu-chan is afraid of boys, maybe she'll reconsider him.."
"And you," Koizumi added, smiling.
"Of course, I'm a good guy after all." He said confidently while giving a handsome pose.
"In your dreams, midget." Koizumi said, before sticking her tongue out.
"You, amazon!" and he started chasing her.
On the other hand, their classmate, the quiet male, and shy lady, was starting to talk each other, since they are always 'together' - from helping the shy lady to carry her borrowed books; studying together, inquiring today's lesson and upcoming exams; and from going home. Both of them are starting to know each other.
Inch by inch…
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Phew, it's been a month! Hopefully you are still reading my slow-updating story! :D
Thank you especially BLUE AZUL ACERO! :D Gomen this chappie is quiet uhm, dry. No interesting stuff, I wanted to build or introduce how the other characters develop.. and this is what I made.. Promise, I'll make the next chapter better. Arigato once again!
"Answers are found in prayers.." Matt. 21:22
Thank you for reading!
by
green-ninja05
November 2014
