Hi there! So here is the fourth chapter! Anyway, I just want to ask you guys if you find my writing too formal... or just plain formal? If a lot of you are bothered by the way I write. Then I'll try to tone down my writing to as informal as I could? I don't know. I'm just kind of bothered a guest told me my writing is formal. Anyways, please enjoy!
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Chapter 4: Social Media Surprises
That night to my astonishment when I was getting ready to sleep, I had the sudden desire to check my social media. I don't normally do it but somehow I got the inkling that something interesting would happen if I did so.
There I was in my pajamas as I grabbed my laptop finding myself logging into Facebook which I do not normally do. There were a few notifications, some messages from my friends and a couple of friend requests. As I normally do whenever I log into Facebook, I checked onto my notifications. It was mostly tagged photos from my parents and others where from my friends back at US saying they were missing me. I smiled a bit at that.
After I have finished checking my notifications, I then moved to my missed messages. There wasn't much really. I replied to the messages before checking my friend requests. There was one from Hotaru, Anna, Nonoko, Sumire, Koko, Ruka, Yuu and… Natsume?! My heart skipped a beat. I responded to theirs.
My heart was still beating fast even after I have accepted Natsume's friend request. It was still beating fast even after I was already scrolling down my timeline minutes later.
I was in the middle of reading an interesting article when I popping sound indicating that there's a new message in my Facebook account. Thinking that it was maybe one of my friends I did not really check right away.
It was only when I finished reading the article did I decided to check the message. To my surprise it was from Natsume. "Hi," it read.
I froze for a moment not sure if what I was seeing was real or was it just my imagination. I stared at the screen for a few seconds before letting my hands hover over the keys. "Hi," I replied with a smiley face. I was aware that my heart was beating loudly against my chest.
And not a second later I saw a reply. "Have you finished that business math homework?"
I frowned a bit. Did he just really just message me to ask me about homework? To say that I was not disappointed would be a lie. I let out a sigh. Of course it would probably be school related. It's not like he would be interested in me. We don't even know each other that well yet. Better yet we don't even know each other that long.
That's right. It's only been a week since I have joined Gakuen Alice. So why am I feeling such things towards this guy? I admit he is handsome and there's this certain allure to him that just makes me want to get to know him. But wasn't just a crush?
I swallowed my frustration and at the same time confusion. "Yes. I already did," I said. "Although, I'm actually not that sure if all my answers are correct though."
"Oh. That's alright. Want to compare answers?"
I let out a sigh not sure if I should decline the offer. In the end I decided to humor him since I figured that it would be rude to say no since he seems to be nice. "Well… if it's alright with you?" I said.
"It's fine with me. Wait. I'll send you my answers and then you send me yours. Deal?" he replied.
"Sounds good," I said before rushing to my study table where my bag was already fixed ready for tomorrow's classes. I quickly grabbed my math book where I placed my homework and my phone to quickly grab a picture. Once I was done, I sent the photo containing my homework to Natsume.
Just like Natsume said. He also sent a picture of his homework. I felt myself blush. Wooah. He has such a nice handwriting for a guy. His work was even clean. Shaking my head, I returned my attention to the homework at hand. I scanned our answers. It was mostly the same except for the last one.
I frowned. This was the only problem in the homework that I was having some serious trouble with. I compared our solutions. We were doing the same thing up to the second step but then there's so difference. My frown deepened. I do not like being wrong and I do not like not knowing if I was the one who got it wrong.
"We got different answers for the last question," I typed in.
"Yeah, I noticed. It's probably because you mistook the equation on the third step," Natsume replied. It was then followed by, "You should have multiplied it by 2 instead of 3."
I looked down on my homework. This time I reread it carefully. My eyes widened in both shock and embarrassment. He was right. I grabbed my pencil case and quickly made the right corrections. This time I was careful with my work. And when I finished, I checked his answer once more. It was now the same as his was.
"My bad, I guess," I replied. "Thanks. It was nice having someone to compare answers with."
Natsume sent a smiley which made me smile. "Yeah, thanks to you too."
Truthfully, I wanted to talk to him some more. But I was already feeling sleepy. I tried to fight the yawn that was threatening to escape. "Anyway, thanks again. I have to sleep now. We still have early classes tomorrow." I typed in. "I guess I'll see you tomorrow? Good night."
"Yah. See you. Good night to you too." Was his reply.
My smile grew wider. I returned my school stuff back to my bag and fixed my laptop on my study table before closing the lights and lying on my bed ready to sleep. That night I slept peacefully dreaming such wonderful dreams.
So that's it for the fourth chapter! What do you guys think? THANKS FOR READING!
.FAV
