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"Wha.…." I exclaimed with a dumbfounded expression.
"Who would have thought you'd forget your own fiancée," she stated.
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"What are you talking about, I don't have a fiancée," I finally said after ungluing my mouth.
"Hmmm. Wow, she really did make you forget everything," she said in an astonished voice. "No matter, what will be will be," she followed up calmly.
As I was about to question her, the door to the club room opened once again. This time the person who poked their head in was the coach.
"Oh, Shouta, I forgot to mention this to you yesterday, but we don't have a club meeting today because this room is getting cleaned later today and during the weekend. So, I'll have to ask you to head home right away," said the coach, perfectly ignoring Aina who was next to me.
"Alright then, I'll head home," I replied.
As soon as our conversation ended, the coach stepped out of the room. Tightening my grip on my bags, I got ready to leave. Neglecting my surrounding, I started heading towards the exit. However, something snuck up behind me and got really close to my ear.
"I'll see you again, Shouta," it whispered.
Quickly sending shivers up my spine, I turned around and saw Aina. She was slightly tiptoeing to reach the height of my ear and then she leaned back from her forward position. And with that she headed towards the exit. Stunned a little, I soon followed her out of the exit.
Once I arrived outside of the school the time was 18:20. Looking around I barely saw any students left. After confirming my surroundings, I started to walk home. As the traffic lights turned red I stopped and waited to cross. Reminiscing the past, I realized that this was when I took a detour the day before, in order to escape whatever was following me. Ignoring the pressure to go back to "that" scene. I crossed over the street as the "walk" figure glowed. I then continued to walk towards my house until I reached the front door. Putting my school bags down and I dug around my pocket to find my house key. After opening the door, I noticed it was strangely "different." Ignoring this feeling I walked in and closed the door behind me.
The time was now 20:00. I found myself downstairs eating dinner with my mother.
"So, how was school today?" my mom asked.
"Same as always. Nothing new, nothing different," I answered.
"Really, nothing strange happened today? You sure?" retorted my mom.
"Yes, nothing happened. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go to my room to finish my homework," I spoke in an annoyed tone.
Getting up from the table and pushing my chair back in, I grabbed my plate and put it into the sink. Then I headed up to my room, as I previously stated. Arriving into my room, I sat at my desk.
(Sigh)
Next Time: Chapter 8; Initiation
