Fight for Love!
8th Fight: Usagi
Objective(s):
- To do services to our community. For example, we will be helping out in orphanages.
- Raising funds for those people in need
- Building up each and every member's character
Venue:
- Misaki Harada's house (Mansion)
Teacher(s) in charge:
- Narumi L. Anju
Coach/Advisor:
- Serina Yamada
Members:
- Misaki Harada, Year 2
- Shizune Yamanouchi, Year 2
- Nobara Ibaragi, Year 2
- Yuri Miyazono, Year 2
This was what it was written in the club application form. Serving the community? Not bad, I thought. Building up my character? Sounded pretty cool to me, I wondered happily. However, the venue was a little weird. I thought club activities were supposed to be held in school itself but to hold it in someone else's home sounded interesting to me. I had never heard of it before. In addition, it was not a fighting club! That was even greater! Mother and Father would be so pleased to hear that.
I looked up and smiled at the girls.
"Alright, I'll join!" I said happily.
"Thank you, Mikan-chan! Let's go and see Narumi-sensei," the girl with curly hair finally spoke and she was beaming from ear to ear.
Misaki cheered and lifted me up with one hand. I screamed as she placed me over her shoulder and she skipped to the staffroom with the other girls skipping behind us.
"Narumi-sensei! We have found the fifth member already!" Misaki shouted and let out an evil laughter.
I groaned, "Put me down."
"Ah! Have you found the fifth member?" a teacher whom I assumed was Narumi asked.
Misaki handed the application form to him and he scanned through it.
"Okay! Pass!" he chirped in a rather girly voice.
Narumi was weird; he was the weirdest teacher I had never seen. Though he was a guy, he was wearing a white blouse and a pair of purple shorts with small pink polka dots all over it. His golden hair was around shoulder-length and he had long eyelashes! He could even make a girl envy him for his beautiful looks. Of course, I did not envy him. He reminded me of a word 'gay' and that word reminded me of that jerk, Natsume. Yes, I had just found out that Natsume was a gay. I bet Ruka knew about this too.
Misaki put me down gently and ruffled my hair. I stared at the girls who were giving me that sly looks again. I shivered once more. Narumi was grinning innocently at me as he filed up the application form. It felt completely weird. Why were they staring at me?
"Why are you guys staring at me like that?" I asked nervously. "Did I do something wrong?"
Shizune laughed and said, "Nothing, Mikan. You are thinking too much, Dear. First, let us introduce the others."
She pointed at the girl with curly hair and said, "This is Nobara Ibaragi."
Nobara waved to me and smiled.
"I'm Yuri Miyazono. Nice to meet you," the girl with the short dark hair greeted.
"Mikan-chan, I'm Narumi-sensei!" Narumi said happily and gave me a wink.
I was left beyond speechless by his behaviour and my mouth twitched. I was not sure if I should be laughing or not, but I would rather not do or say anything foolish to him. He was grinning sheepishly at me which sent shivers down my spine. I slowly walked backwards and leaned against the door.
"Guys, I better get going! I have to look for my friend! Bye!" I had no choice but to make an excuse to get away from this weirdo.
"Wait a minute." Shizune stopped me as she walked over to me. "From next week onwards, the club will officially start. We hope to see you there punctually at Misaki's house. If there is any further notice, we will notify you. Is that clear?"
I gulped and nodded. I slowly slid the door while trying my best to smile at them. When I was about to turn around, I thought I saw something on their faces. My eyes widened a little. For a moment, I thought they were giving me that sly look on their faces again. I immediately brushed that thought off, thinking that my eyes were playing tricks on me. For further ado, I took a step back and I was already out of the staffroom. I slid the door shut and heaved a sigh of relief. I was finally away from the weird group of a kind.
I walked along the corridor, heading back to my classroom. I wanted to tell Hotaru the good news that I had joined a club. While walking, I looked out of the side windows and admired the trees in the garden. Just then, something in the bushes caught my eye. I stopped walking and continued to stare at it. I narrowed my eyes and realised that there was a blonde boy within the bushes. That blonde boy was none other than Ruka. He looked around him continuously, as if he was keeping a look out in case someone caught him for doing something fishy behind the bushes. He definitely looked suspicious. Curious, I headed to the garden to catch a better glimpse of what he was doing.
As I approached Ruka stealthily from behind, I heard him muttering something. I immediately hid behind a tree and tried to tiptoe to have a better view of what he was doing. He was taking out a carrot from his sling bag and placed it in front of a small white fluffy thing. I leaned forward and gasped.
I mused loudly, "It's a rabbit! So cute!"
Ruka jumped in fright and looked at me in a surprise manner. Almost immediately, he pushed the rabbit into his sling bag and frowned.
"Wh... What do you want, Yukihira?" he demanded in a nervous tone in his voice.
"It's nothing, Ruka-senpai! I just happened to pass by here and saw you with that rabbit. That's all," I said gleefully.
Ruka heaved a sigh of relief and took out the poor rabbit. "Yukihira, you really scared me just now. Please don't do that again. Oh my..."
"Eh! That rabbit is eating the carrot! So cute!" I chirped as I saw the rabbit nibbling the carrot tip.
Ruka stared at me in amusement and laughed. I ignored him and stretched out my hand to touch the rabbit. Its fur was so soft and smooth. I wished my hair could be like this too- fine and fluffy.
I began caressing the rabbit's back and asked Ruka, "Is it your pet rabbit? I thought we are not allowed to bring pets to school, you know."
"Of course, I know!" Ruka immediately replied. "However, sadly to say that Usagi is not mine. It belongs to the school."
"Usagi?"
"Yeah. That's its name."
"Wow! You really love Usagi-chan very much!"
Ruka blushed and spoke softly, "Do you think so? You can tell just by looking?"
My heart nearly stopped for a moment. I had never seen Ruka blush before! He looked pretty cute like Usagi. Well, it seemed like I had found out Ruka's hidden personality within a day.
First, it was in the morning when I had wanted to deliver my resignation letter to Jinno; Ruka had given me a sympathetic look when he had found out about me quitting the club. Second, it was this rabbit incident; he was an animal lover! Third, it was this blushing incident; he blushed upon hearing the word 'Usagi' and he looked so cute! He definitely had a soft spot. I didn't think that he was a bad person after all. It could be just a façade to hide his real personality.
"I can just tell by Ruka-senpai's affection for Usagi-chan," I said while placing Usagi on my lap.
Ruka's face became redder than before. He coughed and quickly took Usagi away from me. He was pouting. Wait, pouting...?
"D... Do you think it's weird for a boy to li... like animals?" he stuttered.
"Eh? I think it's pretty normal," I reassured.
I wanted to laugh at his ultra cute face. I had never seen a boy so cute and bashful before, unlike a certain gay who liked to harass people daringly.
Ruka gave another carrot to Usagi and turned to ask me, "From today onwards, Taekwondo Club is going to be boring without you. Anyway, why do you want to quit? Is it because of me and Natsume? Or is it because of Luna Koizumi?"
"Ha! You finally admit that you are a nuisance to me!" I teased.
Ruka frowned and flicked my forehead. I stared at him and somehow, I could feel my face became warmer than usual. Ruka's face was so close to mine as he leaned closer to me. I wanted to push him away but my hands froze.
Instead, I spoke softly, "What are you doing? You are too close, senpai."
"I'm serious," he said firmly. "I'm serious about that question."
"Th... That question? O... Oh! It is nobody's fault. I am just merely following my parents' advice to quit the club," I replied and at the same time, I was mentally scolding myself for expecting something else from Ruka.
"Oh, I see. So, what club will you be joining?"
"Special Club!"
"What kind of club is that? I have never heard about it before."
I stuck out my tongue and sniggered, "Haha! I won't tell you!"
Ruka crossed his arms and sighed deeply. Usagi leaped off from Ruka as it had finished the carrot and it hopped back to the bushes. Ruka stood up and picked up his sling bag, preparing to leave the garden.
Suddenly, a question which I had wanted to ask Ruka came into my mind and I immediately queried, "Ruka-senpai, why didn't you tell Natsume-senpai about me quitting the club? He appeared to be clueless about it when we were talking to each other just now."
Ruka pursed his lips and thought a while. Then, he let out a soft laughter and patted my back gently.
"Who knows?" Ruka said and turned around. "I thought Yukihira wouldn't care about Natsume, you know."
I blushed and retorted, "Wait! I was just curious, that's all!"
"Eh? I'm pretty jealous."
"Jealous? What are you jealous of?"
There was silence. Ruka's back was still facing me so I could not tell what he was thinking but I knew he had stopped moving. I saw his grip tightened around his sling bag and he looked down. He seemed upset. Wait, I thought I knew the reason...
"Ruka-senpai, do you really like Natsume-senpai to the extend whereby you get jealous of me?" I asked softly.
Ruka turned to face me, giving me a stunned look on his face and stuttered, "Wh... What did you just s... say?"
I giggled at his expression and repeated loudly, "I say, do you really like Natsume-senpai to the extend whereby you get jealous of me? Oh, wait! Speaking of gays, Natsume had told me that he is a gay because he likes you. Could you be also... in love with him too?"
There was an awkward silence between us. Ruka's face was drained in colour and his mouth was left gaping opened. For my forth time of the day, I had this unsettling feeling which somehow told me that I had said something gravely wrong again.
Ruka smacked his forehead and said, "Seriously, I can't believe you think I am a gay. Geez! I think I better get going to clear things up with Natsume. Later!"
"O... Okay. See you!"
As I saw Ruka's figure diminished into the crowd of students, I scratched my head in curiousity. I guessed Luna had hit my head a little too hard so maybe that explained why I had this unsettling feeling throughout the whole day. Oh well, I guessed it was pretty normal and I might get better soon. Yeah?
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