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For You, I'll Change
The new girl, Sakura Mikan was her name, sat beside me, she still had that goofy grin on her face, it's so innocent, like a child's, she seems to have no worries at all, a total idiot by the looks of it. She seemed to have noticed me staring at her and turned to me
"Hello there" she said smiling at me, I just looked away completely ignoring her
"I'm Sakura Mikan" she said, 'everybody knows that already you know, you just said it a while ago' "You can call me Mikan, and you are?" she asked
I looked at her then turned away again
"Hey that's not very nice" she pouted
'So what? I don't want to talk to you, what are you gonna do about it?'
Then the bunch of sluts came and talked to her, those disgusting people
"Sakura-san, don't talk to that nerd, he never talks to anyone, you know Sakura-san, I pity you for having to sit next to him, if you'd like I'll arrange a seat for you next to us" said their queen Koizumi Luna
"Uhm, no thank you" she replied, 'what? No thank you? The last time someone sat next to me, she couldn't even wait o get away, and she's here saying NO THANK YOU?'
"But Sakura-san, look who's seated beside you" she said pointing at me, I never minded, I don't care what people say about me, I don't give a damn about it, let them say what they want
"Hmm" she looked at me "What? He seems nice, what's so bad about him?" she asked
"B- b-b-but Sakura-san" Luna stuttered "He's a creep, a nerd, he's scary, poor, and just plain ugly, plus he has this sort of scary power thingy, and …." She was cut off by Sakura
"Power thingy" she said looking at me with sparkling eyes "You have some sort of super power something? O show me show me show me PLEASE!" she begged, "what an idiot, she probably is a child, more like a 3 year old, tsk"
"Sakura-san, don't, its not good. I also heard her sister had one, and she almost killed all the kids in her school with it" she said scared.
I felt my temper rise as I clutched my fists. Aoi's power is only the ability to see spirits and the supernatural, the third eye as its called. I consider it more of a curse than a gift, but because of her cheerfulness, no one who knows her believes it, even if they did, it doesn't hurt her, but this rumor is too much, Aoi would never hurt anyone. "that is unforgivable, I don't care what they say about ME, but when they speak badly of Aoi, they've got another thing coming", I was just about to puch the slut when…
"That's about enough" I heard someone say, it was Sakura
"How dare you say something like that, those rumors are just horrible, do you know that it hurts people when you speak badly of them? How would you feel if someone said something bad about you? No wonder this guy looks sad and lonely" she said standing up, almost in… tears?
Hearing this, Luna and her cronies stuttered then left with pure disgust and embarrassment etched in their faces.
Hearing this made me think "this girl, just stood up for us, no one even did that, not even Ruka, she stood up, for Aoi, and… me" you could say I found newfound respect for her, but that's not entirely true. It's hard for anyone to gain my repect. But she...
"Natsume" I said while looking down to hide my already hidden face
"Huh?" she asked
"My name is Hyuuga Natsume" I said again
"Huh? Hagimimashte... Natsume" she decided, smiling. I couldn't help but marvel at the sight of that smile.
"You can call me…"
"Polka-Dots" I cut her of, a smirk on my face as I pulled out a manga and began flipping pages.
After that there was silence, then I saw her look down
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"P-P-P-P-P-P-P-PERVERT!" she screamed, her face red with what I'm sure is anger and embarrassment
"Quiet down polka-dots, your making my ears bleed" I said covering my ears with my hands
"NATSUME NO HENT-AI!" she screamed again, "You peeped at me!"
"I did not, you showed it to me" I stated, with a bored expression on my face
"No I did not!" she said yet again
"Yes you did, remember? When you stood up" I said smirking again. For some strange reason, I feel... lighter.
There was another weird silence that was broken by the high pitched scream of the girl before me
"Thank you" I said, making her quiet down
"Huh?" she asked, tilting her head to the side
"For before, you stood up for us" I said calmly but truthfully.
She just stared at me, then smiled.
"Daijuobu, its fine, I cant let anyone say those mean things, no one is allowed to judge people by their covers, it's the right thing to do" she said that goofy look back on her face
"Thank you so much Sakura-san" someone said from behind Sakura. I released a small sigh as I knew exactly who it was and how long he'd been there.
"Huh?"
"I was seriously about to snap, I can't take people always bullying my Best Friend" said the one and only Nogi Ruka. This, of course, sent a LOT of people in the class into the realm of disbelief
"Best Friend?" she asked
"Yes Natsume and I are BF's, but he never lets me approach him in public because of our status, sigh, You Do NOT know how stubborn he can now am I free to talk to you? Please Natsume?" he asked, turning to me.
It was hopeless, word would already go out that Nogi Ruka actually talked to the commoner, also, Ruka is the only other person I know that can probably perfect Aoi's puppy dog pout after only seeing it used on me twice. It can't be helped anyways
"Hn"
"I'll take that as a yes then" Ruka smiled, I could tell from the expression on his face that he was relieved "long time no talk Natsume" he said
"Ah" I said, my voice monotonous. However, I flashed a small smile back his way. I saw his smile grow.
"You do know its always hard for me to keep calm when people bully you right? Except, you'll kill me if I interrupted" Ruka continued, overdramatising a sigh of exasperation, but then he laughed and Sakura joined in too.
"Hn" I guess... this is fine too.
Then the teacher entered and the day passed by slower than usual, I was forced to have lunch with Ruka and Sakura too, it was weird how everyone was avoiding me more than usual, I can still hear the insults, but just one look and they'd be scurrying away due to something that isn't my intimidate. After the bell signaling the end of the school day rung I decided to take a nap at my all time favorite spot, the Sakura tree. When I woke up, it was already dark "Oh shoot" I thought, "Aoi's gonna kill me" then I dashed to the direction of our house
I was in front of the door, hesitating if I should open it, but I made up my mind and opened it
"Tadaima" I shouted, cautiously, upon entering
"Okaeri" said my cute little sister. Wait, she's not mad at me for coming home late?
"Come on onii-chan, dont just stand there , dinner's ready" she continued pushing me to the table and sat me down
"Itadakimasu" we said then started eating
"So Aoi, how was school?" I asked
"Fine" she flashed me a smile "What about you?"
I thought back to this morning and about Sakura who, with just one gesture, probably changed the flow of my life. "Different" I said, eating some rice.
Aoi looked at me and I know she was asking if I could tell her about it. Later I mentally answered her. We're not telepathic twins, or anything like that, but something like this was easy enough. She stopped asking.
"By the way onii-chan, could you take me to my friends house tonight, we have a project due tommorow, onegai" she said then looked at me with puppy dog eyes, now I see why she's not angry, oh I just cant resist those eyes.
"Fine, what time will I pick you up? Or will you be coming home by yourself?" I asked, she may be only 10 but she's just like my mother, she's responsible and mature, so I dont pick her up from school any more since she can handle herself. If she can't, she has friends to help her... sort of.
"I'll be coming home on my own, thank you onii-chan" she said, then we finished eating, she washed the dishes and we headed out, I took her to her friends house and told her to come home after they finish, when I neared our apartment, I saw a figure opening the door next to our apartment.
I approached and I was shocked to see who it was. Opening the apartment door, key in one hand the other on the door knob, it was pretty obvious she lives there now, was a ditzy brunette girl with hazel eyes.
Why does it seem like she wont be leaving me alone? I asked myself, holding back a groan.
"Natsume?" she said, surprised "What are you doing here?"
