Please make sure you read the other chapter again because I updated it to fit more with the anime! Sorry about that!
"Wow, Gumi-chan, you are so good at Doubt it!" Mizuki exclaimed.
I was walking home with Mizuki and Minami. There were some guys from our class ahead of us as well.
"I didn't even win so I'm not that good." I put emphasis on the word 'that'. Yes I was pretty good but I wouldn't have been able to win if I hadn't doubted Hideyoshi. I was just luck. Besides I didn't want to win. That's the only reason why I doubted Kouta when I knew he wasn't lying. It was the first day of school; I didn't want to make any enemies because I don't like too much attention. I'll be honest I like it sometimes, like what Mizuki and Minami are saying to me right now is good enough.
"So…" Mizuki said, changing the subject. "Gumi-chan, what do you do in your free time?"
"Well…" I started. "I don't get that much free time to be honest. But when I do I like to spend my time on the internet. Watching anime or just reading random things."
"Why do you get such little free time?" Minami asked curiously.
"Homework, of course, and also my mom put me and my sister in modeling ever since we were young. I never thought much of until I was older and I wish she never put me in it." I replied.
Just as I mentioned that I was in modeling, Kouta looked back for a split second then looked back to what Hideyoshi was saying as if he was listening the whole time. Was he interested in the fact I was modeling. Kouta is the class pervert who takes pictures of girls so it makes sense if he was interested.
We continued talking for a while until we hit an intersection. By this time and friends were very far ahead.
"This is my turn." I said.
"See you tomorrow Gumi-chan! Get ready for the ST war!" The both said then ran up to Hideyoshi and some others.
I continue walking up the street until I saw a figure. I walked closer. A person. I walked faster. A boy. I was so close but far enough. It was a teenage boy with a camera flicking through the pictures. Oh my goodness. That's Kouta, I swear that's Kouta. I thought. He suddenly turned his head around and stared. I flinched and slightly waved. I didn't know him very well but I wanted to be nice.
He turned back. At first, I was a bit angry that he didn't acknowledge me but it didn't stick. There was something about that look that I couldn't feel negative towards. Was I telling my brain that he didn't recognize me? No. I was too close he must've noticed it was me. But why didn't I feel mad? Was it the way he looked. I'm not sure. My head was spinning around in thoughts that I missed my turn to go down my street.
Once I got inside my house, I went into my room, got changed and walked down to the subway to go to modeling. Once I got there the owner of the studio came to greet me after he finished taking a picture of a girl.
"Hey! There's the other Tainaka girl Negamo." He started.
"Megumi." I corrected. "We go through this every time I come here and you still haven't got that right."
"S-sorry, I'm bad with names."
Sure you are. I'm supposed to believe that because you think I'm stupid. Right. I thought.
"Don't worry. Her name is hard memorize, unlike mine of course. Mine flows so smoothly." I tall figure stepped behind the studio owner. Emiko.
"Hello younger sister that I love so very much." Emiko waved. Liar.
"Hi." I replied with an annoyed look on my face.
"Come on Meg, don't be a stick in the mud! There won't be very many chances to model if you come here every day with that look on your face."
I clenched my fists. I hate her so much yet I'm stuck with her for my entire life. I can't wait until I graduate and finish college, unlike her.
"Well anyways, come this way Megumi." My agent, Sachi said and pointed to the dressing room.
My agent was from a different agency than the agency Emiko's agent is from. The owner of the studio is from Emiko's agency but my agency rents out part of the studio. I model clothing for American magazines but Emiko models more revealing articles of clothing for Japanese magazines. If you know what I mean.
I got into my dressing room and sat on my chair. I looked over to see Sachi looking through the rack of clothing and analyzing it. She chose carefully and handed me the outfit so I could go change. I wore a light blue thin-strap dress that had white ruffles at the bottom. When I finished getting dressed a women named Rumi came over and did my hair and make-up then I went to the stage to get model while the photographer took photos.
I finished modeling at around 6:00pm. I left the studio and walked down the path. I breathed in and out the cold air. It was still January so it was still cold. I clutched my bag and shivered as a whiff of cold air gusted past. I sighed. I knew that Emiko was going beat the crap out of me when I got home for having that look on my face. She hates that because it ruins her reputation or something.
The next when I got to school I got into our class I was greeted by Mizuki; Minami wasn't here yet. I sat down at the spot I usually sat at and started reading a manga. After a while, once class began, the teacher left the room like he does almost every day and Yuji went up to the board and started writing our plan since the principal approved our war yesterday evening. Yuji said something about using Hasegawa-sensei to approve the war. He said that some of the Class F students would kidnap him before he gets to Class E. Since Hasegawa-sensei is a math teacher the subject for the war would be math. Yuji said Minami would fight since she's good at math. Minami asked if Mizuki wanted to fight with her but Yuji disagreed.
"The scores on the last test we took become our Avatars offensive power and the last test was-" Yuji was cut off by Akihisa.
"The last test we took was the placement test and since Himeji left the room in the middle of the test her score is a zero."
"Not only her." Yuji pointed at me. I flinched.
"Me?" I questioned.
"Yes. As you said you excelled in English so you should take a recovery test with Mizuki in case we run into the English teacher." Yuji said.
"R-right."
Yuji clapped his hands together to take the chalk dust off.
"Do your best and follow the plan!" Yuji said and well started to get ready for the ST war.
