Chapter 2 – Tears
The teachers had been relentless in schoolwork today. I had a large amount of homework that had to be due before Friday, and we got new homework every day. I may be a senior, but that doesn't mean I have unlimited amount of time to do homework. I sighed, I would have to go to the library if I wanted to get even a quarter of it done. I couldn't really do it at home because I lived with three other people. My best friend and his brother and sister. It could get rather stressful because I usually have to cook for them.
I shook my head as I headed to the courtyard for lunch, I had a bento in my hand and the other in my pocket. It was lunch time so I had to meet up with my friends. Or rather, the people I hung out with. Like always I got a couple of stares, from men and women alike. It aggravated me to no end. Can't they see that it's rude to stare at someone? Obviously not. No wonder there are so many ill-mannered people in this world.
Before I could make it to the specified area in the courtyard where they would be, I heard a shriek followed by a shout. I had no time to look up when something collided into me with great force. I was sent backwards on my back, and I grunted in pain. What the hell?
I opened my eyes to see a mop of hair in different shades of blue that faded to white. I blinked in confusing before I realized. This person on top of me had fallen of something from the roof. "Hey. Get off now." I said to whoever this was, but no answer. I slightly sat up as people crowded around me.
"Oh goodness did you see that?! " I heard someone say. "She just fell from the roof!" I heard another say. So she did fall from the roof. "Is she okay? She looks unconscious?" That explains why she isn't moving. I stared at her, before glaring at all the other people.
I slowly stood up, grabbing the girl as I did so. She was extremely light for someone who collided into me with the strength of a bull. I settled her in my arms as I picked my bento back up. "Nothing to see here." I glared as I pushed my way through the crowds of people. The least I could do was take this girl to the infirmary. Though I wondered how she fell from the roof. Did she jump? No that couldn't be the case. I glanced up at the roof and saw a flash of pink before it was gone. I only know two people with that color of pink hair. Yuuma and Luki. Did they cause this?
My thoughts were pushed to the back of my mind as I walked through the halls with an annoyed expression. Because of this girl I would probably miss half of my lunch period. I sighed, some people could just be plain idiots.
As I reached the infirmary, I shifted the girl in my arms so I could open the door. Once inside I looked around for the nurse until I saw her. She looked towards me with a closed-eyed smile, before opening them and blinking." Ron Keine? Why are you here? What happened?" she asked rushing over to me and taking the unconscious girl out of my hands.
"I don't know what happened. All I know is that she fell from the roof and onto me. "I said simply putting two hands in my pockets. She looked at me and then back to the girl. Her skin was extremely pale, and I hadn't really paid much attention before but her skin was cold. I could feel it through her tights, they were thin. I'm not a pervert.
She nodded at me and sighed." Was anyone else on the roof?" she asked, and before I could answer two pair of feet ran into the room. I looked back to see Luki and Yuuma.
They were breathing heavy as if they had been running a marathon. They looked around, before their eyes landed on the girl. "Is she okay?" they both blurted out, with worried faces. I was right, they were up there when she fell. It didn't seem as if they pushed her.
"Yes, she's just fine. Unconscious that's all." The nurse said." Are you two friends of Winter?" she asked. That was her name. I didn't really care but, she sort of looked like a Winter.
Luki shook his head." N-No….we, we are actually the reason she fell off the roof." He said, and Yuuma glared at him as he elbowed the other pink –haired guy in the stomach to which he replied with a glare." You see, Yuuma and I were fighting and I guess one of us accidently shoved her off the roof by accident."
"We came to see if she was alright." Yuuma said. They were definitely going to get in trouble. It was prohibited to fight, especially on the roof. I sighed and turned on my heel. I wasn't going to stick around any longer. I had done what I wanted to do, so now I can go back to lunch.
I walked out the infirmary soundlessly and bounded down the hall and to the courtyard. As I did however, the nurse poked her head out and shouted." Thanks for bringing her here!" I kept walking. It's not like I actually cared. She just fell on me, so the least I could do instead of just leaving her there would be doing to only logical thing.
The bento in my hand hopefully survived when she collided into me. If it wasn't then I would have to get cafeteria food for everyone else. I sighed as I rounded the corner and pushed out the door to the courtyard. When I made it to everyone else they all asked the same thing.
"This girl got pushed off the roof and collided into me, so I took her to the infirmary. " I said simply sitting down and placing the bento I made in front of me and opened it. It had survived. Good.
My best friend, who had blue and white hair rose a brow. "Really? Who?" he asked me. I looked at him, of course Poiyo would ask.
"This random girl named Winter. I think she was a freshman from her tie." I answered placing a steamed meat bun in my mouth and closing my eyes to enjoy the flavor. The rest of lunch was rather silent if not a few more questions about the girl.
The bell rang for classes to start and we all departed ways. My next class was on the top floor and there were no elavators. So I had to walk up all those flights of stairs. Today couldn't get any worse.
Ron.
A voice said making me stop and look around. No one was there though. Absolutely no one. I narrowed my eyes as I kept walking.
Ron.
This time it was louder, still no one was there. Was someone playing tricks on me? That wasn't a good idea figuring they don't know me.
Ron!
This time is was more like a shout. I narrowed my sea-green eyes as I stopped walking once more. "Who's there?" I demanded. No answer. Someone was playing tricks on me.
RON!
The scream was so loud, I swear I could have gone deaf. I looked around and there was absolutely no one. My mind was playing tricks on me. I was hearing things.
Continuing on my way, the voices stopped and I was realized. Maybe it was someone, if it was, I would find out and destroy them. It was rude to play tricks on seniors. Suddenly someone pushed me, I almost tripped up the stairs and I snapped my head to look behind me, anger was clear in my expression but still no one was there.
I furrowed my brows and took a quicker pace up the stairs finally getting up to the top floor. People were still in the halls which was a good thing. I hurried to my class wondering what the hell just happened. I sat in my desk in the front wordlessly, as scowl on my face to tell people I wasn't in the mood.
Had I been hearing things? Was it my imagination? Was it? It sounded so real, and it felt real. I'm not one to believe in ghosts those that haunt you, but if no one was there what other explanation could there have been?
I sighed and shook my head of these thoughts and focused on taking notes once class started. Barely 15 minutes into class, I heard someone beside me start crying. I looked over and no one was in the desk beside me. I soon focused back on my school work, then the crying started again. This time when I looked there was an unknown girl sitting there. Her hair was a light brown and I was positive I had never seen her before.
The crying turned to sobs, which soon turned to screaming and I had to cover my ears from the sound. What the hell!? This was the same scream I heard when I was in the stairwell. "SHUT UP!" I screamed and then it all went silent. Thank god. I took my hands from my ears and opened my eyes. That's when I noticed everyone staring at me.
"Ron are you okay?" the teacher asked me. I nodded. Why wouldn't I be okay? "You were screaming and then said shut up. Are you sure you are okay?"
What?
I wasn't screaming, it was that girl beside me, wait where'd she go? My eyes widened as she blinked twice. She was just here. She was the one screaming. "What? I'm fine, but I wasn't screaming." I said to the teacher Koharu Sujiro.
Koharu looked at me with a raised brow." Ron. You were screaming. You started crying at first, then sobbing and then you let out the most terrifying scream. I'm pretty sure it was you."
Okay, now things weren't making sense. I know I wasn't screaming.
I looked down at my desk and I saw little droplets of water and a bit of smudged water. Wait, what? Was I really crying? I don't remember crying. I was pretty sure I wasn't crying.
"What?" I asked myself.
This all just didn't add up at all. This hadn't happened before lunch. It was only after. Wait that's it! It started after lunch.
Nothing unusual happened at lunch, all I did was take a girl who had fallen to the infir- wait, if was after I came in contact with her! She was the reason this was happening.
I stood up and walked out the classroom. I needed answers and she needed to give them to me now. What the hell was happening?
As I ran down the hall, I didn't notice the brunette I saw in class smirking from the door.
It's started.