Italicized - her true thoughts
Italicized sentences with quotations – the voice
The Secret
A silver-haired, green -eyed boy spat out his milk and crumpled his now empty milkbox. He was Gokudera, based on his reaction. Tsuna made a face that says, "EH?", and a black-haired, chocolate-eyed boy blinked, followed by his hearty laugh.
There where whispers and glares, apparently from the said Gokudera's fangirls.
"Now's not the time to be intimidated by them.."
The teacher cleared his throat and spoke.
"Kinomoto-san, please continue with your introduction."
"Yes, teacher."
"I'm Kinomoto Ayumi, from Italy. I moved here to Japan because...I want to. I won't answer any questions from you so don't even ask me. I know you're all curious as to why I know Gokudera, so I'll just say this once, and as clearly as I can." She spoke all the things that were inside her head, though she wasn't really thinking that much. It was like someone was feeding her information.
Pause.
"Gokudera is my ex-boyfriend.EX, I say."
Silence.
Woah, I've had a boyfriend before?!
The voice interrupted again,"Yes yes, you had. It's all according to my will."
"So all of you fangirls who'll even try to glare and do cheap, mean things at me, I'm suggesting that it's not a good idea. You'll receive hell if you try and do that."
More silence.
"Oh. I'm not threatening you or anything. I'm just saying this for your own good. Just think of it as... a warning."
More, more and more awkward silence.
"Teacher, can you please tell me where to sit?"
"Ah! Yes yes, you can sit behind that boy," the teacher said, finally escaping the trance. He was pertaining to some sleeping boy.
"Thank you, teacher."
Ayumi then sat behind the said boy. But before doing that, she made a quick glance to her surroundings, as what observant people do.
You can easily pick out who were fangirls or not. The fangirls obviously have pale faces, probably due to Ayumi's warning. The boys however, were all scared, but not as scared as the girls. Some students were not fazed at all, while some are sleeping.
"This should be interesting..."
Gokudera was the last to come back to his senses. "WHO ARE YOU CALLING YOUR EX-BOYFRIEND, STUPID WOMAN?"
"Oh. Now you're denying me in front of the class? How sweet of you, Ha-ya-to! " So his name's Hayato? Oi, why didn't I know this? There's something fishy goin' on. Why am I...?
"I told you to stop thinking. Stop thinking. Stop thinking."
Ayumi clutched her head. Her head was throbbing for a while now.
"Damn you woman," Gokudera muttered.
Suddenly, a chair being pushed backwards was heard. All eyes shifted to a girl with her brown hair worn in a ponytail.
"If Gokudera-kun says he's not your ex-boyfriend, he's not. What were you thinking? Do you think that he'll choose a woman like you?"
There were nods of agreement from the female population in her class. She let them glare at her first, and then finally spoke up. Take note that her mouth was speaking by itself. She really had no control over the thoughts that her mouth were speaking.
"Do you even know what happened between us? I mean, c'mon, you don't know us to say that. And perhaps you're forgetting my warning. Honestly, I'm actually amazed by your bravery, Ms. Ponytail, to even stand up to a girl such as myself. "
Eh? What happened between us? What am I spouting?
"I ain't afraid of you," the girl said.
Ayumi's smirk turned into a frown, indicating her irritation and her loss of patience.
"Fine. All you want is evidence right?"
The girl nodded furiously.
She was about to take out a photo from her wallet but Gokudera stood and grabbed the photo from her hands. It seems that Gokudera caught a glimpse of the photo. "S-she is right! I'm his ex-boyfriend! EX! Means no more!"
So it is true!
"I told you, it's all according to plan. Now behave and watch things unfold, though I think you won't even remember all of these..." the voice said.
Gasps, cries, and mixed emotions from the female population in the class where heard that day.
Then green orbs shifted to Ayumi.
"Damn you, do you really intend to give them this picture?"
"What do you think?"
"QUIET ALL OF YOU!"
The class stared at the teacher.
"My my, it seems that we have some energy to put up a drama worth of a play. Why don't you all sit down, turn your books to page 64, and use that energy to recite in my class? Hmm?"
The class cried for mercy.
"C'mon c'mon it isn't that bad! Hurry up or you'll receive deductions from your energetic hollabaloo this morning!"
Ayumi was the only one in the room, for all of them left. She organized her notebooks and placed them neatly inside her bag. She was about to leave the room when a strong hand held her harm. She turned around to look at the owner of the hand and saw Gokudera.
"Yo. What's up?" Yeah really dude, what is up? I ain't got a clue of what's goin' on!
"Don't ask me what's up, stupid woman! I think I'm the one to ask that! What's with this morning? Why suddenly bring out that topic when no one's asking about us?"
"I said that cause their glares were irritating. They feel like they own your whole being. You know me; I'm a girl with a short patience."
"Is it because you're jealous?" he said with a smirk.
Ayumi's eyes slightly twitched.
"Never will I be jealous of anyone, Gokudera. Never. I said that fact to be superior to them. You know how I like to be respected."
"And that fact will make me a laughing stock of the school, considering that I actually loved a woman like you."
And a punch in the gut was received by Gokudera.
WHAT IS THIS, A ROMANCE FLICK?! CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON?
The boy with a black hair and brown eyes was walking down the hallway when he heard a painful cry and a shout. The voice seems familiar. He decided to check the source of the noise and walked inside.
"Stupid woman! Why do you have to do that? I was only joking."
"It doesn't seem like a joke to me, Gokudera. I'm not the one to recognize a joke from a truth."
"Kinomoto-san and Gokudera? You're still here?" the boy interrupted.
"Nope. We are obviously not here. We are merely holograms talking to each other," she sarcastically stated.
She had to emphasize the word to show her irritation.
"Oh. You seem real to me! And you're rich, to communicate using holograms! Is this some kind of a new method to communicate?" he stated with amazement, followed by his laugh.
Gokudera and Ayumi resisted the urge to facepalm.
They tried to resist, but they failed.
Is he some kind of an idiot?
"Hey. We're real. What I said was sarcasm."
The boy walked up and introduced himself.
"I'm Yamamoto Takeshi! You can call me Yamamoto. Nice to meet you, uh, what's your name again?"
"Kinomoto Ayumi. Nice to meet you too, Yamamoto-san."
"You can drop the honorifics! Just call me Yamamoto!"
"Okay."
"By the way, is it true that you were Gokudera's girlfriend?"
"EX-girlfriend! Weren't you listening, baseball freak?" Gokudera interrupted.
"It's not that I wasn't listening, but it's hard to believe Gokudera had a girlfriend before. He doesn't even have time to befriend girls."
Really? Man, this boy's hopeless, then.
"And why do you call him by his last name, Kinomoto-san? Shouldn't you call him by his first name?"
"You can also drop the honorifics, Yamamoto. And, FYI, he is my ex-boyfriend, so there is no need to call him by his first name."
"Oh, I see."
"Well, I think I'll be heading home now. Bye."
"Aww. I was just going to invite you to come to our sushi restaurant. Everything will be on the house."
Her eyes lit up upon hearing the word sushi. "Free sushi? Seriously? But for what?"
"We just won the baseball tournament the other day. You don't need to come, if you really don't want to go."
"Are you kidding me? Who'll resist on a free sushi? Come! Let's go!" she chirped.
"I forgot sushi was your favourite," Gokudera said. I love sushi?! Since when?!
"Who cares? C'moooon!"
"Calm down. Hahahaha. We still need to invite Tsuna."
"Juudaime? I'll handle it!"
With a speed of light, Gokudera went to search for Tsuna, leaving the two alone to wait.
"Whoa. I've never seen Gokudera's eyes light up like that."
"You can't blame him. He's quite attached to Tsuna."
Long silence.
Then Ayumi spoke.
"I can't believe he actually left me for a boy."
"Hahahaha! It's not like that. I can say that they have this brotherly bonding going on."
"Yeah right," A half smile forming on her lips.
After a few minutes, the two arrived.
"Oh there you are. Are you ready to go?" Yamamoto asked.
"Yeah. Oh you're coming too, Kinomoto-san?" Tsuna also asked.
"Yes, yes I am. Just call me Kinomoto or Ayumi. Depends on you. Just don't add honorifics. I'm not used to it."
But I really like it when they add honorofics! WHAT IS GOING OOOON?
"Then I'll just stick to Ayumi-chan then."
"That'll work. Well, shall we go? I'm kinda hungry."
"Oh yeah. C'mon."
They left the room and out of the building. Before they could leave the school, Yamamoto suddenly realized something.
"Wait! I forgot the team! Wait for me here okay?" He ran towards the field.
"What a total idiot!" Gokudera said.
"What a gay," she said, pertaining to Gokudera.
"Are you talking to me?"
"Why, did I hit bull's eye?"
"Are you saying I'm gay?"
"I'm not naming any names Gokudera. But if that's what you want to believe, so be it."
Then Yamamoto returned, but without his teammates.
"Where's your team?" Ayumi asked.
"They said they couldn't go. Everyone has their own agendas for today, so I think the party's cancelled."
"Awwww. To think I'll have free sushi today."
"Ah. Sorry for getting your hopes up. The party's gonna be the day after tomorrow, so you can still come."
"Well, I think I'm really going now. See you tomorrow!"
"Wait!"
"Huh?"
"Why don't you walk with us? It's fun when you're walking with your friends."
"Yeah, Ayumi-chan. It's fun." Tsuna said.
"I'm not walking with her! After what she said!" Gokudera shouted.
"Okay. I'll walk with you. Thank you for inviting me too, Gokudera."
"DAMN IT!"
They walked and talked about how Namimori is peaceful, how Hibari is so scary, how delicious Yamamoto's dad's sushi are, and about some random things.
Then in the intersection, they all said goodbye. Gokudera and Tsuna went off in different directions while Yamamoto and Ayumi went on the same.
WHY DO I HAVE A BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS?
"You live in this street?"
"Yeah."
"Let me walk you home. It's getting dark anyway."
"You don't need to. I'll be fine by myself."
"No, I insist. Let me make it up to you."
"You're really pushy. Fine. You can walk me home."
It was already dark when they arrived.
"I told you I should walk you home. It's already dark. Hahaha!"
"Yeah yeah, you're right," she said while opening the gate.
Ayumi unlocked the door and ushered Yamamoto to come in. He humbly said to no one, "Sorry for intruding!"
"I'm alone here, so there's no need to say that."
"Huh? Oh. Your parents are away? How about your siblings?"
"I don't have any siblings, Yamamoto. And my parents..."
She hesitated for a moment. What? What about my parents?
"...they're dead." Well, I think that part's true, I guess.
"I'm sorry for your loss. I didn't mean to-"
"It's alright. It's already a long time ago."
"Then do you mind telling me what happened?"
Silence.
For the first time, Ayumi's mind was lost. She didn't know whether to tell Yamamoto or not. She would not want him to think of her differently. She just wants to live a normal life.
What is this drama? Live a normal life? Sorry for asking but, WHAT IS GOING ON?!
"Just shut up..." the voice was obviously irritated.
"You don't need to tell me! I'm sorry for being nosy," Yamamoto apologized.
No. She needed to tell him. She felt that she could trust him, even if they only met today.
"They...uhm...I..."
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"...I killed my parents."
WHAT...?!