Our group of friends bonded more, and they then stopped when the bell rang.
During that time, all of the students had entered the classroom, except for one empty table at the back of the class. Aïku thought the person it was for was absent. Each tables had names plate on them, so the students couldn't choose their seat.
Chloé sat to the right of Guy, and to the left of a girl named Nora Nakamura, with long black hair. Aïku was just behind Chloé so they could at least talk.
For the hole hour, Chloé was drawing, not really paying attention to what the professor was saying. By the way, their homeroom teacher was intriguing, and that is because of his... Robotness.
In fact, the teacher was an android called Crash Test.bot. The students didn't respect that much because he had no authority whatsoever.
While drawing, Chloé caught Nora's attention.
-What are you drawing? She asked, interested.
-A cat. Answered Chloé, focused on the paper on her desk. If it wasn't for her focus, she couldn't have answered, her nervousness around people taking over.
When she actually turned in the direction of the voice, she realized it wasn't Aïku's. She flipped out and started to shiver. The mumbling sound she made caught Guy's hear.
-Chloé? Are you alright??
-I don't think so... Completed Nora.
-Don't worry, it's just that she is really uncomfortable around people! Explained Aïku
-Then why didn't she do the same thing when I first talked to her? Asked Guy.
-She does that mostly around girls. Said Aïku.
-That is so not logic. Added Nora with a smirk.
The bell rang, stopping the conversation. It was lunchtime. Chloé (who was calmed down). Went to eat with Aïku, Guy, ChoHoe, Touka, Eve and Launa and Emma, who happened to be friends with the last three.
-What do we have after lunch? Asked Aïku.
-Wait. Posed Launa. I'm reading my schedule... And we have... Sports !
Chloé's eyes widened. Sports!! She loved sports, especially team sports, where she could play with friends. But she DESPISED competitive sports. It.. makes her go... serious.
-What kind of sports? Asked Chloé, with stars glimmering in her eyes.
-I wonder... Said Guy
For the rest of the lunchbreak, the group talked with each other, except Emma, who didn't say a single word.
It was now time for sports! When Aïku and Chloé went out of the locker room, they noticed something... There was way more students than usually in there class!
They saw Nora talking with a way taller girl with long light blond hair and... Bunny hears? Next to them was a smaller girl with short dark blond hair, who seemed distant.
The professor came and told them to regroup in front of him. When the students were all done, he started explaining.
-You will all play dodge ball. And even if I'm sure you already have a lot of friends, I'm doing the teaming!
Most of the students moaned in response, but, Chloé didn't mind that much. There was (obviously) two different teams. Blue and red. Chloé ended up in red team, and Aïku in blue. Chloé was with: Emma, Eve, Fukawa, Akabane, Nana (the bunny girl from earlier), Mari-Anne, Ryû, Senji, Kirua, and Nagisa. As for Aïku, she was with: ChoHoe, Launa, Guy, Rin (the dark blond from 4 paragraphs ago), Laura, Rosa, Doki, Kohro, Cory and Touka. Nora don't participate in P. E. class it seemed.
With all the teaming done, they got in position on a grass field.
-A minute of attention please! Shouted the P. E. teacher. Because I don't know you and your habilities, you'll be prohibited from using your quirck.
With that said, the teacher blew into his whistle. At this moment, Launa, from blue team, jumped into the ball, tossing it to the red's side of the field. Everyone managed to dodge it, then, Akabane, a red, throwed the ball to the other side. Even without using any quirk, the shot was extremely fast, it touched two blue people, Rosa, a very small blond girl, and Laura, who tried to protect Cory, even if no one knew why. They didn't ask thought.
When they went to the outside of the field, the game resumed. This time, Eve threw it, but they all dodged. Then, Launa threw the ball (again!) and touched Emma, who didn't look too good at sports.
When Doki threw the ball, it hit Ryû. Then Kohro (who was obviously her twin sister) touched Nagisa. Only 9 people were left in blue team and 8 in red team. Chloé, who didn't make anything spectacular, was loosing, and she HATED to lose. She decided to take the matter for herself.
When Guy tried to hit her, she caught the ball, the shot was as strong as Akabane's throw. And she caught it. Aïku looked at her. She knew. She knew when she saw Chloé's eyes that she was gonna lose, and her whole team will too. On the blue's side of the field no-one realized how powerful Guy's shot was. But Aïku braced herself.
-EVERYONE DODGE THIS BALL!! DO NOT TRY TO CATCH IT!!!
Some of her teammates listened, some didn't. 3 people didn't listen: Launa, Doki and Kohro.
-You blues are soooo gonna die! Laughed Nora.
One shot.
In one shot they were all hit.
-6. She thought.
All of the students looked at her. For the blue, it was a look of hope that they were giving. On the other side, it was fear.
-She's not herself, is she? Guy asked, scared.
-No she isn't. She decided to win this game. Aïku answered, way too serious for a dodge ball match.
Guy gulped down.
ChoHoe threw the ball at her, hoping to stop the rampage.
Well she failed. Chloé backflipped to dodge the ball. But Mari-Anne, who was behind her.
-7.
Akabane decided it was best to just pass the ball to her.
It was. This time she touched ChoHoe and Rin.
-4.
Aïku throwd the ball at Fukawa, touching her.
When Chloé threw the ball, she touched Rin and aimed for Guy. But Aïku protected him.
-Aïku!! Chloé screamed, going back to normal.
-What the hell, Aïku?? Shouted Guy. I could have totally dodged that one!
-1 you couldn't have. 2 that's the only way I know to calm her. If she hurts someone she loves dearly, it cools her down!
-What do you mean, hurt? You barely got bruised on the harm with a rubber ball!
-Well, when she's in this state, it means "being hurt"!
On the other side of the field, Chloé was standing straight, not saying a thing, tears forming in her eyes. Aïku came her way.
-Hey! Don't worry I'm okay! She told her. Look, not even a bruise!
-I-I did it a-again... She stuttered.
-Chloé are you okay? Asked Guy.
Without saying a thing, she went off running outside of the field, hurrying to the lockers.
-Should we go after her? Interrupt ChoHoe, concerned.
-I don't think so. Answered Aïku.
-Okay. But what was this all about? Shouted Guy, becoming angry. You didn't tell me she was that competitive!!
-She's not. Stated Aïku. She just decided that her team would win. When she actually chooses to do stuff, it usually happens. In the thirty following seconds.
The teacher decided to dismiss the class 30 minutes early. Most of the students went out to eat, except our group of friends, followed by Nora, Rin and Nana, who went their way to find Chloé.
After almost 15 minutes of scanning the hole school, she was finally found by Nana, who heard her breath next to a classroom door in a dark alley. She ran to her side, alarming the others.
-Oh my god we've finally found you! Cheered Nana. Everyone, look who I found!!
When everyone was back together, they gathered around Chloé, leaving Aïku to do the talking.
-Chloé? Called Aïku, earning a shy glare from her. Why did you run away?
-Because I did it again!
-What did she do? Asked Eve.
-She... Went overboard, if you simplify it. Stated Launa.
-I guess I did! Chuckled desperately Chloé. I really did mess up everything!
-What do you mean?? We were gonna get beaten hard if Aïku didn't protect Cory!! Shouted Touka, trying to lighten the atmosphere.
-Yes! That's it! I was gonna beat everyone, and they were going to hate me! I bet they do already! I saw the look in your eyes when I was holding the ball!!
-Hey hey hey. Look at me. It's the first I'm talking to you and, yes. The blue team was gonna get beaten by you. But isn't that a good thing? There is always a winner and a loser, and whatever you would have done, it wouldn't change. What changed, is that you didn't stood still, waiting for the answer. You fought. You fought to change that answer. If it wasn't for you, we would have lost!
Everyone looked at Emma for the first time. Except for Launa, no one had ever eard her shy of voice. But that could shove a lot of meaning in a few sentences.
-That's... True! Said Chloé, a little smile cracking on her face. I fought back there!
-And you totally defeated them on that one, laughed Nora.