Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts/バカとテストと召喚獣
By Inoue Kenji
I don't own anything.
Me, Minami, and Our Circumstances
A Fanfic by Takagi based on Baka & Test
Short A/N: Thank you very much for reading "Me, Minami and Hazuki, and Our Activities" !
This is the sequel, so make sure you read the predecessor first!
Chapter 7: "Sickness"
On this mid-term exam, Minami and I must get into 5 best students in order to prevent her mother to take her to Germany. That means, I have to beat the beauty geniuses; Himeji-san and Kirishima-san, and other class-A students like Kubo-kun, Kinoshita-san, and Kudo-san. God, I even never beaten Yuuji's overall score.
The exam week is next week. All I can do now is study like there's no tomorrow. However, as if God have no mercy, another problem comes up and I'm still gazing at it.
[Akihisa-kun, do you really like me . . . ?]
What's this? Why is she asking me like that? I don't understand… However, I do know that I must reply this email.
[Of course I do. Why do you ask? By the way, I am sorry for not replying your emails… I had my phone in silence mode.]
Sent!
A brief seconds after that, my phone rang. I opened its lid and saw Himeji-san's name on the screen with an envelope icon.
[Ah! Is that so? I guess, I was wrong then… Forgive me, Akihisa-kun.]
[It's totally alright, Himeji-san!]
Sent! Phew, I totally thought that she was gonna ask me to break up there. It would be wrong if we broke up just after 2 days going out. I'm sure we are not just a one-night stand. Really! It will be sucks if we break up. It 'll only clarify that I'm not cut out to be Himeji-san's or someone's boyfriend. That's right! I won't let anyone think that I deserve to be a forever-alone dude! I'll show them that I'm a good boyfriend!
After chatting via emails with Himeji-san for an hour, I put my phone on the dining table and go for a nice night bath. The heater was broke. It took time for it to warm up the water. That's why I killed some time by eating a cup of ramen while chatting with my girlfriend.
The buttons on my phone just wouldn't stop producing keytones for I kept pressing them while replying Himeji-san's emails. However, those boring 3 tones finally stopped when I felt the water should be hot enough. I put my phone on the dining table and go take a shower.
The real fight starts after that.
…
I can hear birds chirping. Is it morning already? Ah I'm still very tired. I gave in my usual gaming time to study. That equals to 8 to 9 hours.
The digital clock on my phone is showing 7.00, which means, if I'm not mistaken, I only slept for 2 hours last night and it's 1 hour left before school starts.
Time goes by really fast and it's already 4 days before the mid-term exam. In all those days, I had been only slept for 3 hours a day and eat ramen as breakfast. Today, however, I only slept for 2 hours.
In those 2 days, Minami didn't even greet me…
Ouch! My head hurts! It's like someone stabbed me on the back of my brain. Imaginative blood is spilling from my head and I feel like there's a huge boulder on my back. I cannot move my body at all from my seat.
"I gotta go to school… Must study…"
I said to myself, trying to bounce back to the world of the living again. With all my might, I push myself from the dining table I used for studying last night and headed to the wardrobe weakly.
I somehow managed to get changed into my uniform before I go to school. Like a fragile, slow snail, I walk to Fumitzuki High School.
Normally, I'd just skip school in such bad condition but I can't do that. If I skip, that old-hag— Shimada mother — will win. If she wins, Minami will be sent to Germany. That, I refuse. My soul just won't let me to let her go, this usually ignorance stupid soul. That's why, although this passbyers were looking at me with weird eyes and my body could faint at anytime on the road, I will reach my class and study to raise my grade!
…
Finally, I am arrived at the class. After a long journey to mordo— to the school, I finally make it. I throw myself on the tatami floor soon as I walked into the room. Good thing it was the not-so-hard tatami floor.
Minutes after that, I heard someone's footsteps approaching me. I can't see well. I'm too lazy to open wide my eyes.
"Akihisa… Are you alright? Your eyes are swollen and there's a smoke coming out from your head."
What beautiful voice…
"A—A GODDESS? Are you here to bring me with you to heaven?"
"No, it's me!"
"Hideyoshi? Ah, I always know that you're a goddess…"
"What are you talking about, Akihisa? Stay with me!"
"No good… I'm losing my consciousness… The only way to save me is to do me a mouth-to-mouth first ai— UGH!"
So—someone just stepped on my back!
"Akihisa? I'm sorry. Didn't see you there."
"That hurts bastard!"
I jumped at that redheaded devil but he dodged me casually. He even to grab my shirt and pulled me.
"Oi. You don't look too good, Akihisa. Something happen?"
"Nothing is happened."
"Is that so."
He let me go, but I failed to stand on my feet and back lying on the floor again. I crawled to my usual tea table and put my hands on the table to support me getting up.
"Sheesh. That won't do. I'll take you to the infirma—"
"No!" I brushed his hands off of me. "I am going to study."
"Huh?" Mutsurrini who had just appeared was shocked, "Is this really Akihisa?"
"This is not like you at all Akihisa! You really need to go to the hospital! Your sickness is already at critical level!" said Yuuji.
"Is it that hard to believe me that I want to study!?"
A brief seconds after that, from my table, I saw the only two girls of our class slide the wooden door open and walked in.
"Eh? What's with the fuss Sakamoto-ku— AAAH! Akihisa-kun! Are you alright?"
Her voice was ringing in my ears like an ambulance's sirine. Her soft hands were on my shoulders, shaking me to make me stay awake.
"Himeji-san, it's alright. I was just overslept, that's all."
My head was still facing towards the door, where Minami stood still. My sight was blurry but I still could see her. Although I could not tell it, I felt like she's frowning at me.
This is pathetic, but I was expecting her to do at least like Himeji-san here. Does she not worry about me at all? I mean, really! Here I am almost run of energy on my table and she's just standing there and does nothing? We're still friends, righ—
"—Eh?"
Did she just grab my hand?
"Now, come with me."
"Aw aw aw! Don't pull me so suddenly!"
"Wait, Minami-chan! Akihisa-kun is not feeling well!"
"I know that, Mizuki!"
Despite hearing Himeji-san's warning, Minami kept dragging me with her to the corridor. I thought she would stop here but she wasn't.
"Minami, where are you going to take me? You aren't going to torture me right?"
"Of course to the infirmary, idiot!"
So she does care… What a relief. It also makes me happy that we're able to talk again. I felt guilty after having those bad thoughts about her.
We are now at the staircase.
"I can walk by myself," I said. I have to say that before she breaks my poor right arm.
She let go of my arm, "Let's go."
"Wait. Why are you doing this? I thought you want to stop talking to me."
"Well, that's—" She gaped, "It.— It doesn't' matter now. You're sick. You need to take a rest."
"No I don't wanna! I must study. I'm here at school to study! *cough* *cough*"
"Aki!"
Ugh, that cough was really hard. I felt like I was about to cough my entire organ out from my body.
Moments after that, the bell rang.
"Let me go, Minami. The bell has already rung."
"No! I'll take you to the infirmary!"
"You don't need to! I'm not sick at a—"
"STOP THAT!"
She yelled. There was a long pause between us after that.
"Stop acting like a hero to protect me, Aki… Please."
"I'm not protecting anyone. I'm doing this for my own goo—"
"—My mother will send me back to Germany if we don't do well on the next exam, right?"
What? Why does she know? I thought that old fox told me not to tell anyone about our agreement! She should at least do that herself as well, right? Anyways, Minami really needs to stop cutting my talking! It's damn annoying!
"H—how could you… Did your mom tell you?"
"No. It's my own conclusion after seeing you study really hard."
She grabbed my hands again and stared at them, "Aki, you don't need to do this. Just let me go to Germany and you will be relieved from this burden."
What?
"It's not that bad at Germany. Actually, I like living there than here at Japan. The language is easier and I have more friends there too. It's perfect."
What is she talking about?
"Is that your true feelings?"
"O—of course!"
Is that so… I really have got no choice then.
"Like hell I believe that! Look at yourself, Minami! You're trembling, and you're crying while saying things like that. Are you really conscious about your words just now?"
I can feel her hands, which are holding mine, were shaking. And I could see clearly now, her face, stagnant in a well of tears that's streaming down from her eyes.
Her hands stopped trembling.
And then jumped at me, hugging me with all her might.
Wait… Is—is she going to do 'it'? Even I'm in this condition? The usual german supplex!? I'll definitely die if she does that!
She burrowed her head on my chest, "You idiot! What will I do if you're in a worse condition than this?"
I patted her head, "It's okay, Minami. I've already said that I will do it. I will save you from doing something you don't want to."
She sniffed, "Guess, there's no helping it, huh? Aki."
"Yes. I just won't let your mother win. I'm sorry."
"Then you won't do this alone. Aki."
"You mean…"
She brushed off her tears, "Let me fight too. Let's study together!"
*sigh*
"Finally. I was waiting for that words, you know. I thought you were going to ask me after that day I met you, Hazuki-chan, and your mother at The German restaurant."
"We—well… It's just that… I was nervous, you see! After saying all those things on our first school day to you after our vacation… Of course I felt bad to just casually talk to you again!"
I see. It's normal for a girl to be nervous, I guess. Not to mention after she avoided me and talked something like not wanting to talk to or see me again. What's worse was that she did it right after our quick happy vacation to Kyoto.
Speaking about my vacation with Minami and Hazuki-chan, I am still wondering about something.
"Let's just go to the infirmary, Aki. I'll let you see my notes later."
"Minami, why did you kiss me that time after we returned from our trip?"
TBC
A/N: I'm gutted. I kept talking about giving my best not to disappoint the readers yet this is what I give to you guys. I'm really sorry. It's like I'm not improving at all. This is my worst chapter ever. Definitely. OOC-ness everywhere, etc
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P.S: Make sure you read my friend's, Aniwatcher154's, fic. He's a new writer but it's a good AkixMinami and it's written in a more composed English. Not to mention, other couples are also in it! ^^