Hello there readers! So, this chapter is longer and the girls begin their interactions with the guys. I hope you enjoy.
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Chapter 3: Two Friends and Two Boys
I feel my phone go off for the hundredth time. I feel the scowl on my face deepen. I know she is scared but I mean come on! Texting me during class is not a good thing. I was able to just blend in with the crowd. No one even remembers my name most likely. Being in B class is always a different world from the other classes. They are considered the second best of the best in the school. But on the bright side I have less work to do. I wanted to keep Hayami from being in class A but she did score higher than me on the exam. How she did is a mystery to me.
Again my phone buzzes as I try to pay attention to what the teacher is saying. Hayami is most likely freaking out about the fact that every person is laughing. I am sure she fell, I heard a thud when I was walking into the class. She is texting me about that and wanting me to reply to her. Next break I will read them and reply to her. Ten minute break then it is time for gym. I will talk to her there.
There is English that I can barely listen too since my phone is going off again and again.
After a few moments the bell rings and I pull out my phone. 36 unread messages, all from Hayami.
First one is all about the fact she fell in front of the whole class, so called that one. This is going to be a long day for her in class A, tripping like that is something no one will forget. I hope for her sake she can prove to them she is not a bad person. Since there is a lot of smart people they will not be likely to forget the new girl falling in front of the whole class.
I scroll through when one reads: Sitting next to this really cute guy named Mako!
There are a few about him and how cute he is. He might just be a jerk, Hayami has a talent for attracting those guys to her. Which means I already have to chase away this guy. No matter how nice she thinks he is there is always the chance he could flip from being nice to yelling at her. Hayami can be hard to handle at times, especially when she gets super excited about things.
The next one I read makes me stop: Mako invited us to lunch today with him!
I mean I know we missed the opening ceremony yesterday since we both had work but really, a lunch date already? Hayami sure can be social when she wants. I can see this going wrong in so many ways.
I begin walking to gym so I can actually talk to Hayami about this. I mean, why would she have lunch with the first guy she talks to? Hayami is really pretty though, with her hair and eyes no one has ever been able to compare to her. I don't blame guys for falling for her, but her personality is what weeds out the weak. Mostly the weak go after her.
"Aiya!" I see Hayami waving her hand.
I finish walking up to her in the changing room. I can tell she is happy about meeting this guy. Which means it will only be a greater pain getting rid of him within the next few hours.
"Hey, how was class?" I ask.
"Did you not read any of my messages?" Hayami asks.
"You know I did, after class. You need to stop texting me during class. I will not reply to you," I reply.
This causes Hayami to laugh out loud at my comment. I snicker at Hayami and her texting me during class, she of all people should know better. I mean, her parents… I stop my thoughts. I will not bring up her parents when they no longer exist in the situation. She can do whatever she wants right now, she has become free of her parents and the rules they put on her.
"But you will see Mako during gym! He is so cute and he looks so built!" Hayami remembers.
"Is he a jerk?" I question raising my eyebrow.
Hayami stops and begins to think. She did not even think that he could just be playing nice, something that she never thinks of. I give her a smile and walk outside in my uniform. I walk over to the bench inside, waiting for the teacher to introduce himself to the class. I am not excited for gym. The guys and girls get separated, plus Hayami will be pointing out Mako to me.
"Mind if I sit here?" A boy asks.
I look at him and see even more beautiful eyes than Hayami. He has jet black hair. I simply nod, waiting for Hayami to come out, man she is such a slow changer. I hate being in locker rooms as well. I look away from the boy and look at who is in the room. Really no one that I would be okay talking to by myself. And surly I will not talk to the person who just sat by me.
I sneak a glance again at the boy sitting by me. I will admit, he is cute. I smile a little, he seems to not want to talk as well. Perfectly fine. We can sit in silence and wait for whoever's friends gets out first from changing.
"Aiya! There you are!" Hayami yells.
The boy gets up and walks away. I follow him with my eyes and turn my attention back to Hayami. I smile at her and see she is super ready to have some time together for the day.
"You are so slow, I could have changed you much faster love," I give her a wink.
Hayami stops where she is standing as I begin to laugh. I can see the blush coming to her face, which makes me happy that I am the only one who can make her blush like that.
"You aren't the reason why I am blushing," Hayami mutters and turns me around.
I see the blue eye boy and next to him is a guy with dark blonde hair. I turn away as the boy with the amazing blue eyes looks at me. I look back at Hayami who is just openly staring at the two boys. I watch as she waves at the one with dark blonde hair; I look back over and see him waving back as his friend looks away.
"Hayami, who is that?" I ask.
Hayami finally looks back at me, "That is Mako and his best friend Haruka. They have been through a lot together."
"Haruka… that's a girl's name isn't?" I question.
"Come on, you are so serious around new people Aiya! You need to lighten up or something! You know that might be why you have a hard time making new friends," Hayami begins her babbling.
I lean against the wall and allow her to babble. All through gym she talks and talks about the guys. I am surprised she learned this much about them in a few hours. Like how Haruka is actually called Haru since his name is girly, which I snicker at and make joke all throughout gym class. Once gym ends though we go our separate ways to our classes. I look out the window during class, my mind wonders.
The bell rings and I walk to meet Hayami for lunch. I see her standing with Mako and Haru. I walk up to her as she is smiling about something. And that can be good or bad for me. But it is odd that Hayami has not noticed the fact that I am close to her.
"Hey Hayami," I say when I reach her.
"Aiya!" Hayami just runs up to me and tries to hug me.
I begin to duck, but I am a little too slow. Hayami gets her arms around my neck. I am unable to get away from her, even though my struggle. I am about four inches shorter that Hayami, which about half the time I can get away from her when she does try to hug me, but today is not my day. I can hear chuckling, I look past Hayami and see the one called Mako laughing at my struggle and Haru looks like he could not care less about what is happening.
"Get off Hayami," I finally manage to get out.
Hayami lets go and smiles at me, something that is slightly sickening. But I give her a smile back.
"Mako, this is my roommate Aiya, Aiya this is Mako. And that over there is Haru, he doesn't talk all that much," Hayami introduces us.
"Nice to meet both of you," I say, giving a slight bow.
"No, the pleasure is ours. Hayami has already told us a lot about you," Mako replies and returns my bow.
All of us turn to Haru who doesn't even seem to be paying attention. Hayami and I look at each other. I shrug. I don't really care, the less people know me the better for me, meaning I could do anything, which is always the plan for me.
"So we were planning on eating on the roof, you girls good with that?" Mako asks.
"Sure," I reply first, "Lead the way."
We begin to walk through the halls. I am kind of dreading this lunch. And here I thought I would have a nice quiet lunch with Hayami. But I look at Hayami talking to Mako about the place we live and the jobs that we hold.
He seems to be a nice guy, maybe I should give him the benefit of the doubt. That would make it easier on Hayami, but that means he will have to pass test so I can be sure that he will not hurt Hayami, and if he does Mako will become a girl. He won't just have a girl name but he will become a girl very quickly if he ever hurts her.
"Mako, I didn't bring any lunch," Haru says as we get to the stairwell.
"We could go to the store and get you something to eat," Mako says, stopping his and Hayami's conversation, "Or you can have some of my lunch, it is squid."
Haru looks a little upset by this. It seems that he is not the biggest fan of squid. I can understand that, but I will still eat it if I have nothing else to eat.
"Sorry," Mako begins, "Haru really only eats Maceral."
"If that's the case," I reply turning to Haru, "I made some this morning for my lunch if you would like any."
I flash him a smile. Hayami is right I need to stop being so serious around people I don't know.
"Thank you," Haru says, his eyes growing a bit by me offering to share my lunch.
I look at the bottom of the stairs and see him. Nagisa Hazuki, a boy that Hayami and I went to school with last year. He is a year under us, but he is super smart when he wants to be. Last I knew he was staying at the school and going to the high school that Hayami and I were at before.
"Nagisa?" I ask.
Nagisa looks at Hayami and me, I watch as his eyes recognize the two of us along with Haru and Mako.
"Haru, Mako, Hayami and Aiya. All in one place? I couldn't be happier!" Nagisa exclaims.
"Wait you guys know him?" Haru asks.
"Well yes, we went to the same school a few years ago and we even showed him around the high school he was going to go to. I never thought that you would come here," I explain.
"I transferred here! And I wanted to tell Haru and Mako something," Nagisa looks at the two boys.
We all go up to the roof for lunch and to talk.
"Last time I saw you Nagisa, you were going to a different school, I haven't see you since the club ended," Mako comments.
"Well, I transferred here due to reasons. But I wanted to swim with you guys again!" Nagisa says.
"But there isn't a swimming club here," Hayami puts in.
"The pool isn't even in use anymore," I chime in looking out to the pool area.
Why would Nagisa leave a school that gave him the best chance of getting into college? He was so ahead of his year that he could have skipped and graduated early. Why would he leave the school that put him ahead? Did he really want to swim with Mako and Haru that badly?
I wasn't even aware that they swam, neither of them seem like the time. Why does this all have to go back to swimming?
"But Haru, where do you swim now?" Nagisa asks.
"Haru doesn't swim competivly anymore. He hasn't since middle school," Mako explains.
"What?" Nagisa exclaims.
"He still loves the water. In the summers he swims in the ocean but this morning he was soaking in the tub," Mako says with a smile.
I look at Haru, he actually likes swimming? He seems like he doesn't care about anything that is going on in the world. Maybe I could be wrong on this one. But that still doesn't stop the fact that they are all swimmers.
"Aiya," Nagisa calls.
I look over and they are heading down the stairs. I walk over and find them all waiting for me to get over to them.
"Hey, they old pool that we use to swim at is being torn down. I was wondering if you guys wanted to go and see it," Nagisa says as he walks ahead of all of us.
"Um, isn't that trespassing?" I ask.
"Not if we sneak in during the night!" Nagisa replies.
"Um… is that really a good idea?" Mako questions raising an eye brow.
"Come on, this could be the last time we see it Mako," Nagisa comments.
I watch as Mako agrees.
"That sounds dumb. You guys have fun," Haru says as he begins to walk down the stairs.
I'm glad someone sees how dumb it is for them to sneak into the building. They can have fun getting in trouble while I sit at home, being smart and not breaking any rules.
"You know Haru," Mako begins, "There is a pool which is much bigger than a bathtub."
This stops Haru in his tracks. He gets a look of determination and simply nods. I feel like groaning, why would you go just because it is bigger than a bathtub? Plus, who is to say that there is any water in there anyway?
"What about you guys?" Mako turns to Hayami.
"Heck yes!" Hayami exclaims.
Great, maybe I shouldn't. I don't want to get in trouble for doing something dumb like these even though we have only been here for less than a week already.
"Come on Aiya! Let's go and see where they all became friends!" Hayami yells in my ear.
"You don't have to yell and no," I reply, "You can go with them, I'll be asleep by the time you get done."
"Fine, don't blame me if they just happen to learn your last name…" Hayami begins.
"Alright, I'll go!" I exclaim.
I hear Hayami giggle and Mako looks at me. I look back at him and walk away down the stairs
