*Utako's POV*

'What did I do wrong?' I was standing in front of my locker. Tears already started gathering in my eyes. My school shoes were filled with thumbtacks. I took my shoes out and turned them upside down to shake out the thumbtacks. Then I saw a paper fall onto the floor. I put my shoes down and bent down to take the paper up. I opened it and realized that it was a letter. I started reading it. It said:

Don't you dare ever go near OUR Kise. It's just the beginning. If you ever look at him again who knows what could happen to you! Anyway who do you think you are? Falling in love with him! You're not even pretty. You're just a geek. You're ugly. There is no way he'd ever love you back. Just stay away!

We warned you!

~Fangirls

When I reached the end of the letter I was already crying. 'Why did this happen? How do they know that I love Kise-kun? I never told anyone. I just wrote about it in my diary. They couldn't possibly get it could they?' I was clueless.

''Hi Uta.'' my best friend Mika greeted me with a huge smile. When she saw I was crying she asked. ''What's wrong? Why are you crying?'' I looked at her and slowly handed the letter to her. While she was reading I picked up my shoes again and checked if there are any thumbtacks left in it. Then I put them on just when Mika finished reading.

''Oh Uta. I'm really sorry.'' she said with sympathy in her eyes and hugged me.

''Don't be. It's alright. I just have to avoid him right? No problem. Anyway we have to go to class.'' I said wiping away my tears. We walked to our classroom. 'Luckily Kise-kun isn't here yet. I just have to ignore my surroundings until the lesson starts.' I thought.

The teacher came in with this sentence: ''Everyone! We are changing seats today! Please every one of you take a number out of this box!''

I pulled out a number and looked at it. It was okay. My seat is near the window. I took a table to my new seat. I was looking at the ground and sat down.

''Hello. You're Utako-chan right?'' Oh no. I recognize this cheerful voice. I fearfully looked up, but I shouldn't have. A certain blond haired basketball player was sitting right next to me. I looked away immediately.

''What's wrong? Are you mute?'' he asked.

''No…Hi…Y...Yes…I'm Utako…'' I muttered silently.

''Wow. You're really shy aren't you?'' he asked. I looked at him. He had a cheerful smile on his face. ''Can I call you Uta-chan?'' he asked. He had so charming smile.

''It's fine.'' I said. ''You don't have to be so kind to me. Just ignore me.'' I said and looked out the window. 'I hope my voice didn't sound sad.' I didn't dare look around the classroom. Surely all the girls were looking at me with piercing eyes.

*After school ~still Utako's POV*

Finally the torture ended. I can go home peacefully now. I was really wrong.

''Uta-chan!'' it's him again what should I do? Just pretend I didn't hear anything.

I started to walk to the school gates. Just two more meters and I'll be fine. Or so I thought. Someone caught my hand and pulled me onto the ground. All the air was knocked out of my lungs. I was gasping for air.

When I finally got some oxygen I opened my eyes. Of course there were four girls surrounding me. They were really mad even I could tell. One of them bent down next to me and whispered into my ear.

''We warned you to don't go near OUR Kise didn't we?''

''Yes. I'm sorry.'' I said desperately. She punched me in the stomach several times then she stepped on my hand and walked away with the other three. I was coughing heavily and noticed a sharp pain in my hand too. Tears gathered in my eyes without me noticing them. I was just lying on the ground when another person came into my vision.

That someone picked me up and carried me to somewhere. I didn't know where. It seems like I don't even care. Maybe they came to rescue me? Or just to bully me again? I was now crying. I closed my eyes tightly closing out everything around me. The sounds…the voices…their touch…black…everything's black…

*At the infirmary ~Kise's POV*

''Sensei!'' I shouted. ''SENSEI!'' I noticed that she was unconscious.

''The doctor already left sorry.'' the assistant said, went in and closed the door.

I sighed. 'There's no choice then. I'll carry her to my house.' I thought and walked out of the school. She's so light. Is she even eating properly? She looks so vulnerable to me. She' crying too.

*At Kise's house ~still Kise's POV*

''I'm home!''

''Ryouta! Where have you been for so long? And who is that?'' my mother came running with a spoon in her hand.

''She's my classmate. She was bullied in school. I tried to take her to the infirmary, but the doctor already left so I took her with me. Is it a problem?''

My mother's face was already dead serious.

''Poor girl. Take her to your room I'll be up in a minute okay?'' she said and she was gone in a flash. I took her to my room and laid her on my bed.

I looked for a tissue and found it on my desk. I looked at her face. 'She's really beautiful.' I thought and then I saw the tear stains. I wiped away the tears left on her face with the tissue. My mother came in right after.

She put a wet cloth on her forehead.

''Do you know what happened to her?'' she asked.

''I saw some girls push her to the ground. Then one girl bent down, maybe she whispered something to her the punched her in her stomach and I think stepped on her hand and then walked away with the other girls. She fell unconscious while I was carrying her to the infirmary,'' I said and the pictures of her lying on the ground showed up in my head.

''Poor thing.'' my mother said and took her hands. ''Oh my!'' she cried out. ''Her wrist is broken. We have to take her to a hospital!''

''WHAT?'' I asked (shouted). ''Mum-'' I cut off myself when I saw her eyelashes stir. She opened her eyes slowly and looked at me.

''Kise-kun?''