There I was riding to school, jacketless. On a stolen bike.

It was kind of cloudy out, and it was beginning to get a little colder than it was last night.

I was wondering what I was going to do with all with all the attention that I was going to receive this morning.

I mean what would they think of a delinquent coming into school with a bike that they don't even own.

I rode the bike onto the bike rack, and then realized that I had no bike lock.

I looked around and saw Saito's bike. On that note, I decided to unlock Saito's bike lock and use it. I knew the combination anyways.

It wa 4.

As I was locking up my bike, it began to rain.

I like the sound of rain, it was calming noise. But, then it began to pick up speed. And the rain was now pouring. It was pretty rough. Every time a raindrop hit the floor, it sounded like a goat was being flipped over and over again.

I ran towards the building. Jacketless.

I ran into the room soaked. My backpack was soaked. My uncompleted homework soaked. My perfect attendance record soaked. My dignity soaked.

Apparently, they were in the middle of introducing the new transfer student. Who ended up being in our grade, in our room. 2-C. Who was apparently wearing my jacket.

"Selamat Pagi" I said as collected as I could sound. "Uh, I'll go stand outside in the hallway."

"Hold your horses, Takasaki! We're in the middle of introducing our brand new classmate. You might as well have the courtesy to listen in." Glared the teacher.

"H-H-Hi, my name is Izumi Sakurai. I'm from Hiroshima, please take care of m-m-me." She softly spoke. "I-I-I-I hope to be good friends with everyone."

She was very quiet, and looked very fragile. It kinda made me want to protect her. Plus she had my jacket. I wouldn't want that to get dirty.

"Well, since you're already standing Takasaki, why don't you give Sakurai a tour of the school." Stated the teacher in his usual stern tone. "Since you guys also seem to be already acquainted"

He said that while looking at Sakurai and my jacket. That she was wearing.

I realized the situation and thought it was great time to start whistling and avoiding eye contact.

"I'll go stand out in the hallway." I said, walking out. "Sakurai, when you're ready to take the tour, meet me outside."

I walked out feeling my cheeks go red.

WHAT THE HELL DID I JUST DO.

I HAD JUST MADE IT SO OBVIOUS THAT SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED.

OH GOD. MY DELINQUENT LEVEL JUST DECREASED BY 7.

While I was freaking out, I hadn't noticed that the door had slipped open. And out came Sakurai. Who was awkwardly waiting for me to stop freaking out.

"Um, is this not a good time? You could give me a tour a-a-another time if y-y-you'd like." She softly panicked.

I slowly stopped freaking out, and realized that I was being watched.

I looked over at Sakurai and wondered how this girl had managed to get to school before me. And then I came to the conclusion that I was completely stuck in confusion.

"No, I apologize for my current actions, and for what you have just seen." I quickly said. "Now, let's get this over with."

"U-U-Um do you mind if I-I-I-I hold onto your jacket for a l-l-l-little longer? Or is it too much of a b-b-burden?" She asked, still very clearly startled.

"Yeah, sure. Just give it back whenever, try not to get it wet though, or I'll beat up your cat." I said looking as demeaning as possible.

She just looked at me, and almost burst out laughing.

That really pushed my button. I was up to here with her crap.

"Ok, follow me. I'll show you the school." I said, as I tried to keep my head from rolling away with anger.

As we wandered for a good half hour, she was asking questions about everything. But, it wasn't

anything relevant to anything I was touring about. She kept asking questions about animals.

Especially those that were around the school. She was wondering whether or not there were many

appeared around the school.

This girl was really weird. She seemed to be really happy when I said that there many animals that

appear in the park area behind the school.

"Um I-I-Is there a vending machine around? I-I-I'm a little thirsty." She nervously said.

"Yeah there's one down this hallway actually." I explained bluntly.

The hallway we were currently in, was the Third-Year's classrooms. It was quiet, everyone was

probably in class at the time.

"I'm a little thirsty, can we go a-a-and get some d-d-drinks?" She asked.

"Uh, sure, do you have money?" I asked her while pulling out my wallet.

"Y-y-yes, I do. D-d-don't worry." She replied.

As we walked down the hallway the awkward tension rose. It was far worse than it ever was. The

silence wasn't helping either. I don't know if it was I, who was making it awkward or if it was her. It

was probably just her, I mean she's always fidgeting and nervous.

We had finally made it to the vending machine to only realize that it was out of order. Well, all that

awkward tension for nothing. I looked to her, and she seemed pretty sad.

"Hey, don't worry about it. There's another section of vending machines downstairs." I smiled.

"Oh ok, I guess that's okay. B-b-b-but don't we have to go to c-c-class soon?" She wondered.

"Nah, school sucks anyways. Skipping every now and then is healthy for you!" I explained.

"But, it's my first day. I-I-Isn't this a little much." She fretted nervously.

"Wel, then I'll just tell them that I dragged you along. They hate me here anyways." I said with no

shame.

At that moment, she had lit up. She just nodded. And gave me a thumbs up and we walked down

the stairs.

As we walked down the stairs. She kept tripping over her own feet. And then she had almost fallen

several times. Luckily nothing major had happened.

We had finally reached the our class floor. Yeah, we're both in the Second year of high school.

"We have to be very quiet. Because right now, they probably think I'm still giving you the grand tour

of our lame school" I whispered to her.

"O-O-Okay." She said as she had done her usual fridget.

We creeped down towards the vending machines. Luckily we could hear them whirring. So, this time

they were functional.

As we approached them, we could see the light's flashing on. I felt good to be alive, I was pretty

thirsty too.

But, as we creeped a little faster towards it, we ultimately reached it. We were now standing in front

of an empty vending machine. It was completely deprived of any contents. That was when we

sulked. But, then I realized that they had just installed new vending machines one on the bottom

floor. Near the shoe lockers.

"Wait, don't loose hope now Sakurai! There are still vending machines on the bottom level." I

exclaimed, "Let's go down there!"

"O-o-okay, only if you want to t-t-take me down there." She said heisitantly.

"Trust me, we've wanted drinks for awhile now." I stated, "We're going to get those drinks from those

vending machines."

"Okay. Let's go get those drinks." She said without her usual fridgeting voice.

We ran down the stairs this time. I made sure that I was the one who was in front, so that way in

case of her tripping, she would trip on me. She's a klutz, so precautions should always be made for

people like Sakurai.

We finally made it to the bottom floor. I looked around, and the coast was clear. So we ran towards

the vending machines. Only to find that the only drink that was left in stock was Black Tea. The

world must curse at good looking delinquents, and nervous-for-no-reason girls today.

"Hey, how about you buy your dirnk first." I said. Being chilvarious was hard nowadays.

She bought her drink first, but I heard two clinks.

"Here's a black tea, this is for showing me around the school today, and letting me experience such

a fun time on my first day of school! Oh, and also for lending me your jacket for the day." She

smiled.

That was the first time I've seen her smile. I didn't know how to react, so I just accepted the black

tea.

As I cursed to my luck, as to how Black Tea was the only drink that was left in the vending machine,

I took a soft sip from my can.

It didn't taste as bad as I thought it had in my life. Huh. That's weird. I remember Black Tea being

really bitter. What the hell. Why does it taste so sweet.

"I'll see you in class, Takasaki! Thank you so much for today!" She smiled, "Let's be friends from

now on.

I just waved, and gave her a thumbs up.

Why is my heart going doki doki. It's beating really fast.

As I walked to class, I felt really confused.

Why do I feel so defeated?

~ツ