A/N: Starting this chapter, the words or lines in Italic are thoughts or emphasized word, depending on the situation. Chapters 1 to 3 do not count, this update starts from chapter 4. Enjoyy~

-Risa's POV-

Ugh.. Why does the day have to pass so slowly?!

I reached my tech school early today so I decided to wait for Natsumi-Chan to arrive.

After some time, classes were about to start. Natsumi-Chan still didn't arrive. I sighed and entered class. We did the usual thing with the teachers were we stand, bow and then sit. Oh God, the classes are so boring! I can't understand anything. The doors were suddenly opened with a loud thump and there she was, my new friend standing there, panting heavily. I couldn't help but giggle but for some reason, looking at her now made me remember the times when I was late to class, especially that time when I was late to the graduation ceremony… so was Otani..

Otani..

I wonder what he's doing right now..

"You're late Nakahara-San!" yelled the teacher, waking me up from my thoughts.

"I'm so sorry Sensei!" bowed Natsumi "It won't happen again. I promise!"

The teacher glared at her.

"It better not"

Some students started giggling.

Natsumi-Chan felt embarrassed and I was kinda pissed.

"Yes Sensei.."

After that being said, the teacher adjusted his glasses and went on to explaining whatever he was explaining. Natsumi-Chan took her seat beside me and smiled. After greeting each other and Natumi-Chan complaining about the teacher, I started getting nervous about my date with Otani today..

This is weird.. I've never felt nervous before..

I glanced at the clock infront of me.

Ugh.. I still have a couple more hours left. God help me.

I sighed. That was my mistake.

"Ho? Koizumi-San, would you care to answer this question?" asked the teacher.

Shit.

I stood up. "Yes Sir?"

This should be easy. I can handle it!

I felt motivated and determined to answer the question.

The teacher cleared his voice "What is the formula of Euler's equation?"

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Yep.. There was no way I could answer that.

Who the hell is Euler anyway?! What are we even learning?!

I didn't know..

"Uh.. umm.. its.. uhm its" I fumbled over my words.

Unfortunately I couldn't answer, heh.. not surprised. There was a girl wearing some very expensive looking clothes who raised her hand.

The teacher noticed this and turned his attention to her.

"Yes? Akira-San?" said the teacher as he adjusted his glasses.

The girl who I suppose is called Akira stood up gracefully, cleared her voice and answered in a feeble yet confident voice.

"The answer is V-E+F=2" answered Akira.

I could've sworn that I saw the teacher smile.

"Splendid work as always Akira-San!" Akira just nodded and sat down. The grumpy teacher turned his attention back to me "Koizumi-San, I asked you a very simple question yet you couldn't answer. Please study at home." He cleared his throat and returned to his explanation.

Some students giggled again.. this time, at me.

Time went by in the slowest way possible.

Boring lessons, boring lessons, boring lessons, lunch break, boring lessons, boring lessons and more boring lessons.

~DING DING DING DONG~

~DING DING DING DONG~

And that was the sign of my freedom! Woohoo!

Time for my date!

Oh.. my date..

I was in the process of getting my shoes and some stuff from my locker until Natsumi-Chan came over.

"Hey Rii-Chan, Wanna go to a café or something and chill?" Natsumi-Chan gave me a goofy smile.

Rii-Chan?

I sweatdropped "Ahaha… sorry Natsumi-Chan!" I suddenly bowed apologetically "I wish I could but I have to be somewhere right now.."

She frowned a bit but then gave me a suspicious look "hmm.. no prob! But are you going on a daaate?" said Natsumi-Chan in a teasing voice.

I could've sworn that a blush crept on my cheeks.

"I noticed that you're all dressed up today"

I looked at myself.. It was true, I am dressed up..

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Eventually Natsumi-Chan let everything slide after giving me a lecture about how I should tell her everything and not spare a single detail. Natsumi-Chan reminds me of Nobu-Chan..

I wonder if she's doing well..

I snapped from my thoughts and remembered that I should call Otani and tell him that I finished.

As I remembered, my phone began ringing all of a sudden, startling me.

I looked at my phone, wondering who'd call me.

Otani..

Mother of potatoes! Speak of the devil.

"Hello?" I answered.

"Hey Koizumi, you done?"

"Yeah, I just got out. Where do you wanna meet?"

Otani was silent for a moment but spoke up "Yeah, um, lets meet at the northern bus station. Okay?"

My sweet self trying to comprehend what he said nonchalantly answered him with a 'yes okay'

We ended our phone call and I started walking to the meeting point.

As I was walking, my mind started wondering about that mysterious guy that I met yesterday night.

I felt kind of relieved that I won't be seeing him again, since I don't want to make a fool outta myself like I did yesterday.

… He was as tall as Haruka..

…He was as bright as Maity-Sensei..

…He looked interesting like Kohori-Kun..

…His voice was deep like Seiko-Chan when she was sick..

…He looked so calm like Suzuki-Kun and was gentle like Nakao-Kun...

WAIT! WHAT AM I THINKING?! GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF THE GUTTER RISA! YOU ARE ON YOUR WAY TO MEET YOUR BOYFRIEND. YOU ARE GOING TO FORGET ABOUT THAT STRANGER AND ENJOY YOUR DATE.

I tried knocking some sense into myself and I did.

You aren't going to see him again so get a hold of yourself!

Little did I know that the universe had something else in mind.