Chapter 16: New friend

I woke up, finding Tabiki by my side, sleeping. I smiled then held her hand. When I did, she woke up.

"Oh, hey. You're awake." She said, sitting up.

"Thanks." I said.

I tried to sit up, but I can't. My body feels sore. I feel like I have to sleep for more than a week. I feel so tired. I never felt like this before.

"Don't move too much!" she pouted. I smiled at her.

"You're so cute. You should probably go home first and change." I realized she was still in her maid uniform.

"but no one will be here.."

"I'll be fine.. Come back all right?" I said. Soon, she left.

I was thinking of what exactly happened to me. This morning, I was taking a walk by the park. Then I decided to go to Tabiki's place. While walking, I felt a sudden buzz at the back of my knee. Soon I realized, I was on my knees. I tried to stand but it was like my legs were paralyzed.

I didn't know what exactly hit me. Later, guys start to gang up with all their cocky looks on their faces. I hated it. One started to kick my back. Until another went to punch my face, then my stomach, until I couldn't tell how many guys were beating me up.

Man, if only I could stand up, I'd beat all these guys. I couldn't see clearly. My mind was all blurry and shaky. All I heard was some laughs, the sound of their feet scratching on the floor and their fists and feet beating up my body. I started to fall silent and accepted the pain they gave. I had nothing to do. I continued feeling the pain in my body until I just passed out. I was so beat Up.

The next thing I knew was that Tabiki was crying in front of me. I felt a pang in my chest as I saw her suffering. It may seem like she was all strong and brave, but she had weaknesses too. She gets scared of violence, creepy crawly insects, and she is very sensitive. She cries easily and gets her feelings hurt easily too. It hurts me to see her in her weakness.

Few minutes later, she came in with a casual shirt and shorts. She smiled then went close to me. She stood at the side of my bed, with her arms on each edge of the bed and her face just right above me. She slowly went close to me, then kissed my lips. I was very happy. For 5 whole seconds, the pain in my body left As she kissed me. She sat down and we smiled at each other.

"It ends today eh?" I said.

"Yeah. We managed to get through.." She smiled.

"Tomorrow, everything will be back the way it was." She continued.

"Hey," I said.

"Hm?"

"I think we can't have a movie night next week." I said. She didn't answer anything.

"Get well soon. When you do, I want you to hang out with me and my friends. and I want to officially tell my brother that we're dating. I'm glad your mother knows about us," she smiled then I smiled back.

"I'm so happy."

"Why?"

"Because, You plan things that include me."

"Of course. I should, and you should too.". She poked my chest.

After a few hours, it was already 8 in the evening.

"You should go home. Visit me tomorrow, after school. Tell me what happened to your new day 'Kay?" I said. She stood up and nodded. She left without saying anything. I think she just wants me to rest.

"Announcement to all students: We are very sorry for announcing a terrible mistake about ms. Kyuuri. She was merely a girl who likes to dress up. And as we all know and with what we've seen, she and her boyfriend are happily dating without any wrong doings done. Please disregard the rumors about Ms. Kyuuri from the past few days. Thankyou.

Special announcement from the Student Council President."

I smiled as I heard the announcement. Good excuses eh? I only need to hear one good thing to prove that this is effective..

"Ne, Kyuuri-chan, how long are you and your boyfriend dating? You two look perfect together!" Some girl approached me. This is new. A girl talking to me is extremely rare. i was silent for a while.

"Kyuuri-chan?" She shook my arm.

"oh, right. Just a couple of weeks ago." I answered and smiled.

"Oh! Tell me about you two! I'm Asami, Serah by the way. You can call me Serah-chan!" She reached out her hand. I shook her hand and smiled at her. Wow. I'm having a girl friend now? This is entirely new.

"How did you two meet? How did you start dating? What did you like about him?" She was so curious about my love life.

"Okay, okay. To sum it all up, I met him because he protected me from some bastards. He helped me find a job. Until he started pissing me off and following me around. But one time, my best friend asked me about what I like about guys and I asked what does it feel like to be in love. I felt that I was falling for him. one time, he asked me to start all over. So we acted as if we just met. That time, he insisted on walking me home. while walking, he told me something. Something that made me snap out of my silly boyish life. He told me that I should be myself no matter what others think.. I let him inside our house. the next day, I let him stay for the night because we watched movies. And some things happened because of that movie So I had to ask him to sleep beside me. The next day was when we had our first kiss and our first date. So, yeah. Let me show you something..." I told her the story then grabbed something from my pocket. I grabbed out picture.

"Wow! Cuuuute! I like your shirts! Aww. How sweet." She kept on admiring and praising me and our relationship.

"Hey, I'm actually gonna visit him in the hospital. Wanna come?" I said.

"Hospital? Umm. Oh right. I saw him yesterday un the school... I'm sorry, but yeah! I'll go!" She smiled. She was really cute. Her hair was pale blue and was braided on each sides.

After school, Serah and I walked to the hospital where Shiroyan was checked in. I knocked, then opened the door.

"Hey, I have a friend with me. She's Serah." I smiled.

"Asami, Serah desu! Nice to meet you!" She bowed.

"Nice to meet you too. I'm Naoya, Shirokawa by the way. Call me shiroyan. How was your day?" He asked.

"Well, Tora announced that all he said was not true. And gladly, they believed it. And here, I made a new friend! And she's actually a girl! Cool right?" I said.

"Yeah. You're now completely a girl! But you know that there are stuff to do to become more of a woman right?" He smirked. What?! Ugh. Here he is again. Teasing me. I felt myself blush.

"Wha- Baka! You pervert! Stop being like that." I pouted then he laughed at me. Minutes later, Serah left.

"Bye Tabi-chan! Bye Shiro-kun! " she left.

"Bye Serah-chan! See you tomorrow." I waved goodbye,