Author's note; well... sorry for the long update umm... i can't promise that the chapters will update as quick as it uae to because thoes first four chapters were the chapters i re wrote so now... i will have to start thinking about the story more. I still hope you have fun reading though ;)

Chapter 5

Is This a Sign of Bullying?

I gripped the paper hard as my head throbbed more than before. I took a deep breath and tried to concentrate. That is when a serious question popped up in my head. Who put these flowers here?

The pain in my head is getting worse; it hurts so bad that cold sweat started to form. My vision blurred and my grip weakened. I looked around me trying to make out what is what, that's when I saw the clock hanging on the wall; I gave a weak smile and fell over. Shit I'm late for class.

"Oii, wake up"

I felt something poke me.

"Wake up… are you dead?"

What is this annoying thing? Shut up already, My head hurts

"I'm gonna splash water on you"

Huh? What? Water? Wait… this person is not serious right? I opened my eyes slightly, blinded by a bright light. I winced. I couldn't lift my hands, my body feels really heavy. I took some courage to once again, slowly open my eyes. Someone is here, it is not my imagination. My vision is still a bit blurry, I can see a bit of white hair. Something cold fell on my face. I grunted and curled my body together trying to feel warm and cosy. It fell onto my face again. Something triggered my memory, I bolted straight up.

"Wai-

Too late. The bucket of cold water splashed all over me. I sat there on the ground cover in water.

"Oh. My bad… you already woke up."

I looked up to get a better view of who did this to me. White hair, red eyes. Soul.

"No crap I already woke up!" I yelled shivering.

He walked off out of the door and slammed it shut.

"Aye! Come back here!" I screamed after him.

There was silence. I can feel my blood boil. I stood up and stormed towards the door. I opened it and looked right and left. He is not there anymore. I took a moment to curse him. I sighed, and closed the door, but something trapped it. I looked down and saw a white towel, I smiled. He is actually nice. I picked up the towel and started to dry my hair, a piece of paper fell down.

I flipped the paper over, it read "Have fun cleaning up and keep the towel, I don't need it back… your germs are probably all over it. I don't want to be infected." I take that back. He is not nice. I stepped on the paper over and over again while cursing him to die. That's when I remembered the flower bud and the note. I walked over to my bed and saw the flower still there. I picked up the note and shivered. The note changed. This time it reads "Put the lily in a small vase filled with water and prepare for the time to come"

I did as instructed. I don't know why, but putting a flower bud in water won't harm me in anyway. Besides, isn't it interesting to see what might happen? I quickly cleaned the pile of water on the floor and went to change into dry clothes; I walked to my cupboard and saw the door not closed properly. I had a bad feeling about this. I slowly opened the door and in red paint, written behind the cupboard door was "STAY AWAY FROM SOUL EATER EVANS" I didn't mind much about the writing, what really bothered me was my clothes, it was either ripped or drawn all over with a permanent marker. I stared at it in silence

"Is this what you call bullying?" I asked myself. I sighed... guess i will have to wait till my clothes dry.

I have never been bullied in my life. The only thing close to bullying that I have experienced is fighting and being called on to have a one on one. I wouldn't classify fighting as bullying because I did most of the beating up but this is different. It is completely new. I gave a small grin, this will be interesting. Please note once again that I am not a masochist. I am just a curious child.

After cleaning out my whole closet, I heard a knock on the door.

"Come in" I yelled

The door opened and Tsubaki popped her head in

"Maka, it's time for dinner. I'll show you around since you don't know much yet" Tsubaki said with a sweet smile

"Thanks Tsubaki, you're the only normal one here"

"Don't forget about us" Liz and Patti said swinging the door wide open

"Oh right… I didn't see you there"

"Of course not. The door was hiding us" Patti giggled

"Girl, are you getting bullied?" Liz asked looking at the ripped clothes I was about to chuck out.

"Yeah. Why?"

Tsubaki gasped. Patti went teary and Liz sighed.

"What? What is so bad?" I asked.

"Soul. His admirer is onto you right?" Liz asked.

"Wow… what are you? A fortune teller?"

"Nope, it is just logic, in this school, 50% of the girls are Soul's admirer, 39% is Kid's and 10% is Blackstar's. The remaining 1% are the people who don't care. This afternoon, Soul asked some people where you were so I'm guessing some of his crazed girl fans started to think you're getting too close."

"Wow…" was all I can say.

Patti and Tsubaki nodded.

"It's decided" The three of them said "we are going to buy you your clothes after dinner"

"Isn't it already curfew by then?"

"So? Who cares?"

I smiled. Trying to stand up to mother's expectation has made me forget how fun life can be.

"I'm hungry" I sighed as the stomach grumbled.

"Let's go then." Liz said wrapping her arm around my shoulder.

I finally found a place where I can be who I am. The place where I belong. Not home with mum, but here. With these retarded people.

xChiharuYoshimi