The Familiar Face
Chapter 3
Lunch with Numbers
When the bell finally rang, Wally leaped up from his history seat. He had to go to that cruddy class for flex. So, he couldn't hangout with Kuki and find out more about her.
Wally walked out of the classroom and followed the many other high schoolers down to the cafeteria. He also made a look out for Kuki, just in case. He didn't know why he was do worked up with seeing Kuki though. It still seemed really strange that he felt he already felt like he knew her.
Once he entered the cafeteria, it was very crowded, as usual. He got some pizza and started heading to where his teammates sat. But, as usual they looked like they were in hushed voices. Talking about something he wasn't suppose to know. He sighed and rolled his eyes. He then searched for a good place to eat.
His eyes then suddenly hit the Japanese girl who was eating by herself. Wally, smiled at the fact he had found her. He started to walk over. Kuki looked like she was thinking about something, even if she was eating. She didn't even notice him coming over until he stood beside her. He looked up at him confused.
"Uhh, mind if I sit here?" Wally asked.
"Oh, sure Wally!" She beamed. Wally felt his cheeks become warm but shook it off and sat down next to her.
"So, uh… are ya new here? I don't eva think I've seen ya around." Wally asked. Looking back through out his memories, well expect before his was 13. He always felt like those memories are under lock and key when he tries to reach them.
"Oh! Well, kinda… I've always lived around, but around 12 or 13 I got homeschooled for some strange reason…" She said, she pondered that as if she couldn't remember why.
"Oh, I see that. Heck, when I was younga both mum and dad tried to pull me into stupid boardin' schools! Neva could hold me though, I always escaped out of the first hour or so." Wally said proudly.
"Really why?" Kuki asked.
"Meh, I may hate school, but boardin' schools are even worse! I prefer 'not' to be in any kind of uniform and stuff." Wally said. "Besides, I think I had some friends…" Wally tried to think, he could feel it so close. The image of friends that he had when he was younger but, instead it got him a headache. He clenched his head in pain.
"Ow!" He cried, irritated that he once again could not reach it. Kuki became worried.
"Wally? Are you okay?" She asked. Suddenly a moment flashed in his eyes.
"Numbuh 4!" He heard a girl cry. He slowly opened his eyes. Looking at the girl who looked at him worriedly.
"Wally! Are you okay?" She called.
"N-numbuh 3…" He groaned.
"Oh, Wally! Stop putting yourself into stuff like this!" She cried.
"He... He deserved it." He muttered.
"Numbuh 4! Just because he called me a-"
"Yes I did! He called you that horrible word." He growled. "Your anythin' but that!"
"Wally…" she said.
"Don't worry so much Kuki. I just don't like it when people do that to ya." He said.
She smiled and kissed his cheek. "Thanks Wally."
Soon the moment was over, he looked up at the girl who looked at him worriedly.
"Ah, sorry about that Kuki, didn't mean to scare ya. That just happens when I think of some of my memories." Wally said.
"Oh…" Kuki said. There was then silence, Wally tried to remember that moment again. What he just saw, it felt familiar… he put his hand on his cheek as he was trying to feel something. But nothing.
"Hey, how about we learn more about each othera alo'righ?" He asked.
"That sounds fun." She said happily. Wally smiled, man this shelia is bringing him to feel… younger. He didn't feel like an old man or anything, just like that he was a kid again.
"Alo'righ then! My younga brothera Joey and I play this a lot." He said pulling out a stack small notecards and toon off the rubber band that held them.
"I always keep a stack just in case." He shrugged.
"How do you play?" She asked.
"So, you take the cards and you flip one." He said doing so, he flipped the card and it read, 'song'. "We then both take turns answering it, it's basically asking what our favorite song is. Sometimes Joey and I can't spend a lot of time together so, we play this to keep ourselves updated." He said.
"You also have to say what's on the card before answering."
"I see, this should be easy." She said. She then thought for a moment, "Then, for this I would say…song, Fearless by Taylor Swift." Wally groaned inside, of corse she'd pick something girly like Taylor whatsherface.
"I would say, song Radioactive. (I know I can't think of any other song!).
"Okay, lets begin!" Kuki cheered. "Alo'righ! That's wha I'm talkin' about!" They flipped the card and the game began.
"Sport, basketball."
"Sport, soccer."
"Color, orange."
"Color, green."
"Age, 15."
"Age, 14."
"TV show, wrestling."
"TV show, Rainbow Monkeys." Wally cringed at the familiar girly TV show.
"Number, 4."
"Number, 3."
…
They both then stood in silence, it was just, so much remembrance. It felt so familiar, they felt like they knew everything already. It wasn't until the bell rang that they snapped out of the staring.
"Uh, so…" Wally said as they stood up and threw their trays away.
"Maybe after my ehh basketball practice we could hangout, if yeh wanna." He asked.
"Sure, that'd be great." She said.
"See ya… Kuki." He said.
"Bye… Wally." She waved at him before turning away down the other hall.
'What… has this girl done to me?' He thought before turning around and walking the other direction.
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