Toradora Two
The Celestial 4 of College
Chapter 4/ the turtle in disguise, Let´s go Minori!
Minori´s Pov:
True love, though well hidden and rarely seen, sure is such a strong emotion, a feeling, pure and good so as it is supposed to be.
However, it is also able to make you hating someone to the deepest core, and then there are times where love only brings you pain.
I, Minori Kushieda, an 18 years old ex-student of the Ohashi High-school, am in love.
With the fiancée of my best friend.
I gave up my own happiness for her to find a person who cares about her, more than I could.
I was in love with Ryuuji Takasu, and this was a fact I cannot deny, nor can I get rid of my feelings for him, no matter how hard I try.
I am a cruel being, an angelic surface with a far more rotten core, than even Ami-Kawashima has.
In that one year of Taiga´s absences, I wished for exactly three things.
My first wish was that I would graduate with good grades.
A wish which has been granted to me by the gods and my own efforts and hard working.
My second wish was that Taiga would return.
This wish too has become true, Taiga returned and still was the way we all knew her, she didn´t changed much and that was a good thing for sure.
However the third whish was that Ryuuji would leave Taiga.
A wish which hadn´t been granted to me, and as if it was bad Karma, it truly got to be that kind of divine punishment to me, Ryuuji Takasu even had proposed to Taiga Aisaka.
Yes you heard it loud and clearly, the rotten I, the pitch-black spot inside my heart, had wished for this cruelty, for them to part out of hurt, because of Taiga´s absence.
That Ryuuji Takasu would forget about Taiga Aisaka and chose me instead.
That he would have started an affair with me over the last year, yeah I would have even liked it to only be number 2 for him.
I secretly loved the way he always looked at me, the way he blushed while talking to me, and the way he always wanted me to be okay no matter what.
Simply the way he acted around me in that one year of being classmates before last year.
I lied to him about the Photo I had chosen after the cultural festival, I didn´t wanted to have it as a simple keepsake, I wanted it, to treasure it as my most important memory.
However I forbid it to me, out of my friendly and concerned feelings towards Taiga.
I kept telling me that Taiga needed Ryuuji far more than me, so I at least though until last year.
But then she vanished and left Ryuuji without an explanation behind.
She didn´t even replied to my calls and messages, less to his.
Over the course of the year I saw how miserable Ryuuji felt, how much he longed for Taiga to return, to be back again in his life.
I kept telling him that there would be no way, she would simply forget him.
But really, Taiga was not the only one in that situation.
I think at this point, as I kept telling Ryuuji, that his Taiga will always stand towards her love for him, it began to dawning to me.
That my feelings for Ryuuji were just too strong to simply being erased for the happiness of someone else, that I honestly didn´t wanted Taiga to stand beside him, but that it was myself I wanted to be able to see on his side.
These thoughts frightened me, so I tried my best to keep my distance from Ryuuji and to forget about him, by working on many jobs, on places he didn´t know, even quitting my waitress job; also I constantly stuffed every free-time I got, full with Softball training.
It worked for the last half of the last year, Ryuuji was worried and felt abandoned, he didn´t smiled his usual cheerful smile anymore, he was downright miserable and almost constantly in a bad mood.
This helped me somehow to forget about that cheerful, nice boy I fell in love with.
But then, she came back, Taiga was suddenly back in Ryuuji´s life and he smiled again, he once again showed this over-the-top happy smile of him.
And that was the moment where I once again fell for him.
All the effort I had made the last months, had been futile in that one few seconds, as I saw him and her almost kissing, it broke my heart to pieces as I saw that smile again, that smile that I loved so much, so I had to interrupt it.
Covering my own feelings of hurt and misery with an outburst of tears of happiness, I pressed my cheek on hers, denying her to look in my face straight and to maybe find out about my true feelings.
On one side I was glad that Taiga was back, after all she still was my best friend and I do loved her over everything.
On the other hand however, I knew that now, that she is back again, my chances to ever forget my own feelings for Ryuuji, had been completely shattered to pieces.
And suddenly this old jealousy came back, this dark sinister and ugly self, which reflected my deepest and darkest spot in my soul.
That feeling of wanting Ryuuji, but cannot having him drove me so nuts, that I couldn´t even really sleep the day after.
It was not for nothing that I fled the scene, after hearing Taiga´s reason for her absence, I had to hear it, or else I would forever hate her, deep inside, for hurting Ryuuji.
I fled and kept myself hidden from them, even more as I got Taigas text a few days ago, that she and Ryuuji engaged, that he asked her to marry him.
He suddenly seemed so out of reach, so much, that it hurt me deep inside, that it practically ripped me mentally apart.
In that night I had the worst nightmare ever, that I would have been left by everyone, that it made me go psychotic, so much that I murdered Taiga to get my hands on Ryuuji.
I dreamt that I would have become a hardcore Yandere, killing Ryuuji in the end, because he would not stop loving Taiga.
I knew I had to do something, something which does not let this vision of pure horror becoming true.
I knew that I had to be as close as possible to Ryuuji and Taiga, still it should be in a way, where it not becomes too awkward or where I would instantly being found out by either one of them.
And so I was here, becoming neighbors of the Takasus and Taiga, living in this giant luxurious apartment-building, together with Ami as roommate.
A necessary evil to be near my most beloved two persons.
To make sure that neither one of them leaves me again.
Still I had to keep my distance from them, to not become too possessive, it was enough for me to see them all day, for the next four years.
"Minori, is the food soon ready!" I heard it coming from the living room, breaking my trail of thoughts.
"For the love of god, Ami, it would be done already, if you finally would decide to help me, instead of loafing upon the couch!" I thought, with grit teethes.
"Coming soon!" I said, faking cheerfulness.
Seems like Ami´s split-personality-virus is about to spread over to me.
"Well now I need the..., wait... AMI!" I shouted, as I looked in the fridge.
"What?!" The same asked.
"Did you forgot to bring the Chicken-meat along?" I asked.
"Me, I thought you would do that!?" She replied.
"AAAAARGH; ARE YOU F****ING KIDDING ME!" I internally screamed.
"I know that I told you, that you should bring it along, aaaargggh, how are we supposed to make Chicken curry if there is no Chicken?" I asked her.
"Well just go towards the supermarket down the street and get us some!" Ami stated annoyed.
"Seriously, sometimes your acting is making me want to simply punch you in the face, another time it makes me want to stab you, till your death!" I thought.
"How about you go, this way I still can take care about the food!" I stated.
"I can´t, I just made my nails and they have to dry!" Ami whined.
"Seriously, I swear by all what is holy, someday I´m gonna strangle you in your sleep!" I thought, as I put everything on small-flame, to not burn it, before I took of the apron, and walked out of the kitchen.
"I´m gonna go, do you need something else?" I asked.
"Well while you´re on it, can you bring me this!" Ami stated handing me a list over, with various beauty-products listed on it.
"I will do my best!" I stated cheerfully, hiding my true feelings.
"But actually, why don´t you go and jump down the balcony, I swear if it weren´t for you to have paid most of the apartment´s rent for one year, I would never have chosen to live with you in the first place!" I actually thought, unfortunately did my saved money only lasted for paying one year of College and ¼ of the entire rent for the apartment, for one year.
Let me tell you, the apartment was really expensive.
What one does not do everything possible, to be close to ones dearest persons.
I sighed and turned around taking my purse, the keys and a shopping bag, as well as my jacket, before I vanished through the door.
"Really, why do I have to take this crap!" I sighed, as I stopped in front of the Elevator.
The Building was shaped like a Y, Taiga, Ryuuji and his mother were living in the part on the right side (↗), Ami and I, and we lived in the vertical Part (↕).
The elevators are right in the middle, where the corridors to the front doors of all the three apartments, were meeting each other's.
Still, I haven't seen the inhabitants of the left part (↖), according to Ryuuji is shall be a young boy around our age, which happens to also be a freshman at the same College as we, as well as his sister, who happen to be in her graduation-year at the same College this year.
Ryuuji stated, that if we have questions we simply should ask the boy, his name was strange and I don´t really remember how he was called by Ryuuji.
Still, I would hesitate anyways, to ask a completely stranger for help.
"Sigh, why does this elevator always takes so much time, to get up here?" I mumbled in annoyance.
"It sucks not, I prefer to take the stairs, but running up and down 10 entire levels is just too much, even for a sport freak like me!" A voice sounded from right next to me.
I turned my head, and jumped a little in surprise, there right next to me stood a boy with long red hair and Chinese facial features.
He wore a grey Chinese shirt and Black jeans with black lowtops.
His hair was mostly open and reached over his shoulders, some of it was tied up in a lose bun, hold together by a white band.
I didn´t even noticed his presence, I had been spacing out so hard that I simply didn´t hear him arriving.
"Uhmm, yeah guess so!" I replied.
"Seemed like you were in deep thought, I greeted you five times without a reply!" The boy smiled with a cheerful expression.
"Really, i´m so sorry, but I was indeed in deep thought!" I replied blushing in embarrassment.
"No need to worry, this happens to me too, even too often than I would like to admit.
I just simply space out and don´t move for like forever, if not my Sister or my mom or anyone else get me out of it.
I would simply remain standing on the same spot for the rest of my life, worrying and thinking about all sorts of things!" he stated smiling back, crawling the back of his head while blushing in embarrassment as well.
He scanned my bag and bit his lower lip.
"Late night shopping, huh, you better be careful, the streets are dangerous and shady, especially by nighttime.
Normally, as the good guy I am, I would not be able to allow you to go out like that, without someone else on your side.
But since I got to go to the supermarket too, let me escort you, not that I want to force you to it, mind you, but believe me, it´s definitely safer to go in a group of at least two people!" The boy stated, as the elevator arrived.
"Uhmm thanks that's nice, guess I would take you on that offer, Ryuuji and Taiga also said that it might not be safe to go alone!" I stated, more to myself, as I remembered their warning.
Still, he was a stranger but somehow my heart told me that I could trust him.
I saw it in his eyes, that he would not hurt me.
"Ryuuji..., Taiga..., as in Ryuuji Takasu and Taiga Aisaka?" He stated to my surprise.
"Yeah exactly them, do you know them?" I asked.
"Kind of, although only shortly, I happened to bump into them as they just arrived here as the new lodgers, a couple of days ago!" The Boy stated, could this be the boy, Ryuuji was speaking about, how he was called again?
"Anyways, let me introduce myself, i´m Feng Huang, nice to meet you Neighbor!" he said even more cheerfully, bowing.
"I-I´m Minori Kushieda, nice to meet you too!" I stated politely, bowing as well.
"So you are an acquaintance of Takasu-kun and Aisaka-san as well?" Feng-Kun asked.
"Yeah, Taiga is my best friend and Ryuuji is a good friend too!" I said weakly.
"Oho I hear some doubts!" Feng-kun stated.
"Huh..., h-how do you know?" I asked confused.
"I have good ears, they were essential for my job, as well as a good coordination!" He simply said cryptically.
"I see, well, yeah..., you are right, our relationship has suffered a tiny bit, Taiga vanished last year from Ohashi High-school because of familiar problems, and only recently came back to us.
And well, Ryuuji is her boyfriend and he too was kind of left behind by her, same as me I guess, still they never stopped loving each other!" I explained.
Wait why the hell did I told him this, he was a stranger for god's sake.
"I see and you seem to hold your own feelings for Takasu-kun hidden from them, you seemed to think to have a chance during Aisaka-san´s absence and that scared you.
You didn´t wanted to lose your close friendship to Aisaka-san, due to stealing him from her, but also, deep within you, you didn´t wanted to forget about your feelings for Takasu-kun, even when you wanted to distance yourself from him, am I right?
And now that she´s back you...!?" Feng-kun stated in thought, before he stopped in midsentence.
He suddenly sweated uncontrollably.
He seemed mumbled something.
"Get out of her head, get out of her head, you stupid fool, stop this, she will think you are some strange stalker, some kind of psychological labile scumbag!" I thought to hear him mumbling.
"A-a-anyways, seems like we have arrived, uhmm, sorry about this, I should not butt into your privacy!" Feng-kun stated, bowing deeply.
"It´s okay, somehow you are right, just tell me, how did you managed to see all this?" I asked confused.
"Just know that to read the facial expression of a human is far easier, than to read the one of a Lion!" Feng-kun stated cryptically.
"I see, I guess..., anyways as atonement for spying in my head, tell me something about you, why do you are here in this luxurious apartment-building?" I asked, to cheer the mood up.
"I kind of run away from home, you see my father is what one calls a super frightening, tradition-fixed, heartless bastard, who tries to push his soon to be bankrupt business over to me, after he tried the same to my older sister 2 years ago, but failed massively.
She didn´t wanted to take up on that dying business, but to live her own life in her own way, with her own choices, that was something father wasn´t able to take.
That his will was ignored was a thorn in his eyes, so he beat her up, I tried to defend her but got beaten up myself, getting me a deep dislike in him, maybe a bit of hatred as well.
The night after that day, she had been run away from home, and ever since she lived here, going to the College and doing her favorite job.
And well I decided to step in her footprints, trying to make my own life as well, rather than taking upon Dads business.
You can imagine that he was anything but amused about my decision, my mother on the other hand supported us from behind his back.
And so since a few days I live officially with my sister, here in this apartment-building, aiming to get my entrance examen done, to attend the Photography and film-school classes, as well as the sport classes and the music classes at the Oraniashin College!" Feng-kun stated.
"I see, well I too aim to attend some Classes at the same College, still I don´t know what else to do, beside of Softball!" I explained to him, as we walked out of the building and over the dark lit streets.
It was definitely a good idea to go with him, it was so dark and it looked so frightening that I would have not dared to go out alone.
"You play softball, nice, I thought you make sport, don´t get me wrong but you have a fierce step for a girl, so I kind of imagined that it would be some kind of running-sport!" he stated.
"Hey now, you must have some guts to tell this to a girl!" I chuckled.
"Well playing with my life while talking to a girl, isn´t nearly as dangerous, as standing up high having only a rope between you and your goal!" he stated chuckling as well, blushing in embarrassment.
"Are you perhaps an artist, you stated earlier something about reading the expressions of lions!?" I asked him joking, curiously and out of the blue.
"Guilty as charged, i´m a Circus child!" He only stated.
"Wait, seriously?" I asked dumbfounded, I only joked as I asked him, I never thought it to be true though.
"Positive, ever heard of Akegata no tabibito (The Travelers of the dawn)?" Feng-kun asked.
"Yes I once went with my family to a show in Ohashi, as I was 8 years old!" I replied.
"So ten years ago, at that time I started my carrier, until 2 weeks ago, I had been the Tightrope artist alongside of my mother's cousin, Wakari-sensei, who taught me everything, before he left the circus 5 years ago, same as some of the other artists too.
My father is the Director of the Circus, and mom is the Lion-tamer, same as my Sister Chi has once been!" Feng-kun told me, while we turned around the corner of the street, walking towards the market.
"So the business your father wanted to give to you was the Circus?" I asked curious.
"Indeed, but the popularity of the Circus has decreased massively in the last 10 years, the artist are leaving us one after another and we have some massive debts to pay, the Circus is shortly before the financial bankrupt, but my father will not realize this.
Our ranking is near the last place in the popularity, and that has been so ever since the Scandal with the Kurokames and various other little dirty stories!" Feng stated and suddenly his expression changed out of his formerly serious face to an expression of pure sorrow emerged.
"May I ask what happened?!" I asked him.
"I...!" He stopped shaking his head.
"I´m sorry, but I would rather not speak about it!" he explained and I understood, there are things so personal, that you cannot share them with any soul.
Even Taiga does not know everything about me.
"Anyways seems like we have arrived at the market, so let´s see, what do I need, eggs, Miso-paste, Narutomaki, Soya-sauce, Cheese etc.!" he read from his list.
"Is your Sister going to cook, must be convenient to have a roommate who helps you with the chores, when I look at mine, than her laziness really makes me shuddering!" I stated.
"Chi and cooking, for the love of god and all his holy, anything but that, Chi can´t cook for saving her life, since two years she´s depending on junk food, sweets and ice-cream, lots and lots of greasy, unhealthy food.
At least she does lots of sport, to burn the fat away again.
I do not want to boast myself, but ever since I took upon the cooking duties, she has found back to her usual taint and happy smile!" Feng-kun stated.
"I see, it´s really convenient to have someone who can cook well and who helps you to eat healthy food!" I said and he nodded with a smile.
"Indeed, you know I always say to her, that, not minding the drug-phrase-usage, a friend with weed is a friend indeed, but here I reefer it to herbs and spices!" He chuckled.
"To all those hard working diet holders out there, we salute you!" He stated, as he saluted to no one in particular.
"So you are a Diet warrior?" I asked him with shiny eyes.
"Yes ma´am, running over a tightrope isn´t able to be done, with an empty stomach, however it is hard to hold the balance up there, with a few pounds more than necessary, if you know what I mean!" he explained and I nodded.
"I so know what you mean, every pound you take plus, is only slowing you down in Softball, wherever in throwing, slaying or running!" I explained and he nodded rapidly.
"Extra-Pounds are the worst enemies of every sport, beside Sumo!" he only said and I instantly knew what he meant.
"Indeed, anyways, what do you need?" Feng-kun asked.
"Uhmm I need Chicken for the curry, some bread, and some drinks!" I replied.
"Oh and also some stuff for Ami and cleaning-material!" I stated.
"Use this, it goes best for the floor also does it polishes and put on a shield over it, to make it dirt resistant and this is for the sink, it does not leaves any after-marks!" Feng-kun stated with an acknowledge expression.
"You seem to know much about that stuff!?" I said.
"Well I lived for two years in my caravan all alone, managing everything, therefore I know much about cooking and cleaning!" He explained and a little it reminded me on Ryuuji.
"My Mother always said that the lifestyle and especially the home is reflecting the soul of a person, therefore I always try to keep both things clean, my soul and my house, or in this case my Caravan and now Chi´s apartment!" Feng-kun stated, as he took some things from his list and put them in his bag.
"It´s kind of nice to talk to you Huang-kun, somehow I feel like talking with an old friend, even though we had been strangers only a half hour ago!" I stated with a smile.
"Well thank you.
You know, as artist, but more as the director of a Circus, you always have to scan and recognize the mood of the public, to know what for words and speeches to say, in order to create a better atmosphere, that´s one good thing my sister and I learned from him.
To give our dialogue-partner a feeling of being under friends, this way it is easier for us to empathize with someone!" Feng-kun explained.
"Also you seem to be quite sympathetic to me, anyways, you can call me Feng if you like!" He said.
"I take you on that offer then Feng-kun, please call me Minori if you like!" I replied and he smiled.
"Sure thing, Minori-san!" he said.
"So where is the Cheese, ah over there?!" He mumbled, before he happily tiptoed towards the cheese counter.
I smiled, somehow he also seem to be really sympathetic to me.
"Feng-kun, i´m going to the cash register, I got everything I need, I will wait in-front of the door!" I stated to him after a while.
"Okay go on, I will meet you there!" he said smiling at me, before he turned around.
I admired his back, before shaking my head in embarrassment and walking towards the cash register.
However I didn't came far, before it happened.
"Hey girly, you sure have a nice body you know, how about you leave your lousy lover and go on a drink with me instead!" I suddenly heard a raspy voice asking me from behind, I could smell the alcohol form here.
"What the...?" I turned around to be faced by a drunken old geezer.
"Uhmm, rather not sir, I would like to go home now anyways!" I stated politely but sweat dropping, was that guy serious.
"Just keep your distance you dirty pervy geezer!" I thought, my stomach seemed to bend over, as I got another blow of alcohol-odor right in my face, as he spoke.
"Oh c´mon don´t be shy, I bet i´m a far better company than that ginger noodle-eater over there.
I swear I will pay you good!" The geezer stated, swaying from side to side.
"Get lost or I call the cops!" I stated hardly.
I usually was friendly and nice to almost everyone and the calm itself I has been called in many situation, but by this asshole I really saw red, after all I don´t have to let me being called a whore.
"Oh c´mon, dolly, I swear I have money and I have influence, so c´mon, the bar is waiting!" That dirty pervert babbled.
"I said get lost!" I stated a note sharper, trying to back away only to be stopped by the shelf, darn it, that asshole was right before me, I had no way to escape.
"I only want you as company, is that so hard to understand, I said I pay you good, I know your high-school-girls like to do that!" That pervert stated with such a creepy dirty grin.
"As if I ever would try Enjo kōsai (occasional prostitution) out, I am not such a kind of girl, I earn my money with normal and hard work!" I inwardly yelled.
I wished I would have done it on the outside too, but I couldn´t, after he stated this, accusing me of doing such a dirty perverted kind of work, I was left speechless.
Never, never in my entire life, I had been insulted more.
"Thinking about it, are we, ehehe, c´mon, there is a big bundle of money waiting for you, so let´s go to a better place!" That pervert stated and grabbed my arm hurtfully, trying to kiss me.
"No, let go of me, let go, goddammit, I say let go!" I shouted, as that asshole grabbed my wrists hurtfully, pushing me violently on the shelf.
"Keep shut, you dirty whore and kiss me already, I better take you right here right now, if you make such a fuss out of it, so c´mon show me what's under this!" He shouted, as he slid his dirty hand under my skirt, almost touching me.
"Nooo, let go of me!" I shouted, as I kicked him in the stomach.
"You bitch!" he shouted, taking me by the collar and raising his hand to slap me.
I instinctively close my eyes, awaiting pain to strike me.
But it shall never come.
"Hey, what do you think you are doing?" I heard Feng´s voice stating from the side.
I opened my eyes, seeing that he had grabbed the man´s wrist of the raised hand and squeezed it hurtfully.
"Aaaah, you f****ing redhead, that hurts, I don´t stand on boys so butt out!" the geezer shouted, letting go of me.
I fell to my knees in disbelieve, I was inches from having been raped if Feng wouldn´t have saved me.
"You better run now you asshole, for I swear, when I am done with you, the police won't have something to arrest, they only going to have to scratch you from the asphalt!" Feng stated with ice-cold voice, wrath written all over his face.
I thought my eyes had a malfunction as I looked up to him, but I thought to see Sanapaku eyes starring the old pervert down.
Eyes similar to Ryuuji´s but far more powerfull, were scanning the old geezer with outmost hatred.
Eyes full of destructive fury and a power within them, which would scare everyone in a radius of 100 meter to death, still to me , these eyes were somehow familiar.
Eyes so strong and penetrating, made to tame the king of the animals, the lion.
Honestly I hadn´t really recognized his eyes earlier, because I restrained myself to look into his eyes, due to my blushing.
"Woaaah easy, I was only joking with the lady!" The Geezer tried to calm Feng.
"Well I am dead serious, get lost or I beat you into the ground so hard, that even the teethes of your ancestors will chattering!" Feng calmly stated, there was a force within his voice and his glare, which made the men mentally shrinking to microscopic size.
"Okay, okay, i´m going!" the man shouted and stepped away backwards, after Feng released his wrist and turned around to look after me.
"Haaa, what now, Ginger-boy, what are you going to do now?!" The man shouted, smiling madly as he suddenly hold a knife in his hand.
"Feng-kun watch out!" I shouted, as the man was ready to stab him in the back.
"Here, hold this for a sec, please!" Feng only stated.
"Huh...?" I asked dumbfounded.
"Baaaaaaammm!" Before I even could recall what happened, the geezer had his throat squeezed by a high kick from Feng.
A Kick so hard, which let him flying backwards and smashing right into a shelf full with glass-bottles of different alcohols, shattering most of them.
The knife flew through the air and landed in a package of flour right next to me.
I looked at it frightfully, what if that geezer would have used this to make me shut up, would I have or would I still scream.
"Good night, sleep tight and rot in hell!" Feng stated coldly spitting on the knocked out culprit.
"Hey Shopkeeper, you better call the cops, there is a scumbag to arrest here!" Feng shouted.
"Hai!" The man behind the cash-register exclaimed startled and frightened for his bare life.
"Are you alright Minori-san?" Feng asked me, his expression softened in an instant, back to his usual look.
Even though it were the very same eyes, who looked so full of wrath towards the man, his eyes now were full of worry, care and kindness, there was no glimpse of the wrath and hatred from only a minute ago.
"I-I-I guess, I-I-I´m alright!" I stammered, in awe as well a bit in fear.
"I´m sorry you had to see this!" He stated, crawling his back in embarrassment.
"No, I, i´m just,..., wow, you sure are strong, you really saved me in last second, i´m so glad!" I said, trying to overplay the whole scene, as well as trying to act tuff beside of being actually terrified by the whole situation.
"Stop it, don´t play the tuff girl, you can cry if you want to you know!" Feng gently said, stroking my cheek.
"But i-i-i..., I was so scared!" And before I knew it, I was sitting here crying, right between the broken glass-bottles and other thing which had fallen from their shelves during the riot.
"It´s okay, it´s okay, I will stay with you until the police comes!" Feng stated and I nodded thankfully, still crying in his shirt.
The Police came several minutes later, they arrested the old geezer and took us to the police station, and there I phoned first Taiga and then Ami.
The same was shocked beyond believe, as she heard what happened and constantly apologized to me for not coming with me to the supermarket.
Feng meanwhile phoned his sister and informed her about what happened.
I lasted another half hour before they arrived at the police-station.
"Minnnnnoooorrriiiin!" Taiga shouted and with teary eyes came flying at me.
"Taiga, i´m so glad to see you!" I cried, as I petted her hair.
"Kushieda-san are you alright" Ryuuji asked me, worry written all over his face.
"I am, thanks to Feng-kun saving me from that pervert!" I explained pointing at Feng, who stood in the background, rather silent.
"Seem like you have become a hero, Feng!" Chi Huang, Feng´s older sister stated as she ruffled her brother's hair.
"Oh c´mon, Chi, it was the most trivial thing I could do, anyone in my situation would have stepped in, still, I even had to use our parents inheritance for this, I bet I actually freaked the hell out of Minori-san!" Feng only stated blushing and nervous.
"Feng-kun, I am most thankful that you saved my best friend from being attacked and sexually harassed!" Taiga stated and both she and Ryuuji bowed.
"Please accept my gratitude as well!" The same stated as he too bowed.
"Okay, okay, but now stop this praising, really, it was nothing, a good exercise and helping a maiden in need, I swear this is the most trivial thing to do.
C´mon, let´s just all get home in our secure apartments and grab a bite.
I don´t know about you guys, but i´m quite hungry!" Feng stated, blushing deep red in embarrassment and just as if on call, his stomach growled.
"I know something, how about we make a dinner party at Ami and my apartment!?" I asked excited and they all turned around towards me.
"Also for thanking you for helping me out with late night shopping Feng-kun!" I explained cheerfully.
"Well, if you say it this way I gladly take you on that offer, logically I will help to cook!" Feng-kun stated and Chi nodded.
"We unfortunately have already eaten with Yasuko, but we gladly will give you some Company, if you want!" Ryuuji offered and in nodded.
"This will be nice!" I stated.
"Alright, that's how we do it!" They all stated in unison and so, after we finally were allowed to leave, we left the police station and drove back to our apartments.
After this shock we were bound to make this evening finally enjoyable.
But we had no idea about the coming trials in the near future.
And there was no way to get prepared for it.
Still all I can say is, that the first year of College surely will be bound to get interesting.
A/N: And this was Minori´s Chapter hope you like it, and I would love some more reviews and opinions about your thoughts to this fanfic.
Sincerely, yours truly, The Storyteller and his books.