CHAPTER 3, PART 3
THE GATHERING STORM
I'm making my way to the literature club, and I stop. There's... a crowd of students in the hallway, laughing. This isn't normal. I make my way through the crowd, and see something that makes me angry.
They're laughing at Natsuki.
I rush to the crying girl's side, and I kneel down. My knee gets wet, and suddenly I know why they're laughing.
But it only makes me more furious.
"Who the fuck thinks this is funny?" I immediately stand up, and face the crowd. "WHO?" I yell.
Suddenly, the crowd falls silent.
All except one student, who is only laughing harder at this point. I walk up to him.
"You think this is funny?" I stare straight at him.
"Yeah, I think it's pretty goddamn hilar-" I punch him straight in the face before he can finish his sentence. "Dude, what the hell is your problem?!"
"People like you are my problem." I return to Natsuki's side. "Alright EVERYONE GO BACK TO CLASS!"
Probably afraid of suffering the same fate, the crowd begins to disperse.
I help Natsuki onto her feet, and we make or way to the nurse's office. Eventually, the nurse discharges Natsuki from class, and we make our way to my place. For some reason, she doesn't call her dad about it.
"So... do you wanna talk abo-"
"No."
She shoots me down before I even finish the question.
"Okay, I understand."
"Let's just get back to your place so I can take a shower. Keep it quiet, okay?" She says to me.
"Okay.."
After walking for about 5 and a half minutes, we finally reach my house.
"Damnit!" She cries out.
"What?!"
"I... forgot to get a change of clothes..."
"Don't worry, you can use some of mine until yours get cleaned."
"I... guess... but you'd better not do anything weird with my clothes, or look at me in the shower, dummy! I'll kill you if you do!" She says, threatening me.
"I hadn't planned on using your clothes as a masturbatory aid anyways." I jokingly say. She stares at me.
"You.." She stares at me with a dirty look.
"I was kidding!"
"W-whatever, dummy!"