The Aliens

When I want to know more about him...

My eyes landed to Nagumo.

A week has been long enough. Why did he have to ignore me now? I didn't tell anyone of that little emotional breakdown I had with him. Why can't he at least talk to me?

"GOD HAND!" Endou shouted as he caught the ball.

"Ike, minna-san!" Aki cried happily.

My rested my chin on my hands. I watched unhappily at the practice Inazuma Eleven is doing. My eyes wandered off to anywhere besides Kiyama or Nagumo.

Sasaki looked at me with concern and inquired, "What's wrong with you today?"

I sighed and stood up from the bench. I stated, "Nothing... I'll go home early, alright?"

"But practice-?!" I cut off Kato's statement.

"My mom needs me back home." I said simply.

I gathered all my things and went off. I walked back to my house, taking my usual route... until I bumped into someone, unexpectedly.

I landed on my butt.

"Ah! Gomen, gomen!" a boyish-feminine voice laughed.

I turned up to see a boy with long blonde hair and golden eyes. He wore the Zeus Academy's soccer uniform.

"I'm fine..." I muttered.

He held out a hand as he smiled softly. He informed, "My name's Aphrodi."

I took his hand and let him help me up. I introduced myself, too, "Gazel."

Silence.

I eyed his captain's mark on his arm and inferred, "You're the Zeus' captain, huh?"

Aphrodi let out a smile and admitted, "Yeah!"

I took my hand from him and walked away, but without saying goodbye to him, first.

My eyes landed on my phone, which was vibrating.

I sighed and swung my feet from the bed. I really need a break from my assignments. Now would be a great time to do that. I picked up my phone and flipped it open.

1 new message

I pressed 'view.'

From: Burn

Received: 6:32 pm

I'm bored. -.-

I rolled my eyes.

I text him back: So?

Him: I need some fun. :(

Me: Don't text me while u'r ignoring me.

Him: i was not!

Me: ...bye.

Him: Wait!

I shut my phone down.

I sighed in relief and disappointment as I put my phone down and fixed my papers since I was almost done. I'd copy off Fuyuka's work tomorrow, anyway.

Pardon?

I never cheat. Unless it was necessary, like now.

I got ready for bed. I closed my eyes and willed myself to fall asleep so I would be early for school tomorrow. I know, I'm such a nerd/dork, but I'm afraid you can't change me being responsible for myself.

Okay, so maybe it wasn't so responsible when I wanted to copy Fuyuka's work.

Sue me.

Back to sleeping...

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"KEEP THAT NOISE DOWN, NAGUMO!" I shouted through the window.

His head popped up from it and teased, "What'ya gonna do 'bout it, Suzie?"

"Why I ought to..." I muttered under my breath as I glared at the crimson-headed... thing.

"What was that, princess?" Nagumo teased again and tilted his head towards me.

I found that very cute.

I glared at him and closed the window, along with its curtains. I fixed my blanket again. Why can't that boy ever sleep, huh?

"I need to talk to you," a wave of hot breath reached my skin.

I jumped and hit the weirdo with my head. Hard.

"Ow!" Nagumo yelled in pain.

"Get out of my bed!" I screamed.

Nagumo forced his hands on my mouth. He warned, "Ssh! Someone might hear!"

I couldn't care less!

I bit his lip. He snatched his hand away, but didn't scream. I pushed Nagumo to the floor and pinned him down using my body parts. Awkward position, but as long as I can hold him out.

Nagumo stared at my eyes for a long time. But I can't deny that I didn't do that also with his eyes.

Somehow, as if we were pulled with a magnet, we started leaning to each other.

"Ruya." I whispered.

The next moment, I was kissing him and he held me in his arms and damn it felt so good. Everything about this moment was addicting…

My heart beat went fast and I couldn't just stop it from thumping on and on...

And then our kiss broke.

"I'm so sorry, Gazel." Nagumo whispered as he sat up. He straddles me and rocked me in his arms.

I tried to reply to him, but I fell asleep.

Dumb move, huh?

I touched my lips as I woke up.

My hand immediately shot up and felt the bed sheets next to me. It was cold as if no one was there for the entire night. Although it was true, I can't help, but think that Nagumo was beside me the entire night.

The door of my room slammed open.

"Come out of bed, dude. Class would be starting soon." Fumio stated.

I looked at him and nodded.

Class was boring even if the teachers were fun.

I was starting to hate myself. Nagumo was never here by my side nor did he ever text me again. I met Aphrodi again one day, and we exchanged our phone numbers.

Currently, a lot of days after the kiss, I was hanging out the park and sat down on one of its public benches. I flipped my phone open and was bombarded with Kato's and Sasaki's messages about how I should go to the skate ring with them.

I flooded their phones with, 'NO.'

"I saw how Hiroto-san looks at you," a voice started saying.

I turned around to find a grinning Aphrodi.

"Hey, Terumi." I greeted.

I decided to call him in his formal name since he started calling me with my own formal name, despite telling him to call me 'Gazel' a million times.

"Fuusuke, what are you doing alone in this fine day?" Aphrodi asked and sat down next to me.

I held my own hands together and answered back, "Regretting some mistake. And what do you mean about Kiyama?"

Aphrodi smiled and tried to lure me in with his words, "I don't know... it's obvious he loves you..."

I shook my head and played with my phone, avoiding Aphrodi's look of confusion.

"I love someone else." I muttered.

Aphrodi's eyes widened as he forced me to look up to him. He questioned, "Nagumo?"

I pushed him away as I sadly nodded.

"Huh. I suppose it makes sense since I see you so happy around him, though Hiroto is bugging me to tell you that he needs to see you. He told me that you should meet him at the back of your school." Aphrodi told me.

I shook my head and replied, "Nah. I'd rather let Nagumo ignore me..."

"He's ignoring you?!" Aphrodi was shocked.

"Yeah..." I whispered. Tears suddenly sparked out of my eyes as I remembered what the reason why Nagumo has been ignoring me was.

I was- no- I am Suke-chan…

"Say, Aphrodi." I said suddenly and snapped my head to look at him.

He raised his eyebrow and said, clearly amused, "What?"

"Where did Nagumo go to school when he was in junior high?" I asked.

Aphrodi bit his slip, and sighed. He admitted, "I wasn't supposed to say this, but... Aliea Academy."

"What was that?" I asked and tilted my head towards him.

"A school for... aliens."

"He's an alien?"

Aphrodi glared at me because of the interruptions. I smiled sheepishly and signaled him to continue.

Aphrodi huffed and started to talk, "Nagumo and Hiroto went to 'school' there. Honestly, they were orphans and were adopted by Kira Seijirou. Kira found a meteorite and decided to analyze it.

"After that, well, he found out that the meteorite was special and can grant anyone power. He decided to use it for military purposes, but the Prime Minister declined. So, he used it for soccer.

"Endou defeated every soccer team of the Aliea Academy, so… yeah..."

"How come Nagumo has a mother, then?" I asked.

He smiled bitterly and replied, "Because he was just invited to play for 'Prominence,' a team in the Aliea Academy."

"Drift..." I muttered.

"That was your brother; he's the captain of Diamond Dust." Aphrodi said simply.

My jaw dropped and my eyes widened. So, that was why he knew Nagumo from the start?!

"You know, you could have been the captain for Diamond Dust, but your brother decided to take it for you."

"How do you know all this?"

"Because I have sources." Aphrodi stated and smirked.

I rolled my eyes and hissed, "Well, if you have sources, then you should know that I want ice cream now."

Aphrodi laughed as he stood up. He stated, "I don't know how you handled all of that news, but let's go."

I grinned as we made our way to the nearby ice cream vendor.

Trust me, Aphrodi, I'll be confronting my brother later...

And probably cry again because of Nagumo.

CUUUT!

Gazel: Phew! That was emotional.

Burn: Not entirely.

Fumio: But Gazel gets to know who Nagumo really is in the next chapter!

Me: SSSSHHHHH!

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