"You're really an idiot you know that ?" I told takanishi-san who was standing beside me . We were standing in front of the public library near the station and looking at the sign that was put up on the door of the library door . This is ridiculous .

'closed for the day due to an outbreak of flu amongst the staff members , we're sorry for the inconvenience.'

"Its not my fault ! How would I know that the library would be closed today ! I'm not an idiot you idiot !". She shouted at me . Sigh . I really am an idiot for coming . I won't deny it . So does that mean I can go home now? Great ! Maybe it's a good thing that the library is closed ! I turned around and looked at takanishi-san .

"So I can go home now right ? Bye ." I said and started to walk away from the library but then she pulled my t-shirt and pulled me back .

"You can't go home ! You said you'll help me to revise for the test !" She said .

"The library's closed , so that means we won't have a place to study which means , I can go home."

"We could study at other places ."

"Where ? There's no place quiet enough to study."

"My house !" She looked cheerfully at me . What her house ? No freaking way am I going to the home of the idiots ! I'm going home to take a nap ! And is she crazy ?! Inviting a guy to a girl's home ! She must be so damn freaking gullible !

"No way ..i'm going home !" I started walking away but then she jumped in front of my path and blocked my way .

"Then we could go to your house !"

HUH ?! I do not want a weirdo to come inside my house ! No No No ! She will probably ask me a lot of questions and the whole study thing will just turn in to a 'answer my questions' lesson . So no way ! But , if I say no , she's probably going to pester me until I say okay .So that is not an option. Sigh ,either way , I have to choose ! Argh !

"Echizen-san ?" she asked and looked at me with innocent eyes .
"Ah fine ! Your house then !" What other choice do I have ? I don't want her to come to my house and I most definitely do not want her to pester me all day . Sigh , well , I guess I could use the revision too . After all , I haven't been revising on that particular subject .

"Yay ! Thank you echizen-san ! Lets go lets go ! Time waits for no one !" She said and ran towards a street filled with shops . She looked so excited and happy . What a weird person . I followed behind and after a few minutes of walking , we reached . It was an apartment . I didn't know she lived in an apartment as well . I always thought that she lived in a big house. Since she's always smiling , I always assume that she is surrounded by family members but I guessed I was wrong about that. We went inside and took the lift to the 12th floor . That's high ! Imagine if the lift broke down and you'd have to climb 12 stories of stairs ! We reached and takanishi-san opened the door to the apartment .

"I'm home Kiki !" she shouted . Kiki ? Who's that ? Her sister ? What a weird name . Is her family full of weirdos too ?! I was expecting someone to jump out of the house but then , we were greeted by a white and light gray Himalayan cat .

"Meow~" the cat meowed at us and jumped on to takanishi-san's arm . She started purring .

"Kiki ! Did you miss me ? Hehe ,i missed you too ! Hey we have a visitor , Look ." Takanishi-san then turn around and showed the cat to me . The cat looked at me and meowed .

"She likes you echizen-san "

"uh-huh.."

"Anyways , come on in !" Takanishi-san said and lead me inside towards the living room . She put the cat down and headed inside the kitchen .

"Please make yourself at home . Here, you can sit at the living room first while I get some tea."

I sat down on the floor next to the coffee table and put my things down . Her house seems small . It feels like she's the only one living here . Nah , Maybe she's got a small family . But , it sure seems quiet enough . If only my house was this quiet . It's never quiet there ! The landlady's daughter is the most noisy of all . Every single night , she will play her stereo so loud that I could even hear it on the 5th floor ! And she goes 'kya kya kya' whenever she sees me and its so freaking annoying !

"Meow~" I heard a meow .

I looked down only to see takanishi-san's cat rubbing herself against my leg . What was the cat's name again ? Kiki , right ? I held my hands out and patted the beautiful Himalayan cat . She was soft and she purred as I continued to pat her . She reminded me of my cat , Karupin . The only difference is , the color of their coat . Karupin is white and brown but Kiki here , is white and light gray .

"Karupin …" I thought to myself .

"Wah , you guys are getting along well with each other ." Takanishi-san came out from the kitchen holding a tray of hot tea .She placed it down on the coffee table and served me one cup of tea .

"No .."

"Aww stop denying . The fact that Kiki is rubbing herself against you means that she likes you and she's usually very shy with strangers ." Takanishi-san said and sat down beside me . She took a sip of the tea and smiled at me .

"Well..i owned a cat like that too.." I said while looking at the cat that is now lying down on my lap .

"Really ?! Wah what's she like ? Or is it a he ? Maybe we could visit !" takanishi-san exclaimed with excitement .

"Its a she . But .. she's no longer here.." Karupin is gone now . She passed away in an accident a few months after moving to my apartment . I really miss her . It feels lonely in the house now that she's gone .

"I'm sorry … for bringing up such a painful memory .."

"Its fine ..i'm over it ,so don't worry about it .."

"Here ! Kiki will keep you company ! But only for a while , Kiki's the only family I've got !" She smiled at me and pointed to the cat that was sleeping soundly on my lap .Huh ? What did she mean by the only family she have ? Where is her family ?

"What do you mean by the only family you have ?" i asked . Why am i asking that ?! Isn't it non of my business ?!

"Well, my Dad passed away when I was little and my mom passed away when I was in middle school . So i've been living on my own and supporting myself all these years !"

"What about your relatives ? Don't you have any aunts or uncles ? Grandparents ?"

"No one , my parents are both the only child in their family and my grandparents have already passed on . But its okay , because I have kiki !" She turned towards me and gave me a smile . This girl , she's like me . Living on our own and supporting ourselves . But , her parents are gone and mine are still in this world . The thing is , they don't care about me .So it's the same as if they were dead . But how is it that she's able to stay happy ? How is it that she can still smile like that everyday ?

"Echizen-san ? Is something wrong ?"

"Nothing ... So , are we going to study or what , or I can just go home ?"

"Ah , of course we're going to study ! I'll leave it to you then , echizen-sensei !"

"Don't call me that ..."

"Then ..Shorty-sensei !"

I looked at her and gave her a glare .

"No ? Baka-sensei ?"

"Okay you know what ? Lets just get this over with and stop with the nicknames stuff !"

"Okay ! Chibi-sensei !"

Sigh . And I told her to stop with the nicknames. I'm an idiot for asking her to stop . But , somehow , I feel like I can trust her . Why ? Maybe its because we both are alike ? No that's not it . There are other people in the world that has the same situation as us . So why ? Ah hell , whatever ! I took out my notes and English textbook and started my revision with takanishi-san .

3 hours later …

The house was extremely quiet .I could hear the ticking sounds of the clock .I was staring at takanishi-san and watching her as she tried to answer the questions that I have just threw her .She was frowning and staring in to the piece of paper . I'm guessing she doesn't know how to do it .

"Ah ! I have no idea !" She finally snapped and threw her hands over her head . I knew it ..

"Sigh .. you ...really are an idiot , and a rather stupid one .."

"well sorry for being stupid , how do you do this ?"

"Sigh ..well.."

I explained and explained the question to takanishi-san and taught her how to answer these types of questions .After one freaking hour of explanation , she finally got it .

"Now I understand ! Thank you echizen-san ! eh ?"

I was now lying down flat on the floor and my arms were covering my face . Ah , i'm exhausted . Four hours . It took me four hours just to tutor her on one topic of English that we will be tested on .Imagine if she asked me to tutor her for the final year exam ! I am never , ever going to be a tuition teacher you hear me ?!

"echizen-san ? Are you alright ?"

I opened my eyes and saw that takanishi-san was kneeling down beside me .

"I'm fine- *growl~* "

That did not just happen . THAT DID NOT JUST HAPPEN ! *growl~* I think that just happened . I want to kill myself now .

"Ah ,could it be that you are hungry ? Sorry ! I didn't realized that it has gotten so late ! Of course you must be hungry and we didn't even have lunch !"

Late ? Its only seven .

"Wait here okay ? I'll cook us dinner !"

"you don't have to cook for me ..I'm not hungry ..."

"Don't lie ,its the least I can do to repay you for tutoring me . Plus your stomach is growling so loudly that ..*growl~* " She kept quiet when she heard that . We stared at each other in silence .Then slowly , I could see that takanishi-san's face was red from embarrassment .

"a..h..h~~ i'm going to cook dinner now !" With that , she ran inside the kitchen . Sigh , well I guess I could use the time to nap . I sat back and leaned against the Sofa and closed my eyes . I could hear the sounds of someone chopping on the kitchen board and the sizzling of the frying pan . It reminded me of when my mother used to cook for me . I would always sit in the living room and waited for dinner to be served while I bickered with my stupid father and the sounds of mom's cooking will always filled the room . Argh ! Ryoma stop reminding yourself of the past ! That's ancient history ! Time will never rewind itself .

"Here echizen-san !" Takanishi-san's voice called out to me which made me open my eyes . I saw that she placed dinner on the coffee table in front of me . I sat up and looked at the plate of curry rice placed in front of me . Curry rice ? She knows how to cook curry ?

"Are you sure I won't get food poisoning ?"

"Hey! You'd be surprise !" Takanishi-san said and sat down next to me .

"Hmmm..."

"Lets eat !" She shouted and took a spoonful of curry rice .

I looked down on my plate of curry rice . I took my spoon and scoped the curry rice and ate it . I chewed on it and swallowed . This taste .. Taste like home ..i haven't tasted something like this in a long time ...Why ?...How is it that the food she makes taste so good ?

"So ? How is it ? It's good right?"

"Hmm..So-so ."

"Heh ?!"

I must be going crazy . Why am I feeling a little happy because of something like this ? What's happening to me ? We finished our dinner after 20 minutes .

"You said it was so-so but you finished the whole pot of it ."

"That's because i'm hungry .."

"Liar . Its good right ? I'm a genius !"

"No , you're an idiot .."

"Okay , but you just finished the whole pot of idiot's curry ! Hehe !"

"Fine , you win !"

"Yay ! I finally won you !"

"No , I just let you win on purpose .. Anyways , I have to get going .. Its getting late .." I stood up and took my bag . I walked to the door and takanishi-san followed behind . She unlocked the door and I stepped outside to put on my shoes . She stood there in her mini apron and watched me . Man , she looks like a mother !

"Thanks again echizen-san ! I'm really grateful for today !"

"Not really … T-thanks for the food ..See yah.." I said goodbye to her and walked towards the lift . I turned my head back slightly and saw her waving her hands . Pfft . She really looks like a mother .

The following week passed by and now we were sitting down in our seats , waiting to receive our test results .I wasn't really worried about it since English is one of my best subjects . The teacher came in the class holding on to a stack of papers . Everyone started to whisper to one another . I could tell that they were worried . Not like I care .. First , lesson went on as usual . A few minutes before the lesson was about to end ,the teacher started to call us up one by one to receive our test papers . I took mine and went back to my seat .

"Takanishi-san !" The teacher called .

"yes !" She answered and walked towards the teacher . She took the test paper and walked back to her seat . When she opened her test paper , her eyes widened . What ? Did she fail ? Ack ! Why am I so concerned about it ?! It's non of my Business-

"THANK YOU ECHIZEN-SAN !" She shouted at the top of her voice . Ouch ! Don't shout ! My ears will bleed ! Then she grabbed my hands and thanked me over and over again .

"Oi , relax will you ?" I told her and asked her to let go of my hand .

"Ah sorry , i'm just so happy ! I passed my worst subject !"

"How much did you get ?"

"I got 67 !"

"Hmm not bad .."

"What about you echizen-san ?" She asked and looked at my paper . I saw that her mouth dropped wide open . What ? Is it that shocking ? I haven't even seen my marks yet . I took a glance over my results . Oh well , the usual marks .

"What ?" i asked .

"Don't you what me !You got 100 ! That's-"

"Is it that shocking ?"

"well … YES ! Your amazing echizen-san !"

I'm not . Sigh . She's getting too excited .

"takanishi-san , can you please get back to your seat ? You can thank echizen later after I debrief the class ." the teacher called .

"Yes !" She gladly went back to her seat and sat back down . She was smiling all throughout . She's that happy ? The teacher debriefed the class on what was going to happen next week and then he greeted us goodbye . After leaving the classroom , I packed my bags and got ready to leave for work when the door slid open .

"Momoshiro-senpai !"

"Yo ! Oi , sakuno lets go !" He called out to ryuzaki-san which came running over to him . Please let me vomit . I want to get out of here fast .

"Fshhh Stop blocking the way.." a voice came from behind momoshiro.

"K-kaidoh-senpai !"

momoshiro-senpai moved away from the door and shot a glare at kaidoh who was making his way towards me . He walked towards me and stood beside my desk . What does he want now ?

"Echizen ."

"What ?"

"Lets talk.."

This is probably one of the longest chapter that I have written !Stayed up till 3am to finish it . But i'm fine with it since I really love writing stories !*Dun dun dun dun* dramatic music . What do you think will happen ? What does kaidoh wants to talk about ? Read to find out ! Thanks for the support all of you have given me ! I really , I mean it , I really appreciate it and I love you guys ! Hearts ! :D

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