Instant Time Mage 9
[I will run like a madman running a marathon inside and outside the school building.]
[What?! You can't do that! The rules don't allow it. Why would you do that?!]
Because if I don't...
[So, I can be with you as soon as possible... No. So, I can prove to you that I'm the fastest one to get to your side.]
Cause only being with you makes me healthy in this sickening world...
[That... I can't... Let you...]
[You can't? Then that's great. Better not leave me alone then everyday if you don't want me to cause reckless trouble.]
[That... Hmph, do you what you want then of you want to get expelled!]
I don't think it's going to happen...
[Then I don't want to get expelled if it means I can't be with you.]
[You... What's wrong with you?]
She made such an exasperated sigh and shook her head softly. I give her time to process her thoughts together and then she said, looking straight into my eyes.
[i know you don't that. You're 10-word buddy. You weren't some well-known delinquent back in middle school so I don't believe you would do any of those things you said.]
Ah, but that's where you're wrong.
[You're wrong, vice president. I would do any of those stuff for a reason only known to the both of us. Because you don't know, the worst thing I did back in middle school was vandalism. I vandalized the hidden walls of my previous school to vent of my frustrations... What do you think will happen if I did that in our high school?]
[What?]
She was surprised. Staring wide-eyed at me as she taken aback. And it must be surprising for her indeed. After all, my best friend was someone famous who adheres to the ruled and fought with those who didn't. In other words, my best friend was a champion of justice.
So, realizing that I, who was the best friend of the champion of Justice, was such a troublemaker who did the worst vandalism that could get me expelled, was a shocking news that no one would believe if I told them.
[... Well... You did vandalism. Sure. But what makes our think I would go my way to apprehend you just because you're going on a vandalism spree?]
I think your underestimating my capacity to be audacious, Vice president.
[You don't think that vandalism is going make you accompany me? Then what if I write "I love you, student council Vice President! Please go out with me!" in the most beautiful calligraphy text you will ever see in all school walls and every part of the building and even all the way down to the classrooms? That everywhere you go, you would see my vandalism written just for you. With each character, each letter, each word, and the whole sentence are infused with my intentions to be with you? What would everyone do?]
[You...]
She just keeps getting surprised.
I don't know when, but I find her expressions like her surprise face or her shy looks to be most charming for me to see.
And of course, I will do the vandalism if it's the last thing I'll do. It's not the first time I did it and everyone does it once in a while.
[That's right, vice president. It would get hectic. Not only will people realize who did it. They will even realize why I did it. Because I did for you and everyone will know that. And guess what? Only you can stop me from doing so. Only you can stop this delinquent because no one else can. Only you can make me feel bad and guilty for everything I did. Only then you would have no choice but to be with me every single day to keep me from doing reckless things.]
[You... That's just audacious of you...]
Indeed, I might be. But vandalism possibly isn't the worst crime you could imagine me doing.
Vice President probably didn't know what to say at this point. She looked troubled, seemingly conflicted with me. Then she went crestfallen and made a sigh. She walked pass me, not saying anything, and I didn't stop her for when she got behind me, she then said. Her back facing me.
[All right. Just this once then. I'll be stayed by your words... And if I ever find out you're making trouble, we're breaking up... Find me on the School rooftop during lunch time. And don't you dare annoy me during school time, got that?!]
She didn't even give a chance to answer for when I turn to face her, she already ran away.
Her figure disappeared instantly. Leaving me alone to breathe in desolation.
But I didn't mind that. My mind was constantly echoing the words she spoke.
If I ever find out you're making trouble, we're breaking up
We're breaking up
Breaking up
... Did this mean we are official?!
My heart was throbbing madly. I didn't know what to think next and the only thing in my mind was the words she spoke. Constantly echoing. Becoming an imprint in my head.
[I...]
Should I be celebrating? But... She's not here with me anymore. I can't celebrate without her. The happiness will be short and empty if I celebrate alone.
Right, she said to meet her on the school rooftop during lunch time. I'll meet her there then and celebrate.
And at that time, I'll confirm my feelings and my intentions to have her be with me...
Alone, I was feeling perplexed at what to do. Seemingly at lost as I looked at the exit of the alleyway, where society was teeming with people, and I couldn't help but be afraid.
However, vice president is out there. Living and breathing as a Highschool student and spending her youth the best as she can.
I should be out there, too. By her side, living and breathing as a Highschool student and spending my youth the best as I can.
I should bear with this disgusting world for a little bit until I can find a while new world free of this repulsiveness.
Before I stepped out from the alleyway, my eyes were suddenly drawn to a spider web with a spider sleeping in its center.
I caught the spider with my hands. Careful enough not to squish it and brought it with me to school.
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Today is my 10th day as a high school student. And I already have girlfriend.
And that's not all. She's the Vice President of this Highschool!
I've benefited a lot after that confession. I learned that women have these things inside them called a "Maiden heart" and if I attempt to shove them with a lot of feelings, they will cry. And Vice President is no different from the women who have these maiden hearts.
Aside from that, I had surpassed my limits and my mind is the state of pure rationality. And never has my thoughts been so clear and clean. Like a newborn child, I began to absorb all the information around me. Observing everything with a broad perspective. And only seeing the essence of things and why it appears that way on the surface.
And before I even notice, I was already in front of my classroom. A macroscopic number of students the same class as me were teeming inside, accumulating this dense, repulsive air that made me sick.
But thinking back how Vice President told me to meet her during lunch and that I have to finish some classes before lunch made me realize that I must bear with this disgusting atmosphere until I can be with her.
I could only hold my breath as I open the door and step into the darkness. Here, I acted naturally with the fake persona I successfully installed in society. Greeting back my classmates who greeted me. And still holding my breath, I was near my seat located beside the windows.
Just nearby I heard laughter echoing that caught my attention. Setting my gaze, I saw students grouping up over one desk belonging to the only one I know who was popular in this classroom.
In that group, a particular person caught my eye. He was sitting on his chair with the group crowding around him. And if one were to see his visage, they would immediately be charmed by its attractiveness. He had short hair dyed blonde, and all parts of his face were somethings that could only be replicated from a handsome, action star celebrity.
When he talked, he talked with actions. Describing every word he said with his gestures and expressions. And when he listens, he looks them in the eyes seemingly afraid he might not hear or understand what he hears.