(Note that this is a work of fiction. Any names and events are all fictitious. Happy reading!)
The bastard's still as sharp as ever. He still had not forgotten about his best friend. What's with pur get up, every time we've me? We're always different than the others.
Ryou's the same height as me. We play the same sports and had the same type of girls. Though, he's more popular than me because of his attitude and athletic skills.
I didn't joined any club or sports competition to show my skills off. I'm contented at just playing sports, every some times.
His transfer and the incident must be, just some kind of a coincidence. He's never told about his father, even though, we're close.
I didn't bother asking. I am not the type to pry into others' life. We have secrets, things we don't want the others to learn about.
Coincidentally, there's a vacant seat beside me. Ryou was told to sit there. The bastard's been pestering me, ever since.
"Nee, Seth-chan, why are you wearing fake glasses and that face mask? That doesn't really suits your pretty face well. Come, here, I'll take it off you"
Tch! He's revealing my secrets. This is why I hate, old acquaintances.
"Who are you? I don't know anything about you, nor what you're talking about"
"Geeh! How rude, Seth-chan, I've missed you. I came all the way from Kyoto to Osaka, just to see you. Sob, sob"
He won'r shut up. We're on the middle of the class and he's not minding his surroundings.
"E-ehem! Kurosaki-san, will you please be quiet? I'm teaching here!"
Our subject teacher, although it was faint, I was able to recognize the raised in tone. Well, I could see the reasons. Ryou's been talking ever since.
"Sumimasen~ Sensei" (Sorry, or excuse me)
For God's sake, he finally shut his trap. I'm not talking shit about him or anything bad of the sort. This is just how I treat my best friend, Ryou's used to it.
He kept silent for a while, until lunch time hits. I quickly stood up and go to the cafeteria. I wanted to leave behind Ryou, but, the bastard's as quick as ever.
He's matching my pace and kept on pestering me about my get up.
"Oh, a pervert's following me, help, help"
"Oi! That"s not very convincing, if you say that with an emotionless words!"
The girls who we're passing by, couldn't helped but stare at the bastard. And, Tachibana-san's also on the move.
I bought lunch, three pan and a bottled water. Stay hydrated and safe guys.
"Nee, Seth-chan, are you mad? Talk to me! Oi!"
This is what makes us different, his talkative mouth and my quiet, but quite perverted mouth. Unlike him, who likes to talk every second he has, I would rather not entertain, anyone who'll try to talk to me, unless it's me who's hitting on someone or I took the initiative.
Ahh, I can't get enough of this breezy air, here on the rooftop.
Tachibana-san's just a few seconds away from us. She's carrying her bento around, following us two.
She prepared her lunch and began eating, not minding Ryou.
"Uwah! She's a real glutton! I can't possibly eat all of that food! You can't too, right Seth-chan!?"
"Of course. Who in his right mind would eat that many"
She's not right in the head. She's having a few screw looses.
"I could hear you two, you know!"
I took off this irritating mask and the bastard's happy to see me doing it. I didn't took my glasses though.
"Yay! Finally, Seth-chan! For our reunion, how about a hug?"
"Hug your face, Ryou"
"Tch, still as cold as ever towards me" he whispered something to me. "Nee, nee, who's she? She's a beaut!"
Ryou has a habit of hitting on girls that are following me around. He's been like this, even when the first time we've met. I won't say that I don't know his reasons, for doing that.
They always fell for his sweet words. Well, I wasn't entertaining them, that maybe so.
Ryou approached and began hitting on Tachibana-san.
"Hmm, you're eating a lot but, you've only gain about a few kilos, like 2 or 3. Say, what's your secret behind?"
He did an inspection on her. It's one of his abilities, he's able to measure someone's capability.
"My secret? It's eating, that's the secret to al of it"
"Woah! My eyes are sparkling in awe! Wait, I can't see my eyes, teehee!"
He's at this again. Do you think that's cute? It's annoying, don't teehee us!
"Ryou, you're bothering her quality time with her boyfriend, bento-kun"
"Uwah! Am I? Gomen, beautiful lady!' (Sorry)
She stopped her last bite.
"Ehh!? Did you just say that I am a beautiful loving, cute, charming, adorable lady!?"
Bitch shut up. He's smooth-talking you.
"Hai!" (Yes)
"Thank you! You're good guy, I'll give you a 10! Unlike the others here, hmph! Making me run all around the school"
Oi, don't look at me like I've told you to do it. You're the one who followed me around.
"Did Seth-chan really made you do that!? If I were him, I won't let you do something so tiring, instead, I'll entertain you until you're satisfied!"
She'll fell for his schemes. I'm not gonna pry into these two. They can hit it off, just don't include me on your mess later.
But I know Ryou, he wouldn't do something so stupid, even though he's an idiot.
"Nod, nod, he's a jerk!"
Who's the jerk. I'm leaving, time limited, I'm hitting the library.
"Oi, Seth-chan! Wait for me!, where are you going!?"
In the end, Tachibana-san was left behind. The bastard won't stop following me around.
"Really, that guy!"
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She's here. The librarian was reading a book this time. She wasn't sweating or anything of the sort.
I browsed first through the shelves and looked for something interesting. Mystery novels, that's what I'm reading these days. I can't get enough of the plot twists and the turn of events. I would alwayd took a guess on who's the who. Like a detective, I would used the evidence and guess who the perpetrator is.
"Oi, oi, Seth-chan! Is she the reason why you're hitting the library!? She's a gem, dude!"
Don't talk as if you mean that. You can't fool me with your words.
"She was... but I got rejected when I tried to befriend her"
"Pfft! Hahahaha! Really!?"
He's being loud, he's bothering the other students.
"Hushed!"
'Oh no, Kaneko-san's here! How am I supposed to face him, after rejecting his offer of being friends with me. I also need to give his handkerchief back'
After I going through the shelves, I took a sit where the librarian can see me. I want to watch her reactions.
"Nee, Seth-chan, do you know her? I can right!?"
"Yeah, do whatever you want"
Ryou went over to her, to have a talk with the librarian. They were talking, like, they have known each other for a while. Moreover, she's not stuttering or flustered in front of him.
"Ehh, really, he said that!? Seth-chan's so bold!"
This bastard. What is he asking her.
I can't concentrate on the book, my attention's all focused on their conversation.
"You want me to help you get along with Seth-chan? Eh, what's this, do you like my best friend?"
She became flustered for the first time in front of him.
"N-no! It's just that I feel bad about bluntly rejecting his offer of becoming my friend!"
'Heh...'
"So it's out of guilt? You know, Librarian-san, that's what Seth-chan hates the most. He don't want anyone taking pity on him or talking to him because you felt guilty"
She seemed to be sweating. She's nervous about their conversation.
"I wasn't taking pity on him. It's just that, I didn't mean to flatly rejected him, I was caught off guard and dumped his offer out of reflex"
'Hmm, she's trying to talk her way out'
"So, you don't like him or anything? Then, I can assume you're free? I'll help you, if you agreed to have date with me"
She's blushing, her face was beet red. She's not used to those kind of things. She's always been a bookworm, dating a guy must've never crossed her mind, or so I thought.
"S-sure. If that's what it takes to help me. It's just a d-d-date after all"
"Hahahaha, you're so cute Librarian-san"
--
I didn't bother borrowing the book, I've already memorized the content of the book. I just need to remember it later, however, after doing that, it will take a toll on me, giving me severe headaches.
I went back to classroom. I left Ryou behind. He's still flirting with the librarian, that's why he didn't notice I wasn't there anymore.
Everything went normal. My normal day, however, it was slowly changing, bit by bit.
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School hours done, everyone went to claim their points. Students who failed to pasd the test will not receive anything. First, second and third year's line were separated.
There are 30 students per section. But, since our class the last section, we're still short on one classmate, 14 girls and 15 boys.
'This will take a long time, or so I thought'
It was faster than I had imagined. Our class have about 20 who passed and the rest have failed the test. No points for them and they also need to take another different test until they pass it.
Japanese really are well-mannered, organized people. Everyone was in an orderly line, patiently waiting for their turn to claim their points.
There were a bunch of girls talking behind me.
"Did you hear? The top 3 overall scorer of this week's investigating new names on the scoreboard"
"Ehh, really? I heard rumors about them, you know, that one"
Another one of the girls butt in the conversation.
"Sou, sou, that rumor. I heard they are choosing students of the same year, teaching them and making them take the spots!"
"That's scary! But, why are they doing that?"
"No idea..."
They changed the subject when a girl and boy of my age walked past us. They look like they are a part of the student council.
Finally, I'm the next on the line. It was Milla-sensei who's doing the job of giving our points. She asked for my phone, so I gave it to her.
It was lock, I have put a pin code. Milla-sensei, asked me to open it, so I did.
"Hmm, not bad stats. Also, your overall efficiency, it wasn't bad. It will go up as you raised your rank. Here, Kaneko-kun~"
She gave it back with a smile on her face. I couldn't read what she was thinking behind those smile of her.
I checked how much points I got. I have 89,450 Yen before I received the points.
1 point's equal to 50 Yen. If you're on the top of your class, you get an additional points based on your rank. And if you ever made it to the top 200, the points that you will receive will be multiplied by 2. For top 150 to top 200, multiplied by 2. For 100 to 149, multiplied by 3. For top 11 to 99 you get a multiplier of 4 and for top 4 to 10 you get a multiplier of 5. The top 1 to 3 gets a multiplier of 6 Imagine how much money they get every test.
I'm top 10 in my class. My overall score is 549, plus 20 points a total of 569 multiplied by 1138 multiplied by 50 Yen, equal 56,900 Yen. I'm placed 200, but look at how much I got. Those top scorer who has a multiplier of 6, 5 and 4, I don't want to imagine how much they get every test.
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On my way home, I stumbled across a bake shop. I bought a cake there, good thing it was one of those shop that take points/phone money as a payment.
I bought two kinds of flavor. One's a strawberry and one's a chocolate flavored cake.
Mine's the chocolate, Auntie's cake is strawberry. I also bought food for dinner, but I knew that Auntie have already bought food for dinner. So, I'll just put all the food I bought inside the fridge.
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"I'm home"
I saw that there's another unusual pair of shoes. I expected it to be tiny evil's classmates or friends. I could hear laughter and voices coming from her room.
I went directly where Auntie is. She's preparing snacks for tiny evil's classmates. There's five glass of juice and some biscuits.
"Oh, welcome back, Kaneko-kun"
She saw all the paper bags and the cake. She helped me put it down on top of the table.
"You've bought so much. Wow, you even bought my favorite cake! Thanks Kaneko-kun. I'll put this in the fridge, you bring this to Kaida's room"
Geh, of all time, why now.
"O-okay"
She had it put on a tray. I carefully lift and carry it all the way to tiny evil's room.
I knocked on her door without saying anything. Tiny evil asked who it is, but I still stayed silent, so she was forced to open the door.
It was my first time having a look at her room.
It was all pink. I couldn't see everything, but I'm sure that she has a girly room. Well, she's a girl after all.
"Ugh! It's just you, don't you have a mouth or are you deaf? I asked who's on the door but you're not saying anything!"
"Sniff, sniff. There's this scent again! Hey Kaida-chan who are you talking to? Is that your cousin?"
She quickly grabbed the tray from me and shut the door closed.
"Ehh, is that your cousin? Nee, Kaicbin, is he cute or is he good?"
Questions after questions were asked to her.
"H-he's! He's neither, don't even think about meeting him, he's a pervert!"
They didn't believed her words. They insisted on meeting me, at that time, I was on my way to my room, when her door opened and she's silently calling me.
"Oi, oi! Come here!"
She has her tone down.
"Why did you have to be the one to bring our snacks!? Now, my friend's asking for you!"
I don't have a reason to meet them and agreed to what they like. And I know that she don't want me to meet them.
"Tell them I'm busy. I have no time for a small talk"
I turned my back on her and walked away.
"Ahh! How dare you!"
She didn't understand what I did for her. I know she thought of me as a bother.
She closed the door and went back to her friends.
"So, what'd he say?"
Their eyes were sparkling, waiting for her response.
"He's got something important to do and can't spare you guys a few minutes"
Their sparkling eyes turned into a sad one.
"Eh, that's too bad"
"Don't worry girls, it's not worth meeting him"
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