I am in my third period class and I can feel someone staring at me. I turn and look around the room. I look at the back of the class in the middle row and see...Nozomi-chan. Smiling that big dumb crooked smiled and mouthed "hey". I furrowed my brow and turned away from her and back towards the front of the class to pay attention to whatever the teacher was saying. I narrowed my eyes and tried to focus but all I heard was "blah blah blah.." I turned back towards the back of the class and tried my best not to smile when I saw Nozo with her big grayish-blue eyes staring at me with her lip pouting just a bit. I rolled my eyes and mouthed back to her "hello.." She instantly turned her frown upside down. She was making funny faces at me and I let out a small chuckle before turning to the teacher as he was finishing up the lecture and telling us what to do for the rest of the period. Still not able to focus, I realized what class I was in.
Science...and I forgot my project. I pulled out my phone and called my older sister. The phone rang three times before she picked up. "What do you want?!" , she said and I could tell she was either at work or sleeping (probably sleeping). "Oh uhm...Can you bring me my science project..? I forgot it on the table.." , I said slightly annoyed.
I could hear my mom yelling at my sister in Japanese in the background. I cocked my head as my mom got closer to the phone. She was yelling so loud that I barely understood what she was saying. Once I started to get it, I shook my head and laughed a bit. She was saying, "I can't find my socks and I am going to be late for work!" I told her to calm down before informing her that her socks were still in the dryer. She thanked me and said, "I will bring your project to you on my way to work." I smiled at my phone and hung up.
Walking up to my teacher with my hands in my pockets, I smiled and started talking, "So uh..I forgot my project at home but my mother is going to bring it to me.."
He nodded and leaned to the side a bit to look around the room before turning back to me and nodding again. "While you wait I would like you to help Nozomi. She needs all the notes we have taken and needs to start this project. So fill her in and answer any question she has. You can do it right? You are the best student so I expect a lot from you." he said happily. Sighing and shaking my head I turned to look at her and then frown in absolute disgust when I saw her chewing on her pencil. I turned back to the teacher and contemplated what to do. I smiled my best fake smile and said, "Of course sir.."
As I am grabbing all my notes and supplies to help the "new" girl, I feel a tap on my shoulder. I turn to see a huge mischievous grin before looking up to meet the deep eyes of my best most annoying friend...Steven. He knows exactly what I have to do and he is obviously curious. "Well?", he says as he wraps his arm around my shoulders. I pinch his side and say, "Well?" We are standing at the "new" girls desk and he leans down to her and says, "How do you know my precious little Kai?"
I blush and punch his arm while furrowing my brow even more than before. Looking down at the ground I can feel Nozomi-chan's eyes on me. "So you didn't tell anyone about me..?" I hear the sadness in her voice before I look up and get the most horrible shivers down my spine. She..was crying...
"Seriously dude..? You made her cry." Steven said with a sad look on his face.