i walked out, with the towel covering my head. i saw kiyoshi sitting in the mattress, after a change of clothes. he turned over to me and spoke up first, in curiosity. "what's with you hiding your head with that towel, hide?" i didn't respond and turned away, feeling awkward for the moment. kiyoshi twitches his eyelids, looking a bit pissed and got up from the mattress. he came towards me, and reached his hand out to the towel on my head. i tried moving myself in different directions to dodge it, but i failed and had him take the towel away.
"hey!" i exclaimed at him. the towel was in his hands now and he saw my haircut. his lips were apart, and his reaction was in awe. his eyes were sparkling with surprise, as he spoke out. "you look better." then soon his lips curved into a smile, which was bright as a candle. i stood there blankly, eyeing his subsiding expressions. i returned the smile at him and rubbed the back of my neck. "your opinion then." i responded. i walked towards the cupboard and picked up a hooded shirt, which i had to put it over the full-handed clothing i wore inside the overcoat.
i went towards the main door and opened it, turning the light off in the dorm. i called out to kiyoshi, "let's go." in a low voice. he heard it and nodded at me, and got up from the mattress. as we walked through the hallways, there were many other people as well. i should have expected such a crowd in a fine sunday.
i looked around, and found the same guy in my alloted class, antony. there were a few people around him as well. each of them looked like they were either from russia, america, german and other more. i walked up to him and waved my hand, "hey, antony!" i spoke up. Antony looked in my direction and waved back with a smile on his face, "hey, japanese boy." i was a bit stunned that i got a cocky name for myself. "you're not wrong, but my name's hideyoshi." i corrected him. Antony rubbed the back of his head sheepishly and replied back, "sorry, i'm not good with name at certain times."
i glanced at the other members who were near antony, and questioned him, "are they you're friends?" Antony shaked his head and replied back, "nah, we were talking about something similar between us." i was a bit hyped inside, i was desperate in knowing their conversation. but i was not brave enough to intervene them. i glanced at the members again, one looked like they were from china, and other looked indian. i was being airheaded for a moment, and thought for a minute, that india and china would never get along yet i'm seeing a combination of both of them over here.
kiyoshi noticed my zoned-out expression and spoke up, rattling me first. "hide, are you all right?" i snapped and faced kiyoshi, nodding my head. "yeah, i'm alright. let's continue walking." i replied. i turned back to antony and waved at him, "we'll get going, see you in class." antony paused, and waved a hand as well weakly, "y-yeah, you too." he said in a sheepish tone.
i kept walking, and reached my hand to my head, wiping the sweat off it a little. kiyoshi, who would find any signs of discomfort just by looking, asked me, "you good?" i faced him and nodded, "yeah, just feeling tired." i replied. i constantly find something was bugging me lately. i haven't seen allen at all. i wondered where he would have been gone. i got rid of that thought from my mind for a while and kept walking.
as i continued, i felt dizzy later on. my eyes were seeing two things everywhere. i blinked continuously to get rid of it. without paying attention to my steps i bumped into someone. i looked up and rubbed my eyes a bit. it was a girl. she was a bit short and had a unique hue of lime and blue hair. i've doubt that i had seen this combination before. her eyes were large, and somewhat cute. i looked down. it seemed i pushed off a stack of books she was holding, by accident.
"s-sorry," i spoke up. i immediately knelt down and picked up the books for her. the girl was about to help me pick up a book. we both hit our heads when facing up. it felt hard. i rubbed my forehead a bit and glanced at her, as i handed over the books. she bowed down, and spoke up, "thank you!" and straightened herself, walking away. kiyoshi blowed a irritated sigh, and asked me, "why weren't you careful, idiot?" i chuckled awkwardly and replied, "today isn't my day, i suppose." i'm potentially not the type of person who could have a normal day for once, for where many twists can occur. The same goes for kiyoshi, whose cheerful attrocities could lead him to problems.
anyhow, we reached to a small garden outside campus, which was permissible in a holiday. we took a step in, the sounds of dewy grass when stepped on, the trees shedding leaves as they are collected in the wind, gave out a remarkable sight of one's eyes. we even saw animals, but something was off about them. i went closer to an animal, which looked like a rabbit, lying near a tree. i wanted to touch it, but the skin felt hard. The animal woke up and bit my hand hard. i winced in pain.
kiyoshi noticed the scene and rushed towards me. he tried to pull the animal out of my hand, but it made the pain grew even more. a few students noticed the scene and rushed towards us. one of them spoke up, "are you guys insane? we shouldn't go near it!" we both were puzzled, when kiyoshi responded. "i'm sorry, we came here just 3 days ago." the person had a flick of realization in his eyes and nodded. "i see then. we will need to kill that thing." i widened my eyes a bit, and asked him. "why though?"
"That can inject poison if it's not removed soon." he said. somehow i wasn't afraid, but i poured effort in getting the animal out of my hand. i took a rock and began to hit it's head as hard as possible. it was not budging at all. the skin was quite hard, and i felt dizzy even more. The others insisted me to relax a bit. "don't force yourself, the effect might have started to take a toll on you now." the person in the group stated. then, another boy stepped in. his appearance and rections were stoic, and had his eyes narrowed most of the time. i had seen him a lot in the hallways.
he raised his hand out and unleashed something which looked like magic. the animal was instantly killed, and there was a small cheer among the group. i looked at the cheer and had a sense of relief in my mind as well. i'm not sure why. i smiled a bit, to my own. i was about to get up, but i stumbled and fell motionless in the ground. i felt like the effect had took a toll on me with my dizziness as well. i blacked out then. and i could hear everyone trying to wake me by calling my name.