SARAH'S POV:~
He's right in front of me, looking out of the window. I wonder what he's thinking, or imagining
Always with that broody expression. I have seen him smile very rarely, only when he's with his best friend luca. But still, very less.
Almost everyone in this class wants to talk to me. Everyone's gazes are always fixated on me, I was fed up. So, I just asked the teacher to let me sit in the last, window seat, some people would also call it the protagonist's seat.
I thought when I'll start sitting behind him he would try to talk to me, I was so exited. But we all know how disappointing reality actually is. There wasn't even a slight change in his behaviour.
Some students still look at me by turning around, there was no one in the class who wouldn't want to talk to me. Of course, there were some exceptions.
But this guy, I wonder if he even knows about me at all, he's just that lost in himself.
Come to think of it, he's good at everything, whether it comes to PT, studying, base-ball, soccer, chess etc. and above all, he has a monstrous reaction time.
Sometimes even I took the initiative to start a conversation but he only gives answer in yes and no. He doesn't even look at me while talking. It feels as if I'm bothering him.
I wonder why he only talks to luca. People say Luca also hangs out with the bad boys.
I hope leon also starts taking interest in me. I wanna spend time with him. I want to ask him why he's so lost in himself. I want to help him, understand him and... Love him.
"Hey Sarah, Good morning"
"Oh, good morning shizu, how r u''
'if you wanna talk to Leon, why don't you approach him'-shizu whispered to me
'because I Dont wanna talk to him'
'stop lying, my eyes had lingered on you for a while, and you were constantly looking at him'
'w-wait, was I too obvious'
'of course'
While we were talking to each other, Leon's only friend, Luca, came.
LEON'S POV:~
I'm shishio leon. My father was the owner of one of the leading real estate companies of japan. But when I was 5, someone murdered him. Who did it? I don't know.
I still remember that day, no matter how much I try to forget, it just doesn't goes off. The next day, my mother commited suicide. I don't know much about share market. Dad had invested in some shares of share market by taking a loan from bank. But after his death, no one was there too manage the shares. I was too young to understand anything about the business. Gradually the price of shares kept decreasing and due to the inability to pay the loans we even had to sell the house. From then on, my grandmother took me in and I started living with my her.
and two days ago, my grandmother also died.
Come to think of it, why did I not commited suicide? Maybe I know why, I thought I would avenge my mother and father. I searched a lot but I couldn't find any clue. After all, how could a 5 year old boy catch a criminal?
Ever since my home was destroyed, I have tried everything to improve myself, I started reading every kind of self help book like Art of manipulation, dark psychology, atomic attraction, how to read a book, the art of speedreading, art of persuasion, art of taking revenge, art of war, 48 laws of power, how to read peoples etc. I've read each of them more than once. Doing 100 puch-ups,100 sit-ups, 100 squats, 10km run everyday. Becoming a chess freak, increasing reaction speed to the limits, practicing every hand to hand combat tactics and skills and on and on.
I've loved watching anime since I was a child, I loved their spirit of not giving up even in the worst conditions. When I was a child, I thought the world was simpler. That there was no contest you couldn't win. That hard work would be rewarded. That anything was possible. was It all a lie afterall?
"hey Leon, you seem really sad these days"
While I was thinking about the past, Luka asked me
Luca, full name~ Luca Kazu, a boy from a rich family. Who has been my best friend for around five years.
When my father was alive, because I belonged to a rich family, many kids wanted to be friends with me.
I knew this, and I did not paid much attention to them and kept reading self-improvement books.
When my family conditions worsened, everyone who wanted to become my friend stopped paying attention on me, except one boy, who even then, wanted to be my friend, and that was Luca.
At first, I thought Luca might have some kind of motive behind this. But no, he just wanted to be my friend.
"You already know my circumstances better than anyone, I have given up on life"- I told him.
"Oh come on buddy, I never thought that a boy like you would give up on life, especially when the best actress of Japan has her eyes set on you"-he said to me.
I didn't understand what he said, but I have no interest in it. I have lived enough life, now I just want to die.
Wait, what?
"I didn't get it"- I asked him
"A hint is enough for the wise"-luca exclaimed
There is only one actress in our class, the pride of our school, who is currently sitting right behind me, in the last row. He probably said that to piss her off. His motive? He has an old habit of teasing people, you can say that it's his innate talent, and he likes to do it a lot.
I didn't wanted to take this matter any further, let's just unhear it.
By the way, our school is not an ordinary school, it is a luxurious school where children of rich families come to study. How did I got here? The principal of this school is a good friend of my father, and maybe he probably owe my father, which is why he said that I can study here without paying any school fees.
luca sat on his seat, which was next to mine.
Before he would have said something, teacher had came.
All the periods went on normally
At lunchtime, I saw Luca and the girl behind me going to the rooftop.
From what I know, Iuca isn't interested in girls, at least not right now. Whatever
when it was was time to go home, something unexpected happened
"Hey Leon, wanna go home together?"