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For the first few weeks of the new semester, Mysta has additional changes. His routine isn't much aside from attending necessary classes in order to graduate in peace, finding a steady job to support his family, dealing with their financial problems; having lunch, sometimes Shu or Alban with him, but usually is him on the bench with a simple sandwich. He doesn't take part in general activities unless everyone must complete them. He doesn't wander elsewhere in school during breaks or attend hangouts, parties, and so forth. Mysta closes himself, intending to let things flow this way for the rest of the year, till he is out of this school with some sort of diploma for his future.
Mika Melatika - Mysta's best friend. She was here the year before. Unfortunately, due to certain reasons, she had no choice but to move. They skipped that class and went to the rooftop, casually chomped on snacks and talked on that last day of Mika being a former student from this school. Mika was the kind of supportive friend that anyone could ever dream of. For example, despite the fact she called Mysta an idiot in the morning, it is likely that her would be throwing a dollar or two at his face so he could buy something to replace the lunch he had forgotten at noon. Or despite Mika shouting how dumb her best friend was, she would still sit down, and helped him with his homework before the teacher had a step into the classroom. Mika was almost the right amount of care and support that Mysta could ever wish for, that if he fell, Mika would have his back in all cases. Yes, he did feel as if he was some sort of burden to the young girl, but with proper insurance from her, the urge faded, it's there but not as much. In a nutshell, Mika was all he had during the first year.
But now Mika is gone, far away from him. Mysta had no idea what he should do. Without her is hard, since there's no one really around him. Shu - his "brother" goes to the same school as him, but he is all busy with the student council work, and briefly has the time to even give Mysta a message. Though he will occasionally ditch his work to accompany Mysta, Shu is still a member of the student council, it's his job to finish all the tasks that are provided to him, or else, Mysta doesn't know, Shu has never told about it, just let it known as something horrible to be true. In the case of Alban - the shitty but adorable kouhai of his. Well since they are one year apart, both don't have the reason to wander around the floor for the different grades, putting it as visiting a particular senpai/kouhai is too awkward for them; plus Alban is almost inseparable from his "onii" named Sonny anyway. Mysta doesn't have the urge to sit next to them flirting with each other most of the time.
So he soon came to the idea of being all by himself for the rest of his second year in high school in the middle of his summer break. The idea didn't last long as Mysta shoo-ed it with the fact that he is an introvert, Mika's complaints won't bother him and that makes things better.
Yeah, he thought so, now here he is, struggling to even surpass several weeks. The things way above might sound simple as they were presented, Mysta deep down somewhere, finds it hard to go through the day.
Not having Mika help him was hard, no lies here. Perhaps he became dependent on her because she always chimed in whenever he was in trouble, or something else, Mysta only knows that this is harsh and spinning his head, swaying it side to side. He falls asleep more in class, not having full attention to the lessons. His grades drop of course, not to a terrible degree but lower than before. Mysta also finds things harder to be done if it regards talking to people, and socializing in general. He hates big group projects, and school activities that require teams. So there goes Mysta Rias, fully becoming a loner.
He tried to open up, but it didn't go smoothly as he thought, so maybe never again.
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Though as if God noticed and blessed, there's something shining in his eyes.
A boy, actually.
The story was, that Mysta decided to screw the studying bullshit before the test that result in him having failed miserably on one of his tests, which ridiculously pissed the teacher. They called him to the school's faculty room and had a rather not lovely talk with him. Mysta doesn't remember what he said, but the teacher decided to have someone tutor him despite his desperate disapproval. The teacher told him that they later then introduced him to a guy, ( which Mysta found out was one of his classmates with full surprise ) claimed that this guy is capable of changing Mysta's behavior toward studying. He just huffed, fine whatever, he would just simply ditch this guy then things are over. The boy who got mentioned arrived right on time as if this was all planned. Once the door to the room was opened, oh boy, Mysta swore that his heart disappeared and then reappeared for a split moment for the first time.
Pretty boy. Pretty boy.
" My name is Ike Eveland. Pleased to meet you. I have expected that-- "
Ike said something, but Mysta didn't bother to listen to the whole thing. He just stood there, staring at the star that struck into the room, glittering in front of him so gracefully. Fair skin wrapped in the school's uniform, a navy sweater for the chilly autumn, he has a slightly smaller body than him. Neat but fluffy-looking hair, warm cozy brown and baby blue sky at the tip of his hair. Golden eyes were dusted with a layer of smashed peridot behind the elegant pair of glasses. Mysta was in his dimension on cloud nine, an arrow flung right through his beating heart.
" Wow... "
" Erm... I believe that's not a form of any question, though I consider it as a sign shows that you have no further details that are incomprehensible to understand. We can start the tutoring tomorrow at the school's library for a short period after school. I hope things will go with flying color. "
Ike had a hand of his out, a delicate and gentle smile on his face. Mysta choked on his own and hurried to grab the hand that soon felt some sort of electricity. He accidentally pulled Ike further a little, but he didn't seem to mind anyway. The smile was on, it should be fine.
" Y-Yeah, thanks, I hope so. "
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The tutor section went pretty well. Mysta was afraid that it might turn out to be a mess of Ike hitting the roof and slapping the formula right on his head. No, Ike was way gentler and calmer than that. He was determined to get Mysta fully understand the problem and the solution to it; showed by how Ike explained the formula no less than five times without twitching an eye. His image was like a teacher who is actually passionate about their job, teaching things with excitement but also professionalism. Mysta had understood Mathematics for the first time during this semester, which could be due to Ike's peaceful volume and soft voice, and his comprehensible ways of approaching the problem and figuring out the answers. In return, Mysta gave Ike a few comments on how things went. The boy asked for it and said that he wished to improve himself also, and therefore be able to help Mysta to the fullest. Ike sounded genuinely cared about the case of Mysta Rias. During the section, Ike would ask if Mysta required any further explanation or needed a beverage to refresh him. In the end, before they parted their ways, Ike had made sure to check if both of them had forgotten anything, carefully reminding Mysta about their next tutor section on the following day.
As for Mysta, let just say he was stirred for a bit.
Ike Eveland - The boy who got Mysta Rias shook up all over at their first meet. Nice and sweet, calm and composed, beautiful and delightful, hot and attractive, smart and clever. The shiny and precious gemstone falls in his eyes. The pretty boy got Mysta's heart blushed hard.
Wow, Mysta could actually feel warmth crawling in his ribcage.