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“You sure you'll be alright, Nezu?” My friends were voicing their concerns about me going off on my own. It was nice to know that they worried about me, but I was in school, so what could possibly happen?
“I know you're just taking that stuff to your brother, but Shimada might be there,” Kaori pointed out. Among our year, Kai Shimada was well known for having a lot of girlfriends, among other things. In my little circle of friends, he was also known as a bully. Therefore, each of us had always made an effort to avoid him.
Me? I had a personal reason to stay way from him: my older brother. It wasn't that the two absolutely hated each other or anything like that... Shimada just picked on him a lot and Tomohiro was always too afraid to stand up for himself. Although, I have no right to say that since I'm not much different than him.
“You just want to go with me so you can stare at Shimada,” I said, rolling my eyes. Kaori and Rika may act like they hate the guy, but really, they find him very attractive. However, because of me, they would never do anything with him. “I'll be just fine. Maybe I'll give him a lecture while I'm there.”
The three of us just laughed. Me lecture Shimada? That's about as likely as him falling helplessly in love with a girl like me. Or any girl at all. “Just be careful if he's around, Nezumi,” Kaori said as she and Rika turned to leave. With that conversation over, I scampered off in search of my older brother.
(Shimada's POV)
As usual, I was bored. At least, I was until a new face entered the room. A new, cute face. She wasn't anyone I knew, but I'd seen her around two girls that were a year under me, so I assumed that she was the same.
What surprised me most about this new girl was the person she approached first: Tomohiro Ohkawa. That kid was a total wuss, so what was she doing talking to him? My confusion started to disappear when she handed him something; looked like a book and some papers. Must have forgotten something.
But she didn't walk away after that. In fact, she looked like she was smiling.
“Hey Nezu.” I turned my head just a little to see Katayama approach the girl who was talking with Ohkawa for some reason.
This time, I knew she was smiling as she greeted him. “Hi Ryo.” Watching her, I could tell that she and the two idiot gamers were quite close. Maybe she was... no. There was no way in hell that anyone that cute could be like those two idiots. Just what was this girl to them? No way could either of the two ever get a girl like that.
The more I thought about it, the more pissed off it made me that she was talking to those two losers. But seeing that smile on her face, I couldn't bring myself to step in. Not yet anyway. No, for now I will just enjoy that cute smile from a distance.Maybe this girl could be fun... I thought with a smirk as I stood back and watched this girl and waited for just the right time to make my move.