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I can do this! I can make friends.
That’s what I promised myself when I transfer in this new school. I wanted to make friends in this new school because I couldn’t make friends in my old school, but quite the opposite, I made enemies. Almost everyone in my old school didn’t like me because I was too cocky, girly, rude and overconfident, and because of that, I was bullied there, and I made my mom worried when I returned home with bruises. So now I decided to change so I could fit in and not make my mom worried anymore.
I got in the school just fine, it took me awhile to find my classroom, I looked at our assigned seats and sat at mine. Other students are already here, some are talking with their friends, others are just reading their textbooks getting a head start on our studies, I greeted the student in front of me in the nicest way I possibly can, but he just nodded at me and got back at studying. About 10 minutes later the teacher came in and started homeroom, the teacher introduces himself as Amane Yugi and that he’ll be our homeroom teacher, just as Mr. Yugi about to start todays lesson we heard the doors rattle and slides open. A blond, bruised rough looking student with a traffic safety earring entered the room, Mr. Yugi and the student stared at each other before speaking.
“You’re late Minamoto.” Mr. Yugi said crossing his arms “And on the first day of school.”
The student, Minamoto just shrugs. Mr. Yugi sighs and pinches the bridge of his nose and motions Minamoto to seat down. My eyes followed him and notices the only empty seat is behind me, I looked back at the front of the room. I wanted to have a normal and bully free school life in this new school, but now I sit in front of a delinquent and I might just get bullied by this delinquent, but I still wanted to greet him.
“H-Hi, my name is Sousuke Mitsuba” I said reaching out my hand to shake “N-Nice to meet you.”
He just looked at me then at my hand, just as I was about retract my hand he grabbed and shook it, after that I just looked back in front of the classroom and listened to the lecture.
“Did you get into a fight again?” I heard one of the student whispers from behind “How many this time?”
“Three…”
Three! He beat up three other students! During in the middle of the lecture he wasn’t really a problem, he’s mostly just quiet and he answers questions he is asked, but mostly just stares outside the window dazed. The lectures when by quickly and now we’re allowed to have our break, most of the students went outside with their friends, that includes the delinquent with two other students. I decided to walk around to familiarize myself in the school, after a while the bell rung and I went back inside the classroom, the two students that was with the delinquent came back except the delinquent himself, in fact he wasn’t there even on lunch time. The other students were quite noisy for my liking so, I went to the roof since I know no one will be there, I got there and I was right, no one was there, I sat down and started eating it was quite peaceful. I finished eating and started putting away my lunch box and that was when I heard a light snore, I looked around and didn’t saw anyone around except a ladder that leads just above of the door to the roof, I climbed up the ladder slowly and I was shocked to see the delinquent sleeping here, I quickly got down the ladder and picked up my things and went to the door, as I was about to turn the knob, the door swung open, I was met by a handsome looking man that look similar to the delinquent.
“Ah, I’m sorry.” He said with a weak smile, “You’re the new transfer student, right? I hope you enjoy your time in our school.” He reached out his hand, I smiled the best I can and shook his hand and thanked him.
“If you’ll excuse me.” He motioned me to move aside and he went outside and started to look around, he turned around and looked up, he sighed, and I looked up and saw the delinquent now awake.
“Kou, can we talk, please?”
“Sure…”
The delinquent jumped down right in front of the handsome man. “Your teacher said you were late.”
The delinquent turned his head and glared at me, “This doesn’t concern you.”
I realized I was intruding to a private conversation and quickly went back inside the school, I got back in the classroom and tidied my desk for the next lesson, surprisingly the delinquent went back and sat down in his desk, this time his bruises are bandaged up. Through out the remaining day, the delinquent stayed in his desk and listened to the lesson, he didn’t cause any trouble and I was glad about that since I sat just right in front of him. The bell rang, indicating the school is over and all the student started packing their belongings and started to leave, even the delinquent left quickly. I walked in the hallways along with the other students leaving, I recognized the handsome man in the corner talking with someone, I then just realized he has a student president arm band on him and he seems to be talking to the delinquent from earlier, he’s probably in trouble with the president, I thought, but then again they do look really similar.
“straight home, okay?” the man said, “I’ll be here for a while.”
“Okay…” the delinquent said starting to walk away
“And no fighting.”
“Alright.”
The president noticed me, and I realized I was staring at them and I tried to walk away, but the president called me.
“Are you his friend?” the president asked
“No, I just sit in front of him and to be honest he’s a little intimidating.”
“He’s always been like that, ever since he was a kid.”
“How do you know that?”
“Uh…Because he’s my brother.”
It was quite surprising that their brothers, because he looks like a perfect prince, while the other one is a delinquent with a lame earring. I must have been too shocked because the president cleared his throat and spoke again.
“Don’t let his appearance intimidate you.” He said, “He’s actually kind and gentle.”
After that, the president left me to do his duties and I left school. On my way home, I found a familiar blond on the street, it was the delinquent with 3 other rough looking students, but these students have different uniforms from us.
“I’ll make you pay for what you’ve done to my goons.” The guy in the middle said, “And this time, I, the boss will take you down with my lieutenants.”
“Whatever…”
One of the guys saw me and pointed at me.
“Hey boss look, he has back up.”
The delinquent turned and looked at me and turned back to the others.
“Ha! Even the blond oni needs help.” The boss said laughing
“He’s not with me.”
“Whatever, you two go take care of the other one.”
“Sure thing boss!”
The two started to walk towards me, but before they could pass the delinquent, one of them is already on the ground clutching his stomach and the other just received a punch on the face and then fell on the ground.
“Damn it!” the boss yelled,
“I warned you.”
The boss attacked the blond and hit him in the face, but the blond retaliated, the two kept punching each other, but the blond blocked some of them, finally the boss went down.
“I’ll get you next time.” The boss said getting up and slowly walking away with the other two. After the 3 is no where in sight, the blond started to walk away, I jog towards him to check if he’s alright.
“Hey!” I called out “Wait a minute.”
“What?”
“Are you alright?”
“I’m fine.”
“Why’d you do that?”
“Do what?”
“Protect me.”
“They challenged me, I defeated them, I didn’t protected you.”
I decided not to ask any further and just kept walking, for a while I walked just right behind him, not because I’m following him, it’s because we’re walking in the same route, a few more minutes he turned to a corner and we parted ways. I got home and I was greeted by my mother.
“Welcome home, honey” She said smiling, “How’s school.”
“It was…Fine.”
I sat down on the couch tiredly
This is going to be a long school year.