Happiness For You (Chapter Three)

Suddenly, a hand touched her on the shoulder from the back.

As she was annoyed and thought it was the irritating buffalo, she took the hand and pulled it. The owner bumped into her and they both sprawled on her desk. The whole class was looking at both of them. Her face was a slight pink. She was under and the owner of the hand was above her. “Get lost, you pervert!”

“Hey! Cool it. What did I do to you?”

She suddenly just stood up and the person above her fell down with a bump. She had realized she made a mistake because it was not Kojimi who was above her. Kojimi was in front of her. She turned and looked on the floor. It was a guy with red hair. He looked familiar, especially with his headband. But she couldn’t remember where she had seen him before. “Excuse me, can you at least help me up?”

“Oh my God! Sorry.”

She helped him up and dusted his uniform, repeating her apologizes. He seemed overly offended. He kept looking at her with a glare. But it was so weird, the so called glare looked fake in a way. A glare was supposed to look scary but his seemed to have a twinkle, like he was purposely doing it. She stood there string at him like he was something fascinating and a never seen before thing after dusting his uniform. He looked uncomfortable with her staring and said, “Hey, I know I’m good looking. But you don’t have to stare at me like that.”

Nozomi burst out laughing.

“You? Good looking? Hahahaha...”

“What’s happening here?”

A voice came. It belonged to a white haired guy. He was skinny and extremely good looking, but Kanda is better, she told herself. This guy looked serious and a little fierce. His eyes seemed to scan her from top to toe. She felt a strong feeling from him, like he was waiting to pounce on her and attack her anytime. She was feeling fear in her stomach. While he did, the whole class was silent. So silent even the sound of flies’ wings could be heard. It was like going through something that needs everyone’s attention. She felt everybody’s eyes on her again. She closed her eyes.

Then...

“Accepted!”

She opened her eyes in surprise. Accepted? What did he mean?

“I.. I don’t understand.”

The white haired guy smiled and all her fears about the guy disappeared.

“Let me explain. But firstly, my name is Allen Walker, the monitor of this class. And these are the others.”

The girl whom Kojimi sat with came out from behind him and gave a big smile. “I’m Lenalee, his assistant.” Pointed at Allen.

Another girl walked to Nozomi and shook hands with her. “Miranda. Nice to meet you.”

Then, a guy with black hair with his fringe dyed white smiled at her and waved at her. “I’m Krory.”

She could see a few of his teeth were sharper than the rest. She smiled nervously as one by one, all her new classmates introduced themselves. They were all very friendly and warm. Too friendly and warm that she actually forgot the existent of the most annoying person on earth until he butted in.

“My fellow classmates, can’t you see that Nozomi is feeling uncomfortable with all your talking? Please...”

“Hey! Who asked you to butt in? Who said I’m uncomfortable? I never said such a thing. They are all so nice. Not like you. So get out of here.”

“You see, my classmates? She is feeling stressed right now. She...”

Nozomi was red with rage. Who was Kojimi to step into her life and ruin it? Who was he to come and butt into anything she sis? Who was he to talk in her presence? Who was he to talk for her? He does not belong in her life. Nor does she belong in his. They were two different people and should stay out of each others’ lives, which was exactly what she did. But did he?

No! He had to worm his way into her life and destroy every single ray of light and hope of being free from him. He was such an annoying brat, exactly like a mosquito. Always flying around, but hard to hit and slap away. Right now, at that moment, she had never felt such a feeling of anger and rage. She hated him and whenever she had to treat him nicely because he was her cousin, she always gritted her teeth. It was like treating your greatest enemy with the utmost respect, which was totally unimaginable.

He now looked at her through concerned eyes, as if she was ill or something drastic. “My darling, what’s wrong with you? Is it because of them? I’ll...”

“Would you just keep your mouth shut?! Why should you care for me? I never asked you to. If you think I like you, think AGAIN! I’ll never like you. You have so many bad points and you expect me to like you back? Impossible. Not in a million years. You’re nothing to but a person who irritates me every single second you are near me. So GET LOST!”

Nozomi stomped away from everyone who crowded around her desk. She was fuming and nothing could soothe her. She walked to the classroom door and..

BUMP!

“Who in the world just bumped into me?! I’m feeling like murdering someone now. So if you don’t mind, get out of my way.”

She looked up at the person and gasped.

-brenda-