Learning To Love

Why?

She could have tried harder.

Mariko thought as she picked the dirt between her nails. Had she tried harder, maybe they could've talked.

She held back a sigh, who was she kidding? He started panicking when she grabbed on to him, talking to him anytime soon is going to be an impossible feat.

She walked into her class and after greeting a few of her classmates headed straight for the seat next to the albino girl. She sat on the chair heavily, dropping her bag on the floor and then proceeding to hold on the the albino haired girl's arm.

"Kaaaaaaatttthhyyy." She whined, rubbing her head on the girls shoulder, she felt the other chuckle "Yeeeeeeeeesss??" Katherine asked, imitating Mariko's whine.

Mariko gave a pout to her white haired friend "Lets get married already." She gave her best puppy dog eyes, Kathy smiled "Why do you wanna get married so soon?" She took a sip of her coffee.

Mariko played with the cuffs on Kathy's flannel "Because life would be so much easier." She sighed dramatically

"How would it be easier?"

"It just would!"

Kathy giggled

"What's so funny Masuta? This is a serious matter!" Mariko glared at Kathy playfully, Kathy glared just as playfully

"Well then, if this is so serious answer me this, Jackson. Whose gonna take the others last name? "

"Pfft- Easy! We'll just put them together! That easy."

Kathy smiled at the brown skinned girl, her own skin far paler in comparison. She turned completely to Mariko and cupped Mariko's cheeks in her hands.

Mariko smiled and leaned into her hands, her eyes closed. They stayed in that position for a while before Kathy pulled away and coughed into her hand.

"Anyway, are you done with the Bio homework?" Kathy asked, reaching for her cup of coffee, definitely not her first one this morning.

Mariko snatched the coffee cup from her friends grasp and drank some of it "Yeah, but it took me all night. Max couldn't sleep so he came to my room and talked about animals until he went to sleep. Very cute but also really tiring."

"Ugh, I know the feel." The cheerleader groaned " Mary, despite the fact that we share a room, refuses to sleep in her own bed! I wouldn't mind, if she knew how to sleep! Swear I've been kicked in the face more times than I can count."

Kathy made wild gestured with her hands, Mariko smiled, " You're so cute."

"Huh? What was that?"

"Nothing."

"No, tell me! No fair, I can't speak Japanese!"

"Sucks to be you then." Mariko smiled teasingly at her.

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Mariko stared at the chalk board in confusion as the teacher continued talking.

God this was impossible, she thought scratching her head and trying to solve the formula in front of her.

So if I want to find the time I have to multiply the distance by the speed? Or is it divide?

She calculated both methods and decided the multiplication was the right one. With a sigh, she stretched her arms over her head and closed her book when the bell rang for lunch.

She packed her things into her bag and left the classroom. She walked quickly to the school yard, dodging some students standing in the middle of the hall or running past her.