❛ 𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 - 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝 ❜ ━━ ❨ 𝚔𝚞𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚘 𝚗𝚘 𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚝. ❩

▐ 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚒𝚝.

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" join the swimming club! "

" join the literature club! "

everyone shouted as they all swayed their handmade club flyers around strangers and the first year's faces in desperate hopes that someone would join.

it was so annoying.

something that i could never stand is when people don't know that no means no. no matter how many times i tell these people that i'm not interested, or just simply say no to them, they just continuously push my buttons up until i either have to shout at them, or just shove them to the side in order for them to leave me alone.

do i feel bad? of course i do. although, i try to remind myself that it's not entirely my fault, nor is it my problem. they were the ones that were pushing my buttons, so they would be the ones to face the consequences. simple and easy really.

i've never been quite fond at the idea of clubs, or anything of it. i prefer staying home, and maybe reading some manga or manhwa. i don't want to be staying at school after school hours working my ass off for something that won't even matter in the future. club's are just a waste of time. you're never going to need it in the future, so why waste your time? it doesn't make sense really. my parents like constantly pester me to join a club, or maybe even a sport, but i always end up saying the same exact thing, over and over again.

" clubs are useless. i don't wanna waste my time "

i honestly thought that they would've given up already on persuading me to join a club, but i was unfortunately incorrect. almost every day after school they always ask me;

" did you join a club yet? "

" did you join a sport yet? "

it gets so annoying, i don't understand why they keep asking me these same questions over and over again, even when they already know what my answer is going to be.

i fished my right hand into my right pocket, and rummaged through it for a second before pulling out the item i wanted. that item was a simple blue jolly rancher. the best flavor out there. and if you disagree with that, then i hate to tell you this, then you're wrong, and your opinions doesn't matter.

i unwrapped the sugary sweet, and popped the translucent candy into my mouth. i was practically already drooling before it even entered. i then allowed both of my hands to slither into my pockets, letting them just rest there.

a small sigh escaped past my lips as i looked lazily around my surroundings.

" woah! you're so tall! you should join the volleyball team! "

someone shouted, causing my head to turn towards the direction of where the sound was coming from. i was pleasantly surprised when i saw a boy who looked to be almost twice my size. they weren't wrong. he was indeed extremely tall.

although, the boy looked quite bothered, and just looked as if he just wanted to go home and take a nap. relatable honestly. i would say something, but it wasn't my place to do so, nor was it necessary for me to say anything.

so with that thought in mind, i just continued walking aimlessly around the school grounds of teiko middle school. i already had my schedule memorized, so all i really needed to do was to simply just wait until all the students were called to re-enter the building.

meanwhile, i could probably take a small nap underneath a tree or something. i'm sure that someone would wake me up when it was time. i stopped in my tracks for a moment, trying to remember if i saw any big trees nearby while i was wandering around the area. that's when i remembered that there was a pretty decent looking tree behind me, right next to the basketball booth.

a small smile began to appear on my lips as i then began to turn around to walk over towards that tree. i mean, that was up until i felt someone bump into me.

" watch it! " i blurted out, scrunching my nose up in slight disgust. i couldn't help but scoff. i was already annoyed enough with all the noise going around, now i had to deal with this.

" hey are you going to even apo- " i quickly shut myself up when i realized that there was no one in sight. absolutely no one. " what the- " " oh, i'm sorry " i got cut off by a sudden voice, which made me jump slightly in place, and frantically look around to try and find where the voice originated from.

after maybe a second or two of looking, i finally looked slightly down to see a light blue haired boy with rather dull looking eyes. " uh- " i paused, shaking my head as i tried to recall what had just happened. i could've sworn that i didn't see him there before, it was honestly almost as if he had just appeared out of thin air.

" hello? " the pale skinned boy questioned, causing me to snap out of my unknown trance. " i- uh, where did you come from? " i questioned, furrowing my eyebrows in slight disbelief. i got even more confused when i saw the confused expression on the boys face. " i've always been here. you kinda just bumped into me " he responded, causing me to shake my head.

" liar. i would've remembered if i saw you here " i responded, crossing my arms over my chest. " well, i don't know what to say other than the fact that i was always here... " he trailed off, biting onto his lower lip. i didn't know what to say really, i was still kind of shocked that he just kind of showed up out of nowhere. " uh h- " once again, i was cut off by a sudden voice.

" everyone! come inside! club introductions are over! " a woman yelled, making me look over towards her before looking back at where the light blue haired boy was. " any- what the- " i paused, shaking my head once more when i realized that he had just disappeared. was i going insane? what the hell was going on?

i tried to shake the uneasy feeling inside of me away, but it just wouldn't work. while walking back inside of the building, i couldn't stop thinking about how i, myself, couldn't even remember that boy standing there. was he actually standing there the whole entire time, or was he lying to me? either way, it wouldn't make sense. even if he wasn't there the whole entire time, i would at least notice him walking towards me or something, but no. that didn't happen. and it also wouldn't make sense since he vanished when it was time to go back inside of the school building.

it wasn't adding up. no matter how many times i tried to look at it, it just never added up. it didn't make sense. it was frustrating. it really was. though, i couldn't lie to myself. it was quite intriguing, and i kinda wanted to know more about the boy.

" you! spit the candy out! " a teacher yelled at me, practically dragging me out of my thinking process. i mentally rolled my eyes and walked up to a trash can before spitting the candy out of my mouth. a frown forming on my face as i bid goodbye to the sweet sweet delight.

though, i had one more question in mind that was bothering me a little more than anything else.

who was that boy?