Unexpected Love

5. Lunch

Shinobu's POV

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Mitsuri wasn't at art or lunch today. I tried to ask the Tokito twins if they'd seen Mitsuri, but Iguro drove them away from me. I was slightly worried for Mitsuri. I'm sure she's fine. Right? The last time I saw her, she ran into the biology lab. Is she avoiding me? Is it because of Saturday? I bet it is. I was so deep in thought that I didn't even notice that Mitsuri was asleep under the sakura tree in the back of the school.

"Hey, Mitsuri-san. You missed last period," I said as I gently shook her awake "Are you ok?" She seemed shocked that I was the one who found her.

"O-oh! Yes! I'm aware that I missed last period!" She said

"So you skipped class?" I asked slightly shocked

"N-no! Well, yes. But not intentionally!" She replied sort of nervously

I laughed a little "I won't tell the teacher about you. Don't worry." I said as I smiled at her. Her face relaxed a little.

"Well, I gotta eat lunch! Bye!" she said quickly and was off. 

I frowned slightly. She's definitely avoiding me. What have I done? I don't really like anyone else, but I just used that as a quick excuse. I sighed. There goes my chance of actually eating lunch with someone. I went to an empty table and sat down to eat. As I was about to take a bite of my sandwich, I felt something splash on my head.

"Haha! The loser is eating lunch alone again!" He said. I was his name was Yahaba. He was also the boy from Friday in Social Studies.

"Back off, Yahaba," I said in a shaky voice.

"Oh? The gay knows my name? How interesting," He said. He was about to punch me, but then something, or rather someone stopped him.

"Back off, dude," the boy said in a cold tone

Yahaba flinched as he ripped away from the boy's grasp. "Dude! Seriously?" Yahaba asked

"Yes. Now scram." the boy replied.

"I-it's not like that loser is worth my time, anyway! So I'm leaving! Not because of you, because I wanted to-"

"Yeah, yeah, now get lost before you piss me off even more."

Yahaba walked away just as the boy let go of his wrist.

"Sorry about him. Mind if I take a seat?" The boy asked

"No. You can sit here. Thanks." I replied.

"Hey, no problem! My name's Genya, by the way. How 'bout you?"

"My name's Shinobu. Thanks." I said

"No problem! Glad to help," Genya replied, "You probably want to get that chocolate milk cleaned up." He mentioned

"Oh, yeah. I'll go to the bathroom to clean up." I said.

As I opened the bathroom door, I heard someone crying softly. I wonder who that is I was thinking until the stall door opened and I saw Mitsuri. Her eyes were red and tears were streaming down her cheeks.

"Oh my gosh! Are you ok?" I asked as I ran over to her.

She seemed surprised to see me. "Y-yeah! I'm fine! I'll be going now bye!"

"Wait," I said as I grabbed onto her hand as she was walking towards the door, "What's up. Why are you avoiding me, Mitsuri-san?"

She stood there and looked down at her feet.