A bike, a cat and a burning cigarette

4

             ☄️chapter 4:making friends☄️

The first 3 periods were over and my first day wasn't going that bad, if I had to be honest. Yeah, no one really cared about the new student, but I don't care about them either. They all look so weird. It was finally time for lunch and I couldn't wait to eat the bento box that my mom prepared for me. Fried chicken with her special sauce, rice and veggies. At least I am not a picky eater like my sister, she can survive only on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
I was putting my stuff in my bag, when I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned out ready to attack whoever it was, but my hand was grabbed immediately by the guy. When I was fully facing him I saw Ayanokouji's face in front of me. Yes, that completely numb face of his. He let go of my hand.

"Sorry, didn't mean to scare ya", he said and he looked down on me, since he was taller than me by some inches. His eyes were kinda scary, but caring at the same time. The moment I saw them I knew he had no intentions to be friends with me, but was still nice. Maybe he felt sorry for the new girl. Understandable.

"No, I should apologise to you. I didn't mean to hurt you, just self defence", I explained at him and he observed every movement of my body like he was studying me.

"Forger, were you picked on in your other school? Why are you so defensive?", he asked me. No, that's not the case. With a family like mine you have to have your guard up all the time, because you don't know who might want to hurt you. But, of course, I can't tell him that, so I had to pretend I was.

"Yeah, I was", I looked down to look more sad, but I knew I was a bad lier. If Ayanokouji is smart enough he'll catch my lie immediately, "but forget that. Do you need something?", I tried to brush it off like it was nothing. I hoped and prayed he won't think about it.

"I wanted to ask you, if you want to have lunch with me and Horikita".

"Um, are you sure she's okay with it?".

"Don't let her behaviour to deceive you. She actually wants friends, but she's too stubborn to admit it, so I do it for her", he explained to me and scratched his head. I don't understand their relationship at all. They don't want to be around each other, but Ayanokouji is doing such a big favour for Horikita by making her be friends with people. Why the hell?

I had nothing better to do, so I agreed on having lunch with both of them. Ayanokouji was acting so nice, even tho his face was just so cold...all the time. He asked me in which school I was going before, do I like Toman, what do I wanna do, when I graduate. Nothing personal, just normal conversation. I asked him a couple of questions about Toman too. He explained to me that this school is full with people like that Draken dude. Supposedly there were these gangs around Toman and they are fighting all the times. Turns out Toman high also has beef with the most elite school in Tokyo- U.A high, which was not too far from Jujutsu Tech. It's just too much for me, since I don't like this kind of stuff, but if I stay out of it maybe I won't have to deal with it later.
We walked past class 2-A and I didn't pay much attention to where I am going, since I was too busy talking with Ayanokouji. Because of my stupid self I bumped into someone and it caused me to fall back and hit my head. I put my hand on the back of my head and Ayanokouji helped me get up, while the guy was just standing there...not doing shit.

"Oh, hello again, doll", this voice made my blood go cold. I recognised it immediately and my legs got kinda weak. I looked up at the guy and my fear was confirmed. This WAS the guy from last night. He's going here?? I thought to myself and I made a step back. The guy grabbed my hand and pulled me closer to his body wrapping his arms around me. He was squeezing me tight, but not enough to kill me or break me in half. I tried to fight him, but I wasn't that strong. Ayanokouji was standing next to me watching me trying to escape from the guy's grip and didn't help much. I told him to let go, but he shook his head and came closer to my ear, "now I got you right were I wanted you", he whispered to me.

"Leave her alone, Hanma!", a unfamiliar voice got the attention of my attacker. This Hanma guy looked behind me and I tried to turn my head to the side. I saw 2 guys standing right behind us. One of them was with long black hair in a ponytail and the other was short with blond hair, nice under cut. He had a earring on his left ear and beautiful green eyes.

For some reason every guy in this fucking ass school looks so scary. Even when they are trying to help me, they still look scary. Hanma, or whatever his name was, put me down, but more gently this time and walked up to the two guys. I got up and got Ayanokouji by the hand, I started pulling him after me. As I was walking I heard them screaming from behind me. This Toman school is something else.

"Who were those guys?", I asked Ayanokouji after we reached destination far enough for me to relax.

"The guy, who attacked you, his name is Hanma Shuji and he's from class 2-A. He is a total asshole and no one wants to mess with him, since he's the leader of Valhalla", my new bestie started to explain, "and the guys, who saved your butt, are Keisuke Baji, with the black hair, and Chifuyu Matsuno from class 2-C. They are also part of a gang called Toman, Mikey's gang".

"Mikey? Like that Mikey dude from our class, he's a leader of a gang?", I said and I couldn't believe what I was hearing, "but he's so nice".

"Yeah, everyone can be nice, but you never know what are a person's true intentions".

"You have a point here", I thought about his words and then looked at him. Then, what are your true intentions, Ayanokouji?