Forced Marriage

Dance Practice

( Leo and Shoko were practicing dance for their school function. Everything goes well until Leo's school bullies went near him. )

* LEO'S POV *

Me and Shoko were practicing with our new song for the function. All of a sudden, my school bullies came to me.

One of them was Takashi and the other one is a girl named Hanabi

" Ohh my, such a surprise! Leo is having date with a girl. How? And you didn't even invite me. " Hanabi said while laughing like a maniac. Such a pain in the butt.

" Ohh you didn't know Hanabi. This girl came a week ago and her dad has threatened me to not bother her. Now, she is dating this guy. How wonderful right? " Takashi said.

" Can you two please leave us alone? It's so annoying to see your faces. We have practice to do. So, please leave. " I said.

" Why would we? This school is not owned by you. And you can't even order us. My mom is the principal here. So, I can do whatever I want. " Hanabi said

" This is the way you talk to your classmates. That's not great of you. You should be polite to them. " Our dear principal Mrs. Kanae said. She is a beautiful lady of 32 and she has two sisters. One is a doctor, Ms. Shinobu Kocho and the other who is my mom's boss, Ms. Kanao Tsuyuri.

" Mom!! What are you doing here? " She said while panicking.

" I am just here to have some fresh air. But to my surprise, you are so mean to your classmates. That shouldn't be your attitude towards other children. You ought to be punished. You are detained for today. " She said

" No mom! please forgive me. " She begged her.

" Please Mrs. Kanae, don't do that. She is not bullying us. " Shoko said. It's her nature. She can't see anyone in trouble.

" Don't lie Shoko. I have seen everything. Don't try to protect her. She deserves it. " She said. For the first time I agree with someone lol.

* At Class *

Mitsuri Sensei was teaching us how to find your passion for something. And then I look at Shoko. She didn't look well. She looked pale.

" What happened Shoko? Are you okay? " I asked her in worry.

" Yes, I am all fine. Don't need to worry. " She said in a shivering voice.

* Way to home *

* SHOKO'S POV *

I was returning home. All of a sudden, I saw Takashi behind me. What is he doing here? He is a bully. I need to avoid him. I started walking speedily.

He stalked me all the way. I got furious and turned at him.

" Why are you stalking me? Please leave me alone, you dummy. " I said.

" I love you Shoko! I love you the day I saw you. When I saw you with Leo, I got jealous. I want you with me. Please, don't leave me. I promise, I will be a good person. " He said.

Nonsense! He just wants to hurt me.
" No! I hate you. You are a bully and I know you are here to hurt me. " I said.

Takashi looked pensive on hearing that. His faced filled with anger. He took my hand and pulled me roughly towards him.

" Can't you see my face? I am in pain. You have to be with me. I can't live without you. " He said.

I was amazed by his words. He has never said something like this before. I can feel the honesty in his words.

What's happening to me? Why do I feel flustered around him? Am I also in love? This can't be.
My head feels heavy. I am dizzy. Everything in front of me looks blurry. And then everything blackout.

* TAKASHI'S POV *

Myself Takashi, I also study in the same school as Leo and Shoko.
Most of the time, I used to bully them with Hanabi. Usually, I don't like to bully people. I do this for Hanabi. She is the head of the class and I have to follow her orders or she will bully me too.

The day when I saw Shoko, I fall in love on the first sight. She is beautiful. She is the carbon copy of her dad.

And right now, I just confessed my love to her. But since I used to bully her, she refused to accept me. This made me sad. I am in rage because Leo got the chance to be close to her.

Suddenly, I saw Shoko falling on the ground. I caught her in my arms in no time. She was having fever.

As I looked behind, I saw Leo. Ohh shoot! Now, he will think I am the culprit.

" You Moron! What are you doing to Shoko? Leave her this instant. " He shouted.

He looks pissed. But I can't leave Shoko like this here.

" Leo, it's not like that what you think . Actually, I was confessing my feelings to her. I am not here to bully her. I love her. Please understand! " I said.

" And you think I will believe you. In your dreams! " He said.

" She has fever. Please, help me to pick her up to home. " I said in a sad tone.

" Okay! I am believing you since you are helping Shoko. Let's go home. " He said.

Thank god, he understood the situation. He is a good person. I am the one who misjudged him.

After that we went to Shoko's home. As we reached her home, I was shocked. Her home was not that big as I thought. It was a simple small home and looks old, but clean.

I knocked the door. The door was being opened by Shoko's dad, Mr. Kamado.

" Yes, it's Kamado residence. Oh my god, what happened to my little girl? " He asked in worry.

" She is having high fever. And she is frail too. " Leo explained.

" Give her to me. I will carry her to her room. You two can come with me. Hurry up guys! " He said.

His dad is so handsome. I can now think why is she so beautiful? She doesn't have any mom tho.

Anyways, we followed him to Shoko's room. There, he put her on the bed and put blanket on her.

" Now, I am going to call the doctor. You two could wait her. " He said. We nodded our heads in agree.

Next time: My love
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