Game Gyaru

Chapter 29: Behind

And so as a result of another twist of fate, Hakuta found himself with a gyaru sitting right behind him. Not something he preferred and it would also be a big inconvenience to him. As the new girl, surely there would be a fair number of people coming by to make their own introductions.

He had already prepared himself for his friends to ignore him during lunch just so they could talk to the girl sitting behind him while he was mere inches away. Though that part wasn't so bad. At least it would allow him to just slink away and eat lunch elsewhere.

It was the part in waiting until lunch occurred which annoyed him the most. Hakuta never considered himself to appear interesting to anyone who didn't know him. Which would be the state he found himself in with the girl. So therefore he had no expectations that she would want to chat with him at all today. Why would she? He looked like just some random nerd anyone would run into on the streets. Meanwhile she was at least attractive to some.

So why was she trying to pester him already?

Hakuta felt the poking of a finger, one with long fingernails that were most assuredly painted as well, on his back. Following by this touching came a soft whisper of the girl's voice.

"Psst, hey..." She said, quiet enough to keep anyone but him from hearing her. "Can you hear me?" Asked Iruka. He did, but this didn't mean he wanted to answer her. Why was she bothering him in the middle of class? It's not like they knew each other. Sure, he wasn't paying that much attention to the teacher, but it was kind of rude to be messing around.

So Hakuta attempt to ignore her by not reacting to her attempts to grab his attention. Unfortunately this had the unintended effect of her simply trying harder, rather than giving up. So she poked him a little harder and whispered a little louder.

The first part added to his annoyance as it really felt like it was beginning to hurt from how pointy her fingernails were. The latter was more concerning that if she got too loud, the girl may get both of them in trouble with the teacher.

"What?" He relented, finally responded to her. He kept a hand over his mouth to keep the sound from going elsewhere other than right behind him. Hopefully they wouldn't get caught talking during class. The last thing he wanted was to get in trouble because of a gyaru.

"Oh yay, you can hear me." She would've clapped her hands were they not trying to avoid getting caught by the teacher. "How are you?" Asked Iruka.

"Uh... Fine?" Was that all she wanted to ask? It seemed rather underwhelming for something so simple that she could've just waited until their break to ask. Especially considering the risks taken just for something so small.

"That's good." She smiled, content with his answer. They fell silent, where he was certain she really just bugged him for the past 5 minutes just to ask him something so mundane. "Well?" Finally, she broke the silence once more, acting as if he was the one who needed to say something else.

"Well what?" He wasn't the one who wanted to speak with her. So it was absurd of her to think he actually wanted to hold a conversation.

"Aren't you going to ask how I am?" She responded. It wasn't something he believed she needed him to ask to tell him. If anything, his response to her question about the subject matter should've been enough permission to make her own statement.

"How are you?" He sighed, humoring her for the time being and asking the question she wanted him to ask.

"I'm great." She answered. It was the least surprising answer he had ever received to that question. "I'm honestly real excited, to have such a new place to learn about."