Love Is Blind

2 - Nice to meet you!

Noticing everyone's expression, he continued.

"I think everyone already knows my problem. Yes, I'm blind."

He smiled softly and kept on saying "I know I have a disability, but that doesn't mean I can't live my life. So please, I hope we can all get along well."

After his speech, he arched slightly and gave a heartening smile which made most of the girl's hearts fidget a little.

Gosh, that smile is so cute!

After a while, the teacher snapped out of the daze, then he took Akira to his seat and said "You're going to be sitting next to Himari, I hope you get along."

The teacher smiled and went back to addressing the class. Akira turned his attention to the girl to his right.

Akira couldn't see her face but he could sense the good nature and innocence emanating from her.

Who is this girl?

Akira was unconsciously looking at her. Himari suddenly felt as if someone was staring at her. She turned to her left and saw Akira staring at her.

"W-Why are you looking at me?" Himari stuttered.

"Please can you tell me your name?"

"I'm Himari. Himari Fujioka."

"Nice to meet you, Miss Fujioka. I hope we can be friends."

"Friends? I don't think you want to be friends with me." Himari said gloomily.

"Why not?"

"Well...my family serves Miss Rin and everyone sees me as a lowly servant. No one wants to be friends with a servant."

The Fukushima family being wealthy has normal families serving them.

Himari's parents owe the Fukushima family a lot of money, and they were too poor to pay for it. To repay the huge debt, they now work as servants for the Fukushima family, with Himari serving their only daughter, Rin.

Himari usually runs errands for Rin, taking care of her toys, laundry, shoes, and so on. And if she messes up, she'll be verbally and sometimes physically abused by Rin and her friends.

Many of her classmates were aware of what Rin did to her, but none of them could try to help her because it was her job to serve Miss Rin efficiently, and if she was caught messing up, she would be severely punished.

As a result, no one tries to associate with her so as not to let her "bad luck" rub off on them and get on the bad side of Rin.

So Akira's request made Himari a little uncertain.

"So what if you're a servant or a maid, everyone should be treated equally whether privileged or unprivileged. So Miss Fujioka I would still like you to be my friend." Said Akira.

"Are you sure?, People will judge you for hanging out with me."

"Let them run their mouths. I can take it. So do you accept?"

Himari was a little reluctant about accepting his request. A lot of her classmates approached her in the past but once she told them about her background, they immediately avoided her.

But this boy....this boy is different from the others. His request is really sincere.

After a period of silence, she said. "Okay, but you have to pinkie promise."

"Okay, I promise."

"Then let's be good friends." She smiles happily.

"Yeah."

Just like that, Himari and Akira became friends.

As Akira and Himari were chatting joyfully, Rin was observing their whole conversation. After a while, she revealed a devilish grin and said "I know how I can mess with him."