Something's Off

3. Confrontation

It's been four days since Reko and Jade's last conversation. And ever since, Reko noticed he's been getting weird stares. He also noticed people starting to mumble whenever he entered the room. He didn't know why, but he knew he didn't like it.

December 5th, Friday

5:00am

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Reko's alarm goes off

"Ughh, what the fu- is that my alarm? Since when did I set up an alarm..? Nevermind."

Reko does his daily routine again. He stretches, gets in the shower after a few minutes, dresses, and looks at himself in the mirror.

He then shares a morning affirmation to himself.

"Pathetic, crusty-looking ass."

And heads down stairs.

"Mom? Are you awake?"

"Yes, hun. I'm in the kitchen. Before I can feed Mei, could you walk her outside?"

"Hah? No, I don't want t-"

"Okay thanks, hun! See you in a few minutes."

"What- Wait, Ma!"

And he was now outside of their door with Mei in his arms.

"This is ridiculous. You don't even like walking outside."

Mei looks at Reko with a puzzled look. She then looks away and realizes that she's outside. Reko notices this, and he assumes that she wants to explore around with him holding her. He decided to "walk" her.

"Sighs. I guess I have some time to spare. Let's go then, Mei."

5:20am

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He was now in a park with Mei, still in his arms.

"Hey, Mei, remember this park? I used to go here a lot with you. Though, most of the time we went here, you wouldn't move from one block. You must've hated being outside.. I wonder if you're still afraid now."

As Reko looks and pets Mei, she meows and sort of "smiles" at him.

"Hm, it's nice to talk to you too. Well then, I think we've explored enough. I need to get to school soon. Ahem. Let's go home."

He then picks her up and carries her again, going back home.

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"Hey, Ma! We're back. I need to go to school now. See you later."

He then sets Mei down. And as he was about to leave again, his mom rushed to him.

"Ah, wait- here's your lunch."

"Thank you...bye"

"Bye, hun!"

Reko gets on his bike and heads for school.

6:00am

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Reko is walking to his locker when he notices people staring and mumbling at him. It starts to bother him.

"The h#ll's their problem? Jeez..."

When he finishes putting his stuff away and starts to head to his class, someone bumped into him.

"Oops! I'm sorry!"

"Uh, it's fine..."

As they left, he noticed that they were smiling. '@ssholes..' he thought. He shrugged and ignored everyone as he walked upstairs to his class.

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12:45pm

It's now after lunch, Reko is heading to his second-to-last class. As he walked upstairs, Kasper and he met. Kasper recognized him and decided to confront him.

Kasper checked first if anyone was around before pinning Reko to the wall.

"Yo, what the f*ck!?"

"Hey! Name's Kasper, but you already knew that."

"Dude- what do you want?"

"I want to know why you're spreading rumors about me, saying that I'm fake. I mean, I understand if you're jealous."

"Oh, f*ck no. I'm not jealous of you or your $hit. And- rumors? What are you talking about?"

"Don't play dumb. There are rumors of you saying I'm fake."

"Hah...okay. No wonder why people are bothering me. Look, I'm not spreading any rumor. It's probably someone else. I'm not that type of person. Also, the 'me thinking you're fake' part? That's true. I know you're faking your appearance. So don't think you can fool me. Now get your stupid hands off me."

"You... Fine. Go ahead and continue being the liar you are."

"Sure. Whatever keeps you sleeping at night, Mr. Perfect."

Reko pulled away and stormed off to Mr. Carves class. When he entered, everyone looked at him, noticing his annoyed demeanor. He realized and calmed down to return to his normal self.

He then got to his seat and class continued.

3:00pm

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School had ended. Reko was about to head out, get his bike, and go home. Until, Mr. Carves called out to him. Reko looked back, and Mr. Carves told him he had to tell Reko something. So they went back into the classroom.

"What is it, Mr. Carves?"

"Well, Reko, there's no other way to say this. But it seems you aren't doing well in my class. And you don't want to tell me why. So I've decided to assign someone to be your tutor."

"Huh? Wait, Mr. Carves. A tutor...for me? I apologize. I promise I can do better on my own."

"No, Reko.. The person has already agreed to help. And besides, I think you'll do better with his help."

A person then entered the room.

"Ah, you're here. Reko, he will be your tutor. Kasper!"

Their eyes met in shock.

"F#ck me..."

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*SilV here! Long chapter ey? Sorry- I wanted to make it up for last Sunday. Anyways, see you in the next chapter!*