take a chance with me | ushijima wakatoshi

chapter three - enchanted

Class 1-4, still the same day. 12:30 pm.

Sana's POV still (duh)

The bell for lunch time rang. I took out my bento lunch box and Tsutomu and Agawa were already looking at me with curiously. "Hey, Tsutomu-san, Agawa-san? Do you guys bring lunch?" I asked. "I do but I usually eat at the cafeteria with my volleyball teammates. How about you, Agawa?" he answered my question and turned to Agawa for an answer. 

"Nah, I'm buying lunch at the cafeteria. How about we head there together?"

"Both of you should join me and my volleyball teammates! I swear they're very cool and chill people! You will like them for sure!" Tsutomu convinced me and Agawa to join him at the cafeteria. Agawa looked at me for assurance, still thinking because then they would all be boys. 

"I'm okay with that but are you, Yoshida-san? It's your first day, after all. I don't want you to feel overwhelmed on your first day though." she replied and patted my back to make sure I was comfortable. If I couldn't control my emotions, I would have cried at their kind gesture to make sure I feel welcome.

"Yes, sure. Why not meet more new people, right?" 

"Yes, yes! You won't regret it! I promise!" Tsutomu jumped eagerly, holding my hand and Agawa's. Agawa had a poker face but then looked away while blushing. Is it what I think it is? They would make a cute couple for sure but I decided to keep it to myself for now.

Cafeteria. 12:37 pm.

"Goshiki! There you are! Where have you been? We were waiting for you!" a spiky red-haired guy called out for Tsutomu. He was even taller than Tsutomu although skinnier. Is he even a high schooler? He did look a bit odd and a little scary but I doubt he acted the way he looked. He sounded friendly even.  

"Sorry, Tendo-san! I was trying to convince my classmates to join us today? You guys don't mind, right? he apologized and bowed to the red-haired guy apparently named Tendo. His teammates looked at him skeptically, not wanting anything to do with me or Agawa. Tsutomu is such a big fat liar. I'm so going to hit him in the head after this. This is so humiliating...

"Why would we let you invite other people to our group, though? Are we not enough for you?" another boy with spiky but brown haired said jokingly (I think, hopefully). I was standing behind Agawa and Agawa was standing behind Tsutomu. I now regretted agreeing with Tsutomu's idea because it sounded like we were not welcome to join them. 

"That was not nice, Hayato-kun. Goshiki hasn't introduced them yet. Maybe, they're cool." a boy with undercut hairstyle reasoning. He also seemed nice and friendly and also reasonable. Maybe there's hope after all (to be accepted into their clique, again hopefully). There were other of Tsutomu's teammates just kept on eating while listening to their conversation. 

"Thank you, Ohira-san! Eh, why are you guys standing behind me? Come on, come on! Introduce yourselves!" Tsutomu frantically pushed me and Agawa at the front, his teammates staring at us, waiting for us to speak a word.

"Hi, I'm Yoshida Sana. I'm Tsutomu-san's classmate! Nice to meet you! I bowed a little and followed by Agawa. "Hi, I'm Agawa Mizuki. Also Tsutomu's classmate! Nice to meet you!"

"My bad, I'm sorry, girls. Of course, you can join us! Come, come, sit!" the Hayato boy gestured us to sit.

"Pssstt, Tsutomu, you should have told me that you you were bringing cute girls to our table. You were making me look like an asshole just now!" he whispered slowly to Tsutomu and nudged him in the elbow.