The Stupidity Of Love (Lev Haiba)

He's An Idiot...

If you were to look at a picture of Lev, you might think he's serious and probably a bit intimidating. That's most definitely NOT how he really was. In fact, he might be the exact opposite. Sitting with him now, it was quite obvious.

I sat next to the tall boy on the bench as he ate his lunch. Today I hadn't felt like making my lunch and simply enjoyed the warmth of the sun. Didn't feel like eating today anyway. Sure, that is actually incredibly unhealthy, but it's not like I needed the energy for practice.

So instead I leaned back, relaxing under the sun's gentle heat with SB sitting on my lap. Such a peaceful and calm moment...

"You're not going to have lunch?" Or not...

I looked up at Lev, who currently had his face stuffed with food. "Don't really feel like it," I shrugged.

"I'll share mine with you," he offered, holding some up to me.

"I'm fine," I said, shaking my head. "Besides, you'll need all your strength for later, so-" While I was trying to refuse, Lev had shoved a bite of his lunch into my mouth in the middle of my sentence. If I were to spit it out, that would be rude. So I was forced to eat whatever it was that this guy had just shoved into my mouth, which wasn't that bad since it at least tasted good.

"Thanks..." There wasn't much else I could say that wouldn't be incredibly rude other than a sarcastic thank-you.

The tall guy smiled a very idiotic-looking grin. "You're welcome!"

... Does he not understand sarcasm... ? "You're very odd... uh... Lev?" I ask carefully. I'd only just met the guy, so you can't expect me to remember his name that easy. He nods, that idiotic grin still on his face. "You got a last name or a first to go with that?" When he looked at me with a look of slight confusion, I decided to make my question a bit more clear. "Your full name?"

"Lev Haiba," he answered quickly once he knew exactly what I was asking him.

"I'm-"

"Reisa Matsukawa!" he answered for me.

How did he...? You know, I probably don't want to know. "Well, that doesn't sound creepy at all," I joked with a small laugh.

Lev just laughed. "Shibayama told me your name." Ah, that would make sense. Still, it felt a little creepy knowing that he knew more about me than I knew about him and we'd only met not even an hour ago. "So it's really not creepy at all!"

I couldn't help but laugh. This guy was different all right. Not that that was a bad thing. "So you're part of the volleyball club, right?"

Apparently, I'd just said the magic word because his face lit up like a Christmas tree. In mere seconds he went from somewhat calmly eating to very animatedly talking about volleyball. He was talking so excitedly that I almost couldn't keep up with him.

Though the longer I listened, one thought became more and more clear: this guy was very likely an idiot. Of course, that wasn't necessarily a bad thing. After all, fools always have the most fun. And right now, I had a feeling that this fool was about to bring some real fun back into my life.