Unexpectedly

Chapter 37: Saved

It's our PE class today. All students of our class head to the gymnasium. We go to our respective locker room, to change into our PE uniform.

Girls have to wear volleyball shorts, while boys have to wear basketball shorts.

Ugh! Why do we, women, really need to wear such revealing clothes? If I were a boy..

After changing into our uniform, we go to the field. We exercised for a bit, then we go jogging for 1 round.

I'm really strong. I know, I sound that I'm bragging about it. But really, I am. I carry a sack of rice, a gallon of water, and other heavy things for almost every week. So my body is already trained. I have no problem jogging at all, but I noticed one of my classmates seems to have a difficult time jogging back there.

Before I went back to where I was facing earlier, she suddenly tripped. A few of our classmates got worried, but mostly are just like..

Classmates: "pfft! Weakling. Ignore her and continue jogging. She's just hindering us. Let's hurry! I want to rest!"

No wonder I hate these people. They're so mean.

I approached my classmate who tripped. I help her stand. Her legs are shaking. I can tell she's not really used to physical activity. Maybe she's a new student, I haven't seen her before.

Arianne: "hey, are you okay?"
???: "y-yeah..."
Arianne : "are you injured?"
???: "no.. I'm fine. T-thank you.. for helping me."
Arianne: "no problem. I'm Arianne."
???: "I'm Caroline."

I don't know why but, I guess I just made a new friend. We stopped jogging and walked to the gymnasium instead.

When we arrived, the PE tchr. told us to go to a group. We'll be playing dodgeball. We are divided into two groups. It's so unfair because the other group almost have all the athletic students, but I won't let my team lose to these jerks.

The game started. Everybody's throwing balls everywhere. The members of my team are quickly decreasing, while the other team only lost a few. In my team, I'm one of the best players. The best players of our team are Erick, Me, Dean, Daniel, and Jason. I dodge a lot of balls that they tried to throw at me.

It's my turn to throw the ball. I throw five balls and hit five students. My adrenaline is rushing high, I'm enjoying myself to much. I smiled like a psycho, I stopped to cool myself down. This is happening to me everytime I get too excited, especially during violent events like a fight, or activities that make me hurt other people.

Someone throw a ball directly at me but of course, I catch it with one hand. I gave them a life threatening glare.

Arianne: "so... you're trying to eliminate me, huh?"

I can see my classmates are frightened by that. I changed my stance to throw the ball. As I throw the ball, I shouted...

Arianne: "not this time!!"

It hit three students in a row, they went flying. Finally, I have revenged myself. During the past years, I'm the one who's always getting hit every game. Well not this time.

I noticed my classmates from the other team are preparing to throw again, they're smiling like they're planning a murder. They fire the balls with anger, but this time they're not aiming at me, but someone else. I observed the direction of the balls, and they're aiming for Caroline! I rushed as fast as I could to save her from getting hit. I tripped but luckily I was able to cover her. I looked back and I can see that the balls are only a few meters from us. I closed my eyes so I won't feel the pain.

I heard a lot of thudding, but I don't feel anything. I heard the girls screaming, it sounded like.. ERICK!!! I opened my eyes and... saw Erick! He huddled to protect us from getting hit. Though he didn't looked like in pain. What am I talking about? He's just hiding the pain from me. He can still manage to smile at me, even after getting hit.

Erick: "yo!"
Arianne: "E-Erick? What are you...."

He gave me a reassuring smile. Is he crazy?

The "fangirls" are about to kill the team, but luckily, the PE tchr finally call off the game. All the students went to the locker rooms to change, while the injured students went to the clinic. I help Caroline stand, then she suddenly hug me. I can feel she's crying.

Arianne: "hey, don't cry. You're fine now."
Caroline:" I'm so embarrassed!"
Arianne: "why?"
Caroline: "this is the second time you saved me... it's so embarrassing. I'm so sorry, I'm not strong enough to defend myself."
Arianne: "hey, hey. It's okay. I don't mind getting hurt. As long as you're fine, I'm good."
Caroline: "thank you! Thank you so much!"
Arianne: "it's nothing."
Caroline: "how about Erick? Is he okay? Is he gonna be fine? He got hit a lot."

I looked for him and he's just there, sitting. I told Caroline to go ahead, then I approached Erick.

Arianne: "hey."

He's sweating like crazy, I feel bad.

Erick: "yo! What's up?"
Arianne: "why...did you do that?"
Erick: "did what?"
Arianne: "you.. protected us..."
Erick: "why shouldn't I?"

I grabbed his hand.

Arianne: "let's go."
Erick: "w-where?"
Arianne: "to the clinic. You're injured."

From the corner of my eye, I can see him smiling. He stopped.

Erick: "I don't need to. I'm already fine."

I go closer to him and pat his back.

Erick: "oww!!"
Arianne: "you're not. If you won't go to the clinic, I'll punch your back until you will say it hurts."
Erick: "fine, fine. I'll go."
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We arrive at the clinic. I told the nurse about Erick's injury. He told Erick to remove his shirt while she get some ice.

So Erick take off his shirt. After seeing his masculine body, I looked away because I might nosebleed in front of him.

Erick: "is something wrong?"
Arianne: "n-nothing... I'm just..not use to guys taking off their shirt in front of me."
Erick: "opps! Sorry.."

This is so awkward. The nurse finally came with ice. She wrapped it with a towel and wipe it on Erick's back. I sit on the couch, I don't want to go back to the classroom.

Erick: "you're not going to the classroom?"
Arianne: "meh... it's boring."
Nurse: "Arianne, can you do me a favor? Can you wipe the ice on Erick's back? I have to go somewhere else."
Arianne: "o-okay."

Great, now I'm gonna be wiping his back with ice. While I'm doing it, I can hear Erick quietly say "ouch". So I wipe his back a bit more careful.

Erick: "I must say, you're good at dodgeball."
Arianne: "oh that... hehe. I rarely play games, it's because of adrenaline rush."

He really looks so comfortable.

Arianne: "t-thank you.."
Erick: "what for?"
Arianne: "for saving us, for saving me.."
Erick: "hmph... that's nothing. Especially in your case that you're living all by yourself, you need someone to protect you."

I can feel my face turned to red.

Arianne: "tsk, you're weird."

He cheerfully smile.