Hollow Heart

8

Thursday, 3:00 pm, after PE

My head's a mess. You could even tell from the outside because my hair's messy due to me scratching my head on mach speed. Why? Simply put, I'm trying to forget the incident on the roof. With any luck, it doesn't linger in Asami's head so we can both forget about this.

The whole PE time, Asami didn't as much as look at me the entire time. Which was fine with me, but bothered me at the same time.

Anyways, not much people paid attention to me though. They all paid attention to Asami, asking if she's alright.

Literally, everyone in the room swarmed around her, including the teacher. Even though it was supposed to be class, and I was also involved in this. This crap went on for another 15 minutes, and nobody paid any attention to me. Which was fine, as I hated them all too.

So after all that crap was done, we all began class, and since it was our advisor's class (which was History), she took another 5 minutes for an announcement.

"Alright, class, I'm sure some of you have already heard of this..."

What was it? Early Summer?

"... We're going to have a field trip next Friday!"

Well that isn't so bad...

"So by next Monday, all of you should be in groups of 3"

AW,CRAP!

I'm so screwed. I don't have any "friends" so its going to be really awkward for me when I join a group.

I look left and right for anyone in the class who was missing a member. There were 33 of us in the class so there should be a group.

But nothing...

I couldn't find any group. Well then, maybe I can get Yuumi to not sign me in.

"Our destination is the Hazashi Industries Main Branch in Tokyo, so you really don't want to miss this trip!"

Our teacher is very interested in that company. Because they've formed most of our history. Their founder, Akito Hazashi, engineered most of the advanced technologies in the entire world. Forming most of history as we know it. How do I know this?

Boredom... I paid attention to his biography on tv...

So as our teacher was secretly fangirling inside her head, she gave us 10 minutes to pick out our groups. Instead of standing up and asking around, I was still seated with my head slammed onto the desk.

It was like that for 4 minutes, until I felt a bump on my arm. I looked to see who it was, expecting it to be nothing... but...

"Hey Kayden-kun, wanna group up?"

Asami, as expected. Actually no, considering what just happened during lunch, I would think she wouldn't even want to hear my voice.

"Um... but I thought you didn't want to see me again...?" I say shamelessly,

"Huh? When have I ever said that? Jeez Kayden, you assume too much" she scoffed,

"Um... but the accident-"

"Hey hey! Do not bring that up again! Be glad that I'm the forgive-and-forget type" she says to cut me off,

"Um... okay..." I sigh,

"So anyways, what do you say?"

"Yeah... I guess..."

"Awesome! I already got the third member prepared so don't worry about it. We'll meet together in the canteen tomorrow"

"Sure..." I answered,

Outside, I tried to remain calm. Inside, I WAS TOTALLY FREAKING OUT. At the canteen!? On the ground floor!? Surrounded by so many other people!?

SOMEONE HELP ME!

One reason I don't want to try and convince her is because during the past month, every time she makes a decision she pushes through with it, and nothing's gonna change her mind. Believe me I tried, and you wouldn't want to know what she'll do.

After the ten minutes were up, teacher gave us all the letters to be signed by our parents or guardians.

Then a realization happened...

Why the hell was I looking for a group in the first place!?

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I walked up to the apartment room and inserted the key into the doorknob, but before I could even unlock it, the door opened and I fell and faceplanted on the floor.

"Welcome Home...!!!" Yuumi greets me by the door,

"Owwww... yeah, hi" I say getting up and rubbing my nose,

"What's up? Bad day?" She asks,

"Kinda..." I reply as I hand her the letter,

She takes a look and reads it thoroughly. While she was doing so, I rushed into my room, got a towel, and took a shower.

After the shower, I changed into a shirt which kinda looked like a sailor's outfit and a pair of black shorts. I walked out of the bathroom, and I saw Yuumi still reading.

"Who knew you were a slow reader?" I say,

"I AM NOT! I'm re-reading this" Yuumi shrieks

"Uh huh, sure" I chuckle,

Then Yuumi stared at me with surprised eyes.

"What?" I ask,

"You... you..."

"I what?"

"YOU LAUGHED!"

"Eh what?"

WHAAAAAAAAAT!? I DID!?

"Wow Kayden, I didn't know you had a sense of humour" Yuumi says,

"URUSE!!! I DO NOT!!!" I shout,

"Haha, I wonder what gave it to you? Let me guess... a girl?" Yuumi says smirking,

Damn you Asami...

"N-no! Totally not!" I say crossing my arms,

"Then why are you so red? Hmm... looks like you have a thing for this girl... heehee" Yuumi says grinning even more,

"I do not~!!!!!" I say,

"Oh come on red face. You know, I wanna meet this new girlfriend of yours!!" Yuumi says as she grabs me and brushes her knuckles on my head,

"Ow ow ow ow!!!"

I soon cracked under the pressure and fainted.

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"NO I DO NOT HAVE A THING FOR ASAMI!" I shout,

But then i realized that I was in my room, on my bed. It took me a while to figure out why I was in here. Then I remember blacking out. I checked my watch and it was 7 pm.

I turned my head to the right, and Yuumi was grinning with her face 1 foot away from me.

"Oh, is that the name of the girl you like?" She says,

I realized she was in my room the whole time and heard what I shouted.

Can't this day get any worse?

"Please Yuumi-chan... drop it already..." I say burying my face in my hands,

"Hehehe... I'll drop it after you yell me everything you know about her. Lets talk about her over dinner!" Yuumi chuckles as she walks out of the room.

I get off the bed and grab my glasses off the bedside table. Then I noticed the letter on top of it. I took the letter and opened it. What I saw was going to haunt me for at least 3 days...

She signed it... She actually signed it...