Chapter 15 : Fateful encounter

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I went to the mall with my brother this morning. We both needed some clothes for the new school year and I wanted to have a look through the new manga out this month. My brother was rather happy ; he would be able to look for a new video game while I was busy. My life wasn't exciting. I'm Kathleen, an average teenage girl, who also happens to be an otaku.... Not too different from me is my brother, a real geek. By the way, he is currently studying hard, and he'd like to become a game developer ! I love my brother, he is sometimes annoying, but he is the best! I sighed slightly, picking up three manga - the much I could pay with my pocket money in fact - when my eyes met a strange boy's ones as I raised them. Our hands were actually pulling on the same book, the last one which came out, and the last one they sold for the Noragami series. And none of us was going to let it go.

-Hey, I grabbed it first, I said confidently.

-I think you're mistaking, he replied in the same tone.

And we both wanted to play the same game.... Interesting.... He looked quite normal too, red haired, many freckles, glasses.... I had the feeling I already saw him, but maybe was it my imagination.... He also had a kind of England accent.

-What's your name? I tried to make him unfocused.

-James, he answered, what about you?

I could see the same smirk I wore on his face. Ugh!! I wasn't going to give it up!!! I pulled on the book a little bit more.

-Woah, so I guess you come from England?

-I lived there during eight years, why?

-Your way to talk.

I took opportunity of his surprise to pull hardly on the book, pulling it tightly against my chest and running away. Quickly, I heard his footsteps behind me and increased my speed even more. He was fast!!! Unexpectedly fast!! Suddenly, I was stopped by a wall. No issue here!!! And i couldn't run in the other direction. Soon enough, he reached me, but with quick reflex, I bent down, kicked his ankles, making him fall, and ran away from him.

-Come back here!! You cheated!! he shouted.

I looked over my shoulder to give him my worst grimace, until I bumped into someone.... Who was in fact the seller!!! I didn't even know what to say because of how much I was embarrassed.... James also bumped into my back, brought by his fast run. The old man looked at us, blinking, not quite getting what was going on. But when he noticed the book in my hands, the boy running after me, his face lit up and he burst out laughing.

-You two were arguing for a book?? You should have asked me, I have many more in the storage!! he exclaimed.

I was stunned. How couldn't I think about this??? We stared at each other, with James, and started to laughs too. Finally, all ended well right?

I was happy we left in good terms, with this boy. Because I surely didn't want to create any conflict right? And the seller was so nice!! He offered us the book so we didn't need to spend money for this one! That's was what I called, a great day. My brother, who finally finished his conversation with another geek he met in the video games shop, came to pick me up and was surprised to see me talking with another guy. James also had to leave, he told us his father was perhaps waiting for him somewhere else. I just hoped we would meet again! He was so interesting! We didn't have time to talk a lot, but I was sure we would have los of things to say.... Oh I forgot to ask him his phone number, that encounter would be lost in the depths of my memory now...

-What are you dreaming of Kathleen? Jayce asked me.

I quickly recovered my mind.

-Oh, nothing! I replied giggling.

Jayce seemed concerned but didn't say anything as we headed to his car. I suddenly heard screams coming from a dark street.... What was going on?! With a slight look, my brother understood and we both ran to the street, finding something that left us paralyzed and mute. A girl, of my age maybe, was being threatened by a group of bullies, who owned knives and looked quite.... Stout. And on top of that, a wheelchair, probably the girl's one, was recklessly thrown on the floor... Jayce immediately - in fact after two seconds - jumped on the guys. He was so amazing at this moment! I even surprise myself saying that... With a quick movement, he punched the first bully, then kicked the second. Their two knives fell to the ground with a metallic sound, but that didn't stop them.... They fell onto my brother, who rolled under them to avoid any hit, then kicked their ass, literally! Meanwhile, the girl's expression was slowly turning more confident, and I ran to her to help her up. She pointed the wheelchair with her chin.

-Please... she muttered.

Getting it, I brought it to her.

-Off you go, I smiled.

She sat on the chair and we could admire the fight. The two bullies were still standing in front of my brother, who started to pant because he wasn't as robust as them.... Bully 1 tried to give him a hard punch, and unfortunately succeeded, while Bully 2 kicked his belly. My brother! They dared touching my brother!! Without a word, I sneaked behind the first one, grabbed his strong arm and twisted it behind his back making him shout in pain. To the second one, I kicked his "man parts" hardly and used his own weight to throw him away. Of course, that wasn't enough, but it could give my brother some time to recover....

-Grab that brat!! they cursed.

As if I was going to let them do.... By reflex, I imitated one of my favorite manga characters.....

And clapped my hands together.

//hello!!! I hope you like cliffhangers~ what did you think about this chapter??? See you in two weeks and sorry again for not updating last week!!! ^^

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