『 Dying of Asphyxiation was seriously not my goal in life. 』
Neither was meeting a Governor of the Afterlife and getting sent to another world for a second chance at life.
Drew was assaulted by a group of men for reasons she didn't understand. Drown...
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46. Holding on
I tell people "It's all right, I can do it", but the truth is, I'm always trying to convince myself.
-Kyokugen Fighter / Extreme Fighter (Sasagawa Ryohei's Character Song)
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"Hiiiee!!" a shrieked woke me up. "Rei-san! Kyoko-chan! What are you DOING??"
Hm? When did I doze off?
I yawned, stretching myself awake and rubbing the sleep out of my eyes. Trying to wake myself up from my ditzy state of I wanna sleep, I noticed Kyoko had fallen asleep as well, on my lap.
"Kyoko," I called, "Kyooooko," I whined.
Takeshi laughed, "haven't seen this in a while!" he joked, "Since fifth grade, maybe!"
"Y'mean they've done this before??" Gokudera scowled. "Seriously?"
"Eh-" Tsuna spoke up slowly, "Rei-san and Kyoko-chan are pretty close?" he questioned. He was probably confused, seeing as I've never actually talked much with Kyoko in class.
"What, are you jealous?" I teased. I put my hand at Kyoko head, brushing her hair briefly, patting her head soothingly as she slept on soundly.
Tsuna's face flushed. "NO!" he quickly denied, "no, not at all-- No, I'm not!"
I laughed.
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"My arm's gonna be alright in a week or so, don't worry too much!" I assured the girl as we walked home together. "It's already in good condition. It's just pretty fragile for the time being."
"That's great news!" Kyoko said, "Onii-chan's been pretty worried about you too."
I gave a chortle. "Tell him I appreciate his concern."
We stopped as we reached the Sasagawa residence. Kyoko turned to me and gave me a bright, happy smile. All the anger from the morning had dissipated, and all that was left was the forgiving side of my childhood friend.
"Thanks for walking me home, Rei-kun." she told me. "Good night."
"Well then, see you at school tomorrow." I smiled back at her.
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Sooo, this is kind of an awkward timeskip, but let's just say that it's after school the next day now and well--
Basically, yesterday I had the prettiest girl in school lay on my lap the whole lunch break. and then I walked her home, side by side, with her adorable face smiling her sweetest smile at me.
I knew something bad would happen when a nobody like me spends so much time, shared so much space, and dared to act all intimate with the most popular girl in school. I knew something bad would happen, but I didn't expect this.
