#GalawangMitigation [ONE-SHOTS]

IOU- One Year Later (NO Toku here, sorry!) |N|

I can't believe it's been a year since I wrote about that guy here. Above photo is a reminder of how he looks like. EXTRA NOTE: The girl in the pic is NOT ME.  Here we go.

It's February again. I dropped Build because it was too messed up for my tastes. Lupinranger VS Patranger is a Sentai with potential, but the possibility of me dropping it halfway is still there. Our relationship hasn't changed much over the past year. He is still that demanding guy like I've first known him, but I really want that to change. I start rebelling over his requests recently since I know it's already abuse.

Ever since the whole batch and the teachers knew about my hidden intelligence, my life complicated a little more. Before, it was only me, my friends, Toku, and him. But after winning that Science quiz bee, I got excused from classes due to contests. At first, it wasn't much because I was only excused for a day or two. After claiming fourth place in the Math quiz bee and knowing I'd be one of the school's representatives for a very sought-after Math contest, it got worse. To prepare for that, I was pulled out every Math class to review. But that's not really the bad thing. I actually think that's good.

The bad thing was the pressure applied on me. I don't believe I'm very competent, I just eat what's on my plate and that's usually it. I think I hunger for good food more than good knowledge.

OKAY ENOUGH WITH THE INTRODUCTION TELL US THE STORY!

So now, it starts with the usual request from him.

"Hey, I'll be making the narrative for our group. I'll send it to you later so you can check for grammatical errors and such."

Yeah whatever, you'll make me do it in the end anyway. -_-

I still have no idea why my heart beats faster when I see him or why I still think of him very often. He's already abusing my intelligence and kindness. If I weren't kind and I had no feelings for him, I'd just leave him rotting away. The problem is that I'm both!

Time skip~

I just returned to the room after being excused for preparing for that very sought-for contest. He asks me, "Where's the file?"

"In... my laptop." I MEAN, WHERE ELSE WOULD I PUT IT?!

"May I borrow it?"

Sure, why not? -_-

Flashback~

I'm dead bored waiting for the teacher to come. The people surrounding me are busy talking to each other. Because I'm obviously bored and I'm quite the snooper, I listen to their conversation.

"Why don't you show her that?"

What?! What are you going to show me? It was clear that the word "her" is referring to me, because the one who said that was looking at me.

I turned to his direction, and he was licking some sort of lollipop stick with some remnants of chocolate in a way that can go two ways. For some unknown reason, I felt the reddening of my cheeks, the increase in heart rate, and the "heartburn". My sane self is disgusted; I don't know with my other self.

Back to present~

"Do you have money so that I can print it?"

DON'T YOU HAVE YOUR OWN MONEY, YOU NEPHEW OF A LEGENDARY TEACHER?!

I'm already vexed by those statements of his, but I don't know why I'm still uncomfortable calling out his name. I still don't know why I feel safe beside him. I don't know why I get miserable when he doesn't attend class. He's one of the reasons for my suffering, yet I suffer more without him.

Before I knew it, I already let him borrow my money. MY FRICKING MONEY. He was gone in a flash, out to find a printing center.

Another time skip~

Dismissal. I was frantically looking for my phone in the classroom.

"Do you want to find it on Monday?"

"It's okay. I'll just look for it in my stuff."

I sighed in relief as I find my phone in the depths of my messy bag. When I look again, I suddenly remembered about my money. Crap, I need to see him personally, ASAP!

EXPECTED PLOT:

Success, found him.

"Hey, where's my money?!"

"I'll pay you when I have money again!"

"Did you even find a printing center that was open?"

"I couldn't find any!"

"Just... give me back my money now."

"Why, have no fare going home?"

I was going to say no, but for some reason, I just can't lie to this guy. I looked down, beet red. He then pulled me close,  tilted my head up, and before I knew it, my lips were touching his. Yup, my first kiss. A moment of exhilaration, then faded into annoyance as I come to my senses.

"You're not my boyfriend to do that!"

"I confessed to you last February, don't you remember that?!"

"Paying for your debts are a CONFESSION?! You didn't really pay me a single cent!"

"Look, don't you even realize why I let you do my load, besides the fact that I'm using you?"

"That's the only reason I see! It's already too much on me!"

"Hey, it's not only that, seriously. I don't want to see you suffer from the wastage of your potential. You have to see that there are lots of things you can do."

"Seeing it very clearly, mister."

"But you have no initiative to do it. That's why I add up to your load so that you would do it. What's happening is that you only do work when your load is heavy. I have to be that person who has to remind you that you have things to do.""

"You're exhausted of being that person? I'm already exhausted of following your every command. I think we have to learn how to help ourselves."

"We can teach each other that, right?"

Well I don't know!

He hugged me, probably signaling that I tell him we can.

"I'm hanging on, for the sake of our sanity. Just... don't make me doubt you again."

REALITY:

That annoying prick. Our time difference is too far. I cannot see him at this rate. Well, I'm just going to chat him about it. It's best that way.