Uncovered

Chapter 2

Don't Let the Ship Sink

'Geez. I failed twice.'

Sitting on her seat, where everyone is looking at her with admiration, Teruhashi is trying to hide her dissatisfied expression. She missed her chance in greeting Saiki. It's all over. He was already in the classroom, sitting while reading a book. How could she greet him in this situation? She can't just walk to his seat. Boys around will be jealous at Saiki and probably some war will begin.

'I should have just ignored those guys earlier. But I can't. Ignoring people isn't in the list of how to be perfect.' Teruhashi sighed.

'I need to think of another plan. Hmm.... A plan... Eh? Wait a second...'

In the middle of figuring out ways to be with him, a sudden thought appeared in her mind. The thought caused her to suddenly pout, questioning herself.

'Why am I being bothered about this so much? Am I desperate or something? I'm not this pathetic...am I?'

That was the thought. Is she being overly obsessed? She had spent her second year life chasing for Saiki, but there was no progress. She's being pathetic before she can know it.

A perfect pretty girl is not pathetic. It was on her list of being perfect. But it seems she's failing this rule on her list. Aware or unaware, accepted or unaccepted, she's being pathetic this whole time, all because of Saiki.

Thoughts came into her head. Her eyes suddenly widened, which made her fans looking at her curious, wanting to know what's going on inside her head. What's inside her head? A sudden awareness. Awareness that she's failing one rule on her list. Pictures of her desperate plans about Saiki suddenly appeared in her head. She has an excuse about this, that it's just unacceptable to think that Saiki's not falling to her charm. But she then realized that her actions towards him are going too far. She didn't know what causes this sudden awareness. It suddenly just appeared. Maybe because she had done so many things for Saiki to fall for her. So many things.

She never asked those questions she just questioned to her self before, not until that day. She was embarrassed at her own self. A Teruhashi Kokomi is being obsessed? She can't just accept that fact.

'I-I-I'm being pathe--?'

"Kokomi!"

"I'm not pathetic!!"

With her pulse rate suddenly rising, Teruhashi exclaimed as she suddenly heard her name being called by a familiar voice.

"..Eh?"

She was panicking. Sweat started to form on her pretty face. Looking at the location where the voice came from, she saw her bestfriend, the one who's wearing a hairband with a ribbon on it, having a somehow shocked expression.

"Ch-Chiyo! You startled me.." Teruhashi's heart was beating so fast. She really was startled at what Yumehara did. To think that someone will suddenly call her in the middle of her thoughts. She completely let her guard down.

"Oh sorry about that." Yumehara apologized as she saw her bestfriend with a genuine startled face.

"What are you thinking anyway? And what was that? You're not patheti-"

"Oh nothing! that's nothing! I-I was just umm..remembering what I watched last night.. It has that line.." Teruhashi suddenly said before Yumehara can finish her sentence. Slight amount of sweat was dripping down her cheeks.

"Ohh.. Is that so?"

It was an obvious lie. Yumehara noticed this and was not convinced at Teruhashi's made-up excuse. She was someone who Teruhashi is hanging out with, so she knows if she's troubled over something.