Master of Teasing

"Suppressed"

"Um... I wonder how I could tease him. Although he himself will give me idea. Haha. It is always like this: first a small victory, and then a big failure! Hahaha! Oh boy...... if he knew how I really felt about him..."

Takagi walked into that room, where there sat Nishikata with a strange expression. Takagi was surprised this.

"Hm... What with him? It's weird, but I feel like there's something wrong. It's like some part of me suddenly went bad. Very strongly."

- Hi, Nishikata.
- ... Hi.
- Something wrong? - asked Takagi with anxiety.
- *sigh* No. Everything is okay.
- Really?
- Really.
- To be honest?
Here Takagi wanted to touch Nishikata fingers, but he immediately grabbed her hand and raised his hand up.
- Ow! It hurts!
- Stop pestering me! - Nishikata said in a rude voice and turned away. - *sigh* I'm sorry...
Takagi looked at Nishikata with surprise and misunderstanding.

"Something is definitely not the case. He's never acted like this before. Probably shouldn't piss him off. But still... What happened to you, Nishikata?"

The lesson went on as usual. The teacher dictates, the students write, and Takagi decided to tease Nishikata. Again.

- nishikata. - Takagi said in a whisper.

- What?
- You want me to guess what happened to you?
- As you wish.
- (Something's definitely wrong with him.) Let me think. Oh. I know.
- And what is that?
- You didn't get much sleep because you read all night... - didn't get to Takagi say how Nishikata already interrupt.
- Wrong! Wrong answer.
- Oh....

- Takagi-San! - the teacher said.

- Yes, sir?

- The last sentence needs to be completed! What's missing?
- ...
- nouns'.. - prompted Nishikata in a whisper.

- Nouns!
- Attagirl. Sat down.

- Thanks for helping me out.
- You're welcome. Not to distract.

At recess, all the guys were out of class. Takagi all raze could not understand, that is happening with Nishikata. She began to eavesdrop on his conversations with friends.

"I don't understand. It behaves as usual; talking with friends; BUT... he is not distracted by me and my teasing; he is silent and writes with a strange face; he is sullen. This is not his usual behavior. Nishikata. What's wrong with you, and I'll find out why!"

When the lessons were over, everyone went home.

Takagi noticed that Nishikata gone in a different direction and decided to follow him. As he walked, he looked around several times; and, Takagi constantly imperceptibly looked out from the corner of the walls of buildings. Takagi was wondering what is Nishikata; ideas she had many, but she wasn't 100 percent sure.
When they reached the place, Takagi was amazed.

"This is the same lake where we threw stones! But what is he doing here?"

- Takagi-San, are you always so inquisitive?

- (Noticed?)

- Come out, I can see you.
- *came around the corner* What are you doing here?

- Come to throwing stones. Join to me?
- Oh... Yep.

- So, what happened to you?
- What do you mean?
- I mean, I can see there's something wrong with you.
- Eh... Well, i'm... Let's start a contest! "If you can throw a stone over there! Then I'll tell you everything."

- Okay.

Takagi threw a stone with all his strength into the water, but did not get to the end. Then, Nishikata threw a stone, and he surprisingly even for himself won.

- Whoa! Unexpectedly!
- I lost. Okay, I'm going home. Bye. (Man! It was very unexpected and disappointing for me! I lost to him! Wow!)
- Hey Takagi-San! Wait! I am... I thought you were gonna win. But...
- It's okay.
- No. You see, I want to beat you! But not today.
- Why? Tell me, Nishikata.
- I don't know why, but I want to tell you. * sigh * Generally... I had a fight with my parents today. I felt really bad about it. Very bad.
- I understand it... I've been through this, too. Don't worry, it'll pass soon.
- Already pass... I mean, thank you. Thank you for being with me today. And I'm sorry about what happened this morning.

- I forgot. Shall we walk?
- Yeah... *slight blush*

- *slight blush*

The Chapter on the lake is Chapter 64.

This and previous chapters, this is just a warm-up before "Nightmare" part 2. I've been working on it for a long time now and I hope you won't be disappointed!

Thank you all for your support and nice comments!