Gears of Harmony

Episode 18 - The Curious Case of Andrew part 1

Days passed since then. I tried to take a few steps outside the school gates. However, I never bumped into the strange creature again. I had no interest in going further into the city, as it may be quite dangerous. So I put her aside from my mind and continued my days in the academy.

One day, I was eating in my classroom with Amy and Callie, with an addition of Gracie who happened to drop by.

"Argh, that creep!" said Callie, "how is he so shameless?"

"I know right, I don't respect his actions at all," said Amy and slapped her forehead.

"What creep?" Gracie asked.

Callie and Amy looked at each other, then to me. I just shrugged my shoulders.

"Should I-?" asked Callie.

"Yeah, we can tell her," said Amy, "Gracie, do you know an upperclassman called Andrew in class 3B?"

"3B? Yeah, I've heard of him. That swimmer guy, right? Why?" she asked.

"Well, he's been hitting on Amy for a month," said Callie, "they always see each other in the debate club and they went on that courage test together, then suddenly..."

"Oh, good for you, Amy," I asked, "you like him, right?"

"Well, not exactly 'like'... I'm not sure about him for certain reasons..." Amy said.

"Certain reasons?" I asked, "oh, wait a second! He has a girlfriend, doesn't he?"

"Actually, he just broke up with his girlfriend," said Callie, shaking her head, "and now he's already hitting on someone else. Sigh... Misara is terribly hurt,"

"Ugh... exactly! Like, that was too quick and I feel really bad for her... I mean, she's my own classmate and I see her everyday..." said Amy, "not to mention, Andrew told me himself that he is hitting on four girls at the same time, not just me!"

"He told you what...?!" I asked.

"So he has back-ups if he got rejected by one," said Callie and threw her face away from us, "he's such a jerk!"

"Amy, can't you just shoo him away or something?" asked Gracie.

"I can't..." said Amy, "he's my idol. I've been wanting to talk to him for ages and now he's hitting on me, it feels like a dream come true, but... but this isn't what I had in mind. It doesn't feel right,"

"When did you guys start talking?" Gracie asked.

"After joining the debate club," Amy replied, "he added me on LINE. Then we started having late night phone calls,"

"So you guys started as friends, then?" Gracie asked.

"Yeah, but even then he already started saying some weird stuff," said Amy, "in one of our calls he said 'my name is Andrew Benson and my purpose in life is to reproduce'. Like, ...what??"

I scrunched my face out of reflex and backed away a little.

"But he also told Amy that he doesn't like kids," said Callie and shrugged her shoulders.

"What, so he multiply himself like an amoeba?" I snickered, "or expecting adult children out of the womb?"

"I don't know, Na! He's charming!" said Amy, "but he's rotten inside,"

"Uhh... okay?" I said.

Is he, though? I thought.

"He's clever!" said Amy, "but rotten inside!"

"Okay..." Gracie and I unsurely said at the same time.

"He's kind and understanding!" said Amy, "but-"