~You Make Me Feel Brand New~

⭐Chapter 3: Under Pressure ⭐

"Nice seeing you here, Niko-chan~" 

Why is he here?!? Niko could feel herself freeze on the spot, and having flashbacks of Yuuma trying to manipulate her into thinking the way he wanted her to think. It didn't work, but the ways he did it was still horrible to think about.

"W-why..?" she uttered, her lips trembling. Turu couldn't believe this either, as she can just stare from behind her hiding spot, which is Niko's neck, for the moment.

"Not even saying hello to me? How mean.." He was slowly walking down the stairs, step by step with a huge amount of confidence, yet moving casually. He has a nice posture, a somewhat messy black hair, a nice but slim build and is probably around 1,80m (5'11). Basically a guy with looks most girls would swoon over, being completely unaware of who he really is. Not Niko though. Seeing him acting kind makes her feel so disgusted and violated. Like now, with him taking the last step down, smiling like they are good friends with one another. It pisses her off.

"W-why are you even here?" she managed to ask, trying to not look directly into his eyes.

"It would be boring without you around to play with."

Boring? She barely did anything out of the ordinary, so why would their previous school be boring without her? Is he obsessed with her? Many possibilities runs through her mind as he stands there, smirking as he lets her process what he has just said. What both of them didn't know however, was the fact that Jotaro, or Jojo as Niko knows him as, is sitting on the stairs, just out of their view and were listening to their conversation.

"There are plenty of people who are more fun than me.. so why me out of all people you can choose from?" she asked, hoping to get a good answer out of him.

"I have told you before. Your mind is interesting. Not like any of those hiveminds we are surrounded with. They are way too easy to manipulate, too predictable, and the list goes on. Your mind however is rather unpredictable. A challenge I need to overcome."

The fuck is his problem? He changed schools just so he could continue to toy around with her? Who in their right mind would do that? Who would go after a person like her? What even is his real motive? Her mind tried to come up with reasons why he would do this, trying to outsmart him like in the past.  

Niko is now physically frozen on the spot, just wishing he could go away and never come back. She want to move forward, but her legs won't let her do that. Turu told her in a whisper to move past him, since it looks like he'll be here for a while. She really wants to go, she really do! But she did notice Jojo, who peeked his head out from the stairs, now on his way down to face whoever was making her late to the roof.

Yuuma turned around and noticed the taller guy coming towards them. "Huh.. Looks like your personal bodyguard is here to save you. He's bound to do that a lot with you in the picture, no offense." Turu grew angry, and was about to go and slap his face, when their savior spoke up.

"Hey, piss off! I have been waiting for her!"  Yuuma's smirk didn't fade when Jojo came up close to him. In fact, he grinned even more, looking more amused than anything else.

"Geez, I was just having a nice reunion with Niko-chan, nothing else," Yuuma said, thinking that might convince this giant, since he looks like someone you shouldn't fight with unless you're either suicidal or a masochist.