Remember me. Please?

Where it begun (part 3.)

Tendo pov

Gripping my bag strap and running my fingers over my bandaged cheek, feeling the patch below my fingertips, I walk into the school yard. My mind wonders to that girl again, Atsuko, I'd never seen her around before. Maybe she wondered into the school by accident or maybe she was passing by and saw what was happening. Even then she could have just left, but the words she spoke when she helped me, seemed like she wasn't forced to rather she wanted to help. I feel myself smile at that thought, that's nice of her. Mightn't see her again though, eh felt good while it lasted.

"Hey Tendo!"

Stopping in my tracks at the soft voice that was heard just yesterday, I turn to see the (H/L) girl running towards me. "Oh good you stopped, I thought I would of had to run next to you" she approaches in front of me now I notice her concern when she looks at my face and legs. "Are your injuries ok? I bet they hurt still, they will for a few days, a week tops", she rambles as she sways her lunchbox next to her as she rocks on her heels.

From the corners of my eyes I can see people staring at us and whispering amongst each other. Oh no. Please don't be like this.

"Tendo? Are you feeling ok?" She asks once again slightly more concerned at my quietness. "Huh? Oh yeah I'm fine now, thanks for the help yesterday Atsuko" I say quickly, just hoping that shes checking in on me. As much as I would like for it not to be. "Atsuko? That's not my name" oh no. Wait then why would her brother have called her that and not her name, a nickname maybe? Yeah a nickname, that's it a nickname. 

"Oh sorry it's just that, that boy called you that yesterday" I apologize while rubbing the back of my neck softly. I watch her confused face fall into a smile as she laughs, "that's what (B/N) calls me" she states. "So a nickname?" I confirm unsure as I watch her smile more and nod happily, "yes he likes calling me it for some reason I don't know why but it just makes him happy so I let him call me it".

"Oh ok that's nice, um thank you for helping me yesterday" I say glancing around seeing some of those people no longer looking but whispering, I'm not too sure what about though, most likely about someone talking to me rather than being just straight up rude or mean.

But it's nice having someone to talk to.

"It's not a problem, my mum is a nurse and my dad is a coach so they need to know how to help people" I hear her chirp happily. I tilt my head at hearing about her father, "what does he coach might I ask?" I watched her out a finger on her chin as she thought, "he does a lot of sports and he is very active too so he is really, really, REALLY good at his sports. He does ones that involve running, so no swimming sorry". I wave my hand at her apology, "it's ok I don't even do swimming", I watch as her eyes wander over me and then land on my bag and watch her face light up as she gasps, "do you play volleyball?!" She excitedly asks, I sheepishly nod surprised by the sudden energy burst of the quiet girl. "That's so cool, I play that too! With my dad and brother, he's in grade seven I think so he's much bigger than me" she happily chirped while rocking back and forth on her heels.

I softly smile at the way she's acting, "I like it too." I turn away from her and wave, "I should be going now, bye." I quickly walk off only to hear soft foot steps can be heard quickly running up to me, "uh- wait! Please!" I stop and turn to see the girl stumble pass me, quickly turning back to me. She looks over at me then looks down and starts playing with her fingers, "Um I'm sorry but uh I'm kinda new around here and I was uh" she trails off towards the end. So that's why she helped, she never knew. After a few seconds of silence she looks back up and blushes, "i-im sorry if that sounded weird to ask", "hm? What did ya say?" I ask tilting my head softly, "I didn't hear that sorry." I see her eyes widen as she blushes darker, "oh! I'm sorry! I tend to ramble a bit, I was telling you about how I'm new and I asked if you wanted to be my friend."

Shocked. That's all I could feel.

"But I'm a monster", it's all I could say. After hearing it so much you grow to even call yourself it. "Why would you what to be friends with a monster?", I watch as anger goes over the girls face, making it stay that red. "Your not a monster! Your nice, why would you call yourself that!?" She angrily exclaims at me, only to receive a shrug, "I get called it a lot, so I guess I must be one." I reply calmly. Her face falls, all the anger from before leaving her face, "that's just mean. Monsters are big and scary and gross oh and mean. You don't look scary or gross and your not mean like them. So your not a monster to me" she smiles warmly at me. I smile softly at her, just who is this girl and what is she doing here.

"Yes"

"Huh, yes what?" She asks looking at me funny. "Yes let's be friends" I smile only to receive a bigger one in return. "Thank you Tendo, your so nice", "no, you are." Her smile falls at that sentence. "I've always been called a monster, only mum and dad haven't called me one. So you're the first person out of my family to not call me one" I finish with that same smile on my face. "And cause of the name calling I've never really had a friend before", I finish looking at the floor. "Oh, well we'll be best friends then! I can't see my old friends now but I feel like I'll have fun with you Tendo" she nods at me and puts her hand out, "shake on it?" Raising my hand up and shaking her own and nodding back with a small smile, "shake on it."

Her smile widens as she lets go of my hand "let's get to class Tendo, don't wanna be late do we?", She walks as she turns and walks. I shake my head, following after her, "no we don't." After walking a little while we make it in side and she gasps, "that's right, I'm sorry I didn't say earlier but I'm (L/N) (Y/N) and Atsuko is what my brother calls me, like I said earlier. Sorry you got confused" she smiles at me apologetically. I wave her off dismissively, "it's fine, better than calling you a completely different name (L/N) and plus I should have asked earlier. Guess we both forgot" she smiles "having too much fun talking" I smile back.

"Yeah, having too much fun."

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A day late? Yes
Can you stop me? Absolutely NOT
Hehe in English I fail at making stories due to my teachers having too high of hopes but I'm hoping my grammar on this one is ok at least.