Pain

Chapter 12 Part 1

"Hey Yamaguchi?" Hassani asked.

"Y-Yeah," I replied hesitantly.

"Are you super busy right now, or can I steal you for a moment?"

"I have a practice match, but what do you need?"

"I just need your opinion on something and we'll need to go somewhere private,"

"Okay, I'll go,"

I'll do literally anything to put meeting Yukki aside. 

"Thank you so much!"

"There's no need to thank me Hassani,"

As we finished packing up and were about to leave, Tsukishima walked in the door. He was here to walk me to our match.

"Oh hey, Tsukishima!" Hassani greeted.

"Hey," he replied, "Are you ready to go Tadashi?"

I confessed, "Actually, I have to do something for Hassani real quick. Can you go without me and make sure Ukai doesn't flip out?"

"You know he's going to flip out either way, let me come with you,"

"He's going to flip out even more if you're not there. He needs you more than me and I won't be too late," 

"Tadashi, you know that's not true,"

I smiled, "Just go Tsuki, I'll be there before you know it. I promise." 

I hate that I have to push him away like this. If it were up to me, he wouldn't have to leave like this.

He paused, not wanting to go.

"If you're more than five minutes late I'm going to go look for you," Kei gave in.

"Okay," I agreed. 

Hassani and I watched him walk away with an unpleasant look on his face. He's probably worried about the same thing happening like last time. He doesn't want me getting hurt, especially by Yukki.

As Hassani and I walked away she sighed, "I feel like I just witnessed a couple's argument where they don't really know they're arguing, but they're obviously upset with each other."

I lightly chuckled, "Yeah, sorry about that. Did I look upset with him?"

"Not really, but you could tell that Tsukishima definitely was,"

"He doesn't like leaving me alone at school, thanks to Yukki,"

"Oh, I understand that. Hopefully we can get this Yukki situation over with soon,"

"Hopefully,"

We walked until we found a hallway without any students. Which was only a few trips back and forth. When we got into a private place Hassani seemed very nervous, and that made me nervous. She was obviously embarrassed about this too. Then, she finally asked the question. 

Hassani only wanted to know what to get a person to start a new friendship, but hoping for it to turn into something more. Though it kind of depends on the person, I told her to stick with something simple. Like, something sweet or a small gift. With my answer, she looked more troubled in a way. I put my hand on her shoulder and smiled softly. That brought a little bit of hope into her eyes and she thanked me. Then, we parted ways as she went to the entrance as I went back to our classroom. Hassani asked why I wasn't heading to the game, but I assured her not to worry. Even though she has more than every right to worry.

I took a deep breath before entering my hell. As expected, Yukki and his two sidekicks were waiting for me. My heart was almost beating out of my chest, in a bad way. A horrible way as Yukki walked towards me.