CHAPTER 5 - Unwanted

CHAPTER 5 - Unwanted

Ever since Samantha told me that thing, I couldn’t help to doubt Yuji. Were those things real? Did he really bully others for money? I don’t know. I don’t have the guts to ask him. I grew even more nervous thinking that this might affect my business.

Monday. We are having a History class early this morning. Ugh. It makes me feel so sleepy. Just who the heck decided to put History in the first period?! They should have known that students aren't interested in this kind of stuff first thing in the morning. Much better if we would start the class in some exciting subjects instead. Anyway, I don't have any choice but to attend this. 

Before the professor ended the class, he gave us a task, “Find a pair and work for the 3^rd task in your workbook. You will present it by the next meeting.”

Here comes another activity by pair. I am always having a hard time when it comes to this. I don’t have many close friends in our classroom. I just hope I can do it alone because I'm more comfortable with that. 

“Yuji! Let’s pair up!”

I turned around to see who was talking. Ah. Hannah, I see. Would she be fine if she’s paired up with Yuji? What if he does something to her? Ugh, I don’t know anymore. What am I thinking?  Besides, I wasn’t sure yet if what Samantha told me was the truth.

“Do you already have a pair?” I turned around to see who’s talking.

“Josh!”

“Let’s pair up!”

“Sure, sure.”

Good thing Josh is my classmate. We aren’t that close before, not until he became part of Ringo Dingo. Anyway, that’s a lot better. I'm most comfortable with him here in our classroom.

“Let’s just talk about it later”, he said then proceeded to his seat.

It’s lunchtime and I was in the cafeteria with Jane and Sarah, my co-club members. We’ll have a short talk about our club activities. We still have lots of tasks and our schedule doesn’t match with each other. Lunchtime is the only available time for us at the moment.

“Have you seen the proposals, Ysabella?” Jane asked.

“Ah, yes. I’ve scanned it already. The ideas were nice!”

“I know right. Most of it came from Andrew.”

“Really? Speaking of Andrew, where is he?” If I’m not mistaken, Andrew and Sarah are classmates. Meaning, they should have the same break time and he should be here with us.

“He’s with Yuji in the club office right now. Ms. Amanda gave them a task”, Sarah explained.

Oh. So that explains why Yuji isn’t around as well. That’s good. I still don’t know how to react if ever we see each other. I wanted to confirm it but I still don’t have enough courage.

“Oh my god! Bran is coming!”

“He looks so cool!”

“Hannah is so lucky to have him.”

I heard a couple of murmurs as a guy entered the cafeteria. I couldn’t help to look at him. He’s indeed eye-catching. He has messy black hair which actually suits him. His eyes emit a cold glaze and his jawline was super defined. Bran Nicolas.

I’ve seen him a few times already and I know that he is Hannah’s boyfriend. Just by looking at their looks, they suit each other well. An IT girl with an IT boy, eh?

“They had been together for a year already, right?” said Jane.

Really? A year? That’s quite a long time. Judging them, they both seem not the serious type of people when it comes to relationships. They both seem to have flings on every corner. Oh well, not that I care.

“Yeah. Bran has been head over heels of Hannah ever since,” Sarah answered.

“But Hannah doesn’t seem to be that way to him.”

“Uh, yea. Maybe she wasn’t just expressive.”

This conversation is sickening. I don’t care about other people’s love stories or whatsoever. I just finished my lunch, keeping my silence while the two of them are still talking. How did they happen to know this much information about other people?

“I have to go now. See you at the club office,” I excused myself.

I am walking on the corridor on the way to our classroom when I bumped into Yuji. They must have finished the task already.

“Mia,” he scratched his temple, looking hesitant.

“Hmm?”

“What’s up with you lately?”

“What do you mean?”

He paused for a while. He took a deep breath before answering me, “It seems like you were avoiding me.”

H-how did he know? W-was it too obvious? But we aren’t really that close to begin with! We would just talk if it's school-related stuff. Where is he getting these ideas?

“Huh?”

“I was about to ask you to be my pair in History class earlier but you avoided my gaze.”

“D-did I?” Oh yeah, I probably did. Not that I intended to do it. It just happened in an instant before I even think about it.

“Anyway, maybe I’m just overreacting. Don’t mind me. See you this Friday.”

Friday? Why would I meet him on Friday?... Ah! We agreed to meet every week to give updates about Ringo Dingo. I totally forgot about it! Friday. I’m sure it’ll be a lot awkward. Sighs.

5 PM. Classes finally ended. I want to go home as fast as possible because I still have to do a movie review for my client. It will take quite some time. I immediately get out of the classroom when suddenly—

“What the heck?!”, I screamed when someone suddenly grabbed me on the risk. It’s Hannah. What's her problem?!

She lead me to the corner of the hallway then let go of my wrist, “What are you and Yuji up to?”

“What are you talking about?” What’s wrong with this girl? Since when did she care about my whereabouts?

“I saw you guys talking earlier. You seem so serious about it.” 

She saw us talking? I tried to recall the conversation I had with Yuji earlier. As much as I remember, we did not talk about Ringo Dingo. Whoah. 

“And what if we were talking about something serious? What does it have to do with you?"

“You better let me know. I’m doing this to protect Yuji.” Huh? Why would she need to protect Yuji? What’s going on between them? Does she know about Yuji's past?

“We are much closer than you think, you know,” she said while smirking.

“Then ask him yourself.” I walked away.

“Hey! Ysabella! Hey!”

Ugh. Whatever.

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I came home by 6 PM. I rushed to my bedroom then lie down for a bit. People at my school were really stressing. Yuji. Hannah. What’s wrong with them? I decided to sleep a bit before eating dinner because it’s still a little early. I needed some energy first before working.

I woke up by 7:30 PM. I went to the kitchen to prepare myself dinner. I would go for some ready-to-eat food since it would consume less time. Upon finishing dinner, I proceeded on making requests from my clients. Though I was able to sleep for an hour and a half a while ago, I still caught myself dozing off while working. It’s unavoidable since it’s getting really late.

I was taken back to reality when my phone rang. I looked at the caller ID. Yuji. Great. What's this about this time?

I picked up the call, “Why?”

“Let’s meet now.”

“What? Why would want to meet now?” I looked at the time on my phone screen, “It’s already 7:30 PM.”

“I have to tell you something important.”

“Can’t you wait until tomorrow? What’s with the rush.”

“Hurry! I’m waiting outside your apartment.”

“What?!”

I peek outside the window and saw that’s he’s really standing there. What on the earth is happening???