Chapter 4

"Just rest, okay? It's about time Reido shows you what he really is." Kaori spoked, angry about what happened to her best friend.

"...Gomen, Ri-chan. I guess I'll see you tomorrow. Goodbye..." Kasumi gave her friend a warm hug before going inside her house.

Boys...they can be SO mean and a pain in the butt sometimes...just like Takashi...Arghh! I seriously have to stop saying his name over and over again...

After taking a shower, she then rummaged her backpack to do her homework. A LOT of homework.

"Okay, Maths: check. English: check. All there's left is dreadful Physics...What?!? It's already 12 am..." She sighed.

Calm down...calm down...Just one more and THEN you can hug Mr. Turtle and sleep soundly...

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"Kaori! Wake up! KAORI!" her mother shouted as loud as she could.

"Zzz...Ah, what time is it...7.45?!?! Damn, I forgot to set the alarm clock!"

Kaori hastily went to the bathroom, setting a new world record of brushing her teeth and washing her face as fast as lightning. She didn't even bother taking a shower that morning. All she cared was going to school before Hitomi-sensei punish the usual late students.

"Honey, breakf-" Kaori snapped the buttered toast out of her mother's hand.

"LATE. GOT TO MOVE. LOVE YOU." And 3 short sentences was all she need to say her farewell to her mother.

5 minutes left...5 minutes left...I HAVE TO RUN FASTER!!...

Unfortunately, Lady Luck wasn't on her side that day.

Oh no...not again...Takashi too...

"Ahh, just like the usual. Kubayashi-san...and Mayama-kun. Now, what are you waiting for? Mayama-kun, 25 push-ups and Kubayashi-san, this time you have to weed out the school garden at the Science lab after school's over." Hitomi-sensei snickered.

"Sensei...why do I always have weird punishments?"

"Do you want to do push-ups instead, Kubayashi-san?"

"N-No...Okay, I'll be going now...He-Hehehe..." Kaori smiled at Hitomi-sensei.

She ran to her class, and gave a sigh of relief after seeing that her sensei hasn't come in yet.

"Ri-chan! You're always late!" Keigo, her classmate, shouted.

"Keigo, stop calling me that. It sounds weird. It's KA-O-RI. Only Mi-chan can call me that."

"Hai, hai...RI-CHAN!" Keigo laughed while Kaori chased after him in their class. After their rendezvous, they returned back to their respective seats. Their sensei entered.

"Okay, okay. Now sit down. I'll be taking your attendances now. Keigo Hanata?"

"HHAAIII."

"Mei Futaba?"

"She's absent, sensei. She told me she had a fever today." Mei's friend voiced out.

"Fever? That's odd. She's never absent before. Well, moving on...."

Sensei's right...Mei's an honour student. A fever like this usually means nothing to her. She never missed school before. Was it...about Takashi? It could be...