VIII: Talent Time

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I covered my mouth and yawned out of both boredom and tiredness. I sighed and leaned back against the tree I always sit in. It took a little bit of difficulty considering my ankle situation. Anyway, I am currently dying of boredom as I watched my classmate's fight against Karasuma, I suppose they've improved quite a bit, although, they still have quite a lot more room for improvement but at least it's a start

I sat straighter when I saw Karasuma use a more advanced defensive technique on Blueberry. Either Karasuma was lost in thought, or he decided to be an ass. I'm going to go with option one. Soon class had ended and as Karasuma was walking away, Orange (Hinano Kurahashi) asked him to join them for snacks or something. Seeming that I thought it was pointless I jumped from the tree with a yawn. Annoyingly, I hadn't seen Strawberry beneath me so I had to force myself to move out of the way. It didn't really work though

"Oi, Strawberry move it!" I called out, instead of moving out of the way, he looked up and widened his eyes. "Dammit" I internally groaned. As I reached the ground I knocked the boy over and this was our position, it was along the lines of this...

"Oh, if you wanted to make moves then you should have said so" Strawberry winked

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"Oh, if you wanted to make moves then you should have said so" Strawberry winked. I rolled my eyes and got off him. Tsk, idiot

"Tsk. Don't get too big-headed redhead. You should've moved when I said so" I grumbled

Strawberry chuckled as he got off the floor. He made a move to speak but I placed a hand over his mouth and scowled when I saw a specific someone talking to Karasuma. I removed my hand from Strawberry's face and lowered my head, beginning to walk toward the main building

"Ne, what's wrong?" He moved and stood next to me, looking in the direction I was. "Oh, a new teacher"

"Karma" He turned to me

"You rarely call me by name. What's wrong?"

"Whatever you do" I grabbed him by the collar and pulled his face closer to mine, clearly catching him off guard. "Never go near that man" I let him go and walked off toward them

When I got closer to the others.

"Nice to meet you, Class E" The male smiled innocently, I still hadn't looked up yet. As soon as I got close he spoke to me. "Oh. Who might you be? Interesting cloth-" I cut him off by getting extremely close and looking him dead in the eye, to which he froze. Not even moving a single muscle

"If I see you lay a finger on these kids. I'll end you personally" I growled. "Understood? Akira Takaoka"

Granted, I hated these so-called classmates of mine. But it doesn't stop the fact that I'm the one who will be killing these losers at the end of the school year. Especially Terasaka. That little shit has gotten on my nerves one too many times

Takaoka nodded vigorously. "Y-Yes. Lone Wolf"

I didn't say anything else. I simply kissed my teeth and walked past him. They might be around my age, but they sure don't seem to be able to tell if someone is fake. How annoying

A few minutes later...

"Tsk. Idiots" I grumbled whilst watching them from inside. These stupid kids are getting too chummy with their neighbourhood dad. It's going to come back and punched them in the face soon, and if it doesn't then I'll personally do it

Mini Timeskip

Some time passed and here I am. Walking through the woods with Strawberry by my side, as per usual, we are both skipping the class. Earlier, whilst I was sitting inside, Strawberry walked in and asked me to walk with him. And seeing as he's the one person I tolerate the most, I complied. I had nothing better to do anyway

After some silence, he broke it. "Daijōbudesuka?"

"Fine" He didn't seem convinced

"Liar. You've been like this since that new guy came, do you know him?" I nodded with a scowl

"He sort of works with Karasuma. Though, he was always behind. I'm sure he's only here to rile him up"

"What's wrong with that?"

"His methods..." I thought of a way to put it nicely. "Are violent"

"How?"

I sighed and whipped out my phone, I went onto photos and told him to go through them. "Lovro sensei gave these to me a little after I had met him, he seemed sketchy so I asked him to do some research. Turns out I was right"

"Oh..." Strawberry was speechless after seeing the pictures. "That explains why you were so angry when you saw him" I nodded as he gave me my phone back

'I have a bad feeling...' I shook the thought away as we continued our walk

Mini Timeskip

I slowly opened my eyes and yawned. 'Damn, I must've fallen asleep when Strawberry and I sat down earlier'. As I moved to stand only then did I realise there was a weight on me. I looked to my right and saw Strawberry who was also asleep, with his head on my own.

 I looked to my right and saw Strawberry who was also asleep, with his head on my own

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I felt my stomach tighten a little and my cheeks heat up very slightly. I quickly moved my head from under his to which his head fell onto my shoulder. I groaned in annoyance and started shaking him

"Wake up" I repeated the two words along with the shaking continuously until I saw him stir and slowly open his eyes. After a moment he realised where he was and shot up, his cheeks turning red

"Sorry..." I shook my head and began to get up

"It's fine," I muttered. As I slowly stood up Strawberry was up in a flash and extended his hand to me. I scoffed and ignored it, getting up on my own. "I don't need help"

"I swear you have a thing against people trying or offering to help you"

"I dislike people looking down on me. Especially when I'm far stronger than them"

"Weirdo" He muttered under his breath

"What was that?"

"Nothing"

"Sure"

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Word Count ~ 1073

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