Refresh [Izaya X OC ff]

Chapter 39

"I'm so tired~" The girl with two ponytails stretched her hands as I put in my notebooks and zipped my bag.

"Hey, Kei-chan, do you wanna go karaoke?"

I moved my sight from the bag to the girl who just complaint earlier. I replied her with a smile.

"Rika-chan, didn't you just say that you were tired? Seems like you still have the energy to hang out."

"I'm tired of the class, not the karaoke." Rika denied. "Besides, why do we have to make a presentation every week? It drains a lot of my energy."

It's been one year since I started my college life, spending time a lot on the campus to do some assignments. Truthfully, the first week in here was a total mess,  since I felt like a total outsider and, honestly, feeling unconfident again. I realised I might be dealing hard with a new environment, so I might not suit moving to a new place and meet new people. Fortunately, I met Rika, a new close friend that has always been beside me until now. It turned out Rika was from Ikebukuro too, however she moved Kobe during her high school period. It was the main reason why we could get along quickly.

College life was fine if you could adapt to it well. I still sometimes visited Mum and Grandma in there. Mum helped Grandma in her farm since Grandpa had just died not long time ago. To ease her burden, I decided to do a part-time job in a family restaurant after the class, my shift was just changed into four times a week, mostly spent my whole weekend. At least, the salary could cover up my rent and food.

I still called Shinra and Shizuo through the phone. Shinra and Shizuo' numbers still hadn't changed, though Shinra gave me his phone number since he had bought a new one. While Kadota... I failed to get in touch with him. Shinra said he had been busier lately with some stuff (he didn't want to tell me).

Shinra was doing fine in his college, while Shizuo, he had been dealing a lot of stuff in his jobs. Last time I heard, he changed his job again after fired for causing a mess in his workplace.

Getting through with assignments and jobs helped me a lot in distracting my mind. I didn't think of him at all for months. I admitted I thought of him a lot during my first months in here since I missed Ikebukuro sometimes. But after adapting for a while, I began to stop. Life became peaceful once again.

***

"See you tomorrow, Kei-chan!"

I waved my hand to Rika, as I made my way to my apartment. Rika lived in her family's house far from here, but still in the same road to my apartment. I took out my keys from my bag and unlocked the door. Then, I closed the door and put out my shoes. I couldn't believe making a presentation could take a long time (Luckily there was a nearby restaurant so we could grab a dinner in there). It's already night, moreover, the weather was still cold since it barely entered spring. The winter air still left in.

Hm? Now we're talking about the cold air, I heard a sound of wind blowing from my room. My apartment was quite small, consisting of merged living room and kitchen, a bathroom and a small bedroom. As I entered my room, I noticed the window was opened. Damn it, I forgot to lock it that morning. Since I hadn't turned on the lights, I carefully stepped to the windows and closed it, shivering because of the wind.

Next time I should check again before I left. I sighed.

Suddenly, I felt hands wrap around my body. I froze, unsure of what should I do because of too shocked. Was it a robber, rapist? Was someone in my room? Wasn't I alone? Should I scream, hit him with my elbow, stepped on his fe-

"Keiko-chan~"

No, it can't be.

No.

No.