wonderwall | t. oikawa

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pride

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e r i n

     it took me a couple of minutes before i finally realized how this guy in front of me was familiar. he approached me yesterday, asking me for my name and if i remember correctly, isa din siya sa nakakita sa akin sa gym noong first day ko dito sa school.

"is she the girl you're talking about yesterday, oikawa-san?" kindaichi asked. finally! naalala ko na din ang name nya.

the guy nodded at kindaichi before smiling at me. "i'm toru oikawa. you can call me anything you like, erin-chan!" he lend me his hand, asking for a handshake.

of course i didn't shake hands with him. the girls in our classroom already glared at me enough. ayoko na palalain yung tingin nila sa akin, baka matunaw lang ako.

"aren't you going to eat?" i turned my attention to kindaichi who was just standing beside my table. "you should hurry. and bring him with you too on your way out." i said before positioning my head again on my table.

"aren't you going to eat, erin-chan?"

"stop calling me that. we're not friends."

"then let's be friends!" my eyes shot open when i felt a pair of large hands hovered over mine. immediately, i whisked away my hand before he could touch it.

"don't touch me."

"sorry." because my head was still resting on the table, he had to crouch down in order to meet my gaze. "but can we be friends though?"

why does he keep on insisting to become friends with someone like me? judging from his looks, alam ko sikat siya dito sa school. at sa dinami dami ng pwede niyang kaibiganin, bakit ako pa ang gusto niyang kausapin? dahil foreigner ako? dahil nakita niya yung serve ko?

bakit ako?

"stop bothering me." was all i could say before turning my head against them. not once did my father ever teach me rude manners but this is guy is just too sketchy.

"let's go, oikawa-san." kindaichi whispered to him before hearing footsteps walk away.

unconsciously, i clenched my fist.

i know i should be thankful that people are starting to approach me. but him? i don't think so. guys like him don't approach girls like me. it's like the golden rule in a social hierarchy.

besides, i don't need many friends. having one is enough.

t o r u

"did i just witness a girl ignore the captain of aoba johsai vbc? yes i did." kindaichi grinned. "never in my life did i think a guy like you can get rejected. how much more for a guy like me?" suddenly, his grin disappeared when he realized what he said in the last part.

as annoying as he makes it seem to be, i'm not affected at all. if anything, she made me want to approach her more. she's that different.

"why are you smiling? a girl just rejected you.." he said while buying food in the vending machine.

"she didn't reject me."

"uh, i'm pretty sure she did."

"no she didn't." kindaichi looked confused. doesn't matter, i don't have to explain it to him anyways. so i just tapped his shoulder before waving. "i'll see you later."