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Everyone Has Their Own Problem
Chapter 9
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"Oy Rena you okay?!"
Jun repeatedly shook Rena's limp body and her pale skin looked paler than usual. The corridor was filled by only the two of them therefore Jun take this opportunity to bring the collapsed Rena to the infirmary without worrying about being gossiped. He was carrying Rena a la bride. Her body is so light, said Jun in heart. He felt like holding a small child instead of adolescent girl. In his opinion to the body weight of this study maniac girl, it was not normal. During the way it continues to be considered and Jun's gaze shows concern when he stared at the face of Rena.
Arriving in infirmary, Jun immediately laid Rena on the bed. The infirmary nurse apparently did not attend because of maternity leave so inevitably Jun keep an eye on Rena until she conscious. This is something new for him because he never kept an eye on a girl who collapse. Moreover, the girl he did not know her personality well. Indeed, they've been on a date before and Jun had seen Rena's different personality but he felt Rena still hiding things from him, from others.
Due to the boredom, Jun opened the window wide enough to allow the air to enter. Physics lesson is the last lesson for today so now it was late afternoon. The sun started beaming the orangish light with little red silhouette. Jun took a chair and sat beside the bed.
He looked at Rena long enough until suddenly his eyes fixed on Rena's lips. His brain memory rerun an incident in which time they both had an accident that caused their lips met. Unconsciously Jun's hand touched his lips and after it touched the lips of the person who was unconscious in front of him. Realizing what he had done Jun quickly pulled his hand. His heart suddenly was not functioning as usual and he decided to look away. I was embarrassed of what I had done to the girl who collapse? Ugh you're acting strange, Jun. Don't make yourself be like that if you don't want to change your nickname into weirdy boy, thought Jun while covering his face.
A smooth voice was caught by Jun's ear so he turned toward the source of the sound. It turned out that the source of the sound was coming from the blanket which wrap Rena. The blanket was moved because the person underneath moved her arms out of the blanket. Rena finally regained consciousness but she looked very weak. Jun pushed his chair closer.
"Finally you're conscious. You almost made me wait here until the night out." Jun pretend to make annoyed face gesture.
"...."
"Oy oy now you're like Maeda if you keep quiet like that. Tell me why did you scream before in the classroom and then suddenly collapse while running out of the classroom?"
Rena took a deep breath. "No big deal."
"No big deal you say? Students in class nearly lost their hearing ability and you made me responsible for you because you collapsed when I came after you. Come on, you owe me an explanation."
Jun was waiting for a reply from Rena long enough that make his patience runs out. It made him angry. He wish he could let out his anger to her but for no obvious reason he could not do it. He finally just heaved, wait, and keep himself calm as possible. "If you do not explain what actually happened to me, you would not be happy with what I will do to you."
"Threatening me huh? I'm not afraid."
"Oh, yeah?" Jun grinned playfully. "In this room there's only you and me, the room is quite far from the classes. I just have to lock the door of this room..." Jun began unbuttoning his shirt slowly, staring at Rena with an intense gaze, licking his lips in a sexy way. "...To attack you."
It successfully made Rena threatened, seen from her eyes that were increasingly widened but because her body was still weak she had difficulty moving her body to escape. Without another thought she held up one hand, made a 'stop' sign with her palm directed in front of Jun's face.
"Ugh...okay, I'll explain everything to you but you have to button up your shirt again and promise not to tell anyone about what I tell you." Rena said helplessly.
Jun grinned triumphantly. "Agreed."
Before Rena start, again, she took a deep breath and then her lips formed a weak smile, her eyes focused on another object. "I fainted...seems to be caused by fatigue. As for the scream incident, I...umm..."
"I...?"
"I...I did not concentrate on my study last night thus I couldn't answer it."
Jun seemed not satisfied with the answer. "Caused by what you do not concentrate?"
Rena sighed. "That's because...I kept thinking about our date at that time so I did not concentrate." Rena hid her face in the blanket. "But I can not stop thinking about it not because I like you or something. I-I just can not stop thinking on something that is so new to me!"
Jun grinned once again. "Wow so Matsui Rena think of me? It's very rare!" Jun giggled. "Hmm...but what caused your fatigue?"
"Is my explanation not enough?" Rena asked still in the blanket.
"No. Continue it."
"..." Rena peeked but her nose and lips slightly were still in the blanket, her eyes can't look at Jun's eyes because she did not dare to look at him. She returned to see other objects. "...I was taking care of and was trying to revive a company that almost went bankrupt...since my father died three years ago, precisely when I was in second year of middle school. I was too young to take care of the company at that time so I made the company on the verge of bankruptcy. Nobody else could be the heir because I'm an only child. Mom...can not be expected."
"Why?"
"Because she said...she is not responsible for the company and I as a child must work to give mom a living..."
Jun looked thoughtful for a moment. "But you should not force yourself to work too hard. As a mother she should understand that you are also a student and a teenager."
Rena did not reply. She looked on something in front of her but her eyes radiated emptiness.
"There's one more thing I want to ask. Since when do you have...that strange habit, scream when you fail to answer a question?" Asked Jun.
"...A year later after the death of my father. I tried hard to improve the company back, constantly studying hard to learn how to never fail, staying away from my close friends to never see the old me. The scream is a form of my frustration, of a failure. I practically difficult to express myself in a reasonable manner. You're happy now?"
Jun rubbed his chin while thinking. The explanation proves that the presumption against Rena's back showed that she bears a heavy burden when they both were in class before Jun started his mission is correct (read Chapter 4). He never thought that the heavy burden borne such responsibility as a head of her family company at a young age, at the age of adolescence that should be fun to enjoy her youth. Jun was sure Rena got a lot of pressure from her mother also the people in the company, and because she did not have someone to share her grief, she expressed it in a strange way. As long as Jun knows, during the date Rena is normally a good girl.
"Why are you willing to tell me all your problems, Rena?"
This time Rena boldly staring at Jun. "Because I think even if you are a stupid naughty person doesn't mean you don't have a heart."
"Ooohhh~ I understand. It took me a while to finally make you realize that I am a nice guy, huh?" Again, Jun grinned playfully.
"I-I didn't say you are nice! I'm just saying even if you're stupid and naughty doesn't mean you don't have a heart, you idiot!"
Jun smiled, a smile that was simple but radiated happiness. All is clear now and he is very happy to hear the whole explanation from Rena herself. How come? Rena was so open to him that in fact they are still considered as just classmates. Though Jun didn't care about it. The mission which was given by Akimoto-sensei has been completed with these explanations but that was not the main reason why Jun is happy. Jun is happy because of the first point, Rena was so open up to him plus she trusted him to share her problems. Somehow now he felt the warmth in the recesses of his chest.
Jun's hand gently stroked Rena's head. "Yeah, I'm happy now. Thanks for explaining your problems. As a pay back how about have a date for the second time? Or do you want me to kiss you?" Jun giggled.
"No and no!" Rena looked away but the blush on her cheeks did not escape of Jun's sight.
"Aaawwww you're embarrassed because of it? Look at you, you're blushing!"
"I'm not blush—??!!!"
Poor Rena, she could not finish her sentence because her cheek is kissed by a guy who she thinks he is idiot and is irritating. In other words, Jun stole a kiss from her. What happens next? The colors of a ripe tomato spread on Rena's cheek and Jun was punched by her, even though she was still weak but the punch was quite strong for Jun, even made his stomach ache because of too many laughs.
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The next day
Yuu POVThe third lesson today which is art is free class because the teacher, Furukawa Airi-sensei went for teacher's training along with several other teachers. We were given the task to drawing freely but students did not care about it, there are even some students drawing randomly. Not that we hate Furukawa-sensei but you must be know the typical high school kid, unruly. I myself was thinking about what I want to draw. Glancing to the left, I see Yuma was preoccupied with his image, drawing an anime character with lightning-fast speed. Well, it was evident from an otaku. Glancing to the right, Yuizo even opened his laptop and worked on the reports relating to the student council. Well, it was evident from the president of the student council.
I did not bother to look at the back to see what would Takamina and Jun draw. A person sitting in front of me successfully attract my attention, a person who was not out of my mind since the shocking incident. My mind instantly brought up an idea that might help me to communicate with her. The idea was to write a letter on a piece of post-it and stick it on her desk when she was off guard. I decided to stick it by pretending to the toilet and passed her desk. With the spirit, I ask for a post-it from all girls in the class one by one (except Kashiwagi Yuki and her gang). Finally I get one after pleading and begging that felt like endless. Phew.
Mind to tell me what happened a few days ago when we met in your house?
-O.Y-Okay already completed. Continue to the next plan which is to pretend to the toilet, passed her desk, and then sticked it. She was chatting with her friends at Kashiwagi's table, formed a small circle like they usually do. This is a great opportunity! With my quick motion I sticked the post-it, successfully unsuspected by them nor Yuma or Yuizo that was sitting on either side of me. Heh, of course I, Oshima Yuu can always do something smoothly.
Well, unless to get Kojima Haruna and her forgiveness. That is insanely hard as of now.
Actually I didn't literally go to the toilet, just walking down the corridor toward the front of the class to the end of the corridor after that return to the classroom. I sat on my seat and pretend to be focused on my drawing as if there was nothing happened. Just as I want to take my pencil, she returned to her desk, sat down and then start drawing. I kept watching her until she realized a post-it had been sticked on her desk. She took it, read it for a moment, but she read it long enough before she bent over. Either draw and ignoring the short letter or that she wrote a reply. It makes me so nervous that I turned my gaze back to the white paper on my desk.
A few minutes later I had drawn a quarter of what I was drawing, that's when I saw a hand put something on my desk. It was the post-it that I was sticked on Nyan Nyan's table! That means she reciprocates, right? I hastily grabbed the pink post-it and read the replies.
It's none of your business.My heart was shrinking and sore, my breath becomes congested, my chest ached. All of the imagination in which she would reply to my message openly, then she asked for my protection, I protect her and we became closer and closer...all gone in an instant. I feel like I wanted to shout out the turmoil that I have today. Unfortunately I am in the classroom now and as a guy I must not be weak just because she gave me the cold shoulder for the umpteenth time. I should never give up no matter what the outcome later.
In the part of the post-it which was still clean, I wrote a reply with small letters. I can only hope she can read it even if the other side of me also hopes she does not object to my reply...
I'll protect you.
I'll keep this to myself, I promise.After School
Normal POV"Yuu, you're so slow. Let's go home and play games at my house." Yuma folded his arms impatiently waiting for Yuu who was packing his books. Other students have been out of the classroom first, leaving them alone in the classroom.
"You go home first, Yuma. I'm not in the mood to play games."
"I go first, guys. I have a meeting." Yuizo waved a goodbye.
"Okay, see you tomorrow." Yuma, Jun, Yuu, and Takamina said in unison.
"You got a problem with someone? From your attitude you look like that. I understand because I feel what you feel, Yuu." Takamina this time spoke after Yuizo had gone.
"Yeah, Maeda and Ray your girlfriend." Jun replied.
"You're disgusting, Takamina." Yuu chuckled, shaking his head. "Correction, ex-girlfriend, Jun."
"Damn it, Yuu. Tell me your problem to us." Takamina also folded his hands.
"Well, shouldn't it you two who tell me and Yuu?"
Takamina and Jun looked at each other, looked at Yuma then said in unison. "Huh???"
"Yeah, you guys lately so close to Weirdy Girls. Takamina, I'm sure you don't just want to play around with Maeda, there must be other thing that push you to come close to Maeda. Likewise with Jun. How strange you suddenly get close to the girl who dared to punch you for her littered books."
Yuma's words befall them aloud. Takamina and Jun did not tell their friends yet because they were too focused with their respective missions. Sounds trivial but in their friendship, they do not like it if their friends hiding something from others, especially Yuma (whereas he's the most difficult to open with the others). They are worried Yuma, Yuu, and Yuizo could divulge their mission, especially Yuu who likes unwittingly reveal their secret. Once again, they are just worried, not disbelieve with their best friends.
Takamina and Jun looked at each other once again, trying to do telepathy to work together in composing the right words to explain to Yuma and Yuu. But of course it did not work. They looked at each other to pass who should speak first. Jun decided to speak first recalling Takamina must have been distress caused by the problem that happened to him.
"You have to promise first will not divulge it." Jun glanced at Yuu. "Especially you, Yuu."
Yuma and Yuu nodded. Jun continued, "The principal...gave us a mission to observe the background of Weirdy Girls' strange habit."
"Oh, it turns out that way. All right. Come on Yuu let's go home, you two also go home." Yuma took his bag. While Jun and Takamina rolled their eyes then shrugged.
"You go home first. I have something to do."
Yuu lied on purpose because he wanted to take a walk around Haruna's house later for digging up information about the incident at that time. Lucky for him, Takamina, Jun, and Yuma did not comment further. They went home after waved a goodbye.
Yuu walked out of class along the corridor that was quiet while thinking about Haruna. Will he meet Haruna if he passes her house? How would he have to react? His mind was instantly shattered when someone calling his name. He was looking for the origin of the sound to the back, to the right, to the left, to the front, no anybody. He is sure he did not feel delusional because he heard that voice, female voice clearly.
"Yuu-senpai, here!"
A female student waving her hand. She was in front of the photography club room. Yuu pretty much annoyed with the delay because it means he would not get fast to Haruna's house. Unfortunately, the student—that seems to be a freshman—approached when Yuu wanted to ignore her call. "What? I'm in a hurry."
"Wait, Yuu-senpai. I had a very useful information for you and your time will not be wasted. You want to know?"
Yuu sighed. "Spill it out."
"Kojima Haruna, one of the Pretty Girls. Naturally she grow a distance between you and her and hate you after you touched her breasts, Yuu-senpai. But do you know she has a trauma? Not only the student council president who has one, she has a darker trauma."
"?!" Yuu widened his eyes. What the hell did this girl say? She could know Yuizo's secret that even only his best friends know. Moreover, she said Haruna had a darker trauma than Yuizo. Yuu certainly believe the words of that female freshman. The reason is because she knew Yuizo's secret.
The mysterious freshman continues. "Haruna-senpai's parents had divorced, her mother ran away from home and left Haruna-senpai with her father. Her father is always drunk, is unemployed, and loves to play with woman. One day he could not find a single woman who wants to play with him so he went home early. He saw his daughter while drunk so he was swayed by lust, moreover he couldn't fulfill his lust because no woman wants to play with him that day. What happens next, he raped his own daughter, Haruna-senpai."
"How do you know Yuizo's and Haruna's secrets?!"
"It's easy, it's because I am a member of the photography club at the same time an information seeker for the school magazine." She smiled sweetly but Yuu somehow felt that girl keeps many secrets. There is another feeling that smile looked familiar.
"Why would you bother telling Haruna's secret to me?"
"It's easy, because you love her. Besides, you are my cousin's best friend and my childhood friend. I cannot see my friend distress in his problem, can I?"
Her cousin's best friend? Childhood friend? Wait a minute..."Milky?!"
"Yes, Yuu-chan?" She laughed.
Yuu did not believe it turned out she is Yuma's cousin Watanabe Miyuki, known familiarly as Milky, entered the same school with him. Yuu did not realize because he was too busy to resolve his problem with Haruna. Plus Milky is a freshman, her face is not well known for her appearance has changed from the last time Yuu saw her, and there are too many fresh faces of freshmen who make it difficult to recognize her. Milky does not live in Tokyo but in Osaka. Milky's parents used to frequently visit Tokyo, exactly to Yuma's house for the lonely Milky because she has no brother or sister to play with at home. Milky is an only child. Yuu who always play in Yuma's house after school became her friend. That means now she has moved to Tokyo.
"Gosh Milky I did not realize you'd moved here even entered the same school with me! Thank you very much for the info you gave me. You know Yuizo's secret fromYuma right? Not because you're an information seeker?"
"For Yuizo-senpai's secret, yeah. But I am truly an information seeker. Where do you think I could get Haruna-senpai's secret if I'm not an information seeker?" She smirked. "If you ask will the secrets are safe with me, I guarantee all are safe."
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The same day as Yuu's scene
07.05 PM
Normal POVYuizo and Haruka had just finished a meeting between members of the student council. They discussed the work program of what they will held this year. One of them is the tradition of the school where the student council president will be the centerpiece of the event later. Due to a lot of the ideas that have emerged and the night is approaching, Yuizo ended the meeting and he will finish the unfinished document checks. Initially members of the student council did not want to leave because they feel like always burdensome to Yuizo though the student council president convinced and persuaded them with a typical smile, said that all will be fine. The persuasion began to give effect after they dissolve in each other's minds. They agreed reluctantly.
"Paruru, let's go home together." Yukirin the vice president could not wait to get out of the meeting room because she wants to quickly landed on her bed. That's why she was so quick packing up her stuffs.
The last to finished packing her stuffs is Haruka. She was actually debating between go home or accompany the president. Secretly she felt sympathy for the guy, can be seen from the insight that looks different to the guy. Haruka is known as the salty princess in Seiyou Gakuen because her eyes always look cynical. In fact she is not salty but indeed her eyes shape caused her eyes look cynical. Plus, Haruka actually shy. She can sign the student council because of Yukirin that supported her and continued to encourage her that she's got the potential in the student council.
"Umm...you can go home first, Yukirin. I've sent a message to my driver to pick me up but it looks like he will rather be late to arrive here."
"It's strange to know Yamada-san will be late to pick you up. He usually always on time." Yukirin is puzzled.
"He will be late because he have to pick up my brother at the airport."
"Aaahhhh today he goes home to Japan?!" Yukirin overreacted. "Wow finally after quite a long time he comes back. You better go home with me if you can't wait to meet your brother, Paruru."
"Well...thanks for the offer. I'll be fine, Yukirin."
Before Yukirin actually go, she squinted at Yuizo, who was not aware of it because he is too focused on the documents. "You will be with him after I got home, Paruru. Remember this, take care of yourself and keep an eye on him. If he starts acting suspicious you should immediately LINE me!"
"I assure your friend will be safe, Kashiwagi."
Apparently Yuizo was listening to their conversation from the beginning and decided to take part in their conversation. The reason is to make Kashiwagi Yuki won't keep prejudicing against Classy Boys and Naughty Boys. All indeed began from the incident when Yuu touched Haruna's oppai but she never gave a chance for Yuu to explain. She immediately assume Yuu as pervert, as well as Classy Boys and Naughty Boys.
Yuki wants to avenge his words but her phone rang, distracted her. She picked up the phone, talked for a while, squinting again then she bid goodbye to Haruka. Haruka could only shake her head to see her friend's protective behavior.
25 minutes later
07:30 PM
"Where's your driver now?" Yuizo asked as he started packing the documents.
"I don't know. He has not replied to the message I sent."
After two minutes later Yuizo had finished packing his stuffs. He walked over to Haruka. "Let me walk you home. You don't need to wait long here. Besides, I feel tired now so I want to go home too."
Haruka thought for a moment. If she refuses she will be alone here, in school which the rooms are already dark and quiet. If she accepts she will be inconvenient to Yuizo again and indebted to him. Indebted to the student council president in her view was terrible because nobody really knows what's inside his head. Who knows he will take advantage? In the difficult moment that waste pretty much a lot of time, it caused Yuizo finally lost patience and withdrew his hand. Haruka automatically taken out of school.
They walked in silence, still holding hands, although the latter is not recognized by them. Entering the residential complex where Haruka's house is located, she then realized they were still holding hands. "Sorry, my hand..."
"Oh right. My bad."
To eliminate the awkward moment, Yuizo stared at all directions except the girl next to him. He was happened to lift up his face and saw the dark sky with the full moon, no stars and the dark clouds almost covering the moon. Haruka saw what Yuizo was doing. Curiosity appears so she also looked up. They both were seeing the lonely moon together while still walking. Too occupied into each other's minds, they did not realize that they had reached the front of Haruka's house, even stopped in front of her gate by chance while themselves decided to stop itself.
Yuizo took off his glasses. "Full Moon..." Then lowered his head to its normal position.
"Un, the moon is alone but it radiates beauty of its loneliness." Haruka said.
"...What do you like about the moon?"
Haruka looked thoughtful for a moment. "Its light, I think."
'What do you like about the moon?'
'I love its light because when the sun is shining on the other side of the world, the moon is not letting another side of the world in a state of total darkness. That means they work together to create a balance in the world. And I liked the part where the moon is always there for the sun and vice versa.'Yuizo gets closer to Haruka. Haruka who is confused and shocked could only step back continuously since Yuizo seemed unwilling to stop approaching her. The bad thing was happening, Haruka's back met with the wall of her house's fence. She is trapped. Yuizo was seen smiling but his face showed sadness. Haruka knew what will happen next but unfortunately she could not escape because she was trapped.
'Yeah, I already know your answer, Rina.'
'Then give me a kiss under the full moon, Yuizo.'Yuizo approached Haruka to kiss her...
Haruka did not know why, her body was not trying to push the guy or at least cover her face so that Yuizo could not reach her lips. Instead, she felt a strange throb in her chest, though her thoughts constantly shouting that this can be considered as crime of sexual harassment. Somehow her body was petrified, she could only surrender and accept what will happen. Yuizo closed his eyes when his face just a few inches from Haruka's face...
"What the hell are you doing??!!"
Yuizo's collar pulled by a hand of a guy who suddenly came. A loud punch sound snapped Haruka of her thoughts because of previous event, as well as Yuizo who had experienced a flashback. She immediately stared at Yuizo who fall on the ground while holding the pain in his face. The person who hit him intended to hit him again but luckily Haruka stopped him in time.
"Brother, stop!"
The guy who turned out to be her brother growled. "How can I stop when I see my sister almost get harassed by this boy?"
"Calm down, he just walked me home."
"Walked you home you said?! He almost kissed you!"
Yuizo stood up. "I'm sorry." He bowed ninety degrees. "I did not mean to harass your sister."
"What is your name?" Her brother asked.
"My name is Yokoyama Yuizo."
"Remember my words, Yokoyama. I, Shimazaki Sakurai will not let you get near my sister. " Sakurai said coldly.
Yuizo could not do anything. He just silently stared at them get in to the house. As they have entered, silently Yuizo shows a pained expression as he pressed his palm against his forehead, walked to his home stays like that.
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