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Gakotenchi Kohaku Four

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DAY FOUR

Today, I did not wake up to the scream of my alarm clock. I did not go to class, and I did my best not to worry about my hist- er… Ryota.  I did, however, wake up to Ross’s very loud, very distracting music, first thing in the morning.  To its blare I got dressed in my “civilian clothes,” a white T-shirt with tribal butterfly wings on the back that I thought were cool, but Ross complained that you couldn’t see it because my brown hair was in the way, and a pair of comfy black jeans.  I could still hear it all the way down to breakfast, but as soon as I opened the door to the cafeteria the din in there drowned out whatever was coming from Ross and my dorm.  Today was, thank GOD, Saturday, so they were serving all you can eat waffles.  I got a pile of about seven and drowned them in syrup.  As I chowed down, Ross sauntered in and sat down.  I stopped chewing and glared daggers at her.
“Hey!  What’s with the psycho I hate you glare!?!”
“If you hadn’t been playing your friggin loud-as-a-fighter jet music first thing in the morning I could have slept in and gotten some decent shut-eye.”
“Well maybe if you were deaf you wouldn’t’ have heard it!”
“Well maybe if YOU were deaf you wouldn’t be playing your music first thing in the morning!”
“Well!”
“Besides, if you keep on playing it at that volume we’ll both end up being deaf.”
“And do you have a point?” I sighed at her.
“No more Dragonforce, or Three Days Grace, or Tokio Hotel, or Pasht’s voice…”  She fake cried with a straight face.  I shook my head at her.  Nothing really happened between than and lunch, except that I tripped in front of Ryota twice and both of those times he told me to be more careful.  At lunch though, we talked about the dance that was going to take place later on that evening.  Ross was ecstatic almost to the point of being (GASP!) preppy.
“OH EM GEE! I cannot WAIT until this dance tonight! I am SO going!  But I have nothing to wear so I’ll have to go shopping.  I’m so excited- EEEEEE!” Ross let out a squeal of joy.
“Yeah… sure… thanks for killing my eardrums Ross.  It is greatly appreciated.  Great job.”
“Heh!  You’re welcome!  Anytime!”  She jumped up from her seat. “Except for right now!  Right now I have to go shopping!  EEEEEEEEEEEEE SHOPPING!”  She ran off, shouting like the psychopathic friend of mine that she is.  About an hour later I found myself on the roof of the school thinking about whether or not Ryota would show up at the dance that night.  He didn’t exactly strike me as the type of person who would go to these kinds of events.  He did refuse Kaze when she asked him to go with her.  Personally, I think Kaze is a nut.  Speaking of Kaze, a voice spoke from behind me.
“There you are… now I can keep the promise I made to Ryo-Ryo Kyun…”  I turned around and saw the already familiar cat-green eyes, both blazing with hatred.  She held out a single hand at full length, palm facing me, and grinned like the Cheshire cat.  I felt the same pressure on my side that I had felt the day before, in P.E., when I was tossed helplessly into the river. The sky went sideways, then upside-down, and I blacked out.  When I came to, I was laying on top of something. Something lumpy… and  moving… and alive.
“Am… am I dead?  Owww… the last thing I can remember was Kaze… and then… falling down…” I looked to see what I had landed on… and saw a none too happy Ryota looking back at me.  I immediately leapt to my feet and began apologizing. “I AM SO SORRY! Umm…”  I backed away slowly, then turned and bolted. I had seen Ryota in a bad mood before and was not about to be on the receiving end of it.  Even though, if he was mad at me it didn’t matter how fast I could get out of there, I’d be dead anyway.  While I was rounding the corner of the school I tripped, scrambled to my feet, and got out of his sight as quick as possible.  As soon as I thought I was safe, I fell to my knees, panicking, heart pounding, and out of breath.  Sitting alone there, I could feel hot tears running down my face.  What if he was still angry at me?  I didn’t put it completely past him, but soon my heart’s pounding tattoo subsided.  I’d be fine.  He wasn’t the type to hold a grudge… I thought… I hoped.
I tried my best to be unnoticeable at the dance, but with Ross there my efforts were fruitless.  Some stupid sleazes who smelled like booze showed up and started to heckle us.
“Hey there cuties.  Wanna go someplace and have a little fun?”
“Um, ew no!  I don’t date guys with IQ’s so significantly lower than mine.”
“Aww come on baby don’t you be that way… Just cause we’re not in classes with freaks-“
“Shut up and leave us alone already. Go bother someone else…” I interrupted him.  He seemed a little surprised by my sharp comment and refusal.  He leaned into my face really far and the smell burnt my nose when he breathed.
“Why not?”  He sounded angry. An angry drunk was much worse than a just plain drunk.  He grabbed my arm and was about to say something else when my knight in shining armor appeared to kick the crap out of them.  The guy holding my arm let go and was flicked, flying into the wall with a very painful sound.  His buddies turned around to see what happened.
“Anyone else here want to end up like him?” Ryota said, sounding confident and as smooth as ever.  The guy’s buddies backed off.  Ryota turned his gaze to Ross and me.  I blushed.
“Th-thanks…” I stammered.  Ross went back to trying to have a decent time, and left me alone with him.  “About earlier…” I started, but he interrupted.
“Forget about it.  It isn’t like it was your fault.” His eyes flashed with anger, and I tensed up. “It was Kaze’s…”  The anger went out of his eyes and the tension slowly loosed its grip on my muscles.  “Also, be more careful next time.” He walked off. Be more careful!?!  BE MORE CAREFUL!?!  How was I supposed to be more careful when trouble comes and finds me? Especially when he is around! GAWD, why am I such an idiot around him…
The dance ended, and everyone went back to the dorms. As I walked back, best friend Ross at my side, my mind couldn’t help but stray. Kaze had promised to kill me before the dance, but she had failed. Would that mean that she’d give up, or that she’d try again with greater determination? I hoped for the former but figured the latter. In order to get to sleep though, I put it out of my head and relaxed. After all, Ryota seemed to care.  He’d get to Kaze before she got to me, right?  Oh well.  Before I knew it, I was asleep, but dreamless.
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Well it seems to my surprise Kaze is more of a important character then I initially thought. Well again a few nit picky things Ryota seems too...how should I put it...perfect. I mean hes handsome, strong, calm, cool, and nice. I dont know I just like some flaws in every character. Maybe one will arise in the future? Well either way it is still a great story. Although this chapter was not a favorite of mine. Keep it going though.