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friendless, and rose to follow Itsuki as he
left the classroom. I wasn't surprised when he failed to start-up a
colorful conversation, so I decided to ask the one thing I'd been
dying to know.
    “ So what's going on with you and Mana?” I asked.
    “ Mana?” he scoffed. “That's a pretty friendly way to talk
about someone you barely know.”
    “ Maybe I don't know her
well   yet , but I will soon.”
    “ That's a stupid assumption.”
    “ Hey! Mana and I obviously have a connection.”
    “ Yeah,   whatever .”
    “ Dick,” I muttered under my breath.
I was
uncertain if he heard me, but he continued moving his mouth
regardless.“You should give up on Mana. There's another sixteen
girls in the class who are probably stupid enough to fall for your
playboy attitude.”
    “ Yeah but,” I tried to think up a witty
response. “What's your problem anyway, is she
your   girlfriend ?”
    “ No, we're just friends.”
    “ But you like her right? But she won't go out with you because
you're too much of an arse!”
Itsuki
stopped dead in his tracks, turned to face me, and narrowed his
eyes in anger. I didn't think it was possible for him to look
moodier, but he quickly exceeded my expectations.
    “ I don't usually beat up idiots because
it's not always their fault,” he said. “But
for   you   I'm
willing to make an exception.”
    “ What's wrong, did I hit a sore spot?” I raised my fists and
began jumping from side to side in case of any incoming assault.
“Come on, bring it!”
Itsuki
scoffed. “We should probably go somewhere with less people, you
don't want to get in trouble with any of the teachers right?”
He had a
point. I was smart enough to know that getting suspended in the
first week wouldn't be the best start to my high school
career.
I followed
him outside to the back of the school. There was a small space
between the school building and fence which was beyond the
teacher's gaze. I was about to compliment him on his excellent
choice of a battleground, until we turned the corner and I realized
the terrible mistake I'd made.
In front of
me stood another four students who were all bigger than myself.
They looked too tall to be in first year, so I assumed they were in
either second or third. There was a tall guy playing on his cell
phone, a guy who appeared to be the biggest (and fattest) student
I'd seen at school, and one more guy with curly hair who was
anxiously kicking the dirt by his feet. The last student was a girl
with bleached blonde hair and bracelets (which I'm certain was
against school policy). Her face was devoid of emotion, and given
the way her hands were crossed against her chest, I wouldn't have
put it past her to rip out a crow bar and swing it towards my
head.
For the first
time in my life (and obviously not the last) I felt the terror of
knowing I was going to die. I froze.
    “ What's your
problem,   scared? ” Itsuki hissed. He began
shoving me towards them and I was too petrified to fight
back.
"So this is
the guy you were talking about?" said the big guy.
"More of
less," said Itsuki. "I wouldn't give your hopes up."
    Hopes?   I
thought.   Did
that mean I wasn't up to standard as a victim?
The guy
playing on his cell phone finally stopped and slid it back into his
pocket. He was a foot taller than I, and cast an imposing
shadow.
    “ Oh hey, sorry, this is the first time we've met isn't it? I'm
Taisei Shinya, I see you've already met Itsuki. This guy is
Kiyori," he pointed to the large guy. "The guy with the curly hair
is Souta, and this girl is Kurumi."
    "Nice to meet you,” I said nervously. “ I think. "  I wasn't sure if it
was common for bullies to introduce themselves before they took a
swing at you.
Little did I
know I was staring at my soon to be friends before they'd been
beaten up, thrown through walls, and gone missing. All because of
me. If they'd known my friendship was going to cause them critical
injuries, they would have thrown me in the school dumpster