Chapter 2 Part 5- Our Fears, Phobias, and Moments of Bliss

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I opened my eyes, staring at the ceiling. I took a long sigh, sitting up from my place in my bed. I grabbed my glasses, and placed them right above my nose. I stood up, and wandered over to the closet, quickly getting changed.

I wandered out of my room, and headed straight for the dining hall. I opened the doors, and immediately regretted my decisions in life.

"HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT!? IT'S SO INSENSITIVE!!!" Imamura screamed.

"I'm just saying that I don't care about you or your father. It doesn't affect me in anyway." Tengan said.

"SHUT THE HELL UP!!! I COULD PUT YOU OUT OF BUSINESS YOUR HIGHNESS!!!" Imamura yelled.

"Thank you for acknowledging my position above you." Tengan replied. Imamura continued to yell at her, with Tengan remaining calm and collected.

I looked at the people in the room. Everyone was already here, and everyone seemed to be uncomfortable. The yelling was so loud I had to cover my ears.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!!! YOU'RE BOTH MENACES TO SOCIETY, OKAY!?" Miyazaki screamed above Imamura, which almost seemed impossible. Tengan and Imamura's eyes directed to Miyazaki. Suddenly, Imamura stomped over to her.

"Excuse me!? You really think that I'M a menace to society!?" Imamura snapped.

"Yeah, I'm sorry that I'm not a helpless bystander to your little argument..." Miyazaki said, rolling her eyes.

"WELL AT LEAST I'M NOT A BUBBLE GUM HAIRED LITTLE BITCH!!!" Imamura screamed. The whole room was filled with one collective gasp, as the two girls yelled back and forth.

I could feel myself getting dizzy, as I began to open the door to leave the room, unable to listen to the horrible yelling. I could barely even get my legs to move. My brain has been completely scrambled by the loud noises.

"Man! You guys are so similar! You could be twins!" Morita said. The two stopped arguing, and looked over to Morita.

"What did you say?" Imamura asked.

"Well, if you guys didn't look so different, you'd be exactly the same. Personality, angry tones. You know what I mean?" Morita said, a bright smile on her face. The two stood there, speechless.

"Hey, I have an idea!" Naito said, raising her hand as she stood up and placed a hand on the table. "What if we have a girls night? To make it so everybody is happy!" Naito had a bright smile on her face. All of the boys suddenly looked away, all talking among themselves in a group.

"I like that idea! And we could do it in the game room!" Morita said. Naito and Morita cheered like giddy girls talking about boys.

"I don't exactly think that would be a pleasant idea-" Tengan began.

"Oh shush! We're gonna have a fun time!" Naito said, walking over and pulling her up from her chair by the arm. Morita grabbed onto Imamura and Miyazaki's hands, and pulled them o the door. And suddenly, Naito grabbed me by the arm as well, dragging me along. What had I gotten myself into?

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I stared off into the distance, my mind wandering. The girls fight had sent me into some sort of trance, and now I was stuck looking into space.

"KAWATA!!!" Sugai yelled, slamming his hands down on the table. I was suddenly pulled back to reality, looking to the other guys at the table, that excluded Taguchi and Yamazaki, who seemed to be doing their own thing.

"W- what? What's going on!?" I said in a panic.

"You missed my brilliant idea!" Sugai said, fake crying afterwards. I sighed, with a slight smile on my face.

"Well, what was your idea?" I asked.

"WELL-" Sugai began.

"Sugai wants us to have our own boys night." Kajiwara said.

"HEY!!! NO FAIR YOU CAN'T JUST DO THAT!!!" Sugai yelled. Kajiwara rolled his eyes. Sugai groaned, before clearing his throat. "Basically, there's a game room, and I was thinking we could play some video games and stuff, you know?"

"Wow! That's a great idea!" Arima said, a bright smile on his face.

"Um... what's a video game?" Shishido asked. Arima and Sugai's mouths dropped, as they stared at Shishido.

"YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED A VIDEO GAME BEFORE!?" Arima and Sugai screamed. Shishido made himself really small, as if he were prey hiding from a horrifying predator.

"W- well... n- no..." he began.

"Shishido you should join us! You CANNOT LIVE without playing a video game!" Arima said.

"B- but... then shouldn't I be dead?" Shishido asked. Sugai and Arima's faces went blank as they stared at him. I smiled.

"Oh, I like video games too. Can I join?" I asked.

"Eh... you're kind of plain. I wouldn't expect you to be any good..." Sugai said, glaring at me skeptically.

"H- hey... that's not nice. I'm good at video games!" I snapped back.

"Well, it's a boys night so everyone is invited-" Arima began.

"I'll be sitting this one out." Kajiwara said.

"NOOOOOOOOO WHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!" Sugai yelled in a bratty tone.

"Otani needs my help with something." He replied. Sugai folded his arms angrily.

"Ugh, fine, I didn't want you anyway." He said. Suddenly, he grabbed me by the arm. "I'll just have to replace you with Kawata!"

"H- hey, didn't you just say-" I began.

"Come on we gotta go set it up!!!" Sugai yelled, dragging me by the hand out of the room, Shishido and Arima following close behind. I think I made the wrong decision.

-

I was brought to the game room by Naito, who cheerfully bounced as she entered the room. Had she been derived of all contact with girls or something?

"I don't see how this is going to make us get along..." Miyazaki groaned, laying down on a bean bag chair in the corner of the room.

"It's a PARTY!!! Come on! All problems get resolved at a party!" Morita said with a teasing voice. Miyazaki rolled her eyes.

"Yeah... over my dead body..." she mumbled.

"What did you say?" Naito said, staring at her with the most pure eyes I'd ever seen in my life.

"Ugh, nothing..." she replied. Naito shrugged her shoulders, opening a closet in the room.

I looked I've to Imamura and Tengan. Tengan stood as if she was a mannequin, her eyes closed. All the while, Imamura glared at her, almost as if she had a rage deep inside of her. Sweat ran down my face, as I quickly followed Naito into the small closet.

"S- so... what are we gonna do tonight?" I asked. Naito smiled.

"Oh, we're going to do hair, talk, you know." She said, with a bright grin.

"U- um... okay. Can I g- go get ready?" I asked.

"Of course girl! But I don't know what you'd do!" Morita laughed, ruffling up my hair, making my glasses fall off of my head to the floor. My eyes suddenly went entirely blurry, as I fell to the floor, searching for my glasses. I grabbed them and stuck them back onto my face with a sigh of relief.

I started to get back up, before I was shoved to the floor. I could hear laughing, as my heart began to race and my face went pale. Kicking, shoving, hitting. I laid on the floor, tears in my eyes, unable to fight back. I laid there. Stop. Just make this END!!! I don't want this anymore! I felt something in my hand. Out of desperation, I sat up, holding it out in front of me as I backed up into the wall.

"LEAVE ME ALONE!!! I WON'T HESITATE TO-" I began.

"Hirano!" Morita yelled, knocking me out of my hallucination. My eyes went wide, as I saw everyone surrounding me, worry on their faces. I looked down to my shaking hands, as I saw what seemed to be a harmonica in my hand. I dropped it to the ground, letting tears fall from my eyes as I cried.

"H- hey, we're here for you Hirano." Naito said, kneeling down next to me, putting a hand on my knee.

"Hey, Hirano. Come with me." Miyazaki demanded. Reaching a hand out to me.

"Miyazaki, don't you see that something is going on-" Naito began.

"I said COME WITH ME." Miyazaki snapped back. Everyone stood frozen, as I got up, my body shivering as I followed Miyazaki over to the bean bag chair. I sat down, feeling the rush of cold over my entire body. I felt her hands run through my hair, as I stared at the floor. I let the tears fall from my eyes, as she tediously worked. "There. Finished." She said, pulling a hand mirror from her pocket and holding it up in front of me.

My eyes went wide, as I stared at my reflection. The tears left my eyes, as I held the mirror in my hands. In front of me sat a different girl. Her hair was long and fluffy, with parts perfectly braided and pulled into a bun behind her face. The girl who stared back seemed like a princess.

"So... do you like it?" She asked. I continued to stare, before looking up at her.

"Y- yeah... it's... really nice." I said. He gave a sly smirk.

"You're not gonna lose yourself again, right? Because if you do, I'm not giving you anymore favors!" She replied, wagging her finger back and forth. Tears entered my eyes as I chuckled a bit.

"No... I won't." I replied, giving an empathetic smile. She nodded.

"Good. Your hairs so atrocious I had to make sure." She said. I laughed, punching her in the shoulder.

"Stop it!" I replied. Miyazaki smiled at me, as the rest of the group stared at us.

"Hey, what are you looking at!?" Miyazaki said, glaring at the group, returning to her angry attitude. There was a long pause, before Imamura stepped forwards.

"Hey... Miyazaki." She began. Miyazaki glared at her. Imamura closed her eyes, and put her head down in shame. "I'm sorry I judged you so harshly. Will you forgive me?" She asked. Miyazaki stared for a long while.

"Yeah... it's fine. I'm sorry too." She replied. I sighed, standing up.

"I- I'm gonna do get ready, I'll talk to you guys at..." I began.

"5:00 pm." Morita said, with a large smirk on her face.

I smiled, and began walking out of the room. I galled my hands together, nervously twiddling my thumbs together. Suddenly, I bumped into someone, stopping dead in my tracks.

"Woah! Are you okay Hirano-" Kawata began, before pausing, his eyes wide. "U- uh, nice hair." I looked up to him, surprised. But I smiled anyway, still twiddling my thumbs together.

"U- um, thanks..." I said. There was a long moment of silence. "H- hey, what are you guys doing in the other g- game room?" I asked.

"Oh yeah! Sugai wants us to have our on little guy night. So we're getting it set up in here." He said. I nodded.

"Y- yeah. That makes sense. I- I hope you guys have fun." I replied.

"W- well, I don't know how fun it's gonna be. At least for Shishido." He responded. I stared at him for a moment.

"H- huh? Why?" I asked.

"They're gonna make him play video games all night. I just hope he doesn't get addicted or anything." Kawata said, laughing nervously. I smiled.

"Th- that kind of sucks. W- well, I gotta go get ready." I replied.

"O- OH!!! I'm sorry! I- I didn't mean to keep you here! Y- you can go-" Kawata began.

"N- no. It's okay. I like t- talking with you!" I said, a bright smile on my face. "I- I'm gonna go now. See you!" I ran off, avoiding everyone else until I got to my room, locking the door behind me. I sat down on my bed, happily staring at the floor. Today... was a good day.

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