Walking into homeroom with Haruhi clinging to my arm, I stared around at everyone. Don't you know that feeling you get when you feel like people have been talking about you? Well, I had it at this very moment. Everyone was crowded together, and when we walked in, they all shifted back to their own seats.
And the teacher walked in. "Ready for attendance?"
"Yes, Sensei."
"Adachi?"
"Here."
"Chidori?"
"Over here!"
Sometimes, I wish that school could be less complicated, but things are never like that.
"Kotobuki?"
Silence.
"Hello, Kotobuki?"
"Oh, sorry, Sensei. I didn't hear you..." Haruhi told him.
"You're getting like Adachi. Come back to Earth, okay?"
"Okay."
I've never heard Haruhi so... lifeless before. She's not being her usual hyper, energetic self. I remember when she first came, she was filled with life and happiness. I knew why she was acting weird, and I know, I should tell a teacher. But for now, I'll stand up for her and do all I can.
"Okay, class. Did you do your homework? Please set it in this bin right here." Sensei motioned at the tray, with other papers and folders in it, too.
I jumped up and put my papers in it, then, as I walked back to my seat, saw Haruhi staring up their with no intention of putting her homework in the bin. ⌠Hey, Haru-chan, go ahead... You need some good grades."
"O-okay, Momo-chan." She stepped out of her chair, and walking no farther than five steps, she was tripped by one of the girls that Sae had brainwashed into bullying me last year.
"Oops! Did I do that? I'm sooo sorry, Haru-chan!" she called out, and the entire class just started laughing.
I frowned and stood up. I was getting sick and fed up with these people. "Shut up, all of you! Would you want to be bullied, huh?! Haruhi will never cry, and you'll never make her! Just get a life!"
"Aww, Momo's such a nice girl. She always stands up for her friends!" Sae called out. Sae gave me a dirty look, but it soon cleared away to a happy, innocent smile that she always gives her classmates.
I growled, walked over to Haruhi, and picked her up and put her on her feet. Then I dragged her to Sensei's desk. "Here. Don't let them get to you; just put your homework up."
I saw Haruhi smile very faintly and nod, reaching for the homework bin. She sat her homework in there nice and neatly.
I dragged her back to her seat, determined to not let another stunt happen to her.
"Hey, Momo-chan?" I heard Haruhi's voice whisper to me, maybe, ten minutes later.
"Yeah, Haru?"
"Thanks. I'm so glad I have a nice friend like you... You're the best, okay?"
"Thanks, Haru-chan, but this is something I owe to you. As a friend. Because you helped me out for my date, and you became my only friend."
"Why your only friend?" Haruhi asked, looking dumbfounded. "You're such a good one..."
"Because, last year, Sae bullied me. Everyone still thinks I'm a whore and a bad person, even though they know Sae made it up. Some of these girls even got bullied by Sae, but they still follow her."
"Oh.. I see." Haruhi scratched the back of her head and yawned. After I saw her scratching it aimlessly for a few more minutes, I saw her eyes widen with shock.
"Haruhi?"
"Mo.. mo... There.. is.. a spider... on my neck..."
"Wha--?"
She shrieked as loud as she possibly could.
"What the hell is going on here?!" Sensei yelled. "Why are you screaming?!"
"Get it off, get it off, get it off!!" Haruhi jumped up and shook her head like she was having a seizure.
"There's a spider on her neck, Sensei! Help her!!" I yelled, but he shook his head.
"Damn it!" I jumped up and stopped her, grabbed her head and inspected it. No bugs or creepy-crawly things, but two bite marks. Definitely a spider bite. I grabbed Haruhi's hand and led her into Nurse Misao's room. "A kid put a spider on her neck and now she got bit. Will she be okay?"
"Sure, Momo. Let me have a look at it and I'll clean it off." Misao gestured for Haruhi to come over. "Kotobuki, that's one heck of a bite, but you'll be fine. Why don't you lay down in here for a while? You'll be fine. In fact, call for me if you need anything." She got up and walked to a locked cabinet, unlocked it, and pulled several tools and medicines out. "Just to make sure you're okay."
I turned away, not wanting to look at it. I walked into another part of the room and closed the curtains, waiting for Misao to be done.
Misao poked her head out of the curtains. "Hey, Mo?" She slid out of Haruhi's room.
"Yes, Nurse Misao?"
"Is it what happened last year? You know..." She scratched her chin and nodded.
"Yeah.. it is. Sae has every person back under her nose! I'll never get why they always follow her."
"Well... you know what you have to do, right?"
"No. What?"
"You've got to get them back. I wouldn't normally tell anyone this, but, I went to Sae's middle school. In fact, I was her teacher."
"Really?" Momo asked, tilting her head.
"Yeah. I saw her bullying three girls at once." She shook her head in shame. "You've got to teach Sae a lesson, a taste of her own medicine."
I nodded. "Yeah... I know." I sighed, and began to walk out of the room. From here on out, it was time to make a plan, put it in action, and possibly win. I had to win.
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