Ryou

His name is now known, but he is still weird.

Today is the day after the meeting. I feel like a real class pres now. A bit... make that a lot nervous still and clumsy but I can do this. I stuttered when we started the class.

"A-all r-rise! B-bow! A-appl… I mean sit!"

See what I mean? It was horrible. I linked bowing to what people do on stage and it always is followed by applause. See my logic? … Yeeah, I am really stupid. Class started laughing as soon they sat down. I won't be beaten yet though. I am still excited. It's just a minor mishap. Right? I hope so…
I am lucky that my class isn't that much of a trouble for me. Yet. I can't let my guard down though. Guard? Is that the right word? Let's just say I'll keep an eye on my class. I checked this morning and as it looks like now, my class is doing just fine.

Anyway, what time is it now again? I look at the clock above the blackboard in the classroom. Almost break. This class is easy. Math. I could do a lot of those problems that he is doing now. "He" being the teacher that is. I have this habit of always studying ahead the day before I actually learn about it in class. I never tell people this. My grades are already making them jealous and calling me a nerd. I don't want to encourage them to use that name for me. That would be really troublesome.

I hear the bell for break and it gets loud in class. Everyone is moving and talking and doing their business. Hmm, I think I will have my lunch outside today. I took my lunch out of my bag and wanted to go out the classroom but I got severely startled by a presence suddenly right in front of my.
"Whoa!"
"Don't worry, Miara, I won't kill you.", she said calmly and MURDEROUS.
"You know, Sheila… I definitely wonder about that.", I replied panting lightly. She really gave me a scare… She only laughs without really changing her scary dark expression. It's not actually dark. More like a pretty face with a demon hidden behind it. Devil in disguise.
"Oh, Miara, you are such a silly girl.", she says. "Do you want to lunch with me outside today?"
"As long as you don't scare me anymore for today."
"That could be arranged.", she says in a sing-song way.
Arranged? See I knew she was planning these trick. See I can figure you out Sheila.
"Far from it, Miara", she said suddenly again in a sing-song way.
"Again with the mind reading? Let's just go", I say pacing out of the classroom. Sheila followed me silently with a big smile. She is really scary. How she became my friend I don't… well I know. I owe her a lot. She comforted me a lot when I was bullied when we were kids. She was the only one who talked to me. Which is weird considering her personality, but everyone has a part of themselves they hide. I can't find another explanation for it. People found me weird when I was a kid. I did not like people much and was very anti-social. On top of that I was shy. Since that day Sheila talked to me, I was convinced I wanted to change a bit. It worked and I find it easy to talk to people now. I even got motivated to. And today I am classpres. Talk about a motivation on the loose huh?

"Hey, I know you.'
"Considering that you are stalking me, I do not find that so weird.", I say at the person who we bumped into in the hallway.
"Oh come on, Miara-chan. Are you still on that?", Ryou says.
"If it isn't interesting boy from yesterday.", Sheila says.
"Yeeeah… That's quite a way of remembering me. Anyway, hi, I am Ryou. Nice to meet you.", he says cheerfully.
"Sheila… Nice to meet you, Ryou-kun", Sheila says.
"Aaanyway", he points at my lunchbox. "Can I join you?"
"What? Oh, sure I guess." I answer carefully. Really this guy is weird. He is too cheery. Doesn't he feel weird about having lunch together with girls he met one day ago just like that? I glare at him unconsciously. He must be a perv.
"Oookaay… Evil stare, Miara.", Ryou said suddenly.
"OH! Sorry! Hahaha…" I laugh nervously.
Did not mean to be thinking so… visually. If you know what I mean.
"Come on, I know a bench where we can lunch. Have to be quick though since it will be taken if we hesitate."

We follow him into the school yard. He brought us to a bench under a tree. The bench is right under the widow of my classroom. There are other people picnicking on the grass around here.
"Lucky that the bench was free.", Ryou says.
We sit down, making ourselves comfortable and start eating our lunch. I sat between the other two.
"So, Miara, what kind of a kid were you?", Ryou asks suddenly. I almost choked on my food.
"What kind of question is that?!", I ask loudly. "You can't ask me a question like that when we practically just met!"
"Did you rather have me ask you for your three measurements then?", he asks jokingly.
"No, but I would expect you to ask that!", I reply.
"Miara is right", Sheila says pointing her ginger at Ryou's nose. "You imposed on our lunch, so you start."
He looks at the finger with the same smile. He did not even flinch. Daring.
"I guess that's fair. What do you guys wanna know? Actually, May I first know what the first impression of me was?"
"Again a weird question!", I say. He does not go out much does he?!
"Fine if you must know, I thought you were a pervert from start till now."
"Still you agreed to be my friend and eat lunch with me.", he said smiling more.
"Excuse me for being a nice person.", I say.
"I think you are just an interesting figure for me to pester next", Sheila says.
Ryou and I look at her. So blunt.
"Well aren't you lovely?", he said with a smile. He smiles a lot. His smile is kinda cute… I should ignore my random thought…
"Well I am not a pervert and I am looking forward to your challenges, Sheila", he says. He is dead.
"Count on it.", Sheila replied.
"Well it's almost time for break to finish and I have to run to do something before that.", Ryou says while he stood up.
"But you were gonna tell about yourself", I say.
"So you were actually interested huh?", he says with a wink.
"What?! No! Just curious!", I quickly answer. I looked away to try and hide my blush.
"Ofcourse~ Maybe another time then", he laughs." Nice to meet you, Sheila. See ya!"
"Bye, Interesting Boy", Sheila says waving her hand.
"Yeah, bye." I say almost glaring at him.

What is up with that guy? He is really weird. As much as I hate to say it, I now want know who he is, d****t! I know one thing. I was right. My schoolyear will be a lot more chaotic now with him here.

Author's Note

The chapter may be a lil weird. I was tired when I wrote it lol.