Chapter 1 ~ The Beginning
All my life, I was surrounded with love and care from both my family and friends. Being the only child in my family made them very overprotective of me. Whatever I want, I simply just have to ask and I'll get it. Games, toys, pets or even a apartment. I'm not exaggerating, I'm not trying to exaggerate, my family was simply just that rich to afford whatever I want. For these past 15 years, I've been solely playing games. Computer games, PlayStation, Xbox and Wii. From day to night and night to day. A total of 16 hours of gaming each day. But, life was boring. I was bored. I got everything that all teenagers would wish for. But it's just not enough.
All my life, I was surrounded with love and care from both my family and friends. Being the only child in my family made them very overprotective of me. Whatever I want, I simply just have to ask and I'll get it. Games, toys, pets or even a apartment. I'm not exaggerating, I'm not trying to exaggerate, my family was simply just that rich to afford whatever I want. For these past 15 years, I've been solely playing games. Computer games, PlayStation, Xbox and Wii. From day to night and night to day. A total of 16 hours of gaming each day. But, life was boring. I was bored. I got everything that all teenagers would wish for. But it's just not enough.
I was alone...
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Basketball entered my world. I spent weeks and months playing basketball. Again, I was alone. But it doesn't matter, it was fun. Why? You ask. The weird thing is, I don't even know. It's illogical, isn't it? No matter how you may think of it as boring, it turns out fun for me instead.
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Spring comes, cherry blossoms were starting to bloom, I'm a high-schooler . Like always, I sit in class alone in one corner. Ignoring the rest of the world. Until one day, when a transfer student came. Rika Umeka, that was her name. She was very cheerful, friendly and nice. Everyone in my class adores her. But no one knows that she has a double-face. Her studies was pretty average, but every time she got her results back, she will just snapped at everyone, telling them to shut up. Even though, she got a decent grade. Being one of the top 5 in class , made her came to me for help. Not knowing why, I agreed. Maybe I thought that once in a while having a companion wouldn't be so bad even if its making use of me.
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When I first started teaching her, all I felt was boredom. There was nothing else I could describe about except for one plain word. Moron. I realised that her stupidity is over the top. She asked many basic foundation questions and after explain them, she still doesn't get it. I never knew teaching someone was so tedious . Now I understand the pain of all the teachers in the world. It's kind of sad sometimes to see this type of students... There was once, when I finally snapped and I left her in the library letting her study alone.
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That day, she asked me
"Why does x² + y² = z² ? "
I was utterly speechless. I gave her an inner clap when I heard that question. Is she that stupid? Did all the books she read killed her brains? How did she even get a B for her results? Wait no, in the first place, how in the world does she even passed her exams?!
I stood up from my chair and sighed at her.
"I'm going home. Good luck for your tests and exams. "
With that, I left.
"Why does x² + y² = z² ? "
I was utterly speechless. I gave her an inner clap when I heard that question. Is she that stupid? Did all the books she read killed her brains? How did she even get a B for her results? Wait no, in the first place, how in the world does she even passed her exams?!
I stood up from my chair and sighed at her.
"I'm going home. Good luck for your tests and exams. "
With that, I left.
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Months later , I have stopped teaching her and I continued playing basketball everyday for hours and hours. There are times where I played from morning to midnight. But I didn't neglect on my studies. I study properly on every single weekdays from morning to morning too.
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The Day where the results of the exam was out. I looked at the ranking board to find my name. But I was shocked. I'm not surprised by my own results, rather, I was surprised at Rika's results. She got 5th place and I, got kicked out from the top 5 and became the top 10 , number 6. At that point in time, I wasn't angry at all. Just depress. But when I heard what she said to others classmates, I was really frustrated.
"Oh my god! What the heck! I only lost to (4th place) by 0.5 marks. Seriously? I got 6 As. This is ridiculous. "
And when the teacher announced that she wanted to award the top 3 students for their hardwork....
"SERIOUSLY? Oh my god! Why they only reward the top 3, not the top 5 or 10? It's seriously not not fair. Geez, hardwork doesn't pay off at all. "
Upon hearing those two sentences, I was pissed. Like really pissed. In my mind, I felt like murdering her. I can literally snap her head off. There are so many people that scored lower than her even by one single digit or 20 over marks , but they didn't complain at all as they know that there are others who scored worst than them, and they didn't want to rub salt on their wounds.
While I was raging at her, she walked over to me and brimmed with joy.
"Rie-chan! I-"
Why are you calling me in such a friendly tone? I'm not your friend. And I don't want to be either.
"I want to thank you-"
For what? For letting you take my place in the top 5? For being not as smart as you expected?
"-For teaching me ! Even though it only lasted for a few days! "
Huhh?!! Are you dumb? Or are you stupid? If not, are you trying to look down on me? I'm scoring lower than you, AND you are thanking me right now.
"I learnt sooooooo much from you, that I ..."
While I was raging at her, she walked over to me and brimmed with joy.
"Rie-chan! I-"
Why are you calling me in such a friendly tone? I'm not your friend. And I don't want to be either.
"I want to thank you-"
For what? For letting you take my place in the top 5? For being not as smart as you expected?
"-For teaching me ! Even though it only lasted for a few days! "
Huhh?!! Are you dumb? Or are you stupid? If not, are you trying to look down on me? I'm scoring lower than you, AND you are thanking me right now.
"I learnt sooooooo much from you, that I ..."
She smirked..
"-that I, shouldn't place my hopes too much on someone else, and think that they are better than me. And to rely on my own thinking skills.."
She tapped her head.
*Snapped!*
"Oh my! Dear you, is that so? I'm really glad I could help you learn so much! Now I know that in future I could be a tutor for those that are too stupid and only relies on their looks to get into the society. Really, thank you for your advice! I APPRECIATE it. "
I rested my head on my hand and crossed my legs, smiling at her.
"You-!"
She raised her hands to slap me, but was held back by her companions.
'Hey , don't do it. This kind of person is not worth it for you to get into trouble.'
"Oh my oh my! Did I offend you? Sorry~I'm not referring to you. Or did you think of yourself like that? Oh dear, that's not good you know? "
Rika tried to break free of her companions' grasp .
"Scary~ Violence is not good you know, Akazukin-chan. Because, in the end, you are the one who will get in trouble. Control Control~ Stupid"
I winked at her , whispering out the last word.
TO BE CONTINUED...............
*A/N
Akazukin- Refers to the Little Red Riding Hood.
Rie calls her that to show that Rika is like the girl in the story,
naive, and in the end lead herself into a trap and her own demise.
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