episode 3

The bell rang indicating that it was already lunch time. I yawned and packed my stuff to get ready to leave. I was gonna go eat lunch at the garden. Not many students go there so it was peaceful. As I got up to leave, Akio called me:

"Yo, Yuki. Where ya goin'?" he asked curiously.

"Just... someplace else." I replied.

"Oh? You're not gonna eat lunch?"

"I'll eat someplace else."

He looked away, as if he was thinking. After a while, his gaze shifted back to me.

"Well, wanna eat with me—er, I mean us?" he asked, pointing towards his friends who were sitting and waiting for him at his desk.

"Uhh, thanks but I'm fine on my own." I replied. I took a step back, wanting to leave from this situation. It was the first time someone invited me to eat with them, so I don't really know what to do.

"Jeez, c'mon, eat with us." He pulled my hand. His grip on my wrist was tight but not to the extent of hurting me, just enough so I can't let go.

I didn't have any choice and reluctantly followed him towards seat. Once we reached there, his friends looked at me with confusion and an expression that says "What's he doing here?". I wanted to leave but I couldn't. This guy was totally not gonna let go of me.

One of his friends spoke up, "Oh, I see you brought a guest with you." Rin sarcastically commented.p

"Stop being too formal, man. You're creeping me out." Akio said with a weird expression.

"That's because it's a first that you brought someone unfamiliar with you here." Wataru stated, staring intently at me.

"Whaddya mean by 'unfamiliar'? He's literally our classmate."

"Jeez, let's just talk about this later. I'm hungry." Rin cut off the two from bickering.

"Yeah, he's right." Wataru agreed.

"You're really easy to agree when it comes to food, huh?" Akio stated.

Akio sat down and patted the seat next to him, indicating me to sit down next to him. I reluctantly sat down. He then eventually let go of my hand. I can still feel his friends staring daggers at me. Well, makes sense since I never really talked to them and we aren't really close so when they're friend just brought me here outta the blue, they would surely not have good reaction of that.

"So... Yuki, right? You friends with Akio or something?" Rin asked while giving a look that made me feel that I was being investigated.

"Uh... well... we're, umm..." Am I supposed to say that we are? I mean, we barely talked and I don't really like this guy. We're just neighbors and it's not like we're close either.

"Yes, we're friends!" Akio confidently answered the question for me.

"I wasn't asking you, y'know?" Rin just rolled his eyes at him.

"Hey, you were asking him about me so I'm totally allowed to answer that." Akio stated with a pout.

"Come on now, don't fight. We're still gonna ask this guy some questions." Wataru said, almost tauntingly.

I wanna get outta here so badly. I just whined and cursed Akio in my mind.

"Hey, c'mon, stop interrogating Yuki."

The two of them ignored Akio's warning and just continued to ask some questions.

"So... how long have you two been friends?" Wataru asked.

' We seriously aren't friends though. I don't even like this guy or find him a little bit interesting!' I screamed in my mind.

"Just yesterday." Akio bluntly replied.

The two of them looked at him, dumbfounded. Both of their expressions totally shifted from curiosity to pure disbelief.

"Are you serious? You just became friends yesterday and you invited him to be with us." Wataru said, pouting.

"Jeez, don't be jealous, man. I ain't gonna abandon you both."

"W-who's jealous ha?!" Wataru angrily exclaimed. Both Akio and Rin just snickered at Wataru's childlike behavior which pisses Wataru even more.

I was slightly annoyed and amused by their actions. Dammit, I wanna leave this place so badly. I couldn't even eat because I didn't bring my lunch with me. And Akio didn't even offer me food. So I just sat there, hungry and annoyed, just staring at them with a dumbfounded expression.

Their bickering lasted for a few minutes and then finally, Akio noticed me just being quiet which I usually am. Suddenly, without any fkin warning, my stomach growled. Which caused Akio, Wataru, and Rin to stare at me in shock.

'F*******ckkkk' I swore in my mind. I quickly looked away to hide my embarrassed face. Shit! That was totally uncool of me. The three of them just stared at me then stared at each other. I heard a loud "pfft" before they all burst outta laughter.

"Man, that was hilarious. Were you so hungry, hmm? You should've said something." Akio laughed hysterically.

I just shot him a glare and mumbled, loud enough for him to hear, "And who's fault is that?"

"That's pretty rude of you, Akio. You invited him to eat with us but you didn't even offer him food." Rin stated, still laughing.

The three of them continued to laugh like hyenas for a few minutes and it eventually died out. They all wiped out tears that were coming out of theur eyes because of laughing too muc

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