Chapter 9
Sakiko just stares at her with a blank expression that soon turned to a glare...
"A chance to do what?" She asked Mari with a cold tone.
"To be with him. Give him a choice".
"I am not forcing anyone to walk with me, it's their choice and it's his choice if he wants to or not. So since you are too concerned about his choice, why not ask him, here and now".
"Fine, I will".
"Good, better do" Sakiko said back and they both turned to look at Sasuke.
"Well, what are you waiting for?" Mari hesitated for some seconds before speaking up.
"Sasuke, who do you want to be with amongst all of us?" She asked feeling a bit shy.
"Speak up for yourself Mari, don't lump me in with you" Reina shouted at her.
"Sakiko or I? Choose Sasuke".
"It would be nice having you all as friends, OK mean we are all friends right?" He turned his head to the other members of the cla.s.s and they nod.
"Yes we are".
"So you see, but with Sakiko, I knew her before anyone in this cla.s.s, so we are closer and I choose to spend more time with her, no offense".
"You should have listened when I told you but you chose to embarra.s.s yourself the more" Reina said as she got up to go meet another girl, ignoring Mari.
"You heard him, now
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A week later, Sasuke and Sakiko became close. Well their closeness heightened with each pa.s.sing day. In the staff room, the teachers sits and discuss when someone entered. It was one of the teachers, a female, she gracefully walked and made her way to her desk and sat down on her seat. She wore a loosed b.u.t.ton long sleeve white top, which was tucked in a tight dark brown skirt which reached her up to her knees, with a small slit at the back.
She slowly turned her chair to face another teacher by her right.
"Mrs Hasegawa" she said to the blonde haired lady by her side.
The blonde haired lady, Mrs Hasegawa raised her head from what she was going through on her desk and looked at the s.e.xy lady by her side.
"Yes, Miss Kaneko?".
"Your students, Uchida and Is.h.i.+da, they behave like lovers".
"Yes, that's true Mrs Hasegawa, I have noticed it and considering the school they are in, such ain't allowed here" another teacher at corner of the big room spoke up too.
"Well, I am their homeroom teacher and I have noticed some things. When I spoke to Sakiko, she said she had never felt so happy before in her life like this. That she feels so complete whenever she is with him. Its like he is a part of her that was lost but now found and that she had boundless joy. She sees it as bonds, there are some persons you meet in life that you bond with once. Well after much probing, she said they were only friends and nothing more" Mrs Hasegawa explained to her colleagues.
"Bonds, friend or boyfriend? More like a relations.h.i.+p to me".
"Miss Kaneki, they have bonds, doesn't mean it is a relations.h.i.+p something or they want to marry. Please give the kids a break, I bet the boy feels the same way too" a male teacher chipped in.
"Thank you Mr Is.h.i.+. And yes he does and I believe her, she is improving academically since he came. Not like she was a poor student, but she was amongst the top five, but now, she is moving to top three with him. The test that was done two days back, they made top scores after Kirika".
"Test?" Asked the shocked Miss Kaneki.
"Yeah, I did a pre test for them in preparation for the main test".
"Oh I see. Really, she is improving so much in such a short time, at least he is a good influence on her. It is nice" another male teacher by Mrs Hasegawa's left hand side said while tapping his chin I'm a thoughtful manner.
"I still say there is something going on between those two. You see the way they hug each other, yet they are not dating, pfff".
"Ohh Miss Kaneki, that's enough. See you bad mouthing kids. I'm out of here" the male teacher by Mrs Hasegawa left hand side spoke as he rose up from his seat.
"Ito senpai" he didn't answer her call and left the staff room.