I glanced at Yuzuru and saw him talking with his friends. I mean, he's a rich guy so I guess I could dig in to this. He wouldn't add this as my debt or something right? I shook my head to brush off the thoughts and just be grateful for the amazing food. I stuffed my mouth with pasta before he takes notice.
"Piggy,"
My eyes widened and looked at Yuzuru with pasta still hanging from my mouth. He's smirking at me and poked my cheeks that seemed swollen because of the food. All of his friends also turned their attention to me.
I quickly swallowed the food but that was a very foolish move as I choked. I coughed and punched my chest lightly to ease the pain. The whole table panicked and offered their water. I grabbed one immediately and drank it in one go.
Yuzuru, along with his friends, jumped lightly when I put the glass down to the table. I let out a big sigh, as the clog in my chest slowly washed away. This is what I get for being greedy for food. Now you got a new humiliating scenario to entertain your schoolmates. Great job, Athena!
"Are you starving yourself? I can buy you as many pasta as you want. Just slow down with your eating. Okay? You're going to give me a heart attack," Barely hearing the last part, Yuzuru wiped the small tears that formed beside my eye.
The entire time we're eating at the cafeteria, he kept on rubbing my back softly. I find it uncomfortable at first but that feeling vanished slowly. He repeatedly checks on me and asks me if I still want to eat something.
I'm getting wary of his actions since he's not that much of a nice guy. Based on my experience of course. But I shrugged off that feeling and went with his flow. Maybe he's really a good person and can be rude at times. Who knows?
***
The moment our last class ended, I quickly got up from my seat and went to Daphgne. She's still arranging her things so I gave her tight back hug.
"What is this?" She asked. Her tone is clearly giving away that she's sulking.
"A compensation," I hugged her more tightly. "I'm sorry if I made you worry,"
She tapped my arms, signaling for me to let go. She stood up and placed her hands on her pockets. "I just think that this whole thing is going to be a pain in the ass later on,"
Daphgne's right. Even before we started this, trouble was already facing us and it will continue to stack up. In order to get those problems off my shoulder, I need to end this sooner or later. I don't want to bring any unnecessary bad memories before graduating here.
"If anything goes wrong, I'm here okay?" She tapped my shoulder before dragging me out of the room.
***
"One more, Sir. Thank you!" Daphgne delightedly told the street vendor. The man happily obliged to her request. I pulled her away from the cart and smiled awkwardly at the vendor.
"You're planning to empty my wallet, aren't you?" I whispered to her, glancing at the food.
"You said compensation right? This is the type of compensation that I want," She brought up the takoyaki that's almost all eaten up. She cheekily returned to the cart and chatted with the seller.
Bringing up the topic of food and making it up to her at the same time was a wrong decision. Knowing that she'll literally spend all of my money in one go, I should've known better. I'll let this time slide. I can always just save up and it's my best friend.
Still convincing my self, I was startled when someone called my name. I looked to my side and saw Marie running towards me. My heart jumped in joy when I saw her. I thought that it's going to be Yuzuru.
"What's up?" I asked her.
She seemed out of breath so I offered her my water bottle. She accepted it and chugged it down in one sip. I awkwardly laughed from the scene I just saw. Not expecting to see something like that from Marie.
"I've been trying to reach out to you but you're not responding," She sternly said.
I immediately checked my phone and saw texts and calls from Marie. I apologized to her and asked her what she wanted to tell me.
"Remember about the proposal last time about the blog about the life of an athlete? We have decided to give that task you,"
"Do you have any athletes in mind?"
"You got Yuzuru Hanyu as your boyfriend and yet you're asking me of who do I have in mind?" Marie looked at me with disbelief.
I was about to answer her when someone clinged their arms around me. It's Yuzuru for sure. Just from the scent I could tell. I was holding back the urge to slap his arms away from me but I remembered that stupid deal I agreed on.
"What's taking you so long?" He asked, examining Marie.
"We're just talking about the task I'm handling for the newspaper," I simply replied.
"Task about?"
I'm getting irritated by the numerous questions he has. Can't we just end the conversation after that? He keeps on sticking his nose to my business. I was gonna answer his question when Marie interrupted me and held his hand out to Yuzuru.
"Hi, the name is Marie. Colleague of Athena in the Journalism Club. About the task she's given, she's asked to follow a life of an athlete from practices to post-competition moments. We gave her this knowing that she's very suitable for the job since you're her boyfriend. I'm expecting that you'll help us out? You're not only giving a favor to Athena but also to the school's newspaper,"
My hands covered my dangling mouth in shock. I've known Marie to be very upfront but I never expected her to talk to Yuzuru in a professional manner. She spoke like she's offering some kind of a business deal to him.
"No,"
I looked at Yuzuru with wide eyes. He's literally giving Marie a straight answer. I'm getting chills just by standing with these two people.
"Is there anything we can convince you?" She asked.
"Marie, let's just find other athletes. I'm sure Yuzuru has been very busy from practicing and stuff. He won't even have the time to entertain my questions so let's end this. It's already getting a little late," I smiled at Marie, hoping she'll back down and call it a day.
"If Athena kisses me again on the cheek, I'll do it,"
My hands immediately punched his side. He winced from pain while still laughing. Does he thinks its funny? I wanted to screw up that grin from his face so he may never see the daylight again.
"I'm never doing that," I shook my head and walked up to Marie. I held her hands and looked at her directly. "I know some athletes who can help us for this. Like Carlos from the Gymnastics. We've spoken before and I'm sure he'll be happy to help," I said.
I was about to name others when Yuzuru covered my eyes with his hands and pulled me closer to him.
"Forget that. I'm in. Now get lost," He said.
Just from his voice, I know that he's annoyed. I heard a footsteps, sound fading away slowly. It must've been Marie. She's probably rejoicing that Yuzuru agreed on helping us. I removed Yuzuru's hand harshly and squinted my eyes to try and adjust my view.
"What was that for?" I glared angrily at him.
He turned his face towards me and walked closer. His mouth has this small smirk. He's face is telling me that he's somewhat amused by what happened. So he's really enjoying teasing me?
When he's close enough, he bended his knee to equal his height on mine. I was surprised when he suddenly pinched my nose softly.
"It's just the first day and you're already getting bolder. Naming other male athletes to get me jealous. Nice work, Athena. You definitely riled up the devil with you're cheeky move."
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