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The bell rang and everyone put their things away, in far too much of a hurry to go and eat.
But Miyuki remained seated in her chair, waiting patiently for everyone to leave so she could begin her meal.
She ate all the time in this class now. She just hoped Yokai or Riki wouldn't come back and steal her food.
She was about to open her mouth and take her first bite of meat when, out of the corner of her eye, she saw Riki, leaning his shoulder against the doorframe, arms crossed over his chest.
"I'll avoid going in through the window this time." he laughed and walked over to Miyuki, who put down her chopsticks.
Miyuki smiled slightly, a little stressed that she wouldn't be able to eat again this lunchtime.
You were nice to me yesterday.
So can you be today too ?
You're not going to steal my lunch Riki ?
"Relax, I'm not going to take it from you." Riki pulled up a chair to put it in front of Miyuki's table.
After hearing this, she quickly picked up her chopsticks to eat her piece of chicken.
"I'd like us to start working now." said Riki, also taking out his meal.
Miyuki dropped her shoulders, blowing slightly, and picked up her slate.
"We've just done 2 hours of math, so let me rest a little."
Riki shook his head and closed his eyes. "We don't have time for that, you don't realize how much work goes into an oral."
Riki stole a piece of chicken from Miyuki's meal, then took out a sheet of paper to start working.
"What kind of conspiracy theory do you want to do, Miyuki ?"
The girl picked up her pen again, her mouth still full of food, and began to write several lines of what she wanted to do.
"Reptilians, yes that could be interesting."
The two began to work and write their oral.
Every time Miyuki wanted to say something, she picked up her pen to write down everything she wanted to tell him.
"Don't you mind writing down what you want to say all the time ?" asked Riki suddenly.
Miyuki looked up at the boy in front of her. He had his elbows on the table and was looking into her eyes.
"No it doesn't bother me, I've been doing this forever and I'll be doing it all my life."
He wasn't really convinced by her answer, he knew very well that Miyuki would like to talk normally with everyone.
That she'd find life a lot simpler if everyone could understand her in her own language.
He hadn't forgotten that her greatest dream was to speak.
"Teach me sign language, Miyuki."
The girl looked up at him suddenly. Her mouth was slightly open and she put her pen down on the table.
She frowned and Riki continued, "I'd like to make your life a little easier, Miyuki."
The girl's heart was beating so fast, she was in the middle of a dream.
Even her best friend hadn't done this for her.
So Miyuki wrote a note, showed it to Riki and demonstrated the gestures that went with it.
Riki copied it and said it out loud to make it easier to remember.
"Hello." then Riki repeated the gesture. "Hello."
Miyuki nodded and she wrote another word to show him, and Riki copied it again.
After ten words, they started again from the beginning, so that Riki would remember the movements and facial expressions he needed to make to be understood correctly more easily.
Miyuki gave him a push-up to encourage him. Today, Riki knew ten words in sign language.
"How quickly do you think I'll be able to speak normally with you ?" Riki asked.
Miyuki thought for a moment and held up 1 finger.
"1 year ?" Riki said, frowning.
Miyuki laughed and wrote on her paper, "1 month."
"That's pretty fast 1 month to learn a language."
Miyuki lifted her shoulders and thought a little before picking up her pen, "Sign language isn't really complicated. It takes work, that's all."
Riki nodded as they heard footsteps in the corridor. Riki turned his head and saw Yokai and her girl friends coming.
He quickly got up from his chair and, in a panic, began to look for a hiding place for Miyuki.
He saw a cupboard at the back of the classroom where all the textbooks were stored, and his face lit up.
"Miyuki, go and hide in the cupboard !
Miyuki stood up, frowning. Seeing that she wasn't moving, Riki took her by the arm, opened the cupboard and beckoned her inside.
"Not a word !" said Riki, putting his index finger in front of his mouth.
He had just enough time to see Miyuki roll her eyes when he closed the cupboard and laughed in turn.
"What an idiot." he said to himself, slapping his forehead and returning to his chair.
"May I ask what you're laughing at ?" said Yokai with her hands on her hips.
Her girl friends weren't there anymore, they weren't even at the entrance to the classroom.
"I'm not allowed to laugh anymore ?" Riki walked back to his chair to sit down again.
"I didn't know you could laugh by yourself." the girl sat down on a table near him. "Why are you in front of Miyuki's table ?"
Riki hadn't anticipated this question. He stammered a little before saying, "It's at the back of the room, it's more reassuring."
Yokai huffed and moved closer to Riki, then lowered her torso so that her face was only a few centimetres from his.
"I'd like to say sorry for the last time, I kind of ruined our outing."
Riki lowered his eyes and started playing with his fingers.
"This is getting annoying, Yokai."
The girl quickly straightened up, a little shocked by what Riki had just said.
"Are you kidding ? You said I was jealous of a handicapped girl !"
"Because it's true, you're going to have to accept it." said Riki, rising from his chair. "She's not doing anything to you, leave her alone."
"I'm dreaming." says Yokai. "I can't believe you're defending her."
Riki began to put his things away as Yokai shouted at him again.
"She's my biggest enemy Riki, you have to be on my side I'm your girlfriend !"
"Just because you're my girlfriend doesn't mean I always have to agree with you."
"But you don't have the right to be on her side ! Not with this girl who's a burden to everyone."
Miyuki's eyes filled with water. She looked at the scene through the small centimetre of space between the two wardrobe doors and saw Riki writing something in her notebook.
Yokai walked across the classroom without bothering to look at Riki.
"Really, the principal should have moved her to another school a long time ago, in a school made for people like her."
Riki grabbed his bag and walked out of the classroom without saying a word, leaving Yokai to fester on her own.
Miyuki saw Yokai put her handbag back on her shoulder before running after him, shouting, "Riki ? Riki my love where are you going ?"
Miyuki waited a few minutes before daring to leave the cupboard she'd been hiding in.
She returned to her notebook and read what Riki had written.
"Forget all those words. Don't pay her any more attention. Promise me."
Miyuki smiled, then finished her dish.
Alone, as always.
Promised.
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