Chapter 1: Why Is She Here Anyways?!
***English is not my native language. I apologize in advance for any grammatical error. All and all, have fun reading!
"WHY WON'T YOU LEARN, ARTHUR?!" Ms. Leeane scolded.
Arthur didn't do his homework. Again. But despite the scoldings Arthur received everyday for not doing his homework, he is still as relunctant as ever. He always insisted that he had more "important stuff" to do.
"But miss~~ I need to finish my previous and MORE important work first~." answered Arthur with no hint of guilt in his tone.
"I'VE HAD ENOUGH! IF YOU WON'T DO YOUR HOMEWORK EVERYDAY, YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO SPEND DETENTION FOR THE REST OF YOUR HIGHSCHOOL DAYS!" Ms. Leeane snapped.
Arthur didn't care whether he got detention or not. He always had time for his animes.
And after a long day of school, the school bell rings indicating that the day was over
Arthur was already on his way to the detention room.
"Huuuh~~, I guess I need to spend the rest of the evening here in school again huh?" sighed Arthur.
"If only you did your homework, Arthur. That would make you AND Ms. Leeane a little bit more relaxed". A familiar voice echoed through the hallway. Arthur turned back and saw his best pal, Riven, slowly walking towards him with his green and blue-ish eyes. He has long, brown hair that was resting on his shoulders. He had perfectly lined, white teeth. But the feature that stands out the most was his jaw line. The strong, sharp and rectangular jaw line was enough to make every girl in class fall for him at least once.
"RIVEN!" shouted Arthur. "Are you going to spend the rest of the evening in detention too?" asked Arthur.
"Unlike you, I have a life and do my homework everyday" answered Riven jokingly. "You really need to tone your animes down, do your homework and give Ms. Leeane some slack. You're stressing her way too much, that's why she's not married yet. She's only in her late 20's but she already looks like a woman in her mid 40's!" joked Riven.
"Telling me to stop watching animes is like me telling you to break up with your beloved girlfriend! Anime is my oxygen! Anime is the reason why I wake up everyday! The anxious feeling of waiting for the new episode to get released every week, nothing will make me stop watching anime!" said Arthur passionately.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT MY BELOVED BUBBLEGUM? I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT SHE IS THE MOST SUPPORTIVE, CARING, BEAUTIFUL, SMAR......"
"Ew, normies nowadays." muttered Arthur under his breath.
After a few minutes of talking about his girlfriend, Riven finally stopped. He cleared his throat and said: "To be honest Arthur, I am worried that you won't be able to make any friends if you continue on behaving like this." sighed Riven. "The world doesn't adapt to you, you need to adapt to the world. You're lucky that I am also somewhat an otaku myself but I'll doubt that you're gonna meet more of them in the future." he continued
Arthur stared down and went silent. After a few while, he raised his head and said: "I can't trust humans. You'll never know what's going on in their head. At first, they act like they want to know you and sincerely be friends with you. But the next minute, they start talking behind your back and start using you. Taking you for granted. That's why, I can, and will, live the rest of my life without the company of so called 'friends'. I just need a decent PC, a stable, fast internet connection and my life will be complete~~" said Arthur.
Before Riven could say anything, Arthur raised his hand, waved goodbye and said: "I need to get going now or else the disciplinary teacher will get mad at me for being late". Riven sighed and waved goodbye but he was still worried about Arthur.
Arthur turned back and continued his way to the detention room. Riven stared at Arthur for a while before turning his back to go home.
On the way to the detention room, Arthur was thinking about what his best friend said. He knew that if it kept on going like this, he will eventually make a bad name for himself and will live life not so smoothly like what he expected.
He was thinking hard about it and before he knew it, he was already at the front door of the detention room. He slid the door open and walked into the room.
"Ah, Mr Coltwin. I see you're still relunctant as ever. Get to your seat and do what you want. No point of scolding you anymore." 'welcomed' the disciplinary teacher.
Arthur responded with a tired smirk and nod and went up to his seat where he would start making up stories like he always used to. He laid out all his stationery and books that's for writing stories. But today, his head is filled with questions and thoughts. The comment from his friend made quite a huge impact on him. He picked up his pencil and started nibbling/chewing it, showing that he was somewhat worried.
When he was chewing on his pencil, the silence was disturbed by the sound of the door sliding open. Arthur looked up and stared at the door's direction.
"Another person getting in detention? That's new." Apthur thought to himself.
But then, his eyes widened.
"Black, silky hair. Beautifully tanned skin. Cute dark brown eyes......" mumbled Arthur. He couldn't stop describing more of the girl's beauty. But those words coming out from him was making him sound like a creep.
Arthur finally snapped into reality. Just in time to stop himself from drooling. The girl greeted the disciplinary teacher and went to take a seat. As she was searching for a seat, she met eyes with Arthur. Arthur's retarded and otaku-like instincts was making him look like he was going to get a seizure or something. And just when things cant get worse, she smiled at him and started walking towards him. He was definitely going to get a seizure if this continues.
When the girl got beside him, she took a seat and greeted: "Hello, my name is Aoria. Nice to meet you!" The poor boy and his retarded and otaku-like instints made him reply: "N-N-NICE TO MEET YOU! WHAT IS YOUR NAME?"
At that moment, he knew, he f***ed up.
The feeling of shame, anger and more was circulating his head. He was so mad at himself that he swore that he would commit suicide when he gets back home. But then, Aoria giggled and said: "Oh yeah, I'm sorry. My name is Aoria. Aoria Lizzie Lights" replied the girl with a sweet smile.
"M-m-my name is Arthur Coltwin and I am from class 4-A!" said Arthur.
"Arthur huh? Guess we'll be spending the rest of the afternoon here then" said Aoria. She took out her homework and asked Arthur: "Aren't you going to do your homework? You should spend your time efficiently you know."
Arthur quickly took out his homework from his bag and thought to himself: "She's so hardworking, WHY IS SHE IN DETENTION ANYWAYS?!"
-Chapter 1: End
Nice one @nolanoh.
Very interesting, funny and budding love story.
Keep on posting. Can't wait for the next chapter.
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