CHAPTER EIGHT – Not her route…

I`d be lying if I said I wasn`t worried... But I shouldn`t worry. She has to do her best from now on. If she does, she`ll surely find some new friends at school.

"Are you listening?" To my surprise, Sunohara`s face suddenly appears in front of me.

"Eh?"

"I asked what you were going to do about the juice."

"Yeah, sorry... with katsudon."

"About the juice!"

"Well I`m hungry."

"I`m also hungry! But as I said, I don`t have any money."

"Just chop off your finger and beg `Please let me eat with this.`"

"I`m not going to do anything that crazy for katsudon!" Sunohara presses the button on the vending machine. I could hear the sound of the vending machineas it pours in the ice and juice in a paper cup.

"Hey, we can endure this longer with carbonic acid in our stomach."

"Tch, all right, fine..." I waste away my time in the cafeteria. After that, before it got dark, I head home. And just as always, I got my change of clothes and left the house.

As I came out from the dorm hallway and into the corridor, I was greeted by a stampede of huge bodies rushing along. Do do do do do do do...

"Woah..." I quickly dodge all of them as they pass by. They`re a group of rugby club members. All rushing to their respective rooms and quickly closing the doors.

"Hey-----!" Chasing after them is a woman.

"Sigh... Darn those guys..." She stops beside me. This is the dorm landlady, Sagara Misae.Even though I don`t live here, if you visit often enough you`ll surely be an acquaintance of hers, even if you don`t like it.

"Peeping in the girls` dormitory... Are they grade school students...? Sigh..." She lets out a deep sigh, and retraces her path.

I go inside Sunohara`s room, lie down on his bed and start reading some manga.

"Hey... Didn`t I tell you this afternoon not to come?"

"Don`t say such lonesome words, I want to read some manga. After that, you`ll be here too."

"Am I just an extra?"

"You really want me to read next to you."

"You`re putting some meaning about me being next to you, right?!"

Flip... "Hmm..."

"Suddenly going on Ignore Mode?!"

"What? You`re noisy..."

"Give that back, I still haven`t read it!"

"You`ve read this before. Here, bury yourself in this crossword puzzle. Do your best now."

"The answer can be found in the next issue your holding."

"That`s all right, I`ll check your answer. If it`s correct I`ll praise you. Good luck."

"Who do you think you are?!"

"Your master."

"What do you mean?!"

"You`re noisy! I can`t read peacefully!"

"Arggghhh! Why do I have to obey you!"

Dong! "Shut up and be quiet!"

"Eek!"An angry voice makes Sunohara shrink into the corner.

"See, if you don`t shut your mouth, you`ll be bagged again."

"You`re a demon! Damn it... I`ll do the crossword then."

"Tell me if I`m right, okay?"

"Yeah, I`ll tell you..."

"Well, 1-Down... What`s the day three days from New Year`s Day... Ahahaha... what a stupid question. Its three consecutive holidays..."

…. Teacher, teacher, there`s a stupid boy here.

"I give up, this is weird..."

"What is?"

"The answer doesn`t match up, there is definitely something wrong here." There`s no doubt it`s your answers that are wrong.

"I quit, give up! Damn, this is boring..." He throws the crossword puzzle at the corner of the room.

"There`s nothing interesting to do."

"I have an idea."

"What is it?"

"Yeah. Get naked, and go next door... Then ask if you can borrow some soy sauce. I wonder what kind of a response he will give you?"

"He`ll pound me!"

"No, you`re asking in a very polite manner."

"Hmm... you`re right... it`s hard to know if you ask it like that..."

"Right?"

"Now, off you go."

"Alright! Eh?! Isn`t this only interesting to you?!"

"Doesn`t that thrill you?"

"But the next day, I`ll be treated as a pervert!"

"Well... I wonder about that... They might worship you as a holy person."

"This will be a bad place."

"Like I said, let`s test it."

"No matter what you say, I won`t do it!"

"You sure have no confidence..."

"Why don`t you go?"

Flip the book "Hmm..."

"Pretty fast in going back to reading, huh?!"

"Huaaah... I want to sleep now. It`s already 3 o`clock in the morning."

"Hmm..." Flip...

"Are you staying over?"

"I`m turning off the lights then."

"Woah! Stop right there!"

"Eh?"

"I`m not staying..."

"Is that so."

"Well, I`m going to sleep, so can you please leave?"

"I will, even if you don`t say that..." I throw away the manga I was reading and stand up. I hold the door knob and was about to leave but I suddenly stop.

"Oh, that`s right, dead at night in this dorm..."

"What is it?"

"......(silence) I guess it`s nothing."

"Finish what you`re saying!"

"Good night then."I closed the door. I continue to hear someone moaning with fear inside the room. I ignore it and leave the dormitory.