Chapter 55

'' So let me get this straight-'' Danuja begin with her fingers interlocked under her chin. She was seated on the lone bench in the gym while Mr. Touma was being to obvious with keeping his distance

After Danuja finished her classes and looked after Kana till her car picket her up, she continued her routine, going back to work at Hitomi-san place. This time she just needed to carry some loaded carts before wiping the tables the woman pointed at.

She returned much faster home than the other day, therefore, Danuja took her laptop, let Dad stay with his head in her lap and searched.

Half a hour later, she was barely restraining herself from running to the gym, Dad trotting slowly but dutifully after her. And that's where she was now.

'' You put me to learn how to defeat a karateka who uses the Chito-ryu style, after telling me that I will fight said guy on Friday. You told me to tell you what fucking technique should I use against him.'' she said waving her hands frustrated '' Then I find out that everything it's a lie?'' she asked quite the hypocrite

'' Something like that.'' he said not even stopping his smugness

'' Karate styles are fucking fake and you didn't thought I should know? ''

'' You were the one doing all that research so I thought it was funny.'' he said shrugging '' At last now you know why people hate or disrespect karate. The Martial Art just become so overly commercialized that no one it's taking the Art in serious anymore. Look at the bright part-'' he tried to fix the mess he was in ''- you don't need to learn all the styles now. You can just take one apart, put it together and go from there.'' 

'' Because they are all the fucking same.'' Danuja said staring right through him shaking her head silently

'' That's right.'' Mr. Touma said leaning back on the wall, arms crossed and grin plastered on his stupid face

Danuja gritted her teeth and breathed deeply before pressing her own lips on the spots Kana's where just hours before, trying to image the scent of vanilla and her soft voice even though it was mainly scolding.

'' Right.'' Danuja said strangely calm before going to her bag, taking out her hand wrappings, doing her hands methodically '' I want a punching bag.'' she said her voice cracking before she breathed deeply again '' Before you become the punching bag.'' she finished eerily calm

'' Fair.'' Mr. Touma said raising his hands in surrounding. He did not move from his spot beside the wall those two almost three hours Danuja trained.

And neither did Danuja mind him beside dirty looks and mumbled curses. She had more important things to do. Like shadow boxing and aiming her leg kicks better.

Or trying to not lose her footing when Kana image while kissing her hands pooped up in her mind.

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Days passed and Danuja become more and more focused on her fight from Friday, watching videos as reference and trying to not kill Mr. Touma in the process. Or not spill anymore food at Hitomi-san restaurant.

Danuja was so focused on her fight that she almost missed what was happening in he school life. Really, if Kana wouldn't have been seated in front of her, making Danuja stay focused just so she could stare at the girl hair, she would have missed her teacher words.

'' And I want to make it clear that it's mandatory.'' the teacher stated in a serious tone, almost glaring at them '' It's not 'I join now and quit in a few months' and it's not ' I join now and forget later'. Every single student of our highschool, it's obligated to join a club and remain in that community for at last a school year. Any of you can change their clubs the next year, if you have enough members any of you can make an entire new club.'' the teacher said before getting out a small stack of papers from their briefcase '' Give from hand to hand because here are all the clubs in the school, their names and propose beside them.''

'' What happens if you don't join a club?'' one of the students asked making Danuja narrow her eyes but not even glance at them. It wasn't like she would even know their name.

'' Then you must want to join the Cleaners Club, where a bunch of you will clean the school floors for at last three hours after classes ended.'' the teacher said smiling meanly 

Ugh Danuja thought rubbing her forehead

'' How long do we have so we can join?'' a high pitched voice asked making Danuja frown at the unnecessary loud tone, gently pressing Kana bony shoulders making her relax some more

Danuja glanced briefly at the voice owner, an average looking girl with a too bright lipstick, counting her in her head. She didn't know a name but at last Danuja could recognize from where the girl was.

'' I want each of you to be members of a club till next Friday. If not then the Cleaners Club doesn't miss a day of the school year so make sure to bring your own cleaning supplies.'' the teacher said smirking, taking his things off the desk walking to the door '' I heard they are quite possessive.''

Ah Danuja though faintly, amused despite herself her homeroom teacher was a jerk. she couldn't quite suppress her amused snort

Without looking at the paper with the listed clubs, she stuffed it in her bag, under Dad bottle of water before getting up from her seat making sign for Kana to follow her.

'' Dad found a spot near the school fence to sit at. Wanna come visit him?'' she asked quietly, leaning just the littlest bit down so just Kana could hear her

Kana face brightened, smiling widely before walking the first out of the classroom, almost skipping. A mocking giggle, made Danuja look behind her at a group of classmates seating by the window, making them quiet down when they saw her eyes. 

She hummed while going out, trying to get her mind from her fight, long enough so she could focus just on Kana, because she deserved all her focus not just half of it.