She's The Culprit

I was walking in the hallway of my school, this hallway would connect me to the highest classes in my school. I say that because those classes are the rule of our seniors. Many pairs of eyes were watching me, I could understand why they were looking at me like that because there had never been a second-year or first-year student who dared to enter this area. In my school, the seniority system is very strong. The 3rd graders always wanted to be respected by their younger siblings. They also often bullied their younger siblings, who they thought were being disrespectful to them. I was disgusted by the behavior of the powerful 3rd graders, and my disgust grew even more when I found out that even the teachers couldn't get rid of this seniority system and they remained silent even though many 2nd and 1st graders were still being bullied by their seniors.

I finally arrived at the class I was aiming for. I entered the classroom and approached a girl who was sitting in one of the seats.

"Hooo... Elliot, I'm really surprised to see you here. Did you come here to see me on purpose, I'm flattered."

This girl named Rika, I clearly remember her approaching me and even saying that she liked me. I feel that this girl is shameless, I'm sure everyone else would feel that way too. How could she not? She dared to declare her love in front of many people to a man who is 1 year younger than her. About 2 weeks ago, she came to my class and confessed her love to me, even though some of my classmates were there. I did salute and admire her courage, I wouldn't have been able to do something like that. But my salute and admiration disappeared after I heard her words at that time. After declaring her love, I had a one-on-one talk with her and I subtly rejected her. But she seemed to be very angry at my rejection.

"You dare reject me? I'm the idol in this school, even though many guys want me, but none of them, I accept. I'm the prettiest girl in this school, I'm sure you know that right? And you! How dare you reject me!!! Do you think I'll just stand by and be humiliated like this? You don't know who I am, do you? I'll pay you back!! It might not be you who will receive my revenge, but I will, through someone very important to you, I will make you feel this heartache that I feel!!!"

That was her threat to me. I admit she was very pretty and everything she said was true. She was our school idol, aaah no... you could say she was our school Madonna. Almost all the guys in my school are attracted to her, and I'm no exception. I feel happy every time I see her face. But the thing that I feel is just a sense of admiration, not that her beauty makes me have to accept her declaration of love. To be honest, for now, I have no interest or intention of having a relationship with a girl, even with the prettiest girl in my school. It's not that I'm not attracted to this girl's beauty, but I rejected her because I don't want to be bothered by something insignificant called love, well at least for now. I also often accidentally saw her watching me and Emily. That hateful gaze of hers, there was no way I could forget.

I'm pretty sure it was her who had done that cruel thing to Emily yesterday. That's why I came to this class to calculate with her. I will make sure she will never dare to touch let alone hurt Emily again. I also responded to her question earlier.

"You're the one who locked Emily up yesterday?" with a half-joking look on her face, she replied to my words.

"Locked up? Emily? Who is Emily, I don't even know her. aah... wait, I think I'm starting to remember her. She's that ugly and stupid girl who's always with you, right? hahaha..."

"So it was you who locked her up yesterday?"

"So what if I did it?"

My anger was already boiling over the top of my head...

"YOU... HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO EMILY?" I yelled at her, but her expression was still as annoying as before.

"Yes, it indeed was me who did it, let me tell you what happened yesterday. I and a few of my friends started forcibly removing her clothes one by one until we were left with... well you know, I'm sure you saw it right Elliot? Her teary-eyed pleading expression at that time was really cute. Haah... I regret not taking a picture yesterday, if only I had taken a picture yesterday, I could have shown it to you now. That hurt face of your girl... hahaha... Oh yeah, I also remember she kept calling your name 'Elliot... Elliot help me', it looked so sickening. I'm a little disappointed that you managed to find her, whereas I was expecting her to be in the room all night and only found out the next day when the room would be used for practice. It would have been great if many eyes had witnessed her embarrassing performance."

I couldn't contain my anger anymore. I grabbed Rika who was sitting in her chair and pushed her hard against the wall. I held her body against the wall with my hands, which were gripping her shoulders tightly.

"You aren't human, because if you were you wouldn't have done such a cruel thing, and you even enjoyed your cruelty without feeling the least bit guilty." I was so angry that I almost slapped her, but I decided against it. I wouldn't be able to hit a girl, even if it was a cruel person like this girl.

"For this time... just for this time, I will forgive you, but if you dare to touch, let alone hurt Emily again. I swear, I won't care anymore even if you are a woman, I will beat you up. Do you know, I could have thrown you into prison right now, especially since you've confessed your crime in front of many people like this. It's easy to send you to jail right now, but I won't do it. I will give you one more chance. I still believe that you're human and make me not regret having given you this trust. Show me that you still deserve to be considered a human being who still has a heart and common sense. DO YOU UNDERSTAND?" then she answered with just a nod.

After venting all my anger, I released my strong grip on her. It looked like my hand grip was hurting her quite a bit, judging by the look on her face as she whimpered in pain. I realized that many people were watching us at that moment. But I didn't care about them, I moved away from her body, then approached her desk. I slammed the chair that Rika had been sitting on. After that, I left the place, leaving the sight of so many class 3 students gathered there. But it seemed like my actions paid off because a few days later, Rika came to my class and apologized to me and Emily. As I had expected, Emily easily forgave Rika, even though she had treated her so cruelly. I salute Emily's kindness. At least this made me calm, because I didn't think Rika would dare to hurt Emily again.