Chapter 1: Prolouge

Turning my head, I stare at the clock in the corner of my classroom. There's only ten minutes left in class. I continue to stare down the clock praying it would slow down, but to my dismay, time still ticks foward. It's fustrating because usually I'd be excited at the prospect of going home, but today was a little different.

This is all the fault of the girl two seats to the left of me. The moment I glanced at her, she turns her head and blushes slightly.

Like c'mon, she really couldn't be any more obvious about it.

See, two weeks ago, something surreal happened. Something so cliche and lazy that it only appears in bad webnovels. That girl was getting harrassed by two dudes in an alley way.

And I so happened to see this scene.

And be the only one in the generally facility.

The kicker? This is the fourth time this month alone that something like this happened to me.

So, at this point I'm more aggravated than worried. Like, I'm not a monster, so I helped her out. I mean, I'm not trying to brag, but I'm decent at taekwondo. of course, I'm not the best, but these thugs are always easy for me to beat.

I mean the first time I was in this situation, I was scared sh*tless. I never got into a serious fight, but my pride as a man wouldn't let me leave such a pretty girl helpless. But to my surprise, these thugs were always extremely incompetent. I'm not even that strong, I only once got fifth in Nationals for taekwondo, and I was extremely lucky. But, every time there was a "damsel in distress", she would always be attacked by the grossest, most incompetent thugs ever, and I would always be there to save her.

Not only that, every time I saved these girls, they always confess to me within the next two weeks. Like it shouldn't be that easy to win your heart, have some higher standards for yourself.

Now at this point, anyone would ask, what's the big deal? It sounds like I have girls just falling in my lap, left and right. And to those people, I would say, yes sir, you are absolutely right. But here's the problem.

Anyone gets bored of what they get too much of. It's human nature. Like getting a girlfriend shouldn't be this easy and formulaic. And as messed up as it may sound, I don't want my first love to be so shallow. The first time, I made the mistake of dating the girl I saved. I could only describe her as, "she was nice, I guess...". She was so eager to please me, was super catious around me despite my attempts to have a comfortable relationship, and I honestly just didn't know how to respond to her.

The same with the second girl

And the third.

And so on until I finally learned that it was impossible to have a meaningful relationship with someone who only sees you as a hero. I'm getting tired of girls at this point, and that's probably a problem.

As I look back at the clock, The school bell already rang.

Dang it.

I try to rush out of the classroom, but the girl stops me before I could leave.

"Hey Dean! Wait up!" I physically shudder.

"Oh hey..." crap I'm pulling a blank. Was it Katherine? No that was two days ago. um um... uhh I know this, it's uh-

"I just wanted to say thanks again for saving me!" Yes! she said something before I flubbed her name. "I didn't want you to think that I didn't appreciate it, but," then she blushes, "that's not the only reason." Oh God. At least she didn't realize I forgot her name.

"Can I talk to you on the roof of the school? Like right now?" she goes on.

"um I don't know," I reply lamely. "I don't think students are allowed there." There, that's a solid excuse.

"Haha Dean, you're so funny. I know you hang out there all the time. That's why I chose it, I know you love it there!"

Crap. How did she know? Was she stalki- who am I kidding, of course she was stalking me.

"Yeah yeah, you got me," I reply sighing loudly. Is my disinterest not obvious? Like I don't think I'm being subtle at all. "let's just go."

As I say that she grabs my arm and pulls me towards the roof. D*mn, is she foward. Be a little more shy damn it, it's off putting.

But I know she's a nice enough girl. I shouldn't drag this out that long. I'd hate to get her hopes up and God knows I've hurt too many people doing that. Before we reach the final step leading towards the roof, I stopped.

"Hey, what's wrong? she asked, tilting her head slightly. I noticed she's actually quite cute. her hair frames her small face and her cheeks kind of reminds me of a chipmunk. I mean all the girls I saved so far are attractive to some degree, so I toss the thought aside.

"Let's just stop here"

"What do you mean?" she replies

" I mean I know what you want to do. You're trying to ask me out right?" she immediately blushes. "Yeah that's what I thought."

"I mea-I mean I-I-I gue-guess so..." she stammers out. She looks shocked, but hopeful. I sigh.

"It's not going to work out" I state bluntly. "Look, I don't want to be mean, but I'm just saving you from pain later. you're nice and all, but I don't feel it. But don't feel bad. It's honestly me, not you. You've tried your best and-"

"no I didn't," she cuts in suddenly surprising me slightly. She tilts her head down. her voice immediately gets quite. She almost whispers "You didn't even let me have that."

Drip

Drip

Her tears hit the floor.

We stand in the silence for a bit.

"listen I-"

"I thought I liked you, but I really hate people like you," she cuts me off

Umm, Isn't that a little extreme? it usually doesn't go like this. Usually it would be over by now. generally, this doesn't go this bad-

"This is all a game to you isn't it." she continues, cutting my train of thought. "Saving girls, rejecting them. You're actually bored of it. I'm just a chore to you, aren't I? I'm just another girl-no, inconvenience you have to take care of, right?"

Well now I actually feel bad. She really hit the nail with that one.

"Listen, Katherine-" I start.

"Holy sh*t you **shole!" Oops. I immediately knew where I f*cked up. "My name is Sophia you pr*ck!"

I reach for her arm, "listen, Sophia I'm Sorry I-"

"No, get away from me" Wow, she's really not letting me get in sentence here. "Don't touch me."

As she yells, she pushed me back hard, making me lose my foot hold. Wow, she actually pushed me hard enough for me to fall over the railing between the spiraling stair case.

Sh*t. this school and their sh*tty low railings. like what the hell, It's barely touches my thigh.

Sophia instantly realizes what she's done and tries to reach out for me.

Time seems to slow down. Seeing her hand I reach out for her. But then I realize that I'm a good bit heavier. What would happen if I grabbed that hand? Shit. I already knew the answer.

She'd fall too.

It's a long way down. I don't think she'd make it.

I pull back my hand and I fall backwards and immediately smash my head against the railing as I went down. Then again, and again.

Her face was filled with tears and her eyes in terrified shock. Her mouth was parted in a small "O" shape, which was framed by her bright red lips. Despite her shocked face and the minor fact she accidentally killed me, she's still quite pretty.

I fell between the spiraling stair case and by the time I hit the bottom, I was already dead.