Chapter 9: Ignoring?

The next day I went back to school and since I was in a dilemma, I decided that I should stay away from Aiko. Yes! I should maintain my distance from her. I came a bit early just in case I don't bump into her. As I sneakily stride towards my classroom I saw Aiko coming with other union members. OH shit! Why the heck is she here so early? Oh God! How can I forget that she is the disciplinary incharge. She must be the one in the entire school to come earliest. I'm such a fool man! I cried internally. Just as I was about to turn back she called me, "Hey Irana!". Without looking at her I quickly went inside my classroom and immediately regretted ignoring her on her face. She didn't come looking for me cause she was busy with other students. Somehow I felt sad that she did not come back.

Soon our classes began and it was mid-day when Aiko knocked at our class door. The teacher said, "Yeah, come our dear Aiko, I was waiting for you. Students, she is here to make some announcement. Listen to her." Teachers really liked her. "Thank you teacher. My fellow students. As you know, from next week our summer vacations will start," as she said this the whole class starting clapping and hooting. Aiko frowned a little, she raised her eyebrows and continued, "Yep, so we had planned that we'll have extra club classes for your various clubs during the vacations for about a week and its not compulsory, so whoever is interested give your name in the union room by tomorrow. Thank you." As Aiko spoke I couldn't stop myself from looking at her continuously(not being a pervert). Her aura was so strong and she was so confident while speaking. I was just admiring her. As soon as she finished she looked at me and I was already staring at her. I immediately buried my head down and I realised she had left. During lunch time, I stayed inside my classroom. One of my classmate came inside and blurted, "Aren't you friends with Aiko? You were with her all the time on the trip. Why are you not going for lunch? Aiko is already crowded with her followers, you should also join in. Hahaha!" What was that? I thought. Wasn't this the other way? Aiko was with me. She came to me always. Why are they talking about this? I guess everybody is jealous of Aiko. I felt bad for her.

The school got over and I went back home. I was successfully able to ignore Aiko for the entire day but I felt guilty. As for why I was ignoring her, I did that because whenever I'm around her I have strange, weird thoughts and if I ignore her then I won't have them anymore. But instead I felt bad after doing this. I wanted to talk to her. The strange feelings that I was having were clear now. Do I like Aiko? Whaaaaat? No! Is it because I'm now studying in an all girls school so I'm attracted towards girls or....do I really like her? But there are so many other girls, I don't feel anything towards them. Is it just her? Is it just infatuation? I don't know....