CHAPTER II:PINKY SWEAR

Eury's POV,

After a year.

I'm in my first year. I am still a setter of our volleyball team. Even tho I am only a first-year I am already a regular in our team. I have a new team.

Compared to my junior high team my upperclassmen are stronger and better. I may be talented but I understand I still have a lot of things to improve and learn from them.

"You are so amazing Eury to be able to get a service ace in a five-row," Keziah says while stretching. A second year and our middle blocker.

"Yes. You are so unbelievable and your sets are also so great."Pauleen says with her eyes sparkling. She's a second-year also and our wing spiker.

"Not just that. You are also good at receiving and attacking. Is there anything you can't do in volleyball?"Olivia asks me in amusement. She's a third-year and our libero.

We are all here in the gym practicing for the upcoming tournament. But as of now, we are all just taking a quick break.

"hmm...I can't do dumps if I am in the back row..."I hardly reply.

"ehhh...." they all said in sync. I mean it's against the rules.

"Well, the only thing that sucks is your humor," Pauleen jokingly says to me.

"I didn't say that as a joke tho."I only say and continue doing toss drills.

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I am in my room right now. It's 8:45 pm and I am only studying for our quizzes tomorrow.

"You're going to attend the training camp, next week sis?" A squealing pig suddenly enters my room.

"Who said you are welcome inside my room trasHIRO?!" I ask him in an irritated voice.

"Is it only exclusive for girls' camp?!! Boy's volleyball team are not coming too right?!!" But of course, he just ignored my question. He only continues walking around my room as if he's taking a room tour.

"It has nothing to do with you," I only say to him. "Now begone!"

He dismissed what I said again and continues interrogating me."Huh?! Of course, it has something to do with me. What will happen to you if there are boys in there? You know boys are sharks!!" And sits on my bed.

"and that makes you a shark also. What a lame comparison..." I boringly mumble while still focusing on my textbook.

"No, I am not a shark. I am a..." He poses like he's thinking. Well, he's likely thinking about something cool he can relate to himself.

"You are a piece of shit that I want to disappear inside my room!"I instantly interrupt his imagination before he even says about it to me.

"Ouch!! By the way twinnie can I borrow your-"finally telling me his real motive.

"No." I interrupt him before he even completes what he is going to say to me.

Because I know. He is only going to borrow something from me and he won't give it back to me again. It's like saying goodbye to my things if I let him borrow them.

"I do not even finish Eury."He pouts again at me and acts like a child that you want to throw in a cliff.

"Can you please stop calling me like that Trashiro?" I say it to him in an ominous tone.

"Then let me borrow your manga." He eventually says it. Then gives me a puppy face. It annoys me even more to see someone who looks like I make that kind of face.

"No." I directly reject him.

"Please twin, don't be so mean with me." this guy is extremely irritating.

"If you want to borrow something can you please consider bringing back the things you've borrowed last time from me?" I calmly plead.

"Ah.. well I will bring it back again to you just let me borrow your manga." this guy is desperate.

"Hearing you compromise like that makes me don't want to let it borrow to you even more," I tell him.

"Hmph. I want to read the latest chapter because I want to spoil it to Shiloh." My twin brother is a shitty person.

Shiloh reads manga too? What kind of manga?

"That gives me more reason why I shouldn't let you borrow it so begone."

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In the end, I didn't let Hiro borrows my manga last night. It's our free time right now and I am at the library to read one of my favorite manga. The library is an ideal place to read it. It's a peaceful place and there are only a few people who come in here to read. Now let's start reading peacefully.

just after few minutes

I can't read quietly in here because of the snoring sound I keep hearing from the guy napping in my back. There are few people in the library always. Sometimes if I am lucky there's only me. But now I am being so unlucky.

Why is this guy so insensitive? Does the library look like a hotel for him to sleep in?

I turned around to face him. I want to kick him to wake him up but that's against human law.

But he's being too noisy and I think it's also against the law. How about just by making him quiet so that he may not cause any trouble to anyone especially me. I'll be the hero.

I went over to his table to make him silent.

I sat down in front of him and took my pen out from my pocket.

To stab this guy to death.

Just kidding I won't do that.

I poked him using my pen.

I don't want to get my hand dirty by poking him. I don't know what kind of germ this person has anyway.

"Wake up..." I am only whispering to him because I don't want to disturb anyone.

Is he dead? But dead people can't snore anymore.

"Wake up..." I try to wake him up again. This guy is awful.

I stand up and sit down beside him to shake him.

As I take a little closer to him he looks familiar to me. I mean his body build and his wavy light-brown hair. His face is covered by his both arms that's why I can't see who's this person is but based on his body he looks like someone familiar to me.

Who's idiot guy do I know that has a body like this?

Idiot brother? Hmm Nah.

Idiot brother's friend? hmm, Troy? Nah.. and I don't pay any attention to him that's why I can't tell if it's him. Plus his hair is dark brown.

Idiot...? Shiloh? he's not an idiot though. Maybe?

Just slightly above normal.

But his hair is the same as this guy.

"Ahh.." the guy beside me sleeping started groaning. His voice is familiar too.

He finally wakes up from sleeping and starts stretching.

He looks in my direction while stretching and ignores me at first but looked back again and in surprise this time.

"Eury?!" He says in a very shocked tone. I just nod in response.

His face turns red in an instant and immediately buries his face on the table.

"Please let me die right now!! I don't have reasons to live anymore!!" He dramatically says. Idiot

"Uhmm. No. I can't let you die it's against the law to kill someone."I say although I planned to stab you earlier in my head even though it's only a joke.

"This is so embarrassing Eury!! I am so embarrassed!! You saw me... I.." wow he doesn't know what to say first. And he is being so loud also in here considering this is a library.

"Nah it's okay but you shouldn't be sleeping in here Shiloh." I only say to make him at least feel at ease.

"I know! I shouldn't but I didn't get to sleep last night because I read the new manga online and I don't want to get spoiled by Hiro. He told me that he will read it yesterday." He explains. Well yeah, he told me last night but he failed thanks to me.

"Is that the new shounen manga you're talking about?" I just ask him.

"Yeah!" while nodding twice.

"I have complete series of it. Which volume are you right now?"I ask him more again.

He looked at me with an amused look.

"Wow, you also read the manga?" He asks and I just nod.

"Then you're an otaku?" He asks but I only shake my head.

"Oh, I see. Hahaha. Well, I just started reading it last week. Right now I am at volume 21."He merrily says.

"I can let you borrow my manga." I offer to him.

His eyes widened and glistening at the same time. He looks like a dog that's about to receive a bone from his master.

"Really?!!" he asks me cheerily and I just nod.

"THANK YOUUU EURY!!!"He heartily thanked me and suddenly hugs me so tight.

"Sssshhhh" the librarian warns us because of Shiloh.

"Ah.. idiot. It's.. not a big deal." I lose my composure for a moment.

"But still thank you. I love that manga." He says while grinning widely at me.

"But promise you won't sleep again in here?" I give him a condition first. He nods and smiles again at me. Even bigger this time.

"Yes. Promise." He shows me his pinky finger.

"Huh?" I look at him baffled.

"Pinky swear," he said and grabs my pinky finger then intertwine his pinky finger on mine.

"This is my promise to you that no one can break and nothing can break it." He declares and smiles at me.

What is this idiot even saying?

I am the kind of person who doesn't believe in promises and also who doesn't makes promises to anyone.

That's why I don't get why people love making promises.

This reminds me of the boy I met in a park years ago.

FLASHBACKS 10 years ago.

I heard a boy's voice crying from the slide but I didn't mind because he is just another crybaby who probably got lost or bullied by his classmates.

So lame.

I continue minding my own business in the swing while waiting for Hiro to find his way back in here again. Yeah, my idiot twin brother suddenly vanished. I told him to stay with me while we are waiting for dad but that Idiot just went over somewhere.

I am sure between us my twin brother will possibly die first.

The boy keeps on crying and he is getting louder.

How annoying he is. Should I beat the shit out of this kid to make him stop crying?