CHAPTER III:VOLLEYBALL FOR ME?

Eury's POV,

I finally decided to go over to the slide where the boy is sitting and crying.

"Hey, kid. Can you shut up?"I irritatedly ask him.

He looked up at me with tearful eyes and cried even louder.

"AHHHH!!!Don't kill me please!!"Is this kid stupid?! Can't he recognize that I am also a kid just like him?!

"If you won't shut up!Then maybe..."I paused."I might eat you instead..." I say in an eerie voice.

"Eeeckk!!Hmph. Okay, I'll stop crying now just please spare me."He desperately says. Begging me to spare his dear life.

This boy is really stupid.

"Okay just stop crying, "I only say. I notice that his knees are both bleeding. Tss this boy is pathetic.

"What happened to you?"I nonchalantly ask.

"....." Is this boy deaf?

"I am talking to you. If you don't answer me I'll eat you! "warning him.

"I...The other kids did this to me.."He says while trying to conceal his face from me.

"Why?"I ask again.

"Because I am weak. They said my legs are useless because I can't jump to hit their tosses to me."He says in between his sobs.

I notice just by now that he has a volleyball. So he plays volleyball too?

"I see...That's lame." I only say.

He looks at me again with teary eyes."You can't hit their tosses. It's lame."

I continued."But they are lame also."He is surprised by what I said.

"Why?"He asks curiously.

"Because you can't hit their tosses right?" I ask and he nods politely.

"They are lame because he is not able to make a toss that you can easily hit."I give him a clear explanation.

"So don't cry because both of you are lame," I simply say.

"I don't know if you want to comfort me or you just want to bully me."He says in a doubtful tone.

I shrug. "I am not even trying to be nice to you."

I take his volleyball and start tossing it into the air.

"You know how to play volleyball too?"He asks in amazement and I just nod.

"Can you toss to me?"He asks but I shook my head.

"I don't want to."I refuse him.

"Please..." Continues begging me.

"Nope." then I give him a bored look

"What can I do for you to toss a set for me?" he begs even more... This idiot is persistent.

"Well if you stop being a lame person and a crybaby....then maybe, "I only say then continue tossing the ball.

"Promise???!!" he says and suddenly shows his pinky finger.

I stopped tossing."Huh? No-"He suddenly grabs my pinky finger and locks it on his pink finger.

"This is a pinky swear. A promise that nothing can break it and no one can break it."He declares confidently. What is this? A marriage, idiot.

This promise is meaningless though because he only forced me to do the lame pinky swear and I didn't approve of anything he said.

-Ends of flashback

Just like the boy I have met 10 years ago. He is also stupid.

-

I am glad that it's weekend today and I don't have any reason to see that dumbhead After what happened yesterday in the library. I don't know how to face him without getting embarrassed. Well...It's not like that I am ashamed to see him because of something else. It's because I am humiliated by what he did to me. I felt the shame that he could've felt for himself.

Never mind what happened yesterday Eury. This is your weekend don't ruin it for yourself.

Trying to convince me inside my mind to forget about Shiloh.

I am walking right now to the manga store I always went to during my weekends. They sell every manga that I need and want for a reasonable price that's why I love going in there.

Unexpectedly on my way to the store, I met a surprising person.

Well, just I guess I'll just avoid her.

I passed by her. Goodbye.

"Yahh!!Don't just pretend you didn't know me!!"She yells at me. Tss this is annoying for me.

I looked at her and gave her a What are you saying crazy bitch?I don't know you, look.

"Stop pretending you don't know me, Eury!!" She yells at me again. Hays... I only want a peaceful weekend but why do I even have to meet this crazy person on my way to my paradise.

I just let a heavy sighed. "No," I merely reject her.

"I haven't said anything and you are already saying no to me!!" this girl loves to yell. Doesn't her throats hurt by doing that always?

"That's why I said no. No as in I don't want you to say anything."I elaborate to her.

"Geeze can you at least hear me out Eury, just for a moment..."She says almost begging me.

"I already gave you my answer last time right?"I only say to her. Tss why is this girl so obsessed with me.

"If you will listen to what I am going to say I will buy the limited edition figure of Claude for you."She says trying to make a deal with me.

What does she think of me? A kid?

-

This cafe serves the best crepe in town. There's nothing feels better than eating a delicious crepe before buying your favorite manga. It's still only 4:30 pm anyway.

"Why Javier High School? It's not even the powerhouse in our region."Says the girl in front of me.

It's really hard for me to get this Claude's limited edition figure. Aside from that this is so crazy expensive. I even need to save all of my allowances just to save money to buy this.

"Hey, are you even listening to me? I made my promise so you better listen to me."She says trying to get my attention.

I looked at her and put down the figure box carefully beside me.

"What is it again?"I ask politely. She glares at me with an irritated look.

"Huh? So you are not paying attention to what I am saying to you?!"She says with a displeased tone. I just nod as a way of saying yes.

"I said. Why Javier High school?!"She asks again almost yelling.

Samantha is a second-year from Del Valle Academy. It is also considered as a powerhouse in our region and rank as the top 4 strongest girl's volleyball teams. She is one of their volleyball team's middle blockers. Ever since I got into high school she always asks me to transfer to their academy

instead.

"Because it's near our house."I barely give her my reason.

Her eyebrows crossed."Huh?! but our academy is near your place also!!" defying what I said.

"It's 10 meters closer plus going to your academy means I need to turn right, "I explain. She just stares at me looking so disappointed by what she's hearing from me.

"Don't you think you are being irrational in here?!!"She says in disbelief.

"Irrational? Saving my energy before practicing volleyball is my top priority."I explicate it to her."And Javier High school is the best option because I only need to walk straight to go there every day." And finish explaining to her.

She still can't understand my reason. Well, it's not my problem anymore though.

"Tell me, Eury. What is volleyball for you?"She asks me seriously.

"Volleyball? hmm.."I pause to think about what's the best word to define volleyball for me."Routine."

"Huh?!!Routine?!!"She asks again as if she was trying to confirm what she just heard from me, but I just nod instead to verify it.

"Are you just taking volleyball as a joke? Just because you are talented you think you can disregard the importance of playing volleyball."She says in a furious voice.

My forehead wrinkle because of what she just said. I didn't say that volleyball isn't important for me.

"Disregard its importance?"I ask again but she just looks at me with a provoked look."I didn't say anything about that."I calmly say.

"Huh? Then what do you mean by just routine then?!"She furiously asks me again.

"Routine is very important to me. I always do my routine every day properly. I need to follow it thoroughly and make sure that I do it

perfectly. Just like about volleyball."I interpret it to her. I can't paint her face right now after I said that.

"Anyone can say anything about how they think about volleyball. No matter how simple the words they used to describe it."

I said."Well, except if that the person said something bad about it then you can say that they don't respect volleyball as much as you do."then I stand up and grab my things after I give my speech to her.

"But...We may think about volleyball differently, it doesn't mean that volleyball is not important for me."I say in a serious tone.

She didn't respond anymore to me after what I said. I left her inside the cafe.

I think I still have 15 minutes before the store closes. I just need to hurry.

-

Thank goodness I still managed to catch up with the manga shop before closing and the shop owner reserved my favorite manga because he knows that I will buy it. It only has limited copies as of now that's why I swiftly escaped from Samantha in the cafe before it sold out.

Although our meeting is also productive because right now I can add this limited edition figure of Claude to my collection.

I am so happy.

I didn't like anime before actually. I find people who like anime weird and lame. Well, my twin brother is my first example that's why.