Chapter 28 : Sudden appearance

𝑻𝑰𝑴𝑬 𝑺𝑲𝑰𝑷 - 𝑴𝑶𝑵𝑫𝑨𝒀 , 8𝑻𝑯 𝑫𝑨𝒀 ——————

I got out of bed early and went over to Zeke's house to walk with him to school. Unexpectedly, I saw him on the way to his house, seems like he just got out of his house not long ago.

"Morning Zeke~!" I waved at him, smiling but he saw me but decided to ignore me and walked past, taking me like I'm invisible.

I followed beside him as he was focused on his phone, he was also listening to music with his AirPods and it made me wonder what kind of music he likes.

I took his right-eared AirPods and placed them on my ears. The melodies flooded into my ears as it played, it was a smooth song, slow and nice yet it also has the rhythms to it.

"Hey! What are you doing?"

"Just trying to listen to the music?"

"Give it back..." Zeke stopped in his tracks and tried grabbing the AirPods from me but I ducked and stuck my tongue out at him.

"Well if you want it back, you can try and come catch me~!" I cheekily smiled as I started running away from him and he chased behind me. I know I won't get far since he has the long legs and hands to just grab me but I tried.

I ran like I've never before, running fast and swiftly past the people down the street.

"Sorry!" I apologized as I nearly hit a lady on the way. I peeked behind and saw that Zeke was catching up and fastened my pace.

"Clover!" He called out but I ignored him and ran into the school as I got closer to it from a distance. I ran into hiding at the school's janitor storage room that was on the second level of the school. I heaved a sigh of relief as I hid there silently.

I bet he can't find me now hah. I could hear the student's chatter and the sound of their shoes as they hit the ground.

"Excuse me, have you seen a girl with pink hair running by?" I heard Zeke's voice as I chuckled silently to myself.

I hid in the storage room for a while, the music was still somehow playing, I wonder if it's safe now to come out...It's kinda stuffy in here...I couldn't take any more minutes staying in the room so I headed out of the storage room and checked around.

There was no sign of Zeke around, maybe he gave up and went back to class? I went over to the stairs and was about to take my first step when a loud voice scared me from behind, making me lose my footing on the stairs and was about to fall to my pain.

I braced myself for the impact but instead, I got swiftly pulled back by a strong force that grabbed my wrist. It was like a flash of a moment where I saw Zeke face to face, up close.

He had one hand holding onto my wrist and the other supported my waist. I blushed, seeing how close we were and he was looking seriously at me.

"Haha...hi?"

"Don't hi me, you could have fallen!"

"You care for me~?" I asked, making him let go of me instantly and he looked down at his feet with his hands on his hips. I tilted my head and heard him sigh before he stuck his hand out to me.

"What?" I questioned, making him look at me with a 'you know what' face. Well, I know what he wants but...I put my hand on his and interlocked it. He glared at me, trying to shake off my hand but I just held on and smiled.

"Let's get to class~!"

"What-" I pulled him with me, down the stairs and into our classroom, some students from our class were staring at our hands but I didn't care. When we were at our seats, I let go of his hand and he stared at me.

Zeke rolled his eyes at me before seating at his seat and Matteo was staring at us as if he was watching a show.

I sat down on my seat and was immediately tapped on the shoulder from the back. I turned, facing Matteo as he stared at me then at Zeke, and back at me.

"What?"

"What happened?" He stared at Zeke and I stared at him too, oh right his earpiece. I took off his AirPods from my ear and returned it to him.

"Here, you can have it back now~!"

"Tsk." He took back what was his and returned to listening to his music.

"Yep, that's what happened." I finally replied Matteo, he looked at me with clear confusion written all over his face, making me chuckle at him. After a while, he finally got it and gave me an 'o' shaped mouth of his.

"Ohhh okay, I get it- I guess?"

"Haha, you-" I got cut off when the class door slid, students that were standing around and not at their seats, scrambled back to their seats hurriedly as our teacher came into class with a serious-looking face.

"Did something bad happen?"

"I'm not too sure but I don't think so..." Matteo, who heard me, replied as we were staring at the teacher. The class was ever so silent and no one spoke a word, only the trees that were rustling from the wind could be heard.

"Okay good morning class, I have an announcement to make. I know we just had a new student in the class this year..." soft chattering and mumbles started to arise as the students from my class were chatting about what our teacher was talking about. For all I know so far...the new student he must be talking about is Matteo, he did enter our school not long ago I guess...

"Are we having a new student again?" Matteo asked but I shrugged my shoulders but it somehow does seem we are having a new student added into our class.

"We are going to have a new student coming to our class and I hope you all can treat her well. You may come in!" As soon as our teacher finished his sentence, everyone turned their attention to the door as a student started walking into class. My eyes widened when I knew who it was...

"What is she doing here..."

"You know her?" Zeke suddenly spoke up making me flinch, I didn't reply him and just stared at the new student. She looked at me and smiled as she waved at me, making everyone turn their heads towards me.

"Please introduce yourself."

"Hello, my name is Clara and since I'm new here, I hope you all will take care of me~!" She kindly smiled and bowed. Why is she here, isn't she suppose to be with her friends and stay at her old school? Why did she transfer all the way here for...

"Okay since we don't have any seats left, I'll ask two-"

"It's okay, I know which seat I want and I hope you don't mind?" Clara stopped the teacher from speaking and started making her way to my seat, oh god...she wants my seat doesn't she...

"Clover dear, may you let me seat here?"

"What...why are you here for?"

"Can't a big sister visit her little sister~?" Hah, big sister? Her acting is pretty good...someone should give her an award for it haha.

"I'm sorry but this is my seat and you can seat somewhere else."

"Clover, do you hate big sister that much? I'm sorry if I didn't treat you well but I tried and you just kept pushing me away..." I blinked several times at her words, what in the lie is this. Me, push her away? Hah, what a laughing joke she has.

"What-"

"Your seatmate won't mind if I seat here right?" I looked over at Zeke, who was staring at Clara with the same cold eyes.

"Whatever, I don't care who seats besides me." I could see that Clara was taken aback by his response since she doesn't know him well as I do. I turned back to her and was about to talk back when the teacher slammed the whiteboard, making everyone flinch from the sound.

"Stop making a fuss Clover, just let her seat there and you can get a new seating later." My mouth dropped, totally unhappy with how the teacher just told me to give up my original seat.

I glanced over at Clara, giving her a death glare as she just smiles innocently at me as if she was a total angel here and making me look like the evil devil person here.

I rolled my eyes as I took my bag and stood up from my seat, pushing past Clara but she fell onto the floor and looked at me in pain.

"Why did you push me for Clover~" I ignored her and placed my things onto Matteo's table as he looked at me with what seems like shaking eyes. I sighed and lend out my hand to Clara, without a word said.

She took my hand and stood back up on her two feet and pulled me into a hug, which I didn't give back.

"I did say it was game on~" She whispered to me before breaking the hug and held both my hands, changing from a smirk to a happy smiling face quickly.

"Thank you, Lil sis, I love you~!"