Lunch Together

"Boh~!"

Shu called and waved to me from outside by the classroom door.

"Let's have lunch together~"

"Shu, leave me alone"

"Aw come on, please?"

:sigh:

"Go get a bread first, I'll come after you"

Man, couldn't he just leave me alone at least in school…

Then I heard some boys around me whisper.

"Wow, did you see that? He just shooed a senior away?"

"And he's making the senior go fetch bread for him"

"That senior looked pretty small though"

"Yeah but you know nobody messes with a senior in high school"

I was gonna turn around and try to clarify the situation. The last thing I want on my first day is for my classmates to get scared of me or see me as a bully. This is exactly something I wanted to avoid.

"He's so cool"

Huh? I heard one girl whisper to another.

"He's so tall as well"

"Yeah, with him as our class rep, nobody's gonna mess with us"

Gees, ladies. How can I refuse if you put it like that?

So I just let things be and walked out to follow Shu.

"hahahahahahahahahaha. What the hell?", Shu was laughing hysterically.

"I know it's crazy. One thing led to another and I'm suddenly the class rep"

"Oh Boy, that's just sooo funny. I'm crying"

"I don't even know what I'm supposed to do as a class rep"

"Don't worry, I'll help you out", Shu said with a reassuring smile.

"How? We are not in the same class. Heck, we are not even in the same year"

"Trust your senior, kid"

"Cut it out, kid"

"Seriously though, we'll meet when they have student council meetings and stuff so I'll be there, you won't get lost"

"You a class rep too?"

"Yeah"

"You volunteered?"

"No, the teacher picked me and no one else came forward to be a candidate"

"Why did they pick you?"

"Well, they do that sometimes based on your academic grades from the previous year"

"Yeah yeah, you just showing off"

"But Boh."

"What"

"I'm happy for you"

"Well, I don't know what to be happy about. But I guess it's alright if you say so"

"Trust me. You will enjoy it. I had a lot of fun in the first year too"

"I certainly didn't"

"Well, sorry about that"

Honestly, though, I was surprised and happy that Shu could mention his first year casually. So after all that happened, he still sees it as a good year…. Gotta love his optimism at times. I just ruffled his hair in response and he smiled at me.