Chapter 2: Nervouse

I slept throughout the night until I woke up suddenly and looked around. I don't know what's time it's now as I still think it's dark and my room doesn't have any windows or a clock to let me know. 

And then I put my hand on the bed and tried to search the bed for my phone there, but after some minutes of finding it, I didn't see my phone anywhere. Then I go to my desk and look on the desk to look for my phone, but there isn't. Is someone stealing it? No, it couldn't be!

I then sit back at the bed, my hand on my chin, thinking where I was putting the phone, but a few moments later I can't remember where I put my phone!! I then sign and walk to the door. My hand was about on the handle, then I remembered what happened last night.

I left my phone on the table outside my room, but yesterday when I tried to search for it, I accidentally touched someone's hand on the light switch! And I think it was a ghost, but it is! I live alone in this apartment; there isn't anybody here in my apartment, so it's a ghost. 

But... The main problem here is: how will I open the door while I don't know if it's day or night? I didn't want to encounter that ghost yesterday!! I then think a moment before I know that can peek under the door! It's the only way I know it's day or night based on the light of the window in my apartment. 

I look down at the door and notice... There isn't light, and I realized that the previous owner of the house put soundproofing pads or some things like that under the door, and this also makes me wonder if there is light or not.

I look at the door for a moment before having another idea—I should peek through the door lock! I'm absolutely a genius! The moment I was about to take a peek, then the door slammed to my face, and I fell to the ground. My eyes were blurred from what just happened. 

"Oh, sorry, Kouji-san... I didn't know that you were awake." A girl says in a blank tone when she sees me like this.

But my head is spinning. I heard the girl say, "Kouji-san, your time has come." Then I somehow heard a sweet and cheerful chuckle like an angel had come down from heaven to take me away from this world.

"Heh... Oh... Yes, my time has come to take me away from this cruel world...!" I said in a dizzy tone.

The girl then walks to me. I think she is about to set me free from this world before I can graduate high school and get my dream job, but I feel free to be taken now. 

But then a few minutes later I heard a voice "Kouji-san, Kouji-san, wake up, why are you saying nonsense... things..." I then open my eyes and see a girl, quite familiar but also unfamiliar, somehow shaking me rapidly. 

"I'm in heaven...?" I say with a smile on my face.

The girl in front of me stands up and picks up something—a snack? Well, this is a good thing when I go to heaven. 

But then a cold blast over my face. The cold water makes me return to reality as I look around and notice I'm still in my room. Then I look up, it's Fuyuko! The girl from yesterday—she wants to stay with me throughout the time in high school!

But why is she here? Why is her right hand holding my right shoulder? Why is her left hand holding a cup of water in her hand... Wait, let's make progress a bit... I then find words to ask her what happened, but then I realize she is very, very close to me this time... My breath starts to get harder, and my temperature is rising. I struggle to find a word to ask her.

She looked at me with her poker face, her hands still on my shoulder. She then put down the cup of water on her left hand as she spoke, "Why is your face so red now...?" She then put a hand on my forehead to check my temperature. 

"And you are very hot now, is there something wrong, Kouji-san...?" She said it blankly, but there was a hint of concern in her voice.

I barely breathe at this moment. I'm about to pass out now, god! Kazaha calm down, calm down, take a deep breath, and say you are fine before you pass out!

"Eh! I-I'm fi-" I fall to the floor again, unconscious, but before I pass out, I notice she still has that blank face on her face. Before I close my eyes, unconscious...

. . . a Few moments later...

I suddenly wake up on my bed again. I looked around my room and noticed the usual mess of my room, but then I thought it had been a dream or something. Then I look at the table near my bed; there is a cup of water and some peeled apples on a plate... I looked at it curiously before I realized... IT'S NOT A DREAM, IT'S REALITY!!!!

I feel ashamed of this because that girl is the 12 or 15 girls that I pass out in front of them!!! This is such an embarrassment. I wish I hadn't moved to Tokyo... 

Then all of a sudden the door opened, and the girl Fuyuko came in wearing a white apron. Wait isn't that my apron? I just bought it yesterday morning, and I haven't tried it at all!??? And she is looking at me blankly before speaking.

"Kouji-san, you awake... I thought you couldn't make it." She said calmly

Make it what!? You think I would die, huh!? As I was thinking, I picked up the peeled apple on a plate earlier and ate it while looking at her with an expression for the first time at a girl, but not long until I took a piece of apple in my mouth.

The apple tasted amazing; it tasted like it was made from heaven. My expression became more relaxed, making me forget everything that just happened earlier. My mind was on loud until I stood up and walked to her with a cheerful expression. 

"Where you got that apple from?" I said cheerfully make Fuyuko take aback by my sudden manners but still keep her calm and emotionless expression on her face.

"That apple is from my hometown..." She said calmly

While my face still has that smile on my face after her answer, I then reply playfully, "Do you have more?"

"No"

I then break down after the word "no."  Slam into my face directly. I expected she would say, "Yes, I have more Kouji-san!" Then she would pull out a lot of apples from her backpack or something, but all I have is the word "no." I feel so sad and defeated now...

"I have to go to the bathroom for a moment." My voice somehow becomes shaking as I walk past her, open the bathroom door, and walk into the bathroom, locking it. 

"WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH ME!!!!!" I screamed in the bathroom after I locked the door. I thought it would prevent Fuyuko from hearing

First thing first, why did I act so cheerful so suddenly!? Because of an apple, and the moment I feel defeated is also from an apple, but the main part here is why I act that way around that girl!!? Why didn't I feel nervous at that moment, and now I suddenly feel it?

My head is now against the wall in a dramatic and defeated way. "I'm a loser around girls."

I then take a deep breath before turning back and looking at the mirror to see my reflection. I notice my hair is a bit messy, so I pick up a comb near the sink and brush my hair back to normal. Then I put it down, look at the mirror again, and think I'm good now. Then I also pick up a toothbrush near there. 

When I was about to brush my teeth, I noticed the toothbrush was white. Well, it's Fuyuko's toothbrush, not mine, so I picked up my blue toothbrush and started brushing my teeth. After a moment, I finished brushing and spit out the remaining foam in my mouth, then walked to the door, unlocked it, and walked out of the bathroom. 

I walk in the hallway to the sofa and look at the clock; it's now... 11:00 AM!? Before I could think again, Fuyuko spoke when she noticed me looking at the clock.

"You've been unconscious for 3 hours, Kouji-san." 

"Heh!? I have been unconscious this long! " I said in a surprising tone.

When I processed what was happening, then I looked back at Fuyuko a bit before looking back at the clock, feeling defeated again. Then I sit on the sofa again and notice my phone is leaking under the pillow I gave to Fuyuko last night.

I then picked it up calmly, and suddenly I realized that it was the phone under the pillow... Which is the pillow I gave to Fuyuko last night!? I remember I put it on the table before I go and opened the door and encountered Fuyuko!

So does it mean... She has been looking at what I search or do on the phone!? This isn't good as I start to tense up and my hand is shaking while I hold my phone. I then open up my phone... Is it on the main screen? My mind relaxed a bit... And multitasking my apps and seeing it quite normal, to be honest, there is still my game, my online homework, and my Chrome! And there aren't any apps that's unusual!

While I was looking at my phone, I heard Fuyuko's voice call me "Kouji-san! Can you help me?" In the storage room

I quickly shut down my phone, then stood up, and walked to the storage room, I saw her lifting a box, but it was too heavy for her. She looks at me blankly before she glances at the box and back at me, signaling me to help her.

As a "normal man," they will help her easily, but... in my case, I will have to think a bit before I could help, such as can I lift the box? Do I have the strength to lift? What happens if that girl drops the box and fools me when I help her!? My mind came up with many questions; I got confused about whether I had to help her or not!!

When I thought she already lifted the box, but her hand and the box were shaking due to the heavy weight of the box, the box then too heavy and pulled with her falling directly at me. 

But I react quickly and hold the box to prevent it from falling and help Fuyuko balance herself. The box is quite heavy, not gonna lie... Or I'm weak!? Wait, there's no time to think of that. I have to lift this box first.

After Fuyuko balances herself, she and I lift the box together. When she balances herself, we make our eyes contract, and my body starts to tense up again, my face starts to become red, and my hands are shaking! 

Fuyuko notices this but still keeps a calm face and suggests, "You should take a deep breath... Don't push your body too much." 

As I heard her, I took a deep breath and tried to calm myself down as she said, but... It's... Feel a bit better but still tense up. 

And my mind starts doing its usual job: finding the right words to ask her where to put the box! Before I pass out again and I don't want that's happen, if it happens, the box would likely crush me.

But before I could ask Fuyuko to notice my expression, she said, "Put it outside the room, please." She said calmly 

As I heard her, me and her quickly moved out of the room with the box on our hands and put it down quickly on the floor, my body sweating a lot, not because of the heavy box; it's because the girl I am trying to help. I took a deep breath again and shook my head rapidly, trying to forget what'd happened earlier...

The girl is breathing hard after she lifts that box, and she sweeps away the sweat on her forehead, and she looks at me sweating more than her. I think she would think something like, "Damm, is he really a boy? Why is he sweating a lot? It's just a simple box!" That doesn't sound like her, actually. 

When I am breathing hard, then a tissue is sweeping my forehead sweat as I look at who is actually Fuyuko! My body started to heat up again, she then said quietly. 

"Don't be so nervous around me, Kouji-san."

"Take a deep breath and think other things more than me." She said calmly, There is a hint of concern in her voice.

As I heard her voice, my body was still heating up. It's true... That's after yesterday's event. I was keeping thinking of her or some sort of... I then try to think of other things, such as games and foods. My body starts to relax as Fuyuko is still sweeping all the sweat from my arms and hands.

I feel my body cooling down as I close my eyes. This may be the only moment I can relax when being with a girl.

After a few moments, Fuyuko is done sweeping my sweat. She looks at me and says, "You can open your eyes now, Kouji-san." She said blankly 

I then eventually open my eyes, looking at her. We make an eye contract, and I fall unconscious again. Before I became unconscious, I heard Fuyuko's voice: "You really don't have any way to stop you from being nervous around me, Kouji-san." I heard her trying to lift me up.

In mind... You really screw up again. You really are Kazaha... Nothing can stop you from being nervous around girls... But that's the moment when I think of something like Fuyuko said: I feel strange when my body starts to relax like the way I want. I think I may have a way to be normal around that girl without any special treatment like the noodle or that apple earlier. 

And I think this will be a long unconsiouse due to my body heat rising a lot. 

... A lot of hours later. . .

I then wake up from my unconscious state as I look around. I'm still in the living room, and I look out the window near the kitchen. It's already nighttime, and I turn my eyes slowly to the kitchen, see Fuyuko in her white pajama cooking food. Based on the smell, I think it's not a noodle! Hehe!

I look at the clock and notice it's now 6:56 PM. I feel surprised but not much like the morning I wake up from being unconscious at 12:00 AM, but then my stomach grows loudly, and I now feel very starving because from morning to night I haven't eaten much except that apple that was in my room earlier.

When I look around, Fuyuko brings a bowl of spaghetti with many meatballs on it. I look at it amazed. I try to look at her, but remember the eyes that she made earlier, or I'm the one who did it, I don't know! But the problem part is why yesterday I didn't feel anything when my eyes contracted with her!? Put it aside; let's try to risk it! 

No, I can't risk it; I may not like this bowl! As I think she then sits down on the floor at my eye level, I look at her, and she looks at me... However, I didn't feel anything now!? Except for my body temperature, and I start sweating a bit, but I'm not unconscious, which is a good thing!

As I look at her, I already have the words to speak to her! Wait, this wasn't that fast, or was it!? Don't mind that, just speak to her now.

"THE SPAGHETTI LOOKS DELICIOUS!!!!" I speak loudly and dramatically. 

My heart starts to race and my face sweats more. I then quickly put a pillow on my face to cover it from being embarrassed.

Meanwhile, Fuyuko looks at me; she seems taken aback by that sudden talk but still remains the blank expression, but then she chuckles a bit. "You are a weird person, Kouji-san." She chuckled a bit more before stopping to look at me and smile a bit, but I couldn't see it because I covered my face with the pillow!!!!

I heard her chuckle for the first time since yesterday, but I still covered my face with the pillow. Fuyuko notices this, then she stands up and walks to the bathroom. Maybe skin takes care of like a normal girl.

As I notice her footsteps, I then slowly pull out the pillow after knowing that she has gone away. I look at the bowl in front of me before putting down the pillow and taking the fork she has prepared for me, then I start eating.

It's again tasting amazing, although it's the first time I tried spaghetti, but I know it won't taste this good in my opinion! I then pinned the meatball by the fork and put it in my mouth, tasting it; it was also very good! I can't believe that's Fuyuko making this for me! First is the noodle; now is the spaghetti. She really takes care of me very well!

I then stop a moment before I realize I haven't said thanks to her yet after she took care of my unconscious form throughout this day of being a roommate in my apartment...

I finish my spaghetti, then put the bowl in the sink, then wash it a bit. After that, I pick up my phone, not wanting to be like yesterday when I touched someone's hand... before walking to the door of my room. Before I pull the handle, I think a moment I should thank her before going to sleep. I look at the bathroom door before smirking confidently. 

Walking to it about to open the door, I then realize... WHAT THE HECK I AM DOING I SHOULDN'T OPEN THAT'S DOOR SOMEONE IS INSIDE IDIOT!!!!

When that came to my head, I then quickly ran to my room, but before I could do it, Fuyuko walked out of the bathroom and noticed me standing in front of her. She tilted her head a bit.

"You know it's weird to stand in front of a bathroom door when someone inside you knows...?" She said blankly

I turn my head slowly and look at her, feeling very embarrassed, before speaking out some words before my mind could function: "Ehh, I just... forgot about it!!" I quickly ran back to my room, opened it, and went inside.

As I was about to close the door, I spoke, "I want to thank you, Fuyuko-san!!!" Before slamming the door shut

I kneel both my knees on the floor in my room, soundly defeated. "I am a loser."

Meanwhile, outside the room, Fuyuko heard me before I slammed the door. She looked at the door a moment before her lips formed into a smile and she spoke quietly. 

"You are a weirdo...~"