WANT TO DIE WITH ME?
Chapter 9 - The human being becomes useful even if a little
Back in school, my day off which I had only spent in vain had been completed completely. Now that I sit in class listening to the teacher give us an explanation, I don't fully listen, because I more or less understand the material taught from the textbooks I've read all because I'm bored.
Next to me, Haruka listened as usual, with her serious face, she sometimes also noted down important parts of the material discussed. No matter how often I look at her face, I think of the face of the girl I dream of, despite the fact that they are two different people.
Even I doubt, if this girl in my dreams really exists in this world. I'd love to meet him, just to talk to him for a little longer. Besides, I also want to know his name.
“Alright, for today until here. Do not forget to do your job well because soon there will be a class exam.” said the teacher.
“Good!”
Shit, I was too deep in thought for too long and subconsciously the lesson hour had ended. Now was the time for the clock to come home, and Haruka's face flushed red as she seemed to realize that I was looking at her dreamily.
“Akira, this is your picket schedule right? Don't forget to clean the class properly!”
“Ya.”
“Ah, by the way Haruka will also picket after school later. You guys got along yeah.”
After listening to the teacher's conversation, I looked towards Haruka who only gave her shy smile to me. I thought, doesn't that mean we'll both be alone in one room? Well that's true, but we're just doing pickets together, nor am I the type of guy who attacks girls when they're alone because they're still too afraid of the law.
Haruka wrote in her book, as usual after that she showed me what she wrote in it.
“Please help.”
“I also.”
***
That is, after all the students left the class. Just leaving me and Haruka alone in the classroom, to be honest this situation is very awkward and makes me want to run away because of nervousness. But I tried to hold it in because we were just doing the task of cleaning the class, nothing more and nothing less.
Picking up the eraser, I started deleting the blackboard. I just had to do it quickly and go home soon, Haruka seemed to be thinking the same as me, and she was now sweeping through the classroom.
The atmosphere between the two of us was very quiet, because there was nothing to talk about for now. In addition, it would be troublesome if I had Haruka communicate because it could have hindered her work. So we decided to stay quiet until we finished everything.
Well, even though I say it like that. I'm really uncomfortable with this quiet atmosphere, I'm better off alone than there are other people with me, you know, I'm just more comfortable being alone and not really into the crowd.
But I have to hold back, just in a moment, I will be freed from this suffering soon.
“Thanks for the hard work, Akira.”
“Ya, I also.”
Finally after two hours passed we both had made this class very clean. There was not the slightest bit of dust left in the corner or every side of the room, I admired Haruka's ability to clean the classroom, indeed he was very reliable in this field.
While I was, I only got some light tasks like removing the blackboard and justifying the bench. For the other tasks, just after I finished with my task, Haruka had already completed all the other tasks at once.
Well, I'm also very grateful about that. Thanks to him, I became less exhausted and I was able to go home sooner than in previous weeks. In retrospect, the reason Haruka moved classes was bullied by her classmates, I only found out when we accidentally heard the conversation of the girl in the library who seemed to be Haruka's classmate first.
The two of us walked down the hallway of the school, of course I kept a longer distance from Haruka just in case there were still classmates in the school. But it seems like I was too worried, we got to the shoe locker, I took my shoes and put them on.
“What's up?”
“Hey what's up?”
I called him twice, and that's when Haruka was really looking at me. Looking into my eyes, with her moist watery eyes, I was shocked. Haruka immediately rubbed her eyes after. Then write something in his book.
“I can't find my shoes.”
I looked into Haruka's locker, it was true that there was nothing in it. Except for a shabby piece of paper that contained mockery. I began to understand about the condition experienced by Haruka, this was no longer a case of bullying. His shoes were purposely hidden by someone who knew who they were.
I looked towards Haruka, whose body was now trembling in fear. To be honest I don't want to get involved further with this matter, I just want to go home and sleep in my padded bed.
But after seeing her face like that, I would look like a bad person if I ignored her.
“For now, let's go to the CCTV room.” I looked into the upper corner of the room, there was a surveillance camera attached there.
We were in the CCTV room. Haruka explained the situation to the supervisor there, and it seemed like the supervisor allowed us to access the surveillance cameras.
“So, what time did it happen?” ask the supervisor.
Haruka looked confused, and did not know what to answer. So I took one step forward to replace him.
“Jam 4 pm, after school.”
Now the clock shows at 6 p.m. Two hours earlier was the time when school hours ended, and that's when I was convinced that the person who hid Haruka's shoes was coming into action.
The supervisor nodded, then rewinded the A camera two hours earlier, and sure enough, there were some girls who looked like slang girls were opening Haruka's locker, they picked it up, and laughed happily, there were three of them, and I didn't know them at all.
However, if they hide Haruka's shoes. Haruka must have known the three of them, I saw Haruka's face, which turned sad and dreamy. I won't interfere more than this, the top priority is to find his shoes.
When viewed from where they went, they went north. Where there is only one room there, the storage warehouse.
Looks like Haruka's shoes are there.
We both thanked the supervisor, and headed straight to the storage shed. Then after fifteen minutes of searching, we found Haruka's shoes in the basketball pile.
***
I finally managed to find his shoes, honestly it was exhausting. But somehow I felt a sense of satisfaction in my heart. I walked silently ahead of Haruka who was behind. We were outside the school building and it was evening. I could even see that the sun had already sunk by half from here.
It was a hard day, so I thought. I never imagined that I would be home so late today, besides that my stomach was hungry as well, it seemed like I would be eating a lot of beef today.
Drowning in my own mind, I didn't realize Haruka was ahead of me, and was standing right in front of me.
“Thank you very much, Akira.” he wrote in the book.
The wind blew on us both. My eyes widened, and my heart beat twice as fast as usual. My heart felt a strange turmoil, something pleasant and I rarely get in this life.
Ah, so ... I'm happy, I'm happy. For the first time, I felt that my life that had been empty was a little useful to others.
