Ding!! Dong!!
Finally just as Hiro was about to finish his words, the school bell rang and the lunch break came to an end.
Rising from their seats, just as Rin and Hiro were about to head out, Hiro paused all of a sudden. Looking back at Shotaro’s face which displayed a mixed emotions of anger, sadness, guilt and repentance, Hiro spoke, “The past has already passed, so don’t traumatise yourself with those thoughts of past. Just apologize to Masao and move on because what you did that time was wrong as well. Those bullies will get punished sooner or later. So just focus on your life in the present and move ahead.”
Speaking such, Hiro then left the classroom.
Hearing such words, Shotaro’s eyes moistened. Although he couldn’t let go of his hatred that easily, still he felt somewhat relieved after revealing the things he had built up inside his heart.
As if he had just dropped a heavy weight which he had been carrying for several years, he felt as light as feather after revealing the things which he had been hiding inside his heart for several years.
Droplets of tears rolled down his eyes and fell on the table infront. But before anybody could notice his teary eyes, he quickly wiped off the tears from his eyes.
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Standing infront of the lectern, Haruki Sensei, the history teacher was teaching about first world war to the students present in the classroom.
Most of the students present in the classroom were ardently listening to his lectures while keeping their gazes fixated at the textbook.
Hiro himself was doing the same as others. However unlike others, only his gaze was fixated at the book.
His consciousness was wandering elsewhere.
‘What can I do to make those guys realise their mistakes? It’s not like I can beat them up. Although I can do that as well. But I’m not sure that I can take on that many kids by myself. Since I haven’t trained myself in any marital arts. But I doubt that they’d realise their mistakes just by getting beaten. So what should I really do?’ Thought Hiro while staring at his textbook.
“Unable to handle the axix by themselves, the allies then negotiated USA to help them turn the tides of the war.” Spoke Haruki.
Although he was pondering about something else, that particular sentence from Haruki Sensei caught his attention.
With the sides of his lips curling, Hiro then suddenly thought of an idea, ‘Yeah!! That’s right. I just need to make them taste the taste of their own medicine.’
One after the other several teachers came and left the classroom.
Having developed an unique talent of avoiding teachers gazes by acting as if he was paying attention to the lectures, Hiro avoided getting scolded by the teachers despite not paying any attention to the lectures.
Ding!! Dong!!
And as the sound of the school bell chimed in, the lectures finally came to an end.
As usual, the girls in his classroom began to flock over him. Despite rejecting them countless times, those girls of his classroom never stopped asking him for his social media accounts. They were as persistent as mosquitoes.
Since he couldn’t use his mobile phones in the hostel except during his free time on weekends, to get rid of them once and for all, he decided to give them his Facebook account.
“Fine!! I’ll provide my Facebook account. But let me tell you I don’t use my account much since I can’t use my phone. But even after that if you guys want my account, I’m willing to provide you all with my account.” Hiro mumbled.
The girls who were flocking all over him nodded their head.
“Sigh!!!”
Seeing them nodding their head, Hiro heaved a deep sigh.
After that he wrote his Facebook account on a piece of paper and handed it to the girls infront.
Carrying his backpack, he then left the classroom.
Pouting his face, Rin was waiting for him outside the classroom.
Noticing Rin’s expression, Hiro then casually questioned Rin, “What’s wrong with your face?”
“You traitor!! How could you give them your social media account when you haven’t even given it to me??” Intoned Rin in somewhat irritated tone.
“If I didn’t give it to them then I wouldn’t have been able to squeeze my way out from them.” Spoke Hiro casually.
“Also the account which I’ve given them, I don’t use it much. Plus in hostel we can’t even use mobile phones anyway. Except during free time in weekends.” Continued Hiro.
Hiro then lightly patted Rin on his back and spoke, “I’m thinking of making a new Instagram account to chat with my friends and family. So when I open that account, I’ll add you. For now let’s go.”
Saying such Hiro then walked away before anybody else from the classroom could catch up to him. He didn’t want to waste any more time with them, since from that day onwards he’ll have to stay overtime for extra training.
Upon hearing such words coming out from mouth of Hiro, Rin’s face brightened up and a smile formed on his face. Just like a golden sun coming out from behind the black clouds after a heavy rain, Rin’s gloomy face brightened.
“Wait for me!!” Shouting such, he hurriedly rushed towards Hiro.
While walking out of the main building, Hiro and Rin met Shotaro along the way. At first he was thinking of fleeing away. But he still hadn’t thanked Hiro and Rin for listening to the things which he had been hiding within him.
Thus, instead of fleeing away he then approached Hiro. While bowing his head, he then genuinely thanked Hiro, “Thank you very much for listening to my story. I’ll head to Masao’s home and apologize to him. Also my name is Shotaro.” ．𝚌ｏ𝚖
“It’s alright Shotaro. You don’t have to thank us.” Because of his humble nature, Hiro didn’t want Shotaro to thank him.
“No, please let me express my gratitude. Afterall only because of you two, I can finally get rid of those thoughts built up inside me. It had been gnawing me from inside from a long time. So please let me thank you.” While still bowing his head, Shotaro mumbled.